Letter To The Editor
NCCU Eagle Is Dead
Pear Santa Claus,
I am writing you on behalf of the NCCU Eagles. 1 am one of those
jjjliard fans that sit out in the snow and rain to root for the dear ol’
gagles. However, T have just been informed that this eagle, which Dr.
iliepard brought to NCCU, has died.
1 am always reminded of the words of Dr. Shepard, "This Eagle is not
j common barnyard bird." This Eagle had several outstanding
■haracteristics. It flew high. It had keen eyesight. It saw its prey from
This eagle was a symbol for all of us to strive for excellence. This
(jgle thrilled and inspired thousands.
I have followed this eagle for a number of years. I will never forget
jQine of its accomplishments. I was there when it flew so high in
Springfield, Mass, and captured the Division II NCAA Basketball
Championship. This eagle put NCCU on the map when coach John
SkClendon was here. I will never forget the Turkey Day Classic when
ihis eagle would fly onto N.C. A&T’s campus and the bulldog would run
[or cover. This eagle broke the record in the Pan AM race at Duke
Cniversity. It broke a record at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. These
jre just a few of the outstanding accomplishments this eagle performed.
Jut now, this eagle is dead and I am mad as hell.
We know this Eagle had been ailing for the last ten years. The
leterinarian told me that this eagle died from humiliation. It has been bit
ty the A&T Bulldog two years straight. It has been gored by the
Winston-Salem Ram several times. Five years ago, it was kicked in the
lead by the Fayetteville State Bronco. And recently, it was trampled by
llic Livingstone Bears. A team that consists of leftovers and walkons.
They have replaced this eagle with a duck. An ugly duckling at that.
We are the laughing stock of the CIAA. Santa Claus, please give me four
lliings so that I can give them to NCCU.
First, bring me another Eagle. One that can inspire us. Morale is so bad
low that we don’t even sing our alma mater. The band plays the music
)ut the crowd only hums. We don’t sing. I haven’t heard the victory bell
n years. For the last four years we haven’t had a mascot. It is hard to find
someone who will volunteer to be "an ugly duckling".
Second, please bring me a playbook. The playbook we use is ten years
old. Our playbook only contains two plays: Run up the middle off tackle
and pass down the middle. No draws, no screens, no options, no reverse
and no misdirections.
Third, I want a book on recraiting. We have been in need of a punter
or ten years and haven’t gotten one yet. Ray Charles could have found
one in that time. We have lost more games by our inability to punt in the
last ten years than in the previous 40 years we have played. We have had
more punts blocked in the last ten years than in the previous 40 years we
tave played.
Fourth, we definitely need a book on scheduling. George Foreman
chooses tougher opponents than we do and he is 40 years old. It seems to
me we are scheduling teams we think we can beat instead of the teams
can enhance our program. We are losing revenue because attendance
is down. Since we play in Division II, which is one of the lowest
divisions, we should be dominating every year. Santa Claus, I wish you
could see NCCU’s 1991 schedule. The only thing I regret about this
schedule is that they did not put Hillside and Durham High on it.
If we don’t win the Championship next year we should discontinue
football. The strongest teams in the CIAA, Hampton, Virginia Union,
Norfolk State, and Virginia State, are in the Northern Division. The two
learns that we play in Northern Division is Elizabeth City and Bowie
State. If we plan to stay in Division II we at least should play the
loughest teams.
Santa Claus, these are things that we need. If we get these things it will
lielp to restore the pride and badition at NCCU.
Levi J. Johnson
1990 Civil Rights Act
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In the months ahead, the President will no doubt continue to portray
lis administration as the protector of basic American values, including
liie deep-seated belief that everyone has the opportunity to advance as far
IS his or her individual talents will allow.
But when that belief was ttanscribed into legislation that would make
it a reality for millions of American men and women, this President
balked. Instead, he chose to side with forces hostile to working America!,
men and women, and to appeal to the worst elements of prejudice and
tesennnent in order to justify his actions.
The labor movement will not easily forget this act of hypocrisy, and
we suspect the electorate won’t either.
