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LIFESTYLES / The Charlotte Post
Octobers, 1996
Around Charlotte
Black
• West
Charlotte
senior
S h e r i 1 y n n
Black has
been named
an All
American
Scholar by the
U . S .
Achievement
Academy. All
American Scholars must earn a
3.3 or higher Grade Point
Average and must 1k‘ nominat
ed by s‘h(K)l officials.
•The Nigerian (Community in
Charlotte will sponsor an
Independence Celebration
Saturday at (Jity Fair. Tickets
are $10. For more information,
call 547-9064 or 342-2098.
•The League of Women Voters
will sponsor a voter registration
drive Saturday at Grier Heights
Beauty and Barber Center,
3239 Drenan St. from 12-3 p.m.
For more information, call 334-
4946.
•The Public Library and
Central Piedmont Community
College are cooperating to bring
free storytelling for children 5
and up at the Beatties Ford
Koad ABLE Center.
The storytelling sessions are
each Monday evening from 6-7
p.m. and feature storytellers
from the Public library’s youth
services department. For more
information, call Elisha Minter
at 336-6201 or Laura Beam at
330-5917 or -5918.
•The Family Gutreach and
Counseling Center will spomsor
“We an‘ Family Week" Oct, 6-12
at Greater Mount Sinai Baptist
(’hurch, 1243 West Blvd. For
more information, call 333-2033.
•Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
will sponsor a wholesale jewelry
shopping spree Saturday from
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Charlotte
Merchandise Mart, 2500 E.
Independence Blvd.
•The National Kidney
Foundation will host a bedwet
ting seminar on Wednesday at
6:30 p.m. at Presbyterian
Hospital. For more information
or to make reservations, call
552-1351.
•Black Expo USA, a national
business and trade show will be
held Saturday and Sunday at
the Charlotte Convention
Center, 501 College St.
Admission is $5 for adults and
$3 for children. Artists from
Motown, LaFace and Arista
Records will perform and a trav
eling exhibit featuring the
Negro lioagues will be unveiled.
For more information, call 404-
892-2815.
•The Metrolina Chapter of
Professional Secretaries will
meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at
the Ramada Inn-Centr^, at 1-
77 and Clanton Road.' For more
information, call 786-7933 or
527-3000.
•The Deri ta/Tangle wood
Neighborhood Association will
sponsor a community yard
sale/fish fry on Saturday from 8
a.m. - 2 p.m. For more informa
tion call Denise Anderson, 598-
6108 or 342-6185.
•The Health Department will
sponsor flu vaccines beginning
Oct. 14. at the Northwest
Health Department, 2845
Beatties Ford Road, and the
Southeast Health Department,
249 Billingsley Road.
Vaccinations are recommended
for persons over the age of 65
and individuals who suffer from
chronic illnesses. For more
information, call 336-4667.
•Child Care Resources will
sponsor "Parenting in the 90s"
at St. John Baptist Church,
from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The
once a year session offers par
ents an opportunity to gain
practical experience in parent
ing. For more information, call
376- 6697.
•West Charlotte High School,
2219 Senior Dr., will present
“The Perils of Lulu” by William
Gleason, Oct. 9-12 at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 13 there will be a matinee
performance at 3 p.m. Tickets
are $5 for adults and $3 for stu
dents and children.
•Planned Parenthood, 1341 E.
Morehead St., will present a
three-hour workshop for par
ents and children Oct. 10 and
Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. For more
information or reservations, call
377- 0841.
•The Youth Involvement
Council, a youth program spon
sored by the National
Conference, will meet on
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Room
267 of the Government Center,
600 E. 4th St. For more infor
mation about the meeting call
Jeff Ready, 332-4420.
•The Charlotte Youth Club,
sponsored by the Charlotte club
of The National Association of
Negro Business and
Professional Women's Clubs,
Inc., is soliciting new members.
The youth club is designed to
meet the needs of girls ages 10-
16 and will meet Saturday from
1-3 p.m. at the Greenville
Center.
•Igunnuko ‘96, an African
Talent
Showcase
Valencia Williams and Antonio
McMillan won first place in the
Charlotte Area Association of
Black Journalists’ Queen City
showcase at Spirit Square last
week.
PHOTO/SUE ANN JOHNSON
^resh
‘Kutts
on
T'fie ^Cvd.
presents
“A .\eif lie^inning For The Total Black Women"
Hair & Fashion Show
Adams Mark Hotel
Siiiuia) Fvening, October 6, 1996 • 6:00 pm
\ Portion of Donation To Benefit AIDS
1 ickei Information (704)347-1891
American arts festival, will be
held Oct. 5 at Frazier Park.
Featured will be roving enter
tainers and vendors. For more
information, call 888-6302 or
888-1595.
•The International House is
offering conversational classes
in French and Spanish for chil
dren after school on Thursdays.
Spanish will be taught from
4:15-5:15 p.m. and French will
be taught from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Both classes begin Oct. 3.
•The Mecklenburg County
has opened nominations for
positions on several advisory
boards. Included are: the
Battered Women's Shelter,
Building Development
Commission, Park and
Recreation, Personnel
Committee and the Women's
Commission. Applications are
due Oct. 7. For more informa
tion, contact the County Clerk's
Office at 336-2559.
•The Alpha Lambda Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc. will host its second
annual Pearl Award
Gala/Luncheon Celebration Oct.
5, at noon at the Charlotte
Convention Center. Tickets are
$30 and include the luncheon,
fashion show and Black Expo
admission. For more informa
tion, call Eddyce Hobson 846-
4671.
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