WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM ROGERS ROAD >> The Triangle Rogers-Eubanks neighborhood fight for RIBUNE environmental justice TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE By Aislinn Antrim UNC MEDIA HUB VOLUME 20 NO. 42 WEEK OF APRIL 7, 2019 $1.00 CHAPEL HILL — The Rogers-Eubanks neighborhood is an unobtrusive one, perched on the northern edge of Chapel Hill. The streets are orderly, lined with Habitat for Humanity homes painted in muted greens and yellows. Children gather at the community center’s basketball court while parents Cary Parks and mingle in driveways. Recreation awarded It seems peaceful, but problems lurk underground, seeping in unseen from the landfill just a stone’s throw away. youth basketball For nearly 50 years, Rogers Road residents have seen their wells contam- inated, their air polluted and their roads overtaken by trash trucks. Senior sportsmanship awards. citizens have been particularly hard hit with illnesses that they attribute to the water. When some test wells were analyzed in 2010, studies found that only two of the 11 wells met EPA water standards. “To actually turn on somebody’s faucet and see red water coming out, you know it’s got to stop,” the Rev. Robert Campbell said. “This has got to change.” Please see ROGERS/2A Faith Census leaders backers tackle push for Durham accuracy By Gary D. Robertson violence THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By Evelyn Howell RALEIGH — With encourag- CORRESPONDENT ing prospects for additional congressional representation DURHAM – Local faith-based and federal dollars, North groups and organizations are Carolina needs to do all it can joining efforts to address the to ensure the most accurate root causes of the city’s vio- and complete census count lence issue. They say they are next April, state officials said committed to finding ways to Monday. help keep their neighbor- Gov. Roy Cooper, a Cabinet hoods safer by talking to one member and other govern- another and holding work- ment and nonprofit leaders shops. held a news conference to Two broad-based topics – mark the one-year countdown gun violence, and racism and SMART GROWTH AMERICA to the decennial national cen- poverty – were at the fore- Black people are 72% more likely to be hit and killed by a driver. sus required by the U.S. Con- front of the discussion when stitution. Cooper created a speakers from the Durham state Complete Count Com- County Gun Safety Team and mission several months ago the Religious Coalition for a designed to promote the Nonviolent Durham and Epis- Walking While Black count so all families and indi- copalians United Against viduals living in the state on Racism met at a luncheon at April 1, 2020, participate. Shepherds House United African American pedestrians more likely to be killed by motorists “Good decisions are based Methodist Church fellowship By Freda Freeman Titled “Dangerous by Design,” the report found on good numbers, and the de- hall recently. CORRESPONDENT that 49,340 pedestrians were killed across the coun- cisions that will be made best A diverse crowd partici- try from 2008-17. That’s more than 13 people a day. from this census will impact pated in the discussion. DURHAM – For some people, crossing the street The report states: “It’s the equivalent of a jumbo jet the long-term future of our The Durham County Gun could be a matter of life and death. Especially if they full of people crashing — with no survivors — every state,” said Machelle Sanders, Safety Team provides free live in a low-income or minority community. single month.” state Administration Depart- gunlocks as well as education A recently released report of pedestrian fatalities Older pedestrians are at even greater risk of being ment secretary and the com- encouraging adults to ask from 2008-2017 found that black people were 72% struck and killed by cars. According to the report, mission’s chairwoman. “So about the presence of more likely to have been hit and killed by a driver the danger is the third highest for adults 50 and the bottom line is that num- firearms in places where their than people of other races. According to the report, older, and the risk doubles for those 75 and older. bers matter.” child plays and visits. Their which was authored by Smart Growth America and The report ranks all 50 states and 100 cities that are The state and local popula- mission is to reduce death, the National Complete Streets Coalition, more dan- deadliest for pedestrians. North Carolina ranks tions are used in part to dis- and injuries related to gerous streets and roads are in black communities, 13th. tribute $600 billion in federal firearms through broad-based and implicit bias may play a role in the increased Brown said the report is important because it is, funds, Cooper said, as well as and preventative strategies to danger. if not the only, one of few that takes a comprehen- to reapportion the 435 voting promote a safe environment “In a way, we have weaponized transportation as sive nationwide look at the dangers pedestrians face seats in the U.S. House. for children. a tool of oppression in this country, and it has his- in major cities and regions. However, Brown, who North Carolina now has 13 “Anybody who wants a free torically, and even in contemporary times, had the is considered an expert on racial disparities in House seats. Cooper says gunlock can get it: shotgun, most impact on low-income and minority commu- pedestrian fatalities, said it doesn’t tell us anything there’s a good chance the pistols, revolvers and rifles” nities,” said Charles Brown, a consultant with Smart we don’t already know. state’s population has grown said Joanie Ross, coordinator, Growth America. Brown, a research specialist and “The findings, while important, are not new in that enough since 2010 — when it Durham’s Gun Safety Team adjunct professor at Rutgers University in New Jer- they have shown consistently over the years that was 9.6 million — to gain a and Durham County Health sey, has more than 12 years of experience in urban Please see WALKING/2A 14th seat for the next decade Department. “By law, firearms and regional planning, policy and research. during the 2021 redistricting have to be locked when there cycle. North Carolina’s state are children in the home. My budget office estimated the prayer is that gun locks have population at 10.3 million in kept a family safe.” July 2017. Ross held up a safety lock The recent increases are and noted that many times equal to the state growing an- gun deaths and injuries can ‘We look free, but we are not’ nually by the population of be prevented. the city of High Point, accord- Participant Marcia Owen ing to Cooper, who said he’s agreed. “Every gun injury and Former Black Panther Party leader calls on blacks to organize been told North Carolina is death is preventable,” she By Freda Freeman likely to get an additional said. “Every family can pro- House seat. CORRESPONDENT tect every other family by se- The governor said he under- curing their firearms so no DURHAM – Two hundred women stands why every person unauthorized person can attended last weekend’s Women of counted is important. While even have access to them.” Color Empowerment Brunch be- attorney general in the early The RCND is a nonprofit or- cause they want RAGE: Race and 2000s, Cooper represented ganization comprised of indi- Gender Equity. the state in court during viduals who, as an expression Action N.C. sponsored the brunch Utah’s challenge to the Cen- of their faith and goodwill, ac- to announce its RAGE campaign to sus Bureau’s counting and tively seek an end to the vio- bring to the forefront the racial, cul- sampling methods. Those lence that is plaguing Durham tural, economic and systemic dis- methods ultimately left Utah neighborhoods. And they say parities black women face every less than 900 people short of their members are ready and day. earning a fourth seat. Instead, equipped to do the work. “We want RAGE in North Carolina North Carolina got No. 13. “We don’t need to supply because our bodies have been gov- “The population count was the values, those are already erned recklessly and with malice. so very close,” Cooper said in- there in your heart and soul,” We want RAGE in North Carolina be- side the House chamber at the director Ben Haas said. “We cause our daughters’ futures can no old Capitol building. “That’s provide the practice to live longer be determined by the impli- FREDA FREEMAN why it’s so important