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I J Page B12-The Chronicle, Thursday. Mai Home is where 1 Salem is a big eountrs." W hile studying ai A&T, Suggs sa>s he onl\ ventured into Winston-Salem for the annua Aggie-Ram showdowns. Now that he's becom ing a permanent fixture, he sa\s he's beginning to weed out his likes and dislikes of the Twir Cits. "I'm critical of this cits," he says, "but i don't mean to be. It's not the destructive kinc of criticism, though, and if there are somt things 1 can help initiate, I'm all about that. "W'inston-Salem is supposed to he the eit\ for the arts, and from a cultural standpoint it'* kind of one-sided," he says. "There are a loi more things that should be offered to black* here other than discos ot parties." The young bachelor says because of hi* political stance and overall outlook on life, he prefers to be described as a "progressive liberal." If his career with Hanes goes according to plan, Suggs says he would seriously consider running for a public office in WinstoniiiiiiitiitiiiiiitiiiiitiiMitiiiiiifl tut mint mil tiitifiiiifliittttttisiitiittiiMitiii 'Footloose': A rousir IMIIIIMNHIMIINIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIMIIIIIIHKIIININnilMHIIIIII and "Let's Give the Boy a Hand," by Deniece Williams, will also climb the charts. Unlike the star of "Flashdance," the star oi ? * Foot loose" doesTmrown danci ng, and does ii well. When Ren beocmes frustrated and angr\ about the opposition he's getting from the council, he heads for the railroad station anc dances out his emotions. The scene is energetic IHMIIIIIMIMIMIIMIIItlllltllMMIIIItlllllllllllltllMIHMIItlMllllllllllllttllllll Broadway Is My Be IIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIfnnilllMIIIHIIIIIIIIIINIIHIIINIIMIHI recognition and she doesn't mind admitting sht w likes it. And at 35, she's not worried about telling her age. "I like telling my age because everyone I grew up with is younger than I am," she jokes. "This is m\ wav of making them tell the truth."... Singer Melba Moore will be seen on PBS in a Yolonda: Child abus< Why don't sou mind your own business?" After I got home I thought about it. Do you think 1 did the right thing to say something? She was right. It was her kid. Margaret M. Dear Margaret: Yes. In fact, you were minding your own business. According to your description, the incident borders on child abuse, and that's everyone's business. Sore Spot Lingers Dear Yolonda: 1 have a sore spot that's been in the way for quite sometime. Warning: The Surgeon General Has That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous tc 17 mg "tar" 13 mq nicotine av per cigarette by >mJ _^, ? Pie 1 rch 8, 1984 the heart and fami Salem. "A subject that 1 get kind of deep into is the 1 Jesse Jackson campaign," he says. "To me, I'm sure that he doesn't think he can win the ? the '84 election, but it's gestures like that, that i make young blacks like myself know that I can become a county commissioner or an I alderman." 1 Suggs savs that because of the limited oppor; tunites offered to blacks in small towns and the South, flight to the larger metropolitan cities is ' seen as^tf wa> out. > "When I go back home and see the guys on t the block," he says, "they're always complaini ing about there not being any jobs or anything to do. ? "This one gu> really made me think. He said r that people who were in a position to bring ; about change would leave," says Suggs. "It's like a mass exodous to the North and what you have left is people in towns like Tarboro, who are content with the way things are." iwiiiMHjimwiMummwuwm??biihhuii?MniiiiiinnmmMnmtMHm ig new-breed musical IHHIHHIMHtHNIIMHHHHtlllHHIHMIHIIHIMtHtttimHIhimimumWIIMHtMIIH * gymnastic and exciting to watch. Later, when Ren teaches Willard to dance, f the latter's transition from klutz to dancer is t b both poignant and funny. t r The final number is glittery and 1 heartwarming: the guy gets-the girl and , everybody dances. IIIIHHIIIIIIHIIIIMIUINItlllllllllllNIIIIIMIIINIIUIIIIIIIIIUIIinilllllllNIMIUIHimi at From Page B10 r repeat performance of her part in the Broadway hit musical "Purlie," a role she liked so much she hopes playwright Ossie Davis might do a sequel or even a TV series. "Lutiebelle is mine!" she exclaimed during an interview at her record production office. "I love Lutiebelle." 