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Blair to solo in Oscar, Tony and I By YVETTE N. FREEMAN Chronicle Staff Writer A Bowman Gray School of Medicine employee recently made her theatrical debut in the Junior League's production of Oscar, Tony and /. April Blair, and audit clerk at Bowman Gray, performed in the Junior League Follies production Friday night, Nov. 15 at the Stevens Center. "It's very exciting," said Blair ^ in an interview before last week's ^performance. "Hopefully this could be the start of a good begin ning as far as a break." Blair, who is also a member of the local R&B group, "Intrigue," hopes to become a pro fessional singer in the future. "That's my lifetime dream, "she stated. Currently, Blair and "Intrigue" are working to put together enough songs to make a ,demo tape to send to record com panies for a possible record deal. In the meantime, Blair says she will continue to audition for local productions. April Blair Judge halts Hatian repatriation MIAMI (AP) ? A federal ' judge today issued a temporary restraining order halting the "repa I triation of Haitians who are aboard I U.S.-flagged ships/ The legal effort was intended I to block the return by the U.S. gov ] ernment of approximately 1,500 Haitians intercepted trying to flee their impoverished homeland. Immigration authorities said j more than 300 Haitians who had j fled this impoverished Caribbean * country arrived in Haiti Tuesday j ' aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The Haitian Refugee Center in ? Miami, which had requested the - restraining order, asked that the ' court take steps to notify the U.S. ' Coast Guard. But U.S. District Judgfe Donald ! L. Graham said he expected the U.S. attorney's office to notify all . concerned parties. A hearing on the i request for a permanent injunction \ was set for Monday. A Coast Guard spokeswoman said today they are not yet aware of : the judge's ruling. Ira Kurzban. attorney for the !? refugee center, said he wants a per , manent injunction against the repa triation, but he felt immediate action was necessary to notify appropriate authorities because the cutters carrying the Haitians are so Olose to the Haitian shore. Kurzban said the government hadn't mqfconditions provided for in the interdiction process and that the interviews of refugees "were not conducted in privacy and under conditions provided by guidelines." He noted that some of the Haitians are seasick or ill and are not in a position to understand the importance of their interviews by U.S. authorities. "Several of the Haitians, including babies, children and preg nant women, were ill and had high fevers/' said the request for an injunction. . "Many of the Haitians were seasick, having spent several days at sea in rough waters." "The Haitians were exhausted and were in too much physical and mental distress to understand the importance of the interviews or become aware of their rights," the request said. In its request, the center noted the Sept 30 military coup that oust ed the democratically-elected presi dent of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aris tide. "The violence and political oppression that followed have been decried internationally and are well documented in the national and international press. Since then, a large number of Haitians, fearing for their lives, have fled Haiti by sea," the com plaint continued. South Florida Haitians have decried as racist the U.S. policy of turning back Haitians while allow ing Cubans to enter this country. In Miami's Little Haiti commu nity, hundreds of Haitians peaceful ly demonstrated Monday night because they were furious over the decision by the U.S. government to send home more of the would-be ~ Haitian refugees after they spent nearly three weeks in limbo on the decks of U.S. Coast Guard cutters. "We're returning Haitians to a government that we refuse to recog nize because of gross human rights violations they've committed in recent weeks," said Cheryl Little, lead attorney for the Haitian Refugee Center in Miami. "This is one of the most bizarre cases that I, have ever seen." Haitians leaders had fought in vain to hive the Haitians brought to shore, interviewed and given tem porary asylum until Aristide is restored to power. "1 can't believe it; what kind of people are they?" asked Chantal Thomas, executive director of the Haitian American Community Cen ter in West Palm Beach. "It's a dis grace." Small groups of Haitians gath ered in Broward County to protest the decision. Bella hawaz, a Haitian immi grant who lives in Lauderdale Lakes, said the reason for the U.S. policy seems simple. "The only reason they are send ing them back is that they are black," she said. * "They are Haitians, and they are not wanted here. If their skins were any other color, they would have been accepted." 11 Fourteen local bridge.piaye?: dominated in the Grade ?<? game mu*?Laat week ' ? \ traveled to Greensboro for the following the meeting. Winners of Monday, November 11 - 2 pjn. . TriadBridge Un** Annua) Meet-. tbeite-tafele game W Gwen- .Carl Russell Recreation Center^ ; log and Grade |^fourna?#^ ivdo^^aa|Sid Elizabeth li$o?re,; * First Placet * Reginald [Tfee focus oftto* meeting: was o4 (Greensboro || 1st Place), W8nut McCautey and Llllie Cuthrell H II ; the 19% Spring NatidwX ^ouiiJ^ :P??f?oa and Willie s Second Place: Floyd Neal and t ment which wilt fee held (Greensboro - 2nd Place)?Waiter Jenny Scales x |||(g was a "team game" and no ? , master points were awarded.; s S? . IMN . Thursday,November 14-7 BfH pjn. - Rupert Bell Recreation Cen !:l;ier |> Kings and Queens Duplicate 5KVE;M Bridge Club , . First Place: Rosetta Hauser and | By RUDOLPH V. ^ f, (gg"~ | x ^ ||p #gi 1,- || . - s ? IrmaGadson ;ston-Salem April 19-25. PJans afc ; Wright and Arthur Ibuen (Owens- < This was a "team game" and no being made by aft committees to btxo),and The Boones (Sarah and masterpoints wwawarded.^i|l|| j&ally kick things in high gear, as ! Rudolph Winston-Salem) tied for * , ??? relates to hosting ahlghly success- 3rd/4th Place. Dr. Walter Wright tf!