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BROTHER-TO-BROTHER M EDUCATION—Ben Wilson, President ef the Sigma
Theta Chapter ef Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. presents plaque to Founder's Day
speaker Dr. Prezel R. Robinson, a member ef Omega Psi Phi, and President ef
Saint Augustine’s College.
Hummingbirds Attracted by
Bright Flowers in Garden
Over the next few months, many
North Carolina gardeners will get a
repeat visit from a familiar friend:
the tiny and energetic ruby
throated hummingbird.
By planting brightly colored,
nectar producing flowers, you too
can lure the hummer to your yards,
say wildlife specialists with the
Cooperative Extension Service at
North Carolina State University.
Hummingbirds spend the
winter months in southern Mexico
and Central America, returning to
mid-Florida and the Gulf Coast
states by mid-March. They make
their way to northern Georgia by
the beginning of April and to New
York by the beginning of May. By
September, hummingbirds start
heading back south.
If, in their travels, they spot a
sunny yard with sufficient food,
they may stay a while. Hummers
have been known to return to the
same places year after year.
To attract hummingbirds to your
yard, provide plants with tubular
shaped blossoms in shades of bright
red and orange, the NCSU
specialists say. You can use trumpet
creeper vines, honeysuckle vines,
mimosa trees and red spirea.
Perennials that work well in
clude garden phlox, coral bells, bee
balm, hardy fuchsia and red or
multi-colored columbine, the
specialists say.
Hummingbirds like plants in
sunny environments. They’ll also
visit hanging pottery plants on
open patios and porches if they can
find the blossoms they like.
You can also put a hummingbird
feeder in your yard to attract the
birds. If you do put up a feeder, you
must routinely fill and clean it.
Without impeccable care, feeding
solutions can be spoiled by molds
and bacteria that can harm or kill
the birds, the specialists say.
Select a feeder that you can take
apart and clean thoroughly. Fill the
feeder daily, and clean it thorough
ly every four or five days.
When a hummingbird arrives to
sip sugar water from your feeder or
to hover about your flowers, you’ll
have a front row seat to a show of
fascinating theatrics. Here are a
few of the displays the hum
mingbird is noted for.
— Unlike other birds, the hum
mingbird can flit about in every
direction imaginable: forward,
backward, up, down, to the left and
to the right. It can even fly upside
down.
— The ruby-throated hum
mingbird weighs only about 3
grams when it is full grown. In just
one day, the creature can drink up
to eight times its weight in water.
— Though to your eyes the
hummingbird’s beating wings will
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When a hummingbird hovers at a
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Millbrook Gets
Recognition For
Reading Program
East Millbrook Middle School’s
nationally award-winning reading
program received recognition by the
Wake County Board of
Commissioners on May 28 at the
Wake County Courthouse in
downtown Raleigh.
Principal Pat Gole and teachers
Jakie Glick and Jane Johnson
decribed the school’s Students and
Teachers are Reading program
which recently won state and national
awards from the International
Reading Association. East Millbrook
is one of 16 schools in the United State
and the only secondary school in the
nation selected by the International
Reading Association for its
exemplary reading program award.
This award is given for implementing
the characteristics of an outstanding
reading/language arts program.
Students read daily in the STAR
program, from 8:45 to 9:20 a.m.
During that time, every
teacher—whether a math, physical
education, or shop teacher—becomes
a reading teacher with a set lesson
plan. Students read high-interest
stories, write in personal journals,
and discuss their reading in round
table seminars.
The goal of STAR is to improve
vocabulary and reading skills. The
school reports a 25 percent increase
in library book circulation from last
year. A schoolwide committee of
teachers, parents, and
administrators organized the
program as part of East Millbrook’s
school-improvement plan.
FBI Searches
For Kilter in
Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)-The
search for a white supremacist
wanted in connection with the slaying
of a black USS Saratoga sailor now
extends across state lines, with the
FBI joining the search.
