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..•■ _THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, May 22, 1986 Price: 40 Cents
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Regina Henderson Prepares
For Successful Lifestyle
ror this energetic young women, it’s
the contrary. ‘Tm looking forward
to working this summer,” relates
Regina “And I think going to school
In the summer is fun. Though a lot of
people think that's crasy.”
But staying constructively busy is
what this young lady finds most
rewarding. At Garinger, she’s a
member of the Science Club and Red
Grom Chib and neat school year
she'll be vice president of the senior ..
Class. Outside school, she’s involved
with AABW&, Project E*cel,
Project Uplift through UNCChapel
Hill, and she volunteers es a peer
helper with the Teen Hotline at the
YWCA.
It's all great experience for the
young women who’s pursuing the
arduous profession of dentistry.
“I’ve wanted to go into medicine
ever since I was very young,”
Regina tells. She confesses that she
decided against being a physician
because, says Regina, “I don’t like
math.” Dentistry, she found was a
viable alternative. She’s planning on
attending UNC-Chapel Hill or David
son College for study. "Both
schools have good academic
records,” she contends.
Additionally, she’ll be assisted in
bar scholastic endeavors by a scho
larship she was awarded from
AABWE; another benefit of her
involvement. And She’s looking for
ward to doing an internship in the
future with a dentist connected with
AABWE. 'Needless to say, Regina
feels a young person’s participation
with such an organization is very
important. “Many black high school
students don’t realize what It takes
to make it,”explains Regina. “And
organizations such as AABWE,
through Internships, scholarships,
and other programs, can help them
to understand what it’s all about.”
She’s a hard worker, but Regina
alao tikes to have fup. For leisure
she loves going to the movies
sewing, and going out with friends
In her family she’s the eldest
daughter with one sister, Danielle.
1«. About Danielle, Regina says,
"Sometimes we get along reel well.
Other times we prefer to stay in
different parts of the house " This
week’s beauty also claims she likes
being the oldest. “My sister already
triea to tell me what to do,’’ she
smiles. “If I was younger than she
Is, it would be worse,’’ Regina
laughs
Her mother, Constance, la the
parson Regina moat admires "My
mother has worked her way up and
gone far, by herself," Regina points
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a sister to me. We get along well "
It’s probably not difficult for many
people to get along with this week’s
beauty who describes herself as
"happy, always smiling, and getting
along with evnryone.” "if you’re
nice to me, I'll be nice to you." she
says. “If you’re mean to roe, I’D be
nice to you. But if you’re extremely
mean.." WaU. that’s a different
Regina says the thing she thinks
about moat these days la "what I’m
going to do aftar college.’’
►
Arthur Griffin Gathers Energies
for His Fight-To-The-Finish
By Audrey C. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
Whether or not School Board
Incumbent Arthur Griffin was
“shafted” by the Charlotte Observer
in the recent election may be open to
debate. That’s not something that
Griffin is dwelling on. Instead, he’s
gathering his energies for a fight-to
the-flnish in the June 3 runoff.
Griffin will be running against
candidates Art Joye, Sharon
Bynum, and incumbent Karen
Gaddy.
But Griffin is fighting a larger
opponent. “Apathy and complacen
•' cy are my biggest opponents,” he
stated, and in that combat he’s
staging an aggressive get-out-the
vote effort.
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vote getter George Battle in the
May 6 election; but that wasn’t
enough to get him into the top four
positions.
Denying that he ever sought the
endorsement of conservative Carl
Horn or his group, Griffin said the
Observer had no foundation for
linking him to Horn. “The Observer
planted the opinion that the Horn
organization supported me,” he
said.
* That, and a misunderstanding
about his comments on the pupil
assignment plan cost him some
votes in the black community, as
well as precious votes overall.
Calling “ludicrous” the idea that
he would support segregated
schools, Griffin stated that his
questions about the pupil assign
ment plan related to how well they
are meeting the original guidelines
Which were established in 1974.
Among Griffin’s concerns was the
apparent disregard of certain items
in the guidelines, such as the one
on future site selection: “School
planning is not to be predicated on
population growth trends alone..
Buildings are to be built where they
can readily serve both races.”
Instead, Griffin points out, the new
schools are being built to serve the
Arthur Griffin
.Battling apathy
southern, predominantly white
regions of the county.
He strongly feels that “fairness
and equity are in those guidelines."
Because people didn’t understand
his position, Griffin said, they “felt
the image of desegration was threat
ened. They didn’t understand the
facts. I felt we were moving away
from equity. My questions were to
support (the guidelines), not tear
down."
Griffin has voted with the ad
ministration on such major subjects
as sex education and prayer in the
schools.
He has the endorsements of the
NCAE, a teacher’s organizations.
His get-out-the-vote effort includes
distributing flyers through church
es, working in public housing
projects, canvassing neighborhoods,
and using a telephone bank,
Although he needs a cross-racial
support to win, Griffin commented
that “every candidate has to pull on
his natural constituency,” and he
values the support he is getting in
the African American community.
