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^_ - _TIIK C'H.AKI.OTTK POST - Thursday. February II. 1982 ., —
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Workfare
IJeceives
r
Approval
-Ihe_N.C. Department of
Human Resources has re
ceived approval from the
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services tor a
six-county Community
work Experience (Work
fare) demonstration pro
ject for welfare recipients.
Governor James B Hunt
Jr. wrote to Richard S.
Schweiker, secretary of
Health and Human Servic
es, in September endors
ing the “Workfare" demon
stration project being pro
posed by the state’s De
partment of Human Re
sources, and requesting its
approval
Dr. Sarah T. Morrow,
secretary of the N.C. De
partment of Human Re
sources, said that John
Syria, director of the Divi
sion of Social Services has
sent a letter to county
social services depart
ments asking.lhose who are
interested .to being consi
dered ior operation ot a
community Work Experi
ence Program to submit a
brief program plan for
February 15.
Dr. Morrow said plans
submitted will be reviewed
by the Division of Social
Services and the six coun
ties selected for the pro
ject will be notified on or
about March 1;-—
The "Workfare” project
wi|l require eligiDie wei
recipients tinder the
Aid to Families with De
p^fdent.thjlclren (AFDC)
—pfflgram In uinrlr for thoir
benefits in schools and
other governmental or pri
vate non-profit agencies.
“The thrust of the North
Carolina "Workfare" pro
gram will be to assist
AFDC recipients to even
tually move into unsubsi
- dized employment," Dij.
Morrow said "In order to
accomplish this, recipients
will be assigned to work
activities which serve a
meaningful public purpose
and which will equip Uieni
to complete successfi^y in
the open job market.^
Dr. Morrow stressed that
to accomplish this object
ive it will require not only
local staff support but good
community . support as
well.
Individuals participating
in the "Workfare” pro
gram will not receive
wages from their work
assignments, but provi
sions will be made for pay
ment of transportation not
to exceed $25 per month.
Road Gearing
Efforts Exceed
$3.1 M3ion
. .HAI.KIGII - As far as the
North Carolina Depart
ment of Transportation
(NCDOT) is concerned, the
snow and ice storms during
a recent week in January
were costly.
Figures compiled from
January 12-15 show that
cost8 to remove snow and
/Afc from the state’s roads
fticeed $3.1 million. M. C.
Adams, who heads the de
partment's maintenance
and equipment branch,
said. “We re not surprised
at the high costs and ex
pect them to rise a bit more
when we receive our final
figures.’* _
HJKUEAWA
Kimberly Armstrong
.'..10-year-old “darling"
Kim Armstrong
Js Beauty Of Week
ny ieresa minis
Post Staff Writer
An exceptional child
could be one who is ex
temely talented in one
area. But 10-year-old
Kimberly Armstrong is an
exceptional child who has
many successful attri
butes.
As a fifth grade student
—at Tryon-Hills Elementary.
School, administrators
"foeusMi in urn Iter talents
and placed her into the
Gifted and Talented Pro
~gram (GTrfor exceptional
children.
“She did very well on the
Comprehensive Test in
spelling^ma thema tics ancL
reading,” according to her
father, Willie Joplin.
“Kimberly also makes A’s
and tTs in school.”
Little Ms. Armstrong en
joys school and her most
delightful instructor is Ms.
Winzl. “She’s nice and
kind,’’ Ms. Armstrong
City Offices
Will Closed
Monday
All offices of Charlotte
City government will be
closed on Monday, Febru
ary 15, in observance of
Washington's birthday. Re
gular business hours will
resume on Tuesday, Fe
bruary 16. at 8 a m.
There will be no meeting
of the Charlotte City Coun
cil on February 15. The
next regular meeting will
be held at 2 p.m. on Mon
day, February 22, in the
Council Chamber at City
Hall.
