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...Alexander Graham student
Antoinette Harrison
is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff W riter
Already ninth grader An
toinette Harrison has
mapped out what she hopes
will be the fulfillment of
her dreams. After grad
uation from high school her
first stt Jjyill be to join the
Navy. ^
While in the Navy she
aspires to take training in
the medTnrt-fTCkh-'Tm in
the ROTC now at Alexand
er Graham Jr. High and I’d
like to go into the Navy for
four years - I've always
wanted to see what it is
like I'll probably start
training to become a doctor
or a nurse there also.’’
Ms Harrison has a far
reaching and unselfish
soul Her philosophy at her
tender age of 14, exem
plifies her thoughtfulness.
“My philosophy of life is
to share with others,” she
commented.
She resides with her
grandmother, Florence
Harrison, who is our
beauty’s most beloved per
son. “She helps a lot - she
helps me make tough de
cisions "
Ms Harrison’s favorite
teacher at Alexander Gra
ham is Londell McClary, a
gym teacher and her home
room teacher According to
Ms. Harrison McClarry is a
teacher with a sense of
humor • he is one who can
turn a dreaded class into
one filled with learning and
laughter.
Language Arts. Social
Studies and Spanish are
classes Ms. Harrison looks
forward to also. In addition
she was on the school’s
softball team, she man
aged the J V girls’ and
boys’ basketball teams.
She is a member pf the
chorus and ROTC and
belongs to the Elk's Club. A
few of her hobbies include
swimming, dancing and
watching television pro
grams evolved around
Blacks. She also attends
Matthews-Murkland
United Presbyterian
Church.
Being an only child is one
phase of Ms. Harrison’s life
she’d like to change But
she does have two “play”
sisters. Joyce and Jackie
Harrison, who are close to
her.
Our Aries beauty is one
with much compassion, hi
addition to choosing a
career with the main em
phasis of aiding others she
has concern for those in
Africa and the pending
Social Security episode
No doubt. Ms. Harrison
will achieve her desired
goals as her reward -- for
her concern for others ex
pands beyond the inner
boundary of self
Thousands Of Children
Are Getting Into Trouble
Small
Business
Workshop Set
A small business work
shop on “Personnel Plan
ning-How To Locate and
Retain Good Employees"
will be held February 24. 25
and 26.
This three night work
shop from 6:45-9 p.m. is
being sponsored by the
Charlotte Business Devel
opment Center and Jordan
and Associates.
The workshop will cover
how to project personnel
needs of small business,
how to recruit effectively
recognizing and maintain
ing good personnel* how to
know who you are hiring,
and making the new em- ’
ployee part of the com
pany.
Attendees will gain an
insight on the personnel
_ practices of large and
medium size businesses,
and how to tailor them to
their individual needs
A $6 registration fee will
include materials. Classes
will be held at the CBDC,
located at 129 West Trade
Street.
City Offices
W ill Be Closed
Monday
All offices of Charlotte
City government will be
closed on Monday, Febru
ary 16, in observance of
George Washington’s birth
day. Regular business
hours will resume at 8 a m.
on Tuesday. February 17.
Due to the holiday the
City Sanitation Division
will operate on a four day
work week. There will be
no garbage collection on
Monday, February 16. Col
lection will be provided on
Tuesday-Thursday for lo
cations normallv served on
Monday-Thursday and on
Wednesday-Friday for re
gular Tuesday-Friday col
lection. There will be NO
curbside trash collection
during the holiday week
The York Road Landfill
will be open on a regular
schedule 7 a m to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday
and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Saturday.
Ur. behwan Kim confers with Stephen
Newman at the Charlotte Drug
Education Center 'Photo by Bernard
Reeves t
Local Student’s Drug Use
Surpasses National Average
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Among junior and senior
high students in Mecklen
burg County, drug use has
surpassed the nationa1
average.
These findings were part
of a 1969-79 survey com
pleted by the -Charlotte
Drug Education Center on
alcohol and drug abuse by
students in the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Schools.
Questions measured use
of alcohol, cigarettes,
marijuana, ampheta
mines. tranquilizers, co
caine, inhalants, barbitu
ates, methaqualone, hallu
cinogens, PCP. opiates and
the needle.
In the 1977 survey for
example, 60.5 percent of
Mecklenburg County
youths tried alcohol com
pared to 52.7 percent as the
national average. Mari
juana had local popularity
of 40.9 percent compared to
28 percent for the nation.
This trend continued with
the other drugs
"The more urbanized an
area is^the more drug use
exists," according to Dr.
Sehwan Kim, program
evaluator and research
scientist at the center He
characterized Charlotte as
Third in a series
having a population density
rate < how close people live
together i as above the
national average.
