Four Organizations Seek
Sponsorship Of Head Start
By Karen Paver
Post Staff w4er
The Head Start Jrograrn
in Charlotte, deft£t since
October, 1982, is it a few
weeks away fron king re
vived by a new Misor.
Charlotte-Mecdjnburg
Urban League, •'eater
Gethsemane AMI Zion
Church’s Enriament
Center, Bethlehei Center
•and the Unheyity of
North Carolina a Charlotte
; are seeking appoitment as
; sponsors of the lead start
;program. An nnounce
•ment by a f e-person
! screening comn ttee is ex
; pected to be m le by the
; end of January clarifying
• the new sponsoi
. bach institute submit
; ted an applicafon to the
; Department of Health and
; Human Servici in Atlan
'ta. Once the Jneral offi
cials have chien a spon
sor, about 44 poor and
handicapped nildren will
be able to rip the bene
fits of the Heij Start Pro
! gram once aom. Charlotte
, Area Fund < erated Head
; Start previoi ly, but voted.
■ to drop ttu program in
! September. •
; Robert AJfcn, director
; of the Meckjnburg Urban
League, won like to see
i not only chjdren but the
' members oihe children’s
; families en ying services
; of the Head tart Program.
I “If Urban I ague is select
' ed to spons * the program
; we will wt It to help the
; entire fa ily,J’ stated
' Alston. He ■ >uld like to see
! a progran that provides
; high sch ol education
• courses, s< ial service ad
; vice and nore parental
' involveme t. According to
1 Alston, m ny people who
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: I
Heritage
; nt Museum of Hi
13500 Shamrock
i the open
! the exhibition,
and Spaces: Afro
Architects and
, on Sunday,
9, at 2 p.m. The,
j i continues to focus1
; Black heritage of
; America by exhibiting thi>
’ travelling exhibition cor
I sisting of approximateV
; 100 photographs which p
; fleet the contributions, ts
' piratiom, esthetic valies
i and culural heritage of
• Afro-Anjerica as seen in
! architecture by Afro-Ane
J rican architects and bjpld
1 ers- W J
Orgaaized by the former
■ head of the Department of
I Architecture al Tuskeegee
: Institute, in AUbams, the
• exhibit is accompanied by
a brochure-exlibit guide
and a poster, fhotngraphs
of local landmarks of black
architecture wi) also be in
cluded in the exhibition:
Little Rock >dE Zion
Church; stree scenes of
Cherry; sever) views of
Brooklyn; and >ther struc
tures importai: in the hi
story of the Bltfk commun
ity in Charlottf
This exhibit*ill continue
through Febnpry 6th.
Keep your out-of-town
friends inforned on what's
happening inCharlotte by
sending themfl dopy of The
Charlotte Po* each week.
The cost is t$ly $17.68 per
m
are unemployed are also in
need of career and educa
tional development assist
ance. “We want to be able
to provide that assistance
as a part of our Head Start
Program,” Alston stated.
Also looking forward to
getting the Head Start Pro
gram operable again is
Doug Boyd, director of the
Bethlehem Center. Boyd
can’t say for certain what
changes will be made in the
Head Start Program if the
Bethlehem—Center - is
chosen as the new spon
sor. "If we are selected I
feel certain the Depart
ment of Health and Human
Services will make avail
able data kept previously
by the Charlotte Area
Fund. “After we evaluate
the present facilities and
equipment and supplies,
we will be able to reflect
more accurately on any
changes or improvements
expected to take place
within the program should
we be chosen,” Boyd noted.
He revealed transport
ation, food, parental and
community involvement
will be primary concerns at.
the Bethlehem Center if it’s
chosen as the sponsor. “We
want parents to participate
in the program and we will
also seek the assistance
and involvement of other
community agencies,”
promised Boyd.
He continued, "Even if
the Bethlehem Center is
not chosen, any of the other
institutions which may be
chosen will probably seek
community support. Boyd
cited the Health and Socfal
Service Departments as
two of the agencies which
will hopefully get involved
with the SDonsors of the
Head Start Program.
1 Some of the concerns
Boyd feels are important to
leep the Head Start Pro
tram sate from some of its
fast problems are shared
ly Chancellor Jim Werntz
it UNC-Charlotte. The
miversity is also in mu
ring for sponsoring Char
lotte’i Head Start Pro
gram.
"As potential sponsors,
UNCC officials are inter
ested in the amount of
space available in the
public school system,”
Werntz stated. He feels the
head start centers should
be scattered in areas most
convenient for the partici
pants of the program. “It
wouldn't make sense to
even consider moving the
Head Start classes to the
college campus because nf
a lack of space and the
inconvenience that would
be created in transporting
the children," he con
tinued.
Werntz explained UNCC
applied for the sponsorship
because the staff viewed
the opportunity as an
excellent way to join ties
with the school system. We
have provided training
during the summer for
Head Start personnel and
have conducted research
that justifies the existence
of Head Start. We also
submitted a proposal be
cause UNCC officials
wanted to make sure that
Head Start remained in
Charlotte. Werntz noted
how delighted he was that
three other Charlotte insti
tutions were also interested
in the survival of Head
Start.
Mrs. Adelaide Hunt,
spokesperson for the Geth
semane Enrichment Pro
gram, would not provide
any comment on the
center’s plans should it be
chosen as the sponsor of the
head start program. j
While it is not certain
what depth the staff would |
pursue as head start co
ordinators, the Gethse- !
mane Enrichment Pro
gram is already comprised
of cultural and educational
programs designed for
children.
Alston, Boyd and Werntz
agreed they will support
Charlotte Head Start Pro
gram, regardless of the
chosen sponsor.
Special agents for the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) are seeking the two
males above who robbed First Citizens
Bank & Trust Company on December 29
1982. The bank, 2480 Wilkinson Blvd., was
entered by the robbers at approximately
11:40 a.m., according to a spokesman for
the FBI. The man on the left was
described as being 6’2” and about 25-28
years of age. He was dressed in an Army
fatigue jacket and wore a woman's
stocking as a mask. He carried a shotgun
or rifle. His accomplice on the right was
described as 5’9”, stockey and wearing a
khakki waist Jacket. He also wore a scarf
around his head and carried a brown
leather satchel. The FBI and the
Charlotte Police Department are offer
ing up to $2,000 for information lead
ing to the arrest and indictment of these
robbers.Though they escaped on foot
with an undetermined amount of money
no one was hurt during the incident. All
information reported to legal authorities
will be held confidential. Anyone wishing
to contact the FBI should call 372-5485;
the Charlotte Police Department can be
reached by telephoning 374-2311.
LiKL Accepting Nominations
me cnarioue-Meciuen
burg Community Relations
Committee is accepting
nominations for the fourth
annual Police Community
Relations Awards Pro
gram. The program recog
nizes city and county po
lice officers who have
made outstanding contri
butions to the improvement
of police-community rela
tions in their ' assigned
neighborhoods. To nomin
ate an officer, you may
write to tne committee at
623 East Trade Street,
Suite 410, Charlotte, N.C.
28202, or call 374-2424. The
deadline for submitting no
minations is February 14.
Recipients of the awards
will be announced at a
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