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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1981
Democrat announces bid for
2nd House District seat
Daniel Mallison III, a 37-year-
old Beaufort County resident, has
filed to run for state representa-
tive for the 2nd House District
Hehas more than LO years expe-
rience in Human Services, and ts
employed at Tideland Mental
Health Center where he serves a
five-county catchment area, which
includes Beaufort, Hyde, Martin
and Tyrrell and Washington coun-
ties, as the Single Portal coordina-
tor forthe Developmental Disabil
ties Section. His responsibilities
there include coordinating admis
sions and discharges of Develop-
mental Disabilities Services, as
well as maintaining tracking data
used by the state for funding, fu-
ture planning and programming
This data and information ts also
available to Coalition 2001, Men.
tal Health Associations, the Asso
ciation for Retarded Citizens and
other organizations, including lob-
byists for the General Assembly
Mallison, a Democrat, is the son
of Rosa and Daniel Mallison dr
both natives of Beaufort County
His family moved to New York
when he was an infant, and there
he received a public schooi educa
tion. He is a graduate of North
Carolina Central University with
a bachelorTs degree in sociology.
He is married with two sons. His
wife, Victoria, is a teacher in the
Exceptional ChildrenTs Program
at John Small Elementary in
Washington.
Mallison entered this race in
hopes of bringing more direct
knowledge and experience in the
field of human services to the Gen-
eral Assembly. Child care, educa-
tion, mental health, developmen-
tal disabilities, and substance
abuse as well as Medical Services
are challenged to serve a growing
population with limited resourcesT
he said, and state lawmakers have
in equally difficult challenge to
allocate funds cost effectively.
Mallison has statewide recogni-
tion for advocacy for children, se-
nior citizens and the disabled in
cluding people with Traumatic
Brain Injury.
oOur political leaders are ide-
ally public servants committed to
the improvements of the human
condition,� Mallison said in an-
nouncing his candidacy. oI feel that
the North Carolina State Genera!
Assembly would be better serve
by my experience, knowledge and
dedication to the field of human
service. Our capacity as a state to
weather the storm of manage
care, block grants, welfare reform
and other cost-reduction initiatives
will depend upon informed deci-
sions by our lawmakers. Many of
the citizens in the 2nd district are
afraid in these uncertain times.
They feel helpless and hopeless in
PICTURED ABOVE .... This image of two young formally-
dressed boys is from a traveling exhibition, The Photographs
of P.H. Polk, on view at Kast Carolina UniversityTs Mendenhall
Student Center gallery through October 27.
FOR DOWN HOME COOKINT... cooked by Down-Home folks, nothing beats the dishes offered at CobbTs
making a difference in a system of
government which seems too com-
plex and overwhelming to access
or change.
oAlmost daily, I meet people with
serious problems, who feel that
there voice will not be heard, their
plight not understood, and that
nothing they say or do will make a
difference. Many of our senior citi-
zens feel unfairly pushed aside,
forgotten, and add that it is diffi-
cult to access appropriate medical
services, particularly in the rural
areas.
oOur children and senior popu-
lation are valuable treasures to
our community. They represent
our memorable, esteemed past and
our unseen, but hopeful future.
Issues that effect them should be
addressed promptly and effec-
tively. Their voices should be heard
by all.�
Mallison is vice president and
chairman of Allocations for the
Unitied Way of Beaufort County,
board members of the United Way
of North Carolina and member of
the Public Policy Committee, board
member of the Association for Re-
tarded Citizens, Eastern Regional
Vice President of theCommunity
Living Association and member of
the Legislative Committee, and
currently is asked to serve as chair-
man of Minority Affairs for Demo-
crats in Beaufort County. Other
affiliations include being a mem-
ber and Past Master of WidowTs
SonTs Lodge No. 1 Arabic Temple
No. 40, and a member of Kast Rock
Lodge No. 141. Political experi-
ences include fund raising, public
relations, voter registration and
grass roots organizing in Connecti-
cut.
Tuskegee
photos on
view at
ECU
Anexhibition of works by former
Tuskegee Institute photographer
Prentice Herman Polk is the sec-
ond int he 1996-97 series of shows
in East Carolina UniversityTs
Mendenhall Student Center.
The Photograpsh of P.H. Polk, a
traveling show, will be on display
in the gallery through October 27.
The selection on view includes
items showing PolkTs full range of
professional and personal artistic
interests. As official photographer
for Tuskegee Institute for more
than 40 years, he documented the
day-to-day activites of scientist
George Washington Carver, ad-
ministrators and distinguished
campus visitors. His studio reper-
toire includes impressive portraits
of TuskegeeTs black social elite.
Polk, who gained the greatest
acclaim for his portrayals of people
and scenes from more rural sur-
(Continued on page 2)
Eastern North Carolina's
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 4 - 18, 1996
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MALLISON ANNOUNCES BID FOR HOUSE
Agent says he knew about
drug sale way back
By Herb Boyd
Special to the AmNews
Charges made by the San Jose
Mercury News in an recent series
of articles that the CIA financed
Contras in Nicaragua through the
sale of cocaine to Black street gangs
were further confirmed Monday
at a press conference held by activ-
ists Dick Gregory and Joe Madi-
son in Washington, D.C.
Celerino Castillo, a former nar-
cotics agent for the Drug Enforce-
ment Agency (DEA), joined Gre-
gory, Madison and others at the
Marriott Hotel press conference
and admitted documenting evi-
dence that the agency knew of the
shipments of cocaine flown from
Central America to the United
States.
oThe evidence is there,� Castillo
said. oI have case-file numbers,
times and dates.�
Castillo said he began recording
narcotics trafficking in 1986, while
investigating these activities at
an air base in E] Salvador. In his
case-files, he said, are the amounts
of cocaine, the identifiable num-
bers of the air planes, informant
numbers and even the names of
some of the pilots involved in the
shipments. Castillo said he first
heard of the shipments from infor-
mants and then later confirmed
the rumors.
When he reported the findings
to the DEA, the only response was
the agencyTs investigation of him,
he said. In 1991, Castillo took a
disability retirement from the
agency.
In a later development on Mon-
day, Gregory, Madison, Rev. Jo-
seph Lowery and Mark Thompson
were arrested by the Federal Pro-
tective Service for allegedly im-
peding public traffic as they dem-
onstrated outside the building.
oTm not sure whether they will
be released immediately or not,�
Mrs. Dick Gregory said Tuesday
afternoon in a phone interview.
oBut I think they will be arraigned
this morning.�
Lowery, president of the South-
ern Christian Leadership Confer-
ence, said the possible link of the
CIA to the ocrack� cocaine epi-
demic of the 1980s was a part of a
odastardly� pattern of government
sanctioned abuse of African-
Americans.
oThe African-American commu-
nity has always been the most
expendable community in this
country,� Lowery told a press con-
ference prior to his arrest.
