North Carolina Moving
Ahead In Transportation
special To The Post
RALEIGH - Many North
Carolinians are discover
ing that driving alone isn't
the only way to get to
where they want to go.
They're looking for al
ternative ways to save
money and conserve fuel
supplies
One of the most im
portant dl these ways is
ridesharing, which not onlv
saves gasoline, but also
cuts down on both traffic
congestion and air pollu
tion
Sharing a ride can be as
simple as two people riding
to work together or as
complex as the coordina
tion of mass transit sys
tem.
State Transportation
Secretary Tom Bradshaw
said his department has
encouraged the develop
ment of transit and ride
share progams.
"These programs are
part of our efforts to carry
out Gov. Jim Hunt's com
mitment to developing al
ternative, energy efficient
modes of transportation,"
he added.
"When two people share
the ride to work, they cut
their commuting costs by
haf. And when an indivi-·
dual vanpools for a week,
his costs are about the
same as they would be if he
drove along on just one
day."
Bradshaw noted that
transit ridership figures in
dicate that public aware
ness and usage of this form
of transportation has signi
ficantly increased.
Transit ridership state
wide for each month has
been on the rise compared
to the previous year since
March, 1979
Transit ridership has in
creased about 10 percent
for each month compared
to transit ridership during
the same months of the
previous year.
Transit systems in five
cities are expanding their
fleets. The City of Charlotte
received 32 new buses last
year. The City of Fayette
ville put 26 new buses in
service and the City of
Λ
Alumni i'lans
Scholarship
Dinner
The South Carolina State
College Alumni Associa
tion's Charlotte Chapter
will hold its third annual
scholarship dinner on Fri
day, May 2 at 7 p.m. at the
Belmont Community Cen
ter.
The scholarship fund din
ner proceeds will help wor
thy students attend the
school.
Issac Arnold, assistant
football coach and assist
ant basketball coach, will
be the keynote speaker. He
will discuss the school's
involvement in the Mid
Eastern Athletic Confer
ence.
Clarrissy Knox is Presi
dent of the Charlotte Chap
ter.
Tickets may be obtained
from William H. Blakeney,
the National Alumni As
sociation President. They
are $5 per person.
Blakeney is principal of
Coulwood Junior High
School and has been active
in the Alumni Association
for a long time. He may be
reached at 399-6772.
Gaetonia (,ιικίο
Run Will Be
Held Saturday
The members of the
Estonia Run Club have
pined forces with Schlitz,
fix FilU#and WSOC-FM
U3 to produce the May 4th
Gastonia Busto Run for
I'nited Cerbral Palsy of
forth Carolina." The
Club's members, including
jjm McHenry and Tom
lichie, the group's co
chairpersons for the event,
fill provide the volunteer
force necessary for a
smoothly run activity. If
you have any questions
ibout the Run, call the
United Cerebral Palsy
Campaign Office at 375
*12
Pick up your registration
forms now at any sporting
pods store in Charlotte or
Gastonia or any one of the
pizza Hut locations in these
two citie·
Raleigh received six.
Raleigh has ordered two
additional buses, Winston
Salem has ordered 20, and
the Town of Chapel Hill
received funds for 16 buses
this year and plan to order
five more.
A new transit system is
beginning in Hickory. This
system will begin opera
ting buses on the streets
next year.
In addition to mass trans
it systems in the cities,
rural public transporation
systems have progressed
by leaps and bounds in
coordinating human ser
vices transportation.
Three rural public trans
portation systems are co
ordinating specific routes
and schedules for special
populations. These systems
will also make seats avail
able to the general public.
They are: Qualla Bound
ary; Pasquotank, Perqui
mans, Camden and Chow
an (PPCC Health District)
and the Watawga, Avery,
Mitchell and Yancey
(WAMY) Community Act
ion Agency for Watauga
Tnnntv
In the area of rideshar
ing, the state transporta
tion department has re
ceived approximately $630,
000 from the National Ride
sharing Demonstration
Program for a two-year
project to coordinate ride
sharing in the Research
Triangle (Raleigh, Dur
ham, Chapel Hill, Metro
lina (Charlotte area) and
Triad ( Greensboro, High
Point, Winston-Salem)
areas.
Bradshaw is also chair
man of the institutional
issues committee of the
National Task Force on
Ridesharing, which is a
committee appointed by
President Carter to encour
age ridesharing.
1
Carl Flamer, Polemarch of Kappa Alpha
Psi, presents a check to Ms. Shirley
Farrar, Executive Director of the Afro
American Cultural Center. The check
tm ~m
will be used to purchase materials for the
Children Arts Program (CAP) (photo by
Bernard Reeves)
Leadership L-onterence* 1 ο Be Held
The Mecklenburg County
Women's Commission and
the N.C. Council on the
Status of Women, will spon
sor a County Governor's
Conference on Leadership
Development for Women,
Friday, May 16, at the
Sheraton Center.
