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Ytll.c;2ooo 4 ' The Future and You ' :r - fti;'6 Durham and Century 21 ' Paget The Black Community and Century 21 Page 1 Goals tor the Future v. Page 3 N.C 2000 Progress Report Page 13 p VOLUME 60 NUMBER 50 " ' . y (USPS 091-380) DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1982 ' . Words Of Wisdom 'At 20 years of age the win reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 tbe judgement ' t Benjamin Fraaklia - - V. W w 0 It is well to treasure the memories of past misfortnnes; they coast! (ate oar bank of for titude, r-.tvv M Enf Hotter TELEPHONE (919) 182-2913 PRICE; 30CEKTS NCCU Faculty Rejects Finalists lir5 Congressman Fauntroy TeUs Audience What To Do When The Lights Go Out r r n j&? ' s ,c IT - i ' J A A. j7--rj - is ' ; SETTLING THE FIGHT By Donald Alderman . Almost one-third of NCCUV .-" r faculty ; Wednesday night re-tl jected by more than a 2-1 q margin the four finalists i in the search for a new i chancellor for . the (" university. ; ? The faculty rrteeting was called after : the 55-member .Faculty Senate voted a couple df months ago to give the entire faculty a chance to "accept, reject or prioritize" the finalists. The move reflects what some call "widespread dissent" on the campus concerning the chancellor selection process. NCCU Chancellor Dr. Albert N. Whiting retires June 30 after 16 years as head of the 73-year old predominantly black liberal arts institution. More than 100 persons either applied or were nominated for the posi tion, and after several ; months of screening, the search committee ,nar , rowed the list down to five for interview, but one later withdrew. . Almost immediately, after the names of the finalists were reported by The Carolina Times, faculty members and ad ministrators criticized what they called an "un productive" search. Some called the final four "unexceptional,';' and called for the search to be "reopened, recon sidered and replanned." The finalists are: PREACHING IN DURHAM Congressman Walter Fauntroy preached at Durham's White Rock Baptist Church Sunday as part of the 17th an niversary services for White Rock's pastor, Rev. Lorenzo Lynch. His sermon was: "What To Do ! When the Lights Go Out", referring to the worsen ;j ing political and economic plight of blacks in this country as he sees it. He gave five points in an hour ; long sermon. They are: J Face the Facts . Don't stumble in darkness pretending the lights are on. $ Light a Candle Rely on faith, hope and love - rather than doubt, despair and meanness. Do Something You've Not Done Before -..Returnfyour support to the black church. Find a Natural Source of Light Don't bank your future on man-made light, because what man 11 turns on, man can turn off. Hang On 'Til the Dawn Because a brighter day is coming. Fauntroy, in addition to being . a non-voting 4 member of Congress, representing the majority , 'black population of Washington, D.C., is also pastor of New Bethel Baptis Church in the nation's Capitol. -Of : s In N.C. 2000 Project Durham 's Leadership Fumbled Ball By Donald Alderman . ' Durham's powerful and diverse political leadership appears to have cheated citizens here out of participating in a statewide planning effort for the year 20Q0. This: view surfaced several months ago when state , officials com mented on why Durhamites were not in volved in the N:C. 2000 project, designed to solicit comments from the state's citizens at all lvfis, aoout une pro Representatives of the Crest Street community, state government and Durham's city government signed documents Wednesday that officially ends the fight td save the Crest Street Community. In the settlement, the state and the cjty got their road - the East-West Expressway that runs from 1-40 and will ultimately connect with U.S. 15-501. Residents have apparently saved - their community in an agreement that calls for displaced people to to moved Into new housing in the area. In the pictures above, Gov, Jim Hunts signs, the iani in inis state oeiween now and on into the next century. , "Obviously," the state official said, "politics played a part jn the delay. Traditionally, Durham has problems pulling anything off because It has a very diverse group of people, many power structures. In Durham, you have your university people, a powerful black group and rural white conser vatives. It's hard to get those' people together to 1 1 3,000 questionnaires plan" for anything of this were answered -. and nature." Blacks Should Plan For The Future By Milton Jordan . community. Executive Editor "II sounds like a good Durham's black com- thing," said Durham city manity ; apparently councilman Chester knows very little about Jenkiris, "but I haven't N.C. 2000, but it's not .been involved." because the .information Jenkins is one of three didn't get from Raleigh blacks on the Durham to Durham. City Council. 'I've gotten informa-; have not beard tion in the mail," said r about the project," said rWfc i flvnnia Aliisnn Mrs. Joan Burton, a chairman of the N.C. Black Leadership Caucus, a statewide political activist1 group. "And some of v our members have been in volved with the process across the state in their local areas. But as an community activist and chairman of the Durham Committee's housing sub-committee, "and it seems to me that maybe the mechanism was in place for the black com munity to get informa tion, but somehow it organization, ; we ' have broke down on our C11U. not been involved. Dr. ; Allison is also chairman of the political subcommittee of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black Peo ple, considered Durham's most powerful black organization. Willie Lovett, chair man of the Durham Committee, also said he has received mail from the N.C. 2000 project. . The N.C 2000 project is an 18-month-old effort to give all .of North Carolina's citizens a chance to lo'ok into the future, analyze all the in formation that can be gathered and lay plans for the 21st century. There were several ways for people to be in volved. . :. 