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Insurance, Mr Spauld

by Larry Reeves
Tri-State Defender

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There was time not
long ago, when Blacks
flocked to the fields to

pick cotten. Today,

Blacks no longer pick
cotton, but their lives
are no better than the
days of segregation,
and their children
struggle to understand
that poverty and de-
spair aren't their only
options in life.
Deep within the Mississippi Delta are
the intertwined lives of a group of
Blacks who struggle to hold their
world together in the face of dire
poverty and acute despair.
But one man, Reggie Barnes, super-
intendent of the embattled West
Tallahatchie school system refuses to
allow their cured conditions which
have not improved over 200 years
despite the absence of segregation, to
ruffle his aspirations of improving the
educational opportunities for their
children
HBO this month aired a_ special
report on Sept. 18 entitled Lalees
Kin, an Oscar nominated documen-
tury examining the lives of one
desperate and impoverished family. It
was this report that prompted this
writer to travel to rural Tallahatchie

County and examine for himself an
area that time passed by.

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Lisa Ann stepped into a white
bucket of warm water to bathe.
At age 10, Lisa knows nothing
about modern convinces such as
bathtubs, sinks, toilets, showers
or bathrooms.

All she knows is this white
bucket is where she washes the
dirt from play off every day. And
soap is often a novelty.

The bucket is too small for her
to sit in so she's forced to stand.
Her think naked body gleams as
she squeezes water from a towel
over it. She rubs the towel over
her body and the water in the
bucket turns brown.

Her mother, Alicia, by now has
placed another bucket full of
fresh water next to her. Lisa Ann
steps into the second buck
rinsing herself off. Alicia hands
her a fresh towel and Lisa Ann
starts drying herself off.

This activity is repeated only
twice a week. Next it Ts Lisa
Ann's baby sister, Viola, 7. They
bathe only twice a week because
fresh water is not always avail-
able. The county provides Lisa
Ann's family and other families
in the area with fresh water.

Serving Eastern North Carolina Since 1981

THE DELTA:

A Place Time Left Behind

They petition for it twice a week,
and it Ts delivered by a truck in
buckets the same size as those
Lisa Ann and her sister bathe in.
There is no plumbing and lim-
ited electricity in Lisa Ann's
home. The oven is wood burning
and there is an outhouse just
outside the back door.

Lisa Ann has never seen a
television program, although she
has seen a television set. She has
experienced radio and music in
the projects, but she doesn't
understand how it works, or
where the music comes from.
And the things most young
people take for ranted, like
buying new shoes and new
clothing, going to movies, etc.
are as foreign to Lisa Ann as the
Russian language is to most
Americans. But Lisa Ann is an
American, a pretty African
American youngster who lives
and only knows what her imme-
diate environment dictates, a
condition that dates back 200
years.

The only change in her environ-
ment has been slavery, a condi-

tion she believes, she did not ©

escape, but only changed its
disguise.

There are only two places that
Lisa Ann looks forward to
going...school five days a week,
and church on Sunday. And
school and church are the extent
of her travels...both nearly two
miles from her home.

Roads by Lisa Ann's home are
gravel, and in some places, dirt,

which gets muddy during rains.
The closet paved road is near
Lisa Ann's school, but it runs
only a mile in length. Then it
turns into gravel again.

During the days of slavery,
which ended some 40 years ago,
Tallahatchie County's main
source of income was cotton
farming. Today, cotton is till its
primary industry. But things
have changed, but surely not to
the benefit of the county's Black
residents.

Blacks no longer pick the cotton.
They have been replaced by
technology...machinery that is
faster and cheaper, and more
efficient. The local mill does
provide some employment for
the areas few hundred Black
residents, but it is only seasonal,
and the pay ois good while it
last, � says Alicia.

Welfare here is not only neces-
sary, but it has become a way of
life for many. Most of the 30
homes around Lisa Ann's home
are wooded and makeshift, and
resembles many of the early
pictures of Black hubbles in the
early rural south. In Tallahatchie
County, time has just stood still.
There are plenty of children,

some 65 in all under the age of
17. Mothers and grandmothers
live in the same homes with
children, some as many as 12.
But there are few men.

There is no employment in the
area accept seasonal, and most
husbands are forced to abandon
their families. Some return with
money, many more don't.
Alicia Ts husband, Ronnie, left
work in Memphis eight years
ago. He never returned and for
the past six years, she has not
heard from him.

The only visible sign of contem-
porary times is the school and its
committed and determined prin-
cipal, Reggie Barnes, a well
spoken, well educated self-
exiled educator who ventured
into the Delta to improve its lot.
oI could have taught almost
anywhere, � the Tennessee State
University graduate told this
writer. � But | felt an obligation
to come here to Tallahatchie
County to do my work, � he said.
oIt Ts here | was most needed,
and it Ts here | will accomplish
what I set out to accomplish. �
For the past two years, Barnes
has been entrenched in a fight to
lift the school Ts rating. It has
been on suspension due to poor
and national exam results. If the
school has scored poorly a third
time, the state would have
waved financial support.

oWe were in a desperate situa-
tion, � Barnes explained. oWe
needed to improve our scores by
at least one percentage point to

keep our funding in tact. Well,
with God's help, we did it. Our
students (some 120 of them)
rose to the occasion and we mad
believers of the state educational
officials. �

What Barnes made state officials
believe is that poor Black
Mississippi children could learn.
And while the school improved
only that one percentage point to
a Grade 2.0, it Ts still progress,
progress that has been missing
for the past 30-odd years.

For this first time in three
decades, Tallahatchie County
School has moved its students
one step higher in the learning
curb.

oIt Ts a slow process, � said
Barnes. oWe aren't afforded the
things other schools
get...computers, learning tools
and new book. But perhaps now
we will be able to access some
new things. � .
The school is elementary and
secondary all in one, and ends
with a 12" grade diploma.
However, over the years, the
dropout rage has been stagger-
ing, nearly 60 percent, but it has
dropped significantly since
Barnes took over in 1998.

oThere Ts still a great deal of
apathy among parents, � he said,
oand with good reason. � They
don't understand that an educa-
tion is a way out of poverty. But
there are few role models to
show them, few examples they
can relate to. Most parents suffer
from a very poor perspective of
life for Blacks who are still
referred to themselves as
oColored � or oNegro. �

Barnes continued; oIt Ts almost
like stepping back in time.
Victory from the Civil Right
Movement has no here, had no
impact at all. And while folk
here have the right to vote, the
vast majority of them don't
because they fear their lifestyle
will worsen in they do. �Lisa
Ann is a ogood student, � says
Barnes. Her grades have im-
proved significantly. Once a

ai

child who failed in the firs grad,
list now maintains a oB � aver-
age.

oBut Lisa Ann is only one
success story. We need more,
many more, � said Barnes. oIt Ts a
day-to-day process and a
student-by-student situation. �

Barnes has had some success by
holding the parents accountable,
working with them and making
better understanding their role in
the educational process. And it Ts
working although Barnes con-
fesses, oThe road ahead is still
filled with many holes. �Barnes
is aggressive and enthusiastic.
He's a strong leader to a small
professional staff, otoo small, �

he insists. oWe need more help
down here and we need a new
sense of commitment from
Black educators in here in
Mississippi and surrounding
states. �But that may be a goal
Barnes may never achieve. Far
too many African Americans
educators have either lost their
nationalistic sprit or never had it
in the first place:

Indeed, the Civil Rights
Movement was conducted by a
owe generation � because most
Blacks had experience segrega-
tion in one form or another. But
Jim Crow today is clocked in
various hidden forms that go
unnoticed and unchallenged.
That's because African
Americans have been afforded
new opportunities that they are
afraid of losing, � Barnes said.
oToo many have put themselves
into a Catch-22 position, and
have readily accepted it.

oThe battle of the 1960s is
gone, � he added, obut the war is
far from over. All one has to do
is come here to see what basics
are needed. Perhaps they will
then understand just how far we
must still go. But in the mean-
time, if we have to soldier it
alone, we will. �

JUDGE GETS SUPPORT ..... The November election is not
far off and NC Court of Appeal Candidate for re-electrion Judge
Biggs is shown at WOOW Studios with Greenville City
Councilwoman Rose Glover who stands to endorse our dear sister
as she travels across NC for your vote on Nov. 5 2002.

photo by Jim Rouse

SCLC Bringing People Together ..... The Beaufort County
Branch of the SCLC joins forces with the Pitt County Branch at
there Annual Banquet held at the Washington Civic Center.
Shown is Beaufort Cty. Pres. Joe Boston, guest speaker, Senator
Charles Steele, and State Pres. Bennie Rountree posing for our
camera. photo by Jim Rouse

From right to left these Black Folks have made an im
ing, former Mayor of Greenville

Fellowship Hall in his name, D.D, Garrett, Bro Ward, and the late Mr Garrett, all of these African Americans have made an impact on our lives and we salute them. ions

Ed Carter, the late Willie

ARCHIVES HISTORY PHOTOS

on the Black Community in Greenville & Eastern NC. Brewington,
yada 3rd shoto York Memorial AME Chueh wife,

Hines, & other family members, middle President of NC Mutual
Brown with in naming the York Memorial
photo by Jim Rouse

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n this past week's vote by the Shel-
by County Commission that rejected
a subdivision proposal for an area
just outside Millington, we are
- pleased to see there just might be
igs sheriffs in town �,

tor tou long it has appeared the Com-
ission has been littke more than a rubber
Lanip tor real estate developers who have

sentially oraped � the county treasury
vith undisciplined subdivision develop-
went The Commission has been guilty of

udere and abetting a total disregard for
hg wc Ul-being of Shelby County Ts finan-
crab solvency.

