H1BUC LIBRARY 8f ** **' Koy Johnson of North Carolina National Bank and treasurer. Omar l,ea therman of Hertz Lease-A Car. As newly elected presi dent Lowery wants to place the Charlotte Business League on a solid base. "I plan to develop a League Membership Directory, to be distributed throughout the community, the Cham ber of Commerce and other business-seeking organize . tions," remarked l/owerv Other priorities high on Lowery’s list are to in crease the league's mem bership and to increase the League's image of visibi lity. The existing image of the Charlotte Business League is impressive for its tender age The league was in strumental in attaining a 15 percent minority business goal at the airport, in de veloping a minority busi _ “ ness enterprise program and in conducting a semin ar which greatly enhanced the image of the league Businessmen who are in terested in joining the l-egaue should apply by writing to CBL, P. O Box 30426, Charlotte, N.C. 28230 ..-T The Charlotte Business League is an affiliate of the National Business league in Washington, D C. Secretaries To Honor Olive The Charlotte I^egal Se cretaries Association honored Leon Olive, 1981-82 Boss of the Year, and San dra Atkinson Parker, I90t 82 Secretary of the Year, at the luncheon held in their honor recently Mr. Olive, an alumni of ■ Duke University, is a part ner in the law firm Olive. Robinson, Wilcox & Black ford i* White: Black Youths Need To Get Involved Hearing Set On CD Program If you live in Cherry, Grier Heights, Five Points, - North Charlotte or Third Ward, mark December 16 on your calendar. At 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 600 East Trade Street, on that day the Charlotte City Council will hold a public hearing to receive citizens’ comments on the progress and performance of Char lotte's Community Devel opment (CD) Program. persons wanting to speak at the hearing should contact the Office of the City Clerk, 600 East Trade Street, or call 374-2247 by noon of December 16. The CD program strives for improvement of areas which were designated by the City Council. With the use of federal aid the de partment strives to im _prove houses, streets and has also Degun-Hm -speeial programs. ...... Speakers are asked to place their comments in writing for the record. Those not able to attend may send their comments to: Director. Community Development Department. Cameron-Brown Building, 301 South'McDowell Street, Suite 510, Charlotte, N.C. 28204. The CD neighborhood strategy areas are Cherry Five Points, Greir Heights. North Charlotte and Third Ward. Homeowners To Save On Property Insurance Homeowners in the Idle wild and Mint Hill Fire Districts in Mecklenburg County will save money on their property insurance as a result of improvement in their fire protection classi fications. The North Carolina In surance News Service re ported the savings will ap ply to homeowners' and fire insurance policies. PAT COLEMAN ....Held Underwriter Gorgeous* Pat Coleman % “ ' -- % Is “Beauty Of The Week” «*y i eresa Hums Post Stuff Writer Besides from being ap parently what she is, a beauty, Pat Coleman has also made" an impression upon the insurance in dustry. "It’s rough, but I enjoy it,” Ms. Coleman pointed out. “The more I learn about insurance the more important I realize it is." For six months our beau ty has been a Field lln derwriter for New York Life Insurance. "Insurance is protection for the future; it can be used as a retire ment plan; to educate children; or to borrow against and still have money left," she continued And on a more personal note, "I get to meet a lot of people and various person alities. 'My ambition is to con tinue selling insurance and to reach the $100,000 a year goal. I want to become a chartered life underwriter and make the mtltion dollar round table." she added The daughter of Shirley Massey, our beauty is a Leo . easy going and friendly. "1 enjoy working with .people apd helping people. My job for instance is to be of service. As long as I can help a person I've helped myself.” \Is. Coleman's favorite person and the most inspir ing personality in her life is her mother. "She ex plained many things to’me as I was growing up and now I see they are true. 1 think hack mialot ctihings she has said and this the reason I’ve become as suc cessful as I have with New York Life." Listening to music is one enjoyment Ms. Coleman has time for She attends Friendship Baptist Church and is a member of the Life Underwriters Association. Job and pleasure are not the only confrontations our beauty experiences. She truly would like to see more caring and more love in the world — "I wish that I could change the people who don't care about them selves or others; the mothers who mistreat kids , because ,kjds are number one in my life. I also wish that all the children who needed help could get help — shti added. Here s a toast to Pat Coleman, a caring indivi dual who's career ambition is to succeed at helping others. “Everyone should do whatever they can to be the best,” she emphasized. **Oun'l settle for second best. Be number one at all times.” Registration For Winter Classes Set Registration for winter quarter classes at Central Piedmont Community C’ol lege will be held through December 11 at the Regis t ratten-Center oncisrnpus. corner of Kings Drive and Elizabeth Avenue, and at the colleger three learniog_ centers. The centers are the West Area Center < formerly Col lege Mart) in Freedom Mall off Ashley Road, the North Area Center just south of Cornelius on N.C. 21; and the Matthews Area Center in the Depot Shop ping Center, Matthews Hours at each center are 10 a m • 3 p.m all days EXCEPT 9 a m • noon Saturday, December 5. Ad ditional hours will be 5 8 p m December?; 3,7 and 8 Students registering through the form on the buck of the winter quarter schedule should mail that form by December 9 Students may register for weekend and television courses by phone January 6-8 by calling 373 6940 by 8 p.m. Hours lor me campus bookstore, in the basement of the Registration ('enter, are 10 a m - 7:30 p.m Monday through Thursday and 10a m. - 3 p m Friday. College information numbers are 373-0048, re gistration. student IDs and parking stickers; 373-0587 I Young People Are Vital Resource A Temple University so ciologist believes black youth need to fight their crippling unemploymenl rate by registering to vote and joining community based political organiza tions. "Black youth need to re spond to their situation in a wry pragmatic manner If they don't pursue the issues themselves, no one will do it for them," predicts Clark White, a black sociologist who has done extensive research on rates of black youth unemployment, and who was a commentator on NBC-TV's recent "White Paper." "America - Black and White.” "Given the condition of the economy, nothing of great significance can be expected from the private sector for providing jobs. "Young people ahoulri _ participate at the grass roots level in the political organization ol (heir neigh borhoods, and- commun ities. “Forming interest groups and unemployment 1 councils could provide, the mechanism for effective lobbying of politicians and special commissions," White said. "These interest groups and councils made up of youth who are eligible voters could have tremen dous political clout at the local level and be able to determine the outcome of elections and the imple mentation of various man power programs ” He believes elected offi cials can and must be lob bied for their support of special interest groups, such as young, black, un employed, registered voters. "Black youth have to be taught political values that will move them beyond the traditional solutions that usually blame the victim rather than the structural causes of the victim's pro blems "Black youth should also IxOaughl tomiUze that the world economy is in a state of rapid change and it —ailed* their lives. According to rerent sta tistics released by the U S. Department of Labor, the unemployment rate for black youth is at least 50 percent But some experts, including white, believe the numbers are too conserv ative "These statistics indi cate that within urban America there is a lost generation' of young people between the ages of 16-25, who face the possioimy 01 never finding a job on a long term basis,'* claims White “These young people are a vital resource if Ame rica is to experience an urban renaissance. "Unemployed black youth don't fit any of the popular stereotypes that some experts' would like us to believe," he continues “Not all of them carry guns, shoot dope or attack innocent people A large percentage of them attend school on a regular basks and participate in church' and community activ “White" Page 4 ;