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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1997
Salisbury’s Big Band sound
The Big Band Music Club will party
Dec. 20 at Rufty-Holmes Senior center.
See Rowan Events, page 8B.
For S.C. families, home will finally be sweet
I THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
I BLUFFTON, S.C. - A housing
I program to help people find ade-
I quate homes in Beaufort County
j will start moving families in next
i month.
The Hilton Head chapter of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
developed the Housing Initiative
Program about seven months ago
to aid those like Debbie Moore.
Report: Take
down rebel
standard
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
\ COLUMBIA, S.C. - Though
I Gov. David Beasley declared
I removing the Confederate flag
! finm atop the Statehouse a politi-
i cally dead issue earher this year,
; his Commission on Racial
[ Relations included the recom-
I mendation in its report released
] last Friday.
] After two years of work, the 22-
I member commission that Beasley
heavily promoted when he creat-
-.ed it issued the report with little
fanfare. Among its recommenda-
itions is that the flag be lowered.
I State Sen. Glenn McConnell,
R-Charleston, was the only com
mission member who would not
sign the 55-page document. There
Iwas no explanation why
McConnell, who owns a
Confederate memorabilia gaUeiy
fn Charleston, dissented and he
tould not immediately be reached
i 5)r comment.
A message left for the commis
sion’s chairman, 'Ibny Grant, was
not immediately returned.
I; Just a few commission mem-
Ibers said they had concerns about
Specific items that included the
flag and creating criminal sen-
Itencing guidelines,
i. “I think the report was not
Everything I would have liked it to
be, but it was the best we could do
and achieve a consensus on one of
the most passionate issues exis
tent in the world,” said College of
> Charleston President Alex
Sanders.
“There was nothing I disagreed
with,” he said. “I probably would
have emphasized the nature of
the problem more. The problem is
a deep and an almost intractable
one. I think the problem pervades
virtually every aspect of our
lives.”
Among the recommendations:
• Legislative approval of
Beasley's Performance and
Accountability Standards for
Schools report issued earlier this
year, which calls for students to be
tested at each grade level
• Establishing “unity task
forces” in schools.
• An analysis of state govern
ment employment and a recruit
ment and promotion plan target
ing minorities.
• Estabhshing community
task forces in each county to pro
mote racial reconciliation.
• Instituting sentencing guide
lines to reduce disparity in pvm-
ishment meted out to defendants.
• Requiring lavv enforcement
officers to take race relations
training.
While the outside of her house
here looks normal, the inside
resembles an iimer city slum.
She has positioned buckets
throughout the house to catch
water from a leaky roof She
plugs the bigger holes with pil
lows. And it's cold.
The house has no electricity and
Moore, who lives there with her
husband James Scott, said the
portable heaters she plugs into
the wall only short out the fuse
box, which lies dangerously open
in her bathroom.
“It’s a good thing we love one
another and cuddle together or
else we’d be cold,” she said in The
Island Packet of Hilton Head.
“When it’s raining outside, it’s
pouring in here.”
'The program, also sponsored by
Hallmark Designer Homes,
NationsBank and Advantage
Mortgage, offers grants and loans
to people who can't afford the
down payment on a home.
NAACP President John Ingram
said Moore works for the Island’s
Chamber of Commerce and has a
daughter in college. He said the
problem is that housing is so
expensive, the alternative is sub
standard living.
“It’s a shame that people who
have a decent job have to live like
this,” Ingram said. “This is ridicu
lous. We’re talking about working
people who do the right thing.”
Ingram said the first beneficiary
of the program is a family of three
that is set to move into a modular
home in mid-January.
Moore’s case, he said, will be
placed on the fast-track.
In return for 350 hours of com
munity service, the program lets
people own a modular home or
Shaw’s champions
PHOTO/SHAW UNIVERSITY
World heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield (center) announced he was giving Shaw University $100,000 during the
Raleigh school’s annual alumni awanis banquet last month. Holyfield received an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree from
Shaw President Talbert O. Shaw (left) and Board of Trustees Chairman Willie Gary. After making the announcement, Holyfield spoke to
the audience of 300 for 20 minutes.
