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Probably both The Carnegie Commission based its conclusion on a pile of studies Educators base their opinions on kids who can tell about the latest episode of "The but never turn in any homework or study for tests Gaston County Schools Supt Eddie West last year launched a campaign to involve parents in education He asked parents to turn off the TV talk to their kids and help them with homework He asked them to attend teacher conferences to talk about their kids' school performance Lots of people responded This year he wants to take the parent-participation plan further But it's going to be a hard row to hoe The problem is parents are struggling too in ways many people aren't aware of I learned that when I was PTO president at my son's junior high two years ago We wanted to set up a program at the school in which parents would volunteer as test proctors teacher assistants hall monitors library assistants and tutors We figured this would show the kids that parents could practice as well as preach education It took many telephone calls to enlist 20 parents who could spend four hours in a workshop learning how to get it started The recruiting was a heartbreaking education on what life is like for many folks I found single parents working two jobs to keel) a roof over their kids' heads clothes on their backs and food in their mouths That left little time for monitoring the hall at school or for helping with homework I encountered both parents in conventional homes working factory jobs to provide a living and holding part-time jobs Shift hours prohibited volunteering at the school they said and often interfered with giving their kids the hell) they needed with homework and school projects I talked with parents who applauded the parent participation plan but had to decline the offer to be tutors teacher or library assistants "I can't read" they said They gladly offered to bake cookies and cakes for school fund-raisers however It seems to me that offering more adult basic education programs for functionally illiterate parents and homework hot-lines for kids might help Involving parents in the schools is a great idea But it will be a slow go at best ODD Dave Baity's column appears Sunday Monday Wednesday old Friday charges between $250 and $300 per visit "With this you're just getting into the pores" The fix up Judy Whitehurst plopped into a chair and forced a faint smile She eyed her husband dipping his tiny electric needle into a shot glass filled with Listerine mouthwash His needle sterile Whitehurst filled its cartridge with brown pigment "Everybody's nervous at first" said James Whitehurst who has been styling hair in Gastonia since 1959 "But once I start they relax" Whitehurst first caught wind of permanent makeup in where else? Hollywood Calif during the 1960s In 1990 he got his license to perform this procedure The procedure is also used by some dermatologists Most of his 100 or so customers have By GARY WIREMAN Staff Writer GASTONIA Judy Whitehurst has chucked her eyebrow pencil She's gotten her brows forever darkened with a tiny needle It's called micro pigment implanta tion a radical and 430'0 increasingly popular way to enhance t'i: ''4 facial features or hide 1 1i unsightly skin "A sr4- 4 dies The lifelong -A it makeup is all the rage with movie stars and fashion models said t- James Whitehurst who performed the Whitehurst procedure on his wife last week at his House of James beauty salon on East Franklin Boulevard And now it's hit Gaston County "I'm real pleased with it" said Judy Whitehurst 45 "The only way you can tell the difference is to feel it Sounds an awful lot like tattooing doesn't it? James Whitehurst cringed Not really he said Sure both methods use needles and leave marks Whitehurst said But he uses vegetable pigment not harsh colored tattoo ink The marks are removable during the first 24 hours tattoos aren't Permanent makeup only pierces the first layer of skin which rarely causes bleeding Whitehurst said Tattoos go deeper and often leave behind a bloody mess he said "A tattoo is a drawn line and it tears the skin" said Whitehurst 54 who Please see Permanentnext page Fish Camp will be jammin' Take a long walk feel the cool breeze autumn-time's here This year's entertainment lineup is hot organizer says 1 6 vo-Ir Ipti 14 4 I 1 A 4 -I i i 3 A sP 't 1i 11 i 1 4" 11i tf le 6 ts 1 -x 'it: woe 1 A1 'il I -1 '0110 i 4 '4 i f1 i l' 4 447 '1 f-- 4 if a "qt 'SOP" UO' f'-' 4fl ki's 1 t''- i I "71 I I 4 II 4s 4A 4) '5t 1 if NI' 0 1 illf 00A By SHARON WHITE Staff Writer GASTONIA The entertainment for this year's Fish Camp Jam sounds hotter than the oil needed to fry the 6 tons of fish There'll be something for every musical taste Scheduled to perform at the Oct 19 festival are sensations Boyz II Men Tony Terry Riff and pop star For country-and-western fans there's singer Earl Thomas Conley For oldies and beach music fans the Tams will provide some tunes along with the Catalinas and Billy Scott and the Georgia Prophets Festival organizers are expecting 140000 to 160000 visitors said Dorothy Cherry volunteer coordinator "We're working very closely with police on security" she said "We're going to make sure it's secure We want people to feel safe and have fun" Plus there'll be tons of fish Please see Festivalpage 3 papers and took the dog for a ride before they tackled the tree work McCall said she and Beaty did "just anything we could think of to keep from coming back inside" Others played softball rode bicycles or took walks in the woods to greet the fall tj weather "We were at 1'4 mother's house for dinner and decided to 44' come over here because the McCall weather was so nice" said Marilyn Beatty of Stanley as she and six other family members strolled the grounds of Gastonia's the Schiele Museum But now we may be in for another attitude adjustment The possibility of showers increases today through Ait A 1 I-1 1: 4 -44 By LINN BROSNAN Staff Writer The first cool clear fall breezes of the year flew into the faces of convertible drivers whose tops were turned down as far as their music was turned up over the weekend i arrives officially 4 r41- today when the 'I-4-1 length of day and night are equal Practical pen- pie worked in Beaty their gardens Sunday planting bulbs and mums or pruning tree limbs Carol McCall pulled down some dead branches from a pecan tree in front of her home on Jackson Road in Gastonia with help from friend Cheryl Beaty The two took advantage of temperatures in the 70s and shopped for baseball cards recycled news CURTIS PARKERStaff Fish Camp finery: Volunteers Beth Elliott (left) and Dorothy Cherry show off souvenirs with the new Jam logo Want to volunteer? Fish Camp Jam organizers still are looking for help with this year's festival If you'd like to volunteer call the United Arts Council at 853-2787 from 9 am to 5 pm weekdays Sports 4 Weather 2 Classified 8 Movies Government calendar: Scheduled meetings of government agenciespage 3 Obituaries 1 Neighbors 6 Rauch fire: A fire that started beneath a conveyor belt Sunday causes about $5000 damage at Rauch Industriespage 2 SIDE I giab Via.