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Tuesday, September 19,1995
’Boarders and ’Bladers Roll to Different Beat
BY LANE DUG
STAFF WRTTER
You can see them flying down stairway
rails and taking off into the lower strato
sphere from the elevated steps across cam
pus. Daredevil in-line skaters and skate
boarders seem to be everywhere.
And while it may seem to some people
that skating is only a way to bruise and
humiliate innocent passers-by, it means
much more to the people with the wheels.
While he wouldn’t claim that skating
was a lifestyle, Patrick Rakestraw, a Chapel
Hill High School student, said he did feel
his skateboarding set him apart from oth
ers. “There’s a big difference between be
ing a skateboarder and being a regular
person,” he said.
The UNC campus is considered one of
the best locations in the state for both in
line skating and skateboarding. The skat
ers who frequent campus seem to be out to
prove both the virtue of their sport and
their personal skill within it.
In-line skaters, in particular, seem to
feel that they are on the cutting edge of the
sports world. “We’re starting it all,” said
Elias Sorokin, another CHHS student.
From sole grinds to back sides, Sorokin
said the tricks in-line skaters perform on
the UNC campus are soon to be as com
mon as slam dunks and home runs.
He also said the most prominent in-line
skating magazine, “Daily Bread,” was
emerging as a well-respected sports publi
cation. There are even nationwide compe
titions and events for in-line skaters.
Board Hopes Mentor Program Will Help
Provide Better Education For Minorities
BYTODD DARLING
STAFF WRITER
This year, minority students in Chapel
Hill-Carrboro elementary schools have the
chance to form a lasting friendship that
will benefit them until they graduate from
high school.
The Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate pro
gram, which is in its first full year, began in
response to a national study done by the
Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Achieve
ment of Minority Children in Schools.
“The mentor-advocate program was
implemented because that was one of the
effective ways African-American children
excel across the country, ” said Tina Hester,
liason from the task force.
The candidates for the 1995 Chapel
Hill-Carrboro School Board outlined a need
to prepare children for the workplace of the
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Rollerbladers Dan Coop, Wheaton Lefier, Dru Bryant and Jack Flynn enjoy a brief moment of weightlessness as they
jump over the edge into the Pit. Skateboarders and rollerbladers also use ramps and stair handrails as jumping props.
Sorokin said he and a fellow Chapel
Hill skater, Jack Flynn, competed in the
National In-Line Skate Series in Los Ange
les last year. Though they both finished
respectfully, he said they were eager to
improve their skills before the next na
tional competition.
He said they practiced with four other
close friends every weekend in the Pit, on
the rails by Playmakers Theater or at the
Old Well. He said these campus locations
presented only one difficulty they are
“ The ideal mentor is one who
has the maturity to stick with
it”
PAM BAILEY
Head Volunteer for Task Force
future. Pam Bailey, head of the volunteer
partnership for the committee, said she
thought the mentor program was a perfect
way to meet this goal.
“The role model that mentors provide
is a lasting one,” Bailey said.
The program pairs children with an
adult who guides them through their entire
school career or until the mentor feels the
child no longer needs the extra guidance.
The task force is divided into subcom
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also prime skateboarding locations.
Wheaton Leffler, an in-line skater, said
competition between the two groups has
decreased recently, buttension still remains.
“We aren’t trying to be like skateboarders,
but we don’t want to be enemies, ” he said.
He also said local skateboarders have re
mained hostile toward the new sport.
Pat McKinley, also a CHHS student,
said that he tried in-line skating and didn’t
find it as challenging as skateboarding. “I
tried a ramp the first time I had skates on,”
mittees which determine the child’s need
by studying aspects of the child’s home
life, such as their location, their parents’
education and their socioeconomic status.
Based on this information, the task
force researches effective techniques to raise
achievement of black children. The pro
gram gives children individual attention
from an adult, which is often difficult for
them to find, Bailey said.
“The ideal mentor is one who has the
maturity to stick with it,” Bailey said.
The selection of the mentors is done
through a rigorous process. Mentors make
a two-year, two-hour-a-week commitment
with the children involved in the program.
“These mentors are not tutors, but they
assist in setting up tutors if needed, ” Bailey
said.
“They are there to meet the children’s
needs.”
he said. “It’s just not as hard.”
Clinton Perry, a Morehead City resi
dent, said he traveled to Chapel Hill to
skate on campus. He has performed well
enough in national competitions to be spon
sored by Action Surf Shop in Morehead
City and Ollie Armor in California.
Perry said he also works as a freelance
photographer, specializing in both video
and action photography of skateboard
stunts. He said he is devoted to the sport.
“It’s a way that I can express my feelings. ”
WILLIAMS
FROM PAGE 1
On Sept. 8 Williams and his new wife,
Shimada, took Williams’ 7-year-old son
from Orange County and moved to Chi
cago.
Williams’ ex-wife, Ashley Williams,
who had court-ordered joint custody of
their son, Austin, filed motions last week
for an emergency change of custody after
Williams failed to deliver the child for a
scheduled visitation.
