A&T Homecoming, Not Just Football
But Festivities. Fashion And Food
BY RICHARD E. MOORE
8p«*tal To The CAROLINIAN
GREENSBORO—If there is one
thing that I’ve discovered about an
A&T State University homecoming, it
is that the celebration is more th»n
just football, festivities, and fashions
It’s also food)
When kinfolk and friends “drop in”
before and after the game on
Storm Forces
Cancellation
Of CIAA Game
Anticipating problems resulting
from hurricane Hugo, Savannah
State and Virginia Union moved their
game (originally scheduled for
Savannah)-to Charlotte, only to see
Charlotte hit more severely than
Savannah. Because of the massive
power outages, they were unable to
secure a field and the game was not
played. It does not appear that the
teams will be able to reschedule the
contest.
Johnson C. Smith University,
located in Charlotte, had a field and
game officials, but no one to play.
They were scheduled to meet the
University of District of Columbia at
1:30 p.m., but appearently the
Firebirds 'tad second thoughts and
did not make the trip.
Virginia State, on the other hand,
experienced a dose of “Murphy’s
Law” as they had a field, an oppo
nent, nice weather—but no score
clock. It appeared that the clock ex
peienced a mechanical malfunction
rif it before the game. Furthermore,
team co-captain Rodney Warren, set
to return after missing last week’s
game, suffered an injury during
pregame drills and lud to be carried
off the field. Best wishes to Rodr *y
for a speedy recovery.
Sacred Heart
Church Holds
Golf Tourney
PINEHURST—The seventh annual
Sacred Heart Church Golf Tourna
ment will be held Oct. 8 at Midland
Country Club.
An Oktoberfest will follow featur
ing a buffet meal, beverages and
entertainment.
The format for the tournament will
be a nine-hole mixed (men and
women) with an entry fee of $20 per
person. The fee covers green fee,
riding cart and Oktoberfest ac
tivities. There is a limit of 72 players
and entries will be accepted on a first
come, first-served basis. Those not
wishing to play golf may attend the
festival for $8 for adults and $2 for
children. Advance reservations are
required.
For information or to register, call
Charles Manger at 1-295-2990.
Willie Buckley
Heads Player*
For CIAA Week
Following are CIAA players of the
week for games played Sept. 24.
Offensive lineman—Willie Buckley,
N.C. Central, senior, offensive guard,
6T\ 282 lbs., Florida City, Fla.
The Eagles racked up 451 yards’
total offense (330 rush, 121 pass)
largely due to Buckley’s blocking.
They scored on runs of 42 and 14
yards. N.C. Central defeated Ken
tucky State 40-6.
Offensive back—Brian Harris, N.C.
Central, sophomore, tailback, 5’10”,
176 lbs., Teaneck, N.J.
Brian led the NCCU offensive effort
with 121 yards on 23 carries. The
Eagles had 330 rushing yards and
four rushing TDs.
Defensive lineman—Rodney Ed
monds, N.C. Central, junior,
linebacker, 5’9’’, 210 lbs., Charlotte.
Rodney had 14 tackles (6 solo, 3
tackles for 20-yard loss). He was the
Eagles’ defensive leader. N.C. Cen
tral held the Thorobreds to »1 yards
total offense (86 rush, 35 pass).
Defensive back—No nominations
submitted.
Newcomer—Willie Holmes, N.C.
Central, sophomore, defensive
tackle, 6’0", 256 lbs., Galveston,
Texas.
Holmes is in first season os a
starter and making important con
tributions. Against Kentucky State he
had four quarterback sacks and 35
lost yards and one fumble recovery.
Coach-Sanders Shiver, Bowie
State University.
The Bulldogs won a big Northern
Division game at Virginia State. They
overcame a 7-10 deficit to defeat the
Trojans 17-10.
HUNK
SAFETY!
Homecoming Day, they expect a
royal spread and as my good friend,
Annie B. Herbin, says, “Something
good to wash it down with.”
I’m not just talking about routine
eating like they do out in Sedgefield
and Irving Park. I’m talking about
scrumptious, tantalizing, and mouth
watering soul victuals, like mounts of
Eula Whitley’s lemon chicken and
famous deep dish apple pie, Irma
Phillips’ sho’ nuff good chitterlings,
Herbin’s cornbread with sharp
cheese and (frated onion, and Earline
Boston’s sweet potato supreme
casserole.
