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Volume 11, Number 38 _______THE CHARLOTTE POST- Thursday. February 20, 1986_Price-40 Cents
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Neighborhoods Pressing For An
Early Start In Circulation Campaign
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Cheryl Warner.
“Very outspoken person**
Cheryl Warner k Freshman
Psychology Major At JCSU
. By Jalyne Strong
Port Staff Writer
Cheryl Warner is a native of
Atlanta, Ga. who’s come to Johnson
C. Smith University on a music
scholarship. This 18-year-old young
lady has been playing the clarinet
since she was in the fourth grade.
She played with the Smith Marching
Band for awhile.
Cheryl is a freshman psychology
major with an ambition to go into an
aspect of social work. “I like talking
to people, listening to their problems
and helping, or at least trying to help
them with their problems,’’ she
explains. ';
She Admits that day in day out
problem solving could get depress
ing. “But I wouldn't let my clients
know," Cheryl smiles. / /
More than likely she’ll keep
everyone’s spirits bouyed since this
week’s beauty describes herself as
a "very outspoken person. Sort of
crazy at times,” she confesses Yet
on the other hand the also claims
she’s a homebody. “I hardly ever go
out. 1 hate to be in crowds,” Cheryl
relates.
Things she likes to do Include
talking on the telephone, meeting ’
people, shopping and spending
money. Her dollars go towards
things like shoes and Jeans. “I love
stuffed animals but I don't buy
them. I like people to give them to
me.” Cheryl reveals.
About her home town Atlanta,
Cheryl expresses, “I love It! It's my
place " She adds that the city offers
a lot of things to do. Charlotte,
points out Cheryl, “reminds me of
home, in some areas.” And she
concedes that the Queen City Is a
nice place too.
Rut not nice enough to keep her
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Mousy may not go as far aa it
used to. but wa have just as much
trouble getting H back -W/
here. Next semester Cheryl has
plans to transfer to Albany State
University in Albany, Ga. leaving
the tar heel to return to the peach
state.
But her year at Smith was not
without its rewards. This young lady
was honored (firing her first year
at the college by being selected
Kappa Sweetheart and Queen of
Myers Hall. "These are about the
best things that have happened to
me since I’ve been here,” Cheryl
enthuses.
She admits that returning to
Georgia to go to school will also get
her a little closer to home, which
seems pretty good to her. Cheryl
came to Smith in the first place
because, she laughs, “I thought I
See CHERYL, On Page 5A.
By Joe Brown
Post Staff Writer
Brookhill Community, Fairview
Homes Residents Organization, and
Trinity Park community are just
three of the 54 organized, predomi
nantly black neighborhoods
pressing an early start on their
subscriptions campaign to raise
money and gain community news
coverage for their neighborhoods.
“We will begin Thursday morning
by going through the neighborhood
and knocking on doors to sell
subscriptions,” says Linda Geiger,
president of the Brookhill Com
munity. Ms. Geiger made this state
ment two days ago, so the Brookhill
campaign is well under way.
Over 20 neighborhood leaders met
with Charlotte Post organizers last
Thursday at the McDonald's
Cafeteria on Beatties Ford Road to
discuss a joint pact between neigh
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Poet to be a reliable source at
reporting 6omm unity news for the
exchange that organization
members agree to sell Charlotte
Post subscriptions. In addition to
gaining community news coverage,
the organization also will receive a
portion of the sales to use for their
community needs.
"We are pleased about the
responsive reception from the
neighborhood leaders. The meeting
was an informative success. We feel
that the partnership we are develop
ing with the communities will
create a substantial increase in the
numbers of our subscribers,” states
Mr. Johnson.
Linda Geiger informed the mem
bers of the Brookhill organization
about the campaign at their
Monday meeting. The organization
discussed strategies and exchanged
ideas to sell subscriptions. The
most important issue of the meeting
concerned the use of the money that
will be raised from the campaign.
“We have a financial treasury. We
want to use some of the money to
help kids in the neighborhood to find
employment. Since we are low in
Ms. Annie Fay Jones
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funds. It will buy candy for the
cbjMreu *t Halloween and purchase
-gifts -for 4be elderly duyug Christ
mas time,” lists Ms. (3e!ger.
"People really need oil badly for
heat. We would set up a deferrment
for those people, and also we can
help people who are sick and can't
pay their rent."
The plan includes the “Neighbor
hood of the Year Circulation
Campaign.” The contest begins
March 17 and continues through
April 14. To be eligible for five top
prizes the contest offers, the
organization must sell over 100 sub
scriptions or more. The organiza
tion with the highest amount of paid
subscriptions will receive a $1,000
bonus. Second place winners will
receive$500; third place $250; fourth
place, $100; and fifth place $50 The
winning cash will not include the
monthly commission.
Charlotte Organizing Project
(CHOP) director Melvin Whitley
and Program Coordinator Joe
Brown will be working closely with
neighborhood organizations to assist
them during the campaign
Annie Fay Jones, president of
Fairview Homes Residents Organi
zation, strengthens her neighbor
hood's motivation by proposing
ideas to organize their campaign to
Johnny Johnson
.Trinity Park leader
raise money and gain media
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“With the money we want to plan a
trip for the youth this summer. It
will alleviate some of the burden on
some of the parents, especially
when they have more than one
child,” says Ms. Jones.
