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Documentary
Looks At 1981
Double Murders
On May 18, 1961, Rondale Kirk
ley, a Charlotte high school drop
out, was charged with randomly
murdering two persons and wound
ing two others in a shooting ram
page in Charlotte. Today it still
haunts the victims’ families as well
as the parents of the convicted
murderer.
On Sunday, October 13, at 5:30
p.m., WTVT’s local minority-based
program, OUTREACH, will feature
a candid interview with Rondale
Kirkley, now serving two life sen
tences at Central State Prison in
Raleigh. An emotional interview
with Kirkley’s parents will also be
featured.
Guest host Evalyne Carrington
talks with Kirkley about his life of
drug abuse and traces the effects of
drugs on his behavior that led to the
brutal murders. Kirkley is now
participating in a rehabilitation pro
gram and enrolled in a Seminary
Correspondence Course.
Rondale Kirkley will be eligible for
parole in the year 2027.
Burrell Brooks is producer and
Tyrone Steele la the director of this
WTV! production.
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J'l^ay Monday
All administrative offices of the
U.S. Postal- Service win be closed
and there will be no regular de
livery on Columbus Day, October 14,
1985. However, Special Delivery,
Express Hall, and parcels contain
ing perishable matter will be de
livered. >,
Collection of mall will be on a
normal daily schedule, so customers
should consider It a normal business
day for mailing.
A Box Service Window will be
open at the Downtown Station from 7
a.m. to • a.m. and at all classified
stations from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.
A Self Service Postal Unit will be
in operation at the Amity Gardena
Shopping Center, United Carolina
Bank, located at MM Fall-view Rd;,'
and at Hickory Grove and Delta
Roads, Tryon Mall Shopping Center,
Independence Shopping Center, and
Radisson Plaxa Shopping Area and
the Downtown Station Lobby. Stamp
vending machines are available at
all postal stations.
WSSU Parents’ Day
Winston-Salem State University
will celebrate Parents’ Day Sa
turday, October 1>. The schedule of
events includes a mini-parade, dis
plays, recreational activities and
opportunities for parents to meet
and talk with faculty members.
Registration will be held from 9 a m.
until noon in the Aiumni-pubHc
Relations Building on campus.
The football game between the
WSSU Rams and the Biaons of
Howard University (Washington,
D.C.), will dimax the day. Kick off
time la 7 p.m at Bowman Gray
Stadium. This fall observance is a
departure from past Parents' Day
programs which have been held in
conjunction with Honors Day in {he
spring
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You can’t throw your weight
around without rocking the bagt.
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. ....Independence High Junior
By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
Asked how she knows she’s got the
right stuff to pursue an acting
career, 16-year-old Kimberly
Kendall replies, "Because I believe
in hard work. I don’tglve up the first
time. And something inside me says,
•Act!’”
So Kimberly acts. She’s a member
of- Independence High School's
drama club. She‘acts in the
school’s contest plays and in the
Theatre of Reality. Last year In her
school’s production of "Pajama
Game," for her portrayal of one of
the major characters, Kimberly
earned a trophy in special recog
nition fof butstanding per
formance.
"Acting is natural for me,” she
confesses, "it's something I’ve al
ways wanted to do since as long as I
can remember.”'
Kimberly's enthusiasm is infec
tious and when she tells you she’s
going to be an actress, you're
convinced. But then she says she
wants to go to Howard University to
major In broadcast journalism and
disappointed, you ask why. ‘‘Pa
rents,’’ Kimberly smiles. "They
want me to have something to fall
back on.”
Sounds reasonable, even she
acknowledges it. "Parents,” Kim
berly reiterates, ‘’they really know
what they’re talking about. I’ve
realized that, though I didn’t like to
admit it.”
A Junior in high school, Kimberly
still has some time yet to decide
what career moves to take so right
now she channels her overflowing
talents Into school activities She’s a
member of the Student Council, the
Clvinettea. NAACP, Patriot Players,
the Speech and Ostate Team and
the Spanish Chib.