That is just for starters. This
reporter took his annual survey of
homecoming food favorites for this
year’s celebrations, and the list is a
real gourmet’s delight.
What kept coming to the top of the
list were potato salad, green beans,
pinto beans, collard and turnip
greens, barbecued ribs, candied
yams, cole slaw, ham, country pies,
including sweet potato, coonut and
pound cake, barbecued pig feet, and
for the sophisticates, sirloin tip roast.
Ms. Whitley of 1903 Belcrest Drive
is known to feed upwards of 50 folks at
her homecoming gatherings. “I
prepare much of my food ahead and
freeze it,” she said almost as if giving
advice to newcomers to cooking. She
swears by her “famous deep dish ap
ple pie,” as she calls it. I begged her
for details, but she stuck to it that the
delicacy “is a secret, and I can’t tell
you my secret.” But she did say that I
could ask Percy Jones (Dr. Percy
Jones, the eminent Greensboro
dieting specialist) about it and that he
would verify the pie’s goodness.
Ms. Herbin, a retired A&T English
professor, also loves to entertain dur
ing homecoming. If she has a favorite
homecoming dish, it is her pinto
beans. “Cook them down until the low
gravy,” is the way she describes
them. “Cook them all day until there
is a rich gravy.” She indicated that
the spices and seasonings like red
pepper, oregano, chili powder, celery
and onion, and of course ham hocks,
are what make this dish outstanding.
My favorite of this year’s survey
turned out to be Ms. Earline Boston of
1512 Willow Road in Greensboro,
whom my friend, Otis Hairston, Jr.,
had already called “one of the 10 best
cooks in Greensboro.” Ms. Boston
said she planned to cook the regular
soul food for homecoming, but added
that one of her specialties is an Orien
tal string bean casserole and a sweet
potato supreme casserole.
She gladly volunteered her way of
cooking chitterlings: “Clean them
real good and start cooking them
slowly in water with an onion and
three pods of celery. When they start
boiling, dip out some of the water, but
don’t throw the water away because
you may need it when the water gets
down. Sprinkle a little garlic salt and
let them go their own way.”
Ms. Boston gave some parting ad
vice about the art of soul cooking.
“It’s the seasoning that makes it,”
she said, “and I don’t use margarine,
but butter. I go way out and cook a
variety of things.”
One Greensboro resident who won’t
be in the cooking action this year
because of failing health is beloved
Aunt Serlena Boulware out on
Asheboro Street. Because of her
nephew, Richard Moore, she had the
inside track for her annual “sellings”
of chitterlings and sweet potato pies
for the gentlemen in the club room
down at Aggie Stadium. There are
rumors that one member of the Aggie
Club would rather hang around the
clubroom and eat chitlin’s than to at
tend the football game.
Just for the record, the forecast for
being able to obtain chitterlings in
Greensboro for homecoming is good.
Robert Vernon, meat manager at the
Winn-Dixie store on Phillips Avenue,
estimates that his store will sell up
wards of 300 cases (19,800 pounds)
between now and homecoming. The
East Market Street Food Lion isn’t
far behind, and is expected to top the
9,000 pounds it sold two years ago.
MAKING MSTORY-Toronto manager Cito Gaston and Baltimore’s Frank
Robinson test their faith and bid for niche in baseball history as the Blue Jays and
Orioles settle the American League East dispute. No matter who wins, a Mack
manager will be in the playoffs for the first time.
CIAA Accepting Proposal
For Basketball Tourney
HAMPTON, Va.-The CIAA Board
of Directors has accepted a bid pro
posal from the City of Richmond, Va.,
to host the annual basketball tourna
ment for 1' il-93. In a Raleigh, N.C.
meeting the board reviewed bids
from Richmond and Norfolk, Va. and
Landover, Md. Winston-Salem and
Charlotte, N.C. had initially express
ed an interest but did not submit pro-,
posals. Richmond was selected based
on the strength of their bid.
Richmond hosted the event in 1986
and 1987, before losing out to Norfolk
for 1988-90.
In a press conference held at the
Richmond Coliseum, city officials ex
pressed elation at winning the bid.
