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NC8U North Carolina State University Activities Board Film/Lectures
Committee and the Carolina Consortium. Free and open to the public. Call
515-6161 for information.
WOHKSHOP SET FOR CLAYTON BYPASS
The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold an information
workshop on Thursday on a proposal to build a U.S. 70 bypass of Clayton.
The workshop is scheduled from 4-8 p.m. in the Clayton Primary
School cafeteria on N.C. 42 west of Clayton.
A four-lane highway from Interstate 40 in Wake County to the inter
section of U.S. 70 and US. 70 Business in Johnston County south of Clayton
is proposed.
Right-of-way acquisition for the project has been scheduled in the
Transportation Improvement Program, NCDOTs planning document for
highway projects, to begin in fiscal year 1996, Construction will begin after
fiscal year 1968.
The public is invited to attend the informal workshop, ask quiestions,
make comments or recommendations and submit material about the
proposed project. NCDOT officials are asking interested citizens to meet
with them on a one-to-one basie. This will give the department a better
opportunity to understand citizens’ attitudes about the proposed project.
WAKE STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PLAN
A public hearing on the Wake County Public School System’s proposed
annual student assignment plan will be held Tuesday, March 3, at 7 p.m.
In Sanderson High School's auditorium. The administration of the school
qystamproposedits annual student assignment plan for the 1992-93 school
year to the Wake County Board of Education on Monday, Feb. 17.
The proposed assignment plan will affect about 1,600 students and
canters on tbs opening of five new schools. Durant Road Elementary, West
Lake Elementary, and West Lake Middle will open as all-voluntary, year
round schools. The opening of these schools eliminates a number of
f’T'V'T **"g"""*"** Leesville Road and Pleasant Union elementary
'schools will open as traditional elementary schools.
SPRING WILDFLOWER HIKE SERIES ON THE ENO RIVER
The Eno River Association will sponsor a Spring Wildlife Hike series
every Sunday at 2 pan. starting March 15 and ending May 10. The hikes
explore a different section of the Eno River Valley every Sunday with a
variety ofknowlsdgsable hike leaders. They are limited to 20 participants.
Hikes go out in all kinds of weather and last about 21/2 hours. Hikers see
spring arrive with tha first hspatica and trout lilies and progress through
the spectacular display of mountain laurel in May. The purpose of the hikes
is to acquaint hikers with the beauty of the Eno River State Park and with
the efforts of the Eno River Association to acquire land for the state park.
To register, call Leslie at Durham, (919) 490-6335 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday or Hillsborough, (919) 644-1806 on Saturday.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE WORKSHOP
Tamili as in Pain: The Clergy’s Role in Substance Abuse, Prevention,
Counseling and Referral,” a workshop designed by and for Raleigh clergy
and laity, will be held Tuesday, March 17, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at
ths Woman’s Club, in the Koger Center off Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh.
Registration fas is $10, registration deadline is Thursday, March 12.
Sponsored by COMMIT to a Healthier Raleigh, Healthy Mothers, Healthy
Brides Coalition of Wake County, and Drug Action, Inc. To register, call
COMMIT to a Healthier Raleigh at 821-4222.
SENIOR GAMES SCHEDULED
Wake County residents age 55 and over are invited to participate in the
1992Raleigh-Wake Senior Games, March 30-April 4 at Athens Drive High
school. Some events include swimming, golf, tennis, as well as events in
performing, literary and visual arts. Deadline for registration is March 2.
Call 831-6850 for more information.
Child Watch
_ BY MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
FIGHTENO CHILD SUFFERING COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY
Nationally recognised pediatrician Barry Zuckerman recently led 14
child advocates from religious organisation* into the dimly lit pediatric
ward of Boston City Hospital. Stopping at the crib of a two-year-old black
boy hooked up to tubes, Dr. Zuckerman invited the group to look into the
fhee of child povsrty.
This child, he explained, was in the hospital because the conditions of
pcasrty in which he lived resulted in a simple insect bite becoming a life
threatening infection.
The advocates were members of the Child and Family Justice Commit
tee of the National Council of Churches. The committee and five other
national organisations, aided by the Children’s Defense Fund, are working
nationwide to help Americans see, feel—and reduce—child Buffering in
thrir communities.
The effort is called the Child Watch Visitation program. Besides the
' • child and Family Justice Committee, the collaborators are the National
Council «f Negro Women, the Association of Junior Leagues, the American
Association of Retired Persons, Kiwanis International, and the National
Council of La Rasa. Last year I wrote about the pilot project in Washington,
D.C. Now similar efforts, dsveloped by local members of these six groups,
are under way in about 80 communities across the country.
