WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM 1998 15 YEARS The Triangle 2013 Budget cuts leave justice hurtlingBy Sharon McCloskey towardsless tipping system, it would cut point a whole lot of N.C. POLICY WATCH manpower and time,” Morey said. Most days, that time suck is the least of How many bodies does it take to get a the problems in the Durham County new date for a case on the Durham County courts. Some days there aren’t enough court docket? At least three. judges to keep the court running. Often RIBUNE And that’s no joke to court officials there. state investigators are testifying in one TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE “Our system is archaic right now,” courtroom when they’re needed in anoth- Durham Chief District Court Judge Marcia er. And always there aren’t enough inter- Morey said. “We still rely on paper shucks.” preters. VOLUME 15 NO. 4 WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10, 2013 $1.00 That means, Clerk of Superior Court “It’s as simple as justice delayed, justice Archie Smith said, when a party wants a denied,” said Senior Resident Superior continuance, a clerk has to pull the shuck Court Judge Orlando Hudson, comment- and bring it with others to a ing on the impact budget cuts have had St. Aug’s courtroom. There, it’s handed to a district on the courts there. attorney – if he has the authority to con- Like the courts in Wake County and else- Falcons tinue cases — or to the judge, who notes where across the state, those in Durham in writing on the shuck whether the case lack the judges and staff needed to meet are atop is continued. Someone then puts the shuck even the minimum workload numbers the back in the box and brings it back to the identified by the National Center for State clerk, who enters that information in the Courts. The clerk’s office – without which Southern system and puts it back on a shelf. Hudson said the courts could not function All of which would take one person just – is understaffed and its workers are over- Division minutes and a few computer keystrokes worked and underpaid, according to Smith. in the digital world. “If we were a paper- See BUDGET/2A

NCCU Bill prepares would for new change leaderBy Taylor Shaw By Taylor Shaw [email protected] benefits [email protected] DURHAM – North Carolina Central University will have a RALEIGH – The state House new chancellor on Feb. 8. passed legislation this week that A search committee of 19 will change North Carolina’s un- members was named in late employment system. August. The group consisted The bill would assist in paying of faculty, staff, trustees, alum- off the $2.5 billion owed to the ni, business and Durham com- federal government for money munity leaders. borrowed during the recent re- “The search committee was cession. The bill spent two days very committed to honor the on the House floor debate. Next time schedule,” committee stop the Senate, which was ex- chairman Harold T. Epps said. pected to review the proposal on “We followed the timeline to Wednesday. the day.” The General Assembly’s con- The community, faculty, troversial plan to change the un- staff, students and alumni employment insurance system sounded off through public fo- has quickly moved thorough the rums on characteristics the ranks with little time for debate. next chancellor should pos- Community advocates hope sess. The qualities most fre- Senate leaders will slow down quently mentioned were excel- the process, listen to all sides and lent fundraising skills, appre- be open to compromise. ciation for and a commitment If made into law, changes will to diversity, strong interper- be effective on July 1. sonal skills and open-minded- North Carolina has the fifth ness, engagement with the highest unemployment rate in business community and a the country at 9.2 percent. commitment to shared gover- Engineer Glen Whisler shows off one of the new courtrooms Maximum weekly benefits would nance. fall by about one-third, from Whitt/Kieffer was hired to re- $550 to $350 per week. No state cruit and evaluate qualified has ever made such a severe cut. candidates. Sixty-five people A person will be able to receive applied for the position, and a check for up to 20 weeks, while the search committee chose the standard is 26 weeks. Only eight. That number was then two other states, Florida and whittled down to five. The fi- Georgia, have a 20-week limit. nalists were brought back to The legislation also will make the university to be inter- it harder for many lower income, viewed again by deans, alum- A (new) court is temporarily laid off and season- ni and community leaders. al workers to qualify for unem- “All of the candidates have a ployment benefits, and will end clear understanding of the eligibility for workers leaving challenges that face higher ed- jobs due to health or family is- ucation today and an HBCU in sues. particular, especially given the By Bonitta Best The federally funded economic environment that we Emergency Unemployment [email protected] in session Compensation extension bene- are in right now,” NCCU Board fits will be shut down, which will of Trustees Chairman Dwight DURHAM – After nearly two years in D. Perry said. “I see the next cut off federal jobless aid to the making, a new, state-of-the-art 80,000 unemployed N.C. work- chancellor spending quite a bit Durham County Courthouse will offi- of time being the face and ers. Federal unemployment in- cially open on Monday at 510 S. Dillard surance taxes will rise until the voice of the university, not St. only on campus but external- debt is repaid by 2015. The media received a special tour last ly.” Monday of the 318,533 square foot fa- The candidates once served cility that will house the Durham as professors, deans, provosts County Sheriff’s Office, Clerk of Courts, and business executives. They vary in gender, ethnicity, ex- District and Superior Courts, among National perience and geographical lo- others. All told, over 400 employees cation. will relocate to the new facility. On Jan. 18, the search com- The 11-story building includes 20 focus on mittee provided the Board of courtrooms, 11 elevators and a five- Trustees with three applicants level parking deck. An expansion to 27 and forwarded the names to courtrooms is in the future. HIV/AIDS UNC Systems President Tom “We will be moving from a ‘decaying Ross for review. He will recom- carcass’ into a state-of-the-art build- mend one candidate who will ing,” Chief District Court Judge Marcia By Maya Rhodan H. Morey said, referring to the old court- awareness formally be introduced. A brighter and more user-friendly jury assembly room with laptop NNPA WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT “I feel great about the house on Main Street. access and Wi-Fi. process and the results of the The most striking feature of the LEED WASHINGTON – February 7 process,” Perry said. gold certified building is the art wall in was observed as National Black Added Epps: “We are confi- the main entrance lobby that contains HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. And, dent that the next chancellor thousands of historic photos of according to activists, there is will move us forward.” Durham residents and places. plenty that African-Americans The names of the finalists Separate courtrooms will hear delin- need to observe. There are more were not released since the quency and abuse and neglect cases, than 1.1 million people living search committee wanted to unlike the old courthouse where the with HIV/AIDS in the United maintain their confidentiality. two were combined. States, including more than Perry assured that “the new Potential jurors will have a more user- 510,000 African-Americans. chancellor will be externally in- friendly environment: Lockers to hold “It has been 31 years since the volved with the community in personal items, free Wi-Fi, flat screen Centers for Disease Control a much greater extent that you TVs, a small kitchenette and comput- made the public aware of what have seen up to this point in er desks with laptop hookups. HIV/AIDS is, and we’re still see- time. Public and private part- In addition to their new digs, Morey ing the black community dispro- nerships are critical going for- said there still are some things they portionately impacted,” said C. ward for us to accomplish the need a whole lot more. Virginia Fields, the president and things that we need to accom- “We need more district attorneys, CEO of the National Black plish.” clerks and judges to fill these rooms,” Leadership Commission on AIDS. The new chancellor will be- she said referring to the shortage of Although blacks represents gin work on July 1. only 12 percent of the U.S. pop- personnel plaguing the Durham court An Art Wall of Fame that features prominent Durham citizens. system. See NATIONAL/2A

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BudgetContinued from 1A cutscar is left leave just limping along.” justicecases, there are hurtlingtremendous perior court, district towards court, fam- where for the dollarstipping needed to interview pointlast month. “Not only Many have had to take second Hudson pointed to a shortage backlogs all over the state.” ily court, jail – it’s unbelievable,” salvage needed court time and does that create unequal systems jobs to make ends meet. of state investigators as one ex- Cuts in the number of inter- Morey said. “We were told that services. That’s a step that John across the state; it also shifts to “We had to stop a court this ample. “You have to have the in- preters are another example. we could call on the day we need- Smith, the director of the counties and local governments week because two clerks were vestigator in court to testify on According to Trial Court ed them – well, we always need Administrative Office of the a responsibility that the state out, and there was no clerk in the a lab report, you have to have Administrator Kathy Shuart, them. And in the meantime, Courts, has called troubling and clearly has under the constitu- court,” Morey said. “And we bodies – the people who did the Durham used to have four or five courts are absolutely paralyzed contrary to the state constitution. tion.” don’t even have the luxury of test – in court,” he said. “These interpreters working 20 to 30 until we can get the interpreter “You shouldn’t have judges go- time to cross-train people to cov- people can’t be everywhere at hours a week. Now the county to come in.” ing cap in hand to county com- Sharon McCloskey is a writer er those spots.” the same time – and so in crim- has just one, who works full time. With state funding drying up, missioners asking for money to for the N.C. Policy Watch, a proj- That’s true with the number of inal court, in rape cases, drug “And that’s for all of us — su- court officials have looked else- operate courts,” Smith said in an ect of the N.C. Justice Center. judges, too. When a judge is out, there are no reserves, Morey said. At times, retired judges have come in and worked for free. “We have a judge assigned to a court every day,” she said. “So, for example, I have a judge who’s going to Thailand – he’s taking his 15 days. He scheduled it for one week during his family court, and there’s no judge who can fill that. So there will be no session of court for that week. The next week when he was to be in crim- inal court, we’re going to have to combine courts and have a judge double up on dockets.” Cuts to other services just ex- acerbate the situation and add to the drag on court time, Morey added. “It’s like when one of the wheels of a car comes off. The National Continued from 1A ulation, they account for 44 per- cent of new HIV cases every year and 44 percent of those living with HIV. According to the CDC: • Black women account for 64 percent of all new AIDS among women; most African-American females are infected through heterosexual relations. • Although black teens repre- sent only 15 percent of all U.S. teenagers, they account for 70 percent of all new AIDS diag- noses among teens. • The rate of diagnosis of AIDS among adults was the highest among black gay and bisexual men. Younger men (13-29) ac- counted for 60 percent of new HIV infections among black gay and bisexual men, compared to 28 percent among whites. “We’re looking at a young pop- ulation of gay men and young black women, mainly of child bearing age, who are most im- pacted,” Fields said. “They did not grow up seeing the horrors of HIV/AIDS impact in early 1980s, late ‘70s and into the ‘90s. They did not see the fights to bring the attention to the fore- front, and absence of that feeds into this sense of complacency.” In 2008, HIV was the third lead- ing cause of death for black women and the sixth leading cause of death for black men ages 25-44. “People believe that all they have to do is pop a pill, and they will get cured. There is no cure yet,” Fields said. Although medical advances now allow HIV-positive people to maintain a higher quality of life longer than ever before, Fields is right; there is no cure. Despite the fact that those who get treated for the virus can sig- nificantly reduce the likelihood of transmitting it to others, 72 percent of those living with HIV are not keeping the virus under control through treatment. Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative, a partnership between the CDC and minority organiza- tions, and the Black AIDS Institute based in Los Angeles, believe the Affordable Care Act will help lessen the disparities between those in and out of care while living with HIV. “The full implementation of the Affordable Care Act will en- sure that HIV-positive people have access to the care and treat- ment they need to live full lives,” said Leisha McKinley-Beach, the director of stakeholder engage- ment at the Black AIDS Institute. Implementing the Affordable Care Act in its entirety is, how- ever, just one of the ways the Black AIDS Institute believes the black community and all com- munities affected by the virus can really work toward ending the epidemic. In their latest re- port, “Light at the end of the tun- nel: State of AIDS In Black America,” released on National Black AIDS Day, the Black AIDS Institute lays out a five-point plan it believes will help stop the virus in its tracks. Plans include retooling African-American organizations to better address the evolving needs of those living with and fighting against contracting HIV and AIDS, and increasing the de- mand for treatment. One major point recommends supporting those living with the disease to come out and disclose their status. “A part of that disclosure is having people who are HIV pos- itive to share their stories and help maintain a support sys- tem,” McKinley-Beach said. 3A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, February 10, 2013

