July 2
The American Maze
Company
Beginning at 9:00 ajn., officials
at Tanglewood Park and The
American Maze Company witl
officially open the first ever four
acre corn maze in the south. Local
leaders from the County Commis
sioners Office, the Chamber of
Commerce and Tourism Authority
will be on hand to kick off this new
event at Tanglewood. The opening
festivities will also feature the inau
gural Fellowship Challenge. The
Fellowship is open to non profit
organizations.
July 4
Family 4th "98"
Once again, the Lawrence Joel
Veteran's Memorial Coliseum will
be bustling with activity during the
July 4th weekend. There will be
three large crowd-drawing events
happening in the Coliseum vicinity
simultaneously on July 4. These
events include Wart Hogs baseball
at 7:13 p.m. at Ernie Shore field
with the Fireworks Spectacular fol
lowing the game, the Family
Fourth "98" at Groves Stadium
parking lot gates will open at 1:00
p.m., doors at 2:00 p.m.
Day of Solemn
Thanksgiving
This Fourth of July, for the
33rd consecutive year, more than
200 costumed men, women and
children bearing torches and
lanterns will gather as night falls
on Salem's Square to recreate, with
the help of a traditional Moravian
brass band, that original song
filled event. The torchlight proces
sion, will begin at 9:00 p.m. on the
Fourth.
Old Fashioned 4th
Home Creek Living Historical
Farm will have a day of fun and
celebration for our country's birth
day. Learn how our ancestors trav
eled around as you participate in
wagon rides; let your children
enjoy games that were played at the
turn of the century; Uy your skills
at horseshoe pitching, keep time
with toe tapping music of the Rex
Mcgee Trio and treat yourself to
some homemade strawberry and
vanilla ice cream! To reach the rite
follow the brown and white state
historic signs from the Pinnacle
exit off US Hwy. 52
July 6
Republican Party
Bill Robertson, Director,
Forsyth County Library, will be
the featured speaker at the Mon
day, July 6th luncheon of the
Forsythe County Republican
Party. His topic will be: The
Forsyth County Libraries. The
Forsyth County Republican Party
meets for lunch each Monday at
12:00 noon at the Golden Coral on
University Parkway, just north of
the Silas Creek Parkway intersec
tion, in Winston-Salem. The week
ly event is open to the public.
Benefit Concert
v y
Reynolds House, Museum of
American Art, will present a bene
fit concert by pianist Clifton
Matthew*, North Carolina School
of the Art*, on Monday, July 6 at 8
p.m. Cost $10.
July 9
Free Health Screening
Sickle Cell Disease Association
of the Piedmont will hold free
health screening* Beginning July 9
1998 through the 23rd of July
From 1-7 p.m. at the South Side
Recreation Center The screenings
include: blood pressure, breast
exam* pop smear* male (prostate)
exams , HIV/ Stir* No appoint
ment is needed. The center is locat
ed at 401 Taylor Ave., High Point
N.C. Call SCDAP at 886-AIDS
(886-2437) for more information.
July 11
Meet the Candidate
The Carolina Forest of Troy,
N.C. will be holding a meet the
Candidate" social. To get to the
site take 109 South toTroy. Make a
right on River Road. Carolina For
est will be approximately 4 miles
on right.
Bowl- a- Fun
The Winston Salem Alumni
Chapter of North Carolina Cen
tral University presents Bowl - A
Fun. The place will be the AMF
Major League Lanes 811 Jon
estown Road. The time is 2 pm
until. There will be board game
fun, and card games and the pro
ceeds will go to the NCCU
national alumni scholarship fund
Adult tickets $10.00 and children
tickets ate $3.00. Contact Mary
Grissom at 767-7355, for mor<
information.
Own your share of
America
The National Association ol
Investors Corp., North Carolina
Triad Council is offering a work
shop "Own your Share of Ameri
ca" on three dates and locations.
Saturday, July 11 from 9:30 a.m. to
noon at the Greensboro Public
Library, Central Branch, Commu
nity Room, 201 North Greene St.
Greensboro. The focus of the
workshop will be on how to start
an investment club; why the stock
market is for you; sources of low
cost, do -it- yourself investing;
what is NAIC programs and
NAIC programs available to every
one. Cost is S5.00 for materials.
For more information, call Nita
Royal at 767-8213
July 12
Ballroom Tea Dance
The Piedmont chapter of the
United States Amateur Ballroom
Dancers Association, will host a
Ballroom Tea Dance, from 4:30
8:00 p.m. This event will be their
monthly Ballroom dance. A lesson
in swing will be taught by Greens
boro swing dance Teacher, Joel
Domoc. General dancing to
recorded music will take place
from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. All dancers
of all levels of experience, or those
of no experience, are welcome.
July 14
Art Lecture
The Reynolds House, Museum
of American Art, will sponsor a
lecture by curator Joyce K.
Schillcder entitled "Another Artist
of Mother and Child: Sculptor
Bessie Potter Bonnoh" on at 4 pm.
Cost is S2.
