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Carpentry, bricklavimz - ■_ “ - -%• » I - ■ ' ■ • \ and parenting classes are being bald at the Double Oaks Community Service Center, 1336 Woodward St., sponsored by the Central Piedmont Community Col lege and Charlotte Area Fund; the classes-willbe gin the week of February 12, and will hold registra tion from February 13-16. The Charlotte Area Fund, a service organiz ation for low-income fa milies, will sponsor adults for the Carpentry and Bricklaying classes. The sponsorship includes the $10 registration fee for peo ple who sign- up for the agency’s program. For more information about these and other classes, call Carol Kilgo, training coordinator, at 373-3010, week-days, or Barbara Brown, CPCC night director, week -a nights at 372-3738. The West Charlotte High School National Alumni will meet Sunday, January 29, at the Greenville Center, 1330Spring St., at 5 p.m. Women in Communica tion’s first annual $300 scholarship is open to all A V.. Mecklenburg High School seniors, class of 1964. The Women in Communication scholarship will be award ed annually to a high school senior who plans to pursue a career in com munications, journalism, publishing, broadcasting, advertising or public re lations. The scholarship re cognizes achievement in Teresa communications, activities and academic studies. To apply, ask your guid ance counselor or student publications advisor for an application form. Or send a stamped, self addressed envelope to Women in Communica tions, Inc. (WICI) Scholar ship Committee, 1923 Dil worth Rd. East, Charlotte, N.C. 28203. Deadline is March 1, 1984. The scholarship winner will be announced at the annual WICI Matrix Lun cheon in May, 1984, be fore an audience of many of Charlotte's top profes sional communicators If you are living on a fixed income or simply tired of spending too much money, the Charlotte Area Fund, Inc. has budget counseling for you. It in cludes home repair work shops and food buying clubs information. These are just a few ways the CAF can help. For more - information, call Mary Staton at 372-3010 and see what the Income Manage ment Unit has to offer. Presbyterian Hospital’s Night Nursing supervisor, Martha Mitchell, recently retired. A retirement party was held in the cafe teria dining room in her honor. She has worked at Presbyterian for 18 years. Mrs. Mitchell’s official re tirement party will be held February 1 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the dining rooms I and II. All employees have been invited to attend. Some parents by now may have cursed God be cause of unhappy situa tions, but not Shakeeka Richardson’s mother. Even though one Sunday night her little daughter was on the verge of death, Mrs. Richardson still thanks God - and that takes a lot of faith. If you would like to contribute to the Richardson Fund, send donations to Mechanics and Farmers Bank, 951 E. Independence Blvd., Char lotte. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord - Romans 6:23. i~ ^ary stonimn Angers olack Community vwuuucu rrom me 5n didn’t receive anything.” A bazaar and bake sale in Shakeeka’s behalf brought |87. "Only 15 people were present at a fashion show held at Queens College. That project went in the hole, too,” Mrs. Funder burk added Though the money con tinues to dwindle, the bills continue to mount “Com rm unity Health,. Services has agreed to provide the jet,” Mrs. Richardson stated. But with the suc cession Of letdowns re cently, she isn’t lOQ percent sure toe (fight will be paid far when toe time arrives . for the trip In bis final column about the Richardsons, Gary may have relieved some minds when he mentioned “Major medical insurance coverage was finally re solved...” “I don’t know where be got that from,” Mrs.*icb ardson expressed with concern. She explained. "The City tnsuranc& pe pers which state the Rich ardson will be provided go percent,coverage in medi cine and 100 percent cover age in surgery arct. being disputed. According to Mr*. Rich ardson, Providence Insur ance Company bought toe insurance plans from Pilot Life whkii was previously handling! the Transit Sys tem’s insured employees. “I don't have anything in writing (from the new com pnny), but they keep talk- ■»? ing shoot Shakeeka’s cam being pre-existing,” Mrs. Richardson claimed. The taoirvac* companies an arguing Shakeeka may not qpaHfy far coverage since she was sick before the insurance policy was created. “Also when Shakeeka first started receiving treatment for biliary atresia, the tests then were considered experimental and void of any insurance benefits.’’ Whether the insurance policy favors the Richard sons or not, they must be prepared for take-off when a doctor calls with news that an appropriate liver is waiting for Shakeeka. That won’t mean the end of the nearly $700 for anesthesi ologists, $1,400 previous transportation costs, thou sands of dollars for a two or three-week stay in inten sive care after the trans plant, hundreds of dollars for medicine, $15 each for the lounge chairs each night the Richardson parents will sleep on while waiting for their daughter to recuperate, and the stan dard monthly house and utility payments. Nevertheless, the Rich ardsons are most con cemed about Shakeeka liv mg an active life again. Her condition worsened drastically January 22. Described as a real fighter by her mother, the candi date in dire need of a liver is in stable condition again. “I knew when the doctors started asking me to leave the room Shakeeka was near death,” Mrs. Rich ardson spoke gf that un forgettable Sunday. , “But I wasn't leaving that room because I didn’t know if I’d see my little girl alive again when I re turned. So I must say the Lord has been good to my family and me.’1 While the Richardson family can use any finan cial assistance that an in dividual or organization can afford to offer, she wants more than anything the prayers of all asking that Shakeeka will live through an ordeal which has endured for more than two years. To make contributions, send donations to Shakeeka Laver Transplant Fund, Mechanics ana Farmers Bank, 951 S. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28202. r ' -— <BBJ j For Your - Advertising Dollar I Q Call m&wm TJjQI 3*DOT - A Tribute To Black History From. Ctl H | ^^B ^fl^^B 11 . • vpjh ■ -& — - W:.<! 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