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“---— -,— TOE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, March 6. 1986 ...
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.Student Council president
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' By Jalyne Strong
Pont Staff Writer
Thirteen-year-old Colinda Howard
campaigned (or, and woo, the office
of President of the Student Council
of Hawthorne Traditional Junior
High School, this year. Now that
she’s In die postion, her duties are:
to preside over Student Council
meetings, to make decisions on
planned activities for the student
body, and to resolve student grie
vances. She also took part in i
conference of Student Council presi
dents from throughout North Caro
lina, held In Asheville, N.C.,
recently. '
Are these experiences leading her
towards a political career In the
.future? Not really, says the eighth
grader. "I want to be a lawyer.”
Colinda says, because she loves
speaking in front of large crowds, "It
(the law profession) seems like
something thet was made for me.”
Her mother, who was present at this
interview, agrees. She related,.
"Colinda is very opinions ted and
aggressive, these qualities work to a
lawyer's favor. And she also has a
concern for people. She’s always
asking me, 'Mommy, do you think
this or that is fair?'"
This week's beauty already has
ilP to join a debating team when
high school. And aha
ahe'Il matriculate to UCLA
SHe, additionally, admits that she
has a way with words and Is
ahy about expressing
dtd she develop her
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Rw* con:
outspokeness? “From my mom,”
Colinda expresses. She's in
Toastmasters. She’s outgoing,
always doing something with
speech. She drills me on speaking. It
kills me," Colinda says jokingly.
“But I do real well.”
The young orator does, however,
>conserve some of her time for less
Ikerlous pursuits. For one, surpris
ingly, this pretty dainty-looking
young lady is a die-hard wrestling
fan. “I love seeing Magnum T.A.,"
she confesses. “And it’s funny
watching Rick Flair making himself
look stupid in front of half of
America." Colinda even managed to
get her mother to take her to a live
wrestling show in Charlotte. But all
her mother has to say about the
event is she hopes her daughter soon
outgrows her interest in wresting.
But not to worry. Colinda has
another hobby. She also plays
tennis. She wants to go back to
tennis camp this summer at Phieffer
College and she also hopes to par
tibipate in the Sugar Creek Park and
Rec summer tennis program. This
this year. She has a special reason
for these particular endeavors,
Colinda relates.- "Because I want to
whip the socks off (write this down,
she urges) Cedi Brandon and coach
Faulkner ”
Her otner favorite activities
include going to the movies with her
five best friends, Jennifer Holmes,
Patrice Johnson, Patrice Michael.
Constance Jones and Talita Spratt,
plus talking on the telephone. "And I
save my Thursday nights for the
Bill Cosby Show, ” she asserts
One more thing, "I love shopping
for designer clothes,” Colinda
smiles. She assures that all her
clothes must be designer “Because
people notice the name brand,” she
reveals. Fortunately for her,
Coiinds's expensive tastes are In
part financed by a loving grand
mother. “My grandmother," says
Cblinda, “makes sure diet t don’t
want for anything .” 7,
One reason is because Ceiinda is
not only the only child in her
family but she lo also is the only
grandchild. Asked whether she likes
that situation, she responds with a
big fat, "Yeah!”
Of course her grandmother, Jeste
Howard, Is ooe oI Colinda s favorite
people. “People say I look like her
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Rental Rehabilitation Program
Helps Tenants In Target Areas
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
Last fall it was announced that
Charlotte was receiving a $78,000
grant from the U S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development to
help rehabilitate private rental
properties and provide rental
assistance for these properties to
lower-income tenants
It turns out that the $78,000 was
just part of a total of $783,800 in
grants that Charlotte has received
for its rental rehabilitation program
in the last two years.
According to Barry Norman,
Community Development Depart
ment’s rental rehab coordinator,
$547,000 of this money has already
been committed to upgrade housing
for lower income residents in
selected areas of the city.
The program works this way: a
“ 1 in targeted areas can apply
. at, or ^percent
s, »33cBev^ir
units up to
t» order to qualify, the landlord
mult get the commitment of a
leader for the other 50 percent of the
cost. The grant money is actually a
loan, but repayment is deferred until
the private loan is paid off, which
may be 20 years down the road.
Norman said that rehabilitation
costs have been averaging 60
percent private financing and 40
percent public.
targeted areas have included
parts of the Beatties Ford area,
Tuckaseegee, Five Points, Grier
Heights, Optimist Park, parts of
north Charlotte, and places near the
airport Because of the criteria used,
units on one side of a street may
qualify, while those on the other side
do not, The target areas, said
Norman, are based on census
figures.
