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THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, November 8 1984
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By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
pawn Shropshire wants her own
business. She aspires to one day be a
business tycoon. Dawn states,
“After I graduate from college, I
plan to enter the field of apart
ment management." Then she fore
casts^ “I'll expand this enterprise
aero* the country."
A junior at Myers Park High
School, Dawn’s concerned with
getting a head start into the busi
ness world through her involve
ment in Junior Achievement. This
program is an intfoduction for
young people into the realm of
business management: "At thts
point we’re learning how to affect a
business person’s attitude,”
explains Dawn. Soon the members
of J.A. will be given products which
they will have to sell, she elabo
rates. ■»
J At her high school, Dawn is a
member of the NAACP and the
Computer Club. A member of Salem
Baptist Church, she participates as
an usher. Dawn’s other interests are
wide and varied.
Ahe likee drama and has been
involved in two drama groups in
cluding FOCUS and Drama with
Direction, a program of PTL. She
enjoys reading science-fiction and
mystery novels and Jacques Cou
steau is one of her favorite tele
vision shows. “I like anything that is
new and interesting," Dawn claims.
She also models with the Zodiacs,
a modeling group under the direc
tion of Tim Cotton. Her work with
the Zodiacs has taken her to At
lanta where she participated in and
helped coordinate a fashion show.
Dawn also represented this mo
deling troupe in the Johnson C.
Smith Homecoming Parade.
“I’ll always strive to do different
things and not be left out,’’ Dawn
.attests. "My mother and dad taught
me that if something becomes
available, and I have the qualifi
cations, I should want to be there to
grasp It.” Her father, Dawn adds,
taught her to be competitive.
Dawn maintains a special re
lationship with her parents and her
plans to attend CPCC and UNCC are
for a reason. “I don’t want to go too
far from home," says Dawn, adding
that she'd like to stay near her
parents. "That way I can tell them
about what I learn each day We like
to share information.”
An only child, Dawn further ad
mits that her relationship with her
mother is special. "We communi
cate so well," she states. "We go
everywhere together. She’s a real
pal," Dawn concludes.
Harvey and Cassandra Shropshire
are Dawn’s parents.
3 Blacks Gain State Seats
Walton Wins; Bynum Loses In
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County Commissioners Race
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
With a healthy-margbv of votes, -
Democratic incumbent Bob Walton
won reelection to the Board of
County Commissioners. The only
other black running for a seat on the
Commission, Charlotte optometrist
Raleigh Bynum, finished ninth in a
field of 10 candidates.
Also reelected was Commission
chairman, T.L. (Fountain) Odom.
The two incumbents were the only
Democrats to win in the County
election.
Several other blacks were on the
ballot. Unopposed for State Senate
District 33, Democrat Melvin Watt
was selected by Party officials to
replace the late Phil Berry, whose
'name' 'appea'i*e'd b'h "the' ballot"."
District 33 was recently redrawn as
a predominantly black Senate
district.
Also unopposed were Democrats
Jim Richardson in District 59 and
Howard Barnhill in District 60.
- In the only contested race for 26th
District Court Judge, as of press
thnerJudgeT Michael Todd trailed
challenger Marilyn Bissell. If
elected, BisseB-will Jje-the only
Republican among the County’s 11
District Court judges. Judge Todd
had been criticized by his opponent
for being too liberal. He character
ized himself as “conscientious.” If
Todd is defeated, that will leave only
one black out of 11 District Court
judges.
In the hotly contested Ninth
Congressional race, results were
still not in at press time. A spokes
woman for the D.G. Martin
campaign said she had heard
Poll volunteer Tanya Dean, left, shows unidenUIled
voter a list of candidates endorsed by the Black
Political Caucus. Ms. Dean, a sophomore at West
Mecklenburg High School, was one of several students
distributing literature and explaining the ballot to
' voters outside Metropolitan United Presbyterian
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-—Church at West Blvd. and Old Steele Creek Rd . the
polling place for Precinct .1!). MS. Dean's mother—
Marcia Dean, stated the students were there "to get
them used to the process. We’re trying to get them
primed. This should he as natural as washing their
faces." (Photo By Audrey Lodato)
rumors that there were some
disputed tabulations in Iredell and
Lincoln Counties, "But that's very
unofficial," she hastened to adcj
Overall. Republicans appeared to
be the big winners in Election '84 In
what's got to be one of the worst
campaigns on record, incumbent
Jesse Helms glided past challenger
Jim Hunt for the U.S. Senate seat,
giving the arch-conservative
another six years.,
_The State can look forward to a
Republican governor for the second
time in this century Jim Martin's
Council of State, though, may turn
out to be heavily Democratic, if
earlv trends continue
Charlotte bond issues and the
Constitutional amendment requiring
a law license for district attorneys
and the State's Attorney General
were all approved by voters
“For Tremendous Jobn
Local Black Leaders Commend Republican Party
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
With Republicans gamering a lot
of important positions in this week’s
elections, it may be tempting for
some on the far right to claim a
moral victory. It may perhaps be
more accurate to explain the elec
tion results as a swing of the
pendulum from left to right No
doubt, the political pendulum will
swing in the other direction again.
