By Hazel Trice Edney | NNPA Washington 4 Gogpespondent WASHINGTON (NNPA)— With a Republican majority vote, the House of Representatives approved the budget proposal of President Bush, despite strong objections from the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and other House Democrats. If passed by the Senate, the proposal would likely lead to vast cuts in government spending for services needed in Black and Hispanic communities to make room for the $1.6 trillion tax cut that he wants. f “While President Bush has emphasized reaching out to minority communities and _ working for all. Americans,” States a report released by the CBC and House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), Bush’s budget proposal “breaks faith with those promises and short-changes both African- American and Hispanic communities. Gephardt and the CBC held a joint press conference on the issue two weeks ago. Though Republicans point to proposed increases in educational spending, including a 30 percent increase in spending for proposed historically Black colleges and universities, Democrats say the budget would jeopardize funding for social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and freeze the Justice Departmen: budget, which could significantly affect programs of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC handles more than 75,000 employment discrimination cases per year. Democrats also point out the Bush budget proposes the “smallest increase for education in five years, “starves key education initiatives,” and cuts finding - from community development and public housing. Waffle House faces | discrimination lawsuit. aski 8 for $275 million By JASON STRAIT Associated Press Writer CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) _ Black customers who say they were refused service at a Tullahoma Waffle House _ and captured the incident on videotape _ have filed a $275 million discrimination lawsuit against the restaurant. The four plaintiffs say in their federal court suit they were locked out of the Waffle House by employees who claimed the restaurant was closed for maintenance, although white patrons were clearly visible inside and continued to be served. Ray Congleton of Greenville is an artist. He builds scale models of high performance custom cars. To the unsuspecting eye Congleton’s models look not unlike Revel and Snap-On mod- els. And one cannot help but admire the unique custom body designs Congleton comes up with, but when one learns that the models are made from paper, one’s admiration is transformed into surprise and disbelief. Paper is Congleton’s primary material, but he includes house- hold odds and ends such as Flavor Straws, lagbolts, and faucet handles to simulate tail pipes, valve covers, and custom wheel designs. He uses automo- tive lacquers to paint his models; sometimes he gives his models as many as seven coats until they look like plastic, _ Congleton is an African- American man who lives in Greenville with his wife Jennifer and four year old son Julian. He received a degree in Art Education from Elizabeth State University and a Masters in Adult Education from Eastern | Carolina Univeristy. For the } past eighteen years he has served as the Director of Adult Education at Pitt Community i College. 4 Steve Berry of Tullahoma said he videotaped the late-night incident after the restaurant refused to serve him and other black customers the two previous weekends. an On: the videotape, a Waffle House employee can be seen closing the restaurant’s front door as Berry and others approach. An RAY CONGLETON: INVENTOR The artist started making paper sculpture cars only three years ago while spending time at home babysitting his son Julian. Congleton says, “...there are no schools for this sort of art- work...,” and as well-educated as Congleton is, he is in fact a self-taught in his sculpture spe- cialty. Ray Congleton is making his artistic debut with a showing of about 30 paper models in the Four Sisters Gallery at North Wesleyan College. We espe- cially encourage car buffs and model makers of all ages to come out and see this unique exhibition and meet the artistist. Kelly Darden/Kappa Alpha Psi team won top honors for raising most money. Kelly Darden/Kappa Alpha Psi raised $3,314.46, elly stated, “I have taken a deep interest in this event each year, because my wife, Mrs. Jean J. Darden, was victim of cancer, and passed in 1992.” Mr. Kelly L. Darden Sr, and his n, Kelly L. are both cancer survivors. Mr, Darden has served as tain of the team, me Alpha Psi, for several years. This year, Mr. Darden himself, raised $2,681.00 of the. teams. total. The fraternity was rewarded a Plaque for five continuous years aor one and raising the h amount of all other Celebrating Dr. Andrew Best, shown at the Ramada Hotel Plaza, with Larry Siegal, Operation manger of Catalytica, along with Dave McRaye, President of Pitt Memorial Hospital. (top photo) | Ann Brown, President of Pitt County A&T Alumni, Bro. Don Brown, owner of Don Brown Funeral Home, along with Rosa Bradley, owner of Rosa Bradley Home for Adults. (middle photo) . - Dr. Mallette of ECU Medical School, along with Sis. McCleary who is the First : African American Graduate from East Carolina University, also Dr. Henry Clark Jr. who is the First African Ametican Graduate with Ph.D., from East Carolina Medical School. All were honoring Dr. Andrew Best, who’s been a pioneer-in medicine, education ,and breaking bearers for our people. (bottom photo) Photo by Jim Rouse~ Ray Congleton, hats off to a dedicated brother. Bro. Kelly Darden of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity poses for the M’Voice Newspaper. His team raised the most money for the ‘2001 Relay for Life’, hosted by American Cancer Society , FTOMDLLY DARDEN KAPPA A teams. They were also awarded The Minority Voices the Premier Plaque for raising the would like to give recognition to ighest amount as a team all that participated, especially to The 2001 Relay for Life Kelly Darden/Kappa Alpha Psi. raised more than $100,000 for Mr. Darden/Kappa Alpha Psi, cancer research and programs in wishes to thank all persons and Pitt ry he poor por businesses that contributed to- aikers and some run- ward thi . nets circled the E.B. Aycock this cause Middle School track Friday and Saturday during the 24-hour event to Fecognize cancer survivors and those who have lost the fight against the disease. Relay for Life is the largest fundraising campaign for the American Cancer Society. This year’s goal is $110,000. mt survivors were wally the first to walk a lap, 1 about 80 survivors turned out day, The walk is symbolic of patients endure | Adams. A arncue The Nath tanual “Making Pitts Babics fir’ Vaternuy Saw A Th ath dear dor New 8 Cupectant Larcits Join Us At The Greenville Hilton: Sunday, April 22, 200| 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Browse Through Exhibits Register For Door Prizes Visit The Childrens Corner Enjoy Refreshments ‘ ire i} ' Dont miss the opperumty to learn about numerous resources for Parents dnd young children FREE ADMISSION tor more information call 413-1424.of 412-14 16 2001 Maternity Fair Sponsors Pitt County Public Health Center, Pitt Intant Mortality Prevention Advisory vouncil ; Pitt County Memoval Hospital. NC Cooperative Extension Service, Pitt County Government Tramning and Volunteer Senices. 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We'll help you find the best college financing solutions for you and your family. www.CFNC.org 800-600-3453 College Foundation of North Carolina Making College Affordable for Everyone A Service of the State of North Carolina “SERRSERERLT eae pe S'S, oe Sea > Pees CEC: eo ot ok Set cee ae ee eee Bese ee ee SPF eerrwesesee let ee ee ee oe ee ee 2 Oe Oe _— i - ss te - | a i a Dn Die i i a ee ee eee Ee ee ey “The Scottsboro Boys: An American Tragedy” In March 1931, a freight train _ crowded with homeless and job- less hoboes left Chattanooga, Tennessee, bound for points west. A short time after the train crossed into Alabama, a fight erupted between two groups of hoboes-one black and one white. News of the fight reached the tiny town of Paint Rock, Alabama, where the train was stopped by an armed posse. Before anyone knew what had happened, two white women stepped from the shadows of a boxcar to make a shocking accusation: nine black teenagers aboard the train had raped them. So began one of the most dramatic legal fights of the 20th century. Before it was over, the Scottsboro affair-so named for the little Alabama town where the nine were put on trial for their lives- would divide Mit ou Se bt ou Geta ead ha Ton Ke oe ger panes baer ical lines. | cal, and geogri ines. It would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momen- tous Supreme Court decisions, and give birth to the Civil Rights Movement. On Monday, April 2, at 9 p.m. ET. on. PBS, = American Experience presented this rivet- ing dramain “Scottsboro: An - American Tragedy.” Producers Daniel Anker and Barak