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REGIONAL/The Charlotte Post
Thursday, May 29,1997
Rowan events: Toastmasters
Continued From 8B
N. Main St., Salisbury.
• 6-8 p.m. - Parenting class,
Third Creek AME Zion
Church, 415 E. Main St.,
Cleveland. Educational pro
gram for pregnant and parent
ing teens. Rev. Brenda
Williams, coordinator.
• 6:30 p.m. — RAMBA
Toastmasters International,
Miller Recreation Center.
Members are competing for
Competent Toastmasters
Award.
June 4
• Noon - Prayer service.
Soldiers Memorial AME Zion
Church, 306 N. Church St.,
Salisbury. Free.
• 5:30 p.m. - Narcotics
Anonjrmous meeting. Soldiers
Memorial AME Zion Church,
306 N. Church St., Salisbury.
• 7 p.m. - Praise service,
7:30 p.m. - Bible study,
Gethsemane Baptist Church,
719 S. Caldwell St., Salisbury.
June 5
• Noon - Prayer service.
Gethsemane Baptist Church,
719 S. Caldwell St., Salisbury.
• Mini camp - West Side
Community Center, China
Grove. Ages 6-12 and 13-17.
Registering now for June 9. For
more information, call Mary
Leach (girls) at 857-8377 or
Stanley Rice (boys) at 857-
6585.
To have your announcements
included, call Gwen Plummer
at 636-9219 by 10 p.m. Sunday
for inclusion in the next week’s
Post.
S.C. rapper gets real with lyrics
Continued From 8B
him to Ohio, Detroit and New
York.
Although he says he’s heard a
lot of positive comments from
record executives, most larger
companies seem wary about sign
ing on another rap act.
Frustrated, Robinson signed up
for seminars on how to start a
small business and soon began
producing his own projects.
He’s spent close to $7,000,
which he saved frx)m working odd
jobs. He has yet to turn a profit.
Robinson says he’s not discour
aged, though, and things are
looking up.
He said he recently spoke to a
representative from an indepen
dent record company in St. Louis
who said she likes his demo tape.
That’s all Robinson needed to
hear.
“I have cried for this. That’s how
much music means to me,” he
said. “Tm going to keep at it and
keep at it until I make it. 'This is
my dream.”
Annexation battle pits two Rowan towns
Continued from 8B
the predominantly white town would not have to
file for it or dispute its boundaries.
East Spencer started its annexation case last
October, but did not file an ordinance for the land.
A couple of months later, Spencer officials filed an
annexation ordinance and were granted approval,
making East Spencer’s plans invalid.
Spencer lawyer Anthony Fox told the
Salisbury Post that Spencer’s adoption of an
annexation ordinance gave it prior jurisdiction.
“Spencer has the right to annex territories
within its resolution of intent,” he said.
Fox said the ruling will be sent to town board
members by the end of May.
Schools under state fiscal scrutiny
By Brian Powe
FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST
SALISBURY - The Rowan-
Salisbury school system faces
money problems and demand
ing legislators.
During a recent summit in
Salisbury, lawmakers told
school officials that receiving
more money will not eliminate
concerns but further the sys
tem’s problems.
State Sen. Betty Cochrane of
Davie County seud problems in
the school system are far too
complicated to worry about
additional funding.
“All the proposals being
brought forward for the schools
have the best intent,” she said.
“But they’re Band-Aids on a
problem. More money being
thrown at it is not the solu
tion.”
Cochrane said of all the
money already poured into the
school system, parents and
supporters still do not see sig
nificant changes.
“Until we get children coming
to school ready to learn emd
respect authority, schools are
going to have a problem,” she
said.
Cochrane said the school sys
tem must set some strict prior
ities and channel energy and
funds towards eliminating
problems.
One proposal would raise
standards for teachers and stu
dents. The General Assembly is
considering Gov. Jim Hunt’s
Excellent Schools Act, which
would raise teacher salaries to
the national average by the
turn of the century, will cost
$235 million the first year.
However, Rowan Rep.
Charlotte Gardner doesn’t
want school improvements at
the expense of other programs.