He added that Charlotte’s
program has been more successful
than in some other cities and
Little Donyel Stewart rides the range while his mother
Jeanette waits at a bus stop on South Bivd. Donyel
couldn't enjoy his horse for long because the bus came
to take him home. (Photo by Audrey Lodato)
therefore has qualified for grant
money beyond the original amount
“because of good performance."
The department is hoping for
additional money, he said, since
most of the remaining funds are
already scheduled for projects
So far, 115 units have been or are
in the process of being rehabilitated,
in addition to another 60 which were
included in the original demonstra
tion project
Along with the rehabilitation
loans, landlords benefit by having
tenants in the upgraded units qualify
for rental assistance. Participat
ing landlords must follow an
affirmative action marketing
policy. If there are low income
tenants already in the unit to be
rehabilitated, they go to the head of
the list for Section 8 certificates,
Norman stated. < Section 8 us a form
of housing assistance.)
As to the impact the rehab pro
gram has had on those needing low
cost housing. Larry Loyd, assistant
executive director of the Housing
Authority commented. "We moved
in a substantial number of people
from our waiting list." He added.
“Any time you address a housing
need for this population, it helps "
According to Loyd, there are over
1.800 families on the Housing
Authority's waiting lust for all
housing assistance programs. A
year or so ago, he said, a survey was
done which indicated an estimated
13.000 families in the area might
qualify for housing benefits if they
applied.
Community Development’s
Richard Woodcock said the
program grew out of the Reagan
administration and has helped
reverse the trend in housing
declines for lower income people
nw4f McDonald's Cafeteria
West Charlotte Lions Club To Award
Scholarships To Deserving CMS Seniors
By Audrey C. Lodato
Pest 8UK Writer
Scholarships will be awarded to
two deserving Charlotte-Mecklerv
burg seniors by the West Charlotte
Lions Club st its Athletic and
Achievement Awards Banquet on
March 21 at McDonald’s Cafeteria.
Winners will be chosen from
among 200 students nominated by
the coaches of 10 area high schools
The scholarships will be awarded to
one boy and one girl baaed on not
Just their athletic ability but also on
their Involvement in community and
church work,
The to boys and 10 girls nominat
ed will each receive a plaque noting
their achievement. In addition,
there will be a special presentation
to a certain female Junior high
school track star.
L. C. Coleman, president at the
West Charlotte Lions Club and
coordinator of the banquet, said the
Club hopes to make this an annual
event.
The banquet is being held in
cooperation with radio station
WBT-AM WBTV’s sports com
mentator Paul Cameron will serve
football stare Roman Gabriel and
Haven C. Moses will alae ha la
as will various city.
Also aspected are members sf the
Hickory Grove Uons Club and BIO
Rev. Bob Walton
.To give Invocation
Woolard, past international repre
sents tiva, who is running for third
vice president of Lions Internatio
nal. Coleman stated.
Tickets for the banquet are $10
apiece. Reservations can be made
by calling either Edward Martin at
373-6776, weekdays 9-4:30, or
McDonald's Cafeteria
The banquet begins with a recep
tion at 6:30, followed by dinner and
program at 7:30
The West Charlotte Lions Chib
was organised January 31, 1966
under the sponsorship of the Hickory
Grave Lions Club. Its original
L. C. Tollman
.WCLC prMldfnt
membership of 20 has increased to
44 First year activities included a
clinic for glaucoma testing and
participation in the Duke Power Co
Matching Fund program. The Club
is in the proceii of assisting a young
visually handicapped student get
the necessary equipment to study
computer science. Club members
also plan to contribute to the NC
Lions Association for the Blind Boy*
and Girls Home.
The Lions Club motto is We
serve." Each club's first priority is
to serve the local community Lions
Clubs are part of a worldwide
organization encompassing 1,351,000
members in over 37,000 clubs in 157
countries in the Free World
Smith Branch IJnrv
Parking Lot (Jotted
Construction of an expanded and
improved parking lot for the South
Branch Library, 1361 Queens Road,
will begin the week of March 17 The
parking lot will be closed through
out the construction period, which is
expected to be approximately one
month.
.South Branch Library will be open
on its regular schedule during
construction Library patrons who
do not live within walking distance
may wish to use another library
during this period Suggested
libraries nearby are East Branch at
2001 Commonwealth Avenue, the
Main Library at 310 North Tryon
Street, Scaleybark Branch at 101
Scaleybark Road, and Sharon
Branch at *5lt Palrvtew Road.
During the month the South
Branch parking lot Is closed, pick
up and drop-off of films and
audio-visual materials must be done
at the Main Library. For the
convenience of Film and Sound
patrons, three temporary 10 minute
parking spaces will be located la the
lot directly behind the Main
Library, at the comer of Sixth and
Collage Streets.