CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ON EXHIBIT
An exhibition of work in charcoal, graphite and oilstick by Robert Todd
will be on display through Feb. 19. Call the Sertoma Arts Center, 782-7583, for
beat viewing times. A reception for the artist will be held Sunday, Jan. 15,
1989, from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
The Amnesty International Raleigh group meets Wednesday, Jan. 4,1989,
at 7 p.m. at Fairmont Methodist Church, Clark Avenue at Horne Street. All
are welcome. Merry Christmas.
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DANCE CLASSES
“Wanna Dance?” North Carolina Central University offers continuing
education dance classes for children, teens and adults beginning Jan. 18,1989.
Preregistration begins Jan. 9, and brochures are available from the NCCU
University College at 1-560-6324.
REX CANCER AWARENESS SERIES
The Rex Cancer Awareness Series will present “Nutrition and Cancer," a
lecture, on Tuesday, Jan. 10,1989, from 7-9 p.m. at the Rex Cancer Center,
4420 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh 27607. For information, call 793-5099.
JAZZ FILM SERIES
Tickets to the January jazz film series at the North Carolina Museum of
Art are $10 for the three-film series or $4 at the door. Museum members
receive discounted prices of $8 for the series and $3 at the door.
Music by area jazz artists at 6 p.m. will precede each film; there is no ad
mission charge to the music portion of each evening. Jazz films will be
screened at 8 p.m. on Jan. 12,19 and 26.
~ BALLET COURSE
Two beginning ballet courses, one for children 7 to 11 years old and the
other for dancer? over 12, will be offered as continuing education programs at
North Carolina Central University beginning Jan. 18. Classes will be held
from 4-5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays. Brochures are available from the
NCCU University College at 1-560-6324.
TAP AND JAZZ
Courses in tap and jazz dance will be offered as continuing education pro
grams at North Carolina Central University beginning Sunday, Jan. 21. The
tap program is for young dancers, 8 years old and over, and the jazz dance
course iji for dancers 12 and over. Classes will be taught by dancer Nancy Pin
ckney. Brochures are available from the NCCU University College,
1-560-6324.
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BUILDING HOMES—Since 1980 the St. Louis Assn, of Community
Organizations (a CHD-Funded Organization) has helped low-and moderate-lncomi
people buy new and rehabilitated homes. The jtuder Place Protect, a developmen
of 30 new homes for moderate-income people, Is being built by SLACO and C.F
Vatterott A Co. (Photo by Richard C. Flnke)
Bank Executive Warns
Of Excessive Spending
BY E.H. HINTON
Staff Writer
With anticipation of the high profits
that can be made by retailers, the
war is well underway to attract
customers into stores to browse and
hopefully make a purchase.
Economists have already noted that
during the three quarters that have
already passed in 1988, spending was
up over that in 1987 by a substantial
margin. Furthermore, they have pro
jected that the trend wlf continue-and
increase proportionately through the
holiday season before it stabilizes.
According to Ms. Brenda
Schneider, executive vice president
of Manufacturers Hanover Bank in
Detroit, during an interview with The
CAROLINIAN, all consumers should
be careful not to overextend
themselves while shopping and not
allow themselves to be tempted by
the glitter ^*nd glitz of the Christinas
sense. •.
Ms. Schneider is an informed bank
ing executive with one of the nation’s
top banks who has been conducting
seminars and giving speeches all
across the country for the past few
years in an effort to make consumers
aware of how important it is to plan
befor^shopping, especially at
Christmas.
Ms. Schneider stated that first and
foremost, you should do a budget,
thereby giving you the knowledge of
what you can spend. She added that a
budget is not just for holiday shopp
ing, but is something of im
measurable value to assist you all
year long.
“Be flexible in your ideas for gifts,
know from your budget how much
you can afford to spend and by all
means, stick to your plan with little or
no deviation,” said Ms. Schneider.
Ms. Schneider further indicated
that years come and go and usually a
number of us are caught in the same
trap each time. She feels that it is
very important to plan for Christmas
in the same manner that you plan for
that special vacation each year. “If.
you plan to enjoy shopping and
Christmas, you should begin to con
sider Dec. 25, 1989, by setting up a
savings plan or joining a Christmas
club strictly for the purpose of shopp
ing. Otherwise, it could become a
depressing period of time for you to
have more names for gifts than you
have cash or credit,” she said.