Madison, host of a popular radio
show in Washington, D.C. and a
board member of the NAACP, said
Castillo is an example of what the
intelligence community should
represent.
oHere is a man who did his job,
but he didnTt get the support from
the top,� Madison said. Gregory
added, oThis is what government
service should be about...and we
thank you [Castillo] for coming
forward.�
This is the second time that Gre-
gory and Madison have been ar-
rested for demonstrations sur-
rounding this recent disclosure.
Dr. John Newman, a noted au-
thority on the CIA, joined Castillo,
Gregory, Madison, Thompson and
Lowery at the press conference,
and demanded that the CIA be
investigated on the allegations that
it funneled cocaine to the Black
community.
oWhat we want investigated,�
Newman said, oisnTt whether the
CIA participated in selling the
crack, but how much they knew
about the ContrasT drug traffick-
ing and what they did about it.�
Madison said their challenge to
the DEA to release the reports
Castillo filed oonly underscores the
need for a Records Act. We must
have a way to get at the truth.�
NOI planning two events to mark |
anniversary of Million Man March
Two major @ents have been
planned by the Nation of Islam to
mark the first anniversary of the
Million Man March. A political
convention set tp for September
27 through 29 fn St. Louis, Mo.,
anda World's Day of Atonement to
be held Octobet 16, at the U.N.
headquarters hée.
A top aide t@ Minister Louis
Farrakhan, the Rev. Dr. Benjamin
Chavis Jr., was in the Big Apple
Monday and made a brief stop to
discuss the upcoming celebration
and other related issues.
Chavis said that at the Million
Man March held in Washington,
D.C., last Actober, the organizers
made certain commitments to reg-
ister new voters, increase Black
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child adoption, and work to sub-
stantially slash the rate of Black-
on-Black crime, especially among
males.
oWhat happened to gangster rap-
star Tupac Shakur this week in
Las Vegas is exactly the kind of
thing we are trying to discourage
inourcommunity,� said the former
NAACP executive director.
Since the Million Man March,
Chavis reported that the Nation of
Islam through a national umbrella
organization, was successful in
registering more than one million
new Black voters.
oWeare not finished yet because
there are millions more out there
who are not registered,� Chavis
continued. In addition, he said that
prior to the Washington march,
there were up to 25,000 Black chil-
dren awaiting adoption.
oOut of this figure,� Chavis ex-
plained, othe National Association
of Black Social Workers received
some 15,000 applications, more
than half of the kids waiting to be
adopted by someone.�
Had it not been for the Million
Man March, Chavis said he didnTt
think this would have been pos-
sible. He also reported a sharp
decrease in the rate of Black-on-
Black crime in several cities, in-
cluding New York and Pittsburgh,
and attributed this to the Wash-
ington event.
But don't tell this to Mayor Rudy
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rounding communities, was born
in 1898 in Bessemer, Ala., a rural
_ mining and mill town. At 18, he
- enrolled at Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee
University) where he discovered
photography. He later returned to
teach at the campus and serve as
its staff photographer, while main-
Tuskegee photos
taining a private studio in town
from 1928 to 1984.
The Mendenhall Gallery series
opened with Reunion Iron, asculp-
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20. Later exhibitions int eh 1996-
97 series are Sculptures and Wall
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Haney (January 6-24), the 2ist
annual Illumina Student Art Ex-
hibit and Competition (January
27-Feb. 23) and Sacred Space:
Photographs from the Mississippi
Delta (Feb. 28-Mar. 28)
The gallery is available for visits
when Mendenhall Student Center
is open. MendenhallTs operating
hours are Monday-Thursday, 8
a.m. - 11 p.m., Fridays, 8 a.m.-
midnight, Saturdays, 1 p.m.-mid-
night and Sundays, 1-11 p.m.
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Anniversary
Giuliani. He has attributed recent
crimes reduction in the Big Apple
to ocommunity policing.� Chavis
said the Nation of Islam has known
all along that Black folks have the
capacity to impact what goes on in
their community.
oWe wanted to establish that we
do have the capacity to decrease
crime in our community if we took
more self-responsibility as a pur-
pose,� Chavis emphasized in his
interview.
He said if anyone should take
credit it would be Farrakhan be-
cause ohe allowed God to use him
to organize and lead the Million
Man March.� Unlike the Million
Man March, Chavis noted that the
upcoming anniversary celebration
will focus on men, women and
young people.
In bragging about the success of
the Million Man March, Chavis
said its impact has been interna-
tional. oSometimes we in the
United States underestimate the
positive impact of the Million Man
March,� he added.
Prior to the historic Washington
event, Chavis said African-Ameri-
cans were portrayed in a very nega-
tive way abroad, but thanks to the
Million Man March owe are now
being viewed differently.�
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TIBETAN MONKS FROM THE SERA JE MONSTERY .. . create a sand mandala. The
monks will be at the North Carolina Museum of Art from Octrober 22 through October 31.
Tibetan monks to visit museum
Visitors Bring Message of Peace
Through Traditional Ceremonies
and Dance
The Far East comes to Raleigh
in October as a group of Tibetan
Monks bring a message of peace
through the creation of an intri-
cate sand pattern at the North
Carolina Museum of Art.
Monks from the Sera Je Monas-
tery in India will visit the Museum
from October 22- 31. During their
week-long stay, they'll create a
sand mandala and perform tradi-
tional ceremonies, complete with
bone-vibrating chants and dances.
In Buddhism, a mandala is an
intricate circular diagram used for
meditation and prayer. The color-
ful design is thought to be a palace
for a specific deity. At the Mu-
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seum, the monks will make a
mandala known as a oHealing
Buddha.�
Although a mandala can be made
of a variety of materials, a sand
mandala is considered the most
precious because of its delicacy
and the painstaking practice of
creating its geometric pattern. The
monks will work continuously on
the mandala during Museum
hours for ten days, except for short
breaks. The public is invited to
watch this fascinating and me-
ticulous process.
The monks are touring the
United States to raise awareness
and support for their exiled
monastary. The monastary, which
is over 600 years old, is the largest
Tibetan monastary in exile.
In addition to making the
mandala, the monks will perform
a healing ceremony and traditional
dances in the Museum auditorium
on Monday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for that event are $10
museum members $8), $5 for ages
18 and under and over 65, and will
be on sale at the Museum box
office (919) 839-6262, ext. 2152.
On Thursday, Oct. 31, at 10a.m.,
the monks will perform the official
dismantling ceremony before they
destruct the design. Buddhist phi-
losophy stresses the imperma-
nence of things, so the Monks will
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destroy the mandala to remove
any negativity that may have en-
tered it during its creation. At 10:30
a.m., they will ceremoniously de-
struct the mandala by depositing
the sand in the Museum pond.
That event is free.
In conjunction with the monkTs
visit, the Museum also is offering
two educational events: On Sun-
day, Oct. 20, from 1 to 2 p.m., there
will be a film on Tibetan Bud-
dhism, oCompassion in Exile; The
Story of the 14th Dalai Lama,� in
the Museum auditorium. And on
Sunday, Oct. 27, from 1-2:30 p.m.,
the Museum will present oArt, Life,
and the Spirit of Tibet,� a slide
lecture by Peter Géld, a San Fran
cisco anthropologist.
