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- THE CHARLOTTE POST, December 20 1979
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for Unskilled Youth
HEW Establishes
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Post Staff Writer
The U. S. Department of
Health, Education and Wel
fare announced recently it
will provide an experimen
tal employment program
for unskilled, disadvan
taged youth.
Training and work ex
perience in community ser
vices jobs will be funded
through a $3 million jobs
program jointly sponsored
by HEW and the Depart
ments of Labor and Just
ice.
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way centers nation-wide
will be supervised by the
Administration for Chil
dren, Youth and Families,
a HEW Human Develop
ment Services agency.
In Charlotte, The Rela
tives, Inc. received a
$44,500 allocation.
This program will offer
employment, education
and career development
services to “high-risk”
youths - the homeless, for
mer runaways and teen
scnooi acnievement, juven
ile delinquency, social anc
family problems.
Among these service pro
jeets, trainees will start ar
escort service for the elder
ly and help increase votei
turnout in elections.
Others will expand ser
vices offered by runaway
centers. They can function
as peer counselors, recrea
tion aides and organize job
referral services.
Some youths will estab
lish and staff small busi
nesses, including one to
manufacture products for
the handicapped
The training is designed
to help youths acquire
skills needed for getting a
job so they can secure
employment after leaving
the program.
Counseling will be pro
vided to help them deal
with the emotional pro
blems of adjusting to inde
pendent living.
“A major focus of this
effort is to demonstrate
that some of the youth who
are seen as community
problems to be solved can
actually be resources for
solving community pro
blems,” said Herschel
Saucier, the acting ACYF
Commissioner.
The HEW agency funds
166 runaway youth pro
grams throughout the
country. Centers offer shel
ter to homeless youths
and counseling for them
and their families.
LOVELY SHARON ANDERSON
....Olympic High senior
Sharon Anderson
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Take a good look at our
beauty, Sharon Anderson.
With little doubt she’ll be
on the cover of Vogue in a
matter of years.
Anderson, who is a 17
year-old senior at Olympic
High School, has been mo
wing for years and has
various experience in the
field.
"In the 7th grade I went
to Libby Stone Modeling
School and last year I
received a three-month
scholarship to TRIM Mo
deling School in Char
lotte,” Anderson noted.
Already she has ap
peared in five commercials
including two that have
been shown in Northern
states. Presently Anderson
she's doing mostly
runway modeling • to her
it’s a competitive field.
There’s so much compe
tition. If you can model you
can act,” Anderson began,
“And to be a successful
modal you have to have the
ambition and the goal to
know that’s what you want
to do.”
Modeling is not Just a
pretty face. Whatever you
have on the inside has to
show on your face - the
Inner glow. You have to be
able to get along with
people and learn to take
criticism,” she continued.
Future plans for our
Sagittarius beauty are to
attend Webber College in
Florida and receive her
degree in fashion coordina
tion. She also plans to go to
New York, hopefully, to
become one of the top
fashion models.
Her professional idol is
the African model, Iman,
and her favorite person is
her mother. “I just learned
recently that she was my
best friend,” Anderson
said.
Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Clement Morris of
Charlotte.
In addition to being an
active model, Anderson is
also with Jan Thompson
Talent Agency in Char
lotte; a member of
Olympic’s Executive Coun
cil; Secretary-Treasurer of
the Interclub Council;
Chairperson of Project
Aries; and she reigns as
Olympic’s Carrousel Prin
cess.
Anderson's philosophy is
"Take one day at a time. I
think you can plan ahead,
but not so much that you
are not thinking about
today ”
Property lax
Deadline
Announced
In all the rush of Christ
mas, be stire to remember
to pay your property taxes
before the deadlines!
This year’s deadline is
Sunday, January 6, and
beginning Monday, Janu
ary 7, interest equal to two
percent of the tax bill will
be placed on all unpaid
taxes. An additional % per
cent interest will be added
every month thereafter un
til payment is made.
The mailing address for
the Tax Collector’s Office
is P. O. Box 31457, Char
lotte, N. C. 28231. You are
urged to mail your pay
ment, to avoid the pro
blems of traffic congestion
and parking. Be sure to
enclose your Tax Payment
Card when you send the
payment.
If for some reason you
find it necessary to come to
the Tax Collector’s Office,
you may look for public
parking in the County
Parking Garage at S.
McDowell St., between E.
Third and Fourth Streets
Enter the garage from
either Third or Fourth Sts
There is a small parking lot
with meters adjacent to the
County Office Building
(enter from Alexander
St ), and the City has a lot
with meters at E. Fourth
at. ana a. uaviason at.
(enter from Davidson St.).
The Tax Collector’s of
fice is on the second floor of
the County Office Building,
720 E. Fourth St
The 1979 tax rate for
Mecklenburg County is 76
cenU per $100 assessed
valuation, three and a half
cents lower than last year,
and the tax rate for the City
of Charlotte is 86 cents. The
combined City-County rate
is $1 64.
YSS Tank Force
The Youth Self-Suffici
ency Task Force of the
youth Services Action
Board will meet Friday.
McCall To Be
Chosen For
U.N. Position
Washington-President
Jimmy Carter last week
announced he has nomi
nated New York State Sen
ator H. Carl McCall to be
the alternate representa
tive of the United States for
special political affairs in
the United Nations, with
the rank of ambassador.
