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EA LEAROLINA UNIVERSITY

Everything that can he thought at all can be thought clearly.
Everything that can be said can be said clearly.

"Ludwig Wittgenstein

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINATS MINORITY VOICE-SINCE 1981

F. Lee Bailey To Represent Rev. Henry J. Lyons

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla,"Dr.

ence here last week that nationally fend him against any possible

Henry J. Lyons, president of the prominent attorney F. Lee Bailey charges that may arise following

National Baptist Convention, USA, has agreed to represent him.
Inc., announced in a press confer-

Lyons said that Bailey would de-

Wlew Sycamore Will Baptist Church
Qpening| Dedication

Schedule of Events

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP EXPERIENCE
March 22nd, 1998 @ 11:00

Beginning at Our Present Church Facility.
Place: 226 West Eighth Street/Greenville, N.C. 27835

After Pastoral BriefTs,
Motorcade to New Church Facility.

Place: 1001 Hooker Road/Greenville, N.C. 27835

The Offering, Special Music, Sermon & Communion
will take place at the New Church Facility.

GUIDED TOURS
OF OUR NEW FACILITY TO THE PUBLIC
Sunday, March 22nd, 1998

3:00 p.m. - 9 p.m.

eee
SUNDAY EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE
Sunday, March 22nd, 1998 ® 6...00 p.m.
Worship Guests
Best Grove, Goldsboro, N.C., Rev. Ivan Davis

Pracse oThe Lord!

OUR SCRIPTURAL THEME
o (The God of heaven, He will prosper us; therefor we His servants
will arise and build... So built we the wall... for the people and a

mind to work.?T Nehemiah 2:20 and 4:6

an incident that occurred last sum-
mer when Dr. LyonsT wife, Ms.
Deborah Lyons, set fire to a house.

Ms. Lyons had found her
husbandTs name on the deed to the
house along with that of another
woman, with whom he was touring
Africa at the time. Questions arose
about the relationship of the two
and how Lyons could purchase the
$700,000 house.

Subsequent reports, spearheaded
by the St. Petersburg Times, called
into question many of LyonsT and

the National Baptist Convention's "

financial dealings Lyons has de-
nied any wrongdoing and had said
he simply co-signed for a friend.

Ms. Lyons has since recanted her

original statements to police, and

insisted that setting fire to the ©

house was a result of a
longstanding alcohol problem.
Attorney Bailey praised Ms. Ly-
ons, who has steadfastly defended
her husband since the incident.
During the press conference ,Ms.
Lyons stood beside her husband
along with their youngest daugh-

(See F. LEE BAILEY, P. 2)

Leaders March To Brown AME
Chapel To Honor T65 Event

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.,
marched with linked arms with
Doug Tanner, executive director of
the Faith and Politics Institute;
Republican National Committee
Chairman Jim Nicholson; Demo-
cratic National Committee Chair-
man Roy Romer and other political
leaders to the Brown AME Chapel
in Selma, Ala. last Sunday in
honor of the 1965 historic march.

Lewis, who was beaten and
jailed in this small city in 1965
when he along with 600 others
tried to cross the Edmund Pettus
Bridge during a voting rights
march, was given the key to the
city by SelmaTs Mayor Joe
Smitherman in his honor.

Brown Chapel AME Church was
dedicated as a national historic
landmark in commemoration of the
historic march. Lewis was keynote
speaker for the dedication services
that day.

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HELP WE NEED YOUR VOTE"Shown above for the oMinority Voice? TV Program, hosted by Jim Rouse are

Redden Legget, candidate for Beaufort County Sheriff, Ed Carter, candidate for N.C. Senate, Rev. Dave

Hammond, candidate for Pitt County Commissioner. Below: Elizabeth City mayor pro tem Jimi Sutton,
Daniel M. Allison, candidate for House of Representatives, and Playwrite Milton Sutton. (Jim Rouse Photo)

oI was beaten here [in the voting
rights march] and now I stand here
today as a U.S. Congressman,? re-
called Lewis.

Mayor Smitherman said that he
called Lewis an outside orabble-
rouser? during the civil rights
movement. oToday I call him one of
the most courageous people I ever
met,? explained Smitherman.

LewisT historic march in Selma
helped to lead to the passage of the
1965 Voting Rights Act by Con-
gress.

Black Press Leader

Denounces Juvenile

Crime Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C."National
Newspaper Publishers Association
president Dorothy Leavell last
week denounced a harsh juvenile
crime bill pending in the Senate,
saying it represents a grave danger
to children.

Leavell urged black newspapers
to oppose Senate Bill 10 and to join
the Black Community Crusade for
Children (BCCC) to push for its de-
feat.

S. 10 would allow children as
young as 14 to be held in adult
jails. A similar bill has already
passed the House and election-year
politics could put the measure on a

_ fast track unless strong opposition
is mobilized, say opponents.

The BCCC is urging every par-
ent, grandparent, student, commu-
nity, and religious leader to speak
out against S. 10.

oThis bill must be stopped be-
cause it will only accelerate the de-
monizing, criminalization, impris-
onment, and disempowerment of
AmericaTs children"especially
black and Hispanic youth,? said
BCCC National Director Barbara
Kelley-Sease.

If passed, S. 10 would:

Allow children, including those
as young as 14 and those arrested
for minor offenses, to be held in
jails with adults with little or no
protection. Children incarcerated
with adults are five times more
likely to be sexually assaulted and
twice as likely to be beaten by
prison staff than children in juve-
nile facilities.

*Allow records that now remain
sealed to follow children into adult-
hood, robbing them of job pros-
pects, higher education, and citi-
zenship opportunities.

eRequire schools to expel chil-

) dren who get caught with ciga-

rettes, beer, or drugs for up to one
year with no provision for alterna-
tive education or substance abuse
counseling.

¢Offer no investment to prevent
crime or take any steps to keep
guns from getting into the hands of
children, even though activists say
both strategies have proven effec-
tive in reducing juvenile crime. The
bill alsofails to address the dispro-

(See NNPA OPPOSES, P. 2)

ISSUE WEEK OF MARCH 10 - 16, 1998

daughter from Raleigh.

ENJOYS VISIT"Sister Moore is all smiles as she enjoys a visit with her

Clara M. Allen Honored For

31 Years Of Servces By Deltas

Ms. Clara M. Allen, a Durham
native, was recently honored for 31
years of service at the Delta Sigma
Theta, Inc. Headquarters in Wash-
ington, D.C.

A retirement celebration was
held at the Washington Hilton Ho-
tel there.

Ms. Allen has had an extensive
career as a member of the National
Headquarters Staff at the sorority.
Her 31 years make her the longest-

running employee of the sorority.

She was initially hired as a sec-
retary and over the past three de-
cades, has served in many capaci-
ties as the sorority expanded.

After serving as secretary from
1966-68, Ms. Allen was promoted
to program secretary (1968-70), in-
formation officer (1970-75), travel
and information officer (1975-76),
program assistant for travel and

(See HONORED, P. 2)

LetTs Look Back
In BLACK HISTORY

MARCUS GARVEY: HIS LIFE
AND HIS MOVEMENT
By Kitty J. Pope
oI asked, oWhere is the black
manTs government?.... Where is his
president, his country and his am-
bassadors, his army, his navy, and

his men of big affairs. I could not:

find them. I declared, oI will help to
make them.? Marcus Garvey
(Part I)

Because he felt that blacks
would not be able to prosper in a
owhite land? where poverty is no
virtue, Garvey wanted African-
Americans to build a civilization of
their own in Africa. Thousands of
black citizens in the early 1920s
were attracted by Marcus GarveyTs
ideas about black natjonalism as
expressed by his Back to Africa
Movement. Garvey for a little less
than a decade was the most famous
black leader in the world during
that time.

The son of a carpenter, Garvey
was born in 1887 in Jamaica. He
gained an apprenticeship with a
printer at 16 years of age and be-
came a foreman at 22. He was
barred by white printers from fur-
ther employment after taking part
in a printer's strike.

Garvey then went to England,
where he worked for an African
Egyptian publisher. He studied
nights at the University of London.
While there, Garvey met Africans
and learned of the problems and
oppressions of colonialism.

In 1914, Garvey returned to Ja-
maica and organized the United
Negro Improvement Association
with the objective of taking Africa
from the imperialists, organizing it

gaaT Sian
i , SA SIE SET alah al a IA

and making it othe defender of Ne-
groes the world over.?