Orange County District Judge Lowry
Betts denied the motion, and Ashley Wil
liams appealed the ruling. Anew hearing
for the motion is scheduled for Oct. 9 in
Hillsborough.
Ashley Williams said Monday she was
worried aboutherson’swell-being. “I don’t
think that Jim Williams cares about any
body but himself,” she said. “Austin is
confused and unsettled.”
She said her son was given only 45
minutes notice that he was going to be
moving to Chicago and had no time to say
goodbye to his teachers, his friends or her.
She also said Austin was being shuffled
from school to school since he had moved
to Chicago.
“He’s been in two different schools
since he’s been in Chicago,” she said.
“That’s three schools in one week."
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Chapel Hill Restaurants
Pull 3-Way Switcheroo
■ Multi-restaurant owner
opens new eatery and moves
New Orleans Cookery.
BY CHERYL CHIN
STAFF WRITER
Chapel Hill residents will now have the
opportunity to enjoy entertainment and
the taste of eclectic new dishes with the
opening of anew restaurant and the move
of a Franklin Street favorite.
New Orleans Cookery moved Sept. 3 to
220 W. Rosemary St. in Chapel Hill, the
former home of Margarette’s Cracovia.
Steve Dominick, owner of the Cookery,
also opened Pesce, a Mediterranean fresh
seafood grill, on Sept. 4.
The Cookery’s expansion plan was in
tended to create a classic New Orleans
setting for restaurant patrons to enjoy.
Dominick said he wanted to create this
atmosphere while continuing to provide
patrons with familiar cuisine.
“We wanted everyone to feel comfort
able,” Dominick said. “This is not a stuffy,
but a fun-type place.”
The new home of New Orleans Cook
ery has several new features, including
new dishes and live entertainment.
Customers can enjoy French Creole
dishes such as rice and beans and gumbo.
DEATHS
FROM PAGE 1
The sheriff’s department will continue
to talk to family members and people who
worked with him at Village Landscape
Construction in Chapel Hill, he said.
The murder-suicide occurred roughly
three hours after McLeod harassed Noell
on the bus she was driving for Chapel Hill
Transit. Noell, who drove for the transit
system for over seven years, radioed help
to her bus dispatcher shortly after 5 p.m.
Thursday. Chapel Hill police responded to
the call, and an officer boarded Noell’sbus
on Columbia Street and escorted McLoed
off without a struggle, Pendergrass said.
Although McLeod allegedly sat near
Noell on the bus without bothering her,
Pendergrass saidhe thoughtthere wasmore
to the incident than what was in the police
Campus Calendar
TUESDAY
3 p.m. LESBIAN EMPOWERMENT GROUP
will meet in Nash Hall. For more information call
962-2175.
4 p.m. DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP will
meet in the Health Education Room on the second
floor of the Student Health Service Building.
7 p.m. SPECIAL POPULATIONS OF CAM
PUS Y will meet in the basement of the Campus Y.
8 p.m. YOUNG DEMOCRATS will meet in
Union 208.
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Anothernew feature, which Dominick said
will become a big hit, includes live jazz
music on Sundays during the ‘brunch hour, ’
between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The restaurant’s ‘4Ol Room,’ which was
named after their old location at 401 W.
Franklin St., includes hand-painted panels
that give the restaurant a more homey feel.
Limited space at the Franklin Street
location motivated the move to an area
where Dominick could meet the demands
of his customers.
“We were turning away too many people
who wanted to hold large parties and other
functions at our restaurant,” said Dan
Hussmann, director of operations at New
Orleans Cookery.
Hussmann said the restaurant can now
hold big parties for groups of up to 50
people, such as sororities and fraternities,
became of its expansion.
The new restaurant, Pesce, is smaller,
with an atmosphere similar to a New York
cafe. Pesce’s menu includes a milder set of
seafood dishes than the Cookery, with a
wide range of prices so nobody is limited.
However, New Orleans Cookery will
serve as his premier restaurant, where he
will spend most of his time and energy,
Dominick said.
Dominick said the managers will con
tinue to make additions to their restaurants
in the following weeks in order to give their
customers the best of everything.
report. “There were bound to be words
said there,” Pendergrass said.
However, Noell did not file a report
against McLeod. “We can’t find anything
in the records where she filed (in the past)
anything against him,” he said.
McLeod, who has a record of assaulting
women, shot Noell twice in the head out
side herfamily’shome at 85 lOUnion Grove
Church Rd. After killing Noell, McLeod
walked to his car and fatally shot himself in
the head with a .22 caliber revolver. Fam
ily members heard the first shot and ran to
the front yard, where they saw McLeod
standing over Noell with the gun. McLeod
shot Noell again before turning the gun on
himself.
Pendergrass said the Orange County
Sheriffs Department arrived on the scene
at about 8:15 p.m. and did not leave until
11 p.m. that night.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
SELECTED HILARITY will have a sneak pre
view at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20 in the Union
Cabaret. Admission is free.
SARR is meeting in the basement of the Campus
Y on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.
HELLENIC ASSOCIATION is announcing the
beginning of Greek dance classes.
Classes will be held Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m.
and Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. in Studio A in Woollen
Gym.