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BUCK UNITY (Continued from page 1) housewife. She also attends First >> Church of God, teaches Sunday School, serves as a Girl Scout troop Ira dor and as president of the Mar ried Couples Club in her church. Hie Whites have six children. They •. are a young family and a busy one, but they find time to participate in >. their church and community, and the t« parents provide proper leadership and role modeling for their children. The second traditional family to be honored is the Willie and Ella Leach family of Raleigh. The Leaches are >. characterised as a family that “prays together, and stays together.” This family of seven enjoys being with not > only each other, but friends and co workers, a key factor in tbelr outstan ding community involvement and the »y fact that all five children are married and doing well for themselves (Willie S and Ella Leach are retired) makes < the Leach family even more special. Willie and Ella Leach attend Wake £ Baptist Grove Church in Garner *5 where they have been active church v members for years. Leach is a v member of the choir, the Deacon V Board and former superintendent of the Sunday School. Ms. Leach is a o deaconess, a member of the First Aid K Auxiliary and the Usher Board, plus '? she taugit Sunday School for 20 years. All five children have also at ; tended and participated at Wake Bap :< tint. SINULK FAM1LU» •> For 13 years, Mamie McKoy Richardson of Fuquay-Varina had to >; raise two children alone, but in that S time, she’s never lost sight of her du >: ty to her God, her community, or >1 herself. The strength and character >' of this woman is why she and her two >: children are being honored as an *: oustanding single black family. Ms. Richardson, 39, works with the N.C. Agricultural Extension Service •: as an expanded food and nutrition •: program aide. She visits families dai ly to teach them good basic nutrition. < For someone who enjoys and loves people the way Ms. Richardson does, her job was made to order, jv Ms. Richardson attends St. £ Augusta Freewill Baptist Church in [. Fuquay-Varina, where she is a member of the ushers’ staff, program £ chair of the ushers, church reporter, member f the ChurCh Planning Com mittee, kitchen staff member and volunteer on the Youth Committee. A graduate of Fuquay Consolidated High School in 1965, Ms. Richardson : attended Shaw University. She is publicity chairman for the Fuquay Consolidated High School Alumni £ Association, a local PTA member and •* serves at the Pine Acres Community Center. Now that her two children an 19 and 13, she has more time tc volunteer. She will be working witi the Habitat Association in Fuquay Varina this summer. Like the first outstanding single black family honoree, the Garris family of Apex, headed by Ms. Margie B. Garris, is a testament to the axiom of striving to succeed, no matter what the odds. Ms. Garris, 50, is a correctional officer at the Correc tional Center for Women but was a high-school dropout. It was when two of her three sons graduated that she decided to go back and finish school. But she didn’t stop there. Ms. Garris then attended Wake Technical In stitute, and took courses in police science and psychology. She nou prides herself in encouraging othei adult dropouts to go back and gel their diplomas. Ms. Garris is a dedicated communi ty volunteer, taking those in need U doctor’s appointments and doiiy grocery shopping for them. She is ai active member of St. Paul CMI Methodist Church in Apex where six serves in the church choir, the uahei board, the missionary bqerd and as i deaconeas. A former Welfare recipient, Ms Garris now takas greet pride in rail ing her own vegetables In bar garden EXTENDED FAMILY In today’s society, extends) families are no longer considered uni que, and yet the vary fact that not al the members are blood relate makes them special nonetheless. Bn for tbs Mr. and Mrs. A.I. Goodso family of Wendell, the won “special” doesn’t go tar enough. Th inspiration this family of eight os amplifies is why they were chosen a outstanding extending black tamty of the year. The Goodsons are the youngai black farming operation in Wak County, with more than 150 acrei While farmers, especially Mac! farmers, are struggling to survive and many are losing, the Goochoo are holding their own. (Cootinued from page 1) of companies hen, for example, want to help employees with the day-care issue, but they don’t know what to do. This report gives them ideas and can mobilize them in terms of exact strategies.” Among the committee’s recom mendations are having employers assist in the supply of child care by starting community-based programs or giving money to a community ftind for that purpose; increasing funding for day care through several avenues such as Wake County purchasing more day care as a supplement to federal and state funds and businesses and others providing child care scholarships for employees; creating higher state standards for day care; and establishing regula tions for sick child care. In addition to the recommenda tions, the Child Care Steering Com mittee generated several themes related to day care issues and specific “next steps" for United Way. “The committee felt that affor dability is extremely important,” said 8outherland. "Some families are priced out of day care, and as a result, out of the workforce because they can’t afford $3,000 per year per child for care.” In that regard, the report recom mends that the community make child care more affordable by in creasing public and private funding for child care. A second theme, information issues, relies on a central coordina tion of