"Urbanization" brings
about family breakdown.”
he continued "The more
urlwmzedor industrialized
an area is. the more likely
are family breakdowns to
occur.
"Over industrialization
and impersonalization
breeds discontent and
stress." Dr. Kim added He
said breakdowns include
divorce, children leaving
home at an earlier age and
the rising popularity of
single parent households
Studies also indicated at
titudes favoring drug use
encourage drug abuse.
The highest amount of
drug use. Kim said, is
attributed to learning from
parents or older kids at
schools.
Adults appear condition
ed to take prescription
drugs to feel belter and
consume alcohol to relax.
Since children are influ
enced by their parents'
behavior, they emulate
certain acts, he empha
sized
McKay:
Pistol Is Not The Answer To This Problem”
_Bv Susan Kllworth
Post Staff Writer
First she filed com
plaints to have her lawyer
repswanded When that.
did#P work she wrote to
those who might listen,
exclaiming lawyers protect
lawyers, even the corrupt
one. at the client's expense.
DKtt£>VM
A woman doesn't mind
seeing a man make a fool of
himself so long as some
other woman isn’t helping
him
i*or Mrs. ineima McKoy
drawing attention to dis
honesty among some law
yers brought police sur
veillance and no legal
action.
She filed grievances
against her former at
torney. Thomas Downer
for conspiring to commit
fraud aginst her. but the
State Bar said he did not
violate the Code of Profes
sional Responsibility.
Mrs McKoy sent letters
to city, county and state
officials. No one said they
could help.
After she wrote to County
Commissioner Ed Pea
cock, he did not answer her
letters. In them, Mrs.
McKoy, a retired West
Mecklenburg High teacher,
complained how the State
Bar protects lawyers,
citing her own case where
charges were dismissed
without action taken
Second in o series
against her former at
torney.
‘‘I could have taken an
other course of action, but I
feel that a pistol is not the
answer to this problem,"
she wrote.
“I believe a pen can best
serve my jjarpose So, re
gardless of the outcome I
shall forever use my pen as
a weapon,” she empha
sized.
Although Peacock may
not have read the letters,
someone else apparently
did. That someone she
charged was County Com
missioner Tom Ray, who
requested she be placed
under surveillance, accord
ing to a memo she saw at
police headquarters.
She said her conduct with
the State Bar had aroused
»
suspicion ana concern lor
Kay who was. seeking, xc-.
election Fearing that nega
tive publicity about law
yers might cost him votes
Ray (a lawyer) contacted
County Police Chief
Charles Abercrombie And
requested her watched/ she
said.
The climax came with an
April a incident in Marshall
Park According to Mrs
McKoy she was searched
without a warrant by plain
clothes officer Michael
Crowell of the Mecklen
burg Police Department
during the dedication of
the Martin Luther King
statue
He said Peacock nad or
dered her put under sur
veillance “because I did
not like the way an at
torney had handled a legal
matter for me. and that T
would have to be
searched." she wrote in her
affidavit.
She then"5aitt"ttnr officer- -
demanded she open her
purse "and let me see if
you have a pistol "
Mrs McKoy said Ray
authorized the move in
Peacock's name After the
incident a county official
said Peacock was in New
Orleans and knew nothing
about the surveillance.
When Mrs. McKoy later
spoke with District At
torney Peter Gilchrist, he
informed her he had ad
vised requesting a surveil
lance. County Attorney Pat
Hunt said she was placed
under surveillance for
"using the word pistol in
her letter ”
The North Carolina Civil
Liberties Union in an April
(to letter to Mrs McKoy
said that a search without a
warrant is a violation of the
See PISTOL page 2
_Other traits linked with
drug abuse are rebellious
ness. negative social atti
tudes. low valuing of
school, poor student-teach
er relationships and low
self-esteem.
Except "7or~TOialants.—
drug usage increases as
one moves toward the high
er grade levels, according
to the study
Dr Kim pointed.out that
research surveys in 1972
and 1974 involved only 7-12
grade students.
Surveys in 1977 and 1979
added samples from 3-6
grade reflecting a national
trend
a national survey indi
cated kids were trying
drugs at an earlier age,"
Dr Kim said So. the study
included younger students,
too.
In fifth grade the aver
age number of .students
combined who had ever
tried any of the drugs was
7.5 percent By the sixth
grade the average rose to
8 2 percent
Seventh grade showed an
increase to 10.1 percent,
eighth grade-14.1 percent
Then by ninth grade 18 0
percent of the students ex
perimented with drugs
Tenth grade saw an in
crease to 21.1 percent,
eleventh grade-22 8 per
cent. And in twelfth grade
24 4 percent of students
tried one or more drugs
Inhalants were the only
drug that use of declined as
the grade level increased
Since gTueT'psoliffeanrt
aerosol cans are readily
available in households,
this may have contributed
to exposure at an early age
level the studv nointed out
pointed out
Four classes of people
exist, Dr Kim said - those
who have never tried drugs
and never wtlh the curios .
ity users, those who experi
ment and receive rein
forcement for using drugs,
and the addict.
