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YOUR BEST TJl* 2 21980 r sss" *p|jrr» PITADIAWI? nnoo» l^3^^tcnJbi iiixArlJuiU 1 i Jt» Jr Uo I i ,— "THE VOICE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY" WM \ 1 iTmS ¥ VALERIE RENEE CARTER — Y oungest of nine children Valerie Renee Carter Is Beauty Of The Week fey Teresa Burns Post Staff W Iter With textbooks in hands our beauty, Valerie Renee Carter has probably start ed her classes at Living stone College. Her mind is set on the computer science field. “For one thing,” she ex plained “it’s a wide open fields*And even if she has to transfer to UNC-C she intends to complete her degree. As the young<'st of nin children of Mrs. Minnie Carter, our beauty says she has always been Vn«'vn as one of the Carter sisters. **"t by the time she reach ed the 12th grade at West Mecklenburg she estab lished her own identity. She spread her wings, so to speak, making the world recognize that she was a leader. In her last year in high school alone she was vice president of the student body, a cheerleader, a member of Project Aries, the Civinettes, vice pre sident of the Red Cross, a member of the Fellowship of Christian Girls, and a member of the DECA Club. She obtained the Project Aries Award for mutual understanding and respect among races. Involvement is not the only virtue of Ms. Carter’s. She is also perceptive making sure to avoid un necessary mistakes. “I’m not spoiled and I’m active. I also learn from my family’s mistakes. In that way I don’t make the same mistakes they made.” h3C olcA PAAn prejudice that exists, and it is one aspect of the world she would like to change. Standing 5’7”, 121 pounds, our Capricorn beauty loves to dance, and cook. She adores all types of sports, especially footb ball. "I play basketball but like to watch football games,” she admitted. Her favorite person is her mother, Mrs. Minnie Carter. ‘‘She raised all of us by herself after my father died - and she raised us in a decent place.” To get a good education is one of Ms. Carter’s ma jor goals. “I’m not satisfied with the educatiom I have now. I want to get a degree. I enjoy working and I don’t want to be a slave,” she noted. She would like to forever break out of the mold of being someone's else's sister-she wants to be known for her own merits, not her family’s. And if she keeps on her present path, nothing can stop her. IVew Project Aims To Enrich Homemakers’ Lives Dai C.i__ nil. .a a a a a “"V UU9WUI in Post Staff Writer ..“Full-time homemakers are a neglected part of our society,” according to Betty Watson who will co direct a new project de signed to raise their morale. Funded by a Title I Grant and using resources of Cen tral Piedmont Community College and WomanReach, - Inc., the project aims at enriching the home maker’s life. The program will run September 15 - December 19 and all activites take place in the home. Offered free of charge, the project is open to any full-time homemaker who has a telephone and lives within the toll-free area. Heightening the home maker’s awareness and helping her to appreciate her role in the family is the project’s goal. Participants will receive a packet containing an overview of information and materials following re gistratifft. Befor^lhe first two-week segment begins partici pants will receive a packet of materials on the theme “Getting Acquainted With How I Think And Feel,” and a telephone amplifier. During the first two-week mciuue Keeping a project diary, television lessons on developing familiarity with computers, telephone tapes on that theme and using newspapers and maga zines. Teaching computer li teracy deals with providing insight into how computers are used, problem solving skills, how they mechanic ally function (not a course in operating computers). Tapes are conversational in style and help clarify values, Ms. Watson ex plained. This pattern continues in the third segment. ‘‘Get ting Acquainted With The Changing World Around Me ” Morial: Break Grip Of Crime In Inner City Political Forum Sets Meeting The North Carolina Black P •nticai Forum will meet in Raleigh September 19-20 to set .1 statewide black agenda for the 1980s The l -,s! conference of • the Forum will be held at the Dow ntown Holiday Inn in Raleigh. Workshops, dis cussions and strategy ses sions are planned. Rev. Leon White, co chairperson of the Black Political Forum, will be in Charlotte Tuesday. August 19 to announce the new black organization and to discuss conference plans. He will speak at an 11 a m press conference at the Main Library, 322 N. Tryon St. The public is welcome. "The N.C. Black Politi cal Forum grew out of the combined efforts of people who were committed to an eugmeumg DidiK p**o pie's political power in North Carolina and to seek ing solutions to those issues which directly affect our people," said White, direc tor of the United Church of Christ Commission on Ra cial Justice for N.C. and Virginia. ‘‘We aim to provide a forum for people to arti culate their concerns and press their_demands for re solutions of injustices. We are also committed to em