Goodman spent five years piec- ing together the story. Their painstaking research uncovered long-forgotten archival footage and. photos, letters, diaries, newspaper editorials, and trial transcripts. These together with - the insights of historians and recollections of eyewitnesses tell a heartbreaking story. Andre Braugher narrates; the voices of Frances McDormand, Stanely Tucci, and others help bring the story to life. In the boys’ first trial, accusers Victoria Price, 21, and Ruby Bates, 17, played a critical role. The women weren’t stereotypi- cal Southern belles: they worked in the textile mills, lived in the black part of town, and occa- sionally traded sex with both black and white men for food and clothing. But in the racially charged atmosphere of rural Alabama, Price and Bates quickly came to personify the ideal of Southern womanhood. And these nine boys-the oldest of whom was 19 - were going to pay for what white Southerners deemed an unforgivable offense. The tough-talking Price claimed fended by a real estate attorney who had spent just 20 minutes with his clients before urging them to plead guilty. Terrified, the boys concocted stories to try to save themselves. But all were found guilty and 2a ne im - oe : oe a elp finally arrived from an unexpected source -_ the Communist ir : : inin: und in America in the 1930's because of “3 Depression. Hoping to gain th support of African p da mot in the South, Communist sympa- thizers demonstrated against the Scottsboro: trial, met with. the prisoner, and despite o ion from the NAACP, convinced the boys’ families to allow the Communist Party to represent the nine. . In 1932, with lawyers retained by the Communist Party provid- ing the arguments, the Supreme Court handed down a precedent- setting 7-2 vote that set aside the verdict in the first trial. The court ruled the prisoners’ de- fense had been so woefully inadequate that it had violated equate that it had violated their rights to legal due process. Alabama prepared for a second trial. The International Labor Defense, the legal arm of the Communist Party; hired one of the country’s most prominent defense attorneys. Samuel L. Leibowitz, to represent the boys. Although he disagreed strongly with Communist _ ideology, Leibowitz took the high-profile case because he was confident it would enhance his reputation. And having won 77 of the 78 murder cases he’d argued, Leibowitz was certain he’d be successful this time, too. But he failed to realize how much the Alabama jury would resent him as a New Yorker and Jew. Leibowitz mounted a brilliant defense. He got the doctor who examined the women after the alleged rapes to describe evi- dence that made it impossible ADVANCE PAYDAY 4 10ANS a H * ¥ . ee ey et 5. dy SL Fibs vas 8 o bd ‘ we u* ‘? a \ WESTERN UNION HEADQUARTER‘ — GOLD & SILVER 20% We Loan Cash On Anything Of Vz 828 Washington Plazo ty Washington, NC 27869 719} 946-5999 the first trial. She now as a witness for the defense. But in reality Leibowitz was on trial. According to historian Dan Carter, the prosecutor came right out in his summation and said to the jury, “Show them that Alabama justice can’t be bought and sold with Jew:money from New York!” Once again the verdict was guilty. They saw the ultimate outsider,” says historian Wayne Flynt of Leibowitz. “Someone who was Jewish- totally foreign to their religion. They saw someone who was allegedly a Communist-totally foreign to their political values. They saw someone who was defending accused black rapists-someone totally contrary to their racial values. The minute a Jewish lawyer from New York City rame to Alabama, that case was ost.” Devastated but not defeated, Leibowitz appealed to Judge Edward Horton to overturn the verdict. The judge, defying overwhelming popular sentiment in the South and putting his own career in jeopardy granted a new trial. Alabama prosecuted yet again, this time with a new judge who openly sided with the prosecu- tion. Once again all nine boys were found guilty. This time Leibowitz appealed to the Supreme Court, claiming that Alabama had purposely ex- cluded African Americans from the jury. Once again the High Court sided with the plaintiffs, and Alabama was forced to gear officials agreed to comp mmise- step down. With @ Southern point attorney acting on behalf of the nine defendants, five were con- victed, The other four, who had _ by this time been in jail for six years, were released. As the years passed and the case left the headlines, the state began to relent. “In the end,” says producer Barak Goodman, “‘it was not letter, marches, or editorials, but time alone that brought the Scottsboro affair to and end.” In 1943, the Alabama Parole Board met for a fourth time and voted to parole one of. the prisoners. Within the next three years, all but one of the Scottsboro boys, now men, would be released. In 1948 the last of the nine would find freedom-not through the judicial system, but by outrunning the prison guards. Editor's note : A Tragia stor bded int dé Gat The M' Voice Newspaper : i f ary urease hy Greenville N¢( Washinete The chill before the shaw eee doesn't hurt to be cautious. JOKE HERE PEOPLE... stock clerk was sent to clean up -@ storeroom at their Maui, reves location. When he he was. complaining | the storeroom was really filthy, and that he had noticed dried mouse or rat dropping in some ; J areas. A couple of days later, he started feeling like he was coming down with stomach flu, achy joints, headache, and he started throwing up. He went to bed and never really got up. . Within two days he was so ill and weak. His blood sugar count — eyeballs were yellow. He was rushed to the emergency at Pali Momi, where they said he was. suffering from massive failure! He died: shortly before midnight. None of us would have ever made the connection between his job and his death, but the doctors specifically asked if he had been in a warehouse or exposed to dried rat or mouse droppings at any time. They said there is a virus (much like Hanta virus). that lives in dried rat and mouse: droppings. Once dried, these droppings are like dust, and can easily be or ingested if a person is not careful to wash their hands and face thoroughly, or wear protective gear. An autopsy was conducted to verify the doctors’ suspicions. This is why it is extremely important to ALWAYS carefully i ~ was down to 66 and his face and — = a a tt nal alts EE A A a Sa Ah Ni, ii A: i, <7 ae i ie : This Way for Empowerment by Dr. Lenora Fulani Census Undercount: Independent and Non-aligned Voters With the unveiling of the new census Americans are getting a closer look at who we are, and who we are becoming, as a country. Prominently featured in the early analysis of the census report is our changing racial composition since this was the first time the census offered a range of choices in the category of race. Our country, long called the melting pot, now has reams of Statistical data to spell that out in great detail. Evidence that America is Ss ja~2, havc in U.S. elections, more people . today consider themselves politi- tally independent than identify _ with either the Republican or Democratic Parties. . “This find- ings not new,” they reported. “but PASTOR GEORGE BAWKINS Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ: This is an important question, because “spiritual war- fare” means different things to different people. The term itself is not found in the scriptures, but the concept is taught. Two of the most commonly associated passages were written by the Apostle Paul. “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. the weapons we Sight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We de- has: been apparent in. Gallup’s national election surveys for most - of the 1990’s.” Responses to an. effort | recently helped to launch to unify the independent political - movement leads to similar conclu- sions as well. Several weeks ago I, along with a group of activities, began a national campaign called The Independent Appeal--a nationally coordinated grassroots petition drive which aims to collect a million signatures and unify. the. independent political movements in the process. The Independent Appeal states that America has tens of millions of independents who are con- nected by a mistrust of politicians and parties, the desire to reform our political process and opposi- tion to the corrupting influence of special interests in government and elections. It reads, “This movement has taken different forms over the years: 20 million voted for Ross Perot; Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura’s elec- tion; John McCain’s huge popu- larity in the presidential primaries: Ralph Nader’s 2.7 million votes in molish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:10-12. This ministry’s stress upon spiritual warfare is an attempt to bring about a proper balance in Christian _ lives, So many Christians have become passive and fearful. Some are satisfied just to believe the right things and attend church