Firewood
to be given
to needy
families
Trees felled by Hurricane Fran
and cleared by state prisoners have
been saved for a Wake County
organization that will provide fire-
wood to needy families this win-
ter.
oWith inmates working to help
clear downed trees across eastern
North Carolina, we began looking
for a way to put the wood to use,�
said state Correction Secretary
Franklin Freeman. oWe found
Wake Opportunities.�
Wood cleared from Northgate
Park and Maplewood Cemetery in
Durham has been taken to the
organizationTs wood storage area
at the Raleigh yard waste disposal
site. When inmates clear debris in
Umstead State park, theyTll load
another 40-50 hardwood logs for
delivery to the storage site.
oWe have enough split wood for
the first few months of this win-
ter,� said Doris McCain of Wake
Opportunities. oUsually we have
volunteers from civic, college and
church groups split wood and de-
liver it for us. This year. they'll
just have to make deliveries.�
The organization provides fire-
wood to about 100 families every
one to two weeks during the win-
ter. Most of the clients are senior
citizens. Wake Opportunities has
provided the Wood Shop program
for ten years.
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Hundreds of inmates are at work
cleaning up damage ~and debris
left by Hurricane Fran in state
parks from the coast as far inland
as Alamance County.
oOur use of inmate labor in the
Fran clean up is the most exten-
sive use of inmate labor during an
emergency in the history of the
state,� said state Correction Sec-
retary Franklin Freeman. oIn the
last month, state prison manag-
ers, correctional officers and state
prisoners have worked to clean up
communities, schoolyards and
parks.�
After Hurricane Fran struck one
month ago, the demand for inmate
labor shifted from emergency as-
sistance in the first days to help-
ing local governments in the first
weeks to cleaning up the state
parks.
Correctional officers and in-
mates from five state prisons are
clearing recreation areas today at
Falls Lake in Wake County and
Kerr Lake in Vance County.
At the North Carolina Sword of
Peace Historical Site in Alamance
County, Orange Correctional Cen-
ter inmates are clearing trees. The
clean-up job will require more than
Inmates help to clean up
a week of work to clear the site
where outdoor dramas are staged.
At the Alamance battleground,
more than 50 pine trees were down.
Inmates from Davidson Correc-
tional Center helped to remove
the trees and rake the grounds
clean.
oThe inmates have gone into
parks, cleared campsites and
opened trails so the public can use
them again,� said Lee Tulloch, a
state prison manager.
At Jones Lake State Park near
White Oak, Bladen Youth Center
inmates picked up debris, filled in
the holes where trees had been
removed and cleared walking
trails.
Inmates from Neuse Correc-
tional Institution at Goldsboro
used bush axes, shovels and rakes
e
to clean up the Aycock birthplace
historic site on U. S. 117 near
Pikeville.
Along the coast, New Hanover
Correctional Center inmates spent
all last week clearing debris at
Carolina Beach State Park.
TheyTve also worked at Fort Fisher
and at Kure Beach recreation ar-
eas.
Black activists and grassroots groups urge input at Atlantic Avenue Mall
By Charles Baillou
A number of central Brooklyn
activists recently noted the Atlan-
tic Center Mall, scheduled to open
in November, is not doing enough
to benefit surrounding downtown
communities as originally prom-
ised.
Assemb. Roger Green said that
ofundamental issues� need to be
addressed before the 400,000 sq.
ft. shopping mall on the grounds of
the LIRR Terminal near Ft. Greene
Place and spanning Atlantic Av-
enue and Hanson Place is com-
pleted.
The Council of Federated Orga-
nizations for the Empowerment of
Children and Families (COFO)
gathered on the corner of Fort
Greene Place and Atlantic Avenue
Friday morning to voice their con-
cerns. According to Green, Forest
City Rather, developer of the At-
lantic Center Mall, has failed to
hold beneficial meetings to address
the concerns of COFO.
Citing job priority for the local
residents of the surrounding com-
munities of Ft. Greene, Clinton
Hill, Atlantic Village, northwest
Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown
Heights, Green said Ratner ocame
to the city to get a special deal to
build this complex on the premise
that they were going to build jobs
for the local communities.� And as
a result, he asserted, the devel-
oper is oone of the key stakehold-
ers here.�
Robert Rediker, spokesman for
the developer, said by phone that
the retailers such as Caldor, Office
max, Sports Authority and Kids R
Us, among others, have each
agreed to hire help from the local
community because oThey want to
make sure their employees have
easy access to their jobs.�
While Caldor has sompleted hir-
ing from a tent on the construction
site, which Greene characterized
as odemeaning� to the applicants,
MarshallTs will start hiring Oct. 7
at the Department of Labor office
on Fourth Avenueand Dean Street,
Rediker noted.
But Green said he learned some
of the retailers were hiring outside
the borough and away from the
surrounding area. Rediker con-
ceded Sports Authority was hiring
at its Manhattan stores and
Health care for veterans said to be
because of budget cuts
in jeopardy
VeteransT health care oas we
know it� is in serious jeopardy asa
result of continued budget cuts at
United States Department of Vet-
erans Affairs (VA) medical centers
throughout New York State,
warned director John L. Behan of
the New York State Division of
VeteransT Affairs.
oVA hospitals from Buffalo to
Northport, L.I., are being forced
to cut staff and curtail programs
as administrators struggle to meet
reduced budgets for the coming
fiscal year,� said Behan. oVeter-
ans can no longer be confident of
receiving the care they need and
deserve when they show up at VA
hospital.�
oWhat's exasperating is that the
12 hospitals in New York are be-
ing hit with demands to reduce
spending by up to 11 percent or
more at a time when the adminis-
tration has agreed to additional
spending for veteransT medical
care,� the director said.
oNew York State, with more than
1.5 million veterans, has the fourth
largest veterans population in the
nation, yet the administration in
Washington is dramatically cut-
ting funds available to care for our
disabled, sick and aging veterans,�
Behan said. oWhere's the money
going if itTs not being directed to
where the veterans are?�
Behan urges veterans and vet-
erans organizations to join Cong.
Jack Quinn (R-30th)-New YorkTs
only member on the House Com-
mittee on VeteransT Affairs - in
asking Congress to conduct an
oversight hearing for an explana-
tion of the administrationTs deci-
sion to cut funding to the nationTs
veterans health care system.
oOur veterans are entitled to
quality health care-itTs a promise
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war -and it is unconscionable that
this administration should arbi-
trarily destroy this benefit,� Behan
said. oVeterans should not have to
shoulder the burden of the
administrationTs effort to balance
the national budget.�
Funding reductions are result-
ing in severe downsizing of VA
medical staffs, with many compe-
tent and dedicated employees -
men and women who have daily
contact with patients - being dis-
missed, the director remarked.
oThese job cuts not only hurt the
employees and the veterans they
serve, but also adversely impact
the economy of local communities.�
In addition to loss of funding,
the VATs health care program is in
transition from hospital-based care
to more outpatient and preventa-
tive care.
oThese changes are coming at a
time when New YorkTs veterans
have the greatest need for the VA's
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served, noting that nearly one-half
of the stateTs veterans served dur-
ing the two world wars and the
Korean conflict.
oWe have a responsibility to as-
sure that our veterans receive qual-
ity health care,� Behan said. oIfwe
donTt, we are turning our backs on
an American legacy of commitment
to those who have sacrificed their
health and well-being for us.�
Gowanus Pathmark started hir-
ing September 23 at its Hamilton
Plaza store.