Backyard garbage col
lection will be made on a
Tuesday-Thursday and
Wednesday-Friday sched
ule There will be NO curb
side trash collection during
the week Residents are
reminded not to place any
items on the curb until
Tuesday, February 23, for
collection the next day
The York Road Landfill
will operate on a regular
schedule on Washington's
birthday. The landfill will
be open from 8 a m to 4
pm.
The City Animal Control
Division located at 2700
Toomey Avenue will be
closed on February 15.
Only emergency calls will
be handled at 374-2919.
Bases operated by the
Charlotte Transit System
will be on a regular week
day schedule on Washing
ton's birthday.
All recreation centers
operated by the Charlotte
Parks and Recreation De
partment will be closed on
: Washington's birthday,
k. Revolution Golf Course will
^ remain open,
.
commented. "And she
knows how to explain
things Jo other people.”
The daughter of Willie
Joplin and Vickie Arm
strong, our beauty also has
a loving grandmother she
refers to as her favorite
person. “My grandmother
is Bessie Wilson. She’s
loving and she afways has
people -- cards, and little
things like that, Ms.'
Armstrong explained.
-Msr-Armstrong-has-be-.
come quite an alert and
polite young lady. She
enjoys “What’s Happen
ing,” on television, listen
ing to albums and reading.
She also can sew and has
already started designing
_doll clothes. Her time is
also spenflsFyling hturancT
her ambition is to become a
hair dresser.
Ms. Armstrong has a
best friend she enjoys
-spending limp with “My
best friend is Kim Max
well..she’s nice and
giving.”
Our beauty enjoys at
tending church services
and participating in school
activities. She is vice pre
sident of her class at Tryon
Hills Elementary, received
a perfect attendance cer
tificate, a library certifi
cate and a fire and safety
certificate in recent years
A little lady, Ms. Arm
strong is quick to smile.
Our Leo beauty has proven
that she wants to do her
best in her endeavors.
No doubt as time travels
onward she will continue to
do just that - her best.
According To_ Fleming
Regressive Movement
Health Cost
Equal For
Rich, Poor?
When all factors are
taken into account, the go
vernment spends as much
on health care for the upper
and middle classes as it
does for the poor, a new
study has shown.
Per capita expenditures
ire larger for the poor, who
ire a smaller part of the
population, but “overall,
the government spends
aDoui me sartU1 OH lilt1 poor "
and near-poor as it does on
the middle income and high
income populations,” the
study said.
Tax deduction for health
insurance premiums and
medical payments were
taken into account in the
study.
The report by Gail Wilen
sky of the National Center
• for Health Services Re
search said that the go
vernment lost *7.9 billion in
197/ because employer
paid health insurance pre
miums are tax-free^ and
$2.4 billion because of-me^'
dical deductions on indivi
duals’ income tax forms.
That figure probably has
- more -than doubled since
1977, W'ilensky said_ She
estimated that the govern
ment lost at least $17.5
billion in 1981 in potent ia I
taxes on health insurance
premiums and $3.4 billion
in individual deductions.
The federal study report
ed that tax expenditures
-afe-an-indirecl suhsidy to
the upper and middle class
that is rising faster than
the cost of Medicare and
Medicaid.
Medicare costs rose an
average 17 percent a year
between 1975 and 1979,
according to the study.
In the same period, Me
dicaid costs rose 13 percent
a year and so-called “Tax
expenditures" went up an
average 19 percent annual
ly, the study said.
“These results suggest
that attempts to curb go
vernment expenditures on
health must focus on tax
expenditures as well as
Medicare and Medicaid,"
the study pointed out.
Dr. George McKinney
Family Counselor
Bishop .Joe Sherman
..Workshop Host
“Family In“Perspective “
Workshop Offers Solutions
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
The Family In Perspect
ive workshop now being
held^t Pentecostal Temple
Church of God in Christ
ur‘ .1 the 12lhis being led by
a man who is deeply con
cerned.
