North Carolina Newspapers

__ 5 1980 YOUR BEST >— - ADVERTISING MEDIA, /% VV w W V /\ _ BLACK NEWSPAPERS' IN THE LUCRATfWPI /• TT f| if I f| T* Tl 1 H 0(1 EFFECTIVELY REACH BLACK MARKET # . U W\ § § § § # 1 V 1 BY FAR. MORE [CALL 37^% UH/XXIXJIU 1 111 I! OI LSl^K CONSUMERS —- _THE VOICE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY_ —^_ ""’"^^’^BARLOlT^E^OST^^huredav^Septeniber"! i*wn ““ »- . w— .... _Price 30 Cents NCNB To Aid Voter Registration Special To The Post . .A concentrated voter re gistration drive will be held at most neighborhood branches of NCNB throughout the state before the November general elections Eligible voters may re gister during banking hours at 118 NCNB loca tions the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 3, according to R. Kenneth Babb, chairman of the State Board of Elections. "We have wanted for some time to interest a majPr corporation in as sisting with a comprehen sive voter registration drive,” Babb said. “We are delighted that NCNB will help us meet our obliga tion to open up the re gistration process. NCNB has convenient locations all across North Carolina, making registration more accessible than ever for the public.” In Charlotte and Meck lenburg, nine NCNB loca tions will be used as re gistration points to supple ment those locations avail able year-round, including the County Elections Office at 710 E. Fourth St.; public libarary branches; and all local branches of First Union National Bank and Mechanics and Farm ers Bank and Mobil City Hall. NCNB offices whereelec tion officials will register voters are the Main Office, One NCNB Plaza; Belha ven Blvd. Office, 4801 Belhaven Blvd.; Charlotte town Office, 508 Kings Dr.; Eastland Mall Office, 5459 Eastland Mall; Idlewild Of li'jfy 5625 E. Independence Blvd.; Beatties Ford Rd. Office, 2249 Beatties Ford Rd.; Northeast Office, 3401 The Plaza; Sedgefield Of five, 2823 South Blvd. and SouthPark Office, 6200 Fairview Rd. Registration will take place in the bank lobbies between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. "To register, you must be at least 18 years old and an American citizen. You must have lived in the state and your precinct at least 30 days prior to registra tion and be a resident of the county in which you re gister. You must register in person," Babb said. Randy Kincaid Pledges Support For Education ..Randall Kincaid, Ninth District Democratic Con gressional candidate, pledged to support quality education as 94,450 stu dents in Mecklenburg, Ire dell and Lincoln counties prepared to begin a new school year. Kincaid made the pro mise as he concluded “Education Week’’, the last«4n his summer-long “Imfe of the Week" series. “We have to be fiscally responsible and we have to have a social conscience," Kincaid said. “We must recognize the importance of our nation's human re sources and develop them like a capital asset. The children we educate today will be the skilled workers who make the United States productive in the future. He noted that in the coming decades a greater portion of the nation’s jobs will require higher skills. "It would be a tragedy if we failed to educate our children to fill those jobs and take their place as productive citizens," Kin caid said. Kincaid emphasized that the primary responsibility for education should re main with local and state governments, so schools remain closely controlled by the people who use them. Noting that in creased federal financial contributions would mean increased federal control, Kincaid said the federal government should only be involved in the schools when it is clear that a program is beneficial. The current federaJ share of school financing is nine percent nationwide. Among successful fe deral programs* Kincaid cited grants to provide remedial reading and math instruction for low income students who are failing to achieve. Miss Gloria Ann Kilgo ...Commercial arts major Gloria Ann Kilgo Is Beauty Of Week By Teresa Burns Post Staff Writer . .Usually Gloria Ann Kilgo is behind the camera, but this week she is spotlighted as our beauty of the week. Majoring in Commercial Art at Central Piedmont Community College, Ms. Kilgo has plans to transfer to another college to study photography. She already knows the dark room pro cedure, but wishes to per fect her skill. “I would like to be a freelance photographer,” Ms. Kilgo revealed, “I've started taking baby pic tures and photos of neigh bors.” The most important as pects about photography to Ms. Kilgo is to focus cor rectly, check the light meter and to achieve various angles. Our Virgo beauty recent ly celebrated her 19th birthday. She is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kilgo Sr. and she has two brothers and three sisters. In fact, one of her sisters, Marilyn, submitted Ms. Kilgo’s name for beauty of the week as a birthday gesture. ‘‘We are always doing things like that,” Ms. Kilgo commented. Her philosophy is to respect everyone, but her favorite people are members of her family. Ms. Kilgo hobbies - photography, bike riding, tennis and ping pong • intermingle with her church activities. At An tioch Baptist Church she is the fourth vice president of the Youth Department, the devotion chairman, and is now in the