"I like being a part of stuff at
school," she says. "It makes me feel
more a part of the school.”
Being port of the action Is what
Kimberly is all about, she confesses
"I love to socialize To go where
people are to observe them," she
•ays. "I love football games,
movies, talking on the phone and
listening to the radio.’’ she lists as a
few other favorite pastimes
Revealing aspects of her person
ality. Kimberly relates that she is
extremaJy sensitive " "1 want to
srafarr'csrs:
scribes herself as "intelliient
laughing and friendly.’*
Klmberiy also claims she is "spi
ritually religious " Spiritual guid
ance she received from attending
church, she says. "Made my life
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better." 3&e is a member of
Friendship Baptist.
"My mother made me go to
church when I didn’t want to and
now I’m a better person for it,”
Kirpberly admits as one reason why
her mother, Lavonee Rhodes, will
always begin her list of most ad
mired people. "She’s taught me so
much and helped me through so
many things,” Kimberly relates in
her enthusiastic way. "And she
loves me. Which Is very important
because there are so many people
without love. My mother loves me so
much that if no one else were to love
me, I’d still have enough love."
Another person on Kimberly’s
most-loved list is her father,
Humphrey Kendall. Of him, Kim
berly says. “He helps me and
fusses at me He’s so intelligent. I
try so hard because I want my
Daddy to be proud of me.”
Then Kimberly says of her se
cond father (she refuses to say
step), Mr Rhodes, “I couldn't love
See KIMBERLY On Page 4A
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Celebrates Homecoming
By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
“The most important aspect the
church needs to promote is fellow
ship," opines Rev. A. B. Sutton,
pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
"Jesus imparted His most explo
sive truths during Christian fellow
ship.”
On Sunday, October 13, Rev Sut
ton and the members of Ebenezer
will celebrate Homecoming which
marks the church's 110th anniver
sary. At this time, tells the pas
tor, “We will touch base with every
person who has come through Ebe
nezer and invite them to come home
and fellowship with us."
During the 11 a m. service on
this special day at the church, Rev.
Sutton will preach a sermon ex
pressing the theme, “The Potter and
the Clay ” He explains, "It will be a
sermon dealing with how God has
molded Ebenezer Church in His
Providence.”
Following the morning worship, a
buffet luncheon will commence at
1:30 p.m. Delicious food prepared by
the senior members of the church
will-be served.
Then at 3:30 p.m., a musical
concert will begin. The Mass Choir
of Ebenezer will be featured, ren
dering spiritual song under the
direction of Joyce McMillan, direc
tor of music, and ^Andrew Cuth
bertson.
Halfway the concert, an intermis
sion program will take place to
compliment 40 to 50 members of
Ebenezer "in gratitude for their
work, missionary attributes and
dedication,” expresses Rev. Sut
ton.
The highlight of this interlude will
be the crowing of the King and
Queen of the Ebenezer Baptist
family,
"The church is in high spirits,"
relates Rev. Sutton. "One hundred
people have worked for three to four
months putting together this cele
bration.” With all proceeds donated
during the Homecoming event at
Ebenezer going to the church’s
building fund, Rev. Sutton ac
knowledges, "The Homecoming will
mark a great achievement in the
process of a very healthy building
program." Plans are to renovate the
church, which is located at 733 E
Trade St
"Homecoming is a great day in
Rev. A. B. Sutton
.Leads celebration
me cnurcn s program, voices
Ebenezer's minister. “We are ex
pecting to attract people from in and
out of the city.