Garvey dreamed of establishing
a school like Tuskegee Institute in
Jamaica. So he began to corre-
spond with Booker T. Washington,
TuskegeeTs founder. Washington
invited Garvey to come to the
United States to meet with him. By
the time Garvey arrived, Washing-
ton had died and his successor as
president of Tuskegee did not ap-
prove of GarveyTs African National-
ism.

Garvey then went to Harlem
where many West Indians from the
Caribbean lived. There, in 1917
Garvey reorganized the Universal
Negro Improvement Association.
The objective of this organization
was the creation of a strong black
nation in Africa, the co-fraternity
of blacks the world over and the
setting up of branches and schools
in all lands having black popula-
tions.

He later founded the newspaper,
New World, with oAfrica for Afri-
cans? as its slogan. Even though
some whites and groups like the
Ku Klux Klan approved of sending
blacks backT to Africa, no whites
were allowed to become members.
Because Garvey denounced white
philanthropy, no funds were solic-
ited from whites and they were not
allowed stock in various business
enterprises set up by the move-
ment.

Garvey directed his appeal to the
ordinary black man and woman,
urging them to do for themselves.
oUp, you mighty race,? Garvey
preached. oYou can accomplish

(See HISTORY, P. 2)

aie, OR, Meg, CP Lal, Pe

, Times: for its coverage of her hus-
band, stating, oThey have twisted
every kindness he has ever shown
to others and that is deplorable?.

Bailey said, oFor whatever rea-
son the media have called for
LyonTs scalp repeatedly and consis-
tently.? He called on the media oto
show some responsibility in its cov-
erage.?

Bailey has represented defen-
dants in several highly publicized
cases, such as 0. J. Simpson, Dr.
Sam Sheppard and heiress Patty
Hearst.

Bailey said of Dr. Lyons, oHe is
my kind of a guy and I am very
proud to be asked to represent
him.?

NNPA OPPOSES

Continued from page 1

portionate confinement of minority
children.

Black religious, law enforcement,
community,, and national leaders
participated in the BCCCTs recent
National Lobby Day to defeat S.
10. They met with their senators as
well as administration officials to
urge them not to support this cruel
legislation.

In the 1970s, the ChildrenTs De-
fense Fund helped expose the dan-
gers of children in adult jails by
visiting more than 400 jails in ev-
ery state.

oThe safeguards adopted nearly
a quarter of a century ago are still
needed,? said Barbara Kelley-
Sease. oWe must not return to the
horrors of the past.,T

The Black Community Crusade
for Children, a national network of
child-serving organizations and ad-
vocates, is coordinated nationally
by the ChildrenTs Defense Fund.

The National Newspaper Pub-
lishers Association is a trade asso-
ciation formed in 1940 to bring to-
gether publishers of African-
American-owned newspapers in
the interest of advancing their mu-
tual economic and professional con-
cerns.

For more information about mo-
bilization efforts aimed at defeat-
ing S. 10, call (202) 662-3664 or
call your senators at the U.S. Capi-
tol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

HONORED

Continued from page 1

information (1976-79), program as-
sistant for internal programs
(1979-82), director of membership
services and development director
(1982-88) and director member/
chapter standards and procedures
department (1988-97).

Ms. Allen received an MBPA de-
gree in 1981 from Southeastern
University with a concentration in
business administration and em-
phasis on public administration.

She is a 1959 graduate of N.C.
College at Durham (now NCCU),

earning a bachelorTs degree in busi-
ness education.

She was a secretary to the regis-
trar and advisor to international
students at the college before§oin-
ing the national headquarters
staff.

She was urged and recom-
mended for the position at Delta by
Dr. Helen Edmonds, a professor at
NCCU and a fellow soror.

She was initiated into Delta at
NCCTs Alpha Lambda Chapter in
1958 and is a former member of
the Durham Alumnae Chapter.
She was nominated to seek the

The Minority
fo) (ox=m fale

ing process, problem
tions, and future-pl.

egy.

thority. (1) It is inexcusable to take
unfair advantage of those under

our charge. (2) Whoever does take

unfair advantage of others hurts
himself more than others.

We must never forget the value
of being a model. We must never
lose the vision of seeing a cycle.
People will some day take our place
in leadership. Those who model au-
thenticity, dedication, and genuine
love for others shape the future of
our world, even when they are not
aware of it.

Death awaits us all. You can
count on it. oDeath is the debt we
all must pay.? Euripides

oDonTt put off living until your
retire. Have a blast: do it now.?

We are to live life to its fullest:
free of guilt, contagiously happy,
committed to God and our mar-
riage, and thoroughly involved.

Various ways to view life: opti-
mism, pessimism, suspicion and fa-
talism.

If you wait for perfect conditions,
you'll never get anything done.

Be bold, be joyful, be Godly.

her power. in beady ba oc
ter the Lord into his decisionmak-
solu- .
strat."

Two warnings for those in au-

a

Mrs. Beatrice Maye

Two things to aim at in life: to
get what you want and, after that,
to enjoy it. Only the wisest of man-
kind achieves the second.

Put away pain from your body.
Take a straight look at what alco-
hol does to the body, drugs, to-
bacco. Keep a lid on your sexual
drive or the wrong uses of your lei-
sure time. Those things can bring
pain to your body.

Growing older is not fun for
those who find themselves unable
to keep up.

Life is a challenge. Life is tough.
Life is sickness and terminal ill-
ness. Life is brokenness--broken
hearts, broken relationships. Life
is not enough food and not enough
hope. Life is discouragement and

_ To Terms With Reality? \

te

? From: Charles R. Swindoll,
ing On The Ragged Edge: Conting

oLOOK IN THE BOOK?
If you're getting lazy, read JAMES
If your faith is below par, read
PAUL
If you're impatient, consider the
book of JOB.
If you're a little strongheaded, go
see MOSES.
If youTre weak-kneed, have a look
at ELIJAH.
If there is no song in your heart,
listen to DAVID.
If you feel spiritually chilly, get the
beloved disciple JOHN to put his
arms around you.

If you're losing sight of the future,
climb to REVELATION and get a
glimpse of heaven.
SAYINGS/ADAGES

1. A new broom sweeps clean,
but the old broom knows the cor-
ners. Irish Proverb

2. The dedicated life is the life
worth living. You must give with
your whole heart. Dillard

3. The business of a leader is to
turn obstacles into stepping stones,
weakness into strength, and disas-
ter into triumph.

chapter presidency when she relo-
cated to Washington, D.C.

At her retirement celebration,
tributes to Ms. Allen were pre-
sented by Dr. Jeanne L. Noble
(12th national president), Dr. Dor-
othy I. Height (10th national presi-
dent), attorney Marcia Fudge (21st
national president), Ms. Gwen-
dolyn Boyd (national first vice
president), Verdelle Bellamy (past
national secretary), Dr. Samuel P.
Massie (former president of North
Carolina College) and others.

She received a proclamation
from D.C. Mayor Marion Barry,
Jr., declaring that day oClara M.
Allen Day.?

A citation from the governor of
Maryland, Paris N. Glendening,
recognized her 31 years of service
to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

HISTORY

Continued from page 1

what you will... No one knows
when the hour of AfricaTs redemp-
tion cometh... One day, like a
storm, it will be here.? Garvey
spread his message throughout 38
states in hundreds of speeches.

African-American workers
within a few years poured tens of
millions of dollars into the Garvey
movement. Even though some
black intellectuals denounced his
ideas, 25,000 blacks from all over
the U.S., West Indies, Africa and
South America attended the
United Negro Improvement Asso-
ciation (UNIA) convention in 1921.
At this convention Garvey was con-
firmed as the Provisional Presi-
dent-General of Africa.

Garvey, who boasted of being a
ofull-blooded? black man, created
the African Orthodox Church com-
plete with a black Holy Trinity, a
black Christ of Sorrow and a black
Madonna. He and delegates of

State Chapter Southern Regional Council
On Black American Affairs To Celebrate

The North Carolina State Chap-
ter of the Southern Regional Coun-
cil on Black American Affairs will
celebrate its 10th anniversary with
an array of speakers, a salute to
people who have made an impact
on the organization and an anni-
versary banquet and dance during
its spring conference at the Raleigh
Plaza Hotel March 10-12.

The organization of African-
American employees of community
colleges across the state is an affil-
iate of the National Council on
Black American Affairs, a council
of the American Association of
Community Colleges.

Since the North Carolina
chapterTs beginning, the organiza-
tion has been active in state com-
munity college projects such as
forming a diversity committee, and
helping produce a diversity plan
for the 59 community-college insti-
tutions across the state.

The chapter sponsors a student
leadership conference each year at
one of the community colleges.
Also, through conferences such as
the one being hold in Raleigh, the
organization works to develop the
potential of its members.

