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NBA Pro Speaks
At Minority
Suppliers Dinner
National Basketball Association
Hall of Famer, and minority busi
ness entrepreneur, will headline
elate of speakers at tha Garolinas
MSDCe' 10th Annual Awards Ban
qust at tha Charlotte Marriott City
Center September 10.
Former NBA great Oscar (Big
"O") Robertson will be one of the
keynote speakers at tha 10th An
nual Awards Banquet of the Caro
lines Minority Supplier Develop
ment Councils, Inc. (CMSDC). Ro
bertson, who is ons of ths NBA's
sll-tims prolific ball handlers and
play-makers, will share tha 10th
Annual Trade Fair kickoff duties
with James M. O'Neal, senior vice
president for Dallas, Texas-based
Frito-lay, Ine.
consortium of minority supplier'
development councils which oper
ate within North and South Caroli
na. This jtrlvata sector procure
ment association, headquartered
in Charlotte, attempts to bring cor
porate purchasing departments to
gether with1 minority businesses as
a mesne of increasing ths dollar
volume, and frequency of ths pur
chasing activity between the two.
The CMSDC celebrates 10 years
of purchasing advocacy at tha
banquet, and will host its 10th mi
nority trade expo at tha Charlotte—
Convention Canter on September
11.
For information regarding tha
two events, contact tha CMSDC
office at 1616 Central Ave., Char
lotta, or by calling 704-872-8731.
Banquet tickets ar#$30 each nnd
the trade expo fair is free to ths
public.
Walk and Bally
FarRcmLeeper
Thura will be. a Walk-A-Thon
and Rally in rapport of Ron Leap
ar far City Council at-large on
Saturday, September S.
Tha walk-a-thon boglni at 10
atferting at tha Uni vanity
Park Shopping Cantar on Baattiac
Ford Rd. and LaSalle St. Partial
panto will walk to tha Bicelaior
Cluh, located at Ml Baattlaa Ford
Rd., where tha rally win com
mence.
Refreehmente including hot
doge, hamburgera, flah eand
wlokee and drlnka will ba for
aale during tha rally. Kuala will
be fonilahed by tha QC8 Band.
The public la urged to coma out
for CH» CWtrUPPOrt<WU*y"T
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Support At Forum
Bty Herb White
Po* Staff Writer
They had different idea* about
what Charlotte's priorities should
be, buf Democratic candidates for
mayor and city council gathered
Aug. 27 to stump for support
among party loyalists.
The candidates, appearing at a
forum sponsored by the party at
the Mecklenburg courthouse an
nex, drew candidates from
Mayor Harvey Gantt to contest
ants for city council.
Even if they make the field for
the Nov. 3 election, Democrats,
especially Gantt, will have to run
aggressive campaigns against
Rspublican opponents, warned
Dan McCorkle, a local precinct
chairman.
Gantt la expected to free former
council member Sue Myrick in
the fkll election.
"It's going to be real rough run
ning against her. 8he's really
feisty, the Republicans have a lot
of money and they're going to be
out to get him because he embar
rassed them the last time," he
said.
Gantt defeated David Berry hill
61%-89% in the 1985 mayoral
election to win his second two
year term.
Councilman Ron Leeper, who
is vacating his District 3 seat to
ran at-large also vetoed concern
about the coat of running a city
wide camp^jy,^ whichtyy salvia
'raid#. ’
"We're looking at a $20 to
$80,000 campaign," he stated.
When I was running in District
3, all you needed was $1000 or
$1500 to run a campaign. You
have to generate money to run a
city-wide election, which made it
difficult for blacks to run. I feel
that we're on the way to raising
enough money for the campaign,
though."
'Die closest primary race could
be in Leeper's old district, where
Ella Scarborough, Paul Recard
and Sam Carr are vying to re
place him.
Improving the image of Dig
trict 3 was high on the list of con
cerns of the three candidates.
"It is important that District 3
looks good," Mrs. Scarborough
•eld. "Do you know that someone
can get off a plane at the airport,
go to Caro winds and go back to the
airport without seeing the rest of
Charlotte? I'm running for Dis
trict 3, but I'm running to make
Charlotte look good."
Recard informed the spectators
that controlling traffic in the area
is just as important as cosmetics
and would push to install traffic
gignals at Arrowood and Nations
Ford Rd.
Carr, who is making his first
venture into polltios, said he may
be a newcomer, but has met plenty
of people in Ms job as a city sani
tation worker and has an idea of
what reeidente want. - ~
"Tvehad a lot of contact j^th
Carr related that he woul -» puah
City councilman Ron LeeperPrecinct 91 Chairman Dan
McCorkle share notes after the Democratic candidates
forum last week in Charlotte.
to improve the treatment of the
city's elderly, whom he says de
serve to be able to live without fear
of crime.
"They are the ones who have
made this country-|this city
what it is today," he stated.
Leeper, who has been a council
member eight years, said there
are a number of issues that the
city needs to address in the com
ing elections.
"That issuoa across the<ity M*
pretty consistent, ' he noted. "We
have a broad section of people who
want housing for our poor."
Leeper acknowledged that
Charlotte has grown by leaps and
bounds, but some areas should get
more of that expansion.
"We should try to redistribute
growth from southeast Charlotte to
other areas of the city," he said.
"When that happens, we’ll have
balanced growth and spending
patterns."
Clwrtih Dannelly,”the incum
bent in District U, echoed Leeper s
assessment of Charlotte's growth,
adding that his district doesn't -
always receive the funding that
goes to other areas.
