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by Elena Shore "
LOS ANGELES/PNS - For months,
economic forecasters have pointed to
signs of a recovering economy, but
so far it has been a "jobless
recovery." The news last week from
the Labor Department that U S. jobs
went up by 308,000 in March " the
biggest increase int four years " was
received enthusiastically as the first
sign that © jobs were finally
accompanying the recovery.

But jobs still haven't penetrated
the long-team unemployment of
many Americans. The increase in
jobs is centered primarily in
part-time work and jobs for workers
under the age of 16 years old. And
many jobs are not evenly spread
among different communities. .

The average rate

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unemployment is up to 5.7 percent

from 5.6 percent in February,
according to the report. But.it also
indicated that the ate of
unemployment for African
Americans rose to 10.2 percent in
March, and the unemployment rate
for Latinos remained high at 7.4
percent, reported the April 3 edition
of Spanish-language T daily La
Opinion.

_ Only half of all black men of
working age held jobs, according to
a study by the Community Service
Society of New York, reported in
the February 28 issue of the New
York Times. Some 51.8 percent of
black men were employed,
compared to 65.7 percent of Latino
men and 75.7 percent of white men.
This data got no response fromi

die White House, writes Julianne
Malveaux in a March 11 editorial in
the Bay Area African American
newspaper The Sun-Reporter, But
owhat kind of response do we T think
might have been generated if the
headline said that half of all white
men did not have jobs?"

"Why do so few black men hold
jobs and why are there such large
gaps. between black men and
others? ? she -asks. But the old
responses _ " discrimination "_ and
differences -in education and
training " are only part of the
answer. The other part? Onshore
Outsourcing.

"When outsourcing takes jobs
out of the United States, it tightens
competition for jobs here," she
writes. "The white man who might

have been a manager may now be
competing with an African
American man for a service job."

Black men aren't the only ones
left out of the increase in jobs.
Unemployment is hitting
white-collar workers hard, reported
the Jewish newspaper. Forward, in
its March 12 issue.

_ A study released last month by
the Economic Policy Institute and
the Natonal Employment Law
Project reported that during the
past year the long-term
unemployed "those who have been
looking for work for 27 weeks or
more ", disproportionately come
from the white-collar sector, where
many Jewish workers are
concentrated, writes Nathaniel
Popper. .

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up in Easter North Carolina

from left to ; i tht is C.D.

ms: oBarber, . Jim

: This grou ommiunity leaders meet | with U.S. Senatorial |
, candidate Erskin Bowls during a recent stop in town. pictured
Gay, Founder of: Exceed, Inc. arid

Rouse, . CE)/Owner © -

JOW/WTOW-AM Radio, Gregory Bell, Bowls, Ann Huggins,
wgressional Staff Member, Mrs. Darden and Ed Carter, the.

_ fotmer Mayot of Greenville. (Inset Dr. Don.Easly - ECU).

_ By Shetrel Wheeler Stewart
New York News

NEW YORK - Two months before
President Bush ordered U.S. military ©
forces to invade Iraq, Rep. Charles
_ Rangel introduced 4 bill in Congress T
to reinstate the draft. With war all but
a cettainty at the time, the New York
congressman said he took the action
{to ensure that Americans would share |
. equally in the sacrifices that would be:

' made.

"I truly believe that those who
«make the decision and those: who
osupport the United States going into
» war would feel more readily the pain
*that's involved, the sacrifices that's
involved, if they thought that the
fighting force would include the
affluent and those who historically
have avoided this great responsibility,"
the Black congressman told senorters.
Rangel's argument had a sharp racial

oedge.

LOS ANGELES - You're depressed and

think nothing will ever get better. Your

sleeping pattems are just like your eating

habits-either way too much or too litte,

"It's just the blues, ? you say, as you blame
f

But you can handle tt, nght?
| Drinking alcohol and/or getting
high "numbs" the pain but doesn't hide
the fact that you want to die. The cutlery
set in your kitchen or the pills in your

medicine cabinet entice you. In
hopelessness, you contemplate wniting
your suicide note. ,

Bipolar Affecuve Disorder doesn't
discriminate because mental illnesses in
the black community are shunned.

According to the National Mental
Health Associations, blacks help comprise
the estimated 2 to 3 millon Amencans
} that have bipolar disorder (manic
depressive illness) but are less likely to
receive diagnosis and treatment for the

illness. Unfortunately, only about
one-third of individual with depression
| are in treatment, not only because of
under recognition by healthcare providers,
but also because © voneeive ir their
depression as a of ciency,
which is shamehl and vere be
hidden," said. Stephen M. S a
nationally recognized clinician researcher

and adjunct professor of psychiatry at
ULC. San Diego. .

| Stah Ts book, Essential
: , Neuroscientific
Basis and Practical Applications, also "

While Blacks made up a little
more than 12 percent of the nation's
population, the Pentagon said Blacks
were 20 percent of the enlistees in the
all-volunteer military. Rangel said this

politicians. gathered to give speeches in Ta show of soli

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+ As the Senatorial taces begins 1 heat up lanie ocrowed of supporters asymblel
. off Evans Street t0 offic Ya road por Dole (Rep) campaign office
here in: Greenville. oAs the: lock was toped off a numbet Of dignitaries and

solidarity for the upcoming

elections. Hispanic members of Mario Perez Law office which neighbors of the

new office of Senator Dole) are pi

With the spectre of sudden death or serious injury lurking

evetywhere, this soldiety wearily

focusing on his survival, moves

ever so cuatiously down an alleyway somewhere in Iraq...

over representation of Blacks in the
nation's armed forces would cause
Blacks to suffer a disproportionately
high casualty rate in the looming war.

The Bush administration
scoffed at this idea. Relatively few

points out that mere are approximately
300,000 suicide attempts and 30,000
suicides in the United States per year
associated with depression.

What is Bipolar Disorder?

Also known as a manic-depressive
illness, Bipolar Disorder is a brain
disorder that causes unusual shifts in a
person's mood, energy and ability to
function. Unlike the normal ups and
downs that everyone goes through, the
symptoms are severe. They can result in
damaged relationships, poor job
performance and even suicide.

"Bipolar is a physical problem of
the brain the same way asthma is a
physical problem of the lungs, ? said Dr.
Frederick Kurth, M.D. in psychiatry.
"When an organ of the body gets ill, the
area where it doesn't work gets affected."

For example, Kurth, said, "if the
job of the lung is breathing and you have
an illness of the lung, you're going to
have problems breathing,

Some people don't ¢think it's an
illness. If I'm sad or down, 1 can't tell
anyone because the first thing they
would say ts, what are you sad for?

"You have a good job, making
good money so why are you feeling sad?
I was always asked what's the big deal or
told to get over it," said Mr. Hewitt, who
is currently being treated for bipolar.
Hewitt, in his mid 30s, attempted suicide
three or four times before he was
diagnosed a year ago.

? "I used to eal in sick: from work
three or four days out the week to sta
in the bed in a dark room where I felt

.

&

Blacks were in combat units, the
Pentagon responded. The vast
majority was assigned to non-combat
jobs that would limit the likelihood
of them being killed or wounded in
battle.

sate,"" Hewitt said.

According to the National Mental
Health Association, bipolar disorder
often starts in teen years, but can emerge
even later in life. It is a potentially life
threatening illness that a person cannot
handle alone. An alarming one in five
people with bipolar disorder commits
suicide.
This illness can be tigger by what
we Call a "kindling" affect. Once there is
vulnerability to the illness, any stress such
as marnage, divorce, death of a child,
loss of a job, etc, kindles this disruption
in the electnical flow [of the brain] that
then " manifests. itself as a bipolar
illness," Kurth said.

izing Symptoms of
Bipolar Disorder?

Symptoms include " dramatic
mood swings from overly "high" and/or
initable. to sad and hopeless and then
back again over a period, Often there are
periods of normal mood in between.
Severe changes in enetpy and T behavior
Pa ces changes in mood. The
periods of highs and lows are called
episodes of mania and depression.

Signs and symptoms of mania

(or manic episode):

-Excessive energy, restlessness, racing
thoughts and rapid talk.

-Denial that anything is wrong

-Extremely happy feelings

-Easily irritated

-Needing little sleep (2-4

hours per night)
-Unrealistic beer in one's ability
-Poor Judgment

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with Senator Dole. From left Aurora

Frontera, Elisa Suarez and the gitl is Atiella Frontera. Photo: Javier Castillo

but 14 months later, as the
mation prepares to. observe the

- OMe-year anniversary of Operation
- [tagi Freedom, the war President

Bush launched to topple Saddam
Hussein - Rangel's fear has been

T tealized.

. From the onset of the war on
March 19, 2003 through Feb. 26 of
this year, 79 Black soldiers have died

in Iraq. This number is 14.3 percent

of the 549 combat deaths in this
period. Hispanic soldiers account
for 11.3 percent of the U.S. military
dead during this time, according to

_ the most recent casualty figures
- feleased by the Department of

Defense. |
In the early weeks of the war,
when the combat was very intense,
Blacks died at an even higher tate,
according to a report by the
University of Maryland Ts Center for
Research on Military Organization.
One-fifth of the deaths between
March 20 and April 10 were Black
soldiers, the Center found.
The _ percentage

of Black

fatalities in the Iraq War currently
surpasses those of two of the

The Misdiagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in the Afro-American

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-Sustained, unusual behavior
-Increased sex drive
-Substance abuse
-Appressive behavior
--Paranoia)
Signs of depression
(or depressive episode):
-Lasting sad, anxious or empty mood!
-Feelings of hopelessness with
pessimism
-Feelings of guilt, worthlessness
ot helplessness
-Loss of interest or pleasure in activines
once enjoyed, including sex
-Decreased energy a feeling of
Pangue or of being "slowed
-Dithiculty concentrating,
remembering or making decisions
-Restlessness or irritability
oSleeping too much or cant sleep
-Change in appetite and/or
unintended weight loss or gain
Chronic pain or other persistent bodily
symptoms that are not caused by
physical illness or injury

Thoughts of death or suicide or,
suicide attempts...

Hewitt says that every day is a
struggle. "[During manic episodes} |
t I was invinable and nothing
break me. You go from being
this rough Person to tuming into a
osissy ?. 1 would be home alone in
bed-cryinjg, I had to be a chameleon
because I 4yanted my reputation to
remain the sarfie," ? Hewitt said.

"(During a manic (high) phase
money is almost always spent foolishly.
For example, a woman on welfare got

-

down"

cou

Since 1982

The effects of outsourcing are T
no longer concentrated. among
low-wage manufactuting workers.

For the first time, a.large number of

experienced "middle class" workers
ate finding themselves in the ranks
of the long-term unemployed. |
"We're seeing very . specific
people coming in, ? Claudia Finkel,
the chief operating officer of the
Jewish Vocational Service of Los
Angeles is quoted as saying, The
mature worker has not been able to
recover at all in this economy,
These are the individuals who
were the mainstay of our economic.
stability, and these individuals are
not going back to work. There ,are
$8-an-hour, jobs, but _ the

higher-level jobs are not coming

back."

Who is getting these new: jobs?
A study released Feb.23 by the Pew:
Hispanic Center: found that» the
increase of jobs for Latinos in 2003
was - nearly. double that
non-Latinos, "suggesting _ that
Latinos took a disproportionate
share of new job opportunities."

But the study find that these job
gains were concentrated among
oimmigrant males, especially those
who most recently arrived , and
those in the construction industry. ?

Astans are cornering even more
jobs than Latinos, reported on the
March 7th issue of the New.
Delhi-based newspaper _India

BIRTHDAY BASH PLANNED
GREENVILLE, NC _ The
illustrious D.D. Garrett, Sr. an
active and prominent Greenville
businessman will be celebrating
his 90th Birthday as friends and
family pay tribute to. him at the
City Hotel & Bistro. Mr. Garrett
is one of North Carolina's most
enduring entrepreneurs and civil

rights activists. Still maintaining -

a youthful countenance and
buoyant and spirit, his friends

will come together to be graced -

by his presence on May 8th, 2004
and partake of this birthda

event. c

nation's bloodiest wars. In the
Korean War, 3,0.75 of the dead, or
8.4 percent, were Black. In the
Vietnam Conflict, 7,241 of the dead,
or 12.4 percent, were Black,
according to U.S. Army Center of
Military History.