'O- Members of th N.C. 2000 Commission, a 68-member body ap pointed by Gov. Jim Hunt, come from almost every region of the state. Businessman Nathan . There were really five major ways that people could get, information about the. statewide long range planning effort -,( Each County Com mission appointed a county chairman, whose job it was to organize and-conduct countywide meetings to discus the four areas of concern: the economy, communi ty, people and natural, v resources, and get citizen input. ( .' According to reports from the N.C. 2000 Commission, . reports came in from seventy of the state's 100 counties., Durham County is ones of thirty counties where no meetings were held.t In addition, area .newspapers published ia questionnaire seeking in formation r concerning the, project. The Carolina Times publish ed the questionnaire, According to the Coni mission, more thaii returned. It is not clear how many of them came from Durham. Project staffers alsp conducted a random phone: y survey, and it could riot be determined how many calls, if any, -were made to Durham County. f (Continued on Page 6) So over the past 18 months while more than 10,000 North Caroli nians across the state participated in meetings to identify problems and possible solutions for Century 21, Durhamites did nothing. . They discussed neither pro blems nor solutions. But this lack of county-wide meetings and input involving a broad cross-section of Durham citizens ap parently didn't stop Durham's county chair man from filing a "county report" from Durham. According to a spokesman in the N.C. Department of Ad ministration; where most of the N.C. 2000 work is being done, the report was filed on the proper forms, as if meetings had i i u i . j issues discussed, ; but there is no record , of when or where the meetings were held. The record also does hot show who, if anyone, took part in such meetings. . "In the reports from all other counties," ex plained the spokesman, "they indicate when and where meetings were held, and give some in dications of the types of persons taking part." Durham's report, however, listed several general recommenda tions in the four discus sion areas and suggests the obvious responses and organizations to lead in implementing these recommendations. There is no indication in the report that either the recommendations or the suggestions; for im plementation reflect any comments or approaches other than of whoever completed the form. The Carolina Times obtained a copy of the "report" from the Department of Ad ministration. On Wednesday, coun ty manager, Ed Swindell explained that Mrs. Angie Elkins, the county chairman for the N.C. ,2000 project, filed the Durham County report, but that he was not aware of any county meetings being held. , However, according to guidelines' of cpiinty meetings were crucial to the process. In a report; 'Covering the scope and purpose of the project, it says: "The local channel Consisted of a network of local N.C. 2000 commit tees '-established in each of the state's 100 coun ties. The local commit tees in many ways paralleled the Commis sion s work, - but there citizen views in mind, about three-fourths of the local committees prepared a list of goals and recommendation! to serve as county N.C. 2000 reports." So even though the county meetings were crucial to the informa tion gathering process of the project, and the county reports were sup posed to reflect the thinking of many of its citizens, neither goal ap pears to have been ac- he ! complished in Durham. about '18 months "ago, and since that time several hundred thou- canrt Mnrth farnlintanc have participated in one way or another. 4 Last week about 800 participants, mostly government, political, business and civic leaders, met in Raleigh" to study, . discuss and change the preliminary recommendations and was a crucial difference. goals that have resulted They the county com mittees emphasized the local perspective the concerns, needs and goals of large counties and small throughout the state with their diverse economic, social and en vironmental conditions.. The local committees held meetings for the better part of a year, during which local citizens put into words the future they desire for themselves and their children. With these Durham Committee Plans Changes For New Year By Donald Alderman ; The new year could br ing significant changes to the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People. The Committee, as it is often called, .has long , beenV viewed asy Durham's most powerful black organization,' par ticularly in politics. But, according to. Willie Lovett, recently re-elected , to a second . two-year, -term as chair man of the organization, the : Durham Committee is studying ways to im prove its service to local blacks. , The studies include the following: A task force that is looking at alternative the findings to the com munity, Ways to best enhance the economic viability of the black community. The first step is an economic sum mit of sorts between the Committee and several black business develop ment organizations. For the most part, these studies are responses : to both criticisms and other sug gestions . that the Com mittee might be losing touch with the diverse in terests of the black