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THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, January 13, 1983 1
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Valerie Phifer
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By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Edge*
Being humane is as much
* part of Valerie Phifer’s
BX"8" sun is part of
'I'he Myers Park SWIor
ah SohnSlflMk muk.'.
amibitions involve caring
tor others. ^ >/ •
“I either went to work in
computer data processing
or the field of medicine as a
or a nurse. I like
around people,” Bis.
stated. ”1 enjoy
others and the
^ of helping others in
other ways Ms. Phifer
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Ms. Phifer is one who is
willing to place the neces
sary energy into a com
mitment to make it a
success. She has received
outstanding awards in
English ,-mathematic§_and
orchestra during her junior
high school years at North
east, gbe also received the
perfect attendance certifi
cate. . .
Sweet Individuals such as
Ms. Phifer may often ex
perience the reality of
being taken advantage of.
In our beauty’s case, how
ever, she admits her kind
ness but also states that she
can sometimes show a
mean streak,'
The daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. R. B. Phifer, our
beauty has two sisters. Her
older sister, Vicki Phifer,
30, is oae of her favorite
”1 can go to Vicki
wife my problems and she
can help solve them,” Ms.
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Davidson nteived' hia
bachelor’s degree in bwi
neet Shd psychology from
JCSU In 1MB, rwtfved his
imsMt’s degree in bwi
nees from Atlanta Univers
ity in 1B6S, and hes done
further study at Temple
University, the University
of Pennsylvania, the Uni
versity of Omaha and
Wayne State University.
Since Joining; JCSU in
IMS, Davidson has worked
m aa a mountain instruc
Phifer stated.
Ms. Phifer enjoys work
ing with numbers and
taking mathematics cours
es. She also enjoys bike
riding, meeting new peo
ple, dancing and listening
to soul music! ~
Two of her favorite tele
vision programs Include
“The Jeffersons” because
of -the , personality of
George; and "Trapper
John, M.D.” This program
gives me an idea of what
the medical field may be
like.”
At school Ms. Phifer per:
ticipates in Junior Achieve
ment and plays the violin
in the orchestra.
She is also a member of
Greenville Memorial AME
Zion Church where she is a
member of the Young Mis
sionary Society; the choir;
the Usher Board; and the
€Hrl Seouts. ——
Life cooUnnee to deal the
hands of happiness ana
sometimes grief. Ms.
Phifer’s band Is a full
bouse; one filled with much
compassion for others and
the will to share her talents
to benefit others.
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_ Promoting King’s Ideas
Blacks Urged To Keep
Fighting For Freedom
Food Stamp
Redemptions
Tighten
Administrators at the
Food and Nutrition Ser
vice (FNS) of the United
States Department of Agri
culture announced recently
they will be cracking down
in the Food Stamp pro
gram.
“We, with the coopera
tion erf the states, are
moving against fraud
through legislation, regu
lations, demonstration pro
jects' god administrative
activities,’’ warned a
spokesperson for FNS. The
agency explained it is diffi
cult to quantify the losses
and determine a total
dollar amount. However,
it’s known that food stamp
'dollars are lost mainly
IMruuglr recipient—abuse,
vendor abuse, human
errors, criminal activity
and through the mails. FNS
has devised a method to
control each of these pro
blems.
Whenever there are un
explained irregularities in
retailers’ food stamp re
demption levels or com
plaints of food stamp vio
lations, FNS’ compliance
branch investigates. In fis
cal year 1982, the compli
ance branch checked over
5,000 of the 228,000 retail
ers authorized to accept
food stamps and found evi
dence of food stamp viola
tions lit 57.4 percent of the
retailers Investigated.
Compliance branch investi
gations resulted in 1,331
stores being disqualified
from the program in the
period from October, 1981,
to June, 1983.
