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ROL 'ATE 3R/ RALEIGH. N.C. VOL. 48. NO. 75 TUESDAY AUGUST 22.1989 "■4t 0 N.C.'s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY Q(T IN RALEIGH ^90 ELSEWHERE 300 Church Policies, Audit Deacons Plan Secret Ballot On Pastor From CAROLINIAN Stall Report. Many of the deacons and members of the congregation at one of the largest churches in Raleigh after proceeding to develop and put in place a comprehensive set of policies and guidelines encountered opposition from the pastor and later asked for his resignation. A temporary restraining order was issued recently at the request of the Martin Street Baptist Church Board of Deacons that barred the Rev. David C. Forbes from holding a congregational meeting. Judge Joyce A. Hamilton issued the restraining order for the deacon board composed of 35 regular members and two emereitus members. The 1,200 member church ! oca tea on East Marty; * k is 120 years old and in s. '"l vote proceeded to oust!’-V. 5 Dr. Forbes has if r d ? a. ion of the issue to 1 at to; ey ressie Thigpin with the Firm Inigpin, Blue Stevens and Fellers. A statement from the attorney revealed that the legal aspects of the situation would be handled properly. However. The CAROLINIAN has obtained the following information addressed to members of the church from ‘‘ concerned deacons’ ’, text: "This letter to provide you with information relative to a series of events in the life of Martin Street Baptist Church." “These unfortunate events have led the Deacon Board by a vote 15-0-1 abstaining to request the pastor’s resignation. If the resignation is not received, a meeting to vote by secret ballot will he held on September 8, 1989 for the sole purpose of determining the future status of Rev, David C. Forbes, Sr. as pastor of Martin St. Baptist Church.” ‘‘Some of you are relatively new members of this church and some are not new, but may be uninformed arid may wonder why we find ourselves in such a state of disharmony. Please allow us to share some facts with you. Hopefully your level of consciousness and concern will be heightened by this dialogue.” “Our pastor over a period of years (See PROTEST, P. 2) Keisha, a smiling three-year •Id, rocks back and forth on her rocking horse. Her dark brown eyes sparkle as she moves. “Whoops!" she cries out with a smile and looks at her foster mom. This scene is played out every day in Wake County as foster parents accept children into their homes. These youngsters, rang ing in age from birth to 18 years, have been, through no fault of their own, separated from their families. Some, like Keisha (not her real name), have been vic tims of sexual abuse. Other children cannot live at home -because of neglect, physical abuse or a family crisis. Foster parents provide these youngsters with the care and at tention they need until they can return home to their parents. Be { KEISHA INSIDE AFRICA BY DANIEL MAROLEN The African group of nations at the United Nations In New York has ex praised a strong concern over South Africa's continuing Interference with the Impending Namibian elections due In November. South Africa is Intransigent and refuses to disband Koevoet, a murderous police squad which has killsd and Imprisoned many Nami _s, South Africa remains bent on thwarting the role of UNTAG in its i to implement Resolution 435 of to free Namibia from South a’s Illegal occupation, ith Africa also continues to violate the provisions of Resolution 435 in various other ways, and im pedes the release of SWAPO’s political prisoners and detainees who, according to previous agreement, should have been released when the independence process began in April. Furthermore, there has been only partial, but not total, repeal of apar theid laws in Namibia. South Africa should have scrapped those laws last April when the independence process On the other hand, South African interference has forced the United Nation’s High Commission for Refugees to halt its air flights that brought into Namibia the refugees returning home from exile. The Kosvoet squad intercepted and waylaid and killed the returning Namibian refugees. In addition, South Africa hasn’t •topped threatening SWAPO’s Mgers. The regime continues to Ki^winr SWAPO’s participation in the forthcoming poll. The African Group at JN hopes that the visit of the Secretary Gondral to Namibia recently will fores the UN to rise uo to its respon (See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2) ing a foster parent u not an easy Job. The children come into your home frightened and confused. Many are angry. They need families that can offer them at tention. love, and nurturing care. Families that can help them heal wounds and * offer the support they need to survive physically, emotionally and socially. "WakesCoijftty is faced with a critical shortage of African American foster families,” ac cording to Tina Martin, recruiter with Wake County Department of Social Services. “Every one of our licensed