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Page A10 Winmon-Salem Oiwnkle Thursday, June 16, 1988 Boys Club members initiate new headquarters ALBIRDA F. JACKSON Chronic^ Staff writer On Monday registration began for children between the ages of 6 andl8 interested in membership at the new Boys Club of America, located at the Cleveland Avenue housing units. The new Boys Club is made possible through a grant from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, funds from the National Boys Club of America and the Federal Housing Projects. Children who live in the Cleveland Avenue area at one lime had to use the facilities at the Salvation Army Boys Club on Stadium Drive. Although they can still use those facilities, they now have a iieigh- borhoood club of their own. The Rev. George B. Jackson, a graduate of North Carolina Central University, and a student at South eastern Baptist TTieological Semi nary, will be the unit director. "One of my main objectives is to enroll one hundred youth, and get them involved in as many cultural and educational activities as possible," he said. Posters of Michael Jordan, Jesse Jackson and Whitney Hous ton hang from the walls in the club. Jackson says his theme for the youth is "Be Somebody." He says he feels one of the leading problems in Afro-American com munities "is a lack of direction, role models and guidance.... Often our youth do not set goals," he Women Needed The Bowman Gray School of Medici is seeking post-menopausal women to par' ticipate in a 38-day study of hormone medi cation. Volunteers in the study will receive estro gen patches at no charge as well as $125 payment for participation. Volunteers should be at least one year post menopause and not be taking heart diabetic or antacid drugs. For further information, contact Judy Lovelace or Gail Hurt at 748-2364, ext. 4022. pnoto by Harden Richards Members of the Boys Club will spend the summer participating In a variety of special activities. Members, from (eft, include Terry Brown, Nyla Fogle, KwesI Wilson and Michelle Singletary. said. During the summer the Boys Club will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with exception of a 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. lunch break. During the school year the club will be open from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Some of the activities planned for the summer are trips to Carowinds, the Asheboro Zoo, the Raleigh State Legislature, and Dis covery Place. During the fall the local NAACP will offer tutorial sessions. With a membership drive occurring now until the end of August, more than half of the expected youth for the summer have already obtained member ship. The membership fee is S3. Michelle Wilson, a 14-year- old new club member, said, "I feel it's much better for the projects. If it was not for the club there would be a lot of trouble." Critics predict that South African officials will never lift emergency JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa entered a third year ol emergency rule Friday with lighter controls on opposition activity, and critics pre dieted that such measures will become a permanent way of gov erning. President P.W. Botha's third emergency proclamation Friday means hundreds of prominent activists will remain in jail without charge. The decree tightened curbs on press coverage of opposition activity and made it illegal to pro mote a boycott of CX:lobcr munici pal elections. The government in February banned the activities of 17 major anti-apartheid groups. Most of those groups have called on blacks to refrain from voting in elections held by the white-dominated gov ernment until blacks have equal voting rights on a national level. The emergency, which first went into effect June 12, 1986, now will be extended for a year. Marshall defends county settlement From Page A1 community is binded to the agree ment. "As a member of the NAACP executive committee, I know that many other members feel that this is not a 'done' deal," said Vernon Robinson, candidate for a state senate seat. "This is definitely subject to review." Other community leaders have voiced their displeasure with not being consulted before the final agreement was made. For mer County Commissioner Mazie Woodruff, who is again running for a seat on the commission, has said she wished she had been included in the discussions. Some leaders have com plained that the NAACP settled for a chance to elect one Afro- American to the board of commis sioners, when they could have had a chance to elect two. Marshall said the chance of getting two Afro-American commissioners was dependent upon the current board of commissioners being willing to increase the number of commissioners on the board. He said that the commissioners were not willing to do that. Marshall said that the NAACP had offered several options to the board of commissioners, who had the authority to accept either of the options and proceed with a new method of elections. The options included various combinations of district and at-large elections. Attorney Romallus 0. Murphy, who represented the NAACP in the matter, said his pref erence and recommendation was for a 7-member board with four mem bers elected by districts and three members elected at-laige. One dis trict would have been majority Afro-American with approximately 62 percent and another district would have been approximately 21 percent Afro-American voters. Both Marshall and Murphy said that a major consideration in the settlement was the fact that Cau casian Democrats needed the approximately 20 percent Afro- American Democratic vote to win. Under the straight district plan, the Afro-American vote would have been removed from the other con tests. Marshall said that it would have worked to the advantage of the Republican party if the suit had gone to trial and the court had ordered district elections. "T1 , is a political solution, not a judiciary solution," he said. "It's the best plan because it's inclusive as opposed to exclusive." He attributed most of the opposition to the plan to "a lack of understand ing." Marshall defended his decision not to consult with others in the community before agreeing to the settlement. "Basically, we were talking about our group -- the NAACP board," he said. "We had to satisfy our plaintiffs." He said that any opposing group has the option of hiring an attorney, drawing up a petition and presenting it in federal court on June 22, the dale the NAACP and Forsyth County are to present their consent decree to Judge Eugene Gordon. 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