Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 1 July 1993 — Page 1

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Vol. 3, Number 13 - Thursday, 1 July 1993 “Whatever you do, strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.

Turner on Parks & Recreation Board

by T.S. Kumbula MM uncle Black Expo Iwl ^ res ^ ent Teresa D. IT A Turner was recently named by Muncie Mayor David Dominick to complete a city Parks and Recreation Board membership that expires Dec. 31. Turner, 28, said she hopes she will do a good enough job so that the mayor will reappoint her to a full 4-year term in 1994. She has been working for Indiana Gas Co. since 1990, shortly after her graduation from Indiana University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in management and organizations and personnel and industrial relations. The Indianapolis-born Turner is a Muncie-based gas company regional administrative representative. “I am responsible for human resources functions, including recruiting, hiring,

Teresa Turner

training, benefits, employee relations, community and media relations,” she said. “I started out in corporate human resources but I wanted to get experience in front line operations. This usually happens in regional offices. “That’s why I came to Muncie. Moving here was a career development move.” Turner said she was “pleasantly surprised”

Turner, 28, said she hopes she will do a good enough job so that the mayor will reappoint her to a full 4-year term in 1994.

when the mayor invited her to his office and offered her the appointment. “The mayor has been aware of my involvement in the community, my interest in dealing with the youth and my work with Black Expo. I was not expecting the appointment but I was very interested when the mayor called me. I went to his office and we talked. “The Muncie Parks and Recreation Board is interested in youth programs. I want to help start a new program to revamp youth community centers and youth recreation programs. (Cont'd on p. 20)

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Editorial

Judy Mays ••«•••••••»••♦ Religion

Tony Brown

The Old Sarge Black Cooking

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Cop shop to open in Whitely

by Deborah Banks £|| hortly, the former pool % room in Whitely at M Highland and Macedonia will become home for Muncie’s second cop shop. Through the efforts of Union Missionary Baptist Church, which purchased the property, the Whitely community and the Muncie Police Department, the (Cont'd on p. 4)

Henry Gudger

Kizersponsors Soap Box driver

Jovon Smith

by Angelo D. Edwards service writer at Johnny Morris Chevrolet. Jackson Just a few days before the told him that sponsors were registration deadline for the needed for seven black kids 1993 Muncie Soap Box who wanted to enter the Derby, and only five weeks derby, and that they were before the race itself, Carl E. having difficulties finding Kizer Jr., owner of Kizer’s businesses willing to help. Carpet Car, received a call Johnny Morris Chevrolet, from William Jackson, a (Cont'd on p. 25)

Inside: In-depth coverage of Indiana Black Expo, including stories on Patti LaBelle, Billy Dee Williams, WAR, A.J. Jamal, Penny Ford, Bertice Berry, levert, and Turner Fair.