WASHINGTON, DC - The-United tates plans to withdraw about 0,000 troops from Europe and Asia an a major realignment of American Military presence prompted by the end of the Cold Wat and the ee Peginning of the "war on teizorism", ie US officials said on Saturday. President George Bush will unveil the move to make the high-tech military much more mobile in a speech on Monday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Cincinnati, Ohio, ee said the officials. F "The president is going to make =) 2 announcement about a major |] initiative to reduce the burden on _ They confirmed a report in the Financial Times of a total shift of at Fie) least 70,000 troops from overseas to |) home bases. The British newspaper, citing people briefed on the plan, By Njuguna Kabugi AllnewsNet Wire Saying that freer trade pro-motes ecoriomic growth and political stability, President George Bush today signed into law a bill that his administration hopes _ will improve African economies by pivi couhiines-dutystree access to 1,S, matkers, By Barry Schweid - WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican centrist who is popular with moderate voters, intends to skip the GOP convention in New York that will nominate President Bush for a second term. "The secretary does not plan to attend," State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said Tuesday. He drew attention to Powell's remarks last week: at a convention of minority journalists that he was obliged as secretary not to take part in "parochial debate." es a ee fax FREY i EPTS LBS by Pamela Johnson | GREENVILLE, NC- Golden Asro Frinks - a flamboyant civil rights activist who resided in Edenton NC, was called home to rest Monday July 19, 2004 at the age of 84. Golden | built a reputation for walking and | marching protests, leaving indelible footprints all over Eastern North ‘Carolina and the South. Friends and followers celebrated his jouthey through life during, a three hour funeral Saturday July 24, 2004 at John } A. Holmes. High School, as they reflected on Frinks’ contributions to ithe “Movement”. Golden Frinks was the tenth ‘child of the eleven children born to Mark and Kizzie Frinks in Horry County, SC on April 26, 1920. The family moved to Tabor City, NC when Golden was very young, He as always a bit different from his siblings, wanting to know a little more, Golden Asro Frinks... FROM THE M-VOICE PHOTO ARCHIVES: Pictured with Golden | | Frinks is Attorney Robert L. White, left, and on the right Attorneys Toby | | Fitch and G.K. Butterfield This picture was taken during the Hetitage | Festival sponsored by the. North Carolina Black Caucus during Family Day | | in Raliegh several years years ago. All of the above men pictured above have | | been cival rights activists for many years. Photo: Jim Rouse | ae -* said two-thirds of the reductions would be made in Europe, mostly in Germany. "Germany is definitely a place where there will be a major rearrangement," one US official said of plans to bring two big armoured units back to the United States from there. ‘ The Washington Post reported on Saturday that as many as 100,000 US troops could eventually be returned to the United States as the realignment evolved in years ahead. Pentagon officials have been carefully studying US commitments US forces adopted in the Cold War and make the American military more mobile in the new war on terrorism declared by Bush after the 2001 attacks on America. The measure known as the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004, a revision of the African Growth and Opportunity Act passed in 2000 and signed by President Clinton extends trade advantages for many sub-Saharan spations and was widely. odin The Republicans gather for the four-day convention beginning Aug. 30. With Bush in a close race against Democratic nominee John Kerry, Powell's stature with both Republicans and Democrats who favor a cautious approach to world problems could be an asset to the president. In fact, Powell has defended Bush's foreign policy in interviews and speeches, dismissing Kerry's assertions that the president is inclined to go it alone in dangerous overseas ventures in. = ) | | do a little more, and see a little more than the rest. He had ambition and exhibited an active and aggressive nature. Golden also had a “gift of | gab”. He was swell rounded in school, acadertically, socially, and athletically. In fact, while singing in the school Glee Club was when he first answered the call to lead, Golden’s choir was singing at a local high school for white students when he dis¢overed that the stage. had curtains ~ something that his school did not have. Knowing that his school deserved the same, he discussed the curtain issue with his mother. She immediately sent him to the hardware store for fabric and then proceeded to make a curtain for his school as well. That incident foreshadowed “ life’s work ~ the struggle for equality for all. Rinnie “Tinks worked for. a wealthy family in Tabor City and the aw 3 . Afghanistan. ee . Seremony at. Eisenhower’ » There are currently more than 100,000 American troops in Europe, including about 70,000 in Germany, and another 100,000 in the Asia-Pacific region. About 150,000 additional troops are now in Iraq and will take years t said one Pentagon ° "This complete,” official, who refused to discuss the number of troops involved. "It will “not, it will not, result in any reduced commitment to our friends and allies. Wherever people go down, - weapons and technology will more than make up the difference." A senior administration official travelling with Bush in Portland, Oregon, said the | président "will be discussing next | P g week how the United States will structure its military capabilities to meet the threats of the 21st century with new technologies and new capabilities." "It's important not that our military posture reflect the Cold War but the new threats of the 21st century," said the senior official. Washington and Seoul announced earlier this year that the United States was removing about 12,500 of the 37,000 troops stationed in South Korea _ for decades and sending many of them to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan. One US official said on Saturday, however, some of those troops realignment includes plans to use bases in Eastern European countries of the former Soviet bloc as transit points to quickly send forces from the United States to . both the Senate and thé House of Representatives. "One way to spread peace is to encourage political’ and economic reform across Africa by opening markets-here," Bush said in a si Powell won't attend Republican convention and favors pre-emptive action. .__ Kerry has placed special emphasis on consulting with allies and other foreign governments. He has faulted Bush on the war with Iraq, saying the president's approach alienated Arab -and European governments. In response, Powell told Unity: Journalists of Color Convention last Thursday that Bush took his advice to “not act unilaterally" and made the case against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein at the United Nations in September 2002. family exposed Golden to many things to which colored boys did not have privy, such as horseback riding, tennis, a wide variety of reading material, and motivational an inspirational talks, encouraging hi to be the best that he could be and to help his people to make their lives better. While working as a helper in . the store owned by a rich white family in Tabor City, Golden began to notice the subtle differences that racism made for Negroes living in the South. In 1937 in route to Norfolk, VA to seek employment, he stopped in Edenton to visit the daughter of his former employer in Tabor City. The Dorsey Pruden family needed a companion/caretaker for their son George, to accompany them to Nags Head. They hired Golden. This was the planting of Golden’s roots in Edenton, NC. He met friends and became a friend. He met Mildred Ruth Holley and before he left to serve in World War II in 1942, she became his wife. They became the parents of a daughter, Goldie Ann Frinks. Their 62 plus year marriage withstood periods of separation by Army duty, job assi ts, education pursuits, civil mghts activities, and jail sentences for civil disobedience. The years in the Army, the years that followed in Washington, DC at the Schurlar School of Photography, Youngstown University, and life as a young Negro male in America gave itth to the “leader”, “organizer” and “champion for justice”. Believing’ that God has a specific ‘assignment for each of His creations ~ Golden’s assignment was to “fight for the wa of his fellowman”. In the 1960's, Golden Frinks was the most important civil rights organizer in Eastern NC. The “Edenton Movement” produced some of the first civil rights victories in North Carolina. As an NAACP i ‘wrelaaa' SE ANTRAL TG REE ANTE ESAS eR ORRIN BI aS Bere ‘OFcigel lia trouble spots. such as the Middle East and northern Africa. While tnany soldiers would be brought home from both Europe and Asia, sophisticated weaponry, By Kathy Barks Hoffman, AP FLINT, Mich. (Aug. 13) - A day-after Vice President Dick Cheney criticized John Kerry, Democratic Sen. John Edwards defended his ing mate on Friday, saying he spilled "his blood for the United States” and accusing _ the Republican of distorting Kerry's words. - Cheney told voters in Ohio Thursday that Kerry had called for a "more sensitive" war on terror and mocked that notion as something that won't impress the Sept. 11 terrorists of the Islamic militants who have beheaded U.S. citizens. Edwards, returning to the campaign after a three-day break, took issue with Cheney's comments and his target - Democtatic presidential nominee erty, a decorated Vietnam War veteran. "He took that word and distorted and tried to use it to argue John Kerry will not keep the American people safe," Edwards said. "He's talking about a man who still carries shrapnel in his body. He's talking about a man who spilled his blood for the United convention last week, Kerry said: "I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more Proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to. other Edwards Blasts Cheney's Warc i President Bush Extends Law Giving African Countries Access to U.S, Markets Office Building, adjacent to the White House. "It's important for our people to understand, by opening U.S. markets, we make it more likely there will be peace on the continent of Africa,” he “Executive For too long, Bush said; "too miich Yet Powell also acknowledged, "The intelligence community apparently got it wrong on stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. I do not expect huge stockpiles to be found." He said Bush officials knew