Dr. Geroge D. McKin
.tie>u-_who_is_^L... licensed
Marriage and Family
Counselor, is not concerned
about condemning people
for their weaknesses in
personal relationships. In
stead he offers pertinent
solutions.
The many perspectives
Dr. McKinney addresses
include marriage and fa
mily counseling; crisis in
tervention; sexuality coun
seling; separation; loss
and grief, and singles
Tuunsuliiig:
In case you are not able
to attend any of the work
shops, which also allow
anonymous question and
answer periods, here are a'
few of Dr McKinney's
viewpoints.
Even though Dr. McKin
ney hails from San Diego.
California, problems en
countered within the
family seem to be uni-'
versal. We will review
some of the most frequent
ly asked questions.
-Mow to maintain trust
in the mate
Dr. McKinney concludes
that there must be trust in
the little things in mar
riage. From trusting the
mate with money to shar
ing food and meals to
gether. "Where there is no
trust suspicion breeds,"
~Dtr McKinney claims,
"and a breakdown of
marriage."'-:
_ Other Questions many
couples face are:
-Mow to forgive anil what
does • it-Liki' In reallv for
give
-Discipline of child
ren and
.-.Money management.
The Bible reveals' that
there is nothing new under -
the sun and for every con
sequence there is a
-purpose...
If the Bible holds all
truths and comforts then
all of our problems can be
solved through the Word of
God.
But many ot us. cducated
or not. find it difficult
sometimes to understand
what God is trying to re
veal through the books of
the Bible.
"To understand the Bible
one must be born of the
Spirit of God," Rev.
McKinney stated "The
Word of God is interpreted
by the Spirit of God."
"To understand we must
be teachable." he contin
ued. "and eager to learn
what the Spirit has to
teach."
"We must be diligent and
have a systematic study
with openess daily," hp
added
Black Democrats To Introduce
New And Different Concept Here
ny \njif Hinson
Host Staff Writer
A totally new and dif
ferent concept is being in
troduced by the Black
Democrats of Mecklenburg
County.
Sam Young Jr., working
along with several others
has organized the First
Annual Black Democrats
Fund Raising Dinner.
The dinner is a kick-off
for other scheduled func
tions to get blacks more
actively involved in the
Democratic party
Robert L. Davis Jr., the
first black chairman of
Mecklenburg County
Democratic Party, wants
to insure that blacks get
totally involved and that
Democratic candidates re
present the interests of
blacks.
"With Reagan's new fe
deralism we need to insure
that our total interests,
above and beyond our
votes, must be represent
Sam Young Jr
. Project organizer
ed." said Young.
Keynote speaker at the
dinner will be Birming
ham. Alabama mayor. Dr
Richard Arrington Jr. Born
to sharecroppers, after
high school he attended
Miles College, a tiny black
college in his neighbor
hood. He earned a graduate
gree in Biology from the
University of Detroit. He
Robert Davis Jr. *
...First black chairman
then enrolled in the Uni
versity of Oklahoma to
pursue a terminal degree
in zoology and biochem
istry. He has served as
academic dean of Miles
College, served on the
faculty ot^ne university ot
Alabama before accepting
the position of executive
director of the Alabama
Center for Higher Educa
p
Kichard Arrington
...Keynote speaker
lion, a consortium of eight
black colleges He served
in this position for nine
years and had by this time
successfully completed two
terms on the Birmingham
City Council. In November
1979 Arrington became
mayor of Birmingham
The $25-per-plate dinner
will be held on March 4 at 7
n m in J A Grimes
See BLACKS on Page 13
“And finally we must
regularly meet w ith people
of God in divine worship
Something happens when
three or four get-together
Something more happens
thar\ when there is—insi
one. ' Dr. McKinney con
eluden" '"' ■"—^—
The important aspect in
solving any problem is
knowing God s w ill ArKttn
remember that God is
speaking to us through the
Bible is important, accord
ing to Dr. McKinney
—There, arc other ways
answers to problems can
be revealed according to
the doctor But one must be
open enough, alert enough
and willing to admit he or
she is w rong to merit from
the signals
"God reveals his will
through -the preaching of
His Gospel." Ur McKinney
declared, "through cir
cumstances. through ,
people who love Him and
us, through thework of4okI
and our conscious - the
built-in ability to hear
God's voice "
Whether a person is sin
gle or married the goal in
life should be to Glorify and
honor God
"The marriage and (a
mify however is the mirror
relationship Christ has
with the church The
church is the body of the
bride of Christ ' Ur, Mc
Kinney remarked.
