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$chooi board rejects teacher's resignation appeal 'WllfciUe Staff Report r-^? : y t The request of a West Forsyth liigt junior varsity football coach and 'flrjfcer's education instructor for the I TilfrrftJMT i"i mil inidlikw ' i ' II"1 1 r III I il 1 1 Mil 1 1 Michael Wayne Huddleston ? * * Winston-Salem/Forsyth County SUiqoI Board to allow him to resign in the wake of his arrest on drug charges last week has been denied. School system attorney, Douglas Punger, said the school board declined to accept the resignation of Michael Wayne Huddleston that he submitted to the board earlier this week. "This is the third time the board has declined to accept a resignation of an employee charged with a serious crime," Punger said. ? On Monday, Feb. 25, superinten dent Dr. Larry D. Coble suspended without pay Michael Wayne Huddle ston and said he would recommend that the board take action to dismiss him. Huddleston, 39, who lives in Greensboro, and another man, Gordon Hemrick, 43, of Clemmons were arrested and charged Thursday, Feb. 21, by undercover detectives of the Guilford County Sheriffs Depart ment with felony conspiracy to sell and deliver marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver, sale and delivery of marijuana, and maintain ing a vehicle to keep marijuana. Hem rick had been a volunteer assistant coach at West. Sheriff's deputies charge that Huddleston was involved in the sale of nearly a pound of pot to an under cover deputy posing as the cousin of a man Huddleston believed was his friend. Huddleston has admitted that he had sold a half pound to the man twice before but never made a profit on either sale. But he said he never brought it into the high school. Huddleston has taught school for 14 years, the last five at West Forsyth. He said he was sorry for the pain and suffering he had caused the school, his friends, and most of all, his family. He "This was not something 1 did to make money on the side. 1 was not leading a double life. I just want peo ple to know that," Huddleston said .during a telephone interview. But he said on the advice of his attorney, he could not discuss anything further about the case. Huddleston wanted the board to allow him to resign in the hope that he might be able to secure another teach ing job at some point in his now Desert Storm proves Pentagon is an Equal Opportunity Employer By TOM RAUM Associated Press Writer President Bush said Monday the high proportion of blacks serving in Operation Desert Storm only underscores that the Pentagon "is the greatest equal opportunity employer around." "For two centuries, black soldiers have estab lished a record of pride in the face of incredible obsta cla!^ Bush said at a ceremony honoring Black History Mfcrrith. Blacks make up 12 percent of the U.S. popula tion, 20 percent of the military, and as much as 30 per cent of Army ground forces in Saudi Arabia, according to the Pentagon. Some black and civil rights leaders have expressed deep concern about the substantial number of black men and women on the front lines. Bush told the East Room audience: "To those who question the proportion of blacks in the armed ser vices today, my answer is simple. The military of the United States is the greatest equal opportunity employ i , Bush cited a long list of black military leaders, including Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, seated behind him Oh the platform. Powell received a standing ovation. Bush said Powell "answers those who criticize the proportion of blacks in the military by challenging all of America." The president also gave an upbeat assessment of the progress of the ground war against Iraq, saying, "We have the initiative, we intend to keep iL" The audience included members of the cast of "Black Eagles," a historical drama about the Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black fighter pilots who lan guished in obscurity for years after World War II. Bush invited the cast to the White House after going to see the play at Ford's Theater last week. He called the production "an incredible story of men who took their places among a very special group of heroes ? black Americans who have fought for this country for over 200 years." "And they never received the credit, they never received the credit that they deserved for their devoted patriotism, for their vision and their sacrifices," Bush added. He said the nation "owes a long-overdue trib ute" to them. Scott Whiiehurst, 28, one of the actors, called the president's tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen "amaz ing." 