services and activities each week. This type of lifestyle is quite different from that which Jesus had called believers. For example, like the apostles (Lk 9:1-2) and the seventy (Lk 10) who were told by Jesus to go out and preach and teach about the Kingdome of God and also said they were told by Jesus to go out and preach and teach about the kingdom of God, and he also said they were to heal the sick and set the captives free. In Matt. 28:18020, Jesus commis- sioned the disciples. . the ideologi- cal spectrum--from the center, left. and right -- and urges the move- ment’s most prominent leaders -- - Jesse Ventura; Ralph Nader and “Ross Perot--to cross their respec- tive ideological divides, connect -with each other and unify ‘the broader movement which has ‘popularized their varied efforts by calling for and leading a Million Independents March. on Washington. The initiators of the drive represent a cross-section of the independent movement and _in- clude: a high-ranking member of the Ventura administration, a for- mer executive level leader of the Reform Party, and chairs of the leading state-based independent parties and community-based. po- litical reform organizations. The Million Independent March concept was inspired in part by the Million Man march in 1996, which drew attention to and mobilized another —_—_sunder- recognized and under-empowered constituency--African American men. Wayne Griffin, the Chairman of the United Citizens Party of South Carolina, and I are strongly calling on the Black community to support our years of work in building this movement and to take its place in the foundation of its future. It is an opportunity for the Black commu- nity to assert itself inside of And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you; and remem- ber, I am with you always to the end of the age.” The new converts were to be disciplined and taught that God wanted them to be doing the things that Christ’s disciples had been doing. And Jesus would be with His people to the end of the age, doing His works through them as they were yielded to Him in faith. The reason ministries like ours exist at all is because of the failure of the Church to obey all of Christ’s commission to His people. Working in the power of Christ to do like that today.” But we, and ministries like us, are reminders that God continues to work the way He did with the First Century Church. Spiritual warfare is a pro-active approach to our faith. We actively resist the devil when his hosts harass us. We actively pursue spiritual disciplines that will make us stronger and better prepared. We actively engage the enemy when people are in spiritual bondage. “- ¢cas *y eed i ‘ - Black History month speech | ‘gave at Columbia University. We immediately received another 400 calls and emails at my office the — next day. Discussions . of election reform — have. become fashionable these § days with everyone, from state #f legislators to former Presidents, | forming commissions to study and make recommendations to. im- prove _—-voting procedures: Congress is consumed with de-' bate on the McCain/Feingold legislation to reform campaign finance laws. Within: this dia- logue, much which is posturing by one political party over another, there is an important debate growing about the two-party sys- tem and political parties them- selves. The new American majority -- the independent -- must be seen, heard and heeded in- this debate. Contact my office to sign the Independent, Appeal by calling me at 1-800-288-3201 or by visiting my website at WWww.cuip.org. Lenora B. Fulani has twice run for president as an independent-- making history in 1988 by becom- ing the first woman and first African American to appear on the ballots of all 50 states. She currently chairs the Committee for a Unified Independent Party, the country’s leading think-tank for independent politics. She can be reached at 800-288-3201 or at fulanicolumn (@cuip.org or by mail at: 225 Broadway, Suite 2010, New York, NY 1007, Keith W. Cooper kwebottomline‘@vahoo.com Sing & fifth Strect Greenville, PC. On April 6, 1998 former Greenville City Councilman Huggins made a motion to name that portion of Fifth Street from Evans St. to Memorial Drive after Dr. Martin Luther King. Councilwoman Council sec- onded the ‘motion, which passed. 1 often think about how such a vote was a disservice to a great civil rights warrior. Also, that controversial vote insulted the praiseworthy legacy of King and the intelligence of King’s disci- ples. The time to bring closure to this issue is long overdue. It’s no secret that many streets are named after trees. For example, motorists around the country > a J. Ld ay oe ee eB | -nnmemenr aan geet tem fre- The Mount Calvary Lodge & The Mount Herman Lodge were " out & about " and the Minority Voice cameras caught up with the Worship Master Reggie and the other brothers who are all masons here in Pitt County. _ Photo by Jim Rouse quently see such streets as Oak, Spruce, Pine, Elm, Arbor, and Maple. Therefore, people of good conscience should welcome ef- forts to rename an entire street after King. King promoted racial healing, understanding, and tolerance. Due to his peaceful efforts, our fragile democracy still exists. The turbulent waters of hate in an ocean of ignorance and discrimi- nation still rage. Most streets, bridges, parks, and schools named after King are in economically depressed neighbor- hoods, as is the case on MLK Drive. Nevertheless, denying warriors for racial justice the full street from 10 St. to the city limits is like offering crumbs to Lazarus. This humiliation must be rectified soon. . Concerned citizens may close more wounds of racial hatred by asking that the statue of the Confederate soldier mounted on the front lawn of the Pitt County Courthouse be removed and re- placed with a monument of King. This will help balance the scales of justice. After closure is brought to the Fifth St. project, supporters of atonement should consider asking the City Council to name Memorial Drive or Greenville Boulevard after Rosa Parks, the _ “Mother” of the modern day civil rights movement. Remember, if there’s no Struggle, There's no progress 4 OL Pp P y = Ov x t Se r —_arewew « 7 Us Sooo meen aah ¥. <7 a ema, SES OS ee PPS PIM ag EF tet PT sont ts eli. 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"Wah bese wes beeen ae Joe Uebts, Inc. announces the retirement es Smiling fives, the Greenville Hi Hilton Hotel is always an enjoyable THE ere YOUTH- ~~ ian. musical term for “with Suejette Jones Waffle The Focus On Black Women: Condoleezza Rice Condoleezza Rice whom -President Bush named as_ his national security adviser is the granddaughter of a poor ‘Alabama cotton. farmer who became an accomplished classical pianist and ice skater, and graduated from college at 19. Born and raised in Alabama, she was the only child of teachers and attended segre- gated schools until 10th grade. She notes that her father became a Republican in 1952 because Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama would not register him to vote. As a child, she studied French, ballet and classical piano, which she plays well. Every year she attends a week-long music camp in Montana. Her first name (Condoleezza) comes from the employee then taped a sign to the glass door that read, “Closed due to Maintenance.” “Employees of the Tullahoma Waffle House ... simply locked the doors and pretended to be closed when they saw African-American patrons arrive,” according to the lawsuit, which was filed last week in federal court. . In one incident, according to the lawsuit, a black customer who had called in a carryout order ‘overheard a Waffle House worker say, ““It’s one of them ‘wanting a " to go order. What should J tell her?” Waffle House, based in Norcross, Ga., has been named in at least four other racial: discrimination lawsuits in the past few years, including incidents in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. , It recently discrimination settled a lawsuit in Kentucky where three people from Illinois claimed workers at a Waffle House violated their civil rights by harassing, intimidating and refusing to serve them because they are black. The company settled out of court for $4.5 million. Chris Jacobsen, spokesman for Waffle House, said he could not comment. specially on the Tullahoma case, but issued a statement saying Waffle House “does not tolerate discrimination of any kind,” News that the restaurant did not - close for maintenance as the: company has claimed. Shaw did not immediately return a call to ‘The Associated Press. {.