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STRATEGY (Continued from page 1) . * i York offers health and upper-body i massages. ■' 1 Ammeen Abdulkareem is an independent insurance agent offering < Mutual Of Omaha plans from New York. The Harambee Institute in i Philadelphia discounts sports-tennis goods. You will see an advertisement in this newspaper, outlining the various opportunities to earn extra money as well as listen to your favorite minister preach on the 900 Network also. And speaking of ministers, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. told, us, “New laws are not enough, the emergency we now face is economic.” Not only has racism made an economic network necessary, the country, it can be argued, it is in an economic depression. And now that public government jobs are being eliminated, many people are beginning to realize it. The National Black Monitor, the newspaper supplement published by Assault On Illiteracy Program publishers, started last month a campaign to inform its readers of the Buy Freedom 900 Network. The Black Monitor story has produced'hundreds of inquiries from business owners and ministers about a listing to promote their work in our community. National organizations are committing their members to call the 900 Network and listen to the business messages. They will also use it to raise funds for their civic work. , • But even more important, the caller is helping the community grow because profits from the calls to businesses are used to provide loans to start and expand small firms in the local areas in which the calls originate. HOUSING AWARDS (Continued from page 1 > tation project on Goldsboro's Carolina Street preserves a neighborhood that was conaideredtfae * most blighted street inthe pity, l^ocal entrepreneur James E. Dawson enlisted the support of a neighborhood church to guarantee the loan for the rehabilitation, forming Little People Develdgntent Corp., and the help of cohsu&uit Ralph Scales of Clinton to ttUln private financing for the proje&The minority-owned corporation rehabilitated seven duplexes and a store to produce 16 one- and two bedroom units that rent for $206 and $300. The corporation provides financial counseling for tenanjfe and sponsors a tenant association and neighborhood watch. Financing. included a grant from the HUD Rental Rehabilitation Program administered by the N.C. Housing Finance Agency and a loan from the Self-Help Credit Union. Stratton Park in Durham is the winner in the urban home-ownership category. Begun in January 1990, the community of 101 detached homes in northern Durham is being built by Cimarron Capital, Inc. and includes two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes selling from $65,800 to $77,950. Monthly payments for principal, interest, taxes and insurance range from $335 to $396. The City of Durham and Duke University, which share in the award, provided low-interest loans that reduced the cost of land development. The city is also providing $1 million in deferred, interest-free second mortgages to assist approximately 35 home buyers. The N.C. Housing Trust Fund is providing $150,000 in deferred, interest-free third mortgages to assist 20 home buyers. The median income for buyers for the 39 homes sold so far is $20,240, or 46 percent of the median income in the Triangle area. Nash Construction Co. of Monroe won the award for rural home ownership developments for its Greyfield subdivision in Union County. Designed for first-time home buyers, the subdivision consists of 29 energy-efficient brick homes on one acre lots. Sales prices for the two-, three- and four-bedroom homes ranged from $66,000 to $90,000. The homes use conventional financing. To keep the prices affordable, the Th« CAROLINIAN PubOahing Co., Inc. ISSN 00455873 510 E Martin Straat RaMgh, North Carolna 37501 Mailing Addraaa: P.O. Box 36300 RaMgh, North Carolna 37011 Stcond Clin Poctag# Paid at RiMgh North Carolina 37011 PUBLISHED SEIS-WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES . On* y*ar-~T~__928.00 .914.00 Payable In advance. Addraaa all coipw* oid*»pa^T^CMOL»MI|TO^ 45th St, Now York, N.Y. 10036, National Ad Tht PubMthty It not fwpttHlrtt lof thf return ot uneolielted newt, picture* or ad vent the poOcy at the newepeper. aJjImaam AAMeetlMi nnlHti VNm AEM\_ ^ePO ^^BWdw^^BN^Wa^^BS^^Na d^^Nddj 1 daw UNIAN, P.O. Box 35300, RaMgh, N£. 