Brenda (Akosua Busia) and Mary Pat (HiU Whelan)
are two pregnant teen-agers who discover that despite
their differing backgrounds. their situations have
given them similar problems to cepe with. In “Babies
Having Babies." a “CBS School break Special." to be
broadcast Wednesday. March 5. at 4 p.m. on WBTV,
Channel}.
Police Extends Deadline
For Award Nominations
The deadline for nomina
tions for the seventh annual
Police Community Rela
tions Awards has been
extended to Monday,
March 31, 1986.
The awards, sponsored
by \ the Cbarlotte
Mecklenburg Community >•;
Relations Committee,
recognizes patrol officers
from the Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County
Police Departments who
have made outstanding
contributions toemnL
improving police^ com
munity relations in their
assigned patrol areas.
Nominations may be
made by fellow officers,
superior officers, citizens
in the paired area, by
organizations or indivi
duals. To nominate an
officer call the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Community
Relations Committee at,
336-3424 or write them at
623 Bast Trade Street,
Suite 410, Charlotte, N.C. ‘
2g202
After a review by
members of the Communi
ty Relations Committee
and personnel from the
Charlotte and Mecklenburg
County Police Depart
ments, five officers will be
selected. These officers .
will be honored in
ceremonies to be held in
May during National
Police Week.
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UNCC Cdebral I
The University of North
Carolina at Charlotte will
celebrate “Biotechnology
Week” February in
conjunction with a meet
ing of the Carolinas
Piedmont Chapter of the
American Chemical
Society.
- Supported 'by a *2,500
grant from the North
Carolina biotechnology <
Center and Research ,
Triangle Foundation, the 0
week-long celebration will
feature leading scientists
discussing their work ini
biotechnology.
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Several faculty member*
from the Departments of
Chemistry,' Biology, and..
Civil Engineering - at
UNCC are involved in
biotechnology research.
Biotechnology has been
v defined as the “careful use
of living organisms to
make products benefiting
society.” North Carolina
was the first state to
establish a biotechnology
center, and since its ./
founding in ltol It has
' become internationally
respected for its research
and development.
The featured speaker is
Dr. Lee Miller, the senior
official in charge of the
animal science program
with Monsanto Ajgricultu-.
ral Co. ia St Louis, Mo. His
lecture, free to the public in
the ^jpaiigh Rooms of
Cone Center at 7:90 p.m.
Seminars are scheduled
in the Chemistry Depart
ment at 2 p.m. February
27-28 which are open to the
public free of charge.
For more information
about Biotechnology Week
at UNCC, contact program
coordinator Dr James
Oliver In the Biology
Department at 567-4049
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Pick u ards today at:
1. LIVING WELL FITNESS CENTERS New Tyvola Mall Location'on South
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