Of the companies which have
already hired, Rediker said, for
example, Caldor has hired 400
people and he asserted a written
statement he received notes oover
90 percent� of the hires are from
the local neighborhood.
Another issue for COFO is retail
space for community businesses.
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To that, Rediker, who noted 96
percent of the space has already
been leased, said providing space
for small businesses oif difficult.�
Remarking that space at the
Atlantic Center is designed oto
accommodate the very large, big
box containers,� Rediker added oitTs
very difficult due to the physical
contruction of the center� to divide
the space up into 500 and 600 sq.
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PHYLLIS BARRETT
Symposium re-examines
~Separate But EqualT issues
A Harvard University law pro-
fessor and a U.S. Deputy Assis-
tant Attorney General will be the
principal speakers as North Caro-
lina Central UniversityTs Institute
for the Study of Minority Issues
brings scholars to Durham Octo-
ber 25 for a re-examination of the
concept of oseparate but equal� ser-
vices and institutions.
The one-day conference, begin-
ning at 8:30 a.m. October 25 at
NCCUTs Miller-Morgan Building,
will also feature a reprise of the
Julius L.
U.S. Supreme Court argument
which resulted in the decision that
North CarolinaTs 12th Congres-
sional District is constitutionally
unacceptable. NCCU Chancellor
Chambers, who argued
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Phyllis Barrett discovered Week-
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tending a spring conference of the
American Business Women Asso-
ciation in Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina. There were vendors
there showing their products. The
quality, look and feel of the clothes
was wonderful. She purchased a
couple of pieces. After she returned
home, she continued to order an-
other piece whenever she could
find the money. Phyllis wanted
every piece in the line. She wore
the few pieces she had all the time.
PhyllisT job requires her to travel a
lot and Weekender is the only way
to go. A weeks supply of clothes
can fit in one small bag. Take them
out and put them on, no iron
needed. The only way she could
get her Weekenders were to call
the person that she had met at
Myrtle Beach and place a order by
telephone.
A year later she attended the
spring conference again and Week-
enders was there again. The lady
she met this time was Margie
Scheller of Raleigh. Margie had
been in Raleigh for about one year.
After moving to Raleigh from Wis-
consin she had become the first
weekender manager in North
Carolina. Phyllis was wearing the
Weekenders outfit that she loved
so dearly and as Margie was talk-
ing about her clothes, Phyllis was
the one with all the amens. Margie
told Phyllis she should be selling
the clothes. Phyllis said no way.
She did not think she could ask
anyone to buy anything, nor did
she have the time to do it if she
could. Margie asked her to just let
her talk to her and tell her about
the business.
Well, now Phyllis is a Weekend-
ers Fashion Coordinator. She was
the first and only Weekenders rep-
resentative in Greenville, N. C.
She started her business the first
of June. It has taken off like wild-
fire. It did-not take long for her
before she had & dedicated group
of ladies who wanted to look good
and be comfortable without the
bother ofironing. Weekenders was
the perfect business. Phyllis says
she does not have to carry an in-
ventory and did not have to make
a large investment to get started.
There are no quotas or territories
to worry about, so you can do as
much or as little as you want. As
long as women continue to wear
clothes, Phyllis knew there would
be a good market for Weekenders.
She also knew that if she found
that she did not want to continue
the business the only thing she
would be out was money invested
in clothes that she would probably
have bought anyway.
Since joining Weekenders Phyl-
lis has sponsored four other Fash-
ion Coordinator and is a team
leader and has really start tomake
the big bucks. Her Fashion Coor-
dinators are Margaret Wilson,
Patricia Rouse, Amanda Hamill,
Addie Everett and Judy Warren.
The opportunity for a Fashion
Coordinator in Greenville to make
money is great. Phyllis is the first
Weekenders Fashion Coordinator
east of Raleigh. A city the size of
Greenville could have 100 coordi-
nators and each of them could
make $500 each week from sales
alone. Phyllis is the Director of
Finance with the Greenville, Hous-
ing Authority, she is on the trustee
board of Philippi Church of Christ,
rhembership chairperson of the
American Business Women Asso-
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financial institutions.
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the investment is expected to add
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Greenville, past president of the
Ruff and Ready Ladies Auxiliary
and treasurer for her Neighbor-
hood Association. If you want to
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Blues from
the flu
Get ready folks, here it comes
again " the blues from the flu.
Yes, headaches, sore throats,
sore muscles, runny, clogged up
noses, non-productive coughs, fe-
vers and a miserable feeling are
waiting just around the corner.
The virus that causes the flu
blues has been around for a long
time and has the ability tochange
its coat at a moments notice,
thus, new vaccines are con-
stantly needed for protection.
After the virus infects one
human, it is capable of repro-
ducing itself by the millions and
is transferred to another victim
by one good sneeze or cough. If
the infected person coughs in
their hands and touches a door-
knob or any other surface, the
virus waits patiently for an un-
suspecting hand to contaminate
again! So, please wash your
hands frequently and keep them
from your nose and mouth.
When I was in Japan, it was
interesting to see those persons
who had a cold wear a surgical
mask to prevent the spread of
the virus. It was almost manda-
tory that they did. I believe all
persons with a cold should wear
a mask, especially around ba-
biesT and senior persons who are
most Vulnerable.
You can prevent the flu blues.
For years I have protected my-
self by taking 2,000 mg. of vita-
min C daily. If I did get a cold, it
Was never severe or long lasting.
You can get plenty of vitamin C
ifyoueat fresh citrus truits, broc-
coh, collard greens and sweet
vreen peppers. The herb
echinacea 1s also helptul in
stimulating the immune system.
A flu vaccine can also help
prevent the flu blues. It takes
however, four to six weeks after
the vaccination to produce anti-
bodies to tight the virus. To play
it sate, the vaccine should be
tuken by mid-October and no
later than early December. The
tu vaccine is recommended for
persons Who are over 65 years of
ape, especially it they have
chronic heart, lung or kidney
Persons with diabetes
or chronic alcoholics should also
receive a vaccination,
All persons with HIV should
be protected. Folks who provide
community service to older
adults or who work in the medi-
cal field are also advised to get
the vaccine. The vaccine should
not be given to any person whois
allergic to eggs. I would also sug-
gest withholding the vaccine
from persons with an elevated
temperature or the signs of a
viral infection.
