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beforeBy Herb L. Whiteshort middlesession class. Barber is the archi- RIBUNE tect of the Moral Mondays move- [email protected] TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE ment that brought thousands of Progressive ministers are asking protesters from across the state to North Carolina’s Republican politi- the N.C. capitol last year. VOLUME 16 NO. 5 WEEK OF MAY 4, 2014 $1.00 cal leaders for a meeting before the “Over the course of the last year, General Assembly you and your col- meets next month. leagues made several Durham’s Rodney The Forward unpopular policy Together Moral decisions,” the letter Rogers to be Movement led by N.C. written on NAACP let- NAACP President Rev. terhead reads. inducted to N.C. William Barber is ask- “These decisions cut ing Gov. Pat McCrory, resources from an Senate President Pro already over- Barber McCrory Sports Hall of Fame Tem Phil Berger and stretched K-12 budg- House Speaker Thom et; they rejected health insurance Tillis to meet its leadership before for more than a half million of our the short session opens on May 13 poorest; and they rejected insur- to discuss how the state’s conser- ance payments that would have vative tilt impacts the poor and Please seePROGRESSIVES/3A

Durham ACA is a candidates law, not a present dreamBy Bonitta Best case to [email protected] RALEIGH – Dr. Cedric Bright wants some folks to wake up votersBy Latisha Catchatoorian and stop dreaming. The [email protected] Patient Protection Affordable DURHAM – A full house of Care Act is not going away. baby boomers listened to “The ACA is a law, it’s not a Durham candidates state bad dream for those trying to their case as the May 6 pri- repeal it,” Bright mary draws near. said last week at District attorney, sheriff The Sen. Jeanne and district court judge H. Lucas candidates were invited on Luncheon. “The a panel at the Durham most important Center for Senior Life to part of the ACA speak to senior citizens are those two about what they hope to P’s: Patient Bright accomplish if elected. Protection. That’s Then, the seniors got to what it’s all about.” return the favor. Bright, assistant dean at “What I would like to see UNC School of Medicine and is more of the stuff that president of the National they’re already doing, but Medical Association, was the more in depth,” Barbara keynote speaker at the event McPherson said. “Working honoring the late Lucas. For PHOTO/OURTRANSITFUTURE.COM with children, working the first time, the luncheon (against) gangs, I think the The future light rail will merge Durham and Chapel Hill closer as neighbors. was added as a part of the main thing is crime preven- N.C. Black Summit, which ran tion.” April 24-26 at the Sheraton In fact, the future of Imperial Hotel. Durham’s youth, and fight- The beloved Lucas was an ing violence and crime advocate for the disenfran- were recurring themes. chised. She was the first “I’m here for you all, I’m black woman to be appoint- here for our children,” said ed to the N.C. Senate in 1993. Doretta Walker, who is run- Debate rages over Lucas died in 2007 from ning for district court breast cancer. The Jeanne judge. Hopkins Lucas Education Patricia Evans, who is also and Wellness Center is a part running for a judgeship, of the CAARE clinic at 214 said children and young Durham light rail jobs Broadway St. in Durham. black males are the most Proposed train project would link to Chapel Hill By Latisha Catchatoorian cational, medical, employment 2.9 million. Within the projected “She was a champion for important issue in our com- [email protected] and other important activity cen- rail corridor (UNC to East quality education and health munity. DURHAM – Chapel Hill and the ters, park-and-ride lots, transfer Durham), the population is care for everyone,” “We need to take control Bull City will become more con- centers, the Durham Amtrak expected to double.” Edgecombe County of our community, espe- nected than they already are – lit- Station and the Durham Station.” The Federal Transit cially young people, Commissioner Viola Harris erally. The project update newsletter Administration approved because they’re the ones said. “It is Planning is underway on a on the site states that “growth Triangle Transit’s request to appropriate that are going to run it,” she between Chapel Hill and Durham enter project development in said. “We have to work Durham-Orange light rail transit that our theme system that will run from UNC continues to outpace national February and will enter the Draft is ‘Health care together and say enough is rates, despite a historic reces- Environmental Impact Statement enough.” Hospitals in Chapel Hill to Alston and our com- Avenue in East Durham. There sion,” and the high growth rates phase later this year. The esti- munity’ for that Roger Echols, who is run- in the region are expected to con- mated cost is $1.4 billion. ning for district attorney, are 17 planned stations along the was what Sen. tinue over the next 20 years N.C. Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr. (D- said prevention is key. If 17-mile railway, including Lucas stood adding to “existing strain on our Durham) wants to make sure the elected, he hopes to change Meadowmont, New Hope Creek, for.” transportation system.” public knows that the project is Lucas the trajectory of young peo- Duke Medical Center, Ninth With the N.C. “Long-term regional growth contingent upon adequate fund- ple’s lives and the trajecto- Street and more. The estimated General Assembly passing forecasts show population in the ry of the criminal justice travel time from the first to the ing and will not begin for a while. one of the strictest voting Triangle will increase by 80 per- system. last stop, including station stops, “We still have to go through a laws in the country and “The increase in violent is 39 minutes. cent between 2010 and 2040,” rigorous review by the federal refusing to expand Medicaid crime and the violent crime According to said Brad Schulz, communica- government for this project to for low-income families, Sen. being committed by young ourtransitfuture.com, the light tions officer for Triangle Transit. become a reality,” he said. Floyd McKissick said Lucas people and how it affects rail will “connect a range of edu- “In numbers, that’s from 1.6 to Please seeDEBATE/ 2A would be “ashamed.” their future and the com- “Sen. Lucas would have munity,” is a big problem, been fighting against every- he said. thing,” he said. “She was a Clarence Birkhead, who is champion for civil rights, for running for the sheriff’s women’s rights, for office, said he plans to Durham’s rights, for voting implement targeted State workers’ pay a budget priority rights. The recent voter sup- enforcement on repeat lawmakers on May 14, opening Assembly leadership pledged. pression laws, she would By Herbert L. White day of the short session. Yet to Starting teachers would get an offenders like gang mem- [email protected] have been ashamed by it. We bers. be determined are Medicaid immediate bump to $33,000 in must continue to fight and “We must acknowledge RALEIGH – For the second payments, tax revenues and the 2014 and $35,000 in 2015, a challenge lawmakers and not that we have a gang issue straight year, North Carolina’s scope of employee pay. The plan that teachers – who haven’t let them turn back the clock and face it head on,” he proposed budget will try to state’s Medicaid expense is gotten a raise since 2008 – five decades.” said. Pope increase teachers’ pay. expected to be $120-$140 mil- slammed for ignoring experi- For Bright, the refusal to Many candidates said State Budget Director Art Pope lion more than revenues, a pro- enced classroom veterans. expand Medicaid is a major they are aware that law said the budget submitted last jection that is smaller than pre- “He thought that was a high bone of contention. enforcers and the Durham year by Gov. Pat McCrory vious years. priority in order to attract and “Five hundred thousand community have a tense We are included a 1 percent raise for “We do not have the full retain better teachers from the North Carolinians are left relationship, especially in working as teachers and other state Medicaid numbers as of this get-go,” Pope said. without insurance because the past few months. employees, but was cut out, in date,” he said. “In fact, the A census, of state employees of the denial of Medicaid “Law enforcement in gen- hard as we part due to shortfalls in (Department of) Health and and pay structure was submit- can to reform,” he said. “They can’t eral has lost the faith and Medicaid payments. With a Human Services is making a ted by state agencies in March, get health insurance because trust of the community, make it smaller gap anticipated for the presentation to the Legislative which the budget office is ana- they make too little money. and we first have to get that happen. 2014-15 fiscal year, Pope antici- Oversight Committee on this lyzing it for potential pay alter- When have we ever turned back,” said Richard pates a better result when the year’s Medicaid shortfall and natives. people away who make too Buchanan, who is running General Assembly meets next we’re still working on what the Another unknown is revenue little money? for sheriff. “Having a well- month. potential additional cost of collections, which “is almost on “The state is losing $5 mil- trained sheriff’s depart- North Carolina “ “We are working as hard as we Medicaid next year is going to budget” at $12 million over the lion a day because of the ment is key to the success Budget can to make that happen,” he be.” target, Pope said. State with- expansion rejection, yet our of this community. The Director Art said. At stake is pay increases for holding taxes on employee taxes are going to other sheriff is the highest law Pope on The budget will be presented state employees and educators, wages are down but the payroll enforcement official in the to McCrory by April 28, then which McCrory and General SeeSTATE/3A county.” teacher raises Please seeGET/3A