The conference, which"
begins at 8 a.m., will offer
participants a broad spec
trum of leadership work
shops. The workshops will
focus on the professional
and personal development
needs of a variety of wo
men with diverse back
grounds. Workshops ses
sions are designed to ad
dress the needs of the
homemaker, women look
ing at career changes and
educational alternatives,
and those looking to in
crease their present job
skills.
Claire Shaffner. former
ly General Manager for
WAYS Radio-WROQ-FM
and Chairperson for the
Better Business Bureau,
will be the keynote speaker
at the close of the noon
luncheon Also, Mecklen
burg County Commissioner
Elisabeth G. "Liz" Hair
and Executive Director of
the N. C. Council on the
Status of Women Miriam
Dorsey, will be on hand for
the event.
Cost for the conference is
$15 and includes the mid
day luncheon. Child care
will be provided for an
additional cost of $5 per
child. Checks or money
orders should be made to:
Governor's Conference on
Leadership Development
for Women and mailed to
the Mecklenburg County
Women's Commission, 316
E. MoreheadSt., Charlotte.
N.C. 28202.
For more information,
call Fay Skidmore at the
Women's Commission, 374
3210.
National PTA
CHICAGO -- Moving into
Phase II of its Urban Edu
cation Project, the Nation
al PTA has released an
"Action Plan" for attack
ing three urgent problems
facing cities and their
schools: Inadequate fi
nancing of public educa
tion, lack of parental or
broad-based community
participation, and youth
unemployment.
The major function of the
"Action Plan" will be
coalition building.
r ACE Supports Governor
Jim Hunt, Carl Stewart
ι ne Political
Action Committee for Edu
cation (PACE), the politi
cal arm of the North Caro
lina Association of Educa
tors. this week, is mailing
50,000 postcards to voters
throughout North Carolina
uring them to support Gov
James Β Hunt and House
Speaker Carl Stewart in the
May 6 Democratic pri
mary.
"This is the first direct
mail campaign we have
tried and we are elated by
this huge success," said
Mrs. Lil Lovings of High
Point, state PACE chair
person. "Not only have we
stimulated a large number
of individuals to get in
volved in this political cam
paign. but all of them have
spent some of their own
money as well."
PACE distributed the
blank postcards to mem
bers throughout the state.
Individual educators wrote
messages asking for sup
port of Hunt and Stewart
on the cards and addressed
them to other voters.
The individuals who sent
the postcards paid the post
age on them, which
amounts to an extras $5,000
contributed to the Hunt and
Stewart campaigns in do
nations which average $1
per educator
About 20,000 of the post
cards will be mailed at one
time in Raleigh. The other
30,000 will be mailed at
various locations through
out the state by PACE local
units.
PACE -- which repre
sents some 45,000 educa
tors in 144 school systems,
some community colleges,
and some universities -
endorsed Gov Hunt for the
Democratic gubernatorial
nomination after compar
ιπκ αΐι caiiuiuait» posi
tions on educational issues
Speaker Stewart received
he nod for the nomination
as L.ieuienani uovernor al
ter the same process No
endorsements were made
in the GOP primary
Winston Mutual
Life Ins. Co.
Dennis Porker March Agent
Of The Month
A native of Statesville. ΥΓ. Dennis lias
been uit h W install Mutual Life Ins. (.ο.
since curly Ι()77. Ile lins been out—
tumlinμ throughout liis career, ivinnittfi
several nuanls ami fthu/ues. t amsist·
"ni agent with consUmt prmluction.
Ta qualify for agent of llu· month
Dennis s<pIiI S.'il2.,y<)l.(Ηf in annuuliz—
ι·(Ι premiums and Sl l.2 l.'i.l I in neic
premium income.
Λ bachelor I lui Is on flic mure.
( ^mgrut illations Den η is
The new Chevrolet Caprice for 1980.
We made it right for more family mileage.
ffc
New technology is what makes the
Chevrolet Caprice a great family car for the '80s
A standard 3.8 liter V6 engine offers the highest
EPA gas mileage estimate ever in a full size
Chevrolet
That gives you 450 miles estimated
driving range and 650 miles estimated highway
driving range The greater the driving range the
fewer the fuel stops The Caprice's new
aerodynamic shape and easy rolling tires
contribute to its impressive fuel economy Even
though Caprice has been reshaped, it still offers
six passenger roominess, ride and comfort It
even has more useable trunk space than last
year. Plus new anti-corrosion protection and
engineering advances that make it a great family
car to own See one now at your Chevrolet
Dealer We think it is right for
the '80s You will too
Remember Compare
the boxed estimated mpg to
the "estimated mpg' of other
18
I ST DRIVING «ANGf
(*» f*T MPC.
cars You may get different mileage, and range,
depending on how fast you drive, weather
conditions, and trip length Your actual highway
mileage and range will probably be less than the
highway estimates Driving range estimates were
obtained by multiplying the KPA mileage
estimates by the car s 25 gallon fuel tank
capacity The new Chevrolet is equipped with
GM-built engines produced by various
See your Chevy dealer for details