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The Augusta News-Review March 9,1985 Poll shows dissatisfaction of Blacks Satisfaction with the national state of affairs has grown among, all population groups during President Reagan’s tenure but there are marked differences bet ween certain groups. For Blacks, compared with 56 percent of whites, say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country today, according to a recently released Gallup Poll. Similarly, only 37 percent of Blacks were satisfied with the way democracy is working in the Art Show to be presented Rho Chapter of Delta Kappa Jamma Society International for Women Educators and the *ugusta College Department of Fine Arts will present in concert duo-pianists Artemesia Thevaos and Lydia Porro with guest artists Julianne Johnston, flute, and Barry Johnston, classical guitar March 17 at 3 p.m. at the Augusta College Performing Arts Theater. The program will benefit the A Dora Hains Scholarship presentea each year to a fulltime student en tering the teaching profession at Augusta College. Tickets are $5 and $3. A reception to meet-the artists will be held immediately following the performance. BDVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS feobd pfoposai* for general contractors will be received by Me Cfry of Augusta, Owner, at the Office of the Clerk of City Coendl, City-County Municipal building until 12 o'clock Noon at the time loguHy prevailing in Augusta, Georgia on Thursday, Marsh 21,19*5, for the construction of: FACADE RESTORATION 416-418 FOURTH STREET AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30901 At the time and place noted above the proposals will be publicly opened and read. • Bidding documents may be obtained at the office of the AR CHITECT, Robert McCreary, Georgia Railroad Bank Building, Suite 1008, 699 Bread Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901. Applications for documents together with a deposit of $25 per sot should bo filed promptly with the ARCHITECT. Bidding mate rials will bo forwarded, shipping charge collect, as soon as possi ble. The foil amounLaf depßSit for one set will be refunded to each general tenter submits a bona fide bid upon re turn of such Mt aCofeeMtin good condition within 30 days after date of opening of'Sds. All o4w deposits will be refunded with deductions approximating coot of reproduction of documents upon return of same in good condition within 30 days after date of opening of feicis. Plans and specifications are open for public inspection at the feliowina locations: COMMUNITY DE VELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 624 Greene Street Augusta, Georgia AUGUSTA BUILDERS EXCHANGE 304 Fourteenth Street Augusta, Georgia F.W. DODGE PLAN ROOM 360 Bay Street Augusta, Georgia The contract, if awarded, will be on a lump sum basis. No bia may be withdrawn for a period of 35 days after time has bay* called on the date of opening. Bids must be accompanied byt d bld bond in an amount not less than 5% of the base bid. Beth a performance bond and a payment bond will be required in ah amount equal to 100% of the contract. >■ Wie owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any technicalities and informalities. The successful bidder must abide by the Davis-Bacon Act and ths Federal Labor Standard Provisions. THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA BY: Charles A. DeVaney, Mayor I ifn "" DESIGNER I I Z/ '// v * / ,u Tr ACCESSORIES I Vz —-»> —’ I i ; Af*f'EsSOftfES -33 ■- A. V" ” i-, Jgi l/TWiki-' ' i>! >- v iJßft 1 I z ~ FASHIONBELTS Few touches spice up a batic jH dress like a colorful Mt Add dash to any outfit with |MKaMj^|EMOy3*s^a&g^ , .” J "r' ■ a fabric or woven sash, or a ’1 * tailored leather belt by Liz /* ""ir » if * Claiborne T’T* 13.00 to 25.00 * V I Accessories g S II V. i jf I a m II > 1 X j T—- S HANDBAGS Just your style! 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The Thir teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution helped shape the citizenship of Black people, he added. There is clear contrast under the Reagan Administration Dr. Scott said. The administration has taken an “anti-affirmative action” position and through its policies Rep. Brown hosts high school group Fifteen eager high school girls were guest of Representative and Mrs. George M. Brown. The girls are part of the Rhoer Club, an af filiate group of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. Early on the morning of Feb. 13, has caused many of the gains made by Blacks during the 1960 s and 1970 s to fritter away. In response to the result of the Gallup Poll, Dr. Scott summed up what he felt was the princiapl reason for the huge differences in opinion between Blacks and whites. Certain “actions taken by the President and the national government have really soured the outlook that Black people have.” Further evidence to support Black pessimism was heard during the President’s recent State of the Union address in which he spoke of scuttling the Job Corps. The President has also proposed to dismantle the Small Business Ad ministration. Dr. Scott said, “Black people just don’t