Among the influential black lead
ers supporting Griffin’s candidacy
are Mayor Harvey Gantt, Commis
sioner Bob Walton, Councilman Ron
Leeper, Phyllis Lynch, and Bob
Davis.
Leeper commented that he
supports Griffin “for a number of
reasons. I think he is a sensitive,
caring person who has demonstrat
ed his concern for children and the
school system in a number of ways
He consistently attended school
board meetings before he was
elected to examine plans and re
commendations and shared that
information with the com
munity so we would be in a position
to understand.
"Through this consistent involve
ment, he’s convinced me he has a
real sincere desire to make the
school system- uwrk for all our
children. There’s no one I can think
of more deserving than Arthur
Griffin." X.
Lynch’s comments were^ejong
similar lines: “He has my full
support. I’ve known Arthur Griffin
over 15 years, and I know him to be
committed to children and their
education. He has kept himself and
others informed about issues of sub
stance. From a meager background
and a low income community, he has
shown that with hard work you can
succeed^ln business and provide
time ana assistance to othersr" ')
Thornburg Addresses
Ministerial Alliance
North Carolina Attorney General
Lacy Thornburg will speak to the
Charlotte Ministerial Alliance,
Thursday, May 29, 7 pm., at
Antioch Baptist Church, 232 Skyland
Avenue.
Judge Thornburg was invited to
speak by the United Neighborhoods
for No Utility Increases (UNNUI),
an issue group affiliated with the
Charlotte Organizing Project
(CHOP).
He will be speaking on the latest
Duke Power rate increase proposal
presented to the NC Utilities Com
mission in March. Duke Power has
asked for an increase that will raise
the company’s revenues by $289,000.
The average household electricity
bill will be increased by $143 per
years, or 15.99 percent, if this rate
hike is approved by the Utilities
Commission.
Judge Thornburg was an out
spoken opponent of Duke Power’s
1985 rate increase request of 18.5
percent. In a speech made Septem
See THORNBURG On Page ISA
Contestants, Prizes Continue To Grow
In Sixth Annual Churchworker Contest
By Loretta Manage
Pott Managing Editor
Both prizes and contestants are
still coming as the first reporting
date of the Poet’s sixth annual
"Churrhworker of the Year” con
test fast approaches.
While many of the 44 churches
who have consented to partic ipate in
the contest have not named a
contestant, those churches that have
are giving their representatives a
headstart in the six week cam
paign. Monday. May 28, is the
contestants' first reporting date
New Zion Baptist Church has
named Ann Crawford as its repre
sentative. Sandra Bookman Is the
chosen person for Walls Memorial
AME Zion Church .
Representing Noah’s Ark Out
reach Ministry will be Sarah
Nickenon And participating in the
contest for a second year is Bessie
Marshal] of Pleasant Hill Baptist
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New St John Baptist Church has
rhossti Maxell tkomas as its repre
santotive and her pastor. Rev
Robert Leak has pledged to work
very closely with her
At Macedonia Baptist Church the
CWOY contestant la Minnie
Patterson. And Etha Shannon Is
Brenda Wall
. .Antioch contestant
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making her second bid in the sub
•cription drive Ma. Shannon ta from
Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church.
Another twice-running represen
tative i« Cor* Ht*>bard She to the
candidate for Chappell Memorial
Baptist Church. - •. '
St. Luke Baptist Church, having
participated in the content in pre
vious years has submitted the name
o# Phillip Duns ton as Its contestant
Another male/' representative to
Doyle Reed. He h the contestant for
Cera Hubbard
.Represents Chappell
Gethsemane Baptist Church
Both Rood and Dunston make ■
history in the Poet's contest as being
the first two men to ever make a bid
for the title of CWOY. •
Participating from Green Oaks
Baptist Church is Rebecca Jonas
Brenda Wall who represented
Antioch Baptist Church lent year baa
decided to run again. Ms. Wall
commented that after having won a
few prism last year, aba caught tha
"winning hug."
Mayfield Memorial Baptist
Church, which was the grand prize
winning church has chosen its own
first lady, Ms H S Diggs as its
contestant
So far those are the only candi
dates to be named Both coordina
tors Evalyn Carrington and Dana
Boat assured that more contestants,
would be coming forth and that this'
sixth annual contest will be one of
the moot exciting ones yet.
Inspiring some of that excitement,
of course, will be the prizes that the
Post'* advertisers have freely
donated. Although the list is not
complete, some of the prizes that
have been donated include a ISO food
certificate from Dilworth Food
Center, a $23 gift certificate from the
House of Unfinished Fund hire, a Ho
gift certificate from Brownlee
Jeweler’s, a $25 gift certificate from
Buffalo Tire, a $3S gift certificate
from Ledford’s, a $23 gift certificate
from Famous Mart, a free fluid
change from Mr. Tranamisaion, a
$29 gift certificate from Chez
Marjorie, a $29 gift certificate
from Field’s Jewelers, a $29 gift
certificate from Peak’s Drugs and a
dinner for two from Burger King, as
weU as an undlacloaad gift from the
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