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Faye Wattleton • Young executive jFlo Glasgow |To Speak Here ! The Charlotte chapter of the ■ Stepfamily Association will hold its ■ next meeting on Thursday, January I 9, at 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker is I Flo Glasgow, a parent counselor and ■ child therapist at Children's I House. Ms. Glasgow has worked I with families and their children for I 25 years in Charlotte as an edu | cator and a counselor. She is cur [ rently in a graduate program in ' counseling at UNCC. As part of this program, she has prepared a manual for Mended families which ^explodes the problems that face stepfAmilies in their new, unfamiliar I roles. Ms. Glasgow has developed a strategy for helping step families deal with these problems. Anyone involved in a stepfamily situation, whether through personal exMdtcaqe or through friends or relatives, la encouraged to attend. The meeting will be held at Ameri can Business & Fashion Institute in Room 602. ABltF is located at 1515 Mockingbird Lane. (Park Seneca Bldg.) For more Information, please call 375-8115. v > Assertive Woman Begin the New Year in a positive way by becoming an assertive woman! WomanReach will offer a three session workshop beginning Wed nesday, January 8, from 7:304 p.m. at the Belmont Regional Center, - called “Self-Esteem and Assertive ness,” facilitated by Nan Walker. The WomanReach Center is a United Way Agency, the facilities are handicapped accessible and aer pgg^p|teely^^vaml freely For more information and to re gister, call a WomanReach peer counselor, Monday through Satur day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 334-3814. Women Nominations Distinguished Women of North Carolina awards will be presented to as many as five women next spring. The recipients will be only the third group io receive the honor. Last year’s recipients were Virginia B. Davis of Stoneville; Elizabeth Duncan Koontz of Salis bury; Jane Smith Patterson of RalCigh;.Barbara Gardner Proctor of Chicago, formerly of Black » Mountain; and Florence I. Ryan of Asheville. Nominations for 1986 awards must be submitted by January 15. Nominees must be living, native born North Carolinians or current residents of the state. Their achieve ments may be in business, educa tion, health, agriculture, govern - ment, sports, arts, humanities, volunteer service and other areas. Recipients will be selected by a committee of citizens appointed by the chair of the N.C. Council oa the Statue of Women, which is an agency within the N.C. Department of Ad ministration. For information and nomination forms, contact the N.C. Council on the Status of Women, 538 N. Wil ~ miifgtoo St., Raleigh, N.C. 37604, or call 910-733-3455. Mothers March Begins The annual March of Dimes Mothers March Against Birth De fects campaign begins in January. The Greater Piedmont chapter of the March of Dimas hopes to raise $63,000 to fund research and public health education programs to fight birth defects. Neighbors will be fundraising through the month. CPR Modular Course ' The Greater CdroHnas Chapter of American Rad Croea will offer a CPR modular cane at the Devi* i M I tmmUH _Jtead Th« Qiafkrtte Poet. | Faye Wattleton Is Planned Parenthood’s Featured Guest Speaker !*»' V, By Jalyne Strong Port Staff Writer As president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Faye WatUeton is the first woman, the first black and the youngest executive to head the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary family planning agency. She will be featured guest speaker at Planned Parenthood’s Annual Luncheon, Wednesday, January 15, 12 noon at the Radisson Plaza Hotel In Charlotte. This year the Annua] Luncheon will be a celebration of the family planning agency’s 15 years of service to the community. The theme for the occasion is “Trust. Teamwork. Fifteen Years of Planned Parenthood in Charlotte.’’ Under Wattleton’s leadership, Planned Parenthood has intensified its efforts to meet family planning needs of Americans and is recognized not only as a-Source of excellent reproductive health care, but also as a significant force for the preservation of individual rights and personal privacy. Wattleton became president of the organization in 1978. And since that time she has provided national leadership to further the principle on which the organization is based - that every individual has the fundamental right to choose when or whether to have a child She claims, ‘‘We serve as social and legislative advocates to protect the rights of all individuals to personal privacy and freedom of choice in making reproductive decisions. “Our strength lies in the fact that we are supported by the majority of Americans And our motivation lies in our obligation to make sure their voices are heard and acknowledged by those who set public policy in this country." As a result of Wattleton’s leadership. Planned Parenthood has intensified its efforts to meet family planning needs of Americans by expanding services and opening new clinics in areas of the country where the need is greatest The Federation's 190 affiliates now provide medical and educational family planning services to more than three million individuals each year Established in 1916, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America is supported by more that 250,000 donors and is serviced by 20,000 volunteers and staff nationwide. It has a total domestic budget of approximately $200 million. USDA Choice Beef Chuck _ shopping convenience. 12 I #% Prices in this ad good thru Bull 6 luoo January Chuck $158 DaaaI 5 Lb. ilUCiO l Chuck Roast u. 1.38 __ W 5'$1 Tart Tangy Limes USDA Choice Beef Loin T-Bone Or Porterhouse Steaks STEWBEEM " " Taylor Lake Country $599 I Liter • P1ek. Chahili, Red, White. Gold Miller Beer $519 Pk|. ef 12 - 12 Oi. Cans 1 Budweiser Beer $529 Pkg. of 12 • 12 Oi. Com • Reg. & 11. COTTAGE FRIES
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