Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1992 — Page 25

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19,1992

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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education

News from Pike The Pike High School talent show will be held next semester in the Pike Auditorium for grades nine through 12. It is expected to be one of Pike’s best years for talent Also, the school’s Christmas bake sale is approaching. Pike is also giving away canned food for the needy this Holiday season. News from Broad Ripple The Say No to Dmgs Gub has visited various schools around the city performing dance routines and doing skits that promote a positive message. Sponsored by physical education teacher Phyllis Todd, the club gave an impressive dance performance at last week’s pep rally.

Central’s canned food drive was high. Students were asked to bring in canned items for needy area families this holiday season News from Forest Manor If you are a student at Forest Manor and you don’t come to school often, you must attend meetings with the school social worker, Ms. Leingar. At these meetings, the students talk about why they haven’t been to school and about home environments. News from Manual High School The Manual Key Gub will start its annual canned food drive to benefit foe homeless. Every student received bags to bring in canned food items. News from North Central High School The North Central High School Symphony Orchestra has been asked to participate in a Hoosier holiday. WTHR-Channel 13 will broadcast foe event at 7:00 Dec. 24 and at noon on Christmas.

News from Cathedral Winter break is approaching at Cathedral and students are winding down. The annual Help Families in Need project was a success as in past years. Students, faculty and staff brought everything from clothes to toys to give away to needy families for Christmas. The student body hopes that in some way, it has shared the spirit of Christmas. News FrankHn Central High School Participation in Franklin

News from Southport Activities, parties and memorabilia showcases are all going to be a part of Southport's Centennial celebration. Festivities won’t begin for another year, but that hasn’t stopped foe community, faculty and students from preparing the event to be memorable. Southport alumni are going to be a major part of the festivities; organizers are already locating them to return for the event The staff also plans to display pictures of faculty alumni. The pictures

Small business hopes keep sliding, poor sales expected

WASHINGTON — Even with planning to raise prices, there apholidays nearing, American small pears little likelihood of renewed business owners expect declining inflation since the economy is so sales and worse times ahead, ac- weak.Ontheotherhand,thatweakcording to a quarterly economic ness also signals sub-par growth survey released recently by the and erratic performance far below National Federation of Indepen- the 2.5 percent level necessary to dent Business. get the economy moving again. The small-business optimism Seasonally adjusted, plans to index, a reliable gauge of owners' hire by small firms rose slightly attitudes about future economic from July, but not enough to indiactivity, slid seven-tenths of a per- cate any improvement in unemcentage point to 98.7, the lowest ploymemoverthenextsixmonths. level since late 1991. Although average interest rates NFIB, the nation’s largest small continued to fall, small linns exbusiness advocacy organization, pect credit conditions to tighten based its findings on the responses slightly in the months ahead. Reguof more than 2,200 firms selected lar borrowing, at least once a quarfirom its nearly 600,000 members, ter, slipped to match the record low The sector represented creates half levels of a year ago. the nation’s gross private product Taxes remained the “most inland providesjobs for 50 percent of portant problem’’ facing small the private workforce. firms, followed by regulation and Although there was a slight in- weak demand, crease in the percentage of firms Key small business statistics a fto* are olawst 203 mMm taiMssM ia tka IMtd SMm. nikretlMH 99 panart afaltaiiiMSMlatlttaitfaa are sarilksiuMSM. a$iMibwIiiW»aMpliySMw>iipiiplMhirt5yjpawirtallfc> ' private workforce. a SweM kwkmsesire respeestlefer 39 percert ef the gross wtiewl product. qSmdbeihotioi are lerpeerikli for $1J parcel rteHlS.wlo^ead eoBtriaifo alert tlporcart of aliaaadartawd 115. aaports. ■ In 1990, lagloyiaart la mbI businesses grew by 1.1 percert, while ewpleywirt ia kr|e buslaossesfel by 0.4 percert. ■ Small lisiaeiset promoo two oar or tarot bntim |oo opponunmes. ■ It is ostmoteo met saarc easawssos war previoo at per com or ovtron aew job growth betwoee 1990 aad 2005. Soumk 05. m badness Administration

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Pictured are Duane Hodgln, assistant superintendent, Lawrence Township Schools, Cadet Wendell Sullivan Jr., Cadet Raymond Eason Jr. and Wendell Ray, manager, community affairs, Center for leadership Development.

will be taken from old yearbooks. States Military Academy, located academy recently held a conferThe date has not been set for the in West Point, new Yotk. ence for educators from the event yet The community will be Both students are graduates of Midwest, asked to help participate in the the Center for Leadership Devel- cld selected to participate Southport’s plans for the commu- enrolled at the prestigious acad- was ^ only youth development “ty cm y- . . program invited. Eason, a junior who attended CLD is a non-profit organizaIndianapolis students Lawrence Central High School, is don that fosters the advancement enrolled at West Point majoring in mathematics. Sullivan, 0 f minority youth in central Two Indianapolis residents are a freshman form Lawrence North Indiana as future business, profesenrolled in one of the most High School, is studying to be a sfonal and community leaders by demanding schools in the United stock broker. providing experiences that encourStates. Cadet Raymond Eason Jr. fo tro attempt to let those who age educational attainment and and Cadet WaideU Sullivan Jr. are woric with students know more personal growth, pursuing careers at the United about West Point, the military

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