Thanks io what appears to be a return of

cuits. the Commission (with its new mem-
tts) have realized the need to control sub-
ethan growth and not let the developers
fo thet way with us and our tax dollars.

Cellular phones only under
special circumstances

| appears some parents will stop at
nothing to get their o10 minutes of
fame. � As if public school students
don Tt have enough distractions that
retard the learning process, a group
of gsucnts appeared before the Memphis

Kudos to a retrofitted
Shelby County Commission

Michael Adams Editor

Perhaps we, in our electoral wisdom,
okicked the rascals out � this past office or at
least enough of them to insure integrity in
the management of the financial affairs of
Shelby County government.

Undisciplined growth in our unincorpo-
rated areas has, without question, been the

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primary culprit in our county Ts shameful
budget deficit. Hopefully this latest vote
by the Commission is only the beginning
of representation we can maintain confi-
dence in.

Hats off to all our commissioners but par-
ticularly to the new ones who have dis-
played their realization of the fact that they
work for us and not the developers. It Ts
heartening to know that we just might be
able to have our confidence in the legisla-
tive branch of Shelby County Government
restored.

We do understand, however, that students
whose extracurricular activity participation
requires that they remain on campus beyond
normal school hours may periodically con-
tact their parents, these occasions are rare
and will be minimized if parents and stu-

COMMENTS .

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Bureaucratic bunglers
hamper anti-terrorism plans

by George E. Curry

eorge W. Bush, reacting to terror-
ist events of a year ago, has
sought sweeping powers from
Congress. He and Attorney Gen-
eral John Ashcroft have petitioned

for executive power that would curtail civil lib-
erties, a move that has been strongly opposed
by both progressives and conservatives.

Now, in preparation for an attack on Iraq,

the administration is seeking authorization
from Congress to bypass that branch of gov-
ernment and decide how best to cripple Iraq
without further action from Congress.

Judging from recent congressional hear-

investigation. The cautious lawyers were tak-
ing the safe way out.

The FBI agent, who was identified by
name, is not the only field agent to request "
and be denied "permission to act on what
turned out to be crucial leads.

It was disclosed earlier that another agent,
Coleen M. Rowley in Minneapolis, had com-
plained that she was not allowed to pursue an
investigation of accused Sept. 11 conspirator
Zacarias Moussaoui.

Among other things, Moussaoui, 34, of
France, has since been charged with six ter-
rorism-related counts of conspiracy and air-
craft piracy. Although he said he wanted to
plead no contest in a federal court in Alexan-
dria, Va., the judge overruled him and entered

Dr. King
Parks " no joking matter
Dear Editor;

In Ice Cube Ts latest release, Barber Shop,
there are some disparaging remarks made in
reference to Dr. King, Rosa Parks and Jesse
Jackson. In his attempt to find humor in Dr.
King Ts alleged infidelity, Ice Cube has done
what John Edgar Hoover could not do. He
has desecrated the image of this man of
great substance. It was totally inappropriate
in an attempt for humor to have the igno- ,
rant Cedric othe so-called entertainer � call
Dr. King a whore. It was irresponsible and
cruel for him to suggest that we celebrate
Dr. King Ts birthday by seeking pleasure in
fortification.

It was irresponsible and ignorant of him
to say Rosa Parks has done nothing special.
To undermine her courageous efforts by
saying she was just tired is silly and child-
ish. Rosa Parks may not have been the first
not to move to the back of the bus but she
was chosen as was Jackie Robinson. She
was chosen because of her courage under
fire, perseverance, and faith.

It Ts dangerous of us to tell this new gen-
eration that Jesse Jackson, Dr. King and
Rosa Parks are nothing special. We who
have studied or are of an age to know might
not be affected by this poor attempt at hu-
mor because of the balance of positive in-
formation we have about these leaders. Our
youth of today do not have this balance of
information. This movie will be their histo-
ry lesson. When we mention Dr. King or
Rosa Parks to the ignorant who get their
first knowledge of them from this poor at-
tempt at humor these people will first re-
member what was said in the movie. First
impressions are lasting impressions.

Ice Cube and Cedric othe so-called enter-
tainer � should apologize to the Black com-
munity. They should apologize to the four

enka ats me seen meeting dens ummunicat he schedules gular | ig he Bash amnion hole ac len ofmoguly or Moussaoui nho | HUE gs who ded in Birmingham, They,
lowcd to bring their cellular phones to Any of us who have school age children | 178 a greater emphasis on serious gaffes by Serving as his own attomey. mett Till The should a . logize to all those
eat with them are aware of their obsession wi his administration, especially the failure of Rowley Ts blistering 13-page letter to FBI ney pologize 10.
my ; obsession with telephone unknown victims of hangings, beatings, and

director Robert Mueller III noted, oNumerous
high-ranking FBI officials who have made
decisions or have taken actions which, in |
hindsight, turned out to be mistaken or just
turned out badly (i.e., Ruby Ridge, Wasco,
etc.) have seen their careers plummet and
end. This has in turn resulted in a climate of
fear which has chilled aggressive FBI law en-
forcement action/decisions. �

law enforcement bureaucrats to listen to the.
men and women in the field offices.

Anyone slightly familiar with the FBI or the
CIA knows that administrators in Washington
have a headquarters-knows-best attitude. The
recent congressional hearings on blunders
made before Sept. 11 proved the opposite "in-
vestigators in the field often know best. And
bureaucrats in the central office of law en-

communication with their friends. They
spend hours (if permitted) on the telephone
in the evenings and many would duplicate
this behavior during school hours if the op-
portunity was present.

We hope the school board exercises cau-
tion regarding their deliberations on this is-
sue and if it is determined the parents have

We parent referenced othe technology
eas a justification. Another said stu-
ears needed the phones in the event of a
amidy emergency. We are very much

te onat emergencies do occur that re-
woare tatormation to be relayed to students
Ir ui their families but that is one of the
responsibilities of school office personnel.

rapes who dared take a stance doing the
Civil Rights Movement.

When we desecrate the image of Dr. King
and Rosa Parks we desecrate not only them
but the movement itself. We do what John
Edgar Hoover could not do. We stop the
movement. This we must not do. Not at this
time when our civil liberties are being erod-

i 38 me nt must leave the school campus, "_a case that cellular phone possession by stu forcement agencies need to listen to them. Kenneth Williams, an FBI agent assigned to ed each day. . (
! .s1 she must do so by having a responsi- _ "_ dents on campus onlv be permitted on a . . . Mike Rogers . 3
. : mi oe me ; This was made clear last week when it was __ the Phoenix field office, wrote a memo to tS
tiv adult come to the school to ocheck the case-by-case basis and then only in the . : i
Shalem out � Fae tpanall att ea enTeNeES. disclosed that two weeks prior to the Sept. 11 headquarters two months before the attacks, . |
| - attacks, an FBI agent in New York begged urging a canvass of U.S. flight schools for sus- | The King
officials at headquarters to let him pursue pected terrorists. That request was rejected be- thing
Khalid Almihdhar, later identified as one of cause of a lack of manpower, FBI officials say.
the people who commandeered the airplane In her letter, Rowley summed up the prob- | near Editor:

In appreciation of a pioneer
journalist " Ethel Payne

1) Washington, D.C. in the 1950s,
Os and much of the 70s, one
name held sway amongst the influ-
ential and powerful of the nation Ts
print journalists of the era "

"the! Payne " a distinguished graduate
ot Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
y. fa was born in Chicago on August 14,

19] |. She died, in her osecond home, �
Washington, D.C. on May 28, 1991, follow-
vy a brief illness.

'n between those dates, Mrs. Payne be-
ome and still is " one of the indelible
| sends not just to Black journalism, but of

n. writien and recorded word, period.

She was White House correspondent for
oue parent newspaper, the much-venerated
o1 mternationally known and respected

Good news from the IRS if you're
middle-class, bad news if you're not

ax cheats beware. If you have a
propensity to propitiate abusive
tax schemes to avoid paying
your just due to Uncle Sam and
you make over $100,000 a year,
1» huternal Revenue Service, I.R.S., will be
iz vou. But far fewer wage earners
'. + scores are reported by their em-
lovers especially if they make less than
ii 9 annually, will be.
is all part of the new kinder gentler IRS
ch has vowed to focus its attention on
vers uch rather than the average run-of-
"rll oXpayer,
oides have Shown that the working poor
1 ned far more often than high-in-
vane Cixpayers, but that will end soon.
wows the agency is looking for tax cheaters
shoe income comes from their own busi-
nesses and investments, which provide
i. more opportunity to cheat.

nae

Chicago Defender, from 1953 to 1973.

Last week, the former Chicago Defend-
er editor and columnist was righteously
honored by the U.S. Post Office with a
special commemorative stamp by Chica-
go Post Office and District Manager
Akinyinka Akinyele, who irreproachably
hailed Mrs. Payne as a otrailblazer � for
her pioneering efforts in the Civil Rights
Movement and other areas of Black con-
cerns.