Perhaps one day it will stabilize in a
more central position.
On the election results as a whole,
Mayor Harvey Gantt commented,
“Obviously, I’m not very pleased
The people who won swept out a lot
of very progressive people who were
serving the country, the state, and
this area very well.” Describing
himself as “troubled” over Hunt's
defeat in the Senate race, the mayor
Mayor Gantt
went on to say that he is pleased with
the substantial voter turnout, es
Robert "Bob" Davis
pecially among blacks "They
should keep the faith," he de
Local Entrepreneur9 Agree:
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According To Small Business Administration
■Vj^liority-Owned Businesses Haye Record Y ear
I Audrey C. Ledato
fcpt Staff Writer
l^ccordinWO Miller Wldemfre, the
m Smaliywlnew Admlniatra
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■treat deal of what we see
Kris on what we are looking for
tion’s Regional Administrator tor
the Southeast, the 1984 fiscal year
was a record year for the region’s
minority-owned small businesses,
The Southeast region surpassed
for the first time the ttOO million
level in contracts and contract modi
fications. This was an increase of 33
percentover the previous year, and
far exceeded the goal of 3239 /
million. ' This accomplishment can
be attributed to a tremendous ef
fort oo the part of the Minority Small
Business Team throughout the
Region, great cooperation and
support from fellow ^ideral agen
cies in providing contracts, and ef
fective seif-marketing by 8<a)
companies, ’ the SBA spokesman
stated.
’ Rose Marie Cotton, Assistant Di
rector for Minority Small Business
in the Charlotte SBA office, ex
plained that 8<a) refers to a pro
gram “especially^designed to help
ArtU Webb
.Kirby <H*lrlbulor
firm* get government contracts.
The ourpoee ta to help them become
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Hobby l-owery
.Heads Janitorial service
more competitive and to develop
more,” She noted that there are 31
1 %
firms in North Carolina (hat are
certified for 8(a)
The l .642 contracts awarded in the
Southeast region in FYs 19BM984
represent a 40 percent increase over
the preceding four fiscal years The
amount of the contracts. $849 I
million, is a 142 percent increase
In addition, one of the national
priorities for 1984 was to increase
the 8<a» portfolio by approving 500
new companies nationwide The
Agency exceeded its goal by approv
ing 588 new firms. Of this total, 91
were in the Southeast region This
was the largest number of approvals
in any of the 10 regions.
During President Reagan's Se
cond Minority Enterprise Develop
ment Week, awards were presented
to minority businesses and to major
corporations for their efforts in suj>
porting minority small businesses
Among the corporations were
See MINORITIES On Page ISA
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Hubert Jefferson
dared "Their vote does count "
Former.Democratic Party chair
man. Bob Davis, when asked his
opinion on the election results,
remarked. “I must commend the
Republican Party for the tremen
dous job .they did ” He explained
that the Republicans had apparent
ly planned well and achieved their
goals "I am greatly disappointed in
the behavior of the Democrats."
Davis lamented, "white Democrats
in particular, because there are not
enough white Republicans to elect a
dog catcher White Democrats be
came' 'Republicrats' and voted
straight Republican tickets *' He
also commended black registered
voters for standing by their
principles" and exhorted black
leadership to "regroup and reevalu
ate how best to overcome the ma
laise we find ourselves in.”
Republican Hubert Jefferson, who
ran for the County Commission in
1974, a year that "very few Repu
blicans won," reflected on the voting
results this way: "I think we told the
people what was happening Blacks
should look into the Republican
Party. We need to become an in
tegral part of the Party becau^Mk
may become the majority PartBj
need’ to be an integraV^^)
.American society, and thaB I
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