1 > is everyone's business MllllllllllltllllltlttltMfllltllllltllllllllllllllllllllltllllltllllltlHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItIf Three years ago, my husband dated a 16-year-old girl. I told him that I've forgiven him, but 1 really haven't. I can't enjoy sex with him, and I'm afraid for him to be aroqnd, younger girls. It's not that I'm ugly: it's just that now 1 feel insecure. Whenever we get into an argument, I always hnno ihp frtrmor oTfoir nr% LJ 11 iv iui iiivi ui mil up. lie >?.!>> I lie situation wasn't his fault. He claims the girl kept getting in the way and there wasn't anything to it. I don't believe that, but I stayed married to him anyway. 1 used to believe that he could go to the moon and back without having an affair, and now whenever he comes home from work late, I Determined ) Your Health. FTC method dmont Diagway Presents V\i >er Charged Funny Car acti eive a FREE WINSTON Drag ly are From Page B1 i 'q. And because ot tew opportunites in Tarboro _ tor someone like Suggs, he also left. Because he's the new kid on the block, Suggs' office is only enclosed by cubicles and swinging doors, but touches of his personality and desire for perfection are evident by one of the many notes taped to his bulletin board. One of them reads:. "It's useless to put your best foot forward, then drag the other." Since he's trying to adjust to the life of a nine-to-fiver rather than the student life he savs <tie dinged to until he was ready for the work world, Suggs' only outside activity as of yet is a membership at the YMCA and visits to his sister, who also lives in Winston-Salem. "You know," he says, "everyone likes to be in familiar surroundings, so when 1 was offered a job here, it was like coming back home. "Whenever 1 want to go home now, 1 don't have to spend money to catch a plane. All I have to do now is get in my car and in two and a half hours, I'm home." From Page B10 inniinnmnnnnmHimwmmmmiimmiiMmniiiniiiiiiinininiiiiiiniii As the minister's daughter, Lori Singer personifies the old saying that ministers' kids are wild and daring. She mixes rebelliousness and a desire to please her father well in her characterization of Ariel. All in all, as you can no doubt tell by now, I enjoyed "Footloose." And I think you will, too. WMtNMMttMtllttllMMIMMItMIMftlttllttlllltlttlMlltlflllllNlllltltlflltMttlMMI1 "Purlie," based on Davis' 1962 play "Purlie Victorious." nr>#?n#?H on n rnaHin 1 OTA , vii ui vuuna; III I 7 (U, I <411 for 797 performances and won two Tony Awards, including one for Miss Moore as Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. PBS will air the musical as part of its "Great Performances" series this month. MIUIIIIINIIIHNMHIUNNHmMNUIHIUIIIIINIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIHINIIMIIIMIIIIHIII > From Page B10 llltllHNfftMNIININNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHttllllllllllllllllimillllllllllllllllllllllllUI _think the worst. Sometimes I hate to look at him. We have six kids. What should 1 do? I).V. I Dear D.V.: You do yourself and your spouse I a gross injustice by agreeing to forgive your | husband, then holding the affair over his head QC if it tliara "? moxnnn UJ ii 11 nvu a *rta pu 11. The only thing you can do about a hurt that occurred in the past is to leave it in the past, and refuse to allow it to destroy the rest of your marriage. Perhaps that's something that needs to be put in words by both you and your husband. ?> ^ 8 m m ? m SSaffil P ftnston World Title Series, M ton. Saturday Special - First I Racing Cap Ticket Informc r register { j & vote 8 -^*y ?1hLThe Basque language, spoken in the Pyrenees, is unrelated to any known language. The Boss man Says Tow It?Row It?Drive It . \ 4 , . _ m. _ m m m ? ? ? k K ^dSMst - y V^yr worry it in?we'll Trade For ; . ***$"'? In Stock or Factory Ordered , $OC,nflft|tiXDE IN T? mori> ^OR A^?SLS ON NEW ^ V* * 1.riir^^r 1 n / <|4^ If /OB MftDII A HVM for ANYTHtNG*<QNWHEELS ON A NEW MID-SIZ^mPntOLET OR BUICK ?*~Tfd? Drive It?Push It?Or Carry It la S.V *1500 T?"lIN FOR ANYTHING ON WHEELS , ON A USED CAR* IN STOCK Drive IT?Push It?Or Bring It In 'Applicoble On Any Used Cor Ovu S3999 Lun.t On? 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