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V IVECA GOODING
Accounting Service expert
Vivacious Viveca Gooding Has
Lively, Energetic Way Of Speaking
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Whan talking jMtfc vlMto
Gooding, one is aware of her lively,
expressive and energetic way of
speaking. Possibly it la because her
name is Viveca, which contains the
word vfve, the French word for
“live." She says, “My mother was
watching a movie late one night,
sav the name Viveca and decided
thet*h what die would name me.” (It
must have been a foreign movie.)
Twenty-one year hid Viveca is
employed-wife Wachovia Bank in
Accounting Service*. She obtained
0*, job while she was attending
Central Piedmont Community Col
lege majoring in business. Employ
meet InterrupUd her studies but her
wish is to return in college. Her
aspiration is to become an interior
decorator. . ; '
“I love furniture," explains Vive
ca. "I like to work with different
colors and patterns putting them
togdher in interesting ways." One
of her favorite activities is to browse
furniture stores to inspect how the
furniture arrangements are done
The only drawback to this profes
sion is, comments Viveca, she can
not find an interior decorating
school in Charlotte. «‘I may have to
F«Mk it believing that after Ike
go out of town to attend a school.”
Presently, she has many hobbies
and interests to keep her busy. They
include reading, playing tennis, rid
ing her bike and bowling. “I could go
on and on," she exclaims about her
many interests. "I love to shop for
clothes. I’m interested In make
up and hairstyling.”'Viveca adds
that her interest in beauty culture
was influenced by Tracy Ross, the
celebrity mqdel from the television
show, “StarSearch." '* >
"And I love to'eat,” continues
Viveca. “My favorite food Is sea
food. I eat out oftsn and J've found
the best regtaia-anta are O’Efrians,
with their rip-roaring riba," she
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laughs, ‘'and Jonathan’s, Limeber
gers and for Chinese food, Imperial
Gardens.”
Her father heads her list of most
admired people. “My father, Ray
Gooding, (better known as Rockin'
Ray, WBT radio personality) has
been an inspiration. He’s a real go
getter," claims Viveca. “If he sets
his mind to do sonriething he doesn’t
stop isftil it’s finished. He’s into so
many activities. I look up to him a
lot."
"Of course, when I was little I
wanted to follow in his footsteps,"
recalls Viveca. "I wanted to spin
records, be on TV, and do coramer
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Chi !>»»«'1 eaders Stress
Dr. ♦M.is p ^i«am Must Not Die
By Audrey C. Lodato
Port Staff Writer
This week, persona of good will
across the nation are paying tribute
to the memory of slain civil rights
leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Locally, King's birthday celebra
tion has included worship and re
membrance services, art exhibits,
speeches by individuals prominent
In the civil rights struggle, pre
sentations, and a film festival.
Community leaders stress that
the dream must not die.'' Follow
ingere soma of their thoughts on the
man, the ttmoory, and the dream.
Co«n»y Commissioner, the Rev.
Beb WaMoa, expressed his deep feel
ing for the late Dr. King when he .
said, "I think perhaps Martin Lu
ther King Jr., could be considered
the second father of our country.
Many people refer to Ohorge Wasb
; ingtonae the'father of our country.'
King is. the seoond father of mu
country to the extern that no other
one person hss had Oie kind of
impact he had on moving the nation
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toward the ideals and dreams of the
founding fathers, the right to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness Martin Luther King has had
more impact bringing that to reali
ration than any other one person "
Walton believes the beat way to
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King’s Influence baa been substantial
honor King’s memory is to work
toward the dream. "We can con
tinue to work to bring about the full
realization of his dream, as he stated
so eloquently. His dream is deeply
rooted in the American dream it is
our responsibility to continue work
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Rev. M Walton
.Working towards the dream
in* day by day so the! all people will
be judged by the content of their
character rather than by the color of
their akin."
Mayor Harvey Gantt believes that
King’s influence on American his
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At Inauguration
Protesters To Hit
| Joblessness, Racism
Special To The Post
Forces opposed to President
Ronald Reagan's reactionary pro
gram will mount the first- major
national demonstration against his
policies at home and abroad since
the elections at the inauguration
ceremonies in Washington, D.C., on
January 21.
The protest will target the new
round of devastating budget cuts in
social programs that the Reagan
Administration is proposing while it
protects the $300 billion a year
military build up. Demonstrators
will also oppose U.S. ties to the
racist apartheid regime in South
Africa and the U.S. military inter
vention in Central America. Strong
opposition will also be expressed to
the terrorist bombings of abortion
clinics that the Reagan Adminis
tration has belittled and encour
aged with its campaign against
abortion rights.