Look for next weekTs article
on several ways of treatment for
oflu blues.�
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vor of the N.C. ~General
_ Assembly's 12th District bound-
aries, will debate with Durham
attorney and Duke law professor
. Robinson Everett, who was one of
the parties to the original suit chal-
. lenging the districtTs shape and
. took a major role in the Supreme
Court pleadings.
The conference will revisit the
100-year-old Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court decision. Although
the 1954 Brown v. Board of Educa-
tion decision reversed the Plessy
caseTs approval of the
principal of oseparate but equal,�
said Dr. Beverly W. Jones, direc-
tor of the Institute for the Study of
Minority Issues, oThe issue of
~separate but equalT has not yet
been resolved, thus inviting us to
revisit the Plessy Case.�
One argument raised by oppo-
nents of the 12th District was that
the district actually represented a
return to the oseparate but equal�
concept. By drawing narrow dis-
trict boundaries which surrounded
Interstates 40 and 85 between
Durham, went the argument, the
General Assembly created a ma-
jority-black district unjustified by
any other consideration, essen-
tially a separate black district.
The keynote speaker for the
October 25 conference will be
Christopher Edley, Jr., Professor
of Law at Harvard University.
Edley will discuss the history, so-
cial impact, and relevance to con-
temporary issues of the Plessy
decision
Symposium
- Reginald L. Robinson, U.S.
Deputy Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral, will speak at the conference
luncheon at noon at the Regal
University Hotel on Campus Walk
Drive in Durham.. RobinsonTs re-
sponsibilities for the Department
of Justice include oversight of fed-
eral programs which provide spe-
cial incentives to poor communi-
ties. Those programs include the
Empowerment Zone and
Enterprise City efforts.
Dr. Jones said the National Bar
Association and the N.C. Associa-
tion of Black Lawyers, meeting at
the same time as the conference,
will add the October 25 conference
to the agendas of their annual
meetings.
NCCU faculty members have
been invited to create course as-
signments applicable to the issues
dealt with at the conference. Their
students will be encouraged to at-
tend the conference séssions as
they complete those assignments.
Co-sponsoring the program are
the Center for the Study of Minor-
ity Issues, the NCCU School of
Law, the NCCU School of Library
and Information Sciences, the
Durham chapter of the NAACP,
the National Bar Association, and
the N.C. Association of Black Law-
yers.
The public is invited to attend
the conference. Registration is $35,
and the deadline for preregistra-
tion is October 11. Information is
available at 919 560-5511.
Extension Notes
Dale E. Panaro
Extension Agent, 4-H
Adolescence is commonly con-
sidered the most challenging stage
of development for parents and
teens alike. When asked about
their problems with their parents,
teens often mention that parents
fail to listen to them. The follow-
ing tips should help improve com-
munication between parents and
teens.
Effective listening is a skill that
needs practice. When communi-
cating with your teen focus on giv-
ing your child your undivided at-
tention. Put down the newspaper,
turn off the television, and stop
other attention consuming tasks
in order to focus on the conversa-
tion with your teen.
Use a polite tone of voice ex-
pressing respect for your child's
point of view. Use a tone of voice
which would be pleasing to you in
aconversation with another adult.
Remain calm, especially when dis-
cussing touchy issues such as cur-
fews, driving privileges, and guide-
lines for dating.
Avoid being overly critical. Your
child will not confide in you if you
are constantly judging his or her
behavior and finding it lacking.
Let your child know that he or she
can talk with you about anything.
If you need help being knowledge-
able about some issues or if you
need a guide to help you make
good decisions, contact the public
library or purchase a parenting
handbook from a local bookstore.
Help your child build self-confi-
dence and self-esteem by encour-
aging, but not forcing, participa-
tion ina variety of extra curricular
activities. Participation will help
the child find new hobbies and
interests and perhaps some activi-
ties in which they excel. Allow
your child to express different in-
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Remember to focus on all the
things your teen does well. Pro-
vide praise where praise is de-
served and in proportion to the
deed.
Finally, hold family meetings to
discuss difficulties and issues. Al-
low each family member the op-
portunity to express their own feel-
ings and views. Consider well that
teens still need family guidance
but they are on the threshold of
making independent decisions. A
family model is valuable to them
and will remain with them for
many years to come.
Govt. illegal drug supplying didnTt be in w ith a :
By DENNIS SCHATZMAN
Daryl! Williams, the onetime
(and big time) pimp and drug
dealer in Los Angeles and Den-
ver, isnTt around to comment on
the recent news that operatives
from within the Central Intelli-
gence Agency raised money to
fund the Nicaraguan Contras by
selling crack cocaine to Los An-
geles dealers, who then shipped
it to Black neighborhoods
throughout America.
Had Williams, a onetime foot-
ball star at Los Angeles High
School in the 1960s, not died ofa
heart attack after hitting a crack
cocaine pipe three years ago, he
would tell a chilling story about
how he would get his supply of
cocaine for distribution.
Friends of the late dealer are,
however, still around to tell the
story. And some of them are sing-
ing like birds, which might not
be good news for a former politi-
cian who once held a high office
in California. ;
In the early 1970s Williams
allegedly purchased the bulk of
his cocaine from a pharmacist who
lived in fashionable Hollywood
Hills. oThis man had acastle,� one
source recalled. oI mean, it had a
moat and everything.� The dealer
and one of his operatives would
arrive at the mansion and wait for
the shipment to arrive.
Ina few minutes, the politician
and his live-in singer girlfriend
would show up and shortly there-
after, another car carrying the
drugs would drive up. Once the
deal was consummated, the par-
ties involved would disband. The
source made it clear that the poli-
tician was the supplier. It saw the
transactions with its own eyes.
The pharmacist was later
prosecuted for drug trafficking
and his license was revoked. He
is now reportedly on the straight
and narrow, only selling legal
drugs out of his drugstore. The
politician was never busted but
there were long-standing rumors
that he dabbled in drug use here
and there.
The issue of government-
sanctioned drug dealing came to
light recently after the San Jose
Mercury News revealed the CIATs
involvement in a three-part se-
ries published in August.
According to the Mercury
News, Oscar Danilo Blanton, a
CIA informant and Nicaraguan
drug dealer, would supply crack
cocaine to oFreeway� Ricky Ross,
a Los Angeles drug dealer. Later,
Blanton would help the FBI
snare Ross in a sting. A jury
found Ross guilty of drug traf-
ficking earlier this year. A fed-
eral judge in San Diego, how-
ever, delayed sentencing until
U.S. attorneys could provide an
affidavit from the CIA saying
that the agency never opartici-
pated in or condoned� drug deal-
ings by Nicaraguan rebels, in-
cluding the smuggling of tons of
cocaine into Los Angeles during
the 1980s.
The CIA is expected to deny
any involvement. Daryl Will-
iams, however, is no doubt roll-
ing over in his grave, breaking
up with laughter. No telling who
else out there is fretting ner-
vously about what other stories
might just rise up from among
the tombstones.