°. *, “If you're closed for: out. They were still serving people. They hadn't slowed down eMk Need , Named as defendants in the lawsuit, filed last Friday in [ee ee es president body.....and geography is every- thing,” says an analyst. “Those are her trump cards.” ~ At 38 she became Stanford ag University’s youngest, first fe- male, first African American pro- vost, making her the chief operating officer of a_ billion- dollar-a-year institution. One of President. Clinton’s advisers re- ferred to her as being “lightning- brained.” Before her appointment as provost, she had never held any university administrative position before. Yet,. six years later, she _ left. the job to praise and a performance by 100 members of Standford’s African American community who sang two of Rice’s favorite gospel songs, “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” and “I Need Thee Every Hour.” Rice’s position at Stanford and her Republican connections pro- pelled her onto corporate boards. As a board member of Chevron Inc. and Charles Schwab Corp. Rice. made a minimum of $70,000 a year plus meeting fees and stock options. Proxy state- ments show she owns about a quarter million dollars of stock in Chevron, which named an oil : tanker after her. Rice also serves on J.P. Morgan International meets every eight months to advise the bank. & Co.’s Council, which Like national security advisers before her, she will possess the advantage of operating out of the White House. “Condi knows the better than any- Excerpted from an article by Steve Mufson of Church { z ' & PRR mege nk pn tg House lawsuit restaurant, and the 10 employees who allegedly refused to serve the group... coed { Charles Yancey, director of human resources at SouthEast, said the restaurant shut down because the crowd had become ‘unmanageable _ hot because it was black. * He said the Waffle House nas a history of violence on Friday and Saturday nights and that it was not ‘unusual for the restaurant to close as a matter of public safety. © - '. “There had been previous. instances of fights within the Waffle House at 3 o’clock. Those _ incidents are what made the employees feel we should close,” : he said. Te In June, 13 people. were. arrested in a brawl at the Waffle House that lasted for up to two outs, police said. The fight’ ‘occurred ‘at about. the same time,’ around 3 a.m., as the February ° incident. RY _ However, none of the four plaintiffs listed in the lawsuit were among those arrested in June. Additional plaintiffs include: Mario Braston and Carla Childress, both of Tullahoma, : on *. The lawsuit also claims that: employees at the Waffle House’: 4 islurg: ! ig-and of referring to African’: *, "Fete - April 19, 2001 Top left....1st row Betty Moore, Mercedes Walston, and Judy: Edwards. 2nd row.. Gross, Lillie Powell,Gloria Hines Helen Harrell. 2nd row Carolyn Ferebee Edw Mercedes (bone marrow recipient) and Connie - Allegra Gross, Helen Harrell. 2nd row Jennife r Congleton,Gloria Hines,Lillie Powell . Freda Wilkins, Jennifer Congleton Top right....Allegra +? ards, Jean Butterfiel, Jennifer Congleton. Bottom left... ri Gorham Walston. Bottom right ... Ist row Charles Jeffries,Karen Parker,Freda Wilkins, “ Jean Butterfield, and Carolyn Ferebee Edwards : The Links Inc. Sponors Workshop The Greenville/Williamston members of The Wilson-Rocky Mount-Tarboro Chapter. The Links, Inc. sponsored a Linkages to Life: Organ, Tissue and Bone Marrow Awareness workshop recently. The Linkages to Life is a bone marrow and organ donor project organized to increase awareness and participation in the number of donors and recipients Links. Inc. to alleviate the criti- cal need. for bone marrow and organ donations and to educate individuals of the need for organ and bone marrow donations. Workshop participants included Ms. Freda Wilkins, Social Worker, and Ms. Karen Parker, RN. Transplant Coordinator, from the East Carolina Organ Donor Program. A group of The Wilson-Rocky Mount- Tarboro Chapter is committed to developing a strong community- based program to make the African American community more knowledgeable of its pro- gram and to focus on the critical need for organ, tissue and bone marrow donations in Greenville and other communities. The Greenville/Williamston members include: Lillie Powell, Leathers, and Paula Wynn. Helen P. Harrell and Allegra B. Gross are the Linkages to Life Coordinators and Gloria M. Hines is president of the Wilson- Rocky Mount-Tarboro Chapter, The Links, Incorporated have-a history of “making racial donors and recipients were also in attendance and shared poign- ant experiences. throughout the United States. It is a collaborative effort of The Jennifer Congleton, Carolyn — 4. Ferebee Edwards, Edith oo Drinking Water. Know What's In It For You. EPA PP x Call your water supplier or the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. 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May 7-9, 2001 June 4+ 5, 2001 Monday - Wednesday Monday & Tuesday 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. . 9:00am. - 1:00 p.m, June 26 - 27, 2001 July 9 - 10, 2001 Tuesday & Wednesday Monday & Tuesday 5:00 - 9:00 pim. 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m, si amaz - Masjid Al Nur pos sIITT We Ponts Ange ¥ Listen to > ae : Though modem society is;distorting the true essence of the angels, Islam. is preserving it. and has provided mankind with a wery effective weapon to defeat the -evils the shaitan is letting loose. : Today we have lost our awe for these powerful and faithful beings created by Allah. The ancignt tradition that paints the angel Mika’ il angrily driving the devil out of paradise have been replaced with cute human- like babies with bows and ar- rows to attract men to women arid vice versa. Angels have become passe in modern day cultures. Now relegated to the roles of Christmas tree orna- ments and actors who portray them as victims to human ava- rice. These distorted views leave mankind vulnerable and power- less confronting the evils of the shaitan. It is apparent that the world has gone astray. Except for those who believe for Allah says: : U THE NES the many schools a Sailor will - ‘and the Day of hath gone far far’ -astray.”The belief in angels isa. almi pillar of faith in Islam. To deny them is tantamount to disbelief because through them the Prophets of Allah received Allah’s messages and were guided in their missions. The Almighty says: ~ “It is: not righteous- ness that ye tum your faces toward East or West; but it is righteousness to believe in Allah and the Last Day and the Angels and the Book and the Messengers; to spend of your substance out of love for Him for your kin for orphans for the needy for the wayfarer for those who ask and ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer and prac- tice regular chantty; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient in pain (or suffering) and adversity and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth the Allah- fearing.” have the opportunity to attend throughout his or her career. Bunch joined the Navy one year rthe SON OF CHOCOWINITY (N.C) RESIDENT _ IS SERVING AT NAVAL AIR MAINTENANCE TRAINING UNIT By Rachael Leslie NORFOLK, Va.-- For most peo- ple, traveling the world as a sailor in the U.S. Navy would bring plenty of excitement, but not for the aviation ordinance- man of the world’s finest Navy. This special breed of Sailor works with highly explosive materials and equipment on a daily basis. They are the trained experts who care for the Navy’s bombs, torpedoes, guns, rockets and missiles to ensure the United States is protected from enemies on the sea, under the sea, in the air and on land. Brian K. Bunch, son of Deborah Bunch of CHOCOWINITY, N.C. (27817), recently com- pleted an advanced school for the aviation ordinance field at the Naval Air Maintenance Training Group at Naval Station Norfolk. Va. This is just one of after graduating from John A. Wilkiinson High School in 1988. “I chose the Navy over the other branches because | wanted to travel and see the world.” The 30 year old aviation ordinanceman says he has learned many things during his 13-year naval career. “I have learned to work with all kinds of people from every possible background,” said the husband of Stephanie Davis Bunch and Father of 11-year- old Rashaad, ten-year-old Brian and three- year-old Jada. Bunch says the Navy has fulfilled his travel expectations throughout his career. “When my ship is out to sea, I love teaching my junior personnel how to do their job well,” said Bunch. “I tell them that if they learn as much as they can about their job and how to work well with people, they will go a long way in the Navy.” Bunch says his job is very exciting and plans to retire from the Navy after a few more years. “After I retire from the Navy, I plan to work in the field of computers,” said Bunch. “I am looking forward to lots of fish- ing, golf and sharing my sea stories with my grandchildren.” Whatever his future holds, Bunch will look back on this time of his life with fond memories. He’ll also have the pride that comes with serving in a Navy uniform. By, Rachael Leslie, assigned journalist, Public Affairs Miss Georgie's 2001 Pagent ‘June 30, ENTER TODAY To Enter : Submit an eassy of 100 words or more stating: WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR WE LATELY CASH PRIZES -. 