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ZZT**'* naUonal award for chairman Charles W. Colson (middle) and vice stry to prisoners families by Prison Fellowship president Alan K. Chambers. Jordan Receives Prison Ministry Award Special To The Poet Washington. P.C. - Ms. Earline Jordan, a resident of Charlotte, received last week a national award for her outstanding contributions to prison ministry. She was recognized specifically for her work with the families of prisoners. Ms. Jordan received her award at SpringSeene Charlotteans are invited to cele brate Charlotte’s beauty during a new event, SpringSeene: Charlotte’s Bloomin’ Event, uptown, April 20 25. The event will focus on one of Charlotte’s most distinctive features - its greenery. Hie City of Char lotte will decorate the Try on Street Mall with special planters and hang ing baskets filled with flowers and floral displays, and will plant in beds and medians along portions of East and West Trade Streets. Charlotte nurseries will feature special displays, and sell plants and flowers along the Mall. Uptown businesses are encouraged to par ticipate with window and store front displays, special events and other promotions that relate to the fes tivities. ./ . .. ... On Saturday, April 20, Mayor ‘itafVey Gantt will kick off?Spring Scene at 11 a.m. at NCNB Plaza . . * Following his remarks, the Char lotte Choral Society will present two ..jfeao-minute .porftrytapce*. at,U.:$P. * a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Sidewalk performers, including mimes, clowns and musicians, tgill entertain on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and at noontime Mon day through Thursday. Community participation in the event is encouraged. For informa tion about SpringSeene, call the Central Charlotte Association, 377-0911. Casino Party Hie Little Theatre of Charlotte Auxiliary will hold its annual Casino Night Party on Saturday, April 20. The event will take place at the CPCC Forum. The evening will begin with a social hour (BYOB) from 7-8. The game tables will be open from 8 until 10. At this time an auction with donated prizes will be held, fol lowed by a champagne breakfast. Tickets are llfi per person and are available at ihe Little Theatre office. For more Information, con tact Ann Tbomaaaon at the the atre office, 876-9777, Monday through Friday, 16 a.m. • 8 p.m. Records Managers On Wednesday, April 24, the Piedmont Chapter of the Associa tion of Records Managers and Ad ministrators (ARMA), In coopera tion with Central Piedmofll Com munity Collage’s Small Busin tea Center, will promote records and information mangement by sponsor big an Information Management Exposition. Hie 0. J. Miller Auditorium at Duke Power's Electric Center will be filled with exhibits from various local vendors and service bureaus. Various vandora of microfilm equip ment, computer-output in micro /film, copiers, word processors, computer systems, space planners, filing systems, records storage, forms management, end temporary agendas will demonstrate how thelr products will Improve efficiency of an office or business. Product* and service* will be *! brought together in the auditorium ■ y*«r viewing, demonstration*, and., consultations for office managers, •mall business owner*, records j managers, supervisors and anyone who is trying to deal with the explosion of record* and Inform a t Ion at we enter the Information Age - AEMA il a non-profit association dedicated to the advancement of records management. The purpose of ARMA is to: promote and ad vance the improvement of records ' and Information management, ad vance professional knowledge and technique* and develop and ad vance standard* of profeeetonal competence in the field of record* and information management. TRAVEL ABROAD WITHOUT LEAVING THE COUNTRY. >•« - ' the National Volunteer Recognition and Training Conference, hosted by Prison Fellowship Ministries on March 29-31, 1985. The conference was held to honor 10 individuals and three churches that have made significant contributions to ministry with prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families. The recipients were selected from Prison Fellowship's network of more than 30,000 volun teers across the United States. barline Jordan has been actively involved in prison ministry for seven years. For three years she has coordinated Prison Fellowship’s family ministry in North Carolina. She is responsible for leading church services at the Charlotte prison unit, coordinating the family ministry there, holding training ses sions, and attending most of the seminars at the unit. She has ini tiated a program where six to eight volunteers actively visit and min ister to families of prisoners on a regular basis. She developed the Prison Fellowship family ministry guidelines for training used throughout North Carolina. Ms. Jordan is also involved in the Charlotte Care Committee, which is a group of Prison Fellowship vo lunteers who are devoted to meet ing the needs of ex-prisoners. For three years, Ms. Jordan has coordinated Prison Fellowship’s Christmas gift project. This pro ject involves purchasing gifts for the children of inmates. The local churches have participated in this endeavor-in addition