process of heading the Youth Day Program Before graduating from East Mecklenburg in 1979, our beauty was a photo grapher on the Yearbook Staff, and obtained an in ternship at Elizabeth Ele mentary. Her favorite entertainer is Barry Manilow. "He puts so much emphasis on dif ferent moods - he makes you want to cry and then makes you want to laugh," she announced, "He's al most like a white Michael Jackson." Music is one pleasure in Ms. Kilgo's life, but she is not oblivious to the often unheeded strides of the Black race. "The system in general needs to change. It just doesn’t seem fair the way Blacks are treated at times,” she stated, "When we go up two steps we are pushed back one." When it comes to ambition she has an abundance. Channel 36’s Weather Man Is Full-Time Student At UNCC By Teresa Burns Post Staff Writer . .To anyone who has seen Charles Pearson on tele vision he is WRETTV’s weather man. Off the set he is a full-time student, majoring in Economics at the University of N.C. Charlotte, owner of Pear son Promotions Agency, and a person who loves life. "I love to do everything - jazz, golf, tennis, travel, good friends," Pearson revealed. And he says whatever he does he is determined to do his best. His interest in the media field started in his high school days. "It was an opportunity for advance ment,” Pearson began, "to advance my knowledge of a subject. The media is interesting. My job at '1 Charles Pearson . Owns promotions agency WRET is a hobby. But further down the road I don’t plan to move out of it.” Presently Pearson is responsible for editing, producing and presenting the weather in an informa tive and interesting man •» sion,” Pearson stated Pearson also worked at WGIV radio station He was responsible for news, weather, music and main taining data and logs His disciplined practive also aids his delivery. "I prac tice by talking to myself in front of the mirror.” he stated, "I love to talk.” Willingness to conquer many goals will put Pear son's gift to talk into ac lion. “I’d like to produce documentaries, do some acting, and become a news anchor person My ulti mate goal is to host a talk show,” Pearson remarked But his achievements aren't geared to stop there With his Economic degree he would eventually like to enter the management field and become an at torney, • Pro-Line Chief Says: “Despite Economy, Blacks Can Still Make It Big” Jim Martin Faces Busy Weekend Here Ninth District Congress man James Martin will arrive in Charlotte on Fri day, September 5, from Washington to begin a full weekend of appearances in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties. He will kickoff activities with a news conference at Douglas Municipal Airport to be followed by a Meck lenburg Evening Republi can Women s Club cam paign fund raiser later that evening. Dick Pomerantz of WSOC Radio will emcee a question and answer session. Martin will attend the Toastmasters Club Mini Republican Convention at the Executive Inn on Sa turday morning He will also discuss the interde pendency of local, state and national government at the Mecklenburg County Republican Party Seminar wii vju»vi utiivm i tun li Works.” If you would like to meet the congressman in person and talk with him, he will appear at the Cotswold Shopping Center at 10:30 a m. Saturday, the Park Road Shopping Center at 11:15 a m. and at the ‘ Do It-Yourself'" Fair at the Charlotte Merchandise Mart from 12:45 - 3 p.m. Later that afternoon he will attend the Iredell County Fair in Statesville. The congressman will be present Sunday for the opening ceremonies of the First International Hosiery Exposition at the Charlotte Civic Center. Here's Your Chance To Run Suite Government If you are a high school student in Mecklenburg County and would like to run state government for a day, now is your chance. For registration and in formation, contact Pam Kohl at 919-733-5966. The bell has rung, it’s 2:05 p.m and the first day of classes at West Charlotte Senior High School is over. And as these students walk down the front entrance. with sun shining, a cool breeze blowing gently, it s just the beginning of another nine-month adventure. < Photo by Peeler) For Low-Income (Children General Assembly To Expand Subsidized Dav Care Special To The Post .RALEIGH - Special state day care funds, appro priated by the 1979 session of the North Carolina General Assembly to ex pand subsidized day care for low-income children, helped pay for the care of 10,397 children during state fiscal year 1979-80, accord ing to Secretary of Human Resources Dr. Sarah T. Morrow. In addition to purchasing care for these children, she indicated that part of the money was used to help ‘‘start-up” or expand day care facilities across the state. Under this program, 1,200 new day care slots were created and 500 more slots were upgraded. "Both Gov. Hunt and my self became very concern ed in 1978 about the small percentage of low-income children across the state who were receiving sub sidized day care Day care being purchased for these children was limited to federal and county match ing funds. No state funds had ever been appropriat ed to purchase day care. Federal regulations re quired that only ’certified' facilities could provide care for these children. Requirements for certifica tion were much higher than state day care licensing requirements,” Dr. Mor row said. "With the support of the governor, our department requested state funds from the 1979 session of the General Assembly to ex pand day care opportune ties for low-income child ren across the state The legislators responded fa vorably by appropriating $3 8 million for fiscal year 1979 80 and $6 9 million for 1980-81." The North Carolina So cial Services Commission adopted a policy that be came effective October 26. 