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Haves named district court chief RALEIGH ? North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Burley Mitchell Jr. announced tues day the appointment of Juuge Roland H. Hayes as chief district court judge in District 12, which serves Forsyth County. x "I have complete trust and confidence in Judge Hayes' ability to improve the efficiency of the dis trict court in District 21," said Chief Justice Mitchell after announcing the appointment Dec.3 itt Raleigh. "Judge Hayes has established himself ? as a hard-working and well-respected judge who - has the confidence and trust of the public and the participants in the legal system in his district. 1 am proud of his achievements and pleased to announce this appointment," continued Mitchell. "I have complete trust and confidence in Judge Hayes' ability to improve the effi ciency of the district court in District ? Chief Justice Burley Mitchell-Jr. The chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court appoints chief district court judges from among those elected in each of the 39 dis tricts. The chief district court judge serves at the pleasure of the chief justice, and is responsible for assigning the district court judges to sessions of court, and setting the times and places at which magistrates discharge their duties. "1 am pleased to accept Chief Justice Mitchell's appointment as chief district court judge. I look forward to working with the district court judges and other court officials, members of Please see page 6 Judge Roland H. Hayes Winston-Salem Chroni . For Reference Not to be taken n'c'room01 ""C012 for African-American News and Information from th.s library 660SwTsthNst #'J? LIB THURSDAY, December 5,1996 WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101-2755 ?b cents ^iBSHUBIiiBaiI33LiBSBM5ttlj|SBBHi^Wb the Memory of Clarence E. Nottingham: 1903-1995 vol. xxiii, No. 14 By WILLIAM H. TURNHR Ph.D. Special to the Chronicle frican Americans in North'Car olina are much in need of the information and consciousness raising that is promoted in AIDS Awareness Week. In North Car olina, like everywhere in the United States ? not to mention Africa ? black people contract the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS, the immune system weaknesses that result from the virus ? at a much higher rate than the rest of the population. AIDS, in 1995, was the leading cause of death for African-American males in North Carolina ag. 15 to 44, the second leading cause of death foe The Black Faces of AIDS A When Will Black People Face AIDSI ? African-American females in the state. Fact is. those figures are underestimated. We're talking epidemic, of plague-like proportions. Although African Americans constitute just over 25 percent of the state's population, they repre sent a disproportionate percentage of those infected with HIV and AIDS. Black n en make up more than two-thirds of the male AIDS cases, and black women number more than eight of 10 AIDS cases among females. If North Carolina is like neighboring Tennessee, three-quarters of HIV-infected teens are African Americans. And. according to the report. "The North Carolina AIDS Index," North Carolina in 1995 had the highest number of new HIV infections of any of its neighboring states. - Quite likely, if this state, like Tennessee recently did. hosted a forum on the subject, made up of AIDS victims, we would see teenage n^hers like "Jane" and "Mary," and a former!/"incarcerated gas man, named "John Doe." Last March, such a forum. "The Faces of AIDS," was held in Memphis, spon sored by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington-based black think tank. The two young women were abandoned by their families: Jane, along with her 2-year-old son. was put out of the house after she was diagnosed HIV positive. Mary. 16, now in dementia w ith AIDS, was forced out by her drug-addicted mother, who was afraid of catching the disease. Both teenagers had been taken advantage of by older men. John was sexually assaulted in that place where the spread of HIV is rampant: prison. Most John Does return to the black community. Without know ing they are infected, black men, when released from prison, transmit HIV to women, and often, to men with whom they share needles while injecting drugs. Do North Carolina jails and prisons mandate testing for HIV? Neither of the young girls thought they were at risk, since they were heterosexual. Now Jane's mes sage to her high school peers is. "the safest sex is no sex." Neither had an education about the disease, at home or at school. Senselessly, these kids found lit tie orgatTi/ed support within their own communities, and significant!), tor example, both noted that their (black) churches had forsaken them too. Leviticus leanings in the