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2A NEWS/ The Charlotte Post Thursday, May 29, 1997 Watts wins JCSU award • Shoe’s on the other foot Dept.; The proverbial stuff is hitting the fan now that Mecklenburg commissioners have cut off arts funding over homosexuals. It looks like black-oriented events are next. Commissioner Bill James’ snub of Henrietta Marie organizer Dawn Womack is little more than an attempt to censor folks whose opinion don’t reflect isome politician’s agenda. Hey Mr. Commish (and city council running buddy Don Reid) y’all need to chill. Angela Davis and Sistah Souljah aren’t nowhere close to being in David Duke’s league when it comes to mat- iters of race. And Hoyle (“Push homosexuals off the face of the Earth”) Martin - ya satisfied now? • Ella Scarborough has been runnin’ around town faster than Jeff Gordon’s Chevrolet to rally support for her next polit ical campaign. Fly’s spies report that the Charlotte city council member was at Little Jtock AME Zion Church a cou ple of Sundays ago to seek sup port for a possible N.C. Senate campaign, perhaps for the seat held by Charlie Dannelly. A check with local political observers revealed that she’s also mentioned possible runs for mayor and even the U S. House seat Myrick. Who doesn’t open Scarborough Greene Cool J By Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST Kay Taylor Watts never thought she’d win an award named after the person who hired her at Johnson C. Smith University. Watts, an information spe cialist at JCSU, was named recipient of the Sara Stewart Distinguished Service Award at the school’s annual faculty- staff awards luncheon, along with a plaque and check for $1,000. “I was very shocked when they told me I won,” Watts said. “She hired me back in 1973. It wasn’t the money that’s so nice. It’s that they thought enough of me to give it to me.” During her 24 years at Smith, Watts has volunteered her time to several causes, includng the United Negro College Fund, Lou Rawls Parade of Stars D & R Elite Footwear SpeciaJbi^ in Sleptik Footwenr - Biauri and Othen Men't, Women't and Chlldren'i Clothing Dennis Hurdle: President William Pittman: Vice President 3401 South Blvd. Unit G Charlotte, N.C. 28209 (704)521-8200 • FAX (704)521-8275 Store Hours: 10 - 6 Mon. • Sat. PHOTO/PAUL WILLIAMS II Kay Taylor Watts is presented the Sara Stewart award by Johnson C. Smith University President Dorothy Cowser Yancy. telethon and Friends of Johnson C. Smith University. With the recommendation of JCSU President Dorothy Cowser Yancy, Watts served at the university’s representative to local businesses and profes sional women’s groups. Watts, who is married and mother of two, is a member of Reeder Memorial Baptist Church. BEAUTY SUPPLY 10% OFF* ^expires June 15, 1997 LOW PRICES SKj-F Arrowood RcL (Next to Wmn-Dixie) 566-1008 Aviators honored in S.C. held by Sue knows? Filing until July. And with city redis tricting of council's district seats still up in the air, Scarborough may not have to make a decision anytime soon. • Speakin’ o’ politics, Lamont Grier and Yvette Sayles may challenge Patrick Cannon in City Council District 3. Quoth Yvette: “Why seat take a when I can take a stand?” Best get goin’ quickly, ‘cause the incum bent is mak ing more of a name for him self with the Cannon Amendment all but a shoo-in for passage. Over in Malachi Greene’s District 2, commmunity activist Ricky Hall is heard to be a possible challenger. Like all good politicians. Cannon and Greene are only thinkng about running for reelection - Cannon for his third term, Greene for his second. • Freshly-acquired Carolina Panthers ^hemoth Ray Seals is rolling into Charlotte like esu'ly-moming fog. He’s already opened Big Plays, a sports and comedy club at 601 South Cedar St. Unlike most profes sional athletes who are out only to get paid and collect ; .hoochies, big Ray is putting his i loot to use by opening a busi ness that provides jobs and entertainment for folks in the ‘hood. • When’s the first cookout at LL Cool J’s crib? The rap- per-turned- actor (or is it actor-turned- rapper?) is livin’ large in Charlotte Piper Glen, no less. Maybe he’ll invite 'The Fly over for hot dogs, ham burgers and a taping of “In The House” if UPN brings the com- See FLY on page 3A Continued from page 1A Order of the Palmetto, the state’s highest civilian honor. “The Tuskegee Airmen proved beyond any doubt that coiu-age and patriotism are convictions of the heart and heroes come in many colors,” he said. The black pilots