Mrs. Payne, only the second Black
woman to be accredited to the White House
Press Corps, was just that " a trailblazer T
" and a true original whose professional-
ism will forever shine as a beacon of inspi-
ration to all of us who follow her lofty foot-
steps.

For those working poor who claimed the
Earned Income Tax Credit, IRS Commis-
sioner Charles O. Rossoti said a strategy is
being developed to reduce audits of those
claiming the resources. One of 47 of those
taking the claim were audited last year,
compared to one in 127 of those persons
making over $100,000 annually. That was
blatantly unfair and inequitable.

But not all tax cheats will be aggressively
pursued, even if they are identified. The
agency Ts auditing staff has shrunk by 29
percent since 1995, while the number of tax
returns has grown by 13 percent. oPeople
who make more than $100,000 pay more _
than 60 percent of the taxes and we need to
focus there, � Rossoti stated.

Those who represent the biggest threats
to the tax system will in the future be
pressed more to pay up or go to prison, as
well they should.

a different perspective.

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that crashed into the Pentagon. When his re-
quest was denied, the agent took the unusual
step of firing off an e-mail warning of the
consequences of the denial.

oSomeday someone will die... � the FBI
agent warned. o...the public will not under-
stand why we were not more effective and
throwing every resource we had at certain
problems. T � He added, oLet Ts hope the Na-
tional Security Law Unit will stand behind
their decisions then, especially since the
biggest threat to us now, UBL [Osama bin
Laden], is getting the most protection. � �

Rather than standing behind their decision,
as the FBI agent had requested, the bureau-
crats at the FBI Ts National Security Law Unit

claimed that the information that had been

obtained through U.S. intelligence sources

could not be legally used to launch a criminal

lem this way: oFBI Headquarters is staffed
with a number of short term careerists
who. ..must serve only an 18-month-just-time-
to-get-your-ticket-punched minimum. It Ts no
wonder why very little expertise can be ac-
quired by a Headquarters unit! (And no won-
der why FBIHQ is mired in mediocrity! � ...)

The sharing of intelligence information by
the top officials of the FBI and CIA can Tt
even be called mediocre, if congressional in-
vestigators are to be believed. They cited nu-
merous cases where the agencies failed to
share critical information.

The Bush administration should focus on
those internal failures rather than trying to
march us off to an undeclared war.

(Curry is editor-in-chief of the NNPA News
Service and BlackPressUSA.com.)

by Ron Walters

ome Black leaders are now run-

ning from being called oBlack

leaders. � Why? One of the re-

sults of the defeat of Black in-

cumbent members of the House
of Representatives, Earl Hilliard of Alaba-
ma and Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, is
the emergence of the view that Blacks are
rejecting the oold � confrontational Black
leaders for onew � moderate ones.

This myth is being spun by people such
as Cynthia Tucker, a conservative Black
woman who heads the editorial section of
the Atlanta Journal and Constitution
newspaper, but it has gone far beyond
that. During the recent Congressional
Black Caucus annual legislative weekend,
Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee spon-
sored a panel called oThe Emerging Black
Leadership. � Then, recently National Pub-
lic Radio picked it up and I participated in
an hour-long show asking the question,
oIs there a new Black leadership? �

To go back to the McKinney election,
the myth that a major reason she lost
was that Blacks rejected'her is being
challenged by information coming out of
her district. A new analysis of vojing in
the precincts reveals that she actually
won the Democratic vote in her district.
But onthe prtearnnann can vote in the
Democrai opponent,

T
Denise Majette, received nearly 50,000"
votes from the largely White, Republi-
can voting area of North Dekalb County.
So, it was the combination of big money
from the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee that made Majette Ts cam-

C4
'

The new negativism
of Black leadership T

paign viable, and a massive crossover
vote from White Republicans that put
her over.

Congressman Ford Ts panel during CBC
weekend featured Artur Davis, who de-
feated Earl Hilliard in Alabama;
Kendrick Meek, a Florida state legislator
who who will succeed his mother, Carrie
Meek, when she retires from Congress;
Correy Booker, a Newark, N.J., city
councilman who ran against Mayor
Sharp James; Karen Carter, member of
the Louisiana State Legislature; and
Michael Hooks, head of the Memphis
School Board. This young group was
supposed to discuss what it meant to
omove beyond � the civil rights legacy,
but they ended up affirming it. Neverthe-
less, it was clear that Davis will be loyal
to Israel when he comes to Congress and
that Booker and Ford have few objec-
tions to school vouchers. Otherwise, the

roup sounded like their older col- .

cagues.
ere has been a consistent attempt by
the establishment to create a Black lead-
ership that would be absent on major "
public policy issues, that would be non-
threatening on the racist treatment of
Blacks and that would not march and
raise hell in the oold � civil rights style to
challenge the system.

The tragedy is that too many Blacks
have bought into this.

(Walters is the Distinguished Leader-
ship Scholar, director of the African-
fesor of poveramen and potest

government at the |
University of Maryland. His latest book
is African American Leadership.) .

On the matter about dreaming about a
monument honoring Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. costing $100 million and placing
his image on the dollar bill, please wake up.

Black Americans are growing tired of
marches and feel-good gestures that fail to
improve the quality of life or bring relief to
their suffering. We would be better served if
the press took an unbiased look at the man
that we have elevated to God-like status.

Forty years have gone by since Dr. King
entered the struggle for equality. Who has
not been touched by the so-called gains of
civil rights? We do know that the Black up-
per class did not support Dr. King and his
push for integration. Their fears were real-
ized when the Blacks left their businesses to
trade with others.

Dr. King Ts dream was not a vision that
extended beyond the opening of the gates.
He died before he had a chance to lead and
direct us through unchartered territory.

So like the Jews of the past, we too find
ourselves wandering in the wilderness of
lost morality, false Gods and loss of re-
spect for education, parents the law and
each other.

Hold the memorials and additional feel-
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ernment of President Thabo Mbeki has
raised strong objections to a British intelli-
gence dossier that suggests that an African
country may have discussed selling uranium
to Iraq for use in its efforts to develop
nuclear weapons.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair re-
cently released an intelligence dossier on
Iraq's alleged attempts to develop nuclear
weapons.

The report says: oThere is intelligence
that Iraq has sought the supply of signifi-
cant quantities of uranium from Africa. �

But South African Deputy Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Aziz Pahad, dismissed the
dossier's claims, calling the British allega-
tions regarding African countries vague and
lacking in substance. Gabon, Niger,
Namibia and South Africa produce uranium
although only South Africa produces weap-
ons-grade uranium.

According to the British prime minister,
if Iraq gets its hands on the necessary com-
ponents, it could produce a nuclear weapon
in one to two years.

gested the Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC) was the most likely African source
of smuggled uranium. The Congo has been
embroiled in conflict for the past three years
and control of the country Ts mineral reserves
has been in the hands of rebel groups and
warlords.

Anumber of other African countries also
have deposits of the ore, but the British re-
port does not mention from which African
countries Irag may have tried to secure the
uranium.

Mr. Pahad was adamant South Africa had
never contemplated selling uranium to Iraq.
oOur information is that we have not been

requested to sell uranium to Iraq. I can state
categorically we have not. � he said.

He added that South Africa has strict leg-
islation controlling the sale of nuclear ma-
terial and it would be difficult for anyone
from South Africa "even private compa-
nies- to sell uranium.

Mr. Pahad pointed out that the Interna-
tional Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has

already indicated that the British report tas

A Financial Times of London report sug- |

TELL SOMEBODY

no substance. The IAEA insists that it ts
keeping an eye on stores of uranium that
could be used for nuclear weapons in Af-
rica "and they would know if any went miss-
ing.

Mr. Pahad has called on the British gov-
emment to come forward with any infor-
mation they may have on alleged Iraqi ef-
forts to secure uranium in Africa.

In early September, South Africa signed
the oProtocol Additional to the Safeguard
Agreement � with the TARA. South Afnea
is a member state of the [AEA, the intemna-
tional govermmental forum for scientific and
technical cooperation in the peaceful use of
nuclear technology.

As part of the global effort to prevent
the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the
TARA verifies that nuclear matertals are not
diverted away from legitimate peaceful use
for military purposes. Once a member state
becomes a party toa Sateguard Agreement,
the agency s inspectors monitor all declared
nuclear material through on-site Inspec-
tions, remote surveillance and record veri-
feauion

South Africa wants proof of
Africa-Iraq, nuclear connection

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The predominant focus of the Additional
Protocol is to strengthen the IALA Ts capa-
bility to detect undeclared nuclear material
and activities.

In June, the South African Department
of Minerals and Energy co-hosted a semi-

nar for African States on International Safe-.

guard Agreements and the Additional Pro-
tocol.

The purpose of the seminar was to en-
courage all African states party to the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to sign the
protocols with the IAEA. The treaty makes
it mandatory for all non-nuclear weapon
states parties to conclude comprehensive
safeguard agreements with the [AEA and
put all of their nuclear material under sate-
guards.

South Africa ts also the only country to
have developed nuclear weapons and then
destroyed them before signing up for the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Since
then, the country insists it has not been in-
volved inthe manufacture of nuclear weap-
ons or the production of the necessary com-
ponents.