black comiiiun.it) aside, the factor that contributes most to the geomet ric surge rate of AIDS among black people is unpro tected sex. this even while HIV/AIDS is spreading quickly. Sounds like North Carolina's senator. Jesse Helms, who recently said that "AIDS results from people voluntarily engaging in unnatural acts." He w ould never say that lung cancer in caused by smok ing tobacco, which is not an entirely natural act either. It is not hard to pinpoint, of the ways that the Please see page 2 School holds Harvest Luncheon A Students learn table , social graces By FELHCIA P MCMILLAN Special to the Chronicle No one could take a seat until everyone had come to the table. Everyone was dressed in their "Sunday best." The gentlemen pulled the chairs for the ladies, and the young women thanked them. Parents and members of the PTA served the teach ers and students. Under dim lighting, mellow clas sical music, jazz, and rhythm & blues set the atmosphere for the restaurant-style setting. The table was set and decorated for the harvest season. Pilgrims and Native Americans served together. Although this sounds like memories from the past, it happened last week at the Union Cross Elemen tary Harvest Luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Union Cross Elementary teaching specialists collaborated with members of the PTA to offer an opportunity for students to practice "formal table manners and excellent behavior," said Principal Vincent O. Parker. "Events such as this make them feel special, and they are," he said. The luncheon is an annual tradition, which started seven years ago in the old school. It started out as a Team Blue luncheon for the purpose of making kids feel good about their school. It pulled the school together as a team then, and it still does today. The specialists who planned the event included Elizabeth Parker, counselor; Sarah Hicks, French/Latin instructor; Nela Hawley. resource teacher; Joan Charles, physical education teacher; Colleen Jackson, librarian; Connie Curri. A.G. teacher; Katherine Chavis, music teacher; Kevin Ingram. Home-School Coordinator; Melanie Mes sick. art instructor; and Karen Gray, PTA president. "This is our little way of teaching the children table etiquette," said Karen Gray, president of the Union Cross PTA. "We teach them the ABCs. but we also want to teach them social graces. They Please see page 6 WE ARE THAN/CFUL FOR. 'J?s ,m>.. _ V" , V ' .-.'4. ?_ * A:' ?w ''I jp J- a T *') ' ^ School specialists planned the Harvest Luncheon. On the hack row are Elizabeth Parker. Sarah Hicks. \ela Haw ley, Joan Charles. Colleen Jackson and Connie Curri. In front are Katherine Chavis, Kevin Ingram and Melanie Messick. if t ** J: MBh V?'T Community Information Coordinator Darla Clarke holds the poster Leo Rucker designed to promote Smart Start, and Dr. Dean Clifford, executive director of Forsyth Early Childhood Partnership, holds the booklet Rucker illustrated. Leo Rucker, Love, Art, Near-Death Experience A Man recovers from auto accident to 'touch the future' By f fcLECIA P MCMII LA\ Special to the Chromch W hen Sophia Rucker received a telephone call five months ago from her brother Pur\is Morris who told her he saw her husband Leo Rucker in the Emergency Room, she took her time getting there. She planned to "run by the hospital" and investi gate the minor bruises and offer him a lift home. When she arrived at the hospital, her husband was already two hours into the 12-hour surgers episode necessary to save his life. Five months ago. artist Leo Rucker lav in an intensive care unit at Baptist Hospital. In a head-on col lision that took place May 2X on Baux Mountain Road, he broke his right leg. injured his left leg. broke his jaw in two places and crushed his chin. Doctors eventually disco\cred that his lungs had collapsed and that Rucker was experiencing internal bleeding from a separated aorta. "Leo is a walking miracle, for sure." sai-d Sophia. Leo's wite ot seven years. "The Lord worked it out. (iod e\en had a hand in the work that the doctor's performed on him." As he lax on his back, he said, he thought of his wite. his son Sul nev. his familv and his art. Realizing thai he had just had a son and that he might not h\e to see him grow up or to help his wife raise Sulncv gave him the dri\e to get well. And he also had an art deadline ?o meet. "It is ]ust a blessing to he alive." Rueker said He was in the hospital for three weeks. He injured his right hand, and his wrist was sore. He continues to get therapv for'full reeo\er\. l or the first two weeks, he could not do an\ art: however, the third week he bee an to work on his Please see page S FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (910) 722-8624 ? MASTERCARD. VISA OR AMERICAN EXPRESS
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