Oavid Segal of the Center for
Research on Military Organization
said another study on casualties in
the Iraqi War is in the works but is
not yet ready for release.

U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the
only Black representative on the
House Armed Service Committee,
said he is concerned about the
impact the war's death toll is having
on rural and urban families.

"Our urban areas are being hit
particularly hard with casualties," he
said. "There is frustration now
because the reasons we are given by
our African American Studies
department, is former editor of the
Cincinnati Herald " Newspaper
Commander in Chief for being over
there in the first place keeps'
changing.

"First it was to free us from the
threat of «= af

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her mother's credit cards and ran up
$52,000 - that Ts bipolar. .

An example of increased sex drive
for a woman iniludes sleeping with a
hundred men. Sex and money are almost
always an issue. [Those dealing T with the
illness) are racy - talking too fast, staying
up all night and handling too many
projects. ? said Kurth, "His or her plate is
always full and they have about 14 plates
on their table."

"With a tragically nh suicide rate,
Bi-polar symptoms shouldn't "_go
unnoticed. You can have depression in a
less degree. If it's hypo manic
energy, class clown etc.) it takes years for
the illness to mature where individuals

rn)

of:

Comm

Times. Actording to: the U.S.
Department of labor. ,
unemployment: rates for Asians. fell
4.2 percerit in March which is lower
than T'the overall country average:

. While unemplogalshés for whites
and blacks is on the-rise, U.S; Asians
experienced - a record ~ fal
unemployment in the last T four
months, with Asian men capturing
- More'jobs than women,

_ _As out of work Americans blame
offshore outsourcing for ~ their
unemployment, Muthukumar K.

that Asiang:and Asian Americans are
cornering.-jobs in: the United. States
too. Perhaps they are better qualified,
the writer. 85
oIf you thought like John Kerry
does, That most Americans were

losing their, jobs to only software

engineers and call center operators in

Bangalore, it Ts time for 4 setious. data T

on writes Muthukumar K.
oMost of the new jobs being created

in the U.S. are also going T to the

Asians! ? .
Polls indicate that the most

important issues to voters are jobs

and the economy. But whose T jobs?
With unequal increase in jobs, and
many Americans left out of the
workforce, voters may not be swayed
by government figures until they. see
real changes ? in their oown
communities. :

destruction. Then it was to get

Saddam Hussein. Now it's to start a
democracy," he said. "What do you
say to parents and family members
who have loss their loved ones over
there, .or:° who now have a

dismeémibeted child after fighting in

wat that no one can explaine"
The disproportionate,

percentage of Blacks in the military

can be attributed to jobs and the

economy, Segal said. "Often they turn

to the military to get job training and
assistance for college education, ? he
said.

Meek agrees. "They come into |

the military looking for, jobs and.
wanting to serve their country, ? he
said. "Our" nation's history shows that
African-Americans have been willing
to fight for their country. But today
many ask, what is the motivation
behind the fight?"

Whatever the reasons, the lack
of a draft has allowed a large
cross-section of Americans to avoid
military service during this. time of
war- " and left Blacks to bear a
disproportionate death tate in the first
12 months of the war in Iraq.

nity
.

become really ill. You have to have
sensitivity that this may be Bi
because it can slip night by you. Its not
obvious. T You have to be alert because
you think that it's Unipolar (just
depression), a character disorder, an
alcoholic/drug problem or just arudety.
The underlying ideal that this is a Bi polar
problem go missed," Kurth said:

The follow nonnaire can
assist with the diagnosis of Bipolar
symptoms

las there ever been a period of time
when you were not your usual self an
~ you felt so good or so hyper that other

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Addressing Africa Problems Erskine Bowls for the United States Senate
. by at 2 eS King we ae . . . : I write to support the candidacy of Erskine Bowles for the United States Senate. He supports two issues that show '
Bee oe WAS EE 7 ee eee 7 Soe he has his priorities straight. One is jobs. One is fiscal responsibility in Washington. When we vote for Erskine
SS ee NI A A sa tule. The West has ignored them. In . Bowles, son of the late Skipper Bowles, we will bring a strong legacy of hard work and ethics to Washington.
part, those who feel cnticism of such Erskine Bowles kriows the plights of poor people because he headed the Small Business Administration and read
~ fegimes' is akin to racism have thousands of their stories in applications for SBA loans. Erskine Bowles knows the need for someone to reign in
bod overlooked warlords, Also, the seats spending in Washington in order to decrease the federal deficit and end the recession in America. He has worked in
#08 these thugocracies mot perceived ihe White House. These are 10 points in the Erskine Bowles plan. " _
to be. a threat to the West, and 1. Stop all new trade agreements until Washington cracks down on illegal imports and certifies that all existing trade
therefore ignored. This may be a costly agreements are being enforced correctly. a . ;
flaw in ju e = 2. Create new jobs and keep existing jobs here in America by focusing investments on small businesses.
oye With . the influx of _[slamist 3. Repeal tax breaks that encourage companies to move jobs overseas and instead provide tax incentives to keep
sig maclyrenipcon| longer Dens nd and create jobs in America. .
7 riven aid and Help businesses provide affordable health care for their employees.
and tyrants have gladly given aid and 5 Support research and development to help create the next generation of our manufacturing economy.
comfort to terrorist gro ct. slike al 6. Help agribusiness grow in North Carolina and facilitate a,quota buyout for our tobacco farmers at $8 per pound
ued anal pee enemy ¢ oWhot a for quota owners and $4 per pound for growers.
new word war on terror. Who's to 7. Build on our existing assets in tourism and the military.

know how far they will forge these 8. Make smart investments in school construction, transportation and Internet access that promote economic
alliances for their own personal benefit. ,

'

! Xenophobia is another problem. 9 Bromide more training o carte for North Carolinians - especially in our community colleges - and more
The so-called elite of Africa believes ~ 8 OPP °

th se Meas an assistance for communities hurt by bad trade deals. a .
. the West s maak by Anglos. Pa 10. Reduce excessive paperwork, unnecessary government regulations and costly litigation that impede the
"believe this alone keeps them from productivity and flexibility of America.
_ moving Africa forward " ignoring the iF
Problems already mentioned. To read more about the candidate's plan, visit www.bowles2004.com. He is the right choice. Evelyn Dove-Coleman

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of mind ? attitude toward the problems Kinston Permission to publish: Evelyn Dov e ooleman (252) 527-395

: facing the African continent, we are . - nae eo Oil M k y
» essentially poking at a hornet's nest. " . ° |
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recently talked with some old left de ly ingrained. distrust. and more aggressively, lest the terrorists ] 4
classmates about the crises facing bold old ways of thought. Fueled gain a foothold that will be hard to pty
Africa. Contrary to popular belief, the by tmribalism, feudalism must be loose.

Fig conte « . . : , yy: by Vincent Ferraro, reducing the price of oil. Iraqi oll, but how much they pump will
Crisis isn't insurmountable once the real addressed for Africa to Progress.No Feudalism, tribalism and Overproduction of oil has lone b lated by an Iraqi Oil Ministry
rs ; ee slong be regulated by an Iraqi Oil Ministry

plea ipeveron ion, But Aare has yet Taare auton enepnobia simply need a change of The United States invaded Iraq been a feat of the petroleum industry. heavily influenced by an American
Africa ee legion. But in Africa into singular gov ernmenta mre his makes hunge?, AIDS and for a number of reasons. For some When confronted with occupation. Already, oil contracts have
Afsica' pastes is, in ; hinges lik , se a . sally members of the Bush administration, it overproduction in the early 20th been obtained by US. firms Exxon
and of raed f veryone points to t ings like starv ation, rty Ssentially was probably a way to reshape the century, the major petroleum Mobil, ChevronTexaco,

disease and povert , but many ignor lly "band-aid" issues. Western be
ease and poverty, bu ny ignore equally charities are helping, but they politics of the Middle East; for others,
start. Once the root Pressing " or even more important "

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problems ate the root Problems facing Africa like slavery, racial Biotechnology ra helping pa

j companies agreed to restrict access to ConocoPhillips, Marathon and Valero
Problematic from the it was an opportunity to enhance israeli areas to any producers who would Energy.
security. One of the least-discussed not agree to restrict production as The U.S. and British interest in

ree ; Feasons was to assure order in the well. When oil was discovered in petroleum price stability is clearly
Ane identi, strife and socialism. fase one a alen shrough international petroleum _ market. Bahrain in 1932 by a company not self-interest, but one should be
should begin on Pee and economic entities as had lo ty. Homegrown P i Neat ike Perhaps __ this objective is rarely party to that agreement (Standard Oil cautious about suggesting that the
would be welcomed across the globe. happened elsewhere in the oworld Ugan a T, abstinence policy are mentioned because it's obvious, or of California), every effort was made invasion of Iraq: was motivated by

ten. : . maybe because no discussion was to bring that company in line. The simple greed. The slogan "No blood
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situasinn henkae a, . . nom + Afri o d eres bh ue ne ddre ed. Th te Pro ha ad ead eS versed in petroleum politics. fields in Saudi Arabia in 1947 was complexity of the issue. The world
bran ntly Africans, too, do not oPeet it Addressed. The West, as hated as it may But one should not believe that partially due to the efforts of the U.S. does have an interest in T stable oil

come up with a solid list of the root Zealots, dictators and would-be be by some on the continent, can help -

; a wee a naar the United States would occupy a State Department on behalf of prices: Very low prices encourage the
pba Everyone Powts to things tyrannical warlords rule many African bring about Positive change directly -country with the world's second largest American oil companies. extravagant use of a finite resource. On

starvation, disease and poverty, but nation-states "_ hiding behind their and quickly. Africa must accept this b ; ; ;
nee oe ; re , eserves of petroleum without The Russians and the Chinese the other hand, the American
many ignore equally pressing " or race and their country Ts perceived helping hand, and even our discussions dag! ; favors the interees
even fan want - " problems like oppression as forme, European here should further the case for °OMsideting the effect of that act on the are newcomers to the world market, occupation of Iraq favors the interests

.. ae. aor : aa oo , world's most important commodity. and their willingness to overproduce of American and British oil companies,
sven, gs mit oe agen brica te like the late Idi Amin in bringing about this positive change. On the other hand, one cannot believe oil is unrestrained given their needs maintains a higher price for oil than
agmentation and a lack of Uganda " who was deposed " and Michael King is a member of the National that the United States would ever for energy and export revenues. Many likely would have been the case under a

oae : a - . ign *tUCulate its objectives in terms that in the United States had worried that U.N.-sanctioned occupation and
f fali om Thee dal petiod ms want dl ba gees who ptt ay , er most would regard as vulgar and support for Iraqi sanctions would seductively promises a more secure and
history was marked by tribal wars and of themselves") " rose over the past and Internet consultant in Atlanta, Georgia. evident src Nis BD sd at ne frode ee United Nations and that less p bat ernst ye set

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pier? a , _- _ " " eg __ the time by the intelligence community. revived and honored. gives it the ability to use oil contracts
ae 5 ; e "o . nies 9 The threat to the stability of the This would explain why the T to influence the conduct\of other
0 ?,?eZa: S 1S e Itter n ee @ | Mtemational petroleum market, United States was so willing to | states: The Iraqi oil contract awarded
~ however, was real. undertake the invasion of Iraq to Mitsubishi the day after the Japanese
_ Although the 9/11 Commission her It ts common in African the helping hands of the 9/11 Vice President Dick Cheney's without U.N. sanction, and also why- agreed to send troops to Iraq is a

had a difficult time summoning her to American circles to speak of olost ? Commissioners " who have repeatedly - energy task force was particularly it has been so reluctant to agree to a dramatic exam
the hearing, Condoleezza Rice is Black souls, but in Rice Ts case it is said they are not seeking to assign concerned in March 2001 about UN. mandate, despite the _can be used.

