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To get the position Theresa had to
writ* a 190 word essay on why she
wanted to be a '’Candy Striper and
she also needed a letter of recom
mendation from one of her teachers.
Now that she’s completed her time
jesrsfSfes:
nurse, “t’r* been exposed to the
nursing profession,” Theresa points
out. “1 think It’s the best work for
me.” ■
tor now, this young My is enjoy
ing her time in school. Theresa says
she’s a food student who maintains
a R-Average Her favorite subject
at Cochrane is Language Arte; a
class whdre you’ll also find her
favorite teacher, Mr Dhcdn. It was
Mr Dtxon, Theresa tells, whs wrote
the recommendation for her to
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Pay a man the toast possible
aad you’ll Ret from him tbs same -
states, “He motivates me te do
more.”
“Skating, dancing, singing,"
mentions tMs week’s beauty when ,
asked what her favorite fun past
times are. She combines skating
and dancing when she attends Disco
Night at a local skatii* rink.
Theresa says the latest dances are
the “Plla” and the “Gucci" and with
names like that you can be sure 1
they’re complicated^' In singing,
Theresa prefers to sing-a-long with
popular gospel tunes and the latest
Top 40 music played on Ibe radio.
At 14-years old, this young lady m
says it’s great being a teenager. “I
get to do more stuff,” she relates,
specifically noting increased phone
privileges.
In her family, Theresa la the
middle child with two brothers. She ’
has one older brother, Kevin 17, and
one younger,Michael, 11. “It’s
alright having two brothers,”
Theresa smiles, and she admits as T
the only girl she is a “little." But |
sometimes she does wish she had a
sister.
Theresa'* parent! «« «*» people ,
she most admires She says her
mother, Beverly, will always give
her “good advice." And Theresa’s
father, Floyd, is a good motivator,
who comments Th*reee,"wlll push
me to gp that extra mile."
- But the moet Important thing tUe
week’s beauty has found is, she
cites, "If you put <3ed first in your
life you’ll succeed in everything you
want to do.” Such is the advice
Theresa wants to pass on to others
This week’s beauty attends First
Mt. Calvary Baptist .ANpNtk .
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North Carolina
It’a time
fight berk against the drug culture'*
growing influence. /
<*nJ^lS‘e l»(SuSrtk>ySd Or
Jonnie H. McLeod, a Charlotte
pediatrician who chairs the
Gdesfnor's Task Force on 80b
•Unce Abuse among Youth. Tbe
fhrat atop 1* learning *0 we cun
about whet's we’re op against.
•s National
amity
The black Family In America, its
traditions and its current areas of
concern, will be the focus of a major
national event the weekend of
September 1H4. Black Family
Reunion win be held on the Capitol
Mall beside the Washington Monu
ment in Washington, D C. and in key
cities across the country as a posi
. five demonstration linking public
officials, civic, religioas7eaicatlon -
■l and labor leaders, cooperating
national organizations, and families
of aM_ compositions and fan* to
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grounds.
Black Family Reunion is being
organized under the auspices of the
National Council of Negro Women, a
fifty year old organization repre
senting four million Black women
through its 250 sections and 31
national affiliated organisations.
Participating institutions and organ
izations include the National .Park
Service of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, the
Government af the District of Co
lumbia, the John F. Kennedy Center
- - A. A. jj, lilwS aA 1. ‘1A . .
Jimmy Carter '
According To Pierce '
LJDAG Grants $67 Million
To Small Communities
Urban Development Action Grant
(UDAG) fundi totalling W million
have been awarded to M small,
economically dtstraassd communi
ties for » industrial,<
and neighborhood .
tary of Housing and' _..
mant, Samuel R. Pii
announced today
The grants will attract over *370.7
million in private Investment to the
areas; When the projects are
completed-for most, within two or
three years-thay will create l.tM
new permanent Jobs. Today’s
awards also wW help retain Ml
private sector Jobs, and start 5,MO In
construction. j: ; .
“These M UDAG protects win
meen new’economlc growth for the
M distressed communities and
neighboring trees, and new job
'•pportunttles for local residents to
the months and years ahead,” Sec
retary Pierce said
“Bet the real meaning at Oisaa
awaNS,” the HUD Secretary addad.
‘'is that hard work and stror«
cooperation between the private
business sector and local gov- y, ^
ernments can mean jobs and
economic growth in distressed
communities throughout America.”
The HUD economic development
program to designed to spur new
local projects that would not have
oeeurred without Urban Develop
ment Action Grant assistance Only
distressed cities, urban counties,
and areas with significant “pockets
of poverty" may apply for the
l . y ' ,
the award* offered today, for
small citlea (under 50,000 popula
te are preliminary application **
approval*. The communities must
sign a contract with HUD and obtain
legally binding commitments of the
private Investment before Urban
Development Action Grant fund*
can be released.
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Award* for large cities and urban •
eo«MK|i competing in that!
September round Of MM Will ba •
announced by aarly October
■ "•‘Hew applications from small'
citlea may ba submitted between
September 1 and September 30
for Performing Arts, plus forty
five other national organizations.
Activities on the Capitol Mall on
September 13 and 14 wifl range t&mm
music, exhibitions, theatre, dance,
storytelling, film, arid speeches by
Black leaders, sports figures and
celebrities. The culturally-based
program will take place at five
different pavillions focusing on
children, young adults, health issues
and Black history, plus the role of
the Blade Family in dealing with
education, teen pregnancy, drag
abuse and employability. -
"A family reunion is a cherished
occasion, a meeting of diverse peo
ple who. have a common bond,”
eWes Dr. Dorothy I. Height,
President of the National Council of
Negro Women.
“Black Family Reunion is a
opportunity for the entire communi
ty to come together as one family to
celebrate the Black Family’s legacy
and culture. Recognition of this
powerful resource is a vital step
forward in dealing with the concer ns
facing our socfety today.”
..RALEIGH, N.C.-Former presid
ent Jimmy Carter will deliver the
secondLilHan Parker Wallace Lect
ure at Meredith College on Thurs
day, September 11. His address
“America: A Champion at Peace?”
will begin at 7 p.m. in the Elva
Bryan Mclver Amphitheater.
In case of rain, Carter will speak
in Jones Auditorium on the Meredith
campus. The lecture is free and open
to the public with seating available
on a first come basis.
Carter, a peanut farmer from
Georgia, rose from political obscur
ity to become President of (he
United States in 1977. He is perhaps
best known for advocating h»n»»n •
rights at home and abroad. During
his four years in office, ha presided
over the Camp David Accords, the
establishment of diplomatic relat
ions with the People’s Republic of
China and the signing of the Panama
Canal treaties, the treaty of peace
i/
between Egypt and Israel and SALT
n.
His administration also initiated a
comprehensive energy program and
major environmental legislation and
deregulated energy, transportation,
communications and finance.
The fund which makes Carter’s
lecture possible was established by
the Meredith College Class of 1W1 in
honor of Dr. Lillian Parker Wallace,
professor of history at the College
from 1921 until her retirement in
1902 and chairman of the depart
ment from 1947 . Two yean follow
ing inception of the fund, the Class of
1973 officially added its sanction and
support.
LHIian Parker Wallace, who died
in 1971, just sixteen days after public
announcement of the fund establish
ed in her honor, was an historian, an
author, an artist, a musician, « '
teacher, and a scholar.