N.C. PRISON
(Continued frvm pagt 1)
ties, through leas costly non-prison
punishments.
Aaron Johnson, seerstary of the
North Carolina Department of Cor
rection, expressed his support for
Just Common Sense.
*As secretary of the Department of
Correction, every day I see a revolv- ;
ing door that shuttles human beings
in and out of prison and wastes their 1
lives. I am moved fay that,” said
Johnson. "I want to do everything I i
can to add another dimension to our 1
corrections system, something that i
will deal with the heart as well as the r
mind.” 1
DAN BLUE J
(Continued from page 1) c
thing that we have to work on be- *
cause that’s about a relationship *
between the police department and '
this community. T
“It’s about better communication
between that department and our
community, and the kind of commu
nication that restores the faith in
that department So that regardless
of what the facts are, we at least try
to get those facts, and they have
some credibility when we get them,”
Blue added.
To illustrate his point, Blue drew
more applause when he remarked
how proud he was of the Wake
County Sheriffs Department under
the leadership of Sheriff John H.
Baker, Jr. Reeferring to problems
that abounded before Sheriff Baker
took over, Blue said, “You know that
because of communication, and be
cause of the belief that we have in
the person that sets the direction of
that department, that even if there’s
an honest mistake by that depart
ment, we’re sure that that’s what it
is. And that’s the kind of communi
cation and the kind of belief that we
have to develop in all government
institutions, and it’s not our sole
responsibility to develop that kind of
communication.”
Blue made it clear that the com
munity must continue to support
law enforcement’s efforts to safe
guard their neighborhoods and
streets, but not at the expense of
“needless deaths” or the “suspen
sion of constitutional rights.”
“The lack of communication be
tween our community and the police
department is something we have to
work hard to cure,” he said.
SLAYINGS
(Continued from page 1)
crack in Raleigh.
In other news:
Lester Torain, 44, of 1705 Boyer
St., has been charged with driving
while impaired in connection with a
wreck Friday on U.S. 70 thatkilleda
young Durham woman.
Police authorities had spoken to
° Torain at Rex Hospital Saturday
and determined he had been drink
ing.
Killed in the accident was Dale
Stone, 21. She was turning left onto
Lynn Road from the eastbound lane
of U.S. 70 when her car was struck
by Torain. She was pronounced dead
at the scene.
Other traffic charges are also
pending.Torain was allegedly driv
ing with his headlights off and was
traveling about 70 mph in a 55-mph
zone. Torain and two passengers in
his car were taken to Rex Hospital
after the accident for treatment of
minor injuries.
WILE TAPES
(Continued from page 1)
shortly after Raleigh police raided
the house and detained four men
who were standing outside, a shot
rang out and they saw Ingram lying
on his back with his hands out
stretched, "as if he had them up in
the air." Witnesses said they did not
know Ingram, and that he was not
one of the four men that the police
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were after.
However, according to a report tc
the Raleigh City Council’* Police
Affairs Committee by Mice Chiel
FVederick K. Heineman, Officer
Kerr said that Ingram was one of th<
four, walked away when ordered U
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acket pocket with his left hand,
lulling it out quickly while stepping
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LEGAL COSTS
(Continued from page 1)
:ost-saving effort. The plan establ
ished a 9 a.m. calendar call in Juve
nile Court and provided for an ad
vance list in the court clerk’s office to
nform prosecutors, attorneys, court.
:ounselors and others of continu
ances, trials scheduled, and related
natters.
Judge Smith called these changes
‘a very good move" and attorney
rise, who has a substantial Juvenile
Dourt practice, said that many of the
egal fees paid court-appointed at
torneys in that court "have been cut
n half."
The plan spells out in detail what’s
•equired of lawyers in their repre
sentation of indigent*. It says that
the Tise committee "may recom
nend to the Senior Resident Supe
rior Court Judge the removal of an
ittomey from the indigent list if the
ittorney fails to diligently represent
tlients.”
