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MAY25ttfrT— . .. • . . Cl [ABL( fTTE Pi fST— "> • . •___ ___ . ' * CALL 376-04% “The Voice Of The Black Community —■ Volume 9, Number 50 THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, May >4, 1984 --p^;p. J(t fVntc I l rn'm _ 1 r : ___ZZ^ ■—**--- *_ «'*.*•/ ••• -*) < - s • - ■■:■•* * .• * !ETT *1 ‘ -, ,: r±*h . ; .- yj“ ' , ••; ^ NAACP Kicks-off Membership Derive j-_ - See. Story On Page 6A_ Anna Hoed_ .1981 Winner Estelle Davis .Won Eastern Airline’s • expense paid trip to the Bahamas in 1983 Jesse McCombs . ....1982 winner With 30 Contestants Compe ting Churchwoman Of The Year Off And Running! ' By Loretta Manago Post Staff Writer Monday, Jtfeie 4, by 5 Post's fourth annual “Churchwoman of the Year" contest will have turned in their first reports in the six-week long cam paign. * ~ : - -Their first reporting marks their first step to wards becoming “Church woman of the Year.” The contest kicks off Sunday, May 27. With several previous church women candidates making, their bid for the title, it;is almost assured that this race will be one of the most exciting ones yet. Both Rena Blake of East Stonewall and Occie Jones of St. Luke, contestants in the first "Church worn an of the Year” contest, have announced their interest in the prestigious contest. Though Blake won’t be an actual contestant she wiD use her experiences from last year’s involve ment to assist Mrs. Ola Mae Jonas. Jones, also a member of East Stonewall AME Zion Church is en thusiastic, according to ■Blake. *■*$■.•., Mrs. Jessie McCombs of Memorial Presbyterian Church who walked away with the title of “Church woman of the Year” in 1982, is also making a re entrance into the heated contest. Mrs. Mattie Caldwell, who has participated in the churchwoman contest for the past three years and who was the winner of the lovely fur coat donated by The Vintage Girl* will be among the highly compe titive contenders. She is representing Ebenezer Baptist Church. Although it is not con firmed, Hazeline Sarter, a member of University Park Baptist Church and a contestant in the “Church woman of the Year” con test for two years, has been considering running again. Last year Ms. Sarter en tered in the contest at a very late date and in a Knox Calls For Statewide Health Care hnnemai Democratic gubernator ial candidate Eddie Knox today called for major improvement* in providing lie*] lb 6ihe 6p£drtuniUe* to North Carolinian*. He cited Jrth Carolina 2000 which stated that health care is “beyond dis tance and pocketbook” for many people in the state. “Health care costs are getting beyond the reach of our elderly, low-income people and even middle Americans,” Knox said. “We have to look at pre ventive medicine ss a person sSfrt* thinking tte SETSETfe: - jii means of cost-containment. It is much less expensive to keep people well than it is to cure illnesses. Uar« and more businesses are using preventive medicine as a mean# of reducing employee health costs and I believe that is the direc tion the state must turn as well." ' Knox called on the ex perts at North Carolina's four medical schools and other health care profess-' ions Is to work together with the state in developing a program of cost-effec tive, efficient preventive merit ri»a. Knox also pointed out that in many parta of North Carolina, particularly the more rural araaa, people are 40 to SO miles away from adequate health ser vice*. la the event of a medical emergency, they do not heve quick access to the help they need. “Ao a former vice chair man at the state's Medical Emergency Commission, I worked diligently to Mp rescue squads and to make emergency medical care more available . to our See HEALTH Oa Page 2A short time came to oecome one of the top contend ers. As -of -yet Estelle Davis of New Hampton Presbyterian Church has not announced her plas to become a contestant. Her affirmation of participat ing would certainly inten sify the excitement al ready prevalent in the contest. Presently the contes tants and the churches they are representing are: Occie' Jones of St. Luke; Dixie Lewis of Faith Me morial Baptist Church: Jessie McCombs of Memo rial Presbyterian Church; Einez Alice of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church; Josephine Goodwin of Walls Memo rial; Mamie McCIarien of Woodland Presbyterian Church; Betty Heath of Steele Creek AME Church; Gladys Wallace of St. Mark’s Methodist Church; Mattie Caldwell of Ebe nezer Baptist Church; Willie Day of Gethsemane Baptist Church; Alberta Alexander of Mount Olive Baptist Church; Hattie Harris of Chappell Memo rial Baptist Church; and other churches who plan to participate but who have not named a candidate are Second Calvary Baptist Church; University Park Baptist Church; St. Morris Sanctuary, I Egan’s Cha peCSlmpsoh-Gilfespie aritf East Stonewall. Jackson And The Blaek Press? Reprint From The Carolinian , If there in any one lesson that Rev. Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign should have taught black America, it would be that there is a definite need for Kla/iV mcfiifl 11 itajIO Without the various forms of media that exist in the black community. La., black newspaper, black radio, the pulpit, neigh borhood grill and barber shop, Rev. Jackson’s "New Direction'' message would not have been communi cated to result in the 20 percent of the electorate which he has won this year The two normal avenues of political communication have not effectively been available to Jackson, po litical advertising and media coverage. (Otoe * Jesse Jackson ...Presidential hopeful might argue that the media have covered the Jackson campaign since day one, but we would respond that what the traditional preee has done in too many in stances has not been "co verage” but rather at tempted assault via the airwaves and the printed word.) Political advertising has been nonexistent during the campaign. The dollars have not been there, and the few coins that have been received were better Spent in keeping the semi experienced and infor mally organized campaign moving. While -other candidates, at one time up to six. enjoyed the generosity of financially endowed ele ments in our society, Jack son had to depend primari ly on diarch-style offer ings and “widow’s mites" from admiring and hopeful supporters Because all of this was raised “catch-ar cs tch can," the campaign staff could do little in plan ning significant expendi tures to promote the can didate. Jackson’s pre sence, style, charisma and message had to do the job. It did The black community should have no reason to expect mainstream Ameri ca to make the commun ity’s heroes or promote a set of political circum stances that eventually would be their own un doing Blacks should not expect non-black media, whether newspaper, radio, TV or any other means of reaching minds and formu lating public opinion, to adopt as their pet project the promotion of their for mer slaves. The result has to be that if the black community understands the necessity of communication and the role it plays in progres sive efforts, that a vehicle be found through the un See JACKSON Oa Page ISA Knox Calls For Repeal Of CWIP Eddie Knox, Democratic _candidate for governor, said he would actively work to repeal Construc tion Work in Progress (CWIP) legislation as a means of reducing sky rocketing utility costs. CWIP allows the costs of construction in progress to be paid for by existing utility rates. "The governor of North r Carolina must do' every thing within his power to "see that people of this state ? receive adequate electrical services at reasonable rates. We have to keep utility costs in line and repealing CWIP will cer tainly help us do that,” Knox said. Knox also said he would reduce the number of rate reviews the power com panies can seek each year. With these companies re ceiving 50 percent of the rate increases requested, provide ample time to pro perly investigate each re quest. As for the Utilities Com mission, Knox said he would appoint people who represent various areas of expertise and interest spread across North Caro lina. "We need to appoint a strong, competent Utilities Commission that will look after the best interests of our people. " Knox addressed the issue of the Utilities Commis sion’s Public Staff and the need to provide more sup port for this group. "Since the Public Staff was formed in 1977, power bills have increased $1 billion. That figure breaks, down to a $175 increase for ,nvfxy. man, woman- and child in this state,’’ Knox said. Bridget and Yolanda Potts .Possess sisterly love Our Beauties Find ThriDs In Michael Jackson Music By Teresa Simmons Post Managing Editor If you have a sister, perhaps you understand why such a relationship can be extremely special. For Bridget and Yolunda Potts the experiences of sharing your feelings and knowing that you always have a friend is a blessing they never want to live without Bridget, pictured on the left, is the eldest. She is a twelfth grader at Harding High School. She is a mem 'ber of the Spanish Club, secretary of the National Beta Club, member of Big Brothers and Big Sisters, the Keylites, treasurer of the Imperatores and treas urer of the H.O.S.A Club. She would like to become a