that we out their values in the places cations of specious, categories and get the word out, and we get where our community hurts fear. We want RAGE in North Car- Gloria De Los Santos, left, Omisade Burney-Scott and Elaine Brown. everyone in North Carolina to the most. olina,” Naomi Randolph, of Action stand up to be counted.” “There are not enough N.C., said, welcoming the attendees. breakfast, clinics and schools. black men in prison, while there’s a The Complete Count Com- spaces in Durham where we Keynote speaker Elaine Brown, a Brown said the Party challenged the decrease in homeownership and ed- mission and its nongovern- tell the truth about what is re- former leader of the Black Panther very foundation of the United States ucation, she said. Quoting a line mental partners say they’re ally hurting in the community Party, shared the podium with N.C. and organized for revolution. from Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech focusing on ensuring groups and to do that without kicking Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls Despite any progress that has “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos with lower census response someone out. We are willing and Durham County Commissioner been made, Brown said black people or Community?” Brown said, “We rates will be enumerated. to spend time and want to see Brenda Howerton. Each encouraged remain the poorest in the nation. have half of what is good and dou- They include low-income alternatives.” women to “know your power.” There’s an increase in the black in- ble what is bad.” and rural residents, young Durham City Council mem- Brown, 76, recalled her time with fant mortality rate, the number of To talk about equality and equity, children, military personnel ber DeDreana Freeman was the Black Panther Party and the pro- black women dying from breast or and non-native English speak- Please see GUN2A grams that it started, including free cervical cancer, and the number of Please see WOMEN’S/2A ers. Index Address: 115 Market St., Suite 360-G Publisher: Gerald O. Johnson Follow The Tribune on News 1A Religion 5A Durham, NC 27701 Managing Editor/Sports Editor: Bonitta Best Classifieds 4A Sports 6A (919) 688-9408 Advertising: Linda Johnson Focus 8A © 2019 The Triangle Tribune www.triangletribune.com 2A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, April 7, 2019 Walking While Black Continued from page 1A Gun safety, racism, putting in more sidewalks on pedestrian fatalities, low-income and minority and pedestrian crosswalks, namely by disenfranchising populations continue to be better lighting, benches for low-income and minority disproportionately impacted seniors and enforcing the communities. poverty among issues in by vehicular and pedestrian speed limit through neighbor- He said public outreach and crashes and fatalities, and hoods. engagement has become sim- that is a trend or pattern that Another way to address the ply a formality that does not Durham faith forum we’ve seen for many, many problem of unsafe streets is truly seek input from resi- years, and I think it’s time to the adoption and implemen- dents in these communities Continued from page 1A address that,” he said. “If you tation of complete streets pol- nor include them in the also on hand to address racism and poverty issues. She said it will take a long time to are a person of color or low icy which requires streets to process to the level that they end racism. income, you are more likely, be designed, operated and should be. “This is a very human issue,” said Freeman who is also a member of Episcopalians sometimes up to three times maintained to ensure the “We can talk about the ex- United Against Racism. “If we continue to separate ourselves by race, we will all be more likely, to die as the re- safety of all users, Brown said. ternal issues, but we also harmed. Until we really wrestle with racism ourselves, we can’t change.” sult of a vehicle and pedes- “Investing in Complete need to talk about the internal Alexis Porter and Emoni Mingo are North Carolina Central seniors. They say this is an trian crash; that is traffic Streets does not mean that issues such as diversity and important time for young adults to be aware of these issues. violence.” one is against the car, it inclusion, including persons “In our generation, we should be involved in discussions like this,” Porter said. Brown said it is crucial to means that one priorities our with disabilities, having them Added Mingo: “There should be more student involvement. We have to know what’s raise the awareness and col- most vulnerable population, at the table can help to do re- going on.” lective consciousness of which, in this case, are pedes- search and advance projects transportation and planning trians and bicyclists on the that best serve the communi- departments and the public. roadways,” he said. ties they represent,” he said. Investments in infrastructure Brown also said studies To see a copy of the Danger- should be prioritized at the need to look at the history of ous by Design report, go to city, county and state levels, racial segregation and the im- Smart Growth America web- he said. That would mean pact systemic racism has had site. Women’s advocates: ‘We look free, but we are not’ Continued from page 1A tion, health and social justice volved in our political Brown said, black people is not a cause; it is the foun- process. It is so important must first talk about libera- dation that impacts the qual- that we have people who tion. She said they must join ity of life for our black know our experiences and forces to improve communi- communities,” she said. know our lives working in the ties, housing, education, jobs However, Howerton added, political process,” she said, and economic opportunities. despite recent gains in hold- adding, “Never lose hope, “We look free, but we are ing political office, women of never give up, and never stop not free in America. We have color are still underrepre- believing that you can make a to begin to organize together sented. difference, because our lives again. If we aren’t going to be “It’s time for black women depend on it.” oppressed, we have to do it to rise to mayors, county Closing out the program, for ourselves. We have to fight commissioners, city council Gloria De Los Santos, Action for ourselves,” she said. “In members, state legislators, N.C.’s Durham director, is- order for us to rise, we will re- senators, governors and lieu- sued a call for action. UNC MEDIA HUB ally have to join hands and tenant governors. The battle “We are bringing together The Rev. Robert Campbell rise together and get over is not over, the time is now. black and brown women some of the differences we Who’s going to fight for us but across the state to mobilize is- have at the end of the day.” us,” she said. sues and concerns around us; Rogers Road neighbors fight Howerton said black Earls, who was elected to how we feel about what is women continue to break bar- the state Supreme Court in going on, what we want to do, riers as organizers, coalition November, shared her per- what legislation we want to builders and leaders to effect sonal story of when her pass, and how we want to for environmental justice change in their communities. brother was murdered by a make a future for ourselves,” “As I embarked on my jour- white woman in 2006, and she said. Continued from page 1A of the other residents that was quality of the water,” she said. De Los Santos asked the ney to become an elected of- she witnessed firsthand the Campbell has spent most of just a cloak-and-dagger type “But I think we’ve taken care women to join in and support ficial, I did so with a firm legal system saying that her his 70 years in this neighbor- statement,” Campbell said. of the quality of water issue.” Action N.C. events, including belief that African American “brother’s life didn’t matter.” hood, barely 100 yards from Despite assurances that the Craig Benedict, the planning its Women’s Equality Day women are not only the back- Earls went on to establish the what used to be the Orange landfill would not affect their and inspections director for march on Aug. 24. “We’re bone of their families, com- Southern Coalition for Social County landfill. He’s become community and would be Orange County, said many of going to be marching on our munities and churches. Black Justice and found there was an unofficial leader for the closed in about a decade, the the contamination issues