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: Tutors Needed
! The Charlotte Area Literacy
‘ • League will sponsor a workshop
to train volunteer tutors to teach
reading to adults on Friday, Jan
uary 23, from 740 -p.m., and Sat
urday, January 24, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., at its offices located at 1520
v South Blvd. (across from Harris
Hart Clothiers).
There are more than 89,000
1 adults who cannot read and write
well enough to fill in a job appli
cation, right here in Mecklen
burg "County. Thousands more
are in school and need help. This
is a volunteer, nonprofit group.
S The prospective tutors do not need
any teaching ' experience. We
will show them everything they
need to kpgow to tutor effectively.
If you need more information,
call 375-3433.
Learn Basics Of
Map Reading
"Die Mecklenburg County Park
k anc* Recreation Department in
[ vitee you to I'm Not Loet, I'm
►I Right Here - An Introduction to
S' Orienteering at the Latta Planta
tion Park, located off Beattie*
Fort R«d, Saturday,^Iw)uary 24,
Participants will learn the bas
ics of map reading and compass
j;use, and then utilize these skills
£ along an orienteering trim
> course.
> There is no fee, but registration
;?is required. For more informa
> tion, contact the park at 876-1391.
i Beauty Of Week
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Or. Martin Luther Kings Birthday
^.and it was also the day W.C. was
‘vfeatured in a 40-second segment on .
£ABC news for its racial harmony.
£?I didn't get a chance to be in front
%.pf the camera when they came, but I
«.was excited because they selected
^cny school," mentions Cleaves who
: i* gaining broadcasting experience
at a tender age.
"I'm a member of the Black Media
Association and I'm responsible for .
helping with call-in shows we spon
sor every month at Cablevision.
J^Th® programs are good because they
t deal with teenage issues such as drug
J^abuse, pregnancy and family prob
I" lems. Since I'm a teenager, I get to
<-choose the topics," points out
• Cleaves who also modeb for Caroli
na Talent Agency. "Through the
agency, 1 get a chance to travel and
make money at the same time, but I
jreslly like it beceuae it gives me a
• chance to meet nice people," inter -
• Margaret, who b on the Free
, dam Mall Teen Board.
f The conscietious young beauty is
also president of the National Asso
ciation of Negro Business and Pro
fessional Youth Chib (NANBPW).
"We do community projects and
we raise money to go on trips. Ths
olub used to be for girls only, but
now it b open to anyone 13-11.
Our meetings are conducted every
third Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in the
Greenville Center.
The daughter of Vickki Cleaves of
Charlotte, Margaret enjoys a very -H
close knit relationship with her
mom. "She supports me in everyth
ing I attempt to do. We have a very
open relationship and I can talk to
her about all my problems."
When she's not tied down with
school work or other csTser prepara
tions, she likes te cook, write poe
try and listen to music. "I like eve
rybody just about when it comes to
mosic. Run DMC b my favorite
Repp group. Repping is a form of
communicstinn that our generation
uees to express our feelings. The
songs are about situations that wc
can relate to," she concludes with a
sparkling smile.
First Tune Home Buyers
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Can Apply For 8.3% Mortgage Loans
ol£a home buv^r.^ , .4 lo“B « to low
mediaulv for . wT^Pplyl®' Bnd mod«rate-income families
of 8*3% mort«ia1lSlJ*df^!imb#r ,£nd indlvidu*1> • Aret-come,
fiJZ* mortage loan* from par- first-served basis throush 71
2f!*2S “"""i: - * f • i« j« toc.ud in« .11
16.6 million reallocation of bond towne acroee the etate
nance I^ncy^V' A^ BPP1,C*ntB •
. . -f**00?’ “coMing to In five percent cash down oavment
CalcN^* jr ******* Edwln *nd • “1m contract on a new or
in.. 00_ existing single family house
29-year, fixed-rate mort .condominium, townhome or
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manufactured home. The pros
pective buyer, cannot have owned
a home for the past three years. In
addition, copies of federal inoome
tax forms for the last three years
are required.
For a family of taro to four mem
bers, annual gross income in ur
ban areas may not top $34,200; in
rural areas, $32,000 for single in
dividuals, income limits are set
•t $26,660 in urban areas and
$24,000 in rural regions.
Purchase price limitations, set
by the federal government, in
clude: $97,240 for now homes and
$90#640 for existing homes in
Wake, Durham, Orange and
Franklin counties; $91,630 for
new homes and $91,360 for exist
ing homes in Cabarrus, Rowan,
Union, Mecklenburg, and Lin-' j
coin counties; $84,700 for pew
homes end $78,460 for agisting
homes in Stokes, Yadkin, For
syth, Guilford, Randolph, David
son, and Davie counties; and
$79,860 tor new homes and $671549
for existing homes in remaiding
North Carolina counties. \
The North Carolina Housing fi
nance Agency was created fay^he
state legislature in 1978. - -
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