: "PVT? Hi kO V . 1 m: 1 X JU X 1FO I essss?" ^ CALL 37MM96 “The Voice Of The Mock Community" >■ ' .-:— im^MHLWSi i. " .,. „: i f •-___THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thur»d«y. April 7. 1983 •Price- 46 Cen Minority R*tk*K±3 Special To The Pott ..Washington. D.C. - The, participation of Blacks,' Hispanics and other minor ities in the housing pro grams of the Housing awl Urban Development will be stepped up to 17 percent, said Samuel R. Pierce Jr., Secretary of the federal agency. ■ • In setting minimum goals for minority business participation in Section 208 housing programs for the elderly and the handi capped, he said this will be seven percent more than last year. The only black member of the Reagan Administra tion, Pierce explained that the effort would be chan neled through the Depart ment’s ten regional admin istrators. Each will be pro vided with specific nu merical targets. This is the first time the Department has assigned specific region-by-region Minority Business Enter prise goals of this kind, the Secretary said. The Secretary noted that this effort implements Pre sident Reagan’s announced objective of increasing minority business partici pation in government pro curement. In New York City Rev. O. B. J. Burson, pastor of Holy Trinity Baptist Church, said he welcomed the idea of involving more nonprofit groups into be coming 202 housing spon sors.” If every black church in the city built senior citizen houses we would reduce the need by 50 percent,” he added. Membership Drive Hie NAACP membership drive has been extended until May X, according to Anna Hood, membership chairperson. A member ship goal of 2,000 total members has been set. "Breaking through the apathy that is prevalent among the middle-class is taking more time than was anticipated,” Mrs. Hood said. Several churches, organ izations and individuals are working with the NAACP in an effort to secure members. Churches, groups and individuals who secure a substantial num ber of memberships will be recognized at the close of the drive. Captains for the mem bership campaign are: Kelly M. Alexander Sr., Lillie B. Beckham, Chris topher Bennett, Mary Brit ton, Mary Clarke, George Dunlap, Cora J. Drayton, Richard Ellis, Homer W. Fennell, Katheryn Garnett, Bruce Harris, Jesse John son, Virginia Owens and Donald White. Persons wishing to sub scribe to a membership with the NAACP can con tact any of the above named persons or send $10. payable to the NAACP to: Anna Hood, 1337 Orvis St., Charlotte, N.C. 28218, 333-4885 after 5:30 p.m. or Kelly Alexander Jr., Pre sident, Charlotte Brandi, NAACP, 112 N. Irwin Ave., Charlotte, N.C. 28202, 333-1187. tURTIMMK _ * Politicians, like show people, give ths public Mine truth and Mine hokum. CQLLEENE DAVIS ...Treats others generously Colleene Davis Is Beauty Of Week By Teresa Simmons Post Managing Editor Upon various visits and stays in the hospital Yvette Colleene Davis has de cided that her profession will, like the many who work in the hospital en vironment, entail aiding others. t "I'd like to be a doctor,” Ms. Davis stated. “I’ve been to the hospital a lot mYiitff ■vhrn I waa sick and mospbere.” The atmosphere of one person helping another is what appeals to Ms. Davis and even at the precious age of 13 she realizes that this goal will be an import ant one in her life. So far Ms. Davis has been greatly and positively influenced by her cousin, Jenniffer Elaine Burton. “I spend a lot of time around her and I have a lot of fun with her.” From her cousin and her parents, Laura and James Davis, our beauty has surmised, too, the im portance of treating others generously. “I’ve always felt that we should treat people as we would like to be treated and try not to mistreat anyone.” Bom under the Zodiac -sign of Aries, Ms. Davis describes herself as honest and soft-hearted. She cer tainly has thoughts about the many starving indivi duals in the world and wishes that she could “...send food to every hun gry child in the world.” •4 • . Bike riding, shopping for clothes and in general go ing places are all hobbies of Ms. Davis. She also enjoys spending time with her family: her parents and two brothers, Vernon and James Jr.;h«r grand parents, Dorothy and Alex ander Weather and Ivory W. Davis. She also has fond memories of her grand mother, Mae Davis. Ms. Davis is the youngest in her immediate family. An eighth grade student at Eastway Junior High School she also finds time to worship at O’Zion AME Zion Church. Entertainment is another facet of life in which Ms. Davis has decisions of good taste in. Her favorite singer is Diana Ross. “I remember her from the Supremes but I like her music much better now. I also enjoyed her movies, “Mahogany” and ‘Lady Sings The Blues,” she con cluded. Ms. Davis is a young lady of rare essence, and one who adds to the beauty of caring for others. Bible School Workshop Scheduled The Church Growth and Development Workshop will present a one-day Vacation Bible School Workshop April 16 at the Radlsson Plaza from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Church Growth and De velopment Workshop, a di vision of Education and Planning of the National Baptist Publishing Board based in Nashville, Tenn., is designed to maintain and Improve the professional skills of Church School feathers and administra tor* The organization has scheduled an intensive tour of hne-day workshops across the country begin ning in Austin, Texas: A complete new package of Vacation Bible School ma terials has been developed The package includes a resource book for students of all