finished as a Black political asset of the almost literally true that she doesn Tt blame to anyone " cannot save the last non-American suitors for Iraqi oil, considerable economic and political The mixing of private and public
White Man's (War) Party. Colin Powell, know where she stands and to whom threads of her reputation as an according to documents obtained by advantages in doing so. U.N. interests in the Iraqi case raises serious

ple of how such power

a much smarter and cagier opportunist, she is speaking. intellect. Politically, Rice is burt. Judicial Watch. Iraq had signed authorization could activate the Iraqi questions. None of this is necessarily
will likely escape this administration o[K]nowing what we know about The bitter end contracts with a variety of oil contracts with "non-U.S. or inconsistent. with the public interest,
still clutching his devalued aura, having the difficulties of our own history, We know that Rice was, by virtue companies, including ones from non-British firms. but many of them satisfy private
hoarded some small measure of knowing what we know about how of her position, the person most France, China and Russia. That these In May of 2003, the _ interests to a considerable extent.

political capital for himself. This is not hard it is to build democracy, we need culpable for dismissing the threat from -companies would have access to huge administration of the Iraqi petroleum Vincent Ferraro is Ruth C.
true for Condoleezza Rice. Her to be humble in singing freedom's al-Qaida: reserves of oil was profoundly industry was handed over to Philip J. Lawson Professor of. International
complete and abject identification with praises, ? Rice told the convention of I asked, on January 24 in writing to unsettling to the largest multinational Carroll, a former chief executive of Politics at Mount Holyoke College in
her master leaves Rice with nothing of the National Association of Black Condi, urgently for a meeting on .oil companies (Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, Shell Oil Co., one of the companies South Hadley, Mass. Other academic
her own to claim. Journalists, last August. cabinet level - the principal's \ChevronTexaco) because _ these commutted to maintaining the price focuses include the colonial occupation

oDon Tt wnte her political epitaph oWe ? neéd to be humble about committee " to review the [anti-terror] mewcomers would more than likely stability of petroleum. The French,

of Africa territories.
yet, ? says commentator Earl Ofan singing freedom Ts praises? We Black plan and I was told I can't have that. It pump as much oil as they could in the Chinese and Russian firms will This article originally appearedin the Hartford Courant,-

Hutchinson. If Hutchinson meant that people, who still tingle to Dr. Martin had to go to the deputies. They had a shortest amount of time, thereby eventually be permitted to Produce Angust 12, 2003
Rice will always have a job with the Luther King Ts joyous, boundlessly _ principals meeting on September 4. :

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an oil tanker named after her), then we treedoms so dearly won? Rice Ts Al-Qaida was not important to them. "
agree. Rice's seltless renderings to the speech was an appropnately Former anti-terror czar Richard Clark,
white and wealthy have eamed her a cautionary message to pnivileged The Guardian.
lifetime of... more of the same. Should white Americans, that they should not And, thanks to former Treasury
she crack under the weight of her own $0 boastfully lecture other nanons on Secretary Paul O'Neill and others, we
and her masters T les " as sometimes Amentca Ts democratic credentials. But know that Rice and the rest of the
seems imminent " there is a for a Black gathering, Rice Ts words oil-slicks at the White House chose to
ocommodious athe in one of the Bush were more than strange " they were spend their pre-9/11 quality time
domiciles where oCondi ? can be-safely evidence of profound personal _ studying petro-maps of Iraq.
stored. disorientation. A Black woman who In facing the 9/11 Commission,
However, gone are the head days doesn Tt know how to talk to Black Rice held the administration in her not
when nich nghnwing, society floated people is of limited political use to an too capable hands.

cocktail dreams of Condoleezza for the administration that has few African Unlike George Bush and Vice
Senate or Vice President in 2004, and Amencan allies. President Cheney, who will have each
even Condi for President in 08. Rice has mused aloud that other for company, Rice had to speak

"Hollywood couldn't come up with a segregation would have faded away in alone and under oath. In ways that she
candidate as good as she 1s," $gid time without the intervention of the never expected, oDr. Rice Ts app arance
Califomia GOP Chairman Shawn Civil Rights Movement. This 1s no before the commission set the stage for
Steele, tack in May 2001. "She's doubr what fich racists say over the most dramatic testimony since the
/Emerging as the most popular and drinks in Texas " and what George Senate confirmation hearings for
most admired woman in America fight Bush might have said to Rice back at Supreme Court Justice " Clarence
now." Rice has since ar in the the ranch in the days when they were Thomas, ? said the March 30 issue of

heat, no longer Best In Show, so to both young and he still drank " but it NorthStar Network. There 1s a big
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Outlived usefulness Black woman in the world says in enabled the gruesome Justice Thomas ait
In the false glow of their delusions, public if she has a brain in her head. to plague Black people for the rest of \
Republicans truly believed that But Rice is brilliant, we were told. his lifetime. Condoleezza Rice Ts 9/11

decree

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of racist stench, ahd then perform the or role model or two, as a consolati nm there will never again be websites and ante inluns -° in , «606 RN |
same abluton the next day, and the prize. Then the esteemed Dr. Rice bumper stickers promoting oCondi ? oVA MAME EDN OFS |
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not bargain or seek her own space, but don't think anybody could have Rice's opolincal epitaph ? is all but Jim Rouse
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power of personal agertey, Having National Security Advisor in the more harshly than the 9/11 Jim Rouse Communications Jim Rouse Communicatons
everything to the Bushes, spring of 2002, when Congress finally Commission, which is concerned only

her Blackness gradually lost its value as began delving into how 9/11 could with harms done to Americans. Rice, Wrow. Radio Greenville, NC 5 General Manager

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What Brown did not bring to education

by Clarence Page

WASHINGTON " America's public
schools, as you may have noticed,
remain largely divided by race in spite
oOf the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark
Brown vs. Board of Education
decision. As the 50th anniversary of
that decision approaches on May 17, it
is fashionable for some civil. nghts
reformers to declare that Brown has
Not lived up to its promise.
, _» But look at the story behind the
numbers and you might notice
something more complex and
perplexing: Racial segreganon persists
in public schools not so much in spite
of Brown as because of it.

Today's segregation is very
different from that of the early 1950s.
The old segregation was a consequence
of racist white imposed laws, which the
high court outlawed. The new

segregation ts a consequence of family
finances and choices or, for the
poorest families, their lack of choices.

The Supreme Court on May 17,
1954, overturned the high «court's
1896 ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson
that "separate but equal" facilities for
the races = was __ constitutional.
Henceforth, the court ruled in Brown

"separate educational facilities are"

inherently unequal."

Brown was aimed at removing
the barriers that Jim Crow segregation
laws had put in the way of students
hke Linda Brown of Topeka, Kan.,
from whose family the _ historic
decision gets its name. Because she
was Black, she had to walk past all
white schools every day in order to
attend the all Black school to which
Kansas law restricted her.

By the late 1960s, school
desegregation became an end in itself,

even for kids who lived close to their
schools. Many Black students were
bussed out of their home districts to
white districts, although not very
many white students were bussed the
other way. °

School bussing, urban riots and
new housing ant-discrimination laws
sparked, white flight from urban
centers in the late 1960s and early
1970s. The flight amounted to one of
the largest peacetime migrations of
any population in human history.
Integration, as the late community
activist Saul D. Alinsky put it, became
the bnef period of tme between
when the first Black family moved
into a neighborhood and the last
white family moved out.

Racial integration in schools and
neighborhoods has sipped backward
since the 1960s, according to the Civil
Rights Project at Harvard University.

Project director Gary Ortield
Says its recent report, "Brown at 50:
Kings Dream or. Plessy's
Nightmare?"; finds that public
schools are becoming so segregated
that "we are back to [where we were]
When [Martin Luther] King was
assassinated."

Yet there ts a further paradox
that gets far too little attention in
discussions that portray integration in
simple terms of Black and white. As
more Blacks have msen into the
middle and upper income brackets,
partly as a result of the reforms that
the Brown decision helped put into
motion, white flight has been
tollowed by Black middleclass flight
into better off neighborhoods and
away from worse off Black folks.

That's the American dream as
many folks see it, but it also has left
many Black low-income _ families

Celebrities urge Senate to move on bill against

Forced Psychiatric Child Drugging |,

LOS ANGELES - Chaka Khan, Juliette f

Lewis, Danny Masterson (That 70s
Show) and Sofia Milos (CSI Miami), in
osupport of legislation to stop the
psychiatric drugping of children, honored
individuals who have fought for federal
legislation to stop school personnel from
coercing parents to give psychiatric drugs
.. to their children. 8-time Grammy Award
~~ winner, humanitarian and community
activist, Chaska Kahn was a featured
o human and civil rights _ activists,
" government officials and celebrities at the

35th anniversary and awards banquet of .

othe Citizens Commission on Human
Rights International (CCHR) where the
', awards were presented.
-| The urgency for enacting federal
oProtections for parents is fueled by a
"recent Food and Drug Administration
- (FDA) hearing, where panel members
ospent hours listening to emotional
T testimonies from dozens of parents after

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, GREENVILLE, NC - Joseph
, Washington Gay, son of George
Washington and Amanda King Gay,
was born December 15, 1899. He
_ was called from labor to reward at

_.the age of one hundred four years,

three months and nineteen days.

Bom in Pitt County, he
attended Pitt County Schools. He.

Sam Alleyne caught during a
relaxing moment at WOOW
Radio

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with his wife (1922-2001)

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was one of five children. He was
united in holy matrimony to the late
Bettie C. Gay in 1925. From. this
union, eight children were bom.

"Papa", as his grandchildren, as
well as countless others called- him,
was a hard, disciplined worker and
great provider. During his earlier
yeats, he was a farmer. He later
worked at A.C. Monk. As many
know.

Papa was known as: a
"handyman". He frequently repaired,
fixed and built things for others. He
took great pleasure in his carpentry
skills. He also enjoyed baseball and
gardening (which he did up until 12
years ago). He attended Primitive
Baptist Churches such as. Living
Hope, Cobb Chapel and Seven Holly
and was oftentimes heard singing
praises to God.

Papa was one of few people
blessed to see three different
centuries.

His wisdom has crossed a long
span of time and is passed from
generation to generation. He was a
kind, loving and devoted father and
gtandfather. He was preceded in
death by two children. Bertha L.

Saintsville Road, died Tuesday
at Pitt Memorial Hospital. The
funeral was held Saturday at 1
p.m. at Phillips Brothers
Mortuary, 1501 W. 14th St.,
Greenville. NC. The Rev. Bill
Wilson, Pastor of the Lord's
Table Church, will officiated the
ceremony. Burial took place at
the Holy Temple Church
Cemetery in Greenville.

Samwas bom in Port of
Spain Trinidad, Mr. Alleyne, son
of the late Eustas Alleyne and
Ruth Sween, was a long-time
resident of the West Indies,
Brooklyn, NY, and Greenville,
NC. He was also brother of the
late Peroival Sween of Trinidad.
Survivors include his wife of
almost 40 years, Annie Mae
Alleyne of Greenville; two
children Stanton Alleyne of
Goldsboro and Yvette Atleyne
of Tampa, Florida, his
daughter-in-law Jessica Alleyne
of Goldsboro; grandson Justin

their children had attempted and/or
taking
panel

recommendation that the FDA

stand taken by British drug regulators in

j December, 2003, when they told
| doctors to stop writing prescriptions for
| under 18-year-olds for six of the newer
} Selective-Scrotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
Fit (SSRI) antidepressants because of
} increased risk of suicide:
i Over the past two years. Lisa
Marie Presley, Juliette Lewis. Kelly
} Preston and Jenna Elfman have traveled

to Washington, D.C., meeting with

] members of Congress to gather support
} for the right of parents to refuse
} psvchiatric drug treatment as a requisite
} of attending school.

: In May 2003, the U.S. House of
Child
Medication Safety Act by a landslide

Representatives passed the

vote of 425 - 1, to stop this abuse. The

asses On At 104 Years

Frisby and Lester C. Gay; three
brothers, Richard Gay a.k.a. Dudley,
Andrew K. May and Willie Moore;
three grandchildren, one great
grandchild and T one great great
grandchild.

He leaves to cherish ? his
memory, four daughters, Gladys G.
Dixon (Gilbert), Selma L. Chestnut
(Melvin), Doris G. Edwards
(Soloman) and Melba J. Hyman
(Caleb) all of Farmville, NC; two
sons, James F. Gay (Brenda) of
Albany, NY and Edward M. Gay
(Charlotte) of Clinton, MD and a
"special" son, Jesse Smith of Snow
Hill, NC; thirty-four grandchildren;
seventy-six great grandchildren;
twenty-nine great great
grandchildren; one brother. Jack
Moore of New Jersey; three
sisters-in-law. Lily C. Tyson (James),
Hazel B. Cobb (Nathan) and Lilian
B. Cobb (Jack) all ofFarmville, NC
and a host of nieces, nephews,
cousins and friends.