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oWhat you SEE is What you GET,

NEWSPAPER

What You READ is What you
KNOW and SAVE!!! �

PIONE

Ms Della Mae Williams is a 90 year old pioneer who has loved
and inspired her entire family. Ms Williams was born in Wilson

County. She spent the last 40 years in Greenville. She is a
member of Phillipi Church and is the oldest member of the
Joyner-Forbes Annual Family Reunion. She is the widow of
Isaiah Williams. She resides at the home of James and Emma
McIntyre here in Greenville.

She loves to sing. She has three nieces Emma Mae, Olivia

an | The Beatitudes Blessed are the ure ° Streeter, and Lucy Charles, one nephew, Julius Joyner.
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the works of the pure in heart as If you realize that your heart
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heart for they shall see God. 20C further confirms..."But those both accounts. He, and He alone
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THE GREATER
GREENVILLE

FOUNDATION
August 5, 2002

The Board of Directors of The
Greater Greenville Foundation
is especially honored to intro-
duce to you a community en-
hancement project that we are
certainly proud to be a part of
and we believe you will be also.
This project which is currently
being titled as The Beatrice
Maye Floral Park Project is the
direct result of a vision and
passion for the Greenville com-
munity by

Dr. Earl Trevathan, retired
Physician and long time friend
of this community. The purpose

of this letter is to inform you of

the wonderful opportunity that
you may have to be a part of this
exciting project. Under the direc-
tion of Dr. Trevathan along with
Melissa Spain of The Greater
Greenville Foundation, we have

formed an advisory committee in

which we are encouraging vari-
ous citizens and business leaders
to join us in this endeavor.
This project includes the pur-
chase of property which is
presently undeveloped and
forms a triangle between
. Davenport Street, Tyson Street,
and Farmville Blvd, in the West
Greenville area. Currently, while
we as a committee are working
to secure funding for the com-
pletion of this project, the prop-
erty is secured with an option to
purchase. The owners had
placed the site on the market for
development. As visioned by Dr.
Trevathan, this left room for a
wonderful opportunity for the
creation of a garden or floral
park in honor of an outstanding
community citizen, = Mrs.
Beatrice Maye.
Because of your interest as a
community leader and citizen of
the greater Greenville area, we
hope you will be a part of
making this project become a
reality. We would like for you to
please consider pledging your
support for this project by
contributing a financial gift to go
towards the $11,000 price of
purchase. The foundation will
recognize gifts of $500.00 or
greater by placing names of
contributors on a memorial
which will be permanently
placed on the floral garden park
property.
The Beatrice Maye Floral Park
Project, once purchased, will be
gifted to the City of Greenville
and maintained by The
Recreation and Parks

Department. Our option on this

roperty expires on August 20,
2002, therefore we will need
your commitments as quickly as
possible.

Sincerely,
Melissa Spain, Executive
Director The Greater Greenville
Foundation

Sunday, October 20,2002,
2o'clock pm the
Ceremony,unveiling the
sign,"The Beatrice Maye
Garden. PLEASE ATTEND
Ms. Maye

The Touch of the Master's
Hand
There were qualities in the
touch of the Master, which set
Him apart from all other heal-
ers in His time.
1. Jesus had a curative touch
(Matthew 8:14)
2. Jesus had a compassionate
touch (Matthew 20:30,34)
3. Jesus had a cleansing
touch (Luke,5:12, 13)
4. Jesus had a conquering
touch (Luke 7:12,13)
The touch of Jesus is not only
curative, compassionate, con-
quering, and cleansing, but it
has changing power in the bod-
ies, hearts, and lives of men.
The only limitation to His
power is the limitation of faith
and willingness on the part of
people to be used as His chan-
nels of Power in touching those
who would be made whole.
Jesus has no feet on which to
run errands of mercy but our

REMEMBER TO VOTE
ELECTION DAY - NOVEMBER 5, 2002

Benin apologizes for slavery:
'We're sorry...come home T

Benin apologizes for
slavery: 'We're
sorry...come home T

In an unprecedented move,
Cyrille Oguin, ambassador to
the U.S. from the African
Republic of Benin, recently ad-
mitted his country's part in
trans-Atlantic slave trade that
peddied millions of Africans
over 300 years, and is seeking
reconciliation and forgiveness.
Oguin said the loss of millions of
Africans from the continent has
led to its lack of development
and prosperity.

"If a vital part of you was
missing, would you not miss it? �
asked Oguin at a press confer-
ence Aug. 29 at the embassy of
the Republic of Benin in
Washington, DC.

The salve trade - or the "Middle
Passage," the journey of
Africans kidnapped from their
homeland and put on European
vessels to be transported to
Europe and the Americas for
enslavement - has been de-
scribed as the most horrific and
disgraceful crime against human
beings in history. This peddling
of human beings, and untold
number of African men, women
and children, between the 15"
and 19" centuries cost hundreds
of lives and robbed Africa of her
most valuable natural resource,
her people.

What has always been clear is

that Europeans implemented,
organized and fueled the slave
trade for their own greed and
prosperity. The part that has
always been unclear is the
involvement of African leaders
in assisting in the capture,
tion and exploitation of
millions of Africans.
Oguin echoed the Republic of
Benin President Mathieu
Kerekou's sentiment expressed
at a 1999 reconciliation confer-
ence: "We owe to ourselves
never to forget these absent ones
standing among us who did not
die their own deaths. We must
acknow and share respon-
sibility in the humiliations."
said that admitting guilt is
the first step in reconciliation, to
roe ben orl inillions from
country's
hands.

"{ think that's a very important

move on his part," said A. Peter
bailey, a lecturer and editor of
Vital Issues: A Journal of
African American Speeches.
"There has been a tendency to
blur over the pivotal role that
some African chiefs played in
the enslavement of African peo-
ple. It is a good sign to hear
someone acknowledge it and
express regret over what hap-
pened."

Originally called Dahomey,
Benin changed its name after
gaining independence from
France in 1960. A country of
about 6.5 million, it is between
Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger and
Nigeria in West Africa. It is
about the size of the state of
Pennsylvania and borders the
Atlantic Ocean. That, said
Oguin, allowed its country to be
used as a major port for the
slave trade. Slaves were
marched down a path that cuts
through its country, branded or
otherwise marked, and held at
holding camps in the port of
Ouidah, now part of a toured
slave route in Benin, said Oguin.
From this port city, thousand of
slaves were stripped, chained in
pairs by the ankles and taken by
canoes, at night, to slaving
vessels anchored in the harbors.
For this assistance and for
sometimes even providing the
cargo for the slave merchants,
Oguin says they are sorry.

The meeting shed light on
rumors in innuendoes that have
plagues relationships between

Africans and
Americans, according to some
observers. This basis for mis-
trust, according to Oguin, keeps
African Americans from benefit-
ing from an economic relation-
ship with the continent.

"There are many people who
have negative ideas about
Africa, said Oguin.

"Nowadays, many people are
rushing to the continent because
of the enormous opportunities it
presents. In this move, African
Americans should not stay out
while they have a special rela-
tionship - a historical connection
- and blood links with Africa."
For over a decade, Benin has
been noted for its political
stability and encourages a mar-
ket economy that fuels its eco-
nomic expansions. However,
like Ghana, it courts the atten-
tion of African Americans to

African

spearhead development in a
country that has seen years of
painfully slow growth. They feel
that ignoring the damage in-
flicted by slavery would impede
the peace and reconciliation they
seek.

"No amount of money can fix
anything that has already hap-
pened," said Oguin. "This apol-
ogy is from the heart. And that
is much more valuable than
money because of they psycho-
logical impact. Once we have
that confidence that we have
spiritually addressed those con-
cerns, then the relationship in
business, trade and culture will
follow and become _ larger,
stronger and long-lasting."

"The apology is too late. � said
Charlene Crafton, a 30-
soemthing local government
worker. She spoke for many in
her Prince George's County com-
munity. "The damage has been
done. The apology cannot com-
pensate for everything we've
been through."

"I believe in retribution. � said
lecturer Bailey. "And I do believe
that Africa, as a continent. has
paid a severe price for what
those chiefs did. Now both of us
will only advance together. It is
to the advance of Africans and
African Americans that we de-
velop a serious, mutually benefi-
cial relationship."

Oguin announced plans for the
first annual international festi-
val, "Gospel and Roots. � from
Oct. 27 to Nov. 3. The festival is

expected to be a forum of
cultural expression to pave the
way for reconciliation. It will
bring musicians from all over the
world to Benin. Some world-
renowned musicians will include
King Sunny Ade of Nigeria, Ron
Kenoly, Spiritual Jubilation
Choir, Righteous Choir and
Rodnie Bryant, all of the United
States, Rebecca Malope from
South Africa, Schekina from
Cote d'Ivoire, Roberte Laporal
from Guadeloupe, and the
Winneba Youth Choir from
Ghana. Benin hopes that thou-
sands of African Americans and
"sisters and brothers in the
Black Diaspora" will take ad-
vantage of this festival to come
"home."

Crafton was wistful.

Bitterness aside, Crafton said,
smiling, "| wouldn't mind visit-
ing any part of Africa.

om The Desk OF Mes

feet; He has no hands to reach

forth in compassionate concern
toward the suffering-but our
hands; He has no minds with
which to think thoughts after

him but our minds; and He has

no heart through which to love
with a giving love, a forgiving
love, an everlasting, living love

but our hearts.