Dennis Schatzman, a former
district court judge in Pittsburgh,
writes on political and legal af-
fairs from Los Angeles. He is co-
author of oThe Simpson Trial in
Black and White� (General Pub-
lishing Group)
Beware the ~prison industrial complexT
By BERNICE
POWELL JACKSON
Twice within a few days I
heard a new term which sent
chills down my spine. The term
was oprison industrial complex.�
It signaled the recognition of the
fact that our economy has gone
through one more dramatic
change " from the post-World
War II military industrial com-
plex referred to by President
Eisenhower to the present day,
when prisons are the growth in-
dustry. WeTve gone from a na-
tion which builds missiles to one
which builds prisons.
The first time I heard the term
was in a National Public Radio
story about Dannemora, N.Y.,
which houses a large prison. The
prison is the townTs largest em-
ployer and it is the only place
many of the guards have ever
encountered Black or Hispanic
men, and their racism is evi-
dent. Many of the businesses in
the town are dependent on the
guards and prison employees and
the wives and mothers who come
to visit the prisoners. Without
the prison, many people in
Dannemora would be out of work.
Prison business is big busi-
ness in America, and not just in
Dannemora. Millions of dollars
are spent each year in building
more prisons. Millions of dollars
are spent in purchasing uni-
forms, linens, beds, paper and
other products. Tens of millions
are spent on saiaries of guards,
counselors, doctors and nurses
and prison administrators. The
prison industry is a growth in-
dustry, so much so that private
corporations have entered the
business.
One of the most frightening
aspects of the prison industry is
that the majority of those incar-
cerated are people of color. The
majority of those working in the
industry are not.
And then there is death row.
As of fall 1995, there were 3,045
inmates sitting on death rows in
the United States. Over half of
them are people of color. Just
about all of them are poor.
Most death row inmates are
represented by court-appointed
attorneys. In many jurisdictions
there are no requirements of
proficiency and experience for
such attorneys, even though
capital cases are extremely com-
plex. The court-appointed attor-
ney must ask for funds from the
court each time experts in pa-
thology, ballistics, substance
abuse and mental health are
used. There are very limited
funds available for private in-
vestigation.
A recent study by the Ameri-
can Friends Service Committee
on Native Americans on death
row found that in over 70 per-
cent of the cases, Native Ameri-
cans on death row had been sub-
stance abusers and that this
substance abuse was a control-
ling part of the inmateTs life be-
fore he committed the crime. Too
often such factors are not taken
into account by prosecutors or
juries.
What does it mean that we
have chosen to invest in prisons
rather than in education and
prevention for tens of thousands
of our young people? What does
it mean for ademocracy that one
of its fastest growing industries
is one which imprisons over a
million citizens? What does it
mean that people of color are
overrepresented in the prison
population and especially on
death row? What does it mean
for us all when we have coined a
new phrase " the prison indus-
trial complex?
NCCU Aumna gives $10,000 gift for scholarships
Rosalyn Whitehead, 345 West
145th St., New York, N.Y., a 1953
graduate of North Carolina Cen-
tral University, has given $10,000
to the university for scholarship
support.
Miss Whitehead, a native of
Wilson, N.C., owned and operated
an advertising novelties business
in New York City from 1977 until
three years ago, when she sold the
business to Clifford Jenkins, an-
other NCCU alumnus.
She had been involved in the
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AutryTs Body Shop
1900 Dickinson Avenue
Greenville, NC
business, which sold such busi-
ness promotional items as calen-
dars and pens, for many years be-
fore that.
Because of an illness, Miss
Whitehead had temporarily with-
drawn from what was then North
Carolina College a semester be-
fore she was scheduled to gradu-
ate. She took employment as a
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secretary in a funeral home, where
she met Clifford Sewell, visiting
the funeral director to sell his line
of personalized advertising mate-
rials.
Sewell was impressed by the
young student-secretary, and of-
fered her employment in his busi-
ness. She declined, declaring her
intention to graduate from college
first. Sewell kept in touch with her
and attended her commencement
exercises, when she received her
bachelorTs degree in sociology.
SewellTs renewed offer of em-
ployment was finally accepted
when Miss WhiteheadTs mother
gave her approval. Miss Whitehead
was a trusted employee of the com-
pany until Sewell died, leaving his
business to her.
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DR. ALPHONSUS OKOLI (L) IS AWELCOME ADDITION to the staff of Dr. Eurgia Land
R). A cordial welcome is also extended to Dr. Okoli from all the residents of Greenville and
the surrounding communities.
' Suggs makes her dr
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Rorn in Greenville, N.C. on De-
cember 28, 1972, Denise Ann Suggs
Please
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ELECT
ANN H. BARNHILL
District Court Judge
Graduated Wake Forest University
Ciraduated Wake Forest School of Law
DENISE SUGGS
1976 - BA in History and Philosophy
entered the world a chosen child. I
grew up in the church and always
had a burning desire to play the
piano. During 1983 my pastor,
Reverend Richard Moore of Tab-
ernacle of Faith Revival Center in
Greenville, anointed my hands and
fingers with oil and prayed for me
to play the piano. My mother, Ms.
Joyce B. Suggs, found a used piano
that I found myself playing day
and night until my little fingers
were tired and almost cramped.
One of the first songs I learned to
play oby ear� was oGod Has Smiled
On Me.�
During the next few months, I
was appointed the first church
musician. At the young age of 11,
I ministered in music and song at
various local churches and nurs-
ing homes.
Calvin Suggs, now Prophet
Suggs of Wilson, N.C., was my
1979
Prial Practice in Pitt County since August 1979
Williamson, Herrin, Barnhill, Savage and Morano - 8/79 -12/91
Mattox, Davis and Barnhill
\reas of emphasis:
Family law
Domestic violence
Wills and estate planning
Married to John Richard Barnhill
Children: Richard - 10, Amy - 8
Church, community and civic activililes
Elder, Peace Presbyterian Church
Executive Commitee, Pitt-Greenville Chamber of Commerce - Chair of Governmental Affairs division -
199] - 1993
Board of Directors, Pitt-Greenville Chamber of Commerce
12/9] - Present
divorce; child custody, child support; alimony
Member, WomenTs Business Owners
Member, NC Association of Trial Attorneys
Member, NC Association of Trial Attorneys
Member NC Bar Association
Member, Pitt County Bar Association
lam the first woman to ever file for election to the District Court bench in Pitt County
| have been publicly endorsed for the District Court seat presently held by Jim Martin by the North Carolina
Association of Women Attorneys
1991 - 1994
Staff photo by Jim Rouse
eam
mentor. Many afternoons after
school he sat with me for hours on
end and taught me gospel songs.
Oftentimes I wept as I played, ini-
tially from frustration. However,
the tears turned to those of joy as
my playing improved and as God
allowed my music to minister to
me.
In 1985 my church formed its
first choir, for which I have now
been the musician for almost ten
years. During my years at Farm-
ville Middle School, I was a pianist
for the school chorus. To help me
read the sheet music, I took piano
lessons for less than seven months.