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Continuedjobs from 1Aandcollege development crowd. And that’s Peterson said Durham acts According to a video what that is really geared for. like companies are going to description on the Our It is not geared for poor hire such people, but it does- Transit Future’s YouTube minorities, poor blacks and n’t usually work out that way. page, light rail will start in poor Hispanics.” Whitley disagrees. 2019 and end in 2026 (pend- Melvin Whitley, who is on “You’re talking about job ing approvals and funding.) the planning commission for creation, 5,800 (jobs) – that’s In addition to federal and the city of Durham, said the just in maintenance jobs,” state funding, the light rail next step will be to make a Whitley said. “A person can will draw funds from a local rail system that goes from actually get a job and retire half-cent sales tax in Durham north to south, not just east with the railroad. When you and Orange counties, vehicle to west, in order to hit more add the spinoff develop- registration fees, fares and minority areas. ment, you’re talking about rental car tax. Schulz said they are work- the growth of probably 1,000 “The current funding pro- ing with city and county new jobs, and I’m being very assessments. It would also to allow the commission to jection is 25 percent local planners to assist with a sur- conservative.” By Lindsay Wagner replace standards named fast track its recommenda- (already secured), 25 percent vey of job opportunities and Whitley said that in order THE POLICY WATCH “Common Core” with “North tions, which means some ele- state (needs to be secured at affordable housing possibili- for these jobs to happen, the Carolina Standard Course of ments of the Common Core a later date) and 50 percent ties in Durham to see what community needs to have a At the final hearing of a Study.” could be nixed as early as federal (expected to be might be done to help conversation with city offi- committee tasked with The Common Core State this summer. Otherwise, the requested around 2019),” encourage more housing cials and county commis- studying the Common Core Standards were developed by commission has until Schulz said. near rail stops. sioners in the planning State Standards, Sen. Jerry a group of consultants with December 2015 to issue a If and when the light rail There is significant poten- stages before actual con- Tillman (R-Randolph) didn’t input from governors and final set of recommenda- comes to fruition, McKissick tial reconstruction and rede- struction begins so that the mince words when introduc- superintendents around the tions. said it will be important in velopment proposed for the unemployed can find jobs ing proposed legislation that country. The standards pro- The effect on schools at the providing access to employ- area where Duke, Chapel Hill once they’re created. would seek to eliminate the vide benchmarks for what start of the 2014-15 school ment hubs such as UNC- and Pettigrew streets meet in “There is plenty of existing Common Core. students should be able to year had some lawmakers Chapel Hill, Duke and N.C. downtown Durham. land (near the rail stops) “If you adopt national stan- know and do in English, lan- scratching their heads as Central universities for those “As for jobs, there will be a where African-Americans dards, that triggers every- guage arts and mathematics. they considered the possibil- who will use it. number of construction jobs own,” he said. “Because eco- thing else,” Tillman said. “It As a part of North ity of the draft bill becoming “I think it’s excellent for the before the rail project begins nomic development takes triggers your test, it triggers Carolina’s transition to more law during the short session Triangle to have an effective operating,” Schulz said. place because of the classic your textbook, and it triggers rigorous standards in all sub- that begins next month. mass transit system and a “There will be new jobs for flow of people, it means that your teaching methods. If ject areas in 2010, State “This commission that light rail is a central compo- train operators, maintenance where the existing rail is now, you believe in Common Core, Board of Education members we’re talking about is not nent, so it would be excellent workers, customer service it’s going to be replaced by they own it all, and North decided to align the state’s required to meet before Sept. to get the employment cen- staff, and bus operators and people that are getting on Carolina owns nothing. I’m English and math standards 1,” Sen. Earline Parmon (D- ters linked together,” he said. mechanics. and off.” more upset about taking edu- with the Common Core. Forsyth) said. “In the mean- Community activist As the areas around rail sta- Though the rail system will cation out of our hands and Forty-five states and the time, school will have start- Victoria Peterson said the tions fully develop, more create more jobs and com- putting it in the hands of con- District of Columbia have ed…what standards will all black community has some jobs are expected. Service merce, it isn’t the sole or glomerate states. also adopted CCSS. the school districts be oper- concerns about the light rail jobs for businesses such as explicit goal the Triangle “That day is over.” In addition to halting the ating on on the first day of because there are only two restaurants and others that Transit or the city has in After months of hearings at implementation of the CCSS school?” stops in what is deemed “the will benefit from thousands mind through its develop- which committee members and renaming the Common “They will operate under black area” of Durham, such of people at the light rail sta- ment. heard impassioned argu- Core, the proposed legisla- the standards we have as the one stop on Alston tion stops each day.” “To better serve this contin- ments both supporting and tion also establishes a com- today,” responded Rep. Brian Avenue. McKissick agrees that the ued growth in our region, a opposing the Common Core mission, which would be Holloway (R-Stokes), who Schulz said the 17 outlined construction will create jobs, need exists to provide more standards, some lawmakers under the Department of acknowledged that would stops are not set in stone and but Peterson isn’t so sure predictable and dependable have decided to move for- Administration, to review mean Common Core stan- are subject to change they will be available to the transportation alternatives to ward with abolishing it in English and math standards dards for English and mathe- depending on things they black community. driving in a congested corri- favor of home grown alterna- and recommend alternatives matics would remain in place learn. “If the city is really going to dor,” the project newsletter tives. that are more in line with as the commission consid- “The goal (of the light rail) put somebody in charge to states. The proposed legislation, North Carolina’s needs to the ered alternatives. is to bring about 20,000 to really make sure that African- Added McKissick: “I think “Replace Common Core to State Board of Education. But Holloway’s statement 30,000 new persons to American companies and the main thing is, it is going Meet N.C.’s Needs,” would Board members would be conflicted with an earlier one Durham, preferably down- subcontractors monitor (light to reduce the amount of con- repeal the law that directs the required to consult with the from Tillman. town Durham,” Peterson rail), then yes, that would be gestion we have on our State Board of Education to commission as it implements “Common Core is gone July said. “Well, the majority of good for the community, but roads.” participate in the develop- changes under this law. 1,” Tillman said. “If this (the those folks will be white. The that has never happened,” ment of Common Core stan- she said. 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Thanks to our sponsors: 3A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, May 4, 2014 Get familiar with ACA reality, advocates say Progressives want Continued from page 1A “Why do we continue to fight? Because our communities are depending on us. states that have the expansion.” They need us to speak on their behalf,” she Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, assistant secretary said. to talk to lawmakers for minority health for the U.S. Department Three special awards were presented to of Health and Human Services, seconded community advocates. Charmaine Fuller those sentiments. Gracia was the guest Cooper was honored for her work with the speaker at the Summit dinner. victims of the state’s eugenics sterilization Named by BET as one of Washington, program. Dr. Johnny Williams of Old North before short session D.C.’s most powerful women, the daughter State Medical Society was praised for Clergy argues policies hurt poor, minorities Continued from page1A the lives and livelihoods of millions of of Haitian immigrants said their charge is spreading information about the North Carolinians.” to press ahead to maintain health equality Affordable Care Act. And Garrett was sur- sustained out-of-work North Carolinians The Forward Together advocates who for all. prised with an award for her advocacy. who had paid into the unemployment insurance program.” signed the letter include faith leaders The letter also criticized the state’s from across the state, including several energy policy, laws that curtail women’s from Charlotte. Among them is Rev. Kojo reproductive rights and approval of a Nantambu, president of the Charlotte- voter ID law that created the toughest Mecklenburg NAACP and pastor at Green standard in the U.S. Oak Missionary Baptist Church; Rev. Fred “While we love all of you as members Gibson (Greater Providence Baptist State worker pay raises a on the human family and fellow citizens Church) Rev. Gregory K. Moss (St. Paul of the state of North Carolina we disagree Missionary Baptist Church); Rev. Peter with your decisions,” the letter reads. Wherry (Mayfield Memorial Missionary “Unpopular decisions are inevitable. But Baptist Church); Rev. Sheldon Shipman; priorityContinued from 1A forbeen madebudget and catch up on writersCarolina Justice Center. (Greenville Memorial A.M.E. the policy positions we listed above are the spending that had been Complicating budgetary pri- not only unpopular – they are constitu- Zion Church); Rev. Dwayne Walker; (Little and inheritance tax is up, deferred.” orities are competing interests tionally inconsistent, morally indefensi- Rock A.M.E. Zion Church) and Imam which “offset the decrease in Last year’s budget – within government itself. ble and economically insane. They are Khalial Akbar (Masjid Ash Shaheed). the sales tax,” he added. McCrory’s first as governor – North Carolina’s budget Building maintenance and immoral because they negatively impact was panned by liberals, who replacing vehicles in the state woes started with the Great said it was driven by tax cuts Recession of 2008 when the fleet, for instance, were that benefited corporations deferred at the same time state deferred projects and instead of middle- and lower- cut the budget in response to teacher pay – ranked 46th in income residents. the nation – and education the sluggish economy. As a “Instead of investing ade- result, state employees pay spending became a point of quate resources in school, political contention. The remained flat and the rainy- health care, public safety and day fund was depleted. The result has been a piecemeal the other building blocks of a approach to rebuilding assets. emergency revenue pool has strong and enduring econo- since been restored to $630 “I understand the choice my, state lawmakers chose to between keeping teachers in million. make room for tax cuts for the “The start of the Great the classroom or driving a car wealthy and profitable busi- for another year – you keep Recession meant a tremen- nesses that will cost $683.8 dous fall in state revenue,” the teachers in the class- million in lost revenue over room,” Pope said. “But the bill Pope said. “…So when Gov. the next two years and $2.8 McCrory came into office, our comes due when that car is billion over the next five unsafe, and that’s what we’ve first priority was to restore the years,” wrote Tazra Mitchell, a reductions that had already been doing in catch-up policy analyst with the North mode.” The Triangle TRIBUNE Download a digital copy today @ triangletribunenewspaper.com

