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Boyle Chosen For Writers’ Organization ROCKY MOUNT—William P. “Bill” O’Boyle, English instructor in the College Transfer Program at Nash Community College, has been granted membership in the North Carolina Writers Network. The Carrboro-based statewide organiza tion is composed of playwrights, technical writers, poets and other genre who are both professional and non-professional writers. Through its workshops, annual meetings and matching grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the network promotes and encourages aspiring writers in the state. O’Boyle, who was a Peabody Scholar at the George Peabody Col lege for Teaching, joined the Nash Community College faculty in September 1988. His teaching specialties include 19th century English, American literature and composition. He is a graduate of Atlantic Christian College, earned his master’s degree at Clemson Univer sity, and is a candidate for the Cer tificate of Advanced Studies at East Carolina University. COMPLETES TRAINING—Army Reserve Pvt. Rebeccs S. Riddick hss completed bsslc training et Fort Jsckson, S.C. During the training, students received Instruction In drill end ceremonies, wespons, mep reeding, tsctlcs, military courtesy, military justice, first aid, and Army history and traditions. Riddick Is the daughter of Emily M. Riddick of 9 Granville Terrace and Hubert Montgomery of 140S Cross Link Road, both of Raleigh. Catholic Priest Faces Suspension From Church WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)-The Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington almost certainly will sus pend a priest who set up an unauthorized church for black parishioners, a church official says. The Rev. George A. Stallings, Jr. could be suspended as early as Wednesday, said the Rev. William Lori, secretary to Cardinal James A. Hickey, archbishop of Washington. Stallings performed the first mass of the Imani Temple on Sunday. He said he created the new congregation because the Roman Catholic Church is not responsive to the cultural and spiritual needs of black parishioners. The suspension penalty “is given in such cases not for punishment, but in hopes of reconciliation,” Lori said Rep. Collins Convalescing At Home After Tests BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS, SR. NNPA News Editor WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Car diss Collins' scheduled hearing on airlines security will have to be postponed for a few weeks while she recovers after undergoing a series of ' tests and angioplasty (removal of cholesterol buildup in her car diovascular system) at the Universi ty of Chicago Hospital. The Illinois Democrat, who chairs the House Subcommittee of Govern ment Activities and Transportation, who is convalescing at her Chicago home, assured her constituency that •“all is well.” “My doctors have advised me to re main in Chicago for a few weeks so that results of the procedure can be carefully monitored,” she said. “But I plan to return to my duties on Capitol Hill as quickly as possible.” She was reported “resting quietly” after the operation. Ms. Collins and Secretary of Transportation, samuei iv. stunner have been locked in a dispute over Skinner’s accusation that the tough Illinois lawmaker’s committee leak ed sensitive Federal Aviation Ad ministration intelligence reports on terrorist threats to airlines. Skinner charged that these revelations could be damaging to the agency’s efforts to secure future information and thus endanger air passengers’ lives. Ms. Collins called Skinner’s charges misleading. “They mischaracterize the facts and im pugn the ingegrity of the subcommit tee,” she said. Meanwhile, her im pending committee hearings on airlines security are expected to elicit statements from a number of experts on the subject. A 16-year veteran of the House of Representatives, she is the only female African-American lawmaker on Capitol Hill. She said she is feeling better and is looking forward to meeting with new House Speaker Thomas Foley. She has received a number of get-well telephone calls, telegrams, cards and flowers from “friends, congressional members and concerned citizens of my district. They have brought me great joy,” she said. Pilot Receives Training, Wings Second Lt. Scott M. Ted nas graduated from U.S. Air Force pilot training, and has received silver wings at Williams Air Force Base, Teel is 5024 New His wife, finmj, 9 i of Dave and Audrey K. 1001 Riverview Road, Monday. “Suspension is virtually assured.” Efforts to reach Stallings by telephone for comment were unsuc cessful. Church officials said they oppose Stallings’ methods but not his efforts to respond to the black community. “This situation has more to do with the needs and expectations of Father Stallings than with broader questions about the adequacy of Catholic ministry within the black communi ty,” Hickey said. “As Catholics, we look to the bishop for overall guidance on when to establish a new parish,” said Lori. “We can’t have a priest setting up a new parish and saying, ‘Hey, we have a better product over here.’” Should Stallings be suspended, he would lose his right to preach, celebrate mass or officiate at wed dings and funerals, Lori said. Sunday’s ceremony at the Universi ty of the District of Columbia Law School chapel was attended by about 500 people and included traditional Catholic prayers and liturgy, along with elements borrowed from African and Southern black revival tradi tions. Black representatives of other faiths, including Baptists and Muslims, attended to show support for Stallings’ move. The rite included the celebration of the Eucharist despite Hickey’s order