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I know first- hand that in sub-Saharan Africa, dis- __ ease has medical causes but it spins - out of control because of poverty and -. ignorance. When welibinelts decked -. AIDS—that most often is transmit- -. tedSexually, we’ "re talking about the ' human condition, We must Tecog- — _ nizethatinmuchofAfricathe human - _ condition includesdeeppoverty, hun- _ gerand ignorance. What makes AIDS ~ apublic health nightmare in Africa is the way all of these factors—pov- erty, lack of education, cultural stig- mas and taboos, lack of medicines, . lack of functioning health systems and sanitation, and in some instances __ years of neglect and lack of political - will—are connected and mutually re- _ inforcing. _ But the other side of the human- condition perspective is this: AIDS is . wiping out the people, but an impor- _ tant part of the solution lies with the people, too. Obviously, billions of ~ dollars of emergency aid could buy _ medicines, build clinics and pay doc- tors. But if billions aren’t forthcom- ~ ing, or if they aren’t coming fast enough, are we helpless? _ Based on my lifetime of work, organization building and advocacy for human dignity and rights, I think not. a Of course, we must be realistic. An estimated 34 million ople are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus, about 20 million of them in Africa. The bitter truth is that nearly all of those victims will die prematurely— a phenomenon usually seen only in war. For those Africans who are al- ready infected, the most we may be able to provide is a quality of life that provides some dignity and comfort. But for those who are healthy (and for those not yet born) there is hope. Aid and health experts have come At NCNW, we believe that the most effective approach to changing attitudes, and thus improving com- munity life, is not a top-down strat- egy that starts with the national gov- ernment, but one that works from the bottom up. Change starts with the people. Because women in poorcoun- tries often are disadvantaged, because they are the primary caregivers and because many social problems are gender-based, women are most re- Soph to'a message of change. “At NCNW, we look for partners who are willing to take responsibil- ity—people, especially women, who feel “If I had the information, I could do something about this problem.” We have pursued this strategy suc- cessfully in 16 countries in Africa. Now, as thousands of African chil- dren are orphaned and healthy Afri- cans struggle to care for family AIDS victims, I believe the strat- egy is timelier than ever. Many Africans would welcome assistance from American volunteer groups in bringing about change that can slow the spread of AIDS. A 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning series in The Village Voice highlighted examples of African organization at the grassroots. “Below the radar of gov- ernment, in individual communities there are astonishingly vigorous re- sponses to AIDS. ‘In every province we have member organizations,’ says Thembeni Mahlangu, director of the Zimbabwe AIDS Network.... If gov- ernments finally mobilize against this disease, they will find some of the best and most energetic AIDS strate- gies right under their noses.” Groups like this are “isolated and scattered blossoms,” said one Afri- can woman. “I wish this blossom could be turned into a flower gar- den.” Those of us involved in work in Africa hear her voice. It would be important and wonderful work if American volunteers everywhere helped to build the garden. —, (Dr. Height became president of the National Council of Negro Women in 1957, and currently serves as its chair.) ’ LETTER: In Favor of Malcolm X Respectively, I would like to ex- press my 100 percent solidarity and support for FAMIL (Fighters for Af- rican Mental Liberation) and all the grassroots community activists and. organizations who are spearheading the jihad to help honor one of our greatest leaders and heroes. The groups have initiated a _ citywide petition drive to rename Crenshaw Boulevard after Minister E! Hajj Malik El Shabazz/Malcolm xX. Ironically, it is noteworthy and very unfortunate that the “City of Angels” remains among the ranks of big cities with a large black popula- tion with political clout without a major street, park, mosque or institu- tion to honor his famous name. ‘BETWEEN THE LINES For the record, Los Angeles was the scene of many of his nation-build- ing activities. For example, he estab- lished L.A. Mosque #27 in 1957 and he wrote a regular column in the Los Angeles Herald-Dispatch newspaper, among others. However, the movement should Not stop there. Momentum must con- tinue to build until May 19, Malcolm X's birthday, becomes a national holiday. In spite of his very brief meteoric career, his very courageous revolutionary example and activism have possibly transformed him into the leader with the most international ‘impact. Therefore, please add my name among the petition signatories. SHAKIR MUHMMAD Alexandra, Va. ‘a thin any ‘other fied ‘Terss bol ee might has ‘routinely executed. black and be surprised to learn how much can brown people, the poor, the men- tally ill, and those too powerless "tion and awareness ene 3 world. and marginalized to deal with a Notoriously unequal, unfair system: of criminal justice. Stevenson be- lieves that it is time to stop execu- tions in America. There are currently 3,700 people on death row in the United States, and 38 of the 50 states currently authorizes capital punishment. Since the death penalty was resur-. rected in 1976,. there have been nearly 700 executions, most of which have been in the South. Women, juveniles and the mentally ill are among the hundreds who have been shot, executed and as- . phyxiated and injected with lethal poisons by the state governments in the United States. Most of these executions have taken place in the last 10 years as federal courts have retreated from the kind of oversight and review of death cases that ex- isted in the early 1980s. In the first year of the new mil- lennium, the world’s “leading de- mocracy” executed close to 100 of its residents. All of the condemned were poor; a disproportionately high Checking my e-mail every morn- ing before I leave for the office and every evening before I retire has become as routine as brushing my teeth. E- mail is my primary method for com- municating with ry son’s teachers. For some it may. seem a little “tech nouveau” but it works for my busy life style. His teachers give me detailed accounts of his class performance, they keep me up to date on upcoming tests, confer- ences, school events and missing homework assignments. And I do get the occasional unsolicited ré- port from one of his teachers that warrants a personal classroom visit I am not the only one checking e-mail at home. My 14-year-old son also has an e-mail address. His pri- mary use for it is to exchange secret video game codes with some of the kids he has met in sanctioned chat rooms I allow him to visit. Nearly 42 percent of all Ameri- can homes have access to the Internet. By the end of this year more than half of all households are predicted to be part of the “tech noveau” generation. And the ma- jority of those households are white. African Americans are increasingly seeing the value of being connected. Today 11.2 percent of African American households have Internet access. The digital divide is indéed nar- rowing. The “circle the wagons” approach is moving us toward digi- tal inclusion, Government, corpo- rate and private i ET have are reversed because the convic- tions or death sentences had been obtained illegally. The study cited inadequate defense lawyers, over- zealous police investigations and prosecutorial misconduct as the most common problems. While prosecutors are quick to assert that - the study did not prove that inno- cent people have been executed, Stevenson asks, “Can such a mis- take-prone system of sending people to death really be defended?” Why so many errors in capital cases? In America, it has alot todo with money. Our system of justice treats you much better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent. It is frequently said that in the United States, “Capital ‘punishment means them without the capital get the punishment.” Many death-sentenced inmates were rep- resented at trial by dysfunctional, incompetent lawyers or well-inten- tioned lawyers too poorly compen- sated to provide effective legal as- sistance. Most of the 185 people currently on Alabama's death row were represented by state-appointed attorneys whose compensation was limited by state statute to $2000 per case for the attorneys’ out-of-court time. America’s ‘unequal system of VERONICA’ Ss VIEW Digital Inclusion Increases Disillusion wrapped millions of dollars around many public libraries, schools and community centers to establish tech- nology centers with internet access. Rural communities have not been excluded either. Plans are un- derway to wrap funding around these isolated areas to deploy high speed Internet