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 ving Eastern Nort Sautrl me: ce 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’ 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 “what kind of response do we’ 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. . start heatin up in Easter North Carolina from left to ; i tht is C.D. ms: “Barber, . 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’ 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 “support 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 “edge. 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’s 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’a show of soli : ae aaunitll + As the Senatorial taces begins 1 heat up lanie“crowed of supporters asymblel . off Evans Street t0 offic Ya road por Dole (Rep) campaign office here in: Greenville.“As 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’ 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 t) ‘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 ’ 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’s 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 mn Pay. 9 ef -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 “Sleeping 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 “sissy”. 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’ 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 “immigrant 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 "ms her mother's credit cards and ran up $52,000 - that’s 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’ 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’'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’ 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 “If you thought like John Kerry does, That most Americans were ‘losing their, jobs to only software engineers and call center operators in Bangalore, it’s time for 4 setious. data’ on writes Muthukumar K. “Most of the new jobs being created in the U.S. are also going’ to ‘the Asians!” . Polls indicate that the most important issues to voters are jobs and the economy. But whose’ 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 “own 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.’ 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 ‘Continues on Page 8 the | fall . in: writes that it’s interésting to ‘note . em f j 4 Pr if He } 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 ¢ “Whot 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 By keeping an. "out of sight, out ; “oe: oe. a 27.395() of mind” attitude toward the problems Kinston Permission to publish: Evelyn Dov e “oleman (252) 527-395 : facing the African continent, we are . - nae eo Oil M k y » essentially poking at a hornet's nest. " . ° | | © We must address despos and _AnOther Motive For Iraq War: Stabilizing Oil Market a TR ee Be I i a ast aaa oa their acquiescence to radical Islam far . ° D | 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 — - ; ; . ch self-sufficiency. 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 “world Ugan a’, 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 rene ane wen hae wu Nee anee ' despot; uccesalely ‘reducing se be ecessary among decision-makers well French exclusion from the major for oil" does not capture the situasinn henkae a, . . nom + Afri “ 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 “Peet 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’ 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’s 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 “ae : 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 ' skirmishes ,“that-‘consamed many and. 50, years to impose their tyrannical Comments may be sent to mbking@bellsouth. net eae aie Wn te Leg) agi contracts with the Frenc >, Hhap. that offeted by § a pean hin. a _— -Traq was flimsy, and known to.be so.at » Russians. and Chinese would be ® * And“Ameéncan Seatnee tag 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’ 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 “lost” 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’s 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’t 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 “[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 “Don’t wnte her political epitaph “We” 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’s 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’s joyous, boundlessly _ principals meeting on September 4. : Bush family (she served the father, too) exuberant “Free at last...thank God Contrast that with the principal's { Where ‘To HANG ALL THE CUMBERSOME L AUNDRY,?. of ‘with Chevron-Texaco Oil (where Almighty, we're free at last!” are meeting on Iraq, on February 1. So A a she worked between Bushes and had supposed to be humble about what was urgent for them was Iraq. NO PROBLEMO J ,™ an oil tanker named after her), then we treedoms so dearly won? Rice’s 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’ les — as sometimes Amentca’s democratic credentials. But know that Rice and the rest of the seems imminent — there is a for a Black gathering, Rice’s words oil-slicks at the White House chose to “commodious athe in one of the Bush were more than strange — they were spend their pre-9/11 quality time domiciles where “Condi” 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’t 