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THE CHARLOTTE POST, Thursday, April 12, 1984
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CROPWalk
For Hungry
Scheduled
Mayor Harvey B. Gantt
has declared April as
Cancer Crusade Month in
Charlotte. He urges every
citizen to support the
American Cancer Society’s
annual Cancer Crusade,
which is being conducted
by hundreds of volunteers
thoughout Mecklenburg
County.
In announcing the pro
clamation, Gantt cited the
number of cancer re
search advances made in
the last few years and the
importance of early detec
tion and prompt treatment
in curing cancer. Approxi
mately 2,000 men, women
and children in Mecklen
burg County will be treat
ed for the disease in 1984.
Each year, more than 700
cancer patients and their
families receive direct
services through the local
unit of the American Can
cer Society, and approxi
mately 70,000 adults and
youths attend cancer edu
cation programs.
“Close to three million
people alive today have
been cured of cancer,”
said Will Patterson, local
1984 Crusade Chairman.
“The battle isn’t over, but
we are winning.’’ Cam
paign goal for Mecklen
burg County is $250,000.
Wiim-Dixie
Donate $20)000
To Relief Fund
The Winn-Dixie Cor
poration, operating in
North and South Carolina
has contributed in excess of
$20,000 toward The Sal
vation Army’s Tornado
Relief Fund.
The corporate gift will be
in the form of Winn-Dixie
gift certificates. On Mon
day and Tuesday, April
9-10, representatives of
Winn-Dixie presented the
certificates to Salvation
Army centers in Raleigh,
and Charlotte, N.C, and
Greenville, S.C.
The certificates, redeem
able at all Winn-Dixie
stores, were distributed by
Salvation Army personnel
directly to the disaster
victims. There are numer
ous Winn-Dixie stores
within the disaster areas of
North and South Carolina.
The Salvation Army is
continuing to serve the
needs of the disaster vic
tims. Salvation Army of
ficers and volunteers will
continue their counseling
services and aid in finding
suitable housing for the
victims. Material items,
such as clothing, house
hold items and furniture
are still being distributed.
HinUEAtfX
Attractive Shiffon Watkins
Interested in heiping others
Shiffon Watkins Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Now a sophomore at the
University of North Caro
lina at Charlotte, Shiffon
Watkins has, for a long
time now, had her mind
made up about exactly
what she prefers from
life.
“I’ve always been inter
ested in helping others and
adding something positive
to society,” she comment
ed. “The most important
thing I’ve found out about
life is the importance of
happiness.
A lot of things in life can
get you down. But if you
just take one step at a time,
you can get through.”
Perhaps Ms. Watkins’
major in Human Devel
opment and Learning has
helped her to resolve many
of life’s questions. Also, she
has been positively influ
enced by one of her favor
ite college professors,
Kelly Alexander, Jr., an
instructor of Afro-Ameri
can Studies.
Ms. Watkins’ parents
have also been an im
pressive force in her exist
ence. “They have taught
me a lot of important
things about life...about
goals and what to look for.”
During her two years in
college, our beauty has
taken advantage of every
opportunity to expand her
knowledge about life in
general. “My ambition is to
obtain mv degree and hope-
tully receive my Master’s
G>]iimitmetit Reaffirmed
To Fair Housing Law
degree.” Ms. Watkins con
tinued, “My long range
goal is to become an edu
cator.
She is also involved in
several extra-curricular
activities at the univer
sity. Being involved in the
Emerging Leaders Pro
gram, and being a peer
counselor and tutor for the
Afro-American Studies
Program, has afforded her
several awards from the
Afro-American Studies De
partment, mainly for her
committed participation.
She is also a member of the
Alpha Phi Alpha Court.
She has worked with the
UNCC Admissions Office in
recruiting black fresh
men and is a tour guide for
the university and hostess
for visiting students.
A graduate of Charlotte
Catholic High School, Ms.
Watkins enjoys roller skat
ing, cooking, traveling and
meeting people. She also
enjoys the music of Mi
chael Jackson and the te
levision program “Web
ster.’ ’
She has three sisters,
Sheronda, Sherry and
Shannon and one brother,
Ricky.
Looking towards the
stars is not enough for our
beauty, Shiffon Watkins.
Instead of simply looking,
she wants to be part of the
gleam that makes others
happy. If you truly have
that happiness, it is one
valuable no one can take
away.