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DisabledBy Vicki Smith Northconsistent with Carolinians a persistent laws. secondaged careclass for those with view of people with disabili- mental illness with its SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE Or unless you are a law- ties as being on the margins abiding citizen with a disabil- opaque processes and con- of society. Inherent in this fusing requirements. There are growing calls for ity. view is the assumptions that Managed care organizations increasing the minimum When Disability Rights N.C. people with disabilities don't operate using undisclosed wage so working people can sued the DMV over these have ordinary lives and algorithms to decide who 115 Market Street Suite 360H earn enough to support practices, we described the should be willing to accept will get care, how much, themselves and their fami- stories of clients who have Durham, NC 27701 an unequal share of human when and where. Accessing lies. Few people realize that non-degenerative disabilities dignity. treatment means getting per- the Fair Labor Standards Act, that do not impair their driv- Another example, circa mission from people who are adopted in 1938, and which ing. Some use adaptive Gerald O. Johnson 2014: far removed from the actual created the minimum wage, equipment to drive and have PUBLISHER When you go to the DMV to clinical setting, literally and allows employers to pay a done so safely for years. The renew your license, you figuratively. While there are subminimum wage to work- Attorney General's office, Bonitta Best won't have to provide med- many compassionate, caring ers with disabilities. though, argues that drivers MANAGING EDITOR ical documentation of your and committed profession- Today in North Carolina, must be able to exercise "rea- ability to drive – unless you als providing vital clinical thousands of workers with sonable and ordinary con- have a disability. You certain- services, the individual seek- disabilities are paid less than trol" of their vehicles, and ly wouldn't expect that you ing treatment and his treat- the minimum wage and our clients cannot exercise would to have to go through ment professionals are con- sometimes pennies an hour. "ordinary" control because medical visits to prove, year strained by financial and The rationale for inclusion of they use adaptive equip- in and year out, that you are ment; therefore, the DMV procedural rules that few can The Tribune’s this section of the law was understand. able to drive. Especially that the reduced wage was an says, it can continue to put when there has been no At Disability Rights N.C.'s incentive to employers to hire them through testing and change in your ability to medical review indefinitely. recent Disability Advocacy endorsements workers with disabilities. Conference, our keynote drive since the last time you May 6 is primary election day. Ninety-three candi- Those who defend this sys- Even those who don't use renewed your license – speaker told a story that pro- dates are vying for 35 contested races in the Triangle. tem today make a similar adaptive equipment are sub- unless you have a disability. vides a metaphor for the We urge you to exercise your right to vote, especially argument – this is the only ject to continual review, No tickets. No accidents. And experiences of people with during this off-season election, one of the final oppor- way some people will be able according to DMV's lawyers, North Carolina law says you disabilities: Former U.S. tunities we’ll have to cast ballots before North to get jobs at all. because they "admit" to hav- can't be road tested just to Senator Bill Bradley was at Carolina’s voter ID law takes effect in 2016. Since it is The subminimum wage ing physical impairments. renew your license unless the head table of an event the primary, The Tribune is only making local may seem like a vestige of a Now consider the ever- you have violated traffic changing system of man- preparing to make a speech. endorsements. less enlightened time, but it's He asked the waiter who was placing a pat of butter at Durham District Attorney each setting for an extra one. Its last two candidates have embarrassed the Bull The waiter said no. Bradley City. Mike Nifong and Tracey Cline were both removed said, "Maybe you don't know from office in scandals. We believe assistant district who I am." He explained he attorney Roger Echols will break that streak. Echols was a former professional acknowledges the growing disconnect between the basketball champion, former DA’s office and the Durham community and says he U.S. senator and a presiden- will work to correct the distrust. Although he has tial candidate. spent most of his career in Person County, that does- The waiter replied, "Maybe n’t mean he can’t do a good job in Durham. you don't know who I am." Bradley admitted that he did- Wake County District Attorney n't. The waiter said, "I'm the Boz Zellinger, an assistant DA for Colon Willoughby, guy in charge of the butter." has a wide variety of experience in prosecuting cases. So it is with many people He is not a fan of the death penalty and understands with disabilities; they are at how drug-sentencing disparities is hurting the black the mercy of those in charge community. That does it for us. of the metaphorical butter – a living wage, a driver's Durham School Board license, access to treatment District 1: Omega Curtis Parker. People talk about and a means to survive. new blood, and we don’t disagree in many cases, but Vicki Smith is the executive Parker is dedicated and devoted, and her 30-plus director of Disability Rights years should count for something. N.C. District 2: Sendolo Diaminah. Diaminah is one of those new fresh faces that’s needed. He helped pres- sure the city to assist the low-income tenants of Lincoln Apartments who were being evicted, and he trains citizens in community organizing, among a host of other community service activities. District 3: Matt Sears. Sears is a math teacher at RememberingTHE POLICY WATCH cist backlash. MabelNegro men to Williamsstand up and power structure." Hillside High and Hillside New Tech. He is a DPS The Williamses' organiz- be men and if it is necessary Granted asylum in Cuba, Rob teacher of the year, and has led teams to provide bet- Mabel Williams, who with ing work drew the attention for us to die, we must be will- and Mabel Williams started ter communication between teachers and principals in her husband, Robert F. of the Ku Klux Klan, which ing to die. If it is necessary Radio Free Dixie, broadcasting public schools. Williams, called for armed was a powerful force in for us to kill, we must be will- news, music and commentary self-defense against racist Monroe. The city was the ing to kill.” throughout the eastern United Durham County Sheriff violence in Jim Crow North hometown of segregation- Rob Williams filed for a States. They continued to pub- Mike Andrews. Although the sheriff’s office has been Carolina and lived in exile in ist U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, charter from the National lish The Crusader, an under- criticized for its jail conditions – stay out of jail and Cuba and China for a time whose father served as Rifle Association and formed ground newsletter for which you won’t have anything to complain about – Andrews because of it, died April 19. police chief. A formative the Black Guard, an armed Mabel Williams drew editorial has quieted the drama in the department left by his She was 82. incident from Rob Williams' group that protected cartoons. They also collaborat- successor Worth Hill. He’s low-key and down to earth, Born in Monroe, N.C., in youth was witnessing the Monroe's African-American ed on the book "Negroes With which shouldn’t be seen as a negative. 1931, Mabel married Rob, beating and dragging of a community from racist Guns," an important influence also a Monroe native and vet- black woman by the senior attacks. The NAACP eventual- on Black Panther Party founder N.C. Supreme Court eran of the segregated Helms as white onlookers ly suspended Williams for Huey P. Newton. In 1965, the Robin Hudson. In the only statewide judicial election Marine Corps, in 1947. He laughed. advocating violence. Williams family moved to The in this nonpartisan primary, Republicans’ Eric became a leader in the local In 1959, after a jury in When the Freedom Riders People's Republic of China at Levinson and Jeanette Doran are challenging Hudson. NAACP chapter, working to Monroe acquitted a white brought their nonviolent the invitation of Mao Zedong. Hudson is the first woman to be elected to the N.C. integrate the public library man for the attempted rape campaign to integrate inter- Mabel Williams returned to Court of Appeals. She has the endorsements of the and public swimming pools. of a black woman, Rob state bus travel to Monroe in the United States in September Durham People’s Alliance and the Durham Committee He gained national attention Williams stood on the 1961, they were met by Klan 1969. Rob followed soon after on the Affairs of Black People. Doran has worked for for the notorious "Kissing courthouse steps and violence and turned to and was arrested on the out- the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, an agency Case," defending two black declared the right of black Williams' Black Guard for pro- standing kidnapping charge, backed by Art Pope. Enough said. Levinson is a former boys ages 7 and 9 who were people to defend them- tection. During the riot that which was eventually dropped. Mecklenburg County Superior Court judge and is qual- jailed for letting a white girl selves. As he said later at a ensued, Williams sheltered a They settled in Michigan. Rob ified enough, but Hudson is fair and has done a good kiss them on the cheek. press conference: white couple from an angry Williams took a research posi- job so why reinvent the wheel. Embarrassed in the interna- “I made a statement that African-American mob only tion at the University of tional press, Gov. Luther if the law, if the United to be accused later by local Michigan's Institute for Chinese District Court Judge 14 (Walker seat) Hodges eventually pardoned States Constitution cannot and state authorities of kid- Studies and played a role in the Henry Pruette. There’s not much Pruette hasn’t done the boys, though the state be enforced in this social napping them. After the FBI opening of diplomatic relations in the District Court system, including running refused to apologize for its jungle called Dixie, it is issued a warrant for his between the U.S. and China. He Durham’s child support center. We especially like his harsh treatment of them. time that Negroes must arrest, Williams fled to Cuba died of cancer in 1996; civil acknowledgement that mental ill defendants need While organizing with the defend themselves even if with Mabel and their two rights leader Rosa Parks deliv- alternative sentencing instead of jail. NAACP, Rob Williams also it is necessary to resort to sons. ered his eulogy, hailing "his helped found the Union violence. That there is no "In Monroe, North Carolina, courage and his commitment to District Court Judge 14 (Gordon seat) County Council on Human law here, there is no need to we knew that the power freedom." Fred Battaglia. Although a self-professed liberal, Relations, bringing the races take the white attackers to structure in the local town Mabel Williams, who in her Battaglia has spoken out against changes made to the together to work for black the courts because they will was against us," Mabel writings acknowledged the dou- Voting Rights Act and North Carolina’s refusal to freedom. Mabel Williams go free and that the federal Williams recalled decades ble oppression faced by black expand Medicaid. He also supports truancy judges in served as secretary for the government is not coming later. "But we didn't know women, was sometimes asked public schools. group, which eventually fell to the aid of people who are when we started fighting that how she felt about working in apart due to white suprema- oppressed, and it is time for the FBI was supporting the the shadow of her husband. N.C. Senate 15 (Northern Wake) Jim Fulghum. Despite a push to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Fulghum took a stand against OUR VOICES drug testing welfare recipients. Plus, his challenger is Apryl Major, a tea party supporter. Moving on.

