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V o lu m e 11 I s s u e 6
Keavin Deas In Concert
K eavin Deas, son
o f Eloise and D avid Deas
form erly o f Fort Smith
and nephew o f the late
A llen and A m y Black, is
going to be singing
M essiah w ith the St.
Louis Sym phony
D ecem ber 13 and 14.
Itzhak
Perlm an will
be conduct­
ing. The
Sunday con­
cert is a m ati­
nee.
The
A m erican
bass-baritone
K evin Deas
is a graduate
o f The
Juilliard
School, and
is presently
on the faculty |
o f Princeton
University.
K evin Deas has gained
international acclaim for
his portrayal o f the title
role in concert perform ­
ances o f G ershw in’s
P orgy a n d Bess with
Bobby M cFerrin conduct­
ing.. D uring part o f last
season, K evin D eas was
touring across the USA
and Europe with
Riverdance as the leading
vocalist.
Past seasons have
found K evin Deas in
R ossini’s Stabot M ater
w ith the C olorado
Symphony, B eethoven’s
M issa Solem nis with the
Los A ngeles M aster
Chorale, S iegm eister’s A
Tooth f o r P aul Revere
w ith the Bronx Arts
Ensem ble, H andel’s
Jephtha at St. B am abus
C hurch, M endelssohn’s
E lijah w ith the
M asterw ork Chorus,
V erdi’s Requiem w ith the
Charlotte Symphony, an
evening o f Baroque
sacred m usic with the
Dallas Bach Society,
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Dave B rubeck’s Gates o f
Justice at Carnegie Hall
and also his M ass To
H ope! in M oscow, B izet’sj
La Jolie Fille de Perth
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w ith L’Opera Fransais, as
B oaz in N oa A in’s The
O utcast at the Brooklyn
A cadem y o f M usic,
Cadm us in H andel’s
Sem ele at the Berkshire
O pera, K ing Balthazar in
A m ahl a n d the N ight
Visitors w ith Opera
C om pany o f North
C arolina, roles in
R am eau’s L e Temple de la
Gloire at the A lliance
Francaise, and The
Tempest w ith Dallas
Opera.
Kevin Deas has per­
form ed m any tim es at
Lincoln C en ter’s M ostly
M ozart Festival, five
appearances at Carnegie
Hall as soloist in H andel’s
M essiah with the
M asterw ork Chorus
which he also perform ed
w ith the Colorado
Symphony, the Haydn St.
C ecilia Mass with the St.
Cecilia Chorus, and the
L ord Nelson Mass with
the N ew York Choral
Society, Shostakovich’s
Sym phony No. 14 with
Cincinnati Cham ber
Orchestra, and two
engagem ents with
C ollegiate Chorale:
H andel’s Judas
, M accabeus and
Schubert’s
Fierrabras
along with the
O rchestra o f
St. L uke’s at
C arnegie Hall.
Kevin
Deas appeared
at the Spoleto
Festival in
Italy in a new
production o f
M enotti’s
Imahl a n d the
N ight Visitors
in honor o f the
com poser’s
eighty-fifth
birthday. This production
was videotaped for w orld­
wide release. He traveled
to H ong Kong with the
Early M usic Institute as
bass soloist in
M onteverdi’s Vespers and
sang the role o f Plutone in
Orfeo.
Kevin Deas has
recently recorded for sev­
eral labels including D ie
M eistersinger with the
Chicago Sym phony under
the baton o f the late Sir
Georg Solti and Varese’s
Ecuatorial with the
ASK O Ensem ble under
the baton o f Ricardo
Chailly, both on
D ecca/London. O ther
releases include B ach’s B
m inor M ass (B W V 232)
and H andel’s Acis &
Galatea on Vox Classics
and Dave B rubeck’s To
H ope! with the Cathedral
Choral Society on the
Telarc label.
Talk Show Devoted To
African Americans
W illiam K eaton
(Bull) was recently
nam ed principal o f the
Ella P. Stew art Academy.
This is an elem entary
school, grades k- 6 .
