[Celebrating Our 25th Year of Publication twf MOLINA INDIAN VOICE hursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC VOLUME 25 NUMBER 22 , THURSDAY, MAY 28,1998 TWENTY-FIVE CENTS IMclntyre Co-Sponsors Bill To Reduce Class Size [ Washington, AC.--Seventh District Congressman Mike Mclntyre recently joined U.S. Education Secj retary Richard Riley at a Capitol Hill press conference to introduce a new initiative to reduce class size in grades 1-3 by hiring 100,000 well-trained teachers over the next seven years. Congressman Mclntyre said. "There is nothing more important to this county's future than making sure our children have a good education. In order for our kids to leam and compete in the global economy, America's schools must be able to accommodate smaller class sizes. We i must do all that we can to help our local school boards and local school systems make this possible. This legislation is essential to doing just that, and thereby, making public educa-j tion the best it can be." i The Class-Size Reduction and 11 Teacher Quality Act would help rej J duce class size to an average of 18 j j students in grades 1 -3 by providing I f funds to help school districts hire and * pay 100,000 new teachers. The bill, which Mclntyre has co-sponsored, J also improves teaching by helping > states and school districts to strengthen y teacher recruitment, preparation, and professional development. New teachers would be required to pass state competency tests, and certification requirements would be upgraded. Research has shown that students attending small classes in the early grades make more rapid educational progress than students in larger classes. Smaller class size can help make schools safer, too. School'security experts have told Congress that small class size helps teachers to identify troubled students and get them the help they need. Congressman Mclntyre is CoChairman of the Democratic Coalition's Task Force on Education and has been a volunteer in both public and private schools over the last seventeen years. He was the founder of the Citizenship Education Committee to the Robeson County Bar Association in 1981 and served as its chairman for twelve years. Last year he was one of the few members of Congress from across the nation selected to attend the President's Summit on America's Future in Philadelphia because of his involvement with school children. iGov. Hunt s proposals on juvenile crime is a good 3starting point ? RaleighA comprehensiv^pack?age of reforms proposed by Gov. Jim Hunt last Wednesday gives lawmakt ers a good starting point for trying to \ reduce juvenile crime. Rep. Ron Sutton said. Hunt announced his plan at a news conference last Wednesday morning. "I'm glad that the governor made parental responsibility and community involvement two of the major items in his plan," Rep. Sutton said. "This is not a problem we can solve in Raleigh. We need the help of parents and community organizations and church groups." One of the dozens of provisions in the governor's package would hold parents accountable when their children broke the law. Parents could be required to attend court hearings with their child, pay court costs and make sure their child complied with court orders or probation requirements. Parents also could be required to attend family counseling or parenting classes. In addition to parental responsibility and community involvement, major elements of Hunt's package includes: 'Holding violent juvenile criminals accountable With swift, sure punishment. Making sure all offenders who break the law face consequences. Overhauling the juvenile justice system to give courts and law enforcement officials the tools they need. Hunt included S40 million in his recommended-budget for his juvenile crime proposals, but di not spell out where the money would go. Legislation to implement the governor's proposals was introduced Wednesday afternoon with bipartisan support. Rep, Ron Sutton co-sponsored the bill. The governor's proposals grew out of a year-long study by the governor's Commission on Juvenile Crime and Justice. Among other things, Hunt's plan would set up statewide guidelines and standards to make punishment pf.iuvenile offenders more consistent, add more space in training schools and detention centers and provide grants to community groups. "Not all of the governor's ideas will survive," Rep. Sutton said. "We'll have our own proposals to address juvenile crime. But it's clear that the system needs help, and the governor's package gives us a good foundation to build on." The bill will receive extensive debate and scrutiny in House Committee Judiciary II. of which Rep. Sutton is a member. The Baltimore Experience Happy Mother's Day, Every Day by: Herbert H. Locklear To all the mothers of the world, here, there and everywhere, Happy Mother's Day. Not belated as to the second Sunday of May, but everyday to the year. Sure we pick a Sunday to celebrate Motherhood, and that's OK. But, we all, including grown-ups are admonished for a life time. While honorand respect are due all mothers, there one mother about which I wish to speak, about whom I know the most about. That is the lady God provided to me for a wife forty-five years ago. Her name is, and has been, since November 16, 1955 when our first child was born. Mamma. She is also known as Sister Christine, Chris, Tine, and just plain wonderiul. the daughter of Mrs. Quessie Hammonds Oxcndine, tine was bom August 14, 1936 in Robeson County. I first met her in Fairmont, over an ice cream cone, early summer 1953. We were married a few months later. Tine had not gone fiearly as far in school as I had. she loved to go barefoot, while I preferred to wear shoes. She loved fat, but I only liked lean, so on and on goes the variances between us. But, I loved her and she loved me. That's the way it was, is and always will be. Now, at nearing 62 years of age. Mamma has blest our family with five children, four beautiful daughters and one very handsome son. She has made a home for her family, and has kept herself virtuous and beyond reproach, just as prescribed in Proverbs 31. Maintaining an immaculate home for her "family, she nurtured and admonished her children, championed the cause of her husband, and even battled for him when challenged. In this big city with corruption and evil influences all around, not once has this mother been called upon to go to the court house, police department, nor even to the schools to rescue one of her off spring. Yet, she has never been a heavy user of corporal discipline. She scolded, corrected, advised and reared her children by setting and keeping before them the high standard she sought for their lives. Then, her stronghold was love, shown and activated. On my fiftieth birthday, which she arranged as a surprise, 1 told the friends gathered there, "when God made me He knew that I would require a very special person in my life. Four years later He designed and made Mamma especially for me." He join her with me on august 23, 1953. Since that time, she has always been nearest and dearest to me. To my own son, who is now a Lt. Col. ; 'V " - ' . '%