Sports Officiar Karen Byers
Calls Them As She Sees Them
White Howe
Conference On Small
Bumpcwm Scheduled
The .White Houm Conference on
Smell Business will take place in
Raleigh on Tuesday, January 98, at
“ thsRadtsaon Mem-Sad a vie Center
' Complex. The Conference will move
to Columbia, S.C., on January 81,
where It will be hsid at the Caroline
Inn.
The White Houm Conference le
comprised of day-long state con
ferences which began in Richmond,
VA, in August and will' continue
through May, where the final con
ference will be held in New York.
Small business participants iden
tify small busineM problems, de
vel <p recommendations for govern
ment action, end Meet delegates to
the national conference, which will
be held in Washington, D.C., August
17-21. 1966.
A total of 1,823 delegates will
attend the national conference.
Each delegate must be a resident of
the state in which the conference is
being held, must be an owner,
partner or c vporate officer of a
small busine- s that employs fewer
then 800 peop e, and must be willing
to pay expanses to the national
conference.
For more 1 nformstion, contact the
White House C inference on Small
Business, 180T' K Street, NW, Suite
1101, Washinf * D C. 80006; 806
■ 063-9680.
Self-Esteem Workshop
Woman Reach-North will offer a
workshop on "Self-Kateem *
Assertiveness” on January 98
Saturday, from 9:10 anTtp.m.’at
the Home Federal Savings k
Loan, Exit 98 off I-TTN, Cornelius
The workshop will bo facilitated
by Missy Kuykendall. This will be
the first of a series of monthly
workshops to be sponsored by
WoaanReach-North, located in the
Aida Jenkins Community Canter,
Davidson, N.C. For more informs
tion, call Pat Johnson at tte
Center, 811-9948.
The WomanReach Canter Is a
United Way Agsncy. The facilities
are handicapped accessible and
eervices are treaty given and
TTWmy IwCflTM.
Far more information and to
regietor. call 994-M14 from 10 a m. to
pas. Monday - Saturday, or Pat
Johnson, 8894849 at the Aida
Jenkins Community Center.
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rating.
Mj Byers has no qualms in
•dying that officiating is a “tough
Job.” Aa a matter of fact, aha sees
her assessment of what aba does as
one of the main reasocw why more
women aren’t involved.
“I think a lot of women' see the
pressure that is involved and they
simply don’t want to deal with it But
me, I like the challenge officiating
presents. I know that anytime I Mow
the whistle I have to be able to
explain my call. In .this you really
have to know what you're doing."
To make her Job that more diffi
cult. Ms. Byers interjected the
problem she has with male officials
and their non-acceptance of women
officials. "There are some men who
treat women officials as equals, but
the large majority of them don’t
want to have anything to do with us
(women officials). Sometimes they
even leave you out there on the court
alone to carry your own weight. To
me, it is three times as difficult to be
• sports official when you’re a
woman than it is when you’re a
man.”
Where Ms. Byers does get a lot of
support from is from other women
who are also officials.
Whatever negative aspects Ms.
Byers has found in her role as a
sports official, she has learned to
accept as part of the territory. She
does not set her sights on those
i things that could be considered
hindrances; rather, she seta positive
goals. One of which is her desire to
officiate in professional basketball.
Ms. Byers is a member of the
Southern Board of Officials, and was
an invited guest of the CIAA Hall of
Fame for Officials last year and will
be attending the affair thu year as
well.
Karen Byers
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Conference!
Metrolma business-persons can
attend the White House Conference
on Small Business in Rak0gh with
out the problem of driving and
parking. The fee for this fun-filled,
nocar Journey is $19 per person.
Chartered buses will leave from
both SouthPark and Eastland Malls
at 1 p.m. Monday, January 37. The
Eastland bus can also be boarded at
UNCtJb/Cone Center approximate
ly l:SO#.m. The schedule will allow
ample time to check in at the hotel,
register and attend the pre
conference reception at the Radls
son from 6-8 p.m. Both buses will
return to Charlotte after the last
session of the Conference; departure
will be approximately 6:10 p.m.
Reservations on the SouthPark
bus can be obtained by mailing your
check made payable to Braest 4
Whinney, Charter Bus, 1100 Inde
pendence Center, Charlotte, N.C.
28246. Eastland Mall-UNOC bus re
servation checks should be payable
to Baker’s Unlimited and mailed to
Charter Bus, P. 0. Box 1182,
Matthews, N.C. 38106. Reservations
must be mailed by January 22.
For more information, call 704
371-6380.
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