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VOTING IS POWER

Serving Eastern North Carolina Since 1981

by: Frank D. Brown
George E. Curry
Black America is in a State

Of emergency. African-
\merican educators, elected
officials, civil rights leaders.
religious and spiritual lig-

res, corporate executives,
FommMunity activists and oth-
CTS are being warned of a

crisis from which our com-
munities mav never be able
(O recover? Some are saying
this is Black AmericaTs most
pressing issue of this new.
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Educational Progress, the
group responsible for issuing
what is known as the na-
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Black literacy levels are the

lowest of all maior ethnic
groups in the natior
Further, the rate of African-
American illiteracy has

barely changed over the past
decade. Think about it: A
decade from now. how wil

our children be able

function in Uris rapidly
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four-part series brings to-

gether national voices of

concern: We present infor-

mation on innovative early

literacy initiatives and ap-

proaches, and tell the stories

of Black communities that

have organizaed and suc-

cesstully taken control of

their local school systems
and established new educa-

tional priorities. We de-

scribe programs that cater to

the special needs of our

youth, and provide excerpts

Irom a new National Urban

League publication, " Read

and Rise: Preparing Our

Children for a Lifetime of

success.?

We report on the
called education-reform leg-
islation expected to be voted
on by Congress later this
month, and explain what this
all means in this new era of
segregated schooling.
Indeed, recent studies show

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responding to this crisis
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presenting this groundbreak- since before the Passage of
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party. Angered by the recent
runoff campaign described
as dirty and alleged to in-
criminate Democrat Mark
Green, some claim they will
teach them" a lesson by
voting any other party but
Democratic. Ihe public
discussions stared immedi-
ately after the recent runofi

race, which pitted Reon,
borough President and

minority-favored candidate
Freddy Ferrer against former
Public Advocate
Although it was a
contest. Green raced ahead
in polls reported during the
final hours. Many attribute

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the surge to the negative
campaign that demonized

Ferrer's prinicpal supporter.
the Rev. Al Sharpton. as the
future dictator and advisor to
a Mayor Ferrer result
Posters reportedly placed in
communities displayed a
Picture of Sharpton along-
side the Puerto Rican candi-

date, saying a vote for
Sharpton. Rumors " had
abounded that " Sharpton

Would decide the next police
commissioner as well as
other key positions in cits
government.

Compounded with
that, the New York Post
repeatedly lampooned
Sharpton as the chubby
mouthpiece who would
speak for Ferrer if the Bronx
representative were elected.
reene promised a clean
campaign, When ap-
Proached about the abun-
dance of negative campaign

material, he denied any asso-

ciation, saving he knew
nothing of the posters or
television ads that ruled
Sharpton a liability

ihe win for Green removed
the hope of a minority
mayor. fo that end, some
minority activists are openly
advocating a switch. oWe
ought to be like the other
Zuys in showing intelligence
Dy voting in a way that Says
we are important.? Conrad
Muhammad, head of A
Viovement for
C.H.A.N.G.E. said.

oThe Democrats have taken
the Black vote for granted.
We need to exercise a politi-
cal option,? said Dr. Lenora
Fulani, of the Independence
Party Ihe option, Fulani
ddvised, 1s for minority vot-

ers [0 Cast a vote for
Republican Miike
Bloomberg She said he

Offered the best prospect for
a better New York

\ithough Cong. Charles
Rangel has not endorsed

anyone else since he stepped
oul for Ferrer. the New York
resentative met with
Bloomberg and is expected
lo endorse the Republican.
Vleanwhile, Bloomberg has
been meeting with members
of the minority community.
last Friday, he met in
Harlem with more than 20
members of the Black Press.
[here he detailed his plans
for the city and how he js

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different from the current
may Or.
o| would meet with all

leaders who have a constitu-
ency,? Bloomberg explained
to the reporters. He said
while he would continue to
champion the course of a
safe city the way Mayor
Rudy Giuliani has, he had a

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number Of added programs
he would initiate to keep the
reputation of New York as
the financial capital of the
world.

Bloomberg renounced racial
profiling. He stressed edu-
cation as a priority. He
promised more housing. He
vowed to keep businesses in
New York. He promised to
improve transportation. And
he said he would work hard
fO represent the 8 million
residents of New York City.
oAn inclusive community? is
what he pledged
Punctuating that he did not
Intend to query each individ-
ual on how they voted before
providing services, he said
once elected he would have
lo serve the entire commu-
nits

in addition to stopping into
Harlem. Bloomberg's post-
runoff! television outreach
has been visibly aimed at the
minority community.
Featuring numerous African

American faces.
Bloomberg's " commericals
contrast those of Greene's

which seem to depict a less
diverse New York City.
Since the runoff elections
Ferrer has accompanied
Green on campaign visits to
some communities.
However, noticeably absent
in TV commericals and on
the trail is any image of New
York's first African
American mayor, David N
Dinkins. Despite the fact,
the former mayor has decid-
edly avowed his support for
his "friend" Green during his
oDialogue With Dinkins?
segments on the Black-
owned radio station, WLIB
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seems to enlist the support
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teach America, the world?

he mind cannot comprehend the
depth of tne terror that America
experience! Sept. 11. While
many have compared it to the
Dec. 7, 1941. attack on Pearl
Harbor-othe date that will live in infamy? -
in some ways the horror is even larger than
that catastrophe.
Pearl Harbor was a surgical attack against
a military target. But this coordinated strike
only tangentially touched on the military, -
with the crashing of unc of the hijacked
planes into the Pentazon. This was a strike
designed primarily to insini, murder and
terrorize those who hi oot engaged in any
war at all.
- We can count the numbers: more than
260 killed in the tour hijacked airplanes;
possibly up to 200 at the Pentagon; possibly
thousands more in the two towers of the
World Trade Center, which collapsed into
twisted piles of glass. steel and concrete, As
the dust begins to clear we will ultimately
begin, in some way, to calculate the finan-
cial losses that have been incurred in an: at-
tack designed to devastate AmericaTs-and
the worldTs-financial markets.
* But there is truly no way to calculate the
breadth of the horror that has been visited
upon the nation, or to understand the twist-
ed evil that chose to perpetrate it.
T The mind is awed by the level of preci-
Sion that went into the four hijackings-all
gccurring within moments of each other, at
three different locations. We are amazed
by the expense and planning that it must
have taken to coordinate this activity. We
are overwhelmed by the evil that would
engage in such precision, planning and ex-
eeution without a shred of conscience or
compassion for all those who would be
Ipst. And we are amazed, and saddened, by
the pictures taken in parts of the Arab
world-rejoicing at the devastation and
tragedy that had befallen the oGreat Satan?
the United States.
But as vile as this event has been, there
are lessons-and warnings-in the holocaust.
The lesson is that we are not invulnera-
ble. America has truly been a blessed na-
tion. There has not been a single shot fired
by a foreign power on American soil since

oBut the blessing that God has extended
upon us is just that-a blessing, not a
birthright. We live in a world that is filled

with evil people, people who will stop at
nothing to destroy what they cannot build.
The terroist attack has made a direct hit on
our sense of complacency, comfort and ar-
rogance. .

And there are warnings, as well. In our
anger, we cannot be too quick to assume we
know who committed this vile act.

Much of the discussion has centered
around Osama bin Laden, the fanatical
Muslem cleric who is apparently in hiding
in Afghanistan. Others have said that this
could have been state-sponsored terrorism,
with Iraq as a chief suspect.

But, as this is being written, no one has
taken responsibility. Therefore, we do not
know. We cannot forget what happened in
the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing,
when-before we learned that the bombers
were right-wing White men-Arabs around
the country were being harassed because of
the mistaken belief that the bombing was
Arab terrorism.
~ Areligion or a nationality did not commit
these acts: evil men did. Their evil was tru-
ly indiscriminate: theres were Blacks and
Whites, Jews, gentiles and Arabs, men and
women in the airplanes they hijacked. All
nationalities and cultures were represented
in the World Trade Center, and even in the
Pentagon.