David Williamson Jr., Trinity
Park Community, reports
enthusiasm from the organization
members at Monday's meeting.
“We are planning a big rally to
kick off our campaign. We held a big
meeting Saturday so the rally will
cover the neighborhood," announces
Mr. Williamson.
‘‘We want to put entrance signs off
Beatties Ford Road and get an I.D
engraver We are still in the pro
cess of fighting this water problem.
Ms. Linda Geiger
.Brookhill neighborhood leader
so the money can be used for a
lawyer Otherwise we ll sell over
100 subscriptions!”
The campaign gives the neigh
borhoods the opportunity to serve
the needs of their neighborhoods and
build a working relationship with the
Charlotte Post and among them
selves.
“It will give us money that we
need for projects we badly need for
our neighborhood," Ms Geiger
expresses
"The commissions and bonuses
from the sales will present a
helping aid to the communities. I am
happy to see leaders such as Ms
Geiger planning to use the funds for
these worthwhile, needed
purposes," says Mr Johnson.
North Carolina’s Per Pupil
Expenditure Increases
North Carolina’s per pupil expen
diture for 1985-86 ranks 27th in the
nation, an increase of 14 places from
the 1984-85 ranking of 41st, accord
ing to Dr. K. Z. Chavis, interim
executive secretary of the North
Carolina Association of Educators.
The state's average salary, how
ever, has not done as well, gaining
only two places this year over last
year's ranking.
The average Tar Heel teacher
earns $22,476 this year which is 31st
in the nation. In 1984-85 the average
salary was $20,691 which ranked
33rd in the nation
“North Carolina can be proud of
the progress that has been made in
per pupil expenditures," Dr Chavis
said “Last year we were $771 below
the national average per pupil
expenditure Today we are only $312
below the national average The
General Assembly should be
commended for appropriating the
funds to bring our state’s expen
diture per pupil from $2,438 in
1984-85 to $3,179 this year
I wish the news were as good
about the average teacher's
salary," Dr Chavis continued.
"Today we are $2,781 below the
national average teacher’s salary
Last year were were $2,891 below the
national average While our per
pupil expenditures have gained
almost 60 percent against the
national average, our average
salary has gained less than four
percent
"If we are going to attract a high
caliber of young people to teaching
careers, we absolutely must make
faster progress on salaries," he
said "When business offers starting
salaries above $20,000 and we pay
beginning teachers $15,680, it’s not
hard to see why there is a shortage
of teachers ” NCAE pointed out
recently that black youngsters are
joining their white counterparts in
opting for careers out of teaching.
Dr. Chavis pointed out that the pay
raises given to teachers in the last
two years have brought North
Carolina's ranking among the states
back to about where it was in ItTMO. •
That year the state's average salary
ranked 32nd.
Meeting Set For February 27
Local Black Elected Officials Organize To
To Tackle Problems In Black Community?
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Black Elected Officials organization
is getting set to tackle the pro
blems of education, housing, and
economic development and employ- L.Y
ment in the local black community.
Meeting for a two-day workshop
earlier this month, the groap,
chaired by Charlotte City Council
member Ron Leeper, selected those
three areas as issues of significance
in which the organisation,
working in conjunction with other
area groups, could have some
There will be a follow up meeting
of the Black Elected Officials on
February V to determine how to
proceed, said Leeper. “We will be
calling on other interacted people in
the community to come in and help
as we set up other committees,'’ he
added.
Among the organizations included
in the workshop were the NAACP,
represented by Kelly Alexander Jr.;
SCL£, represented by the Rev
James Palmer, who Is also repre
renting Night Baptist Ministers No ’ •
a Organization; Day Baptist
Ministers No. I Organizations,
represented by the Rev. John
Thomas; Christian Ministers
Fellowship, chaired by Rev. Harold
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.NAACP repreaeatattve
Digga; and the Resident* Advisory
Council of Public Housing. ’ .
chaired by Daley Alexander.
• Of the three issues chosen, none
has been singled out as having any
more Importance than the others
Loeper believes the resources ere
available to look at all of them
simultaneously Celling It a "eelf
bk “finding waya for the
JWt hate itself.’'
•bout a timetable, he
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.CUv Council member
responded, “Wa anticipate setting
short and long range gods. It’s
important to see immediate results
We can do some things right now to
see some immediate results, as well
as over the long term, say the next
five years.'*
The Black Elected Officials will be
setting up a formal process where
by the issues can be addressed and
worked on At that point, ho said,
people could identify themselves at
interested in working on a particular
Rev. James Palmer*-'
.8CLC representative
project or area. Any member* of the
organizations listed can make their
interest known to their leadership
"We want to ba as inclusive as wa •
can." I^eper commented “This is a
community-wideproblean. The more
people and resources wa have work
ing on It, the better the results "
As part of the process, town
meetings have been scheduled in
various parts of die county to
discuss the three issues selected at
See LOCAL On Page TA