The AOC has estimated that legal
fees for indigent representation in
the Fifth District must average $150
a case in District Court and $262 per
:ase in Superior Court, capital cases
excepted, if the courts are to stay
within their fund allocations of
$396,960 and $75,940 for this year.
NEWS BRIEFS
(Continued from page 1)
newborns to children aged 5
years.
BANK SEEKS PERMIT
TO DEMOLISH STORE
First Citizens Bank has
filed with the City of Raleigh
to demolish its building at 132
E. Martin St. that was for
merly occupied by Kimbrell’s
Furniture.
Demolition is expected to
take about 90 days.
The three-story, approxi
mately IS,000-square-foot
building is located at the cor
ner of Martin and Blount in
the same block of First Citi
zens’ parking lot bounded by
Wilmington, Martin and
Blount streets. The lot is
leased to and operated by
McLauren Parking.
Following demolition, the
site will be landscaped with
trees, shrubbery and
wrought-iron fencing and
possibly paved to serve as an
extension of the existing
parking lot.
NASW BUYS HOME
FOR OFFICES
On Friday at 4 pjn. at 412
Morson St., Mayor Avery
Upchurch and National Asso
ciation of Social Workers N.C.
Chapter President Elaine
Cummings will cut a ribbon
officially opening the new
NASW chapter office. The
ceremony will climax a four
year effort by NASW to pur
chase their own office space
in downtown Raleigh and
marks the continuation of
city efforts to improve the ‘
east side.
With assistance from the
City of Raleigh Community
Development Department,
NASW purchased their office
from the city last summer.
With design assistance from
the city's facade grant pro
gram, the exterior and inte
rior of the two-story house
were remodeled into unique
office space.
FREE HOLIDAY
HELPING GUIPE
A free holiday helping
guide was released this week
by Charity Research Services
of Raleigh. The guide has
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Focus On
Wake Forest
BV KI.I/AMKTII AKt'IIKK
RALEIGH-WAKE FORES'!’
CONNECTION
Ms. Annie Bslls Bullock is the lady
that I mistakenly called Ms. Booth
ths time that I wrote about the 100
Women in Hats. She got a big charge
out of my mistake, and said, "Since
you described where I lived I’m sure
that everyone knew just who you
meant."
Ms. Bullock is a vary active lady,
and the other week she was telling
me about what a pleasant surprise
she’d gotten when her daughter
Geraldine Hall and her grand
daughters, Juanita, Janet and
Edna, along with great-grandson,
Charles and great-granddaughter
Treva had gotten their heads to
gether, and pretended that they
were staying home after “I’d been
invited by Ms. Martha Murrell to
ride with her to take her mother, Ms.
Mary Crenshaw, and aunt, who is
twin sister to Ms. Crenshaw,
Martha Martin, to Durham where
we were to visit a friend and cousin,
Robert Massenburg, who "was in the
hospital. On the return trip, the
group pretended to be stopping to
have a meal, and of course I was in
agreement.
“Once we arrived at the Golden
Corral, and were entering the door, I
looked up to be confronted with my
granddaughter, and I asked her
what on earth was she doing there,
and at the same time I asked her was
her mother there, too, and she said,
*Yes, she may be somewhere around
here.’ And don’t you know, those
rascals had planned a surprise for
me.
“That was on the 11th of Novem
ber, and I hadn’t even thought about
having another birthday surprise,
because on the 4th of November,
which is actually the date I was
born, my pastor, Ron Taylor,
preached a sermon at the First Cos
mopolitan Baptist Church in
Raleigh, and they’d given me a lot of
consideration there, which was
wonderful. So this old lady really got
treated royally, twice, for just one
birthday."
Ms. Bullock laughed heartily as
she told me of her treats, for which
she was so grateful.