We cannot allow our fear to cause us to
kill the very liberty that makes us the envy

"of the world-and, yet, that makes us more

vulnerable to these attacks. And we cannot
allow our anger to cause us to lash out at
people just because they do not look like
we do-or just because they look like theT
people we believed may have terrorized us.
As African-Americans, we understand the
shame, horror-and evil-of being singled out
for abusive treatment just because someone
in power believes that our skin color or na-
tionality in some way links us to other folks
like us who engage in criminal behavior.
We all grieve.

We have experienced a terror that is un-
fathomable. But the nation will recover. We
will emerge stronger and wiser from this-if
we do not allow fear and rage to compel us
to commit suicide on our own liberties or
social homicide against those who are dif-
ferent from us. If we do that. then we will
have given our enemies the victory they
wanted-a victory they could not achieve on
their own.

September 11 attacks leave
plenty questions of faith

he past weeks have been hard

for all peace-loving people all

over the world. It is a time that

revealed the bestial and barbaric

extent to which some Muslim
extremists can go: killing and inflicting
pain on innocent people in a spuriously
frivolous belief that it would win favor for
them in the sight of God.

It is a cause that makes them believe the
universe should be purged of every religion
that does not pay homage to the superiority
of Islam, leaving Islam as the bona fide and
authentic religion of the world. In pursuit
of that belief, they have since 1993 execut-
ed monstrous atrocities all over the globe,
but America never took them too seriously
uatil now.

oThey bombed the World Trade Center in
1993, killing six people and injuring others;
they bombed a Phillipine airplane in 1994

ling one person and injuring a dozen.
others; and they made an assassination at-
tempt on Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak who was on a visit to Ethiopia in
1995. If those sequential, annual killings
didnTt sound an auditory alarm to American
intelligence, they hit a home run in 1996
when they attacked a military housing unit
in Saudi Arabia, killing nearly a score of
USS. soldiers. Still, the neo-terrorists
proved too crafty, too cunning and too elu-
Sive to be detected. Fearing detection, how-
ever, they had a cooling-off period in 1997.

-But they were back in action, big time, in
1998. They devastated lives on a massive
note when they bombed U.S. embassies in
Kenya and Tanzania, killing 235 people in
the process and injuring more than 5,000
others. After those killings, President Bill
Clinton reacted via missile attacks on
Osama bin LadenTs hideout in Afghanistan.
The attack, however, was not carried out on
a Sustained level because the president was

at the time accused of using bin Laden as a
faAade to shield him from the Monica
Lewinsky debacle. Head of cells or groups
that pervade over 50 countries, including
the United States, bin Laden, son of a for-
mer Saudi Arabian oil magnate, is worth
$300 million and bank rolls his wide net-
work of terrorists known as The Base (Al
Qaeda).

In nefarious activities last year, they
bombed the USS Cole off the coast of
Yemen in the Middle East and killed 17
U.S. service personnel.

Then, on Sept. 11, they executed their
most sophisticated and devious attack yet
in the history of terrorism by hijacking four
commercial aircrafts and plunging three of

_them into the twin towers that used to

house the World Trade Center in New York |

and The Pentagon in Virginia. More than
5,000 people are feared to have perished in
those attacks. The fourth plane did not get
to its destination because of the heroic feat
of some of the passengers on board, who
forced the aircraft to crash in Shanksville
near Pittsburgh.

Investigations have found bin LadenTs
network responsible for the crashes and
President Bush has named him a prime sus-
pect. In fact, bin LadenTs atrocities have
now made Libyan leader, Muammar
Gaddafi look like an angel and Ayatollah
Khomeini a saint. He is indeed, Adolf
Hitler reincarnated and Americans are his
Jews.

It is for this reason that the highest sup-
port and encouragement must be given
President Bush in his noble quest to rid the
world of terrorists. This is not vengeance; it
is justice and the right thing to do under the
prevailing circurnstances.

(Guest editorial by Sam Doku, writer for
the Washington Informer.)

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by George E. Curry

hough they are reluctant to ad-

mit it, George W. Bush and

Osama bin Laden have some-

thing in common besides being

millionaires: Each firmly be-
lieves the other one is a terrorist. Unfortu-
nately, many more innocent lives will be
lost in the United States and in
Afghanistan while each man seeks to anni-
hilate the other.

Without a doubt, the loss of lives in
New YorkTs World Trade Center and at the
Pentagon is a tragedy, an act of cowardice
that cannot be condoned or defended on
any grounds. And if the United States
wants to be viewed as anything other than
a punching bag for Islamic zealots, it has
no choice but to retaliate.

Characterizing the Sept. 11 assaults as
obarbarism,? Bush said: oThis administra-
tion, along with those friends of ours who
are willing to stand with us all the way
through, will do what it takes to rock ter-
rorism out of the world. The American
people should know that my administra-
tion is determined to find, to get them run-
ning, and to hunt them down.?

Bin Laden, the person being hunted, is-
sued a statement denying he had ocarried
out this act. oBut Jamal Ismail, a Palestin-
1an journalist, said an aide to bin Laden
had called him immediately after last
week's devastating attack to say his boss
had denied orchestrating the recent vio-
lence but othanked almighty Allah and
bowed before him when he heard this
news.?

To begin to understand how bin Laden
could be thankful for the bloody deaths of
thousands of innocent people in New York
and Washington, one needs to trace the
roots of his anger.

Bin Laden was born in 1957 to a Syrian
mother in Saudi Arabia, the 17th of 52
children. His father, Mohamed Awad bin
Laden, had emigrated from South Yemen,
eventually owning the Bin Laden Group,
the largest construction company in the
kingdom, now worth about 5 billion.

Instead of continuing to live a life of
privilege, young bin Laden chose to travel
to Afghanistan to help successfully repel
the 10-year Soviet invasion, which ended
in 1989.

A year before the Soviets withdrew, bin
Laden established his own organization,
Al-Qaeda, an Arabic term meaning othe
base.? He became involved in a series of
regional disputes, including IraqTs invasion
of Kuwait.

Bin laden anger toward the United
States escalated after the commencement
of the Persian Gulf War in 1991, according
to his associates. He was particularly upset
with the decision to station American
troops in Saudi Arabia, which he saw as



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Osama bin LadenTs terrorist
background is unimaginable

olatest and greatest? aggression against the
Islamic world.

The riches-to -rags leader was indicted
after he was linked to the 1993 World
Trade Center bombing that took six lives.
He was also said to be implicated in the at-
tacks on the U.S. embassies in East Africa,
leaving 224 dead.

But bin Laden contends that heTs not the
problem. m

The American imposes himself on
everyone, obin Laden said in a 1998 inter-
view with ABC-TV Reporter John Miller.
oAmericans accuse our children in Pales-
tine of being terrorists-those-children, who
have no weapons and have not even
reached maturity. At the same time, Ameri-
cans defend a country, the state of the
Jews, and that has a policy to destroy the
future of these children.?

Bin Laden is said to loosely affiliate
with Islamic radical in 50 to 60 countries.

Intelligence sources say that in addition
to sharing a deep hated for the U.S. and Is-
rael, bin Laden has been able to tap into
the religious fervor of the region-by going
to local clerics and having themT give their
blessing to the impending antieAmerican
action. .

Larry C. Johnson, deputy director of the
U.S. Department Office of Counter terror-
ism from 1989 to 1993, said intelligence
Operatives are not prepared to deal with
the likes of bin Laden.

oThe fundamental problem the United
States faces in dealing with entities like
bin Laden and his supporters is that the ex-
isting intelligence apparatus is still orga-
nized to defeat a conventional Cold War
enemy, oFrontline,? the PBS documentary
unit.

o...How do you penetrate an organiza-
tion which is largely ideological and
bound by religious fervor? They donTt
have membership. You donTt have to fill
out an application. ItTs not like joining a
country club. You are brought together by
commonness of belief that is shared in
worship. And in the faithful application of
your religious faith.?

But religion plays another role that
might explain why bin LadenTs followers
donTt mind dying for their cause.

oBeing killed for AllahTs cause is a great
honor achieved by only those who are the
elite of the nation, obin Laden said in a
1997 interview with Peter Arnett of CNN.
oWe love this kind of death for AllahTs
cause as much as you like to live. We have
nothing to fear for. It is something we
wish for.?