issues, how we’re going to run women at core are the domi- “value in raising that voice, community, a bridge to local neighborhood was blindsided were actually a result of older for politics, how we’re going nate and dynamic strength of even if we didn’t always win politicians and an outspoken a decade after its opening. In- wells. “In the late 1990s, early to create legislation, how political leadership. Facing the case. activist against the landfill. As stead of closing down in the 2000s, when they got to well we’re actually going to do and delivering solutions in “You need to know your he gets older, however, 1980s, the county announced testing, some of them were these things and make housing, economic develop- power, and you need to know Campbell wonders: Will the that the landfill would be ex- contaminated because they change,” she said. ment, transportation, educa- the importance of being in- problems in his community panded. Campbell said resi- were not built to the stan- ever be resolved? dents felt like their fates were dards that you see over the Senior citizens have been being decided for them, with last 10 years,” Benedict said. particularly hard hit in the no care for their community. “Wells can get contaminated More Americans say gov’t neighborhood, with illnesses Rogers Road residents if they don’t have the new that they attribute to the con- quickly recognized that the precautions.” taminated water. Rogers landfill’s effects would be While he acknowledged the spends too little helping blacks Road, written by Emily Eide- more far-reaching than they age of their wells, Campbell nier and published in 2013, previously imagined. Perhaps emphasized that the commu- quoted several residents who the most pressing issue be- nity’s environmental prob- By Jesse J. Holland centage points among De- high for Republicans, Democ- believed the water had a di- came water contamination. lems could be traced to the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS mocrats and about 20 points rats and independents since rect impact on their health. Without city water hookups, landfill and ensuing pollution. among Republicans. The poll 2014. Still, fewer than half of most of the neighborhood ran “We were able to identify so WASHINGTON (AP) — A One resident, Bonnie Nor- found that 79 percent of independents and Republi- wood, said her health de- on wells which became easily many different illegal dump- record percentage of Ameri- blacks, compared to 45 per- cans agree with the senti- contaminated by chemicals, sites around the community,” cans — including growing clined sharply within 15 years cent of whites, say the coun- ment. of moving to the area. bacteria and debris. he said. “But even though it percentages of whites, blacks, try spends too little on The 2018 survey showed a Campbell originally became was sad, it also motivated us.” independents, Democrats and “I’ve had three cancer sur- improving conditions for widening age gap on whether geries,” Norwood said in a a leader in the Rogers Road Campbell said the commu- Republicans — say they be- African-Americans. the government is spending neighborhood after he re- nity became more close-knit lieve the U.S. government 2001 press conference. “I Todd Shaw, a political sci- enough to help African-Amer- have been hospitalized twice turned from Vietnam, and he as a result of the fight for their doesn’t spend enough on im- ence and African-American icans, with almost 6 in 10 of quickly realized how serious environment. Once the proving the condition of with unknown blood ail- studies professor at the Uni- those under 50 saying the ments. I’ve had 16 surgeries the area’s lack of infrastruc- Rogers Road Community African-Americans, a U.S. sur- versity of South Carolina, said government is spending too ture was. “There were no Center was opened in 2014, vey shows. since I moved out here. We white liberals and moderates little and less than half of don’t want to die out here; we paved roads, we were outside they gained a new place for According to the General So- are reevaluating their opin- those age 50 and over agree- the corporation of Chapel Hill neighborhood gatherings, tu- cial Survey, a trends poll that came here to live.” ions about race relations. ing with them. Support for Norwood died in 2010, at 67 and Carrboro,” he said. “We toring and meetings. The has measured attitudes about The survey was conducted more spending has increased had to fight for everything building is constantly busy, race in America since the years old. during a time of racial turmoil across both age groups since Orange County began we’ve got.” whether it’s elementary stu- 1970s, 52 percent of Ameri- in the United States: The rise 2014, leveling off among His passion for the issue dents clamoring for a tutor’s cans say the country spends searching for a new landfill lo- of the Black Lives Matter older Americans after 2016 cation in the early 1970s as only intensified after the birth help, community members too little on improving the movement fueled by highly while rising among younger of his daughter, so Campbell bringing donations for the conditions of blacks, up from older locations neared capac- publicized police killings of Americans. ity. The first proposed site and his wife resigned them- food bank or residents com- 30 percent who said so in black people; the election of Other findings from the sur- selves to buying bottled water ing to a movie night. 2014. Just 7 percent — an all- was near Camp Chestnut President Donald Trump, who vey include: Ridge in Efland, but due to its to keep her healthy. Campbell said the opening time low — say the country has been accused of racism; — The percentage of Amer- Campbell also acts as a of the community center was spends too much. proximity to the camp, the the deadly violence in Char- icans who say inequalities be- cost of the land and strong bridge between the commu- one of the greatest days in his A growing percentage of lottesville, Virginia, during a tween blacks and whites nity members and the local time at Rogers Road. His other Americans now attribute public resistance, that loca- protest against a Confederate result from discrimination in- tion was dropped in June governments for Chapel Hill, favorite memory was in early black-white inequality to dis- statue. creased from 33 percent in Carrboro and Orange County. 2012, when he and two other crimination and a lack of ed- 1972. The county commis- The last few years have 2014 to 45 percent in 2018, sioners turned their attention He attends many municipal leaders of the community ucational access rather than “likely given white liberals and the percentage saying the meetings, and says a large locked the gates of the land- lack of willpower or motiva- to the Rogers-Eubanks neigh- and moderates the sense that differences are rooted in lack borhood land, but it was part of his role is to bring fill. tion, the survey found, and the country is heading in the of access to education in- these issues to the attention Despite the closure, Camp- about 3 in 10 Americans think zoned for residential use. Res- wrong direction,” Shaw said. creased from 42 percent to 50 idents organized to voice of those who can change it. bell said they still struggle the government is obligated The GSS and other polls percent. Meanwhile, 36 per- Jacquelyn Gist, a member of with illegal dumpsites and to make up for past racial dis- their concerns, but after a show “there is a general sen- cent of Americans now say in- solid waste emergency was the Carrboro Board of Alder- waste in the area. Many truck crimination. timent that race relations equality results from lack of men since 1989, has been drivers will go through the The Associated Press-NORC declared on Sept. 5, 1972, the have gotten worse under motivation or will among land was expediently rezoned very involved with the munic- area with their loads uncov- Center for Public Affairs Re- President Trump,” Shaw said. blacks, down from 45 percent ipal side of the landfill debate, ered, leaving trash to fly out search and the General Social and purchased for $235,000. “Of course, it’s most reflective in 2014. In their decision, county and said it has been an issue behind them. Campbell said Survey staff analyzed the poll in the sentiments of blacks — Support for affirmative stretching on for decades. this is an effort to lighten their and found that attitudes commissioners cited the and other minorities, but you action remains low, with just area’s