to purchasing the gifts, members have also de livered them along with groceries and a ham. This project has been successful in bringing together church members and the families of inmates. Jrnson r euowsmp Ministries is an international organization founded by former presidential aide Charles Colson in 1976 after he served time in prison for a Watergate-related of fense. Its purpose is to assist pri soners, ex-prisoners and their fa milies-accomplished with the co operation of churches and volun teers around the world. I With Campaign Debt Kidd, Martin Ready For “Showdown” The bad guy’s been trailing D.G. Martin since November, taunting him, growing stronger, draining the former candidate’s strength and reserve. Now it’s high noon, and Martin is calling his nemesis into the street for a shootout. Well, almost. High noon is really 3 p.m. «i Saturday, April 20, and the street is Mecklenburg County Sheriff C. W Kidd’s Rocking K Ranch. The villain isn’t a cattle rustler or a gun slinger dressed in black, either. It’s a $75,000 cam paign debt wearing red - red ink. Sheriff Kidd is holding a barbecue and rodeo fund raiser to help Martin retire the debt he built during an unsuccessful and expensive cam paign for Congress last year. The two local Democratic leaders hope to attract patrons using a mailing to campaign supporters, brochures and newspaper advertisements. “This is a rare opportunity, having an old fashioned barbeque rodeo on a real sheriff’s ranch,'' Martin said. "We thought it would be great fun and a chance for friends to see each other again and reminisce about the ’84 campaign.’’ The tongue-in-cheek theme of the fund raiser’s advertising is “On Saturday, April 20, Sheriff Kidd will shoot me.;..” if there's not a good turnout for the affair. Below the heading is a picture of Sheriff Kidd dressed in a cowboy hat, lawman's badge and gun holster, who is scowling at a nervous Martin. The sheriff’s arms are folded imposing ly across his chest, and there’s a pistol in each hand. No clue is offered about the rodeo events except that they will be “fast and foolish,” with the possibility of Martin being persuaded to “tackle a frail calf or possibly an assertive chicken for our entertainment.” At the bottom of the page is a tear-away registration coupon for donors to fill out. Donation cate gories range from $100 per spon soring couples to $10 for children under 12 years of age. In keeping with the humorous theme of the pro ject, the coupon’s heading reads, “I don’t want the Sheriff to shoot you, D.G., so count on me to attend the party." Jack McConnell, a close friend of D. G. Martin .Ready to run again? Martin and a former political ad visor, conceived the unique adver tisement. During the congressional race, he coordinated the candidate's highly-praised television and print advertising campaign, as well as the advertisements for the Feeling Good” fund raiser in January. Joe Ledford, one of the event's organizers, said Martin hopes to raise $10,000 from those attending and other contributors. They also hope to attract at least 50 spon sors, he said. In January, Martin supporters contributed over $50,000 toward his debt of the “Feeling Good” party, a lavish, highly success ful fund raising affair at Charlotte's Adam's Mark Hotel. Rep Tony Coelho of California, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, attended in a NEED HELP? If you're thinking of storting your own business, buying o fronchlse, distributorship or Investing In a business, or own on existing business, you should .talk with mo. Lot's face It the number one cause of business failure Is not lack of good Ideas or money - the real problem Is lack of experience. Holf of all now businesses fall In two years, aver SO * fall In five years. I can help Improve these edds dramatically. Don't gamble with your moneyl With over 30 years experience I can help to keep an opportunity from becoming a disaster. Why not call and we'll talk It over. David Richards & Associates Business Analysts and Consultants 535-7454 show of national Party support of Martin. Sheriff Kidd’s ranch is located near the intersection of Miranda Road and Beatties Ford Rd. three miles north of the intersection of 1-77 and 1-85. The fund raiser* will last from 3 p.m. to sundown,and the rain date is the next day, April 11. rree Screening Free screening clinics are avail able for local children in April and May At the Screen O'Ramas pro fessionals and trained volunteers will check your child’s speech, hearing, vision and development skills. Any child in Mecklenburg County who has had his or her fourth birthday or is ready to start kin dergarten in 1985 (up to age five and a half) can be screened Call the Charlotte Neighborhood Centers Department at 336-2061 for more information and to make an appointment for these dates: Saturday. April 27. Belmont Re gional Center, 700 Parkwood Ave. Saturday, May 11. Greenville Neighborhood Center. 1330 Spring Street. Appointments are limited, so call early. —bereen O Hamas are sponsored by Charlotte Neighborhood Centers, the Center for Human Development, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System, and the Council for Ex ceptional Children
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