Backers of this counter-inaugural
action include the Rev. Jesse
Jackson, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI),
Rep. George Crockett (D-MI), the
Southern Christian Leadership Con
ference (SCLC), and the American
Federation of Government Employ
ees, Capital Area Council, whose
members face deep wage cuts in
Reagan’s budget proposals. The
protest has been initiated by the
All-Peoples Congress (APC) and the
Peoples Anti-War Mobilization
(PAM).
APC spokesperson Monica Moore
head noted this week that, “Scores
of groups throughout the country
and in the D.C. area who are
concerned about more cuts in food,
health, housing, education and jobs
programs are organizing their con
stituencies to participate in the
January 21 demonstration in the
Capitol.
“We have found that people
everywhere, whether they be stu
dents, the unemployed, the retired,
the poor, or just people who think
their money should be spent on
seeing to peoples' needs instead of
making bombs, are eager to show
Reagan and Congress that they have
no mandate to continue their pro
war, anti-people policies The count
er-inaugural protest will be the first
of many actions that will force the
government to reckon with that
fact.”
The APC has been in the fore
front of the movement against Rea
gan’s policies over the past four
years and has organized some of the
largest national and local demon
strations against unemployment,
war budget cuts as well as against
racism, sexism, and bigotry against
lesbians and gay men.
On Monday, January 21, demon
strators will gather along the inau
guration parade route'at 14th and
Pennsylvania at noon in the main
protest. People will also gather at 10
a.m. on Constitution Avenue (be
tween 2nd and 3rd Streets) near the
Capitol Building where Reagan is
being sworn in.
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May More Readily Get Into Trouble
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
Area experts agree that there is no
one factor or set of factors that can
be blamed for delinquent behavior in
young people. There are, however, a
number of conditions that can con
tribute to juvenile delinquency,
according to Dr. David Hirschel,
professor of criminal justice at the
University of North Carolina
Charlotte.
Among these factors are the
child’s environment, “how condu
cive it is to either law-abiding or
illegal behavior,” and the individual
make-up of the child, Dr. Hirschel
states. For instance, a child who is
more adventuresome may more
readily get into trouble. "From a
criminal point of view, a lot of crime
can be kind of exciting,” he
remarks, citing shoplifting as an
example.
James Yancy, chief court coun
selor with the juvenile court sys
tem in Mecklenburg County, indi
cates several other contributing
factors, including poor parenting
skills on the part of the child’s
parents or guardians, low self
esteem, failure in school, and the
influences of friends and other
peers. According to Yancy, “stu
dies generally show that kids get in
James Yancy
.Chief Court Counselor
more trouble with peers than
adults do. Children are a little bit
bolder when they’re with a group
But,” he continues, “kids don’t
generally blame their friends. If you
ask them why they did something,
they say, *1 don’t know.’”
According to both Yancy and
Hirschel, the wide range of pos
sible delinquent behaviors are
matched by an equally wide range of
motivations on the part of the
youngsters concerned. And, insists
Yancy, you can’t blame any one
element, such as poverty, for the
majority of delinquent activity.
Of 545 cases closed by the court
counselors in 1983, the largest
category was for ‘‘misdemeanor
larceny" (defined as larceny for
which an adult would get less than
two years in prison) Yet, claims
Yancy, the majority of offenders
came from working families and did
not "need" what was stolen.
"The key thing," he declares, “is
what motivates the child, his intern
al controls Does he have the ability
to say no, or does he do things on
impulse'1” Yancy further remarks
that parents are not always to
blame "Some of those whose pa
rents have poor parenting skills may
not end up in the (juvenile justice)
system," he notes, while others,
whose parents have good parenting
skills, do
Dr Sehwan Kim, of the Drug
Education Center, has authored a
pamphlet entitled, "Drug Abuse By
Students In Mecklenburg County:
Main Findings, 1983," based on the
results of the most recent survey
conducted by the Drug Education
Center in the school system. "There
is a high correlation between drug
abuse and other delinquent beha
vior,” states Dr Kim, and most of
the findings he cites can be ap
plied to delinquent behavior in
general
Survey results show that there are
certain psychological syndromes
related to drug abuse Seven spe
clfic categories of student percep
tion or attitude were found to be
common among many of those who
engaged in drug or other delinquent
behavior While these cannot be
considered "causes" of delinquency
in youth, they may have the effect of
"predisposing” youngsters to de
linquent activity.
The attitude factors are 1> the
student's perception that she-he is
not close to family members, has
poor communication with parents,
feels parents pick on him or her , 1) a
highly rebellious attitude on the part
of the student ; 3) a negative social
attitude (such as, “it’s dumb to be
honest"); 4) low self-esteem, 5) *
poor student-teacher relationships,
the idea that teachers don't care
what she-he thinks; 6) lack of
valuing the worth of going to school;
7) an attitude favorable to using
drugs (such as”partiesand drugs go
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In addition, it was, found that
students who work are more likely to
use drugs than students who do not
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