access. Soon my grandmother in McKenzie, Ala- bama, a small rural town with a population of less than 1,000 resi- dents, will be able to ride on this newly constructed highway. Driving on the technology high- way is exhilarating. Unlimited in- formation about any topic is avail- able at the click of a mouse. Yet driving on the technology highway is not always a smooth ride. There are a proliferation of profane and repulsive sites “out there” lying dormant in the recesses of the Internet until they are summoned. The latest such site which has commandeered my attention is CNET. CNET offers its visitors a downloadable game called Dope Wars. Yes, you read that correctly. It is now one of the hottest Internet accessible games in the world. More than 1.7 million people have down- loaded copies of this game so far. Dope Wars has earned the unsavory distinction of holding a primary spot on the top 50 list of downloadable internet games since 1997. This week alone, the game was down- loaded more than 50,000 times. The objective is implicit in the title-players getachance to see how they “fare in this game about buy- ing and selling illegal substances,” Last year, Columbia University prisoners feleased a nationwide study of capi- _ tal cases which revealed that - nearly ton tol dara, ais : ~ two-thirds of all death sentences Association renewed its call, for a counsel. With noconstitutional right to counsel, hee on death row isega. 1 documented ‘eases to date of i inno- cent people who have been wrongly sentenced to death for crimes they - did not commit. Some of these in- nocent men and women came within hours of an execution before being spared. Forevery 8 people executed in the United States, an innocent death row priscaer has been identi- fied. Bias against the poor is exacer- bated by bias against racial minori- ‘ties. Over half of those awaiting execution in the United States are racial minorities. In Pennsylvania, 83 percent of people sent to death row from the largest city, Philadel- phia, are African American. Strik- ingly, since resumption of the death penalty in 1976, 82 percent of those sentenced to death in American have been convicted for the murder of a white person, despite the fact that about half of all United States mur- der victims are black. In some south- ern states like Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, two-thirds of those executed have been black. Some 75 percent of juvenile offenders ex- ecuted in the United States have ¢ and they do battle with forces that threaten to stop them from realiz- ing a profit. The illegal substances include ecstasy, heroin, acid and other illicit narcotics. Players do armed battle with police, muggers and loan sharks. And players de- fend themselves by buying guns, which they éan use to eliminate any threats. . This elaborate game gives play- ers a choice of transacting their business in New York, Los Ange- les, London, Derby, and Sydney. Players travel among he city’s six neighborhoods (specific to the five different locales), checking out the various drugs that may be available and buying the drugs they believe they will be able to sell at a profit in another neighborhood. Players must also respond to fluctuations in the marketplace such as a drug bust, which inflates the price of their in- ventory tremendously. Sounds a little eerie. It certainly does, However 92 percent of the players that reviewed the game were in ecstasy over it. Dope Wars cre- ator, 32-year-old New York com- puter consultant Ian Wal, doesn’t see anything eerie about it. He cre- ated the game for kicks, and thought it would bea “bit of a giggle” forhis colleagues, What's that old saying about the idle mind? Well the Drug Enforcement Agency is not laughing. And they are not amused at a game that glam- orizes drug dealers, This is not harmless entertainment. Drugs have ravaged our communities, destroyed countless. families and resulted in _ Last year, the American Bar moratorium on all executions in the ~ United States. A moratorium is al- ready in place in Illinois. African. American leadership from the Con- gressional Black Caucus to local and national groups has been call- ing for an end to the death penalty for years. Brian Stevenson is an attorney who has represented many con- demned prisoners. He knows that many people of color have long understood how the criminal jus- tice system has become the institu- tion that enforces the social and political values that marginalize and disempower poor and black people. “When we execute prisoners, we are really saying that the condemned person’s life has no meaning, value or purpose. We’re saying that they are beyond hope and redemption.” The legacy of capital punish- ment in America is inexorably linked to the history of lynching, mistreatment of racial minorities in the criminal courts, and the abuse of power by law enforcement offi- cials directed at disfavored people. “America must do better and stop all executions, not just to save those who have been wrongly convicted, but to save all of us in whose name it claims to take a human life.” the loss of human life. The trag- edy that shrouds the underpin- nings of the drug trade is not a “bit of a giggle.” I see no redeem- ing value in such a game. Where is the thrill in living the life ofa drug dealer vicariously though a video game? Those who find it thrilling are totally disconnected from and essentially callous about the impact of drugs on humanity. Some have argued that there are lessons to be learned from this game like economics and free enterprise. I say there are count- less ways to teach these princi- pals without glorifying illicit ac-. tivity. I can’t stop wondering about the subliminal intent of such a game and who the target audi-, ence really is, Especially when. our kids are accessing the Internet, in increasing numbers. The technology gap is indeed narrowing. We have greater ac-, cess to the Internet and that ac-. cess will increase as measures are taken to increase our digital in- clusion. But with this inclusion comes some disillusion. The Internet is littered with profane, subversive, and offensive infor- mation. It is not alWays a harm- less place for our children to visit. It is critical that we pay attention to what our children are access- ing on the Internet at home at school. These kinds our sites will only continue to proliferate and it is unlikely that any regulatory measures will be taken to protect us from them. It is therefore our tesponsibility to protect our chil- dren for them. Gang Violence Accord: Will Love and Church Conquer. All? _ The battle to stop, or curtail, gang : - Violence in Callocne | i been a revolving Proposition that society has been losing for (at least) three genera- tions now. I say revolving, versus sep a dy I've been living, try to reconcile with the battles and conflicts that have become as much a part of their lives as breathing. The “marking” and “tracking” of so-called “gangs” in South and East Los Angeles has allowed all men of color to be identified on site as “suspect” and “dangerous” in the societal construct, whereby hostile public policy and social discourse follows them wherever they “wl Several high profile ps al Sealing ie, caught in the first and second gen- erations of gang warfare, having done their jail bits, have come out in time to witness the making. of a third generation of the “same ole,’ same ole,’ only to realize the same “trick” that worked on them is now working on their children. Pi some cases, their grand-chil- dren. Grandfather “gangstas” is now Phenomena. What is that there are generations trying to figure out the “trick.” And it is not taking the younger generations as long as it took their older “homies” to figure out there is more to life than “bangin’.” Still many have lost their way and now there is another attempt to pespers scar acca osets pd passion “to escape” this gang syn- Kenneth Ulmer and Football Hall of Famer, Jim Brown, these men heard plans to help all these young men escape the compromise they have been imprisoned by. The emotion was high and the drome was great. Activities are be- _ ing planned to integratecommunity . based solution into sow ‘to 500, solutions that will force to criminalizin, the fall of this year; all designed to day Dar man from the system that has given him “marks of the beast,” criminal stripes and gang affiliations to track + oad for life. Many approached have been used to stop gang violence, job, training, mostly su on (jail). But now love is being advanced. Love of brothas ae brothas, pity rhe apa “sy ver been big on op mw es hewwe-: eee ew es NE A ee ee ee er nn ww ee _— Black Man Black Man, Black Man, . “What's the matter with you? Why do you “o fhe things you 0 You fight your father, you kill . _your brother. You sell your sister and steal from your mother, Black Man, Black Man, “What’s the matter with you? Why do you do things you do? Why do you think making ba- bies make you a man? When you won’t even take care of the child, I don’t