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, “Dr. Rice’s 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 . speak. is not what the “most powerful” difference, however. The Senate 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’s 9/11 decree Condoleezza Rice was the ultimate Millions of Black people fervently tesnmony will seal her polincal fate. sue political asset - a Black woman who wished that were true, that Bush's Whether she sticks around for the ~ "US G Ay could by her Presencenwash them clean tenure would at least Provide an icon remainder of the Bush term(s) or not, \ 4 WW \ yh ONNECTION 4 flap nny 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 “Condi” “VA MAME EDN OFS | next. Rice made it easy for the revealed that she is as stupid ©: for high office. Atter her testimony is =e super-privileged to love themselves. anyone in the White House — with the done, she will have outlived her public Publisher & Founder ' Unlike the coy Colin Powell, Rice did possible exception of George. 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Colin Powell and a cellblock full of W: ’ Radio, Washington, NC Walliam Clark affirmative action opinions of a loyal Two years later, even Fox news Bush Pirates deserve to be tried for the Minority Voice Newspaper Ma aging Editor Black servant carry litte weight, as Rice viewers know that — al-Qaida's. highest crimes yet delineated by sreenville, NC discovered in January of last year when martyrdom-seekers talked and plotted mankind: crimes ‘against peace (Le, Colin Powell's pronouncements on the about little else than using airplanes as waging a "war of aggression"), war J Home Office subject totally eclipsed her own, Her Weapons against the United States in crimes and crimes against humanity. 405 Evans Sr./P.O. Box 8361 noticed that, too, That's the yeats and months before 9/11 - So, let's hear no more about Greenville, NC 27835 . when the talk of high office, sto » facts known at the time even to Condoleezza Rice being unfairly made , Phone: (252) 757 - 0365 ) Rice's rich white admirers ugged serious newspaper readers as well as a scapegoat 2m oe ‘and squeezed her too tightly ~ until the world’s j ligence services. Rice The last thing a pirate should wish Fax: (252) 757-1793 there was nothing left but them all over marinates in the putrid stew, and even for is justice. EMail: WOOW.1 @) uno.com Reggie Richardson | = , A nn a 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 “Of 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 “support 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 “‘human and civil rights _ activists, ‘" government officials and celebrities at the ‘ 35th anniversary and awards banquet of . “the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) where the ', awards were presented. -| The urgency for enacting federal “Protections for parents is fueled by a "recent Food and Drug Administration - (FDA) hearing, where panel members “spent hours listening to emotional ’ testimonies from dozens of parents after wn The ~ ue , 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 Jim Rouse Photo - Circa 1998 = a <2 ew swe se ewewrenw ewe w~ en ween wt ew sn ee wee ewe eo OES 8 Oe es wee ec we = | GREENVILLE, NC - Samuel + William Alleyne, 75, of 1157 ev. Jimmie L. Swinson with his wife (1922-2001) i ' performer at the event, joining over 750 More then a century of wisdom... Beloved Joseph Gay P Lupa | | | | 5 Mm * Chaka Kahn | after The committed suicide antidepressants. ee See. ed 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’ 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. ot 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’ 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’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s 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’s a new trend in America, and it’s all about curves. The “Celebrate 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 “plus size” replaced with a more positive term, and the most popu- lar suggestion was “curvaceous.” 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. “Don’t be afraid of the curves!” urges Queen Latifah, spokes- woman for CurvaTION, a line of sensual and livable intimate apparel from VF intimates. “I 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 “noth- 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. “Our 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. “We 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. ¢ 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 | in The M=Voice Newspaper and WOOW | Radio? For | ‘Information| Call Jerry Barrett at (252) | 756-0365 4 M-Voice Newspaper April 2004 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 “Purple 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 Anita Baker begi e Oy § os bled iin * : J fi rs Zool ° a 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’ 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.” p define the Music of 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 “emerged 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’t 't fulfill my obligations to him and | really regret that, because he's a wonderful man," she says. Baker began touring, but she *% Children only Fashion Show Luncheon ¢ A Banquet will be held at Hamilton Inn’s Caesar's Restaurant from 2pm 9pm for Miller, Internationa! “Teacher of the Year,” Gospel Comed; Rev, Good Sister rs “dian The * For Ticket Information Cal] Saturday, May 1, 2004 * Spectacular events proudly Present, 4th finn Spring Festival Banque! For the Little Willie Center from | lam-2pm ‘ - Featuring, The Renowned Annie (252) 752-9083 You don’t want to miss this great event!! _. greatest 3 ae Bras Micheal Eric Dyson's new book ae xy . thythms f camacact i e: The Art, Love And Demons of Marvin Gaye = s 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 “is 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 * a 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.’ 