sparse population with Gist said her major role was loads before reaching the against the government doing can see it in whites who self- 23 percent backing preferen- insisting that there be media- scales at the Orange County “special favors” for black only roughly 85 households, identify as liberal or moder- tial hiring and promotion. and said it would be less ob- tion with the community to Landfill on Eubanks Road. Americans have dropped to ates. It’s even true among This however showed an in- discuss concerns, issues and This is frustrating, Campbell the lowest levels since the jectionable than the previous white Republicans, or to some crease from the 18 percent in site. Campbell, however, says solutions. Unlike some past said, but it’s a challenge the survey began. degree white conservatives as 2014. governmental groups, who community is still facing to- The shift in attitudes that’s not entirely true. He well. There may be differing — The percentage of Amer- theorized that since they’re a denied that the landfill di- gether. crosses racial and political reasons for it, but the senti- icans saying blacks should rectly caused the water con- He smiled and leaned back lines, the poll showed, espe- majority-black, southeast ment is there.” work their way up without Asian, and Latin community, tamination, Gist said that it in his chair. “These old bones cially among white Democ- While Democrats were most special favors decreased from was clearly the cause of their still have life,” he said. “Some- rats. their neighborhood was tar- likely to say the country 68 percent in 2014 to 57 per- geted for its lack of political problems. times there’s pain, but the joy The share of whites who say spends too little to improve cent in 2018. While still a ma- “You could draw a direct of the success overshadows the country should spend voice. conditions for blacks, the jority, the 2018 number is a “They said it was just avail- connection between the loca- the pain. This environmental more increased dramatically share increased to a record record low in the survey. tion of the landfill and the movement is still moving.” since 2014, by about 30 per- able land, but to me and some No Fake News Here! Read about the latest news online: triangletribune.com 3A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, April 7, 2019

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On March 21, Ceasar Sayoc three federal charges: influ- 15 firearms, including seven encing, impeding or retaliat- rifles, and over 1,000 rounds host another Barbershop Talk ORANGE COUNTY – a man who reportedly once Series student panel on April • Chapel Hill-Carrboro City • Chapel Hill-Carrboro City called himself a white su- ing against a federal official; of ammunition in his home. making a threat in interstate Waters issued a statement 9, 5:30-7 p.m., at Holton Ca- Schools Superintendent Pam Schools will hold a job fair on premacist and drove a van reer & Resource Center, 401 Baldwin will deliver her State- April 13, 9:30 a.m. to noon, at covered in pro-Trump images commerce; and making a on the convictions: threat against a former presi- “I am pleased by the identi- N. Driver St. Register at dps- of-the-Schools address on Carrboro High. – pleaded guilty in federal barbershoptalk2.eventbrite.c April 10, 7 p.m., Culbreth Mid- court for mailing potentially dent of the United States. fication, arrest and conviction explosive devices to Waters’ The jury also found that of the men who threatened Los Angeles and Washington, Taubert selected his victims me, my family, and my staff D.C., offices, and to the of- because of race, which pro- in support of their racist, fices or residences of 12 other vides an enhancement under white supremacist, and hate- Democratic-elected officials, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines filled agenda. Let these con- private citizens and media for hate-crime motivation.” victions be a lesson to all figures. He now faces up to 20 years those who would threaten to Sayoc pleaded guilty to 65 in prison. kill or cause bodily harm to counts, which include illegal The Sayoc and Taubert con- us: you will be identified and mailing of explosives with in- victions follow those of An- prosecuted to the fullest ex- tent to kill, and using thony Scott Lloyd, a Trump tent of the law. weapons of mass destruction. supporter in California, who “Unfortunately, these types He is being held without bail, pleaded guilty in April 2018 of violent threats – and other and faces a maximum sen- to threatening Waters in a acts of hate – by ultra right- tence of life in prison. voicemail; Richard Mel wing extremists and white na- On March 20, Stephen Phillips, who pleaded guilty in tionalists are on the rise in Taubert was found guilty by a November 2018 to leaving a this country and around the federal grand jury after calling threatening voicemail mes- world. This disturbing trend Waters’ Los Angeles office in sage with Waters’ office; and is only made worse by the vi- July 2018, stating: “I’m gonna Coast Guard Lieutenant olent rhetoric and bullying be at every event that stupid Christopher Hasson, a self-de- tactics of the current Presi- scribed white nationalist who dent of the United States.” Republicans back supply LEGISLATIVE NEWS >> Cherie Berry, the ‘elevator money for school teachers By Gary D. Robertson lying on help from outside Johnson said the app’s use THE ASSOCIATED PRESS groups or buying it himself. is free to the state. lady,’ won’t seek re-election The N.C. School Supplies Pro- Johnson said the app also RALEIGH — North Carolina gram would attempt to ad- would allow state officials to Republicans want to provide By Gary D. Robertson dress the individual needs of collect supply data to evalu- known post by putting her 2013. $400 to each public school teachers, he said. ate better future funding THE ASSOCIATED PRESS photo on inspection certifi- A 2018 university study ex- teacher to purchase construc- “Teachers can be nimble needs. cates inside 28,000 elevators amined test scores and found tion paper, glue sticks and North Carolina’s “elevator and they can use these funds For example, early-grade statewide. With it came the little benefit from the pro- other classroom supplies to buy what they need, when teachers may need more sup- lady” is punching the last but- nickname “elevator lady” or gram that’s received over through a new process that tons on her career as state they need it,” Johnson said at plies for projects and other “elevator queen.” It led to a $150 million. Berger says sidesteps local districts. a Legislative Building news activities. labor commissioner next Twitter parody account and Read to Achieve works well in Superintendent of Public in- year. conference. “If we truly want The legislation would mean even a song. some places and needs ad- struction Mark Johnson and to put our money where our less money going directly to Republican Commissioner Berry believes her picture justments elsewhere. GOP education budget-writers Cherie Berry announced trust is, then let’s show teach- school districts for supplies, has helped children feel safe The legislation directs unveiled legislation on ers we trust them to make the down to about $10 million. Tuesday she would not seek entering elevators. teachers to create tailored in- Wednesday that would direct re-election in 2020, or 20 right decisions for their class- Sen. Andy Wells, a Catawba dividual reading plans for at- the money to more than rooms.” County Republican and bill years after she was first NC Read to Achieve risk children, following on 93,000 classroom teachers. elected to the job. Her col- If the legislation becomes sponsor, said some districts gets retooled success in Mississippi. Starting this fall, teachers law — budget-writers from aren’t spending the full leagues on the Council of An effort championed by The bill also seeks more lit- would be debited or reim- State — comprised of Gov. both chambers expressed amount anyway for these Senate leader Phil Berger to eracy training for teachers, bursed through an electronic support for the idea — eligi- needs. Roy Cooper and other improve student literacy by giving them incentives to app for their retail purchases. statewide elected leaders — ble teachers would be allo- “The short answer is bu- third grade would be retooled work in summer reading Parents of current or former cated their portion through reaucrats used the money to gave her a standing ovation in new legislation. Berger