Local leaders are organising visits for groups of their fellow citisens to
such places as neonatal intensive care units, adolescent detention facilities,
chatters for homeless families, and child care centers. For most citizens, the
visits are a kind of shock therapy. A minister who participated in a Child
Watch visit to the neonatal care ward at Harlem Hospital in New York City
MM, "Itrs on* thing to nu about ouch infants and quite another to see
"Ain. It t#an me apart.” Out of such experiences, Child Watch organizers
hope to forge agroupofcitizens in each community who are inspired to work
In Jacksonville, Fla., a coalition led by longtime community activist
Gertrude Feele of the National Council of Negro Women, held its first
visitation program in October. Among the places visited were a neonatal
intensive care unit, a foster care home for children with medical problems,
■ home for unmarried mothers and babies bora HIV infected, and a county
detention cantor for Juveniles.
Host participants in the group had been child advocates for years,
Fsols notes, yet “over and over again they said what a learning experience
it had been.” At the special foster home for two children with cerebral palsy,
As group member* were “overwhelmed and amazed,” says a state official
who accompanied the group. They listened to the foster mother in awe.”
ha the Washington, D.C. pilot program, participants did fallow through
with concrete action to help children. For example, a law student from
Georgetown University’s Black Law Student Association organized afund
ndasr for a D.C. tutoring program for homeless children. A publisher’s wife
ftntrmifeMl $15,000 to a local hospital and is leading a fundraising cam
paign for the hospital's new children’s center.
PMle says there were also some immediate responses from the
Jacksonville group. The National Council of Negro Women, for example,
agreed to build a badly needed wheelchair ramp at the foster home for
children with special medical problems.
The Florida state official says she believes the program will have a
significant long-term effect on child advocacy in Jacksonville. When profes
sionals who work in the system advocate for better services for children, “No
one listens toyou,”she says. They think it’s just your job [to advocate]. But
w)Mn other people see for themselves what is needed and speak out, others
pay attention. Thaos are people who can get things done.”
Par information about how to start a visitation program in your
community, contact Ann Chisholm at CDF, 122 C St., N.W., Washington,
DJC. 20001, (20?' 628-8787.
FAMILY RECORDS—Civil rights legend Rosa Parks, Mr
right, examines famdy genealogical records at the Mormon
Family History Library in Salt Lako City, Utah. Mrs. Parks is
accompanied by her executive assistant, Elaine Steele,
center, and library genealogist Jay Sobers, left.
A Group Of Arizona Republican
Activists Support MLK Holiday OK
PHOENIX Ari*. (AP)—A group of
Republican activists and officehold
ers has formed a new coalition to
support passage of a state Martin
Luther King holiday, leaders of the
new group announced.
“This is not a black vs. white or
Republican vs. Democrat or conser
vative vs. liberal issue. It is an issue
that involves the moral fabric of
America,” said Victor Washington,
chairman of the Republican Coali
tion for MLK *92 Committee.
The King holiday, which voters
rejected in the 1990 general elec
tion, will be on the ballot again in
November and Washington said the
GOP coalition will actively cam
paign for its passage.
“Arizona can ill afford to drag its
feet on this issue any longer,” he
said.
Washington said the coalition
includes the African-American Re
publican Committee, the Arizona
Republican Hispanic Committee,
Arizona Chinese-American Repub
lican Committee, Arizona Native
American Republican Committee,
Arizona State University’s College
Republicans and the Asian-Repub
lican Outreach Committee.
The Arizonans for a Martin Lu
ther King, Jr. State Holiday Com
mittee, which is spearheading the
Suspect In Rev. Sharpton’s Stabbing
Case Claims Wanted To Scare Only
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP>—A prose
cutor charged last week that Mi
chael Riccardi viciously plunged a
knife into the Rev. A1 Sharpton’s
chest during a Bensonhurst racial
protest. Hie defense said Riccardi
was addled by alcohol and just
wanted to scare the strident black
activist.
Hie opening statements were
heard in Brooklyn’s state Supreme
Court, where Riccardi, 28, who is
white, is on trial for second-degree
attempted murder, weapon posses
sion, di semination and aggravated
harassment.
The crowd that held a “parade” in
Bensonhurst on Jan. 12,1991, “was
a very mixed group of folks, just like
the jury here,” said Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Edward Boyer, who
also prosecuted the infamous Ben
sonhurst and Howard Beach racial
killings.
Riccardi, a neighborhood resi
dent, entered a schoolyard swarm
ing with police and blended in with
assembling protesters. "There' was
nothing unusual about a white man
joining the reverend’s march,” said
Boyar.
But instead of marching, Riccardi
approached Sharpton with a con
cealed kitchen knife and “plunged it
into his chest,” said Boyer, clapping
his hand over his heart.