Cancer
Crusade
Month
The Office of Religious
Affairs at the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte
is sponsoring a Hunger Day
on Thursday, April 12, and
a fundraising “CROP”
Walk for the Hungry on
Saturday, April 14.
Chris Loftis will per
form in concert at the Cone
University Center Plaza at
12:30 p.m. on Thursday.
CROP is the name given
to community efforts at
hunger education and fund
raising for Church World
Service, a relief agency of
30 Protestant and Ortho
dox denominations. Nearly
90 cents of every dollar
collected by CWS is do
nated to hunger relief and
development agencies
around the world.
People interested in sup
porting this program may
sign up to help volunteers,
as walkers, or they may
sponsor other walkers. A10
kilometer walking course
has been mapped out at
UNCC. The walk will be
gin at 1 p.m. Saturday in
front of Sanford Hall at
UNCC.
For more information,
contact Pam Carter at
597-4068, or the Office of
Religious Affairs at 597-
2344, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
week-days.
BMATo
Sponsor Live
TV Debate
The Black Media Asso
ciation’s (BMA) Television
Committee will sponsor a
live debate on Charlotte’s
Public Access Channel 3,
April 19. 'i’he debate will be
among the 10 candidates
running for Charlotte-
Mecklenburg School
Board.
The forum will be aired
7-9 p.m.
An award presentation was made by
Barber-Seotia College to The Charlotte
Post for outstanding community service.
Shown left to right are Mrs. Betty
Eddleman, BSC director of Upward
Bound, Mr. Bill Johnson, editor of The
Charlotte Post, Mr. Melvin Walton, BSC
director of public relations, and Mr.
Timothy Holmes, BSC director of student
financial aid.
Barber-Scotia College Pays
Tribute To The Qiariotte Post
Barber-Scotia College re
cently gave special recog
nition to The Charlotte Post
with an award for “Out
standing Community Ser
vice.” The activity took
place at a luncheon which
the college hosted for the
newspaper and its editor
and publisher, Mr. Bill
Johnson.
“Through the years, The
Charlotte Post has pro
vided excellent coverage of
Barber-Scotia College,”
says Mr. Melvin Walton,
BSC director of public re
lations. “Barber-Scotia
College has a large number
of alumni, students, pa
rents, and friends of the
institution who live in the
Charlotte area. The Char
lotte Post is a medium by
which we have been able to
communicate to our va
rious constituencies.
This is the least that we
can do to let the newspaper
and its fine staff know that
we appreciate their suc
cessful efforts.”
In accepting the award,
Mr. Bill Johnson, editor of
The Charlotte Post, said he
was overwhelmed and
surprised to receive an
award from such a fine
institution as Barber-
Scotia College.
“It always makes those
of us in this business feel
great when someone pats
you on the back and says
that you are doing a fine
job.”
“I hope,” Mr. Johnson
adds,, “that this relation
ship will continue to grow
with the both of us work
ing together to make this a
better community.”
Mr. Walton noted that
The Charlotte Post’s co
verage extends far beyond
Barber-Scotia College to
cover general higher edu
cation in the surrounding
areas.
“We can always look to
The Charlotte Post to find
stories that you do not
otherwise see about our
historically black institu
tions,” says Walton. “Our
collegiate sports, home
coming events, honor stu
dents, institutional devel
opments, and other activi
ties can be found in this
newspaper.
The Charlotte Post has
not faltered in its mission
and we commend its lead
ership.”
5 To Receive Circle
Of Excellence Awards
500 To Attend Legal Defense And
Education Fund’s Annual Banquet
Don’t let the good things
of life rob you of the best
things
By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
Zoel Hargrave reported
yesterday the 15th annual
dinner of the N.C. Com-
mitte’s Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. is
already a sellout.
Tickets have been sold to
more than 500 people who
will attend the annual
fundraiser April 14, in
Holiday Inn North on N.
Tryon Street. “It’s the first
time we’ve sold all the
tickets prior to the night of
the banquet,” Hargrave
stated. He and his wife,
Esther, are the co-chair
persons for this year’s
affair.
Zoel Hargrave
Even though no more
tickets are available,
Hargrave assured anyone
who wants to attend the
banquet and hear guest
speaker, Dr. Mary Frances
Berry, will not be denied
Ithe opportunity. The hotel
has arranged to set up
dining in another part of
the hotel,” Hargrave
pointed out. “Of course,
guests who haven’t bought
tickets yet won’t be in the
same room for dining, but
they will have the same
meal and they will be able
to hear and see the guest
speaker.” According to
Hargrave, all guests will
also be able to attend the
reception, Which is sched
uled for 5:45 p.m. Dinner
should begin at 7 p.m.
