Coach Bob Moore Signs ue Chippers
iv mcrwt
When it rains, it pours.
But in the case of Johnson
C. Smith basketball coach
Bob Moore, the pouring
rain is welcome relief from
the heat of recent recruit
ing wars. Two more top
candidates have signed on
as Golden Bulls.
Ronnie Mathews, 6'2”,
165-pound forward who will
be playing guard, has inked
a scholarship of the Mary
land All-Star team and was
nominated for the McDon
ald’s All-Star Classic. He
captained the Rockville
High School team, averag
ing 18.1 points per game
and 11 rebounds a contest
his junior and senior years.
Ronnie is also a good stu
dent who will be majoring
in business with a minor in
accounting.
Robert Dunson, 6’, 160
pounds, was the point
guard for Taylor Allder
dice High School which won
the city championship of
Pittsburgh, Pa. He was an
All-Allegheny County play
er, averaging 19 points per
game operating the de
fense.
‘‘I thought I list Dunson
to Slippery Rock and a
number of other schools in
Pennsylvania that were hit
on his trail,” smiled Moore.
"He's sound defensively,
very quick hands and has
the poise and intelligence
to run the offensive show.”
Mathews was a surprise
arrival who sought out Bob
Moore. "He drove down
from Maryland on his own
and challenged the boys to
some ball in June,” re
marked Moore. It was a
contract offer at first sight.
“Ronnie will make the
transition to guard without
any problem.” commented
Moore. He handles nim
self well in all parts of his
game."
Both athletes were
sought by a large number
of other schools, but were
sold on JCSU because of
Moore’s coaching reputa
tion and the success rate in
academics of his players.
Former Moore players
were instrumental in both
cases.
That brings to four the
numDer ot guards recruit
ed for the 1980-81 season
Terry Simmons, an explo
sive scorer for Mary
Holmes Junior College
(24.9 points per game) has
joined up with Lee Con
yers, a deft ball handler
from Manning, S.C. in sign
ing on. Power forward Ken
Wood, from Virginia 3-A
runner-up Booker T. Wash
ington High School in Nor
folk, rounds out the re
cruits.
Man for man, its a blue
chip class, equal on paper
to the talent Moore arrived
with to start the 78- 79
season in Bill Tibbs. Blue
Oliver. Phil Flores and
Knnnie Thompson.
"Many of these players
will be able to contribute
right away, especially at
guard." cites Moore.
f
Bob Moore
Looking good'
IflFl THE CHARM TTE POST did
__ “THE VOICE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY" _„
Vol. 3, No. 48 THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, July 10. 1980 Prlcc 30 Cents
ATTRACTIVE KAREN STEELE
...She’s something special!
Karen Steele Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
, v*> Post Staff Writer
Something is special
about our beauty, Karen
Steele. She is the type you
see progressing impres
sively, yet at the same time
realizing that every man is
created equal.
"My grandmother. Core
Davison, always said to
me," Ms. Steele began,
“Be nice to people on your
way up, you might meet the
same people on your way
down.”
Ms. Steele has already
started her journey to
fame. As a rising twelfth
grader at West Charlotte
Senior High School, she has
already accomplished
much. She has been in
ducted into the National
Honor Society (3.6 aver
_\ v 1a«.
and was a Marshall for the
senior class of I960.
She was also a member
of Project Aries, the Latin
Club, the Junior Senate, a
Homeroom Representative
and elected West Char
lotte’s Vice President in the
NAACP. She received the
Las Amigas Scholarship
and will be a member of
West Charlotte’s Yearbook
staff next school term. As a
member of Mt. Zion AME
Church in Fort Mill, S.C.
Mas Steele is vice president
otjfce Young Adult Choir,
president of Buds of Pro
mise and a member of Um
Youth Group.
As one of 13 minoritiet
From North Carolina se
lected to participate in
Minorities in Medicine, Ms
Steele is now studying li
the special program, at Um
University of Chapel Hill
"We are studying sevei
. fields including chemistry
dermatotogy^iochemis
tumw
try. anatomy and more,”
Ms. Steele explained.
Career aspirations for
our beauty have been nar
rowed to two professions.
“I would like to either be a
pharmacist or a journal
ist,” she revealed. “I think
being a journalist would be
fun and I won’t be tied
down to an office. As far as
being a pharmacist is con
cerned I like'Science and I
enjoy working with medi
cines.”
Even though Ms. Steele
feels her career is impor
tant, she says people are
too. “When I was young, I
always said I wanted to be
rich and famous. But L’d
also like to take the money
and give it to charity or go
to places where they are
poor and give them money.