com-"-munity. ; Generally, the Committee's power and rapport with the local black community is strong and solid, but recently, particularly ly self-Serving and insen sitive. Ranking leaders of the Committee deny these charges! but .concede that the Organization evaluations and reports.. . Lovett said he agrees with the idea. "The committee Should back off periodically and take a should consider certain , look at where we've been changes if they will help and where we're going," the organization become more effective. In the most recent ac tion, a nominating sub committee which last Thursday presented a successful slate of- of ficers . that leaves : the organization's leadership intact, also recommend ed the twice a year Lovett said. "I think that's appropriate."; t-ovett said he'll be responsible for carrying Out the 'recommenda tion.' The task force on financing, according to Lovett, was appointed during the summer amid much of; the financing financing methods. Curi Garrett is the Commis-' rently, the organization's . cracks have appeared in sion's only black most visioie worx tur- - the relationship. member from Durham. nmg out tne oiacK vote in Another black, elections is principally member on the Commis-1 financed by candidates sion with Durham con-, endorsed by the Com nections is Ms. Carolyn' mittee. Other work is Coleman, regional direc- .financed by donations from members. . . Ways to best implet . ment ; a sub-committee .' L'. i-.; '.ui . t- rccommcnuauun inm iuc organization develop semi-annual evaluations and tor of the State NAACP, f ; It is not clear just how much any of the blacks on , the Commission disseminated informa tion concerning the pro ject throughout the black Among other things this year, the committee has ; been criticized for accepting contributions from endorsed can didates; on its methods of research that , lead to endorsement; . and because the organization otten appears to be trght- lv run hv nn inner rare nf r ; j -..--.w. --- - - sciM leaders which has been report charged with being large- The Correct Times ; In this space every week,77 Carolina Times will correct errors of fact, typographical mistakes and other miscues that appear in the newspaper. If you see any that we miss, drop us a line and we will cor rect them. ' J Due to a production error, we did not publish the last half of an article that began on the front page of the Dec. 11 issue. .The articles, headlined "Phillip FreelonJ Joins ArchitecturalEngineering Firm", is published in its entirety on Page 9 this week. The Carolina Times regrets this error. controversy He said the task force hasn't presented a report. The economic summit was called by the group's economic subcommittee, headed by Clem Baines, who Couldn't be reached for comment. - But 4 , three organiza tions were to have met with the economic sub committee Thursday to, as Lovett puts it, "sit down and change ideas and see where we arc." The organizations are:. Hayti Development Corporation, headed by Nathaniel White, Jr., and formed earlier this year to spearhead the redevelopment of Hayti as ; the , city's principal black business district. UDI's Community Development Corpora tion,"' headed by Ed Stewart, and concen trating on development of an industrial park in southern Durham Coun ty. WV: ; Durham Business and Professional Chain, headed by Ervin Allen, Jr. The Chain s role is to assist black construction from the process. Changes and additions will be part of a final report, "scheduled to go to Gov. Jim Hunt ' in April, following an ex ecutive summary that he will get in March; The N.C. 2000 process began when Hunt ap pointed a 68-member Commission to. oversee the project arid produce the final report., The N.C. Department of Ad ministration is. supervis ing the work and compil ing all the data and other information. In addition, question naires were printed in The Carolina Times and most daily papers across the state, and about 113,000 or th?m were answered and 'returned. elected officers of the Durham . Committee. during" th;v :szsi'SSStVl Committee's annual PPlc took part in a meeting to be held Phone urhat.. as Januar? 9 at 5 p.m., in ak of the project, the Union Baptist - But th kV th? Church 1 on Roxboro f.toce des,8ned to Street the maximum amount of -Wiliie LoveU, chair- input from citizens were man for two years the county meetings. One vear terms: Ben- "v1- jamin a. Kuttin, tirst vice chairman; Mrs. Claronell K. Brown,! se cond vice chairman; Walter Rhodes, third vice chairman: Hudgins, executive secretary; Ms. Carol A. Williams, secretary; Mrs. Barbara P. Foskey, assistant secretary; and F.V. Allison, Jr., treasurer.. Chairmen and co chairmen elected for sub committees were: John Edwards and Mrs. Peggy Watson-Borden, civic sub-committee; Clem Baines and : Nathaniel White, Jr., economic; appointed in each of the 100 counties, and accor ding to. state government officials, meetings were held in 99 ' counties, John thou8h about seventy cuunucs uieu ; reports. Durham County is ap parently the only county not to have held N.C 2000 county meetings but filed a report. , It appears that persons , who should have called such meetings fumbled the ball. Mrs. Angie Elkins, Durham's county chair man for project N.C. 2000, was unavailable for comment. She and the Rev. W.W. Easlcy, ner ,amu v oul 01 In Jr., and Dr. George f01?'. w , -Reid, education; Du f. m My. jhen Howard Fitts and Mrs. Mrs. Elkms discussed the contractors and other Betty Copeland, health; project ana ner roie with black businesses. . Mrs. Joan Burton and 11,e Carolina Itm& she Below are recently (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8)