As long as the United States has that
kind of unconventional enemy, conven-
tional warfare, as well as conventional
wisdom, is useless.

(Curry is an opinion writer for the
NNPA)

Sneak attacks

by Bob Brown

s | watch, over and over
again, the reruns of the
T World Trade Center and
the Pentagon on fire, the
symbols of white suprema-
cy, of the U.S. military-industrial-po-
lice-intelligence complex smoldering
in ruins; and a I listen to the growing
and racist drumbeat for war, | remem-
ber the wisdom of Malcolm X and
Kwame Ture.
The master, and his/her owestern civ-
ilization,? is sick, not us slaves, His/her
house, the racist capitalist system, is on

much of what is America

represents

fire, not our plantation shacks.

Hell no, I did not go to Vietnam, or
Grenada, or Haiti, or Iraq, or Libya, or
Panama, or Somali, or Sudan. Hell no,
I will not go, to Afghanistan or Co-
lumbia!

Victory of the Oppressed Peoples of
the world is.certain, no matter the time
or sacrifice! Then and only then, will
there be no more mourning, or griev-
ing, or tears. In the meantime, the
struggle continues, and the work of the

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I am writing this letter out of concern

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concern stems from the inability of some

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the fact that the citizens of Davidson -

county has given their views about term

limits, and want the issue behind them.
The people have said No, No, No! "

Yet there are some council members.
who either refuse to.accept the mandate of
the people, or they think the voting public
is too dumb to know what they were vot-
ing for when they so soundly defeated the
effort to repeal in the last Metro General
election. T thas

oIt was obvious in the last vote. on Term
Limits, almost four years ago, that the lat-
sible for
placing the language on the ballot, used

| the confusing words that was used, any

voter with an once of voting savvy should
have known that this was an attempt fo
hoodwink the voting public.

Now here they come again with the
ideas, advanced recently by Councilman
Phil Ponder, on the Editorial page of the
Tennessean, where he indicates that new
additions to the council arenTt very bright.

In his theory that a third term would make "

the Council more efficient, he further
sealed the thought that a person has to be
in the council almost eight years before
they know what they are doing. If that is
the case, the public had better examine the
qualification of those we vote into office,
and not be so worried about extending the
terms of those who are too dumb to grasp
the cityTs business.

I would offer one consideration for the
public, not the council, to punder. (No pun
in tended). And that is to start staggering
Councilmanic terms, by voting on differ-
ent districts at different times for a third
of the council members, until there is no
danger of more than one third of the coun-
cil members to be freshman at one time.
That way the city would always be as-
sured that a healthy number of the mem-
bers are seasoned legislators and are full
aware of the needs of the people of
Nashville. How the one third would be se-
lected could be the responsibility of a pan-
el of citizens selected from. the city at-
large. Until that time my personal opimion
is, STOP TRYING TO REPAEL TERM -:.
LIMIT. THE PEOPEE HAVE SPOKEN.
THREE TIMES! 8

Since some are still worried about being
one-term council members, why not make
each term one of eight years, and bar any-
one who have already served one four
year term at any time, from running in any
election until the formula for staggering
the terms have been solidified. In those
original eight years any person smart
enough to get elected, should at least
know how to govern their district. Mr.
Ponder seems to think the freshman mem-
bers are still wetbehind the ears after al-
most four years, so give them eight years,
since the older and wiser councilmen do
not deem it their responsibility to teach
the newly elected members. What selfish-
ness on their part!

Rev. James T. Morris Sr.
Nashville

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Dear Editor,

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ago (oPeopleTs Pulse,? Aug.23), were not
here 40 years ago. I just returned from
Biloxi, Miss., where I was welcomed with
open arms at the Beau Rivage Hotel. My
money was as good as anyone elseTs. '

In 1965, I couldnTt get even a room in
Biloxi, not that | would have wanted to.

Arthur Lewis,
Los Angelos

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Yes, you. read the title

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Greenville Pirates Go
Undefeated!!!!!!! Did |
mention that I was referring
to the GHA Pirates instead
of the ECU Pirates? I guess
your next question is "vvho
are the GHA Pirates? Well,
| will proudly tell you. that
the GRA

(Greenville Housing Auth-
ority)Pirates are a Pop
Warner, Junior Peewee
football team of young men
ages 10 - 13, that are just a
Joy to watch. | myself am no
big football fan, but when
you see what several dedi-
cated brothers have done
with these young men year
after year, then you cannot
help but enjoy the game.
Let me introduce you to the
coaches and players, and
ten you a little bit about the
program.

Pop Warner Football is an
international program for
the benefit of young partici-
pants that has been in
existence since 1929. The
program seeks to develop
well-rounded young men
and women through leam-

ing the fundamentals of.

football and cheerleading.
The general objectives of
Pop Warner Football are to
inspire youth (regardless of
race, creed, or national ori-
gin), to practice the ideals
of sportsmanship, scholar-
ship and physical fitness, as
reflected in the life of

the late Glenn Scobie "Pop"
Warner. The program

. The Minciy Voice November 2, 162001

reenvill

~ strives. to oie he.
__ fun for all boys and girls "

~ Steve
Eagles Ce Mdget ages "

while providing an organ-
ized, supervised environ-.
ment with emphasis on
maximum safety and par-
ticipation. Camell Burney is
the Director of
Neighborhood Services for
Greenville Housing
Authority. One would think
that keeps him busy
enough, but he somehow
finds the time to assist in

the coaching of three Pop ©
. Warner

football teams
GHA Pirates (Junior Pewee
ages 10 - 13;

Offensive Coach Anthony
Foreman/Defensive Coach
Staton), Philippi

8 - | 1; Offensive Coach
Stewart Barnes/Defensive
Coach Robert Harris), and
GHA. Cougars (Nfi ighty
Mite ages 7.- 9;

Offensive Coach Carnell
Bumey/Student Coach
Moses __Phillips/Defensive
Coaches Darnell Lee and
Tyrone Savage). They also
have cheerleaders to help
keep. the fans aroused
coached by Kelly Daniels
and a booster club consist-
ing of concerned moms,
dads, other relatives and
friends that volunteer their
time to assist the programs.
The Cougars (uniformed in
red and gold) are newly
organized in this their first
season, but should not be
taken lightly. These little
Mighty Mtes are not only
undefeated, but have also

game oct ithetaenAgeaees

score_on.them thus far this
season! Watch out for these

little men in years to come:

Devin Austin #3 1, Raphaez

Baker #55, Carnell Burney
Jr. #84, Kumasi Daniel s

#34, Montrel Edwards #1,
Reginald Green #15, Darian
Gunter #50, Raeshon Hardy
#5, Antino. Harris #30,
Deshay Jenkins #5 1, Alex
Jones #70, Shakean Jones
#24, Kevin Lawrence #44,

Travis McCorniick #50,
Eniontre McNeil 923,
Antonio Miller #56, Kurtis
Nobles #77, Marcue O'N6

#4 1, laquay Roach #7,
- Brandon Smith #80,
Sherkeil Smith #72,

Quaysean Swindell #74,
Chevalier Teel #35, and
Shawuan Wilkes #20.

The Eagles (uniformed in
navy blue and white) are
having a good season as
well (5 - 1) in a very
competitive league. They

are the team in training to

carry on the PiratesT legacy.
For many of the young men,
this is their first experience
with organized football, so
they are busy leaming all
that they can about the
fundamentals to be prepared
to compete at the next level.
The team members are:
Jaron Anthony #4, Donte

Atkinson #62, Monte
Atkinson #85, Kedar
Barnes #10, Albdulle

Blount #60, laquefle Cherry
#74, Malcolm Clemons
#33, Ramon Clemons #56,
Desmond Crandall #7 1,

CHRISTMAS 2001

This Holiday Season, we would like to make certain that the children
within our realm of focus are not neglected! We are spearheading a Toy
Drive, along with Community Churches/ Private Organizations/ Anonymous
Donors. This project is focused on the children who are Infected with |
HIV/AIDS or children who have parents or parental guardians who are in-

fected with HIV/IAIDS.

