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m hftp://www.thecharlottspost.com Section Sorority hold rites of passage for girls By Latoya Hankins SPECIAL TO THE POET Seventeen girls will show case their talents and skills March 25 as part of die first Zeta Phi Beta Rites of Passage prc^am. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Delta Zeta chapter wiQ hold the program at Lincoln Heights Elementary School, 1900 Newcastle Street- The program starts at 4 p.m. admission is fiee and open to the public. “The purpose of the pro gram is to give middle school girls an opportunity to learn and experience things they will need to help them devel op into mature yovmg women,” said Renea Stitt, one of the events organizers and secretary for the Delta Zeta chapter. “We have girls who range in age finm 11 to 14 years old and they all said that they have had a good time partici pating in the program.” The girls that have been involved in the program are: • K5^hara Allison • Ester Mcllwaine • Alyson Byers • Ashley McRae • JTiane Davis • TajiorReed • Courtney HaU • Maryssa Sadler • Paisley Hart • Jasmine Staton • Kajda Jaclson • Jasmine Stephens • Shelby Jackson • Candace Stitt • Sasha Jenkins • Br-An TOggins • Jasmine Lee • Candace Wilson • Maya Lee • Jaanai McNeill During the program, the girls will be judged on their response to an interview question, their introduction, a selected talent and modeling of casual and formal attire. The girls will also select-one of their own to be recognized as being iVfiss Congeniality and the members of the soror ity win vote for Best All Aromd. Stitt said activities for the Rates of Passage program began in December 2005 when the girls attended a sleep over during which they participated in two work shops dealing with finances and hygiene. In January the girls attended a workshop on sexuality and self confidence conducted by Dr. Octavia Cannon fi'om Arboretum Obstetrics and Gynecology and in February the girls attended an etiquette work- shop- “The parents of the girls have really been pleased with the workshops,” Stitt said. “One parent said her dau^ter learned a lot fix)m the doctor and another parent said this has really helped with her daughter’s self For more information, con tact Renea Stitt at stitt3@car- olinas.rr.com “During the pro gram, girls will be judged on their response to an interview question, their introduction and modeling of casual and formal attire.” TO)e Cljarlotte $ost LIFE THURSDAY, fy/IARCH 16, 2006 PHOTO/CURTIS WILSON HOUSE BEAUTIFUL: Cheryl Cox, owner of StageCoach Home Staging and ReDesign in Charlotte, transforms homes from drab to fab. Home sweet stage House needs an upgrade? Don’t fret - hire a coach By Chens F. Hodges cheris Lodges® lliecharhtiepost com If it’s time to sell your house but you haven’t changed furniture or accessories since the mid 1980s, you probably need a stagecoach. That’s where Cheryl Cox comes in. “Home staging is a con cept that took off on the Wqst Coast,” said Cox, who runs StageCoach Home Staging and ReDesign. It’s also the premise for several popular shows oh Home and Garden TV and TLC- Home staging makes the house more appeal ing to potential buyers by cleaning the house, putting in new furniture, accessories and window treatments. Cox started StageCoach in 2004 after completing , a . staging course and was designat ed an Accredited Staging Professional by Barbara Schwarz of staged- homes-com. “I’ve always had an interest in interior design,” Cox said. After starting the busi ness, Cox said it took her about eight months to get her name out there and what she does. Since then, she’s built a clien tele of several calls a week finm people who want their homes staged to sell. Cox works with Realtors and individuals. So does it work? According to Cox, it does. She mostly stages vacant homes for Realtors. “Vacant homes are harder to sell,” she said. When a newly renovat ed bungalow in the Midwood commtmity had been on the market for two months without any prospective buyers, Lexie Longstreet of Dwellings Realty decided it was time to call Cox. TOthin hours of staging, an offer was made to pur- Please see HOI\/IE/2B Men smokers put women at risk of stroke By Aisha Lide THE CHARLOTTE POST Smoking men are putting women at risk. Women smokers, whose spouses smoke are at higher risk of stroke than those married to nonsmokeis, according to Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association Researchers analyzed data fiom 5,379 U.S. women who participated in the First National health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-Up Study Researches then recorded women’s smoking and marital status and the incidence of total stroke and ischemic stroke (a stroke caused by a blood clot blocking blood flow to the brain). Overall, 2,347 of women were cur rent or former smokers themselves. Of those women 1,904 were married to smokers. ‘If physicians are to make a real impact on reducing stroke risk among their patients, they should not only address their patients smokir^ habits but also those of their spouses or partners,” said Adnan I. Qureshi M.D., professor and director of the Cra^brovascular Program at the Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center in Newark, N.J. Exactly what is a stroke? According to the American Stroke Association a stroke occurs when a blood vessd in the brain bursts or gets clogged. The affected part of the brain doesn’t get blood and in min utes begins to die. Stroke can cause death, paralysis, vision, or speech impairment. You could also lose emotional control or Nonsmoking Women married to smoking spouses did not have a hi^er incidence of stroke compared to nonsmoldi^ women with non- smokmg spouses. The relative risk of total stroke was 5.7 times higher in dgarette-smok- it^ women with dgarette-smoking spouses and 4.8 times higher for ischemic stroke. Stroke is a medical emergency These are the warning signs: • Sudden numbness or weakness Please see STROKE/2B FIGHTING BACK- PHOTO/CALVIN FERGUSON Local kids keep the beat at the First Ward Recreational Center as a part of a Fighting Back program. Studies show that getting children involved in music at an early age increases standardized test scores. Generic Flonase headed for counters THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON-Generic versions of the popular Flonase nasal spray for aller gies are headed to pharma- des after all. Generic makers Roxane Laboratories and Par Pharmaceuticals announced Tuesday that they had resumed shipments of their fluticasone propionate nasal sprays, after a U.S. District Court refused to continue blocking the sales. The Food and Drug Administration had approved Roxane’s generic last month. But Flonase maker GlaxoSmithfOine immediate ly sued to block the competi tion, winning a temporary restrainii^ order that had suspended sales. At a hearing Monday the court refused to extend that restraining order, backing FDA’s approval. British-based Glaxo’s legal fi^t had stalled shipments of Roxane’s competitor and Par’s version as well—even though Par makes a Glaxo- authorized generic. Pharmaceutical companies often license generic versions of their own drugs to under cut generic corrlpetitom just as they come onto the mar ket. GlaxoSmithKline sold near ly $1.2 biUion) in Flonase worldwide last year. Generics typically cost 30 percent to 80 percent less than their brand- name coimterparts. Drug may delay high blood THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Iteating people who don’t yet have higli blood pressure but are well on their way to it can delay tl*e condition but not permanently prevent it unless drugs are taken life long, new research su^ests. It is the first extensive study of treating prehyper tension, a condition 45 mil lion Americans have, defined as blood pressure readings fixtm 120 ov^ 80 up to 139 ova* 89. Below that is consid ered normal and above it, high. Hi^ blood pressure greatly raises the risk of heart fail ure, stroke, heart attacks and other medical problems.' Doctors had hoped that two years of early treatment could permanently halt the progression fi'om prehyper tension to that more danger ous state. The study suggests they may not have started early enou^. “We may need to rethink what we consider a normal blood pressure,” said Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Dr. Stevo Julius of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and doctors at 70 other sites around the coun try tested treating prehyper tension -with candesartan, a drug sold as Atacand by See DRUG 3B
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