“All hell broke loose,” said the
prosecutor. It was “potentially a
highly explosive and highly charged
situation that could have resulted in
even more violence.
“Mr. Riccardi, knowing what he
had done and that it was wrong,*
tried to run but was captured.
As police led him away, Riccardi,
incited by the kind of onlookers who
“bait and feed on each other,”
boasted of the deed and made racial
references, said Boyar.
But defense attorney Joyce David
said that race had nothing to do with
the incident, and that Riccardi
never intended to kill or seriously
injure Sharp ton.
She said jurors should not con
sider Sharpton’s perceptions of the
incident, but instead, “What was on
my client’s mind.”
David said that when Riccardi’s
cousin told him Sharpton was in the
neighborhood, they went to the
schoolyard “as a goof... They said,
•Let’s go see A1.’ Not with hatred, not
with malice. It was something to do
on a Saturday morning.”
“Their comment was, He looks
like Elvis.’ It had nothing to do with
a crime of race hate.’
Riccardi had consumed a lot of
vodka; he even went out without a
coat.
And, as for the weapon, explained
David, “Mr. Riccardi has had prob
lems Wore... He always carries a
little something with him, like a
knife, in case there’s a problem.”
Riccardi has a lengthy criminal
history that includes assaults and
lighting.
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drive for passage of the holiday, and
several Republican elected offi
cials—including Attorney General
Grant Woods and Senate Minority
Leader Tom Patterson—also ai;e
members of the coalition, he said.
Gov. Fife Symington, a supporter
of the King holiday, was not listed
among the coalition’s members.
"We haven’t gotten permission to
use the governor’s name yet,” Wash
ington said. “We would hope that it
is forthcoming.”
Washington said he used the
names only of people whom he has
spoken with in person and he has
not had an opportunity yet to speak
with Symington.
It’s not that he isn’t supporting
us. In fact, Tm sure that he will give
his support,” Washington said.
The coalition will also seek the
support of the state Republican
Party, he said.
“We plan to form a committee to
draw up a resolution to take to the
floor at the state convention in
May,” he said.
Washington said passage of the
King holiday would “send a message
to all minorities... that Arizona is a
land of opportunity and equality.
“We have an opportunity to be the
first state to recognize the efforts of
Dr. Martin Luther King by popular
vote,” Washington said, noting that
all other states who celebrate the
holiday have created it either by
legislative or executive action.
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Girl Scout ?
Cookies Set For *
March Delivery *
Girl Scout cookies, America’s
tastiest tradition, are now available
for delivery. Local Girl Scouts will'
be delivering cookies during March :
There is still time left to buy tho^ -
great-tasting cookies for a great'
cause. Girl Scouts will be selling
cookies at area shopping centers in
the Triangle during the next two
weeks.
The price per box is $2.50. Fund-'
ing from the annual cookie sales
supports individual troop pro-'
grams, camperships, camping pro
grams, and other council-wide
events for girls in this area. u
Local troops are able to enrich
their activities and broaden their
group experiences. The Girl Scout'
cookie sale is just one of the many
Girl Scout programs offered to girls.
Its role is to teach young girls valu
able learning skills that can be used
throughout their lives.
Pines of Carolina Council offers
seven varieties: the traditional Thin
Mint, Tefbils, Do-Si-Dos, Taga
longs, Samoas, Chalet Cremes, and
Golden Nut Clusters. So stock up on
these great cookies, because they
are kosher, freeze well, and can be
served year-round.
cut muM7iiuuiUiouun,
Girl Scout Service Center at 782
3021 in Raleigh or 1-800-662-7579.
Knee of Carolina Girl Scout
Council, Inc-, serves 22,000 girls
and adults in 20 central N orth Caro
lina counties and is a United Way
agency.
Jackson To Get
NABOB Award
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Megastar
Michael Jackson will receive the
National Association of Black
Owned Broadcasters Lifetime
Achievement Award March 5 at the
Sheraton Washington Hotel, it was
announced recently by James L.
Winston, the organization's execu
tive director and general counsel.
Winston said, “It is a pleasure to
include Michael Jackson along with
our very distinguished group of
outstanding individuals who will
receive awards at our eighth annual
Communications Awards Dinner.”
The other honorees at the eighth
annua] NABOB Communications
Awards Dinner include Sen. Bill
Bradley (D-N.J.), Rep. Bill
Richardson (D-N.M-), Robert L.
“Bab” Johnson, president, Black
Entertainment Television; Jheryl
Busby, chief executive officer, Mo
town Records, and Dorothy Height,
president and chief executive offi
cer, National Council of Negro
Women.
Musical entertainment for the
awards dinner will be provided by
four-time Grammy Award-winning
Wamer/Reprise jazz vocalist A!
Jarreau.
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