that if "the United Nations ultimately did not act, and we didn't solve it diplomatically, we knew then that it might be necessary for us to solve it through the use of military force." Powell's differences with Bush and his senior advisers who are more conservative occasionally is an issue. He favors abortion rights and affirmative action. A Soldier Called Home volunteer, Frinks:was soon involved in similar protests in other small towns around the Albemarle Sound. One of his early campaigns involved regular protests of an Edenton theater where blacks were required to enter through a side door and sit in a balcony. Associates said Frinks led a group that protested outside the theater every Sunday for six years until the policy was changed to 1962. "Golden Frinks wore shoes that were made for walking,” said the Rev. Ernest Sutton of Pasquotank County, as he reflected on the “Movement”. "He walked for justice.” His relationship with _ the P Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) began during the Edenton Movement when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sent funds to help bail him and other civil-sights demonstrators out of the local jail. Frinks often protested by re-fusing to obtain a permit and leading marches with school children, a tactic that bedeviled authorities. His tactics often led to jail which he wore like a badge of honor, boasting that he had been arrested 87 times in the name of civil rights. Some whites labeled Frinks an "outside agitator. His supporters Saturday called him "the great agitator." Frinks also prided himself on the term. He told audiences in the past that he didn't mind the description, because an agitator was the part of a washing machine that gets the dirt out. He was asked by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to join the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1963, He became North Carolina Field Secretary and served the National SCLC in helping to otganize marches in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and the 1963 March on Washington, DC. The Rev, James Orange, a former Frinks associate from Georgia, said Frinks had a way of getting people : eee aide! wi tase ay Bi Say ae ? i. : Be: a Pe ea - ¥ “ie bw ete yee , Ret: :) @ | y 2S cet SO: sComplimentary Issu iPlease Take On eitaese including fighter planes, would be sent overseas to some bases to make up for the smaller number of deployed ground troops. The US Air Force, for example, nations and brings them to our side and lives up to American values in fj history.” Edwards’ visit to Flint focused on issues polls show are even higher . than security on Michigan voters’ list fi -of concerns: jobs and the economy. "What, it is is an effort’ to distract, not to talk about the problems here in Flint, Michigan," the North Carolina senator told the audience of about 1,500, who Value: 50 Cents VEBLZ ON @TIIANSSYD Noda dNoud WNITONWD is currently discussing plans to st: heavy bombers and new F/A-22 on the US island of Guam in ' mid-Pacific to address. any ‘fi theéat’froin North Korea and C! gathered in a drizzling rain outside fF i Mott Community College. Prior to the rally, Edwards held a front-porch meeting with some f Flint voters. One was Susan Duffiny, ‘who was laid off in 2002 from her factory job in Auburn Hills. The Flint woman was tetrained as a computer — network administrator but has yet to land a job in that field. You asked: In presidential polling, what do they mean by “likely voters?" "I'm sure there are a lot of people in trouble who. don't have health care," Duffiny told Edwards. told her. "For us, jobs are a big issue." Twenty-seven percent of likely Michigan voters surveyed recently by Lansing-based EPIC/MRA said improving the economy and providing jobs was their biggest concem, neatly twice as many as those listing health care ot terrorism, which tied for second. . national rate at 6.5 percent. Flint's unemployment rate was 14.5 percent in June, while the rate in surrounding Genesee County was 8.5 percent attentign has been focused on donor aid for Africa." He added that there is nothing wrong with aid, reminding close to 30 African ambassadors at the ceremony that his administration has increased those funding to African nations. "There is a growing consensus in both ya and. the United States that open “and inter-hational, investrtignt. are the surest and fastest ways. for Africa to make progress," stated President Bush. "AGOA nations are strengthening the tule of law. They are lowering trade barniers. They are combating corruption and eliminating child labor. They are set-ting an important example for the entire continent, demonstrating that governments that respect individual rights and encourage the development of their markets are mote likely to grow economically and achieve _ political stability," he said. Thirty-seven sub-Saharan —_ African nations have qualified for the AGOA ptogram, which economists say has created more Jobs in Africa while opening more markets for U.S. goods. According te. .Florizelle. Liser, assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, AGOA has generated more than $340 million worth of US. investments in Africa. "By extending the agreement, we hope to build on that success,” she added. "In this closely divided and often fractious Senate, the bipartisan: passage of ‘trade legislation without amefidment was an - succeed, even in “the most difficult circumstances,” said Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Indiana), chaitman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a sponsor of AGOA. AGOA III extends: the third country fabric provision, originally set to expire in September, until 2008, It also extends overall AGOA benefits until 2015 while providing new benefits that include technical assistance, investment incentives, and links in the fields of transportation and infrastructure. "See, when you sell goods in Africa, it means somebody is finding work here at Continues Page (x) committed and a way of getting them arrested. But he said the activities led to needed changes and helped gain approval of the federal civil rights and voting legislation. Frinks proved to be an extraordinary civil nights leader. He possessed both extraordinary courage and a streak of wildness that repeatedly unnerved white leaders and won civil rights victories. Between 1963 and 1968, Frinks had been a lightning rod for civil rights activism in Eastern NC. By 1968, he had played a leading role in civil rights movements in Halifax, Washington, Martin, Bertie, Chowan and Pasquotank counties. During the Edenton Movement in 1961-62, Frinks developed a pattern to wear down Jim Crow’ with civil disobedience, picket lines, slowdowns, strikes, and boycotts. As a result of Continues Page 3 Elizabeth State CollegeAlutnni, Shown above is the Elizabeth State College vat 7 Alumni held in reunion in Greenville, NC special guest for the evening was Shelly Willingham, the candidate for NC Senate Willingham: is a duate of Elizabeth City Stae College, The Alumni gather at the Hamilton Hotel with the activity centered around the Inn's swimming pool and resturant. TwWPeVUa TT ararnnm ae ee August 4-20, 204 Ihe Minority Voice Newspaper Page 3 , ? | omy people said I needed to do something for when I got older," says Frinks. "She. forgot about color just . .have~a little boy around. | rem..mber that véry well." As Frinks was growing up Mrs. Lewis and life provided more . encounters that would cement his f. resolve'to make a difference? "At an eatly age I went to the white i} Methodist Church," Frinks says. "The ‘white children to play and they'd always get me. They took me as Mrs. Lewis’ boy and everything they did I was in it." Frinks fondly fecalls the Sunday school, games and church «picnics. "Once .in a, while - thete would be a little. trouble, but .. they'd carry me‘along,” he says with a ‘BY HELEN K. OUTLAND * Staff Writer- Chowan Herald - _ EDENTON - Golden Frinks has not ‘spent his 80 plus years as a spectator. “Events since childhood seemed to impress and groom him to face the “struggle and join the battle against * man's inhumanity to man. Those events would lead him to a man with the “vision to lead the struggle. One who would launch a cause that would | change the world. Frinks grew up in Tabor City, ’ North Carolina. He doesn't remember too much of his father who was a Millwnght working in a town far from home. But he does remember the ‘mother who cared for her home and .in an effort to earn extra money; she ‘cared for the home of Mts. Fannie 1 Lewis. "There were eleven children in the family and my mother pulled ~ through with it," says Frinks. It was Lewis that - little 1 there with Mfrs. ‘Golden Frinks first ‘ humanity. a Southerner. "One day I went up there to work ‘with my mom," Frinks says. "She, » Mrs. Lewis, asked who I was and my - mom said I was her son, I found out later that this‘woman had had a young " 4sonijust-about my age that had died." Mrsi- Fannie «Lewis!...told:: Golden's ‘mother to bring him‘ up toi her house » everyday. Fannie Lewis didn't teach little «Golden anger or hostility, but told him the “Republican Party, and how blacks and whites got along m Delaware. "She Abraham Lincoln,» about Golden Asro Frinks,.. A Soldier » Continiuyes from Page 1 Sy those movements, the schools were Integrated, the movie therater seating was changed, and restaurants were learned of "Mrs. Fannie Lewis was a white lady from Delaware who had married » smile. "They. fotgot. about color. too and. I-\was. surrounded by. friends, “(They took care of me." ‘For. Golden Frinks the reminders of differences sometimes came in the subtlest ways. While singing in his school choir they were asked to perform at a nearby white school. "They® had this nice " curtain," he says referring to the Stage curtain. "They could pull a string and it would open and close. That thing excited me." Golden became so engrossed by the curtain that he missed his cue for a solo part. | got to watching that curtain and forgot my time to sing,” he adds with a laugh. "From then on I ‘figured our school was different." He went home and told his mother about the curtain. They sat down together and made a curtain for his school. "Those kinds of things made a difference in my life," he says softly. As he got older he started seeing more and more of those differences. Frinks was making his way to Norfolk to join. the Navy when he ended up in Edenton. As he puts it, he got tangled up with William Dossey Pruden, an attorney: "The lady working for the newspaper introduced me to the Prudens," he says with a smile. "They were looking for someone to be with their little boy George and she thought | would be good forhim.") 