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Ex-NFL Player Helps Students Beat. The Odds YUMA, Ariz. (AP)-The odds Mack and Hispanic students face of graduting from high school can look Uke those against a young athlete making it to the National Football League. So says John Kimbrough, a former NFL wide receiver now helping students beat those odds. Despite standing 5’6” and weighing 140 upon graduating from high school, Kimbrough found himself huddling with O.J. Simpson on the Buffalo Bills after attending St. Cloud State College in Minnesota. He might not have been the first member of his family to get through college had not some special people taken an interest in him along the way. Kimbrough was one NFL player who got involved with the Goals for Youth program when it started 10 years ago. Now he is the program's •regional coordinator based out of San Bernardino, Calif. This year, Kim brough worked with Kofa High and Somerton Elementary school migrant students at risk of dropping out. Goals for Youth is aimed primarily at kfeping migrant students in school and working toward goals. They can succeed, he said. “They just haven't found the motivation... [Success] is no more than practice, practice, practice.” In his current summer program, Kimbrough works with about 40 students headed for the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, said Sue Ochs, migrant dropout advisor for the Yuma Union High School District. “Hopefully, what the young students learn will carry them on through high school,” she said. At Kofa this spring, Kimbrough started with 25 students and finished with 17. “Some found it a little more difficult,” he said. But those students who stayed in said they got more out of the program than just better grades. Wake Tech Advances In High Tech Opportunity What do a computer operator and an aerospace engineer have in com mon? Both careers rank among the top 10 high-tech opportunities for the next decade, says Trends magazine. That is good news for graduates of the computer operations curriculum at Wake Technical Community Col lege, says Mike Cylar, department bead. Some 241,000 Americans with one to two yean of technical training now hold Jobe as computer operators, ac cording to Trends. Between now and 1986, the field is expected to grow 50 percent. Cylar says job opportunities for his computer operations graduates are ffptriniiy good in the fast-growing Research Triangle area. “There are jobrf that must be filled, and we’re encouraging anyone who is interested in the career to apply now for our f«ll quarter,” Cylar says. Trends lists $16,000 as the current average starting salary of a com The first permanent workers’ organization began in 1792 with the Philadelphia cordwainers. The group lasted less than a year but reap peared in 1794, existed until 1806, ac cording to “Labor Firsts in America,” a U.S. Labor Department publication. puter operator. Cylar says the salary range here is $16,000 to $23,000. “Advanced and more technical areas of computer operation salaries are higher,” he says. “These posi tions normally become available as an individual’s computer experience grows.” “Certain skills are mandatory for today’s industries,” he adds. “Employee creativity is very impor tant. Computer operators must be able to develop more effective and ef ficient methods of performing a task. It is also essential that computer operators know how to analyze pro blems and initiate the correct actions to solve those problems.” What is the political future for Black Americans? Election ’88: A Black Perspective Friday at 9 PM WUNC-TV 4 Chapel Hill V" • ' ' . it: Panelists include NY Congressman Ed Towns, NC Representative Dan Blue, Washington Political Analyst Dr. Linda Williams. Taped before a live audience at Raleigh's Martin Street Baptist Church. Hear the concerns of national black leaders and political figures as they examine 1988's electoral process. North Carolina Public Television REGISTRATION FOR FRESHMEN—RaMgh-Wako County and surrounding aroa high achaoj studonts peso for a picture during the Freshman Pre-registration campus of Saint Augustine’s College. recently on the “Live Wire” Designed To Encourage Youths Last Surviving Racist School Closing Doors BELLE CHASE, La. (AP)-The last surviving school set up to dodge, federal demands for racial integra tion in Plaquemines Parish has clos ed, officials said. School Principal Monica Wertz said enrollment at River Oaks Academy was about 300, down from 600 two years ago, and the staff of 35 was given walking papers Thursday. ' “It’s kind of traumatic,” she said. “I guess we’re all going to go out and look for jobs.” The school was built along with four others as an alternative to public education at the height of the civil rights movement in 1966. The schools were the brainchlid of Judge Leander Perez, legendary political strongman of Plaquemines Parish, which covers the delta of the Mississippi River. Enraged by federal court orders to desegregate public schools, Perez had the private academies built and closed to blacks. Parish Councilman Benny Rousselle said the academies nearly killed the public school system. White teachers and students abandoned the public schools, which were stri >ed of supplies and left to blacks and a handful of others. “The [public] schools were a skeleton,” said Rousselle. Rousselle said he graduated in 1967 with only four classmates from Belle Chasse High, which is now over crowded. The parish has expressed interest in buying the River Oaks pro perty to ease overcrowding. Occasions lorist IHMCH—rUNERAL DESIGNS—POTTED PLANT] CUKMCBA—FUNERAL DESIGN?—POTTED PLANTS miiT»l»WS FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS'—ETC. I.N.C. Marcn 27 witnessed the premier broadcast of “Live Wire,” a live talk show for youth ages 8-20 which airs every Sunday at 3 p.m. on Raleigh’s WSHA-FM 88.9. This innovative programming is the brainchild of. Dr. Emeka Emekauwa, assistant professor of communications, Shaw University, and general manager of WSHA-FM. Dr. Emekauwa envisioned a program that allows Wake County youth the opportunity to express their views concerning school, home life, com munity and general society. WSHA-FM sponsored a contest to name the program and Robert Warner, a senior at Enloe High School, submitted the winning entry. Encouraged by their graphic arts teacher, Ms. Nancy Carty, Robert and many of his classmates par ticipated in the contest and were the first guests on “Live Wire.” Other guests have included students from Lincoln Heights, Lucille Hunter, Emma Conn schools, teens from the Partners program, the Girls’ Club, and the Enloe Gospel Choir. Regular guests on “Live Wire” are the Y-Teens from the Garner Road YMCA. These active teens have discussed such topics as “Teens and Abuse,” “Fads, Fashions and Feel ings” and “Interracial Dating.” The moderator and co-producer of “Live Wire,” Janet Howard, volunteered to work with the pro gram because of its importance to youth and the community. ‘“Live Wire’ is an extension of the lives of our youth which the com munity needs to hear,” said Ms. Howard. “The youth of our area have a lot to say and need to be heard. It is through the discussions and the listening that we may reach solutions or improvements in society. I strong ly believe in our youth. We all should believe in them because they are our future. I am delighted to have this op portunity to work at WSHA-FM and with Dr. Emekauwa, a well-trained and seasoned proft sional and academician.” Bis. Howard would like to see more student involvement with the produc tion and interviewing tasks; however, those plans are long-range. 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