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Engaging Denise Sea wood
. ...An aerobics teacher
Denise Seawood
Is Beauty Of Week
By Leri Grier
Port SUIT Writer
Denise Sea wood, 20’
knows what it takes to have
a body that’rf in tip-top
shape. Her daily routine
erdte everywhere to cion
stitute a healthy body and
sound mind.
The 1981 Harding High
graduate has been an ae
robics teacher for six
years and has given
aerobics shows at P. B.
Scott’s. She entered the
world of aerobics in 1978 at
King’s Gym (now World
Gym).
“The program was only
|15 a month when a friend
-.and I first entered. Ae
robics is something which
comes natural for me. I
prefer it, and I have stuck
with it ever since,” Sea
wood explained.
Because she believes
that life is open for all
, opportunities, ane encour
ages young people “to
finish high school.”
Sea wood, recruiter for
Revelation School of
Modeling, North Tryon
Street, has been an ama
teur body builder for three
years and head cheerlead
er for SedgefMd- Auto
High School, Central Pied
mont Community College
and the Charlotte Chargers
(now Carolina Storm
football team). There’s a
reason that she stays so
busy. ”f try to stay busy as
much as possible, because
it takes away stress,: ten
sion and yhu don’t worry
about small problems
When you’re busy, small
problems don’t seem to
burden you as muc^,” are
her boy friend. “On March
1, v%will have feen to
gether for one nptr. He
didn't promise me the
world or lend me on with a
lot nf ,Ul| jiffi'S innkrrl for
,-loveatfrgpt it$B» can tell
' me’ afcnWTfcy fmpeflecp
tions, and I can tell him
about Mi,” she beamed.
She admits that marriage
is not in the picture pre
sently. “My career is
first, so my social life will
have to wait.”
Our beauty’s favorite
pets were snakes named
Cocaine Katie and Da
mion. Both are dead now.
“I used to date ‘Jake the
Snake,’ professional
wrestler, who threw Da
» mion on my lap one
time. I took him home,
because he wouldn’t let go
of me. Later on Jake
gave me Cocaine Katie.”
When it comes to music,
she is inspired by Aretha
'franklin imd Angela Bo
fill. "Their music tells a
story about life, about me
being a lover and being
disappointed sometimes,”
she remarked.
Seawood’s hobbies in
clude collecting antique
clothes, make-up apptlca
tfoo on-people and social
izing. Her future ambi
tions are to own a model
ing school and be happy.
“My mother always told
me to use it (talent)
before I lose It, because you
only go through life one
time,” she emphasised.
Denise Seawood is the
daughter of Otto and
Rozella Seawood. Her
brother is ao year-old
Otto, III, and her fratern
al twin sister is 30 year
oid Deseree.
Here March 17
In 19S4 Election
Democrats To Increase
Minority Participation
Marriott
To Begin
Hiring
In a cooperative arrange
ment with the local Em
ployment Security Com
mission, the new Marriott
City Center hotel in up
town Charlotte will begin
accepting applications for
approximately 400 jobs on
Monday, March 5.
Marriott personnel direc
tor Bob Mefford said Mar
riott will advertise the po
sitions in local newspapers
beginning March 3.
“We’re going to need
people at all levels of hotel
operations^ Mefford said,
“from high-visibility cus
—tomer contact' positions—
such as the front desk, to
waitresses, waiters, se
curity, housekeeping, bell
men, maintenance, re
servations... the whole
spectrum.”
Under the terms of the
arrangement, applicants
will file applications be
tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
week-days at the Employ
ment Security Commis
sion, 316 East Morehead
Street, and will go through
an initial screening be
ing coordinated by ESC’s
Merry Hartrick. ESC will
then refer the best-quali
fied applicants to Marriott
for successive interviews.
' Applications will be ac
cepted at ESC through
March 31.
Mefford said this hiring
arrangement is unusual for
hotels in general and for
Marriott in particular.
"We are doing the hiring
this way in conjunction
with ESC for the sale of
efficiency due to a lack of
office space in the uptown
area and due to the con
struction of the uptown
transit man as an effort to
reduce long lines in that
part of town. We are also
choosing this route as a
result of the North Caro
lina Employment Security
Commission’s fine repu
tation and our confidence
in its ability to handle the
task efficiently and ex
pertly,’’ Mefford said..,
Two beauty shop owners had to move
their businesses elsewhere; the shoe
store closed down. Who will pay for the
damages at 1404 Beatties Ford Road - the
owners or the tenants? The courts may
have to decide. (Photo By Divine Re
flections)
“Dilapidated” Conditions
Force Bi ‘nesses To Qose
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
On November 12 and 24,
partial ceiling of the 1404
Beatties Ford Road build
ing collapsed, forcing two
of the three businesses
within the structure to
close. -
Today, all three busi
nesses, Northwest Beauty
ette, Grier’s Shoe Shop and
Romaine’s Beauty Rama
have closed. Only Ro
maine’s Beauty Rama con
tinues at the Sunshine
Beauty Center, 2523 N.
