Page A2-The Chronicle, Thursday, August 14, 1986
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Drug program
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tant organizational director,
oversees the drug education pro
gram.
Lee Faye Mack, head of the
church’s Outreach Program and
a member of the task force, said
that the program is a result of a
survey conducted by church
members to find out what the
people in the community were
concerned about.
“Drugs headed the list,” she
said.
The drug education program is
targeted toward children.
“Children are the heart of the
community,” Mrs. Mack said.
“We maintain that education is
what they need. If we can educate
them about the dangers of drugs,
then the drug dealers themselves
will eventually leave because they
won’t stay where the money can
not be made.”
Bingham said he hopes to work
the program into four-week ses
sions that will continue into the
fall. Sessions are now held every
Thursday at 1 p.m.
Publicity for the program has
been by word-of-mouth and
through fliers that Bingham
hands out around the communi
ty.
He said that the program needs
sponsors and volunteers.
Right now the class sessions are
being conducted by Vivian
Dillard, educational assistant for
the Council on Drug Abuse.
Children completing the first
four-week session will be given
T-shirts, a certificate and a but
ton, Bingham said.
Ms. Dillard said children rang-
Ruffin
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Hunt and Helms spent
about $20 million between
them on the campaign, which
attracted national attention.
“I don’t have any bitterness
about that campaign,” Ruffin
said. “Governor Hunt was
hurt that he had lost, but he
wasn’t bitter about it.”
Ruffin said he now supports
former Democratic Gov.
Terry Sanford in his quest to
unseat Republican Sen. James
T. Broyhill. “1 have known
Terry for a long time,” Ruffin
said. “People seem to know
Terry better than they know
Broyhill.
“While Sanford was gover
nor, we never had a blatant
disrespect for the law in North
Carolina like in other
Southern states during the civil
rights movement,” Ruffin
said. “Sanford didn’t stand in
front of any school buildings
like some Southern governors
did at the time.”
Ruffin said he is surprised
that the Rev. Jesse Jackson
has criticized Sanford’s civil
rights record. During a visit to
Winston-Salem State Universi
ty in May, Jackson said San
ford was silent on the issue of
apartheid while he was presi
dent of Duke University,
which held investments in
South Africa.
Sanford also was silent on
the enforcement of the voting
rights law in North Carolina,
Jackson charged.
Despite those allegations,
Jackson, who endorsed lone
black candidate Theodore
“Ted” Kinney in the
Democratic primary, recently
spoke favorably of Sanford’s
candidacy in Charlotte, Ruffin
said.
But Ruffin cautioned that
Jackson’s support is nice, but
not earth-shaking.
“While I respect what
Jackson stands for, Jesse’s
mystique won’t elect Terry,”
said Ruffin, who said he will
not actively campaign for San
ford because of his new job’s
demands.
As for his own political
aspirations, Ruffin said he
once considered running for
Congress in the 2nd Congres
sional District, then thought
better of it. “1 think 1 could
have run a good race,” he
said.
I.T. “Tim” Valentine, a
conservative white Democrat,
is serving his third term as con
gressman from that district.
“The second congressional
district is a tough district,”
Ruffin said. “Forty-two per
cent of that district is black.
but it is hard for a black can
didate to get enough white
support to win.”
Valentine defeated black
candidates H.M. “Mickey”
Michaux in 1982 and Kenneth
Spaulding in 1984 on the
strength of white votes. Both
Michaux and Spaulding
sought to be the first black
congressmen from the state
since Reconstruction.
Ruffin said he decided not
to run in 1986 because it would
cost at least $500,000 to mount
an effective campaign. “Only
the elite can run for political
office today,” he said.
Despite that problem and
others in the state, Ruffin said
North Carolina has made
significant strides over the
years. “We are working on
our problems,” he said. “The
publicity that the Ku Klux
Klan has received in North
Carolina doesn’t help our na
tional image. People are not
looking at the good things we
are doing here.”
