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®l?p Daily ®ar Hppl POLICE ROWCP University Sunday, Jan. 21 ■ A Chapel Hill man was arrested for misdemeanor breaking and entering and second-degree trespassing at the Carolina Inn at 1:55 a.m., police reports state. Deshaun Larmar Oldham of 2518 Gemena Rd. was identified on site by a Carolina Inn employee, reports state. Saturday, Jan. 20 ■ Jimmy D’Andrea was working on the new entrance to UNC Hospitals at 3 a.m. when he saw a vehicle run over his drill, police reports state. D’Andrea attempted to stop the vehicle from leaving the scene, but the car did not stop, reports state. D’Andrea followed the car and got the license plate number. D’Andrea came to the police depart ment to report the car was a light blue/grey Colt, reports state. ■ Two mini planets were stolen from Morehead Planetarium at 9:37 p.m., po lice reports state. According to reports, four white males took the mini planets from an exhibit while inside the planetarium. One of the suspects was descried as slender with dirty blonde hair, reports state. The suspects left the area upon the offic ers’ arrival by driving away in a small, dark-colored vehicle, reports state. ■ Police were responding to a 9:45 p.m. fire alarm at Hanes Arts Center when they noticed that room 102 of the first-floor library had been broken into, police reports state. According to reports, an unknown sus pect had knocked out the door windows with a fire extinguisher to gain access to the library. Police found nothing missing, and all doors were secure upon investigation, re ports state. Friday, Jan. 19 ■ A flatbed trailer and four Bobcat forks were reported stolen from the UNC Land fill at 10:20 a.m., police reports state. According to reports, a McCall Broth ers, Inc. employee said the trailer and forks were secure when he left the construction site at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. When he re turned to the site Friday morning, the items were gone, reports state. ■ Joseph Vine IV, 38, was arrested for second-degree trespassing near Whitehead Residence Hall at 1:33 a.m., police reports state. According to reports. Vine was sit ting on the stepis'drinldng a beer when an officer approached him and asked him for identification. After checking with tele communication, officers found there was a trespassing warning on Vine, reports state. Vine was placed under $l5O unsecured bond and released, reports state. A Feb. 20 court date was set. ■ Fletcher Ray Barbee, 27, 0f209 Gra ham St. was arrested for possession of stolen property after he presented three books that were taken from Davis Library to the manager of the Carolina Union Bookstore, police reports state. According to reports, Barbee tried to sell the stolen books to the manager of the bookstore. Barbee was placed under S2OO unsecured bond and released, reports state. A Feb. 6 court date was set. ■ A UNC student reported her bike stolenat 1:57 p.m., police reports state. The locked bike was removed from a bike rack on campus, reports state. The bike was val ued at $250, and a mount for the bike headlight was valued at sls, reports state. City Sunday, Jan. 21 ■ Timothy Rand Lawrence of 6412 Coachman’s Way, Fayetteville, was ar rested and charged with careless driving as well as driving while intoxicated, reports state. Lawrence was stopped in a drive near the intersection of McCauley and Pittsboro streets after police observed him driving recklessly on Ransome Street, re ports state. According to reports, Lawrence registered a. 18 on the breathalyzer test. He was placed under a S4OO unsecured bond, reports state. ■ Jerome Clifford Delauder of 504 W. Haggard Ave., Elon College, was charged with aiding and abetting a driving-while intoxicated suspect, reports state. Accord ing to reports, Delauder was found to be the owner of a car an impaired suspect was driving. Saturday, Jan. 20 ■ Reports state that Marion Christo pherMedlinofsol4Clubßd., Wilmington was charged with being drunk and disor derly. According to reports, Medlin was at BW-3 on West Franklin Street at the time of his arrest. Medlin was placed under a S2OO secured bond. Friday, Jan. 19 ■ Russell Wayne Rhoton of 100 W. Rosemary St. was cited for misdemeanor larceny from a business, according to re ports. Reports state that Rhoton was caught by an employee of Rite Aid on 109 E. Franklin St. outside the store in possession of stolen merchandise. Rhoton was identi fied, cited and released, reports state. ■ Police responded to a report ofbreak ing and entering from an auto, reports state. An unknown suspect pried the win dow seal of a car parked at the Eubanks Park and Ride lot until it shattered, accord ing to reports. Stolen items include a cellu lar phone, valued at $l5O, reports state. Damage to the car was estimated at $l5O, reports state. Proctor: Community Begins With Leap of Faith BY NATALIE NEMAN STAFF WRITER Americans have the capability to move to ward the community envisioned by Mar tin Luther King Jr., but divisions could hinder this movement, Samuel DeWitt Proctor told a group of about 80 during a speech in Memorial Hall Saturday. “America has been through many wars,” said Proctor, a theologian and activist. “It appears however that her greatest chal lenge lies before her right now the achievement of a national spirit, a national soul.” DTH/JUSTIN WILLIAMS Gavin O'Hara, lead singer of the local band Soccer, opens their CD release party performance at Local 506 on Saturday with bassist Paul Cardillo (right). The show, which marked the band's first CD release, drew about 150 people. Nursing Home Under Scrutiny for Practices BY DAVID SIMONEAUX STAFF WRITER Allegations about the staffing proce dure at Britthaven Nursing Home have led to a state investigation that began from complaints made in December of last