Mr. K eaton is a gradu­
ate o f Lincoln High
School class o f 1966. He
attended U APB, graduat­
ing in 1967. Mr. Keaton
received his M asters
D egree from Ball State
and has done advanced
w ork at Bow ling Green
University.
B eginning in
Septem ber 2003, the Ella
P. Stew art Elem entary
School will becom e an all
M in d F ood
W h a t’s G o in g O n
E d ito ria ls
T h o u g h ts
A re a N ew s
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P.O. B o x 771 • Fort S m ith , A r k a n s a s 7 2 9 0 2
girls academ y - the Ella
P. Stew art Academ y for
Girls. The school will
becom e the only all girls
school in Ohio. The
school will take girls
if
from K to 6 th grade. The
girls will all be required
to w ear navy blue and
w hite uniforms. It is
hoped that the new
F e a tu re d W rite rs
O b itu a rie s
N ew s
H e rita g e
R eligion
arrangem ent will help to
foster learning, academic
achievem ent and leader­
ship skills..
Ella Nora Phillips
Stewart, who the school
w as nam ed after, was was
the first African A m erican
w om an to graduate from
the University o f
Pittsburgh's College o f
Pharmacy .Mrs. Stewart
w as the first licensed
A frican Am erican female
Pharm acist in America.
Ella P. S te w a rt,,
also became an influential
civic reformer, civil rights
leader and wom en's rights
advocate.
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S p o rts
R ecipes
O p -E d s
H. L. McGILL Honored
The A rkansas
Black Hall o f Fame gave
their Founders Award to
H. L. M cGill Saturday
O ctober 18, 2003. H. L.
son o f the late Reverend
Louis and Elizabeth
M cGill, was honored for
his work in obtaining tax
exem pt status for the
A rkansas Black Hall o f
Fame.
Charles Stewart,
Black Hall o f Fame co­
founder, stated “this years
induction cerem ony
w ould not have been pos­
sible w ithout H. L .’s dili­
gence in gathering and
subm itting the proper
paper work, assuring tax
exem pt status for our
organization.”
This years event,
held in the Wally Allen
Ballroom at the
Statehouse Convention
Center, honors the fol­
lowing inductees; Dr.
Jam es Cone, Ph. D.,
Mr. Law erence
Ham ilton, Ms.
Deborah M athis,
Evangelist Gladys
M cFadden & The
Loving Sisters, Mr. J.
D onald Rice, and the
H onorable Lav^aski
Smith.
Emily Edwards Ford Given Awards
Em ily Edwards
Ford, a form er Fort
Sm ithian and Lincolnite,
was aw arded “The Silver
M edal o f M erit” and the
G rand Lady o f the year
aw ard by the Knights o f
Peter Claver and Ladies
Auxiliary. Emily was
given her awards at the
8 8 th annual convention o f
said organization held in
Atlanta, G eorgia A ugust
1-7, 2003. The Knights o f
Peter Claver, Inc., a
N ational Catholic
Fraternal O rganization
was established in 1909.
Its m em bers are com ­
prised o f M en, Women
and Youth across the
United States. The O rder
was called into being for
the purpose o f rendering
services to God and His
Holy Church, o f render­
ing assistance to the sick,
prom oting social and
intellectual A ssociation
am ong its members, and
executing com m endable
w orks o f Catholic A ction
w herever and w henever
possible.
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The Silver M edal
o f M erit Award was given
to Emily for outstanding
contributions to the O rder
o f the Knights and Ladies
o f Peter Claver, the
church and com m unity
and Catholic leadership.
The National
G rand Lady o f the Year
Award was bestow ed
upon Em ily for being the
m ost outstanding G rand
Lady am ong all the
Courts. Earlier this year
Em ily w as the recipient o f
the Lady o f the Year
Award for the W estern
States District.
Em ily has been a
m em ber o f the O rder for
ten years.She has served
the O rder as Vice G rand
Lady, G rand Lady,
Secretary o f Coordinating
C ouncils and Courts, and
A rea Deputy. She serves
her church as Lector and
Eucharistic Minister.