feel good. Reagan just doesn’t engender enthusiasm for Black people. He doesn’t inspire the confidence of Black Americans.” the group pulled off from the An tioch Baptist Church with a destination of Atlanta. Some two hours later, they were warmly greeted by Rep. Brown, who is the representative of the 88th Georgia District. The girls were given a guided tour of the state capital and saw the legislature in session and had informal chats with other representatives. Other activities included a ride on Atlanta’s un derground metro and a tour of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center. The group was accompanied by Dorothy Mitchell and Ruby Hams. COORDINATOR Salary Range:s23,o22-$31,540 The City of Gainesville, FL is actively recruiting a Human Relations Coor dinator. The successful candidate will •receive and investigate complaints of discrimination, serve as executive secretary of the Human Relations ad visory board, assist in the implemen tation, development, review and monitoring of the City’s affirmative ac tion, equal employment opportunity program and prepare budget for the same. This key management person will also council employees on EEC problems, assist the Human Resour ces Division in the recruitment of ap plicants, advise department heads on the status of EEO/AA programs and advise the city of pertinent federal, state and local laws. Four year degree with major course work in public administration or a related field and 2 years of, progressively responsible work ex perience in personnel or employee relations, or any equivalent com bination of education and experience which demonstrates the ability to per form required duties. Minorities and females are en couraged to apply. Send resume to: CITY OF GAINESVILLE Human Resources Division P.O. Box 490 Gainesville; FL.. 32602 Minorities and females are en couraged to apply. Application deadline is 4/4/85 at Midnight. An affirmative action, equal oppor tunityemployer. . 11 £T c Alisha Willis Hain Etln S e Sorority pledges two Delta Alpha Sigma chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., recently pledged two young ladies into the Delta Omicron un dergraduate chapter at Paine College. The young ladies are: Hain Etinge and Alisha Willis. Miss Etinge is the first African to pledge a Greek organization at Paine College. She is a junior majoring in early childhood education and a native of Cameroom, West Africa. Augusta photographer attends trade show Orlando Hamlett, of Photo- graphy by Hamlett Studio in North Augusta, S.C. recently returned from Atlanta where he at tended the Southeastern Professional Photographers Association biennial Convention, Trade Show and Photographic Salon. Nearly 2,000 professional photographers from he Southeastern Area attended the four-day event held at the Atlanta Downtown Marriott Hotel. hul ;'I * **** ■ Future Homemakers of America observe National Vocational Week “When I Grow Up” was the theme of the main skit when the Richmond County FHA/HERO chapters met to observe National Vocational Week. A trio of faculty advisors and a corresponding number of student members role-played as little children and explained various career opportunities in Home Economics and related fields. The meeting, which was held at Hepzibah High School on Feb. 12, Can w test Black teachers and keep them ? William Raspberry The “whither Black America” debate has been going on for some time now—in earnest conver sations among friends, in heated living-room arguments, in privately expressed doubts of the prevailing orthodoxies. Its occasional public manifestations, until recently, hardly qualifeid as debates at all. Some Black conservative —a Thomas Sowell or a Walter Williams—would say something that, even though it may have made theoretical sense, was said in such away that it lacked political sense. That is, it would sound less like a prescription for solving problems than an attack on the established Black leadership, and the rest of us would respond to by debating the issue but by dissec ting those who posed it. That is starting to change, and the result could be as historically significant as the Booker T. Washington—W.E.B. Dubois debates of an earlier time. As with those intellectual giants, the questions are not over truth versus falsehood. The disputants recognize that there is truth on both sides. The emerging debate is over emphasis: What is the most •pressing problem in a panoply of problems? What strategies are more likelv to lead to solutions? Take the raging controversy. Miss Willis is a junior major in business accounting and a native of Columbus, Ga. Chapter officers are: Alisha Willis, Basileus and Tamiochus; Hain Etinge, Anti-Basileus and Anti Grammateus; Victoria Turner is the advisor to Delta Omicron Chapter. Lilian Myles is the co advisor. Assisting with the chapter are Alice Simpkins, Sheila Rober son, Evelyn Turner, Bessie Flono, Penny Lane, Gardenia Crim, and Ruby Harris. The Convention, which provides a forum encouraging photographers to freely exchange knowledge and idea, also hosted a•- Trade Show with over 400 exhibitors from all over the United States. A photographic