foster families is fill ed to capacity. Families just don’t have the space to care for more children. We need at least 20 more foster homes if we are going to adequately meet the needs of these youngsters.” The greatest need is for families able to care for older children and sibling groups. Ac cording to Martin, many times sibling groups must be separated because there is not an available family able to take more than one child. “The children in foster care have suffered so much loss in their lives, it makes it even —-re difficult for them when we cannot place children in one family in the same foster home.” It is also very difficult to find families to care for babies and preschoolers. Foster parents can be married or single and can be working out side of the home. Foster parents do need to have adequate bedroom space for a child and although there are no income re quirements, they must have a stable source of income. Foster (See CHILD CRISIS, P. 2) A A n AAA AAA Residents Protest Toxic Drue N. C. Joins Fight Against Burning Waste Citizens from across North Carolina joined with the National Toxics Campaign and thousands of toxics activists nationwide to protest a plan to burn toxic waste as an answer to the nation’s toxics crisis and called on Gov. James G. Martin to support a five-year moratorium on the construction and licensing of any new toxic waste incinerators and disposal facilities. Plans by federal and state officials to authorize new toxic waste in cinerators were blasted recently in a 50-page report released by a coalition of citizens’ groups which charge the facilities will poison the air, the en vironment, and violate federal laws. The National Toxics Campaign Fund report, “From Poison to Prevention,” estimates that new in cinerators could generate up to 10 billion pounds of toxic ash and more than 400 million pounds Of highly tox ic air emissions nationwide by the year 2000. The report charges that officials have been reaching decisions in favor of burning waste behind closed doors and have been making little effort to first reduce toxic waste generated by industry. A 60-day notice to file suit against EPA in federal court was also announced by the National Toxics Campaign Fund. The suit will challenge EPA policies that en courage states to promote incinera tion over toxics reduction, and without full public participation. "(See SECRET BALLOT, P. 2) United Way To Expand Campaign In Triangle BY ANITA MURPHY Special To The CAROLINIAN 3 flavor of the Triangle becomes metropolitan each day at the c cfRal« <f Durham and Chapel Hli -yow tt Hi; closer together. With >40 making ch town more ac cessible than ew ..people travel be tween the towns without a thought. In fact, some 30,000 people commute dally between the three cities and the Research Triangle Park. It Is just this trend toward a more metropolitan market that prompted United Way officials from the three communities several years ago to begin coordinating some of their fun draising efforts, according to Ron Drago, president of United Way of Wake County. “The concept of the United Way organizations in Raleigh, Durham aifeCharel Hill working together rtjK'AB' ff the need to gain better scale in supporting ef fojgr m bui fundraising campaign,” r i. “Our initial effort was to develop' campaign matefjjhls that could be used in *all tticem m munities and to consolidate cu 4 I draising activities within Research Triangle Park.” This year the cooperative efforts have expanded to a combined cam paign kickoff event, scheduled for Sept. 7, as well as joint publicity ef forts. “The Triangle has evolved Into a major metropolitan market area as far as the media are concerned and a combined kickoff and publicity effort will give us opportunities for better, more widespread media exposure,” Drago continued. “This should translate into a stronger message about the importance of supporting United Way agencies and therefore increase giving.” A consolidated publicity effort also means greater cost efficiency in publicizing campaign needs, which in turn frees up fund allocations as well as time available for the staff to sup port the service agencies. A Triangle-wide task force of United Way representatives and civic leaders from each community, created several years ago to look at (See UNITED WAY. P. 2) NAACP SPEAKS OUT-The Rev. H. B. Pickett, president Raleigh-Apex chapter ot the NAACP speaks out against the recent racially motivated murder of Chinese resident Ming Hal Loo who was killed by two men in an attack in a pool room in North Raleigh. The murder has led to an outcry from citizens and condemnation from officials and some leaders protesting the rising tide of bigoted violence directed against minorities in this country. (Photo by Talib Sabir-Calloway) Back-To-School For Somo Moons Back To Health Hazards, Dongors Fnr for fna mnnv nf Amoripfl'c - ..i -1 :-1_ : — i « ^ 1 . For far too many of America s schoolchildren, back-to-school also means back-to-daily-contact