"And the peace of God, which
passeth all understanding, shall guard
your hearts and minds through Jesus
Christ.n
-Philippians 4:7

The Jazzman is called Home...

Samuel Alleyne of Goldsboro
and many relatives and friends.
Prior to retirement, Mr. Alleyne
worked as a radio personality
for WOOW, a radio station
based in Greenville where he is
best known for establishing and
hosting an evening jazz show
for a number of years. He was

-affectionally known as Sam the

Jazz Man and his knowledge of
traditional Jazz music was
extensive. Jazz is still played
every Monday night = on
WOOW, a seat Sam sat in with
authority. Sam also worked for
more than 18 years as a
shipping clerk for Sam Goody's
Record Co. , one of the nations
best known record retailers; in
Manhattan, He had a love for
sports, and spent several years
on semi-professional " soccer
and cricket teams in Trinidad
and New York. He will be
missed.

Picture with his wife Queenie Swinson is the Late Rev.

Jimmie L. Swinson,

He was a very loving an Gentle Father that provided for

his family. We miss him very

much. He was the paster of

N.C.. He .

immediately issue _wamings on the
. | suicidal risks became the focus of
4] intemational headlines. The hearing
came in the wake of an even stronger

Mills Chapel F.W.B. Church in Black Jack
started preaching in an old house that our cousin the late
Maggie Mills. She let him use it to start preaching in. She
was the mother of the laté Rev. Alonzo Mills. Then some
years later we built a church. We used the last name Mills
in honor of our cousin Maggie Mills. Then the church
became Mills Chapel F.W.B. Church.

He is survived by his wife, his Family Members,
Daughter Della Swinson Roach, Sons: Jimmie Swinson,
Dec. Frank Swinson, Clarense Swinson, Clifton Swinson
and James Swinson.

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bill was then introduced into the Senate
in July 2003, yet despite increasing
information on the dangers of the drugs
and the current FDA investigation-, the
Senate has yet to pass the bill
Concerned citizens "_are urging
immediate Senate action, as parents can
be forced to administer psychiatric
drugs to their children via their schools
that could potentially cause suicidal
reactions. ,

Sophia Milos awarded Mrs. Vicki
Dunkle, a Pennsylvania mother whose
10-year-old daughter Shaina died in her
arms due to toxic levels of the
antidepressant pre-scribed by her
psychiatrist. Mrs. Dunkle conceded in
placing Shaina on the drug only after
heavy, sustained pressure from school
personnel. The prescribing psychiatrist
never wamed her of the dangers of the
drug, nor that the psychiatric diagnosis
of "Attention Deficit Disorder," was
not medically proven to exist.- Mrs.
Dunkle has subsequently filed a lawsuit
against the psychiatrist and has become
a national spokesperson for the
grassroots parent organization, Parents
for a Label and Drug Free Education
(AbleChild.org.) She is frequently
featured in national media warning
other parents about the, dangers of
psychiatric treatments and campaigning

for federal legislation.
Juliette Lewis awarded renowned
educator and author Samuel

Blumenfeld, one of the country's leading
authorities on successful _readi
_Programs for children, Blumenfeld is a
strong supporter of the Child
-Medication Safety Act, and outspoken
critic of the widespread psychiatric
drugging of children, which he labels as
"child abuse." According to
Blumenfeld, normal children are being
labeled mentally ill by psychiatrists and
needlessly subjected to psychiatric drugs
when many of them simply have not
been taught to read.

A keynote speaker at the

dinner was Dr. Thomas Szsa7

April 2004



increasingly isolated from the
socioeconomic mainstream, not only
by race but also by class and
opportunities.

Changing times also have
brought a declining interest by Black
parents in having their children attend
desegregated schools.

That doesn't mean that Brown
tailed to deliver.As a Black parent
who 1s old enough to remember what
Black life in the 1950s was like, |
appreciate the role Brown played in
removing legal barriers that stood in
the way of Black progress. Although
it ts fashionable in conservative circles
to berate "acnvist judges" these days,
I'm glad that Chiet Justice Earl
Warren was enough of an activist to
build a unanimous vote behind the
Brown decision.

I applaud heroes like the late
Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP

M-Voice N ewspaper 3

Legal Defense Fund T lawyer who. led
the court arguments for Brown.
Mar-shall had to travel daily from
Balumore to Washington to attend
Howard University Law School when
Maryland law schools turned away
Blacks. He later became America's first
Black Supreme Court justice. His
sacrifices in pursuit of an education are
the sort of heroic stories that. more
young people need to hear, especially
those thisguided Black youths who
think of academic excellence as
somehow "acting white."

The Brown vs. Board decision
was indispensably important, but it did
not bring Utopia. It did shift the law of
the land from a head wind to a tail
wind tor Black progress. It also left us
with a lot of work to do over the next
30 years to help those who have been
lett behind.

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, from ;

Syracuse University, New York. As an
author of 30 books exposing psychiatric
practices as human rights abuse,

Szasz_ ts considered by many

experts to be psychiatry's most ardent -
critic, and one who is forthright on the

role psychiatry plays in
children, "I have.long maintained that

the child psychiatrist is one of the most _

dangerous enemies not only of children,

but also of adults who care for the two
most precious and most vulnerable -

ings in life - children and liberty. Child
psychiatry -- like psychiatric slavery, of
which it is an important part - cannot be
reformed. It must be abolished. Because
of the power differences between adults
and children, we outlaw sexual relations
between them as statutory rape.

For the same reason, we ought to
outlaw
psychiatric rape."

As 2004 marked the 35th
anniversary of CCHR, the inaugural
Thomas S. Szasz An award was
presented to Dr. Anatoly Prokopenko, an
historian, archivist and author who was
commissioned by President Yeltsin to
investigate the plight of Russian
dissidents incarcerated in the
during the Soviet era. Prokopenko
documented and exposed ~ "_ how
psychiatrists, working with various Soviet
government agencies and the KGB
circumvented the law to imprison
political "dissidents" in psychiatric

ding stitutions. Many of the psychiatrists

involved in this are still in practice in
Russia today, advising the government
on criminal matters.

Like medical professionals around
the world, Prokopenko _ is equally
concerned about _psychiatry's labeling
Process and mass marketing _of
psychiatric drugs to children, and will be
calling on Russian officials to issue
warnings on the suicidal tisks of
antidepressant drugs following the FDA's
warning.

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving
an infant Ts life, she will choose to save the infant Ts life without
even considering if there are men on base.

"Dave Barry

FishtOurORECAST

Americans Want To See More Curves

(NAPS) "According to a na-
tional survey, there Ts a new trend
in America, and it Ts all about
curves.

The oCelebrate Your Curves ?
survey, which celebrates the more
than 60 million curvaceous women
in the United States, reveals that
Americans are seeing curvaceous
women in a brand new light. In
fact, three-quarters of American
women (73 percent) want the term
oplus size ? replaced with a more
positive term, and the most popu-
lar suggestion was ocurvaceous. ?

According to the survey, more
than three out of five women (62
percent) believe it is time curva-
ceous, sexy women "such as
Queen Latifah "had more promi-
nent roles in film and TV. In fact,
the majority of women find it eas-
ier to relate to curvaceous women
on screen: more than half of the
women surveyed (53 percent) said
-that seeing these women in films
and on TV helps them feel better
about themselves.

oDon Tt be afraid of the curves! ?
urges Queen Latifah, spokes-
woman for CurvaTION, a line of
sensual and livable intimate
apparel from VF intimates. oI am
proud to be a curvaceous woman
and to #epresent a brand that
embodies the strong spirit of sexy,
curvaceous women everywhere. ?

Women are not the only ones
supporting curves; American men
are, too. The survey reveals that
five out of 10 American men (49
percent) think curvaceous women
are sexy and two out of five (42
percent) admit they are actually
more attracted to curvaceous
women. Additionally, a resounding
70 percent of men say curvaceous
women can be fit and healthy and
two out of five say there is onoth-
ing more natural than a curva-
ceous woman. ?

y

Queen Latifah celebrates her
curves with a line of intimate
apparel designed for sexy, curva-
ceous women.

oOur survey showed that
curvaceous women want lingerie
to make them feel sexier (42 per-
cent), and the enormous popular-
ity of CURVATION proves this
true, ? says Anne Jardine, vice
president and general manager of
CURVATION. oWe launched last
year and due to the great
consumer response, we have
expanded distribution. ?

Real women with real curves
were the inspiration behind the
brand "intimate apparel that cel-
ebrates curvaceous wémen by
offering them everything they
want in lingerie: beauty, function
and comfort at affordable prices.
CURVATION bras come in an array
of fashion colors offering women a
variety of styles, including Back
Smoothers, Side Shapers and
Minimizers.

The CURVATION line is avail-
able at Wal-Mart, Kmart and
ShopKo and in Canada at Wal-
Mart. For more information visit
www.curvation.com.

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child psychiatry, which is |

fadies and Gentleman... |
| Introducing the Social Worker
of the Year. Here is Siste Shelly
Moore shown with here Husban, -
daughter and granddaughter at a
_ Special luncheon that was held in
her honer. Ms. Moore 1s always
helping ou people and is an |
outstanding member of our
community. Photo: Jim Rouse

"WE HONOR YOU... Here the

| Mayor of " Pnnceville, the
_ honorable Priscilla Oates present a
| Plague to honor Edge comb
, County Clerk of Court, Ms.

_ Carolyn White Photo: Jim Rouse |

MOTHER LOVES HER
SONS... Dr. Hazel Brown takes a
minute to pse with " her
| son.Attomey Derek Brown and his
son as they picking up up some
"soul food" at Mrs. C's Kitchen
formerly the Elbert Resturant.
| Derek ts) Congressman Frank
| Ballance executive legal advisor,
~ Photo, Jim Rouse

Why not
Salute your
_ Mother for
MOTHER'S
| DAY

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The story of an Artist who

Mercy, Mercy }

NEW YORK CITY - Rarely has a
Musician had as great an impact on
American culture as music legend
Marvin Gaye.

- Social critic and author Michael
Eric Dyson's new. book, "Mercy,
Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and

Demons of Marvin Gaye," tells the:

story of the 1970s
musical artist
helped define
music of Motown.

Dyson, who is also a
professor of African

who
the

a! an Studies at
the University of
Pennsylvania,

recently stopped by
The Saturday Early
Show studios at CBS
to. discuss__ " the
complex life of Gaye.
He explained why the

NEW YORK CITY - Music icon

Prince will open this year's Essence
Music Festival on July 2. The legendary
artist and his version of fused funk,
rock, R&B and | will electrify the
audience with his tnaay chart-busti
hits, including oPurple Rain," "1999,"
"Raspberry Beret" and "Pop Life,"
along with new material from his
forthcoming album Musicology.

Prince joins a stellar lineup of
artists: Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott,
Gladys Knight, Maze featuring Frankie
Beverly, The O'Jays, Donnie
McClurkin, Tyrese, Jagged Edge,
Anthony Hamilton, Millie Jackson,
Kem, The Ohio Players, Freddie
Jackson, Kenny Lattimore, Chanty

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After 10 years in musical seclusion
due to family turmoil, Anita Baker is
returning to the spotlight. The
Grammy-winning R&B songstress has
signed a deal with Blue Note Records
to produce at least two albums, and
expects to release her first project

singer is still so

Moore, Solomon Burke, Little Milton,
Sinbad, Ledisi and The Dazz Band
Additional artists will be announced in
the coming weeks. The festival will
take place over the 2004 Fourth of
July weekend "July 2, 3, and 4 in New
Orleans.

"The Essence family is ecstatic
that Prince will join us to celebrate the
tenth anniversary of our music
festival," said Ed Lewis, chairman of
Essence T Communications Partners.
"His awe-inspiring performances,
ability to fuse various music genres
and bring together generations of
music lovers is extraordinary." "Mark
your calendar for July 2, 2004!

We will have a great evening of

before the end of the year.

"I'm so excited," the singer told
The Associated Press in an interview
on Wednesday. "I do see that there is
a demand for what | do, and my fans
are still there."

