September 4, 1986 T1 Page A5 Preschool:" The author Is the executive director of the North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute. If a persistent, contagious disease afflicted North Carolina's children, and we could prevent the illness with a vaccine, surely we would see to it that our children were inoculated. In fact, there are a number of persistent problems plaguing our young people, and a remarkably Jiigh proportion could be prevented. Yet^ they linger like a contagious disease. Consider these statistics: \ , Nearly 8,000 children in North Carolina fail first grade annually, 180,000 other children are in special education programs, and 143,000 are in remedial education programs. About .22,000 of the state's children drop out of school each year. More than 10,000 North I Winston-Sal An independent, locoh ' NEWSROOM: Robin Barkst editor; Wanda Johnson^ typ H. Bichsel Truhon. eohv SPORTS: Oavid Bulla, sport PHOTOGRAPHY: James Pa Blue, Joe Daniels. ADVERTISING: Julie Perry, Art Blue, Wenna Yvette Jan OFFICE STAFF: Stephanie V Verisia West. PRODUCTION: Vinson De* manager; Tim Butner, Keith Yvonne H. Bichsel Truhon. CIRCULATION: Jacqueline Blandelia McMoore, Angela IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIItlHIIIIHIIIIIIHHMNHNfllNHINIHNIII Tillerson f llllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllMlllttVlllltNlfttlNV which, as I've said before, is reflected by the fact that French youth mature faster. That's especially the case in Paris, which is one of the world's largest cities. Paris is an international city and the cultural, social, political and industrial center of France. It has become such a vital part of that country that efforts arc being made to create new cities and relieve the pressure on it. But Paris wasn't always such a prominent city. It was called Lutece during the Roman invasion, and its importance then was solely commercial. The irrelevant town became a capital only when the French kings established their Brown From IIHIItlllllllltlllltllltmtllllllllNlinMtmillMIMMIMNmM Their first goal, of course, is to save Cindy's life, a life she has devoted to caring about other people. At Howard High, Cindy "was more settled and mature than tnost. "She was known as a leader and is still a leader. She was involved in community affairs and a took care of people's children. She is an advocate in the community as well as in her church and even now volunteers at the -Wilmington United Neighbors for Progress. She is always helping and never asks for help," Ms. S&frens said in moving, emo tional tones. I also share these emotions. After investigating the circumstances and people (Margaret Scrivens, it turns out, helped us organize first Black College Day in 1980), I've signed on as the speaker and honorary chairman for a fund-raising dinner on the first Wednesday in November. My time will be donated as well as my expenses. Moreover, my TV series will air Cindy's story, and my magazine will feature her :/ - : _ I ~ FIE FORUM Vaccine' for c QUEST COLUMN By JOHN S. NIBLOCK i 1 4 Carolina . youths under age 16 come before the courts charged with committing a crime, and about 700 are sent to training schools. Each year, 25,000 teen-age girls in the state become preg-. nant. % Just as the Salk vaccine nr*um(? ? I^IV'VUM |/VUW I UIVIV 19 Ck BW" cine'* that can ensure a better life _ for many of our children. It can enable young people to succeed in school, reducing the number of children failing a grade and costly remedial or special education needed by 50 percent. It can lower school dropout rates by one-third. And it can cut juvenile delinquency and teen-age pregnancy almost in half. Moreover, this cure is remarkably cost-effective, em Chronicle?. fy owned newspaper & lale, community news >i8t; John Hinton; Yvonne itor; Cheryl Williams. s editor. rker, photo editor; Art advertising manager; , nes. Vails, Fernice Wardlaw, fberry, production i Holland, David Irwin, Hale, Harry McCants, k D/NA A M"" ? I St..' f rom Page A4 administrations on the banks of the Seine River. Even then, the supremacy of the growing city often was challenged. It isn't today. The variety of people who coexist in Paris, despite the problems, make it a rich place to live. The French are open in this way and exposed to new horizons and different outlooks on life. But the French still have their share of misconceptions concerning Americans and our customs. For example, did you know that Americans eat jelly on their eggs for breakfast? Well, the French know that. Too bad they didn't tell us about it. Page A4 ttiHmtwwmmwimmiiwmiiimiwiimiiiiniinHtw plight. I will continue to use this column to save her life, and when I talk to thousands in audiences each week, I will ask them to join us in getting a kidney for Cindy. I will also appeal to some of my educated "elitist" friends and big corporations to donate money to this foundation to save Cindy's life and the lives of other black victims of kidney disease. God has not given me these resources for my glorification, but for his works. As I understand his will, you and I have the power to save Cindy's life. He has also given us the power to refuse. I've elected to use what I have to do his will. Will vou tain me? If so, send money to the Lucille Swing Foundation, 215 W. 20th St., Wilmington, Del. 19801, or call (302) 654-1498. Tony Brown is syndicated columnist and tslsvision host, whoss series, "Tony Brown's