Durham hosts a national dance conference in Jan.
By Herbert L. White
THE CHARLOTTE POST
Durham will host one of the
largest gatherings of Afncan
American dancers next month.
The Afncan Dance Ensemble is
hosting the 11th annual
International Black Dance
Conference Jan. 22-25 at the
Omni Durham Hotel and
Durham Civic Center.
'The four-day conference will
bring more than 400 dancers,
administrators, educators and
students to the city for work
shops, classes, professional and
young professional dance show
cases.
Several youth dance companies
will perform Jan. 23 at the Young
Professional Showcase.
Companies such as San Diego
Performing Arts School in
California, New Orleans Center
for Creative Arts and Second
Generation Company are sched
uled to perform. Admission is free,
but seating is limited.
The Professional Dance
Showcase will highhght seven
troupes, including Seventh
Principal of South Orange, N.J.;
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
of Inglewood, Calif; Kariamu
Dance Theatre of Philadelphia;
Ballethnic Dance Company of
Atlanta; UCI Etude Ensemble of
Irvine, Calif.; Cleo Parker-
Rep. Clayton backs farmers’ claims against USDA
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Rep. Eva Clayton, D-N.C.,
win meet with President Clinton
later this month to discuss efforts
to deal with discrimination com
plaints fiom black farmers, the
congresswoman's office says.
Clayton, who represents the 1st
Congressional District, is sched
uled to meet with Clinton on Dec.
Will meet with President Clinton Dec. 17
17.
Hundreds of farmers have never
even been told the status of their
complaints, some dating to the
early 1980s, according to a new
audit by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Earlier this year,
Clayton introduced legislation
aimed at improving minority
access to credit.
“I hope that we will be able to
bring attention to the terrible
injustices that have been wielded
against these true American
workers,”
Cla}don said in
a release.
“Without our
farmers, thee
are no food
products, we
must support
aU of our farm
land.
Representatives from all four of
the major resorts on Hilton Head
- the Hyatt, Westin, Marriott and
Crowne Plaza - attended an
NAACP meeting last Thursday to
solve the housing shortages.
Scott Schreiber, general manag
er at the Marriott, told Ingram
that he would have 15 applicants
for the Home Initiative Program
by the end of January.
Connerly:
No room for
preferences
By Randall Chase
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH - There’s nothing
wrong with seeking diversity on
college campuses, but diversity
doesn't amount to admitting stu
dents because of their skin color,
according to affirmative action foe
Ward Connerly.
“The problem has been that the
term ‘diversity’ has become in
effect a euphemism only for racial
and ethnic diversity," Coimerly
said Wednesday in a speech to the
conservative
Foundation.
Connerly
Robinson Dance of Denver, Colo.;
and Muntu Dance Theatre of
Chicago.
Admission is $17 anj students
with ID is $10. For ticket infor
mation, call the Carolina 'Theatre
at (919) 560-3030.
The first IBDC was held in
Philadelphi, with subsequent con
ferences held in Dayton, Ohio;
Denver; Los Angeles; Washington
and Dallas.
Clayton
John Locke
In 1995,
Connerly led
the University
of California
Board of
Regents to
abolish race as
a factor in
admissions. He
went on to
spearhead
Proposition
209, a success
ful ballot initiative that banned
state and local governments from
using preferences in public hiring,
education and contracting.
Now, North Carolina is
wrestling with similar issues.
University of North Carolina
President Molly Broad has called
for a review of affirmative action
policies on all 16 UNC campuses.
She wants to protect UNC's cam
puses from lawsuits - and from
the drop in black student enroll
ment that would come with a
measure like Proposition 209 - by
making sure they are following
the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1978
ruling in University of California
vs. Bakke. The decision allows
race to be considered as one factor
among many in university admis
sions.
Connerly suggested that race
should play no role in admitting
students to colleges and universi
ties. Instead, colleges can create
diverse intellectual climates by
attracting students from a variety
of geographic areas and economic
backgrounds, he said.
“Do we want differences on our
campuses? Sure we do, and we’ll
get it if people are adequately pre
pared for the competition,” he
said. “But race and ethnicity and
gender and nationality and reli
gion should have nothing to do
with it.”