By Victoria M. Walker from the “Loyal White Knights” confederate flags flying from by violent means. But Klansman groups working for their best in- for anything that may arise. Obama’sof the KKK of second Virginia in the wake trucks,” term she said. “You knewstirsGrand Dragon up James Moore KKK of terest and to advance in their peo-Virginia“If that has come to light and THE DISTRICT CHRONICLES of President Obama’s re-election. when the Klan was having meet- the Loyal White Knights of ple. What do we have? Ku Klux we are aware of it, we will take Howard University “We of the Knights of the ings at the public library. You Virginia insisted that his organ- Klan. And it’s only wrong when aggressive action to bring it to student Jenelle Coy has painful Southern Cross soldiers of the just knew where to go and where ization is not a hate group. whites are white and proud.” light and to make the law en- memories of growing up in Ku Klux Klan are un-apologeti- not to go on certain days.” “I didn’t join because I hate Aston Haughton, president of forcement community be aware Newport News, Va. Her neighbor- cally committed to the interest Bostic said she has no problem anyone,” Moore told The District the Stafford, Va.,, branch of the of such activity,” Haughton said. hood was predominantly white. and values of the white race!” with what the KKK wants to do. Chronicles last week. “I joined NAACP, said his branch was un- “The Klan is a hate group. It’s The sign in the window of a beau- fliers dropped in residents’ “But what they won’t do is try an because I am worried about my aware of Ku Klux Klan activity in not a religious group. They’re ty salon across her home read driveways read. “We are deter- up-rising to take over my com- country. Every race has several his county, but will stay vigilant not out there passing out Bibles.” “Whites only.” mined to maintain and enrich munity,” she boldly asserted. “Mind you, this was in the ‘90s. our cultural and racial heritage! According to the Southern So I had to grow up seeing that We are growing fast and strong Poverty Law Center, there has kind of stuff,” the junior journal- because we have NEVER nor will been a nationwide increase in Ku ism major said last week with we ever compromise the truth!” Klux Klan and other hate group sadness in her voice. For Coy and other Howard stu- activities since Obama’s election Coy reflected on President dents from Virginia, the fliers are in 2008. The center reported Obama’s second inauguration opening sore wounds. eight hate incidents with possi- and the reported spike in KKK re- Cheney Bostic, a senior public ble Klan ties in Virginia in 2012. cruitment activities in her home relations major from the One of the incidents involved state. Particularly troubling, Coy Richmond area, vividly recalls a Manassas white supremacist said, were news reports that the instances of racism in her home- charged with illegally obtaining Ku Klux Klan was using the pres- town. a fully automatic AK-47 after sug- ident’s second inauguration as a “Where I’m from, which is gesting President Obama and recruiting tool for new members. Midlothian, Va., you would come Attorney General Eric Holder Mechanicsville, Va., residents to school on certain days and see should be removed from office are reporting a surge of fliers Young blacks have not lost appreciationBy Maya Rhodan President for Obama black said, “The sto- history“Going to a school with a small NNPA WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT ry of African-Americans is a sto- black population showed me that ry of resilience and persever- WASHINGTON – Although born there is a need for cohesion, and ance. It traces a people who re- long after the 1963 March on opened my eyes to the benefits fused to accept the circum- Washington and passage of land- of sharing and connecting with stances under which they arrived mark legislation such as the Civil people who are in your same mi- on these shores, and it chroni- Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting nority group,” Roberts explains. cles the generations who fought Rights Act of 1965, many black for an America that truly reflects youth are excited about celebrat- the ideals enshrined in our ing Black History Month. founding documents. It is the “It is a time to remind you of narrative of slaves who shep- your ancestors’ struggles and the herded others along the path to things that they’ve experienced freedom and preachers who or- so you don’t lose sight of the ganized against the rules of Jim past,” said Ryann Roberts, 22, Crow, of young people who sat- who refers to the month as an in at lunch counters and ordi- opportunity to “lift as you nary men and women who took climb.” extraordinary risks to change our Lifting up the accomplish- nation for the better.” ments of blacks is what histori- Like everything else in an Carter G. Woodson and his American society, many major Association for the Study of corporations used the occasion Negro Life and History had in to increase market share for their mind when announced in 1926 products. That’s evident even that the second week in February when some young blacks discuss would be observed as Negro their heritage. History Week. On the bicenten- “Along with McDonalds, I cel- nial of the founding of Negro ebrate my history 365 [days],” History Week in 1976, the cele- Phil Jones, 22 said. bration was expanded to Black Roberts, a graduate of Carnegie History Month. Mellon University in Pittsburgh, All modern presidents have ac- Pa., said Black History Month knowledged Negro History Week helps ease the sense isolation or African- American History that some black students feel at Month through executive orders predominantly white institu- and proclamations. tions. In his proclamation last year, 4A EDITORIAL/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, February 10, 2013,

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Many of us Ahave GheardA theI saNying! “If you’re white, you’re all right; if you’re yellow, you’re fine and mel- low; if you’re brown, stick around; but if you’re black, get the h— on back.” Well, as Claud Anderson has said for years, “If black folks didn’t get anything when we were in second place, what makes anyone think we will get anything when we move into third place?” All of his predictions and warnings have come to fruition as they pertain to immigration and its impact on black people in this country. Once again, we have been moved to the back of the line, even behind those illegal immigrants who are told they must go to the end of the line in order to become legal. When the Obama administration touted its No. 1 agenda item shortly after the inauguration, it be- came immediately clear that black people, along with whatever “agenda” we might have, would be pushed further down on the presidential “to do” list. Hispanics are JAMES the minority group du jour pushed ahead of CLINGMAN black folks that have been waiting in line for Obama races away from issue ofo f rracae. ce 400 years. When Barack Obama ac - Selma and Stonewall; just as president since 1948 to not The No. 1 political priority is now immi- cepted his party’s presiden - it guided all those men and mention poverty or the As my friend Courtland gration reform – not black unemployment, black incar- tial nomination in Denver women, sung and unsung, poor. The political scientist Milloy wrote in the ceration, black economic inclusion or black anything. on Aug. 28, 2008 – the 45th who left footprints along Daniel Q. Gillion found that Washington Post, “It’s time The gay people have had their turn at the front; the anniversary this great mall, to hear a Mr. Obama, in his first two to stop making excuses for Jewish people have had their turn; the “mainstream” of the March preacher say that we cannot years in office, talked about Obama. Hispanic folks are getting their second turn; and now on walk alone; to hear a King race less than any “Obama should not be al - illegal immigrants have their turn at the head of the line. Washington proclaim that our individ - Democratic president had lowed to get away with In street vernacular, “Where da black folks at?” Oh, I see where Dr. ual freedom is inextricably since 1961. From racial pro - thinking that when it comes them; they’re waaaay back there at the end of the line Martin bound to the freedom of filing to mass incarceration to making his mark on the – again. Luther King every soul on earth.” to affirmative action, his issue of race, all he had to Individuals and organizations are lining up and com- Jr. delivered Why couldn’t President comments have been sparse do was become the first plaining about the lack of attention being given to black his “I Have a Obama utter Dr. King’s and halting.” black president.” Unfortunately, some of the people by the Obama administration, especially since GEORGE E. Dream name on the day he used Sure, he had a beer sum - black voters overwhelmingly supported the president’s Speech” – ex - the slain civil rights leader’s mit at the White House with most vocal black leaders re-election. Hispanics gave 71 percent of their support, CURRY citement filled Bible to be sworn in? On Harvard professor Henry have either been co-opted while blacks gave around 95 percent of theirs. So why the air. King’s birthday, why could - Louis Gates Jr. and the white by the White House or fear is illegal immigration, which is an issue of great con- Amid that jubilance, how - n’t he be called more than police officer who arrested a backlash from adoring cern to Hispanic people, the No. 1 priority? ever, it struck me as odd just a preacher? him in his own home. black voters. NAACP President Ben Jealous said on Meet the Press, that Obama failed to men - The problem is larger than Obama said the officer had The usually outspoken black Americans “…are doing far worse” than when tion Dr. King by name. the failure to say Dr. King’s “acted stupidly” but later Rep. Maxine Waters (D- President Obama first took office. “The country’s back “... And it is that promise name. The problem, accord - softened his criticism. The Calif.) told a crowd in to pretty much where it was when this president start- that, 45 years ago today, ing to Michael Eric Dyson, president also said, “If I had Detroit, “If we go after the ed. White people in this country are doing a bit better. brought Americans from is that “This president runs a son, he’d look like president too hard, you’re Black people are doing far worse.” every corner of this land to from race like a black man Trayvon [Martin].” going after us.” U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), reflecting on the pres- stand together on a Mall in runs from a cop.” Of course, the issue is not And former Congressional ident’s nearly all-white inner circle and his second term Washington, before When candidate Obama whether Obama has a son Black Caucus Chairman appointees thus far, said President Obama has disre- Lincoln’s Memorial, and was forced to address the who looks like Trayvon Emanuel Cleaver II of spected black folks by failing to choose not even one of hear a young preacher from issue of race in the wake of Martin. What is he going to Missouri admitted, “With 14 the 61 names recommended for administration posi- Georgia speak of his controversial remarks by do about people who are percent [black] unemploy - tions by the Congressional Black Caucus. Maybe the dream,” Obama said at the the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, treated like Trayvon? ment, if we had a white president just doesn’t know a lot of black folks. Thus, time. his former pastor, he said To discuss race less than president we’d be marching “If you’re white, you’re all right.” When Obama was inaugu - in Philadelphia: “But race is Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy around the White House.” Hastings also cited the meager and insulting amount rated for the second time on an issue that I believe this Carter and Bill Clinton, all If we don’t get some true of Obama campaign funds spent with black newspapers. Jan. 21, 2013, the day we of - nation cannot afford to ig - white southerners who grew leadership on this issue, So what else is new? Why market to a constituency that ficially celebrated as the nore right now.” up under segregation, perhaps it will be time to automatically gives nearly 100 percent of its vote and King federal holiday, I knew However, that’s exactly should be embarrassing to march around the White asks for nothing in return? – or thought I knew – that he what he has been doing. President Obama. House, Congress and the We pointed out a similar situation during the last two would not make that same Frederick C. Harris, direc - It should be even more of headquarters of some of our Supreme Court appointments in a 2010 article titled omission again. tor of the Institute for an embarrassment that civil rights organizations. “How about getting a black person on the Supreme I listened carefully as he Research in African- Obama hasn’t taken leader - Court?” Maybe the next time folks like Deval Patrick and said: “We the people declare American Studies at ship on the issue as Clinton Charles Ogletree will be considered – no, nominated. today that the most evident Columbia University, noted, did when he launched his George E. Curry is editor- Anyway, here’s the deal: We are at the back of the line of truth that all of us are “… as president, Mr. Obama “One America Initiative” on in-chief of the National when it comes to issues that directly impact black peo- created equal – is the star has had little to say on con - race. Putting aside the mer - Newspaper Publishers ple in this country. Somehow, we cannot get it through that guides us still; just as cerns specific to blacks. His its of the initiative, it Association News Service. our heads that we are still relegated to a subordinate it guided our forebears State of the Union address demonstrated Clinton was position, politically and economically, and will remain through Seneca Falls and in 2011 was the first by any willing to confront the issue that way until we change our behavior, as Amos Wilson advised in his book, “Blueprint for Black Power.” There is no reason or need for anyone to change the way they treat us if we continue to accept mistreatment from them. And this goes well beyond mere skin color, folks. After all, who is more “colored” than Clarence Thomas? This is about consciousness, commitment, and a will- Giving food stamps instead of jobs ingness to stand up and accept no less than what is right, The Poverty Industrial strengthened the program in jority of grantees would com - co nc e r n i ng t h e bu i l d i ng an d equitable and just. It is also about refusing to fall for Complex is well established 1992 as a result of the Rodney ply, this nation would have over m ai n t en an ce o f p ub l i c ho us i n g. the political games that are being played on us every since its early years in the King Riot in Los Angeles. Under 100,000 new jobs for the un - T he y ar e a b ig p la y e r , p lu s ho u s - day. Our votes are only good for one thing: counting – 1960s. Lately it seems that it is the law, 30 percent of all jobs employed per year and approx - in g a ut h o r it y m a n a g e r s w ho s e if they are even counted at all. But after the counting is on “steroids” with the increased created by HUD money are to imately $5 billion in contracts bu si ne s s i s t o ke e p p eo p l e i n done, it’s back to the end of the line despite the so-called number of persons going on go to people living in public for new or small business own - po v e r ty , an d te n an t as s oc ia t i o n agenda that Jealous, Marc Morial and Al Sharpton carry welfare, unemployment, social housing or living under the ers. of f i c e r s w ho fe e l e m po w e r e d to the POTUS. security disability etc. This is poverty level (Section 3 work - It was discovered during a l ea d i n g th e i r “ sh e e p ” as o p- If they are so important (or should it be impotent?), all federal, of - ers). Also, 10 percent of all con - three-year review (2008-10) by p os e d to fr e e in g r e s id e n ts of have so much influence and are so close to the presi- ten with state tracts should go to firms hiring HUD that the Chicago Housing po v e rt y. dent, why are black people still at the end of the line? components those section workers. Authority received over $1 bil - C on g re s s s ho u l d a me n d th e Malcolm X said it best: “Any time you throw your that comple - Section 3 activity is broad. lion in HUD funding. Not once l a w s o t h a t S e c t i on 3 r e si de nt s weight behind a political party that controls two-thirds ment these. Waste removal, painting, land - during those three years did o r b us i n es s e s ca n su e HU D of the government, and that party can’t keep the prom- Food stamps scaping, accounting, janitorial, CHA hire a Section 3 company gr an te e s f o r n o n co m p l i an ce . ise that it made to you during election time, and you have more than day care, construction and sec - or utilize a Section 3 resident. Th e la w do e s a ll o w HU D to c e a s e are dumb enough to walk around continuing to identi- doubled to retarial are some of the activi - This is happening all over the f u nd i ng a g ra nt e e t h a t i s o u t o f fy yourself with that party, you’re not only a chump, more than 47 ties that can be applied to nation. There is a lot of econom - co m p l i an ce b ut i t ha s n ev er you’re a traitor to your race.” HARRY Cm. illion Section 3 opportunities. There ic damage done via this non - d o n e th a t . T he ci ty o f ALFORD Americans re - are billions of dollars that ap - compliance and HUD knows it Ja c k so n v i l l e , F la . , wa s di s c ov - Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African ceiving them. A ply to the Section 3 requirement – that is the tragedy. e re d i n no n c om p l i a nc e ba c k i n American Chamber of Commerce, can be reached at lot of this is because it is more annually. The goal is to use HUD While people who have a vest - 1 9 9 2 . blackonomics.com. liberal in its use. People can eas - funding to bring people into the ed interest in the poor remain - To d a y, J a c k s on vi l l e s ti l l r e fu s - ily buy liquor, cigarettes and workforce and out of poverty. ing poor are all too willing to in - e s t o b e i n c om p l i a nc e , a nd a l l other items with their food If properly applied, the need for crease food stamps to the H UD h as d o ne i s wr i t e a f ew stamp card now. HUD activity in our cities would needy and to the hustlers (you th r e at e n in g le tt e r s w hi c h ha s Back in the 1960s, the feder - start diminishing year by year. can buy $100 worth of stamps ha d n o ef f e c t. A fe w ex am p le s al government was sincere in In 1998, the National Black for $50 in every city of the na - wo u l d g o a l on g wa y i n l e t t i ng finding ways to address Chamber of Commerce learned tion), opportunities are being t h e g ra nt e e s k no w t h a t t h e f e d- America’s discriminatory eco - that only four HUD grantees out denied to the willing. I was in a er al go v er n m en t i s se r i o us nomic system. Under President of nearly 6,000 were comply - supermarket in Detroit when a a bo u t t h i s p r o g ra m. Richard Nixon, Section 3 of the ing with Section 3. Also, each hustler approached me. I h a ve b e e n l oo k i ng f or s o m e HUD Act was implemented. grantee is to comply with an - He said “Sir, you have about c ou r a g e ou s m e m be rs of th e This is also known as the eco - nual activity reporting. More $70 worth of food in your cart. C on g re ss i on a l B l a c k C a u c u s t o nomic opportunities for low than 90 percent of these I will sell you $70 worth of food ri se u p a nd t a ke t h e ch a rg e i n and very-low income persons. grantees were not even submit - stamps for $35. I turned him m a k in g Se c ti o n 3 a re a li t y . Th e y 24 CFR part 135 was imple - ting their annual report. To the down but was amazed when I st a rt of f a nd t h e n ba c k of f . Th e mented by former HUD benefit of the current adminis - checked out the amount was lo b b yi s ts a r e r un n in g th i s s ho w , Secretary George Romney in tration, the majority of grantees just a little over $70. a s p o v e rt y i s m e g a bu c k s t o t h e 1968. It was a response to ur - now take the time to submit an Who are these cronies that p eo p l e wh o p ar t ak e i n t h e bu si - ban unrest in black communi - annual report. However, there prevent Section 3 from work - n e s s s id e of it . Th e m or e pe op l e ties, especially the Watts Riot are still no more than four ing? Construction unions want in po v e r ty , th e be tt e r th e ir bu s i- of 1965. grantees actually in compliance to keep possession of the jobs ne ss . HUD Secretary Jack Kemp with Section 3. If the vast ma - P e op l e , p l e a se w a k e u s! BUSINESS WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM BRIEFS The Triangle DRESS FOR SUCCESS Dress for Success Triangle TRIBUNE inventory excess sale is Feb. 9-10 at Northgate Mall, 1-58 SUNDAY, FEB. 10, 2013 PAGE 5A W. Club Blvd., Entrance 2. Call (919) 286-2128 for store hours. TABLE DISCUSSION Business Greater Durham Black Chamber of Commerce will host a round table discus- Borrowing?By James Clingman As the Be saying goes, sure “The dev- $10,000to commercial.read the$40,872! Sound fine better?print Pleasefirst look for alternative sion “Inc. and Grow Rich” NATIONAL NEWSPAPER il is in the details.” Indeed. The convenient fixed month- If your credit is bad and you ways to raise money when you The genesis of this article is need a car, there is always some- have problems – legal ways, of Feb. 12, 6-8 p.m. at NC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ly payments are $743.49. So far Mutual Life Insurance, 411 from the commercial that offers so good, right? Well, I had to one who will sell one to course. And, if the situation calls W. Chapel Hill St. Email Have you noticed the televi- a loan of $10,000 with little or watch the commercial several you. Here’s the catch though: for it, there is always bankrupt- [email protected]. sion commercials that offer no red tape. It says the compa- times before I could make out Your interest rate will be much cy. I know that comes with a loans of various kinds or anoth- ny is owned and operated by how many payments that would higher than normal. The dealer high cost as well, but at least ANNUAL MEETING er enticements such as auto Native-Americans, and it fea- be. After at least four viewings, may even drastically reduce the you will not have the burden of Greater Durham Chamber leases and insurance policies tures a phenotypically looking because I did not believe what sticker price of a used car, but trying to pay bills with bor- of Commerce will host its for the elderly? These commer- Native-American female as I thought I had seen the first, he will recoup that in high 15 rowed money, that is, if you annual meeting Feb. 14, cials are laden with information spokesperson who lauds the op- second and third times, I con- percent – 25 percent interest don’t go out after filing bank- 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at that appears on the screen for portunity to get $10,000 to pay firmed the number of payments rates in conjunction with the fi- ruptcy and run up debt again. the Sheraton Imperial Hotel a few seconds and is too small all your bills and the conven- to be 84. nance company. I don’t know The bankruptcy laws were in RTP. Register online at to read. ience of having just one fixed “Okay, let’s see what the total for sure, but I would guess the written to relieve you of that www.durhamchamber.org. On the radio, these kinds of monthly payment. amount of the loan would dealer gets a cut from the fi- burden and have been used for ads have a spokesperson who The problem is she doesn’t be. For 84 months, which is sev- nance company for doing the years by millions of FIX-A-HOME gives you the details of such of- say what that monthly payment en years, at $743.49 per month, deal. people. Unfortunately, many The Greater Chapel Hill fers so fast that you can’t un- will be. Instead, it is flashed on the total amount to be repaid is Don’t get me wrong. I am not black people view bankruptcy Association of REALTORS is derstand a word he is the screen just before the com- a whopping $62,453! some lifelong paragon of using as a stigma; other folks view it accepting applications for saying. Like me, you have prob- mercial ends, embedded in a I still keep going back to the my money wisely. I made some as a strategy. its Fix-A-Home project. ably wondered why they both- paragraph that is too long to calculator to check my dumb purchases and abused Read the fine print, folks. And Download an application at er giving the details at all. Of read in the time allotted. math. Please, someone, if I am credit cards as well when I was then make good choices when bit.ly/FixAHomeApp. course, by law, they have to dis- A $10,000 loan, without has- wrong in my calculations, let younger and ignorant and in my it comes to borrowing money Deadline: Feb. 15. close this information, but I sles, can go a long way to help me know. I still can’t believe instant gratification mode of and buying cars. guess no one said how long it someone who is in dire finan- this. Maybe because of its lim- life. So this is not a self-right- NETWORKING should be, how large a font to cial straits, so I would imagine ited time on the screen I made eous condemnation of folks The Greater Durham Black use or how slowly the some people would jump at the a mistake and did not read it who find themselves in unten- Chamber of Commerce will spokesperson had to speak. opportunity to take advantage correctly. I hope so. But I also able financial situations that call Jim Clingman, founder of the host a membership gather- What does this all mean to the of the offer. The problem is that hope that anyone who is con- for drastic measures such as Greater Cincinnati African ing Feb. 21, 5-8 p.m. at Beyu consumers? Most of us proba- it is taking advantage of the con- sidering accepting this “loan” taking loans that come with American Chamber of Caffe, 335 W. Main St. in bly know someone who has fall- sumer. This is not like the will stop and read all the fine usury interest rates as high as Commerce, is an adjunct pro- downtown Durham. en prey to these commercials $1,000 Montel Williams is offer- print. 340 percent. I am simply writ- fessor at the University of and gone out and made pur- ing to put into your checking Some may opt for a lower ing this to inform and warn Cincinnati and can be reached FAFSA DAY chases they ultimately regret- account “in 24 hours.” amount, say, $5,000. Well, for folks to take time to read the at blackonomics.com. State Employees’ Credit ted because of the high prices Sit down while I tell you what that amount you make 84 pay- fine print before signing up for Union will help assist high they ended up paying. the fine print says on the ments of $486.58, or a total of desperation loans. school seniors and their families with completing student aid forms on Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to noon at all 246 statewide branch locations. Visit www.ncsecu.org.

CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM Whole Foods Market co- Bodybuilding champion named spokeswoman half her body weight and began complishments and healthy forward to an exciting and mu- CEO John Mackey will dis- bodybuilding in her late 50s. lifestyle, ZOBO has named her tually beneficial collaboration to cuss “conscious capitalism” Last year she won two national its first spokeswoman. She will encourage healthy living and to Feb. 25, 8-9:30 a.m. at The bodybuilding championships at also serve as an ambassador for make ZOBO a household name.” Andrews Center, Raleigh age 60. healthy living for the Durham- Hibiscus drinks have been campus, WakeMed Health & This month, she became the based beverage company. proven to reduce blood pres- Hospitals, 3000 New Bern first spokeswoman for ruby-red “Shirley is an inspiration for sure, reduce blood cholesterol Ave. RSVP by Feb. 20 at 664- ZOBO hibiscus drink, an all-nat- women and men of all ages and levels and assist in weight-loss 7082. ural beverage that has no addi- all walks of life to never give up regimens. ZOBO currently offers tives, no preservatives and no on their dreams,” Kehinde six flavors for hot or cold drink LOAN PROGRAM caffeine. It’s made from ground Olajide, president and CEO of consumption: original, lemon- Raleigh City Council has hibiscus petals, which are wide- Hemisphere Beverages, makers lime, vanilla, pineapple, straw- assigned $600,000 in city ly regarded for their pro-health of ZOBO, said. “The ZOBO team berry and ginger. For more in- funds to start a loan pro- benefits. is proud to celebrate Shirley and formation, visit gram to help small local To celebrate Minter-Smith’s ac- her accomplishments. We look www.ZoboLove.com. businesses. The Raleigh Area Development Authority will manage the fund.

Credit Card Act brings relief to consumersBy Charlene Crowell NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Since the enactment of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, con- sumers have benefited from more transparent pricing and improved ability to manage credit card debt. Sixty-year-old champion bodybuilder Shirley Minter- Although 68 percent of con- Smith is the official spokeswoman for ZOBO hibiscus sumers had a credit card in drink. 2010, fewer than 40 percent STAFF REPORTS carried a balance that year – 200 pounds on her 5-foot-3-inch the lowest proportion on RALEIGH – Shirley Minter- frame. After adapting new eat- record. Interest rates paid Smith once weighed more than ing and exercise habits, she lost on credit card debt has fall- en since the Act’s implemen- tation. Moreover, the num- ber of late fees paid by con- sumers dropped by more than half – from $901 mil- lion in January 2010 to $427 million in November that A false start same year. Consumers benefited while issuers continued to profit. At the same time, the By Jonnelle Marte nation’s top five credit card to taxMARKETWATCH season issuers, who accounted for The fiscal cliff is still causing headaches for taxpayers. Technically, over half of the credit card the IRS kicked off tax season on Jan. 30, a week later than expect- market with combined port- ed as a result of Congress’s 12th-hour deal. But tax pros say it could folios of $475 billion, con- be weeks before many Americans can actually file their returns. tinued to enjoy net earnings The various changes to the tax code forced payroll departments that were significantly high- to hold off their end-of-year accounting. A fair number of taxpay- er than those of other com- ers still haven’t received their W2s, experts say. Those who need to mercial banks. file Form 8863 to claim credits for higher education won’t be able The State of Lending in to file until the middle of February, after the IRS finishes updating America and its Impact on its processing systems, officials said Monday. And people claiming U.S. Households addresses residential energy credits, depreciation of property or general busi- how credit card practices ness credits will have to wait even longer — until the end of February and usage have changed at least. since the enactment of cred- The delays generally mean that early-bird filers who would nor- it card reform. It also speaks mally collect tax refunds in January — $3,000 on average — won’t to emerging challenges. be getting their checks until at least mid-February, said John Hewitt, While opponents of cred- chief executive of Liberty Tax Service. it card reform predicted that “It’s causing heartache,” said Hewitt, especially for people rely- the Credit CARD Act would ing on that money to pay bills. lead to higher prices and Refunds are typically issued within three weeks from the date a shrinking credit availability, return is filed, but some taxpayers will have to wait longer because those claims were never re- of an effort by the IRS to crack down on identity theft. The agency alized. According to the says it has more filters in place to help spot possible fraud, and Center for Responsible some returns will be getting a closer look, further pushing back the Lending, “Opponents of the delivery date of those refunds. Credit CARD Act raised fears And the shorter time frame also means taxpayers getting profes- that the reforms would re- sional help will find themselves competing for their accountant’s sult in the unintended con- attention. “They’re requiring us to do more work in a shorter peri- sequence of restricting con- od of time,” said Harlan Rose, president of the National Society of sumers’ access to credit. Accountants. This has been proven un- founded.” NEWS WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM ‘ROUND The Triangle RALEIGH TRIBUNE SUNDAY, FEB. 10, 2013 – PAGE 6A Changes in Focus School News energy & Notes assistance Bennett College alumnae

