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ANGEL HICKLEN FLASHES
.....One of her engaging smiles
Attractive Angel Hicklen
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Mention airplane travel
to our beauty, Angel
Hicklen, and her smile will
take off at full speed. Even
her name. Angel, denotes a
spirit drawn to the skies.
She has already visited
many cities via plane and
is looking forward to many
'more.
“It’s nice visiting places
you’ve never seen before, I
learn so much," she con
fessed. She is only 15, but
has seen Niagra Falls,
been to Canada, and
viewed the scenery of Buf
falo^ Y.
RW Hicklen travels by
airplane with her mother,
Ms. P. Hicklen, at least
once a year. Her ambition
is plane related, and while
others only dream, she
plans to make her fantasy
come true. “1 would like to
become an airline steward
ess because I like flying so
much," Ms. Hicklen ex
plained.
While on land our beauty
enjoys volleyball, swim
ming, tennis and watching
wrestling and boxing She
enjoys the music of
Michael Jackson and
Prince and views "What’s
Happening” and the "Jef
fersons” for the thrill of
comedy.
Her favorite person is
her mother. "She works
diligently in the church,
she makes many of my
clothes and she loves me.
She has taken care of me
and I think she has done a
good job,” Ms. Hicklen
said. “She has always been
there when I needed her."
Ms Hicklen and ' her
mother attend Friendship
Baptist Church. As a mem
ber of the Usher Board, the
Junior Choir, Sunday
School, and the Girl Scout
troop in the church, our
beauty stays rather busy.
She has received numer
ous awards, pins and
patches in the Girl Scout
troop 599 for camping, hik
ing, game leadership, etc.
The troop, of over 100 mem
bers, recently studied
about the birthplace of
Juliet Low in Savannah,
Ga. Ms. Hicklen also parti
cipated in the census re
search and won a patch for
her work. She sold over 300
boxes of Girl Scout cookies
- the most sold in troop 599
this year
As a tenth grade stu
dent at Myers Park Senior
High School, our Cancer
beauty is involved in the
ROTC. Last year at Sedge
field Junior High, she
joined the school's chorus
Ms. Hicklen will always
be drawn to the endless
enchantments of the
heavens. Yet, she hasn't
forgotten her roots She
realizes how to share in the
many joys both the skies
and the earth have to offer.
With Fuel BiUs
Heating Assistance
Program To Aid Poor
An estimated 335.000 low
income households across
North Carolina are eligible
lor financial help with their
heating bills.
; Through the federal Low
fncome Energy Assistance
Program, the state will
receive $33.2 million from
the $1.75 billion in funds
appropriated by Congress.
"This program provides
a one-time payment to help
eligible households pay
their heating bills," ac
cording to Robert Ward,
director of the North Caro
lina Department of Human
Resources’ Division of
Social Services.
The Human Resources
Department will admin
ister the program and
county social services
across the state will de
termine eligibility.
Mecklenburg County be
gan accepting applications
at the old Sears building at
N. Try on on Dec. 1.
Abdications are being
accepted Monday through
Friday from 8 a m. to 5
p.m. there until January
18, 1M1.
1, 1980 are automatically
considered for Energy As
sistance Funds
Individuals or families
which do not receive these
benefits can still be eligible
if their income levels meet
those required and the re
sidents have heating bills.
A written application is
also necessary.
Monthly income levels
for one person must not
exceed $316. For a family
of two, $418. is the limit;
three- $519, four- $621, five
$723 , 6 $824, and seven or
more add $102 for each
additional person
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Carter Urged To Veto
Anti-Busing Amendment
CBC To
Hold First
Open House
Have you ever been
curious to know more about
the broadcast industry?
The Charlotte Broadcast
Coalition. Inc. will give an
account of the industry’s
activities at its First An
nual Open House to be held
Thursday, December 4, at 7
p m. in the Johnson C.
Smith University Student
Union Lounge.
The Open House was de
signed to acquaint the com
munity with citizen par
ticipation in broadcasting,
present the community
with the history, purpose
and composition of CBCI,
and invite them to become
Coalition members
The agenda will include
Pluria Marshall's descrip
tion of "The Struggle," or
"How It ’twas," which will
detail the efforts and suc
cesses since the mid 60s of
citizens’ groups to reform
me Droaocast industry s
exclusion of black men,
black women and white
women, from positions of
decision making responsi
bility.