The next article will
focus on drug use patterns
arKHhrfjjtudenrs
Post's Block History
Edition Will Be
Published Thursday,
Eefr.T?
CBA Pnugran* Serve More
Tliati 25u()0
Special To I lie Post
RALEIGH Every year,
thousands of children in
North Carolina are at risk
of getting into trouble with
the law Some of them
actually do What happens
to these y oungsters'
“A good number of them
come into contact with our
agency in one way or an
other, says Robert Atkin
son. assistant director for
institutional services with
the N.C Department of
Human Resources' Divi
sion of Youth Services.
"The vast majority of
children at risk or in trou
ble w ith the law are served
by local community pro
grams Approximately 245
community programs re
ceive funding from the Di
vision of Youth Services."
said Atkinson
In fiscal year 1979 80.
more than 25,700 young
people were served by
com m un i t y - based a I ter na
live iCBA) programs
Atkinson says that child
ren who commit more
serious offenses may tie
sent to one of the state's
five training schools by
the courts, but only after
community programs have
been exhausted or deemed
inappropriate
There were K7t; training
“sclinul -ndmtsM*>fts—w—the—
Tar Heel State in fiscal
year 1979-80. The schools
are operated by the Divi
sion of Youth Services
According to Atkinson,
most children who arc at
risk or in trouble with the
law don't get that way by
themselves There are
some contributing factors.
"Case history over a
number of years shows us
that some children live
with a single working
parent and are often un
supervised and neglected
The youngsters sometimes
witness parents abusing
each other and the children
are abused, too They es
sentially lack good exam
pies to follow They're
rarely rew arded or encour
aged for their efforts," said
Atkinson
Once a child has a court
hearing and is lound to be
undisciplined or delin
quent. the judge has se
veal options Depending on
the seriousness of the ol
fense. the judge may
-dismiss the case,
-continue the case,
place the child under
the protective supervision
of a court counselor .
• place the child in the
custody of the department
of social services
_In cases where the child
is found To" Be”clelmquen'tr
the judge may:
••place the child on pro
bat ion;
- require full or partial
restitution:
-impose a fine;
-order the child to par
ticipate in a CBA program.
-order the juvenile to
perform supervised
munity service;
-place the child in de
tention for a specified
period of time.
-commit the child to
training school
“We have any number of
programs within our train
ing schools to help troubled
youngsters get on the right
track And we's like to
think we have a fairly good
success rate with the child
ren in training schools
La|t fiscal year, lor ex"
ample, our recidivism rate
was down to Jo percent.
said Atkinson
"That means that only
one tilth ot the youngsters
were returning to training
school alter their release
We don't currently have
any ligures. however, on
the number ot children who
may cuntually end up in
the adult correction
system Hat we hope to
have this information in the
future, he concluded
Beniamin Hooks
Executive Director
Hoolvs . Wiiils
Reagan's
Advise
NAAt 1' I-Xecutivc Direc
tor Benjamin L Hooks
assatk-d PresuienLJiea
gan’s advisors' charges
that the l' S Kijual Km
plovment Opportunity
Commission tias .created
"a new racism in Ameri
ca" by emphasizing af
firmative action (juntas
In a statement from
NAACP Headquarters in
New York. Hooks said he
hopes President Reagan
will ignore their advice
and strengthen, rather
than weaken, the cnlorce
ment of jxiwcrs of that I' S
agency "
ivacism. nc declared. is
still tiK) much ,i part of
American life to be given
aid and comfort by strip
ping agencies designed to
contain it. of powers of en
forcement
It is a sad thing in
America, today. ' he con
tinued. tha’ so many peo
ple contuse steps taken to
ensure equal treatment un
der law id respect to jobs,
school admission policies
and other initiatives in our
lives affirmative action
with quotas A process he
describes as "blindly play
ing a numbers game."
The Reagan advisors'
views are part of an EEOC
TransiTToffTralll I epui t ptc
pared by Reagan aides,
portions of which appeared
in columns in the "Wall
Street .Journal "
l ask Force On
Drugs. Alcohol
To Meet
The Task Force.on Drugs_
and Alcohol will meet Fri
day, February 13, at the
YMCA on Morehead Street
at 7:30 a m.
The Subcommittee on
Law Enforcement and the
Courts has scheduled its
future meetings every
other week on Thursday, at
5:.H>-6:30 pm at 1924
Wachovia Center