WAKE COUNTY programCOMPILED BY STAFF • The board appointed sever- al WCPSS educators to new posi- Effective Feb. 1, the state has broadened the tions: Ramey Beavers is interim eligibility criteria for the Low Income Energy principal for Longview School; Assistance Program, a federally-funded pro- Darryl Fisher, interim principal gram that provides for a one-time vendor pay- at River Bend Elementary; James ment to help eligible households pay their heat- Hargett, interim assistant prin- ing bills. cipal at Wendell Middle; Charles Any Wake County resident responsible for Langley, interim assistant prin- his household heating bill may apply for the cipal at Reedy Creek Middle; and program. Assistance will be available through Aja Moody, assistant principal March 31 or until funds are exhausted. for Leesville Road High. Applicants must meet the following eligibil- ity criteria: • Low income requirement defined as less than 130 percent of federal poverty level • Reserves at or below $2,200 • Responsibility for the household heating bills The following items are required at the time of application: applicant’s photo ID, current heating bill, social security numbers for all household members, income verification for anyone living in the home and most recent bank statements. Wake County also provides • Students are competing this crisis assistance to households who are with- month for a shot at the Scripps out heat or in jeopardy of losing their heat for National Spelling Bee in nonpayment. For additional information, call Washington D.C., in May. But be- (919) 212-7000. fore they get to the national com- petition, students at 81 partici- Left to right: Audrey D. Franklin, director of Office of Alumnae Affairs at Bennett; Millicent Crisp pating elementary and middle COLLEGE Rainey; Marion Glenn Miles; Bernadette G. Watts, chapter president; Hedy Hunt Echard; Gloria schools must compete in class- Thorpe Doyle; and Lisa Johnson. room, grade-level and school- HAPPENINGS wide bees to demonstrate their The Durham Alumnae Chapter of Bennett College administrator spelling prowess. One winner recently hosted its 22nd White Breakfast and • Durham Alumnae Chapter’s First Friend of from each participating school Scholarship Fundraiser. Bennett: Gloria Thorpe Doyle, retired Durham Public will go on to the Wake County This event also recognized honorees receiving the Schools educator Spelling Bee, which will be held “Women of Vision Awards of Excellence.” The award • Bennett Phenomenal Woman Award: Hedy Hunt Feb. 23 at 8 a.m. at the recognizes individual women who have made a pos- Echard, 1968 graduate and medical technologist at McKimmon Center on N.C. itive impact on the Durham community. Durham VA and Duke hospitals State’s campus. • Community Health Outreach and Leadership: The planning committee: Dianne Jackson, commit- Marion Glenn Miles, Health Coalition community leader tee chair of fundraising; Mary Jacobs, vice president; • Parents with children in and retired IBM nurse Sylvia Jones; Jean Wiggins; Sherry Spruill Moody; Arthina Blanchard’s classes at • Higher Education Administration and Carolyn T. Walker; Patricia Walker, treasurer; and East Cary Leadership: Dr. Millicent Crisp Rainey, provost at Dorothy Morrow. Middle are Bennett College and former Orange County Schools used to get- ting emails in their in- boxes. Every Friday, Blanchard sends mes- sages to par- ents explain- ing what stu- Blanchard dents are working on and flagging key dates of quizzes and exams. “I love that,” parent Vickie Almond said. “We feel like we know what’s going on, and I can help my son prepare on our end for what’s coming up.” Blanchard has been teaching for eight years and currently teaches pre-algebra and algebra. She focuses on building stu- dents’ confidence, especially Seated front row: Martha Vivian Thorpe, Watts, Mary J. Simpkins, Arelia Marsh Perry, Jacobs, those who label themselves as Echard, Rosayln Smith, Dianne Jackson, Carolyn I. Thornton and Morrow; second row, l-r: being bad at math because they Cynthia Brown, Jocelyn J. Williams, Dorothy C. Browne, Janiffer McAdoo, Nicole Echard, Lisa have not been successful in a Johnson, Carolyn T. Walker, Kiara Brown, Myrtle Mayo, Kennyatta Echard, Jewel Merritt Johnson, past math course. Delphone Coward, Norma Cindy Jones, Valeshia Watson, Sylvia Jones, Delores Walker Pruitt, Principal Kerry Chisnall nomi- Patricia Walker, Audrey D. Franklin and Faye Walker. nated Blanchard for recognition. UNC-CHAPEL HILL “She does not accept failure for “Home,” the latest novel by Nobel laure- her students,” he said. ate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Last year, all but two of Blanchard’s 110 algebra students Morrison, will be the 2013 summer read- MOVERS & passed the end-of-course exam. ing book for incoming students at the MLK Steering Committee “She was even visiting the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. SHAKERS homes and families of some stu- Students on the committee described FDIC awards scholarshipsSTAFF REPORTS dents leading up to the exam,” “Home” as an inspiration to first-year stu- Mechanics & Farms Chisnall said. dents in their academic, personal and so- DURHAM - The Durham Community Martin Luther King Jr. Nominate a teacher or student Bank CEO Kim D. Steering Committee presented academic scholarships, the cial lives as they leave their homes to come Saundershas been select- to be featured in School- 2013 Keeper of the Dream Awards and 2013 MLK Service Community News! Email to Carolina. ed to serve on the group Awards last month at St. Mark AME Zion Church. New students who will enroll next fall are that advises the Federal [email protected] with the per- Five-hundred-dollar academic scholarships were awarded son’s name, school, your reason expected and encouraged to read the book Deposit Insurance Corp. to graduating high school seniors: on the latest issues facing for nominating him, and the this summer and participate in small group • Sharice Charmayne Brand (Hillside) is the daughter of nominee’s phone number or discussions on the Monday before classes the nation’s community Tonya Brand and Marvin Hill. She plans to attend Winston- bankers. Saunders is email address. start in the fall. The program, now in its Salem State to study nursing. Sharice also received the Thomas among a group of eight Davis Leadership Award for exemplary community service 15th year, aims to stimulate critical think- new appointments to the MISC. • Marcus Mahatoo Bullock (Riverside) is the son of Mark ing outside the classroom and give new stu- FDIC’s Advisory • The American Chemical and Marsha Bullock. He plans to attend N.C. State to study dents intellectual common ground. An ac- Committee on Sounders Society offers renewable schol- ademic icebreaker, it encourages students Community banking. engineering. arships from $1,000 to $5,000 to engage with the scholarly community Saunders, a Shaw University graduate who also • Roderick Lemont Cameron (Southern) is the son of Calvin for minority chemical science and come to their own conclusions about holds a B.S. in finance from the Wharton School, and Anita Cameron. He will attend WSSU to study computer students. Apply online at science. the material. has been the CEO and president of M&F in www.acs.org/scholars, call 1- Durham since February 2007. • Brianna Michelle Dowd (Southern School of Energy & 800-227-5558 or email schol- “Home” is the story of a man who joins Sustainability) is the daughter of Jeff and Victoria Dowd. She [email protected]. Deadline: March 1. the army to escape his too-small world, plans to attend N.C. State or UNC at Greensboro. leaving behind his cherished and fragile lit- Are you or someone you know a Mover and a Shaker? Drop us a line at Movers and Shakers, • Eric Duncan (Southern School of Energy) is the son of Eric Read The Triangle Tribune. tle sister, Cee. After the war, his shattered & Lillie Duncan. He will attend UNC at Chapel Hill to study c/o The Triangle Tribune, 115 Market Street, Where every month is life has no purpose until he hears that Cee accounting. Suite 360H, Durham, NC 27701 or e-mail us at Black History Month!! is in danger. [email protected]. 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RareSTAFF opportunity REPORTS On Jan. to 1, 1863,view with Emancipation the The Proclamation will be fea-documentsthe state and nation. “Freedom RALEIGH - The Preliminary Confederacy still in full rebellion, tured in the exhibit “Freedom Coming” also examines the dif- Emancipation Proclamation is the president issued the final Coming, Freedom for All,” which ferences between the Preliminary one of the most significant doc- Emancipation Proclamation. is being presented by the N.C. Emancipation Proclamation, the uments in U.S. history. President History buffs will have a rare Freedom Monument Park and final Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln issued the doc- opportunity to see the the N.C. Museum of History. and the 13th Amendment. ument on Sept. 22, 1862, after Preliminary Emancipation The exhibit follows a timeline “We are honored to join with the Union victory at Antietam Proclamation at the N.C. Museum of events focusing on the status N.C. Freedom Monument Park to (also called the Battle of of History from May 15 through of North Carolina before the Civil present this exhibit, which is es- Sharpsburg). June 16, 2013. This historical War, events leading up to pecially relevant during the Visitors at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black The document ordered that in seven-page document is on loan Lincoln’s issuance of the prelim- sesquicentennial of the 1863 Culture view the historic document on loan from the 100 days the federal government from the National Archives in inary document, and outcomes signing of the final Emancipation National Archives. would free all slaves in the states Washington, D.C. Admission is and results of the document in Proclamation,” Museum Director still rebelling against the Union. free. Ken Howard said. WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM Blow The Triangle worth TRIBUNE SUNDAY, FEB. 10, 2013 – SECTION B price