Some of the speakers for the con-
ference include Raleigh City Coun-
cil member Brad Thompson, N.C.
Court of Appeals Judge Patricia

UNIA drafted the Declaration of
the Rights of the Negro Peoples of
the World which stated that Africa
belonged to the black race.
GarveyTs movement demanded the
teaching of black history in public
schools, the use of a capital oN? in
Negro, and the end of lynching.
(adapted from Los Angeles
Sentinel; Part II next week)

programming, content development,

with special events.

Prior experience in video production

sential.

Greenville, N.C. 27835-7202.

March 11, 1998

CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER

Coordinates the media relations program for the City of Greenville, with
emphasis on video production and scripting. Responsible for the day to
day operation of the CityTs cable access channel including scheduling,

ment. Writes, designs, and arranges layout for various City publications.
Prepares press releases and news articles. Coordinates and/or assists

and maintenance of broadcasting equipment in a typical studio setting is
required, Must be highly organized and able to handle several projects
simultaneously. Excellent written and oral communications skills are es-

B.S. degree in communications (or related field) and two to three years
progressive experience in public relations; masterTs degree preferred.

Salary range: $31,595.20 - 38,500.80 - 46,924.80, depending upon
qualifications and experience. Competitive benefits package provided.

Apply by 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 17, 1998, to the City of Greenville,
Human Resources Department, 201 West Fifth Street, P.O, Box 7207,

ResumeT will not be accepted in lieu of a City application. If you are out
of the area, please contact 919)830-4492.

THE CITY OF GREENVILLE 1S AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER - M/F/H
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE MUST PASS A PHYSICAL AND DRUG SCREEN

and oversight of channel equip-

and technical expertise in the use

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Timmons-Goodson, Chief District
Court Judge Herbert Richardson of
Lumberton, Southern Regional
Council on Black American Affairs
President Dr. Brenda R. Simmons
of Jacksonville, Fla., Community
College System Vice President Dr..
Elizabeth Lambert Johns, News &
Observer columnist Barry Saun-
ders, 1987 National Teacher of the
Year Dr. Donna Oliver who is vice
president for academic affairs at
Bennett College in Greensboro,
1997 N.C. Community College Sys-
tem Teacher of the Year Delores
Amason of Halifax Community
College in Weldon, and State
Board of Community Colleges
member Dr. Jeannette Council of
Fayetteville

The theme for this yearTs confer-
ence is oReflections of the Past, Vi-
sions of the Future.? Registration
begins at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March
10 at the Raleigh Plaza Hotel in
downtown Raleigh.

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NORTON WANTS BANNEKER HONORED
ni Feb. 126», District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton

sbonsored the Corhmemorative Works Act in Congress giving legal au-
if thority, to erect a mémorial honoring Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) in

ofationTs cdpital. The introduction of this bill was in response to an
* {nitiative by the Washington Interdependence Council (WIC), a nonprofit
civic organization, to construct a monument honoring the legacy of Ban-
neker. A | istoric, figure i in American history, Banneker, at age 60, was a
membefT) theT survey and design team commissioned to establish the
City, laternamed Washington, D.C. He worked under the aus-
f President George Washington in 1791. As a member of the first
pre residentially appointed commission, Banneker played a critical role in
American history. However, his contributions surpass his role as a sur-
veyor and designer of the nationTs capital. Often referred to as oAmericaTs
first black man of science,? Banneker was also an astronomer, mathema-
tician, scientist, author of almanacs, farmer and engineer. At age 22, he
created the first all-American made clock. This homegrown craftsman-
ship kept perfect time for more than 50 years. Banneker is also noted for
his work as a proponent of civil rights, collaborating with leaders of the
abolitionist movement, offering evidence of his accomplishments as veri-
fication of the intellectual aptitude of African-Americans.

REV. SULLIVAN RECEIVES GRANT FOR AFRICAN FROM
USAID

In a special ceremony hosted by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) on March
4, Rev. Leon Sullivan, chairman of International Foundation for Educa-
tion and Self-Help (IFESH), and Brian Atwood, administrator for the
U.S. Agency for the International Development (USAID), signed a $15
million grant to support programs in Africa. They were joined by Rodney
Slater, secretary of the Department of Transportation, and ambassadors
from the 10 African countries participating in the program. For the next
five years the funds will be used to train hundreds of master teachers,
upgrade the skills of African bankers and continue a series of human
development programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Rev. Sullivan has commit-
ted to match the USAID grant with in-kind and cash support from
churches, companies, foundations and other sources. IFESH was estab-
lished in 1981 and has organized a wide range of programs and funded
more than 90 self-help initiatives throughout Africa. The organization
has already trained 500 master teachers who have served in African
countries that include Gabon, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Gambia, Nigeria,
Malawi and Benin. More than 250 African bankers have also been
trained and have returned to their respective countries.

BLACK ENGINEERS TO HAND OUT GOLDEN TORCH AWARDS

The National Society of Black EngineersT (NSBE) first annual
Golden Torch Awards will be held on March 27 in conjunction with the
organizationTs 24th annual national convention in Anaheim, Calif. March
25-29. Founded in 1975, organizers of the Virginia-based organization
explain that the award ceremony will bring the NSBE mission full circle
by linking the accomplishments of African-American engineers and tech-
nical professionals with college-bound students. They say this is in an
effort to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers '
who not only excel but positively impact the community. Honorees will be
recognized in categories ranging from technical and corporate to govern-
ment and academia.

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oParks & Recreation Offers Man y Exciting Activities

DAY TRIP TO WILMINGTONTS
Screen Gems Studio. Partici-
pants will eat lunch at The Holly-
woad Connertien " and tae a.

tour of the film studio. There will which includes transportation and
also be a meeting with a represen- tour (not lunch), For ages 10 and
tative of m film industry. Cost for up on Saturday, April 4. Call Carol
i een ee Powers at 690-4542. Registration is

DISCUSS SCHOOL VIEWS"WOOWT's Reggie Price and School Board member Michael Dixon got together
recently to discuss school views. (Staff Phofo)

p EXPERIENCE
OF THE YEAR

As
Vielory Christian Academ ay
Presents

The Wa. and Wass UGA Contest

COME ouT AND
THE EVENT 9

Saturday, April 4, 1998
6:00 P.M.
Victory Christian @ssembly
Corner of Stantonsburg and Mozingo Roads

Donation: $5.00
Featuring Oarious Gospel Artists in Concert
Door Frizes
Don't Mass This Oxciling Spring Oxlravaganza
CALL 830-1442 FOR TICKET INFORMATION

limited and must be completed by
March 13.

CHILDRENTS ACTING FOR
FILM for ages 8-13 will be held
Saturday, March 14 from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at Jaycee Park Adminis-
trative Building., Steve Myott will
be the instructor. The focus will be
on technique and scene study. Reg-
istration is limited. For further in-
formation, call Carol Powers at
830-4542.

ART FUNDAMENTALS for ages
6 and 7 will begin March 23. Pro-
gram is on Mondays, 3:15"4 p.m.
at Jaycee Park. Youth will use a
variety of media to discover the
fundamentals of line, shape, color
and texture. For more information
call 830-4567.

ART FUNDAMENTALS for ages
8 and 9 will begin March 23. Pro-
gram is on Mondays, 4:15-5 p.m.
at Jaycee Park. Youth will use a
variety of media to discover the
fundamentals of line, shape, color
and texture. For more information
call 830-4567.

| KITE FLYING CONTEST will be

held on Saturday, March 21 at
River Park North. Registration to
begin at 10 a.m. and kites must be
ready to be flown at 10:30 am.
Contestants compete according to
their age, ages 5-11. Prizes will be

given to the highest and best flown
kites and to the best built and most
attractive homemade kite that
flies. No fishing poles allowed. For
more information call 830-4567.

YOGA"A new yoga class begiih |
March 3 from 7:30-9 p.m. or
Thursday, March 5, 9:15-10:45

a.m. Class is held at Jaycee Park |

Administrative Building. For more
information call 830-4567.

GYMNASTICS for ages 3 and 4
and 5~7 will begin in March. Class
times vary on Tuesday and Thurs-
day afternoons. Emily Green will
be the instructor. For more infor-
mation, call (919) 830-4567.

THE TEEN CENTER"Located
at 1703 E. 14th Street in Green-
ville is open Friday nights, 8-11
p.m. for Grades 6-8; Saturday
nights, 8 p.m."midnight for Grades
9-12. Teen activities include
dances, billiards, study sessions
(every Tuesday 3-6 p.m.), volun-
teering, community projects, etc.
Youth Advisory Councils meet the
first Wednesday of each month
6:30-7:30 p.m. grades 6-8 and
7:30-8:30 p.m. grades 9-12. All in-
terested people are invited to at-
tend. Call Kelvin Yarrell at (919)
830-4567 for more information.