“We never gave up,” says City Coun
cilman Walter Kenny. “We are
delighted to return the largest Afro
American sporting event to Rich
- Johnel Bracey, assistant to
city manager, feels that “This is a
fantastic thing for the community
and beyond the economic implica
tions it will provide a showcase for
both parties.” Bracey says, "It is
back where it belongs."
The senior vice president of the
Metro Richmond Convention and
Visitors Bureau, Ron Davis, believes
that this event gives Richmond a
•four star” rating. “The return of the
C1AA tournament is a community ef
fort the success of which belongs to
Virginia Union University, Virginia
State Unviersity and St. Paul’s Col
lege together,” said Dr. S. Dallas
Simmons, president, Virginia Union
University.
Dates for the three-year tenure are
set for Feb. 19-23, 1991, Feb. 25-29,
1992 and Feb. 23-27, 1993.
Small Businesses Play
Role In United Way Day
More than 200 volunteers will visit
1,000 small businesses on Oct. 11 for a
special United Way one-day fundrais
ing project called “Your Business
Counts."
For the first time, these small
businesses in Wake County will
receive a personal visit from United
Way volunteers, including represen
tatives from more than 65 companies
within the Triangle area.
Polly Miller, coordinator for "Your
Business Counts," says the program
will help the United Way reach
beyond their traditional donor base of
large businesses and corporations to
seek support from small businesses
in the area.
“Small' business owners should
know that we need their support and
that every donation is important,”
Miller says. "This program will in
crease volunteer participation within
our community while helping the
United Way broaden its donor base.
Our goal this year is to give 1,000
small businesses the opportunity to
be part of the campaign."
According to Campaign Chairman
Eoy Little, “Your Business Counts”
is part of a larger strategy to recruit
businesses large and small which
have not been involved with the
United Way before this year.
The money raised from the effort
will be used to help support the 45
agencies that provide services to one
out of every three people in our com
munity. The total campaign goal for.
1989 is $8.3 million.
United Way volunteers will meet on
Oct. 11 for orientation at the Summit
Office Building on Lake Boone Trail
at 17:30 a.m. The fundraising drive of
ficially opens at 9 a.m. and will con
tinue until 5 p.m. A victory celebra-.
tion for volunteers will follow at the
Summit Building.
BE A GOOD
SPORT
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Cofield (26) looks tor daylight as N. C. A&T linebacker the AAT Aggies. (Photo by Joe Daniels, ANSS)
Demetrius Harrison moves in for the tackle. The players
Football Conferences Begin Food
Drive For Hurrican Hugo Victims
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Kicking off
a massive food drive throughout the
Southern United States to aid victims
of Hurricane Hugo, Sen. Strom Thur
mond (R-S.C.) last week announced a
cooperative effort with the Atlantic
Coast and Southeastern athletic con
ferences ‘o collect canned goods at as
many as 10 college football games
over the weekend in six states.
Thurmond, who originated the idea
and coordinated the massive relief ef
fort, will be working directly with the
commissioners of the SEC and ACC,
the Citadel and South Carolina State
and the other 18 colleges and univer
sities expected to participate.
All five ACC universities having
home football games during the
weekend agreed to collect canned
goods during their games. These are
the home games a Duke, North
Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake
Forest and Virginia. The Citadel and
South Carolina State football game
scheduled for Columbia, S.C. also
agreed to serve as a donor game, as
well as the Auburn-Tennessee game
in Knoxville. SEC officials said they
believe the other tnree sj'.u nome
games—at Vanderbilt, Georgia and
Louisiana State—would participate in
the program.
Each spectator attending any of the
donor games on Saturday par
ticipating in the program was asked
to consider making a donation of can
ned goods, the food was to be col
lected by volunteers at stadium gates
at each of the games, and then truck
ed to the disaster areas. The trucks
and drivers were donated by several
trucking firms in the Southeast.
“We all know and understand the
extent of this natural disaster and the
very urgent need to help the hundreds
of thousands of victims,” said Thur
mond, who is coordinating the effort
from his Washington office. “It is my
hoDe tha we can combine two of the
Orioles & Blue Jays To
Settle AL East Race
TORONTO, Canada (AP)—Toronto
manager Cito Gaston and
Baltimore’s Frank Robinson both
were early believers.