With a deep, sensuous voice that
recalled Sarah Vaughan and a classic
soul sound. Baker became one of
R&B's premier artists, in the late '80s
and early 90s with hits like "Sweet
Love," "Rapture" and "Giving You
the Best That I Got."

But she dropped off the music
scene neatly a decade ago after
teleasing the album "Rhythm of
Love" in 1994. At the time, Baker,
who is married, had two young sons
(now 10 and 11 years old); a mother
suffering from Alzheimer's and a
father dying of bone cancer.

"I couldn't focus on the music at
all. I tried, but each time I tried, that
that door was closed to me, ? she said.
"My patents were dying, and |
couldn't write. ?

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influential, 20 years after he was
fatally shot by his own father.

_ The author interviewed those
close to Gaye to draw a portrait of

the artist and the tensions that .

shaped contemporary urban America:
economic adversity, _ the
industry, racism and the long legacy
of hardship.
Read afi excerpt from
Mercy Me":
_ Chapter Two
"If This World Were Mine"
The Politics of Soul Music
As a new decade dawned in
Detroit-Motown's birthplace and the
home of its most glorious creations
before relocating its offices to Los
Angeles in 1972 -- blacks oemerged
from the city's shadow of a bloody

"Mercy,

music, fun and love for one another,"

said Prince. "In this historic year
honoring Prince, we are thrilled to add
the Paisley Park experience to the
wonderful Essence Music Festival by
offering the performance of the

So she took a break to take care of
her family in Detroit, where she lives.
Baker never considered hiring anyone
to take care of her family so she could
continue her career.

"She took care of me. She didn't
hand me off to someone else." Baker
said of her mother. "I'm really happy
in retrospect that I did it that way,
because she breathed her last in my
arms." aera? io

Baker's father died in 1998; her
mother died, fin 2000. After her
mother's death, she felt she could
pursue her career again.

"It was almost like I was given
permission when she passed."

Baker had a deal a couple of years
ago with Atlantic Records after being
wooed by its legendary founder,
Ahmet Ertegun, but an album | never
materialized. "I couldn Tt 't fulfill my
obligations to him and | really regret
that, because he's a wonderful man,"
she says.

Baker began touring, but she

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1967 riot with the hope of finally
achieving true equality.

Motown inspired "_ African
Americans to believe that hard work
and true talent can be rewarded.
Because it gave voice to black genius,
Motown couldn't avoid being seen in
racial terms. Berry Gordy was an icon
of black entrepreneurial power,
especially since "[njo one could have
predicted that an unskilled car-factory
worker one generation removed from
the cotton fields would be one of the
most successful black businessmen in
American history." .

Motown was an extraordinarily
successful black business _ that
harvested the gifts of black artists
denied opportunity in the white
world.

all-around "_ "musician,
performer, singer, songwriter and
producer -of all. time," L. Londell
McMillan, Esq., representative for
Prince and president The NorthStar
Group.

The Essence Music Festival,
known as "the party with a purpose,"
isthe nation's largest annual
African-American event and gathering
of musical talent in the world. This
multigenerational festival _ offers
spiritual and financial Empowerment
Seminars during the day, which are
free, and 50 exciting performances at
night where festivalgoers can dance
and sing along with the biggest names
in entertainment, rhythm and blues,

classic soul, hip-hop, neo-soul and
jazz, on five stages within the

Louisiana Superdome.

The daily += Empowerment
Seminars feature renowned speakers,
authors and national leaders and are
held in the Ernest N. Mortal
Convention Center, The Convention
Center is also home to the Essence
Marketplace, In The Essence

Ns recording her

doubted whether people would buy
CDs of her smooth, adult R&B in
today's marketplace.

"For the past five years I had been
channel surfing and all you see ois
MTV and kids.

The demographics became very
very young. I figured I was relic and
my time has passed. And | figured |
had. something, to offer in the jazz
arena," Baker said.

But when she contacted Bruce
Lundvall, head of Blue Note Records,
about recording a jazz album, he told
her he'd be interested in an R&B

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The black freedom struggle in
the sixties greatly accelerated the
Mational embrace of Motown. As
critic Suzanne Smith noted, "the civil
rights movement created the
environment in which broader
cultural integration-as typified by
Motown's wide appeal-could occur. T

Still, Motown was cautious
about identifying too strongly with

the black revolution. Although it

readily depended on its black base for
support, Motown eagerly desired to
produce a sound that could cross
over to white audiences. The styles,
themes, sounds, and behavior of its
artists were carefully tailored to
project an unthreatening image of
black identity.

The gulf between whites and

Marketplace artists from throughout
the country offer an array of quality
arts and crafts reflective of the New
Orleans tradition and the rich cultural
heritage sgen throughout the African
Diaspora, as well as Louisiana cuisine,
sponsor activities, festival souvenirs
and a book fair with author book
Si S.

ce The Essence Music Festival-has
become a destination of choice for
families and friends as they schedule
their reunions.

Festivalgoers can purchase
tickets at ticketmaster.com or by
calling (800) 488-5252, (504) 522-5555
(New Orleans) or (225) 761-8400
(Baton Rouge). Tickets are $35, $45.
$55, $75 and a very limited number in
the Golden Circle section at $125. All
tickets are subject to additional service
charges.

Hotel accommodations, airfare
and complete festival travel packages
are available through Destination
Management. Inc. the festival's
official tour operator, by calling (800)
762-9523 or ___ Visiting

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album from her as well.

"She is one of the great artists, no
question about it," Lundvall told the
AP. "There's not another voice out
there like hers, it's T instantly
recognizable."

Baker has already written songs for
her new album, which she says, "has
the same elements of R&B, Jazz and
Gospel: influences throughout,

because. that's just me,"

But Baker says she's interested in
working with new artists, such as
Alicia Keys or bluesy guitarist Robert
Randolph, who wowed T the Grammy

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blacks. was effortlessly bridged by. the
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oWest Grand Boulevard. .

That didn't mean that Motown
ignored the rising tide of black--pride
and racial consciousness. In 1963,
Motown recorded Martin Luther King,
Jr's June 23 speech before 125,000
demonstrators in a historic civil rights
march in Detroit, and released it on
August 28, the day King gave his
legendary "I Have a Dream" address at
the march on Washington.

The album, entitled The Great
March to Freedom; was the compan}'s
first spoken-word recording, Paving
the way for Motown's spoken-ward
label, Black Forum, which woyld
provide "a medium for the
presentation of ideas and voices of the
worldwide struggle of Black people to

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The City of New Orleans,
Anheuser-Busch Companies, sponsors
the 2004 Essence Music Festival
makers of Budweiser, Bank of America,
Chevrolet, Kraft Foods, McDonald's,
and Southwest Airlines, the official
airline of The Essence Music Festival.

The US Army ROTC will provide
scholarships and college information.
Essence Festivals, LLC, produces the
Essence Music Festival, in association
with Festival Productions of New
Orleans. Essence Festivals, LLC, is a
division of Essence Communications
Partners (ECP). ECP is the publisher
_of ESSENCE magazine, which after 34
years continues to. be the preeminent
lifestyle magazine of African-American
women.

Paisley Park Enterprises and The
NorthStar Group furnish and sponsor
the services of Prince. For contact
information on Prince, call LL, Londell
McMillan, Esq. at (212) 399-8900,

Essence Magazines T 10th Annversary Music and Motivations Celebration

audience last month with his
performance.

Baker says she Ts not going to
conform to today's musical scene:
"Even at the height of my career, I was
always not quite with it, I was always
off doing my own thing." .
_ And she says fan response to her
recent concert performances show

there's still an interest in her own style,

i ss '

"I didn Tt know that anybody would

give a hoot," she laughed. "I'm
pleasantly surprised."

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» Greate a new era...[and as] a permanent
record of the sound of the struggle
_and the sound of a new era."

«, Black Forum's first
_ cluded Free Huey!,

Productions
a speech by

activist Stokely Carmichael in support

of the imprisoned
leader Huey

Black Panther
Newton, and Martin

Luther King, Jr's speech, Why |

Oppose the War in Vietnam, which
later won a 1970 Gtammy Award. In
1970, Black Forum released Poets of
the Revolution, featuring the poetry
of Langston Hughes and Margaret
Danner. Later it released It's Nation
Time by poet-activist Amiri Baraka;
Elaine Brown: Until We're Free, a
collection of songs by the Black
Panther leader; Black Spirits, which
featured the work of figures like
Baraka, Clarence Major, the Original

Last Poets, and David Henderson;
Guess Who's Coming Home: Black

Fighting Men Recorded Live in

Vietnam, a recording based on the
research of the late Wallace Terry in
Southeast Asia, among black soldiers;
and The Congressional Black Caucus,
a recording of keynote speeches,
including those of Ossie Davis and
Bill Cosby, presented at the caucus's
first annual banquet.

After the assassination of Martin

Luther King,. Jr., in 1968, Berry
Gordy dispatched Stevie Wonder,
Gladys Knight and the Pips, the
Supremes, and the Temptations, to
perform at a benefit concert in
Atlanta for the Poor People's March,
the campaign on which the leader
was working when he was murdered.

Despite these significant
interventions, the Black Forum label
was comparatively obscure, and aside
from King's efforts, its offerings

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GREENVILLE, NC - If the walls
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Children Ts T Author Pancie Hart
Flood is rapidly gaining national
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the local public library.

In this series, she has already
completed two other books on this
character, Tiger Turcote, who is
depicted as a "rambunctious
second-grader of Meherrin Indian,
African American and Hispanic
descent. In this book, Tiger runs into
a dilemma when upon beginning to
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he finds himself perplexed when he
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Ms. Flood pictured on the left
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weren't nearly as "_agpressively
promoted as Motown's musical fare.
Motown vigilantly separated __ its
support for venting black struggle
and its keen desire to captivate and
capitalize on white America through
Pop music. The rigid segregation of
politics and music kept Motown's
enormous popularity intact. But the
rise of a new black political
consciousness, the flames of urban
riots and rebellions, the war in
Vietnam, the expansion of American
protest. music, the relentless
appropriation of black music by
white artists, the evolution of student
activism, and the resurgence of
Progressive politics began to shape
the music of some of black America's
bravest artists. Many black jazz artists
had already been politicized in. the
fifties and sixties, and the recordings
of Sun Ra, John Coltrane, and
members of the Association for the
Advancement of Creative Musicians
(AACM) showed how the line
between music and social conscience
could be artfully blurred.

The work of Nina
("Mississippi Goddamn"),
McCann and Eddie ~ " Harris
("Compared to What"), Julian
"Cannonball" Adderley ("The Price
You Got to Pay to Be Free") and
Eugene McDaniel (Headless Heroes
of the Apocalypse) proved that the
black aesthetic and the black politic
could be one.

Curtis Mayfield defined the
gospel-drenched Chicago sound with
music of haunting eloquence and
lyrics that touched the soul of black
struggle. His work with the
Impressions produced not only
elegant romantic ballads, but edifying
songs of racial pride. In the
mid-sixties, Mayfied wrote socially
uplifting tunes such as "Keep on
Pushing, ? and "People Get Ready. ?
While not explicitly political anthems,
these songs nevertheless brought
inspiration to the civil rights

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movement. In 1968, Mayfield more
straightforwardly embraced _ black
pride on his stirring "We're a Winner,"
followed in the next couple of years by
such message songs as oThis Is My
Country" and "Choice of Colors. ? In
1969, Sly and the Family Stone's
album Stand! ventured into socially
conscious. territory with songs like
"Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" and
"Everyday People." In the
seventies, they added the masterly and
stylishly bleak manifesto There's a Riot
Goin T On.

Motown slowly came around.
Stevie Wonder was the first Motown
artist to nod to politics on a single
when in 1966 he released a well
received version of Bob Dylan's
oBlowin' in the Wind." He followed it
later that year with the similarly

themed "A Place in the Sun" on his.

album Down to Earth, which was the
first Motown album cover to depict a
ghetto landscape.

Despite these recordings, the songs
failed to ignite a trend of socially
conscious music at Motown. In 1968,
the tide turned with the release of the
Supremes T "Love Child," a song that
probes the plight of unwed teen
mothers. "Love Child" leaped to the
number one position on the pop
charts and became the biggest hit of
the Supremes T career. With the
commercial appeal of socially relevant
soul music established, Motown
waded a bit further into these waters
under the innovative guidance of
Norman Whitfield) who was,
according to one critic, an architect of
the "ghetto sound" that speaks
directly "to the concerns of inner-city
blacks."