Money is not for greedy
purposes - it is to give -
expecially to children,”
see Karen on Page 4
For Needy Children
HHS Urges More Participation
In School Health Program
Ragsdale
Heads NBL
Fund Drive
The National Business
League, the nation’s oldest
and largest black business
organization, launched a
“Capital Fund” drive last
week.
Theodore R. Hagans, Jr.,
NBL President, announced
the appointment of Lincoln
Ragsdale, President and
Chairman of the Board of
Valley Life and Casualty
Insurance Company of
Phoenix, Arizona, as Chair
man of the “NBL Capital
Fund” Committee and
James Hansley, President
of Vanguard Investment
Company of Durham, N.C.„
as Vice Chairman of the |
Committee.
The “Fund Committee”
has set a goal of $250,000 to
be reached by August 1,
1980.
Hagans said, “The idea
that black people should
have, from their own re
sources, some kind of fund
ing mechanism that could
be used for black business
es and economic develop
ment is a concept that is in
keeping with the basic prin
ciples of our founder, Dr.
Booker T. Washington.
Economic self-help was the
underlying theme, in fact,
the fundamental reason
that the National Business
was founded.
Union members Mae Brison, Heler
Johnson and Paulette Carter picke
| outside Catholic Social Services July 3
[ asking the agency not to send Indo
i Chinese refugees across their picketline
at Woonsocket Spinning Co. (Photo by
, Eileen Hanson)
City Workers Want Res;: cl
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
If city workers go on
strike later this month,
many black families will be
afffected.
The heart of the strike
would be the Sanitation
Department with 400 em
ployees, most of them
black.
“We're tired of getting
kicked from behind. It’s
time to stand up and be a
man,” said Zachariah Bru
ton Jr., steward for the
Laborer’s International
Union Local 64.
Bruton, a crew chief in
the Sanitation Department
for three years, says his
family would support him
if a strike is necessary.
“We don’t want to strike,
but they (City Hall) won't
listen to you. You have to
stand up to be respected,"
said Bruton.
Wages and respect are
the main issues in the
strike. The City is offering
a wage increase of 5.5
Dr. Reginald Hawkins Receives
General Dentistry Fellowship
By Anthony Hayes
Post Buff Writer
Reginald Hawkins,
D.D.S., a Charlotte family
dentist, has been awarded
a Fellowship of the Aca
demy of General Dentistry.
More than 500 Academy
members received the Fel
lowship award in a special
convocation ceremony,
i held June 28 during AGD’s
28th Annual Meeting in San
| Diego.
The Academy of General
Dentistry is a professional
■ organization of 23,000 fa
mily dentists that stresses
the vital role of continuing
dental education "in gua
ranteeing the quality of
dental care delivered to the
public." Hawkins, a native
of Beaufort, N.C. and a
graduate of the Howard
University dental school,
* opened his dental practice
in Charlotte in 1948.
Recalling a childhood ex
w perience when he was in
*1 appropriately treated by s
_ white dentist, Hawkins s«ic
Dr. Reginald Hawkins
...Charlotte family dentist
he felt a need to enter
dentistry and help his peo
ple. Hawkins, who noted
that there are only 3,000
black dentists in the U.S.
with this fellowship, said:
"It is a wide-opened field.
There’s a great need for
black dentists because the
number of blacks in the
flpld is declining due to
sophisticated procedures
used by the white institu
tions. These schools are,
intentionally, providing in
adequate training in their
teaching of reading, wri
ting and the basic scienc
es.”
Hawkins went on to ex
plain that in 1961 he launch
ed the first professional
suit against organized den
tistry in the nation. The
suit, against the N.C. Den
tal Society and Board of
Dental Examiners, was
based on their refusal to
admit blacks into the or
ganization. According to
Hawkins, "I had to sue the
N.C. Dental Society to
force them to admit blacks.
You had to be a member
of the state society to be
come a member of the
American Dental Associa
tion; and you had to be a
member of the American
Dental Association as a
prerequisite for being ad
mitted to the Academy of
General Dentistry There
was this trend across the
nation of preventing blacks
from entering their state
district organizations,
which automatically closer
doors to the other organua
tions.” The suit, aided by
the NAACP, was finally
won in 1966, and set a
precedent that opened
doors for black dentists and
physicians to pursue the
educational opportunities
they had been denied.
Hawkins, a pastor at H
O. Graham Metropolitan
United Presbyterian
Church (in Charlotte), and
his wife, Catherine, are the
parents of four children -
Paulette, Reginald Jr.,
Wayne, and Lorena Hawk
ins, who is also an alumnus
of Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity, said: “My accom
plishment was the com
bination of a long struggle
against the state and dental
organizations. It proves to
those who have ridiculed
black dentists, that we
have the capabilities to
succeed. Blacks who are
truly interested in dentist
ry must get in there and
fight for it, because this is
not just an honorary ac
complishment but more
importantly, an earned ac
complishment
percent. Union members
say it’s not enough to live
on with inflation running 15
to 20 percent.