BABYSITTING"American Red
Cross babysitting class for ages 11-
14 is held at the Red Cross Office.
To register, you need to go to the
American Red Cross Office, 601-E
Country Club Drive.

SWIMMING LESSONS"A vari-
ety of swim lessons are held at the
Greenville Aquatics and Fitness
Center. To register, you need to go
to the American Red Cross Office,
601-E Country Club Drive.

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Albrittan. Please call 830-4546 for aS
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River Park North for ages 5 and
up. Bring plenty of imagination
and be ready to have some fun
finding out more about what birds
eat, how they live, and how to feed
them in our backyard. LIMITED
REGISTRATION. Call Carolyn
Smith at 830-4561 to register or for
more information.

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7:30 p.m, nightly.

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The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial
and natural antagonisms when tt accords to every person, regardless of race,
color or creed, full human rights. Hating no person, fearing no person in the
firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.

Not Enough Kids In Prison? |

The release of the prototype Sen-
-ate Bill 10 just recently seems to
have caught quite a few Congress-
watchers by surprise.

Maybe it was the fact that the leg-
islation was titled the oJuvenile Re-
peat Offender Act.?

Maybe itTs the fact that it was.
pushed off the front pages by the
continuing ocrisisTT of the Paula
Jones/Monica Lewinsky saga.

Maybe it was that the bill was in-
troduced with such obvious pride
and pomp by Senate Democrats who
had worked so hard on it.

Whatever the cause, 8.10 seems to
have caught quite a few in the com-
munity napping, until a careful pe-
rusal of the fine print made them do
a double-take and exclaim, oWhat
the hell are they thinking??

We all knew, after all, where the
bill had come from.

Every day, our papers and elec-
tronic media screamed with stories
of rosy-cheeked cherubs who had
perpetrated some ghastly mahyem.

Couple that with the standard sto-
ries about Youth Gangs Taking Over
Our Cities, and you have an atmo-
sphere ripe for the Congress to do
something totally silly to deal with it.

Ostensibly,.the bill was designed
to deal with those hordes of hard-
ened, career-criminal 13-year-oldsT
the media had assured us were ready
to break in our doors and violate our
grandmothers, and who had been
mollveoddled by the present system.

Imagine our surprise, then, when
we read that the bill would authorize
state authorities to house defendants
as young as 14 in the same jail facili-
ties as the rest of the population.

Contrary to the billTs fierce-sound-
ing title, though, these youngsters
didnTt have to be hardened, repeat
offenders. They could be charged

First One

This past week, an event happened
that blacks should take note of.

Sam Reese Sheppard presented
absolute proof that his father, Dr.
Sam Sheppard, had not killed his
mother.

It was 1959 when the younger
SheppardTs mother was savagely
stabbed, to death in her Ohio home.
Police said SheppardTs father did it,
scoffing at his account of struggling
with a mysterious obushy-haired
stranger.?

If that scenario sounds familiar, it
should. It became the inspiration for
the hit TV series oThe Fugitive.?

Dr. Sheppard was eventually re-
leased, in 1964, and granted a new
trial. At that trial, he was found in-
nocent in 1966.

The story didnTt have a happy end-
ing, however. The prosecutors and
the country at large remained con-
vinced that Sheppard had ogotten
away with murder.? He died, broken
and consumed by alcoholism, in 1970.

Convinced of his fatherTs inno-
cence, young Sheppard began a
quest in 1989 that led to last weekTs
dramatic announcement.

ThatTs nice, you say, but why
should we care? None of the people
involved were black.

It is important because of the reac-
tion of the Cuyahoga County pros-
ecutor.

Rejecting all of the evidence, the

with any offense, including ocrimes?
such as running away or truancy.

Charged, mind you. Not convicted.

Add that to the provision mandat-
ing (not allowing) that: schools expel
students caught with weapons,
drugs, alcohol, or tobacco on school
property, and you have a picture of a
Congress that appears to think that
there just arenTt enough young
people in state custody.

The billTs defenders insist that
what they are trying to do is create a
strong, sure deterrent to steer youth
onto the straight and narrow path.

If that is true (see, weTre giving
them the benefit of the doubt) then
the kindest thing one can say is that
perhaps they might go back to com-
mittee and try again.

It is another illustration of how far
apart are the black community and
the national leadership.

African-Americans are trying to
stem the flow of our young people
into prisons and jails.

But our congressional leaders ap-
parently look at the horrific percent-
ages of black teens incarcerated and
say to themselves, oJust think how
many dangerous, violent teens that
leaves out roaming the streets!?

That may sound harsh and sarcas-
tic, but what else can you call it when
you talk about throwing first-time,
petty offenders in with hardened ca-
reer criminals, taking away any and
all alternatives that may have
steered them away and virtually or-
dering that they be thrown out of
school?

Tobacco?

This bill goes far beyond just being
a danger to our community and our
future.

ItTs just plain stupid.

Call or write your Congressperson
and tell him (or her) so.

To Crack

prosecutor announced that he didnTt
see any reason to reopen the
Sheppard case. He questioned the
reliability of the DNA results.

It was a historic announcement,
and one which we have predicted for
several months now.

DNA testing has opened a flood-
gate of litigation in which people who
have been imprisoned for years for
rape and/or murder have been
proven innocent.

Very embarrassing for a law/jus-
tice establishment that insists the
black community is paranoid for say-
ing many of our black youth donTt be-
long in prison.

Something had to give, as we pre-
dicted. They couldnTt let this keep
going. Somebody had to crack.

The Cuyahoga County prosecutor
was just the first one to flinch. There
will be others. :

You will see the argument refined
and elaborated on by other prosecu-
tors in the near future.

DNA testing was supposed to put
more people in jail, not let them out.
If itTs not going to uphold their view
of reality, its credibility will simply
have to be destroyed.

Just like they do with people.

When that happens, though, some
of these law-and-order types should
apologize to O.J. and black folks for
making fun of them during his trial.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: LEARNING FROM THE
PAST

By Norman Hill

A Philip Randolph Institute

There are many good reasons for studying history. Some
examine the past simply because they find it interesting.
Others find it inspirational. They look back at the triumphs
of their country, their religion, their race, their ethnic group,
etc., and take pride in what they find. This is a perfectly
legitimate use of history, so long as the achievements of
oneTs own group are not used to demean others.

For this Black History Month, however, I would like to
use the past as a learning tool. At the A. Philip Randolph
Institute, the linchpin of the black-labor alliance, our goals
are racial equality and economic justice. We believe that by
looking at which strategies have moved us toward those
ends in the past, we can draw some conclusions about how
best to pursue them today.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of
1965 created a new reality for African Americans. They
didnTt lift the burden of three centuries of racial oppression
overnight"nothing could do that. But they paved the way
for progress by outlawing racial discrimination, putting seg-
regationists on the defensive, and guaranteeing blacks the
right to vote, giving African Americans serious political
power for the first time since Reconstruction. In sum, the
rights legislation of the 1960s has made it possible for many
African-Americans to move from the margins of society and
participate in the American mainstream.

What made passage of civil rights legislation possible?
First, we need to remember that it culminated a black-led
struggle of many decades known as the civil rights move-
ment. The immediate concentrated use of direct nonviolent
activities battle began in 1955, with the African-American
boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama, led by
Martin Luther King. The struggle was reignited by the 1960
lunch counter sit-ins staged by black southern college stu-
dents and perpetuated by various other forms of grassroots,
black-led activism in the South. One lesson of that struggle
is that oppressed people cannot wait for someone else to
liberate them, they must take the initiative themselves. Or,
as the great civil rights and labor leader, A. Philip Randolph,
once said:

Social history shows no instance of a group which pos-
sesses power voluntarily surrendering said power over any
people or thing for anything. Thus, freedom, equality, and
justice for any people at any time, anywhere, must either be
ceaselessly fought for or these conditions will not be won and
enjoyed.