powering community groups in their local and statewide efforts,” said White. A pardon for the Wil mington 10, a just resolu tion of the UNC desegre gation suit, utility reform, an end to high unemploy ment and fair administra tion of the Food Stamp Program will be issues on the agenda. Workshops will also include organizing skills and discussion of black politics in the 1980s A nationally known speaker (to be announced) will address the banquet Saturday evening. State and national black leaders will be invited to attend (rPt,s Home Repaired Cooperative Effort Erases Hoover’s Greatest Worry By Eileen Hanson Special To The Post . .Johnson Hoover's great est worry was how to get his home repaired. He and his wife Sarah had lived in their home on Keswick Ave. for 15 years. Two of their three children were born there. Hoover was blind and suffered from a stroke. His wife was also ill with a heart condition. What little money they had was barely enough to cover monthly mortgage payments and living expenses. There was nothing left for home re pairs. As the years went on. the luks in the roof and the floe couldn't be repaired. Just before his last stroke July 1, Hoover learned that help was on the way. He died July 25, knowing that his family would not have to abandon their home Thanks to the efforts of the Metrolina Association for the Blind, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Youth Coun cil, the Home Builders As sociation and the Lion’s Club, the Hoover home is undergoing a complete re pair. On August 11 Rehabco, the housing reconstruction project of the Youth Coun cil, arrived to start repair ing the house. They brought with them lumber, paint, shingles and other materials furnished by lo cal construction com panies “We’ve waited a long time. I'm just so happy to get it done,“ said Mrs. Hoover She and her three children and three grand children remain in their home as the construction crew moves around them, putting up ceiling board, building a new porch, fix ing the holes in the floor an<i tl plumbing new roof is already near com pletion. The cooperative effort to help the Hoover family started when Joyce DeVin ney of the Metrolina Asso ciation for the Blind learn ed about their problem last April. She contacted the Youth Council which agreed to supply man power for the rennovation through Rehabco. Ten young men in the Rehabco project are learn ing to be painters, car penters, plumbers, main tenance and landscape specialists. The Lion's club aised money and Abernathy Lumber Co. supplied at cost. The Home Builders As sociation coordinated ef forts to get local construc tion companies to donate supplies as a service to the community. Among the companies contributing materials are John Crosland Roofing Co., R.T. White Plumbing. G. Milton Allen Home Repair Service, Muir and Laney Guttering, and Mitchem Building Supply. According to Ms. DeVin ney, money is still needed for house paint, and to help the Hoover family meet expenses Any donations should be directed through Greg Reid at the Youth Council. 501 E. Morehead St., 333-5241. Rehabco has rehabili tated many homes since it started in April, 1979; in cluding homes in the Cher ry Community and Third Ward. One of 6 projects of the Youth Council's Mini Cities program. Rehabco is a federally funded job training program for eco nomically disadvantaged youth The Youth Community Conservation Improve ment Project, another of the Youth Council, is also part of Rehabco. hich trains high school drop outs with needed ills Participai - attci *CC on the Square on< ,.a> a week to complete their high school dip,, mas Rehabco also contracts for maintenance and land scaping services, weathoi ization, and general home repairs and reconstruction Its office is at 7th and McDowell, but requests are handled through Reid at the Youth Council Those working on the Hoover home are painters Spencer Jones, Nelson Har ris. and Fred Wright; car penters James Faille, Ran dy and Timothy Rose; maintenance men Joe Stin son, Arnold Whitley and Warren Bryant; and plum ber Gyde Sloan Black Leaders Agree That New Police Chief Should Come From Within Ranks By Anthony Hayes Post 8taH Writer After a 39-year career that has spanned nearly every department job from street cop to Chief, J. C. ‘‘Jake" Goodman has an nounced his retirement from the Charlotte Police Department. That an nouncement has caused the city to set up procedures for a nationwide search to find a new police chief. Who will the next police chief be? What character istics should he possess? A Huntington Beach, . California recruitment firm that helped cities like Dallas, Phoenix and Des Moine pick new police chiefs will lead the nation wide search. Mayor Eddie Knox and some council members thought it best for the new chief to come from outside the department They think an outsider is needed to solve what they Ron Leeper .. .District 3 Councilman see as low-morale and in effective management within the department. In response to this “out side selection,” Dr. Ra leigh Bynum, a candidate for county commission, said, “based on the com ments l*ve