77611. milder formed a parinersmp with hree brick companies which wanted o regain the first-time buyer’s narket for brick homes. The brick wmpanies purchased the land for the tubdivision and agreed to buy any muse not sold by 120 days after :ompletion. All the suppliers and subcontractors reduced their profit nargins for the project. As a result, he builder was able to build several tomes at one time, providing steady work for the subcontractors, and -educing the cost to the home buyers. The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency is a self-supporting igency of state government. It has issued $1.9 billion in tax-exempt [>onds and federal tax credits to help finance more than 45,000 affordable homes and apartments for families with low and moderate incomes. The agency also operates the state’s N.C. Housing Trust Fund, which emphasizes housing for people who earn 50 percent of median income in thier county, or less. INSIDE AFRICA i 1'(lUttnin'il trnm 11 South African town 20 miles away, after negotiations with homeland officials. They said harassment by police and civilians who supported the Bophuthatswana government drove them away. The government denies the charge, but harassment is evident ir. the town. "Maybe you should take that cassette out, because there is no freedom of press in Bop,” Sebogodi said to a reporter who taped an interview in his stucco house on a hill above the police camp. Sebogodi is one of the few Braklaagte residents who speaks to outsiders. Other residents smiled, but shouted “NO!” at the sight of a camera. Dozens of police milling behind the double barrier of razor wire around their cluster of. tents and concrete block offices, stared silently at a passing reporter. A police van roared up the dusty road. Three armed men jumped out and surrounded' the reporter. One grabbed her .notebook and the other tried for her camera. * In limited English, they ordered the reporter to accompany them to the “captain’s office” for questioning. They twisted one of her arms and bent back the fingers of the other hand, then pushed her into the back of the wagon and locked it from the outside. Inside a small, dark room, a man identified as the captain, who did not give his name, said problems int he village made it dangerous for outsiders to enter without official perimissien. The police were trying to keep the peace and prevent outsiders from importing more problems, he said. Half an hour later, the captain and another officer escorted the reporter to her car on the road leading out of Braklaagte. They hadn’t noticed the cassette in the tape recorder. MEDICAID FUNDS ■i < 'imiI inuod from page I' unusually large Medicaid caseloads will fall into this latter category. “Nothing in this proposed rule limits a state’s ability to impose taxes or to receive donations from Medicaid providers,” f according to Dr. Gail R. Wilensky, administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration. “The proposal merely states that donations and the Medicaid portion of narrowly specific taxes, as definedin OBRA ’90, are not eligible for federal matching funds.” At present, 37 states used donor and provider tax methods, which will cost some $3 billion in federal matching funds in FY1991. On July 10, a federal task force from HHS and the Office ol Management and Budget created tc review unexpectedly large increases in Medicaid spending, recommendec that states be constrained from usin* these schemes merely to shifi Medicaid costs to the federa government. Donor and provider tax schemes, i more widely used, “will stretch Um Medicaid program beyond iti original intent and make Medicait essentially a federal health-can program. If... actions are not taken program costs could approach $20 .billion by 1996," the task force repor said. Medicaid provides medica assistance to 27 million low-incom and medically needy people. Tto federal share of Medicaii expenditures tripled from $14 billioi in 1910 to $41 billion in 1990, and i expected to increase another 9 percent to $65 billion in fiscal yea 1992, when Medicaid will also accour for 22 percent of state budgets. HCFA first published a propose regulation limiting donations an provider taxes on Feb. 9,1990. Sine thin. Congress has placed a moratorium on restricting donation until Jan. 1,1992. The rule, published in the Federj Register Sept. 12, is an interim fiiu regulation with comment, meanin that the public is invited to subm comments, but the rule itself is n« subject to change. C6mments shoul be addressed to: Health Car Financing Administration, Attn MB-022-IFC, Rm. 309-G, 2(1 Independence Ave., S.W Washington, D.C.202UI. Black Women’s Health Project Gets New Director ATLANTA, Ga.-Ms. Cynthia Newbille-Marsh has been named executive director of the National Black Women’s Health Project. She assumes management responsibilities formerly held by Byllye Avery, who has been elevated to the newly created post of founding president. MS. CYNTHIA NEWBILLE-MARSH Newbille-Marsh previously was director of the Head Start program at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in Compton, Calif. She managed an annual budget of $5 million, which supported 18 school sites, a health' clinic, a nutrition center and administrative facilities serving 1,252 low-income children and their families. “Social services must put more emphasis on promotion/prevention (before there’s a problem)), rather than on intervention (after the problem has surfaced),” said Newbille-Marsh. Guided by this philosophy, she established several unique programs at Head Start which gained national attention because of .their success. Chief among them were the Parent Policy Council, which enlists parents in the co-managdtaent of various Head Start activities; and