Gardner, who co-chairs the
House Committee of Human
Resources, says that agency is
staring at about $20 million
worth of cuts if the monetary
proposals are granted.
“The governor made some
proposals I’m not thrilled
about,” she said.
Some of those proposals
include cutbacks in Medicaid
expenses and slashing of the
Smart Start program in
schools, which would mean less
protection for pregnant women
and young children.
Gardner said she advocates
pay raises for teachers, but not
at the expense of her budget.
Eugene McCombs said voters
have already approved a $1.8
billion proposal for school con
struction, and now they are
considering passing the
Excellent Schools Act proposal.
McCombs said one of the
major flaws in schools is the
lack of parent-teacher trust.
“It is time for the parents of
our country and state to realize
that we don’t have perfect chil
dren,” McCombs said. “Every
time that a teacher tries to cor
rect and be helpful to a stu
dent, the parents should not
run to the school and behttle
the teacher for trying to correct
the child for his misbehaving
and being disruptive in the
classroom to the point where
25 students are being deprived
an education due to the actions
of one student.”
Cochrane said that imder the
Excellent Schools Act, the sys
tem can locate, supervise, and
evaluate the effectiveness of
teachers, making it easier to
fire poor teachers.
During the summit, lawmak
ers and school board members
also discussed the growing
effects of home and private
schools in the state as well as
training teachers and their
tenure at public schools.
KKK buflding sold to S.C. minister
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Howard’s head of security, he was the Emperor’s
Night Hawk. He stockpiled a small arsenal in the
old theater.
“I was in control,” Burden said. “I wasn’t being
controlled; I was in control.”
TTien, while driving across Georgia, he saw a
Confederate shop that sold Klan and Civil War
memorabilia.
“I got to thinking about it. And I said. There
ain’t nowhere I know of in South Carolina that you
can buy Confederate flags and such.’”
Burden and Howard restored the theater's lobby,
opening the Redneck Shop in March 1996.
The store stocked pens, knives, T-shirts, fig
urines, key chains, belt buckles, bumper stickers
and a variety of Confederate battle flags. In the
hack was a museum filled with Han memorabilia.
Kennedy was one of the shop’s most vocal critics,
leading rallies and marches.
Burden said he was prepared to kill the reverend
if he threatened Howard. But that was before
Knox Middle School gets dress code
By Brian Powe
FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST
Tb the chagrin of many Knox
Middle School students, the
Board of Education has autho
rized the wearing of uniforms
at the school next fall.
Though many students hated
the plan. Board of Education
officials sided with Knox’s prin
cipal Catherine Rivens,
instructors, and parents
requiring that students must
wear uniforms next school
year.
“We’re elated. We’re excited.
We do believe this is going to
make a difference,” Rivens
said.
School administrators felt the
need to back the proposal
because some students’ spring
attire had become a little too
risque.
Jerome Banks, a Knox math
teacher, says that some of the
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Judy Harbeson.
“See, I bottle my feelings up. I’ve had to do
that all my life. Nobody cared how I felt. But
she did,” Burden said. “She told me, T care.’”
Within the next few weeks. Burden left
Howard, the store and the Han.
“She reignited emotions in me. Now, to this
day, I got a conscience. I care. I care about other
people,” Burden said.
On April 22, Burden sold the Echo Theater to
New Begitmings Missionary Baptist Church for
$10. Howard retains the right to use the build
ing for the rest of his life.
“At some point in time,” Kennedy said, “we are
looking forward to transform that building from
a building of hatred to a building of love.”
Burden and Harbeson were married on May 2.
“I’d like to tell the black community that I’m
sorry for what I done. As far as the white com
munity: Don’t fall victim to it. Don’t be a fool.
There ain’t no reason to hate nobody. All it’s
gonna do is ruin your own life.”
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were ridiculous.
Banks, who is notorious for
settling even the most rowdy
middle schoolers, said, “Some
of these clothes like Daisy-
Dueks, extremely short skirts
and skin tight jeans should not
be worn at the school.
“And, although we haven’t
had a huge problem with boys
fondling these females, they
cause a lot of disruption and
havoc in the schools everyday.”
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