I, too, had a surprise this Thanks
giving holiday weekend, as I, along
with some friends from Franklin ton,
Ms. Maureen Perry, her sister Ruby,
and Ruby’s daughter Veronica
Aikens, 15, as sponsors of Ms. Carla
Renee Monroe, attended the 54th
annual Debutante Ball, which was
held at the Raleigh Civic Center on
Friday, Nov. 29. It was the very first
time for each of us, and the formal
affair of the Alpha Theta Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha So
rority, Ir.c., was truly ei\joyable,
especially after Wayne Peppers, a
friend of the family of the 1991
queen, Ms. Brooke Asheley Gartrell
of Raleigh, invited the three of us to
accompany him to a suite of rooms
on the 16th floor of the Radisson
Plaza Hotel (apparently the official
lodging for the out-of-towners who
attended the annual Deb Ball).
Mr. and Mrs. George Allen Gar
trell, sponsors, and friends gave an
"after the ball was over' party, and
with 50 or 60 persons, none of whom
I knew, my surprise came about
while in conversation with the
queen’s aunt, Ms. Gwendolyn' Far
rar, when she asked me if l knew
Geraldine Hall, who is her half-sis
ter. .
I told her yes, indeed, Geraldine is
well known tome. Nothingmore was
said about the Wake Forest connec
tion, but Ms. Farrar continued by
telling me of her two-year return to
Raleigh from New York, where she’d
spent many years, and of her two
daughters, Dr. Adrienne Farrar and
Nedra Farrar Luten, both of whom
she pointed out to me as they stood
talking with others.
We both remarked'“What a small
world we live in,”as I walkedaway to
chat with a very beautifully clud Ms.
George Gartrell, who appeared as
exhausted as aha looked great in her
special gown, for her daughter’s
coronation day.
aI am indeed tfcgpd,” she admitted.
"We got started preparing for this
day back in July, and it'a been al
most non-stop. There's been Just so
many things to do.” And she told me
that Brooke’s first choice for her
college education is Spetman, with
Hampton and Howard universities
second.
Their other two children are22
year-old Daymeon, who is on his
second tour of duty in the Persian
Gulf, and Carlin, 19, who is a Shaw
University student.
She talked a bit of her work at
Shaw University, and that of her
husband as a research assistant at
N.C. State University. Their guests
came from New York, New Jersey,
California, Maryland, Elisabeth
City and other areas.
Tending bar, Mr. Gartrell told me,
were Maj. Marvin Whetstone, U.S.
Air National Guard; Lt Col. Michael
Parker and Dr. Tom Luten.
“I was happy that my daughter
won,” he said. “But Pm just as happy
that it’s all over.”
“There is a long tradition of dabs in
this family,” Nedra P. Luten said.
“In 1972,1 was out-of-town maid of
honor, Almetta Parker was quean in
1976, Brooke's mother was a deb in
1964, and her aunt Brenda was one
in 1962.” It had been a pleasant
evening of food and conversation,
and seeing beautiful young ladies,
as well as young gentlemen, at their
very best. I only saw beautiful Carla
Monroe from a distance, a lofty one
that is, with our late arrival, and
aching feet erf' the entire company,
except 15-year-old Veronica’s, we
were quite content to sit it out and
watch the dancers.
A COIIIIUV VI Ag MJU IIIIU.il AUUUk MIW
waltzing ability of one Henry Green
Monroe, Jr., as he glided Ms daugh
ter around the floor, but he seemed
to have a pretty fancy bit of cha-cha
cha footwork there.
It was good to see our very own
Joyce Hunter of Louisburg as she !
was leaving the hotel, all decked out
in evening finery. At the party, I got
to speak to the father of Queen’s
Court Deb Davida Charlene Alston
of Raleigh. The tuxedo-clad gentle
man was tuckered out as well.
*1 sold The CAROLINIAN as a
child,” he told me, "and I would
spend most of the money that I was
supposed to turn in and would have
to sell more papers and turn all of it
in to make up,” he laughed.
“I used to work at The CAROLIN
IAN,” the queen's father said. But
what is so strange to this writer, is
why it is that so few of the farmer
workers still read and support the
work of the blade press. I got Wayne
Peppers to get me a piece of written
materia] from the front desk of the
Radisson Hotel, which turned out to
be announcement for their New
Year’s Eve celebration. They are
offering a package deal for couples,
for $160 for overnight and what is
more, they are extending the check
out time until 4 p.m. and the an
nouncement says, to help you start
the New Year out on a “soft note,”
there will be a first aid station with
fruit juices, aspirin, Alka-Seltzer,
Tylenol, and other aids. Is thatajoke
or what? Wanna bet it’s not?