I graduated from Farmville Cen-
tral High School in 1991 and en-
rolled at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. While in
college I did not participate in any
musical activities. During my sum-
mer breaks, I composed music and
wrote songs that expressed my
concern with some of todayTs social
problems. Among the songs were a
few gospel songs that focused on
the hope and encouragement that
God had given me.
The year is now 1996, and I have
resumed my position as church
musician, and now choir directress.
I still minister in song and music
and render mini-concerts and the
Heritage Retirement Center in
Rocky Mount.
In the years to come, I must
continue to rely on God to help me
achieve all my goals and heartTs
desires. I want to be a recording
artist and an audiotechnician. My
mission statement is best summa-
rized by the scriptures Matthew
25:35-36 and Luke 4:18-19. I feel
that my ministry is to spread the
gospel to all nations through song
and music. The obig picture� is for
me to produce enough liquid as-
sets in the music industry to fully
fund homeless shelters, feeding
facilities and clothing distribution
centers.
To God I give thanks for His
mercy and musical gifts. To my
family I am forever grateful for the
tolerance and support to strive for
excellence. As I follow GodTs guid-
ance, I shall do great exploits.
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Grandparent Stud
Helping To Raise Grandchildren
Peoria, [llinois...(September 10,
1996)...The Center on Aging at
Bradley University is looking for
African American grandparents,
age 50 or older, who are sharing a
household with a young grand-
child between the ages of 6 and 12
to participate in the Grandparent
Study. This study will examine
the challenges and rewards that
are faced by grandparents who are
raising young grandchildren. The
findings from this study will be
important to policy makers in their
efforts to design interventions and
social services for oat risk� grand-
parents.
The Grandparent Study, funded
by the National Institute on Ag-
An open letter
Help me, dear Lord, to be honest
and true
In all that I say and all that I do,
Give me the courage to do what
is right
To bring to the world a glimpse
of Your Light"fasick
We are asking that you share a
flicker of light with another whois
in dire need of our prayers and
financial assistance.
One of our own, Sister Dollie
Johnson will be traveling to Co-
lumbia, South Carolina for a bone
marrow transplant sometime in
September. We are asking you to
help us with her personal expenses
of $5000. Why should you help,
you ask? Let me share her life with
you so you can understand how a
woman of faith can capture your
heart and inspire you in the midst
of her tribulations.
Dollie Johnson started serving
the Lord at 7 years old, singing
with her father and sisters. She is
now singing and serving the Lord
with the Junior Consolators of
Greenville. She is a member of St.
John Missionary Baptist Church
in Stokes, Rev. Gregory Black,
Pastor.
Her life has been an active one,
participating in sports, school bus
driver and the mother of two chil-
dren. Being ill, undergoing radia-
tion and chemotherapy is the only
thing that has slowed her down.
What keeps her going as she
faces this new challenge in life? In
her own words she says, oFaith in
God keeps me strong.�
We solicit your prayers for this
woman of God and your financial
blessing will be most helpful and
appreciated.
ing, is being directed by Dr. Rachel
Pruchno, a well-known family psy-
chologist and researcher.
This study will also make an
important contribution to our un-
derstanding of African American
grandparents. Traditionally par-
ticipation in research studies from
the African American population
has been low; although, findings
have shown that African Ameri-
can caregivers have lower levels of
stress and burden with higher lev-
els of family support in relation to
other participants. African Ameri-
cans are doing a lot oright� and it is
important for them to share their
knowledge so that others can ben-
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y: Grandparent .
efit from their experiences. Of
equal importance to making Afri-
can American needs and opinions
known, is the valuable use of infor-
mation to develop programs and
policies which will benefit the
Black population.
If you are an African American
grandparent sharing a household
with a young grandchild and you
would like to participate in the
Grandparent Study, call 1-800-
695-5927. Remember, by partici-
pating you have the opportunity to
improve the system and have a
voice in the services and policies
that are being planned for the fu-
ture!
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New mental health information
clearinghouse announced
As part of National Mental
Health Month, the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
AdministrationTs (SAMHSA) Cen-
ter for Mental Health Services
(CMHS) is launching the new Na-
tional Mental Health Services
Knowledge Exchange Network
(KEN )"a one-stop source of infor-
mation and resources on mental
health.
KEN offers a traditional helpline
for information and referrals
through a toll-free telephone ser-
vice (800-789-CMHS). The public
also can reach KEN online, either
through its World Wide Web site
on the Internet (http://
www.mentalhealth.org) " or
through its electronic bulletin
board service (800-790-CMHS),
which is accessible via computer
and modem.
KEN was created to provide
ready access to mental health in-
formation and resources to users
of mental health services, their
' families, the general public, and
. those who design, deliver, or
fmance mental health services.
oMental illness is one of the most
significant health problems in
America,� said SAMHSA Admin-
istrator Nelba Chavez, Ph.D. oAt
the same time, it is one of the most
treatable illnesses. Unfortnately,
many people are not getting the
help they need"often because they
do not know where to go for help.
As part of National Mental Health
Month, SAMHSA is pleased to
launch KEN to the American pub-
lic as a way to put people in touch
with the information and referrals
they need.�
More than 51 million Americans
have a mental disorder each year,
including one in five children. In-
dividuals with depression are 1.5
times more likely to die than indi-
viduals with another serious medi-
cal condition who are not de-
pressed, and a majority of the
29,000 Americans who commit
suicide each year are believed to
have a mental disorder.
Users of the bulletin board sys-
tem can participate in electronic
folurns where they can raise spe-
cific issues for discussion among
all users. They also can access a
calendar of mental health confer-
ences and events, grant announce-
ment notices, and job listin~s.
KENTs toll-free helpline and
online resources provide linkages
and referrals to more than 1,600
consumer and family advocacy or-
ganizations; federal, state, and lo-
cal mental health agencies; men-
tal health organizations and asso-
ciations; national clearinghouses
and information centers; and 16
CMHS technical assistance cen-
ters that deal with special issues
related to mental health services.
Stewart receives degree
Carolina Gospel Confab of the
Gospel Music Workshop of
America founded by the late Rev.
dr. James Cleveland. Elder
| Stewart is a noted evangelist,
| workshop clinician, playwriter,
counselor, teacher, and soloist. He
presently is writing his first book,
| which will be published soon. His
| managerial skills and administra-
1 tive abilities are exhibited in the
q Caravan of Deliverance Worldwide
4 Ministries, Inc., founded in 1975.
ELDER THOMAS LEVON
STEWART
The honorary Doctorate of Di-
vinity degree was recently be-
stowed upon Elder Thomas Levon
Stewart at the annual Coastal
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He has traveled throughout the
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# extraordinaire. Presently, he isan
associate minister and ordained
oe Elder at Faith Tabernacle United
Holy Church. Elder Stewart is the
Chairman of the evangelism board
of the Coastal Carolina Chapter of
the Gospel Music Workshop of
America. He has served the citi-
zenry of North Carolina for more
than twenty years as an educator.
