Thursday, December 30,1993 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Page 3A
COMMUNITY
Doing business
PH0TO8/FRANK WILLIAMS
Johnson Woo and Emanuel Allen exchange business cards and information last week
during a mixer sponsored by the Metrolina Minority Chamber at Renaissance Place.
Business owners from the Charlotte area gathered to discuss strategy and prospects for
future growth.
Neighborhood Notes
Johnerlc C. Emehel has been sworn In as a
member of the S.C. Bar.
Earlier this year, Emehel,
son of the late John Nnabude
of Enugu, Nigeria and Syl
vester and Annie Brown of
Huntersville, was sworn in as
a member of the N.C. Bar.
Emehel, a 1986 graduate of
North Mecklenburg High
School, N.C. A&T State Uni
versity and University of
South Carolina School of
Law, is an assistant district at- Emehel
tomey In Alamance County,
N.C.
• William DeVane Tidwell, a Davidson Col
lege senior from Charlotte, has been selected
for the 1994 edition of 'Who's Who Among
Students In American Umversitles and Col
leges."
Tidwell is the son of Isaiah
and Hellena Tidwell of Char
lotte and is a 1990 graduate
of Mount Tabor High School
in Winston-Salem. Forty-
four Davidson students were
selected for the directory.
Joining students from more
than 1,400 other Institutions
of higher leammg. Students
are selected based on thelr
academic achievement, com-
Tidwell munlty service, leadership
in extracurricular activities
and potential for continued success.
• Cedric L. Tillman has just had original
poetry published in "Whispers In The Wind," a
treasury of poetry compiled by the National
Library of Poetry.
Tillman's poem is titled "The Gift."
Tillman has been writing for two years and
his favorite subjects are history and Chris
tianity.
The National Library of Poetry sponsors
Kwanzaa at Afro Center
Tennant
contests that are open to the public and pub
lishes them in widely-distributed hardback
volumes.
• Melvin Tennant, president and chief execu
tive officer of the Charlotte Convention & Vis
itors Bureau, was re-elected to the board of the
National Coalition of Black Meeting Plan
ners (NCBMP) at their recent fall conference
held in San Antonio, Texas.
NCBMP, chartered in 1983, was developed to
assist in the growth of African American
meeting planners by sharing information
from their peers, convention bureau person
nel, hotel and restaurant representatives con-
sultants and suppliers.
NCBMP's spring conference
will be held In Charlotte
April 14-17.
• Amy Rhyne and Allison
Benjamin won recognition in
a national essay contest.
Rhyne and Benjamin, who
participate in the Inroads
program, took honors in the
organization's national con
test. Rhyne, a junior at N.C.
State University in Raleigh,
won $250 for her essay. She interns with
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies in
Charlotte.
Benjamin, a sophomore at N.C. A&T in
Greensboro, received $150 for her essay. She
Interns with NationsBank Corp. in Columbia,
S.C.
• Ricky V. Hall Sr., vice chairman of the
board of commissioners of the Charlotte
Housing Authority, has been appointed by the
National Association of Housing and Redevel
opment Officials (NAHRO) to serve a two-year
term on its Commissioners Committee.
Hall is area supervisor for the Mecklenburg
County Senior Nutrition Program, president
of the Reid Park Community Development
Corp. as well as a board member of First Un
ion National Bank's Real Estate Trust Fund.
Optimist
contest
Twelve students in the
Mathematics and Science
Network (MSEN) program at
UNC Charlotte will partici
pate in the Optimist Interna
tional essay contest spon
sored by the Hidden Valley
Optimist Club.
This year's subject is 'The
Boundaries of Freedom."
High school sophomores,
juniors and seniors are eligi
ble to participate.
The Hidden Valley Club
will select a first-, second-
and third-place winner in
the contest, with the first
place entry moving on to dis
trict competition. An ex-
penses-paid trip to the Free
dom Foundation at Valley
Forge, Pa. for a conference
on freedom awaits the dls-
trict champion.
PHOTO/FRANK WILLIAMB
Gerri Chisolm of Charlotte performs an African dance
during the annual Kwanzaa celebration at the Afro-
American Cultural Center. The week-long celebration rec
ognizes seven principles for successful living.
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