camps. K-12 students are likely to re- following her announcement an electronic account called pay for other things on their stood with education leaders State Superintendent Mark call routine pleas from teach- ClassWallet. to-do list,” Wells said. He did- at the council’s monthly and researchers while unveil- Johnson and State Board of ers or schools to donate meeting. Teachers at traditional pub- n’t describe any specific situ- ing legislation on Monday fo- Education member J.B. Bux- supplies that schools couldn’t lic schools would automati- ations. Berry brought wide recogni- cusing on the “Read to ton spoke for the legislation. afford. tion to her otherwise little- cally receive the $400 Leanne Winner, a lobbyist Achieve” initiative started in One lawmaker said state electronic stipend. Charter for the North Carolina School money currently going to all school participation would be Boards Association, said later BUSINESS BRIEFS 115 school districts for these optional. Wednesday she’s not aware RALEIGH CHAMBER Auditorium, 2634 Durham- OPENINGS: needs too often is being used Purchases at large retailers of any school districts using • April 8, 5:30 p.m. – Busi- Chapel Hill Blvd. RVSP to • Sleep in Heavenly Peace for other priorities. would be completed in- these funds for unintended ness After Hours, Meredith www.gdbcc.eventbrite.com. has opened a Durham chap- Under the plan, about $37.4 stantly, using the stipend. purposes. College. Register at raleighnc- ter. 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COURTESY PHOTO RALEIGH sion April 7 at 3-5 p.m. The ELIZABETHTOWN SHAW UNIVERSITY public is invited. BALDWIN BRANCH Cross & steeple of Luter’s Annual Alexander-Pegues 4047 NC 242 Hwy Minister’s Conference is WEST DURHAM The Male Chorus will cele- April 10-12 at Thomas J. 1901 Athens Avenue brate its 48th anniversary new church grace skyline Boyd Chapel on Shaw’s A health fair is April 13 April 14 at 3 p.m. Several campus. Contact: Pat Powell from 9 a.m. to noon. The choirs will participate. By Diana Chandler commodate members and relocate. The storm struck at [email protected]. public is invited. guests in a single Sunday when the membership ex- BAPTIST PRESS Send your church news to: morning worship service. ceeded 8,300, having grown DURHAM ST. MARK AME ZION The Triangle Tribune, 115 NEW ORLEANS – The near Separate worship areas are from the 65 members FABC ENO RIVER The Seven Last Words of Market Street, Suite 360-G, 150-foot glass steeple and dedicated for children and had when Luter began his 4907 Garrett Road Christ will be rendered April Durham, NC 27701; e-mail solid cross mark the new youth, with the entire church pastorate in 1986. Eno River Unitarian Uni- 19 at 6 p.m. The public is in- [email protected]; home of Franklin Avenue Bap- family worshipping in the First Baptist Church of New versalist Fellowship will vited. or fax 688-2740. Deadline: tist Church led by pastor Fred sanctuary for the Lord's Sup- Orleans, under then-senior host a 2019 N.C. Legislative Tuesday by noon. Luter Jr. per each first Sunday. pastor David Crosby, inte- Forum on Medicaid expan- "It is something that you Many are able to walk to the grated the church into First just cannot miss," Luter said. 125,000-square-foot complex Baptist's worship and activi- "It's like being in St. Louis and from nearby neighborhoods. ties, allowing FABC to recover seeing that big ole arch. If Luter baptized 14 new believ- and rebuild. AROUND THE TRIANGLE you're on the interstate, ers the fourth Sunday in In 2008, Luter danced in the you're going to see it. You just March, he said, a high mark pulpit of the rebuilt sanctuary RALEIGH www.durhamcropwalk.org. Campus. Visit Durham150 can't miss it." since the congregation relo- on its same Ninth Ward lot in RIBBON CUTTING Facebook page. CONCERT The church relocated from cated in December 2018. Each the St. Roch community. New Oak City Cares will hold a CONFERENCE its Ninth Ward location in New fourth Sunday is dedicated to congregations born from Ka- ribbon-cutting ceremony Angelique Kidjo will per- Orleans' St. Roch neighbor- baptisms. trina continue to meet: Hous- April 8, 10:30 a.m., 1430 S. form April 8, 8 p.m., The Car- Annual Boys & Men of Color hood, where the vibrant con- "We will continue to do the ton's Franklin Avenue Baptist Wilmington St. Register at ral- olina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan Conference April 13, 8:30 a.m. gregation required three things that made us who we Church in Katy, Texas, led by dio.covio.net. St. Visit ticketmaster.com. to 2 p.m., NCCU’s Miller-Mor- Sunday morning worship are. Franklin Avenue is known S. Lachlin Verrett, and United gan Auditorium. Contact: OPEN HOUSE services and never had across the city for our evan- Believers Baptist Church in ADVOCACY DAY Roderick Heath at enough parking. But leaving gelism and for our disciple- Baton Rouge under the pas- N.C. Advocacy Day for ba- A Technology Mobile Open [email protected]. was tough, said Luter, who ship of reaching the lost and torate of Manuel Pigee III. bies and families is April 9, 10 House is April 10, 10:30-11:30 CHAPEL HILL was elected as the first black also growing people once "The blessing of post-Kat- a.m. to 1 p.m., Halifax Mall. a.m., South Regional Library, MEDICARE president of the Southern they come into the church," rina is that we've been able to 4505 S. Alston Ave. Baptist Convention while he said. "And we do that by touch lives that maybe pre- EGGS A seminar on Medicare and RECEPTION leading his church at its for- small groups, through new Katrina we couldn't," Luter Raleigh Parks & Rec will host its benefits is April 8, 6-7:30 mer location. members' classes and about said. "Our church will never egg hunts at all of its commu- Durham Community Land p.m., Chapel Hill Library, "Our greatest growth 50 ministries that we have, be the same because of Hur- nity centers April 13 at 11 Trust will hold a reception to Room C. Call 968-2070. through the years happened geared to individuals from ricane Katrina." a.m. Registration not re- celebrate two affordable SEMINAR at the 2515 Franklin Ave. lo- kids to adulthood." In FABC's new home in New quired. homes April 10, 4-5:30 p.m., cation," Luter said. "We really Three hours each Saturday Orleans East, Luter still ex- Durham Coop Market, 1111 A seminar on retirement for hated to leave because we're morning, the church's evan- pects an overflow crowd this CARY W. Chapel Hill St. seniors is April 10, 6:30-8:30 so much invested in the com- gelism team evangelizes door Easter. The new cross will FUNDRAISER p.m., Seymour Center, 2551 SCREENING munity, however we just to door, rotating among adja- serve as an apt object lesson Annual Glenaire 5K and Mile Homestead Road. Register by couldn't expand. We had no cent communities. Results are amid concentrated commu- Run is April 13, 9 a.m., 4000 A screening and panel dis- April 8 to (919) 968-2070. parking spaces, and it started already evident, Luter said. nity outreach in advance of Glenaire Circle. Register at cussion of “Charm City” on vi- VACCINATION affecting our attendance." Hurricane Katrina in 2005 Good Friday and Easter. Seven www.glenare.org/5k.php. olence in Baltimore is April The new $35 million facility interrupted the church, redi- preachers will present the 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m., UNC-TV, A rabies vaccination clinic is sits on 25 acres about six recting much of its outreach "Last Seven Words on the FESTIVAL 10 UNC-TV Drive. Register at April 11, 3-5 p.m., Animal miles away. A 3,500-seat to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Cross" during Good Friday Great Grapes! Wine & Food www.eventbrite.com/ Services Center, 1601 Eu- sanctuary allows Franklin Av- and Houston after Katrina's worship. Festival is April 13, 11 a.m. to banks Road. Visit www.or- POETRY enue Baptist Church to ac- floodwaters rushed many to 7 p.m., Booth Amphitheatre. angecountync.gov. StandUp-SpeakOut will host DURHAM an Art Heals Poetry Slam April CARRBORO BOOKS 13, 7:30 p.m., Recity, 112 FUNDRAISER No tax relief yet from Books Among Friends is Broadway St. Visit www.su- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority will holding book sale April 6-7, sonc.org. host a fish fry fundraiser April 1058 W. Club Blvd., Suite 252. 13, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Masonic CELEBRATION Lodge, 703 W. Rosemary St. Congress for churches FUNDRAISER Durham 150 Opening Cele- Email: bration is April 13, 10 a.m. to [email protected]. By Tom Strode tist Press in written com- to month," according to the Durham CROP Hunger Walk is April 7. Register at 2 p.m., American Tobacco BAPTIST PRESS ments. "There has been a coalition letter. "Houses of great deal of rhetoric but no worship and nonprofits WASHINGTON – Congress results. We now find our- should not be faced with this has failed, to this point, to selves weeks away from the type of administrative bur- heed the latest urgent request tax deadline while many den." from a coalition led by the elected officials seem to hope The filing deadline for non- Southern Baptist Ethics & Re- this issue will get lost in the profits is based on an organi- ligious Liberty Commission to circus of the daily news cycle. zation's financial year, and rescind a provision in federal "The freedom of the church the due date for some will be law requiring churches to file is too important of an issue to this spring. A few churches tax returns for the first time let unmotivated elected offi- have contacted the ERLC with in American history. cials threaten it," Moore said. requests for guidance, and In a March 1 letter, ERLC "Uncle Sam is welcome in our the staff has directed them to President Russell Moore and churches. But we don't work its website and tax experts for 11 other organizational lead- for him. And Congress should the congregations, according ers called on House of Repre- end this deeply un-American to the entity's Washington, sentatives committee tax on churches immedi- D.C., office. leadership to act quickly in ately." Two Southern Baptist mem- this tax season to correct the The latest letter – which bers of Congress – Sen. James controversial measure. went to Reps. Richard Neal, D- Lankford, R-Okla., and Rep. The provision – Section Mass., and Kevin Brady, chair- Mark Walker, R-N.C. – are 512(a)(7) of the Tax Cuts and man and ranking member, helping lead the effort to re- Jobs Act of 2017 – requires respectively, of the House peal the provision. houses of worship and other Ways and Means Committee – "Tax reform was designed nonprofits to pay a 21 percent said the signers "are con- to help simplify the tax code tax on such employee bene- cerned about the troubling and reduce burdens on small fits as parking and transporta- precedent this sets by entan- businesses, not add burdens tion. The measure, which took gling the International Rev- on nonprofits," Lankford said effect Jan. 1, 2018, will cost enue Service with houses of in a news release upon the the charitable sector an esti- worship." bill's reintroduction. "Most mated $1.7 billion over 10 Churches and other reli- nonprofits are not equipped years, the ERLC-led coalition gious bodies and nonprofits to handle the additional com- said in the letter. Opponents "exist to serve the needs of pliance burden. The legisla- of the provision also have their local communities," tion introduced today would said it will burden churches Moore and others said in the eliminate this problem once and others with accounting March 1 letter. The cost is and for all." and compliance costs not pre- likely to increase beyond the Walker said in a written viously required. predicted $1.7 billion in the statement: "Churches and In November, the ERLC led next decade, they said, as charities serve on the front- a 33-member coalition that churches and others "are line of our battle against the urged congressional leaders forced to shift resources from generational cycles of poverty to repeal the section before serving their charitable mis- and the traps of government the end of the year, but the ef- sion to dealing with paying dependence. Washington fort fell short. The House this burdensome federal tax." should ensure their work in voted 220-183 in December The Treasury Department our communities is not re- to reverse the provision, but released guidelines in Decem- stricted by unnecessary taxes the Senate did not have the ber that provided some relief and strenuous compliance votes to approve the measure. but still requires "a four-step processes." "It has been months since process to determine the No committee action has we have raised this issue with amount of tax owed, which been taken on either bill so legislators," Moore told Bap- could likely vary from month far. Another WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM gamble The Triangle lost in TRIBUNE AAF Sports SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2019 – PAGE 6A failure By Tim Dahlberg The Associated Press Charlie Ebersol was sure Winter Youth Basketball his new football league was different, even as it ventured into the dark hole that had swallowed up ventures like his before. Sportsmanship Awards I talked to him in Novem- ber, before uniforms had Cary Parks & Recreation recently awarded sportsmanship awards to various teams during winter youth basketball season. even been ordered and one game had aired. The Alliance of American Football league was well financed and for real, he said, and ready to put on a show for a country sup- posedly starved for more football. “There is a massive amount of people in this country who watch only one sport on tel- evision and that league (the NFL) only plays a set period of time,” Ebersol said. “They stop watching sports on TV the day after the Super Bowl and don’t come back until the NFL returns.” It all sounded good, maybe TOWN OF CARY too good. Ebersol talked Boys in 11-12 age category about television contracts, 50 people already working on technology alone in the league’s San Francisco office and a gambling deal with MGM Resorts that would take advantage of the explosion in sports betting around the country. A little more than four months later, it’s a wrap for the AAF. Put together in little more than a year, the league lasted only eight weeks. Turns out Americans weren’t all that hungry for spring football, at least the second-tier product put on the field by the AAF. The market for minor league spring football was minus- cule, if not nonexistent. And a league that claimed to have learned from the past will become another case study for those in the future. The question now be- comes, is Vince McMahon paying attention? Boys in 15-16 age category The WWE chief honcho plans to unveil the latest pro football league next spring under the banner of the XFL, another failed league. Ac- cording to published reports, McMahon recently sold $272 million worth of WWE stock to fund the effort and plans to invest as much as $500 million to keep it going in its formative years. Big money, and even bigger plans. For less than the price of an NFL franchise, McMa- hon envisions owning an en- tire league. But will he build one that people care about enough to actually watch? Well, as I pointed out in November after talking to Ebersol, the track record says no. A look in the stands at any of the AAF games should make any potential investor — or player — in a new league cautious. A look at the Girls 11-12 age category television ratings should send them fleeing to the next big thing somewhere else far, HBCU BASKETBALL COLLEGE CORNER far away. The AAF wasn’t exactly a grand experiment, no matter what its founders said. Re- cent history is littered with leagues like the USFL, XFL and WFL that launched to great fanfare only to go under amid fan indifference and financial sinkholes. Spring football doesn’t work, and minor league foot- Tia-Adana Belle ball isn’t an appealing prod- uct. No one can go head to head with the NFL and, as the AAF found out, no one partic- Shaw hosts ularly cares about the NFL’s castoffs. The marketing genius of spring game the WWE isn’t enough to overcome that. Neither is WOMEN sports betting, which AAF N.C. Central had counted on to ensure the Junior Dalika Wallace and sophomore Kiara league’s survival. Hurley were named MEAC softball player of The AAF was supposed to the week and pitcher of the week, respec- be different, but it really was- tively. n’t. Take away celebrity COURTESY Wallace amassed 11 RBIs and four runs coaches Steve Spurrier and Hampton junior Jermaine Marrow is now second on the Pirates all-time scoring list. scored in a three-game series win against Mike Singletary, and there South Carolina State. She also batted .833 wasn’t a recognizable face in with a 1.667 slugging percentage. the league for fans. Harley pitched two complete games in two The game plan wasn’t to HBCUs go 0-2 in CIT semis wins. Her era was 0.58 with 14 strikeouts and take on the NFL, but rather to Junior Jermaine Marrow