This is the season of the “deal,"you
know, and Mack folk are known to
seek the best Will Tony brown’s
message of “pool resources and buy
ing your own hotels” ever be heeded?
If you were one of thofe who at
tended the worthwMle affair, just
take a minute to count special spon-'
sors, under the names of the top
winners, and you will readily realise
how easily Tony Brown’s suggestion
could be carried out if there ever
would be a desire to have it done.
I'll get around to you special Wake
Forestites later, but it is good to see
what the other parte of our world are
doing eveiy now and then, isn’t it?
Am I a spoilsport or what? The
truth is the light, people.
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Group Pickets Storss
CHARLOTTE (AP>-Blacka pick
•ted Family Dollar Stoma in North
Carolina and 8outh Carolina on Fri
day, urging the discount retailer to
match itaiMtitar's recent $10 million
donatidrilb Duke Univeraity with a
similar amount to blade eollegee.
Member* of the group Citium
Advancing Reconciliation and Re
ciprocity’‘critidud the company's
owner, Leon Levine, for unding hie
donation outdde the communities
that support hie atoms.
"Of the company's $874 million
groM rtvtnuM lutyiKf^ • pnMnl*
nant amount of that cam* from poor,
black paopla," group member Char
las Jonaa said. "We art urglngcu*
tomera to ahopaomewhereclae until
Family Dollar relnvaata oomparabla
proflta directly into tha people who
hava mada them wealthy."
Johnaon C. Smith UnhuMUj)!. a
traditionally black college, ably
block* from a Family Dollar Blare,
"aurely ahouldbe offered aoagethfog
comparabla to tha $10 million mat
waa givan to Duka," ha add.
County library or by sending
a stamped, self-addressed
envelope to Charity Research
Services, P.O. Box 32848,
Raleigh 87688.
NCSU GALLERY
EXHIBITS WORKS y
The work of internationally
acclaimed artist John 'Tho
mas Diggers will be a fo«al
point at North Carolina State
University’s AfHcan-Ameri
can Cultural Center Gallery
through May 11
The art gallery, on the sec
ond floor of the University.
Studesit Center Annex at Dan
Allen Drive and Cates Ave
nue, is aooessible by appoint
ment Mondays through
Thursdays from 10 am. to 8
p.uu, and Fridays from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Entry to the gallery
may be arranged by calling
815-8810.
Diggers is a native of North
Carolina who portrays the
blaok experience in murals,
patntlpga, lithographs and
drawings. Ho recently com
pleted a commissioned mural
for Winston-Salem State Uni
versity.
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NCCU
(CcnUnmd from page t)
in debt, and six athlete* hav* sued
the school for allegedly reneging on
echolarship promises.
To free her ha.*l to institute re
forms, Benton add she would not
took ft* chancellorship on a penna
*lt gives me the freedom to do
some podtive things Without worry
ing that it might jeopardlie your
chances to get ft* Job,” she add.
Spanker sdd he hopes Benson
will be able to finish bar term bp
July But it could take longsr to find
The cha ^collar search committee,
consisting of trustees, student* fce
ulty and dumni, will hold its lint
meeting Thursday, nearly three
months after Richmond resigned.
Spangler declined to address the
trustee*’concerns. But hie add Ban
son is well-prepared to overcome
resistance to reform from within
NCCU, once again likening her to
ft* medieval French herein*, Joan
of Arc.
OFFENDING
When anyone has offended yob fry
to raise your soul so high that the
offense cannot reach it. ,
Rene Descartes
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suggestions for residents of
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share their good fortune this
holiday season but don’t
know where to start.
Eleven Wake County pro
grams are highlighted—from
Family Services Center’s
“Drop Your Drawers” under
wear collection project, to
“Warmth for Wake,” spon
sored by the N.C. Alliance of
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volunteers needed are given.
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find information on m..nv
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