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Allstate Presents
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Good Hands Award
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Elouise Ethridge of Charlotte, was
recently presented the Good Haixfc
Award by the Allstate Insurance
Companies.
The award was accepted by Mrs.
Ethridge in a ceremony held at
Allstate’s Regional Office at 401
McCullough Drive in Charlotte
where she works as a District
underwriter.
The recipients of the Good Hands
Award are nominated and selected
by theft- fellow workers. The award
is presented only to those who
perform outstanding customer ser
vice and are involved in community
activities.
Mrs. Ethridge began ho- Allstate
career as an underwriter in August
of 1974. She has held the positions
of Division Supervisor, Unit Mana
ger and has completed the compa
ny’s Rotational Development Pro
gram. She is presently a District
underwriter.
Elouise and her husband Robert
reside in the Charlotte area. She is,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Avery of Charlotte.
Conference For
Literacy To Be Held
A Conference for Literacy, spon
sored by the United Way of Meck
lenburg and Union Counties, wjll be
held Friday, September 12, at the
Radisson Plaza Hotel In Charlotte,
N.C., from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
The conference was recommend
ed by a United Way study completed
in 1985 that Identified a major
problem in the Charlotte-Mecklen
burg community:. at least 80,000
adults cannqt read past a ninth
grade levei and thus are considered .
functionally illiterate. The Confer
ence for Literacy will bring
together a group of more than 200
community leaders from all seg
ments of Mecklenburg County to
learn more about the adult illiteracy
problem, to discuss its impact on
society, to study solutions used in
other communities, and to develop
the best possible plan for Charlotte
Mecklenburg.
Featured speakers at the con
ference include Dr. Robert
Albright, president, Johnson C.
Smith University who will address
the problem locally ; the Honorable
Ann McManamon, chairperson for
the Coalition for Literacy in Cleve
land, OH, speaking to national
initiatives; and James E. Duffy,
president, Communications Net
work and Broadcasting Division,
Capital Cities-ABC, Inc., who will
give the keynote address.
Two videotape presentations will
be included as part of the conference
sessions. One will profile learners -
those who as adults have entered
programs to improve their reading
and math skills. The second video
will examine and document four
local literacy programs: Adult
Basic Literacy Education (ABLE),
operated by Central
Piedmont Community College; Tine
to Read, sponsored by CaWevision of
Charlotte; Charlotte Area Literacy
league (CALL); and Mecklenburg
County Literacy Council (MCLC).
These programs will be on display
during the conference.
Also on the conference agenda is
an interactive session in which all
the conference participants will be
involved in a stimulating process to
develop a plan of action for com
bating illiteracy in Charlotte
Mecktenburg.
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habit
-Marijuana Is not management
nor manageable.
-A Joint at herb la not the point
-Sex is not physical therapy.
We have the power - pew power -
to make a difference, be an exam
ple. Time Is much like the smoke of
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Our future Is Improved with
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'bear almost any ‘how."'
NOW Holds Its State Conference
September 13-15
in* annual North Carolina State
Conference for the National
Organization for Women (NOW) will
be held September 13
15 at the Sheraton Airport Plaza
Hotel in Charlotte, N.C.
"Women At Work” is the con
ference theme. Workshops include
Homemakers: Risks, Rewards,
Rights; Pay Equity-Issue for the
80s; Child Care-Whose Responsibili
ty Is It?; Video Display Terminals
and Women’s Health and Work
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Issues for Handicapped Women.
There will also be a workshop
called “Sexual Harrassment on the
Job,’’ which will be given by Pat
Russian, a regional officer of the
Southeast Sex Desegregation
Center. She will discuss the kinds of
sexual harrassment women
experience, the extent of the
problem and its impact on career
advancement and legal remedies
under the Civil Rights law.
N.C. State Senator William
“Bill” Martin <D-Guilford) will hold
a workshop entitled “Making
Workfare Workable," which will
deal with President Reagan’s call
for major changes in the welfare
system and suggestion that work
fare plays a key part of any
revisions. Senator Martin will pre
sent a view which does not punish
people whose only crime is poverty
State NOW officers will also be
elected at the conference
Entertainment at the jjarty
Saturday evening, September U,
will be provided by singer Samis
Hose. The 12:30 p m. luncheon on
Sunday will feature keynote
addresses by Deborah C.
McKeithan, founder and national
president of HOW, Inc ,
Handicapped Organized Women,
and Sherry O'Dell, national vice
president of NOW.
Registration is *35 Child care is
available for those who make ad
vance requests Sheraton Hotel
accommodations for up to four
persons per room are $55 per night
Registration can be made by
writing or called North Carolina
NOW, 204 Person Street, Suite 202,
Raleigh, NC 27601. Phone number
919-832-7268 or in Charlotte 704
364-2056.
For further information, contact
Marjorie Storch, 529 Meadowbrook
Rd.. Charlotte, NC 28211, 704
364-2056
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