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Parents Ask: How Can We
Protect Against Violence
BY CASH MICHAELS
BUST Writer
It wai ju«t another lazy night in
Raleigh' It had been raining hard
all afternoon, but that didn’t stop
fans from cramming into the Em
ery Gymnasium on St. Augustine’s
College campus to see a city-spon
sored basketball game with former
ACC players. It was supposed to
be something positive for the com
munity, until an eight-year-old
boy, a visitor from New Jersey
sent south for summer safekeeping
from the crime-ridden streets of
Newark, interrupted the game,
screaming and bleeding across the
gym floor. He had been shot.
In Durham just two weeks ear
lier, the children of a housing proj
ect there were doing what they
normally do when they’re outside:
jumping rope, swinging on the
swings, running and playing.
Little did they know that an argu
ment over a drug deal nearby was
about to erupt into a running gun
battle, with bullets flying every
where. One of them struck a six
year old boy in the thigh. Parents
there now don’t know what will
happen next.
Drive-by shootings and random
violence is supposed to be the leg
acy of larger cities with bigger
problems.
But now reality has set in for
those of us living in the Triangle,
and we know that senseless vio
lence has come South, and is as
close as just outside our doors.
How we protect ourselves from it
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is one thing. How we protect Our
children is another frightening re
ality altogether.
“Violence. You see violence,
sometimes you can almost smell
violence, or an incident... ready to
happen.” The voice of Ms. Mary
Lewis trailed off as she turned her
head, upset at the thought of what
could happen one day, perhaps to
her child.
The community needs to come
together, she said, and develop
(See PARENTS, P. 2)
Ways Parents Can Protect
Young Against Violence
The crime prevention specialists The CARO
LINIAN have spoken with ell agree that it is
impossible to protect your child every minute
of every day from the current surge of ran
dom violence, but here are some key tips de
rived from those interviews that can help you
minimise the risks to your children:
•Establish a clqar bond of communication
between you and your children. This is impor
tant in order to educate, but also to learn and
measure what they see and hear.
•Encourage your children to talk to you
about what they see and hear, and make note
of it in case other children and parents men
tion the same thing.
•Know your neighbors, and develop a rela
tionship with each other so that all can keep
an eye out for the others whenever possible.
•Be aware of your neighborhood and your
neighbors. If you see strangers, make note of
where they go and when, then make sure that
your child does not frequent that area.
•Cheok out the area where your children
play, see if there is sny other activity nearby
.. danger. If ■ - mi ,
report ft to the police, and keep your child
away.
•Teach your child to be aware of his/her
surroundings, and how to recognize danger
(Grangers, lout shouting, fights, people with
(See VIOLENCE, P. 2)
cholM for drug enforcers coming to the Triangle area from placet like Now York
and Miami. Sgt. B.J. Rand of the Raleigh Police Department’s Crime Prevention
Unit says the community needs to pay attention to what’s happening around
them, look out for one another, and expecfally look out for the children in their
neighborhoods. This month alone, two children have been shot in random
violence. (Photo by Cash Michaels)
NEWS BRIEFS
NCCU STUDENTS
RETURN
Alumni from the eastern
half of the state are eon
verging on N.C. Central
University this week to wel
come new and returning
students. Representatives
of IS chapters of the alumni
association will meet in
coming freshmen at three
dormitories. They will help
the students and their par
ents move belongings into
the buildings.
BASIC SKILLS GRANT
The North Carolina De
partment of Community
Colleges has announced the
awarding of a $10,000 grant
to the Raleigh Housing Au
thority to implement an
ABC-Basio Skills Program
in the Halifax Court com
munity. The Housing Au
thority will subcontract
with MOTHKREAD, Inc. for
assistance in program im
plementation. The literacy
program will assist parents
to improve their reading
skills so that they can read
to their children. Speakings
listening, reading and writ
ing skills will be integrated
and equally emphasised.
CLEANUP DAY FOR
KIDS
The children in Halilhx
Court participated in a
cleanup and eafsty day pro
gram recently. Upon com
pletion of the cleanup, the
hide were entertained by
fire and police depart
who offered eafety
tips. An added attraction
were poiioe and fire depart
ment doge along with
I Supreme Court Decision
Prompts NAACP Action
Responding to the latest deci
sion by the Supreme Court to tem
porarily block a lower court injunc
tion which would have halted the
forced repatriation of Haitian refu
gees, the NAACP has stepped up
its preparations for a demonstra
tion on their behalf to be held in
front of the White House on Sept.
9.
The demonstration was initially
announced at a press conference
by Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks,
NAACP executive director and
chief executive officer; NAACP Na
tional Board Chairman Dr. Wil
liam F. Gibson; and Trans Africa
Executive Director Randall Robin
son on July 14 during the
NAACP’s annual convention in
Nashville.
It was described as a critical
statement of conscience by both
the NAACP and TransAfrica in
support of the fair treatment of the
Haitian refugees by the Bush ad
ministration.
