RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, MARCH SI, 1991 VOL. 80, NO. 84 SINGLE COPY Qf? IN RALEIGH 43C ELSEWHERE 300 Hammer Raps Up Three Soul Train Awards. See Page 8 Spike Lee Plans To Teach Course At Harward University. See Page 20 / Carnage Student Wine Orchestra Competition in Regional Field Of 200 Papper-Chrlstie Christmas, an eighth-grade studsnt at Caraags 0-T Magnet Middle School, was recently selected In statewide competition for the 1901 Eastern Regional Junior All State Orchestra. Pepper auditioned with more than 900 junior-high orcheetra students from all over the eastern part of North Carolina. She Is a fifth-year viola student and currently studies music at Carnage Middle School under Mary Barnwell, orchestra teacher. As a serious music student, she also studies viola' privately under music Instructor Veronica Jackson. Papper says she Is happy to have been selected for fourth chair and h— MI8B CHRISTIE CHRISTMAS wm inspired to audition by both of her music instructors. The concert will be held on May 11 at UNC-W in Wilmington, with guest conductor Dr. Steven Errante. Papper is also a member of the Ralelgh-Triangle String Orchestra conducted by Marta Findlay Partridge. Not only is she a talented music stu dent, but Papper also studies ballet and points at Lehman Dance Studio in Raleigh. She enjoys dance and has studied many variations since age three. She recently performed in "Pieces of Gold" with the dance group from Carnage Middle School. Papper Is an academically outstan ding student as well. She was recently nominated as a National Science Merit Award winner by Science and Pre-College teacher Stephanie Toney. As a participant in the pre college program at Carnage Middle School, Papper attends summer and Saturday academy at local colleges. She also finds time for religious, recreational and civic activities. She participates in the DELTA Carousel sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She is a summer camper at Camp Oak Hill and is active with the youth group at Brooks Avenue Church of Christ, where she is a member. Papper-Christie is the daughter of Patricia T. Christmas, PTSA presi dent at Carnage Middle School and director of employee relations with the Raleigh Housing Authority; and Percy Christmas, director of Tarboro Road Recreation Center. Two decade* ago, the National Ur ban League added to ita list of service delivery a program formerly refer red to aa the “Floating Faculty.” The program, later named the Black Ex ecutive Exchange Program, was developed to address the concerns of black colleges and universities to bet ter prepare .students for industry related careers. It was designed to meld the practical aspects of business tools and techniques with classroom theory. To give a unique perspective on the NEWS BRIEFS EYE SCREENING The Carolina Eye Associates, along with the Raleigh Southeast Lions Club, will sponsor a free cataract and glaaeoma eye screening In the Southgate Plain Shopping Center. The event Is set far Friday, March a. from IS a.m. until 4 p.m. For more Infor mation, call 1-8S0-8EE-WBLL or m-un. DENTAL HEALTH MONTH The etndenta of Fra Road Elementary School la Raleigh have gradated a dental health video that I* available at no coat treat year local Kerr Draga phar macy. Celebrate Dental Health Meath by helping yoar child learn grayer teeth can la a tan way. FREE JOB TRAINING Wilton OIC, Wilton Ceanty’a Job Training Service center, la new accegtlng application far the fallowing free Job and place ment program: baaic education, indaatrial tewing mdchlne eg era tor, ca abler and education for employment—youth. To be eligible for theae claaaee. yea moat be a WUara County real deat and if year* of age or elder. Beth high acheol graduatea and draganta are nrged to par ttdgate. Apply today to get a head atart on year future. Call hi at tai-OOM or come by ear office located at Ml North Reid St. FAMILY8ERVICES BOARD MEMBERS Faarily Servlcea of Wahe Coun ty, n Catted Way agency pro vldtaga variety of mentaf health (See NEWS BfUBFS. P. D application, African-American managers and professionals were recruited to participate in a series of practitioner-oriented lectures. Honored with the status of a visiting professor, these men and women give students an inside look at the real and transitory trends and patterns of business, industry and government. With its history of ad dressing the concerns of historically and predominantly black colleges and universities, the Black Executive Exchange Program has become the longest-operating project of the NUL. The ultimate goal of BEEP is to ef fectively integrate academic and career preparation techniques with practitioner-related insight and ex perience. To accomplish this, a part nership was made with the public and private sectors. They would provide the funds and the expertise of black professional manpower. In turn, the NUL would facilitate the sequence of steps necessary to make the program viable. In its fledgling years, BEEP’s only activity was its semester-long pro gram. This consisted of 13 weeks of lecture presentations given by in dustry and government managers. The presentations focused on specific subject information and were offered as an accredited lecture series that was Integrated into ongoing amina UMtflr TKa "flnaHtid faculty” of top black management ■tinctured their lectures to meet the objectives and approval of college faculty. Solid course content was the common thread of these lectures, but presented from the perspective of those who practiced every day what was preached In the classroom. To meet the desire of students to have more information about career preparation, a new component was introduced—the Career Awareness and Planning Seminar. Later, the Special Business Seminar Was developed. This component was directed to critical business and economic issues, trends and forecasts. The male-dominated ranks of management was noticeable even in BEEP’S activities. In 1974, a survey revealed that 87 percent of BEEP’s roe ter of participants were male. There was concern about the lack of role models for women who also sought professional careers. In response, Innovations for Women was born and exposed students to African-American women who, un traditionally, held middle and upper level positions in government as - ell as in corporate A a. its met female nuel» '■ sclent, »j, automobile design jneera, r chitects, newspap mbliah a, (gee EXECUTIVE, F Farrell Shooting Cape Takes New Turn Report Under D.A. Study BY CASH MICHAELS Contributing Writer Wake District Attorney Colon Willoughby says he will decide by the end of the week whether to formally bring charges, or send a State Bureau of Investigation report on the police shooting of Raleigh citizen Tony Far rell to a grand jury for indictments. Farrell, an African-American and an engineer for WRAL-TV, was mistaken for a drug store robbery suspect on the night of Jan. 24, and subsequently shot in the leg by plainclothes Det. James Glover. Far rell said the officer, who is white, fail ed to identify himself, though Glover claims he did. D.A. Willoughby received a report on the shooting from the SBI last Fri day, after they completed a three week investigation into the incident' at the request of the Raleigh City Council. The council also asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a probe, in order to deter mine whether there were any civil rights violations. The results of that investigation were scheduled to be sent to the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. last Mon day for analysis by the Civil Rights Division. However, as of press time the report still had not been sent. It may be several weeks thereafter before a final determination is made These investigations by both the SBI and FBI are the first by outside agencies into the circumstances sur rounding the shooting. However, this will be the second time that D.A. Willoughby will have considered charges in this case. The first time, Willoughby received complaints from Raleigh’s African-American com munity when he said he saw no reason for criminal charges against Det. Glover “or against Mr. Farrell." Willoughby now has a four-inch-thick SBI report to review. An eyewitness to the incident, Everette Berry Curlee. a 20-year-old (See WITNESS, P. 3) Carolinian Newsman Shot Here A reporter for The CAROLINIAN was shot earlier this week by an unidentified man on Holmes Street in Southeast Raleigh. The shooting Incident resulted from an early-morning argument between two males in front of the home of David Sawyer on Holmes Street. Police reports say Sawyer was shot in the leg when one man walked into the front door of the house while the other man was shooting at him. Sawyer was taken to Rex Hospital where he was mated and released. it is so sad that so many have sc <«