Ms. Schneider also pointed out that
many of us get into serious debt dur
ing Christmas because of anticipated
tax refunds, Christmas bonuses and a
f self-fulfilling need to purchase expen
i sive gifts to offset olir shortcomings
I and failures of the previous months.
She indicated that if you find
1 yourself with more bills than
paycheck, there are a number in
alternatives to seek. The first or in
itial step would be to contact your
creditors and work out a reasonable
payment program that is beneficial
to both of you. Because above all else
you are the most asset they have and
they I your creditors] do not want to
alienate you, but assist you in
whatever manner possible.
However, if you find yourself
burdened with so many debts that you
cannot make equitable arrangements
with your creditors, there are a
number of professional credit
counseling services that can help you
get back on your feet. They will assist
you in understanding your bills and
take a portion of your paycheck to
pay the bills for you.
Ms. Schneider said, “Always
realize that credit is important and
you should work hard to protect it,
just like you did to get it. It can be
your best friend or worst enemy, if
you are a credit-card junkie, and
when giving, give according to what
you have, not what you expect to get
and have not received.”
Leader Denies
Beating Death
During Training
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)-Eldridge
J. Broussard, Jr., founder of Ecclesia
Athletic Association, says a state
agency is trying to take the 53
children they are holding in protec
tive custody away from their parents.
Broussard, who surprised
members of the state’s Children’s
Services Division with an unannounc
ed visit last Friday, accused the
agency of “lies” and
"incompetence.”
“I don’t know what else to do but
confront you,” Broussard told Bart
Wilson, manager of the CSD’s
Clackamas County branch.
Broussard said he had reason to
believe that CSD had planned to take
the children away from their parents,
while the agency at the same time
portrayed itself to Ecclesia parents
as “being on our side.”
Broussard also told members of the
media later in the day that his
daughter, Dayna L. Broussard,' was
not “beaten to death” at Ecclesia’s
Sandy house.
He said he was awaiting an autopsy
report on Jhe cause of the child’s
death from Dr. William Brady, the
forensic pathologist who was hired by
defense attorneys to do an indepen
dent autopsy.
Broussard said statements of two
Ecclesia members facing trial for the
death, which were made in a hearing
this week of pretrial motions, were
“taken out of context.”
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reasons that the heart of the CaroNnas can claim to have the most attractive
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Landlords Take Action
Against Rev. Sharpton
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP)-The Rev.
A1 Sharpton’s landlord, who took
him to court for non-payment of rent,
began eviction proceedings against
him on Monday, alleging that he was
again in arrears.
Legal papers were served at the
apartment at 116 St. Marks Avenue in
the Prospect Heights section of
Brooklyn, said Lorraine Coyle, the at
torney who represents the owners.
Coyle said Sharpton, a black ac
tivist, was not there but that the evic
tion notice was accepted by
Sharpton’s companion, Kathy Jor
dan, who also lives in the apartment
with their two children.
Sharpton and Jordan were ordered
to appear in housing court today.
The landlords, David and Barbara
Oldham, allege Sharpton has not paid
rent in five months and that he owes
them $11,000, Coyle said.
His lease, which set rent at $1,000 a
month, ran out in April but Sharpton
and his family have continued to live
in the apartment, Coyle said. The
Oldhams raised his monthly rent to
$2,500 in August, she said.
Messages left for comment with
three of Sharpton’s attorneys—Hud
son Reid, C. Vernon Mason and Alton
Maddox—were not returned.
Sharpton, who won national renown
as an adviser to Tawana Brawley,
was castigated by Attorney General
Robert Abrams after a grand jury
found that Ms. Brawley fabricated a
story of rape and abduction.
Coyle said she had a discussion
with Reid in September during which
he said Sharpton planned to move out
at the end of the month, but he did
not.
She said she recently got another
call from someone in Mason’s office,
who said Mason wanted to meet with
her to discuss a compromise.
The Oldhams decided to go ahead
with the eviction proceedings after
they were unable to reach Mason,
Coyle said.
In June, a Civil Court judge ordered
Sharpton to pay $6,900 in back rent
and penalties for nonpayment since
last December, after the Oldhams
took the matter to court.
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