the management of a Parent Training Center, which offered'jOtHwiining EDUCATION REFORM i ('mu muod from pane l> i America 2000 program. That program is based on a set of national education goals—adopted by the president and the nation’s governors—that lay a foundation for improving the education of America’s youth. According to those goals, by the year 2000; •All children will start school ready to learn. My new Uplift Day Care program should help achieve that goal. •The high-school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent; •Students will demonstrate competency in vital subject matter including English, mathematics, science, history, ahd geography; and every school will ensure that all students learn to use their minds well, so they may be prepared for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment. ■U.o. glUUciiia will uc nisi 111 iuc world in mathematics and science achievement; •Every adult will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to' compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship; and •Every school will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning. Reaching such ambitious goals will require community teamwork and assistance from the state, so 1 have established a statewide steering committee to develop a way to implement those goals in North Carolina. That bipartisan group will : include educators, legislators, civic i leaders, business people, government ; officials and parents. I State goal teams will also be set up t to develop strategies for , implementing each goal. I The steering committee and goals t teams will challenge communities tc develop their own community actior I teams. Those teams will implement i reforms in their local schools basec : on educational needs that are unique 1 to their community. State agenciet i will provide technical assistance t< i implement these reforms. } The success of our team efforts wil r be assessed through a reporting t system that wilt include a yearly statewide goals-assessment report, i Communities that take part in thii i program will be designated “Nortl e Carolina 2000 Communities” and wil have better-educated graduates am s a more skilled workforce as a result Once designated, those communitie 1 are then eligible for 14 $1 millio I grants under the U.S. Department o g Education's “New American School' t program. it North Carolina 2000 provides th rt materials and construction crew i- necessary to take educations : reforms off the design tables and on 0 of the demonstration projects, an , build them into a state-of-the-art roa to educational excellence in our stall North-Oarolina 2000 can work, bi and self-esteem building to low income parents. The purpose was to empower parents to take control/charge of their life circumstances and thereby, positively affect the lives of their children. “We only had the children for half of the day, for approximately eight months out of a year. If we were to have a. long-term impact on their lives, itSvas evident that we must empower their parents through education, training and self-help,” she said. Before leaving Head Start, Newbille-Marsh developed a special program for children exposed or addicted to chemical substances, commonly referred to as “crack babies." Before Head Start, Newbille-Marsh worked in community-based criminal justice programs in Inglewood, Calif, and in her hometown, Richmond, Va., where she coordinated juvenile and pre-trial diversion programs to rehabilitate young first-time offenders through the use of education, recreation and counseling/therapy, and community service. She also coordinated community diversion programs to re socialize non-violent young adult and adult offenders back into the community. Raised in the housing projects herself, Newbille-Marsh believes that the poor must realize that their situation is one borne of economics and not of inferior character. She strongly believes in the effectiveness of empowerment and seif-help in affecting the true “front end of life,” for women. Some of the things Newbille-Marsh hopes to accomplish at the National Black Women’s Health Project are to develop a strong research center to facilitate public education on women’s health issues, to establish a for-profit corporation so that the organization can implement more programs, and to replicate some of the successful existing programs such as the housing project’s Center for Black Women’s Wellness (so far only in Atlanta). only if every community becomes part of the construction crew. Working together in local systems and sharing results is the only way to build reforms that will improve education in every classroom in North Carolina by the year 2000. For more than 30 years, our schools have been overburdened with centralize^ control and microman agement by the legislature and central bureaucracy. We’ve held them accountable for rules, regulations, restrictions and requirements. Now it’s time to shift toward a new, more sensible kind of accountability based on students' results. Anything else is a waste of our resources