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 new CD 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’ 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’ the Grammy North Carolina's electric cooperatives a pl Touchstone Energy! blacks. was effortlessly bridged by. the _ from’ Hitsville, | “West 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 Continues on Page | www.BIGEASY.com/emf. For more travel information, see the Match 2())4 issue of ESSENCE or log on ‘to essence.com. ' 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’ 10th Annversary Music and Motivations Celebration audience last month with his performance. Baker says she’s 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’t know that anybody would give a hoot," she laughed. "I'm pleasantly surprised." Small business owners are part of our electric CO-op. "Mercy, Mercy oat | Continue from Page 6 - i] » 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 i? ae WOOW-AM and The Lawrence Turner Show _ GREENVILLE, NC - Greenville Children's Author Pansie Hart Flo od invites you to read her childrens’ book . ‘a «ee! 2 a | Plans are currently well under to host the 1st Annual 2004 CHAMPIONS FOR KIDS PRO - AM GOLF CLASSIC at Ironweod Golf Club Highway 43, Greenville, North Carolina at 10:00am ~ on July 6th, 2004 Tumer, who is the founder of , "Champion For Kid ‘CFK); is a new member of the WOOW family and is responsible for marketing and sales _ development at the station. The mission of The Lawrence ‘Turner Show is to build a diversity of listeners to enhance community development, to encourage mutual accountability, and to strengthen citizen participation and cuoperation in Greenville-Pitt County, North Carolina. Champions for Kids, Inc. is a 2 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting educational _ and sports programs for disadvantaged . youths ages 8-14. This unique program GREENVILLE, NC - If the walls ‘in Pansie Hart Flood's classroom could talk, they'd talk about writing. Children’s’ Author Pancie Hart Flood is rapidly gaining national recognition in academic circles but here in Greenville as on AP Kim Gizzard noted it you won't find a copy in of her two previous children’s books in the class room here although ‘Sylvia & Miz Lula Maye’ which has been published in several languages and has become required reading in Philadelphia : schools. ‘Sylvia & Miz Lula Maye’ is based on her experiences and memories of her grandmother who lived to be 107 years old. Oniginally hailing from Wilmington, NC, Flood, an East Carolina University graduate, said is designed to develop crucial life skills through an innovative experiential bring exciting youth golf she didn't start out to become a children's author. She was just writing some stories about her grandmother when she started reflecting on her relationship with her five years ago. "Sylvia & Miz Lula Maye" is a literary composite of those experiences. Her second book, "The Secret Hole' is scheduled to be release in the fall, but her third book, "It's Test Day For Tiger Turcote" release recently represents one of the several projects she meticulously labored over and during this process, she is becoming a mee Sian oe ams Another member of her family _her son, Joey, inspires her character, Tiget. Flood began creating this multicultural character after seeing her son's disappointment upon discovering that his favorite "Little Bill" books were all checked out at approach that connects sports and education. / Teen pregnancy, drugs, youth violence and illiteracy are some of the major challenges threatening our youth. Since 1993, CFK has provided once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for boys and girls in North Carolina to attend the 1995 Senior Open, 1996 US Women's Open; 1999 US Open. CFK youth have met and been taught by golf greats—like Tiger Woods, golf Hall of Famer, Kathy Whitworth, Patty Berg, Calvin Pete, Peggy Kirk Bell, Lee Trevino, Jim Thorpe, and a many other sports Hall of Fame members. Station owner, Jim Rouse and Tumer began work on the upcoming event in late December and kicked-off the Lawrence Turner Show on March 8th, 2004 The Lawrence Turner Show is a lively interactive radio magazine program featuring _— celebrity _ personalities, oA 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 take the required end of the year test he finds himself perplexed when he has to define his heritage. Ms. Flood pictured on the left with her children, has been a teacher for the pass 15 years, and currently ‘works at E.B Aycock Junior High here in Greenville. With two books already completed: her work continues to receive good reviews. The book is wonderfully illustrated by Amy Wummer and is published