exhibit of over 300 award-winning photographs was on display in ad dition to the American Society of Photographer’s Special Student of Photography Exhibit. brought together a total of 13 chapters with well over 100 mem bers from high schools and middle schools throughout Richmond County. Future Homemakers of America (FHA) chapters place major emphasis on consumer education, homemaking, and family life education. • Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) chapters place major em phasis on preparation for jobs and careers. over teacher testing. Everybody, recognizes that there is a tangle of problems: Black children, par ticularly those from low-in-come families, aren’t learning as well as they can. And one reason why they aren’t is that their teacher aren’t as competent as they might be. But, teacher testing, the method some 30 states have adopted as the means of improving teacher com petency, works disproportionately against Black teachers. Should our emphasis be on Black students who will face a grim future if they fail to get a proper academic footing, or on Black teachers, who would face unemployment right now? It isn’t just a theoretical question. Black teen-age unem ployment is a national disgrace, and one of the reasons why is that too many Black youngsters are leaving school as functional illiterates. On the other hand, attempts to remedy the situation by insisting on higher standards of compteten cy for teachers introduce another problem. According to G. Pritchy Smith, a professor of education at Jarvis Christian College in Texas, teacher-competency tests would reduce the present 12.5 percent to less than 5 percent in the next decade. The tests may not be consciously racist, and their implementation may not be designed to screen out Blacks, Smith acknowledged in an Civil Right Commission to hold hearing WASHINGTON—Is affir mative action an effective and just remedy for discrimination or a violation of individuals’ civil rights? Do the rules for deter mining discrimination need changing? And just what is meant by “af firmative aciton” today? These are some of the questions the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will focus on at what is ex pected to be a lively consultation and hearing March 6-7 at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. The consultation hearing is designed to inform the Commissioners ont he state of af firmative action today, par ticularly with respect to the con cepts of underrepresentation and underutilization of minorities and women; minority set-aside; and the future of affirmative action. Leading sociologists, economists, management con sultants, lawyers, political scien tists, statisticians, interested organizations and witnesses with first-hand experience will explore the issues with the Commissioners. There will be three parts to the consultation/hearing. Part I will consist of four panesl of experts. The panel topics are: (1) Un derrepresentationa nd un derutilization in employment; (2) minority and women’s business set-asides; (3) legal perspectives of affirmative action; and (4) affir mative action strategies for the future. Part II will consist of statements by representatives of organizations concerned with affirmative action issues. Part II will feature testimony by persons who have been directly af fected by business set-aside programs. White terrorists plague Black Nashville township Violent white terrorism plagued a suburban. Nashville township recently when a group of white males entered the town and opened fire with shotguns on Blacks out side of a popular downtown night spot. Four Black residents of Franklin, TN were wounded during the attack. Later, two white males were wounded in retaliatory actions, three others were attacked. A curfew was imposed and about 60 law enforcement officials local, county and state police patrolled a 12 block radius of Franklin in order to restore order. interview with the Associated Press. “But it’s hard not to call it racism when you know the result in advance.” And the results are alarming. Ninety percent of the whites who took the Florida competency test in 1983 passed it; only 35 percent of Blacks did. In California, the pass rate was two-thirds whites, just over a quarter for Blacks; in- Georgia, 87 percent for whites, 34 percent for Blacks. Some of the Blacks in the debate believe that standardized tests are intrinsically racist, and that they do not truly measure competency. Others, including a growing num ber of Black school ad ministrators, say that while they are distressed at the dispropor tionate racial impact of the tests, the real problem is not the tests but the preparation of the prospective teachers. In any case, they argue, it’s unrealistic to expect Black children to learn to pass the tests that will get them into quality colleges and decent jobs if their teachers can’t pass such tests. A short time ago, the issue—at least in the Black com munity—would have been resolved, without any real public argument, in favor of the Black teacher. Today, the outcome is anybody’s guess. William Raspberry is a columnist for the Washington Post