pediatric nurse" “...be cause 1 love working with children and I like seeing them in the best of health.” The University of North Carolina, Charlotte is her destination for hfgher learning. Michael Jackson is her favorite entertainer. “He strives to reach perfection in his career and has come out on top," she exclaimed. Bridget enjoys skating and sings herself She is a member of the Young People’s Choir at Silver Mount Baptist Church "here Rev. William Lee, Jr., pastors Also at church she is secretary of the Sunday School, president of the Youth Department and chairman of the Sick Com mittee of the Young Peo ple’s Cliuir See OUR On Page 9A Delta Sigma Theta To Sponsor Workshop Here By Jalyne Strohg Post Staff Writer “The single mother needs to be reassured that she can provide a positive and stable environment for her children,’’ informs Carole Ricks. A noted Family Therapist, advice columnist and radio pro gram hostess, Ricks will speak at two separate se minars this month exam ining single motherhood. On May 24, the Mental Health Association will sponsor its lunch-time se minar concerning “single working mothers.’’ It will be held from 12.10-1 p.m. in the Tarheel room on the 31st floor of the Wachovia Center Building, 400 S. Tryon Street. A look at the “black single mother" will be ap proached by Summitt II, a program sponsored by the Charlotte Chapter of Delta' Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The seminar will be May 26, 10 a.m. -1:30 p.m. at the MrCrnrpy Rranch YMCA,— 3801 Beatties Ford Road. Ricks, an M.S.W., A.C.S.W. social worker, has a private practice as a counselor. “I have worked with a number of single mothers in my family the rapy practice," she as sures. Ricks is featured in “Carole’s Corner,” a week ly question and answer column in The Charlotte Post and on the airwaves with WPEG 98-FM, Mon days and Thursdays. She served_on_the_advisory board of TAPS (Teenage Parent Service) for four years Both seminars probe a similar topic from different perspectives: the single working mother and the black single mother Yet Ricks relates that her mes - oogo will not necessai lly~ differentiate. Coping stra tegies will be her objec tive "Work, child care, economic and emotional pressures," comments Ricks, are the main areas she will address The single parent house hold has been perceived as a detrimental epidemic to the American way of life. Ricks explains, “The social revolution of the '60s— people re-examining their roles, including parent hood, tore the family apart For the most part leaving one parent with the respon sibility of raising the child ren." Ricks stresses that no stigma need to shroud this phenomenon “The single parent families are dif ferent not deviant," she states. “They must be va lidated in their own eyes and in the eyes of the community.” There is a distinction be tween the single teenage mother and the single , adult mother, according to Carole B. Ricks .Familj therapist the family therapist. Ricks implies, "The dual role of the single teenage mother constitutes a more severe situation. This mother is still a child herself with the responsibility of raising a child. She is neither eco nomically self-sufficient nor mature enough to cope with parenthood.While the adult single mother has the greater capacity to be inde pendent, having had life experience and the time to invest in an education." Concerning both of these sub-groups, time manage ment skills are of utmost importance to the single mother. "Learning to ba lance the responsibility of child, family and self while still enjoying having fun with the children is the key," Ricks sums up. This is a process that must be learned and then enforced by developing a network of support — 'Single parenting can be a lonely experience if you try to manage by your self," acknowledges Ricks The Mental Health As sociation's seminar on “Single working mpthers " is a one-time program which is part of a series of programs for mental "ReaTfft month' (Mayt. Highway Patrol Prepares For Busy Weekend Kaleigh - With traffic deaths in North Carolina on in upward trend, safety officials are preparing for a busy Memorial Day weekend Traffic deaths are run ning slightly above those reported at this same time last year according to — Crime Control and Public Safety Secretary H.. R. Clark “We have never fully recovered from the Easter holiday weekend," he said. Fifteen motorists died during that weekend according to Clark. _. The Memorial Day holi day begins at 8 pm, Fri day, May 25, and ends at midnight, Monday. May 28. Eighteen traffic deaths were reported during the holiday weekend last year.