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Carolinians will travel many "»q— .
to spend Thanksgiving with rate
;tives and Mends. It’s a time tor
'i families to be together. Yet, some
families never return home from the
holidays.
Last year, IS motorists died in
traffic accidents during the Thanks
giving holiday, More than 1,100
people were injured. There were
more than 1,500 accidents. "•
- The State Highway Patrol is pre
paring for the heavy holiday traf
fic. Colonel Jack P. Cardwell,
Commander of the Patrol, says, “An
available troopers will patrol the
highways; They will pay special
attention to speeding and drinking
drivers.”
Colonel Cardwell is encouraged by
the percentage of motorists volun
tarily complying with the new man
datory seat belt law. Since the law
took effect, more than 9,000 warn
ing tickets have been issued to
motorists for failing to buckle up.
Warnings will be issued until
December 31, 1908i -After that date,
motorists will be fined fSS.
“One of the best ways to show our
love and concern tor our families is
to use seat beltoto save lives this
holiday and %yery day,” said
Colonel CajjfWdl.
The Thanksgiving holiday period
begins at midnight, November 27,
and ends at midnight, December 1.
City Offices Close
All departments of Charlotte City
government will be closed on Thurs
day, November 28, tor Thanksgiv
ing. Regular business hours will be
resumed on Friday, November 29, at
8 a.m. _
> The Sanitation Division will ob
serve the Thanksgiving holiday on
Thursday, November 28. During
that week backyard garbage collec
tion will be provided on Monday
Wednesday for those residences nor
mally receiving service on Monday
Thursday. The Tuesday-Friday
schedule will remain the same.
There will be NO curbside trash
collection during the holiday week.
Containerized and bagged leaves
will be collected from curbside on
Wednesday or Friday.
The City Animal Control Divi
sion, 2700 Toomey Avenue, will be
closed for Thanksgiving. Only emer
gency cases will be handled by
calling 334-9146.
All City recreation centers will be
closed itt'Ttianlwgivmg, ^.Revo
lution Golf Course will operate on a
regular schedule.
Buses operated by the Charlotte
Transit System will be on a Sunday
schedule on Thanksgiving, and will
return to a regular operating sched
ule on Friday, November 29.
Volunteers Needed
Coming soon to Discovery Place,
“Chips and Changes,” an exhibit
which explores the micro-chip and
the impact computers have on our
daily lives at work and play.
Volunteers are needed to assist with
interpreting this exhibit to museum
visitors: No experience necessary.
The exhibit will open at Discovery
Place November 30 through March
2, 1986. -
A training session for volunteers
will be held on December 5. Please
contact Charle’ La Monica in the
Volunteer Office at the museum, 704
372-6261, for more information.
Beauty Of Week
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admit, “I’m too short.”
She has two brothers, June and
Arthur, and one sister, Tamika.
Carlotta is the oldest of the crew.
"But that doesn’t give me any
privileges,” she smiles. Nor, she
adds, any authority. “They don’t
listen to me anyway.”
Her mother, Barbara, is the
person for whom Carlotta has the
most admiration. "She taught me a
lot,” Carlotta divulges. “Even
things I didn’t want to bear about.
My mother’s shown me what’s right
and what’s wrong; has helped me
along the way; and made me a
better person.
“I plan to advance myself,”
Carlotta predicts. In her future, say
10 years from now, she sees bar
self in her professional Ufa, as the
preaidant of a company and finan
cially stable. In bar personal Ufa,
Carlotta claims, “I’D be Uvii« a
happy Ufa, doing all tha wondarful
things I’ve always wanted to do.
Lika traveling.” she notes, "1 hava
the wildest dream of going to
Alaska.”
New IWffic Signal
City buses on the 40X Albemarle
Road Express Route are nmnlag
5-10 minutes faster these days
thanks to a near preemptive sig
nal control system recently in
stalled on SOX buses and on the
Central Avenue section of the MX
route.
Known as the “OPTICOM" Bus
Priority Signal System from IM, tha
electronic system allows tha express
buses to optically request a green
light at 10 Intersections between 10th
Street and Roaahavon on Central
Avenue
Karen Jones-Meadows
jp .Author of “Henrietta”
Fiihoc J_brary To Present
Three Local Playwrights
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Post Staff Writer
Three local playwrights: Karen
Jones-Meadows, Phil Hines and
Judy Simpson Cook will discuss
having a play performed and pro
duced in N.C. when they are pre
sented in'"The Playwright in North
Carolina” on Sunday, December 1,
at the main branch of the Public
Library of Charlotte and Mecklen
burg County.
This program is part of the con
tinuing series entitled, "Carolina
Authors” which is being held Sun
day afternoons at the library from 3
until 4:30 p.m. The series is spon
sored by the Public Library and
UNCC Continuing Education and
Extension.