Graham Street. The North
west Beautyette has
moved to 2004 Beatties
Ford Rd. There’s no longer
a Grier’s Shoe Shop. From
the outside the building at
1404 looks intact, but on the
inside, onlv rybbish re;
mains.
Equipment, according to
the tenants, Mary White
side, Mrs Thomas Grier
and Romaine Worth, have
mildewed or simply re
ceived damage because of
the caved-in ceiling. For
tunately, Grier was able to
sell some of the shoe re
pair equipment.
The owner of the build
ing, Charlotte attorney
Charles V. Bell, according
to the tenants, was re
peatedly contacted about
the dilapidated condition of
the building_“Both my
husband and I called Mr.
Bell. He knew about the
building before the ceiHng
fell. He always said he
would fix it,” Mrs. Grier
commented.
“It started with a leak in
the ceiling in the workii^
area and it ended up in the
front area where the cu*
tomers wait My husband
called before November,
and on November 11, the
plaster came down and to
did some of the concrete
We were lucky It happened
when it did ..when no one
“Get-Oiit-The
Vote* PSA%
Available
The DNC’s National Af
firmative Action Program
this week begins another
phase toward-increasing
minority participation in
the 1984 presidential elec
tion process.
Democratic state part
ies and organizations in
states with substantial
minority populations will
receive brochures and
radio announcements en
couraging involvement in
the primaries, caucuses
and statewide elections.
The brochure, tailored to
each state, explain how to
participate in the election
process including: steps
detailing how to become a
delegate to the Democra
tic National Convention.
The New York, California,
Arizona and Texas bro
chures are also available in
Spanish.
Actor James Earl Jones
encourages participation in
this year’s presidential
election on 30-second non
partisan public service an
nouncements recorded for
the Democratic National
Committee. Also available
are partisan 30-second ra
ffio spots urging listeners
to make their choice for the
Democratic nominee for
President in the upcoming
primaries and caucuses.
“This is the most im
portant election year this
country has seen in 50
years. Our goal is to make
sure everyone knows how
to become politically ac
tive,’’ explained Yolanda
Caraway, Director of the
National Affirmative Ac
tion Program. “Ultimate
ly, we want to make sure
every eligible voter parti
cipates in the 1984 elec
tions.”
All brochures and the
PSA’s are available to or
ganizations and the media
upon request.
The targeted states are:
Alabama, Arkansas, Ari
zona, California, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, New York, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Texas and Virginia.
Black Qiurch
Leaden Endorse
Jimmy Green
Raleigh - The two high
est ranking church leaders
of the Disciples of the
Church of Christ in North
Carolina today jointly en
dorsed Lt. Gov. Jimmy
Green hi his bid to step up
to the office of governor.
Bishop M W. Johnson, the
presiding bishop, and Bi
■bop A. L. Matthews, tbs
vice bishop, gave their
join* endorsement to the
17,000 members of the 93
Churches sf Christ In On
Golds boro-Raleigh district
Fred Rasheed fc NAACP Freedom
Fund Banquet Keynote Speaker
*y Father’
Pest Staff Writer
Fred M. Rasheed of New
Jersey, will be the guest
■peeker at the Charlotte
Chapter NAACP annual 7.
Fraedom Fund banquet
Rasheed is the national
director of economic de
velopment ft* the organ
Hutton. He will apeak at Oe
March 17 banquet in Mc
Donald* Cafeteria. Tickets
for the7p.m. event are **
mbs-****"
—fi ti Wa^Hdf
yiini
a recipiaot Of tht Reginald
|A fyj ■ . t . ' ■ f
A
H. Smith Community Law
yer Fellowihip, which pro
vided him the opportunity
to teach Buatoaaa Law
couriee at Rockhunt Col
late
Rasheed has broad expe
rience in economic devel
opment and minority busi
nass enterprise He Has
served on various' boards
and advisory groups, and
has published articles on
minority business and eeo
- Bomic development. * ■"
Other events which will
taka place at the banquet
include awarding .seven
certificates of appreciation
to NAACP members, and
acknowledging the induct
ees into the NAACP * Hail
of Fame.
"People accepted into
the Hall of Fame are
Judged on good character,
or « willingness to work
ahealflshly in the areas of/
human and civil righto and,',
also, on one or more out
standing contribution* to
the NAACP," Ms. Woodard
revealed.
Some of those contribu
tions in the past included
gainhw righto in education,
Fred Ob Page UA ■