by Carolrhoda Books. initiative to Pitt County prominent business and community leaders, and local citizens who contribute to the quality of life locally, regionally and nationally. The program examines emerging sues that are catical wo the wel bein cf our community such as, health; education, economic trends; travel, leisure and recreation; government; and arts and entertainment, such as Essence - Magazine Editorial Director and motivational speaker, Susan Taylor, National Public Radio Senior Correspondent and best selling author, Jaun Williams, Educator and ail rights pioneer, Dr. EJ. Josey, prominent business owner and PGA Golf Professional, Gordon Fulp of Gordon's Golf & Ski and Angel Savage, Executive Director, Youth Today, Inc. This premier program is an hour-long information exchange that airs on Mondays and Thursdays from 10:30am to 11:30am. April 2004 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 Simone Les DON'T FORGET | M-Voice N ewspaper 5 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 “This 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’ 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 “Blowin' 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’ "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’ 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. ‘The Pitt County Chapter of the NAACP will hold their Annual Banquet Friday - April 23rd at the South Central High School in Greenvill.... people like vou. / Everyone’s had a time when they needed a helping hand Join Greenville Utilities in supporting those in need. GUC’s Neighbor to Neighbor Program provides funds to residential customers who need temporary assistance paying their heating bills. The program is supported by voluntary donations from Arrange for your monthly tax deductible donation to be added to your GUC bill year round, or make a lump sum donation. If everyone gives a little, it will make a big difference! For further information about the Neighbor to Neighbor Program, call us at 752-7166. ; | > (Greenville | ey Utilities “200 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. - 752-7166 + www. guc.com Surviving In Blue Suburbia _(NAPS)—From page one, Blue Suburbia (Perennial, $12.95) is a searing, intimate and compellingly readable memoir. A page turner— and yet it is written entirely in verse. From the blue-collar suburbs ae © of Long Island, to the book-lined offices of New York; from the center of child- = hood despair to === the brink of Qa breakdown; from \\\ ele the pain of WW) _« abusive relation- : we ships, to the urgency of true love, author Laurie Lico Albanese engages readers in her tale of struggle and self-discovery. 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North Carolina's National Collegep* Savings Program College Foundation of North Carolina Helping You Plan; Apply, and Pay for College 800-600-3453 www.CFNCorg/Savings © College Foundation, Inc. 2004 happiness she craved as a child. 6 M-Voice Newspaper April 2004 » |From - 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’ 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: “If 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: ee eg Rau AE, By 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 looks at the heart (I Samuel 16:7)." Lifeline: Edification Of A New Generation The Desk of Ms. Beatrice Maye HUSBANDS - “I've got to tell you how remarkably time and sad it is that so many women struggle to hold on to some jerk, keep giving an abusive or philandering man. yet another chance, have unprotected sex with, ‘Some guy while barely knowing his last name, agree to shack up and risk making babies with some opportunist — or loser, all in a pathetic version of a pursuit for love, but will resent the h_out of treating a decent, hardworking, caring husband with the thoughtfulness, attention, respect, and affection he needs to be content. It boggles my mind”. Advice to Women “If you can't accentuate the positive, at least acknowledge it. 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In 1986, 1955-family model made up only 7 percent of our homes. ‘Today, of four moms with school-age "kids have left home to join the 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,’ 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, and when thou liest down, and when thou fisest up." Deuteronomy 6:6-7 Resource: The Philadelphia Trumpet-July 2002 203 West 9th Street ——— Barber Schou? 27834 CALL 250-830.g968 Greenville, NC \ “Tomorrow's Success Begins With Today’s Preparation 4 edieedlivalinadtinn tmedixe tine na..-ivieein et hk ke Se tain, Te ee Genetic engineeri 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, April 2004 _ M-Voice Newspaper 7 "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’ Muscle Research at if Copenhagen University and a could probably be North Carolina's electric cooperatives mt our story is the same. We're there with the power you need. The end. - member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) science committee, "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 ng is . e n } op ng. a ‘Stronger. They injectéd mice with a day help kidney patients awaiting an Organ transplant to maintain a steady supply of red blood cells. "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. GENE TRANSFER Dr. Lee Sweeney of the University of Pennsylvania and his team have already coaxed muscles in. rp 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’ 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," he said. NIH 1 al oo? 