(Beaufort. Craven, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Pamlico, Pitt,-Wake & Wayne Counties)
Now here's what we need you to do... Donate Toys... Clothes... Shoes..., Ete....

For children (new Born to 18 Years Old).

Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church 1001.Hooker Road Greenville, NC 27834

The Drop-Of Station is.

Dr. Howard W. Parkerl Jr., Piistor
Rev. Jesse Chadwick. Asst. to the Pastor

DEADLINE FOR DONATIONS:SUNDAY,DECEMBR

Should you have any questions, please Contact.- Audrey Tyson/ ENCHAC Toy Drive
Coord./ 252-353-7919. We thank you, In advance, for your support.

"TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE GREAT THINGS

Life-Long Pitt County Native Married with 2 children
Gradute of Pitt Community College School of Nursing
Serves on the Nursing Advisory Board for Pitt Community
_ College since 1996 Owner of Better Health Ambulance Service
Serves on the Pitt County Ambulance Advisory Council, since
.1992 Enlisted 6 years in the North Carolina National Guard
Awarded the North Carolina Army National Guard's Achievement
Medal, Awarded the Department of the Army's, Achievement

, Medal ,Awarded the United

HAPPEN'

hiya Danis #34, Pal:

__ Edwards -

Gunter #8 L yoy
Haddock #5, . Kentrefl
Haddock #12, * Jamel

Hogans #44, Chris Hofly

#83, Markeion House #76,
Cornelius Johnson . #50,

Markques King #60,
Jimtrez McCloud #61,
Terrell Phillips #22,

Douglas Prayer Jr. #32,
Hassan Rainer #55,
Marquis Shepard #21,
Antuawan Smith #1 1,
Keith Smith #3, Kevin
Staton #90, Jaquan Waller
#54, Jamal Weaver #84,
Deontra Wilkes #1, and
Tyrone Williams #23.

The Pirates (uniformed in
purple and gold) are defi-
nitely a team to be reckoned
with, being un-defeated
thus far this season.
Football fans, if you enjoy
seeing exciting plays then
this is a team you must see
to believe. They throw, toss,
kick, pitch, and run in grand
fashion just like the profes-
sionals. We expect to hear
great things from these
young men as they play for
JH Rose, DH Conley, North
Pitt, Farmville Central,
ECU, UNC, NC _ State,
University of Maryland,
Carolina Panthers,
Pittsburgh Stee-lers,
Washington Redskins, and
the fist goes on and on. The
team members are: Torrey
Alston, Brandon Austin
#32, Veron Brown #3 1,
James Carney #60, Gerald
Edwards Jr. #35, Antwon

Darian #98,

Kidd #99, Tylee Langley
#2, Tyron Laughinghouse
980, Joshua Lawrence 4 |
8, Marquis Lawrence #22,
Javius Lodge #75, Terrence
Mabeny #3 1, Torrence

McLawhom. #28, Terrell °

Paige # I 0, Donte Peterson
#1 1, Courtney Phillips #3,
Steven Phillips #3 3, Corvin
Powell #65, Reggie Purvis
#30, Demetrius Staton #73,

Travian - Staton #35,
Doniinique Tillery #89,
Tony Turnage #66,

Benjamin Williams #14,
Miton Williams #4, and
William Winfield #16. .

Year after year, these young
athletes excel in their re-
spective divisions and have
the opportunities to play
throughout the state and
sometimes beyond. Often
times their storybook sea-
sons do not finish as well
they could or should be-
cause of lack of funding. It
takes a strong commitment
and a great deal of funding
in order to transport these
young people from city to
city. Despite their accom-
plishments, sponsors have
not been plentiu, somewhat
due to lack of publicity. We
are sure that if the surround-
ing communities really
knew what these young
people were doing, then

| Foreman fh #63, Bobby Hardy.
;_Joshua Jenkins. #34,
Kendal Jones #1, Keontrell po
o. Jones #70; Shameik Jones
#42, Chico Joyner #85,
~Marquel Kidd #20, Maurice

prapey ot =e Be

community-based, service

- ofiented, non-profit organi-

zation, which prod gee assis- .
tance to anyone or group in
the local community seek-
ing, to bring about positive,
social change through vari-
ous, peaceful means - as did
our founding president, Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Th
Pitt County Chapter's pres

dent is Phillip Higgs) W We
challenge you to support
these kids by attending their
games, giving them a few
words of encouragement,
and of course donating

whatever you can afford. it
you are interested in sup-
porting these teams, please
mail your checks payable
to: Pitt Cg"*SCLC 905
Cherry Street Greenville,
NC 27834 and in the memo
write FOOTBALL
TEAMS. | If you have any
questions directly related to
the. teams and their upcom-
ing activities, please direct
them to Camell Burney
252-329-4065. We hope to
give them a sizeable dona-
tion on behalf of the citi-
zens of their conununities.

LET YOUR VOICE BE
VOTE ON NOV. 6, 200

Greenville's New Beginning
"We Must Go Forward?

Rema Hilts

Rera a Hilts

1993 East Carolina University Graduate
Communications/Journalism/English
Member of Golden Key National Honor Society



States Armed Forces
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Rite, Shriners,Demolay,
Winterville Free Will Baptist
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grow in an environment which will induce
hope. They deserve to be treated as entire
citizens of the society into which they have
been born. As mayor, | will use whatever
resource available in making this a reality.
A hands-on mayor who will be accessible. _

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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,
THE BENEFICENT, THE
MERCIFUL.

Our subject tonight is "Atonement:
The Road to Peace."- In the Book of
Ezekiel in the 3rd chapter, it reads,
"Son of man, | have made thee a
watchman unto the house of Israel;
therefore hear the word at my mouth,
and give them warning from me.
When I say unfo the wicked, Thou
shalt surely die; and thou givest him
not warning, nor speakest to warn the
wicked from his wicked way, to save
his life; the same wiclted man shall
die in his iniquity; but his blood will
| require at thine hand. Yet, if thou
warm the wicked, and he turn not
from his wickedness, nor from his
wicked way, he shall die in his
iniquity: but thou hast delivered thy

soul, "
In the Qur'an in the 5th Surah, or
chapter, it reads, "O Messenger,
deliver that which has been revealed
t thee from thy Lord; and if thou do
tit) not, thou has not delivered His
message. And Allah will protect thee
from men. Surely Allah guides not
the disbelieving people."
We have arrived at a very critical
hour when the ministers of Allah
((30d) who are watchmen on the wall
have to not only hear the word of
Allah (God) from the mouth of Allah
(430d), but, we have a responsibility
tan hour like this to warn the
\sicked of their wicked ways. We
should not fear what the wicked may

say or do; we should only fear what
Allah (God) will do if we fail to
deliver the message. | know that
every preacher worthy of his or her
calling does not want the blood of the
people on our hands by preaching a
milquetoast gospel that tickles the
ears of the people but does not tell
the people, "Thus sayeth the Lord."

The Bible teaches that the watchmen
fell asleep and they became drunk.
What made them drunk? It was the
cares of the world. They wanted
honor from men rather than honor
from Allah (God). They wanted
wealth from the wicked who were in
power. So, to ingratiate themselves to
those in power they softened the
truth; they mixed truth with false-
hood. That kind of religious message
is acceptable to the wicked because

we are not calling the wicked to

repent.

What we have in America today, in
the world of Christianity, in the world
of Islam, in the world of Judaism, are:

men and women who have heard the -

word, who say they believe the word,
but are afraid to preach the word for
fear that if they condemn the wicked
practices of the people and call the
people to repentance, it will weaken
the donations [to the church].

America is at war. The president is
telling the American.people that this
campaign will take years and that the
American people should get use to
the idea of the loss of life to
accomplish the goal of ridding the
earth of terrorists. Most of those who
will die if the war continues are

Black and Brown and poor White.

