T08ETHBI—Hctorod Mt Mrs. Edna L.
DmM with tar aothor, Mrs. Cloopatra B. Coins, and son,
AiMks D. Davis aDar tta nisinhn worship sarviees at
Dtato ttroot PmshytHan Ctarch U.S.A. Edna statod, “A
*■■** that prays and worships toyothor, stays topothor.”
Mrs. Edna Davis Is tlw Citizens Involvement Coordinator
with the City of RaMgh Human Resources Department and
past recipient of the Employee of the Year Award. (Photo
by James Giles)
Young Men Of Mission Close Final
Meet With Future Plans9 Goals
ine Young Men of Mission, an
after-school small group composed of
selected eighth-grade young men at
Ligon Middle School, held their final
meeting on Thursday, May 30, at
Shooev’s on South Saunders Street.
The keynote speaker for the occasion
was community activist Bradford
Thompson, Sr., who is a graduate of
NCSU with a degree in industrial
engineering.
Thompson, a deacon at First
Baptist Church, delivered an
inspirational message dealing,
among other concepts, with goal
setting. He told the students that
before they could become successful,
MS. YVONNE S. PETTIS
Pettis Marks
end Of Studies
In Reality
• GREENSBORO-Thirty-three real
estate professionals graduated from
the Winter Session of the 44th annual
North Carolina Re irs Institute in
Asheville and F leigh. Those
completing the course who are
realtors are now entitled to use the
nationally recognized Graduate,
Realtor Institute designation. On a
national level, ll percent of the
realtors and realtor associates hold
this designation.
Yvonne Simmons Pettis, a Raleigh
native, now residing in Charlotte,
recently earned the GRI designation,
signifying mastery of an intense
training program of classroom
instruction.
The Realtor Institute is co
sponsored by the North Carolina Real
Estate Educational Foundation and
the North Carolina Association of
Realtors and has been offered several
times since 1948. It was the first of its
j^kind in the United States and has
I served as a model for numerous other
states.
Realtor Bill Saunders, Pinehurst,
president of the foundation, noted,
“The Realtor Institute is the first
level of formalized advanced
education beyond licensing and
provides realtors and others
associated with the real estate
industry an opportunity to study the
latest methods and proven practices
for success in their business."
Graduation from the program
requires completion of 96 hours of
course work and 12 written
examinations on various aspects of
the courses taken.
The GRI is a nationally recognized
professional designation. The GRI
curriculum and standards are
governed by the National Association
of Realtors, the nation’s largest trade
ammfiatinn1 with a membership of
more than 800,000. On a national
level, only 11 percent of the realtors
hold this designation. Ms. Pettis is
one of a select group in North
Carolina who hold this designation.
Ms. Pettis is a graduate of Ligon
High School, North Carolina Central
University, and holds a master’s
degree from the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville. She currently
heads her own firm, Von Pettis
Realty, Inc., in Charlotte.
they had to get their heads together.
Thompson further instructed the
group to have respect for themselves
and others, to know themselves, to
love themselves. He assured them tht
the world had a need for each of them
and for the talents that they
possessed.
In addition to Thompson, each of
the young men appeared on the
program. Czakar Dickason acted as
presiding officer. The devotion was
handled by Brian Clark and Thomas
Snelling. The activities of the group
were given chronologically by Sean
Pinder, Major Ty Ellis, Antonio
Ruffin, Adam Alston, Jalaal
Spearman, Landis Perry and Michael
Rogers. The program ended with the
singing of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and
Sing,” which the young men had been
required to learn.
The group’s activities this year
consisted of hearing such outstanding
members of the community as Dr.
Vernon Malone, chairman of the
Wake County Board of
Commissioners; Dr. Richard M.
Mizelle, associate professor of
psychology, North Carolina Central
University; Rev. Sylvester White,
(See YOUNG MEN, P. 18)
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STARTING A REALLY SMALL BUSINESS
Kiosks and Uieir more mobile cousins, carts, are
an inexpensive way to test new business ideas.
“This is an excellent vehicle for someone who
hasn’t been in business before," says Suzanne
Smith, marketing director for West Ridge Mall, in
Topeka, Kan. “It's a way to test a service or product
in the marketplace without big costs.”
West Ridge Mall rents 10 carts to merchants for
short terms of three days to several months, usually
before holidays such as Christmas and Easter, and
in the early fall, around back-to-school time. Among
the products sold are sheepskin car-seat covers,
personalized children’s books and leather goods.
Smith attends craft shows in her search for new
tenants.
The ability to pull up stakes and move, or to make
a business seasonal, is what propels some people
into the cart and kiosk business. But the cart and
kiosk business, like all ventures, carries risk. In
large malls the rent on a kiosk can be IIX.IMM for the
six weeks before Christmas. Carts can require
$60,000 worth of stock—if you’re selling Jewelry, for
example. That’s why some cart and kiosk
businesses begin in smaller, cheaper locales, until
the owner gains experience.
Going the franchise route can provide easy
sources of inventory and sometimes a catchy name,
marketing plans, retail training and advice. The
trade-off is higher up-front costs—sometimes
$15,000 or more. Much depends on your own
business skills.