He will (also discuss is
sues such as the concept
that ‘‘the airways belong to
the people," the Federal
Communication Commis
sion's Equal Employment
Opportunity ascertainment
and programming rules, li
cense renewal require
ments, citizen access to the
media,; minority owner
ship and other matters
Coalition members will
highlight efforts since 1970
Eric Moore, the former
station manager of WGIV
radio will share his in
sights on “The Obliga
tions” of the broadcast in
dustry or “How It’s 'sposed
To Be.”
T. J. Reddy and Clara
Lowry Williams will share
impressions of broadcast
ing, giving insight on “The
Reality,” or “How It 'tis.”
CBC1 will also present
scholarship awards total
ling $10,500 to eleven' stu
dents.
Kevin Lee, 9-year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lee, and Terence
Smyre, 10-year old son of Mr. and Mrs
Willie Smyre are always on the go. With
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the leaves rustling and the sun briskly
shining they couldn't have chosen a finer
fall day for their adventurous
expeditions. ( Photo by Teresa Burns)
Through NMP Council
Minority Businesses Can
Increase Their Productivity
B> Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Minority businesses can
increase their productivity
just by becoming involved
with the National Minority
Supplier Development
Council.
The eight-year council's
(first named The National
Minority Purchasing Coun
cil in 1972) main purpose is
to increase purchasing of
goods and services from
minority- owned com
panies
This is carried out in
effective ways. Last year
alone $3 3 billion was Tun
neled to minority business.
How was this feat accqm
plished? The organization
is comprised of 63 regional
councils situated across the
United States Each pro
vides information to 147
major corporations that
are members of the
Fortune 500 companies,
Examples are Avon, IBM,
and Western Electric.
Through the council, con
tracts from these major
companies are secured
with minority firms from
across the United States
There are Charlotte busi
ness people taking advant
age of these opportunities.
Take Bobby Lowerey, pre
sident and'owner of Better
Cleaning Janitor Service,
Inc. and Better Cleaning
Maintenance, for example
“As a result of having
this contact," Lowery be
gan. “I received a three
year service contract with
Western Electric worth $3
million. We cleaned West
ern Electric Center in
Greensboro. Just a few of
the major businesses doing
business with minority
firms on a local basis are
IBM, Celanese, AJcoa Al
luminum. Allied Chemical
and TVA.”
One of the 63 councils
which gives input concern
ing the needs and the
priorities of minority busi
ness development is lo
cated in Charlotte The
council is called the Me
trolina Input Committee.
Chaired by Bobby
Lowery, it is composed of
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Jean Webber. Jimmy
Herndon. Bernard John
son, Charles Mackey,
Dcame Maxwell, Jane Ksp
topinal, Waller Tucker,
Maxie Granger, Omar l^ca
therman and W G. Nelson
According to Ixiwery, a
minority business does not
necessarily have to become
a member of the National
Minority Supplier Develop
ment Council The 147
major corporations are
members
A minority business only
has to contact one of the
Metrolina Input Committee
members to make contact
with any 6f these major
corporations Lowery is
also vice chairman of the
National Minority Input
Committee He states that
the projected sum the ma
jor corporations will spend
in minority firms in 1981 is
$4 billion
The following is the de
finition of a minority bust
ness given by the National
Minority Supplier Develop
ment Council A company
51 percent owned by a
minority - that minority
being American Blacks,
Hispanics. Native /Ameri
cans. American Eskimoes,
American Aluets, Puerto
Ricans. You must be a U S.
citizen
Major corporations in
volved in the National
Minority Supplier Develop
ment Council not only pro
vide contracts for minority
businesses but they also
provide technical assist
ance in marketing, financ
ing and sales
The next Minority Input
Committee meeting will be
held in January. New. of
ficers .will be elected and
hopefully an elected of
ficial from Washington will
be present to give some
insight into the new admin
istration's plans for minor
ity business advancement.
For more information on
how the National Minority
Supplier Development
Council can aid your
minority business, contact
a local committee member
or cal) Bobby Lowery at
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(J) Hearing To
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AsNiNtanee Plan
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Charlotte City Council
wants residents to share
their ideas for a Commun
ity Development and Hous
ing Assistance Plan aimed
at five target areas
The Council will hold a
public hearing on Thurs
day, December 4, to kick
off the planning process
Meeting time will be 7 p m
in the Council Chamber at
City Hall, 600 E Trade
Street
A preliminary plan will
include a proposed budget
for fiscal year 1982 Fed
era I funds totalling >5 mil
lion will be available for
the project, according to
Joe Michie, deputy director
for the Community De
velopment Department
Monies will tuna land
purchases, housing re
habilitation, parks and
physical improvements in
the Community Develop
ment Neighborhood Stra
tegy areas, he said.