At this moment the United Nations is
Struggling to find a definition for
terrorism and terrorist that all would
agree with, for one nation's terrorist
is another nation's freedom fighter.
We have to discern whether the
governments of the world are repres-
sive of the legitimate aspirations of
their citizens. And if that is so, and a
person rises up within that
govemment to seek redress to alter-
that govemment, or to replace that
government, then are they terrorists
or are they the liberators of their
people from oppression? This ques-
tion has been quite difficult for the
United Nations to determine: What is
the correct. standard by which a
person or a nation will be judged as
terrorist and their actions judged as
terrorism?

_ makes these people like this? ,

"There is a law of causé and effect.
_ What we are. experiencing in the

world is the effect of a cause that we
may not see right now. But only when
the root of the conflict is exposed to
the light can the tree of the conflict
die.

I remember the Stamp Act in
American history. And | know you
remember some of the laws that the
British imposed on the colonies that
led to the Boston Tea Party where
they dumped all the tea in the water.
They were terrorists to the crown, but
they were freedom fighters to the
early colonies. Paul Revere was a
terrorist to the British, but, he was a
freedom fighter to those in the
colonies. The Minute Men_ that
fought at Lexington and Concord,
they were terrorists to the British.
But, if it were not for Paul Revere, if
it were not for the Minute Men, if it
were not for Crispus Attucks, if it
were not for those that loved freedom
more than comfort, we wouldn't be
saying God bless America today.
The Declaration of Independence is
divided into four parts. The first part
is called the Preamble. The second is
a Declaration of Rights. The third is

a Bill of Indictment. And the fourth is

a Statement of Independence. | want
to show us today how far we have
gone away from principles that this
nation was established upon.

The preamble says: "When in the

- Course of human events, it becomes-

necessary for one people to dissolve
the Political bands which connected
them with another, and to assume
among the Powers of the Earth, the
Separate and equal station to which
the Laws of nature and of nature's

God entitled them, a decent respect to
the Opinions of Mankind requires
that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the Separation.
"When there is a "decent respect of
the opinions of mankind" you should
tell mankind why you want to be
separated from the crown. They had
to make this known worldwide.
That's how the French got involved.

It goes on to say, "We hold these
Truths to be self-evident, that all Men
are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liben'y, and the Pursuit of
Happiness." This is talking about
human rights. Thomas Jefferson was
rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
even though he didn't necessarily
apply it to the slaves. Those
Founding Fathers of this nation were
God-fearing men [who would be
displeased] if they could come back
today and see that the children can't
utter a prayer in school, that this
nation has put God out and relegated
God and religion to some back seat,
when without God you have no
government.

The president of the United States,
the commander and chief of the
armed forces of the world's greatest
and only super power, carries enor-
mous weight in the decision that he
makes to send the youth of America

into harms way in the name of

defeating terrorists. | would humbly
ask our president, is there a better
way to defeat terroists? Must count-
less hundreds of thousands of inno-

cent lives be lost and the cause of
terror never be addressed?

What then is our motive for a war
against terrorism if we do not look at
the cause of it and eliminate the
cause? This is why the Day of
Atonement among Jewish people as
their holiest day is a celebration that
all humanity needs to be a part of.
Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the
Jewish calendar. It does not belong
alone to Jewish people.

Christ came as an atonement. When °

you put a cross around Your neck
you are recognizing that cross as the
instrument of his atonement for sin.
But the beauty of Jesus is that he
said, if any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow me." That means
that we become a part of the
atonement process, .

Great empires existed but no great
nation of yesterday exists today.
Why? There are immutable princi-
ples that contribute to our rise and
the violation of these principles
produce our fall. If America would
adopt the process of atonement, it
would keep America strong hundreds
of years into the future, Look at the
words: oIf my people, which are
called by my name; shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my
face, and turn from thle wicks
ways; then will | hear from heaven

and will forgive their sif,and will

al their land, " (11 Chronicles
the weapons of war have never kept
uny great empire of yesterday from
jalling. And the great weapons of

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Atonement: "

war that America: has
amassed

cannot " k

America from falling. fae ee

violates the principle that

-led or leads to perpetuity,

then, AmericaT will
oway of ancient "
Babylon, E

ome,

Gomorrah. .She cannot es-
cape that history with her
power because there is no

power greater than . the -
_ power o

Allah (God) and
the law of justice that
follows our every action.

In order to save our nation

. from a destructive fall, there

must arise always out of the
citizens those who would be
willing to speak truth to
power. These are persons of
enormous patriotism, cour-
age, and love of God, truth,
and their nation who will
speak to power. These are
the real patriots for they are
willing to pay the price to
point out the wrong that
might lead to correction of
a practice that is against our
principle. A patriot is not
one who waves a flag. A
patriot is one who upholds
the principles that the flag

- represents. When4he patriot
. calls the leaders back to the

principles, the leaders have
a tendency to attack the
patriot and label the patriot
as unpatriotic, thereby call-
ing down on that individual
the wrath of thé patriots
who think they are being
patriotic in following lead-
ership that has become cor-
rupt. - -

President Bush said this is
not a war against Arabs or
Islam. This is war against
terrorists. Is this a statement
of fact? The president spoke

from a mosque and stated

0 theT
t, + and

- Cause,

= Islam j is the religion of
4 don't think
President Bush is qualified

© 10 represent our ly on

But you as a Muslim.

to be careful because a,
- immigrantT Muslims - want
acceptance more than you
want the path of Allah.
(God) and. . Muhammad_
(PBUH). President Bush,

by saying that our religion .

is the religion of peace, he
is right, but those who
studied the religion should
not allow our religion to be
misrepresented to fit into a
scheme that wants to paint
the religion of Islam as
non-violent. Islam is not
non-violent. Neither is
Christianity. There is a prin-
ciple that a Christian should
be allowed to fight what is
called a just war.

If the war that is raging now
in Afghanistan is a just war,
and if the colonists wanted
to be separated from
England and it was a just
then, they had a
responsibility to mankind to
show mankind the reasons
that justified their call for
separation. If Mr. Bush
wants the world to join
them in the war, then prove
to the world that Osama bin
Laden is responsible for this
heinous crime.

| heard the President say
that it isn't about this one
man. Well, what is it about
then? He said he had over-
whelming evidence. Have
you seen it? Aren't you the
American people? Is this a
government of the people,
by the people, and for the
people? Then bring the
evidence and show it to the
American people. Don't

cont from pg

hide behind "national secu-
een Z
ou give the -

more secure if 4
American people the reason
© tofigh. i

You say. we trust our gov-
ernment officials. 1 wouldn't -
be so foolish if | Were you. -
because. they have lied be-

fore. And there is no.
antee that they are not lying
now. Paul said, "Prove all

uar-

things; holdfast to that
which is. good and that
which is truth." There is
nothing wrong with you
asking your government to
show you the proof before
they send us to war.
The prophets of Allah
(God) have never been un-
patriotic because they re-
buked kings and rulers. The
prophets of Allah (God)
were a part of a society or a
nation that was endangered
by the practice of their
leadership against righteous
principles that give perpetu-
ity. The prophets had to
stand and say to the leaders,
"Thus sayeth the Lord."
Dear pastors, we have to
do better even if we have to
pay a price. There is noth-
ing in this world more
precious than truth. Truth
was here when we got here.
Truth will be here when we
are gone. The Qur'an
teaches that the heavens
and the earth were created
in truth. Falsehood has cre-
ated nothing. So, my life, if
it is spent in the cause of
truth, | can never die as
long as the truth lives.
That's why.-
Jesus came offering eternal
life, because there is no
death in him.

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Communications/Journalism/English
Member of Carson Key National Honor Society

Every child deserves a chance to learn and
grow in an environment which will induce
hope. They deserve to be treated as entire
citizens of the society into which they
been born. As mayor, | will us
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VAL ATRINS.

Bowles Changes
Dynamics of U S
Senate Race

Erskine Bowles was _ in,
then out, and now back in
again. Erskine Bowles,
Charlotte Investment
Banker and former Chief of
Staff for the Clinton
Administration, has de-
cided that the best way to
serve his country in this
time of crisis is to run for
the United States Senate.