Legal Notices
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM COUNTY
EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE
The undersigned, Lottie Kee,
laving been qualified as Executrix
il the estate of Myrtle Dalrymple,
feceased, late of Durham County,
lorth Carolina notifies all persons,
ms and corporations having
:laims against the estate of said
ieceased to submit said claims to
te undersigned at 2215 S, Alston
(venue, Durham, North Carolina
17707, on or before the sixth month
lithe first date of this publication or
lis notice will be pleaded in bar of
teir recovery. All persons, firms
nd corporations., owing., to. the
state will please make immediate
layment.
This the 13th day of November
990.
Lottie Kee, Executrix
Estate of Mrytle Dalrymple
2215 S. Alston Avenue
Durham, North Carolina 27707
Publication dates: The Carolina
imes
November 24: December 1 8, 15,
990.
ATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
iUNTY OF DURHAM
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE TO
REDITORS AND DEBTORS
vinq qualified as Executor of
Ihe Estate of HATTIE M.
MCCLAMB this is to notify all
persons, firms and corporations
Saving claims against HATTIE M.
MCCLAMB, deceased, to exhibit
them duly verified, to the
undersigned at Post Office Box
1983, Durham, NC 27702 on or
before the 3rd day of May, 1991, or
Ihis notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
All persons, firms and
corporations indebted to said,
HATTIE M. MCCLAMB, will make
immediate settlement.
This 30th day of October, 1990.
MECHANICS AND FARMERS
BANK, EXECUTOR
ESTATE OF
HATTIE M. MCCLAMB
POST OFFICE BOX 1932
DURHAM, NC 27702
ATTORNEY WILLIAM A. MARSH
JR.
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EQUAL HOUSING
LENDER
United Church Mission Board
Says Bring Home The Troops
PORTLAND, MAINE — The
United Church of Christ’s overseas
missions board is urging President
Bush to exercise restraint in the
Persian Gulf by working within
United Nations guidelines and to
demonstrate commiunent to the UN
role by withdrawing all American
troops save those required for a UN
peacekeeping truce.
The United Church Board for
World Ministries took the action
during its 181st annual meeting in
Portland, which ended Monday,
Nov. 12.
"The more troops you have, the
greater the temptation to use them”
commented the Rev. James
Fletcher, minister of Portland’s
State Sheet Congregational Church
and one of 225 corporate members
at the annual meeting. "Cooling off
the military presence will give
diplomacy a chance to work," he
added.
In their Nov. 10 resolution,
corporate members expressed
"unequivocal opposition" to the
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and
President Saddam Hussein’s
holding of civilians as shields, and
urged that governments involved in
the Gulf crisis base their policies
"not on power and oil" but on
"justice and peace."
The United Church people noted
that long-term stability in the
Middle East was impossible
without settlement of the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict. They
asked the United States to work
through the United Nations for the
withdrawal of Israel from territories
it occupied in the 1967 Middle East
War.
Some of the World Board’s
corporate members originally had
considered a somewhat weaker
action, but they beefed up the
proposal after the assembly on
Nov. 9 heard United Church of
Christ president the Rev. Paul H.
Sherry criticize the White House
for its "steady drumbeat of war
messages." Qn Nov. 2, Sherry had
sent a letter of protest to President
Bush saying: 'We want you... to
hear the clear message from the
religious community: Do not lead
the U.S. into war with Iraq."
The board’s resolution also called
the withholding of food supplies to
Iraq "contrary to international law
and humanitarian principles."
The 1.6-milhon-member United
Church of Christ is a 1957 union of
the Congregational Christian
Churches and the Evangelical and
Reformed Church. The Board for
World Ministries, founded in 1810,
is the country’s oldest overseas
missions agency atid has more than
200 persoisael engc-red in medical,
agricultural, social., ducatioual and
church program.'! in .40 countries.
The World Board’s 225 corporate
members are drawn from the ranks
of clergy and laity from throughout
the country.
MM
United Church of Christ
Criticizes Racist
Remarks From Japan
PORTLAND, MAINE — A
recent spate of racist remarks by
several Japanese officials against
black Americans drew criticism last
week from the overseas mission
arm of the 1.6-million-member
United Church of Christ.