5... vo Brinks settled in: Edenton: and ithe: years to.come: married. his wife “Ruth, He became ’.a’ -businessman owning a local nightchib called the Mexicana. * . "By 1946 I was serving as Secretary of the NAACP," he adds. It was during a NAACP meeting in Edenton that he graduated from opened to blacks. The Williamston Freedom Movement took place from 1963 to 1965. Many civil rights victories were won. Frinks led the fight. to observer to doer. During the meeting about fifteen black youngsters came in, "They wanted to go'to the local movie theatre, right through the front door," Frinks says. | "The NAACP turned 'em down." Frinks told the youngsters to go to his home and wait for him. " When I got home, by golly there about seventy children waiting for me, he says laughing. According to Frinks their children had talked among themselves and decided they were through having to go down the alley in order to see the movie. "They had read about this young. girl in Oklahoma City who had staged a sit-in and this inspired them," he says. Frinks, encouraged . by their , youthful spirit, required each child to get a note from their parents giving “permission for them to hold a peaceful demonstration in front of the local theater during the next Sunday’s Matinee. “They all brought their notes,” Frinks say, shaking his head. I was worried about getting them out of jail, but I was the first one to get in jail. From then on I started trying to intergrate the library and drugstores.” From 1955 to 1962 the effort for desegregation continued in Edenton. What Frinks didn't realize vas his efforts had not gone unnoticed. Returning from a fi to Youngstown, Ohio, Frinks found many people at its home. "I thought, what in he world are they doing here?" he says. "Some lady told me Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that Civil Rights man wanted to see me the next day." Frinks discovered his wife Ruth, a schoolteacher, had told all her friends and they were helping her celebrate. "Some how or other he had heard my name and what was going on here," Frinks adds. Frinks contacted King's office and found out the noted leader wanted to met with him in Norfolk, Virginia the next day. Frinks was asked to bring two character witnesses. "I carried Preacher LeGuard, my pastor, and ,,/Mr. .Norman Brinkley, Ss. "Dr. King « Frinks asked as if he could trust me," says -Frinks . "I told;him "Yes, Sir'."" King turned to his Administrative Assistant Wyatt T. Walker and said, "I want him on board. “That thing yoade me feel mighty good," Frinks says with a smile free JoAnn Little and many others who were victims of racial injustice. He led one of the most sustained and successful protests of the civil rights movement — the 1968-69 School Bridge Class and Classism 1 a Continues from Page 2 a mystery whether Autumn Jackson is Cosby's child, but no mystery that he ‘was sending her mother support ‘money. And hey-be man-be, did-be ‘ tyou-be think-be- we-be forgot-be-Fat-be Albert-be? ‘Sean "Puffy" Combs has been pushing abject materialism for years and Russell Simmons is famous for scalling other Blacks "Nigga." And, oh yes, the gaudy wheels that spin around were made famous by Latrel Sprewell. ‘Materialism works from the top down, a] not the bottom up. Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of By Judge Greg Mathis During the nightly parade of camera time at the national Democtatic and Republican conven- tions this summet, there are many groups whose platforms have gotten or win get national ‘expo- sure and party attention. There is one group, M(y)=VOICE OD/EDs Because whatever happens to America happens to Black America first,, Education stated that separating Blacks based on mice brings. on feelings of "inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds. ih a way unlikely ever to be undone." The oppression of a people leaves, emotional scars, which run deep into the self-esteem of the oppressed, grows within the community and perpetuates itself as efficiently as folk tales, songs and disease. It can only get worse with other Blacks now dogging us out. We don’ t need anyone to pontificate on how bad things are, because as bad as the situation is, the badness is overly apparent. What we Democrat and Republicans however, that will not be sharing the stage: the homeless. Over the past year, the National Law Center on .Homelessness & Poverty estimates that over three million people were homeless and the demand for care at homeless ‘ shelters increased by 13 percent. With the reality of homelessness being only a missed paycheck, health crisis ot unpaid bul away, this crisis is one that demands national , attention and a national platform. The pundits on both sides ‘should cate about and address. the ‘homeless. problem, Con to popular belief, homeless people are not aimless. lazy people. According to a survey of 27 major American cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago and Washmgton. DC, 44 percent of the homeless work. 67 percent are single parent families and 50 percent” African American. When 44 percent of the homeless . need now is action. .. ‘Unfortunately, many of the people weighing in are selfish, elitists who deep down inside must hate themselves and manifest that hatred in the hyper criticism of poor Blacks. They will criticize, but take little, if any action. These people are classists. And they have no class. DARRYL JAMES - LAUNCHED THE ONLY BLACK OWNED RAP MUSIC PUBLICATION, RAP SHEET IN 1992. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF BRIDGING THE BLACK GENDER GAP. WHICH IS ALSO THE BASIS OF A NATIONAL SEMINAR SERIES. HE CAN BE REACHED AT DJAMES®THEBL.ACKGENDERG AP.COM. population is made up of working people, the blame is attributable to the lack of a living wage, the increase in poverty, a lack of affordable housing and the inattention of the _ federal government to this growing problem. The current proposals from both major political parties and their presidential candidates appear to fan short of meeting the needs of homeless Americans. President Bush has largely ignored the homeless problem, instead . giving more attention to tile needs of his wealthy, corporate patrons. The Bush economy has pushed people across several demographic groups into homelessness in numbers that have hot been seen since the 1980s. Democratic candidate John Kerry's plan would address the middle class squeeze by creating good-paying jobs, cutting middle - cra ; Civil Rights Fighter Asa Frinks tecalls efforts to win equality among races _ From 1962 on Frinks says if Dr. King was seen marching Frinks had been there first. "I was appointed National Field Secretary," he goes on to say. "That put me out there in Louisville, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida." The responsibilities took him Washington DC where he stood by King's side as the classic "I Have A Dream" speech was delivered. "It was something to stand there, see his face, and watch his mouth as he spoke,’ Frinks says almost reverently. __ It was in Canton, Mississippi where Frinks says he felt the closest to Martin Luther King, Jt. They were there to take up the march for the murdered James Meredith. "They got us with tear gas, it was a terrible time," Frinks says. "But, I remember as we struggled together through the gas Dr. King looking up and saying there were going to be more times just like this and we had to stick with it." According to Frinks, King not only looked out for his staff, but he stressed filling the mind I with the wisdom of the masters of humanity. "I had always tead, but Dr. King made us read more. We read Gandhi and others," Frinks says. There were many ways that King encouraged and supported those closest to him, but one that Frinks tecalls was the presentation to King of the Pulitzer Peace Prize. "He bought each staff member a new car and shared the cash left over," Frinks says, smiling. "I got $96.40." On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King stepped out onto his motel balcony to speak to his chauffeur. As he leaned over the balcony, a single shot from a high-powered rifle rang out and King was gone. Golden Frinks had not traveled to Memphis in advance of Dr. King for the rally. He has not been to Memphis since then. He remembers that day as the darkest in his life. Frinks did remain with the Southern Christian _ Leadership Conference until 1977. Things were changing and I needed, a rest." says ‘tinks of his retirement from the organization. __ If you, ask, Frinks what got him through the brightest and the darkest of those days he has a ready answer. "My undying spirit. I did it in spite of all the fears, frights, and criticism." He says. "I just’felt that to keep on going was best. My internal spirit alled Home Boycott in Hyde County, NC. For an entire year, the county’s black citizens refused to send their children to school in protest of a desegregation plan that required the daily for five months, marched on the State capitol in Raleigh, and drove the Ku Klux Klan out of the county in a massive gunfight. This movement had the support of the SCLC at the national level. Frinks often wore a jumpsuit | with a big, swaying copper medallion held by a thick chain-link necklace, which he said was 4 constant reminder of the yoke of slavery. He counseled nonviolence but . used Creative tactics to gain attention. He once had protesters release chickens at a demonstration to create a disturbance. Milton P. "Toby" Fitch Jr. of Wilson, a state Superior Court judge, led the audience in a refrain Frinks used to rally followers. "I am," he said as the crowd roared its refrain, "somebody. | may be black, but I am somebody." Fitch said 4 Class taxes in order to raise middle class incomes, cut the deficit and investigate jobs in the new-tech. hi-tech areas. The Democrats’ plan addresses some of the factors of homelessness, but still falls to directly address the problem. By and large, the homeless lack the presence of other election year catered to groups. The widespread political belief is that the homeless do not vote. When survival is a daily concern that mindset may not be too far from the truth. Even in on election years, the centrist view is the centrist view is that homeless advocacy is too liberal and therefore too risky for re-election purposes. The point is, however, that someone needs to speak for the homeless. When at least 39 percent of the homeless population is made up of children, the urgency of the homeless problem cannot _ be ignored. was kindled by realistic experiences." Frinks goes on to say he was non-violent to begin my with, "but the more I worked under - Dr. King I became even more non-violent," he adds. Frinks realizes there are. still. - lingering racial issues today, "The thing is we are