'The president is a road marker to point attention to something that's been overlooked and not in the his tory books," Whiiehurst said. 'This is the story of peo ple who did amazing things and were never thanked for it* After the president's speech, stage manager Cheri Kechcly said she spoke with "Black Eagles" playwright Leslie Lee. "He said how actually rare it is that an acorn becomes the oak, that a seed we plant grows to fruition," she said. 'To have the undivided attention of the president for 2 1/2 hours, to try to get our message across, is a thrill." v The truth about Queen Nefertiti By LEGRAND H. CLEGG II \ As we observe Black History Month in 1991, African- Americans should become keenly aware that a controversy focused on Black Studies is raging in aca demic circles and has spilled over into the mainstream press. Serious revisions have occurred in the curricula of a number of colleges and universities as well as ele mentary and secondary schools; and these changes, which provide a more balanced picture of nonwHite and female contributions to world civilizations and cultures, have outraged conservative educators and commenta tors. : ? - . Many opponents of the new Afrocentric education al thrust are especially appalled by the revisions that are taking place in the writing and teaching of history. Vari ous, Black scholars, for example, insist that the ancient, pre- Arab Egyptians were Black, and that famous Egyp tian rulers, such as Queen Nefertiti, who are generally thought to have been Caucasian, were Negroid. In 1990, a number of articles appeared in a variety of newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Washington Times, and U.S. News and World Report, condemning the emerg ing Africanized curriculum, and especially questioning contentions that Nefertiti was Black. Perhaps bowing to pressure from white educators, some African- American scholars have now begun to back away from their for merly strong stand in defense of the truth regarding Black history. This became patently clear in 1990 when a number of distinguished Black authorities joined their white colleagues in denying that Egyptian queen Nefer titi was Black. It is critical that the movement now afoot to revise the American educational curricula remain on course. It is even more important that the African-American mass es, who arc gradually awakening to an appreciation of Black history, not receive mixed and confusing mes sages from Black scholars concerning that history. In this vein, let us briefly consider the truth about Nefertiti to set the record straight. The famous queen was born during the Eighteenth Dynast, an extraordinary chapter in the history of Egypt ? then called Kemet, "The Black Land." Nefcrtiti's Egypt was far and away the greatest land on earth. A nation so opulent, so awesome, so powerful that her neighbors and subjects declared that gold was as plenti ful "as dust" on her streets. The pharaohs and queens of this dynasty built lavish temples and magnificent obelisks, and extended their sovereignty northward into Syria and southward into the interior of Africa. Recent evidence published in the Journal o( African Civilizations and in a number of other sources clearly confirm that the ancient Egyptians were Black- skinned people and that their pharaohs and queens were over whelmingly of the same racial type. In particular, mum mies and sculptures of the Eighteenth Dynasty reveal the royal family to have had its genetic roots in Nubia, the Black nation just south of Egypt The only reason there is some dispute about Nefer titi's race is because of a lemon colored bust, allegedly depicting the queen, that was discovered by Professors Hermann Ranke and Ludwig Borchardt in 1912. Although everyone identifies this sculptural piece as a true representation of Nefertiti, there is no inscription on ? ? H bh M bb mmm wmmm mm mi mb m m m mm m ? m hmh mm wmmmt^mSmSBH ? Queen Nefertiti it nor is there any other evidence to substantiate this conclusion. , \ In stark contrast to this, there arc numerous wall carvings found throughout the ancicnt Egyptian capitol city of Akhctaton that depict Nefertiti and ihc members of her family with distinct and unmistakable African physical features. As a matter of fact, the queen i^somc timcs portrayed in these scenes wiih her hair worm in eornmws. Furthermore, ihefe tspcrsuasivc evidence that Nefertiti was the first council of her husband, the pharaoh Akhcuuon, who was of unquestioned Black lin eage. The need to confirm Ncfcrtiti