"My constituents say that what
ever we get is always what's giv
en last," he said.
Dannelly said improving
roads is an important priority
that he will work for if re-elected.
"All I can promise is that I will
work cooperatively with whatever
body is responsible for improving
roads," he stated.
Relic Enjoying New School Post, Sees Challenges Ahead For System
By Herb White
Poet Staff Writer
After two months on the Job,
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Supt. Peter Relic is enjoying his
new position.
"There have been no big surpris
es," he said. "Starting with the
board of education right down to
—ths“prefesaional level, I think peo
ple here have gone out of their
way to be friendly."
Relic stated that his goal as head
of the nation's 29th largest school
system is to help every student
reach his or her potential academi
cally.
"The goal has to be to reach eve
ry child," he pointed out. "Some
children are very talented but
aren’t challenged. We have to
stress more teamwork and have
people thinking in terms of 'we' in
stead of'you' and 'me'.
As a hands-on-type of adminis
trator, Relic said hs plans to visit
all 104 schools in Charlotte
Mecldsnburg this year even if it
means cutting into other plane.
"Initially I said I'd epend 20 per
cent of my time the first year in the
Dr. Peter Relic
schools, but now I'll spend more
time," he acknowledged.
There are etill enough contro
versial subjects surrounding the
publie schools to occupy Rslic's at
tention.
The situation regarding Derek
Barnes, a ninth grader at McClin
tock Junior High, who was denied
membership to the National Jun
ior Honor Society last year has
been blown out of proportion, he
charged.
The NAACP is investigating the
selection process at McClintock as
well as other Charlotte
Mecklenburg school chapters.
"I can't see what the faculty
committee did wrong," Relic re
marked. "I believo they acted pro
fessionally."
The committee, which voted 5-2
to deny Barnes admission to the
honor society, did so after follow
ing NJHS guidelines, Relic main
tained. The vote was split among
racial lines, with both black board
members supporting Barnes.
The media, alleges Relic, has
tried to make a big deal out of the
case when the case is closed ac
cording the honor society and
school system.
"I think it's unfortunate that
we've had so much media atten
tion on a child who is suddenly
thrust into the spotlight like that,
he said.
Student promotions based on
teacher recommendations rathor
than standardized testing is a posi
tive step to ensure fairer promo
tions, Relic believes.
Tha CharlotteChapterofth^eeon<nrard
High School National Alumni Foundation re
oantly mad* a contribution to tha Afro
American Cultural Cantor as a part of ita on
going efforts to support and assist tha AACC.
Bill Hooy, viaa president of tha Charlotte
Chapter, is shown presenting a $1,000 ohesk to
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Sharon T. Water* of tha AACC Board of Dir ac
tor* at tha Center’* Pre-Fe*tival event at Ov
en* Auditorium, ('Tiger* On Parade,'' an e*»
hibit featuring photograph*, aorapbook*. an
nual*, trophie* and other material* from the
hletorie oehool, I* currently on dieplay at the
Center.)
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Since 1978, the California
Achievement Test (CAT) deter
mined whether students moved up
or were held back. A 3core above
the 25th percentile of the national
average was required for promo
tion, while a score below 25 per
cent required holding students
back.
Relic said the change in policy
was an idea whose time had come.
"When the policy was initiated,
it served its purpose," he stated.
"What we've essentially done is
put (promotions) back in the
hands of the teacher and princi
pal.”
Sec Relic On Page BA
A Horse Of Different Color
In 1984 Presidential Race
During the 1984 presidential
primaries, television news cover
age both hurt and helped Jesse
Jackson's campaign. This is one of
the findings in a major study re
leased today by the Joint Center
for Political Studies.
The etudy, A Horse of a Differ
tnl-Cttlflr: Television's Treatment
of Jssss Jackson's 1984 Presiden
tial Campaign was prepared by C.
Anthony Broh, a political scientist
at Princeton University.
Broh analysed 2,189 national
television network newe broad
casts and compared the coverage
received by Jackson and the other
four leading Democratic contend
ers, etc.
As a tool for analyzing television
coverage of the campaign, the au
thor outlines four roles in which
television reporters can be said to
have cast the candidates. The four
roles are;
Horse>Raee Roles- stories
which show the candidates as
competitors seeking to win the
race for the nomination;
Demoeraoy Rolee - stories
which describe the candidates as
potential political leaders in a de
mocracy;
Personality Rolee - stories
which shew the candidates in
terms at their personality; and
Outsider Roles - stories
which describe the candidates as
politicians who deviate from ac
cepted norms of politioal behavior.
After analysing the coverage,
Broh concluded that, as a whole,
television news coverage both
helped Jackson and hurt him. It
helped him in a general way by
legitimising hie candidacy, por
traying him as the same kind of
candidate for president that the
Jackaon
other* were: a democrat, someone
who had a right to be in the race
and who was to be treated aa a
full-fledged participant in the elec
toral procete. It hurt him by the
way it set him apart from the other
leading Democratic candidates.
Commenting on Broh's study,
Eddie N. Williams, president of the
Joint Center for Political Studies,
■aid: "The aucceae of candidate*
for public office i* greatly in
fluenced by the type of media cov
erage their campaigns receive,
and particularly by coverage ftort
television news. Yet, f!»w, If any,
scholars have looked at how televiv
■ion affect* the electoral prospects;
of minority office-seeker*, as Brofc
has done. The framework he use* -
ha* great value ae a tool far ana*
lysing media coverage of guy prfc!
maty or presidential campaign.*
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