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Stewart Promise To Make State Government More Responsive To Small Business Arnetta Denise and Barnetta Teresa are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Barrett. The twins turned four in January. Having Twins Is Like Being On An Interview ay Teresa Simmons Post Managing Editor Having twins is like be ing on an interview at all times. But it br-exciting times for Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Barrett, parents of Arnetta Denise and Bar netta Teresa Barrett, now four years old. , “We meet a lot of peo ple and make a lot of friends because the twins draw people to them. Peo ple are always talking about tbe twins and » siring questions it is like be ing on an interview all the time,” stated Mrs. Bar rett. “I fed that my own identity has changed,’’ Mrs. Barrett continued. “Sometimes I am no longer known as Mrs. Barrett or Shirley. People ask me, ‘Aren’t you the twins’ motber?’” Participating in Twins'on Parade, sponsored re-, cently by the Chi Eta Phi Sorority,, lota Chapter (nursing sorority), al lowed the family to fel lowship with other fam- ! dies with multiple birth*. me programs gave me. an opportunity to meet other parents with twins.: . Otherwise, I probably 1 would have never run Into * them all at once.’’ Six other families participated in the informative sessions. Be- . cause of them, friendships were developed. Hie difficulty in raising her twins came mainly during the first year. “I tried to do everything my self but I found that I could not. Then my family and friends helped to take some ■ " ' * ; • *-*•" • i. ' yt of the load off me...I was constantly trying to take care of two babies where as most people have one. That will run you until you are sick if you are not care ful. But, luckily, my fam ily and friends were there to give me rest and a t>reak.” Both Mr. and Mrs. Bar rett might have suspected that twins would appear in their immediate family. On his side of the family, there are 12 or 13 sets of twins. On Mrs. Barrett’s side there are five sets. “They are a joy. I couldn’t imagine what life would be like without them.” • . Arnetta, the oldest, is; more dominant «nrf out spoken, whereas Barnette thinks first before she acts. Both are interested in reading and take dance lessons. They like to sing and they are infatuated by Michael Jackson. Arnetta, more of an extrovert Barnette, jumped up to accept the award during the recent Twins on Pa rade. llie family won third place. Rev. Ekidgeman ■."> Davidsoo - The Rev. Stewart Bridgeman, di rector of the Coalition for the Appalachian Ministry, will visit Davidson April 25-27 under the auspices of Davidson’s Pastor-In Resideoce Program. At 7 p.m. April 27 in the Morrison Room of the Col lege Union, Bridgeman will speak about Christians as 'servant*. By Karen Parker Poat Staff Writer After serving 14 years in the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly, Carl Ste wart has decided to bid for lieutenant governor. The Gastonia, N.C., na tive was a two-term speak er in the House of Repre sentatives. Now, Stewart feels the State Senate "Needs new leadership.” According to the chairman of the Women’s Economic Task Force, “the Senate has tor soma time been dominated by a clique.” Stewart stated the repre sentatives outside the ex clusive circle have been passive for various rea sons, including being in timidated and being shy to admit not understanding all of the policies. Using the appropriations process as an example, Stewart stated about 80 specific issues were intro duced in the economic bill in a small group rather than collectively. New Government Center To Cost $32.7 Mfton Continued From Page 1A Lowery stated. "That 'in itself is enough reason. Presently, the city is • leasing at a co6t of $1 million per year and at the current rate of lease in crease (up 55 percent with in the last five years), the city could pay in 30 years as much as $17 million per year to lease. Anotner point Lowery emphasizes concerns the size of the present City County chambers. The pre sent City Hall has out grown the citizens’ needs, he stated. If you want to address the City Council or attend a meeting, you must fight television cameras, newspaper reporters, city staff people and other citi zens for space in the tiny chamber (built in 1924). The chamber was meant to accommodate 40 people, according to pro bond flyer. Q: How do you know that the proposed building will be able to accommodate the city’s needs in upcom ing years? A: “The City of Char lotte researched all growth with a projection to 1992,” Lowery explained. “Their findings reveal that there will not be over a three percent growth in the em ployees of the City of Char lotte. There will be cut backs in programming - there will be no need for supportive staffs because of the use of computer and electronic systems. The planning of the building includes a three percent gruwui rate. Q: Will the proposed building raise taxes for Charlotte citizens? A: “This City-County Government Center will not raise taxes for Chpr lotteans,” Lowery stated. “The City of Charlotte has a triple “A” credit rating and a capacity of over $90 million in bonds. If this particular bond issue pass es, the city will still have . $60 million it could issue in BoW>yLow«ry,; .Co-chairperson bonds. At the same time, the City will.- be -se ving $1 million pe^yeefjin rent (Cameron Brown building and the Independence Plaza and retiring other debts at the same time.” Q: How can this bond passage help the average citizen? As Whenever there is a community concern,” Lowery continued, “the more people who show up, the more weight their con cerns will have with the Council. Citizens will be able to adequately sit before Council leaders in stead of standing in the halls and looking into the monitors.” Also, if you are looking for a certain office, water and sewer service or zon ing, for example, you will no longer have the fear of. going to the wrong build ing. ' Carl Stewart .Stresses change “I’m the only person to change that practice be cause I’m the only one who’s talking about it,’’ Stewart pointed out. He expressed a deter mination to make other changes as well. “North Carolina has the lowest manufacturing wage scale of any state in the coun try,” Stewart stressed. Also the lifetime mem ber of the NAACP men tioned making the state government more respon sive to small businesses. “I’ve been involved with small business legislature over the years, and want to help them (small busi nesses) prosper,” Stewart r emphasized. He appeared impressed by Charlotte’s Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise pro gram and implied he’d instill a state program "much along the lines of cnartottes. During his tenure, 1987 80, Stewart * ‘sponsored and supported every piece of legislation to improve pu blic education.” He added, “The pay scale for public school teachers has dropped from 24th to 44th In the country.” In Stewart’s estimation, one of the most important education issues which presently needs to be addressed is adult illiteracy (Baaed on statistics pro vided by the Charlotte Area Literacy League, ».000 adults In Mecklen burg County can’t road or write well enough to com plete a Job application.) 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