Excerpted from "Mercy, Mercy
Me," by Michael Eric Dyson.
Copyright © 2004 Excerpted by
permission of Perseus Books Group:
All rights reserved. No part of this
excerpt. may be reproduced or
reprinted without permission in
writing from the publisher.

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- are evident in the homes of
many non- Christians. 7

Uli , the one thi
that makes a Chet home Chestae
is the centrality of Jesus Christ, but
} let's consider another level of his or
her world: Your church. The church is
an extension of the home. In other
words, a child's spiritual training
begins at home and the urpose of
the church is to affirm that ining.
Remember, a parent should never
look to T the church as the primary
spiritual teacher of the child. That is
the job of the parent. The church
provides your child with (one hopes)
like-minded friends. It gives the parent
a group of (one hopes) like-minded
peers for counsel and support.

The church under girds the

to be quite popular among Christians.
It said: oIf you were on trial for being a
Christan, would there be enougt
evidence to convict you?" What exactly
makes a Christian home Christian?
There are many worthwhile (and
biblical) characteristics - such as
honesty, generosity, humility and

spiritual teaching of parents through
its ministry, Sunday school teachers
and youth leaders, ask well as
providi encouragement for all
Erhevene to worship the Lord. We
cannot find this. life-refreshing
message anywhere else. This is why
the Scriptures insist that we "not give
up meeting together" (Hebrews
10:25). It will do your child no good
to hear you criticizing the church
leadership - or even the Sunday
sermon. There are few things a child
needs more than to know that the
relationships around him are in

harmony with one another.
Dr. Laura Schlesinger.
Radio-talk-show host and

psychotherapist said in her book THE
PROPER CARE & FEEDING OF

Local educator and author releases new book of expérences

Nell Lewis (2nd from left), with firends and daughter at a book
signing at Graceway Christian Bookstore in Greenville A Rowse Photo

GREENVILLE, NC - Nell Lewis, prominent educator and community

Organizer/activist has just released her book entitled, 1 DAY AND 3 HOURS
eer... IT'S AN
ABOMINATION

News articles and headlines are
desirous for truth but end up being
biased for reprobates. Read the papers

and magazines concerning the church
and you can see Satan behind the scenes
ing at the organization and
| administrations that bear the name of
Christ. I was online and caught this:
"US. Epi leaders spoke, prayed,
and then cast ballots to approve the
church's first openly gay bishop."

"To show you just how absurd
these church leaders are, we will give
Rabaaneramte
Dich ahd, New Teairgeritg Of che Bible:

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you judge must be done
so with a level head and a memory filled
with the Word of God. .

_ to encourage
through life from one challenge to |@

This book is " written especially
to inspire the power of perseverance '
post-Civil Rights generations as well as
others as they navigate

another.

Readers will get a personal
glimpse of moments of inspiration in
the author's life that has anchored her

unshakeable faith in an ever-present

God! .

The reader is sure to catch the
author's contagious enthusiasm for
living life's eternal quality in everyday
Situations.

The author who's work has been
well received by the public has recently
been busy with book signings first
debuting her work at the Grace Way
Christian Bookstores in Greenville
and Williamston, NC; and at the

Christian Resource Center in Rocky
Mount, NC.
In explaining the _ overall

philosophy of her book, the author said,
If we don't willing embrace our
common humanity, we mil be forced to
in a moment of common helplessness."

The James Version of

Leviticus 18:22 reads: "Thou shalt not lie
with mankind as with womankind. It is
abomination." 20:13 reads: "If a man.
also lie with mankind as he lieth with a
woman, both of them have committed
an abomination: they shall surely be put
to death. "The Living Bible in |
Connthians 1-10 reads, "Yes, these laws
are made to identify as sinners all who are
immoral and impore: homosexuals,
kidnappers, liars and all others who do
things that contradict the glorious Good
News of our blessed God whose
messenger | am."
.. Sing James in Romans 1:27 reads:
And likewise GRD het ieaving the
natural use of the woman, burned iff their
lust one toward andi? ? ° ©

1:28 "God gave them over to a
reprobate mind; to do those things which
are are not convenient."

Expression and Reviews

with Suejette Jones

Brains, Brawn, Appearance,
Aptitude, Ability, Affluence,
Pleasure, Prominence, Possessions
and Power. If these are our values,
we are in trouble and regardless of
how they are described, they are
superficial, short-lived and
misleading. Our net worth is not equal
to the sum total of our appearances,
our abilities and our affluence.

It's a lousy lie that convinces us
to feel bad about ourselves because
we don't compare well with others
when it comes beauty, brains, bucks
or brawn. It's a lie of unbelievable
Proportions that cause us to think
that real value is found in a
handsome face, a well-dressed body,
a quick mind or a fat bank account.

Yet the children of the world
are nurtured or neglected, pampered
or put off, largely on the basis of
bone structure and fat deposits of
their bodies, the alertness of their
minds, or the social status of their
parents. Children are raised to feel
good or bad about themselves

The Values By
Which We See Ourselves
Our natural inclination is to think that
our well-being and ability to feel good
about ourselves lies in values variously

described as: Beauty, Bucks,

depending on how they fit into the
selfish, ever-changing mold of the
world around them. Does
this mean we should always despise
these other values? No, they have
their place. We need to cultivate and
appreciate wealth, appearance, ability
and influence whenever higher values
show us that it is appropriate to do so,
We need to do the best we can with.
what the Lord has given us. Being a
well-groomed color-coordinated
person has its place. And in a limited
sense, this can help us feel better
about ourselves.

But when it comes to the real basis of
self-esteem, we need to build on the
truth of what the Lord said to the
prophet Samuel while showing him
the next king of Israel. Of one hot
prospect ? the Lord said: "Do not look
at his appearance or at the height of
his stature, because | have refused
him. For the Lord does not see as
man sees: for man looks at the
outward appearance, but the Lord
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reoy oy Unit || before the child reaches 18. That

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marriage intact.
That was only 47 years ago. Such
families virtually evaporated-within a
single generation. By the 1970's
both parents worked in 50 percent
of families with school-age children.
In 1986, 1955-family model made up
only 7 percent of our homes. Today,
of four moms with school-age
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workforce.
* Sociologists studying this trend
plainly state how this change has
affected the lives of today's teens.
~ "The Carnegie Corporation points
oyt that 30 percent of eighth graders
are on their own after school, some
as long as five hours a day, which
gives them much more private,
personal space than their postwar
redecessors ever enjoyed.
enty-five percent of sexually
active teenagers cite their home (or
their boyfriend's home) as their usual
meeting place, since the coast is
inevitably clear, Unsupervised time
after school, T the Washington Post
reported in 1992, is the most
common occasion for adolescents to
have sexual intercourse, often at a

_ In 1955, 60 percent of US.
households had a working father, a
stay-at-home mom and two or more
school-age kids. A "model family."
Most 14-year-olds could expect mom
(or their grandmother, or at least
their neighbors) to be home duri
the om These kids had full-time
moms. Obviously there was a lot of
parental involvement in their lives. In
the U.S. of 100 children bom today:
17 will be out of wedlock. 48 will be
bom of ts who divorce before
the child is 18. 16 will be bom to

boy's house while his parents are at
work" (Grace Pallidino, Teenagers:
An American History).

When teenagers spend a full day at
school packed in with other teenagers,
and then spend most of their spare
tnft either alone or in completely
Unsupervised social situations with
other teenagers, there are bound to be

problems. Again, God has given us

plain instruction that largely goes
unheeded: "The rod and reproof give
widom: but a child left to himself
bringeth his mother to shame"
(Prov.29:15). Later we'll go deeper
into the instruction contained ip that
verse. :

Parents have traditionally been very
present in their children's daily lives. It
hasn't been until recently that teens
have been, in many cases and for a lot
of the time cut loose. What unhappy
results this self-governance has
yielded. |

And these words, which | command
thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
And thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and shalt talk of
them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way,
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By Patrica Reaney

LONDON - Back in the depths of
ume athletes used 93 seng, opium and
steroids from sheep testicles to
enhance their performance.

- Anabolic steroids made their
debut in sport in the 1940s and 50s
and chemical agents followed.

Now the big fear is that advances

in biotechnology and gene therapy

could result in genetically modified
athletes with the bodies of Greek gods

and the prowess of Superman
Overwhelming ordinary mortals at the
future Olympics.

Gene therapy,

to treat or prevent
disease, has not

developed with the

speed'scientists had initially hoped but
it is moving forward and it could be
just a matter of time before it
infiltrates sport.

Fathers and daughters are part of our electric Co-op.

"Whether the day is beginning or drawing to a close,

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"If the science develops and the
regulatory and ethical frameworks
are not properly established, I think
there is a danger. We've seen it with
the use of drugs that were developed
for therapeutic purposes, ? said Dick

"Pound, president of the
Montreal-based World Ant-Doping
Agent (WADA).

"The science
musapplied."

Genetic doping is unlikely to be
an issue at the Athens Olympics in
August or the Turin Winter Games
& 2006, but it could be a problem
come Beijing in 2008.

"It's a realistic problem which w
may have to face, but not today, ?
said Dr. Bengt Saltin, director of the
Center for T Muscle Research at if
Copenhagen University and a

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"The Beijing Olympics would be
the earliest possible occasion."

DOPING SCANDAL

Researchers have identified the
gene for erythropoietin, or EPO,
which stimulates the production of
red blood cells " important for
endurance sports such as the
marathon and cycling.

Synthetic EPO, which is used to
treat anemia and is banned by the
IOC, was at the center of a doping
scandal that rocked the Tour de
France cycling classic in 1998.

Scientists have already injected
bits of the EPO gene, using a
weakened virus, into the leg muscles
of monkeys in research that may one

aa ¢ 5 ' d i | at to grow up to 30 percent
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day help kidney patients awaiting an
Organ transplant to maintain a steady
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"There were quite positive results
but they can't control it enough,"
Saltin said, referring to the research.

"When they find the control of
the gene then they will definitely use
it on kidney patients and I don't
think the road to the sporting world
is very far."

One of the chief doping
problems for sport is anabolic
steroids. Androstenedione,

nandrolbne and stanozolol bulk up
muscle mass and increase strength.
"In so many sports the muscle mass
and the strength is the critical
factor, ? said Saltin.

Steroids are non-specific and as
researchers learn more about local
growth factors, improving individual
Muscles with injections or genetic
modification could become a

possibility. ~

"There is very good research in

» the field because there are muscular

dystrophy patients with selective loss

' Of muscles. If you could find how to
_ counteract that with

these local

factors it will help--many patients
around the world," Saltin said.
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Dr. Lee Sweeney of the

University of Pennsylvania and his

team have already coaxed muscles in.

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growth gene known __ insulin-like
growth factor I (IGF-I).

The prospects are high that
muscle-directed gene transfer will be
used for performance enhancement,"
Sweeny told a science conference
where he presented the research.

At the moment, scientists believe
genetic engineering is too dangerous
and too little is known about the
technology and its impact to pose an
immediate problem. However, they
believe it could just be a matter of
time before it reaches sport.

In the meantime, WADA plans

to keep up with the advances in the
technology and with people likely to
bend the rules.

"In the case of drugs, I think the
genie was allowed to get out of the
bottle early on, before people
realized what the full implications
would be and before the science got

developed to the point where you

could detect these sort of things, ?
said Pound. ' ,

Saltin believes doping control T

have never been as good and this
trend will continue.

"We have seen through the years
that there are always people willing
to use their knowledge, experience

and technology to improve the ~

athlete's performance. If those
people were not around the problem
would be so much easier to handle,"
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For years, Black car buyers have

alleged that we pay more for auto loans
than similarly situated white buyers. And
after years of these claims being
dismissed, more. than half a dozen class
acton suits have been filed against
several automobile finance companies
for these same accusations " Black car
buyers are finally getting their day in
court. baa

General Motors Acceptance Corp.
the nation Ts second largest auto lender,
recently agreed t a six-year-old
class-action lawsuit that Seay the
company of allowing dealers to
improperly raise interest rates for

Afncan American and Hispanic car ,

buyers. GM is the second automaker to
settle a class-action lawsuit

discriminatory lending practices. Nissan

agreed to change its lending practices in
a settlement reached last year. TThe
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sumilar lawsuits pending against dealer
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Chrysler Financial and a Honda
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in four buyers ~f new and used cars,
according to the Consumer
Federaton of America. GMAC and
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auto lenders, account for 44 % of US
auto lending. And they charge their
cavomers hundreds of milkons of

$ annually in markup charges.

