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BUbop McCullough 1
i' Attractive Sonya Btocbaqpa .
■ ....“Miss Sophomore Class For ’85-’86“
Buchanan Enjoys
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J. C. Smith
By Jalyne Strong
- Post Staff Writer
Attractive Sonya Buchanan is a
sophomore at Johnson C. Smith
University on a full scholarship
awarded by the Duke Endowment
Scholarship Program for high tea- -
derate achievement. She is also
"Miss Sophomore Class for 1985
88.”
"1 enjoy attending Smith very
much,” admits Sonya. “The col
lege’! atmosphere is very much like
a close knit family.”
A biology major, her plans are to
go Into medicine. "Science la one of
my batter subjects and I enjoy
helping people,” Sonya cites as the'
reason! behind this career choice.
And though she'll be handling a
demanding science workload. Sonya
M-Mhs Sophomore Class, win also
be responsible for representing the
university at the homecoming pa
rade and at various collegiate
social functions throughout the year.
< But that win hardly be a problem
for this 18-year-old who describes
herielf as "very active.” “I like to
keep busy,” she points out.
everything from classical to rock.’’
Plus, Sonya “loves shopping.” As a
matter of fact she laughs, “I was
born to shop!'’ Then, she rounds off
her most loved hobbies with her
romance with travel. So far, unfor
gettable trips for Sonya have in
cluded skiing in Massachusetts with
her brother, and a week in Paris,
France, while she was in high
school. But this week’s beauty is
definitely looking forward to more
traveling. "I would love to study
abroad, possibly through a summer
program,” she projects.
A resident of Washington, D C ,
Sonya came to Johnson C. Smith
following in the footsteps of an older
brother and sister \yho are both
Smith alumni. Sonya is the youngest
in her family with three brothers
and one sister and she says, about
being the baby, "I love itl I get to
learn from my older siblings and
they’re good for support. Of course,
See SONYA On Page 4A
Rev. Leon Sullivan
Will Address Annual
Minority Trade Fair
B_v Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
The Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, found
er of the Opportunities Industrializa
tion Center (OIC) program, will be
in Charlotte October 2 to address the
Eighth Annual Carolinas Minority
Trade Fair.
According to Thomas Staton, ope
rations manager for the Carolinas
Minority Suppliers Development
Council (CMSDC), which is sponsor
ing the trade fair. Rev. Sullivan will
speak to the assembled corporate
executives and minority business
people on economic development, an
area in which he excels.
He is the creator of the Sullivart
Principles, guidelines designed to
give equal rights and pay to all South
Africans.
Rev. Sullivan is pastor of Zion
Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
Since his arrival there in 1950,
chuTOhmembershiphasngrown from
600 to 6,000. The church is involved in
day care, a federal credit union, a
community center program for
youth and adults, an employment
agency, adult education reading
classes, numerous athletic teams,
choral groups, and a family coun
seling service.
In 1964, Rev. Sullivan founded
OIC, the first program of its kind in
the country. OIC sponsors training
and retraining and now operates in
more than 140 cities in the U.S. and
eight foreign countries. OIC has
trained over 600,000 people and has
placed 400,000 of them in gainful
employment with annual earnings of
approximately $6 billion.
Rev. Sullivan also founded Pro
gress Investment Associates (PIA)
out of his church membership. PIA
has built a $1 million garden apart
ment complex, the first of its kind in
the East; a $2 million shopping
center, the largest built, owned, and
operated by blacks in the country; a
second inner city community shop
ping center; and a multi-million
' dollar facility in the heart of Phila
delphia which provides social,
health, and human services.
In addition, Rev. Sullivan is
founder and trustee of the Progress
Non-Profit Charitable Trust, a broad
based community development cor
poration that emphasizes physical
redevelopment combined with eco
nomic development and education in
inner cities.
A 33rd Degree Prince Hall Mason
Rev. I.eon Sullivan
.Founder of OIC’ program
and a Shriner. Rev Sullivan is the
recipient of numerous awards and
serves as a director of General
Motors. Mellon National Corpora
tion, Girard Trust Bank, Philadel
phia Saving Fund Society, and Boy
Scouts of America
The trade fair is being held Oc
tober 2-3 at the Charlotte Conven
tion Center Last year, notes Staton,
56 percent of the booths were taken
by minority businesses. 42 percent
by majority corporations, and two
percent by government agencies
"It looks to be similar this year," he
adds. Staton expects the fair will be
booked to capacity.
The trade fair offers corporate
purchasing personnel and minority
suppliers the opportunity to get to
gether in a concentrated period of
time
The purpose of the Carolinas
Minority Supplier Development
Councils. Inc is to assist member
corporations m leveloptnp or im
proving their minority vendor pro
grams, to identify rrhnority sup
pliers, to provide vendor referrals,
and to conduct buyers' seminars and
sales training programs for minori
ty businesM-s The Cmineil pnbl.shes
a Vendors'Guide dire * ■»» '/cor;-)
rate buyers and a Buy.-rs Cmdr
directory of minority <<w m t vmsi
nesses
The ( MSDC is part of a network o
regional minority purchasing conn
cils that are affiliated with the Na
tional Minority Supplier IVvelop
ment rnunril
The banquet at which Kev
Sullivan will speak is riper to the
public Banquet tickets arr- $20 per
person For reservations or informa
tion. call Sta'on at 17? «7:t!
Primary Elections Over
neral Election
By Audrey C. Lodate
Post Staff Writer
Now that the primary elections
are out of the way, the real con
tests begin. Unlike primaries, when
only those with party affiliation can
vote, the November general election
will be open to ell registered voters.
Here ere the choices they will
heve:
In the race for mayor are In
cumbent Harvey Gantt (who de
feated his opponent, James Bald
win, with dose to 88 percent of the
vote) and Dave Berryhill. Berry
hill snd hU opponent, Sue Myrick, ,
ran so closely that Myrick had not
conceded defeat as of Wednesday
morning. • *
For City Council at large seats.
Peaocratic primary winners A1
Rousao(with38percent of the vote).
mary 1orU*ti
Trosch, Vlnroot. and 8pat«h areal!
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Democratic primary winter in the
4th Diatrict. Roy Matthews (with
nearly 80 percent of the primary
vote against Huey Row^ Anderson),
will lace Republican winner Jim
Hawke, who took more than ?«
percent of Tuesday's vote over
Dennis - ?.;» • 7
#N*r the bemocrats, there were no
■ ; M»vor Hirvey CMtt
.Win* taglly
other primaries. Republicans chose
Incumbent Ann Hammond 'St per
cent) over Stan Campbell in the 5th
Distrie^ii and Gloria Penning «0
percent) ever incumbent Paul
Juneau In the 7th
Hammond’s win automatically
gives her a Council seat because she
has no Democratic opposition
Cvncke Patterson
...Ran* well
Fanning is also unopposed in No
vember ,'VA j '
In feet. District 4 (Hawks
Matthews) is the only district where
there are two candidates
Other districts are as follows: t.
Pam Patterson (D>; 4 Charlie 2
Dannelly (D); J Ron Leeper (DT;1
and 8 Velva Woollen 'R>