In a statement, the two organi
zations said:
“The jointly sponsored ‘Haiti
Campaign’ calls on African-Ameri
cans from across the country to
converge on Washington, D.C. on
Sept. 9 to protest the
administration’s cruel and dis
criminatory policy.
“The protest will be part of the
larger campaign to restore democ
racy in Haiti through all legal
means. The effort will be closely
tied to the support of several legis
lative initiatives pending before
Congress. The NAACP ariB Tran
sAfrica will urge members of Con
gress to act expeditiously, before
the final adjournment in October,
to enact the following pending leg
(See PROTEST, P. 2)
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FIRST BLACK WOMAN IN SPACE-Dr. Mae Jemison wil be the Bret Mack
woman to go into space when Space Shuttle Endeavor lifts off from Kennedy
Space Center on Sept. 11. (See Story P. 2)
Supporters Of Small
Business Incubator
Remain Committed
BY CASH MICHAELS
Staff Writer
Despite the difficulties, the set
backs, and the long years of plan
ning and meeting, proponents of a
proposed small business incubator
in Southeast Raleigh pledge to see
the project through, no matter
what.
If all goes well in two to three
years, Southeast will unveil the
King Community Commerce Cen
ter, a $3.5 million facility that will
not only serve as a small business
incubator, but also as a mini-con
vention center, retail outlet, and
office complex. Preliminary plans
also call for a youth component to
thece»t«c.^,
The proposed site of the Com
merce Center is directly behind
the Martin Luther King Jr. Memo
rial Gardens on MLK Boulevard
and Rock Quarry Road. With the
recent dedication of the second
phase of the five lane thoroughfare
and the anticipation of it connect
ing with the Western Boulevard
Extension and thus, bringing with
t more development, jobs and op
aortunities, the proposed site is
seen as key toward sparking eco
aomic growth in the African
Vmerican community.
A planning committee, chaired
ay Dr. Paul Vandergrift of the
JNC Center for Public Television,
s currently finalizing plans for a
aoard of directors, and a first
ahase of the incubator to develop
at an already existing building,
fhe hope is that while the Com
merce Center is being constructed,
the first phase incubator could al
ready be helping small business
people to learn and grow, so they
could then move in at the MLK
Boulevard location.
“Having the King Community
Commerce Center on this site
would not only fulfill a dream that
many of us have had in the com
munity, but it would fulfill the
dream of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. that African-American people
(See INCUBATOR, P. 2)
Black Dollar
Week Set For
Sept. 5-13th
To again demonstrate the buy
ing power of African-Americans
nationwide, the NAACP will hold
its ninth annual Black Dollar
Week demonstration Labor Day
week, Sept. 5-13, NAACP Execu
tive Director/CEO Dr. Benjamin L.
Hooks has announced.
“Once again, we are asking Afri
can-American consumers to vote
their economic interest by spend
ing $2 bills and Susan B. Anthony
dollar coins for their purchases
prior to and during Labor Day
week,” Dr. Hooks said. He added:
“By participating in this na
tional demonstration, African
Americans can demonstrate to ma
jority suppliers who want our con
tinued support that we in turn ex
(See BLACK DOLLAR, P. 2)
CRIME BEAT
Editor’s Note: This column, a fixture of The CAROLINIAN in
ears past, has returned to our pages in hopes of deterring crime
n our community. The information contained herein is taken
rora public arrest records and does not necessarily mean those
mentioned are guilty of crimes.
COCAINE POSSESSION
Police arrested 21-year-old Tremain Anthony Avery of 521 Solar
hive and charged him with possession of cocaine with intent to sell and
istribute. Police say the location of the crime was the 1800 block of
doctor Road. Avery allegedly was caught with one plastic bag contain
ig 10 crack cocaine rocks valued at $200.
CAR THEFT
Police arrested 21-year-old Eric Bernard Hagans of 1148 Clanton St.
nd charged him with possession of a stolen car. Police say Hagans
llegedly had the 1981 two-door Datsun 280ZX belonging to 30-year-old
llton Lamont Mosley of 1715 Hamlin St.
MARIJUANA
Police arrested 23-year-old Issaac Michael Foye of 2009 Chesterfield
ourt and charged him with possession of marijuana. Police say that
oye was caught on the 900 block of Washington Terrace with three
rams of pot.
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SHOPLIFTING MEAL
Police arrested 33-year-old Michael Anthony Bunch of 926 1/2 E.
anes St. and charged him with shoplifting from a supermarket at 100
aleigh Blvd. Police say Bunch allegedly took one bell pepper, two floun
sr fillets, one box of Velveeta shells, two rib-eye steaks and one New
ork strip steak.
ASSAULT
Police arrested 28-year-old Wade Hampton Wright of 775 Jackson
oad, Bennettsville, S.C., and charged him with misdemeanor assault on
2-year-old Jessie Ryan Clark of 406 S. Jones St. in Pembrook. Police
iy the alleged assault with fists took place in Room 223 of 1625 Capital
lvd.