s Black heritage is just another indication of the dishonesty of the Ameri can academic establishment, where Black scholars must ovcrprovc the obvious in order to receive a grudging seal of approval.' uncertain fuiure. Punger said Coble will give Hud dleston formal notice by letter before the end of the five-day suspension period which ends Monday Mar. 4, of his intention to continue with the dis missal proceeding. Punger said Hud dleston will have 15 days from the reccipt of that notice to exercise his due process rights. Punger said those rights include a request for a review by a panel of the professional review committee; a hearing before the full school board; or Huddleston may chose to do nothing. Punger said the recourse Huddle* ston chooscs. will determine the length of the process. Should Huddleston decide to do nothing, Punger said the superintendent would proceed with his recommendation after the 15 day peri od ends. - Huddleston is currently out of jail on a $2,500 dollar property bond and bis trial date has beoi set for Mar. 25. Hemrick was in court Wednesday for his first appearance hearing. suawoisno TO THES 08 1SHU ? THE MUaaiMkA.' jaBaaiHLMMMH 3Hi 01 FIRST SO . . S9VH..91 CUSTOMERS ?a3aJ? S3H10T0 S.N3dailH0 ONV ? S3AUV0S suns ? sassBua ? suaisna ? snmoo sxaxovr ? suns oor ? siuixs ? sunswiMs SNV3P ? SH31V3MS ? SdOl 1INX ? S3SnO~IS SINVd ? S1VH ? S1138 ? AHH3M3r ? SOVSONVH i3SiaNVH0d3W H31NIM 11V dO 30NVUV310 IVNId (30NVU1N3 3U01S isoana i33uis aae Avasanm 'wv oo=6 0NiN3d0) Avaunivs Avaidd ? AvasanHi aaois iaoana ano aod aaoiad A11VI03dS 'SN0I1V001 d31H0flVa ONV H3H10W 9 11V WOdd BSIONVHOUBIAI U31NIA'. ,,3ivs NMoa-aaisdn,, i : asipueipjew . jaiuiM uo asjpueqojaw spunjaaoN mi ' saJe'sHV Mary Williams John Moore Mary Francis Here are three of hundreds of reasons Forsyth Memorial Hospital Black History Month Mary Williams has been fascinated with equal employment opportunities ever since the Civil Rights Act was amended in 1972. That fascination led her to pursue training in the field and to leave her iob as registration supervisor at Reynolds Health Center. Since coming tolbrsyth Memorial Hospital in 1977, she has served as the director of equal employment opportunity and the personnel services manager. She was pan in mil to curpuraw.1 director of equal employment opportunity for Camlina Medicorp, Inc. in 1990. A native of Wiaston-Solem and a graduate of High Point College, Williams is on the national board of directors of the American Association of Affirmative Action Officers and she is the director of the association's Region IV. - "If students learn more about blacks in school, / believe barriers will be lifted for everyone, t take pride in the accomplishments of black people because they opened doors of opportunity forme." Black History is full of stories of blacks helping other blacks to succeed. Just ask John Moore, a radiology supervisor with 25 years of service at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. If it weren't for mentors like Dr. Joseph Gordon of Kate B. Reynolds Hospital, Moore would never have fulfilled his dreams. When the Kinston native decided to - become a radiology technician, few schools would train blacks in the field and those schools usually had no openings for new students or they had inadequate training programs. It was Gordon, the hospital's chief radiologist, who got moore into the radiology program, got him a job at Mcharry Medical School in Tennessee, and later hired him at Kntc B. Reynolds. "BUfck History Month calls attention to the willingness of those who have come before to help others meet their destinies ." t ? Mary Francis encourages blacks to apply themselves in schools so that they can share in the numerous opportunities awaiting those with a higher education. Francis, a native of Yancey villc, has a bachelor's degree in nursing from Winston-Salem State University, and a master's degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. ATornxr Air force nurse, Francis ? came to Forsyth Memorial Hospital in. 1982. She worked as a rehabilitation nurse and a nurse coordinator before being promoted to director of nursing. Francis is grateful for tbhe influence . of strong black role models like her mother, who taught her to strive to be ' the best. "This month reminds us to appreciate the contributions Mack people have mad to this world. We must remember those who have come before Serving all the people with quality care ^ ^FORSYTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
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