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Falcons,By Bonitta Best State Rams next Wednesday and then showdown in Winston [email protected] the second Southeast Raleigh showdown at St. Aug’s next Lonnie Blow accepts a Fayetteville State women have Saturday. championship plaque moved into a poll for the first by the U.S. Marines in time this season. The Broncos N.C. Central (0-21) 2010. are ranked No. 25 in the latest Redshirt senior Chasidy USA Today Sports Division II Williams scored a season-high Whatever contract deal St. Coaches Poll. That puts two CIAA 22 points, but it wasn’t enough Augustine’s President Dianne women’s teams in a top 25 rank- in a 72-53 loss to Maryland Boardley Suber gave coach ing. Eastern Shore. Williams also Lonnie Blow Jr. to convince added 10 rebounds. him to return WOMEN The Eagles have a two-game to Raleigh was Shaw (18-3 overall, home stand beginning this week- a steal of a life- 9-2 CIAA, 4-1 South) end against Florida A&M and time. Blow al- The No. 19-ranked Bears re- Bethune-Cookman on Monday. ready has bounded from their first division earned whatev- loss against Fayetteville State to St. Aug’s (10-10, 6-5, 3-2) er salary is on defeat Johnson C. Smith 91-83. Fayetteville State won its sec- the dotted line. Shaw dominated on the boards, ond straight matchup over a The Falcons outrebounding the Golden Bulls Raleigh team when it defeated are all alone ONITTA 46-28, and in the paint, outscor- the Falcons last weekend 81-68. B atop the ing JCSU 42-22 inside. St. Aug’s was in a three-way tie BEST Southern “When we were in our for first with FSU and Shaw head- Division (5-0) pregame, we talked about the ing into the game. after their win at Fayetteville Tyquan Stroman and the Falcons have surprised prognosticators. fact that our bigs had to get a cer- St. Aug’s led 34-29 at halftime, State last weekend. This is tain amount of rebounds,” assis- but the Broncos dominated the the same squad that was pre- ue to work hard and bounce back tant head coach Ashante Timoll second half, outscoring the back home for two games against holds a two-game lead in the di- dicted to finish last at the pre- from this loss.” said. “They had that in mind that Falcons 52-34 in the final 20 min- FAMU this weekend and Bethune- vision. The team travels to JCSU season basketball luncheon St. Aug’s travels to Winston- they had to close out the defen- utes. Cookman on Monday. on Wednesday before Shaw in Charlotte. Salem this weekend. The Falcons sive possession or get another “I thought our kids played hard walks across town next Saturday. And boy did Blow – like defeated the Rams earlier this offensive chance.” in the first half, but we didn’t put St. Aug’s (15-6, 8-3, 5-0) most coaches – feed that an- year. The team then travels to Guard Ronika Ransford led two halves together,” head coach Coach Lonnie Blow Jr. is not a Shaw (14-7, 7-4, 3-2) imal. JCSU on Wednesday. Shaw with 18 points. Shaw trav- Rachel Bullard said. “I’m disap- fan of televised games. At least The Bears lost their fourth con- “Tell the other coaches to els to Livingstone this weekend pointed in that, but it’s not the when it’s his team on the big test in five games after blowing take it easy on me,” he MEN before hosting Winston-Salem end of the world. We will contin- screen. a nine-point halftime lead at whined. “Let me get my feet N.C. Central (15-7, 8-0) “I don’t know if it was the game JCSU. Shaw’s defense melted in wet. We’re just so young. We The Eagles won their eighth being on television or what. We the second half, as the Golden don’t have a lot of talent…” straight game with a dominating had unforced errors and didn’t Bulls outscored the team 45-28 Blah. Blah. Blah. 82-54 victory over Maryland defend great. It may have been for a 65-57 win. It’s the “other coaches” in Eastern Shore Monday night. nerves,” Blow said about the tel- “When you’re 39 percent from the division who are wishing NCCU has its longest win streak evised matchup at Fayetteville two (point range) and zero per- the Falcons would take it easy since the 1996-97 CIAA season. State. cent from three, you’re not go- on them. But the highlight of the night But the Falcons “settled down” ing to win, period,” head coach Blow is a defensive special- was when freshman Rashawn in the second half and hit some Cleo Hill Jr. said. “I just don’t ist and a no-nonsense disci- King scored his first basket of key free throws down the stretch think we executed.” plinarian. The Falcons de- the season with 26 seconds left. to win their sixth straight game Senior Karron Johnson led all fense leads the conference in King’s inspirational cancer bat- 65-55. The victory sets up anoth- scorers with 26 points and sev- points allowed (63.4 per tle is nationally known. er showdown with nationally- en rebounds. Shaw travels to game) and field-goal shoot- Alfonzo Houston was the high ranked WSSU this weekend in Livingstone this weekend. The ing (38.3 percent). man for Eagles with 17 points, Winston. Blue Bears gave the Bears their Ironically, the same prob- including a perfect 9-for-9 from St. Aug’s won the first matchup first conference loss in almost lems Blow faced at the begin- the free throw line. by two points. With the Rams re- two years last month that start- ning of his first stint as head The Eagles bring their streak cent loss to Livingstone, St. Aug’s ed the downward spiral. coach in 2008 were waiting Alfonzo Houston led NCCU to its eighth straight win. for him again the second time around. When Suber first recruited him away from Norfolk State COLLEGE FOOTBALL as an assistant coach, the Falcons were a defensive and discipline nightmare. Not to their opponents, mind you, but to themselves. Yes, they could score 89 points, but then turn around and give up 90. They never advanced to Eagles, Bears releaseUNC Charlotte. nontraditionalschedules football schools. of so many coaches throughout the CIAA tournament cham- By Bonitta Best [email protected] “Those games will be an awe- Joining him are Matt Brown the country that applied to the pionship during the 10-year some gauge to see how far we’ve (Illinois State), Mitchell Gale Coaches Academy,” Webb said. tenure of then coach Thomas The GFL’s Dresden come as a program,” said head (Abilene Christian), Brad “I am definitely looking forward Hargrove. Monarchs signed former coach Henry Frazer, who will be Sorensen (Southern Utah) and to this opportunity.” Blow inherited a team with Virginia State safety entering his third season. Nathan Stanley (Southern In his first season at Shaw, offensive talent but little else. Donnie Avant as a safety NCCU will also play Howard Louisiana). Webb helped tailback Marquis Not for long, though. and wide receiver. Avant and Norfolk State for the first Gigley calls Stallons a “big- Grizzle finish fifth in the CIAA I’ll never forget the com- is a native of Bad time since 1995. All told, eight armed pocket passer.” Stallons in rushing with 803 yards and ment made by former play- Hersfeld, Germany, and conference games are on the broke Shaw’s single-season pass- seven touchdowns. er Hayward Fain in Blow’s played in the indoor foot- schedule, including the season ing record with 3,101 yards last The Bears released a football first year. Fain had been ball league last season. finale at N.C. A&T in Greensboro. season. He also led the confer- schedule that showcases named the CIAA Rookie of The Eagles will host its spring ence in passing yards per game matchups at Charleston, WVa., the Year prior to Blow’s hire football game on April 12 at 6 and tied for total touchdowns and UNC-Pembroke. Shaw will and was one of the main stars N.C. Central p.m. (22). play four home games on the on the team. I guess he The Eagles released a Running backs coach Marcus 10-game schedule. thought he would get a pass doozy of a schedule this Webb will participate in the 2013 “The schedule is certainly a in the hustle department. week. NCCU opens the Shaw NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy challenge,” head coach Robert Think again. season at neighbor Duke Former Bears quarterback next weekend in Charlotte. The Massey said. “Our early games “I’d never been pulled out before taking on two James Stallons was recently men- invitation-only academy is for should give us a real insight into of a game before,” he said newcomers – Charlotte tioned in an ESPN.com blog on coaches like Webb who have less where we are and provide out- midway the season. “That’s 49ers and Towson NFL prospects. Writer Chris than eight years college coach- standing preparation for our when I knew he (Blow) was Avant Tigers. The 49ers will be Gigley named Stallons on his top ing experience. CIAA competition.” serious.” To Fain’s credit, he playing their first season of football at five list of QB prospects from “It felt great to be selected out was never pulled out for a CIAA/2B

MEAC MINUTES Snyder gives Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks consistency By David Whigham the 2010-11 season. Despite hav- spurred by basketball, but that ing so fast. She is what makes bounds a game as a junior. He SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE ing to sit out last year because was not the only reason. Snyder me the proudest in life.” also played for the RBS All-Stars, of transfer regulations, Snyder wanted to move closer to his It is his relationship with his where he helped the squad win PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Two has not missed a beat on the mother who lives in Prince daughter that has given him an the 2008 AAU West Coast years ago, Troy Snyder was pro- court in 2012-13. George’s County, as well as be extra meaning for life. He attrib- National Championship. filed in a video by the University He has been UMES’ most con- closer to his newborn daughter, utes her as his biggest motiva- He has used sports to keep him of Wisconsin-Green Bay athlet- sistent performer this year, Trinity. tion and links his desire to be up to par in all aspects of life. ics department. He was asked where he has started and played The transfer allowed him to successful to her. Snyder aspires “In life, there is no such thing several questions about differ- in 15 of the Hawks’ 16 games. have three of the most impor- to be involved with coaching fol- as a shortcut,” he said. “The key ent things in his life, but his an- He leads the team in seven sta- tant things in his life at the same lowing graduation, but it is rais- to success is hard work, dedica- swer to one in particular was eye tistical categories, including min- time. ing a happy and healthy family tion and living up to your own opening. utes (501), rebounds (97), While many student-athletes that is the most important to expectations.” “If you could be any animal, blocks(12), steals (33) and points struggle with the commitments him. The ability for Snyder to make what would you be?” The answer (161). of school and athletics, Snyder With Snyder leaving UWGB, a the best out of a complicated sit- was easy for the Chicago, Ill., na- Snyder is third in points per expands on that. He has the void was left for the Phoenix. He uation is what makes him differ- tive. A Hawk. game with 10.7 and is fourth in everyday battle between school, averaged 17.2 minutes per game ent. He has had to overcome ob- Whether he knew at the time assists with 22. He has led the athletics and being a father. for UWGB as a sophomore. His stacles that not many college ath- that fate would bring him to the team in scoring four times and “I am a proud father,” he said. strong play was brought about letes have had to deal with, but University of Maryland Eastern just recently notched a season- “Having a daughter, still going as a youth. one that makes him stand out Shore or not, being a Hawk was high six steals at Bethune- to school and playing basketball Snyder starred a Bolingbrook positively. in his future. The 6-foot-7 for- Cookman. is a lot to take on. But my daugh- High School in Illinois, where he ward transferred to UMES after His transfer to UMES was ter is so smart, and she is grow- averaged 15 points and nine re- Snyder 2B SPORTS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, February 10, 2013

BlowContinued from 1B is worthJay-Z with Beyoncé’. everyunder control or elsepenny and you ter was a half-court shot at the When Old Dominion came call- still don’t heed the warning, then buzzer. Some teams might nev- lack of hustle again. ing with an offer as an assistant take your hat, your coat and er recover from such a heart- After leading St. Aug’s to a 19- coach, and Suber reportedly on leave! breaking loss, but instead of fold- 10 record and the tourney semi- vacation and couldn’t be reached “I was gone for those two years, ing, it has won six straight games finals in his first season, the win- to make a counteroffer, Blow but when I got back, it was like and is now a favorite to win it all. ning bug had spread. The took his talents to ODU. starting over,” Blow said. “I had “I’m not surprised with the job Falcons were virtually unstop- During his two-year absence, to kinda change the culture and coach Blow is doing,” said pable the next year, compiling a St. Aug’s hired a coach who changing the mindset of the guys Winston-Salem State coach 27-5 record on the way to the couldn’t find discipline in the was just a struggle. Still is.” Bobby Collins, whom Blow school’s second basketball title. dictionary and returned the Last month the Falcons suf- worked for at Hampton. “He’s a You know what happened Falcons to their bad roots. When fered back-to-back losses to good coach, and he knows how next. Blow became hotter than you’re told to get your program Bowie State and Lincoln. The lat- to win.”

SpringBy Bonitta Best sportsBynum) has season a young team of 10 thegets MEAC. The in12-game gear win to- our goal is to win the national [email protected] freshmen and sophomores. tal over the previous season championship,” head coach and “Our team is young but hun- made it one of the best turn- athletics director George The CIAA indoor track and field gry,” she said. “Our motto is arounds in the nation. Coach Jim Williams said. championships will be held this ‘Every day, every game, every Koerner begins his second sea- weekend at Boo Williams practice…we will compete.!’ ” son Feb. 16 against New Jersey Shaw Sportsplex in Hampton, Va. All-conference player Institute of Technology. The The Bears started their base- Virginia State women and St. Ramadana Simmons and power Eagles will play all of their home ball season Thursday against Augustine’s men are looking to hitter Jolanda White lead the games at historic Durham Virginia University of Lynchburg. defend their titles. team. The Falcons host a double- Athletic Park. The men also travel to Claflin this header this weekend against weekend before another WOMEN Davis & Elkins at Buffaloe Road St. Augustine’s matchup with VUL on Tuesday. N.C. Central Park. The Falcons opened the new Softball coach Theresa baseball season with a 2-1 Stephens begins her second sea- Shaw record. They defeated SIAC op- son Feb. 8 at the University of The Bears began their softball ponents Morehouse College 25- Maine as part of a four-game road season a little earlier than most. 2 and Clark Atlanta 16-2 before trip. The Eagles move on to the Shaw played several games in losing to CAU in the second game University of Missouri-Kansas, October that didn’t count in the of the doubleheader 10-1. In the Western Carolina and South overall standings. Chowan swept win against Clark, senior pitch- Carolina-Upstate before return- the Bears last weekend in their er John Hailey struck out 16, al- ing home to take on Longwood conference opener. The team lowed five hits and two runs in on Tuesday. NCCU finished last travels to Claflin this weekend a complete game. season 4-45. for a doubleheader. In track, the Falcons moved up from third to No. 1 in the NCAA St. Augustine’s MEN Division II men’s indoor T&F poll. The Falcons opened their soft- N.C. Central This is St. Aug’s first top ranking ball season Wednesday at An exciting baseball season is since the 2011 season. William Peace University. Coach expected after the Eagles finished “We accomplished our goal of Nikki Bumpass (formerly Nikki last season 19-32 and 13-10 in earning the No. 1 ranking, now

Women’sBy Michelle basketball Brutlag Hosick recuritingthe recruit’s junior model year in high OK’d school. NCAA.ORG • Move the start date for the September contact period a week earlier. The NCAA Division I Leadership Council ap- • Confine off-campus contacts during the jun- proved a new women’s basketball recruiting mod- ior year only to the prospect’s residence or edu- el that will go to the board of directors for con- cational institution. sideration. • Allow recruiting opportunities with juniors Recruiting concepts: and seniors to be either contacts or evaluations, • Eliminate all restrictions on modes of com- but prohibit contacts while classes are in session munication beginning Sept. 1 before the junior or on the day of an athletics competition for the year in high school. prospect. • Add a weekend of evaluation at certified non- • Allow official visits beginning the Thursday scholastic events in April and prohibit the evalu- after the national championship game of the ation period from falling on Easter weekend. prospect’s junior year. Official visits would be • Allow communication with recruits and off- permitted during the summer, but not during campus contacts beginning Sept. 1 before or of dead or July evaluation periods. 3B SPORTS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, February 10, 2013