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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’s 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. ’The National Consumer Law Center has sumilar lawsuits pending against dealer finance cotnpanies including Ford Motor Credit, Toyota Motor Credit, Chrysler Financial and a Honda Financial, . a alleging . a Finance markup . charges follow industry wide practice that impacts one in four buyers ~f new and used cars, according to the Consumer Federaton of America. GMAC and Ford Credit Motor Corp., the top two auto lenders, account for 44 % of US auto lending. And they charge their cavomers hundreds of milkons of $ annually in markup charges. Here's how hidden aie work. 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. You are led to believe that you are receiving a “rate based on your creditworthiness. But instead you pay a markup rate on your auto loan determined arbitrarily by the dealer and encouraged by the lender. 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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’s customer base but paid 19.99% of auto loan markups, or $83.9 million. On average, Black consumers were paying $412 more per car loan. Roughly 30.9% of white FMCC customers received markups, loans. compared to 485% of African Amencans; Black buyers paid more than twice what whites did; $684 versus $337, a difference of about $347. In the worst exafhples of the ‘markup, research shows some blyers - were paying more than $5,000 over the life of the loan. White the industry average is 3%, some dealers bump up interest rates as much as eight to ten points above the approved rate. _ One of the best things about the GMAC class-action settlement is that it 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 “The , GMAC agreement represents great progress in towering the cost and improving the fairness of dealer-arranged auto loans," says Stephen Brobeck, executive director of the Consumer Federation of America. Others agreed. | te of the settlement, a.GM imposed a 2.5% markup cap on loans up to 60 months and a 2% markup on cap for-- extended terms. , The * suport * © Turntable ° Convenience cooking controls sy ® Autog Tine Bene wy bust * Auto / Time Defrost . “fie OF QA0) |* * Full View Cooktop Lighting J vat uu J * 1/3 Horsepower Motor ‘e09" * Position Wa! 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GM also agreed to contribute $1.6 million toward finance literacy ‘pro- grams aimed at educating and assisting consumers. GMAC will change its contracts to disclose prominently that a "customer's interest rate may be negotiable with the seller" and that a dealer has the nght to "receive a part of the finance charge." GM will not have to pay any pumtive damages. So none of the 128,999 Black consumers who were over- charged will receive a dime. However, future GMAC customers will benefit by receiving a lower rate on their loans, and minonty buyers who take advantage of the special rate financing will save an estimated $60 million annually. | Experts say you can avoid being a vicum of finance markup charges at the car dealers by doing the following: 1. Order a copy of your credit report and correct any errors a few months before shopping for a car. _ 2. Shop around for auto financing. You have a say in the matter. 3, After selecting a model, call your -bank or. credit umon before seeking auto financing from a car dealer, and compare it to the dealers quote. Bankrate.com lists national averages for car loans as well as rates available in local markets nationwide. 4. Check out alternatives, such as online loans. PeopleFitst.com and E-Loan are among the lenders offering loans online. 5. Consider arnving at the dealership with approved financing in hand. This way you will have more negotiation power when the dealer quotes you a markup interest rate. 6. Review closely incentives such as 7 the dealer offering zero percent financing. Note dealers: will not. give ~ consumers a rebate on the sale price. 7. Ask your bank or credit union. whether it makes sense to take the rebate and finance the purchase at the regular rate, then compare their calculations with those of the dealer. 8. 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"The Disease of Addiction",’ the. cause of many | Chains of bondage. | now invite you to go on my “Journey” 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 eae 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’ 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. 