heard and the department morale, it may be best to go to an out side source. That does not mean we don’t have quali fied officers within the de partment • it’s simply an easier route to alleviate the internal problems." Rev. Robert L Walton, also a candidate for county com mission, in expressing a different view says, “I don't believe in spending a lot of money to hire people for certain jobs. I under stand that the police chief holds a very important po sition; however, I would have conducted an exten sive search within the de partment to see if there were qualified officers, and if I could not agree upon someone within the depart ment, I would then employ a firm to conduct a search outside the department. In reference to an outside firm being used for the search-( Management ■0 Assessment Centers will be paid $9,750) Bynum said, "local firms come in con tact with city officials and may be vulnerable to poli tical influences." City councilman Ron Leeper says, "I believe consider ation should have been given to some local firms who are capable , but the decision was not left up to the City Council." City Manager David Burkhalter has named a panel of eight citizens to provide suggestions that will help the firm draw a profile on the chief's duties and required skills. Ms. Carrie Graves (community activist), in reference to what the new chief should be like says, "The new chief should be a top-notch administrator. He should be aware of our country as it is today and not as it was years ago when he first started working. We need a chief who’s compassionate, yet reasonable and willing to become a part of the community. This is a public job," she said, “and you can’t accomplish that sitting behind a desk. Above all, he should see that black officers receive their due rewards, and get the positions they're quali fied for." Dr. Bynum also elaborated on this point and said, "The new police chief should definitely be sensitive to the unique needs and ways of minority communities. He should al so be more accessible, so that he’s easy to get to.” Leeper believes the new chief "must have a com mitment to affirmative ac tion programs. His past records should Indicate that he stands for this." Leeper further explained that "there’s a great deal of concern about the low see Black on Page 8 I Blacks Suffer Most From Crime Special To The Post .."We must break the grip of fear that is strangling many of our inner-city neighborhoods. Our people must be able to live and work and play in peace and safety in our cities," Mayor Ernest N. Morial. of New Orleans, told the Judicial Council of the National Bar Association in Dalla. last w< -k. Addressing the Pound er’s Day Awards Luncheon where he received the Ray mond Pace Alexander Award and Council founder Judge George W'. Croclett, the William H. Hastie Award, Morial said crime was on the rise in many large cities, notably Los Angeles, Birmingham and Las Vegas. Blacks suffer most from crime, he added, noting that in New Orleans last year three out of four mur der victims were black. "Nationally, homicide is the leading cause of death for black men and women in the 25-34 age category And blacks are six times as likely to be shot to death as whites," the mayor stated. Responsible officials must withstand hysteria and deal rationally with the problem, he warned. "In New Orleans recent ly, we have effectively placed a moratorium on public bickering among public officials on the issue of crime. Instead of en gaging in the bitter lan guage of divisiveness, re presentatives of the crim inal iustice agencies, in cluding judges, the district attorney, the sheriff, the police chief, city council members and the mayor, now meet regularly to work out differences and to im prove cooperations," Morial said. Citing the racial violence in Miami and Wichita. Kan sas, Morial said it was due to failures in the criminal justice system, and he call ed for more minorities in all phases of the system, citing recent state court affirmative action pro grams as salutary. freshmen Orientation Week Begins Sunday Freshmen orientation at Johnson C. Smith Univer sity will be held Sunday, August 24 through Sunday, August 31. Between 450 and 500 freshmen are expected to enroll that week. The week of orientation will be used for testing, advisement, and pre-regi stration clearance for stu dents enrolling during this 113th academic year at the university JCSU residence halls will open at 9 a m on the 24th. Orientation activities for transfer students will begin on Friday, August 29. Stu dents holding assignments for campus housing may check into their rooms be ginning at noon on Thurs day, August 28. Class registration will be held on September 4 and 5. I TWTO-W* The EASIEST WAY to pick out the host at a COCK TAIL PARTY ia to find the one who ia MEASURING THE DRINKS Members of Rehabco are pitching in to renovate the home of Sarah Hoover. Randy Rose, Hezechiah Massey (Super visor), Joe Stinson, Warren Bryant, Mrs. Hoover, Larry Henderson (supervisor), Nelson Harris, Spencer Jones Fred Wright and Randy Rose. (Photo by Eileen Hanson)