Second, recall that the principle of nonviolence was an
integral part of the civil rights movement, not only because
its leaders believed that violence was morally wrong, but
because they understood it would alienate many of the
movementTs supporters. A major factor in the movement's
winning the sympathy and support of the nation was its
refusal to respond in kind to the violence of the Bull Connors
and Jim Clarks. On the other hand, civil disorder in North-
ern ghettos during the mid-1960s contributed to big political
gains for candidates unfriendly to the civil rights agenda,
both in Congress and the White House. The consequence
was severe cutbacks in the War on Poverty and less strin-
gent civil rights enforcement. Violence has even less rel-
evance for blacks today. Since African-Americans secured
the right to vote, the use of nonviolent demonstrations to
highlight the continuing need to enforce and implement the
legal platform for racial equality and to address the eco-
nomic and social injustice disproportionately affecting blacks
needed to be coupled with African-American political mobili-
zation in coalition with compatible allies in the fight to im-
prove the lives of all the countryTs have-nots and have-
littlest

The mention of allies brings me to the third lesson, which
is that while African-Americans must take the lead in free-
ing themselves, as a minority group we can more effectively
address economic and social problems by forging a majority
coalition. The successful civil rights coalition of the 1960s
included other mistreated minorities, religious organiza-
tions, progressive intellectuals, and most importantly, orga-
nized labor, the most powerful American institution fighting
for the rights of the poor and oppressed.

The success of this coalition stands in stark contrast to
the failure of strategies that isolate blacks from the rest of
society. The demand for reparations is one example, It has

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not and will not make progress because it pits an African-
American minority against a much larger non black major-
ity. The pursuit of a separate black economy is also doomed
to failure. At the Randolph Institute, we support the spread
of black-owned business. In fact, we recently helped to create
an employee-owned black enterprise that is providing work
opportunities for African-American craftsmen and women,
and we expect to create more. But we also understand that
the black community does not have the investment capital to
create an alternative economy that could employ anywhere
near a majority of African-Americans. Blacks, the strong ma-
jority of whom are and will remain workers, will succeed
within the mainstream economy in alliance with the trade
union movement, which fights for the rights of all workers.

The Randolph Institute is using the lessons of the past
today. We are working with the AFL-CIO to organize black
workers, realizing that as the most exploited members of the
labor force, African-Americans gain most from unionization.
We conduct voter participation campaigns that bringing
hundreds of thousands of new black voters to the polls. Of-
ten, our drives have helped elect candidates friendly to the
agenda of blacks and organized labor. We are especially
proud of our intensive work in Louisiana in the early 1990s.
The black vote was critical in the defeat of racist David
DukeTs bid to become governor of that state. This year, we
will be focusing on Congressional districts with a history of
close elections increasing the likelihood of the end of right-
wing control of the House of Representatives.

In addition to electoral work we are, in concert with the
AFL-CIO, lobbying and conducting public relations cam-
paigns to promote enactment of a progressive agenda includ-
ing job training and, if necessary, jobs programs, to enable
everyone who needs work to earn a living; a minimum wage
high enough so that every worker can support a family; a
decent education for all so that African-American youngsters
will, along with other children, be able to compete in an
economy requiring ever more skills and education; and de-
cent and affordable health-care coverage for all. These are
practical proposals because although they would help blacks
most, they would benefit Americans of all racial and ethnic
groups. Therefore, they can win broad public support.

These are some of the things that the APRI does. They
constitute hard work on behalf of a progressive, realistic
agenda, and we believe it is what black America needs"not
idle posturing and sloganeering, not, divisive demonstra-
tions which vent anger but lack a focused, constructive pro-
gram. Nor, for that matter, do African-Americans need the
hands-off, free-market nostrums that black conservatives
say will lift up African Americans, but which actually will
help the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor and
powerless. So we at the APRI will continue what we have
been doing, with greater commitment and vigor, confident
that the strategies we employ will, as they have in the past,
move us towards a time when racism is a bad memory and
blacks along with all other Americans live at a level of digni-
fied economic decency.

WHY MIDDLE SCHOOLS NEED SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICERS
Dennis A. Wicker

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor

When a 13-year-old boy physically assaulted a Charlotte-
Mecklenburg classroom teacher last year, it was just another
painful reminder that juvenile crime is a growing problem at
the middle school level.

Remember when chewing gum in class or smoking ciga-
rettes in the bathroom were the big discipline problems?
Today itTs drugs, weapons and assaults. And what you may
not know is that more of that frightening activity is actually
occurring on our middle school campuses than anywhere else
according to a study by the North Carolina Center for the
Prevention of School Violence.

In fact, during the 1995-96 school year, the Center re-
ports that North Carolina middle schools accounted for ap-
proximately one third of all drug possession incidents, one
half of all weapon possession incidents, and one half of all
assaults on school employees.

ItTs obvious that too many of our young teens are getting
into serious trouble in the middle school years. These are
young people who are vulnerable and impressionable. They
need guidance to stay on the right path, otherwise it can be
too late to oreach them? by the time they are of high school
age.
So what can we do? I believe one of the most important
and effective steps we can take is to put a School Resource
Officer on every middle school campus across the state,

North Carolina already provides funding for SRO's to ev-
ery high school campus. It is time we do the same for middle
schools.

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Is The Right Step Academy In Step? Museum To

By Keith W. Cooper

Could Right Step Academy con-
ceivably be the wrong step for Pitt
County students? For the record, I
wholeheartedly support the
conceptualization of charter
schools. However, without good
leadership and support from the
administration, faculty, and par-
ents, charter schools are doomed.
Because Right Step Academy is the
closest charter school to me, I will
focus on othe good, the bad, and the
ugly? of that school. I might add,
ITm a former RSA math instructor
who was determined to educate
and prepare students for upcoming
competency tests and the increas-
ingly competitive world around us.

The administration at RSA
lacked a vision as to how to move
the school forward. The curriculum
director has placed many students
who are nowhere near the same
academic levels as their peers in
the same class. It was difficult, for
example, to review math lessons
where only a few students (of about
20) grasped the materials while
many others stared at the walls as
if the instructor were teaching
French. Students need to be appro-
priately classified and grouped
with others functioning on or very
close to their grade levels. Other-
wise, some students having diffi-
culty comprehending math con-
cepts might become violent or dis-
couraged and harbor resentment
towards the instructor who wishes
to impart knowledge and insight to
his class.

The administration needs to en-
force policy. If an unruly student is
a perpetual agitator or trouble-
maker, he should, after receiving
adequate warnings, be suspended
and told to return only with his
parents. If such egregious behavior
persists, the student should be ex-
pelled for the semester. RSA must
not become a day care center. Such
is not part of its state charter.

I was in numerous situations
where I sent cantankerous stu-

dents to the office for disciplinary
purposes. Often, the same students

returned with no productive
change in behavior. Hence, I some-
times sent the same students back
downstairs within the hour. Such
mishehavior must be unacceptable.
Additionally, I was assaulted by a
student (nephew of the site direc-
tor) who was sent back to my class
(a few days later), and the matter
had not been adjudicated. The stu-
dent was not only a threat to the
teacher; he was also a threat to his
peers.

Some faculty members showed
entertainment videos to students
very often during a given month.
Soul Food was one movie that
many RSA students saw repeat-
edly. What does Soul Food have to
do with sharpening oneTs skills in
math, English, science, or other
academic disciplines? Furthermore,
the more students are entertained
with videos, the less time they will
have to learn the onuts and bolts?
of their courses.

I administered end-of-course
tests in Algebra last semester. Out
of ten students, five passed with
oDTs? and five failed. Yet, too many
students refused to bring pencils
and paper to class. They com-
plained that the instructor was be-
ing too hard or rigorous in instruc-

tions. Too many students rely on

social promotion. One parent re-
cently asked me why I didnTt give
her child who made a o15? in math
a o60.? Through ignorance, she said
the public school system does that.
I told the parent that teachers (in
public schools) generally use their
discretion on the issue. In any
event, the curriculum director
asked me to give no grades lower
than a o60? for the first marking
period. I was outraged. Nonethe-
less, ITve beenT cursed at by some
seemingly incorrigible students al-
most daily, and they usually re-
ceived a slap on the wrist.

At the last parent-teachersT con-
ference, only about five parents in-

quired about their childrenTs math
grades. I taught four classes of

roughly 60 students. Yet, when I
thought parents were concerned

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only a few came to the conference.
Parents must become involved in
shaping their childrenTs educa-
tional horizons.

Recently, the Associated Press
did a story on charter schools in
North Carolina.

Of the 34 schools, a few, includ-
ing Right Step Academy, were
highlighted. The discussion hov-
ered around a state law requiring
the schoolTs racial composition to
oreasonably reflect? that of the
county. RSA, which is about 99
percent black, should tailor her re-
cruitment program to encourage
racial and ethnic diversity. Prob-
lems around the administration,
lackadaisical faculty performance,
and lack of parental involvement
must be resolved first if RSA is to
attract students serious about re-
ceiving a good, quality education.