ages; directors's manual; record books; at tendance charts; and en rollment cards and certifi cates. There is also includ ed in the package promo tional posters; flyers; post cards; buttons} arts and crafts; and audio visual aids. The Workshop is spon sored by the National Bap tist Publishing Board. The public is cordially Invited, for more information call or write: Ctna-ch Growth and Development Work shop. P. O. Box m, to Nashville, TN 37202, Forum To Discuss “The Rights Of Unemployed” Ford Visits Piedmont Courts On the eve of his eight night Charlotte Crusade, evangelist Leighton Ford will extend his outreach into the community with a visit to the Piedmont Courts area of the city, April 9, at 3 p.m. The Cru sade will be held April 10-17 at the Charlotte Coliseum. He’ll be emphasizing to Piedmont Courts residents and their neighbors that “There Is Hope” for every one in today’s world, the Crusade’s central mes sage. in addition to meeting and talking with Ford, Piedmont Courts youths will hear “The New Direc tions,” 20 high school and college students from across the nation who sing and share their Christian faith with people through out the world. Ford and “The New Directions” will be at Pied mont Courts until about 4:30 p.m., and Woody Lamm, field coordinator and video promotions man ager for the Burlington Leighton Ford is an asso ciate evangelist and vice president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and was or dained as an evangelist in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. He and his family reside in Char lotte, although his work with the Billy Graham As sociation has taken him around the world speaking to thousands on every continent. The Crusade will feature such well-known guests as Charles Colson who be came a “bom again” Christian after his convic tion in connection with the Watergate scandal, quadri plegic Joni Eareckson Tado whose story has in spired millions worldwide, Charlotte native Bobby Jones who plays profes sional basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers, and Tom Landry, head coach of the Dallas Cowboys pro fessional football team. MAYORAL CANDIDATE ED PEACOCK Faces Tremendous Challenge Economic Development Is Biggest Challenge City Faces By Andrew McCorUe :.^asss!s&to Mayor of Charlotte Ed Peacock said last week that the biggest “chal lenge” facing the city was creating business and eco nomic development. Peacock, 40, explained that the planned $8.5 mill ion uptown redevelopment package to beautify eight blocks of Tryon Street, the refurbishing of First and Third Wards, and the cre ation of University Park are projects that attract new businesses and indus tries to the area, providing opportunities to its resi dents. “If we provide jobs and economic opportunity, then lots and lots of other pro blems will kinda fade into the sunset,” he stated in an interview. Peacock, considered to be a Party favorite, was one of the first major con tertders to announce his candidacy. A former county commissioner, he served on the board from 1974-80, and was chairman ■M fro«n 1WW». ■1. ■ He is currently serving as an at-large member of the city council. Although the city’s mass transportation system has traditionally operated in the red, Peacock favors continued funneling of monies into the bus system to attract new ridership. “We have a problem at trading new ridership,” he explained, "but if people are made aware that we have 19 new buses and that they offer safe transport ation that operate on time, then maybe we can im prove the ridership.” He added that a bus system was “imperative” to getting people to and from uptown. Peacock was intrument al about one year ago in establishing a plan to aid minority- and women o per a ted businesses to gain access to obtaining city and private contracts. A bill has recently passed in the General As sembly that allows the Are Children Egggecited? _ -___ CJLJLJLJ How Are Eacler Egg Hunts Fairing? By Teresa Simmons Post Staff Writer Easter may be over but you probably still have some of that Easter egg basket grass stuck in your carpet or even worse a forgotten egg from a hunt left....and you still can’t find H. How are Easter egg hunts fairing recently? Are the children as egggcited about the egg hunts today as they were 15 years ago? The Post performed an egggtravagant survey of several children Easter Monday and found out that most still enjoy the sport of searching for that special surprise. Adults, however, who have viewed many egg hunts-feel that the excit merit has decreased snd fewer younger people are participating. Tameka Butts, 10 year old, didn’t get to go Easter egg hunting this year but she wished that she had been able to. “We were going to the Easter egg hunt at the church Satur day but the weather was Twanna Tarry ...Prepared for egg hunt too bad,” Tameka com mented “I would want to t Her sister, Shonda who is eight and her brother, Damieon, also 8 both en joy Easter egg hunts. "It’s fun to find so many eggs and eat them after you get them,’’ Damieon suggested Tiffany Tucker, 11, en joys Easter egg hunting also. “I went with friends and at church this year.’’ Robin Hubbard, also 11 corporates her Easter egg hunting with the meaning of Easter "I like it,’’Robin began, "It’s a way to cele brate Easter, the time Jesus was crucified.” Bobby Hubbard, 6, finds Easter egg hunting enjoy able, especially if he can find the lucky egg and win the Easter egg hunt Marcellina Goines, 9, enjoys the hunt but more than anything likes to eat the eggs. It seems though that as one gets a little older there is less of a desire to find eggs. Priscilla Dowdy, 13, feels that she is “too old' for that.” I used to when I was smaller but I stopped when I was about 9 years old.” Deacon Carl Dixon, su perintendent of the Sunday School at Second Calvary Baptist Church which sponsors an annual Easter egg hunt, stated that the modern generation seems to be getting away from the hunts. “I think the child ren like it but I don’t think they like it as much as the children did IS years ago. People just don’t care for It like they used to.” Earl Fant, who brought his daughters out for the hunt stated that it seems like hunts are on the de crease. "It seems like there were more people interested in the past, but the hunt is getting smaller every year.” Will the Easter egg bun ny survive the competition of modern pastimes for children and the changing interest of this new com puterized-video game generation? Is it possible? Could we have an egg-head Pac man game on the way? Let's hope that Easter egg hunting won't end up that way. s County, City of Charlotte and the Chamber of Com merce fund a program to help minority businesses to compete with other busi nesses without a quota, set-a-side or goal system. “So many times the pro blem is access,” stated Peacock. “The struggling black businessman or wo man or white women, don’t have access to the people who will buy the product or service.” The program, which will go into effect immediately, will allow minority busi nesses to go to the Cham ber of Commerce and get their help in obtaining contracts. Peacock said he was against set-a-sides and quotas because too often minorities are hurt rather than helped by the system. “They created a false sense of security for minor ities,” he stated. Many times if a set-a-side pro gram calls for minorities to get 15 percent of the busi ness, then that’s all they get, explained Peacock. “If black business pro vides the better service or product, he should get 100 percent of that busi ness,” he said. "I want black businesses to say that we don’t want 15 percent of the business. I want all of it because we provide the better ser vice.” • Peacock said that when minority business prosper, the city prospers as a whole. Youth Council To Sponsor Seminar Are you unemployed... still looking for work? Maybe the upcoming four hour seminar on April 9, sponsored by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Youth Coun cil, can help you. This seminar, free and open to the public, begins at 9:30 a m. and lasts until 1:30p.m. The event will be held at the United Com munity Services Audito rium, 301 Brevard street. You can find out whether you should retrain for )obe, what Charlotte industries will die out or gear up in the next few years, and bow to know If you’ve picked the right company for you. If you have any ques tions, call the Youth Coun cil at 334-3034. Rallies Planned For April 15 By Eileen Hanson Special To The Post Are you out of work and facing legal and financial problems? How are you personally coping with un employment? How can the unemployed help them selves and each’ other? These questions will be discussed Thursday, April 14, at a Forum on “The Rights of the Unem ployed,” to be held at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 1510 E. 7th Street. The program begins with a supper at 6 p.m. fol lowed by the Forum at 7 p.m. The Unemployment Forum is part of a local commemoration of “Jobs with Peace Week,” April 10-16. Jobs with Peace is a national campaign working to reduce the military bud get and put more tax dol lars into jobs and human services. Forums, demon strations and actions on Tax Day (April 15) are planned across the country. Other activities in Char lotte will Include state ments at the City Council meeting, April 11, when Jobs with Peace petitions will be presented. On April 15 members of the cam paign will petition at local post offices as taxpayers file their 1982 tax returns, “Fifty cents of every dollar that you pay in in come taxes is going for military related spend ing,” according to Frank Clemente of the National Jobs with Peace Campaign in Boston. “That’s money that could be used to cre ate jobs and fund programs in housing, health care, environmental protection, education, infrastructure repair and mass transit.” “In Charlotte, each fa mily of four contributes $2,800 to military related expenditures,” explained Carrie Graves, N.C. Jobs with Peace coordinator “That’s an average amount, based on a total of $592.3 million paid into the Pentagon from our Char lotte tax dollars,” she said “Many people don't even make that amount of money ” The Unemployment Forum will feature several resource persons speaking about legal and consumer rights of the unemployed, and how unemployed work ers can benefit from avail able social programs. Speakers include Marshall Swan of Legal Services of Southern Piedmont; Carol Jordan, a teacher at Cen tral Piedmont Community College; Bill Pickens of United family Services, and Cleveland Ardery of the Employment Security Commission. Also speaking will be Eileen Hanson of the Jobs with Peace Campaign, and Dr. Herman Thomas, pre sident of the Chartotte Mecklenburg Southern Christian Leadership Con ference. The program is free and open to the public For more information about the forum, or about the Jobs with Peace Campaign, con tact 377-9328 (evenings) or 527-1398 (mornings) or 372-4780 (afternoons) The Charlotte Jobe with Peace Campaign is a coa lition of labor, civil rights and community groups, in cluding the Equal Rights Congress, Client Council of Southern Piedmont, and Central Labor Council.