People can order articles, book-
lets, fact sheets, and videos that
address specific topics. Some of
the materials available at KEN
include Managed Care: What to
Look for, What to Ask, You and
Mental Health: WhatTs the Deal ?,
a brochure targeting youth, andA
ConsumerTs Guide to Mental
Health Services.
oOne of our most important jobs
at CMHS is to get state-of-the-art .
information out to the field"to
the people who can use it most,�
said CMHS Director Bernard S.
Arons, M.D. oWealso want to learn
from the field"from consumers
and their families, from public and
private mental health organiza-
tions, and from services providers.
KEN is a critical link in this infor-
mation exchange process.�
So far, callers and online users
like what they find at KEN. One
bulletin board user wrote,
oI work in the mental health
field and, besides keeping up with
the research that is constantly
going on... [I] dream of providing a
quality system to the people I treat.
This bulletin board certainly helps
with both of those goals. It seems
like a very well run and informa-
tive bulletin board. I plan to rec-
ommend it to some of my friends.�
agencies;
RE-ELECT
Jett
SAVAGE
Pitt County Commissioner
Jeff Savage will:
¢ listen to the people;
* be a strong voice for Pitt County's citizens;
* maintain a sincere commitment to serve the people;
* promote development of sewer service in unincorporated areas;
* encourage public/private development of a Convention Center for
Pitt County
* encourage better working relationships with area governments and
~Support of statewide
schools and roads "
As a consultant to the NC Part-
nership for Schools and Roads, I
want to alert you to two major
bonds issues which we will have
an opportunity to pass on Novem-
ber 5th. There will be a $1.8 billion
bond for school construction and a
$950 million bond for road projects.
These bonds provide funds for
A Gaston County woman was
arrested this week in the fatal
beating of her 2-year-old daughter
and a mother in Harnett County
was charged with strangling her
8year-old son. The deaths of these
children are part ofa national trend
of greater danger for American
children. The number of children
affected by child abuse and ne-
glect has increased by 98 percent
during the past decade, according
to a study issued last week by the
US Department of Health and
Human Services.
In an effort to stem the tide of
violence against our children, Pre-
vent Child Abuse will hold a 40-
hour vigil in memory of the 40
North Carolina children who died
in 1995 from abuse and neglect.
The vigil will begin at 5:00 PM on
Thursday, September 26, and the
closing ceremony will take place
at 9:00 AM on Saturday, Septem-
ber 28. The site for the event is the
south end of the Bicentennial Plaza
next to the Museum of History on
Edenton Street in downtown Ra-
leigh.
The vigil will educate the public
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The
'M' Voice
schools and roads in all 100 coun-
ties. For our low wealth, rural coun-
ties, the state bonds may be the
best hope for getting much needed
new schools built and secondary
roads paved.
I have enclosed a flyer with the
specifics of what the bonds will do.
Ihave also enclosed a sheet listing
Recent child deaths
part of national trend,
were preventable
about child fatalities and what
each of us can do to help stop
violence against children. The pub-
licis invited to participate through-
out the 40 hours. Speakers at the
opening ceremony include: Jenni-
fer Tolle, Executive Director of
PCA, Paula Wolf, Executive Di-
rector of the Child Fatality Task
Force, and Kathy, a teenage survi-
vor of abuse.
Prevent Child Abuse North
Carolina was founded in 1979 on
the belief that no boy or girl should
be abused. PCAis the single, state-
wide, not-for-profit organization
dedicated solely to the prevention
of child abuse and neglect. For
more information, call 1-800-3 54-
KIDS.
the dollar amounts that will go to
your county if we pass the bonds.
Please share this information. _
As a business owner, you know -
the importance of having good
schools and good roads in main-
taining a strong state economy.
North Carolina is a good place to
do business because of the many _
opportunities created by our ro-
bust economy.
Because the bonds are public
dollars, state law mandates that
contracts over $100,000 should
have goals for minority-owned
businesses. If your county or city
school district does not have an
MBE goals program in place, now
would be an excellent time for you
to get acommitment toimplement
a program.
The NAACP and NC Associa-
tion of Minority Businesses are
communicating with state officials
in the NC Department of Trans-
portation regarding what they will
do to increase utilization of MBEs
with the proceeds of the road bonds.
As a long time supporter of mi-
nority-owned businesses, ITm con-
vinced that we must take advan-
tage of these opportunities. I urge
you to do two things. First, contact
your superintendent and school
board members to establish an
MBE program. Second, vote and
encourage your employees, family
and friends to vote for the bonds.
Thank you in advance for your
support of the bonds.
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@ D4 Public Forum
| on the Sunday
Observance Law
in Greenville
will be held
| Monday, October 21
at 7:00 p.m. in the City
Council Chambers
For those who can not
attend the forum...
Written opinion of the
ordinance is also
welcomed and encouraged.
Sena comments to the
City Clerk's Office
City of Greenville
P.O. Box 7207
Greenville, NC 27835
District A
"A Vision for Pitt County's Future
* work diligently for continued success of Pitt County's hospital; and
* promote quality growth for Pitt County through total quality
management; and
* promote a cleaner environment
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101
1. Be involved in their childrenTs
education.
2. Provide resources at home for
reading and learning.
3. Set a good example.
4. Encourage children todo their
best in school.
5. Emphasize academics. Too
North CarolinaTs students spend
& 3
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SENATORIAL CANDIDATE HARVEY GANTT (C) is flanked by campaign supporters Ed
carter (L) and Rev. Sidney Locke (R). Mr. Gantt hopes he'll have enough support to carry him
from Carolina to the nation's capital after the November election. Staff photo by Jim Rouse
at school
Teachers say they can tell what
kind ofa morning children have at
home by how they act at school.
That is why it is so important to
get each day off to a good start.
Do what you can the night be-
fore. That may include making
lunches, setting the breakfast table
or laying out the next dayTs clothes.
ParentTs
Promise
I promise to:
make my home a learning center
make education a family affair
providea place and time for study
spend time talking with my child
make reading a priority
listen to my child
limit television
visit the school and get to know
my childTs teacher
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Staff photo by Jim Rouse
Read To Your Children
signed"all parents of N C
public school students
e, ;
X PeuLence
many parents get caught up in
athletics and in preparing their
children for work, when academ-
ics should be their first concern.
6. Support school rules and goals.
7. Use pressure positively.
8. Call teachers early if there is
a problem so there is still time to
Schoolwork Needs to Be #1 Priority
Parents Can Help Make
~School The Top Choice
ItTs a fact that 35 percent of just 30 minutes or less on home-
work each day. Many of thesesame
Good start at home
helps a childTs day
Kstablish a bedtime ritual.
Expect cooperation in the morn-
ing from your children and wake
them with a smile. You may have
to get up a few minutes earlier to
grab your first cup of coffee.
Split the morning and evening
parenting responsibilities if it is a
two-parent family.
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10. View drinking by underage
youth and excessive partying as a
serious matter.
students are spending their time
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