just 150 years out of ~ slavery. We are only 40 years out of - the 60s," Frinks. “That's says nowhere in the time of history. And. there are still folks, black and white, who remember and some who want things to be like they. were back then.” Frinks knows that people can be . unkind to each other and offers some insight. "I always say, begin to deal with self first. Do you have that same unkind spirit in you?" he says. "Try to reconcile the differences by recognizing the fact that you are both human beings. You need to sit down and sup together. Parents need to teach their children to treat everyone right. We have got to live together because this is America. We have got to love this country, together. If we love this country, then we love each other." Golden Frinks believes the world had the greatest chance for peace among people snatched from it when Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered. He believes if Martin Luther King. Jr. had lived there would have been a much broader understanding between the races. "Martin Luther King, Jr. was a gift. He was sent here by God," says _Frinks. "He was a visionary, opening up the, way for all of us. Had he lived we would have been able to see even farther. We miss having that insight he would have brought us. He would have led us into an even brighter day." Golden Frinks also knows that the job is never completely finished as long as racism, in any form, exists anywhere in the world. He feels the struggle he and othets endured is something that should never be forgotten. "Racism won't hit if children are taught to build. Don't go: to anger with it," He says of racism. "Pick out some person to emulate and follow their example," he stresses. "Learn and read. Get something in that head cause the rest of it is already made for you. We struggled for that." “Coming up in the struggle they had a picture of me with George Pruden sitting on my shoulders and they called it the ‘Black Man's Struggle," says Frinks. "The burden is off now unless a black man decides to sit on his own shoulders. He has to recognize that. It is left up to each individual, black or white, to make sure that humanity survives." The following story first appeared in the Chowan Herald and is reprinteted by permission. Other iformation appeears by the coulesy of Pamela Johnson of the E:mdge Agency whose research, writings and vompostions contribute to the balnce of this article Frinks used to rally followers. "I am," he said as the crowd roared its refrain, "somebody. I may be black, but I am somebody." Fitch said Frinks was not intimidated by threats, arrest or criticism. "Golden Frinks went to jail not for me, not for you, but for us," he said. Referring to the frequent marches on fulfilling his assignment to “fight for the rights of his fellowman”. When the aging process accelerated, he became an unconventional, nontraditional resident of Britthaven of Edenton, NC (for three years, he would leave the nursing home at will to take care of things he deemed important — often matters related to SCLC and/or civil rights). People continued to seek him for advice pertinent to today’s issues affecting them and for historical information on the “Movement”. Hundreds of mourners packed the auditorium of John A. Homes High School in Edenton for the service that rang with chants like those Frinks had shouted in churches, in schools and on street comers. Bennie Rountree of Greenville, a longtime friend and As our economy struggles to recover from nearly four years of business and job loss, national leaders must take notice and address the needs of the homeless Americans affected by the wrecked economy. With homelessness affecting men arid women. African Americans and Caucasian Americans, veterans and non-veterans, urban and rural, the problem is obviously more serious than can be solved during national party convention good timing. The homeless problem can only be addressed by giving real time, effort and resources to establishin adequate income, affordable bousing and viable social services. Until such time as Republicans and Democrats give real consideration to these economic employmentand _ social concerns, too many Americans will live with the worry of being homeless. those Frinks had shouted in churches, in schools and on street comers. Bennie Rountree of Greenville, a longtime friend and colleague of -Frinks, stepped to the podium shouting "Soul: power, black power, people power." The audience repeated each phrase. Rountree, State SCLC president, told the audience that in the memory of his loving and supportive wife, Ruth Holley Frinks of the home; his daughter, Dr. Goldie Ann Frinks-Wells of Greensboro, NC; one granddaughter, Evangelist Kelli Wells Johnson (District Superintendent Charles J. Johnson III) of Rochester Hills, MI; three great granddaughters, Falon Johnson, Kelci Johnson, and Bhali Johnson, all of Rochester Hills, MI; two sisters, Mrs. Flossie Wilson of Hampton, VA and Mrs. Cecelia Daniels of Brooklyn, NY; special son, Jarrett Slade (oh the home); godsons, Mr. Phillip Higgs of Greenville, NC and District Superintendent Jerald I. Perry, Sr. of Edenton, NC; and a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. “OUR STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IS NOT OVER.” ---Golden Asro Frinks ignoring the homeless UNEMPLOYm ENT | Line J Judge Greg Mathis is chairman of the RainSfOW/PUSH Excel Board and an SCLC national board member. Bryant trial judge clashes with lawyers for accuser The Minot Voice Newspaper August 4~ 20,2004 By Howard Pankeatz Denver Post: R the judge has failed to protect their client, peg Cline ahd (lav Wood chim Lisl acajelj wi elt in teh worded ele Fale told Clune 5 An lerican rape victims, a culture of silence For / By Gayle Pollard:-Teay - Times ‘Staff Writer © There's an old saying in the ‘Abicen American co ; “women taise their daughters and love their sons. A | of the atrocities ‘of slavery, it signifies 4 communal protectiveness of black men, from: the coddling of toddling boys to. a reluctance to report rape and incest. I's not like 4 t-out-of jail-free card. It's bom ols watiness of authority, especially «white authority, ~ learned ones those stories about how your light-skinned sister got those gray eyes and your dark- ‘skinned cousin got that keen nose, from those photographs of white lynch mobs and the beaten body of Emmett Till, a Bush extends law “1 RENVER, COS eerint ane cod me accuser's. name on. a state /judiaal website and distribution of transcripts from a sensitive chaed spe deld hearing to seven media organizations, which published the ‘conten of the ‘Wood and Cn pect the geod dy laa a Caged tas shai. de gti + dich - they said ate one-sided from a defense — have made it at Bryant's. criminal ‘trial scheduled to start Aug. 27... black. teenager killed because of a wolf whistle. "Remember, in this country black women have had to come to the aid of black men who were falsely being accused of sexual assault. Remember the _ movie ‘Rosewood’? That's what it was all about," says Sharon Shelton, the senior program manager of the YWCA Greater Los Angeles Sexual Assault Crisis Program in Compiae. It wasn't just a movie, it was his In 1923, in Florida, the black. town of Rosewood was obliterated by a white mob after a white woman ~~” Wed! and Chane have spoken out | after state court officials committed a series of efrors: publication of the Ey wig appear cae . Among their commen 10 the claimed she'd been attacked by. a Diack m man. . So it's very difficult now to ee : them from saying anything. "No was made. to the victim or her family. His } attempting .to rehabilitate the court's. image were pene Aad clade a gal this victim and her parents is spology (by Ruckssye) f ¢ a s 7 pote yore Overton, who is not involved in disclose that your. perpetrator was indeed of your own same race,” Shelton says. 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"With white audiences,” she says, "there are usually very basic questions they want to know: How is it different — why are we black people less likely to report when these things happen? Continues on Page 5 Condect, va of Colorado law that regulates lawyers, states that it is inappropriate for a lawyer to seek to soeeie influence a judge or Pps ay Clune and Wood have violated that rule. And he said that the two have violated Ruckriegle’s sweeping gag order in the case. ...with Central American countries that cut and run from President Bush's peacekeeping effort in Iraq... Is a bad deal for America. Paid for by: www.AmericansForFairTrade. org Overton old TF it é on any grievance involvi Wood or xis filed with the © thichinabe done Tot ite gic state against a lay by any citizen, thie case is reviewed to see r if it has merit: "The state could then file a University of. 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"Our culture makes us less likely to report." She bases this explanation on her own experiences as a sexual abuse survivor "three times over," years of counseling and surveying others, and federal Statistics. The black culture she refers to is a storytelling culture, rooted in the South before the decline of. American apartheid. It comes with its own set of tules. "Blackisms," Norwood calls them during her presentation. She cites a few, as many black workshop participants chant along with her, such as: "What goes on in this house, stays in this house.” Protect, don't expose Walter B. Jones.. "Historically, we have learned the system, which in our minds is white folks, is not to be trusted," she says. Historically, she ‘adds, black people like herself are expected to protect, mot expose, ‘the black community. Norwood says that when she finally told her family about being abused by her stepfather, . they refused to believe her. Sceking information about incest and black women, she went to a public library. "When I started in '89 with my own recovery, there was only one book I could find, ‘Crossing the Boundary’ by Melba Wilson. I found nothing else: specifically about the African American experience," Norwood says. Charlotte Pierce-Baker's "Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape," the first book on that topic, came out in Keep fighting for our Jobs, | Keep fighting for our Freedom, Keep fighting against a bad CAFTA deal. Paid for by: | www.AmericansForFairTrade.org _| 1998. At the conference, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Norwood displays two current books: "No Secrets, No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal From ‘Sexual Abuse" by Robin D. Stone, and "I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse” by Lori S. Robinson. "It's really clear that African Americans are having a particular "“ problem," says Robinson, here from upstate New York to lead a workshop on confronting sexual violence in black and Latino communities. She asks for "culturally ° specific" reasons that black women remain silent. "The sisters don't want to report the brothers because we know what's going on in penal institutions,” says Terry L. Stevens, who works, with the Farhily Service League in Waterloo, Iowa. Robinson herself grew up in a family protective of black men — especiauy of her older brother, who while away at college was falsely accused of mugging a white woman. This protectiveness runs deep in many black families. a "My parents are older, and they were from the Deep South. My father's from Louisiana, and my mother's from Arkansas," Robinson savs, recalling how they reacted to a news story about a black man who was accused of sexually abusing a white woman not far from their suburban Maryland home. "I'm pretty sure my mom's response was, ‘This is just racism.’ And my response was, 'Are you ry kidding? If a white woman is not safe from him sexually abusing someone, you think a black woman's safe?” Part. of it, depending on a person's age, comes out of history and feeling the need to protect black men because of lynching and whatever it is that you have seen in your history.” Another culturally specific reason revealed at Robinson's workshop: black ministers untrained in rape counseling. Remember when then heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was convicted of raping a beauty Continues on Page 9: By Tom Noble MELBOURNE, AUSTRAILIA - An experimental cancer vaccine being “tested for its safety and toxicity has produced startling results, appearing to provide immunity from the disease and leaving most patients cancer-free after more than two years. Patients at two Melbourne hospitals given a protein found in many cancers and a drug to boost immunity developed strong immune responses, producing antibodies to the protein as well as helper ‘T-cells and killer T-cells. Patients given just the protein or a placebo had a weaker immune Cancer vaccine startles researchers response. Many have developed secondary cancers. The results of the trial on post-operative cancer patients by doctors at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the Austin Hospital, and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, are published today in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Lead investigator Jonathan Cebon said the results were a surprise because the trial was designed to test whether the drug produced adverse reactions in the first tests on humans. "We didn't know we were going to get these results,” he said. "This was never intended as an end point of the study." Of 23 melanoma patients given a placebo or part-treatment, 14 have since developed cancer, compared with only two of 19 melanoma patients given the combination treatment. While the sample size was small, no other factors, such as the patient's age or the stage of their cancer, appeared to significantly | influence the results. Associate Professor Cebon — said patients given the combination treatment developed a strong immunity to the protein. "We found if we increased the dose of the vaccine, the immune response got stronger," he said. "We don't know how long the immunity persists for." Researchers have begun recruiting melanoma patients for further studies, one part-funded by a $U'S600,000 ($820,000) grant from the Cancer Research Institute in the United States. If it can prevent cancer from coming back, can it get existing cancer to regress? -JONATHAN CEBON, researcherOne will be a randomised study, to see whether the trial results can be repeated. A second will test the vaccine on patients with an inoperable disease. "If it can prevent cancer from coming back, can it get existing cancer to regress?” Professor Cebon at wo He said the protein NY-ESQ-1 wy present in about 40 per ceff of Continues on Page 9 Public Health Officials Confirm Measles Case in Martin County RALIEGH, NC - State health officials have confirmed a case of measles in an 11-month-old Martin County child) The child — | was apparently exposed to the disease from an 11-year-old family friend “who contracted measles after traveling to England, where immunization rates are lower than in the United States. No additional cases have been identified. As far as health officials VOLUNTEERS WANTED GET INVOLVED IN CITY GOVERMENT! 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Also, you can access a talent bank form on the web at http://ci.greenville.nc.us/ "YOU ARE ENCOURGAGE TO VOLUNTEER YOUR vi - 4 PARTICIPATION IN CITY GOVERMENT!" Washington High School 400 Slatestone Road. Washington NC ry mr ye ery LAUOTS Ith ¢ have been able to determine, the last case of measles in North Carolina occurred in a 3-year-old Durham child in 1996; that child also was infected by someone who had become infected in a foreign country. Staff with the Division of Public Health's Immunization Section arc working with local Martin County public health authorities to determine who might have been exposed to the disease. People who may have been exposed and who have — not previously received two doses of measles vaccine are being contacted so that that they should be immunized jimmediately. The public health investigation has confirmed that a contact of one of the infected children attended the Eastern 4H Center camp in Columbia, North Carolina (Tyrell County) during the week of July 2, Because the disease is highly contagious, State Health Director Lean Devlin stresses that children who attended the Eastern 4H Center camp Julv 2 must be vaccinated against the disease before entering school, if they have not already been immunized. Local authorities are also checking vaccination records for all school-age ‘children in‘ Martin; Tyrell, and Washington counties. Any child who has not been fully vaccinated against measles must be vaccinated before starting school, Martin and Washington county’ schools start Wednesday, Aug. 4, Tyrell schools start Monday, Aug. 9. Measles ts a serious viral disease that can cause ear infections, inflammation of the brain, pneumonia, and even death. Prior to vaccine licensure, the disease caused thousands of deaths worldwide; however, measles cases have dramatically declined since 1991 because of efforts to ensure children are age-appropriately vaccinated with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine," said Dr.Devlin,"If your ,child hasn't yet been fully vaccinated against measles, then parents would be aware of the symptoms of the disease, which include tash, high fever, cough and runny nose. Vaccination is the key to disease prevention,” she added. "Measles-containing vaccine is 95 percent effective in children jafter the _ first dose and 98 percent effective after the second dose. Without agpressive vaccination _ efforts, measles cases will rise. It is-important to. tremember that if your child's New Vision Child Development Center 406 Evans Street Greenville, NC After School Program Now Acceptin Don't Miss ut! Enroll Your Child Now!!! 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The 11-month-old was not old enough to receive the MMR vaccine, which is jjgiven when children are at least 12 months of age. oe vaccine currently used is a live-viru weakened combination vaccine that protects against the measles, mumps, and rubella viruses. It was first licensed m the combined form in 1971 and contains the safest and most effective forms of each | vaccine. According to the national Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), children should get two doses of i] MMR vaccine with the first at 12-15 months of age and a second dose at 46 years of age, Additionally, the ACIP jirecommends the following people should be vaccinated with measles-contaming vaccine: * anyone 18 years of age or older, who was bom after 1956, should get at least one dose ofMMR vaccine, unless they can show that they have had either the vaccines or the diseases; * college student, trade school student, or other student beyond high school; * persons who work in a hospital or other medical facility; * persons who __ travel internationally, or are a passenger on a cruise ship; and * women of childbearing age. Measles is transmitted from person to person through coughing and sneezing. 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Er, today this one is a matter of survival, to avoid a beatdown. 6. Plays fair and works fair. 7, Does not take things that belong to another. You'd be surprised at the lack of comprehension of this concept. 8. Avoids’ loud and borsterous or when . laughter and conversation. The folks on the bus or in the supermarket line are not interested in recap of your madcap antics with Latrell or your drunken take on world events. Keep it down, Toots. 9. Does not laugh at the mistakes of misfortunes of others. Try! Try! Try! - 10. Develops a clear, resonant voice and is able to speak well, enunciate clearly, pronounce words correctly, and talk interestingly of the subjects of the day. Let's cut the politically correct nonsense. With the Sorry exception of rappers and ballplayers, you will never go far on Ebonics, for shizzell! 1. Does not talk constantly about herself. A boor is a bore. _ 12.Isn't a killjoy. Uses tact. Refrain ” from making mean-spinted or hurtful comments under the guise of telling ity Vo ra ices Mrs. Beatrice Maye the truth. Understand that nine out often times it ts your truth, based on your experiences, perspective, and reality, and it probably won't serve the person. it was meant to “help.” Think before you speak.’ From: Beautylicious by Jenyne M. Rainers According to a study released Tuesday, May 11, 2004, based on a mail survey of 725 public middle and high school teachers and a telephone survey of 600 parents of public - school students in grades _ five through twelve, the way teachers see It, today's classroom environment otten deserves a D-as in disrespect, distracting and disheartening enough to drive many of them away. . Most teachers in middle and high schools say misbehavior by a handtul of children’ is such a disruptive, pervasive force that a majority of students suffer from if, according to this study which was financed by Common Good, bipartisan legal reform coalition. "If you start totaling up the hours thir teachers could be teaching and Students could be learning, it's just Staggering,” said Public Agenda President Ruth Wooden. More than three in four teachers said they could do their job more effectively if not for discipline problems. More than eight in ten said To Buy, Rent, or Sell Real Estate, Call the... D. D. Garrett Agency “Serving Eastem North Carolina Since 1946" Call us if you need someone to collect your rent and manage your property. Several nice building lots... 