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MEAC Weekly CIAA Weekly Basketball Honors Basketball Honors Offensive player : Ricky Offensive player: Tyquan Johnson, Bethune-Cookman A Southern icon retallu of rthisn stusff, bhut thoerem was ne o question after those Stroman, St. Augustine’s Stats : Johnson averaged 18 two scrimmages who was the best player on campus. Stats: Stroman averaged 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and "I wanted to prove a point to those guys who never points and 9.5 rebounds to lead the 1.5 steals last week. He hit the allowed me to play in the Women's Gym." Falcons to a 2-0 record. He scored game-winning free throw with two He started building relationships with the team, and 23 points and pulled down nine re - seconds remaining to lead the bounds in an 85-76 win over Wildcats over Maryland E. Shore. Johnson said people were telling him they could not Livingstone. He followed that up He also nailed the game-winning wait until the 1986-87 season to see him play. Johnson with a 19-point, 10-rebound effort jumper with one second remaining became eligible for the 1986-87 season, and the Jaguars in a 65-55 win over Fayetteville to defeat FAMU 67-65. welcomed a new coach - Ben Jobe. State. "It was like a Disney movie. It was unbelievable," Rookie : Deron Powers, Hampton Johnson said. "His system fit my game and fit our game, Newcomer : Emilio Parks, Stats : Powers averaged 11 points and that's why we were one of the highest scoring teams Johnson C. Smith and two rebounds against S.C. in the nation." Stats: Even though Parks had a State and Morgan State. Jobe installed his trademark offense with Johnson 20-point performance against No. 16 WSSU, his top performance of Defensive player : Austin Witter, serving as the engine. Johnson said Jobe did not mind the week produced 16 points, eight N.C. A&T him being fancy with the basketball, and the trust Jobe rebounds, three steals and two Stats : Witter recorded the game- gave him during games served as a confidence boost blocks; along with a 65-57 victory winning block against Coppin State for him. over Shaw. to help the Aggies post a one-point He would spend time with Jobe and then-assistant victory. He hauled down 15 boards Tommie Green behind the scenes, discussing basket - Rookie : Dominique Byrd, and nine blocked shots in two con - ball and life, in general. Elizabeth City State ference contests. Offensively, he to - "I just think Coach Jobe built me up in terms of help - Stats : Byrd was a perfect 6-for-6 taled 18 points and dished out five Avery Johnson ing me mature as a man," Johnson said. "He always had from the floor in the Viking’s nation - assists. SWAC.org ally televised win over Virginia me focus on my academics and he promised my mom Union. that I would get my degree. I think he was trying to hold WOMEN Offensive player : Keiara Avant, In 1985, a New Orleans kid named Avery Johnson the reins back because never wanted me to focus on the Coach: John Hill, Lincoln (Pa.) Hampton transferred to Southern University and had trouble ad - NBA." Stats : Coach Hill has guided Stats : Avant averaged 23.5 justing to campus life - until a set of scrimmages put With the confidence from the scrimmages in 1985, Lincoln to a 12-8 record - surpass - points and 9.5 rebounds to aid the him on the fast track to the NCAA history books and coupled with the confidence Jobe instilled in him, ing the 2011-12 season 11-win to - Pirates to a 2-0 mark. Against becoming a Southern icon. Johnson set the SWAC and nation on fire. tal. The Lions went 2-0 on the week, Howard, she recorded 15 points, in - That track also brought him back to Southern last His two seasons on The Bluff rank as two of Division including earning their first-ever cluding 6-of-9 from the floor, six re - weekend to see the court on which he wowed the Jaguar I's all-time highest marks for assists and assists per NCAA Division II victory on the road at Virginia State. bounds and six steals. In a victory Nation for two seasons, formally dedicated as "Avery game. Johnson led the nation in assists per game in over Morgan State, Avant posted a Johnson Court." 1986-87 (10.7 assists per game) and 1987-88 (13.3 apg), career-high 32 points and tallied her 13th double-double of the season "We (he and his wife Cassandra) are just really hon - with his '87-88 campaign as the nation's all-time best with 13 rebounds. ored to be a part of what we're looking at as a celebra - in the category, and his ‘86-87 number ranking third WOMEN tion of hard work," Johnson said. "We'll be able to share all-time. Johnson's 399 assists led the nation in Division Offensive player: Kristen Hanzer, Fayetteville State Rookie : Tisha Dixon, N.C. in that celebration with a lot of friends and family." I. Stats: Hanzer recorded her third Central Johnson transferred from Cameron University, then Johnson stellar play on the court earned him the double-double of the season with a Stats : Dixon averaged a double- an NAIA school in Lawton, Okla., to Southern in the fall SWAC's highest honor in both his junior and senior sea - game-high 19 points and 10 re - double of 10 points and 10 re - of 1985. People closest to him knew what he was go - sons as the conference's player of the year. His 22-dime bounds in a 66-64 upset of No. 9- bounds in two conference ing through during the first months of that fall semes - night against Texas Southern on Jan. 25, 1988, still ranked Shaw and followed with 23 matchups. Against Delaware State, ter. stands as the most by a single player in a Division I points and nine rebounds in an 81- she recorded her second double- 68 win over Saint Augustine's. double with 13 points and 11 re - "My first couple of months on campus were horri - game, a feat only matched twice. Johnson also had one bounds. ble," he said. "There was somewhat of an anti-New game with 21 assists, two games with 20 assists and Orleans sentiment on campus. I was fooled. I thought two with 19 assists. Newcomer : Shuanda Ashford, FSU Defensive : Shanyce Stewart, they would welcome me with open arms. I don't know "The atmosphere of the Clark Activity Center was Stats: Ashford finished just shy UMES who told me that." that of a sold-out NBA arena," Johnson said. "We not of averaging a double-double last Stats : Stewart totaled 23 re - Johnson also received the cold shoulder from some only delivered at the Minidome, we delivered on the week with 16 points and 9.5 re - bounds, nine steals and one block of the varsity players. He said the players never picked road. We were a road show; everywhere we went, it was bounds. She tied a career-high of in two games. Against N.C. A&T, him to play pickup games in the Women's Gym, and the standing room only. 24 points while grabbing a career- she pulled down a career-high 17 only time he was able to play was when the basketball No matter how many points were scored, Jobe kept best 12 rebounds in an 81-68 vic - rebounds and stole a career-high tory over Saint Augustine's and shot six passes. team finished playing and students began playing. Johnson and the team focused on academics. He saw However, changes emerged when he saw an oppor - players have their scholarships taken for not perform - 57.1 percent. tunity. The head coach a the time, Bob Hopkins, invit - ing in the classroom. Jobe also did not give Johnson Rookie : Regime McCombs, St. ed redshirt players to scrimmage against the varsity special treatment, rarely discussing his NBA hopes un - Aug’s team at the F.G. Clark Activity Center just before the til after he graduated. Stats : McCombs averaged 16 1985-86 season began. Johnson dazzled in those games, "That's why we had quite a few guys on our team points in two games, last week in - and word about him started to spread throughout the graduate," Johnson said. "There was a lot of accounta - cluding a career-high 29 points in a campus. bility there. I think that's the perfect word for it. He held 97-71 win over Livingstone. She "This is not me bragging, you can ask around," he you accountable academically." made 5 of 10 3-pointers and added said. "They had guys that were all-SWAC players and four assists and five steals against the Blue Bears.

Coach: Eva Patterson-Heath, FSU claiming the school’s first SWAC football championship Stats : The Broncos finished 2-0 since 1966 this past December. He played for the last week; highlighted by a 66-64 Washington Redskins in parts of three victory over Shaw on the road. It News & Notes decades: the 1970s, the 1980s and the was the second time this season 1990s. On the all-time list of games that FSU has defeated a top 25 played as Redskin, Coleman is cur - team on the road. rently ranked second. He ended his career having played in 217 games, as he only stands be - Tisha Dixon hind Darrell Green on that list. Coleman, who is originally from Pine Bluff, played in four Super Bowls and winning three. SWA C W eekly Thurmond recorded 70 tackles, in - Basketball Honors Arkansas-Pine Bluff head coach Monte Coleman cluded 28 tackles for loss, ranking him second in the and defensive end Brandon Thurmond will be hon - SWAC, second in NCAA (FCS). He led the nation in sacks ored this weekend by the Pigskin Club of with 17.5. Offensive player : Phillip Washington, D.C. In addition, the Augusta, Ga., native had one pass Crawford, Alabama State Coleman, the SWAC Coach of the Year, will re - breakup, seven quarterback hurries, three recovered Stats : Crawford led the Hornets ceive the Tillman Sease Award. Meanwhile, fumbles, one forced fumble and one blocked kick dur - to a 1-1 record by averaging 25 Thurmond, the SWAC Defensive Player of the Year, ing the 2012 Campaign. points and 13 rebounds during the will be the recipient of the Paul Duffy Award. The 75th Annual Awards Dinner was held Feb. 8 at Eva Patterson-Heath two games. He had a career-high Coleman guided his team to a 10-2 record while the Capital Hilton Hotel Washington, D.C. 29 points in ASU's win over Mississippi Valley State. He also set a career high in blocked shots with SIAC Weekly five in the game. His 17 rebounds Basketball Honors was just one off his career high set last season. Crawford narrowly Offense: Marcus Goode, missed another double-double in a (as of 2/6) Benedict loss to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, tallying Women’s basketball standings Stats : The two-time reigning 21 points and nine rebounds. SIAC Men’s Player of the Year had CIAA SIAC MEAC SWAC his best performance of the season WOMEN Northern Division EAST Hampton 9-0 18-5 Southern 10-1 11-11 in Benedict’s 70-64 win over Paine. Offensive player : Joanna Miller, Elizabeth City 10-1 18-3 Benedict 9-2 12-11 N.C. A&T 6-2 14-7 Texas So. 9-1 12-9 Goode had a season-high 26- Grambling State Virginia Union 6-5 9-11 Clark Atlanta 7-3 11-9 Delaware St. 5-2 8-12 Mississippi 7-4 10-12 Stats :Miller helped GSU split a Chowan 4-7 4-15 Paine College 7-4 9-12 Howard 6-3 12-9 Alabama A&M 6-5 7-14 points, 13 rebound, and six blocks pair of games last week. She aver - Virginia State 3-8 10-11 Albany State 6-5 8-10 S.C. State 5-3 13-6 Prairie View 5-5 8-12 while making his first start of the aged 24.5 points, eight rebounds, Bowie State 3-9 6-12 Ft. Valley 6-5 10-10 Bethune 5 - 31 0 - 1 0 Jackson State 5-6 8-12 season. and 2.5 assists per game, while Lincoln (Pa.) 3-8 7-14 Claflin 2-9 3-18 Florida A&M 5-3 8-13 Alabama State 5-6 7-15 Newcomer : D’uanaway Barnes, shooting 38 percent from the floor, Coppin State 5-5 9-14 Arkansas PB 3-8 7-14 Stillman including 50 percent from 3-point Southern Division WEST Morgan State 4-5 7-15 Grambling 3-8 5-18 Stats : Barnes averaged 11.3 range. Fayetteville St. 10-1 18-3 Tuskegee 11-0 14-6 UMES 2-5 6-12 Alcorn St. 1-10 1-19 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.3 steals In the 83-81 double OT loss to in- Shaw 9-2 18-3 Stillman 6-4 7-12 Savannah St. 1-7 6-15 to lead the Tigers to a 2-1 record state rival Southern, Miller record - Kentucky St. 6-5 9-9 St. Augustine’s 6-5 10-10 Norfolk State 1-8 3-17 last week. ed a double-double – scoring a J.C. Smith 4-7 7-13 Miles 2-8 6-14 N.C. Central 0-8 0-21 game-high, 32 points, while hauling Winston-Salem 5-6 10-11 Lane 2-9 4-13 in 11 boards. Livingstone 3-8 7-13 LeMoyne-Owen 0-10 2-18 WOMEN Offense: Angel Mitchell, Stillman Stats :Mitchell averaged 16.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.3 steals as Stillman College posted a 2-1 record last week. In the Tigers 70- (as of 2/6) 62 win over Miles, Mitchell had a Men’s basketball standings game-high 26 points.

