ARTS FESTIVAL—Saint Augustine's CaRagn held its
sacand annual IM African-American Arts Festival with
outstanding artists and writers from the Triangle area.
“A Tree Of Testing”
Poe Center Receives $100,000 f o
Create Family-Life Classroom
Glaxo Inc. will give $100,000 lo the
Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health
Education in Raleigh to establish a
classroom for instruction in family
life, the chairman of the center's
fund-raising campaign announced
Thomas B. Dameron. Jr.. MD.
chairman of the Our Health...Our
Future Campaign, said the classroom
would be named the Kathryn H.
Wallace Family Life Classroom. Ms.
Wallace, who died in August, was the
former Glaxo contributions
administrator who took a special
interest in the center's goals.
"Glaxo has joined in the
community-wide recognition o! the
importance of health education."
Dameron said. "We expect the
Banking Project
Helps Families
Purchase Homes
Sixteen low-income families in
Raleigh, will become owners of
housing recently completed \yith
financing from the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Atlanta's Affordable
Housing Program (AHPi and from
Raleigh Federal Savings Bank.
The project, sponsored by tne
Downtown Housing Improvement
Corp., received a $495,075 subsidized
advance from the Federal Home
Loan Bank to develop the 16 houses,
which are part of a 46-unit subdivision
designed to serve households at or
below 80 percent of the area median.
The project was originally
conceived by the City of Raleigh,
which owned the site and is providing
Community Development Block
Grant funds for second mortgages.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of
Atlanta is a $17-billion reserve credit
bank that provides low-cost financing
and other banking services to its
nearly 600 member financial
institutions. These institutions oiler
housing finance to consumers in
Alabama, Florida. Georgia.
Maryland, North Carolina. South
Carolina, Virginia and the District ol
Columbia. The Atlanta hank is one ol
12 In the national Federal Home I.nan
Bank System established in 1932 to
help house Americu by offering credit
at competitive rates to supiwrt
economical home financing
miter's programs to live tip to the
commitment that Katie Wallace
brought to this project."
HHI Shore, (ilavo's manager o!
community attairs, saui
company's donation was further
evidence of Glaxo’s support lor
health education. “We have an
interest in promoting good health
practices, as well as an interest in
meeting community needs, he said
"This contribution allows us to do
both."
'flu* Poe ('enter will oiler classes in
Heneral health, family life, substance
dulse prevention, nutrition and
denial health when it opens in
November at the corner of Kidd and
Sunny brook Koads in Raleigh.
When fully operational, the Center
will serve approximately TO.ihmi
eluldreu each year in central and
eastern North Carolina It will also
provide opportunities lor businesses
to participate in classes on public and
employee health concerns
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World Vision Relief Gives Books
World Vision Kelief and
Development Corporation has
donated 1800 cases of Penguin Classic
books to Wake County Communities
In Schools to distribute to school
media centers in Wake County. The
books include literary classics by Jan
Austen and WUllam Shakespeare,
contemporary literature by Toni
Morrison and Peter Taylor, general
purpose topics and learn-to-read
“Wake County School libraries are
excited about receiving this valuable
selection of classics and special
interest titles,” states Jean T.
Johnson, director of media services
for Wake County Public Schools.
“Teachers will enjoy using them to
supplement their curriculum and to
motivate students to read for fun."
World Vision has donated an
additional 1500 cases of books to be
distributed by Cities In Schools of
North Carolina to the 15 communities
across the state which host a
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of establishing the CIS program.
These communities include
Charlotte, Greensboro, High Point,
Rocky Mount, Durham and Johnston
County.
Dr. Ron Lewis, vice president of
corporate academies for CIS national
states, "We are grateful to World
Vision for this significant donation.
Literacy is the lifeblood of education
and our students will benefit
greatly."
Communities In Schools is the
succeesful stay-in-school program
that was piloted in Wake County last
year at East Wake High School,
Zebulon Middle School, Garner High
School, and North Garner Middle
School. Devoted to collaborative
actions to identify and meet the needs
of families in crisis and to help
children of these families stay in
school, the CIS program will serve
over 300 students at the four pilot
school sites and Millbrook High
School in 1901-03.
At the peak of the 1990-91 school
year, more than 33,000 students and
their families were reached by CIS,
the nation’s largest organization
dedicated to integrated human
services delivery through the schools.