“We’re not going to use diversity
as a proxy, a euphemism, for sim
ply saying that we want some of
these who hailpen to be purple
and some of those who happen to
be green....”
Rowan Events
s
I
f 6 p.m. - Basketball Game, Salisbury High
I School, 500 Lincolnton Rd., Salisbury.
Salisbury vs. Davie County.
^ 7 p.m. - Bible Study, Jerusalem Baptist
J Church, N.. Long St., Spencer.
7:30 p.m. - Bible Study, Tower of Power
United Holy Church, 601 E. Cemetery St,
Salisbury.
Dec. 13
9-10 a.m. - Intercessory Prayer Line,
Jerusalem Baptist Church, N. Long St.,
Spencer. Call in prayer requests. From 9-10
a.m. eadi Saturday morning; 637-3447.
12 p.m. - First Basketball Shoot-ofF, North
Rowan High School, 300 N. Whitehead Ave.,
Spencer. Coet: $15/person per event. First
place: $150 Cash per event Games, music,
food. General admission: $30. For information
call pager: 647-7062.
2 p.m. - Kwanzaa Workshop, Paul Laurence
Dunbar Center, 820 S. Long St., E. Spencer.
Facilitator: Ahmad Daniels.
3 p.m. - Basketball Game, Catawba
College, 2300 W. Innes St., Salisbury. Catawba
Newport News.
5 p.m. - Kwanzaa Pn^ram, Moore's Chapel
AME Zion Church, 500 Partee St, Salisbury.
5:30 p.m. - Women’s Basketball Game,
Livingstone College, New Trent Gymnasium,
701 W. Monroe St., Salisbury. Livingstone vs.
Catawba.
7 p.m. - YMCA Youth Talent Competition,
Livingstone Collie, Varick Auditorium, 701
W. Monroe St., Salisbury. A Salisbury
Community YMCA Drill Team Fund Raiser.
Dec. 14
3 p.m. - A Royal Celebration, Livingstone
College, 701 W. Monroe St., Salisbury. A play
on tour. Written by Sibyl Lee. Also celebrating
Kwanzaa. For information call: 442-1893.
3 p.m. - Church Anniversary, Rose of Shar
on Holiness Church, 255 Camp Rd., Salisbury.
Pastor Rev. Lewis Walker. Guest speaker; Rev.
Edgar Shephard with congregation of
Henderson Grove Baptist Church, Salisbury.
3 p.m. - Rowan County Pastor’s Aide Union,
New Zion Baptist Church, Foil Orchard Rd.,
Salisbury. Pastor: Rev. Paul Jones. Guest
speaker; Rev. Nilous Avery and members of Mt.
Zion Baptist Church in chaige of the service.
4 p.m. - Hanging of the Green Ceremony,
White Rock AME Zion Church, Granite
Quarry.
5 p.m. - TVip to Tanglewood. Meet at Mt.
Tabor Presbyterian Church, 935 Mt. Tabor
Church Rd., Cleveland. Bus trip to see
Christmas lights. Donations accepted for
adults and children. Sponsored by the
Christian Education Committee.
6:30 p.m. - Evening services, Church of God
of Prophecy, 730 N. Long St., E. Spencer.
3 p.m. - Tutorials, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Center, 820 S. Long St., E. Spencer. Monday
thru 'Thursday.
4:30 p.m. - Tutorial Program, Third Creek
AME Zion Churdi, 415 E. Main St., Cleveland.
Each Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-5:30
p.m.
5:30 p.m. - Basketball Game, Livingstone
College, New Trent Gymnasium, 701 W.
Monroe Street, Salisbury. Livingstone vs.
Virginia State.
6 p.m. - Narcotics Anonymotis meeting,
Paul Laurence Dunbar Center, 820 S. Long St.,
E. Spencer.
6 p.m. - Basketball Game, Salisbury High
School, 500 Lincolnton Rd., Salisbury.
Salisbury vs. Concord.
Dec. 16
3 p.m. ~ After-School Reading Pn^ram,
Soldiers Memorial AME Zion Church, 306 N.
See ROWAN on page 11B