scored 15 points one run allowed over 12 innings. become a development By Bonitta Best [email protected] to move to second all-time on Hampton’s league for it. But the NFL was- scoring list. St. Augustine’s n’t terribly interested, and its Hampton and Texas Southern universities Texas Southern rallied from a double-digit, Former track star Tia-Adana Belle ran the players’ union didn’t em- lost their semifinal games in the CollegeIn- second-half deficit to send the game into world’s fastest time this year in the 400 hur- brace the idea of players tak- sider.com Tournament by a total of three overtime – the Tigers third in the tournament dles at last weekend’s Florida Relays. Belle ing a beating over two points Tuesday night. – before falling to Green Bay 87-86. hit the finish line in 54.18 seconds, a new fa- seasons instead of one. The Pirates lost to Marshall 80-78 in a game Tyrik Armstrong led four TSU players in cility record. The AAF got a temporary that saw nine ties and 13 lead changes. double figures with 23 points. The current Lady Falcons are ranked No. 7 lifeline with a cash infusion Hampton trailed by 13 at halftime but The postseason runs for both teams were in the latest NCAA Division II outdoor rank- fought back to close to within two in the sec- Please see AAF/7A ond before running out of steam. Please see HBCUs/7A Please see NCCU/7A 7A SPORTS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, April 7, 2019

COURTESY Josh Brammell

COURTESY Shaw guard Amir Hinton Shaw standout Hinton named BOXTOROW Division II basketball player of the year By Donal Ware coach of two different teams, 2016-17 Ray Anderson, Vir- SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE winning the award in 2010 at ginia Union Saint Augustine’s. 2015-16 Rodnerius Lewis, As Northwest Missouri State BOXTOROW has adminis- Stillman won the NCAA Division II na- tered the All-America teams 2014-15 Denzel Dillingham, tional championship on since 2009. Paine March 30, bringing the season 2013-14 Mark Thomas, Liv- to an end, BOXTOROW re- First Team ingstone leases its 11th annual Divi- Pat Johnson-Agwu, West Vir- 2012-13 Angelo Sharpless, N.C. Central track legend sion II All-America teams. ginia State Elizabeth City State Shaw guard Amir Hinton Omar Alston, Morehouse 2011-12 Malik Alvin, Shaw was named BOXTOROW Divi- Kendarius Ash, Lane 2010-11 Raheem Smith, sion II player of the year. Charles Foster has died Ditalion Battle, Kentucky Shaw In his first season at Shaw, State 2009-10 Darren Jones, West Continued from page 6A NAIA and NCAA individual St. Augustine’s Hinton, a junior from Tyre Gathright, Saint Augus- Virginia State ings. championships, and was the The Falcons are ranked No. Philadelphia, led DII in scor- tine’s 2008-09 Anthony Hilliard, No. 1 ranked hurdler in the 2 in the latest DII outdoor ing, averaging 29.4 points per Jahmere Howze, Virginia Elizabeth City State Shaw world as a student in 1974. track & field rankings. game. He also averaged 4.9 State The 4x400-meter relay He was inducted into the In basketball, the program rebounds, 4 assists and 2.3 Terrell Leach, Virginia Union BOXTOROW National team of La’Cherie Clarke, Da- 1984 NCCU Athletics Hall of will host its annual Total Ath- steals per game while shoot- Roger Ray, Livingstone Coaches of the Year moni Neal, Tashay Roberts Fame, 1981 MEAC Hall of lete Scholarship Golf Classic ing .894 from the free throw Roddric Ross, Johnson C. 2018-19 Lonnie Blow, Vir- and Kaydi-Ann Wint set a Fame and 2016 Penn Relays at Pine Hollow Golf Course in line. Five times this season he Smith ginia State new program record time of Wall of Fame. Clayton on April 29. Contact scored 40 or more points in a 2017-18 Ricky Jackson, 3:51.05 at last weekend’s Baseball (12-16, 6-6 MEAC) coach MarQus Johnson at game, including a season-high Second Team Claflin Fred Hardy Invitational in defeated Florida A&M 8-5 [email protected]. 52 points at Tampa. Early in Devin Booker, Lemoyne- 2016-17 Jay Butler, Virginia Richmond, Virginia. The old Sunday to sweep the three- March, Hinton declared him- Owen Union time was 3:51.41. Shaw par- game series at Durham Ath- Shaw self eligible for the upcoming Cameron Campbell, Lincoln 2015-16 Lonnie Blow, Vir- ticipates in the Johnson C. letic Park. Vinny Bailey, Josh The spring football game is NBA Draft. (Pa.) ginia State/Donte Jackson, Smith Invitational this week- Brammell and Trey Maslin April 6, 1 p.m., at Southeast Virginia State coach Lonnie Robert Colon, Winston- Stillman end. each knocked in two RBIs. Raleigh High, 2600 Quarry Blow was named BOXTOROW Salem State 2014-15 Jimmy Link, Paine And in basketball, Verbal Road. coach of the year. Blow led William Crandell, Winston- 2013-14 James Stinson, Liv- MEN Commits reports that sopho- And this is a first: dona- the Trojans to a 28-5 overall Salem State ingstone/Leon Douglas, N.C. Central more guard Reginald Gard- tions will be accepted for the record, their second CIAA Devonte Fuller, Miles Tuskegee Track legend Charles Fos- ner Jr. is leaving the program. Good luck with Tournament championship Shelvick Henry, Clark At- 2012-13 Fred Watson, Bene- ter died on March 31 at the program. that. under his leadership at VSU, lanta dict age of 65. Foster won five and a second-straight NCAA Will Jenkins, Virginia Union 2011-12 Cleo Hill, Jr., Shaw regional appearance and first- 2010-11 Cleo Hill, Jr., Shaw round win. BOXTOROW National 2009-10 Lonnie Blow, Saint For Blow, this is his third Players of the Year Augustine’s BOXTOROW coach of the year 2018-19 Amir Hinton, Shaw 2008-09 Ron Woodard, honor, the second as coach of 2017-18 Tyrius Walker, Claflin Virginia State. He is the only Morehouse coach to win the award as HBCUs go 0-2 in CIT semifinals; season over Continued from page 6A men’s basketball program MSU president joins the longest since both pro- after nine seasons. NCAA board grams played in the NAIA. The Bison won 17 games Morgan State President this season and earned a David Wilson has been ap- LU’s Mosley gets honor berth in the College Basket- pointed to the NCAA Board Lincoln (Pa.) women’s bas- ball Invitational. of Governors and Division I ketball coach Darrell Mosley “”To see how far we took Board of Directors. Wilson’s was named the ECAC coach this program that had suf- term is August 2019-23. of the year. Mosley led the fered so much is a credit to “Dr. Wilson has a wealth of Lions to the semifinals in the our student-athletes and experience and is a proven CIAA Tournament despite staff who worked so hard to leader on the Division I having just eight healthy allow the Howard commu- level,” MEAC Commissioner players. nity to once again be proud Dennis Thomas said. “He will of its basketball program,” be a tremendous asset to the Another vacancy Nickelberry said. “I feel now NCAA Division I Board of Kevin Nickelberry has re- is a good time to take on my Governors and Directors.” signed as coach of Howard next coaching challenge.”

AAF failure is gamble lost

Continued from page 6A it began. The AAF is gone, and those from Tom Dundon, who also “I’m extremely disap- betting it wouldn’t last a sea- owns the NHL’s Carolina pointed,” Polian told The As- son might be the only win- Hurricanes. But in the end, sociated Press. “On one hand ners. Those funding the Dundon’s deep pockets it was kind of our wildest league certainly weren’t, and weren’t enough as it became fantasies come true. It all the players themselves never apparent that the league came true and now it’s all got to cash in on their three- model simply wasn’t going come crashing down.” year contract or the promise to work. In the end, the collapse of of one year of tuition that the And the dream of Ebersol the AAF was as inevitable as league said it would pay for and co-founder Bill Polian, it was predictable. The ap- those who didn’t finish the former NFL executive petite for football is not insa- school. who built a Super Bowl win- tiable, it seems, when the In the end it was just an- ner with Indianapolis, was football is not at the highest other bad bet for everyone over barely two months after level. involved.

The NCDOT finally installed St. Augustine’s 2017 outdoor track and field championship highway marker. 8A FOCUS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, April 7, 2019 Community health fair sponsored by Widow’s Lodge Widow’s Son Lodge hosted a community health fair last weekend at First Cosmopolitan Church in Southeast Raleigh.

MATHIAS BISHOP Dr. Leroy Darkes discusses men’s health.