un- derstand. . Being a man doesn’t start be- tween your legs. Being a man starts in you head. Black Man, Black Man, “What’s wrong with you?” Why do you do the things you do? You blame the white man when you don’t succeed. Don’t you know God has all you need? The white man didn’t make . Cynthia Doctor, President and Gloria Dickens, Social Action Chairman of the sorori 22nd National President of Delta Nation's Captial", on January 28-30. There were over “You did that out of “ot Man, -_ hanging down so low? Don’t you know people are _. watching you where ever you 1 eee Pes. go. “e _ Pull those pants up and stand “Up straight. - Look like somebody, it’s not too late, Cut that hair, maybe shave, _ Put those guns down and turn from your wicked ways. Black man, Black Man, love your brother, show more love one to another, Give your life to Christ and you'll never be the same. Dr. King said, “We shall over- come some day? I say, “The Word of Only Way.” — By: Ernestine Lynch . Tarboro, North Carolina Given to Mrs. Maye (by the late Eugene Faison and his wife, Mrs. Faison) This poem is a rerun by re- quest. To the editor, is the Violence has become entertainment. The American. Psychological Association reports that by age eighteen, the average child will have seen 16,00 murders and 200,000 acts of violence in the Sigma Theta Sorority, Why do you oye nee you _ Why do you wear your pants anger, aggression, or violence. When children are exposed to believe that violence is accept- able. some children even believe | “that violence is the preferre "to believe, solve problems, and red way resolve conflicts. Video. can influence a child to be violent. Many of — the “first-person- wih pois Se Wilag. pale with points for killing people. Again, children learn that shoot- ing is acceptable and fun. — It would be unfair to say that violence in your children’s lives. Preview or review movies before your children watch them. If you are unsure about the content of a television program, watch it with your childrens If the program becomes violent, turn to another station. . Know the warning _ signs. Children who consistently threaten violence often commit violence. Threats may be verbal of nonverbal. Some children draw pictures of violence. Children who exhibit sudden changes in mood or behavior, such as temper outbursts or in- creased aggression, may become violent. If you have a weapon in your home, lock it up. Teach your children how important it is to be a friend, to be good decisions makers, to manage their own feelings. Hopefully, these skills will give children a wider scope of vision and self-confidence they need to solve problems without DELTA DAY'S IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL | eran . of the Greenville, NC Alumnae Chapter of Delta SigmaTheta Sorority, Inc. ty are pictured with Gwendoolyn boyd, the inc. at the 12th annual "Delta Days in the 600 sorors from 34 states and the District of Columbia representing approximately 200 Congresional districts. The four day conference provided infromation that will be invaluable in our efforts to be advocates for social change. photo compliments of Ms. Beatrice Maye CLASSIFIED Maintenance Assistant: Full-time maintenance assistant posi- tion now available. Applicant should have general working knowledge in the areas of basic plumbing, mechanical, and electrical trades. Applicants should also have experience in automotive repair and farm equipment operation. Valid North Carolina drivers licenses required. Position will work under senior maintenance personnel. Applications may be picked up at the Administration Offices of the Pitt-Greenville Airport. Closing at for applications is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2001. : For Hire Real Estate Salesman | ayy Williams Pg te apo riaaa ii ih FE ‘a, my ‘ esti. a ky ton Blvd for Eddie Williams. HEY! Been thinking about buying or selling your own HOME. Asking yourself how to go about it. Well sit back and let the professionals take charge. I'll assist you with all the information & guidance in purchasing any home in the area. I can represent you through the home buying process from the beginning to the end. May even be able to find you a home for less than you're paying RENT, Buying or selling REAL ESTATE in the area. I promise to be HONEST, DEPENDABLE, and CARING. So call me, ask \ $0. ies begin = | of the responsible Engineer upon depositing the following non-refundable amounts for each | Bidders will be required to show evidence that they are licensed to perform the work in | the information for Bidders fat 102 E. 2nd Street, Washi Project: Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF) Urban Stormwater Management System and Stewart Parkw Improvements _ ae Washington, NC 27889. Engineers: Contact 1 The Wooten Company 120 N. Boylan Avenue Raleigh, NC 27603. (919) 828-0531 Fax (919) 834-3589 Contact II Jarvis Associates, P.A. 130 E. Second Street Washington, NC 27889 (252) 974-7795 Sealed Bids will be received by the Owner until 2:00 pm, May 8, 2001, at the office of the City Manager located in the City Hall at 102 E 2nd Street, Washington North Carolina, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read for the construction of the | CWMTF - Urban Stormawater Management System and Stewart parkway Improvements project. . ee After Bids are opened, they shall be evaluated by the Owner in accordance with the methods and criteria set forth in the Instructions to Bidders. The Owner reserves the ri any informalities or to rej made as two (2) prime contracts. “Contract 1, CWMTF - Stormwater Wetland, Urban Stormwater Management System _ 1. Approximately 460 linear feet of 36-inch reinforced concrete storm drainage pipe and appurtenances. ais 2. Approximately 160 linear feet of 88-inch 3. 10 ft ID storm drain manhole. 4. 10ft x 12 ft wetwell / weir outlet structure with approximate 200 gpm sump pump. 5. A 10 ft x 12 ft trash removal structure. 6. Approximately 32,000 cubic yards of excavation. 7. 4 acre constructed stormwater wetland. 8. Approximately 1,895 linear feet of 6-ft wide boardwalk (as add alternate). Contract II, CWMTF - Stewart Parkway and Stormwater Improvements reinforced concrete storm drainage pipe. | 1. Approximately 9,000 LF of 30” curb and gutter. 2. 1,500 tons of paving asphalt. 3. Removal of existing parking lots. Re-grading of the existing parking lots. Removal of approximately 33 storm drainage structures. Approximately 410 LF of 60-inch reinforced concrete storm drainage pipe. Approximately 502 LF of 54-inch reinforced concrete storm drainage pipe. Approximately 1,098 LF of 48-inch reinforced concrete storm drainage pipe. Approximately 460 LF of 30-inch reinforced concrete storm drainage pipe . Approximately 460 LF of 30 -inch reinforced concrete storm drainage pipe. 6 storm drainage manholes and 4 bypass structures. | | = SO HSNAMNS fom armed Bidding Documents may be examined at each Engineer's and 7 Owner ’ office and at: , * Associated General Contractors, offices in Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville, Raleigh, and Wilmington, NC | * F.W. Dodge Company, offices in Greensboro and Raleigh, N.C. | * Construction market Data, office in Raleigh, N.C. Complete Bidding Documents for each individual contract may be obtained at the office individual contract: Contract I- CWMTF-Stormwater Wetland Urban Stormwater Management System - $100.00 Contract II- CMWTF-Stewart Parkway and Stormwater Improvements------$100.00 Documents please supply the following With request for Bidding information: Company name, contact person, street address, and phone and fax numbers for Bidding firm will be a Bidder, Supplier or Sub-Contractor. the Bidding Documents as required by North Carolina Gonoral Statuto, Chapter 87 and be subject to the conditions provided in the Information for Bidders. / Representatives of Owner and Engi ‘Statements may not uestions arising at the conference, Oral id y in response to q : 2 wh be relied Wliga aad will noe be blading or legulhe alinetiee: eae nity Employer and does not discriminate, Small, minority f See iceny abese ealiber reson ave teen ts onan Sodherm er 12 warded pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143 ¢ office; North Carolina contractor’s license with limitation and classification; indicate if the § ” Bid Security in the amount of five percent of the Bid must accompany each Bid and shall § » will be at the office of the City Manager located in the City Hall} > A Pre-Bid Conference wi ‘ein Seed, fo il 24, 2001, at 2:00 it will be present to discuss the Project. Bidders tt | are encouraged to attend and parti in the conference but it is not mandatory. Engineers will transmit to ie feces holders of record such Addenda as LT tee ue 2 . a cha Poa ‘ ey ; i Gs Ree ks ean lah vi eer eS haat ee ae ae The Project consists of the following contracts: bs ‘ fee ee ee = le ai a = ol > ght to waive f* reject any or all Bids. Unless all Bids are rejected, Award will bey. tn, >| hee suddenly you look up and you’re a