ElalSui^vhn£id-Sam Young... -Veronica Dean _
...Survey needed . .Prefers WGIV news ...Prefers WGIV’s gospel"
Post Survey Reveals
800 Attend
Inspiring
Program
By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
Nearly 800 people packed
Mount Zion Baptist Church
in Salisbury Sunday for the
Martin Luther King Hu
m a n itarla. jl Birth d ay ___
Awards ceremony.
It was the eighth annual
recognition for King, ac
cording to Rev Dr. Sam
Johnson, minister of the
church. “The Awards Day
program originated from
the reasoning that a local
event needed to be held in
honor of King's birthday It
needed to be something to
promote King's ideals
about unity among races
and Black pride,” revealed
Johnson.
Therefore, since 1975,
people in the Salisbury
community who have con
tributed to its growth, de
velopment and progress
have been recognized and
honored at the Martin
Luther King Humanitarian
Birthday Awards event.
Another highlight of this
affair is the dynamic
message that is delivered
each year by a commun
ity leader. This year's key
note speaker was Robert L.
Davis Jr. of Charlotte
The chairman of the
Mecklenburg County De
mocratic Party and prin
cipal of Spaugh Junior
High School stated in his
address, he believes in two
camps "The first is made
up of those people who be
lieve civil rights is no long
er needed They feel Blacks
have reached the moun
tain-top," Davis asserted
He continued, “The se
cond camp -- the one to
which I belong - insists
that Blacks keep pushing
and fighting for freedom."
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WGIY’s Losing Listeners
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Because Of Programming
ny Kachel Swann
Post Staff Writer
Programming, and not
sound, is what makes the
difference to listeners of
the two black-oriented
radio stations in the Char
lotte area, WGIV-AM
(1600) and WPEG-FM
(97.9), according to an in
formal Post survey taken
last week
What the station plays,
listeners agreed almost
unanimously, is more
appealing than the quality
of its sound or its commit
ment to community in
volvement. Listeners were
asked to respond to issues
raised in last week’s article
on WGIV’s programming
and community service
and its uphill struggle to
maintain and win back
listeners from the 20,000
watt, stereo WPEG
In that article, WGIV
General Manager Hal
Harrill and Station Em
ployee Rhonda Anthony,
both argued that the qua
lity and strength of
WPEG’s FM signal is
eroding their listenership.
The statistics support their
views. In the last 10 years,
Am listeners have de
creased from 75 to 39 per
cent, while FM enthusiasts
tiave increased from 23 to -
61 percent.
Nonetheless, WPEG fans
maintain the station’s FM
signal is not its main s
attraction.
Twenty-year-old Re
ginald Clarke, a Central
Piedmont Community Col
lege student, says he used
to listen to WGIV, but now
listens to WPEGv'six or
more hours a day.”
"WPEG plays better
music,” he claimed. “They
play the type of music I
like--jamming music.”
“WGIV Jives too much,”
Clarke continued, ‘‘they
play off-the-wall music that
people don't want to hsten
to.”
“FM does sound better,”
he admitted, “but it's not
really the sound that
matters, it's what they’re
playing." He said of WGIV,
“If they’d play music
people want to listen to, it
wouldn’t matter.”
Wayne McCauley, 22,
agrees, McCauley says he
listens to WPEG "seven to
eight hours a day.”
—"WPEG plays the songs 1
like to hear. Plus, they play
more music and have less
advertising,” he stated
“WGIV probably plays
some of the same songs,
but they have so much ad
vertising you get bored.”
WPEG is FM and stereo
and it does pick up better,”
he added, “but I would
listen to WGIV everyday if
they played more music
and had less advertising."