Co-newcomer : London CNorIthAernA Division ESAISTAC MEAC SWAC Richardson, Benedict No r f o l k St a te 9- 0 14 - 10 Southern 1 0 -1 1 6 -7 Elizabeth City 6-5 13-8 Morehouse 11-0 13-5 N.C. Central 8-0 15-7 Stats : Richardson scored a Arkansas PB 9 -2 1 0 -1 3 Lincoln 5-6 12-8 Benedict 10-2 14-6 Savannah St. 6-1 12-9 team-high 16 points in a 86-74 win Virginia State 5-6 10-10 Texas So. 8-2 9-14 Paine 6-6 8-12 Delaware St. 5-2 10-11 over Paine to help the Tigers sus - Virginia Union 4-7 6-12 Alcorn State 7-4 9-17 Claflin 5-7 7-13 Hampton 5-3 8-13 tain first place. Bowie State 5-6 9-11 Albany State 4-8 5-13 N.C. A&T 4-4 11-12 Alabama St. 5-6 7-17 Chowan 0-11 5-14 Ft. Valley 4-8 7-12 Prairie View 4-6 9-14 Bethune 4-4 9-14 Co-newcomer : Morgan Henry, Clark Atlanta 2-8 3-15 Morgan St. 3-5 6-13 Alabama A&M 4-7 8-14 Stillman Southern Division WEST Florida A&M 3-5 6-16 Jackson State 4-7 5-15 St. Aug’s 8-3 15-6 Stats : Henry averaged 11 points, Stillman 9-3 13-7 Howard 2-7 5-18 Mississippi 3-8 3-18 Winston-Salem 9-2 16-4 and 5.7 rebounds in three games Tuskegee 9-3 10-11 Coppin State 2-7 5-19 Grambling 0 -1 1 0 -2 0 Livingstone 7-4 15-5 Kentucky St. 7-5 9-9 UMES 1-6 1-17 for Stillman. J.C. Smith 7-4 14-7 LeMoyne 4-8 6-15 S.C. State 0-8 4-17 Shaw 7-4 13-8 Miles 3-8 6-14 Fayetteville St. 3-8 8-12 Lane 2-10 3-14 Joanna Miller CLASSIFIEDS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 PAGE 4B ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SALE BIDS Buy Gold & Silver Coins- 1 percent over dealer cost. For a lim- TV/ INTERNET BID REQUEST ited time, Park Avenue Numismatics is selling Silver and Gold RPC Contracting is requesting bids from any interested American Eagle Coins at 1 percent over dealer cost. 1-888- DISH Network. Starting at $19.99/month PLUS 30 Premium NCDOT Certified DBE firms for the Plymouth Municipal Airport 470-6389 Movie Channels FREE for 3 Months! SAVE! & Ask About SAME Runway 21 Taxiway Turnaround project bidding on 2/21/13. DAY Installation! CALL 888-827-8038. There will be a pre-bid conference at 3:00 PM on, Monday Gold and Silver Can Protect Your Hard Earned Dollars. Learn 2/11/13 at the office of RPC Contracting, 934 W. Kitty Hawk how by calling Freedom Gold Group for your free educa- Highspeed Internet EVERYWHERE By Satellite! Speeds up to Road, Kitty Hawk, NC. Plans and specifications are available tional guide. 888-478-6991 12mbps! (200x faster than dial-up.) Starting at $49.95/mo. -for review at the same location. For more information, please CALL NOW & GO FAST! 1-888-714-6155 call 252-26l-336, ask for Jay. RPC Contracting is an Equal Op- portunity Employer. CAREER TRAINING SAVE on Cable TV-Internet-Digital Phone. Packages start at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., acting $89.99/mo (for 12 months.) Options from ALL major service through RMF Engineering, Inc. and the office of Facilities Plan- ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from home. Medical, Business, providers. Call Acceller today to learn more! CALL 1-877-715- ning and Design, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is Criminal Justice, Hospitality. Job placement assistance. Com- 4515. accepting applications for pre-qualification for General Con- puter available. Financial aid if qualified. SCHEV certified. tractors for the construction of the Main Campus Electrical Call 888-899-6918. www.CenturaOnline.com WANTED TO BUY Duct Bank Improvements, State ID # 12-09509-01A. I Buy Any Junk Car. MEDICAL OFFICE TRAINEES NEEDED! Become a Medical Of- $300 Flat Rate. Must Have Title! Applications for pre-qualification will be due no later than fice Assistant at CTI! NO EXPERIENCED NEEDED! Online Train- FREE Pick Up. 3:00 PM, February 27, 2013. Pre-qualification forms may be ing gets you job ready! HS Diploma/GED & Computer 800-576-2499. obtained by contacting Cheryl Piner, PE at RMF Engineering needed. Careertechnical.edu/nc 1-888-512-7122 Inc., telephone (919) 941-9876, [email protected].

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The Performance Bond shall 2/21/13, There will be a pre-bid conference at 3:00 PM on be in full force and effect for one (1) year after the date of ABSOLUTE AUCTION: Dewees Island (Charleston SC) view lot Wednesday 2/13/13 at the office of RPC Contracting, 934 W. final acceptance of the project by the Owner. WILL SELL regardless of price! On-Line only 2/27 - 3/5/13. Mike Kitty Hawk Road, Kitty Hawk, NC. Plans and specifications are Harper 843-729-4996 (SCAL3728). www.HarperAuctionAn- available for review at the same location. For more informa- The bid deposit shall be retained by the Owner if the suc- dRealty.com for details. tion, please call 252-261-3336, ask for David. RPC Contracting cessful bidder fails to execute the contract or fails to provide is an Equal Opportunity Employer. the required bonds, as stated above, within ten (10) days 2 Tool Auctions: 1. 02/08-02/18, Online at www.theligoncom- after award of the contract. pany.com. 2. 03/02 at 10am, On-Site. 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The ENGINEER’S contact information is as follows: MEDICAL SUPPLIES Bid Date: February 27, 2013, 3:00pm McGill Associates, P.A. Do you know your Testosterone Levels? 5 Regional Circle, Suite A, Pinehurst, North Carolina 28374 Call 888-715-2703 and ask about our test kits and 910.295.3159 office 910.295.3647 fax get a FREE Trial of Progene All-Natural Testosterone Supplement Chatham County Public Utility www.triangletribune.com/Submit_Clfd Owner AROUND THE WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM TRIANGLE The Triangle TRIBUNE Libraries SUNDAY, FEB. 10 2013 – PAGE 5B reach out to startup Life & Arts BOOK REVIEW businessKNIGHTDALE BUSINESS HELP Wake County public li- braries are joining to help residents interested in starting a business. A view from Register at (919) 217-5300. • Feb. 13, 3 p.m. – East Regional Library, 946 Steeple Square Ct. both sides RALEIGH JOB ASSISTANCE Job seekers can receive assistance on their job of race search Feb. 12, 1-4 p.m. at Richard B. Harrison ‘My Black Family My White Community Library, 1313 New Bern Ave. Call 856- Privilege’ shows ethnic duality 5720. My Black Family My White Privilege By Michael R. Wenger ADOLESCENT DAY iUniverse, $19.95 Adolescent Health Advocacy Day is Feb. 13, 10 a.m. to noon at the N.C. In 1970, a working-class Jewish man from New York General Assembly. Visit City married an African-American woman from ru- www.appcnc.org. ral, segregated North Carolina. From their union, Michael Wenger has three children, four grandchil- dren and one great grandchild. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Years later, Wenger served as deputy director for A dance fundraiser to outreach and program development for President support the end of domes- Bill Clinton’s Initiative on Race, an opportunity that tic violence is Feb. 14, 4-5 p.m. at Meredith College confirmed for him the conscious and unconscious Amphitheater, 3800 bias that minorities confront daily in the United States. Hillsborough St. Contact: Both personally and professionally, Wenger has christinaf@interactof peered into a world far beyond the comprehension wake.org. of most white people in our society. His book shares the discoveries he’s made. He weaves his personal and professional journeys and helps readers of all LECTURE races to become more aware of the pain that well- A lecture on the meaning white Americans inflict on minorities, of- Emancipation Proclama- tion and the 13th amend- ten without knowing it, and to recognize the rich- ment is Feb. 16, 1 p.m. at ness that awaits those with the courage to embrace the State Archives/State our nation’s growing diversity. Library building, 109 E. Wenger’s story recounts the struggles and triumphs Jones St. of his journey. It will awaken you to the stark reali- ties of life for some in America today, while foster- ing hope for and a commitment to a more radically JOB FAIR equitable and harmonious future for all. Raleigh Parks & Recreation will host a part- time job fair Feb. 16, 9 a.m. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wenger of Mitchellville, Md., to noon at Laurel Hills, is a senior fellow at the Joint Center for Political and 3808 Edwards Mill Rd. Economic Studies and an adjunct faculty member at George Washington University.

MUSEUM • Feb. 16, 1-3 p.m. – Learn about African- Americans who have called N.C. home as you make a craft or hear a story at 5 E. Edenton St. Call 807-7992. There’s a lot of drama with this family’s ‘LUV’ BOOK SIGNING me today. I’m gonna teach yougrim as the boy and his uncle de- • Feb. 19, 7 p.m. – real work s—.” V’s trying to stayscend into a merciless crime Author Deborah Hicks dis- on the up and up, but devils fromworld that devours them. V is cusses her new novel, The his past tug at him. In the mid-like the devil tempting an angel, Road Out, at the Regulator dle of a drug war, a crime lordyet he still has redeeming qual- Bookshop, 720 Ninth St. named Fish (Dennis Haysbert) ities and he imparts wisdom. He and his cagey older brother confirms that Wood knows Arthur (Danny Glover) schemeFrederick Douglass taught other DURHAM BLACK HISTORY on V. A buddy named Caufieldslaves to read, right there in Linda Suitt will speak (Charles Dutton) tries to steer Baltimore. “When you think you about Africa travels and ar- him in the right direction, but can’t make it, think about your tifacts Feb. 12, 11 a.m. at bad choices and circumstance ancestors ‘cause that’s what’s in the Durham Center for pull him down harder than grav-your spirit.” Senior Life, 406 Rigsbee ity. Common has a natural swag- Ave. There is something so disturb-ger; it helped him become a not- ing about watching a child beinged rapper. In this film, the musi- initiated into a life of crime. Thiscian becomes an actor capable VALENTINE’S PARTY Durham Center for daring film does it with grue- of emoting and conveying deep Senior Life will host its some authenticity drawn fromfeelings. He goes head to head Seasons of Love true-life experience. Sheldon with veteran thespians like Valentine’s Party Feb. 13, Candis, director and co-writer,Glover (his Arthur is impeccably 2-4 p.m. for ages 55 and Left to right: Michael Rainey Jr. and Common give four-star performances. was just 9 years old when he nuanced), Dutton (sure-footed as over at 406 Rigsbee Ave. rode shotgun with an older fam-ever) and Haysbert (he should Call 688-8247. ily member who was a purport-stop doing those insurance com- wonderfully tragic and com- the Baltimore ‘burbs. His Uncle ed drug dealer. “During those mercials and go back to film or pelling. Vincent, nicknamed V rides, he would explain to me theatre). FILM FESTIVAL Sometimes Woody Watson (Common), has been “away” for The Hayti Heritage Film what it takes to be a man.” If there is a scene-stealer, it is (Michael Rainey Jr.), an 11-year- eight years, and he’s shacking But a child can’t really compre-the very endearing and natural Festival is Feb. 14-17 at there, too. V is caring and nur- Hayti Heritage Center, 804 old, is a vulnerable kid. “Only one hend adulthood; they can’t fath-Michael Rainey Jr. has acting Old Fayetteville St. Call place I have is OK. Inside me turing, when he’s not acting like om the consequences of their ac-chops far beyond his years and 683-1709. where I can hide everything.” a smooth-talking, well-dressed tions. They just posture. Wood

REVIEW turns in a performance that is on Other times he’s a little man, a thug. He dreams of opening a drinks, shoots a gun and scamspar with Quvenzhané Wallis’ in baby gangsta tuff. One morning high-class crab joint, causes lo- like a 40-year-old, but he is clue-Beast of the Southern Wild. When FUNDRAISER By Dwight Brown he points a squirt gun at a mir- cal folks like to eat those indige- less. You feel for him. Rainey Jr. and Common get into The 19th annual Sweet nous crustaceans. But dreams NNPA ror with a scowl on his face, Candis and Justin Wilson’s their screaming matches, it’s Arts Art Auction & “What you gonna’ do? I’m the cost money. Fundraiser for the Durham screenplay starts off almost mag-powerful stuff. (3 stars) man, I’ll kill you.” Life changes for Wood the day ical, like urban ghetto fairy dust,Visit Film Critic Dwight Brown Art Guild is Feb. 15, 7-10 Never has contributing to the V lets him skip school so he can p.m. at Golden Belt Bldg., Woody lives with his grandma then becomes more and more at www.DwighBrownInk.com. 807 E. Main St. Visit delinquency of a minor been so (Lonette McKee) at her house in show him the ropes: “You with www.durhamartguild.org.