Subject: Daily Survival
Kit

Items Needed: * Toothpick
* Rubber Band * Band Aid *
Pencil Eraser
Chewing Gum Mint
Candy Kiss Tea Bag

Why?

1) TOOTHPICK - to remind
you to pick out the good quali-
ties in others. Matt. 7:1

2) RUBBER BAND - to re-
mind you to be flexible; things
might not always go the way
you want, but it will work out.
Romans 8:28

3) BAND AID - to remind you
to heal hurt feelings, yours or
someone else's. Col. 3:12-14

4) PENCIL - to remind you to
list your blessings everyday.
Eph. 1: 3

5) ERASER - To remind you
that everyone makes mistakes,
and it's OK. Gen.50:15-21

6) CHEWING GUM - to re-

mind you to stick with it and
you can accomplish anything.
Phil 4:13

7) MINT - to remind you that
you are worth a mint! John
3:16-17
8) CANDY KISS - to remind
you that everyone needs a kiss
or a hug everyday. I' John 4:7

9) TEA BAG - to remind you
to relax daily and go over that
list of blessings. | Thess 5:18

Friends are a very rare jewel,
indeed. They make you smile
and encourage you to
succeed.

They lend an ear, share a word
of praise and they always open
their hearts to us. Show your
friends how much you care.
Send this to everyone you con-
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THE RATTLESNAKE AND
THE HIPPOCRITE

IF 1 SHOULD MAKE A
SELECTION TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN THE TWO-
THE RATTLER AND THE
HIPPOCRITE | KNOW WHAT |
WOULD DO
IT TAKES NO TIME OF
THINKING WHAT CHOICE |
WOUID MAKE
| WOULD ALWAYS TAKE THE

_ RATTLER FOR | KNOW HE IS
HE WOULDN'T COME UP TO
YOU GRINNING JUST TO
MAKE THAT HE IS A FRIEND
HE JUST CRAWLS ON HIS
BELLY FOR THAT FOR THAT
RATTLE DOESN'T PRETEND
BUT HIPPOCRITE WILL
TALK SO LOVELY AS THEY
GIVE YOU A PAT ON THE
BACK THEY HAVE SO MANY
HIDDEN FACES
UNDERNEATH THAT SAME
OLD HAT
THEY HAVE THE
FRIENDLIEST
CONVERSATION AND A
VOICE WITH THE SWEETEST

SOUND
WHILE YOU ARE TALKING
THEY ARE THINKING HOW
TO SMEAR YOUR NAME
AROUND
A RATTLER'S BITE IS POISON
BUT HE WARNS BEFORE HE
BITES
THE RATTLER IS A
DANGEROUS REPTILE AND
HASN'T ANY SENSE OF
RIGHT
BUT IN HIM YOU WILL FIND
NO FALSE PRETENDING NO
TWO FACES HE HAS TO
MAKE
FOR ONE THING CERTAIN
YOU CAN REST ASSURE
THAT RATTLER IS A SNAKE
| HAVE ALREADY MADE MY
SELECTION
AND | WILL ALWAYS STICK
TO IT
1 WOULD RATHER DEAL
WITH A RATTLERSNAKE
THAN TO DEAL WITH -A
HIPPOCRITE

GOD LOVES YOU AND 1 DO
TO

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Final Call & Health Issues...

shown above is Minister Robert Muhammed (holding sign)

& Pitt County Health Dept. representatives sharing a day in the Park to inform the community of

the different health issues affecting the African American Community.

photo by Jim Rouse

WEED & SEED ..... pictured above is Jackie Barnes, Ida Felder, and Teresa Belcheer residents
of West Greenville who participated in the Introduction to Basic Skills Computer Class at West
Greenville's Weed & Seed Safe Haven. Mrs. Rosa Sydney director, noted that they were the first to
complete the class. Congratulations ladies.

photo by Michael Adams

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Oct 4 , 2002 - Oct 11, 2002

Local Hero

photo by Bro Jim Rouse

From the Hillsborough
community the in
Williamston area we
find the son of Mother
Rosa Weaver.

Mother Weaver raised
her children to be God
loving citizens. Her
dahgther sister Shirley
Weaver raised her chil-
dren in the same man-
ner. Shown above is her
son young bro. Weaver,
who is iin a wheel chair.
He saved a young per-
son who was being at-
tacked by a dog. Young
bro Weaver rushed to
the aid while in his
wheel chair and got the
dog off of his neihbor.
Hat's off to this youn
Weaver.

Reflections, & xpressions, ond Reviews

Sujette Jones

SHAKEDOWN:
EXPOSING THE REAL
JESSE JACKSON
BY KENNETH
TIMMERMAN

Kenneth Timmerman has
interviewed Jackson, his associ-
ates, and his victims to write a
courageous and important book
that at last provides a_ full,
honest accounting of the life and
lies of Jesse Jackson---from the
streets of Chicago to his support
of Yasser Arafat in the Middle
East. Here is the real Jesse
Jackson: the man who turned
racial grievances into a breath-

taking money machine. With
Shakedown, Jesse Jackson is
finally exposed.

In Shakedown, you'll learn:

*****how Jackson exploited
and lied about the assassination
of Martin Luther King Jr. Back
then he lied about cradling the
dying King in his arms, and his
dishonesty hasnt let up since.

*****about Jacksons previously
unreported affliation with one of
Chicagos most notorious street

gangs.

*****Where Jackson learned
politics from card-carrying
Communists.

*****#how Jackson make him-
self a Reverend (without creden-
tials)

****#the truth behind the self-
perpetuated myth of growing up
poor and a victim of racism.

*****how Jackson raided corpo-
rate America in the name of the
poor but really to enrich himself
and his cronies.

****#*the history of sexual she-
nanigans that made Jackson the
perfect minister to President Bill
Clinton.

*#***about Jacksons corrupt
mixture of official diplomacy
and unofficial business with
African dictators.

**#**the inspiring story of a
CEO who stood up to Jacksons
bullying and won.

Today Jackson leads his racism
witch-hunt through corporate
America, bilking frightened
CEOs of big money. Through it
all Jackson has used the same
basic techniques of intimidation,
coercion, and protection-refined
by his assoiciation with
Chicagos most brutal street
gang. Jacksons shakedown
technique has enriched his fam-
ily, steered billions of dollars of
business to his friends, and
launched a_ political dynasty.
Shakedown is the explosive
expose Jesse Jackson has long
deserved.

Excerpted from the book:
Shakedown which can be pur-
chase from Barnes & Nobles.

Note: Kenneth Timmerman, an inves-
tigative reporter with more than 20
years of experience, has written for
many magazines and newspapers,
including Time, Newsweek, Wall
Street Journal, Readers Digest and the
American Spectator. He has appeared
on Nightline, 60 Minutes, and many
other television programs.

In My S&S pirit

e

Bro Adams

Greetings

First let me begin by saying,
what follows are the things that
bring questions to my mind
about everyday life. You may
have asked yourself questions
and just didn't know where to
find an anwser. Hence the title '
In My Spirit". You may not
agree with what I say (We do
have freedom of speech in
America) and if by chance you
think | am talking about you, "I
AM". Moving On ! In My Spirit?

The Blind
Leading the Blind ! ! !

| really wanted to be careful in
hopes of not offending someone

but as we all know, the time is
drawing nigh and the day is at
hand. On one ocassion the
disciples came to Jesus and said,
Knowest thou that the Pharisees
were offened, after they heard
this saying

( Matt. 15: 7-9 ).

Jesus answered, Let them alone;
they be blind leaders of the
blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the
ditch. | happened to witness a
modern day Pharisee in action. |
just got to bring it home. One
preacher was not satisfied with
the. service he received and
picked up his telephone and
called this company. Not even
knowing who he was talking to
he began to curse, that's right |
said curse, the person out on the
other end. Now, he is leading a
church.

The Blind Leading the Blind.
This same preacher is the same
one that don't pay his bills. This
same preacher was known to
have committed adultrery. This
same preacher gave himself a
title as LEADER. This has been
"In My Spirit". We have new
converts who sit under these
modern day Pharisees and are
headed for the ditch. Saints!
Pray for our new born. | could
tell you more, but, Nuff Said. |

said before that we all make
mistakes but these false teachers
are going to have to be exposed.
Are we ready for real Evangelist
who will call them out? Not
preach for fame and fortune! Yes

e offended, but get it Right. In
vain they do worship and teach
doctrines. They speak with lips
but their hearts are far from
HIM. Nuff Said. When the Spirit
of the Lord rests in you and you
reach the time of leadership
there are some things that will
not come out of your mouth.
Remember my children, read the
Word for yourself. The Lord will
send a true servant your way.
We do have true leaders and
they should be honered, but not
praised. What's done in the dark,
Will come to the light. ( Luke
6:45 ) A good man will speak
good things and an evil man will
say that which is evil because its
in the heart. Yes, the blind are
leading the blind. Even the
President, in my opinion, lead-
ing the nation toward war with-
out an Physica confrontation
from Sadaam. When will we
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leading the Blind.