Fall Registration
Registration for curriculum
programs at Forsyth tech will be
held from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
B-I-N-G-O!
The Winston Salem Recreation
& Parks Department's Special
Populations Unit is sponsoring the
18 th annual Seniors Bingo Party
from 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. at the Educa
tion Building, Dixie Classic Fair
grounds. Fun, refreshments and
prizes for all.
July 16
Children of Divorce
Family Life Council of Greater
Greensboro will sponsor a pro
gram called "Children of Divorce"
The class will be from 7:00-9:00
p.m. Thursdays, July 16 and 23, at
the Dorothy Bardolph Human
Services Building, 301 E. Washing
ton St. This two-session education
al seminar is for separating or
divorcing parents with children
froni infancy through young adult
hood. Cost for the classes is $25.
To register, or for mote informa
tion call the Family Life Council at
333-6890
July 18
A Fun Day!
1996 Winston Salem Artist of
the Year and renowned calligraph
er. Joyce Tela, will lead a woikshop
called "Calligraphy: A Capital
Day". This workshop will be host
ed by the Sawtooth Center for
Visual Art from 9:30 am until 4:30
p.m. Participants will get an intro
duction and learn to develop the
Roman letter, drawing on their
parts and pieces, weights and
tones, personalities and relation
ships All levels are welcome. Sup
plies are included in the $60 fee
Please bring a bag lunch. Call
(336) 723-7395 to register or come
down to the sawtooth office locat
ed at 226 N. Marshall St. in Win
ston Salem.
July 24
Class Reunion
The 1958 graduating class of
Palmer Memeorial Institute, based
in Sedalia, will celebrate their 40th
Class Reunion, July 24 and 25 at
the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Win
ston-Salem. All former students of
Palmer are invited to attend. For
more information contact Henriet
ta Hodge at (336) 767-4075 or e
mail HODGE5012@aol.com or
HESHODGEl@aol.com.
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Walker
from page A!
"In this day and time it is essen
tia! that schools begin to teach chil
dren about other cultures," she
said, "If you don't know about
someone's culture then you don't
know how to get along with that
person."
Brown, one of the most out
spoken supporters of the coordi
nator's position at last Tuesday's
meeting said she has heard from
both opponents and backers of the
AAIP, but she says most parents,
black and white, want what is best
for their children.
"The majority of the people in
this community want to do the
right thing," she said. "We want to
teach our kids the best way we
know how, we want to teach our
kids better than how we were
taught."
Laura Spangler could not agree
more. The mother of three was one
of many white parents who voiced
support for the infusion project at
the board meeting.
"It was deprivation in a way,"
Spangler said referring to lack of
African American history she was
taught in school. "I think that was
a loss for me because I only knew
about one side of history. "
A pastor at an African Ameri
can church and a member of the
Presbyterian Interracial Dialogue,
Spangler said her first lessons in
black history came in the seminary.
Spangler says although groups
like the Presbyterian Dialogue are
helping soothe racial wounds,
some whites still have trouble
accepting the fact that they may be
losing their majority status in the
city.
"Our society is multicultural,
Winston-Salem is 40 percent
African American," she said. "I
don't think there is enough (white)
support (for AAIP). I think this
might be an issue of ignorance and
a power issue"
Six years ago when the school
system saw a need to change the
way it teaches history, Wake Forest
professor Alton B, Pollard III was
asked to put together an advisory
committee to explore diversity
options.
The committee composed of
community members of ail races as
well as university teachers, came up
with the AAIP. Pollard says learn
ing from only one point of view, is
not learning at all.
"The idea of being American
means to be representative of all
people" he said. "We are all Amer
icans, AAIP is not an African
American agenda, it's an all
together human agenda."
Pollard says topics within the
AAIP vary depending on grade
level. For the lower grades, the pro
gram will simply make children
aware of basic differences, like the
fact that some kids live with two
parents while others live with only
one. Middle and high school stu
dents will actually begin learning
about the contributions of blacks
here in America and in Africa.
As a professor at Wake, Pollard
says he is no longer shocked when
college students have little or no
. . -
wisdom about black history.
"Nothing surprises me any
more," Pollard said. "Well, what
really surprises me is when I have a
student who has extensive knowl
edge or African American history.
"Without telling these stories,
this (lack of knowledge) is only
going to get worse."
Pollard and other AAIP sup
porters are hoping to broaden the
program in the coming years to
include all racial groups in society.
"The point is clear and
irrefutable: African Americans,
Hispanic Americans, Asian Ameri
cans,' Native Americans, all have
been marginalized in history, we
can no longer accept that type of
posture," he said.
Long before the AAIP was ini
tiated or before the school system
showed any interest in teaching
black history, the African Ameri
can community had begun to take
matters into its own hands.
Instead of holding their
breaths, many leaders developed
programs for children to supple
ment for the lack of African Amer
ican history provided by public
schools. Such programs exist at
churches, YMCA branches and
community centers.