COFFEE W/COUNCIL • Feb. 16, 9:30-11:30 a.m. – Holton Career & Resource Center’s Child Washington wins 3 trophies at NAACP Image Awards as he accepted the award. Care Center, 401 N. Drive actress in a motion picture for outstanding actor in a comedy St. “Django Unchained” and the series trophy for his role as a slick LL Cool J, who was honored as President’s Award, which is giv- management consultant in outstanding actor in a drama se- en in recognition of special Showtime’s “House of Lies.” ries for CBS’s “NCIS: Los Angeles,” AARP achievement and exceptional “This doesn’t belong just to me, dedicated his trophy to fellow The Durham AARP public service. but I am taking it home tonight,” nominee actor Michael Clarke Chapter 189 will present a “This award does not belong Cheedle joked. Duncan (“The Green Mile” and black history program Feb. A few winners weren’t present “The Finder”) who died last year. 20, 2 p.m. at the Center for to me,” said Washington, who plays a slave separated from her at the Shrine Auditorium to pick Gladys Knight sang during the Senior Life, 406 Rigsbee memoriam segment, but the be- Ave. husband in “Django Unchained,” up their trophies, including as she picked up her first trophy Denzel Washington for outstand- ginning of her performance was- CHAPEL HILL of the evening for her role in the ing actor in a motion picture for n’t heard on the live NBC broad- CONCERT film directed by Quentin “Flight”; Viola Davis for outstand- cast because of a technical glitch. Jazz at Lincoln Center Tarantino. “It belongs to our an- ing actress in a motion picture Sidney Poitier presented Harry Orchestra with Wynton cestors. We shot this film on a for “Won’t Back Down”; and Belafonte with the Spingarn Marsalis Feb. 10, 7:30-9:30 slave plantation, and they were Omar Epps for supporting actor Award, which honors outstand- p.m. at UNC’s Memorial in a drama series for Fox’s ing achievement by an African- Hall. Call (919) 843-3333. with us along every step of the Kerry Washington poses backstage with the award for way.” “House.” American. outstanding actress in a drama series. Washington, who plays crisis “Red Tails,” the drama about A serenade followed Belafonte’s honor from Wyclef Watch video of last By Derrik J. Lang Awards. management consultant Olivia the Tuskegee Airmen, was hon- weekend’s MLK Parade ored as outstanding motion pic- Jean and Common. AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER The star of ABC’s “Scandal” Pope on “Scandal,” serves on in Durham on President Barack Obama’s ture. Other winners at the ceremo- picked up a trio of trophies at the ny included Loretta Devine as our website at LOS ANGELES 44th annual ceremony: Committee on the Arts and the “Look! I beat Quentin www.triangletribune.com. — Kerry Washington was a triple Humanities. Tarantino,” beamed “Red Tails” supporting actress in a drama se- Outstanding actress in a drama ries for “Grey’s Anatomy.” threat at the NAACP Image series for “Scandal,” supporting Don Cheedle was awarded the executive producer George Lucas WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM Light on The Triangle life’s TRIBUNE bright SUNDAY, FEB. 10, 2013 PAGE 6B momentsOne month already has passed, and we have had Religion some time to put our pro- posed resolutions or goals into practice. prisoner interest. One man looks From burning mattresses to settingand began taking on somesouls chap- ablaze We promised God and our- down from his cell, calling for selves that we would do cer- lain duties. Farrow, now 81, says, Davis’ attention. He motions that tain things to- “When Tommy started talking, he’ll come back later to talk. ward living ac- he hit home. Some of the fellas Prisoners volunteer to join in cording to the there almost started ducking Bible studies that meet in a small Prophetic Word. when he got up to preach. He classroom. The chaplains say It is not too ear- found his calling.” they feel grateful they get to min- ly in the year to Paroled in 2001 after nearly 12 ister in a government building. take an assess- years in prison, Davis gained a About 2,000 inmates reside in ment of life’s full-time job in meat packing, the three area jails where Davis, purposes, be- married a prison guard, had Burress and Morse minister. cause there are three children, and earned a According to statistics gathered 11 more bachelor’s degree in theology Words of by Good News volunteers, 633 months remain- and then a master’s in ministry area prisoners made professions Tender ing. from Tennessee Temple. of faith in Christ in 2012. Such Care Hence, if we Now Davis, along with fellow a statistic should be taken skep- ANN are not adhering Good News Jail and Prison tically – words come easily in HARRIS to what we hope Ministry chaplains Paul Burress prison – but there’s truth in what to achieve, we and Ron Morse, spends about Burress says about such high can fine-tune some of those six hours daily in the jail. They numbers. convictions and be proud of make an odd trio. “On the outside, we’re fake. ourselves at the end of the Burress, senior pastor at But once a guy’s sitting there year. Rochester’s Victory Church, wearing an orange outfit, the Here are a few questions wears a T-shirt marked pride’s gone. The wall is stripped that will help us stay focused “American Fighter” that just cov- away. Everyone cries in his cell on our objectives: Have we ers his tattoos. Morse, who was at night.” said all the things we needed a volunteer in the jail during Sheriff Patrick O’Flynn calls the to say to another person and Davis’ time as a prisoner, wears Good News team a secondary in a helpful manner? a gray suit and calls himself “the staff. He points out that hous- Have we shown acts of kind- minister to the sinister.” Davis ing an inmate costs upwards of ness wherever possible? Have wears a blue argyle vest. His $33,000 per year, somewhat like we smiled at ourselves as well shoes shine. sending a student to college, so as others? Have we helped a The three move as a unit the chaplains “bring a whole sys- homeless person? through the facility. Many staff tem in without taxing taxpayers. Is there a special glow members stop to trade shoul- It’s the one rehab program that der-slaps with them and ex- around us, and can other peo- Tommy Davis does work.” ple determine that we are ser- change greetings. A passing of- Major Timothy Horan, who su- ficer says “Surgery coming up, vants of God just by looking By Chelsea Kolz turn to Allah.” I didn’t say Allah – ‘if Christianity pervised Davis’ floor 22 years at us? In 1991 Davis, then 18, re- say a prayer for me?” ago, talks with the prisoner- Church Leader Gazette is real, you need to answer these “Sure will, brother.” If we have to think about ceived a 29-year sentence for as- questions.’ And I went to church turned-chaplain about what was. any of these questions, it is al- They take the elevator to the “The way you carried yourself, “I set mattresses on fire,” said sault in Rochester, N.Y. He em- that morning, and the chaplain ready time to regroup. housing part of the prison. There talked. ... If you were to tell me Tommy Davis about his years in braced Islam but met Frank preached a message on salvation Thus far, I have tried to stay they walk the floors and talk and 20 years ago we’d stand here, I the prisons he now visits as a Farrow, a chaplain who for nine – how the cross is foolishness to focused, but I still need to be talk. Sometimes prisoners ask wouldn’t believe it.” Horan calls Christian minister. “I was so vi- months talked with him about those who are perishing. He an- more conscious of what I am them for greeting cards to give Good News “a calming influence, olent I had to be incarcerated 23 Jesus, the Trinity and salvation swered every question I had in doing. Traditionally, whether to family. a light at the tunnel’s end, an in- hours a day in my cell. I felt my through grace. Davis remembers that one sermon.” I am alone or with a group of that he prayed one night, “‘Lord’ The rule is that the three can- sight into hope. It’s contagious. purpose was to persecute non- Davis professed faith in Christ not start “proselytizing” conver- people, I try to take time to — I don’t know why I said Lord, in 1994, studied for three years It’s the flu bug in reverse.” write, reflect and thank God Muslims in hopes they would sations, but they can respond to for all blessings. Despite my extremely tired moments, especially when I have too much to do, God pro- vides assistance for me in ways that I never imagined. The Lord opens doors and By Karen Ehman or perhaps at the PTA meeting. The Joneses are overratedPaid off the mortgage. We’re as now rolejust a throwing modelsup of arms in re- brought me here? What are You creates miracle situations that CHURCH LEADER GAZETTE You know, as you were getting debt-free!” And still another: “Our luctant acceptance. At its hub it sustain me. In my plight to trying to reveal to me that I into your dented and faded grey Jimmy got student of the literally means: “To be satisfied help others and to do my best “For I have learned to be con- would never discover if You were minivan while they were piling month!” to the point where I am no longer in sharing a kind word, a to- tent in whatever circumstances I to suddenly pluck me out of this happily into their new spit- All of this took place while I disturbed or disquieted.” ken or gift, or just a thought- am. I know both how to have a situation? What godly character shined Chevrolet. was ordering pizza (for the sec- God has already prepared a ful prayer, God provides a little, and I know how to have a qualities are You trying to grow What a difference a decade (or ond time that week), piecing to- place of contentment for us means for me to do so. lot. In any and all circumstances in me? Patience? Trust? Faith? two) makes! The Joneses now gether the mortgage money and when the car breaks down, the The Creator allows the Holy I have learned the secret of being Compassion?” perpetually parade in front of answering a call from the mid- bills are hard to meet, and our Spirit to reside within my content – whether well-fed or hun- When we cease making com- our eyes nearly 24 hours a day. dle school vice-principal’s office “Johnny” acts out ... again. We heart. I never want to be with- gry, whether in abundance or in parisons and instead willingly Where? where my son sat, busted for an find that place when we take our out the presence of the Holy need. I am able to do all things embrace our current lot in life, On our computer news feeds. inappropriate prank. eyes off our situation (and off Spirit in my life. With the Holy through Him who strengthens welcoming all that God will teach And smart phones. On Twitter, Comparisons always deal a the screen) and fix them solely Spirit, I know that I am pro- me.” Philippians 4:11-13 us through it, we will finally un- Facebook, Pinterest and deathblow to our contentment. upon God. tected and led in quality di- earth the secret Paul knew. True Instagram. The “look at me!” When we see others owning, en- When we adopt this attitude, rections. Psst ... I have a little secret. The contentment is not merely hav- Joneses and all their profile-pic- joying or experiencing what we we live out the truth I once heard The scripture reminds us of Joneses are overrated. ing what you want, it is wanting ture-perfect lives. It can tempt do not have – but wish we did – author Elisabeth Elliot declare: a very important point: For the Oh, I know we’d never think nothing more than what you al- us to become jealous and discon- it may make us discontent. “The difference is Christ in me. Holy Spirit will teach you at that from the way the Joneses ready have. tent. In a letter to the believers in Not me in a different set of cir- that very hour what must be appear, but they are not all We can only do this when we One day an online friend post- Philippi, the Apostle Paul penned cumstances.” said, (Luke 12:12). This scrip- they’re cracked up to be. stop looking at the Joneses and ed: “Fettuccini Alfredo, fresh Philippians 4:11-13 which begins To truly embrace our circum- ture is a confirmation that we In my mom’s day, you only turn our eyes to Jesus Christ who beans from the garden and my “For I have learned to be content stances, we must decide to stop can be directed to a life of saw the Joneses a few times a gives us strength. famous raspberry cheesecake. in whatever circumstances I am.” pleading “God, get me out of good deeds, hope and posi- week. Maybe you bumped into It’s what’s for dinner!” A second The Greek word rendered “con- here!” and learn to humbly ask tive aspirations. them on your way into church friend’s status read: “Who-hoo! tent” here denotes more than instead, “Lord, why have You Consequently, I am trying to maintain my goals for this year as well. In Luke 12, Jesus discusses many profound truths with the disciples. He lets them know the importance in trust- we have to deal with it. you ask for in prayer, believe that ing and being led by a source SpirituallyBy James Washington speaking onyou know answering it’s all about Him. prayers “He replied, ‘Because you have THE HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES But as Christians, when you you have received it and it will of light that illumes in the spir- “Yet he did not waver through so little faith. I tell you the truth, think about it, God’s time, His be yours.” (Mark 11:24) itual realm. Jesus shares with unbelief regarding the promise if you have faith as small as a If you’re like me, prayer is a will and power for His purpose Each and every time it comes the disciples nuggets of wis- of God, but he was strengthened mustard seed, you can say to this subject that keeps popping up is not so bad. As a matter of spir- down to that belief thing, prayer dom that teaches right from in his faith and gave glory to God, mountain, move from here to sometimes out of sheer habit, I itual fact, we should prefer it that always calls your faith into ques- wrong. being fully persuaded that God there, and it will move. Nothing keep doing it. Intellectually, I un- way even when we have the au- tion. When we seek to do God’s had power to do what he had will be impossible for you.” derstand its purpose and its ben- dacity to think we know what’s I sometimes pray for the faith will, God will illuminate in us. promised. This is why “it was (Matthew 17:20-21) efit. But sometimes I get lost in best for us. that accesses the power of God. There will be an unmistakable credited to him as righteous- Unfortunately, faith is tested the reality of who and under what “For my thoughts are not your This is not ego on my part but brightness in our demeanor, ness.” These words were written each and every day. Most times circumstances I’m moved to sin- thoughts, neither are your ways humility to ask that I might be a our walk will be confident, and not for him alone, but also for us I think we merely look at it as “life cerely pray. my ways, declares the Lord. As vessel empty enough of me to be our thoughts will be helpful. to whom God will credit right- happens” and try to move on, get It’s then that I want my prayers the heavens are higher than the filled with the Holy Spirit. I be- We can use some of these eousness for us who believe in past it, at least until life serves answered on my time for my rea- earth, so are my ways higher than lieve God’s grace will flow more same principals found in Luke Him who raised Jesus our Lord up the tragically impossible. sons, forgetting or not wanting your ways and my thoughts freely and through me, His will 12 and in other stories in the from the dead.” (Romans 4:20- Prayer comes to mind first when to remember all things happen (higher) than yours.” (Isaiah 55:8- be done. Wouldn’t you like to Bible to help us to be recipi- 24) unwavering faith is called for. As for a reason; God’s reason to be 9) know that kind of power up close ents of blessings. The more you read about and I catch myself praying out of precise. First of all, God answers all and personal in your own life? In our moments of good and try to really comprehend prayer habit sometimes, I’m reminded This past Sunday the minister prayer in one of three ways: Yes, Think again about why that mus- bad times, God will find ways the more you come away know- it’s more about God and less reminded me that God’s plan no or not now. The question is tard seed example was given in to reach us. However, we must ing how pure this communica- about my circumstance. happens on God’s time, and our never can God answer. The real the first place. stay connected in prayer and tion should be between you and Put it in God’s hands and let it job is to be open and ready for question is does your faith ac- “Then the disciples came to through others. God. There is no disbelief for a go. Believe me, I know personal- His answer to our prayers. Simply knowledge that you know He Jesus and asked, ‘Why couldn’t In doing so, our needs will child who believes in Santa Claus ly that’s so much harder than it put, he said, delay is not denial. can? One of the hardest things we drive it out?” (Matthew 17:19) be met and our goals accom- because his parents told him to. sounds. But my God said in His God answers all prayer in His to reconcile is that there are times They couldn’t do something they plished. We will know from God keeps telling us to believe in time, in His will, by His way and time, in His way, with His power that God puts you in helpless im- thought they should have been within what to do, what to say him. Can you? Do you really? because of His power, it will be and for His purpose. That’s it and possible situations in order to let able to. and when to say it. “Therefore I tell you, whatever done. One way to help us stay fo- cused in 2013 is to read pos- itive materials. 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