Now they get to test their faith as
the Blue Jays and Orioles settle the
American League East in weekend
showdowns at the Toronto Skydome.
Toronto, leading by one game, is
trying to defy its own history while
Baltimore hope one of the greatest
turnarounds in baseball history will
be enough to win the division.
Seven months of work, down to
three games and maybe a fourth if a
playoff is necessary Monday in
Baltimore.
“You know I feel good for all of us,”
said Gaston, who took over with a
12-24 record when Jimmy Williams
was fired. “Coming out of spring
training, I thought we had a good
ballclub but we didn’t play well. But I
just had a thought that they would.”
The Blue Jays are 73-48 since
Gaston took over, the best in
baseball. But how will they do when it
counts?
In 1987, Toronto lost its last seven
games and the division in Detroit.
The Blue Jays blew the final three in
Tiger Stadium.
City Accepting
Applications For
Landfill Program
The City of Raleigh is now accep
ting applications for its new Landfill
Diversion Credit Program. Amplica
tions must be submitted by Oct. 6.
The new program is open to all non
profit organizations operating public
drop-off recycling sites in the city
limits for glass, newspapers and
metal beer or soft drink cam.
Under the new program, approved
organizations will receive a $30 credit
for each ton of recycled materials.
The credit will be paid in check to the
organizations monthly. The City of
Raleigh has set aside $30,000 for the
diversion credit program this fiscal
year.
Applications for the diversion
credit program will be accepted
twice a year—in June and December.
For this first six-month period, ton
nage reimbursements will be retroac
tive to July i.
Nonprotit organizations wishing
applications or more information
should contact Contract Programs
Supervisor Linda Leighton at the City
of Raleigh Sanitation Division,
755-6890.
In 1985, with a three-game lead in
the AL playoffs, Toronto lost to Kan
sas City.
“We don’t talk about that, but it
never goes away,” Toronto’s Lloyd
Mosely said. “You’re always aware
that happened, but you don’t dwell on
it.”
The Orioles went into this season
determined not to dwell on their re
cent past. Robinsoin also got a good
feeling in spring training, despite the
fact that Baltimore had lost 107
games, 101 under Robinson, the year
before.
“I liked the direction the ballclub
was headed,” Robinson said. “We
made some positive moves and I was
excited about coming back. Last year
wasn’t as bad as it seemed. The
players tried and the effort was
there.”
This year, the Orioles quickly made
it from worst to first. They already
have won 32 more games than they
did last year, one short of the major
league record. Baltimore has won six
of 10 against Toronto this season.
No matter who wins, some history
is assured. A black manager will be
in the playoffs for the first time.
South’s - v. ‘ traditions—college
football and a desire to help our
fellow man. I am asking each of the
estimated 500,000 spectators that at
tend these sporting events on Satur
day to consider bringing canned
goods for donation.”
The Salvation Army was working
with Thurmond’s ottice on the project
and will determine which locations
hardest hit by Hurricane Hugo should
receive the food. Thurmond said it
was hoped the first shipments of food
could begin-arriving by Sunday.
Thurmond said he wanted to thank
the hundreds of volunteers from the
20 colleges who worked on the relief
program. He said he particularly
wanted to thank ACC Commissioner
Eugene Corrigan and SEC Commis
sioner Harvey Schiller.
“Since the hurricane affected, so
many people in the natural
geographic region of the Atlantic
Coast Conference, our member in
stitutions felt compelled to become a
part of the relief effort," said ACC
Commissioner Corrigan. “I can truly
say that each school was more than
willing to assist with this project. We
sincerely hope our efforts will help
the disaster victims in some way.”
“This is an excellent cooperative
effort by some of the finest schools in
the Southeast,” Thurmond said.
“This type of commitment and com
passion for others is remarkable and
inspiring, and I am proud of everyone
involved. I urge all people planning to
attend these football games to bring
donations. The victims of Hugo need
our help.”
Allegations Of
Drug Use Made
Against Joyner
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The
governing body of track in the
United States will investigate
allegations of drug use by
sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner
and other American athletes, a
spokesman for the organization
said last Friday.
"I would be very surprised if
there wasn’t an investigation,”
said Pete Cava, information
director for the Athletic Con
gress.
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