Racial
Justice
Setback
Special To The Host
Warning against a "set
back of a quarter century
of progress for racial just
ice," the Southern Region
al Council is calling on
Presdient Carter to veto
the anti-busing amendment
recently passed by Con
gress
At the biracial group's
annual meeting last week
end in Atlanta, leaders
from across the South
unanimously passed a re
solution declaring that
"busing has been a neces
sary tool and often the only
way to end racial segre
gation of public schools "
SRC members resolved
that the President should
veto the funding bill of the
jwiu' wr|Miinu;ni wmen
was amended by the IJ.S
Senate on November 13
barring the department
from participating in law
suils requiring busing for
school desegregation
“We share your concern
that this amendment is
unconstitutional," the SRC
resolution says to the
President, "and a veto by
you would reaffirm your
commitments to human
rights, improved education
and greater equality in our
society " President Carter
has Justice's appropria
lions bill before him now
since the Mouse passed the
bill with the anti-busing
amendment last week
On otner issues, the
South s oldest integrated
organization expressed
strong support for tne ex
tension of (he V oting Rights
Act of 1965 which "has
. opened up the political pro
cess not only to minority
citizens but also to poor
white citizens throughout
the South The Act that
bars literacy tests, poll
taxes, and other barriers to
voting will expire in Au
gust, 1982 if not extended
by Congress
Steve Suitts, SRC execu
tive director says that "few
people realize that Con
gress must affirmatively
renew the Voting Rights
Act if its safeguards
against special privileges
in voting are to be con
tinued
Senator Strom Thur
mond of South Carolina,
the new chairman of the
C S Senate .Judiciary Com
mittee, expressed his op
position to extending the
Act last week The Council
says it will assign high
priority to research and in
vestigation to determine
what.'the effects of the Act
have been in the last IS
years
The organization also an
nounced that Alabama
state Rep Antonio Har
rison of Birmingham is the
new SRC president and
Mary Frances Derfner of
Charleston was re-elected
as vice president Succeed
ing Charlotte attorney,
Julius Chambers, Harrison
is owner of a management
consulting firm concentrat
ing in minority business
development and com
munications and was first
elected to the Alabama
legislature in 1974. ^
Christine Smith Heads City’s '
First Corporate Planners Agency
By Mian Kllsworth
Post Staff Writer
Deck the Halls with
Boughs of Holly! Celebrate
and eat hearty. Tis the
season for company Christ
mas parties •
Soon after starts another
year of conventions, con
ferences and meetings for
corporations, clubs and
organizations.
Meetings, Incorporated,
a newly formed company
headed by Charlotte
native, Christine Smith, is
the city's first corporate
planners agency.
This organization of pro
fessional consultants works
with hotels, caterers, pho
tographers, speakers and
other suppliers.
"We offer a full range of
services including hotel ne
gotiations, production and
staging, entertainment and
complete budget analysis,"
Ms. Smith pointed out
Consultants alleviate the
hassled of planning a busi
ness <w social gathering
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Christine Smith
popular businesswoman
"If an organization
wants to hold a meeting in
St Louis or Charlotte, " she
began, Til find the site
and set up the entire thing.
I’ll take care of the details
and do all the worrying for
them,” Ms. Smith ex
plained
"Having only one person
to deal with certainly
makes it more convenient
for the group," she added
Is the service expensive?
Ms. Smith said hotels and
^ supplies pay her fee since it
is less costly for them to
give her a commission than
hire salespeople for re
cruiting business
Her agency operates
similarly to an airline
travel agent Tickets are
not more expensive buying
them through a travel
agent, she said.
As to qualifications, Ms
Smith indicated her back
ground includes 12 years in
broadcasting, two years as
public relations director
for Wachovia Bank and
Trust Comnanv and four
years as public information
and public relations direc
tor for United Community
Services.
Using a nationwide net
work of contacts, Ms.
Smith said she can do in a
half hour what an un
trained planner would need
nearly a week to accom
plish
In most professions the
meeting is merely a side
line. But to Ms Smith it's
her area of specialization.
"Groups often do not
realize they can negotiate
for less expensive prices in
lodging and food." she
emphasized.
Although anyone can
assemble a meeting, how
smoothly it runs often de
pends on how professional
ly it was put together, she
continued
At first Ms Smith said
she thought her idea was
unique Then she attended
Meeting World, which is a
national conference of cor
porate planners She
learned these professionals
have offices throughout the
country.
Aware of Charlotte’s
growth, Ms Smith said she
saw a need for this kind of
service here
"Charlotte has now be
come a major meeting
center," she noted
Ms Smith had arranged
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