Free Child
Care Available
For CPCC 9tndente
A limited number of school-aged
children can be cared for dree of
charge so their parents can attend
evening classes at Central Pied
mont Community College (CPCC).
“One of the purposes of the pro
ject is to datarmlae hew many of our
students need this kind of child oars
service," said Dr. Marion'Baker,
Director of Institutional Services for
CPCC. “If we learn that large num
bers of parents don’t continue their
education because they can’t find
suitable child care, we will look for
ways to continue and expand the
project.’’
During the winter quarter, which
begins in January and ends in
March, child care will be provided
for qualifying students in evening
classes at Hhrdiag, Garinger and
Independence High Schools. Child
: care will continue in the sprk«
y quarter at other location
V Staff members will supervise such j.
activities as homework, rnwting.
listening to records and tapes, apd
•* can handto a limited num
ber of children at each site,” Dr.
Baker said. “So anyooe who is
interested needs to call right away.”
The experimental program Is paid
for with a $20,000 grant from the
. Department of Community Colleges./ •
Under the terms of the grant, the
wing Child care program is
Umfted to CPCC students who tie
single parents or homemakers. For
details about the program,- call
IIM4W >’ during the day and
arc>«n3's*fthia*.:V'.
Deacftne Set To
Apply Far Studaite
antnnr iKniuDB
Need a summer job?
It li not -too eeriy for college
students to begin planing for the
Internship. A total of 100 internship
posUkes will bei available in loca
tions across the sW
Students will work for 10 weeks,
May 30 to August 8, and will earn
•Upwndmately $150 per week. They
wiB attend seminars and tours to •
learn more about state govern-,
Ment.
To be eligible for an internship, a
student must be attending a North
Carolina collage, university, com
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peted their sophomoreyear, while
students in a two-year technical :
program must have completed one
- year of study, '
The application deadline is Jano
ary 17, 19M. Students must submit
the N.C. State Government Intern
ship Application Form. Other ap
plication forms will not be accept
ed.
.Applications and information -
about specific projects, guide
lines and the selection process are
available at campus career place
ment offices. Internship application
. forma, are also available at local
Employment Security Commission
Job Services offices.
For more information, contact the
Youth Advocacy and Involvement
Office, N.C. Department of Admin
istration, 121 W. Jones St., Raleigh,
N.C. 27803, or call 919-733-0298.
Banks Are Partners
Contisaed From Page 1A
ant, or Other advisors.
While moat people try to get the
lowest interest rate possible, they
Should also be concerned about bow
helpful the bank will be to their
business. One way to find this out is
to ask questions Don’t be afraid to
interview the loan officer who is
interviewing you!
It’s also important to deal with a
loan officer you fed you can work
with. If he or she is not helpful,
either try to get someone else or go
to another bank.
Keep in mind, too, that how
’’risky” yOW business is to the bank
will affect not only your internet rate
but a too the length of the loan.
Among the factors affecting risk are
the nature of the business, your
experience or lack of it, the amount
of capital you have invested in the
business, etc.
Finally, don't let yourself be in
timidated by banks or loan officers.
"Small business is very important to
community banking.” Adamson de
clares. Of the 14,500 insured com
mercial banks in this country, 90
percent are small businesses them
selves.
“If you ask yourself the right
question, if you’re prepared, if your
communicate openly and honestly
with the bank, then you can be
successful," the bank advisor states.
He adds, “It's our business to help
you be successful "
For a copy of "Steps to Small
Business Financing," which in
eludes sample financing statement
forms, mite to American Bankers
Association, 1130 Connecticut
'Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 10096
or National Fedsration bf Indepen
dent Business, Capital Gallery
Fast. Suita 695, 600 Maryland
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20024
Next week our business series
continues with the topic of location.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gregory
.Newlywed couple
Miss Teresa Featherson Is
*
Bride Of Charles £. Gregory
The lives of Teresa Featherson
and. Charles F. Gregory were re
cently Joined together as one at their
wedding ceremony.
Rev. Wilson Mitchell officiated the
wedding service, which was held at
Chappell Memorial Baptist Church.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride was dressed in a tea length
chiffon gown. Her headpiece was a
shoulder length net veil and she
carried, a bouquet of baby’s breath
and corsages.
For her maid of honor, the bride
chose Sarah Alexander. The groom . -
selected Robert McCauley as his
best man. ,
Providing music at the wedding
was soloist Sonya Grier.
Immediately following the wed
ding, a reception took place at Union
Hall.
A graduate of West Charlotte High
School and the Plaza Beauty School,
the bride is the daughter of Willie
and Mil tie Fea thereon. She was
formerly employed at the Eastland
Mall Beauty Salon.
The son of Elizabeth Gregory, the
groom graduated from West Meck
lenburg High School. He is a
machinist at Leakesville Woolen
Mills.
Read
JChe CharlottcPost [,
• By Aatoey c. Ledato
% Pest Staff Writer
If you get your Social Security
checka direct to you In the mall, mw
thin piece at paper In a rainbow «f.
EriX* ooySu 5Re oneSr Safest
aU Social Security recipients fee
begfcuikw of this month.
According to Charlotte Social Se
curity district manager Philip J.
DiBenedetto, the new checks repre-'
sent a savings to the government of
16 million a year in printing coots. >
The paper checks are also more
tamper-reetatant. : • i > ,.3v'
The Internal Revenue Service will
befssuing refunds an the new checks
later to tN6. >i .
With their pretty colors, the'
checks may look like belated birth
day cards. After all, Social Security
celebrated its 50th birthday not too
long ago. And champions of the
program are declaring it to be, if not .
in the “best” of health, at least weD
enough to endure another 79 years
with no major changes, reports
DiBenedetto.
Nationally, some $15 billion in
1 Social Security benefits is paid out '
each month. If you can’t quite ima
gine that much money, period, let
alone in one month, you’re not atone.
That $15 billion goes to close to 37
million people one in every six
persons in this country receives a
Social Security check. About 60
percent of redpiqpts are retirees.
The remainder include survivors,
dependents, and the disabled.
Huge numbers an all very well,
but what about on the local level?
How many in Charlotte and environs
are receiving benefits?
While the above figures are
from July '83, the most recent - !
figures available from the Charlotte
district office for the area which
covers Charlotte, Gastonia, and
Reck Hill are from December tan.
In this area, 88,376 retired work
ers were drawing benefits as Of that
date. The average benefit was
$433.80. Keep in mind that
“average" does not mean that this is
what most retirees received. Just
under 12 percent of the retired
Charlotte area population was get
ting benefits between $400 and $44B.
The largest number (over 21 per
cent) received $330 or more. At (he
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