"Ebenezer is one of the oldest.
established churches in Charlotte,
situated in the city's downtown
area, and it has touched, in some
way, the lives of many of this city’s
citizens,"
Kousso: Council Race Not
Related To Store Battle
Special To The Post
A1 Rousso, front-runner in last
week’s Democratic primary for at
large positions on Charlotte City
Council, said this week he's running
because he’s concerned about
Charlotte’s future and not simply to
draw attention to his fight with City
Hall over condemnation of his
jewelry store at 108 S Tryon St
"The store has nothing to do with
my decision to run," he declared,
"although the controversy did make
me aware of certain shortcomings in
the system and certain abuses that
can take place under the guise of
eminent domain." But more than
that, he said, it got him interested in
city government and its potential for
MGBAC Sets Recognition Banquet
The Mecklenburg General Bap
tist Association of Charlotte will hold
its third annual recognition banquet,
Friday, October 11, at 7 p m. in the
Memorial Union Building on the
campus of Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity.
The banquet will be the culminat
ing event for the 64th annual ses
sion of the MGB Association that has
been in progress throughout the
week at Union Missionary Baptist
Church, located at 72S E 33th St.,
Rev. L. D. Jeffries, pastor
Guest speaker for the event will be
Mayor Harvey Gantt. Also, as part
of the evening’s program, awards
will be given and honors bestowed
upon a number of members of the
churches affiliated with the Associa
tion. as well as to other outstanding
individuals in the community.
Primary among the awards to be
presented will be he MGBA Dis
tinguished Service Award. This
award has been given to several
weH-deserving individuals in the
past. Including Mrs Elizabeth Ran
dolph, Kelly Alexander, Phil Berry,
Rev Bob Walton. Rev W O Rorie,
and Dr. L. D. Parker.
The banquet speaker is a man
known to all. Mayor Harvey Gantt to
a native of Charleston, S.C. He
attended Iowa State University,
Massachusetts Institute of Techno
logy and completed his studies at
Clemson University with honors
As a partner with the architec
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Mayor Harvey Gantt
.To be guest speaker
tural firm, Gantt-Huberman Asso
ciates, Gantt is a member of the
American Institute of Architects,
the American Planning Association
and the vice president of the North
Carolina Board of Architectures
Politically, Gantt has served as a
City Councilman, as mayor pro tem
and is now completing his first term
of office and is running for re
election
Mayor Gantt serves on many
board*, including the National Con
ference of Christiana and Jews, the
Afro-American Cultural Center, and
the Chamber of Commerce
The public is cordially invited to
attend the MGBA recognition ban
quet
For tickets, call Rev William Lee
Jr . MGBA secretary, at S90-3821 as
well as for reservations
improving people's lives.
Rousso has said he would appeal a
recent court decision allowing the
city to condemn his property, but
emphasized that the issue is ‘‘a
matter for the courts” and ir
relevant to his campaign
“If the matter should ever come
up before the Council, I would dis
qualify myself from any discus
sion or vote on it.” he said
Rousso said he's concerned in
stead about "the benign neglect of
our neighborhoods” while the city
places too much emphasis on down
town development
"We need to look at the city as a
whole.” he emphasized, calling for
practical solutions to traffic con
gestion and better mass transit ser
vice “I'm concerned about the man
who can't catch a bus early enough
to get to work and the woman
who can't catch one late enough to
get home from work," he said "The
city is mortgaging our future for
luxuries instead of necessities ”
Since the beginning of his cam
paign. Rousso has characterized it
as a fight for "the little people ”
Because of his background as one of
six children of immigrant parents,
he said, he understands the pro
blems of poor people and thinks they
need a champion in city hall He has
declined money from political ac
tion committees, saying he wants to
represent all the people and not just
special interest groups
('• W. Williams To
Observe Anniversary
The C W Williams Health
Center, located at 3333 Wilkinson
Blvd , will celebrate its fourth anni
versary Saturday, October 13.
Free health screenings will be
given in honor of the anniversary
observance. From ll am. until 4
p m„ hypertension, anemia, sickle
cell, vision, dental, diabetes, and
glaucoma screenings will be avail
able to all who attend, free of
charge PAP smears will be admin
istered for *5
The public is urged to attend the C.
W Williams Health Center anni
versary, receive free medical
screenings, and learn good health
habits also.