year. “The base allegations are dealing with staffing problems and the results of those are not complete," said Jesse Goodman, chief of medical facilities of the licensure section in the NC Division of Facility Ser vices. Katie McAlister, former directorofnurs ing at the Britthaven Nursing Home on 1716 Legion Rd., worked for six months then left after what she said she felt would be improper cuts in staffing. “The corporation cut staff back to what I considered an unsafe level of staffing," McAlister said. “There has to be a certain ratio (of nurses to patients) that allows to take certain care of the parents.” A ratio of two registered nurses and one licensed practical nurse for 46 beds de creased to one registered nurse and one licensed practical nurse, she said. “They told me they were cutting it back intoasub-acuteunit,”McAlistersaid. Since she said she felt her license was at stake, she left. She also said it is the nursing staff’s job to provide quality care. School Board Votes To Use Workdays to Make Up for Snow BY LESLIE KENDRICK STAFF WRITER Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools will use teacher workdays to make up five of the six school days missed for recent bad weather, Board of Education members decided at their meeting Thursday night. The board forgave the sixth missed day, allowing stu dents not to make it up. Students will attend classes on Jan. 22 and 23, Feb. 19, and Mar. 23, all originally teacher workdays, and on May 27, Memo rial Day. Chapel Hill-Canboro Schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen proposed the five make-up days as an alternative to the make-up plan the board approved at the beginning of the year, which would have extended the school year two days to June 13. Pedersen said he made his recommen dations after extensive discussion with teachers and parents. “One comment I frequently heard was, let’s not extend the school year later into June,” Pedersen said. “Most people would agree that extending See SCHOOL BOARD, Page 4 UNIVERSITY & CITY 4 Proctor’s speech wrapped up the Univxersity’s 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebra tion. “We don’t have to be comfortable at the expense of hav- ing four billion people hungry and uncer tain about life all over the world,” he said. The Republican-run Congress exempli fies those who have tried to keep our soci ety stratified, Proctor said. The balanced “I think that family members are complaining to the state because they think their family is not getting the care they need. ” KATIE MCALISTER Former Britthaven nursing home director She said she felt the lack of proper care is the reason Britthaven has fallen under scrutiny. “I think that family members are complaining to the state because they think their family is not getting the care they need,” McAlister said. Britthaven also received complaints in December about nurses not following the proper medication procedures, Goodman said. These allegations are currently being looked into, he said. If allegations are sub stantiated from the report, corrections are to be made by the facility, he said. “The facility then has 10 work days to develop a plan of correction,” Goodman said. Advisers of the Britthaven home were in conference Friday afternoon and were not available for comment. School board member HARVEY GOLDSTEIN said students needed to make up all days missed due to snow. DTH/JASONHRK Ezra Hickey, 3 months old, naps on Franklin Street on Sunday despite freezing temperatures. "Actually, we moved here from Maine to escape the cold," said his father, Shawn. budget debate boils down to a spiritual debate, he said. “We can’t decide who we want to be as a nation,” he said. “In 1994 anew majority in Congress was elected. While South Africa was rejecting 300 years of racial oppression and the systematic impoverishment of its native majority, the new contract and new Congress seem to be a reversion to policies and practices that defy the moral heritage of America.” Some scholars, because of biases, have stated that certain races are genetically superior than others, Proctor said. Moving toward a genuine community means ac knowledging that differences are due to Rock On Athletes Prepare for Special Olympics attain it, BY MATTHEW BOYATT STAFF WRITER One need not argue the point that physi cal fitness and competition are beneficial to every individual’s health and state of mind. Asa state member of Special Olym pics, North Carolina ensures that these benefits are provided for athletes who are mentally disabled. In 1999, the Summer World Games of Special Olympics will be held here in the Triangle for the first time. The Special Olympics were organized by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968 as a result of the successful day camp Shriver established for mentally disabled individu als. Six N.C. athletes competed in the first games held by Special Olympics, and the state has remained an active member of the program ever since. “The presence of Carolina athletes dur ing the 1968 games brought the enthusi asm for Special Olympics back to the state, ” said Keith Fishbume, associate executive director of Special Olympics for the state of North Carolina. “Every county has its own local grassroots program.” Currently, there are 97 local Special Olympics programs inNorth Carolina with 23,000 athletes. A common misconception concerning Special Olympics is that the program is open to all young individuals who are physically challenged. But in actuality, any mentally disabled person above the age of eight can participate. “Special Olympics includes adults with All Bundled Up social and economic situations, he said. “True community begins with a giant leap of faith... that God created all homo sapiens,” he said. “All of these differences can be redressed and the marvelous