Bruton isn't worried
about losing a few pay
checks if a strike occurs.
"What we get is so little it
isn’t enough to lose any
way,” he said. "My wife is
out of work. We have two
children, Zachariah 111 and
Christopher But we ll take
it as it comes My wife says
she’ll support the strike ”
According to Bruton, the
day Local 64 was to consi
der the strike vote (last
Monday) a representative
of city management came
to’ his house and spent twc
hours trying to persuade
him to recommend a vote
against a strike But Bru
ton says the decision is u|
to the members
Some 75 union member
decided July 7 to wait thre<
weeks before striking, ask
ing City Council to givi
them more than a 5.5 per
cent increase Starting pa
is now about $170 a week
u/ith Inn nav for a cre\
chief at $250.
“By the time they dedu<
everything, we’ll only
bring home about $5. of th
new increase," said Bn
ton.
Respect on the job rat*
as high as more wages f
some workers.
“We're not even treate
like second class citizens,
said Bruton. "At first Cit
Hall wouldn't even let us i
1 the door when we started I
> unionize. But after last
* year's strike, they have l
recognize us. Now when w
8 come, they listen "
. Charlotte city workers
1 struck in June, 1979 i
s secure a grievance proc
.. dure. They returned to
work after three days w»h
management threatened
see CITY on Page 4
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12 MJfion INeedy (liildrwi
Eligible For Medicaid
HHS today urged schools
across the country to take a 11
more active part in en a
suring that some 12 million ,l
needy children who are H
eligible for Medicaid re
ceive health services a' ail e
able under the Early and s
Periodic Screening Diag- 0
nosis and Treatment
iEPSDTi program
HHS' Health Care Fi- e
nancing Administration
and Public Health Service v
and the U. S Department 1
of Education are encou- *
raging schools to become
partners in the EPSDT
program by helping poor |
children to get the assess
ment and treatment ser
vices they need. School
Systems can select their
more appropriate roles in
the service delivery pro
cess from a range of activi
ties - outreach, case man
agement and referral to
physicians and other pro
viders who can ensure con
tinuing and comprehensive
care State Medicaid agen
cies can reimburse for ser
vices provided to Medicaid
children
The EPSDT program be
gan in 19t>7 and offers care
that is not readily avail
able to poor children, from
infants to age 21. with
emphasis on preventive
care and health status
monitoring Although the
number of children as
sessed has increased each
year, many are not
reached
Only -10 percent of the 12
million children eligible for
’ Medicaid have been as
sessed for health problems
> This is because some fami
: lies still are not aware that
such services are avail
! able, the services are not
always accessible and the
f EPSDT program has posed
• financial burdens for states
v without providing appro
priate incentives to develop
1 more effective programs.
The administrations's
e proposed Child Health As
sessment Program is de
signed to overcome these
s obstacles
The Health Care Financ
ing Administration will
fj oversee reimbursement
procedures and develop po
y licy and program guide
n lines The Department of
0 Education will provide
technical assistance to
0 state education agencies
e and local school districts,
including a printed "how
to" guide and other infor
o mation made available
t- through liaison with its
regional offices. The
>n public Health Service will
to coordinate and help pro
vide health care services.
.'Minou^n accurate Mans
gs will not be available for
year or two. HCFA es
mates that if 10 percent
lore children - 360.000 •
ere reached through the
^operation of the school
► stem. an annual savings
r $43 2 in 11 lion could 1m*
•alized Studies have
lown that total Medicaid
tpendilures run about 40
ercent less lor children
ho have been screened
trough KPSDT than for
lose who have not been
greened
Jacqueline Faulkner
..Rising 9th grader
Miss Faulkner
To Study At
Appalachian St
Jacqueline B. Faulkner,
a rising ninth grader at
Piedmont Middle School
has been selected to attend
a two-week enrichment
program at Appalachian
State University
She will study biology,
chemistry and computer
science each day from 8
a m, to 4 p m through the
University's Gifted and
Talented Science Program
for secondary level stu
dents
Classroom and small
group laboratory activities
will be supplemented by
field trips and individual
projects.
Miss raulkner was cho
sen for academic excel
lence in science based on
recommendations from her
teachers in that field. She
plans to pursue a career in
computer programming or
dentistry.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Faulkner of
1806 McAllister Drive. Miss
Faulkner enjoys swimming
and reading.
She will be Student Coun
cil president of Piedmont'
Middle School for 1 MO-61
and has previously served
as vice preident.
Miss Faulkner is on the
Project Aries staff, parti
cipates on her school’s vol
ley ball and track teams.
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