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3D ARTS & ENTERTAINMEM/tCiiie Ciiarlotte Thursday, October 30, 2003 Oc Fest was a hit. Hundreds of folks showed up for the first Oc Fest at Spirit Square. The crowd had a choice of enter tainment ranging from visual art to poetry. PHOTOS/PHILIP RICE Slick Rick doing immigration time in Fla. Continued from page 1D gested Walters’ exemplary post-prison life should be a mitigating factor. After his ‘90s prison term, Walters resettled in the Bronx with his wife and two children, buying a pair of apartment buildings (he’s pa3dng property taxes while jailed). He also resumed the music career that began so memorably in the 1980s. The London native first moved to the Bronx at 11, falling in with seminal rap figure Doug E. Fresh and rapping on the hit singles “La-Di-Da-Di” and “The Show.” With his eye patch and Mr. T-style jewelry, Rick went solo with the platinum album “The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.” Stardom seemed imminent before his convic tion. In an odd twist, Walters’ status is in the hands of U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood — a Manhattan jurist familiar with immigration problems. In 1993, she dropped out of the running for U.S. attorney general when it was revealed she had hired an illegal immigrant as her nanny. “Nothing about this case,” Solomiany said, “is normal.” Walters’ appeal could become a test case for others, including one-time New York WORD OF GOO BROADCASTING NETWORK J-FW WADE-AM 1340 Wadesboro, NC ...mtk '7onif SvMH, ^ool, Ckaiteii ^Jcknacn, y-vuth TkaMo, 'ZSiucUomI /hiiSic, y-ocui: ch tkc yn»uti{, And >nuck ywie! ^Tuhc in and jct Uc9$edl 1501 N. 1-85 Service Road • Charlotte, NC 28216 704-393-1540 If You Can Read This, Help Someone Who Can't. More than 15% of local adults Tiui stark fact impacts us ail, because people who cant read are more likely to drop out of school, live in poverty’ and struck in the workpiace. are functionally illiterate. To find out how you can volunteer in the fj^ht against iliiteracv'. call United 'X'ay 211. QBTlotte Reads nightclub impresario Peter Gatien. In August, he was ordered deported for a 1999 tax evasion conviction. Solomiany said Wood was aware of both the case and Walters’ lengthy jail stay. Walters didn’t blame the judge, citing her December 2002 decision blocking his deportation. “I still have love for the judge, ‘cause if it wasn’t for the judge, I’d be gone,” he said. “She must have her hands tied behind her back with some political garbage.” This spring, as Walters approached his first anniver sary behind bars, he wrote Wood a personal note. “Heart to heart, cutting out all politics,” Walters said. “Just talking raw: This is my situation, this is what I’m in jail for.” Walters never heard a response; Solomiany said Wood’s office has cited a “heavy docket” for the delay. Walters, despite his second stay behind bars, was resigned to keep coimting the days. tirje charlotte Really Works, Advertising & Stories! The Post readers are loyal and trusworthy, but they will wait to make sure you are going'to last before knocking the door down. But once tliey know you provide a good service, and are going to be there, they are there too. Not only did the ads ■ v/ork, but the stories pull in clients as well. After being featured as the Lifestyles feature of the week, we could hardly handle the business. Thank you to the staff of tS^e tCjarlatte fioitt Sandy St^hen^Ovmer 3203 Eastway Drive Remount & West Blvd. - Opening in September NOW OPEN, 101 Indian Trail Rd. CUBA GOODING,jr_ EQ HARRIS RADIO ' inspired By A True Story PGIPAHEHTAL EUIDAKCE SUCCKTgl'^ soiitiwtfttLiiiMMCiTBtswwuroiomwii MILD LANGUAGE AND THEMATIC aEWENTS STARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 T0i-7»».STAlt AMC «CA«OUNA PAVIUOH n eL CINEMAS n ♦STONECMST AT PIPEA GL£N 3S VEJUZOH AMWITHSaTU •PAUCE STADIUM 12 ★CONCORDMILLS 24 AND AT A THEATER NEAR YOU *g=rnTTin;:=a .FTTW cowtuos.g94.ow4 I soom NO PASSES ACCEPTED POB THIS ENGAGEMPJT. 11 CHIP! OUtiaOWES M CALL IHEATBS FOR IHfOaMWIOtt | Visit Siiowtiines.SonyPictures.com OR CHECK YOUR LOCAL USTINCS—
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