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Let's say you purchase a car and
arrange financing through the dealer.
Based on credit histor an income
you may qualify for a rate of 8.5%, but
the dealer may tell you the loan win
cost 11.5% interest a year. So, if you
Wvere to receive a $26463 auto loan
with a 72- month term at an 8.5% buy

te and an 11.5% loan rate, the total

cost to you would be $36,339.45. The
kickback to the dealer from the
markup is $2,849.67.

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receiving a orate based on your
creditworthiness. But instead you pay a
markup rate on your auto loan
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dozens of different lenders including
banks, credit unions and independent
finance companies, as well as. the
fmancing arms of omajor auto
manufacturers such as GMAC and
FCMC. Markups allow dealers to be
compensated for arranging car loans.

Dealer mark-ups are legal but have
come under increased scrutiny from
consumer advocates, who say the
subjective rate increases are used
disproportionately against Afnican
Amencan car buyers, Hispanics, and
people with limited education and
those with bad credit.

For imstance, researchers found
from January 1999 through April 2003,
Afncan Amencans accounted for 8.5%
of GMAC Ts customer base but paid
19.99% of auto loan markups, or
$83.9 million. On average, Black
consumers were paying $412 more per
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customers received markups,

loans.

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than twice what whites did; $684
versus $337, a difference of about
$347. In the worst exafhples of the

markup, research shows some blyers -
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life of the loan. White the industry
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interest rates as much as eight to ten
points above the approved rate.

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is likely to bring about industry-wide
reform in auto finance markup
charges. Other dealers and lenders may
be forced to disclose more about how
dealerships nationwide handle ¢ar
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represents great progress in towering

the cost and improving the fairness of

dealer-arranged auto loans," says
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1. Order a copy of your credit
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You have a say in the matter.
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local markets nationwide.

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. In " today's society, the
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the life giving value of water. Water is
enitical for huntan survival and credit is
kritical for financial survival. It. is
almost impossible to rent a car, hotel
}foom or purchase anything on the
Internet without a credit card.
| However, just like insufficient. water
leads to dehydration and excess water
can lead to drowning. Too little credit
tan hinder a person's financial growth,
while the overuse of credit can
possibly lead to financial ruin,
Managing your credit is an important
Part of successful financial planning.

How can you manage your credit to

your advantage?
How Much Credit?
a general rule, credit

Payments not counting your home
mortgage, should not exceed 15-20
Percent of your monthly take home
pay. As an example, a family with
$4,000 per month take home pay
should not have credit payments
exceeding $6-800 per month. This
would include car payments,
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credit cards and etc. Look at your last
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credit payments exceed the .15- 20%.

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consider having only two National
credit cards from a combination of
MasterCard, Visa, American Express
or Discover. One card would be best,
but there are instances where a
merchant won't accept a certain
brand card or the card will not work

in the card machine when you need it
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If you have a business, for

y ?,?xpense tracking purposes, consider

having. a credit card that is used solely
for expenses directly related to the
business. How many open credit card
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Most credit cards are obtained
either through an unsolicited offer in
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lead to credit cards with reasonable
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-feasonable terms and conditions.
How did you obtain your current
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Check Your Credit Report

There are several important
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First, checking your report will give
you the same information that is
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make improvements. bo
According to a 1998 study by the
Public Interest Research Group, 29%
of the credit reports surveyed had
serious ertors that could result in
credit denial, 71 °o contained other
mistakes and errors and 20% were

missing existing credit and loan

accounts. There are three major
credit-reporting bureaus. You can
write to each individually and purchase
a copy of your report for $8.50 or use
an online source, such as
www.qspace.com. This website
provides all three of the major credit
reports, in an easily comprehensible
format, for a small fee.

The availability and capacity to
use credit ts an important element in
achieving financial success. With some
effort and knowledge, you can
successfully manage, your credit and
make it work for you.

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The Story of a Grateful Recoverin

Journey From

Sharon Green Cowart T

GREENVILLE ~- First of all I
would like to. say that this is a story
of concern and the need to reach to
the citizens of Greenvilie. This
concern comes from my own
Journey, which will be a never ending
one. This story is for those who have
a desire to follow this path.

The concept of "A Journey
from Bondage" stems from the
Many journeys taken by people such
as Harriet Tubman and the African

py American T Negroes and Moses and

the Israelites. All of these journeys

-ame about for freedom. The only

difference in their bondage and the
bondage of the people in this story ?
is that their chains were visible and
ours is a silent disease. "The Disease
of Addiction", T the. cause of many

| Chains of bondage. | now invite you
to go on my oJourney ? from The
_ Bondage of the disease of addiction.

I would like to go back to the
age of 13 when my dad died. That's
when I took my first drink and used
my firs: drug. The loss was more
than I could bear. I did not know
how to rid myself of the pain and
the grief. .As I progressed in life so
did my disease of addiction.

I would like to reach back to the
age of 13 when my dad died. That's
when I took my first drink and used
my first drug. The lost. was more
then I could bear and I didn't know

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Addict
Bondage

how to rid myself of the pain and
grief as my. life progressed, so did
my disease of addiction.

Five years later | had a 9 month
reprieve from my addiction. I was
blessed with a healthy boy. Now
with the challenge of a husband and
a child, brought on stress. That's
when my disease once again rose it's
ugly head. It became more
progressive. ,

Three years following that |
was blessed with another reprieve of
nine months and blessed with a
healthy baby girl. Little did I know
that my reprieves would T become
shorter and fewer in the following
years.

Eleven years later, trying to
cope with an abusive marriage, more

Stress, more pain, and suddenly .

facing homelessness with no job.
With medical progress, I learned
that there may be help for me. It
was only later that I began to realize
that not only was it a systematic
process, it was also a stressful
procedure.

Having been admitted twice
into the only proper institute in
Greenville, I came out both times
with the knowledge that there was a
limited time span (through no fault
of the institute but the system) of
28 days which nevet allowed me to
actually figure out why this disease
controlled my life on a daily basis.

_ You must understand that
the drugs and alcohol were not the
problem, they were like big
bandages that covered up the
problems of life. You see this is all
to say that.1.) We as addicts need,
to be provided the tools and the
time to learn exactly what our
inner problems are. 2.) With these
tools and the HMO, we can learn
how to deal with life on life's
terms. 3.) We can learn to accent

life on life's terms, as well as to

accept the past and put it behind
us.With these tools we can start to
realize that we are worth
something. We can learn to like
ourselves again, gain self respect
and be a part of society. I was
lucky enough to acquire these tools
through a program of 128 days and
then go on to another program of
9 weeks. Now I am able to be a

Productive part of society as well

as a productive and self respected
person. I can now use-my talents
and education. I will always be on
this journey from the bondage of
this disease. There are empty
houses in the area that can be used
as Recovery Houses for addicts
and women that are pregnant.
Unbom babies need a chance at
life. These homes will allow
addicts to learn to be independent

: .
again and make them feel like they
want to live. They will want to work
because now they have a place to
call home, something that they
helped to build. The cost of fixing
these houses would be cheaper than
the tax that the taxpayers would
have to pay for. jail cells. Jails dre
not the answer. Your
encouragement and support is the
answer. HELP US!
_. Help make The Journey Frdm
Bondage of addiction a worth while
process. My life has been saved but
what about those who are not f°
lucky? We all don't have to die or be
put in jail. We are human and we
need your support. i
Thank you God for seeing me

through. .
Written and Experienced by
Sharon Green Cowart

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Travel Trends|

Two-Country Passes

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headed for Europe are choosing
the popular two-country train
passes now available. Two new bi-
national rail passes have been
introduced by Rail Europe "the
France 'n Switzerland Pass and
the Switzerland Tn Austria Pass.

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than

in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to
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two or more traveling together in
first class, the France Tn Switz-
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train travel any time within a
two-month timeframe. Youth rates
(for those under 26) in sécond
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children under 4 are free. Many
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SOutler Lewis: 252-355-6452 of 252-258-6237

Greenville Urban
Area Thoroughfare
Plan Public Forums

Including Greenville, Winterville, Ayden, Simpson, and the Surrounding portion of Pitt County

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Monday, May 17, 2004
Sheppard Memorial Library Simpson Town Hall
530 Evans St, 118 E. Thompson St.
Fenter wa the parking lot on Reade |

Cucle) Thursday, May 20, 2004

Thursday, April 29, 2004 eae on

Ayden Operations Center : ,

4061 East Ave.

Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Pitt County Agricultural
Center Auditorium ~~
403 Government Circle

All sessions are from 5 p.m. to 8 pm. A presentation on the draft 014 N Gr St.
thoroughfare plan and the Process for updating the plan will be given at 6 p.m. at each | l eenville §34
session followed by an informal oopen house ? where you may view the draft . :

thoroughfare plan in mare detail and discuss your concerns and ideas with staff, Office: (959) (98- | 2 (9

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Greenville Urban Area MPO ,
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Groenwille, NC 27835-7207
Phone: 329-4476 Fax; 329-4535 {
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"WASHINGTON - The head of the National Flood Insurance Pr

_ (NFIP) announced today (Apr. 9th) that a Community Outreach Team will
yisit several communities in Hyde and Pamlico Counties, N.C. beginning
; Wednesday, April 14, to meet with flood insurance policyholders who suffered

Josses during Hurricane Isabel and wish to request a review of their claims to

j ensure that, their settlements were equitable.

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oHyde County

Federal Insurance Administrator Anthony S. Lowe said the outreach team

_ Will visit Scranton (April 14) Englehard (Apnil 15), and Swan Quarter (April 16)

in Hyde Co., and Bayboro in Pamlico Co (April 20) between the hours of
10.00am - 7:00pm. Specific locations are listed below. Lowe said: outreach
ifeams are scheduling additional visits to communities in Dare County, N.C.,

and to areas of Maryland and Virginia has experienced a large volume of flood

JNsurance claims in the wake of Hurricane Isabel. Additional dates times and
locations will be announced as confirmed. No appointment is necessary,

(4/14): Fire House
5224 Sladesville Credle Road
Scranton, N.C.

(4/15): Hyde Davis Business Enterprise Center
(former Davis School)
Room 6
33470 U.S. 264
Englehard, N.C.

(4/16): Fire House
25 Oyster Creek Road
Swan Quarter, N.C.

| Pamlico Connty (4/ 20): Pamlico Co. Court House

(Gee-Ville Shout Outs!!

|. please contact Mr. Jordan at the school at 752-5938,

Board Of Commissioners Room
202 Main Street
Bayboro, N.C.

FIRST ANNUAL "A ROOM FULL OF SISTERS"

TO BE HELD AT THE WILLIS BUILDING
GREENVILLE - Premiere Event Planning & Marketing cordially invites
you to attend the to Annual "A ROOM FULL OF SISTERS," event held
on May Ist, 2004. A ROOM FULL OF SISTERS is the ist annual
women's workshop ? in Pitt County geared toward African American
women. The workshop will present opportunities for learning, networking
and spiritual growth. Some of the workshops topics will include Mocha
Moms, the Power of the Pen, Benefits of Massage, Home Buying Tips,
Should You Be An Entrepreneur, a fashion show and much more.

Cassandra D.. Bell, former WNCT-TV9 News Anchor who left to
pursue her passion for writing and to be a full time morn, will be the
Keynote Speaker. Cassandra is the author of Mississippi Blues.

A ROOM FULL OF SISTERS wwill be heid from 8am to Spm, located
at the Willis Building, 300 East F Street, Greenville, NC (Across from
Town Commons), The cost of tickets is $12.00. The workshop will include
a. continental breakfast and lunch.

For tickets or more information, call 1-877-270-2990 or email
premevemnar@onebQX .corn. For advance tickets, please mail money or -
check to Tonya Moore. PO Box 5062, Greenville. NC 27835.