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BANKRUPTCY IS A 10-YKAR MISTAKK
Is huiikru|tU',v losing its stigma? In l!HM alone, the
nation s bankruptcy courts are expecting WM.OOIl
ilehtors to step through their doors: young and old,
farmers and factory workers and, increasingly,
hankers, brokers and other professionals hit hardest
by the “white-collar” recession.
I'-veil creditors, who warn sternly of the “Ill-year
mistake" (referring to the III years a bankruptcy
remains on your credit report), may grant credit long
before that period is up. A study conducted by the
Purdue University Credit Research Center, in West
Uafaycllc. Ind., shows that II! percent of people who
have fill'd for bankruptcy get credit within a year and
5:! percent within five years.
But when Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
spoke with Robert Throckmorton, of Princeton, III.,
lie told another side of the story. Ten years after filing
for bankruptcy, he still can’t net a car loan, even with
h 50 percent down payment. As president of'
Consumer Fresh Start, a fledgling support group lor
people who have filed for bankruptcy, Throckmorton
hears stories of job discrimination, lowered self
esteem, lost friends and family conflicts in the
aftermath of bankruptcy. “The stigma has gone
away only in the filing," he says. "The lawyers say.
No problem, it’s a fresh start.’ But nobody tells
people about the long-term effects.”
Its not always financial mismanagement that
pushes people over the edge. Sometimes a Job loss, an
unexpected tax bill or a small-business
failure—combined with constant pressure from bill
collectors—provides the final nudge. Few people go
willingly. But despite the toll it takes, bankruptcy can
sometimes be the only way to start over.
Most individual bankruptcies are either straight
liquidations under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code
or repayment plans under Chapter 13. But the
(See REINVEST, P.20)
Reinvestments in the Community" is a weekly column appearing
in API publications throughout the USA.
NAACP Prepares For Radiothon In
Nationwide Membership Campaign
BALTIMORE, Md.-Recording
artist Vesta Williams and
businessman Percy Sutton are
serving as co-chairpersons of the
NAACP’s highly acclaimed National
Membership Radiothon. They are
joined by vice chairs Hank Aaron,
Phil Donahue, Congresswoman
Maxine Waters, Eddie Murphy,
Admiral Sam Gravely and Marla
Gibbs.
The nationwide membership drive
will involve more than 400 local
chapters and radio stations. On local
levels, branches will produce
broadcasts that will include special
appeals by local and national
celebrities and entertainment.
NAACP Youth Councils and College
Chapters and Prison Chapters also
are supporting the radiothon to help
the association bolster its
membership.
Heads of 30 national organizations
are serving as honorary co
chairpersons of the drive.
A national segment will be
broadcast 4-7 p.m. from ABC Radio,
New York City. Sam Belnavis of New
York City and Charlotte is the
producer. Co-hosts in Los Angeles
will be Esther Rolle, Kadeem
Hardesen, Bill Nunn and Pam
Robinson. New York co-hosts will be
Rachael Robinson, Vince Williams,
Percy Sutton and Gary Byrd. The big
broadcast will feature a galaxy of
stars including Evander Holyfield,
Isaac Hayes, Nancy Wilson, Barry
White, Peabo Bryson, Leontyne
Price, Maya Angelou, Kene Holliday,
Felton Perry, Howard Rollins,
Shirley Caesar, Perrin Mitchell, Rosa
Parks, the Boys and others.
Cooperating networks are Sheridan
Radio Networks, Inner City
Broadcasting, UPI, ABC Radio
Network and Gannett Radio
Broadcasting.
According to Dr. William F.
Gibson, NAACP chairman of the
board, the radiothon will answer
many questions about the history,
work and programs of the NAACP.
"We want new members involved,”
Dr Gibson continued, "so that we can
(See NAACP, P. 20)
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RALEIGH’S
SCENE
BY ALLIE M. PEEBLES
On Noonday, Oct. 7, the Johnaon Building at Martin Street Baptist Church
was given a new look. There were ballons of gold hanging from the ceiling,
long tables laden with beautifully wrapped gifts of blue, yellow, pink and
whita. To theae details, picture a group of people with smiling faces, and you
will realise that it was a baby shower. The guest of honor was Ms. Monica
Keele Jones, organist for the Choral Choir at Martin Street Church.
• Co-hosting this happy occasion were members o' the Male Chorus. The
men rememlicred that Monica had formerly played for them, and they
wanted to lx1 included hi the celebration
The food win* indescribable with very few duplications. This was due to
the expert planning of Horlense G. Fleming, the president of the Choral
Choir. More than 45 persons were present, not including the photographer.
J.D. Hinton.
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