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And it's part of our pledge to our patients: care you can count on— all day, every day. www.pcmh.uhseast.com most students suffer because of a few troublemakers. The challenge, the study found, is complicated. Education colleges don't prepare teachers to deal with August 4 - 20, 2004 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 7 rowdy students. Schools back down trom discipline when parents threaten lawsuits and children in special education are treated too lightly even when their misbehavior has nothing to do with their disabilities. The biggest causes of sturident behavior problems, according: to teachers and parents fail to teach their kids discipline. Beatrice Maye By Faith May THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF LIFE It’s no secret that our lives often tall short of our expectations. Some of us, have lost so much. ‘Early relationships weren’t what we wanted, and our present relationships aren’t much better. Yet rhost of us would rather keep busy and pretend these disappointments don’t exist. Some try fo escape the pain through a variety of addictions. Honestly struggling with disappointment, however, is a better way. God can use these disappointments to help us discover how much we want Him—the One . 4 . for whom our hopes and desires were made. We won’t realize how much we want God unless we are honest about our disappointments: Only by facing them can we cooperate with God’s Spin. Only by facing life we will discover that God occasionally leads His children ° into the wilderness of loss. There He lovingly lets us become so hungry and aware of our emptiness that we Start to want Him more than "anyone or anything. ‘If owe stay in our disappointment long enough, we can eventually = make another discovery—that God cares for us far more than we ever realized. We may not sense His involvement as much as we would like. There will still be times when we won’t feel His loving arms around us. But His seeming lack of care actually makes us want Him more. And as we slowly realize that our desire for Him is our deepest longing, we put ourselves in a better place to recognize Him when He makes His Presence known. , Disappointment doesn’t go Edification of a New Generation away until we go to heaven. But struggling with the inconsolable ache of life can reveal, little by little, a desire tor God that will begin: to fill our hearts. That's what Asaph discovered while struggling with | disappointment. He wrote, “Whom have Tin heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You” {Ps. 73:25}. Surrendering. to our desire for God frees us to resist the urge to control or escape pain. Struggling with the disappointment of our sin doesn’t mean that we just stop making wrong choices. Struggling with our faults means that we acknowledge our helpless condition. - Only by throwing ourselves on the mercy of God can we be in a position to accept His forgiveness. Only by the immeasurable price Christ paid can we know that this Is not a cheap forgiveness. The agony experienced by our Savior on the cross shows how much God hates the sin that has brought such pain and ‘ darkness into His world. Yes, He hates our sin. But His desire to forgive us 1s even stronger. Resource: Discovery Series/When We Love Too Much | On Thursday, August 5th was Philippi Child Care Center Fun Day and we had FUN, FUN, FUNIINIt! My what a day! The best of today was the youth's Talent Show. Oh yeah, the STAR SEARCH was in the Center! The vistors of the day were from the Bethel, N.C. area. The Promise learning Center is located at 1717 South Main Street, Bethel, N.C. and the phone number is 252- 825-0711. The Director is Mrs. Betty Hillard, a member of Philippi Church Of Christ Disciples Of Christ at 1610 Farmville Blvd., Greenville, N.C. The Pastor is the very fine Bishop Randy B. Royal, D. Mins. Mrs. Hillard also has a second Great nurses. Great hos Outstanding care. uNTY MemortAt HospitTau University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina w _ Child Care Center located at 2504 This is an awesome hospital. You can grow with it. The quality of nursing 1s very high— our nurses are both experienced and knowledgeable. In this hospital, nursing is a profession, not just @ job. It's doing the very best you can for your patients. The emphasis ts always on patient satisfaction. And that means high Job satisfaction for nurses. Our management also listens to the nurses’ concerns and communicates those concerns to our hospital leadership. Patrice Thompson, RN Medical Intensive Care Unit Pitt County Memorial Hospital is part of University Health Systems, which includes community hospitals, physician practices, home health and other independently operated health services, University Health Systems Is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at. East Carolina University, JoJo Time with Brenda T Dickerson Ave., Greenville, N.C. Both of the Child Care Centers ‘are 5 open at 6:30AM. until 12:00 midnight. Today there were 27 students present. : a Now, allow me to introduce the Creme de la Cream, the Director of Philippi Child Care Center is Mrs. | Sandra Jones, also a member of the PI fabbreviation for the Philippi Church nickname}. The Center's Assistant Director is Mrs. Jacqueline Mitchell, a PI also. The teachers follows: ; Mrs. Carolyn Maye teaches 5 yrs. old age group and mentors an After-School Program, THE LIGHTHOUSE YOUTHS. - Mrs. Maye is a member of The PI as well as the Vice Presidents of the Ministerial Associations, and our very own community local residential artist. Ms. Jewell Williams teaches group 2 yrs. olds age. . PMs. Sintwan Pre-Kindergarden. . PMrs. Nashana Haddock teaches. olds group age 5 years and up and mentors an After-School Program, THE LIGHTHOUSE YOUTHS. The Infant Teachers are Mrs. Jeanette Drake and Mrs.Mable Tripp who are responsible for the 0 - 12 month old age group. Ms. Trinta is a Volunteer teacher and Director of Sister To Sister In Actions, a mentoring program, as well as teaches the 4yrs. old age group. Evang. Brenda Tyson-Durumba is a Volunteer teacher in storytelling JOJOTIME IN BIBLELAND. with MEMORIES of Ora Okera Fnizzelle-Flynn, the orginal storyteller WOOW JOY 1340 AM on your radio dial. The Summer Intern Volunteer Aids were Ms. Jasmine Royal, a 13-ycars old, Ms. Laronica Maye, a 13-years old, and Mr. Zachariah Hopkins, a 16-year old. They were also the judges for the talent show. he Star Search Talent were: PMs. Lauren Bordeaux, age 5. years old, the fairy dancer "Thank You Lond" teaches present were as.” RBC Ministries >The Break-Down _ Cheeta Girls/Steppers, Ms. Naisa Howard. yage 5 years old, and Ms. Jaida Haddock, age 4 years old. PJarmar Tolliver, age 4 years old, Nursery Rhyme "Can You Bake A Cake" PDuet of “Jesus Loves Me" by Ms. Seanice Short, 7 years old, and Ms.Mersedez Ebron, 8 years old. PA Promise Learning Center chorus of Ms. Apnl Lynn, Tiara Gritfen, Tracy Hillard, Donita Wiggins, and Leeza Wiggins singing "Santuary". PKevin Johnson, 10 years old, a Gospel Rapper. P Zachariah Hopkins, a tribute dance. The Guest Entertainer was ‘Checker The Clown', who delighted the children with hilarious antics involving the audience, and the event closed out with Cotton Candy for everyone. We give special thanks to the Guest teachers Ms. Sandra Ebron, Asst. Director of Promise Learning Center, Ms. Aprilynn Jenkins, age group 5 - 10 years old, and Ms. Keisha Statin, age group 4 years old and all participating parents and guardians. Thank You All! P. S. Miss Chynna Lucas, age 14 years old thank you for your voluteering On service summer internship at the PI' Center. 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She said, ‘No, Mike, no.’ I mean how many times, sisters, have you said 'No' and you mean "Yes'?" Little help at church “Sometimes going to your pastor can be the worst thing you _ can do," Robinson says, qufoting a minister she interviewed for her book. In "I Will Survive," the Rev. Linda H. Hollies, a United Methodist clergywoman who lives in Grand Rapids, Mich., makes this comment: "Can I say something that will be extremely controversial? Pastors and ims, a culture of silence - foxes just parading in front of Mike. church folk are often the worst folk in the world to go to for confession and absolution. The average pastor does not have a clue about counseling. And what pastors need to do when they find somebody in a situation like ours is to refer them to a counselor, refer them to a spiritual director, refer them to a chaplain, refer them to somebody who knows what they're doing with somebody's emotions." Hollies, like Robinson, is also a rape survivor. During her workshop, the author remembers: "May 15th, 1995, was a Monday.... I drove home around 10 or 11 that night.... I was a little startled because I noticed two men Continues from Page 5 melanomata, and was also found in lung, bladder, breast, head and neck cancers. "It has the potential to be applied broadly to a range of cancers, but not to all cancers,” he said. . The protein was discovered about a decade ago by researchers at the Ludwig Institute in New York. The immunity drug was developed by the. Melbourne-based company CSL. "This vaccine is unique in two respects. Most vaccines have not Cancer vaccine startles researchers taken a full-length protein and put it into a vaccine and, second, few studies have been able to get this broad immune response," Professor Cebon said. ‘Patients were given three injections at four-week intervals and tested for their level of antibodies and T-cells. 