N.C. Senate 45 (Northwestern Wake) Kim Hanchette. Hanchette is a staunt advocate of CharterBy Chris Fitzsimon schoolPolicy basketball Watch whose investi- factoryOvaska’s report foundrolls that onwith the school. The ques- gation of QEA last year two-thirds of the players on tionable practices uncovered teacher pay equality and extending Medicaid reform. THE POLICY WATCH She has run the Diabetes Bus Inititative for 14 years. uncovered a host of ques- QEA’s basketball team since in Ovaska’s report prompted A recent report that a bas- tionable practices at the 2008 came from other states officials to promise to send ketball coach in North school, including financial or other countries including an auditor to QEA, but Carolina was busy evaluating irregularities, payments to a Nigeria, Canada and Serbia. there’s been no announce- overseas players isn’t all that shady nonprofit run by Pitts, Johnson said the students ment of any findings of their unusual. Professional teams and conflicting statements were charged tuition but said investigation and not much do it all the time. But this about the nature of the bas- he didn’t know how much. seems to have changed. wasn’t the head of an NBA ketball program from CEO He also claimed that no tax- Pitts is still the coach and team or even a major college Simon Johnson, who owns a payer money was spent on still recruiting players from program. house where some of the the basketball program, but other countries. Many ques- This coach recruiting play- basketball players live. apparently the school does- tions about the schools oper- ers abroad is at a charter More troubling still is that n’t keep a separate athletic ations and finances remain school in Winston-Salem, state education officials have budget. Public funding also troubling and unanswered. funded by state taxpayers to known about QEA’s sketchy pays for the school’s teach- The State Board of provide an education to setup since at least 2010, ers, supplies and overhead. Education did do one thing North Carolina students. when three Serbian players The mother of a former related to QEA last year – The school is Quality sent a desperate plea for player said her son lived in a green lighting another char- Education Academy and the help in an email to the house near the school with ter school for Johnson, the coach is Isaac Pitts, who Department of Public other teenage students with- College Preparatory and recently posted a picture on Instruction. The students out adult supervision and Leadership Academy in High Send letters and comments to: his Instagram account said the school was reclassi- attended only one or two Point, where his daughter-in- The Triangle Tribune announcing that he was fying them from seniors to classes a semester. The non- law is the principal. searching for more foreign juniors without their permis- profit run by Pitts that the The school is currently 115 Market St., Suite 360H talent for his team at what sion to keep them on cam- Serbian players were operating inside a local appears to be a basketball pus and on the team. The required to give $4,000 to church while it looks for a Durham, NC 27701 factory disguised as a charter students were ready to grad- had its nonprofit status permanent site. No word yet (919) 688-9408 school that is supported with uate and head to college. revoked by the IRS. if another shady basketball public money. They were attending QEA on Education officials initially program is in the works, but (919) 688-2740 - FAX The comments were report- a scholarship but had each demanded answers about don’t be surprised. ed by Sarah Ovaska of N.C. paid $4,000 to Pitts’ non- the international students, The folks in Raleigh don’t [email protected] profit. but they never followed up seem too concerned. BUSINESS WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM BRIEFS The Triangle TRIBUNE Chamber SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 PAGE 5A hosts Business member ‘Real-world’ meet-upMEET-UP Morrisville Chamber advice for will host a Member Meet- up May 8, 5 to 7 p.m. at Holiday Inn Express RDU, STAFF REPORTS 1014 Airport Blvd. Visit generation text www.morrisvillecham- If you’re a recent college graduate or young ber.org. professional, the first thing you probably did when you landed your first real-world gig was COMMUNITY text your best friend, post the news on Facebook CONFERENCE or tap out 140 clever characters to tell the Junior League of Twitter world about your accomplishment. What Raleigh presents you probably didn’t do was pick up the phone Empowering Women of and call each of your buddies or craft an email the Community confer- announcement to send to all your friends and ence May 10, 11 a.m. to 4 family. p.m. at 711 Hillsborough Author Ben Carpenter isn’t surprised. Personal St. Treasurer Janet Cowell and professional experience have shown him will speak. Contact: that most millennials communicate primarily Elizabeth Kline at via texting and social media. And yet, email and [email protected]. phone calls are the primary methods of commu- nication in the business world. Hence his ques- CHAMBER DINNER tion for you: Are your written and verbal com- Raleigh Chamber will CONTRIBUTED PHOTO munication skills going to cut it in the big host “Dinner with leagues? Decision Makers” May 15, The Durham Business & Professional Chain recently honored six Triangle businesses Here’s what young adults entering the big 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at N.C. for their entrepreneurial vision, talent and motivation. The honorees: leagues need to know about communication: State University Club, • Lorraine Stith, Business Longevity Award, Kiddie Kollege • Play monkey see, monkey do. 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Summer Salute for Don’t assume that because your clients and co- Hospice of Wake County from Small Business workers aren’t asking questions, they are on the is May 17, 7 p.m. at North same page as you. Part of being a good commu- Ridge Country Club. nicator is anticipating what others might need or Event highlights are The want from you and proactively providing it. Pink Flamingo Casino, Administration Don’t make the people you work with ask for live and silent auction, updates, reports and information. No one likes and raffle prizes. Durham agency cited for training and counselingN.C. helped small business pulling teeth! Email summer- STAFF REPORTS job creation, and program • Always, always respond. 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Over Durham the 2014 National mitment, excellence and shoe drive at all 14 military bases and other part- time, this can do major damage to your reputa- Women’s Business Center innovative methods of assist- Triangle stores May 9-18. ners, the center developed “A tion and cause you to be passed over for the of Excellence Award. ing women business owners Drop off your new or gen- New Mission – How Military most important career-building tasks. The WBC has also and aspiring entrepreneurs tly used shoes at the Women Become • Don’t withhold information. If there is received this distinction for in the state.” nearest location. Entrepreneurs” conference to something your boss needs to know, tell him, the North Carolina and the Briles Johnson, the WBC of help women in the military even if you think he might react badly. If you SBA Southeastern Region, N.C. director, is responsible COMMON CORE community. made a mistake, admit it, even if you’re dread- which is comprised of for the continued growth, Raleigh Chamber and For more information, con- ing the consequences. If a client asks a question Alabama, Florida, Georgia, education, certification, Wake Education tact Johnson at (919) 956- you don’t feel comfortable answering, ask your Kentucky, Mississippi, training and advocacy of Partnership will host a 8889 or bjohnson@ boss how to respond, but don’t prevaricate or North Carolina, South women entrepreneurs across breakfast to discuss ncimed.org. (worse) ignore the client altogether. Carolina and Tennessee. the state. Common Core State For more information • Listen carefully. Yes, much of being a good The award honors a “We are honored and excit- Standards May 21, 7:30 about the services provided communicator involves being open and proac- Women’s Business Center ed about these awards,” a.m. at Marbles Kids by the WBC of N.C., visit tive. But Carpenter says there are some things for its excellence and inno- Johnson said. “I’d like to Museum in downtown http://www.ncimed.org/ind you should avoid saying, either in person or vation in assisting women thank NCIMED, our team and Raleigh. Contact: Abbie ex.php/client-services/ over email. In addition to blatantly inappropri- entrepreneurs by providing our resource partners who Mahoney at 664-7090 or women-business-develop- ate words and topics, you should primarily a wide variety of training contribute to this great work. amahoney@raleighcham- ment. avoid asking unnecessary questions. and counseling. It’s a great experience to help ber.org. The state and regional • Be clear and specific. 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Make informed student loan choices before enrolling Loan types, terms and costs vary, so be aware of what you’re getting into By Charlene Crowell semesters or its equivalent. Loans are limited to under- support undergraduate, the requirements for But what should be clear is NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Family finances, cost of graduate students. graduate or professional Stafford Loans. that federal loans are gener- PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION attendance and whether Depending upon the cost of programs. Although these One other federal loan, ally cheaper and may offer enrollment is part-time or enrollment and the level of loans are free from origina- Parent PLUS, offers funds more options for repay- As graduation day nears full time determines the financial need demonstrat- tion fees, they are not avail- for education expenses not ment than private loans. for high school seniors, stu- level of need. For the ed, undergraduates can able at all schools. covered by other forms of Additional information on dents and their families are 2014–15 award year (July 1, borrow from $5,500 to Where available, Perkins financial aid. To qualify for federal loan options is avail- also weighing choices for 2014 to June 30, 2015), the $12,500 per year on both Loan borrowers who are this loan, parents or able at: college and financial aid. maximum award will be kinds of Stafford Loans. undergraduate students guardians of enrolled stu- http://studentaid.ed.gov/. With college costs rising $5,730. None of these On a subsidized Stafford could receive up to $5,500 dents cannot have an In today’s economy, even faster than most family funds require repayment. Loans, the government per year and up to a total of “adverse credit history.” young professionals incomes, schools are often All student loans require determines financial need $27,500. So long as stu- Credit reports showing equipped with degrees and compared to the level of repayment and also can and then pays loan interest dents are enrolled at least recent foreclosures, tax lien marketable skills can face a financial aid each offers. include applicable interest while the student is part-time, the government or other credit delinquen- difficult and uncertain job How much assistance and rates and fees. As a rule, enrolled at least part-time. subsidizes interest on these cies would reflect adverse search. Income-based how long it is available can federal loans generally Borrowing an unsubsidized loans. Graduate and profes- credit. repayment, loan forbear- be the final deciding factor offer better terms than pri- Stafford Loan means that sional students for these As a result, Parent PLUS ance and forgiveness can be for families. vate ones. But even among interest on the loan begins loans may be eligible for up has come under attack in options for federal loans. Already, the nation’s stu- federal options, terms