Laura Valentine chose an Allen Allen, USA cotton
clothing franchise in Tallahassee, Fla., instead of
developing her own cart business, even though she
had background in furniture, gift and clothing
retailing.
"The attraction was a ready-made business—it
was already there for you,” she explains. “The
buying of a product line is an overwhelming chal
lenge for some. A franchise helps overcome that.”
(See REINVEST, P.18)
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Ramadan Speaks: Group Learns Works
On Theocentric Curriculum Studies
A1 Azhar University in Cairo,
Egypt, in cooperation with the
International and Islamic Studies
Center of Shaw University, recently
accepted the dissertation of Khalif
Ramadan in the area of theocentric
curriculum development. Dr.
Kamadan has been evolving his
thesis since 1987.
Dr. Urabi S. Mustafa, the director
of the International and Islamic
Studies Center, has consistently
provided critical analysis in the
dissertation development.
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Brown Recently
Receives Summer
appointment
Furney Brown, director of summer
school at St. Augustine’s College, was
recently appointed to the Innovative
and Creative Awards Committee of
the National Association of Summer
Session.
The National Association of
Summer Session is comprised of
summer school directors from across
the nation who come together on an
annual basis to discuss strategies for
improving summer school
operations. The Innovative and
(See BROWN, P.ia
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RALEIGH’S
SCENE
BY ALLIE M. PEEBLES
Saturday, June 8, wilt t>e wedding day for Soror Angela Smith and John
Austin Wall, Jr. The wedding will be held at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church.
They have my best wishes for a happy life. Incidentally, all of us in the Delta
Ensemble wish Angela and John the very best.
It is really good to be back in Raleigh after a 10-day visit with my sister in
St. Louis. The trip to St. Louis was taken because of the illness of Frankie's
husband Shelby Freeman. Much time was spent in Barnes Hospital;
■however, we managed to slip in an hour or two for shopping.
St. Louis is noted for its hot, humid weather. I was able lo take a quick
tour of Harris Stowe State College. I learned that the faculty ol this
predominantly black college is made up of 80 percent white persons.
Another surprise was that the college has only one building for the more
than 1,700 students.
Ruby Boyd has recently returned from Columbia, S.C., where she
attended the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame's ceremony and reception on
Saturday, June 1. Ruby’s cousin, attorney John Roy Harper, II, was inducted
into the Hall of Fame because of his outstanding contributions in the area of
civil rights. Also honored were Harvey Gantt, Jesse Jackson, and Ronald
McNair, all of whom have North Carolina connections.
Of the 30 persons honored, there were 15 voted personalities and 15
unsung personalities.
Members of the Delicados observed their Founders Day on Sunday. May
26, at Martin Street Baptist Church. Before attending the 11 a.m. worship
service, the group assembled in the Anderson Bulding and held a ceremony
which included the history and the tribute to the group’s national founders.
During the worship service, the group presented gifts to two of its graduates.
Shannon and Tara Atkins. A check was presented to the church. Delicados
held a reception in the Johnson Building for church members and special
guests.
The president is Ms. Elizabeth Chance, who expressed the group's
pleasure at being there.
Some of the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are planning to
attend the South Atlantic Regional Conference in Greenville, S.C. June 19-23.
The headquarters will be the Hyatt Regency Greenville in Greenville
Commons. Delegates will be from North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia.
Some of the events planned include the third Media/Arts and Letters
Luncheon, a Black Film Festival, a Signature Gala, and an Ecumenical
Breakfast on Sunday. June2;i
(See SOCIAL SCENE, P.18)
Moore, Noted ]
Best AIlKappa !
Man Of The Year !
Kenneth R. Moore. Sr. has been 1
selected by the local chapter of 8
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Inc. as 8
the 1990 Kappa Man of the Year. r
Born in Goldsboro in 1959, Moore ®
graduated from Goldsboro High 1
School in 1977. He continued his
education at North Carolina Central
University in Durham, where he
received a degree in business
administration, management and
marketing and graduated in the top
portion of his class.
He began working at NCSU as a
capital assets accounting supervisor.
Moore's achievements are
numerous. He has been a Kappa for
11 years. He has been keeper of
records for the Raleigh Alumni
Chapter from 1969 to the present, is
the advisor for the Kappa Alpha Psi
(See KAPPA, P. 18)
r
DR. KHALlF RAMADAN
The thesis advanced by Dr.
Ramadan in his theocentric approach
to curriculum development is that
each branch of knowledge is
connected to the Creator and children
should be taught to see the Creator’s
measured law operating in every
field of study and every aspect of
human life.
An example of this concept is
beginning with the premise that God
is One in the sense of a unique and
complete Unity, therefore Creation is
an expression of that oneness and
humanity in all its diversity must not
be polarized with ideas and concepts
that place more emphasis on ethnic,
?ender, generational, and geographic
dentity than on humanity’s common
>rigin in the unique Oneness and
JnityofGod.
Dr. Ramadan contends that this
vorld’s educational approach is to
solate and separate and then
:onfront in a competitive model that
iftentimes breeds hate and disdain
or the so-called opposing side. His
hesis suggests that if God is unified,
hen God is in complete agreement
ind cooperation with all of His
ittributes and therefore His creation
oust be based on a model of unity,
ooperation and mutual respect,
lamadan asserts that this
(See RAMADAN, V. 18)
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