design of God for human fulfillment can be achieved.” Proctor said King’s determination that America could be a unified society robbed off on others, including himself. “Aren’t you just grateful that every now and then, somebody comes along and just soars, just takes life and goes running,” he said. Proctor said he fully understood the impact of King’s life when a scrawny, mental retardation as well, ’‘fishbume said. Athletes involved in Special Olympics train throughout the year in preparation for the state-level games. Each county holds its own competition in preparation for the state games in order to advance the ath letes’ skills. A basketball game between Orange County and Fayetteville was held Sunday at the Lincoln Center in Chapel Hill. Fishbume said Orange, Durham and Wake Counties were among the most ac tive in the state. Orange County has re ported 138 athletes who are able to partici pate in at least 10 different sports including tennis, volleyball, swimming, softball, soc cer, cycling, bowling, equestrian, alpine skiing and basketball, Fishbume said. “We have a school-based swimming program which will begin in February,” said Colleen Lanigan, director of Orange County’s Special Olympics program. “The school-based program is limited to chil dren who are still in the school system.” Lanigan assumed the leading role in Orange County’s program in the summer of 1990. “Our program was started in the late 1980s, ” she said. “It’s hard to pinpoint an exact date because there were no records kept until 1988.” On the state level, Special Olympics games are held each season. These games are arranged by the N.C. Special Olympics (NCSO), which was chartered in 1971. The seasonal games arranged by the NCSO are gauged for those athletes who have excelled during county-level competitions. Lanigan said the majority ofher coaches Monday, January 22,1996 tattooed, white cab driver informed him of King’s death. “He said ‘Mister, must be you don’t know what done happen to day,”’ he said. “He started trembling and shaking and said ‘Mister, someone killed Mr. King.’ When King died, his world shook, too. He looked like the last person that would cry when King died.” Before the speech, Ladell Robbins, the president of the Black Student Movement, was presented with the 1996 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship. Robbins said he would contribute the SSOO award to the construction of the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center. Rain Floods SRC One More Time ■ The flood closed the SRC for a few hours but did not damage equipment. BY JOHN C. JOHNSON D STAFF WRITER A Friday morning thunderstorm satu rated the front entrance of the Student Recreational Center and closed it for the majority of the morning, but did not cause any major equipment damage. Lauren Mangili, SRC director, said ex cess rainwater from the morning’s down pour flooded the lobby on the main floor of the SRC and forced the center to dose temporarily. “Students will have to enter through Fetzer Gym until the saturated area in the front entrance of the SRC is taken care of,” Mangili said. Since the previous flood, which closed theSßCfromAug.2BuntilOct. 17, discus sion has been under way as to how to prevent future problems, Mangili said. “When we have torrential rains, there is so much run-off,” Mangili said. “They need to redirect the water that’s coming from other areas of campus (in order to stop the floods from re-occurring).” Although it reopened Friday afternoon, several workers at the SRC complained See SRC, Page 4 were adult vohurteer#4-the community who were not linked to the families of individuals with developmental disabili ties. “(The coaches) continue with the pro gram because they truly enjoy teaching and interacting with the athletes, ’ ’ Lanigan said. In addition to Orange County’s special ized training staff, there are also a number of UNC students who volunteer with Spe cial Olympics. Jaclrie Denoncourt, a senior from Jack sonville, has been one of Lanigan’s volun teers for more than a year. “I’ve been working with children my whole life, and this is just an extension of that,” Denoncourt said. So far Denoncourt’s most memorable experience has been the swimming train ing she was involved in last year. “I had one young student who didn’t want to get in the water at all,” Denoncourt said. “By the end of the swimming season she not only would get in the water, but would laugh the whole time because she was enjoying it so much.” The benefits of Special Olympics activi ties stretch well beyond the physical train ing athletes receive. “The program im proves each individual’s self-image and ability to function in society,” Fishbume said. The future plans of Special Olympics are already in the works. Between Feb. 4 and 6 the South East Regional Winter Games will be held in Boone. Also in the works are the Winter World Games, which will be held in Toronto in 1997. Elections I ™ .Notes Nore Throws Hat in Ring For Carolina Athletic Association Presidency SethNore, a junior business major from Charlotte, announced his intent to run for president of the Carolina Athletic Associa tion on Sunday. Nore currently serves as a co-chair of athletic enhancement on Student Body President Calvin Cunningham’s cabinet. He said his plans were twofold. First he wants to increase student involvement in CAA. “I want to increase member involve ment, with members being the whole stu dent body,” Nore said. Nore also wants to make sure the CAA is accountable to the student body. “I also want to be accountable to the entire student body, to what they want and need.” STAFF REPORT Anyone interested in announcing his or her candidacy for office should contact Daily Tar Heel Managing Editor Marc McCollum at 962- 0245. 3
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