1979, that approved the purchase of day care by county social services de partments from "A" li censed centers with state and local funds. Federal funds are still limited to "certified" facilities The Day Care Se ction of the N.C. Department of Human Resources contact ed “A" licensed centers across the state and en couraged them to request authorization to partici pate. By the end of the 1979- 80 fiscal year. 124 "A” licensed centers had requested and been grant ed authorization status by the Section. Dr. Morrow said that $300,000 of the S6 9 million 1980- 81 fiscal year state appropriation has been al located for “start up" ef forts and $5.4 million has been allocated to the loo county social services de partments for the purchase of day care Counties are not required to provide any local matching money It is possible during the year that some limited addition al state funds may also be allocated to county social services departments Appalachian Regional Commission Child Devel opment projects in the western section of the state have been allocated $822. 000 Dewire To Bmik Old Habit* ? Do you desire to break out of the old habits, but find that your psycholo^ gival efforts merely take you around in circle*’’ Then you may want to sign up for a series of "Intensive Journal" work shops being sponsored bv the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Dialogue House Asso ciates. Inc This is a unique, comprehensive program of private and group experience to evoke the life-potential of indi viduals, based on the writ ings and research of Dr Ira Progoff. Pro-line To Gross Over $20 Million Special To The Post . DALLAS,Tex.-ComerJ. Cottrell Jr., president and chief executive officer of the multi-million dollar grossing Pro-Line Corp., feels that the salvation of Black people r^sts in their ability to "learn the vo cabulary ot the business world ." "If young persons, begin ning even during child hood. spent as much time as possible learning to ver-' balize their thoughts, read ing business publications, and practicing the business techniques of successful people, they could - by the time they are adults -- !>e pros' equipped with all the necessary tools for success," he said, in an article publised in the Au gust, 1980 issue of EBONY maganzine Cottrell. >' uring the edi tor;.).' spotlight with Kagan A Henry, presii .-nt of Broadcast Eruerarifees, Inc., and super football saleman Willie Davis, pre sident of All-Pro Broad casting. Inc . started his Black hair-care products firm 10 years ago with a S6«o investment Pro-Line Corp expec ts to gross more than $20 million dollars this year and plans to top $3o million soon after the forthcoming relocation of offices and manufactur ing facilities here in No \ ember. Maintaining that Blacks can. indeed, still mke it big in the business world, he said Statistics, economic forecasts and other data back me up on this ne lief: they indicate that op portunities for success in business careers are greater now than ever in the past." Corner Cottrell, along with younger brother Jim my now Pro-Line's mar keting vice president, used earl\ business experience gained in his Mobile. Ala bama hometown and he has not lost his sense of community identity nr icuny naie 10 see Comer Cottrell move to Dally*," said Karl Cooper II. past president of the Black Business Assn of I .os Angeles and head of his own management consult ing firm "Pro-Line has neen an inspiration to all of our members, and the com pany has been at the fore front of every major pro ject aimed at inspiring and motivating the overall community -• from innova tive youth training to meaningful art exhibits " Black priorities mast include a commitment to spend dollars in the Black communities with Black owned firms - whenever possible Cottrell wrote in the EBONY feature. “As we support Black hasinesses those business es have a responsibility to support the Black com munity by reinvesting in that community for the im provement of its physical environment and for the inspiring of its youth,” Cottrell said. % wtnMftu & Ml ner to his audience. "To be a good weather man you must know your material, be natural and have an open mind," Pearson sug gested And for those thinking about entering the field, he advises “...stick with it. You are always going to get negative responses But believe in yourself. You can do anything you set out to do." There is just one aspect of the field one must be ware of Pearson said "You can’t please everyone ’’ But other than that the positive characteristics are bountiful “This is a different avenue to show talents and to work with professional people To learn their ways of thinking, helps me tremendously in televi