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JJmg Abuse Centers Avoid Courts
As A Source Of Drug Abusers?
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Post Staff Writer
"We against them" epi
tomized the differences in
attitude between the cri
minal justice system and
drug abuse agencies before
the early 70s.
While courts, paroles and
prisons saw drug abuse
centers as a haven for
people who should have
been jailed, drug abuse
centers avoided the courts
as a source of drug abu
sers
"In the late 60s and early
70s both groups realized
they had the same goals to
get the person off drugs,"
said Dr. J. D. Allen, execu
tive director of Open
House, Inc., a Charlotte
based drug treatment cen
ter.
When drug abuse be
came a national priority,
the two groups decided a
compromise was neces
sary.
Drug treatment services
discovered they couldn’t
ignore the courts without
missing a large number of
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drug abusers. Dr Allen
commented.
Abusers learned that ob
taining treatment would
mean "a better deal out of
the judge ”
Allen emphasized while
some drug abusers are or
dered by the courts to
undergo treatment, 60 to 80
percent seek help volun
tarily
Open House with its se
ven facilities is charged
with the responsibility of
drug treatment service in
Mecklenburg County and is
the largest center in the
state.
The administrative office
deals with budgets and
grants.
An outpatient clinic lo
cated at 717 South Kings
Drive provides free treat
ment for people having a
drug problem (prescription
drug abuse) but who don’t
need 24 hour supervision
In the therapeutic com'
munity at 518 East More
head, participants are tem
porarily shut-off from the
outside world while under
going "live-in therapy ”
Outdoor adventure ex
poses drug abusers to a
new environment that fea
tures obstacle courses, ski
ing and mountain climbing
as part of the program
Taking unsuccessful
people with a poor self
image (most drug abusers
fit this pattern) and teach
ing them skills to overcome
fear breeds confidence,
Dr Allen said. This new
found confidence spreads
to other areas of their life
The office is located at 2601
East Seventh Street.
The TASC (Treatment
Alternatives to Street
Crime) identifies abusers
and aids them through
therapy Members of the
criminal justice system
(District Attorney, Public
Defender, lawyers) are on
the drug abuse board
Methadone treatment is
offered through two pro
grams at the 1218 Beatties
Ford Road facility
Drug abusers can re
ceive methadone in a 21
day detoxification program
using dosages continuously
decreasing to zero
Hardcore users psycho
logically requiring a drug
for self-maintainance may
receive treatment for two
years or more, gradually
withdrawing from the
drug
Counseling is mandatory
in both programs
A small satellite office in
county court is another
facility
Open House treats 300
patients daily at its com
bined facilities, according
to Dr Allen
He praised Mecklenburg
County as a national leader
in fostering cooperation be
tween drug treatment cen
ters and the criminal Jus
tice system
Mere EJderiy
EJgihle For
Food Stamps
RALEIGH-More elderly
and disabled North Caro
linians should be eligible
for food stamps when new
rules go into effect January
1, 1980, and a slight in
crease in benefits to all
participants will begin at
the same time.
The new- rules provide
special medical and shelter
deductions for households
containing persons who are
aged 60 or older, or who
receive Supplemental Se
curity Income (SSI) or dis
ability payments under the
Social Security Act.
“The new deductions
were authorized by Con
gress in response to con
cerns that the elderly and
disabled had been particu
larly hard hit by the
tightened eligibility rules
of the Food Stamp Act of
1977, which eliminated the
medical deduction allowed
by the 1964 Act and placed
a limit on the amount of
shelter expenses house
holds could deduct," said
John H Kerr, chief of the
Food Assistance Section of
the N. C. Department of
Human Poemirr'oc
He said the new rules
should not only make more
elderly and disabled North
Carolinians eligible, but in
crease the benefits of many
of those who are not parti
cipating in the food stamp
program
In addition to the new
rules affecting the elderly
and disabled, all food
stamp participants wilj re
ceive a slight increase in
the amount of stamps they
wdll be receiving after the
first of the year. A four-per
son household with no net
income will receive a
monthly allotment of $209
in stamps compared to the
$204 they are currently re
ceiving.
Kerr urges persons who
think they may qualify for
the new deductions to con
tact their local department
of social services (or call
toll- free CARE-LINE
1-800-662-7030) for details
Herbert Joins
Defense Fund
Established
Joyce McMillan of 3426
Barfield Dr., and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Joins have
started a defense fund for
Herbert Lee Joins. If you
would like to contribute
send your donations to:
P O Box 37251
Charlotte, N.C 28202
Herbert Joins, 21, will
face kidnapping and mur
der charges Jan 8 for the
alleged gangland-style
murder of Ethell Lewis
Wilson, 32
According to Joins'
parents there is only one
witness to varify that Her
bert Joins was in bed at the
time of the murder. How
ever, neighborhood wit
nesses have identified
Joins as one of several men
who reportedly forced
Ethell Wilson into the trunk
of his 1976 green Cadillac
last July 13 at 12:30 p m
Joins' family contends this
is a case of wrong identifi
cation through association
On Dec 17 Joins was
released from jail on a
*50,000 property bond
Gilliam To Be
Nominated For
Judgrahip
Washington President
Jimmy Carter last week
announced he has nomi
nated Earl Ben Gilliam, of
San Diego, California, to be
a U S. district Judge for the
Southern District of Cali
fornia.
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