Bowles admits that he is
not a politician and not
"Pretty", but thinks he has
the message and the stuff to
win. His messages (Early
Childhood Development,
Healthcare and the
Environment) are very safe

messages. But having the
right stuff is yet to be
determined. The one thing -
Bowles does have, and "
have plenty of, is M-O-N-
E-Y.

BowlesT. moneybags - will
change the " fundraising

strategies on both sides of "

the primary.. On _ the
Republican side, Richard

T Vinroot and Liddy Dole

have been counting on fi-
nancial support from some
of BowlesT investment bud-
dies - who will now, in all
likelihood, give financial
support to their buddy
Erskine. But Bowles' mon-
eybags will have the great-
est impact on his
Democratic opponents -
Secretary of State Elaine
Marshall and former House
Speaker Dan Blue. Elaine
and Dan are gonna have to
raise substantially more
money now that Erskine is
in the race.

This is gonna be an oodd
person out" race between
Bowles, Marshall and Blue.
It is unlikely that either
candidate will garner 40
percent of the vote. Forty
percent is the magic num-
ber to avoid a primary
runoff. This means that all
three candidates are run-
ning for the Ist or 2nd
place and hoping to get the
endorsement of the third
place finisher.

and Blue would be exciting

and Elaine Marshall's en-
~dorsement might be the
deciding factor. In this sce-
nario race becomes a factor.
If Marshall should finish

third inT the primary she
could still run for reelection |

as Secretary of State in
2004. She may not want to
send the wrong message to
Dan's supporters by. endors-
ing Bowles. If Blue is the
odd person out, his en-
dorsement will be critical in
the runoff due to the strong
African American presence
in Democratic " primary
races. If Bowles is the odd
person out, he can be king
or queen maker. His mon-
eybags will speak volumes.
This will be an interesting
race. Keep your ear to the
ground and your eyes on
the horizon. A couple of
early warning keys to focus
on are the 4¥iint and Easley
high dollar donors and the
diversity that Marshall and
Bowles have on their staff.
Either way you cut it, the
African American vote -
which comprises about 30
percent of all Democratic
votes in a statewide
Democratic primary elec-
tion - and

M-O-N-E-Y will play a
huge role in the 2002
Democratic primary race
for the United States
Senate. Stay _ tuned.

NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATION

MINI-GRANT
APPLICATIONS
AVAILABLE FOR
MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR.
PROGRAMS

RALEIGH - The N.C.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Commission has announced
that mini-grant applications
are available. Grants, rang-
ing from $500 to $2,500,
will be awarded to organiza-
tions that wish to develop or
continue year-round activi-
ties that foster the legacy
and philosophy of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Applications will be mailed
upon request by calling
Teresa Pierotti, staff mem-
ber for the Martin Luther
King. Commission. at the
N.C. Human " Relations
Commission in Raleigh,
(919)733-7996. Application
forms may be downloaded
from the Internet at the
following address:

http://www.doa.state.ne.
us/doa/hre/mikbd.htm

Applications must be deliv-
ered by certified mail,
Federal Express or re-
ceipted mail, postmarked by
Nov, 21. 2001. at the ad-
dress listed on the applica-
tion, or may be hand-
delivered to the Human
Relations Commission.

17 W. Jones St., Raleigh, by
Sp.m.. Nov.21.

Faxed copies will not be
accepted.

Only proposals from non-
profit. Church and/or relig-
ious organizations with-tax-
exempt status will be con-
sidered. Martin Luther King
Jr. committees or groups
without authorized " tax-
exempt status will be con-
sidered only if they operate

under the auspices of a.

nonprofit community-based
organization, church or lo-
cal governmental agency.

The Martin Luther King Jr.
Commission is housed in
the N.C. Department of
Administration's | Human
Relations Commission. The
commission encourages ap-
propriate ceremonies nd
activities throughout the
state relating to the obser-

JUDGE BEECHER GRAY

EXPERIENCED, QUALIFIED, RESPE:

vance of the legal holiday
honoring Dr. King's birth-
day; provides assistance to
local governments and pri-
vate organizations across
the state with respect to the
observance of the holiday;
and promotes an awareness
and appreciation of the life
and work of Dr. King.

Francis H. Mebane's Crown
presented to the Sovereign
Grand Commander at the
115" Annual Session of the
United Supreme Council,
Ancient & Accepted
Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry Southern
Jurisdiction, Prince Hall
Affiliation held in Winston-
Salem, NC.

At the banquet, Monday,
October 8, 2001, Francis H.
Mebane presented his 46-
year-old crown to Sovereign
Grand Commander Edgar
Bridges of the Southern
Jurisdiction to the cheers of
over 4,000 conference at-
tendees. The crown will be
placed in the archives of the
Southern Jurisdiction with
thanks to its donor, Francis
H. Mebane of Greenville.
NC.

The Minnitv Voice November 2, - 16 2001

In his remarks, Mebane said
the crown was worn with
dignity and honor through-
out the 46 years including
the 1971 March date when
he was elected the Ist North
Carolina State President of
331 Masons in the Southern
Jurisdiction. He shared how
in 1953, Deputy Alexander
of Charlotte set up
Consistory No. 278 in Pitt
County. At that time,
Francis H. Mebane was
elected Commander in
Chief. At the Council of
Deliberation that year,
Deputy Alexander ap-
pointed him to head an
initiation team. During the
following months, Deputy
Alexander began his push
to have Mebane attain the
331. JIn 1955, that was
accomplished.

1955,
Mebane started meeting in
Washington, D. C. with

On = October 15,

fifty-one other men
throughout the Southern
Jurisdiction and one from
the Northern Jurisdiction to
prepare for the final degree
to be given on October
17th.

The person from the
Northern Jurisdiction, Dr.
Gardner C. Taylor, was the
speaker for the occasion
and also a candidate for the
3311 degree. Dr. Taylor did
not have a crown, so
Mebane's crown was given
to him. The Director of
Initiation fashioned a crown
for Mebane. For 46 years,

- there was no other crown

like his in the entire
Jurisdiction. And now, his
crown will be placed in the
archives.

MY

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only physician in the town of
Elm City, population 1,300.
And thatTs just fine with her.

. Practicing in a rural area in east-
ern North Carolina was her goal
when she went to the East
Carolina University School of

Medicine, where she won a

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same--except all the imp

writing, in January of 1998,
are 20% higher.

The least contivversial ob-
servation that one can make
about. American criminal
jus tice today is that it is
remarkably ineffective, ab-
surdly expensive, grossly
inhumane, and riddled with
discrimination. T'he beating
of Rodney King was a
reminder of the ruthless-
ness and racism that charac-
terize many big city police
departments. But the other
aspects of the justice sys-
tem, especially sentencing
practices and prison condi-
tions, are every bit as harsh
and unfair.

The Committee to End the
Marion Lockdown (CEML)
was founded in 1985 to
fight against the brutality of
the United States
Penitentiary at Marion. In
1987, we wrote that by the
year 2000 the U.S. might
Fave 1,000,000 people in
prison. At that time U.S.
prisons held more than
561,000 people, and most
cf our friends thought the
rotion of 1,000,000 pris-

has risen to
Everything ee ca the -
onment numbers as o this

cners was foolish.

Spiritual Reflections

Dr. George Hawkins

What Samson Didn't
Know About Delilah
Part I

Greetings in the name of
Jesus Christ:

Compromising With The
Enemy Part III
Greetings in the Name of

Jesus Christ;

At this point, Delilah comes
on the scene. After Samson
fell in love with her, the
Scriptures say the
Philistines asked her to
entice Samson and find out
the secret of his great
strength. They knew that
once his secret was known,
they could destroy him.
That's what the devil wants
to do to us. He wants to lure
us to that place of compro-
mise, so that at our weakest

- RFLTONS ELORESGONS wd REN.

Ms, Sujette Jones

TERRORISM ON
SEPTEMBER 11

Has terrorism just come to
America? Has it just ar-
rived on your shores? Ask
the people of color.