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AdvantageBill gives cu options: fixed price and-price cap. trial in December 2000 after having a cancerous growth removed, had a sore arm and flu-like symptoms after his first injection. "I had one of the strongest reactions,” he said. Mr Wilson suspected he was on the combination therapy, although he did not find out this was correct until after the trial. His cancer*has not returned. "Iam quite optimistic about my future," he said. The Melbourne project manager, married with two children, said he did not see the vaccine as a cure but a way to control the disease. “6 bey ER ee: bas ie 0 Lr ig § he Sy *] .f * to on the sidewalk... But I said, ‘Why am I going to be scared of two brothers minding their own business?” "She called the police the night she was raped. Within 24 hours she was on her way to counseling, accompanied by her mother, her sister and the new boyfriend who is now her husband. "I didn't get the victim-blaming. comments that many people get, I think because what happened to me is people's stereotypical idea of rape: strangers with a weapon. But onily ™% 2 rapes involve a weapon. And the fhajority of people who are taped are raped by someone they know." Robinson's co-presenter, Marta Sanchez, was at her grandmother's house. Her attacker was a family member. Like CeCe Norwood's, and Robin Stone's. Stone is not at the conference, but many participants carry copies of her book, "No Secrets, No Lies." "1 don't know if it is.harder for children to tell," Stone says by phone from New York, "but there are some factors that keep children from August 4-20, 2004 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 9 . telling. We talk a lot about fear and shame." Black children have another burden: "Culturally, there's this fear of betraying the family by turning someone in to the system," Stone says. Families try to cope, "and meanwhile the offender is left- to continue to offend. They really do Operate in silence. It's the silence and secrecy that enables them to thrive." An uncle molested her when she was a child, she says. Two decades later, she told her parents. "I had-the Opportunity presented to me to tell what happened. It was at my going-away party. The party was to be at this uncle's house. | said, 'I don't want to go,’ and my parents asked why." Stone's parents believed _ her. Aishah — Shadidah Simmons, a Philadelphia filmmaker, says her parents did not. Simmon's —_ documentary-in- : "NO!" is premised on Pao can women breaking silences. In the film, many women — including her mother — reveal how they were traitors. At : ii d from attempted sexual assault because the attacker was the highest-ranking black faculty member at the university, or a hero in the’ civil rights movement, or a black student on a campus where police officers were harassing black men. Using the film to educate, Simmons | wants black women who have the courage to tell to be trusted, not labeled as about being raped while a college student studying Spanish in the Yucatan. ("He . didn't take my ‘no’ for an answer.") She is. also out as a child incest survivor — though she identifies her assailant only as a male telative and has never reported | him. "Why am I protecting a family member? Because | haven't confronted him, that's why. I feel like if I had confronted him, then I would feel OK." Simmons says during a recent trip to Los _ Angeles. "To put it out thete without even talking with him. ...” _ Why coddle a black man who hurt her? That's a question for many African American women. New generation of black Americans returns to South By Martin Savidge ATLANTA - A lot of attention has been given to the migration’ of Hispanics and Asians in America, but a just-released report finds another population on the move. 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The South is now home to 55 percent of the nation's black population. Ironically, many are coming back for the same reasons they left — jobs and a sense of racial equality. . Tayi Carter recently moved to Atlanta from Boston and found both. "I've always been the minority, and it really feels good to walk into any given room and be a part of the majority,” said Carter. Returning African Americans are finding a new South transformed racially and economically. "It's a better place,” said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. “It is a different place. The only place you would see the old South today is in a museum, on a video, in a book." Latge cities like Atlanta and Orlarido have'become black migration magnets — each seeing African-American populations growing by more than 60 percent in 10 years, accoréling to the Brookings Institution. Smaller towns like Orangeburg, S.C., ate also sharing in the boom. Charles and Barbara Owens were both born in the South, left in the 1950s. Now they've come back to retire. “The dollar goes so much farther here,” he said. His wife said, “I like quietness, the friendliness.” Experts say, with no sign of ending, the population shift is a stunning reversal of _ history, transforming the South and redrawing the map of black America. the Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. —Martin Mull censure Specialist Pitt County Schools is seeking applicants for Licensure Specialist. Four-year college degree and/or equivalent experience with licensure required, Salary range $30.000, depending on experience. Position opened until filled. Interested candidates should submit an 5 yee or resume to be S Human Resource rtment. Call (252 830-4242 for additonal formation, reporting a rape or al by J Greg Mathis Since they have failed to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the Bush administration says their invasion of Iraq was a legitimate move to free Iraqi citizens from tyranny and inhumane treatment. Currently in ww ree. | ; . southern Sudan, tens of thousands of Black Sudanese are being killed in what human rights groups describe as “ethnic cleansing” slaughter by Arab. militias who are armed and supported by the Sudanese government. Yet, neither the United tual Reflections CORI ~—eREE Pastor Geo, Hawkins Where Will Judgment Begin? Greetings: Just look around you not at.the world but at the churches, are you alarmed at what you see? The Bible ~ come that ju days of Noah were, $0 shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, ing and iving in martiage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. We are living in a time that we can't distinguish the church “ members from the world. Nevertheless, _I want to REMIND you of what God said in 1 Peter 4:17-18 For the time is dgment must begin at the house of God: and if it reads at us, what shall the end be of them that fot the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? We are treading on dangerously thin ice, the return of Jesus could be any minute now and we the church people are acting like the world. | just want to tell is telling us to take setiously States nor the United Nations has chosen to provide military intervention. For the last 17 months, Arab: Sudanese gunmen have killed nearly 30,000 Afri Sudanese villagers and driven more than 1 million from You had better grabya hold of the horns of the altar'and stay there until Jesus change heart toward that which is dbs: 1 I could allow to reminisce, back to when I was a child those church mothers would work with wool ak 85 Shove young men as. the bible tells us to. CHRISTIANS, you are a Christian because you chose to be no one mide you become a Christian. Yes, I know that no one can: come to the Father except the Spirit draws you, but a choice still have to be made on your part. You see if you are not striving to Pietra eta a the sign. After all, why are ing to HELL cturiped up when you cen ge in style? Let's take closer look holiness. The first thing I would like to share with you about holiness is this: HOLINESS IS NOT AN OPTION IT'S A REQUIRMENT. According _to Hebrews 12:14 we are to "Make every effort to live in with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord” So the writer of Hebrews the necessity of personal, practical holiness. When the Holy Spirit comes into our lives at our salvation, he comes to make US, should intervene in Sudan‘s Black genocide their homes. The U.S. Agency for International Development estimates that nearly 350,000 could die by the end of the year if nothing is done. This scenario sounds very similar to the Rwanda genocide a decade ,ago—where the United States and at least a yearning in our hearts to live a holy life pleasing to God, we need to | seriously question whether our faith in Christ is genuine. It is true that this desire for holiness may be only a spark at the beginning. But that spark should -_ grow till it becomes a flame - a desire to live a life wholly pleasing to God. True salvation brings with it a desire to be made holy. When God saves us ‘through Christ, He not only saves us --from the penalty of sin, but also from its dominion. The whole purpose of our ‘salvation is that we be “holy and blameless in His sight", Ephesians 1:4. To continue to live in sin as a Christian is to go contrary to God's very for our salvation. One of the writers of three centuties ago put it like this: "What a strange kind of salvation do they desire that care not.for holiness. . . . They would be saved by Christ and yet be out of Christ in a fleshly state.... They would have their sins forgiven, not that they may walk with God in love, in time to come, but that they may practice their enmity against Him without any - fear of punishment." Holiness, then, is ‘Not ni i - ~ that would be salvation by works -but as a condition of salvation ay August 4-20, 2004 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page Il the United Nations sat on their hands while 500,000 members of thé Tutsi ethnic group were slaughtered over a 90-day period by members and supporters of the Hutu- dominated government in Rwanda. Why is it that when Black Africans are being victimized by the tens of thousands, no one intervenes to free them from tyranny and genocide? We are quick, however, to intervene "You are to give Him the name Jesus [which means Jehovah is salvation'], because He will save His | from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). Therefore, we may say that no One can trust in Christ for true salvation unless he trusts in Him for holiness. This does not mean the desire for holiness must be a conscious desire at the time a person comes to Christ, but rather that the Holy Spirit who creates within. us saving faith also creates within us | the [ desire for holiness. He sitnply does not Paul. said, self-con t and godly lives in _this present. age” (Titus 2:11-12). The salvation. teaches. living. We cannot receive half of God's grace. If we have | Us to renounce ungc experienced it at all, we will cet only Sorgivennte of cur eax bus alas | freedom from sin's dominion. So again I Say to you it's holiness or hell. God command is, "BE HOLY, FOR | AM HOLY." But as victims of sin's warfare, Christians are often prone to give up the in whenever where is a threat of mass , illings and human rights violations. Oot ne ia cada showing its If hundreds of thousands of: non-Black citizens of a country were on the verge of genocide based on an agenda of ethic cleansing, the United States, “NATO, and the United Nations would have intervened a long time ago. We must pressure out government and the United Nations to step in immediately to end the - Slaughter of Black Sudanese by their Arab countrymen. To sit on our hands again and watch another African | slaughter would be a travesty. (Judge Greg Mathis is chairman of the Rainbow PUSH-Excel board and a ‘national board member of the Southern Christian — Leadership . Conference.) oo create one without the other. "For