and to accrue while students are to $8,000 per year. Should a recent months by education Take the necessary time dent loan borrowers owe availability vary. Borrowers enrolled. Repayment for student use a Perkins Loan advocates, including the and effort to ensure that more than $1.2 trillion. So typically incur penalties for both types of Stafford for both undergraduate and United Negro College Fund. your student loan decisions before adding to that enor- skipping payments or mak- Loans begins six months graduate studies, the loan In reaction to critics of the are right for you. mous debt, it’s best to know ing either partial or late following graduation or the cap is $60,000. Parent PLUS loan, the how to diminish the need payments. end of enrollment – On the repayment side of Department of Education is Charlene Crowell is a com- for loans and, equally Direct loans, also known whichever comes first. Perkins Loans, full- and considering adjustments to munications manager with important, the different as Stafford Loans, are the Another option may be a part-time students have loan criteria and adverse the Center for Responsible loan options including their most common type of fed- Perkins Loan. Designed to nine months from gradua- impacts. Lending. She can be reached respective costs and repay- eral student loan and are serve full- and part-time tion or the date of leaving A future commentary will a t ment terms. available in two forms: sub- students with the most school before repayments be dedicated to additional Charlene.crowell@responsi- Pell Grants, based upon sidized and unsubsidized. acute financial need, a are scheduled to begin – information on private loan blelending.org. financial need, can provide As of July 2012, Stafford Perkins Loan can be used to three months longer than terms and characteristics. financial aid up to 12 HBCU NEWS ST. AUGUSTINE’S WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM The 2014 Spring Commencement The Triangle Ceremony is May 4 at 9 a.m. in the U n i v e r s i t y TRIBUNE Quadrangle. Author and entrepreneur SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 – PAGE 6A Scriven Darryl Scriven will give the keynote address. Scriven is a native of Art of Cool Jacksonville, Fla. He received a full scholarship to Florida A&M, and earned a bachelor’s degree in math- Focus ematics and a joint degree in philos- Sorority News ophy and religion. Scriven was awarded the prestigious Coca-Cola SORORITY Foundation Fellowship to complete his graduate study. He earned a Friends of master’s degree in philosophy from NEWS Purdue and was the first African- The Arrington Family American to earn a Ph.D. from the university. NCCU N.C. CENTRAL A record number of diplomas will be awarded during NCCU’s 123 Library spring commencement. The unoffi- cial two-day total is 1,140, exceeding the 1,120 awarded in May 2013. hold Graduate and professional degrees will be given May 9 at 3 p.m. in McDougald–McLendon Gym, while The Townes Family STAFF REPORTS undergraduate commencement is 8 signing a.m. May 10 at the O’Kelly–Riddick Stadium. Speaking at the undergraduate cere- ceremony STAFF REPORTS mony is Lezli Baskerville, Esq., president and CEO The Friends of the N.C. Central of the National University James E. Shepard Association for Memorial Library hosted a com- Equal Opportunity munity signing ceremony last Baskerville in Higher Education. month for the “Declaration for She is the NAFEO’s fifth and first the Right to Libraries.” female leader, which has represent- The Hayes Family Libraries nationwide are ed the interests of HBCUs and pre- organizing declaration signings dominantly black institutions since as part of Libraries Change 1969. Baskerville has embarked on a Lives, an initiative of the program to establish a $1 billion American Library Association. sustainable endowment for stu- The signings are meant to raise dents at HBCUs. public awareness about the crit- Speaking to pro- ical role that libraries play in the fessional and gradu- community, and to generate dia- ate degree recipi- logue about the needs of the ents is John Ruffin, community and how the library Ph.D., retired direc- is a significant resource in find- tor of the National ing solutions to those needs. Margaret Walker Morris and Institute on The Knight Family Minority Health and Shepard Library Director Health Disparities Theodosia T. Shields presented Ruffin for the National the library’s declaration. NCCU Institutes of Health. Ruffin served Provost and Vice Chancellor for on the NCCU faculty from 1977 to Academic Affairs, Johnson O. 1986 as a professor and then chair Akinleye; State Representative of the department of biology. He Henry M. Michaux; Durham later served as dean of the College of Mayor Bill Bell; librarian Altonya Arts and Sciences and special assis- Washington; Pastor Michael tant to the chancellor for research Page; and NCCU Student until 1990. Government President Stefan Weathers signed the declaration SHAW UNIVERSITY and made remarks about their The university will host its com- The Jordan Family personal experiences with mencement exercise May 10, 11 libraries and how they enhance a.m. at Dorton Arena. Madame NCCU and the Durham commu- Gloria Bongi Ngema-Zuma, first lady nity. of the Republic of South Africa, will Other community leaders who deliver the commencement address. signed were Durham Parks & Ngema-Zuma, born in Durban, Recreation Director Rhonda South Africa, became the first lady Parker, County Commissioner of South Africa when her husband, Brenda A. Howerton and Jacob Zuma, was elected president Director of Durham County in May 2009. Libraries Tammy Baggett. As first lady, she has taken an active role in a variety of issues, including rural development, educa- The Gardner Family tion and the empowerment of South African women and children. She has taken a special interest in health Stadium care and last month opened a new clinic in Slovoville, a town 27 miles west of Johannesburg. The new Authority ASK state-of-the-art clinic will enable the 8,000 residents of Slovoville to access primary health services, to honor including reproductive health serv- ices, child immunizations and man- agement of acute and chronic ill- Triangle families honored Heron nesses. In August 2010, Ngema-Zuma founded the Bongi Ngema-Zuma Foundation. Created in honor of her for faithBy Bonitta Bestand perseveranceneed, and they are making sure their three late mother who lived with diabetes [email protected] children – Nikiyah (18), Elise (13) and Edward for three decades, the foundation IV (2) – are following the same path. Nicole aims to raise awareness of diabetes, RALEIGH – Strengthening the Black Family Knight travels the country spreading the to encourage testing for the condi- honored six area families during its 32nd good news of Jesus Christ. She also teaches tion, and to support the primary annual conference. The Families of the Year Christian Education classes and works in the health-care facilities and programs Luncheon is the highlight of the conference women’s ministry at Faith Tabernacle through which treatment is deliv- that provides workshops for youth and Church. ered. adults to strengthen the family. This year’s Edward Knight is a mentor to black boys, is theme was “Staying Connected – Mobilizing an assistant coach with the Garner Flames Resources to Strengthen Families.” AAU girls team, and helps family and friends Each year STBF honors traditional, single- find employment. Nikiyah is in the honor parent and extended parenthood. A military society at Southeast Raleigh High and will family category was added a couple of years attend N.C. A&T in the fall. Elise is a 2013 ago. Individuals, churches and organizations Youth Service Award recipient. She donated Stay in make the recommendations. her winnings to the Ligon Quad A, an African- • Military: The Hayes Family. LaTasha American achievers club. STAFF REPORTS touch with Hayes is a U.S. Navy veteran and mother of • Single: The Jordan Family. Christ is the The Durham County three children: Zion (14), Trinity (10) and center of Melissa Jordan’s household. Jordan Memorial Stadium Authority Noah (5). She is also raising a niece, Jasmine and her two sons, Montrel (13) and Charles will hold a special dedication The (8). Zion, Trinity and Jasmine are on the A/B (10), are members of Mt. Peace Missionary ceremony to honor former honor roll. Zion is an inductee in the National Baptist. Jordan is a Bible Study teacher, and longtime commissioner Becky Junior Honor Society and was recently participates in the choir, nursery and inter- M. Heron for her many years of DURHAM DYNAMICS Tribune, accepted into Southeast Raleigh High’s cessory prayer ministries. Montrel and dedicated service and leader- Information Technology Academy. The fami- Charles play instruments and sing in the ship. The public event is May 6, ly attends Good News Fellowship Church. choir. 12:15 p.m. outside the south where • Traditional: The Arrington Family. • Single: The Gardner Family. Consuela side landscaped area close to Joseph and Paula Arrington have raised five Gardner was forced to become a single par- the ticket booths and bus drop- children by “standing on the promises of ent after her daughter’s father committed off location at 750 Stadium Dr. every God.” The couple raised four boys and a girl: suicide. ZaQuana is now 17 years old. In addi- A permanent raised granite Joshua (29), Jonathan (26), Josiah (25), Joel tion to raising her daughter, Gardner has memorial with an attached (23) and Joy (22). All are at least high school taken in other family members and friends. plaque in her honor is being month is graduates. She also is a caregiver to her mother, all while erected in an area of newly Paula Arrington volunteers with Kid Glove, obtaining her bachelor and master degrees. planted trees. which supports low-performing boys, and • Extended: The Townes Family. Heron was well-known for Black the 4-H Club. Joseph Arrington volunteers Hamptina Townes is a “no nonsense mother” her support of this facility and with the Kid Glove boxing program and men- with two children – Maegan (24) and for her love of the environ- tors the young men. The couple lost son Christopher (13) – and the grandmother of ment. She served as a Durham History Jonathan last year in a car accident. Taylor (2). Christopher has been recognized County commissioner from “Had I not known Jesus, I could not have by Wake County schools for outstanding 1982 to 2011, and chaired the gone through it in a sane state of mind,” character traits. He is known in the commu- board from 199496, becoming Month! Paula Arrington said. nity for helping neighbors and the elderly. the first woman to do so. She • Traditional: The Knight Family. Edward Maegan Townes, mother to Taylor, is a stu- passed in January. and Nicole Knight believe in helping those in dent at Wake Technical Community College. Contact Stadium Manager Reco Chavis at 560-8957 for more information. WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM DBL The Triangle ready to TRIBUNE expand SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 – SECTION B reachWhile spring signals the start of baseball and Little League season, Don’s SPRING Basketball League is get- Sports ting set to kick off its sum- mer session at the SPORTS S a l v a t i o n Army Boys & Girls Club in Durham. Under the Shaw, direction of Otis “Vegas Don” Lyons, Chowan the league for ages 12 to 16 Donte McCall, 11, had BONITTA has grown seven strikeouts and allowed from four just two hits in the Rays 12-2 BEST battle in teams to 10. win over White Rock in the Lyons creat- Durham Baseball Youth ed the DBL to expand the summer opportunities for Athletic League at regional inner-city males who Longmeadow Park. By Bonitta Best couldn’t or didn’t want to McCall also had two dou- [email protected] play baseball. (Girls have bles and two RBIs. The Chowan women will play since been added to the DBYAL’s 9- to 12-year-old Indiana (Pa.) Saturday in league.) the first round of the He