The United Church Board for
World Ministries says the remarks;
are an attack on the "African-
American community" and plans to
protest to the Japanese government
and its sister church, the United
Church of Christ in Japan.
The statement came in a
resolution passed Nov. 12, during
the closing session of the 181st
annual meeting of the mission
board, held in Portland. The
board’s 225 corporate members
were appalled at the most recent
comment made by a Japanese
justice minister, who compared the
impact of prostitutes moving into a
neighborhood in Japan with that of
blacks "ruining the atmosphere"
when they move into a
neighborhood in the U.S.
While acknowledging that there
are few African-Americans in
Maine, the Rev. Marc Stewart, a
i .'legate from Belfast, Maine, said
that racial slurs against one group
"pollute our relationship toward
all." The World Board’s protest
"reminds us of our need to live in
right relationship with those who
have a different cultural
backgroii.qd than us," he said,
adding that he hoped Japanese
officials wouiH rc-.spect all peoples
of the United Suites.
In addressing Japanese officials,
the church group also
acknowledged racism in the U.S.
Khari Hunt, a corporate member
from Denver, said in a hearing on
the resolution: "There not being
many blacks in Japan, how do they
know they’ll spoil the
neighborhood? This must be one of
our American exports."
In other business, the corporate
members expressed concern over
how America plans to celebrate the
upcoming 500th anniversary of the
"discovery” of America by
Christopher Columbus. The World
Board will participate in a
coordinated effort by a number of
United Church national agencies to
explore alternative/ ways the
denominations’ 6,400 chUrches can
observe the anniversary in 1992.
The World Board and other
church bodies have noted that the
landing of Europeans in the
Americas in 1492 also led to the
exploitation and murder of native
peoples and the introduction of
slavery into the "New World." "I’m
still hurting," Elizabeth Sheff, a
black delegate from Hartford,
Conn., told the assembly.
The United Church of Christ is a
1957 union of the Congregational
Christian Churches and the
Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Its Board for World Ministries,
founded in 1810 and the country’s
oldest missions agency, has more
than 200 personnel engaged in
medical, agricultural, social,
educational and church programs in
40 countties.
ARLINGTON, WASH. — Fred Barker, president of Flight
Innovations Inc. here, checks the front rotors of a prototype Sky-
Commuter vertical takeoff and landing afreraft. The flying machine
is built around an airframe made of super-tough Du Pont Kevlar
fiber and graphite. It has a 225-mile range at speeds of about 85
m.p.h. (UPI Photo)
NORTH CAROLINA '
DURHAM COUNTY
JAMES EARL BLACK
Petitioner
1 THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
BEFORE THE CLERK
FILENO.:90-SP-212
NOTICE OF RESALE
AT FIRST UNION,
WE'RE INVESTING
IN YOUR FUTURE.
BARBARA VALENTINE BLACK
Respondent
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of an Order of Resale of the Clerk of Superior
Court of Durham County made in the special proceeding entitled James
Earl Black vs. Barbara Valentine Black, the undersigned commissioner
will on the 30th day of November, 1990 at 12:00 o’clock noon at the
courthouse in Durham County, Durham, North Carolina offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash that certain tract of land lying and being in
Durham Township, Durham County, North Carolina and more particularly
described as follows:
BEING all of Lot 3, Block B, Section 1 of BRITISH WOODS, as per plat
and surveyed thereof by George C. Love, Registered Land Surveyor,
dated April 8, 1967, recorded in Plat Book 57, page 98, Durham County
Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular
description.
This property is conveyed subject to Restrictive Convenants recorded in
Deed Book 384, page 765, Durham County Registry.
This sale is made subject to all outstanding taxes and any other
encumbrances and the successful bidder is required to deposit 10 percent
of the first $1,000.00 thereof, plus 5 percent of any excess of $1,000.00.
This the 13th of November, 1990.
C. C. MALONE. JR., P.A.
C. C. Malone, Jr.
Commissioner
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