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^ Shawn Polk, Travis Littles, John Webb, William Haygood, Derrick Barnes, Billy Clement, Adam
• Gantt, Ashley WlUUims, second row: Warren Williams Lyn Fisher, Taj Ferguson, George Battle, John
: Clement,thlrd row: Terri Dolby, Jay Wilson, Troy Scarborough, Bert McCain, Anthony Foxx, Jason
Watt.
The Advisory Committee for Leaders of Tomorrow announced the kick- off weekend for the program
will be October 28 with a luncheon at Windows on Trade. Leader of Tomorrow Is a group that Intro-
duces young black meiles to the business world. Students and parents wUl be Involved in training
, and planning for sp>eclal events to be Implemented throughout the year.
Contest Awards Best Bookmarks
Libraries Give Prizes To Encourage Kids To Read
Ready, set, read! The public
Library of Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County invites
all young readers to design a
bookmark featuring a favorite
book. The contest begins Oc
tober 23 and ends at noon on
November 3.
All pictures will be displayed
in the branch libraries, and
the first 60 children who enter
at each branch will receive free
McDonaldland Cookies when
they turn In their pictures.
- First and second place win
ners at each branch will receive
ribbons and wlU have their pic
tures displayed at selected
McDonald's stores In the Char
lotte area during Children's
Book Week, November 13-19.
In addition, at least three pic
tures will be selected from all
first and second place winners
to be made Into bookmarks for
distribution during National Li
brary Week In April.
Complete rules for the Deslgn-
A- Bookmark Contest are avail
able at all public libraries.
Leaders Explore Careers
When Sesame Street returns
for Its 21st season on Novem
ber 13 on PBS, Seanna Donley,
20, will feel a special sense of
pride. .
Donley, a senior psychology
major at Syracuse University,
was one of the six college stu
dent research Interns for
Sesame Street this summer.
The internship provides
hands-on working experience
with the most carefully re
searched children's series In
television history.
" Ever since Children's Televi
sion Workshop began produc
ing Sesame Street In 1969, re
search has been the tool that
measured whether children
were liking the program and
learning from It," Dr. Valeria
Lovelace, director of research
for the series, said.
The findings guide the writer
and production staff. Insuring
that scripts and characters stay
on the right track to reach pre
school audiences.
By helping to extend the reach
of the research staff, bright stu
dents like Donley play an Im
portant role In maintaining the
effectiveness of Sesame Street
as a learning tool.
In return, they are given the
opportunity to learn every
phase of procedure from library
research to assisting In study
design, entering computer data,
and drafting reports. One of the
most valuable parts of the ex
perience Is the chance to go to
New York City day care cen
ters and participate In re
search with the kids.
Another participant In the
study, Judy Bernstein, a psy
chology major at Columbia,
found It rewarding In many
ways.
"It was valuable because I
was taught how to work with
kids, how to use a camera,
how to Interpret data. More
Important I found out re
search with a very young child
Is a lot harder than I thought.
You need to find out what the
kids are thinking but direct
questions don't work because
they can't answer you," she
said.
Comedienne Andrea Martin (center) dubs Marta (Sonia Manzano) and Bob (Bob McGrath) with her
magic wand when she plays Wanda Falbo the Word Fairy, nn .>same strpft
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CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Maladies
9. Measuring-
worms
'11. Mongrel dog
12. External
seed
covering
13. Goddess
of discord
15. Actor’s
part
16. Black
(poet.)
18. Mariner’s
hazard
20. Motorcycle
compart
ment
23. Glide
on snow
24. Half an em
25. Firmaments
27. Editor
(aobr.)
28. Viper
30. Sow bugs
32. Ornamental
nail
34. Health
resorts
35. Mothers of
Irish gods
(poss.)
37. Perches
39. Baseball
team
40. Short doze
41. Face to face
44. Mended
DOWN
1. Gaming
cubes
2. Hardened
3. Manuscript
copiers
4. What?
5. Exclama
tion of
disgtist
(slang)
6. Fly
aloft
7. Mistake
8. Looks
pleased
10. Smoother
14. Short
stockings
17. Claws
19. Splic
ing
tools
20. The
Seven
21. Kind of
coffee
22. Har
vests
26. Pig
ment
for paint
29. Weaker
31. Landed
property
33. Italian poet
36. Percolate
38. Hastened
42. Rough lava
43. Music note
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BLHCK FHK QUIZ
I Henry Lewis was the first Black to head
which state's Symphony orchestra?
|Name the Black scientist who was noted for
his work in embryology.
|Ulho was the musical director of the motion
picture "The Uliz"?
|Lllhat sport featured Bob Brazil, Shag
Thomas and Frank James?
|How many uersions of Clotel, written by
Ulilliams Wells Brown, were published?
|What mouement was the forerunner of the
NRHCP?
LBST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Charleston, S.C. 4. Henry Armstrong
2. The first Black 5. Richard Wright
president of Meharry 6. Uermont
Medical School
3. 1969
IT IS NOT DANGEROUS TO
PLAVA RADIO DURING
THUNDERSTORW^S'
Another of the old ideas whicn
became modernized with the ad
vent of electrical devices, is the
fear that a radio is more likely to
be struck with lightning if being
played thatvif turned off during a
thunder storm. Scientists say there
should be no danger whatever in
playing the radio during thunder
storms, providing there is a good
lightning arrester (ground connec
tion) wired to the antennae. In
any case, it is no more dangerous
to have the set running than to
have it turned off. authorities say.