Ruffin noted the 22 black
judges in North Carolina and
three black judges in Winston-
Salem. “We have five
predominantly black, state-
supported schools in North
Carolina, but people don’t
know about the positive things
we are doing here,” he said.
Drayton
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that Drayton’s affidavit “throws
a cloud over the allegations in
Wilson’s murder.”
“People will continue to be
cynical and suspicious about the
district attorney and the police
department’s behavior,”
Eversley said.
Drayton testified at a May 6
probable cause hearing that he.
Hunt and Mitchell stole $105
from Wilson and beat him to
death. He said his conscience
forced him to testify.
Hunt is serving a life sentence
after being convicted last June
for the rape and murder of Mrs.
Sykes, a copy editor for the now-
defunct Sentinel daily newspaper.
His attorneys have filed a motion
requesting a new trial.
Mrs. Sykes was found stabbed
to death in a field near Crystal
Towers on Aug. 10, 1984.
Drayton, Hunt and Mitchell
have pleaded innocent to first-
degree murder charges in
Wilson’s death.
Drayton was charged on
March 27 with manslaughter in
the death of Mary Annette Smith
and with first-degree murder in
the strangling death of Blanche
Bryson in December.
The affidavit contends that
Detective Riley A. Spoon first
asked Drayton about the Sykes
murder when he was interviewing
him about Ms. Smith’s death.
Spoon reportedly told Drayton
that he doubted that any charges
would be brought against him in
Mrs. Smith’s death.
“He told me that Mary Smith
was working with police on that
murder,’; the affidavit says. “Of
ficer Spoon told me that he
believed that Sammy Mitchell
was involved, and he wanted to
know if Mary ever told me
anything about that murder.”
Drayton’s affidavit states that
Spoon kept badgering him about
the Sykes murder and eventually
told him that he might be charged
with murder in the Smith case.
The affidavit says further that
Spoon interviewed Drayton again
and said that the manslaughter
charge against him might be
changed to murder and Drayton
might receive 20 years in prison.
Hunt’s attorneys filed a mo
tion Monday requesting that his
trial for Wilson’s murder be con
tinued until the N.C. Supreme
Court rules on his motion for a
new trial in the Sykes case.
Tisdale has said the motion was
an effort to delay the trial until he
leaves office in December.
Attorneys for Hunt and
Drayton also filed motions re
questing that the cases be dismiss
ed because of the time which has
elapsed between Wilson’s death
and the charges against their
clients.
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ing in age from 4 to 16 have at
tended. The classes consist of a
talk by Ms. Dillard and usually
an animated film.
The class sessions have includ
ed an introduction to her
organization and the services it
offers, discussions on what a
drug is and the use and misuse of
drugs.
Ms. Dillard said there was one
session on how to deal with peer
pressure.
“1 had a lot of feedback from
the class,” she said. “We discuss
ed our feelings as individuals and
what feelings mean to us.”
Besides presenting new infor
mation at each class meeting, Ms.
Dillard reviews the previous
week’s discussions.
Last week’s class dealt with
what to do if a friend is using
drugs. The children were shown a
film titled “How Do You Tell?”
Ms. Dillard told the children
that they have a right to be dif
ferent and say no to drugs.
Whether the program will deter
young people from taking drugs
in the future remains to be seen.
But the children are coming and
listening.
Twelve-year-old Jade Bellamy
of 615 Powell St. said that she
plans to attend the program again
and will bring some friends with
her.
Last Thursday’s class was the
first for Marisha McCorkle of
707 Mock St.
ni
“It was a great class,’’
McCorkle, 14, said. “Peopl
need to get off drugs bee
drugs do hurt people.”
Miss McCorkle said that
has learned from the class
take drugs.
“1 learned you’re not pro
anything by taking drugs,
said.
Twelve-year-old Sean Goi
of 1310 Mint St. said tha
came to the class to learn al
drugs.
“1 learned not to take d
and be bad and hang with c
guys who smoke cigarettes
get in trouble,” Gordon,
said.
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