information essential to help ing a large community with child care needs, the report says. In the third theme, the report notes that standards for child care in North Carolina are among the lowest in the nation. It suggests a reduction of group size in child care centers which would improve the quality of care, decrease exposure to illness and create a less stressful work environ ment for child care teachers. To meet the child care committee’s recommendations, the United Way has planned a focus group on April 19, one of its next steps. Individuals representing all sectors of the com munity will discuss the report “and help us determine the role United Way will play,” said Southerland. “We will get a clear directive on who does what. This is a critical evaluative tool that must be com pleted before anyone can do anything.” The United Way’s Bradford noted, “All SO recommendations for the child care committee are important. The report represents many, many hours of work. For the sake of our children and our community, we need to start addressing the recommenda tions now. That is what we intend to do, particularly with the coming focus group.” program saves $3 in hospital costs foi newborns. “As we approach the fight to gel [WIC] fully funded, I hope we do not approach it apologetically, but wit! great indignation,” said Con gressman Owens of New York, wh< testified at a recent bearing on WIC The congressman pointed out that th< cost to fully fund the WIC program ii significantly less than the cost of i single nuclear aircraft carrier or th< recent savings and loan bailout “Whenever the power structure real ly wants to get anything done arounc here,’’ Owens stated, “we are able ti somehow find the money. This natiat can afford to fully fund WIC.” Bread for the World, a grassrooti advocacy organization which seek) justice for hungry people, invites al concerned citizens to send birthdaj candles and letters to their senator! and representatives from nov through August with the message “Keep WIC Lit. Fully fund the WI( program so that more babies wil celebrate their first birthday.” black neighborhood had “bee vicious and racially motivated, Long-Doyle said. “He should neve come out.” The three victims present in th courtroom agreed. Said Michai Webb, a Blair victim, “This I justice? This is a joke.” (Continued from page 1) The program also saves U.S. tax payers millions of dollars a year. A study by the Harvard School of Public Health determined that every $1 spent on pregnant women in the WIC River Corridor Study. The development *tudy is authorised by the Raleigh City Council and Wake County Board of Commis sioners with assistance from the towns of Gamer, Knightdale, Roiesvilie and Wake Forest, the Triangle Greenways Council and Triangle Land Conservancy. JUDGES' BENCH (Continued from page 1) Love was being held in the Wake jail Friday night in lieu of $30,000 bond. MAN CHARGED AFTER CHASE Authorities charged a Raleigh man with trying to force a state Highway Patrol trooper off the road during a 12-mile chase early Friday morning, Anthony Garland Edwards, 24, of 4S16 Leeavllle Road, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, driving while impaired, speeding, failing to ■top for lights and siren and violating a limited driving privilege, according to arrest warrants and citations. LEGISLATOR CHARGES SETUP State Rep. Sidney A. Locks has said in an affadavit that he thinks a Robeson County sheriff's deputy pressured a former jail inmate to fabricate evidence implicating him in drug trafficking. The Robeson County Democrat, pastor of Sandy Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Lumberton, said Friday that he had contacted the lawyer after receiving a letter from the inmate. Deputy Wilkins, narcotics super visor for the Robeson County Sheriff’s Department, refused Friday to discuss Lock’s affadavit, adding that he could not confirm or deny pressuring the inmate. DRUG TRAFFICKING WILSON—A Wilsoin man faces drug trafficking charges after police stopped his car and found him to be carrying several pounds of what ap peared to be marijuana and cocaine. Gary Merle Cullum, 30, was ar rested Wednesday and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, and traffick ing cocaine. He was also charged with possession of marijuana, posses sion with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and trafficking mari juana. He was also charged with maintaining a vehicle for use in drug activity. D1SLKIMIINATIUIN LAWSUIT A lawsuit alleging race discrimina tion in hiring brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commis sion in the U.S. District Court in Greensboro against Sunshine Ap parel, Inc. has been settlmi. , . TKeTtiwSUif wii^'Hledf’in court by EEOC on Sept. 21,1988. The commis sion alleged that Sunshine Apparel had failed on at least two occasions to hire Ms. Vondra Moore on account of her race (black). In a consent decree approved by Judge Eugene Gordon, Sunshine Ap parel has agreed to reimburse Ms. Moore for the wages she lost due to the failure to hire her. The consent decree involves no finding by the court on the merits of the lawsuit, and no admission by Sunshine Apparel that it violated the law. DRUG PREVENTION / * (Continued from page 1) | , KHA is working very closely with the police, and household leases are ter , minated if residents are found to ( possess or distribute illegal drugs. The Housing Authority and Resi dent Council are making it clear that illegal drugs will not be tolerated in ftHA’s public housipg communities. MESSAGE . , (Continued from page l) have come to realize the importance of time...Time is life. “To be educated means to be in accord