parent to your parents. Over- _ the years, you’ve depended. on them to share their memory and diminish their faculties, your parents may turn to you for care and = Or, fighting off this looming role reversal and not wanting to be a burden, they may cling desperately to their. independence as you try to persuade them to accept your much-needed help. Do you put your grandmother in a nursing home, help your aunt find a retirement community, ask your father to move in with you Gf move back home yourself? ad on for tips to make you léved one’s golden years posi- tive ones, whether they spend them in their home, yours or one of the latest in alternate living facilities. . ‘ Home, Sweet Home ‘“My husband and I suspected that his 78-year-old mother was having trouble managing her daily life-forgetting to pay bills, taking out loans that were way ayer her head,” says Maxine, a 46-year-old real estate agent and mother of two school-age chil- dren. “But until we got a letter ffom a collection agency telling us that her house was on the brink--of foreclosure, she kept insisting that she was handling everything just fine. When we shad to take out a home equity toan and then sell her house to pay it off, she finally agreed to “move in with us.” Maxine ‘realized just how painful this move was for her once-fiercely -independent mother-in-law when she came home from work one day to find her weeping in -the dark. : Traditionally,A frican-A mericans have been reluctant to place “aging relatives in nursing homes, -preferring..instead to care for them at-home. According to the National’*Caucus and Black Aged,. Inc., more than ‘twice as many older African- ‘Americans live with relatives ‘other than a spouse than white Americans do. A random survey done in 1997 by the National Alliance for aging parents. And (Surprise! Surprise!) most care- givers are women. Of course, multigenerational households offer a wealth of ‘benefits. The old and young can earn so much from each other sidebar). Still, tending to the needs of elders while trying to “thanage the rest of your life can ate both stressful and exhausting. at's important to make sure that saeveryone’s needs are considered. :When you contemplated having @h aging loved one live with you, “make sure that the older tson is really OK with the a, that he or she’s not feeling orced into it,” warns Donna Wagner, professor of gerontol- Ogy at Towson University in Maryland. “Have a discussion with your spouse and children beforehand so that everyone is Clear about what this means. Make a plan so that Mom feels Welcome and has enjoyable ac- tivities to engage in.” ee *? At first the shift is subtle. Then enter on Stokes & L othibicye | Law “S883 e's 54 tS jes 3° id aa% ees Cee eee ee Stokes “You also need think about privacy issues,” advises Susanne Mintz, President and co-founder of the National Family Caregivers. Association — in Bethesda, Md., “and talk about what Mom’s roles is going to be in the household..” Maxine’s mother-in-law looks forward to taking her granddaughter to ‘and from nursery school every day. “Be open about finances, too,” Mintz adds. “Does Mom have enough to support herself? Will you have to.contribute? And, if so, how much? Does she have health insurance, investments, a pension? “Begin planning for the care of aging loved ones long before the need arises, before they’re ill or mentally incapacitated. asking the hard questions now.” As love ones age, even care giving that once seemed easy becomes tough. The good news is that the field of “respite breaks-has been broadening in recent years, says Robert Greenwood, Director of Communications at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, in Washington, D.C. Once limited to adult day centers (where loved ones with chronic condi- - tions such as Alzheimer’s are ‘dropped off each day), respite care now includes facilities and services that help caregivers as well. When elderly loved ones get so frail that nursing homes appear to be the only answer, caretakers now have a new option. Enter PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly). This new, nationwide, managed-care, adult day-center system is for people at least 55 years old who are eligible for nursing home care under Medicaid and Medicare. With on-site clinics complete with teams of physicians of physicians, nurses, _ physical therapists and home health workers, PACE centers are crop- ping up across the country. Stressing preventive and suppor- tive services, they allow the aging to remain more vibrant by staying with family or friends instead of moving to often- impersonal nursing homes where many would deteriorate more quickly. Another welcome changt on the homecare front is the $125-mil- lion National Family Caregiver Support Program, approved by Congress in December 2000. This means we can look forward to a greater availability of local services, such as home health aides, registered nurses and homemakers’ to help with daily . responsibilities. “Caré giving can be very frustrating, very isolating and very sad,” notes Mintz, a caregiver herself. “But people find an_ inner strength they never knew they had, and it can bring families closer together.” Homes Away from Home Living with an aging relative or friend won’t work for everyone. Fortunately, today’s senior resi- dences aren’t your father’s old- folks homes. We now have Cher & Lambert Law Office 107 W. 3rd Street Greenvile, NC 27858 ph (252) 758-2200 Maxine’s advice:.....-.- Start. ice Stokes _ CRIMINAL S \ ~ home or on its own-is a good choice for an older person who needs some help with activities of daily living but isn’t incapaci- tated enough for a nursing home. Keep in mind, though, that whil nursing-home care may be cov- ered under Medicare or Medicaid, assisted living is not. Depending on where you live what services you need, the cost of assisted living-covered by some long-term care insur- ance policies-varies from several ‘hundred dollars a month to more than $3000. ; Greenwood notes that among the newest trends in senior - communities are residents with part-time jobs, residence with larger units and college affilia- tions so that seniors can take advantage of continuing educa- tion classes and other campus facilities. Faced with these new Opportunities for specialized care for the aging, we can all truly say that we’re not getting older, we’re getting better. spnlelilZ, - sok | FY PYON = EASTER Origins of the name "Easter": The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE.) a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De _ Ratione ‘Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (aka. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of. the Saxon people in Northern Europe. Similar "Teutonic dawn goddess of fertility [were] known vari- ously as Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra,.. Eastur, Austron and Ausos.” 5 Her name was derived from the ancient word for spring: "eas- tre." Similar Goddesses were known by other names in ancient cultures around the Mediterranean, and were cele- ‘brated in the springtime. Some were: Aphrodite from Cyprus Astarte, from Phoenicia Demeter, from Mycenae Hathor from Egypt Ishtar from Assyria Kali, from India Ostara, a Norse Goddess of fertility. . An alternate explanation has been suggested. The name given by the Frankish church to Jesus’ resurrection festival included the Latin word "alba" which means "white," (This was a reference to the white robes that were worn during the festival.) "Alba" also has a second meaning: "sunrise." When the name of the festival was translated into German, the "sunrise" meaning was selected in error. This became "ostern" in German. Ostern has been pro- posed as the origin of the word "Easter". Sunday is named after a Pagan sun god, Solis. ‘congratulate their newly Cowboy Mania coal elected Civil Co Pictured above.....Mrs.Beatrice Henderton who retired from the Pitt Cpunty Health Dept in Feb of this © ooone year. She retired after 30 years of dedicated service. As a certified Nursing Assistant she worked with : the Hispanic population. Mrs Henderson was presented with 2 plaques for Excell $00B rene Cowboy Al Rodeo Rich of the Black Cs boys / Cowl urt e of Kings County (Hon: Ju Jetty Williams) : ngs le photo of the M" ice Mesagaaga file ence in Service. > photo by Faith May - ri Join Beat-the-Peak and Save. 2 B, signing up for Greenville Utilities’ Beat-the-Peak load management program, you'll be helping the entire community control energy costs, And as a Beat-the-Peak volunteer, you can save up to $70 a year. Beat-the-Peak is simply a system that cycles air conditioners, water heaters and heat pump heat strips off and on for short periods of time during our peak demand. Although peaks don’t last very long, they can be very expensive! It takes both Greenville Utilities and customers working together to make a difference. Together we can control peak demand--and as a result; we all save What's In It For You? 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