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in Ayden. He became a successful
businessman and has made his fos.
ter parents very proud of him |

on Venters = athe a id Gratz, along with his wife, the late ence was on his feet applauding;
oSang,? who will years old, Mattie Norcott, mirrored Mr. and and screaming in approval of what
pee fire black Pine Stet : Mrs. DardenTs guardian care by they saw. 3
Chante B addy? Darden, raised raising Dan oDink? Worthington. These young ladies waited pa-,
Gratz, his brother Boston oBro? Gratz and oSang? have catered to tiently in the green room all night

Norcott, and Marion Mills who now
resides in New Haven, Conn.
oSang? said that this will be the
first birthday celebration she has

so many peopleTs needs, especially
Ayden residents, who would all like
to take this joyous opportunity to
show their appreciation

South Lee Street Neighborhood

Improvement Sp

South Lee Street Neighborhood
Improvement, Inc. is putting it all
together by sponsoring the oHouse
of the Month.?

Each month the selectionT com-
mittee will chose a house in the
southern part of Ayden that best
fits the criteria of the House Of
The Month such as overall appear-
ance of house and yard, improve-
ments done in the last year to the
home, safety of home, clean and
neat yard.

The winner will receive name

onsors House

and picture in the newspaper,
House of the Month certificate, a
prize from our sponsors, and the
House of the Month sign in your
yard for a month.

To register your home, or be on
selection committee, contact the
South Lee Street offices at 511 S.
Lee St. in the Ayden Arts and Rec-
reation Center. If you have any
questions please call South Lee
Street Neighborhood Improve-
ments at 746-7003. We're putting it
all together, all we need is you!

NAACPTs Mfume Praises Gingrich "
For Supporting EEOC Budget Boost

BALTIMORE, MD."NAACP
President Kweisi Mfume praised
House Speaker Newt Gingrich for
supporting a boost in budget for
the beleaguered Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission.

oThe Speaker has made support

N.C. A&TTs Jason Peele

Receives Scholarship

GREENSBORO, N.C."Jason
Peele, a sophomore broadcast pro-
duction major at North Carolina
A&T State University, is the re-
cipient of the 1997 National Black
Programmers Coalition (NBPC)
Scholarship. The scholarship is
worth $3,000.

In just under 20 years, the Na-
tional Black Programmers Coali-
tion has earned a reputation for ex-
cellence. It gained this reputation
with its dedication to sharing, edu-
cating and helping its members
and scholarship recipients to suc-
ceed. It has done this by dissemi-
nating important and up-to-date
information via seminars and

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for the EEOC more bipartisan by
his support for additional funding,?
Mfume said. oIncreasing the
EEOCTs budget is a proposition
that is long overdue, given the sub-
stantial backlog of discrimination
complaints,?

Gingrich recently urged a House
subcommittee to give oserious con-
sideration? to an administration
proposal to increase the budget for
EEOC by 15 percent or $37 million.
The EEOC, which enforces antidis-
crimination laws in the workplace,
has only received slight increases
in its budget over the last two de-
cades. A 15 percent increase would
be the largest budgetary increase
the commission has received since
1981.

While revenue for the EEOC re-
mained stagnant, its responsibili-
ties have grown due to legislation
and court orders. oThe EEOC has
made substantial inroads in the
huge backlog of unresolved cases.
This budget increase would be
helpful in resolving the 65,000
cases still pending,? Mfume said.

oIf we want a colorblind and fair
workplace, we have to put some
teeth into the enforcement agen-
cies that protect Americans from
arbitrary bias,? Mfume said.

AGRICULTURE SECRETARY RECEIVES USDA AWARD"U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman (center)
receives award from USDA 1890 universities Presidents (left to right) Leroy Davis, South Carolina State;
Ernest L. Holloway, Lanaston and Mary L. Smith, Kentucky state. (Photo/R. Anson Eaqlin)

Food Lion Partners In Fundra
ising Effort With Easter Seals

purchasing these products at Food based nursing, physical therapy,

Salisbury"For the seventh con-
secutive year, Food Lion stores and
food manufacturers and brokers
across North Carolina are partners
in an effort to raise money for Eas-
ter Seals.

The 1998 effort is expected gen-
erate a record $1,265,000 for ser-
vices to North Carolinians with
disabilities"making Food Lion
Shop & Care the largest fundrais-
ing promotion for a state Easter
Seal affiliate in the country.

The money is being raised
through the Shop & Care promo-
tion, through March 25 in 425 Food
Lion stores throughout North
Carolina. Special shelf tags and
other tie-ins identify the 251 prod-
ucts supporting Easter Seals. Cus-
tomers can show their support by

Brothers In ArmsT
To Colonial
Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG, Va."African-
American military reenactors will
take up temporary residence at Co-
lonial WilliamsburgTs CarterTs
Grove June 20-21 to share their
interpretations of hard-fought his-
toric battles.

While Colonial WilliamsburgTs

current African-American pro-"

grams show the cultural and social
influences of blacks in the 18th
century, oBrothers In Arms: The
African-American Military Experi-
ence? will add a different facet.

oThe program will show how Af-
rican-Americans were actively in-
volved in fighting for AmericaTs lib-
erties even though those liberties
were not extended to them,? said
Christy Matthews, director of Colo-
nial WilliamsburgTs African-Ameri-
can programs.

Lion during the promotion period.
Locally, Easter Seals has helped

occupational therapy, speech
therapy, home health aides, per-

children and adults with disabili- sonal care, camping, recreation, re-
ties since 1945. More than 90.8 Spite care, stroke and polio support
percent of Easter Seal expendi- groups, durable medical equip-

tures provide direct services to per-
sons with disabilities. More than
97 cents of every dollar raised
stays in North Carolina.

oWe are very grateful that our
vendor partners continue to par-
ticipate at record levels and offer
more than 250 products in the
1998 Easter Seal effort,? said Tom
Smith, Food Lion President and
CEO. oEaster Seals helps change
the lives of thousands of North
Carolinians with disabilities every
day, and Food Lion is proud to be a
catalyst for the generosity of our
customers and our communities.?

oFood LionTs genuine commit-
ment to give back to the communi-
ties in which it operates is the most
generous example of corporate citi-
zenship we've known,? said Adele
Foschia, Easter Seals of North
Carolina president. oThat generos-
ity dramatically impacts the lives
of children with disabilities in
North Carolina who benefit from
Easter Seal services funded by
Food Lion Shop & Care.?

Easter Seals provides home-

HELP
WANTED

Earn up to $500 per
week assembling prod-
ucts at home. No expe-
rience. INFO 1-504-
646-1700 DEPT. N.C.-
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ment, advocacy, information and

referral services.

long. They were the last of the 15:
groups to perform. These young en-:
tertainers call themselves oJust.
Bcuz.? Their ages range from seven:
years to 13 years.

Just Bcuz traveled by bus to the:
city of Harlem to show the famous.
Apollo what dancing is all about..

Narconon Provides :
Family Counseling

Do you have a family member on.
drugs or alcohol? Narconon _pro-
vides free professional counseling,
evaluation and_ referral services.
Call Narconon at 800-468-6933
when you need help. Narconon has
been helping put families de-
stroyed by drug abuse back to-
gether for 30 years. If you have a
child that you think youTve lost to
drugs, call Narconon at 800-468-
6933 today.

March 21

Annual

NAACP BANQUET

J.H. Rose High School

Guest Speaker

Dr. James H. Johnson
UNC-Chapel Hill

Professor

Call NAACP Office
at 758-7645
or
any member of

Executive Branch
NAACP

at 6 p.m.

First Annual
Greenville Citywide

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If you would kindly include the following message in your announcements
we would greatly appreciate it:

" The Fifth Annual Minority Business Expo - Expo 98' originally

The City of Greenville will be
collecting appliances, unwanted
furniture, stumps and logs. We
will also collect tires, batteries,

dried solidified paint, bricks
and cement blocks.

scheduled to take place March 8th and 9th will now be held March 28th
and 29th on Saturday and Sunday at the Dubois Center, 200 Hooker Rd
in Greenville, NC. Venders are welcomed and the public is cordially
invited to attend. For more information please call (919) 757-0365".

Sorry - we can not accept
pesticides, liquid paint, or
other hazardous chemicals!

