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K_pad TV personality
TBomas Moore will be
sponsored by Plaza United
Methodist Church, MOO The
Plaza, Sunday, February
r 8, at 4 pun.
Persona of all ages in the
Plaza arena of northeast
Charlotte are being urged
to participate in Thomas
• Moore'S brand ot concert
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gram is aimed at prtSS
mg “an opportunity for fun
and celebration for the
total community,” she
said.
Thomas Moore, widely
known for promoting self
esteem and mutual support
among children, will focus
on bridging the gaps be
tween races, ages, reli
gions and cultures
through music, Mrs. Woods
announced.
Moore will emphasize
that “we can face the
challenge of differences
with God’s help and build a
healthy family, a.modal
church and community,”
she said.
For more information,
call 5M-033&.
Wood-Bumiilg Stoves
| Fast BecomqgBopdar
mere are a number or
*roanented cases of poi
■ooiag as a result of
burning CCA-treated
wood in fireplaces, WUlard
•aid. Toxic metals such as
chromium, copper, and ar
senic can aecumulata in
fireplace dirt, dust and ash.
Exposure to these toxic
• metals can result from
breathing airborne par
ticles or from direct
contact with the ash.
In the case of wood
treated with creosote and.
psnta, toxic gases can be
emitted and inhaled. Burn
ing wood that has been
painted with a lead baaed
paint is a potential source
of lead poisoning, Ss is the
burning of battery cases.
The wood-treating indus
try is well aware of the
dangers of burning treated
wood and cautlsna against
Its use, according to Will
ard, and ths'Otanty's En
vironmental Health De
partment also cautions
against the burnii« of
treated wood: ■
The money you might
save by using this readily
available webd is not
worth the risk to your
family’s health, Don Will
ard added.
Pamphlets containing
additional information on
5§fcPbiMng Steves will
he available from Depart,
nett of Environmental
Health in miiPPebniary.
Persons interested in ob
taining a copy of this pam
pblet should call 379400.
Sorority Urunch
You are invited to join
the members of &gma
Rbo Sorority, Bets
Sigma Chapter,
I gjSmorning of relax -
canto, brunch and
mooeiing on
ay, January 11, from
10 a.m. -to 2:3# p.m. at
Montaldo’s, « North
Tryon Street.
There will be valet puk
ing tor the benefit, which
will be to the store!#.!!
hospitality room. . «£.
Sorors of the chapter are
Geraldine Taylor, Baal
leua, Adelaide Hunt, Dora
Masen, Mildred Bl Darts,
Louise Dean, EDen Ham
ilton, Valecia Beatty,
Lavenla Young, Wartena
Hankinaoa, Mentxte John
son, Dorothy Ngongang,
Alean Conner and Hopte
Perry.
Louise Dean can be con
tacted after 0:l|,p.tn. at
376-118# far more informa
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This b Your
Paper,
Use It!
ine ao naicn unmu
tae of the Black Media As
sociation (BMA) recently
provided soma do's and
don't’s to advertisers at the '
request of The Council of
Better Business Bureaus,
in Arlington, Va. The Coun
cil is made up of represent
ative* from the 161 Better
.Business Bureaus in the
nation.
BMA is an organisation
of professionals who work
in radio, television, news
paper and public relation*.
Rosalyn Gist Porter, the
chairperson for the Ad
Watch Committee, stated
the list Included the fol
lowing advice: "Do’s’’ for
(1) Use black product'
spokespersons that talk h»
telllflsnttr without resort
ing to Jokes, songs and-cr
dancing; (S) Show studi
ous, serious black youth;
(9) Show dual-parent ta
mlias; (4) Show black pa
rents concerned about their
children’s health, safety
and education; (9) Show-,
blacks in professional posi
tions, as decision makers.
The “don’t’a for adver
tisers were (1) Don’t por
tray ail criminals as being
Mack; (9) Don't portray
blacks as being intel
lectually inferior to
whites; (9) Don’t portray-'
blacks as laxy, always ,
looking for handouts; (4)
Don't stereotype all blacks
at being poor, unemployed
and disadvantaged; (5)
Don’t portray black
mothers as always batag
overweight; (g) Don’t
leave blacks out of situa
tions where they are pre
sent in real life. '<
The above Hot was pu
blished in the October
edlttoa of the Council of
Deft nr Bustheee Bureaus’
trade publication, “Ad
vertising Topics.” Porter
explained the Ad Watch
Committee’s goal didn’t be
gin or step with the sag
KaMgk - More than 1,000
black North Carolina Bap
tists voiced their opposition
to the state's death penalty
during a banquet in
Raleigh last wee*.
Minorities and members
of the 400,000-member
General Baptist State Con
vention.of North Carolina
'voted unanimously to go
into prayer for Governor
Jamas Hunt, Jr. and all
Judicial officials who are
involved in deciding the
fate of people on- Death
Row. The resolution was
passed during last Friday's
banquet in honor of Dr.
jjul
Scheduled On
Sales Tax
The Mecklenburg Board
of County Commissioner!
will hold • public hearing
at 10:00 a.m., Monday, Fe
bruary 6, to comdder the
levy on a one-hall percent
supplemental local govern
ment salee and uae tax. The
hearing will be in the Board
Room, fourth floor. Edu
cation Center, 701 E.
Second Street
The public is urged to
attend die hearing, and to
express opinions on the
proposed tax. Those who
wisfa to speak are asked to
call Hazel Hatley, Clerk to
the Board of Comity Com
missioners, 874-A4M, to
. have their names placed on
the agenda. It is suggested
that remarks be Suited to
three minutes.
Martin Luther Xing, Jr.
held at-the Raleigh Civic
Center.
“We thank the Lord that
be'. <t*fvNrted^mpnterer
James #. Ifttcfthniite still
living,” said Dr. E. Burns
Turner, GBSC president,
after the state-faded to
execute the prisoner Jama
ary 13. “We wish Urn to
live as toog aS He (God)
who gave it (Ufa) to Wm,
should so dlMrsl Wa stand
opposed to capital punish
ment. Life is so precious.”
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