Each playwright will read from
their plays and afterwards will
answer questions on the prospects of
drama and theatre in North
Carolina.
A recent recipient of the N.Y.
Drama League • award,
Jones-Meadows is the author of
"Henrietta,” performed by the
Negro Ensemble Company in the
York City.
“Jazzy” Luncheon
The Afro-American Cultural Cen
ter’s annual “Jazzy Christmas
Luncheon” will be held Thursday,
December 12, at McDonald’s Ban
quet Center, 1-85 and Beatties Ford
Road.
Featured will be Daryle Ryce &
Trio in a special jazz concert. The
Trio frequently plays at the Regis
try Inn and Radisson Plaza Hotel.
Tickets are $10 each and may be
purchased by sending a check made
payable to the Afro-American Cul
tural Center, 110 East Seventh St.,
Charlotte, NC 28202, by December 4,
or call the Center at 374-1565.
The AACC is a member of the Arts
and Science Council of Charlotte
Mecklenburg, Inc.
Record Exceeds Goal
For the second month in a row, tin.
CMS bus accident rate is the lowest
since the system began keeping
accident data in 1971. Hie accident
rate for the first 43 days of school
was 0.6 accidents per every 100,000
miles driven. The system’s goal,
which never was achieved until this
fall, is one accident per every 100,
000 miles.
During September and October of
this year, CMS buses were involved
in 37 accidents, compared to 43 for
the same period last year. Only 10 of
this year’s accidents were the fault
of the bus driver, compared to 17 last
year. Of the system’s 13 transporta
tion areas, eight have had no
chargeable accidents this fall. For
mors Information, contact Don
Baucom, transportation director, at
366-6374.
Concern For Kid*
Who’s doing something special for
children in Charlotte-Mecklenburg?
Is it an exercise or sports program,
a service for disabled children, a
crafts, music or arts project, an
other Important activity?
CONCERN FOR KIDS In The
Community la an awards program to
recognise the outstanding programs
planned, supervised, or supported
by groups or individuals across the
country CONCERN FOR KIDS Is
sponsored tar the Junior Woman’s
Club of Charlotte as part of a nations
national program that tovolveo local
affiliates of the General Fa
deration of Woman’s Clubs (OFWC)
end Health-tex, Inc., a leading
manufacturer of children's clothes
Local winners are eligible for stats
and national awards including an
all-expense trip to Houston, Tx
To nominate someone you know
for an award, contact Christina 8.
Tomberlin at P. O. Box 360066,
Charlotte, N.C. 31331
•x.
Hines received the N.C. Artist
Fellowship in play writing for
1985-86. Cook has been commis
sioned by the Actor’s Theatre of
Louisville to write a play this year.
This program is free and open to
the public.
Each month another aspect of
“Carolina Authors” will be pre
sented. Upcoming topics include,
,“Journalism as Literature,” “Jerry
Bledsoe Telling Stories,” “What
Happened to the Simple Life? Re
flections on Contemporary Ameri
can Values.” “Cast and Charac
ters: The Short Story,” and “The
Civil War in North Carolina.” Check
with the Public Library for specific
dates.
W omen-Owned Business Directory Published
Special To The Poet
More than 2,000 North Carolina
businesses are listed in the Women
Owned Business Directory of 1985,
Just published by the Office of State
Development: Women and the Eco
nomy in the N.C. Department of
Administration. This is the second
edition of the directory, first
published in December 1984.
A major purpose of the directory
is to make it easier for govern
ment, industry and other consumers
to locate women-owned companies.
“We are striving to stimulate the
economy by creating new wealth
and new jobs for the people of this
state,” said Assistant Secretary
Gloria Whitman. “We are dedicated
to making the best use possible of
the valuable but underutilized re
source that women business owners
represent,” she added.
The directory, distributed free of
charge, lists businesses alphabetic
ally, by service or product and by
county. In order to be listed, a
woman must own 51 percent of her
business and be actively involved in
its management.
Support Group Meet
Anorexia Nervosa and Associa^.
Disorders Support Group will meet
December 12 at the Community
Health Services Building at 1401
East Seventh Street. The meeting
will begin at 7:30 p.m. Elizabeth
Shaw, a local therapist, will talk
about “Holiday Anxieties.” People
who are troubled with Anorexia and
or Bulimia as well as other in- I
terested people, are invited to visit
with the group. For more informa
tion, call 375-0172.
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shops, seminars and conferences
geared to the needs of business
women. It can be used by the
business owners for forming net
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Ms. Whitman
The directory is just one of the
ways that the Office of State De
velopment Women and the Econo
my is striving to increase the
volume of state government con
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women business owners. Other ini
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private sector employment for poor,
elderly and disadvantaged women;
increasing successful new business
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Raleigh, NC 27611, 919-733-7892 or
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