EDUCATOR INTRODUCES THE "REFUSING ANOTHER

LOST GENERATION" PROJECT
GREENVILLE - Maurice Jordan who is a Science Teacher Wellcome
Middle School would like to introduce to you a new Organization at
Wellcome Middle School for boys. It is entitled "The Fine Young Men of
Wellcome." The goal of the club is to introduce the following:

- Etiquette and Appearance

- Investing and Entrepreneurship
for Teenagers

- Civics Education ;

Jordan is earnestly interested in pairing his students with business
owners in the community in order to give his students a frst hand view at
what it is to run a business. These student will be availible to work in your
business for a specified period of time. You are NOT obligated to pay the
student for his time:"If you" aré ointersted- in assisting with this program,

FREE PHOTOGRAY CONTEST OPEN TO

GREENVILLE RESIDENTS
OWINGS MILLS, MD - The International Library of Photography is
pleased to announce that over $60,000.00 in prizes will be awarded this
year in the International Open Amateur Photography Contest.
Photographers from the Greenville area, particularly beginners, are
welcome to try to win their share of over 1,300 prizes. The deadline for the
cect is July 31, 2004. The contest is open to everyone and entry is
" Everyone has at least one memorable photo that captures a special
moment in time," stated Christina Baylon, Contest Director. " When
people learn about our free photography contest, they suddenly realize that
their own favorite photos can win cash prizes, as well as gain national
exposure," continued Baylon.

To enter, send ONE photograph in ONLY ONE of the following
categories: People, Travel, Pets, Children, Sports, Nature, Action, Humor,
Portraiture, or Other. The photo must be a color or black-and-white print
(unmounted), 8" x 10" or smaller. All entries must include the
photographer's name and address on, the back, as well as the category and
the title of the photo. Photographs should be sent to: The International
Library of Photography, Suite 101-2619, 3600 Crondall Lane, Owings
Mills, MD 21117. Entries must be postmarked by July 31, 2004. You may
also submit your photo directly online at www.picture.com.

The International Library of Photography is an organization dedicated
to bringing the work of amateur photographers to the public's attention.
You can view the work of over 1.1 million amateur photographers at their
website, www.picture.com.

! FIRST PRAISE AND WORSHIP DANCE
CONFERENCE TO HELD IN NEW BERN |
' NEW BERN - Join us for Eastern North Carolina's First Praise Dance |

| Conference entitled, "A Time To Dance" (Ecciesiastes 3:4) on August 21, ;

| 2004 in the New Bern Riverfront Conference Center. Any Praise Dance |
, Group, Mime Group, Praise Step Team or Drama Ministry Group
' interested in participating please call Tish at (252) 259-6552 or (252)

259-6025 to register your act or praise group.
WASHINGTON HIGH PLAYMAKERS PRESENTS THEIR
FOURTH ANNUAL PRODUCTION -

"THE RANSOME OF EMILY JANE"
| WASHINGTON, NC - The Washington High School Playmakers will
resent "The Ransome of Emily Jane ? for their Fourth Annual Family
eater Production on Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May 1, 2004 in
| the Washington High Auditorium. The Friday night show will be
| Presented at 7pm and the Saturday Matinee will take place at repr.
' Tickets for this event will be $3.00 and children under 5 are admitted free.
| Tickets can be purchase from the cast members or at the door.
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Outreach sessions will provide the opportunity to meet on-on-one with
National Flood Insurance Program representatives. Claims specialists will
gather information and documentation from the policyholders and use it to
order individual case files from their respective insurance cornpanies, thus
initiating the claim review process. A senior, or general, adjuster may arrange
with the policyholder to re-inspect the damaged property in order to evaluate
the claim. Upon completion of these thorough reviews, policyholders will be
notified in writing of the findings. | : .

Lowe said, "In some cases the in-depth reviews may find that the original

flood insurance claim settlements were accurate, and policyholders will.

receive a detailed written explanation, so they'll know why. In other cases,
policyholder will get that amount along with a written explanation. ?

Lowe emphasized that meeting with an outreach team is not the only
means of requesting a claim review; "Policyholders who submitted claims for
flood damage from Isabel will receive a letter with an enclose postage-paid
form to request an interview," he said. "In addition, we have established a
too-free number, 1-800-427-4661, that people can use to reach customer
oservice representatives who will take the necessary information and initiate a
review. This toll-free number will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. EDT,
seven days a week, untl further notice. Policyholders can request a claim
review through any one of these methods. ? .

Policyholders who elect to meet with the outreach team should bring their
policy information including the policy number, name of the insurance
company, agent, adjuster and contractor; and the contractor's estimate. A
claims specialist will examine the information and provide the policyholder
with his/her name and telephone number.

The formation of the Community Outreach Teams follows the
Mid-Adanuc Flood Summit that the National Flood Insurance Program
sponsored in Falls Church, Va., on March 25-26, and is the first of several
actions discussed and planned as a result of the summit, which was attended
by insurance companies, agents and adjusters; policyholders who suffered

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JE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM TO VISIT HYDE, PAMLICO COUNTIES

losses from Isabel; gtate insurance commissioners; féderal lending regulators
and Congressional fi members.

The National Flood Insurance Program has processed more than 24,000
Isabel claims in six states and the District of Columbia--95 percent of which
have been paid to date, totaling nearly $405 million.

On March 1 2003, FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security. FEMA's continuing mission within the new department is to lead the
effort to prepare the nation for all hazards and effectively manage federal response
and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates proactive
mitigation activities, trains first responders, and manages the National Flood
Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration.

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way to help me lose weight? How +] ing a workout. commonly seen in patients as young as
long should I wait after eating Being properly nourished _ their carly forties and become more and
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day to exercise? of aes -@| hours for a smaller meal, ? Cun- Cataract foundation shows
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cise. The best time of day to exer- idea? _ to 200 calories approximately 45 There was a time when patients
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most convenient for you. might seem like an easy way to out to be sure you have enough affected by cataracts to correct the
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help you avoid the natural energy research shows most people who "_ " Some good pre-workout snack remove the cataract and replace it with
lull caused by the body's rhythm lose weight and keep it off do eat foods are fruit, whole-wheat 7 artificial lens has become easier and
slowing down in the afternoon, ? breakfast every day. crackers or bread, yogurt, peanut safer, patients are often choosing to
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the evening is desirable because lose weight by jump-starting your crackers, Cataract surgery is pertormed on
the lungs are more open, body and metabolism and getting the body Q: Should I drink water or a over 7 million eyes a year worldwide and
muscle temperature are at their to start burning calories earlier in sports drink while working over 65 million proc have been
highest, and joints and muscles the day, ? Cunningham says. oIn out? ae pertormed in the United States over the
are more flexible. The downside is addition, eating breakfast can A: Fluids. are important _ [ast 25 years.
that some people may feel too help eliminate the urge to overeat before, during and after exercise © The Newly " FDA-Approved
tired to work out after a long day. later in the day. ? to prevent dehydration when Crystalens Restores Up Close, Far Away
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bedtime can make it harder to fall carbohydrates for quick energy water is the best beverage to Cataract Patients. Crystalens, the first
asleep. ? ' and protein for staying power. choose. oSports drinks are appro- and commodating intraocular
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in the morning might give you an peanut butter, cereal with milk, outs that exceed one hour to help automatically and Seamlessly at all
extra boost of energy for the day. and yogurt with a banana. replace the salt and potassium distances, is now available for patients in
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also might help you stick to your after eating to work out? exercise, ? explained Cunningham. +ne
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form technical maintenance anal repair of Technician who will assist the Public Information
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installation, calibration and repair of temperature developing text and graphics for the employee
logic controllers, SCADA s tems, and releases and other promotional materials as. well
maintenance at the LNG Plant. An Associates 28 Overseeing the GUC News clips and Scrapbook
Degree in electronics or related field and several _libraries, updating fact sheets and media contact
at years experience preferred. High School list. Requirements include a Bachelor Degree in
G required. Demonstrated e in Communications, Journalism or Public Relations
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ted iency with personal field. Additional requirements include experience
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systems. intogration. and. working owen onan

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Crohn's first and only corticd sures natural lens that has become handy and
tor this revolunonary new breakthn ugh replaces at with the Coystalens. Hocause
in vision cohancement. Dr. Woodcock uses the most advanced
The abihty to provide pancnts with technology available, care afterwards 1s as
Clear vision at all distances is a significant easy as using prescription cye drops.
technological breakthrough in the ~ " Most everyone who has cataracts and
competitive field of intraocular lens is in good general health is a candidate for

technology. implan t Surgery, but f with chronic

is the first and only infections, uncontrolled diab or other

or focusing, lens. By health problems may have to wait until

ee these conditions are under control prior to
the ciliary the Crystalens is ; :

Tada ac Crystalens can also be the answer for

to move backwards and forwards in .
, to the brain's desire to see at patients who have been previously
ineligible tor refractive surgery to get rid

different distances clearly. This allows ic act
Crystalens patients to look their best and _ of glasses or corrective lenses.

"Although an off label use, people
sometimes

see well with continuous vision at all
distances, up close, at a distance and without advanced cataracts

everywhere in between. choose the C talens procedure because
The = Crystalens FDA two-year of its unique ability to restore vision at all

Crystalens

- Clinical study results indicate that 92% of distances, T says Dr. Woodcock. "The

the people enrolled in the study that had Crystalens has given my patients the visual
both eyes corrected with talens independence that they have previously
could see 20/25 or better at distance, only imagined." ; 7
96% could see 20/20 at arm's length To leam more about Crystalens, visit
No | .
2. How much of a

and 73% could see 20/25 at near Bi
problem did any

without glasses or contact lenses.
What is more exciting is that 98% of
of these cause you-like being unable to
work; having family, money or legal

these people could pass their drivers test,
100% could see hex computer and
dashboard, read the prices in the
supermarket or put on their makeup, _famt
and 98% could read the telepho: troubles; getting into arguments or
fights? Answer with "No problem,"
"Minor problem," Moderate problem,"
or "Serious problem."
Hewitt urges those who are suffering

ne book
or newspaper, all without glasses or
to talk to their doctor. "If you have a
regular doctor, tell them exactly the

contact lenses.

__ The medical procedure to implant

the Crystalens is the same safe, proven

cataract surgery performed annually on

over 7 million oe throughout the res ,

ill things you feel and be honest. It's going

to be hard. If you don't have that
relationship with your doctor, make an
appointment to see a psychiatrist. If you
don't, eventually you will die by your

res have
been done in the US in the last 25 years.
own hands." He said,
Help is Available

of time? Yes or

approved to pertorm this in
We have no government armed in power capable of contending

Dr. Woodcock is the only certified
Ctystalens surgeon in North Carolina
and is one of only 22 surgeons
the United States. Woodcock has ; a
pertormed over 20,000 cataract To locate a free confidential
Surgeries and is a leader in the field. depression-screening site near you,
The actual surgery takes less than ten please call 1-(800) 573-4433.
in human passions, unbridled by morality and religion. Our con-
stitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is wholly
inadequate for the government of any other.
. "John Adams
DON'T FORGET

The Pitt County Chapter of the
NAACP will hold their Annual
Banquet Friday - April 23rd at the
South Central High School in
Greenville.

GREENVILLE UTILITIES COMMISSION
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CASHIER
Position available for person to perform
responsible revenue collections and cashiering
work. Qualified candidate must possess prior
experience which includes receiving, collecting
and posting payments utilizing a computer
terminal. The ability to deal courteously with the
public is essential. Applications accepted through
April 16, 2004.
Salary Range $21,965 - $32/490.

Employment is contingent upon passing a physical
examination including a drug screening urinalysis. Interested
persons should contact the Human Resources Office, P.O.
Box 1847, Greenville, NC 27835 (801 Mumford Road) or call
(252)551-1513. http://www.guc.com
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"
Are Encouraged To Apply"

"Minorities

PUBLIC NOTICE

| Notice is hereby given that the
Greenville Housing Authority Board of "
Commissioners will hold a Public
| Hearing on June 7, 2004 at 5:00pm in the |
| Conference Room of the Central Office, "
| 1103 Broad Street, in order to receive "
- public input relative to the Annual Plan,
The Plan will be available for review |
beginning April 19, 2004 at che Central

Office at 1103 Broad Street. |

Notice is given this 18th day of April |
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