didn’t realize how league plays Tuesdays and Atlantic Regional Tennis wide the need was until he Thursdays at Longmeadow Tournament. The Hawks had to cut players the first and Scarborough parks on are the No. 7 seed. season. Liberty Street. Winston-Salem State “To hear them begging made interim Athletics me to be on a team just so Director Tonia Walker per- they could have some- manent at a press confer- thing to do during the ence Wednesday. summer tugged at my heart,” he said. Now, the WOMEN DBL has cheerleaders, a N.C. Central mascot, a fan club and The Eagles close out the halftime entertainment. softball season this week- What sets the DBL apart end with a three-game is it’s run like a profession- series against archrival al league complete with N.C. A&T in Greensboro. tryouts, a draft, season The teams play a double- trades, an all-star game header Saturday and a sin- and playoffs. An added gle game Sunday at noon. bonus this year is the broadcasting of the cham- St. Augustine’s pionship game by Capitol Freshman Shakinah Broadcasting. Brooks took the long jump But for Lyons, a former in the college champi- gang-banger who turned onship division at the his life around, basketball Penn Relays. Brooks won is the least important part. with a leap of 19-9. Parent and By Bonitta Best youth work- [email protected] gets HOF nod MEN shops are DURHAM – Rodney Rogers was Durham’s N.C. Central held for non- local savior when the Bull City sorely needed The Eagles (17-26, 12-10 sports related one. MEAC) earned a spot in the topics such as Coming out of the tough public housing proj- MEAC Tournament after l i t e r a c y , ects of McDougald Terrace, Rogers thrived on Sunday’s 15-11 win over f i n a n c i a l the basketball court. At Hillside High, where he top-seed Florida A&M. Lyons planning, con- was called “the Durham Bull,” Rogers averaged Trailing 11-4 heading into flict resolution a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds the bottom of the fifth and more. a game in his junior and senior seasons. In inning, NCCU scored 11 Report cards must be 1990, he was named the North Carolina State straight runs to take two of turned in in order to play. Player of the Year. the three-game series. The “Minds are like para- Rogers earned a basketball scholarship to tourney begins May 15 on chutes; they only function Wake Forest University, where he was named Norfolk State’s campus. when they’re open,” Lyons ACC Rookie of the Year – over Duke’s Grant Hill In their first appearance said. no less. He was the 1993 ACC Player of the Year in the MEAC golf champi- Lyons hopes this sum- after averaging 21.2 points and 7.4 rebounds a onships, the Eagles fin- mer will be the last one game. Those numbers earned him the No. 9 ished a respectable fourth where he has to rent out pick in the draft by the Denver Nuggets. with a three-round total of someone else’s space. A Along the way he volunteered as a girls bas- 913. NCCU closes out the fundraising campaign has ketball coach at Rogers-Herr Middle and helped season May 9-11 at the begun to buy a building on co-found the Durham Eagles youth football PGA Minority Collegiate Camden Avenue in team. Championship in Port St. Durham complete with After stints with the Nuggets and Los Angeles Lucie, Fla. classrooms, a basketball Clippers, Rogers came into his own with the court and more. Lyons’ Phoenix Suns. The NBA named him the Sixth goal is to raise $2 million St. Augustine’s Man of the Year in 2000 after averaging 13.8 Senior Roxroy Cato won in 90 days. A June 4 points off the bench. Rogers retired from the fundraising brunch is in the 400-meter hurdles, league in 2005 and returned to Durham. and David Shaw the long the works. Despite being financially set, Rogers took a Visit www.C4C4- jump at the Penn Relays to job with the city of Durham’s Public Works give the Falcons three LIFE.com for more infor- Department. Many of his co-workers didn’t Rodney Rogers as a member of the New Jersey Nets mation. Campaign4- first-place finishes and even know his background – until Nov. 28, two third place. Change is a 501©3 non- 2008. profit organization. The Falcons maintain That’s the day Rogers, who loved to go ATV their hold on the top spot riding, hit a ditch while riding and flipped over in the latest Division II Rising Phoenix the handle bars. He was paralyzed from the N.C. Central men are not poll. shoulders down. It’s not spring sports, the only ones who brought Today, Rogers and his wife, Faye, run the home a championship to former football standout Rodney Rogers Foundation and own Jazzie’s Justin Wells this week the Bull City. Trucking LLC. After six years of close- signed a contract with the On May 9, Rogers, who couldn’t be reached, Edmonton Eskimos of the but-no-cigar finishes, the and eight other inductees will be enshrined into Carolina Phoenix women’s Canadian Football League. the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame at the Wells played six games for football tackle team won Raleigh Convention Center. the International Women’s the Orlando Predators of “For him, it’s a great honor and well the Arena Football League Football League champi- deserved,” said Hillside High Athletics Director onship last season. and helped produce the Bob Hill, who will attend the ceremony. “It just league’s top-ranked offen- Former NCCU basketball shows you how multitalented our students are, player Porschia Holmes’ sive team. and Rodney is one of the instances where suc- “We built our program to 99-yard touchdown run cess has been brought out of Hillside again. We helped seal the 14-0 win be an environment in are very proud of him.” Rogers speaks at a group function about his foundation. which young players can and earned her the game’s Visit www.ncsportshalloffame.org for tickets. most valuable player develop and perfect their award. skills,” Predators coach Holmes, a four-year wide Rob Keefe said. “Justin is a receiver and running back, player that took coaching is a UNC-Chapel Hill IT well and applied those technician and a basket- techniques to the field. We ball coach at St. Mary’s Track and basketball standouts named are extremely proud to see School in Raleigh. She also him make the transition to plays flag football during the CFL and wish him the the offseason. best of luck as he furthers STAFF REPORTS dles. So far during her career, she is a The Phoenix are coached N.C. Central student-athletesTamina of Kienkathe (men’s year tennis), his football career.” three-time MEAC silver medalist and by Terrance Gary of Spring DURHAM – North Carolina Central Ekaterina Nekrasova (women’s ten- all-MEAC honoree. Lake who is also a middle senior hurdler Anthonia Ballard and nis), Nelson Cooper (baseball) and Ingram, a Charlotte native, was Shaw school teacher. Gary senior guard Jeremy Ingram were Jenny Tracy (softball) received the The Bears and Chowan voted the 2013-14 MEAC Men’s coaches 30 players ages 18 named the LeRoy T. Walker NCCU Chancellor’s Award for the highest will meet again in the first Basketball Player of the Year and and over from the Triangle female and male student-athletes of overall grade point average – all with round of the NCAA tennis MEAC Tournament Most Outstanding to the Triad and more. the year Monday night during The an unblemished 4.0 grade point aver- regionals Sunday at Player. He ended the season 17th in Carolina began the sea- Eddies awards. ages. Bluefield State. The two the country in scoring, averaging son 0-2 but rebounded last Ballard, a native of Philadelphia, Pa., The team most valuable player teams split during the sea- 20.6 points per game. Ingram weekend with a 47-6 win has won four sprint hurdles events awards were presented to Ingram and son. wrapped up his Eagle career with over Chattanooga (two indoor, two outdoor) to date, Emanuel Chapman (men’s basket- The Hawks gave Shaw its 1,525 points, which ranks sixth all- Locomotion at Durham and has placed in the top five in all 10 ball), Jessica Freeman (women’s bas- only regular season loss, time at NCCU. He also broke the County Stadium. The sprint hurdles events during indoor ketball), Kourtney Rodez (bowling), while the Bears got NCCU single-season record of free Phoenix don’t return home and outdoor seasons. She earned a Gregory Coward (men’s cross coun- revenge in the CIAA cham- throws made with 216, and is No. 1 again until June 14. silver medal and all-MEAC honors at try), Amber Brooks (women’s cross pionship match with a 7-2 all-time at NCCU in free throws made Bonitta Best is sports edi- the 2014 MEAC Indoor Track & Field country), Spencer Jones (golf), Emerie victory. in a career with 437. tor of The Tribune. Championships in the 60-meter hur- Please see NCCU/2B 2B SPORTS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, May 4, 2014

NCCUContinued from 1B honors athletes Germ (softball), Daniil Gerasimov (men’s ten- nis), Aissa Muamba (women’s tennis), Bryan Jasmin (men’s indoor track & field), Ballard (women’s indoor track & field), Kevin Vincent (men’s outdoor track & field), La’Creesha Gore (women’s outdoor track & field), Kalin Russell (volleyball), Jordan Reid (football - offense), Tazmon Foster (football - defense), Adrian Wilkins (football - special teams), and Adrian Wilkins (football - over- all). The team academic award winners were Nelson Cooper (base- ball), Jordan Parks (men’s basketball), Rachel Williams and a Freeman (women’s bas- Darnell Evans and Claudia silva. ketball), Rodez (bowl- ing), Kristina Bookman (cheerleading), Carl Jones (football), Glendon Mabe (golf), Jenny Tracy Silva,By Sherri Evans Fillingham honorednamed All-Region, by garnering Shaw the most votes (softball), Kienka (men’s SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE at cornerback, and then went on to earn first tennis), Lynsey Cover team All-American honors. RALEIGH – Claudia Silva and Darnell Evans and Nekrasova Merideth Alexander was awarded the were named Shaw University’s student-ath- (women’s tennis), Athletic Director Female Rookie of the Year Jonathan Williams letes of the year at the Bears athletic ban- Award. Alexander, who competes in both (men’s track & quet. track and cross country, set a number of field/cross country), The two were presented with the Athletic personal bests this season, including an Kiara Glover (women’s Director’s Award, which is given to the two eighth-place finish in the 1600 meter at this track & field/cross coun- student-athletes that best represent the pro- year’s CIAA Track and Field Championship. try) and Kelsey Murphy gram with both outstanding performances (volleyball). Basketball standout Larry Richardson on the court, track or field and excellence in The Eddies closed with earned the Athletic Director Male Rookie of the classroom. a highlight video which the Year Award. Richardson started in 21 of Silva finished her season 17-1 and 12-1 in can be viewed at 24 basketball games. He averaged 10.8 the conference at No. 1 singles. With dou- www.YouTube.com/NC points and 2.6 rebounds per game. bles partner Gislaine Farias, she had a per- CUEagles. The President’s Award, given to the male fect 18-0 mark. She was named to the 2012, Anthonia Ballard and Jeremy Ingram and female student-athletes with the high- 2013 and 2014 all-CIAA tennis team and in est GPA, went to tennis player Juan Sanchez 2013 was the CIAA Women’s Tennis Player for the second straight year and volleyball of the Year. player Michelle Oliver for the third consecu- Evans spent his senior year hauling in tive time. Sanchez is a business major with interceptions as well as postseason honors. a 3.82 grade point average; Oliver a psychol- He led the nation in interceptions and was ogy major with a 3.95 GPA. second in Division II in passes defended. As Tennis player Bach Tran and Oliver won a result, he was named the CIAA Special The Best in HBCU sports the Chester Davis Sportsmanship Awards. Teams Player of the Year. He was then Get the Results You Want... and She Craves! VIXALIS - MALE ENCHANCEMENT PR - NOGRAM NO PRESCRIPTIONS N! WO ORKW DOCN! ORS VISITO VISI !STORS !