George David Loeb, Jr., is being
sought in the May 17 shooting death of
Harold J. Mansfield, Jr., a 22-year
old sailor who served as an air traffic
controller during the Persian Gulf
War.
Funeral services were held May 20
for the sailor ii. his home town of
Oklahoma City and he was buried
beside his father in Kansas City.
A warrant charging Loeb with
unlawful flight to avoid prosecution
was issued in Jacksonville that day
by U.S. Magistrate Howard T.
Snyder. It allows the FBI to join the
search for Loeb, 34, head of the
Jacksonville Branch of the Church of
the Creator, a white supremacist
group based in Otto, N.C.
An affidavit explaining the
probable cause for the warrant was
sealed by the judge. Neptune Beach
Police Chief William Brandt said
police have good reason to think Loeb
has left Florida.
Florida authorities have issued a
murder warrant for Loeb.
The FBI said agents are tracking
down leads in at least one other state,
but declined to elaborate.
Meanwhile, police searched
Loeb's Jacksonville apartment May
19. They found stacks of racist and
anarchist literature, a book on how to
make bombs, at least two empty gun
cases and a steel shield with a
swastika painted on it, Brandt said.
No weapons were found in the
search.
Free Vision Screenings Are Due For
Raleigtf/Durham Day Care Centers
Do you knovtif your cum can see
clearly? According to the National
SocivJty to Invent Blindness, one in
four school children, .and one in 20
preschool' children, has a vision
problem.'
“What a Sight!,” a program
designed by Tina Clayton of the Wal
Mart Vision Center, introduces
preschool and school-age children to
the importance of eyecare and
provides free vision screenings. Ms.
Clayton and Dr. David C. Horton are
taking the program to day care
centers in Raleigh and Durham
“We make it. fun for the children by
letting them try on glasses and
teaching them how the eye works,”
says Ms. Clayton. “We find this helps
overcome any fear about getting a
vision screening from the doctor."
Ms. Clayton developed the idea for
“What a Sight! ” after describing her
job to her four-year-old’s day care
classmates. “The children asked so
many questions about eyes and
glasses that I realized I had an
opportunity to make vision care fun
for them.”
Realizing how important it is to
detect children's vision problems
early, Ms. Clayton asked Dr. Horten
to visit day care centers with her to
provide free vision screenings.
Dr. Horton readily agreed and has
already visited several local day care
centers with Ms. Clayton.
“Undetected vision problems can
cause extreme frustration and
learning problems for ^hildrehf and
the sooner a problem is uncovered,
the more likely it is to be treated
successfully,” she said.—
“The free vision screening is not
designed to replace a comprehensive
eye examination, However, we can
detect symptoms that jnjay warrant
the need for a comprehensive exam,”
says Dr. Horton.
Dr. Horton says that parents should
look for warning signs of vision
problems, including;
•Persistent rubbing of eyes
•Red-rimmed, swollen or encrusted
eyelids
•Tilting or turning the head to see
•Eyes that cross or wander
•Headaches, nausea or dizziness
•Writing uphill or downhill.
“Many eye disorders can be
corrected by simply prescribing
eyeglasses, but there are also
conditions which are quite dangerous
and must be identified and treated
early in order to prevent permanent
loss of vision,” Dr. Horton said.
The common problems among
school-age children are myopia
(nearsightedness) and hyperopia
(farsightedness). These disorders
make it difficult for the child to focus
either far away or updose, hue can
be corrected with eyeglasses.
Strabismus (crosseye) is found in
four percent of children. In this
condition the eyes do not function
together. While it is treatable, if left
alone strabimhus can lead to other
problems for children, such as
amblyopia (lasy eye).
Amblyopia occurs when the brain
responds to more messages from one
eye than the other. ',nii8 can be
treated by patching the strong'eye, or
with surgery, but treatment must be
done before the age of six. Ottarwise,
the weak eye may suffer permanent
reduced vision or even bUndnses.
It is also necessary to check for.
color deficiency because the
condition can interfere with the often
color-based methods of teaching
younger children. -
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