and the minds and future of our children. DRUG OFFENDERS < nntinued Ironi page 1 > Of those admitted to prison during 1990-91, there were 14,135 black males, 8,975 white males, 457 native American males, 246 other males, 1.543 black females, 913 white females, 52 native American females and 10 other females. The inmate population on June 30 was 18,911, a four percent increase over the 18,317 inmates incarcerated on June 30, 1990. There were 25,541 prisoners separated from prison in 1990-91, an 11 percent increase over the 22,952 separated in 1989-90. The number of offenders who were admitted into prison after violating probation terms set by the courts rose tc 9,618 in 1990-91 from 7,901 in 198990. There was a 25 percent increase among felon probationers and a 20 percent increase among misdemeanant probationers. There were 52,975 people placed under DAPP supervision during 1990 91, an eight-percent increase over 48,760 placed under supervision ir 198990. Of those admitted into DAPF supervision during 1990-91, there were 21,425 white males, 21,215 blacl males, 901 native American males, 486 other males, 4,422 white females 4,2809 black females, 189 native American females and 57 othei females. There were 92,940 offenders unde: DAPP supervision on June 30, a niiu percent increase over the 84,971 > under supervision on June 30, 1990 The number of DAPP offender under supervision on June 30 include! ; 20,940 offenders sentenced for drivini while impaired, 14,322 sentenced fo narcotic and drug offenses, 13,01 i sentenced for larceny, 8,45 i sentenced for breaking and entering > 7,433 sentenced for assault and 6,42 I sentenced for traffic violations. Th number of DAPP offenders unde > supervision June 30, 1990 include > 19,167 offenders sentened for drivin f while impaired, 12,041 sentenced >« narcotic and drug offenses, u,Zl sentenced for larceny, 8,00 - sentenced for breaking and entering ! 6,910 sentenced for assault and 5,44 1 sentenced for traffic violations, t There were 45,116 persons remove 1 from DAPP supervision during 19IN 1 91, a six-percent increase over Ui 48,633 removed from supervisio I during the previous fiscal year. BV JOYCE CRAY WILLIAMSTON—Forty-six years ago Oct. 4. Otis and Alberta Lanier Smith were united in holy matrimony. Somewhere in another county they met while she was furthering her education. I failed to ask where, but I do know he is from Georgia. They moved to her parents’ home, then evidently into their own attractive, clean home at 410 E. Main St.. Williamston. As I chatted with Alberta about the death of her mother on Sept. 23, a sister of the order, she smiled, and injected. "Don't forget my wedding anniversary ” Seems every year since I have been writing this column 1 accidentally wished her mother a happy birthday on Nov. 4 instead of October. So, last year, Alberta said to me, "I was married on my mother’s birthday so please try hard to remember it next year.” Somehow, something just wouldn't let me write Ms. Margaret Lanier’s name on my list last time, but I did remember to list the wedding anniversary. Saying to the Smiths, "You are to be congratulated for these 46 years together, you have something special,” prompted a quick response, of course. And I added, and a supporter during such a time as losing a mother is something to be cherished. The Smiths were blessed with two sons and a daughter. All three sought education as a must and once successful in their field of achievement, havenot forgotten their parents, I therefore repeated to Mr. and Mrs. Otis Smith, “You are blessed with something special. Happy anniversary.” Happy birthday greetings to John W. Rodgers and Kent Lee. Alexander Williams, a native of Williams community, Williamston, died Sept. 25 in Philadelphia, Pa. where he made his home more than 25 years ago. He is survived by one sister, the former Ms. Frances Williams; several nieces and nephews; one niece, Ms. Gladys Jones Hubbard, resides on Route 1, Williamston; and several other relatives. His foster parents, John and Lizzie Roberts, preceded him in death as did a sister, Ms. Elenora W. Jones, and two brothers, Golden and William. Funeral services were conducted in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Alexander was the son of the late Alex and Isabell Williams and attended Williams Lower School in Williams township. On the sick and shut-in list: Ms. Betty S. Lanier, Mr. and Mrs. Georte T. Hyman, Mr. and Mrs. James Marriner, Ms. Rachel H. Lyons, Frederick Bennett, Joe Biggs, Ms. Grace P. Smithwick, Herman Johnson, Sam Brown, Raymond Rease, Ms. Armaza C. Roberson, George Anthony Perry, Ms. Lucy P. Brown, Ms. Marie Biggs, Ms. Daisy H. Biggs, David B. Feggins, Ms. Zara Chance, Alton Bell, Ms. Roxie West, Jesse A. Bell, Thomas Hill, very ill at this writing in Pitt Memorial Hospital; Ms. Devie Hill, Ms. Mattie H. Perry. Ms. Mamie Keyes, Ms. uu isuue council, ms. ariie wianson, Ms. Ophelia Peele, Ms. Hattie Spell, Calvin Rodgers. Robert Jones, Ms. Kosa Best, Ms. Annabel nest, Ms. Leda M. Duggins, Baby Shaun Duggins, Ms. Lucy Outterbridge, Ms. Mary