banning Stallings from celebrating Holy Communion in any Washington parish. Economic Activity Rural Protect Gets $50,000 Grant The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation of Winston-Salem has awarded $50,000 to the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center for a pilot pro ject designed to spur economic activi ty in economically depressed minority communities. The project, known as the Col laborative Credit Union Structure, will enable the state’s minority credit unions to substantially increase their effectiveness across the state by pool ing their financial resources and development activities. According to Billy Ray Hall, Rural Center president, the collaborative Arabic Order Helps American Red Cross CPR KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Ten health coordinators of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and its auxiliary, the Daughters of Isis, representing five cities, participated recently ii American Red Cross CPR and bloo< pressre detection certificatior courses to learn how to save lives within their communities. The five cities include Kansas City, Mo Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles. The pilot program was held at Marion Laboratories, Inc., which supported the training classes through an educational grant. Dr. Donald Ware, a Los Angeles based cardiologist, serves as medical director for cardiovascular disease and hypertension (high blood pressure) for the AEAONMS, an in ternational fraternal and benevolent organization. "This training program will be of great value in our various communities. Cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer of black adults in the United States," Dr. Ware said. “Approx imately 70,000 black Americans suf fer from strokes each year, some of which are directly attributable to high blood pressure. Of these 70,000 blacks, about 40,000 die each year. “We are grateful to the American Red Cross and Marion Laboratories for providing this training and cer tification in CPR and blood pressure detection. The next step is to make use of this training within the com munity through blood pressure screenings that help identify hypertensives,” he added. The American Red Cross is the na tion s foremost volunteer human ser vices organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of human life, to enhance self-reliance and concern for others, and to help people avoid, prepare for and cope with emergen cies. Marion, a Kansas City-based phar maceutical company, develops, manufactures and markets prescrip tion and over-the-counter phar maceutical products. ^structure will involve the establish ment of a Minority Credit Union Association and a Minority Lending Support Center. The association will be responsible for promoting the interests of members among regulatory and government agencies, will serve as a liaison with other credit union trade organizations, and will carry out legislative policy initiatives. The support center, a non-profit organization, will promote economic development in the communities served by the credit unions, will pro vide management and marketing assistance to member credit unions and will be able to receive grants from corporations, foundations and the State of North Carolina for developmental loan capital. "Clearly, witE the drop in federal support for economic development in rural communities, we’ve got to look for some innovative financing strategies from within the state,” said Hall. “Our minority credit unions are already extremely knowledgeable about their com munities' needs and I believe that through this new collaboration, we will see them gain financial capacity and clout." The collaborative structure was developed under the leadership of the minority credit unions and organiza tions including the N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development, the Center for Community Self-Help, the Rural Center and various state and national trade associations. The pro ject grew out of a $1.75 million ap propriation by the General Assembly in 1988 for minority economic development. The $50,000 grant from Z. Smith Reynolds will be used for training purposes and to lay the legal ground work for the project. The project will be initiated in July. According to a study by Technical Resources International, a Raleigh based planning and development firm that evaluated the developmen tal potential of minority credit unions for the Rural Center, there are 104 tederally chartered and 177 state chartered credit unions across the state, of which 17 are minority con trolled. These minority credit unions have assets ranging from $80,000 to $5 million and in most cases the residents of the communities they serve are low-income. A 1985 study by the Charlotte Minority Business Development Center titled "The Community Reinvestment Act and the North Carolina Minority Business Com munity” pointed to the lack of capital to start up,' maintain or expand operations as the most critical pro blem facing minority businesses across the state. A recent study by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution of lending practices by savings and loan institutions revealed that in the Triangle area of North Carolina, minority loan applications an re jected nearly four times as often as applications by whites. In a random sampling of other cities across the state, this trend appeared to be cons tant. GOOD FOOD HOT & QUICK! 9 Dinners With Choice Of Two Vegetables 9 Sandwiches OPEN 8-8 Mon. - Thurs. OPEN 8-9 Fri. & Sat. 9 Breakfast 9 Specials Daily “We'ue installed a Steam Table to insure, your LUNCH BOX MEAL is always hot as well as fresh. 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