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Senator Charles Steele

Charles Steele, Jr. was born and
reared in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
and still resides in Tuscaloosa
Charles is the second born of
four children. His parents are
Mrs. Eleanor W Steele and the
late Charles Steele, Sr. He was a
1964 graduate of Druid High
School anc attended Mississippi
VAey State College, Itta Bena,
Mississippi and Oak-land
University Rochester, Michigan.
Charles is the co-owner of Van
Hoose & Steele Funeral Home
Incorporated. He is a member of
Bethel Baptist Church where he
serves as a Deacon Charles is
married to Cathelean Annette
Chambers Steele and the father
of two children Lekeisha and
Charia. :

In 1985 he was elected to the
Tuscaloosa City Council where
he served two terms, Mr. Steele's
dedication to serving his con-
stituents is evident through his
many worthwhile and tangible

accomplishments in Tuscaloosa
County and West Alabama.
During his tenure as City
Councilman, he organized the
ITnity Day Scholarship Fund,
The Tuscaloosa Police Athletic
League, and secured funds for
the purchase of Palmore
Parkand Barrs' Quarters
(Charles Steele Estates), This
was the first home ownership
rogram in West Alabama.
Charles Steele obtained " the

tunds to build the Bernice
Hudson Washington " Insight
Center, a drug treatment center.
He organized the Tuscaloosa
Drug Task Force and after many
years of relenting efforts, the
Partners for a Drug Free
Tuscaloosa County (formerly
Tuscaloosa Drug Task Force.
During that time the partnership
was awarded one million dollars.
These accomplishments reflect
the proven and devoted commit-
ments of Steele in his quest for
a better Alabama. In 1994,
Charles, Jr. was elected to the
Alabama State Senate. The
Senator serves District #24,
which includes Tuscaloosa,
Hale, Greene, Perry, Sumter, and
Marengo Counties. As Senator,
he promised his people in the
Black Belt district, where jobs
are solely needed for so many
residents, that he would work
tirelessly to change their di-
lemma. He was given the chance
when voters in his district over-
whelmingly elected him to office.
Since then, Steele, a man of
contagious energy and spirit, has
been on a crusade to live up to
that colossal pact. The Senator
played a key role in recruiting
not one, but several new plants
in his district. He continues to
serve the people of Alabama
with his efforts in the

counties that he serves.He was
instrumental in locating Tire an
Wheel Assembly.(T&WA) In
Greene County, H & H (truck
beds) in Perry County and

Greenco Dimensions, Inc. (drum
sticks) in Greene County. He
also has plans for additional
companies to locate in District
24. As Senator for District 24 he
serves on the following commit-
tees: Chairperson Industrial
Development and Recruitment,
Finance and Taxaton; Education,
Business and Labor, Agriculture
and Forestry, Children Youth
Affairs and Human Resources,
Judiciary, Tourism and

Marketing, Small Business and
Economic Development.

Senator Steele serves on many
boards and organization locally,
statewide and nationally. To
name only a few of these
organizations: Mercedes
Minority Board, National Board
Member of SCLC, President,
State Chapter, SCLC; President,
Tuscaloosa Chapter-, SCLC. He
serves on the committee for the
Michael Figures Leadership
Experience Initiative. He spon-
sored a non-tradidon educational
program with Robert Townsend
of Hollywood, California for the
youth of his district. Senator
Steele recruited the Rosa Parks
movie to Alabama, where he
served as consultant to the
production of the $7 Million
CBS movie project. He is re-
sponsible for the featured film
entitled Roper & Goodie, the
$6.5 Million project was filmed
in Tuscaloosa, his district, where
he is also a consultant for the
film. Senator Steele is the recipi-
ent of numerous honors and
awards. State Senator Charles
Steele, Jr. was honored with an
Honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters Degree from Stillman
College on May 3, 1997 during
it's Saturday afternoon ceremony
in Birthright Auditorium which
is located on the campus of
Stillman College, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama. Senator Steele is an
elected member of the Senate
High Chamber (U S_ Parl-
iamentary Group) of the

International States Parliament
for Safety and Peace. In order
for Senator Steele to accomplish
his mission, he spends countless
hours serving the people of his
district, city and state. He works
on weekends, red eye flights are
common for Senator Steele. He

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Oct 4, 2002 - Oct 11, 2002

Each week the AFRO reprints a page from its archives reflecting events that helped shaped the destiny of African Americans across the nation

28 THE

Pages

Page 12 The Afro-American, August 12, 1950 oThere Ts Good News for You in Your AFRO �

Sent Into Battle

Above

MEMBERS OF THE 24th In- | �"�*;"
fantry of the 25th Division off
to battle. Left to right: Cpl.
Marvin Taft, Baltimore. Md; o
Cpl. Elanton Hall, Oakdale, ".
La.; and Pfc. James Mosby,
New York.

Right
A NEW 3.5 BAZOOKA, a
prime morale booster since its
arrival in the front lines, is
fired by an American soldier
on the Korean battlefront. It
is regarded as a top anti-tank
weapon for its ability to pene-
trate 11 inches of armor plate.

Below 7

MEMBERS OF THE 24th In-
fantry bound for the battle-
front. Left to right: Cpl. David
Pryor, Staunton, Va; Cpl.
Doyle Howell, Oakland, Calif.;
Billy Kees, Louisville, Ky.;
Cpl. Elanton Hail, Oakdale,
La.; and Cpl. Willie Mullins,
Detroit, Mich.

SOLDIERS of the 24th Infantry moving toward the front in jeeps. These men took Yechon, July 21,
and since that time have been holding the center of the MacArthur line. Left to right: Pfc. Vernon
Craighead, Louisville, Kv.; Pfc. James Davis, Bluefield, W. Va.; Cpl. Alvin J. Jackson, Austin, Tex.; and
Pfc. Henry Perry, Asheville, N.C. .

Tan Marines
Land in Korea

WITH THE FAR EASTERN
COMMAND IN KOREA "
Troops in integrated units
landed in Korea with the first
Marine Division to holster the
United Forces Thursday.

Tan marines are reported to be
(Continued on page 9)

Soldiers of the 24th head toward the South Korean battlefront where grim fighting by their

unit was in progress, The town of Chinju, less than 50 miles west of Pusan, fell to the

Reds just as the 2nd Infantry Division landed in Korea to bolster U.S. power in the tight
corner of the Peninsula,

Fight or Die Is Army's Decision

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Gloria's Very First Birthday Celebration

By: Mattie de Jesus

_ We invited all of our Family and Friends to join us in Celebrating Gloria Forbes Roach's Very First
Birthday on October 05, 2002, at Annie Brown Community Center, 4316 Liberty Street, Ayden, NC.
She turned 77years of age.

Minister Joe Roach gave the opening paryer, Renee T Respass and the Great Grandchildren sung
songs, Joyful Roach-Gardner did the greeting and recognitions,Dawn Roach recited a poem, Wendy
Anderson gave the bibliography scan, Angela
Roberson gave a special tribute, Allie Roach-Hardy gave words of thanks, William Roach gave the
Blessing, Michael Roach ushered, Ezekiel Roach did the supervising,Alicia Hardy and Clinton Roberson
did the videotaping, James Harris was the photographer,Mattie de Jesus was the coordinator and Genoro
de Jesus did the decorating.

We have contacted prestigious persons including President Bush, Mayor of Ayden and the Governor
of NC, we have a planned program, preparing a delicious dinner and working on our souvenir booklet
0 be distributed December 2002. We contacted the local newspapers and the local radio and television
stations.

We asked Gloria if she ever had a birthday party before and she stated, " I ain't never had a birthday
party in my life, not even a small
one when | was a = child." | asked
her if that meant tf : she will dance at
the party for us. : "Who me?",
Gloria asked with a puzzled

look. "I used to be a good dancer
but | can't any- more. � Allie
teasingly said, "I've heard

that you dance for God in

church." She
ried look and
ing about me

gives us a wor-
said, " Y'all talk-
DANCING and |

can't even HARDLY _ get

around, none the less DANCE. "
Gloria Victoria Forbes-Roach

was. born Oct. 10, 1925 to

Claud and Esther
arried Johnnie
they had nine
William Edward
Jean Roach-
Roach, Allie
Hardy and Joe
Four children

Mills-Forbes.M-
Lee Roach, and
children:

Roach, Joyful
Gardner, Ezekiel
Merlene Roach-
Claudie Roach.
that were sent on

to be with The Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ: Johnnie
Lee Roach , Jr., a twin. William

Earl Roach and two unnamed
twins. She has 16 grandchildren
and 18 great-grandchildren whom she loves dearly. Ms. Gloria was a homemaker, a sharecropper's wife.
Who attended Pitt County schools of Helen Cross Road area. Sister of Eva Ore of East Orange, NJ.
and the late Joshua Daniels. Member of Mother's Board at Poplar FWB Church.

Gloria's loves to grow plants and vegetables, very crafty at making beautiful quilts by hand the old
fashion way, cheerfully helping people in need and good at cheering people up. She is very talkatie and
can tell you detailed stories of way back. 1 became spellbound when she told Allie and me about my
great-grandma, Easter Mu, who lived to be 110 years old. Easter Mu was Allie's great-great grandmother
and Glen Edwards Jr., and Joshua
Edward's great, great, great, great, great grandmother. | want to share this story with you.

Now | would like to tell you the story as told by Gloria Victoria Forbes-Roach about our "Great
Grandma Easter Mu".