Ray Gooding, a WBT
radio personality who has
been in broadcasting for 22
years, explained that the
clapity and fidelity of FM
$ound is probably most
appealing to the younger
listener. The older the lis
teners, Gooding pointed
out, the more interested
they are in varied pro
gramming and other
services such as news
which the station offers
"The younger listener is
interested in beat and
sound and so FM makes a
difference to them" he
stated, "but listeners 25
and older are out of the
stage where they're just
interested in music
They’re more concerned
about how that station suits
their lifestyle ”
In that area, WGIV
gained more support The
listeners who said they
listened to WGIV some or
more of the time reflected
Gooding’s observations
Sam Young, 34, owner of
Davis-Young Realtors,
says he is one of those
listeners in that age group
which listens to radio for
more than just music.
“I’m at an age where I
know what I want,” Young
related, "and I know I don't
like a lot of boom-boom
musical! day.”
For that reason. Young
•aid, he chooses to listen to
stations which feature jazz
and classical selections. He
listens to WGIV’s Sunday
afternoon jass program
and during the week
switches hourly to its news
Young, who listens to
approximately three hours
See WGIV Page T
Another highlight of this
affair is the dynamic
message that is delivered
each year by a commun
ity leader. This year’s key
note speaker was Robert L.
Davis Jr. of Charlotte
The chairman of the
Mecklenburg County De
mocratic Party and prin
cipal of Spaugh Junior
High School stated in his
address, he believes in two
camps "The first is made
up of those people who be
lieve civil rights is no long
er needed They feel Blacks
have reached the moun
tain-top,” Davis asserted
He continued, "The se
cond camp - the one to
which I belong - insists
that Blacks keep pushing
and fighting for freedom.”
Davis reflected on all the
goods that are produced in
America, then pointed out
that because of confused
priorities there are still
people in this country who
are hungry and homeless
He raised the question, why
seek to be most powerful
economically, militarily
and scientifically when the
results are not even used to
totally benefit citisens in
the U.S.?
"Just as Martin Luther
King pointed out for many
years, there is no equit
able distribution," Davis
told his audience. "These
are the things Dr Kh^l
visioned in his dreams and
we must continue to fight
and make them a reality.”
Mayor W.. I. Leah of
Salisbury and Mayor B. f.
Craige of East Spotter
attended Sunday’s celebra
tion. Each of them read
proclamations which
established Martin t*M~
King Jr.'a birthday as a
holiday in their cities.
Humanitarian awards
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Joe Hack Scheduled To Speak Here
Joe Black. Vice Presi
dent of Special Markets of
The Greyhound Corpora
tion, will be guest speak
whwrthr fftlinlat flub
of Hidden Valley cele
brates tta third annivers
ary op January 22, with a
banquet at the Teamsters
Union Hal), Charlotte
As a corporate officer of
inf oreynouna corpora
tion, Black heads a spe
ciallaed department deal
ing primarily with the
To that end, he has cre
ated, developed and imple
mented programs to reach,
-ngntet and motivate minor
ities toward positive
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With the same found- school for seven years in
ation of excellence as his his hometown of Plainfield,
guide, Joe Black excelled NJ
as a professional baseball Because of his determin
piayer. In lWa. aaer pitcher ation and commitment to
for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 11he betterment of the Black
he was named the National community, Joe Black has
League's Rookie of the h^n honored by many
„ _ , 4. civic, religious and fra
first pleck pitcher to ever holds membership in many
. y • World Series game, organizations
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“• Black AtWetes Hall Of timist Club Third Anni vers
-ry Banquet ami Celebra
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SUte University an<j UckeU mjiy ^ ^
Hall of Fame chased by calling Ernest
Following Ms baseball Alford Jr., SM-OSM, accord
career, Black entered the ing to Gerald Johnson,
fleid at education, (inching president of the chib
City To Observe
1%*. King’s Birthday
City government will ob
serve Martin Luther King
Jr ’s birthday aa a holiday
on Monday, January 17.
The Sanitation Division
will operate on an amended
schedule Durfc* the holi
day week backyard refuse
collection will ha provided
on Tueeday-Thuraday or
Wedmadfy-Friday ached
uleo.
Buaea operated by the
Charlotte Transit System
will operate on regular
schedules