flew 1,578 mis sions and were the only group that never lost an escorted plane. Despite the racism across the nation at the time, as the war progressed, white bomber pilots started to ask for the black pilots as escorts. About 450 airmen flew over seas during the war. Sixty-six were killed in action, and 32 were taken prisoner. Racism was rampant in South Carolina in those days, the black pilots said. The Carman and Italian war prisoners at the base here were treated better than the pilots back in 1944, said retired JIlLt. Col. Hiram Mann, 76, of 'Titusville, Fla., one of the first 'Tuskegee Airmen. “On the weekend, the Chamber Army Sgt. to testify in rape case By Jackie Spinner THE WASHINGTON POST of Commerce and the fraternal organizations would take the Germans and Italians into town for recreation in places the black militaiy could not go,” said Mann, who had a street near the Walterboro monument named after him. “That was kinda of unsettling. No, that was very unsettling.” Charles Diyden became so fhistrated that he performed mock strafing runs in his P-38 fighter. He was drummed out of the service, but said he is glad to see the monmnent in Walterboro now. “It is significant because the town that was so hostile to us back then is now apologizing for what they did to us American patriots,” he said. m the sfyUtitandcuts ^ \ f Set^r Citizen p StyliiJi 65Q7.ER.TryonSt. Kebab Chisholm28213 1^»?m-597-6202 «7^'623-^^'%a'gei:) --atf Heavy "7 Berber ^ ' 99 Sq. yd. No Wax Flooring $3 .99 Sq. yd. Plush or Textured $6 .99 Sq. yd. Over 4000 carpet and vinyl remnants in stock CARPET & RUG 4600 N. Tryon Charlotte (704] 699-6101 612 W. Main St, Gastonia (704] 864-0369 Mon -FVi !?-7prri/'SAt y-f'pm eriy F Rock Hfll (803) 329-44L7 ABERDEEN, Md. - A drill sergeant at an Army training facility in Aberdeen, Md., is scheduled to testify this week against a fellow instructor, a sign that the code some sol diers used to protect each other may be breaking down. Staff Sgt. Wayne Gamble is on the government witness list to testify in the rape case against Staff Sgt. Vernell Robinson Jr., whose court-mar tial begins today at the north ern Maryland post. “It’s heartbreaking,” Robinson said in an interview. “There’s like this bond. This is my friend...But everybody has their own agenda in life.” Gamble, reached by telephone last week at his mother’s home in South Carolina, declined to comment on his decision to tes tify. Thomas C. Morrow, a civil ian attorney for Gamble, also would not comment. Lawyers for both sides in the case are under a gag order imposed by a military judge. Army officials who are famil iar with the case said Gamble is negotiating a plea agreement. But one senior Army official, who asked not to be identified, said Gamble has not provided investigators with new infor mation. “He has made some allega tions on some folks that didn’t pan out,” the official said. “We are not aware of any additional subjects that have been identi fied.” Robinson, a 32-year-old Mississippi native, is charged with 19 counts, involving alleged illegal contacts with eight trainees. Among the 19 See FOUR on page 6A "The Man Who Sold Hot Dogs" I’d like to share a story that a very loyal customer recently shared with me, about the man who sold hot dogs. There was a man who lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs. He was hard of hearing, so he had no radio. He had trouble with his eyes, so he read no newspapers. But he sold good hot dogs. Fran Farrer, Advertising & Marketing Director He put up signs on the highway telling how good they were. He stood by the side of the road and cried "Buy a hot dog. Mister." People bought He increased his meat and roll orders. He bought a big ger stove to take care of his trade. He finally got his son home from college to help him out. But then something happened: His son said: "Father, haven't you been listening to the radio? There's a big depression coming on. The Europe an situation is terrible. The domestic situation is worse." That made his father think: "Well, my son's been to col lege, he reads the papers, and he listens to the radio, and he ought to know." So the father cut down on his meat and roll orders, took down his advertising signs, and no longer bothered to stand on the highway to seU his good hot dogs. Sales feu fast, almost overnight "You're right son," the father said to the boy. "we cer tainly are in the middle of a great depression. There just isn't any business." 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