Great Grandma Easter Mu would walk along beside of the woods. | was about 12 years old and
would follow her because | loved her better than my mother. Easter Mu would
suddenly disapper into the woods. | followed her to see what she was doing. | heard her on the other
side of the log praying she wasn't sick. I heard her say, " Lord, | know you have notified me but please
let me live another year." | followed her in the woods the next year too. Easter Mu prayed again, "Lord,
please let me live another year." | got on the other side where she couldn't see me and prayed too, "Lord,
Please don't let her die. Please let her live." God answered those prayers and each time she LIVED.
Then she stopped going to the woods and was on her death bed. praying ,"Lord let me know if I've
made it." The next day she was still praying "Lord go ahead and give me a sign to let me know if I
have made it. I've been praying night and day. Let me know before | go if I've made it." Soon Easter
Mu excitedly yelled, " Lord, you all come and see this beautiful city! Come here y'all, look the streets
are paved with Gold. It's beautiful."
Her daughter Ceila asked "Where Ma?" The Lord is showing it to me, � said Easter Mu.
Who told me to move her pillow from under her head. | didn't want her to die. Easter Mu told us, "I've
done seen everything I've asked for. My business is right. I'm ready to go now." And she left right
after | moved her pillow."

| had a Great Aunt on my father's side who lived to be 103. She used to often cry out "Thank you
lord for giving me one more day." Talking to the lord helps people to live 77 years old and beyond.
| want to THANK YOU !! to Gloria's children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren for sponsoring
this worthwhile occassion and working in HARMONY to make it a success !!!

Gloria is so happy, excited and appreciative until it's contagious. She's got us all EXCITED and
HAPPY too !! Cousin Gloria, | am wishing you 23 more Happy Birthdays. If you are still here longer
than that I don't know what to say. So keep doing like Easter Mu, and keep talking to the LORD.

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'Barbershop'

Hilarious or Hurtful?

Many District residents contend
that they types of conversations
that go on in barbershops are
reflected in the controversial
move, "Barbershop," and that
barbershops has no sacred sub-
jects.

The Rev. Douglas Moore, a
former mayoral candidate and
pastor of Elijah United States
Methodist Church in Poolesville,
Md., and college classmate of
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
at Boston College, said about the
controversy, oI don't think it's
that serious.

The Rev. Moore, a noted civil
rights worker, was referring to
the talk surrounding the movie,
which isn't warm admiration for
a brilliant film, but outrage.
Many civil rights advocates - the
Rev. Jess L. Jackson, the Rev. Al
Sharpton and the Rev. Dr.
Bernice King (Dr. King's daugh-
ter) - are outraged by some of
controversial dialogue in the
movie.

Since its release Sept. 13,
"Barbershop" has been at the top
of the box office for two weeks
and has grossed about $34
million. It stars rapper actor Ice
Cube as the inheritor of a
barbershop on Chicago's South
Side. Cedric the Entertainer
plays an old, cantankerous bar-

ber who jokes about Rosa Parks
and Dr. King's alleged promiscu-

ity.

His character, Eddie Bishop, is
the voice of wisdom in the
movie. However, some moviego-
ers are concerned by some of his
contentious remarks, which have
divided Black opinion about the
integrity of "Barbershop."
During one scene, Bishop tells
the patrons, "All Rosa Parks did
was sit on her ass." He also
expresses, "Martin Luther King
wasn't nothing but a ho. For the
King holiday, we would take the
day off and get our freak on."
Dr. Bernice King was livid. "The
Bible says, we are accountable
for every word we speak out of
our mouth," she said in a recent
interview with Ed Gordon, host
of "BET Tonight." Kings, who
aw the move at an Atlanta

theater, said she was absolutely
shocked when she heard her
father's image being degraded,
and was further disturbed when
the audience responded with
laughter at Bishop's remarks.
"The remarks were very degrad-
ing, debasing and not neces-
sary," she said.

"Somebody has to take a stand
for right."

Sharpton, Jackson and King are
calling for MGM to remove
those disparaging insults from
the movie. As a precedent to
their demands, Jackson and
Sharpton referred to Warner
Bros. Removing scenes that
included the World Trade Center
in the movie, "Collateral
Damage." It was stated that
keeping the buildings in the
move would be insensitive in
lieu of the attacks on those
buildings.

Jackson and Sharpton also re-
ferred to Sony agreeing to
remove lyrics from Michael
Jackson's songs, "Dangerous"
after a Jewish group protested to
language they claimed was of-
fensive.

Dr. Leonard Smith, senior pastor
of Mt. Zion church in Arlington,
Va. agrees, "Whenever African
Americans are given national
and international platforms, we
must be careful about what we
say, "Dr. Smith said. "The things
said are heightened when cast
into a national or international
spotlight and for some people,
some things just aren't funny.

When we jokingly attack our

historical figures, it helps to
increase others not honoring our
leaders."

But while Jackson, Sharpton
and King make a fight over this
sensitive issue, other District
residents question whether it's a

big deal.

Rev. Moore, said that very
explicit conversations occur in
the barbershop. However, he
explains, "the very nature of the
barbershop is, what is said in a
barbershop stays in the barber-
shop." Exposing those com-
ments that go on in the men's
club (the barbershop) may be
where Bishop in the move,
crossed the line suggested
Moore.

Although the manner in which
Bishop may have expressed his

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feelings about Rosa Parks may
have been abrasive, the informa-
tion he delivered was historically
accurate, Parks was not the first
person to be arrested for refus-
ing to give up a seat, according
to historical archives. Many who
had gone before her simply did
not have an organization behind
them as Parks did to bring
national attention to their arrest.
One of many boycotts, which
took place before Park's historic
even was, then Baton Rouge bus
boycott in 1953, headed by the
Rev. T.J. Jemison.

"All the information has not
been written about the move-
ment," said Rev. Moore.

MGM was not unavailable for
an interview, but provided the
following statement.

"In Barbershop, T a character
makes comments about Rosa
Parks and other leader of the
civil rights movement. It's only
that one character's opinion,
though. No one else in the film
agrees with him, and it's not an
opinion shared by the film itself,
the filmmakers, or MGM
Pictures. That same character,
Eddie, also says "You can say
anything; you want in a barber-
shop.' For the characters in the
film and in that place, no subject
is off limits, and the filmmakers
were trying to be true to that.
Barbershop T presents a realistic
portrait of the kinds of discus-
sions happening in barbershops
and other gathering places
across the country.

The producers of the film even
went further earlier this week
and apologized for the film's
barbs about Parks and King.
Rev. Jackson said, while he's
please for the apology, he wants
the jokes cut from future DVD
and video editions of the hit
movie.

Producers Bob Teitel and
George Tillman told The
Associated Press that they had
apologized to Jackson on behalf
of everyone involved with the
film.

"| completely did not mean to
offend anyone," Tillman said.
"The apology is a step in the
right direction, T Rev. Jackson
told the AP, but added that he
will "keep appealing to them" to
do the right thing.

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WHERE DID TEENS COME FROM?

Did you know that 100 years ago, oTEENAGERS � did not exist? The
term teenager didn Tt come into common use until about 1940. And there
is a reason for that.
Kids worked. In 1900 only 6 percent of 17-years-olds in the U.S.
graduated high school. Public education just wasn Tt a priority. Most
youth spent the bulk of their time with family or in the adult world. There
was no oyouth culture. � No movies, MTV or malls.
n the 20's, high schools revamped to attract more students, adapting their traditional, scholarly education
to include practical classes like bookkeeping and home economics. It paid off: By 1930, almost half the
teen population were high school students, and the trend continued upward. More than ever, teens were
ripening in an environment composed almost entirely of their peers. High school was now a full-out
teenage social experience.

Savvy businessmen were quick to pick up on this emerging demographic. In the o40s,
advertisements aimed directly at the teen market began to appear for household furnishings, hope chests
and fashions. The products were wholesome-an extension of, say, home economics in school-preparing
youths for adulthood. But money was clearly bottom-line. The onset of the oteenager � had everything
to do with their increase in buying power. As teen numbers and economic clout swelled, so did an
onslaught of rock on � roll culture and delinquency. Youth culture rocked the entire world: the
entertainment industry, the universities, the government. The atmosphere of protest gave rise to gangs.
beatniks, rockers and hippies, bent on casting off constraint, high on the heady fumes of hedonism. "

Parents who turned in their Bibles to scriptures like Romans 1:30 and II Timothy 3:1-2, which
describe disobedience as being a sign of the end of the world. had a pretty good case to make. While
these youths spoke out against the mistakes of the previous generation (which had only succeeded in
bringing the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation), the only alternative they seemed to offer was a
self-destructive one. ;

Now, we are a full generation beyond the development of modern youth culture. The students
who protested at colleges around the country were absorbed into the system and are now the professors
and administrators. The teens who once declared WAR on parental control are the parents of today.
Consider:The average parent of an adolescent in his mid to late teenage years is between 35 and 45
years old, which means they were born in the 50s or 60s; and that they went to high school roughly
between 1971 and 1985. Pretty tumultuous-and influential-years in the history of American youth.

So, what do you do if you Tve grown up REBELLING against authority, against parents and
everything they stood for, and suddenly realize one day that you're a parent?

The answer is very telling.

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Homeland security bill
is still mired in Senate

WASHINGTON " Senate mod-
erates tried in vain yesterday to re-
solve the labor rights dispute that
has stalled legislation.creating a
Homeland Security Department.