Alice “Maliie” Manning, Roscoe Harris suffers severe back bains since an incident with his car, and George Roberts. Huey Brown is very uncomfortable with a pinched nerve. Ms. Esther Roberts and Ms. Pauline Brown, all three in Plymouth. Ms. Elizabeth W. Wilkins, Ms. Eva Satterwhite and Rudolph Wilkins of Roper. The message was plain, not sugar coated and those who missed it were losers. R was a breakdown of the “drawing of a circle” and Sidney A. Locks spoke with a voice of authority. This was the speaker for the 14th annual banquet of the First Congressional District Black Leadership Caucus on Saturday, Oct. 5. Locks, a former member of the Lumberton Board of Education, former member of the N.C. General Assembly, and a member of Pitt Greenvilie Chamber of Commerce Executive Board, the N.C. Mental Health Commission, and N.C. Rural Economic Development Center, is a minister, serving as pastor at Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, Greenville. His service also includes parliamentarian of the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. He was born in Opelousas, La. and is a product of Morehouse School of Religion. The program chairperson, Ms. Earnestine C. Hannon of Roper, and co-chairman, E.V. Wilkins, are to be given much credit for a good committee and a splendid program. The committee (Washingtoin County Caucus) were: Ms. Carolyn Nixon, Ms. Ann Keyes, Ms. Freda Worsley, Ms. Linda Davenport, Jimmy Woolard and Lorenzo Palin. The major fundraising event annually for the caucus is the raffle. Ticket numbers are pulled by a youth, Terry Walker, of Washington, were 3021, third prize, $12S; 2326, second prize, $250; and 5748, first prize, $500, won by folks in Edenton, New Bern and Murfreesboro, respectively. None of the winners were present, or at least none admitted being present. Many thanks to Rep. Eugene and Mrs. Rogers who supported Martin by purchasing an ad and ticket to the banquet last Saturday. Made a personal appearance, left their ticket with a request that a needy person be given the meal. The dinner was sent to a shut-in, Rudolph “Skip" Wilkins, who has been confined to his bed for more than 10 years. The Martin County Democratic Women’s Club will have a dinner meeting Oct. 15 at the Shamrock Restaurant at 6:30 p.m., Dutch treat. The Martin County Branch, NAACP, is in the process of ordering its Holiday Seals and greeting cards. Please remember your friends through them this year. REDD FOXX < Continued from page 1) llis entertainment skiiis were honed in the street* and nightclubs of black communities and he served a bitter apprenticeship as a dishwasher and slept under newspapers while pursuing his career. He was once Jailed for stealing food. Foxx was called “Chicago Red" to differentiate him from his friend. “Detroit Red." the young Malcolm X. who wrote in his autobiography that Foxx was “the funniest dishwasher on earth.” Foxx w as a pioneer in standup comedy and acting, lie was born John Elroy Sanford on Dec. I, U22 in St. I amis. Mo. lie wasted no time starting his show business career. Along with three friends, he formed a washboard band playing on the streets or Chicago. The band decided to take its act on the road and the four during youngsters hopped a freight bound for New York Cilya nil the big time. However, their rise to stardom was delayed for 30 days alter three of the band members*were picked up by railroad detectives and Jailed. Foxx narrowly escaped the same sentence. On his own. he made his wav to Harlem, performing on street corners us a one-man hand. Reunited a month later, the group won a second prise in a tulent show which was an engagement in a New Jersey nightclub and his career was off and running. Itut when his buddies got homesick, he started a solo i career. i At age lli. Foxx took a one-week Job as an emcee at i ..iHthy's Nightclub in Baltimore. During that stint. Fox , developed his standup comedy routine. I>ater. he | partnered with another comic. Slappy White, and they toured the ghetto dubs aloug the eastern seaboard. Foxx then went west and signed a contract to produce > more than Hmi top-selling party album attractions. I He made bis murk in television on “The Today Show" and became a favorite guest to star on variety and talk | shows. > Foxx then branched into movie. After 37 years of r entertaining, he acquired roles In niov ies such at “Cotton | t nines to llariem" and “Norman... Is That You?" with l 1‘carl,Hatley and Michael Warren. And then hr made the f leap to television in the NBC-TY situation comedy. 5 Sanford and Son." making him the second most popular I teletismn figure behind Archie Bunker mi CBS-TV’s "All m the Family." I lie lain appeared in a show culled “The Red Foxx i oinedv lloin " on AIM’-TV in IH77. j Xttliojich Foxx experienced bankruptcy and ). .a Insui i* on his properties in Holly wood. Calif., he F in iiiaged to sustain his creative energies. n He had his own record company. "Redd Bird l!ei in ils." and his nightclub ads in l.as Vegas. N'ev.
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