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Pitt Community Colle ge the Lesiie Building, Room 145 APRIL 24,2004 | 9:00AM-12:00PM Floral Creations Scotland Neck, NC (252) 826-5094 “Family Serving Families” *PREE TO THE PUBLIC* Guest Speakers: MBCUs Exhibits Education Professionals ae ee THE OBMECTIMZ: Jo inform the audience about the eduatonal challenges of Alrican Amencan, Dismiss the Myths, The new passes and the u- | 99d offer solutions on how parents, the school system, and the community can help improve the P pop educational status of the children. We also hope to encourage young people to consider furthering thew education at ono of our Historically Black Colleges anc Universities lar France 'n Italy Pass and France PSSpain Pass—can be booked by travel agents or Rail Kurope at 1-888-382-7245 or | online at www.raileurope.com. SE INFORIAATION C ONTACT nto, s? ; eae | && r ; -" ye * ee oie 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 “open 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 % e == => ==> ALL COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE JUNE 1, 2004 reer comments and ideas are critical to help us update the plant Greenville Urban Area MPO , C/O Public Works P.O. Box 7207 : » Groenwille, NC 27835-7207 Phone: 329-4476 Fax; 329-4535 { Email: rsvejkovsky@greenvillenc, gov Qe 5 Le ‘teases "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. a “Hyde 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“intersted- 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. __ For more information, contact R. Travis Carter at (252 946-0858 or a whsplaymakers1@hotmail.com | hae eves Tire Service and Regal Ties A DEAL ONASET OF NEW TIRE. CALL (st) naa 301 South Elm St, Williamston, NC 17892) COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM é 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 “service 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 an April 2004 M-Voice Newspaper 13 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. » Highlight . ge OPRING LADESE GIFT CERTIFICATES WALKINS WELCOME Monday sero 000™ | d CE. Main Street Williamston, NC 27892 | ” Ca oe Furniture yy | “x Mattresses i —~ 3 Apply For Your Super Center Credit Card a No Payment, No Interest For | Year! ee eee aes ALL LIVING ROOM up to 50% OFF 6ft. 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Top Ki sa 80 Set 10 yr Warranty Cedar Chest 149 Cherry or Oak Solid wood Also other pieces on sale Queen Pillow Top Set ALL RECLINERS up to 50% OFF arolina East Centre Electronic: (Formerly Piggly Wiggly) ‘ Fv “a Ke , 9.7. Sunda lnced : 758-8905 Mon-Sat 9-7, Sunday Close: &: * a ; } i f : 4 M-Voice Newspaper April 2004 Cararact Patients Able To Recieve First Ever Accomodating Intraocular Lens FAYETTEVILLE, NC teal pee qth brine bre staf A hate fs, mean bat rath kien hie thes AD hes Cas kee nd dtr ethact es vaned tram Pern bo person. Vite enh When mere re headthy anda: thin tion me theagh the dear teat purtot the eve. the comer “The hwht os: then Fecuscd throuh the eves lens te crate Char and colortul image on the nerve well, belie tron the scm subhone works cl batted athe beak thee. Het that edgecns ne them cea APY ear hoy. bhomed ca distorted. Dittenaa hyhing conthtons hocome problomune ‘Sonyht vesten as drumineally reduced and baht hight or sunshine curses glare. (Quality of vision ts reduged as colors become duller and whites, blues and Caturits bacme a podblan when that ha becomes doh and tunel ts 4 Pete owes. Since cttaricts develop shavh, Changes me vision are very grid. Often panents with catunets * e acce roug . 2004. Salary Range $34,507 - $51/240. Interested persons should contact the Human Resources Office, P.O. Box 1847, Greenville, NC 27835 (801 Mumford Road) or call (252)551-1513. http:/Avww.guc.com “An Equal Opportunity Employer” "Minorities Are Encouraged To Apply" Applications GREENVILLE UTILITIES COMMISSION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Position available for person to perform responsible public contact work assisting utility customers with service inquiries, and in providing information in regards to billing and Greenville Utilities’ policies. Requirements include previous experience effectively dealing with customers with | includes strong oral and written communication "skills. Experience using Microsoft Word and Excel is a plus. Applications accepted through April 16, 2004. Salary Range $25,958 - $38,522. Employment is contingent passing a hysi . examination including a seh Y urinalysis. Ineo : ne ong hag tt esources Office, P.O + ; . 5 af umford Road) or call (252)551-1513. hetp: (wow guc-cont} ee " ‘An oO r * Res "Minorities Are Encouraged Monday-Friday, 30 Interested persons should Office, P.O. Box 1847, hours per week. Sala commensurate with education and ape Applications accepted through April 12, : Road) or call (252)551-1513. http://www.guc.com " GREENVILLE UTILITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPO: SYSTEMS COORDINATOR a , to assist in of Greenville Utes r system _ S interface design, Gis SALARY RANGE $45. Position available for expansion and coordination geographic information com ust have proven skills in "An Equal Opportunity Employer" Minorities Are Encouraged To Apply" COMMISSION RTUNITY web develo "a zz a, Ga ae a ; - wee ae ae frustrating : in vision is the loss of ' Fitness Facts 22°22" | | owe | riauir atic reading. glasses bifocals onder 10 ® vy 4 or in to Fitness Q & A: An Expert Answers Some Intriguing Questions read mane a (NAPS)}—When ‘should I exer- . —— especially for adults—to give the their er. cise? Is skipping breakfast a good aN. body time to digest before start- Cataracts caused. by age are 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 before exercising? Should I drink ef before exercise helps prevent low “nore trequently diagnosed as patients water or a sports drink when my LA blood sugar and provides fuel for 8°. oo AAs exercising? Christine “CC” Cun- «/ fm the workout, but working out ona