Thank you in advance for your co-operation. . If we may assist you in any of
; . - se feel free to contact us.
Sign Up for a special community event sponsored by the City of your public events - please fee! free

Greenville and the Community Appearance Commission. Guy Sims

Expo Coordinator

- Free Telephone Consatation Offered for Debt Consolidation

§ ' _NEW YORK, N.Y."Luther R. _ BuCCS, which already offers na- the 212 and 718 area codes, con-
@ . Galling, president and founder of tionwide, toll-free telephone credit sumers should call 1-800-475-1994. .
, | the not-for-profit Budget & Credit counseling, is now establishing the Budget & Credit Counseling Ser-
Counseling Services, Inc. (BuCCS), free debt consolidation telephone vices, Inc, (BuCCS), a not-for-profit
announced recently that for the ae specifically targeting service licensed by the New York
first time BuCCS will offer free consumers who may qualify to en- State Banking Department, pro- technologies can save lives, as
,telephone consultation for debt roll in its BUCCSPLAN. vides counseling and advice on es- @ well as time and money.
consolidation. , The BUCCSPLAN is designed to tablishing credit, maintaining a San Some of the ITS products and ee ee ac
assist overextended consumers in budget, avoiding bankruptcy and (NAPS)"Products offering ying recently introduced regs oe and br "
paying off debts. The plan was cre- other personal finance concerns. electronic in-vehicle navigation, " atmospheric and rosd-eur

A Once-G reat ated to be an alternative to harass- BuCCS also provides debt. and emergency alerts and electronic that probit ince Soman able Shige " sas
ment, garnishment and bank- money management counseling, toll collection are making travel ing emergency vehicles, road haz- * New York CityTs toll plazas

Industry Examined ruptey. mortgage counseling and prepara- safer and are preg phair pac} ards and trains. More than sixty handle about 650,000 cars each
Much of eastern North oWe decided to offer telephone tion for first-time home buyers, Tr or men 7 Sod ri f piteate warning systems are being used Workday. But an electronic toll
Carolina was once blan- | °°U"8¢ling because consumers and, if necessary, bankruptcy coun- (ITS America). ety of America py ambulance, fire and police collection system called E-Z Pass
keted with forests of | "eed and want a quick easy way to seling. These advances in technology department in Orlando, Fla., and is freeing many commuters from "
longleaf pine. In the days of | 2° debt consolidation counseling. © BuCCS handles $65 million in 2. known collectively as intelli- neighboring suburbs. Meanwhile, long waits at the bridges and tun-

wooden sailing ships, these | Many people just donTt have the consumer debt annually and acts gent transportation systems, or the Illinois DOT is testing them. nels by eliminating the need to

. gage: ca aa ngto %
ol | the USS. Department of trian?
a portation (U.S. DOT). But ITS

: 0 pay cash. Instead, a windshield- 4
forests yielded the essential time to come into an office for an as counselor and advocate for more [TS. They were first developed in °A security system that links mounted electronic device i aq

ye : We . Cae | elect; is auto- =
tar and pitch that kept the initial consultation"itTs easier to than 25,000 New Yorkers and oth- the communications, computer, drivers via cell phone to a 24-hour matically debited by a oreader? at

shi : pick up the phone, find out what ers around the country. marine and aviation industries, ?"?0nitoring center. Using satellite

eeerricl garden lec- | information the counselor needs Popularly known as the oCredit then were applied to surface technology, center operators know NYC datiy toll treet ae
ture at Tryon Palace His. | 224 let BuCCS help,? said Gatling. Doctor,? Luther R. Gatling is an in- transportation. dispatch cousin of a vehicle to Gone with E-ZPass. The same eys-
toric Sites & Gardens, Tar, Consumers wishing debt consoli- ternationally recognized authority ITS is coming along at the roadside nosistaree » Police or tem is used in Pennsylvania and
Pitch, Rosin and Turpen- dation counseling by telephone on consumer credit who has served right ane wait 1S america. * Travelers in Iowa, which con- is planned for toll plazas along I-
tine: The Story of the | Within the 212 and 718 area codes on the Federal Reserve Consumer Currently, traffic accidents are _

Longleaf Pine, will examine should call (212) 675-5070. Outside Advisory Board. " cE
the history of this once com- e |
mon and now vanishing ree | PUBLIC Forum Set For March 24th Ce eer wat TO Gols ET ARI aie

Earley, edit ildli . ys
Nocth: Carolina of hee To help Pitt County citizens ob- 1st and Reade Street, Greenville. It ST !
. tain factual information on the pro- will be videotaped for later broad- THE EA CAROLINA BANK!

the lecture at 10 a.m. in the : .
posed change in governance of Pitt cast on the Government Access Gps) CAROLING

Tryon Palace Auditorium. County Memorial Hospital from Channel.
ay

Admission is $4 or free with

an annual pass or general public not-for-profit to private not- A one-hour expert panel presen-
SINCE 1920

admission ticket. for-profit, the League of Women tation will be followed by responses

Some trees secrete a Voters of Pitt County and the to written questions submitted by
rch cetytrme, ected North Carolina Nurses Association the audience. All questions will be
scrim, (nett ayer tem District #30 will cosponsor a Public screened for appropriateness under
from insects when the bark Forum"Privatization of Pitt LWV criteria, by a committee of
is damaged. The resin of the County Memorial Hospital: League members and community
early? min oem io pe What Are The Facts?"on Tues- volunteers, prior to submission to " ;
oes fi'o Guerin, (oy day, March 24, from 7 to 9 p.m. the moderator.
pitch and rosin. During the This forum will be held in the The moderator will be Alan Hoff-
18th and 19th centuries, in- auditorium of the Willis Building, man, news anchor WNCT. Ques-

® CO) ) . c
dustries based on products | [| tions from the public may be pre-
of this resin were a major Litt e WI ie submitted in writing to the Voter

part of eastern North Center H osts Services Chair, PCLWV, PO Box

CarolinaTs economy. 1551, Greenville, NC 27835.

Because tar and pitch k h The Forum will be taped and
were used to coat the ropes Wo i S O p aired on Thursday, March 24 at 7
that fixed a shipTs sails and | Come one, come all"whether big p.m., Sunday, March 29 at noon

to waterproof the wooden | °F small. The Little Willie Center and 7 p.m., and on Tuesday, March
hull, they were invaluable to | is hosting its Eighth Annual] 3lat7pm.

{ the shipping industry at | Spring Festival Workshop on Sat- For more information contact
that time. Throughout the | Uday, April 25 at the C. M. Eppes Elizabeth A. Trought at 756-0156,
remains of North CarolinaTs | Middle School from noon to 3 p.m. P.O. Box 1551, Greenville, NC
longleaf pine forests, under- | The theme of the Festival is oChil- 27835.

brush conceals abandoned | dren: The Hope and Promise of To-

tar kilns, where carefully morrow, A Rainbow in the Clouds.? adil
controlled fires once It will be an exciting afternoon.

sweated tar from green pine There will be informative and in-

boughs. spirational speakers such as Mayor toon nGt Debi

While researching this Nancy Jenkins, Representative

Home Mortgages ® VA & FHA Loans
Construction Loans * Construction-Permanent Loans
Loans for Vacation Homes or Investment Property

once-extensi cosvystem | Henry Aldridge, Commissioner Jeff ; .
and its products, Lawrence Savage, and Ms. Caroline Guion. AQ Red Banks Road Stantonsburg Road Inside Walmart
Earley was able to interview Entertainment will be provided $3. 74 Member FDIC 355-8200 752-6609 355-5988
one of the last turpentiners, | by the Fire Department EQUAL HOUSING LENDER

Aubrey Shaw. He will share Puppeteers, Police Department for

his experiences, insights | Band, and the Rose High Steppers. 15 donuts*
and knowledge in this slide/ As usual, there will be exhibits
lecture presentation. concerning a variety of community

For more information | eSources There will be games, hot

631 S. Memorial Drive

about this or other Tryon | 408s, soft drinks and goodies of ev-

Palace Historic Sites & Car- ery description. Sar e ante 3

dens programs, please call | Anyone who is interested in be- : ouve ot t e S
(919) 514-4900 or (800) 767-| ing an exhibitor at the Festival or OPEN 24 HOURS } y

1560. who has any questions at all may Offer Expires 6/30/98

call 762-9083 for information. | We Want You On Our [eam

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GOO D P EOPL E, Y sy OW. play to win and people notice.

CP&L's commitment to high-

NE E D ED | performing minority and women-
: owned businesses ts winning praise
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To Be Part-tine Census Workers ORTH CAROLINA fea (psepte Wie Larceny, ne Covel

Minority Supplier Development

Pitt County is looking tor 205 people to help conduct a Comat sen su Zs KC AER iil:
q bridges we've built with minority
Special Census during April and M ly. business. The Sterling Consortium,
a diversified group of minority
Pay Scale: entrepreneurs, singled out CP&L as
+ Census Takers and Office Workers will be paid $9 per hour. the Corporation of the Year.