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LUNCHEON Triangle Go Red for Women Luncheon is A lesson in May 9, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Marriott City Center, 500 Fayetteville St. Contact: Kiara Gibbs at 463-8388 or [email protected]. acceptance MEDITATION A Meditation as a Health Intervention for All the Way Down: African-Americans Changing Hearts and Minds seminar is May 12, of others By Robert Burnett 6:30-7:30 p.m. at 568 E. AuthorHouse, $16.95 PB, $27.99 HC Lenoir St. RSVP to Melissa Green at 843- In 1988, a team of juvenile delinquents in western 3304. Pennsylvania achieved the unexpected title of regional bas- ketball champions with the help of their compassionate MEETING head coach. Twenty-five years later, their story still res- A public meeting on onates. proposed Sandy Forks “All the Way Down” captures the incredible journey of Road widening project this high school boys’ basketball team and how it changed is May 13, 6-7:30 p.m. their lives, and Burnett’s, for the better. at the Millbrook “The high school housed about 300 juvenile delinquent Exchange Park boys and girls, and all of them were transformed into win- Community Center, ners by this team,” Burnett said. “Resident behavior 1905 Spring Forest Rd. improved, and many kids were able to transform the expe- rience into success after their release.” VOLUNTEERS Burnett, the first African-American to serve as head high Outstanding volun- school football coach in the Western Pennsylvania teers will be recognized Interscholastic Athletic League, shares his team’s story not at the annual Fletcher to boast his own success, but to share the lesson in com- Awards May 13, 7 p.m. passion his team taught everyone around them. at Duke Energy Center “All the Way Down” sets an example of the positive for the Performing Arts. impact encouragement, non-judgment and acknowledge- Call 996-6640. ment have on youth – whether they have behavior issues or not. HOLISTIC GATHERING “The most rewarding part of this book is that several of A day of well-being these players are doing very well today,” Burnett said. for mind, body and “One particular player is now one of the top sports market- spirit is May 17, noon ing people in America, and has several NFL and NBA play- to 7 p.m. at Garner ers under contract.” Road Community Center, 2235 Garner ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Burnett worked as a teacher, Rd. Contact: Yaa coach and administrator in four different school districts for Bangolame, 817-7795. 33 years. A movie based on the basketball team is in the works. CARY BOOK READING Sigma Tau Omega will host a book reading of its new book, A Branch of the Ivy: The Timeless Service of Sigma Tau Omega, May GolfBy Craig T. GreenleecoachMichael goes J. Critelli first from heard perception ‘The is based on Rough’ the have from their to players. bigtouches screen on so much more 4, 3 p.m. at West DIVERSE ISSUES IN EDUCATION of Starks’ trailblazing legacy. fact that Starks coached TSU’s There’s one scene that than the sport itself. Despite Regional Library, 4000 It’s not every day that sto- The more he learned about swimming and diving teams embodies what this movie is facing insurmountable odds, Louis Stephens Dr. ries of ordinary people doing the legendary coach, the but had never coached golf at all about: believe and achieve. Starks creates a climate of extraordinary things are cap- more determined he became the college level. There’s a sequence in the trust and well-being among a MORRISVILLE tured on the big screen. Even to put her story on film. They soon discover that not movie where the TSU van highly-diverse group of play- FESTIVAL so, viewers are sure to be cap- Starks was a standout in only is the new coach deter- pulls up to the golf course ers. Once they begin to East Meets West tivated by the inspirational track and field events as a mined to build a winning pro- right before the start of a embrace the coach’s vision, Festival is May 17, 11 story of Catana Starks in prep athlete in Mobile, Ala. gram, but she’s also a feisty tournament. Starks gives a they don’t mind setting aside a.m. to 4 p.m. in down- “From the Rough,” which She was also the only female quick-study who convincing- short and riveting speech that cultural differences for the town. Visit www.east- debuts in select theaters saxophonist in her high ly gets her points across. resonates with everyone. sake of achieving a common meetswestmorrisville.o Friday. school band. As a youngster, While they recognize that “We are — all of us — some- goal. rg. Starks is the first African- she became an expert swim- Starks is a work-in-progress body else’s table scraps,” she “From the Rough” sends a American woman to coach an mer who worked as a life- as far as coaching golf, they says. “But I don’t focus on the strong message to viewers DURHAM NCAA Division I men’s golf guard. After teaching and come to admire and appreci- past; I focus on potential!” that all things are possible for BOOK READING team. coaching swimming, basket- ate her grit, tenacity and pas- Even though this movie those who work hard and Dr. Evelyn Wicker will “From the Rough” is a fit- ball and golf at Saginaw sion for the game. revolves around golf, it believe in themselves. read and discuss her ting title to capture the (Mich.) High School for sever- Aside from the challenges new book, Voices: essence of Starks’ story. al years, Starks got an oppor- Starks faces in starting a pro- Lincoln Hospital School Taking place at HBCU tunity to teach at Tennessee gram from ground zero, her of Nursing, Durham, Tennessee State University in State, where she also coached biggest obstacle is gaining the North Carolina, 1903, the late 1980s, Starks faces a the men’s and women’s confidence of her boss. May 4, 3 p.m. at the number of battles in her swimming and diving teams. Through no fault of her own, Main Library, 300 N. quest to build a viable pro- The film features Oscar Starks has a contentious rela- Roxboro St. gram from scratch. Under her nominee Taraji P. Henson in tionship with the Athletics guidance, the Tigers improve, the lead role as the iconic Director Kendrick Paulsen Jr., FOR GIRLS evolve and eventually win a coach. The cast also includes played by Simmons. Paulsen My Circle of Girls will national championship. But the late Oscar nominee is a condescending personali- host a fun night for the road that the coach and Michael Clarke Duncan (“The ty who offers Starks no girls with autism May 6, her team travel to reach col- Green Mile”), Tom Felton encouragement and, even 5-8 p.m. at Defy Gravity lege golf’s mountaintop is far (“Harry Potter” film series), worse, no scholarship money. Trampoline Arena, from easy. Henry Simmons (“NYPD Blue” At times, it’s evident that 4300 Emperor Blvd. Directed by veteran film- TV series) and LeToya Luckett Paulsen doesn’t want Starks Email mycircleof- maker Pierre Bagley, “From (“Preacher’s Kid,” “Single to succeed. It doesn’t help [email protected]. the Rough” could end up Ladies” TV series). that Starks’ team plays poorly being a landmark movie. The Henson’s portrayal of —the worst outing being a BOOK SIGNING fact that Starks coached a Starks reveals the soul of a last-place finish in a 30-team Author Roland men’s team in a sport that woman whose tough-love, tournament that includes Lazenby will sign historically hasn’t been the no-nonsense approach even- Eastern Kentucky, Florida copies of his new book, most welcoming to women tually wins the hearts of her A&M and James Madison. Michael Jordan: The and minorities makes the players. In the beginning, Throughout the movie, Life, May 8, 7 p.m. at movie’s story line all the though, they have problems Starks invents ways to build the Regulator more remarkable. fully accepting Starks as an credibility and instill confi- Bookshop, 720 Ninth It was about nine years ago authority figure that can actu- dence while earning the Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson stars in “From The Rough” St. when Executive Producer ally help them. Much of their respect that coaches must as Tennessee State men’s golf coach Catana Starks.