"And whether someone
is single or married, w hat
ever station anyone has in
life he is called on to wor
ship God "
The workshop will end
February 12 Call the
church for more informa
tion if you would like to
attend the last session
Pentecostal Temple
Church of God in Christ is
located at 1401 Park wood
Ave and is pastured by
Bishop Joe II Sherman Sr
Literacy l>rapie
There are more than 50,
000 adults who cannot read
and write well enough to fifl
in a jnh application. Thou
sands more are in school
and need extra help Char
lotte Area Literacy League
(CALL* is a group of vo
lunteers who tutor illiterate
adults on a one-to-one
basis, teaching them to
read and write
In cooperation with Cen
tral Piedmont Community
College, CALL is holding
a workshop to teach volunt
teer tutors how to teach
reading and writing It will
be held at the North Area
learning Center of CPCC
The hours will be from 7-10
p m Friday. February 12.
and 10 a m until 5 p m on
Saturday, February 1.1.
Civil Rights
Battle Is
Not Won
H\ \\ insion 1ay lor
Special I n The I’ost
\\ VSIIIMiTON Civil
rights in the nation are
being threatened by-j-.ri
gressive movement." ac
cording. to Arthur S
Flemming, recently ousted
chairperson of the I'.S
Civil Kights Commission.
In an interview wilh
tinted Methodist News
Service. Ur Flemming, a
United Methodist layman,
said that w hile the nation »
civil rights movement is at
a crossroads. "I don't be
lieve we have to stand by
and watch the regression
gain ground
Calling on grassroots or
ganization to counter the
regression, he said church
role in tlie efforts as they
~~drd during the —
"The civil rights battle i>
nol won." he said _jus;:t
look around."
_A long: line leader in
education and rt-iignnt-tttn!
in government service
including manpower, civil
service reorganization,
health. education, welfare
-mwj~»gtng**Hr:—Klemimng -
was Civil Might* dumper
son from WT.'i until he and
another member-were re
moved by President Rea
gan in November
Although a life.Jung.Jte..
publican and a high officer
under several presidents of
both parfmxr- h-- rr
moved because, the White
House said, the President
wanted his own man in the
office Several civil rights
leaders charged thtraettorr
threatened the indepen
dence ot the bipartisan
commission, and Dr..
Flemming agreed Some
said it occurred because
the commission had recent
ly spoken for voting rights
and affirmative action and
criticized budget cuts re
latecl to minorities.
Dr Flemming said fin
desired grassroots move
ment is already getting
under way lie- has been
named director of a t 'oali .
(ion for Duality Integrated
Education, which has the
participation of most'civil
rights organizations, the
National Council of
Churches and the National
Education Association
ins worn win no 10
establish a National Citi
zens' Committee for Dese
gregation. based primarily
on the many communities
where thousands support
desegregation on the basis
of their experience' with
it The eftort. he stressed,
recognizes 'constitutional
and moral imperatives can
be- dealt with in a positive
manner These will in- “
elude people w ho ‘. opposed
change, but decided to help
make it work, and as a
result have become believ
ers.” For instance, he
notes, many employers
have gained satisfaction
out of what they were
required to do by affirm
ative action laws.
The theological basis he
cites comes from Dietrich
Bonhoeffer. that not only is
it those who obey that
believe but "only those who
obey believe"
The problems, as Dr
Flemming sees it, is that
See Civil Rights on Page 10