Em ily is retired
from the City o f Los
A ngeles D epartm ent o f
Water and Pow er where
she was the first female
and first A frican
A m erican to hold the
position o f Cross
Connection Control
Specialist.
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
ALUMNI 2004 REUNION
The Lincoln High
School Alumni
A ssociation is gearing up
for the 2004 reunion in
Fort Smith, Arkansas.
“ We are expecting one o f
the largest reunions in our
history.” Stated Napoleon
Black, A ssociation
President. “The entire
city looks forward to this
event. The com m ittees
planning the 2004 events
are working very hard to
m ake sure next y ear’s
event will be one to
rem em ber.” Said Black.
“The A ssociation will
construct a memorial
sidew alk at the original
high school site. The
memorial sidew alk will
really be special.” Stated
Black. “ We are giving
our alumni an opportunity
to place a perm anent
memorial for a loved one,
classm ate, fam ily m em ­
ber, class or them selves..
Each brick will sell for
$50.00. Business bricks
are $250.00.We w elcom e
business and non-alum ni
to be a part o f the Lincoln
High School legacy.”
C ontinued Black. “The
brick will have three lines
o f fourteen letters each for
engraving. We are look­
ing forw ard to a great
reunion.”
Every registered
alum nus will receive a
souvenir book. “We are
very excited about the
2004 souvenir book” Said
Sherry Toliver, “We hope
to highlight all o f the peo­
ple and classes that made
Lincoln High School a
legendary institution. We
w ant everyone to partici­
pate by placing a m em ori­
al ad, personal ad, or busi­
ness ad in the book. The
ad prices will be $ 1 0 0 for
a full page, $50.00 for 1/2
page, $25.00 for 1/4 page
and w e will have a patron
ad for $5.00.” Toliver
said. M ay 15, 2004 will
be our deadline for plac­
ing ads. In the 2004 sou­
venir book, we hope to
capture the rich history o f
Lincoln High School.
A lum ni support is truly
needed.” Toliver said.
A ds for the book
should be m ailed to
Lincoln H igh School
A lum ni A ssociation P.O.
Box 4020 Fort Smith, A R
72902. C ontact Leon
Thom pson at 479/7837762 for inform ation con­
cerning the memorial
sidewalk.
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THE CALIFORNIA “ EQUAL ELECTION
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Of Bold and “ Same Old Choices”
By A dam A braham _______
H istory will forever note
that on O ctober 7, 2003,
the voters o f California
m ade tw o unprecedented
choices. O ne was bold,
and the other, “same old.”
First, they booted a gover­
nor w ho had spent more
m oney than the state was
taking in, was driving
established businesses
(and jo b s) out o f the state,
w atered dow n im m igra­
tion policies, and figured
that he could always play
the “tax card” to cover his
tracks. The second choice
w as to vote dow n a ballot
m easure that w ould have
made California the first
state to, operationally,
begin seeing each citizen
w ith greater racial im par­
tiality.
Voting G ray Davis out as
governor was a bold and
healthy m ove for the state
o f California. It was not
only dem ocracy in action;
it was accountability and
responsibility in action
too. W hile it is unfortu­
nate that the voters didn’t
figure it out when Mr.
D avis was seeking and
w inning re-election, they
acted quickly— for a state
o f 35 m illion people—
once the situation was
clear.
As bold a call for change
that the G ray D avis recall
tions, the state’s de facto
practice o f collecting race
data. It did not make the
collection o f such data
illegal, nor did it im pugn
the possible value o f said
data or the people that
rely on it. It simply
was, the decision on
Proposition 54 was
m arked instead by m any
o f the same old arguments
and fears about getting
w here we say we w ant to
go; i.e., tow ard a society
that is not so “race
focused.” The m easure,
authored by Ward
Connerly, executive direc­
tor o f the A m erican Civil
Rights Institute
(w ww .acri.org) and m em ­
ber o f the board o f
Regents for the U niversity
o f C alifornia, could have
brought about real as well
as sym bolic changes in
racial dynam ics.