Ask the Native American
whose land and culture was
ripped from them and
whose multiple tribes so
terrorized, many of them
were made extinct,

PBS television foounente
tion's once

and ars of pana

- aaa in wery more Shas _
five years sooner than the ~

projection that was consid-

ered foolish just a few years.

ago. What we would like to
do in this paper is examine
the growth o

ana- lyze the nature of
crime, and then the relation-
ship | between crime and
imprisonment. Since crime
and imprisonment arc in
fact not closely related. we
will conclude the article by
discussing why the U.S. is
sending so many people to
prison.
IMPRISONMENT
In addition to a million
people in prison, there are
those in jails, (about
500,M), those on parole
(about 600,000). those on
proba- tion (about
3,000,000) and those in
juvenile facilities (about
100.000) it is difficult to
grasp the enormity of these
numbers. For example, the
number of people in prison
would comprise the 9th
largest city in the U.S.
The number of people who
are incarcerated in jails and
prisons is greater than the
number of people who live
in 13 states The number of
people under the control of

moment, he can destroy us.
Rather than seeing Delilah
as a viable threat, Samson
took God's anointing for
granted. The first time she
asked him to tell her the key

to his strength, Samson lied

to her. "If they bind me with
seven fresh bowstrings, not
yet dried, then | shall be-
come weak, and be like any
other man," he said (Judg.
16:7).

He knew they could bind
him with anything, and it

wouldn't hold him down. /'//_.

just tease these people a
little while, he thought.
They think they're going to
toy with me, but I'm the
great Samson. I'm inde-
structible. So he allowed
Delilah to tie him up. He
quickly broke the bonds, as
Scripture says, "as a strand
of yarn breaks when it
touches fire? (Judg. 16:9).

The key to his anointing
was still a secret. But
Delilah didn't back down.
"Look, you have mocked
me and told me lies," she
said. "Now, please tell me
what you may be bound
with" (Judg. 16:10). The
devil will come at us con-
stantly, trying to find the
key to the anointing on our
lives--just as Delilah did
with Samson.

Up to that point, Delilah's

with each gravestone repre-
senting a nation of Native
Americans----not an indi-
vidual grave, but a tomb-
stone representing a tribe of
Indians that no longer ex-
ists. Today, the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, a govern-
mental bureau that has done
little to improveT the condi-
tions of the American
Indian or assure they have
a voice, still exists.

Ask the Asian-American
who, during World War II,
was interred in American
concentration camps, their
properly seized,

Yet no German American
received the same fate,

Ask the African American
who was forced into slav-
ery, whose culture was lost
and whose bodies hanged
from the South's trees while
the American court system
legally imprisoned them and

Ask swt every black group
of freedom ighT (such as
the Black

pursued, killed, and jailed.
A bomb was dropped
several Philade

imprisonment
in the U.S. We will then "

anthers) were ff le

bic _

year (1400.000) is much "
. mig Shan te peg ae
C

beings in prison is an ex-

traordinary landmark. the "
number of prisoners today.
being about five times "

larger than it was 20 years
ago. 'Tbis growth has more

than kept up with the popu-

lation. Between 1925 (when
official imprisonment statis-
tics were first organized) in
1971. the imprisonment rate
remained on the order of

about 100 per 100,000.

Then, in 1972, the impris-
onment rate began to soar
and is still soaring. Today
the imprisonment rate is
373 (per 100,000 popula-
tion), almost four times
higher than it was in 1972.

International Comparisons
In 1991 the Sentencing
Project, an independent or-
ganization based in Wash-
ington D.C., issued a report
authored by Marc Mauer, its
assistant director, entitled
"Americans Behind Bars: A
Comparison of International
Rates of Incarceration.? the
report, which used data

plans had failed. But
Samson didn't wise up. He
chose to have fun. Many of
us have the same mistaken
idea that we can play with
the world. We think we can
participate in ungodly rela-
tionships and ungodly ac-
tivities. "Those things aren't
having an effect on my

life," we say, but we need to °

examine ourselves. Are we

less on fire for God than we -

were five years ago? If the
answer is yes, then we need
to change what we've been
doing for the last five years.
We must get to the place
where we can stay on fire
for God and remain full of
the Holy Spirit.

As Delilah _ persisted,
Samson again told her he
could be bound-this time
with new ropes. But when
she tied him up and the
Philistines came to abduct
him, Samson broke the
ropes as if they were
threads (Judg. 16:12). Of
course, Delilah was not
daunted. The next time she
tried to coax Samson to

reveal the key to his anoint- _

ing, he came closer to
telling her. He could be
defeated, he said, if she
wove the locks of his hair in
a loom.

the KKK (America's pre-
miere terrorists) are allowed
to continue to terrorize,
even march down streets
shouting hate. They are
allowed to recruit openly
and their rights are upheld
without punishment or pen-
alty.

And now, we need to ask
why, in a country that
claims to be just and fair,
the other grievance or point
of view or position is never
told. Why is that? What
are we afraid of that we do
not allow ourselves to listen

to the other side of the

issue---ever?
From a commentary by
Deardra Shuler of the
National Newspaper
Publisher's Association




Placing a million. human.

2 G33) an and third it oe sa
Union O68)

Incredibly, when the
was revised using data

one year later. he pup ted: St
widened,T and was wider "
still one year later.? In 1992
the U.S. had an incarcera- "

tion rate of 519 compared to

South Africa's rate 0(368.
Furthermore. in. 1990 the ©
incarceration rate for Black
men in the U.S. was 3.109
compared to 729 for Black "

men in South Africa. In

1992 this differential had
increased: the rates were,

respectively; 3,822 and 851
men, in 1990 the incarcera-
tion rate for Black men in
the U.S. was 4.3. times
greater than the rate for
Black men in South Africa.
Two years later that ratio
had increased to 4.5.
Among other observations,
it is interesting to note that
the competition between
Washington DC Moscow
continues as the newly
formed country of Russia
his just overtaken the U.S.
as the country with the
highest imprisonment rate
in the world.
The New Crime Bill

A new crime? bill has just
been passed by Congress.




: oproportion of convictions "
resulting inT ng teers

sentences (truth in ssa

ing), and i three
time losers? for the rest of
their lives. Political scien-
tists and criminologists have
started to estimate the im-
pact that this bill will have
on imprisonment. John
Irwin and James Austin,
two criminologists who of-
ten prepare publications for
the prestigious National

Council on Crime and at any time used imprison- q
Delinquency have estimated ment in this fashion.The |
in their new book entitled impact that this will have on a

It's About Time", that a
package of laws "such as
those included in the new
crime bill would result in

over 9 times as many people

being imprisoned Thus, if
we multiply by 9 the 6.0%
noted above, we. see that
well over half of all Black

men aged 18-44 would be in -
prison on any given day if "

all projected aspects of the
new crime initiatives are

the Black community is
dittowh, even to pee. .



NOV 6, 2001
LET US CONTINUE TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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out if international adoption is for them.

» Greenville, 6:30 Md 330 p.m.

- From the Romar's Pomona
__ Dav, to the Celtic festival of
Samhain, to the Christian

pom i of All Saints and

Hundreds of years a-o in
what is now Great Britain
and Northern France, lived
the Celts. The Celts wor-
shipped nature and had
many gods, with the sun god
as their t,,ivorite. It was "he"
who. commanded their work
and their rest times, and
who made the earth beauti-
ful and the crops grow.

The Celts celebrated their
New Year on November Ist.
It was celebrated every year
with a festival and marked
the end of ihe "season of the
sun" and the beginning of
"the season of darkness and
cold.?

On October 31st after the
crops were all harvested and
stored for the long winter
the cooking fires in the
homes. would be extin-
guished. The Druids and the
Celtic priests, would meet in
the hilltops in the dark oak
forest (oak trees were con-
sidered sacred). The Druids
- would light new fires and
offer sacrifices of crops and

When the morning arrived

the: Druids would give an
ember from. their fires to
each family who would
then take them. home to
Start new cooking fires,

These fires would keep the
homes warm and free from
evil spirits,

The November Ist festival

was called Samhain (pro-
nounced "sow-en").

The festival would last for
3 days. Many people would
parade in costumes made

from the skins. and heads of
their animals. This festival

would become the _ first

Halloween.