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Finding WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM The Triangle good in TRIBUNE theBy David bad Jeremiach SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 PAGE 6B BAPTIST PRESS EL CAJON, Calif. – Have you ever worried about wearing out Romans 8:28? It’s one of the greatest Religion promises in the Bible: “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to Handz Up Entertainment works to those who are the called according to His purpose.” “All” makes it universal – not just some, but all make positive Christian rap music things work together for good. No matter what hap- pens, God finds good in bad and transforms bur- dens into blessings. Romans 8:28 covers all contingencies like a blank check for the Christian, good at any time, drawn on the bank of God’s infinite wisdom and power. How do we cash this check and find good in the bad? Perhaps someone reading these words is fac- ing tragic or complicated circumstances. Afflictions come, but God’s powerful promise in Romans 8:28 can overcome. • Give your burden to the Lord. Claim this promise and capitalize on its truth. First, give your burden to the Lord. Remember Psalm 55:22: “Cast your burden on the Lord.... He shall sus- tain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.” Lay your burden on the altar. If it crawls off, put it back on the altar. You could have a “turn- ing over” time, a ceremony where you “officially” give your problem to the Lord: “casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). • Latch on to God’s prom- ises. Turning your burden over to God leaves a vacan- cy in your heart that God’s promises can fill. Learn the vital art of recording God’s promises on your heart. PHOTO/ZOE SCHAVER Cleave to them and be sat- urated by their power. Find Handz Up’s Julius Hicks raps for the Butterflz Benefit Talent Show, a kids’ talent show to benefit World Relief, an organization that fights poverty a promise, put your name around the world. on it, write it in the flyleaf Sometimes, McCoy and Hicks will kind of flow, you need to be free to do do a whole lot of rapping and at the of your Bible, or post it By Zoe Schaver sell a CD to whomever they’re talking it. God is diverse. He’s not limited to end say, ‘God bless you.’ I made them under the glass on your THE DURHAM VOICE to; sometimes, the two will pray for one way, people say he should be stay Christ-centered.” desk. And lay hold of its someone. This is one of their nights magnified.” As their schedule filled up, Handz penetrating power. It’s 2 a.m. in downtown Raleigh. for “street ministry,” and the music The members of Handz Up still fre- Up steadily reached more and more • Practice a platitude. Laser lights glow from inside Solas, a the fliers advertise is that of Handz quently consult Fitzpatrick for ad- people in the community. However, Third, practice the great popular nightclub, accenting a lively Up Entertainment, a Durham-based vice, constructive criticism and sup- the group kept in mind the ultimate old platitudes. Adopt one crowd: women in short, form-fitting gospel rap label founded on the mu- port. The group also raps at One Love goal they’d had since the beginning: or two as an expression of elastic dresses and skyscraper-high sic produced by McCoy, Hicks and every second Sunday of the month. reaching out to teens. your philosophy. Here’s a heels stumble arm in arm with singer-songwriter Miriam Gill. Each member agrees that without “We want to let young people know sampling: friends, laughing down the animated McCoy and Hicks often spend Fri- Fitzpatrick’s help, the record label that it’s OK to love Jesus, to sing – Christians live by prom- street. Men playfully shove each day and Saturday nights in Raleigh or and rap group might never have ma- about Jesus, to rap about Jesus,” Gill ises not explanations. other around, guffawing, drinks in Charlotte from 11 p.m. or midnight to terialized. said. “And it’s OK to love one another; – Every problem has a hand. about 2:30 or 3 a.m., talking to any- “We all had a close relationship to it’s cool, it’s not something that’s only purpose. Amid the crowd stand Julius Hicks, one they can about the Christian mes- him,” said Steven Murray, Handz Up’s reserved for your mother, for your – When you can’t trace otherwise known as S.J., and Keivano sage they express through their mu- business manager and an original grandmother.” God’s hand, you can trust McCoy, called Kevin by most. The two sic. member of the group. “He bought And the street ministry works, Fitz- His heart. are business partners and friends. The two men met in early 2011 at into it, and for him to have faith in it patrick said. “I’ve seen the fruit of – God doesn’t waste suf- McCoy, holding fliers and CDs, steps One Love Ministries at 1210 Horton — it was a big comfort. Really en- their labors. We’ve had folks who ac- fering. If He plows, it’s out onto the sidewalk in front of a Road in Durham, where pastor John couraging.” tually came to the church and got because He purposes a group of partygoers. He gets a con- Fitzpatrick first encouraged them to First, the group started performing saved and rededicated to Christ crop. versation going, works to capture make their musical aspirations a real- at One Love. By the end of 2011, they through their ministry,” he said. Preaching to ourselves is their attention. They start to walk ity. had produced a mixtape. Then, in The idea to minister to people late less offensive than listen- past but pause as he continues to “Anytime you see people who are September 2012, they were invited to at night in what McCoy calls the ing to others toss plati- speak. Pretty soon, the original group on fire for God, you don’t want to participate in the Unity in the Com- “devil’s playground,” or the raucous tudes at our pain. has become a growing crowd of in- tame it; you want to unleash it,” Fitz- munity gospel music festival in party scene, came to him as a way to • Rest. It’s also important terested partiers who stop to listen patrick said. “So we did that in a con- Durham, hosted by 103.9 FM. By that reach a demographic that would ap- to find ways of getting a despite their inebriation. trolled way.” time, the group had adopted Miriam preciate the music of Handz Up but good night’s sleep during One woman brings her friend by, Fitzpatrick said one of the greatest Gill, Fitzpatrick’s niece who had might otherwise never come across painful periods in life. saying, “This is the guy!” She turns to struggles for the group at the begin- grown up writing music in Atlanta. it. He said he’s had people call him When we’re tired, we worry McCoy. “I saw you out here and just ning was not being able to expand “People didn’t really know how to months after he met them on the more, grieve more, hurt really appreciated your hustle. You’re beyond performing at One Love Min- take it at first. It was like, ‘Oh my street to tell him how they’d started talking to everybody out here!” more deeply, feel more istries, since many churches were not God, they’re rapping in the church!’” going to church again and how much It’s true, McCoy is charismatic. He hopeless. During Elijah’s very receptive to the idea of Chris- Gill said. it had changed the way they were liv- knows how to interact with reckless depression, God gave him tian rap music. For churchgoers to take them seri- ing their lives. 20-somethings, though he no longer rest and refreshment (1 “A lot of the time, we grow up in a ously, the group had to focus. “It means a lot to have an impact smokes or drinks. Hicks works with Kings 19). The Bible says certain box: look like this, act like this, “I told them the biggest thing is, if like that in the middle of the night him, joining in to talk to people or sing like this, walk like this,” Fitz- you’re going to be a Christian rap when people are drunk at the club,” that God gives His beloved walking farther down the street sleep. patrick said. “When you get to a place group, you’ve got to talk about he said. “No one else is out there do- alongside other groups out for a night where you might have a different Christ,” Fitzpatrick said. “Don’t just ing that.” • Look for opportunities on the town. in the crisis. Finally, look for opportunities in the cri- sis. In Acts 16, Paul and Silas were flogged. After hours of hurting, they began praying and singing, witnessing and winning even their jailer. Evelyn Hersey, a mission- Why you may be your ary in Japan, sought for years to win a certain man orship to Christ. She eventually returned to America with biggestBy Bradley Vinsonfinancialwhether problemthe author of Proverbs is describ- terminal cancer. As she was THE DALLAS WEEKLY ing you. dying, she called her • UNDISCIPLINED (Proverbs 13:18). Thus Japanese friend and said, W Personal finance is 80 percent behavior. far you have been unwilling to listen to or “Don’t worry about me; I’m How you act with or feel about money is follow advice that is intended to change bound for heaven. I just your biggest issue, not money itself. your behavior, or advice that requires disci- want you to know we love It may seem incredible that no matter how pline. You are unwilling to use God’s re- you and I’ll be praying for RALEIGH riefs sources God’s way: ”It’s my money and I much people earn (or win, inherit, etc.), they you.” ST. MICHAEL’S can still dig themselves into a financial pit. can do what I choose.” You have been un- Soon afterward, the man 1520 Canterbury Road But the bottom line is this: No amount of willing to commit to giving, saving and liv- became a Christian. “How Beginning May 8, StepUp Ministry will hold its regular money can save us from bad habits, poor ing on a budget. You have conceded to liv- could I fail to trust a Bweekly meetings of career transitions at St. Michael’s. choices and our flawed character. We are ing the debtor’s lifestyle — the perceived Savior,” he said, “who gave Time is still the same from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Visit usually our biggest financial issue. easier route. This character shortfall has to my friend the kindness and [email protected]. I believe most money problems stem be broken for you to win in finances and love to pray for me even from two major areas of our lives: life. Unlike ignorance, you know better, but while she was sick and DURHAM 1. Ignorance. You just don’t know any you refuse to do better. dying?” RUSSELL MEMORIAL better. Ignorance is not bliss; ignorance is a • STINGY (Proverbs 11:24). “My money, It’s not always possible to 2014 Women’s Conference Celebration is May 16-18. shovel helping you dig yourself deeper into my way.” Holding on to your money with an instantly see good results The Rev. Pebbles Lucas is the guest preacher. the pit you have fallen into. You cannot dig iron fist, you rationalize your behavior as from bad circumstances. • May 16, 7 p.m. – fashion show your way out, you must climb. My hope in being “thrifty” or a saver, virtually squeez- Blessings are not like jack- • May 17, 8:30 a.m. – breakfast workshop these articles is to hand you a ladder. ing all the options out of your income to in-the-boxes that shoot up • May 18, 10 a.m. – morning worship 2. A character or spiritual shortfall. This help you live a fulfilled life. You are at your suddenly when the crank is requires you to take a look in the mirror and worst in family interaction as it relates to fi- turned. It often takes Send your church news to: The Triangle Tribune, 115 get real about where you stand. The best nances. “My bills, her bills.” “He’s not good months and years for Market Street, Suite 360H, Durham, NC 27701; e-mail mirror I know is the word of God. The book with finances, so I cannot allow him access things to work together for [email protected]; or fax 688-2740. Deadline: of Proverbs calls out and describes these to the ‘other’ account.” You’re not usually good. Tuesday by noon. shortfalls. Read through and consider giving, but if you do, you analyze too much.