with the demands and the requirements of time. The time requires us to be unified as one strength. Create, build, do something for yourself and your people. Do not be a people divided on the basis of fraternity, economy, church, school, or lodge,’’ besaid. “Lead your mind to the Mother Land. Know yourself, your qualities, characteristics, and vour mind. Love myself .Familiarize yourself with the pest and determine yeqr future For every purpose under heaven there is a time and it is essential. How can you plan If you Are opt of time? Time is the factor that brings us into new fields of knowledge. We are beings of evolution and so is knowledge,” Camwii^n said. message to educators id “Believe and do good to time. As.I awakened to me sunrise of a new beginning my thoughts were clear. My mind has been washed by the rains of my Creator. Too long have we been asleep my brother. Too long...A new day is here. Do not condemn your r. Build, aim, motivate him to with the time. trUction. Allow bring ——L- ' K — HERITAGE AWARD-On Saturday. April IS. the Olay Sisters ware recognized far thalr contributions la RaMgh md outside the state with the Black Heritage Award presented by Alpha That! 4)mega te four outstanding lashion designers. Seated, from left Ms. CMoo Otay Laws, MS. Willie Otey Kay, Ms. MHdrad Otay Taylor, •want recipient*. Standing, Barbara Flood, Alpha Thata Omaga; da. Laura fay, Mi. June Kay Campbell, accepting tha award tor Elizabeth Olay Constant; Ms. Elsia Parry, proaanton and M«. Mary AWrteh, chairman, Black Heritage Committee. Wake Co. Lawyer Gets ABA “Pro Bono Award” Celia Mansaray was presented the Pro Bono Coordinator of the Year Award at the 1989 American Bar Association Pro Bono Conference in Miami, Florida on April 13, 1989. Ms. Mansaray is the first recipient of this national award designed by the American Bar Association to recognize the efforts of those individuals involved with private attorneys who provide representation without charge to low-income clients. Ms. Mansaray is the Pro Bono Coordinator for the Wake County Volunteer Lawyers Program, a joint project of the Wake County Bar Association and East Central Community Legal Services in Raleigh, NC She has worked for East Central Community Legal Services since 1985 when she became the Pro Bono Coordinator on a part-time basis. In 1986. Mansarav was promoted to the Co-ordinator position full-time. Between 1985 and 1989, Mansaray recruited over 200 volunteer attorneys to participate in the Wake County Volunteer Program. Now nearlv 400 attorneys participate in the program. For the past four years, these attorneys have donated a total of 5,871 hours of volunteer service on behalf of over 700 low-income clients. The value of these donated services equals $440,325. Also, Mansaray has worked closely with members of the Wake County VLP who were selected for the NC Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award for the past two years. In addition, she continues to assist the statewide law firm of Poyner & Spruill, which became the first NC Law firm to establish a division devoted solely to public service. Reed Takes 1st For Her Oratory BY SARAH GLOVER Special To The CAROLINIAN . Andrea Reed, former WLLE AM personality and 1888 graduate of Shaw University now pursuing graduate studies at Ohio State University, recently won first-place honors in the third ~.. igiggaiai auuiMM OMWft nvnu Contest. The contest was sponsored on Feb. 14 by the Office of Black 81a dent Programs at Ohio State University as part of the United Black World Week celebrations. Ms. Reed’s speech dealt with “The Black Family: Celebrating the Ties that Bind.” Not one to rest on her laurels, Ms. Reed is also involved ia the coming Health Issues Crisis aad the Black Community conference May 44, sponsored by the Ohio State University Department of Black Studies. Ms. Reed is from Baltimore, Md. and graduated magna cam laude and Alpha Chi from Shaw University. She also appears la the 1M8 edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.” “Anything you are is Just a testimony of the work that bed has for you to do,” Ms. Reed said. “To God he the glory.” AKA OFFICERS—Pictured from Ml art the 19891 officers of Alpha Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa I Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Seated: Sale Isaacs, secretary; Joan Silvey, first vico president; Barbara Flood, president; Loraine Hinton, second vice president; Docenla Hammond, treasurer. Standing, Darlene Celoman, graduate advisor, St. Augustine’s Cologo; Jean Spencer, Lawn Trimmer Do's And Don'ts The following Do’s and Don'ts on lawn trimmer Bafety are from the experts who manufacture the orig inal Weed Eater brand of outdoor power equipment. DO always wear a safety face shield or goggles. DO mix and pour fuel outdoors and where there are no sparks or flames. DO keep children and others at least 30 feet away from where you are working. _ education is the torchlight to civilization. We are at the root, full of fruit, ready to sprout forth education to the world. ‘We must build the fabric of society. The death of a Negro is upon us. It is not a crime to rule in the country that held our fathers in bondage, We built this nation. The time has come to cast away old stones and gather new ones. Hcnl your wound and give light to the new image. We too are leaders and this is no crime. Listen to the words, my brother, Time is calling. Are you listening? Are you there? What time is it? Is it the time to build, create, lead, teach, learn, love and be all we can be? And this my brother and sister, is good," Farrakhan concluded
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