During the first century: the
Romans invaded Britian.
They brought with them
many of their festivals and
customs. One of these was
the. festival know as
Pomona Day, named for
their goddess of fruits and
gardens. It was also cele-
brated around the Ist of
November. After hundreds
of years of Roman rule the
customs of the Celtic's
Samhain festival and the
Roman Pomona Day mixed
becoming one major fall
holiday.

The next influence came
with the spread of the new

Cuan whee ho
-out Europe and Britain, In

ear 835 AD the Roman

oe oa lic Church would
. make November Ist a

church holiday to honor all
the saints. This day ee
_ called All Saint's Day,
Hallowmas, or All Hal ws,
Years later the Church
would make November 2nd
a holy day. It was called All
Souls Day and was to honor
the dead. It was celebrated
with big bonfires, parades,
and people dressing up as
saints, angels and devils.
But the spread of
Christianity did not make
people forget their early
customs. On the eve of All
Hallows, (Oct. 31), people
continued to celebrate the
festivals of Samhain and
Pomona Day. Over the
years the customs from all
these holidays mixed.
October 31st became
known as All Hallow Even,
eventually All Hallow's
Eve, Hallowe"en, and then
- Halloween.
The Halloween we cele-
brate today includes all of
these influences, Pomona
Day's apples, nuts, and har-
vest, the Festival of
Samhain's black cats,
magic, evil spirits and
death, and the ghosts, skele-
tons and skulls from All
Saint's Day and All Soul's
Day.




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ters. Most were empty
envelopes; some have con-
tained powdery substances.
The purpose of these guide-

lines are to recommend pro-

cedures for handling such
incidents.

DO NOT PANIC !!!!

Anthrax organisms " can
cause infection in the skin,
gastrointestinal system, or
the lungs. To do so how-
ever, the organism must be
rubbed into broken skin,
swallowed, or inhaled. A
bioterrorist attack would
most likely be in the form of
aerosolized anthrax _ that
could be inhaled. When

anthrax spores are inhaled, a

life-threatening lung infec-

tion can occur. Disease can

ate afte exposure
the anthrax spores

Excessive postage

2 Handwritten or poorly
typed addresses
3. Incorrect titles
4. Title, but no name
5. Misspellings or common
words
6, Oily stains, discolorations
or odor
7. No return address
8. Excessive weight
9. Lopsided or uneven
envelope
10, Protuding wires or
aluminum foil
11. Excessive security mate-
rial such as masking tape,
string, etc.
12. Visual. distractions

13. Marked with restrictive
endorsements, such as
"Personal"Confidential"

14, Shows a city or state in
the postmark that does not
match the return addrsss.

(Remember most of our mail is
postmarked "Rocky Mount")

If you receive a suspicious
package, you should do the
following:

1.D0 NOT trans
open or empty t

rt, shake,
contents

of any suspicious on

or package. DO NOT
clean up or fluids if
spilled. DO NOT attempt to
smell or taste or feel any un-
= Gece

: p enve-
lope or package in a plastic

mn trashcan liner
Bn pow ge aia pa

iblic Health Guidance

contents.

3.If you do not have any
container, then COVER the
envelope or package with
anything. (e.g., clothing,
paper, trash can, etc.)
4.Then LEAVE the room
and CLOSE the door, or
section off the area to pre-
vent others from entering(
i.e., keep others away)
5.WASH your hands with
soap and water to prevent
spreading it to your face or
skin. Remove heavily con-
taminated clothing and place
in a plastic bag that can be
sealed.

6 What to do next.......

* If you are at HOME, dial
911 to report the incident to
your local pe enforcement
agency and the local health
department.

* If you are at WORK,
then report the incident to
your supervisors immedi-
ately who will call 911 to
notify local police as well as
the local health department,
7.Make a LIST of people
who were in the room or
area where Rn suspicious
letter or © was reco
nized. dive ans list to both
the local public health

authorities and law enforce-
ment a 2 for follow-up
investigation and advice.
8.Shower with soap and
water as soon as possible.

Do not use bleach or disin-
fectant on your skin.

/"haditiional Plane Class?
( Playing The Pana by wotes) ""
VO Band Ob

| ( Iastrumental) "
( Chlldren or Adult)

} Classes begla week of Sept. 3.2001
For Further Detatl

Call
The Wooten School of Music
950-757-1023

Plan Now For Music in Your Life!

| J Elect Pat Dunn ---City Council
\ J At-Large Seat

tf

PROMOTING & WORKING FOR
e Good growth (planning for quality of life in |
neighborhoods; safety in cur homes: trafic contro!)
e Promoting citizen involvement (evaluate services; |
J

establish visions)
e Promoting and working together for all of Greenville

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
Chair, Pitt County Board of Elections
City Board of Adjustments
City Human Relations Council
President, League of Women Voters
President, Habitat for Humanity
Chair, Council on Aging Board of Cirectors
Advisory Board of Directors of Strive
Deacon and Sunday School Teacher
Host for ECU international Students

HONORS & AWARDS
e Best-lrons Humanitarian Award
e Citizen of the Year (Civitan Club)
e ECU Outstanding Alumni

NOV 6, 2001
TOGETHERNESS,

ELECT

MAYOR OF LAC



NINTERVILL

~ Goals:

Support Strong Education for all ages*

GROWTH,DEVELOPMENT,
AND DESIRABLE CHANGE

Calvin C. Henderson...........

* To build Winterville into a safe community*

*Recreation pprograms for youths and senior citizens*
*Uphold law enforcement and crime prevention*

PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT CALVIN C. HENDERSON

F i B Church......
Fun And Family Day at Mt. Calvary FW
The children are our future !!! Shown above are some of

Mt. Calvary's children singing and praising the g ory ci

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Fax: (252) 353-2364

oTimely Service for Those Untimely Circumstances?

The Dream Lives

Reverend Billy R. Anderson, son of the _ rector and embalmer. With 13 years of ex-
late Governor Anderson and Willie Mae perience, Mr. Barrett is a professional in
Washington Anderson, proudly an- the funeral service business, As office man-

nounces that , - _

heisthe proud "
owner of the
Phillips
Brother Mor-
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at 1501 W.
14th St.,

Greenville,
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Icebreakers, Deal Makers, Movers & Shakers!

The Greenville Convention Center campus
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lina. Estab-
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areas have grown to expect. the staff.
The new isiaieaii
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oto the busi-
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underwriting.
Mr, Boris
iow tech?
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lanta, Georgia, he is a licensed funeral di- ored,
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hillips Brothers
fHlortuary

1501 W. Fourteenth St. ¢ Greenville, NC 27834
Telephone/Office: (252) 752-2536 :

ager, Ms. Ellis
Brown brings 48
years of experi-
ence into the

! business. She is.

a licensed fu-

Mr. Anderson

and his staff
, want the citi-
% zens. of
Greenville, Pitt

County and sur-
rounding areas

legacy in the community that Mr. Ander- to know that they are here to serve with
son is committed to follow by offering oprofessional and caring services in time
the same dedicated services that the ofneed for those untimely circumstances.?
people of Pitt County and surrounding " Everyone is welcome to stop by and meet

Services of-
fered include:
funeral pre-ar-
rangements and
pre-need coun-
seling, life insur-
ance for ages 0-
90, we insure
anyone regard-
less of pre-exist-
ing medical
conditions, out-
of-state funeral
arrangements,

and grief coun-
the business manger overseeing the day- seling, All burial plans and pre-need fu-

_ to-day operations. A graduate of Gupten- " neral arrangements from any funeral home
Jones College of Funeral Service in At- and insurance from any company are hon-

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Are there areas you want to get to that you can't?

Do buses run as frequently as you want?
Are you tired of having to drive?

Now is your chance to help shape the public transportation system in Greenville
and Pitt County. The City of Greenville, Pitt County, ECU, and PCMH are studying
the public transportation needs in the area. Among the issues being considered
are: * Do areas outside of Greenville need bus service?
* Should ECU students ride free on GREAT?
* Should the public be allowed to ride ECU Transit?
* Do you want « reduce fare pass from your employer?
* Is a consolidated transit system appropriate for Pitt County?

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