> 1992 and 1993 Officers of the Ijli Week' ftlr^^tl^iSei^^ipa^iifeectOf. ? . */;^||?flf Winston-Salem Duplicate Bridge meetings are feeing scheduled |? 1 Other local players partlcipat-, Club are: Olivia B. Thompkins g between now and Deeemfeer Jt^ ing were: Pauline Caldwell, president, Ruby B. Walker - vice All local playersand meirtberi|6|i'Charles Gadaon, Irma Gadson, *; president, ArlethiaThompson-sec ? asfcSf || Mdniea Lett, Mav|*;,Uo^ JKBieyl rotary; Mavis H.Uoyd? treasurer, >^iee.^-%<ripi^y|SlSi:l^l|ie^:S9yd Neal, Renita | and Rudolph V. Boone, Sr.> point Olivia coordinator. The new officers .were aB chairpersoriandma|fee contact? kins, Arlethia Thompson, Rufey | presented and installed at (he club's ^foriDformatkmcrinflnKUons. Walkerand R^Washfrijion. gg;?|| recent Annual Meeting ooNowem* ml Greensboro':fe?dg??pla|pa;:|Sf1<?f?*:;^|?r? bet 19.1 ,. - . '<? RIDGE IssX-XyXylv f Continued from page A4 men to their deaths to maintain the status quo of slavery for blacks and degradation for poor whites. Liberal ? Franklin D. Roo sevelt, who steered programs to help the rich and poor alike through the Great Depression, fought Hitler and other race-superiority fascists. He crowned his term with the Social Security program that today helps protect the health and dignity of millions of American elderly and handicapped. * Conservative ? Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Joseph Stalin ? all dictators who concentrated power in their own hands.. Stelin changed form and some substance, but in effect maintained a status quo by replacing one form of oppres sion with another. Liberal ? Dr. Martiif L. King, Jr., who sacrificed his life seeking "liberty and justice for air and was supported by President Lyndon Johnson, a conservative-turned-lib eral. Johnson told the world "We shall overcome" and led Congress to the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights laws. He expand ed freedom. Conservative ? Ronald Rea gan, who preached respect for the human rights of victims overseas ? except for black people in South Africa ? while at home waging his eight-year war against civil rights laws aod other equality-and-justice gains fed by Dr. King, the NAACP, and President Johnson. Reagan's quiet and "discreet" racism pleased^ixiecrat voters while implicitly sending "go ahead" signals to resurrecting klan klav erns, skinheads and other hate groups. Some conservatives argue heat edly for more individual liberty and less government control. But these same people demand government enforced control over women's bod ies. Remember this: Leading liberals ? Jesus, Nathan Hale, Dr. King and others ? sacrificed THEIR OWN LIVES for the good of society. But leading conservatives ? Pontius Pilate, Robert E. Lee, Hitler and others ? sacrificed OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES usually for per sonal advantage or because of class, race, political, or religious preju dice. POSmmY WINSTON-SALEM! WINSTON-SALEM TRANSIT AIT1IORITY-W8TA transported 3.5 million passengers Inst fiscal year, breaking a 100-year record for ridership. Our transit authority operates the largest publie or private . van poo I program in North Carolina and carries more passengers per mile traveled than any other transit system in the state. Good News About Winston-Salem and Forsyth County ? Where We Live, Work and Play! OLD SALEM-During its 1990-91 fiscal year. Old Salem Inc. generated economic benefits to the Triad totaling more than $33 million and tax revenues totaling $2.6 million, while tourism to the restoration created 993 new jobs. Articles about Old Saleni have appeared in recent issues of Southern Living, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times. National Geographic Traveler will feature Old Salem in its January issue. Your Government at Work In Our Own Back Yard 1IANKS MALL-At 1.8 million square feet, our mall is the largest shopping mall between Washington anil Atlanta aiul one of the largest in the country. A number of national specialty retailers, in eluding The Disney Store, Abererombie & Fitch and The Nature Company, have choscn I lanes Mall for their premier North Carolina locations. Our Best-Kept Secrets WINSTON-SALEM CONVKNTION AM) VISITORS BUREAt'-dHiring the past five years, 4()(),(H)() delegates have attended conventions held in Forsyth County, boost ing our area economy by spending S305 million on goods and services and S4.4 million for admission to area attrac tions. The CVB expects more than 24,000 eonvention goers to \isit the area between now and April. Unsung Heroes BILL SANDER-Sinec March. Bill Sander of Winston-Salem has renovated 350 pairs of used golf shoes and donated them to Crisis Control Ministry. Sander, whose efforts were noted recently in (?olf Magazine, has inspired volunteers in nine states to start similar programs, and he hopes the idea will soon eatch on nationwide. Meanwhile, with the help of area pro shops. Sander continues to collect shoes, removing the spikes, filling in the spike holes, and cleaning and pol ishing the uppers so someone who needs a nice, comfortable pair of shoes can enjoy them. As the World Sees Us BOWMAN GRAY SCHOOL OF MEDIOINE-At a recent meeting of the American Society of Ncuroimaging in Salzburg, Austria, the General Secretary of the World Federation of Neurology told the assembly, "Bowman Gray is the acknowledged world leader in Doppler Ul trasonic Ncuroimaging." Bowman Gray has used ultra sound technology since the early '60s. PIEDMONT CRAFTSMEN, INC.-This year's Piedmont Crafts Fair, held Oetober 25-27 at the Benton Convention Center, was the big gest and best in the event's 28-year history, with more than 140 craftsmen exhibiting and a record-breaking number of atten dees. Sponsors for th? two-day event in eluded a number of individual arts patrons and nearly 50 area businesses. Preview night was also a record-breaker, with 1,400 PCI members attending. This mcvMiftc is ;i vollnhorntivc effort of The (ireater Wln*ton-Salem Chamber of Commerce ami The Win*ton-Salem Retail Mefehants Annoetation. ? ' . J You're Something Specid In
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