the grace of God that brings Ties oa Ca ae ‘Salvation has appeared to all men. Ie ; ef rach (0 say No' to ungodiines and |Boyyiep’s Consyiting E) Turorvat Services, Ine, Iraq, Kosovo and elsewhere; Id eo lack of respect for Black human lives: declares in Matthew 24:37-39 But as the you that IT'S HOLINESS OR HELL. as a part of salvation that is received by us holy in practice. If there is not, then, _ faith in Christ. The angel said to Joseph, 4-H Mini Society youths complete seminar income and _ inflation), Citizenship (harmonious community living), Government Law — (democracy, tepublic, dictatorship) and Success Is Taking One S - at the Youth Today Center on 400 Mumford Road here in Greenville. As a result of the week long program which lasted six hours daily these young these young 4-H Allstars Members received their Certificates of Recognition at CiCi’s Pizza for GREENVILLE, NC - Recently the 4-H Mini—Society® Program, an butreach program implemented by NC oopetative Exteusion Pro at North Carolina A&T State University eld a business training seminar for hich took place daily from June, 28th mall Step At A - Cooperation (working together and | earnings). Mrs. Shelly Moore was Mildred A. Council were Volunteer Assistants. Valencia Speight, Jonathan < Fields wete Teen Leaders. Guest Lawrence Turner, Champion For Kids, Angel Savage, Youth Today Director, Guy Sims, Minority Voice, Mildred Council, Greenville City Council, the Assistant Manager of Cici Pizza’s, Anne Suggs, Retired..4-H Assiociate - and Business Owner, and Marion Booth, Pitt County 4H Program “Associate, Top Photo In the top part of the photo we find Marion Booth; (Pitt 4-H Program “Associate), Douglass Fields; (4-H Volunteer Leader /Parent), Gloria Fields;(4-H Volunteer Leader and Patent), Shelly Moore;(4-H Mini "Society Facilitator), Ann Speight;(4-H | Volunteer Leader and Grandparent), Luella Wills; (Parent and Volunteer), yeand = Mildred =~ A. Council, . Founder/Volunteer Leader 4H ‘AllStars Club and Parent) ‘Bottom Photo Found in the photg’ on the bottom are the course graduates. In the back tow from left to right are Catherine Wills, De’vonte Blount, Jonathan Fields, Zackia Parker, Dreginalle Daniels, Kevin Burns, Valencia Speight, and Marian Booth,. In the front row are graduates Ella patticipating in the 4H Mini—Society® Program. “How to Start A Business.” This program was developed and implemented:in 1996 | Facilitator, Ann C. Speight, and. | | Speakers during the week included“ fight, or at least to compromise sin | in its more difficult forms, Chose Christ . . Jacqueline Harper . Pebsan Harper is the } Owner and director of Bouvier's } Consulting and Tutorial Services, Inc. A veteran Pitt County educator with over 23 years of experience, she has also served as a Parent Involvement Coordinator for "Parents for Public Schools", Charter School director. After-school Coordinator, and was the 2003 :} es recipient of the Above and ‘ . ; Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD) God Bless Our Fathers... Award. Bouvier's Consulting and A proud Black Veterans of World sutoal Services Inc. provides a War Il, and a father who has SU™mmer Enrichment _prograin experienced Black Folks having their during the summer months and own credit unions. Father Pete Hagin After-school tutorial during the poses for our cameras at Mt. Calvary school year for students in Ist - during a concert by Exnest 6th grades, - The curriculum Silver. Father Hagin can recall consists Of test-taking strategies, segregation in North Carolina and the homework _ assistance, cultural dald days arts, educational: field trips, and barb a REPRE ta meee, scheduled ~enrithinent activities such as Spanish, tennis! Science, piano lessons, and golf. Enrichment activities also include 4-H, Odyssey of the Minds, and Home- Schooling. _ Previous educational outings have included The Imagination Station in Wilson, NC, an Amtrak passenger train ride, tours of the Greenville Water Treatment Plant, Greenville _ Fire Jerome Ramey — Attorney and Counselor at Law 112 S. Pitt Street Greenville, NC 27835 program by Marilyn L. Kourilsky. After spending a wegk in clasees rh above 17 youths were familiarized with the business disciplines: Starting a Business, Record Keeping: Ethnics and Decision Making, Ideas, and Principles, | Economics (money, Roberson, Mules Evans, Jamaiqua Maye, Megan Fields, Martina Evans, Melanie Fields, Melinda Fields, Justin Steeler, and Mrs. Shelly Moore. Not shown in the photo is Garratte Jones who also completed the course. The man is a teacher. Posing for out camera outside of Roundtree Rest. with his grandson.’ Father Herbert, Department, Lowes Foods, and the voting ; polls. The After School Program ours: will be Monday through Friday 2pm - 6pm. Student pick ups will be made from the following schools: Sadie Saulter, Buy - Sell - Trade oF 1456 D. Worthington Road, Greenville score: i wor ington & Cait Hore Ad) Phone: (252) 321-1236 ® Fax: (262) $21-1267 Ask far John Deaver, Gaorge Rightmyer or Billy Johnson Beh “ * ¥ ve Tal “ ry che gay a Te a Me oh s et 8 ot std [U28. 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St. or call (252) 754-0774 Northwest Elementary Receives Grant Gch pangromne fos doe cite.” JOB DRIVE August 26, 2004" 9:00 am - 3:00 pm _ Pre-Qualification Required - Applicants _ must apply in person prior to August 26th This event is to assist job seekers in finding potential employment and to assist employers in identifying qualified jobséekers. Come to the Pitt County JobLink - Center ot Community Square Shopping Center on Memorial Drive next to Pitt Community _ College. Positions available include: * Customer/Field Service Rep * Co-Managers * Community Based Services * Truck Drivers (CDL) ParaProfessionals * Hard Top Builder * Personal Care Aide/ * Touch Up ay ely * Pickers, ers, rs ¢ esign Technician * Materials Norden? #4 ion Systems Support * Crew Members Call JobLink at 321-4534 o 321-4578. for more information. # of identity theft can ‘tell you the ° ‘Ways By Carolyn M. 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All of criminals, you'll neéd a plan of pts RAR 20 henits than Emergency Drive to close August 15 The traffic route to the PCMH Emergency Department will change effective August 15, 2004. As of that date, Emergency Drive off NC Route 43 (West Fifth Street) will be closed permanently due to a construction project at the Brody School of Medicine. Beginning Monday, August 16, ail traffic coming from Route 43 to the August 4 - 20, 2004 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 13 and recover your good name. ~ File your complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). “You need backup. Contacting the FTC will help you with law enforcement agencies and creditors. The agency has develeoped the ID Theft Affidavit to help victims restore their good names. For a copy, . Visit www.consumer.gov/idtheft or call 877-IDTHEFT. Gather as much documentation as you can to prove your case. Since many creditors require a police report to resolve your dispute, you will have to be persistent when dealing with local authorities. As proof, provide your., notorized FTC affidavit, credit teports, and other evidence of activity to file a complete police reptort. If your local police tell you they can’t take a police report, try the county or state police. You also can ask to file a “Micellaneous Incident Report,” if local authorities don’t view identity theft as a crime. Follow up with credit agencies. Victims of identity theft are entitled to free copies of their credit reports. Obtain copies of your report from the three major credit bureaus and put circles around items that you dispute. Request the information be deleted or corrected but be sure to give facts and explain why. Again, send a copy of your notorized FTC affidavit. For the letters you'll need to write to repair your credit, you may have to write to over 100 agencies. Get the Identity Theft Survival www.identitytheft.org. . Contact individual creditors. Most victims can get accounts closed and debts dismissed by completing the creditor’s fraud paperwork. Include copies of your police report and ID Theft Affidavit. Insist on a letter from the creditor stating it has closed all disputed accounts and have discharged you of your fraudulent debts. You'll also need to have these letters for backup when dealing with the credit bureaus and debt collectors. A creditor must respond to your complaint within 30 days and resolve the dispute Kit Ae within two billing cycles (or no more than 90 days). Also, refer to “How to Dispute Credit Report Errors and Fair Credit Reporting” —at www.consumer.gove /idtheft. Keep records. Use cerufied mail and return receipt request, so you can document what the credit bureaus and creditors received and when. ‘Keep photocopies of all letters and documents. Also, take notes on the date, time, and names of anyone you talk to regarding your dispute. You will also want to notify other federal and state agencies. For instance, you will want to contact the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC: 800-934-3342), for bank fraud. Consider identity. Meaning, you can set up a company identity such as a family creating another limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or limited liability company. Although this is an alternative, it’s not a simple process or a quick fix. - Bear in mind that the credit ; bureau’s investigation must be completed within 30 days (45 if you provide additional information). If the agency considers you dispute frivolous it must do so within five business: days. Otherwise, it must ‘forward all relevant documents to an information provider for investigation. The credit bureau must give yoy written results upon completion of the investigation. Note that any disputed information that cannot be verified must be deleted from your file. Also, if your report does contain efroneous information, the credit bureau must correct it and send notices to anyone who received your _ teport in the past six months, Always. remember the onus is you to reclaim your identity. It may seem unfair that as the victim you will be given the hard time, but the bottom line is that you will have to be steadfast, disciplined and aggressive in your efforts to repair your credit. First: published: July 13, 2004 About the Author Carolyn M. Brown is a business finance writer and editor living in New Jersey. She authored The Millionaires’ Club and Nobody's Business But Your Own. Ex-Motown president says technology lets bad singers succeed BRYANT, Ark, — Listen Britney and Beyonce. Al Bell, former Stax record owner and Motown ~. NATURAL SOUND ONE-BOX HOME THEATER . 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