Aco rding to the National Institutes ningham, MS, ATC/L, CSCS and _ Be full stomach can cause gastroin- of Health, 20.5 million Amenicans aged fitness « manager at Life or t~ cee hould al ane older “em cataracts Fi a leading exercise equip- . y \ “Generally, you should allow Ca Surgery ts the most common : mont denen , helps answer . adequate time to digest before petformed worldwide with more these intriguing questions. Wa working out—three to four hours than 2.7 million procedures performed Q: When is the best time of | ky: «|: for a large meal and two to three annually in the US. Research by the day to exercise? of aes -@| hours for a smaller meal,” Cun- Cataract foundation shows A: In terms of fitness benefits, |___"EENM ]ningham says. You should, how- that the average age of onset for there's no best time of day.to,exer- a few pounds. Is that a good ever, eat a high-carb snack of 100 cataracts is getting younger and younger. cise. The best time of day to exer- idea? _ to 200 calories approximately 45 There was a time when patients cise is whenever it’s easiest and _—_A: Although skipping breakfast minutes to an hour before working waited until their vision was most convenient for you. might seem like an easy way to out to be sure you have enough affected by cataracts to correct the “An afternoon workout may cut calories and lose weight, energy to complete the workout. - problem, but as the re to 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 Cunningham says. “Exercising in “Eating breakfast can help you butter, granola bars and graham correct the problem earlier. 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. “In 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 In addition, exercising too close to Good breakfast choices include working out, For most exercisers, and Everything-In-Between-Vision _© 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. “Sports drinks are appro- and commodating intraocular That said, exercising first thing Examples include toast with priate for higher-intensity work- _ lens that allows patients to focus 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 Starting the day with a workout Q: How long should I wait that is lost through strenuous also might help you stick to your after eating to work out? exercise,” explained Cunningham. +ne routine because you won't be side- A: You know those moms and For answers to more fitness Make no little plans; they have tracked with unexpected distrac- dads who tell their kids not to and exercise questions, see the no magic to stir men’s blood. tions or interruptions later in the jump in the swimming pool until Life Fitness Academy’s “Ask Make big plans...aim high in day. at least half an hour after the Fitness Experts” page at hope and work. Q: I've been skipping break- they’ve eaten? They’re on to http://www.lifefitness.com/home/ _ -—Daniel H. B I fast because I'm trying to shed something. It is a good idea— fit_experts_arc.asp. % cm : GREENVILLE UTILITIES COMMISSION GREENVILLE UTILITIES COMMISSION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GAS INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN PART-TIME COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN co Position available for responsible person to Sreenvillé Utilities 18 seekliiy 4 Coiitilinicatiohé form technical maintenance anal repair of Technician who will assist the Public Information : control and electrical systems Officer in the development) production and for the LNG Plant and Gas Departments SCADA implementation of internal and external System. Duties include, but are not limited to, communications. Job responsibilities will include . 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 design and/or maintenance of SCADA systems °F an Associate's Degree and previous experience — for utility applications is highly desirable. in public relations or a communications-related ted iency with personal field. Additional requirements include experience computers and associated software is required. '" photography and graphic design specifically Candidate must be available for 24-hour call out ‘With Adobe In-Design, Photoshop, _Iilustrator and rotati (eventually). Must: have a valid andjor MS Office. Person’ will work ry e. contact the Human Resources Greenville, NC 27835 (801 Mumford systems. intogration. and. working “wen onan raphic databases. B'SIS.. Deore in com ar science, information 1, geography engineering or closely e dev related , applications with ESRI' s ArcGIS 8.x/ArcO administrative- level Visual Java Script, with’ MS Sal Seve: or ela software is also . Preference will be given to candidates with knowledge of Microstation, SenGAD and GPS data collection in a utility train : rces Greenv 27 ustry. and @ A ployment is upon examination induding ape should (801 Salary commensurate with education pplications accepted passing a, screening Box 1847, - Road) or call “An Equal Opportunity Employer" "Minorities Are Encouraged To Apply" Payette ille NO. for Milind) Wecdeoeh namutess and t. pom tree, Weanheab as at Cape bear Paser | ve Conteris North ancultrasiie prohe to remese the eye's 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,’ 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 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY | 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 | 2004 7