COURTESY Lauren Lennon and her mother, Bridget Wall-Lennon Girl Scout donates cookies to Wake County residents STAFF REPORTS to the homeless. as a Daisy. Wall-Lennon says Lauren wrote her letter to that Lauren is extremely shy RALEIGH – Six-year-old Lau- the tooth fairy. She received and bashful. When Lauren ren Lennon of Wake Forest $50 that evening. Wall- first started with the Girl wanted to make a difference Lennon also posted about Scouts, she had a rough go of in her community. She what her daughter was trying it. But as time has passed, she wanted to donate Girl Scout to do on social media, and she has gotten more acclimated cookies to the homeless, and received about $200 more in and has come out of her shell. her mother, Bridget Wall- donations. She bought 81 The one thing about Lauren MATHIAS BISHOP Lennon, decided The Salva- boxes of cookies and gave is that she is very competitive. Hundreds attended the fair for the great information provided. tion Army of Wake County them out at The Salvation “She wants to be the top would be the ideal place. Army of Wake County Center cookie seller,” Wall-Lennon Lauren saw her mother, a of Hope Women’s and Chil- said. “She takes pride in put- board commissioner for the dren’s Shelter on Wednesday. ting her orders together and Town of Wake Forest, donate “We chose The Salvation knows how to pull her orders. Girl Scout cookies to the Army because we know it’s a I’m really proud of her.” homeless in 2018. Upon los- Christian-based organization, Lauren sold 560 boxes of ing her first front tooth, Lau- that it extends itself to help- Girl Scout cookies last year. ren asked her mother if the ing individuals who may be in She set a goal of selling 600 tooth fairy would bring her transition and have fallen on this year. She ended up selling $100 for her tooth. hard times,” Wall-Lennon 837 boxes and was the top Wall-Lennon seemed puz- said. “In this day’s society, so seller in her troop for both zled by the question. Lauren many of us are just around years. explained that she wanted to the corner from that.” Her goal next year is to sell buy Girl Scout cookies to give This is Lauren’s second year 1,000 boxes of cookies. Holton Career Center provides free barber education By Elisabeth Beauchamp The Durham VOICE MATHIAS BISHOP DURHAM – V’Aondre Mack, Many young people were excited to be in attendance. 16, always loved being in a barbershop. Now, the Holton Career and Resource Center is giving him the opportunity to More affordable housing work in one someday. “I’ve always been in a bar- bershop since I was young,” the Hillside High School jun- projects funded in Chapel Hill ior said. “Me, my dad and my STAFF REPORTS little brother went to the bar- bershop every weekend or CHAPEL HILL – The Chapel two to get our hair done. I al- Hill Town Council has ap- ways liked the atmosphere.” proved more than $450,000 Mack is a student in ELISABETH BEAUCHAMP in funding for three new af- fordable housing projects, in- Holton’s barbering program. V’Aondre Mack practices new skills on his classmate Za- He and his classmates are cluding a new Habitat for hard at work mastering skills ccaeus Bostic. Humanity development, a that will carry them into the master leasing pilot program next chapter of their lives. their hair, we can tell them in- clients. “The way to practice through Community Home The barbering program is stead of them having to go is to keep cutting hair,” he Trust and land acquisition as- designed for 11th-graders to somewhere else.” said. “You can practice on a sistance for Community complete by the time they Along with acquiring bar- mannequin, but they aren’t Home Trust. graduate high school. Stu- bering skills, the students going to grow their hair back, The Town is funding the dents travel to the center learn how to build and run a so you’ve got to keep practic- projects through its Afford- every day and attend the class business. Mack appreciates ing on people.” able Housing Development that the Holton Center pro- Talia Sidberry, a 17-year-old Reserve, a resource dedicated one year, and live in housing ers. Three of the six units will as they would for any of their that is substandard, unsafe, be sold to buyers earning be- core classes. During the two- vides students with such from Durham, also attends to the development and skills while also working to the Center and is the only fe- preservation of affordable unaffordable or subsidized. tween 80 and 115 percent of year program, students are The planned vision is for a AMI, while the other three will able to work toward and com- help the surrounding com- male student in the class. De- housing. With the Town munity. ciding to take the barbering Council approval in February, mixed-income, intergenera- be sold to buyers earning be- plete their 1,528 required tional neighborhood housing tween 65 and 80 percent of hours of instruction, while Ryan Holeman, a 16-year- course was an easy choice for the Town has allocated all of old Hillside High S student, her since she has always en- its $690,000 reserve funds for people of diverse ages, back- AMI. Each home will be sold also getting to practice on real grounds, life stages and races. using a 99-year ground lease, clients. learned about the barbering joyed styling hair. the fiscal year. program at the Center when “I love doing hair and have Sunrise Road Project Construction is anticipated which will result in perma- Mack chose to enroll in the from 2022-27. nent affordability by limiting barbering program in case he his sister took the class. “See- done it since I was 6,” Sid- Habitat for Humanity will ing my sister cut hair made berry said. “A lot of guys don’t use $266,797 to assist with Chandler Woods appreciation. finds himself needing a job Acquisition Master Leasing right out of high school. He me want to start barbering,” see a lot of girls cutting hair, land acquisition and prede- he said. “When I used to see so it was kind of an interest- velopment costs for the fu- Community Home Trust Pilot Program and his classmates clock in will use reserve funding for The $97,324 awarded for every day and get to work her cut hair, I would think, ing thing for me to do.” ture development of 95 ‘That’s fire.’ Like, I always Like Holeman, Sidberry affordable homes off of Sun- two projects. One is to acquire Community Home Trust’s with real clients almost as and resell townhomes being master leasing pilot program soon as they enter the class. wanted a fresh cut.” does not plan to make barber- rise Road. This community is Holeman sees barbering as ing the end goal of her career. planned to be developed in built in the Chandler Woods will assist with monthly rents, After completing the courses development. The other is to security deposits and utilities in high school, the students a steppingstone to accom- She wants to use her skills as partnership with Carol plish his career goals. No mat- a barber to earn money in col- Woods, which is planning to reduce costs of rental housing for families living in five Com- test for their preliminary li- to households earning less munity Home Trust-subsi- censes and work as appren- ter what he ends up doing, lege and on the side as she build 128 units of assisted liv- though, Holeman says he works her way up to becom- ing and moderately priced than 30 percent of AMI dized apartments at reduced tices. Once they complete through a master leasing pilot rates over a two-year time pe- their apprenticeship, students wants to continue barbering ing an ultrasound technician. market-rate homes for sen- on the side. For now, she is glad to be able iors. An additional $108,203 program in the Glen Lennox riod. can become licensed barbers. neighborhood. Employing a model that has Mack said the program is “I like cutting hair and get- to study in a non-conven- in funding is anticipated ting people right,” he said. “I tional classroom setting as a through Chapel Hill’s Afford- The Chandler Woods proj- not been used previously in teaching him and his fellow ect plans to use $90,000 in Chapel Hill, Community classmates more than just ta- like helping other people. barbering student. able Housing Fund. Even though they are paying “I would rather be in here The project will target first- funding to acquire two three- Home Trust will lease near pers, shaves and fades. “We bedroom units and four two- market rate apartments and learn more than just cutting you, you’re still helping them than in my core classes be- time homebuyers who earn out. It’s like customer service cause it’s fun and you get to less than 80 percent of the bedroom units, allowing sublease those apartments to hair,” he said. “We’re basically Community Home Trust to program participants at building ourselves up so that in a way.” move around, be you, meet Area Median Income (AMI), Holeman noted the impor- new people and cut hair,” she have lived and/or worked in sell the townhomes at afford- lower, more affordable rent if somebody comes in and able prices to qualified buy- levels. wants to know this about tance of working with real said. Orange County for at least