+ Crew Leaders will be paid $10 per hour,

The Piedmont Minority Supplier Development Council likewise recognized CP&L as the
+ 1f vou drive your car, you'll be reimbursed 31 cents per mile.

Corporation of the Year. And singled out our own Jerry Fulmer as MBE Coordinator of

the Year. The Raleigh-Durham Minority Development Agency also honored Jerry Fulmer

To Be Eligible You Must:
+ Bea resident of Pitt County (At least six months of the year).
+ Be eligible to work in the United States,
+ Have (ransportation for use af work,
4 Be at least 18 years of age.
* Be able to pass a gencral knowledge lest.
4 Be available up to 25 hours per week, evenings and weckends,

" as Minority Business Advocate of the Year. And CP&L was

recognized by the North Carolina Institute for Minority Economic
Development for its continued dedication and support of minority
business in North Carolina. We're always scouting new talent.
If you're in top form, we want you. Together we have what
it takes to be a winning team. Just remember, we play to win.
And people notice.
To Apply:
Visit one of the following four locations:
The Pitt County Office Building
ECU's Mendenhall Student Center
Pitt Community CollegeTs Job J.ink Center
Employment Security Commission

To learn more about CP&L's Supplier Diversity and
Business Development Program, write to
Jerry J. Fulmer, Supplier Diversity and Business
Development Manager, P.O. Box 1651, CPB-2C3,
Raleigh, NC 27602, or call 919-646-2193,

The Power to Lead

For more information...
Call the Special Census Infurmation Linc - 830-2551,

New York, N.Y."The 1998 Es-
sence Awards will take place Fri-
day, April 10 , at 7:30 p.m. at The
Theater at Madison Square Gar-
den. The 11th Essence Awards will
pay tribute to six outstanding indi-
viduals who have had a lasting im-
pact on the world of music.

honorees includE James Allen,
founder and executive director of
the Addicts Rehabilitation Center

(ARC) and the ARC Gospel Choir;
musical pioneer The Artist, physi-
cally challenged musician and mo-
tivational speaker Gaynell
Colburn; singer, performer and
philanthropist Patti LaBelle; re-
nowned jazz musician and classical
composer Wynton Marsalis; and re-
cording artist and television and
film star Will Smith.

LaBelle will receive the Essence
Triumphant Spirit Award, estab-
lished to honor an exceptional Afri-
can-American who is a
groundbreaker and has revolution-

ized an industry by excelling in his ©

or her profession, breaking barriers
and using personal influence to
open doors for and empower others.

For the fifth year in a row, Fox
Broadcasting will air the Essence
Awards as a two-hour prime-time
special. No date for the airing has
yet been scheduled.

The Essence Awards, which
highlight the contributions of pre-
eminent African-Americans, was
first held in 1987 and has become
one of the countryTs top awards
shows. Previous Essence Award
honorees have included Janet
Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Bill and
Camille Cosby, Tina Turner,
Whoopi Goldberg, Muhammad Ali,
Denzel Washington, the Rev. Jesse
Jackson, Eddie Murphy and Gen.

ong Honorees At
Awards

PATTI LABELLE

Colin Powell, as well as more than
a dozen community activists who
have given of themselves to im-
prove the quality of life for others.
Sponsors for the 1998 Essence
Awards are American Express,
AT&T, Chrysler, JCPenney,
Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods,
Pepsi-Cola, Revlon and Toyota.
With 7.8 million readers, Es-

sence is the preeminent magazine
for black women. Published by Es-
sence Communications, Inc., it is a
source of information relating to
every area of African-American
womenTs lives.

Information about the 1998 Es-
sence Awards can be found on
EssenceTs Web site at http://
www.essence.com.

Goward MusicTs Tran Performs

The Goward Music Studio re-
cently presented Peter Tran, a 14-
year-old pianist, in an all-Chopin
concert at the Springmoor Retire-
ment Community in Raleigh.

The program, which featured all
styles of ChopinTs music including
waltzes, impromptus, polonnaise
etudes, nocturnes, ballades and
scherzos, was received with a
standing ovation.

Following in PeterTs footsteps
was his seven-year-old brother
Benjamin Tran as guest artist,
playing BurgmullerTs music and

Mid-Atlantic Doll

PachelbelTs Canon.

Peter is a student of Ms.
Goward. He is also a ninth-grade
student at Garner Senior High
School, where he accompanies the
Freshman Ensemble led by Mr.
Gilliam.

He has studied piano for eight
years. He received the National
Founders Award in 1997 and the
International Sonatina Piano
Award given by the National Guild
of Piano Teachers, Teachers Divi-
sion of the American College of
Musicians.

Expo To Raleigh

Civic & Convention Center

The Mid-Atlantic Doll Expo will
be at the Raleigh Civic Center on
March 21-22 with their premiere
show. Currently promoting the
largest doll shows in Virginia, D&S
Promotions hope to see their
Raleigh show become the largest in
North Carolina.

oWe have a strong following of
outstanding exhibitors from New
York to Florida and as far west as
Washington state,? said Joan
Sides, a partner in D&S. oOf espe-
cial interest is our wide assortment
of antique dolls from the turn of
the century into the 1930s and
40s.?

Richard Vacca from New York

will be offering antique and collect-_

ible dolls along with assorted child-
hood memorabilia. Jim and Linda
Salyers of Virginia will be offering
their highly collectible antique
dolls.

Mary Carter of oMary Carter
Dolls? in Virginia Beach will be at-
tending with her selection of artist
dolls that she has made and

dressed. Sherry Lynn Wilson, of
oSheri-lynTs Dolls? of North Caro-
lina will be showing and selling a
variety of antique dolls, as will
Elaine Amburgey of Tennessee.
There will be many North Carolina
exhibitors as well.

A Doll Show would not be com-
plete without Barbies, Beanie Ba-
bies, Star Wars Collectibles along
with T60s, 70s and T80s dolls. Flo
Granahan from Norfolk will be at-
tending with her offerings of col-
lectibles in those categories. In ad-
dition, there will be an appraiser-
repair person, doll making kits,
and supplies. (by Katherine
Howard) along with one-of-a-kind
Teddy Bears, Dolls in all mediums
along with handmade carousel
horses.

Door prizes will be awarded each
day at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3
p.m. Show hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
both days. Admission is $4 for a
one-day adult ticket or $5 for both
days. Children 6-12 are $2 and
Children under 6 are free.

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This is the fourth year Peter has
performed at Springmoor.

PeterTs main interest is in classi-
cal music. He would like to use his
talent to serve his church and com-
munity.

In the future, he says he hopes to
attend Duke University to study in
the medical field.

Marti Pryor-Cook,

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This year the Fifth Annual Minority Business
Expo, "Expo 98," will be held on Saturday and
Sunday, March 28th & 29th, at the DuBois Center
200 Hooker Road, Greenville, North Carolina.
Although there will enough space allocated to
provide up to 60 obooth size" areas inside and
outside of the building, this year "Expo" will be
housed primarily in the main ballroom of the DuBois
Center. There will also be two large meeting rooms
which will be available for workshops and seminars
you may be interested in providing.
Once again we are proud to have this event
sponsored by First Citizens Bank. "Expo 98" will be
comprised of a cross section of business and service
venders from the African American business commu-
nity and the greater business community at large.
Some of the participants include: Pitt County
Memorial Hospital, Bell South Mobility DCS, Brijejaf
Travel, The United States Navy, Time Mortgage, Starlite
International, The City of Greenville, Jeffrey's Beer & Wine
Distributors, Chase Mortgage, Pitt County Health
Department, and many more. The purpose of this event is to
introduce those participating businesses of the "Expo" to larger
audiences, and to also share dialog with other business people

and consumers alike.

During the course of "Expo 98" our agenda will feature

fitness and health programs, housing information, economic
development, teen responsibility, financing seminars, and ethnic
foods. This event; occurring at the end of the month, promises to be
one charged with a festive atmosphere.
Publicity regarding this event is not only be generated by our
media group, i.e, WOOW-Greenville, WTOW-Washington, The
Minority Voice TV Program and The "M? Voice Newspaper,
but through other major media outlets throughout the region as
well. Admission for the general public is free.
Vendors may set up their booths on Friday. The cost
to participate this year's event is $99.00 for two days for small
businesses and $199.00 for large businesses. This package
also includes up to a 4 column by 4 inch display ad in the
"M" Voice Newspaper's Minority Business Directory. Due
to increased interest in "Expo 98," we encourage your
earliest response, and we look forwarded to assisting