Democrats John Breaux of Lou-
isiana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska,
joined by Republican Lincoln
Chafee of Rhode Island, could not
win agreement on their latest at-
tempt at compromise, which
moved closer to the White House
position. As a result, the largely
partisan Senate logjam continues
after almost five weeks.

A spokeswoman for Senate Ma-
jority Leader Tom Daschle (D-
S.D.) repeated his pledge that the
Senate would keep trying for a deal
even as it moves on to other issues
such as the Iraq use-of-force resolu-
tion.

President Bush has threatened
to veto the homeland security leg-
islation unless it permits him
greater power to hire, fire and
move around the proposed agen-
cy Ts 170,000 workers.

Arafat asks Bush to bar
relocating U.S. embassy

JERUSALEM " Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat appealed yes-
terday to one of his toughest critics
" President Bush " to block a
USS. law that calls for moving the
American embassy in Israel from
Tel Aviv to disputed Jerusalem.

Bush signed the bill into law,
but views it as advisory rather than
mandatory, and says he has no
plans to move the embassy to Jeru-
salem, where Palestinians seek to
establish a capital in the eastern
part of the city.

In another development, Ar-
afat Ts Fatah movement has
dropped the idea of prodding the
Palestinian leader to relinquish
some power by appointing a prime
minister.

The Fatah campaign had been
the most serious political challenge
to Arafat in years, but the effort
was sidetracked during Israel's

10-day siege of Arafat's compound,
which ended earlier this week.

By RON WALTERS

As planning for the war against
Iraq proceeds, one wonders whether
the planners are considering what
we know wars produce as ocollateral
damage � on a number of fronts.

First, they should consider the
magnitude of the sacrifice by Ameri-
cans who need such things as pre-
scription drugs, a Social Security
safety net, college loans, Medicaid
and Medicare, election reform fund-
ed, sufficient affordable housing and
strategic support for the budget of
those states whose economies have
gone into the tank. Funds needed for
these priorities will be spent on a
questionable war with a so-called
oenemy � who does not even threaten
the basic security of the United
States. Meanwhile, the direct-not
indirect-interests of Americans will
be threatened by the funds that are
squandered on this misadventure.

Then, they should consider the
cost of war and at the same time con-
sider the recent report from the U.S.
Census Bureau, which said that 1.3
million more Americans have slipped
into officially defined poverty, tak-
ing the poverty rate to 11.7 percent.

This is an indication that the state of
the U.S. economy "not just the stock
market "is in dire need of attention.

And what does George Bush want
to do? He wants to slow down spend-
ing to save money for the war,
instead of speeding up spending to
bail out the economy.

Congressional Democrats estimate
that the cost of an Iraq invasion and
occupation will be at least $200 bil-
lion, taken out of an economy that
the Congressional Budget Office
says is already running a river of
debt. It estimates that the debt will
amount to $1.7 trillion in 10 years,
partially as a result of the Republi-
can tax cut, and this debt will be
added to that which already exists
and is growing by leaps and bounds.
Where are all those folks on the
Right who were calling for a bal-
anced budget? When Bob Dole was
the Majority leader in the Senate, in
1996 he also was the leader of the
band trying to secure a balanced
budget. But you haven Tt heard from
him lately on this issue. So, the war
economy is now embargoing funds
that will be needed for domestic
human needs far into the future.

oCollateral damage � will be done
by killing thousands, perhaps

Collateral damage and the Iraq War

hundreds of thousands of the people
of Iraq-a cost of war that no one
talks about. Who will take
responsibility for the human car-
nage that might take place, the bitter
memories that this will generate
against the United States, and how
will we explain to the succeeding
generations of Americans that Iraqis
will grow up attempting to use vio-
lence to insure that they will be able
to live in peace and security? Our
planners act as if America is such a
power in the world that there will be
no cost for the aggressive actions
against others.

The true cost of oregime change �
is not simply in replacing Saddam
Hussein, but insuring that another
Saddam or someone worse does not
rise to replace him. Therefore, it
means destroying his infrastructure
and the people who support it. This
step turns the United States into an
occupier in the region, joining Israel
on the ground acting out the role of
imperial agent of the West.

The real name for the action
against Iraq would be oaggression, �
a term used to indicate that one
nation, for its own reasons, initiates
actions against another, just as Sad-
dam Hussein did against Kuwait or

Yemen. Aggression, especially by

Oct 4, 2002 - Oct 11, 2002

global power, is a violation of inter-
national law and even if done by
y political sanction from the
United Nation, it violates the spirit of
international law and global civility.
It strikes a dagger at the heart of cre-
ating an international system where
nations respect law and civil proce-
dures more than naked power. So,
the ocollateral damage � in this case
will be the principles of conflict reso-
lution for an evolving global system.
Finally, no one talks about the
ocollateral damage � of sending
American soldiers to fight a war that
has the stink of politics all over it,
for oil or for the re-election of a pres-
ident. For just as Vietnam soured a
generation of Americans on such
adventures, the potential of loosing
thousands of lives for nothing also
may contribute to the adoption of an
isolationist mood in the aftermath.
With American interests exploding
globally, none of us can afford that.
But as we ignore the realities of this
and other collateral damage this pol-
icy could cause, we all become com-
plicit in the result.

" Ron Walters is Distinguished
Leadership Scholar, director of the
African American Leadership Insti-
tute and professor of government
and politics at the University of
Maryland College Park.

By ARIZONA LEWIS

WASHINGTON " The 38
members of the Congressional
Black Caucus issued a joint
statement Thursday caution-
ing against a rush into George
Bush Ts use of military force.

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., accused
Bush of ignoring the nation Ts immi-
nent needs for health care, education
and environmental protection to
focus instead on a unilateral mili-
tary campaign against Iraq.

oWe cannot look to our president
to address these problems, � Lewis
said in a speech at Howard Universi-
ty, reported USA Today. oHe is too
busy pounding the drums of war. T

oBombing Baghdad may make us

Black Caucus cautions against U.S. rush into

forget about our nation Ts poor
schools, but it will not educate our
children, � said Lewis, a proponent of
non-violence who was a civil rights
leader during the 1960s.

oThere is concern that there are
steps missing � in the White House's
move toward war, said caucus Chair-
woman Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-
Texas.

One caucus member, Rep. Sheila
Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said she could
not vote for a resolution that would
grant Bush authority to use oall
means he determines to be appropri-
ate � against Saddam. oThe case has
simply not been made to justify an
unprecedented pre-emptive military
strike, � she told USA Today.

In a related matter, two white US.
congressmen visiting Iraq urged the

United States Sunday to take Iraq at
its word on allowing unfettered
international weapons inspections
and stop oprovoking � a new Gulf
war.

The congressmen " David
Bonier, D-Mich., and Jim McDer-
mott, D-Wash. " said Iraqi officials
they have met in Baghdad had all
promised that inspectors searching
for weapons of mass destruction
could enter any site they wanted at
any time, but that Iraq also wanted
to be treated with dignity at the
same time.

oThey say to the person they will
allow unrestricted, unfettered
inspections, any time you want, any-
where you want, � Bonier said in a
live television interview with ABC Ts
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knows the whys, wheres or
whens and somedays can
barely figure out how. As
we sit waiting on A WORD

FROM Gob knowing OUR ©
FATHER has more than a

that is always around us but
some remain to earthy to
hear it. We don't hear the
full conversation GOD has
for Us that will bless the

world. We sit, not knowing

why, where, or how.
And when are we gonna
start moving now that we
have gotten that WORD
FROM GOD.

That WORD was GO, but
as we Sat, nobody moved.
As we sit in our fancy
clothes, made up hair and
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except other church mem-
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Pastor.

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BEHALF. Guess what, as
we sit, they will soon move
past those sitting. Sitting in
fancy cars, barbershops, and
courtrooms. Past all who
have sat saying they were

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wars, social breakdowns,
economic failures, racial di-
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bling on the chessboards,
and Prophets can't even tell
what day it is as we sit.
Saying this, saying that, just
saying, saying saying. And
not doing. Taking a backseat
to everything at the same
time saying,"GOD is number
one in my life" but not
showing. So as we sit,
JESUS CHRIST STOOD. So
that we wouldn't have to sit
all the time.

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JESUS and SATAN were
having an ongoing argu-
ment about who was bet-
ter at using the computer.
They had been going at it
for days and God was
tired of hearing all the
bickering. Finally, God
said, "Cool it. | am going
to set up a test which will
take 2 hours and it will
judge who does the better
job".

So Satan and Jesus sat
down at the keyboards
and typed away. They
moused. They did spread-
sheeets.

They wrote reports. They
sent faxes. They sent e-
mail. They sent out e-mail
with attachments. They
downloaded. They did
some genealogy reports.
They made cards.

They did every known
job. But, 10 minutes be-
fore the time was up,
lightning suddenly flashed
across the sky, thunder
rolled, the rain poured,
and of course, the electric-
ity went off.

Satan stared at his blank
screen and screamed every
curse word known in the
underworld. Jesus just
sighed. The electricity fi-
nally flickered back on,
and each of them restarted
their computers. Satan
started searching frantic-
ally screaming, oIt's gone!
It's all gone! I lost every-
thing when the power
went out!"

Meanwhile Jesus. quietly
started printing out all his
files from the past 2
hours.
Satan observed this and
became more irate.
"Wait! He Cheated!
How did he do it???!!"
God just shrugged and
said:

JESUS SAVES.

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