Between field trips, basketball
-and swimming, counselors at
Reynolds Recreation Center, locat
ed on Reynolds Park Road, find
time to inform kids about positive
accomplishments of African
Americana In fact, the first thing
children see when they walk into
the facility is a colorful bulletin
board dedicated to black notablea
Counselor Keir Richard says
the placement of the board is no
coincidence,
"It's not surprising that they
don't know this stuff," Richard
said pointing to the bulletin board,
"They are not taught their history
in school, they are taught someone
else's history.
Down the street at Emmanuel
Baptist Church, the Kemet Acade
my is in session Monday thru Fri
day, Billed as an "Afrocentric/
Christian/ Enrichment program,"
the academy's seven-week slate
includes field trips, astronomy, his
tory, computer and biblical
instruction. -
"She loves it, she talks about it
all the time," Shakirah Shabazz
said of her 11-year-old daughter
Jahb, one of 100 children at
Kemet.
Like many black parents,
Shabazz said she could no longer
waits for public schools to educate
her daughter about her history. But
the lack of black history in public
schools was not the only reason
Kemet was founded, says
Emmanuel's pastor, John Mendez.
"The media also gives us nega
tive black images, all that we ever
saw about Africa was Tarzan
movies," Mendez said. "Even if
you watch TV, African Americans
are playing criminal roles, our pos
itive and best selves are always
omitted."
Although Kemet is an enor
mous success with a lengthy wait
ing list, Mendez says programs like
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it should not replace the school
system's job of educating all chil
dren about the vital contributions
African Americans have made
throughout history.
"If we do not fight and make a
Fuss over ourselves and struggle to
include our presence, our children
will continue know all about
Shakespeare, Voltaire and John
Locke but will know nothing about
W. E. B. Du Bois, or Carter Wood
ion or (Ronald) McNair."
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SUMMARY NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
J __ ...
To: Government Retirees (State, Local or Federal) who paid North Carolina
, income taxes on government retirement benefits for tax years 1989-1997
Bailey v. State of North Carolina, Emory v. State of North Carolina, and Patton v. State of North Carolina,
Wake County, North Carolina, Superior Court Civil Action Nos. 92 CVS 10221, 94 CVS 06904,
95 CVS 06625, 95 CVS 08230, 95 CVS 04346 and 98 CVS 00738
The Wake County, North Carolina, Superior Court has certified as class actions these lawsuits which seek refunds
of taxes paid on certain government retirement benefits. Preliminary approval has been given to a Settlement in
these class actions. This Settlement may provide refunds, before Court-ordered deductions, ,10 you of approxi
mately 95% of the tax paid (plus interest) on North Carolina state and local government retirement benefits and -
approximately 70% of the potential refunds which could be recovered for tax paid (plus interest) on federal retire
ment benefits. The total Settlement Amount is $799 Million. The Settlement will release the State of North Car
olina and other defendants from all further liability for refunds to Class Members of tax paid on government retire- ?
ment benefits for tax years 1989-1997. The Settlement will become final upon enactment of legislation to provide
funding and upott final approval by the Court. A hearing will be held on July 22, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. at the Wake
County Courthouse before Judge Jack Thompson to determine (a) the fairness of the Settlement to the Class, (b)
the proposed allocation of the Settlement Fund among Class Members, and (c) Class Counsel's request that 15%
of the Fund be reserved for administration expenses, litigation costs and counsel fees. Class Counsel will present
a fee request no later than July 13, 1998. Each Class member is'entitled to be heard personally or through coun
sel. To be heard, you must notify the Court of your request to be heard, in writing mailed to Bailey/Emory/Patton
Cases, c/o Clerk of Court, P. O. Box 366, Raleigh, NC 27602, and serve a copy on Class Counsel at the address
below, on or before July 15, 1998. Objections to the settlement must be in writing, personally signed by the Class
Member, and mailed to the Clerk of Court at the above address, with a copy served on Class Counsel on or before
July 15,1998. Objections to the settlement should contain the information set out in Section 3 of the detailed
"Notice of Class Action and Proposed Settlement" which may be obtained from Class Counsel at the address and
telephone number below. Class Members also may request exclusion from the Class Actions and Settlement in
order to renounce their benefits or to pursue separate claims. To request exclusion, a Court approved form must be
completed and mailed to Bailey/Emory/Patton Cases, c/o Clerk of Court, P. O. Box 366, Raleigh, NC, 27602, with
a copy served on Class Counsel at the address below, on or before July 15, 1998. Those who request exclusion will
not be entitled to receive any benefits from the Class Actions and Settlement. Those who do not request exclusion
will be bound by the judgment in the Class Actions and by the Settlement if it becomes final. For more informa
tion and a copy of the detailed "Notice of Class Action and Proposed Settlement" and Request for Exclusion form,
call toll free 1-877-829-2273 (1-877-TAX-CASE), visit the class settlement Internet site at baileypatton.wcsr.com,
or write Class Counsel at P.O. Box 511, Raleigh, NC, 27602. Do not contact the Clerk of Court for this informa
tion.
As ordered by: Jack A. Thompson, Superior Court Judge