with a series of hidden environmental health hazards. So notes Keith Geiger, the incoming president of the nearly two million member National Education Associa tion. NEA represents the men and women who work in America’s public schools. The hidden dangers facing our na tion’s students aren’t as chilling as the threat of random violence from an assault weapon. Nor are they as obvious a danger as a dilapidated school building with a crumbling roof. These hidden dangers are all the more alarming because they can’t be seen or heard. Our students are far ing three invisible threats as they return for the 1089-90 school year: asbestos, lead, and radon gas. Each of these environmental hazards affects everyone who works, studies or visits America’s schools But America’s children are especial ly at risk. Here’s a brief description of all three of these hazards—and the effort to shield our children from them. Asbestos, the silent killer, strikes its victims many years after ex posure to the fibers. Breathing in asbestos fibers can cause lung cancer and other fatal lung diseases. Children, because of their smaller size and more rapid breathing rate, are more susceptible to asbestos than adults. The federal Environmental Protec tion Agency estimates that there are One or the last letter* Micaey Leland signed was a fundraising ap peal for the Ethiopian refugee-aid program of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. “Because cif the urgent situation in Ethiopia,” he wrote, “the first $50,000 netted through this appeal Will ))e us ed immediately for the immunization and inoculation program in Oondar... where some 15,000 black Jews still re main.” In April, immediately after his return from Ethiopia, the Houston congressman said he had "great hope” for early progress in the effort to nelp the remaining Jews in Ethiopia emigrate to Israel. He spoke in accepting the first Kovler Award for Black-Jewish Relations of the Washington-based Religious Action Center. The award included a cash grant to help support his innovative internship program that has sent 10 minority students from his district to Israel each summer since 1900 for six weeks. "We have lost a true friend and an outstanding advocate for social Justice," said Rabbi David Saperv teln, director of the Religious Action Center. “Mickey Leland was a living symbol of the bond between the biack and Jewish communities of America.” “Through his work and his words, he helped unite these communities in their shared viBion of universal justice, human righto, equality and freedom.” Rabbi Saperstein said that the Houston congressman had an especially close and warm relation ship with the Religious Action Center and the movement of Reform Judaism. During the early days of the (See MICKEY LELAND, P. 2) asbestos-containing materials in almost all of the nation’s 107,000 elementary and secondary schools. More than 44,000 schools retain friable asbestos, which can easily crumble and release breathable fibers Over the past decade, NEA and other concerned groups have pressed repeatedly for action to rid schools of deadly asbestos fibers. And progress is being made- -slowly. In the 1989-90 school year, for the first time ever, schools will be man dated by federal law to start remov ing any threat posed by asbestos. The same statute had required all schools to inspect their buildings for the presence of asbestos and put a plan In place to prevent any asbeistos present fromm posing a health hazard. The new law for '89-90 also man dates that each district must Identify one person to oversee the implemen tation of its asbestos program. Any citizen or school employee can con tact this district employee to find out the program’s current status. The health hazards of even low level exposure to lead are dramatic: damage to the nervous system, hear ing impairment, learning disabilities, stunted growth. Last spring, the EPA released a list of water coolers known to contain lead-lined tanks. An estimated one million water coolers nationwide may have hazardous lead compounds Steps are now under way to identify these dangerous coolers and remove them from schools. But water coolers are not the only source of lead contaminants in school drinking water. Drinking water can also be contaminated by the corro sion of lead pipes, fixtures, or solder Water that satnds In these pipes will absorb more lead. And water use pat terns in schools, which are closed overnight, on weekends, and on vaca tions, mean that water often remains stagnant in the interior plumbing Schools should identify the sources of lead leaching into their school water supplies—and take steps to fix them. i ^ (See HEALTH HAZARDS, P 2) ELS—Lhorrta Rhea, Meals an Wheels volunteer It wn busy distributing food to residents In Southeast RoMgb. Moots on Whoots Is ono of tbo most recognized organizations focusbig on community old and extending a band to tho needy. (Photo by TaRb Sabir-CaNoway)
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