The theme is “North
Carolina and National
Politics - A Change Is In
Order!” Dr. Berry is for
merly a U.S. Assistant
Secretary for Education in
the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
She was among three
minorities to be tired from
the Civil Rights Commis
sion by President Reagan.
However, Congress re
instated her position.
Currently, Dr. Berry is a
history and law professor
at Howard University. She
is a senior fellow in the
Institute for the Study of
See 500 un r«ge 7A
Leadership Charlotte, an
annual program started in
1978 to unite 45 individuals
who represent all aspects
of community life and who
have demonstrated leader
ship qualities, interest and
abilities are now seeking
nominations for the first
Circle of Excellence
Awards.
These awards will honor
up to five graduates of
Leadership Charlotte for
their leadership, ser
vice and achievement in
the Charlotte community.
The Circle of Excellence
Award is more than a
public service award. It is
an award which seeks to
honor those graduates of
Leadership Charlotte who
have clearly distinguished
themselves in the private
or public sector, thereby
enhancing the Charlotte
community.
Awards will be made on
the basis of demonstrated
leadership, community
service and significant
achievement in the public
or private sectors of the
Charlotte community.
Those nominated will re
present a cross section of
Charlotte’s professional,
political, civic and cultural
life.
I’he public is invited to
make nominations from
over 200 Leadership Char
lotte graduates for the first
Circle of Excellence
Awards to be presented on
May 23. Nomination forms
and a list of graduates may
be obtained by calling the
Urban Institute at UNCC at
597-2307. More than 400
businesses, organizations
and individuals also have
received nomination
forms. Nominations must
be submitted to the Urban
Institute, UNCC, Charlotte,
N.C. 28233 by April 13.
Those interested in ap
plying for the Leadership
Charlotte Program should
call the Urban Institute at
UNCC at 597-2307. Appli
cations are accepted each
fall. The program provides
a forum for participants
and community leaders to
share viewpoints on the
dynamics and needs of
Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
Participants also identify
strategies that help to in
crease their involvement in
the community.
Ametidments
Put Real
Teeth In Act
Special To The Post
Housing and Urban De
velopment Secretary Sam
uel R. Pierce, Jr. called on
government and private in
dustry to intensify their
efforts in support of the
Fair Housing Law and to
reaffirm “our commitment
to this historic act that
guarantees freedom in the
choice of housing for all.”
The Secretary urged of
ficials at “all levels of
government and private in
dustry responsible for en
forcing housing laws to
intensify their efforts to
further the purpose of the
Federal Fair Housing Act.
“To deny the right to
housing to any American is
to deny the rights to us all,”
said Secretary Pierce, the .
keynote speaker at today’s
ceremonies opening Na- -
tional Fair Housing Month ’
at HUD. ;
Ceremonies com-•
memorating the 16th an-!
niversary of the passage of '
the Fair Housing Act
started last week in the
HUD courtyard, featuring ■
Secretary Pierce, Antonio •
Monroig, Assistant Secre-!
tary for Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity-
(FHEO) and former HUD
Secretary Carla A. Hills.
Much progress has taken -
place since the Act was !
signed, the Secretary
noted, but more remains to :
be done. “That is why this !
Administration,” he said, ,
“has proposed a series of
amendments that will put'
real teeth into the Fair :
Housing Act.” ^
Under the proposal, the
Secretary of HUD would be !
authorized, where con
ciliation efforts fail, to -
refer individual cases to
the Attorney General for ;
judicial enforcement. The -
amendments also provide !
stiff penalties against ;
offenders-up to $50,000 for
a first offense, and $100,000
for a second-addition to
injunctive relief.
“We must all pledge vi
gorous enforcement of our
laws to assure equal treat
ment of those Americans
who, for too long,” said
Secretary Pierce, “have
been denied access to
housing of their choice.”
Assistant Secretary
Monroig echoed the Secre
tary’s comments adding,
“This Administration sup
ports a concerted national
effort to eliminate discrim
ination in housing.”
Moreover, the Assistant
Secretary said, “all of our
citizens must have a real
opportunity to live in de
cent, affordable housing
wherever it may be lo
cated.”
On April 19th, a work
shop will be conducted in
the Department Confer
ence Room on Disability
Rights: A New Perspec
tive in Fair Housing.