Journal," can be seen Sundays at 1:30 locally on channels 4 and 26. I. * I More opinions, columns and features. * >ur children yielding a much greater return than the best business investment. Each dollar spent on the medicine reduces the cost to society by $7 in medical care to pregnant teens, special and remedial education programs and court costs for juvenile delinquents. This 4'vaccine" has been evaluated in numerous settings across the country during the past 20 years. It has proven itself in one research . project in North Carolina during the past 14 years. J\\* wnliiatnrt all aaw It works. What is this miraculous preventive medicine? It is quality preschool education for 4-yearold children - a half-day or fullday child development program operating five days a week. , The key word is "quality." For a number of years iir North Carolina, upwards of half of our 4-year-olds have been in some sort of child-care program, but most are not in quality programs. On the polit W. LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A recent newspaper column by black conservative economist Walter E. Williams criticized what he termed the use of "racial quotas for the purposes of redressing historical grievances." Williams also urged unemployed blocks to accept "dead-end" jobs as a means of upward mobility. His right-wing arguments symbolized the political poverty of Black Reaganism, the Neo-Uncle Tomism ^f the 1980s. In the May issue of Christian Century magazine, Professor Olenn Loury of Harvard, If you don't t agent, or call Pied before these low BOSTON.. BUFFALO: CHICAGO. ... DALLAS/ FT. WORTH... DAYTONA HEAD. DENVER FT LAUDERDALE Piedma Restriction apply to fares without nonce. K&30 fares Florida State fuel tax surd <V < w EE ^ ?-?i n-whwrfitfejw F? lythttfame outfit ! \ , m*i ? ?I A quality program requires that the teacher-to-child ratio be kept to about one to eight (our state day-care licensing laws allow one adult to 22 4-year-olds, although a national study concluded that centers with ratios above 20 to one could be harmful to young children). Quality preschool requires that teachers and caregivers have specific training in child developical poverty FROM THfORASSROl By DR. MANNING MARAl another prominent black conservative, argued: "It is time for the Negro middle class to rise up from its stool of indifference, to retreat from its flight into unreality and to bring its full resources - its heart, its mind and its checkbook - to the aid of the less fortunate brother. ... Our work today is not to Change the minds of white people, but to involve ourselves in the lives of black people." One must admit that Loury is INc * ^ re I relieve your eyes when . -i o/>/% r-* *?* ?<* mora at i-ouu-zdio h fall fares disappear. .. $69?? HOUSTON . BE7P .. JACKSONVH .. $79?? LOS ANGELE LOUISVILLE MIAMI {- W NEW YORK (1 "S rrtls Handle shown above. Fares shown are one-half c require 30-day advance purchase and u large, $ 1.00 per person from all Florida ci\ The Chronicle, Thursdt 3I?J|l# Oil agal-Sg "XT | F?io^*r IJ ml Cbmmunisr ment (not elementary school subject matter). It requires supportive leadership, good on-the-job training, a well-defined curriculum, daily staff planning and strong parental involvement. More than a quarter of the states are spending their own money on prekindergarten programs, and the number is growing. The need for this program is of black com Wl 3LE partially correct. The paradox of desegregation since the 1960s has L. aL.A l-i- - uccn mat uic integration 01 wnite universities, businesses and suburbs has frequently meant the loss of thousands of black professionals from organizations which promote black interests. The black middle class as a whole has failed to establish strong national institutions which rest upon its own fiscal resources and deal effectively or seriously with the problems of black j#I ? VBB ^ you read these feres, just JO. Either way, you'd oett $9?? NEWARK. -LE, FL $Jg? ORLANTM iS .... $lj?? PROVIDE] ...... $^ ROCHES! eiAOOO OAVTTTI AY u7 oruN riv/AT KE30 LGA) . $5^ TAMPA .. J WASHING :> -Believe Fa {required round-trip purchase and are subjcc nil not be available on 11/21-11/30,12/1,1 ties. City of Boston fuel tax surcharge $250pe M r * iy, September 4, 1986-Page A5 particularly acute in North Carolina, which has the highest proportion of working mothers of any state and one of the lowest average family incomes. The first priority for a state prekindergarten program should be to serve the 43,000 4-year-olds not now enrolled in a preschool program. This would cost about $3,500 Please see page A10 servatives unemployment, hunger and black*on-black crime. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule, but all too often, individual successes have meant the abandonment of our collective problems. But the essential common sense of Loyry*s appeal comes from the fact that we have also heard this kind of appeal before. Loury's recent popularity among some blacks comes from his rhetoric - black self-help, racial pride, self-sufficiency. A small part of this political legacy can be traced to the ideas of black nationalism, as expressed Please see page A10 L Sir call your travel :er call now, $49?? HZ67 3 MCE..... |69?6?. ~ER sICISCO.. $109?? rrON.DC $59?? tti Triad Regional Airport. v Uteres* * to change or expire 2/18-12/311/1-1/5. v person from Boston. OPttdmortAirtmts.1986 . i

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