Instead, opposition argu­
ments w ere m arked by
nam e-calling, spiteful
claim s and fearful predic­
tions. They show ed little
faith in the P eople’s inter­
est in, or ability to treat
each other fairly, w ithout
the ever-present “w eight”
o f a governm ent-sanc­
tioned racial bias sitting
on every bureaucrat’s
shoulder. Fueled by m il­
lions o f im properly allo­
cated cam paign dollars o f
Lt. G overnor Cruz
B ustam ante, the opposi­
tion cam paign am ounted
to a social w hitewash. But
w hat is done is done.
Proposition 54 w ould
have called for California
to end, albeit w ith certain
clearly outlined exem p­
required the state to focus
on perform ing its opera­
tional and organizational
charter, and no longer
autom atically set itself up
to raise, and in some
cases, hand out “race
flags” to identify its con­
stituents in the course o f
conducting its business.
At present, the “racialization” process is procedur­
al and autom atic across
A m erica, beginning at
birth, som etim es before a
new born has even been
given a nam e. We becom e
part o f the inform ation
data mill long before we
are able to decide for our
self who we are. Yet, this
data is now treated as
though it is sacrosanct
when, in truth, it m eans
little to an individual’s
real w orth, place, poten­
tial value in, or contribu­
tion to our society.
However, m any people
seem to think that it
m eans all that.
Being o f “this” or “that”
race is inferred to m ean
som ething, although few
people w ant to venture a
guess as to v/hat. That fact
rem ains that we have
becom e so fixed on col­
lecting the data, even
w hile otherw ise com plain­
ing about it, that some
people act as though we
can ’t live w ithout it. The
m ore salient fact is that
some people think they
can ’t continue m aking a
living w ithout it. That is
one o f the m ost com ­
pelling reasons for our
governm ent to get out o f
the data collection busi­
ness. I f race data is so
im portant, then som eone
will step in to collect,
organize, and dispense it.
It’s not really about life
and death. It is instead
about livelihood and debt.
O ver 1,000,000
C alifornians signed peti­
tions to put Proposition 54
on the ballot. Two m illion
eight hundred thousand
voted for the m easure, and
five m illion voted against
it. The “w hitew ash” was
uf in th e political shenani­
gans that w ent on by those
w ho ( 1 ) spent so much,
( 2 ) m isstated, m isrepre­
sented, or tw isted the
facts, (3) used innum er­
able fear tactics, and (4)
in som e cases, defam ed
the m easure’s chief
author, in their efforts to
defeat the m easure. We
can now look back and
say, it all w orked, but to
w hose benefit? Perhaps
even m ore importantly, to
w hose detrim ent?
There m ust be som ething
to this notion o f equality.
O pponents o f Proposition
54 all claim to w ant it.
Equality is one o f the first
prem ises to catch, if not
rivet one’s attention in
reading the D eclaration o f
Independence. Im agine in
1776, for som eone to
read, in the first sentence
o f the second paragraph,
that the notion that “All
m en are created equal” is
self-evident. It was revo­
lutionary; enough so for
colonists to gather togeth­
er against the authority o f
the British rule to bring a
new, sovereign nation, o f
sovereign people into
existence.
H owever, equality itself
was never fully put into
practice; not by the people
w ho fought to gain it, or
the governm ent that they
created. As a practice,
&lai*efy tead becom e too
im portant to the econom y
o f the southern states to
sim ply “let it go.”
N ortherners were too
indifferent to anyone con­
sidered “new ” to get too
w orked up over the plight
o f slaves. Indeed, at one
tim e, Italians, Spanish,
G erm ans, and Jew s were
all considered to be o f dif­
ferent “races.” And let’s
not forget how Chinese
and Japanese w ere treated
w hen they came and built
m uch o f the west. They
w ere all considered from
the same “race,” and not
necessarily hum an, to
anyone who considered
h im self to be white, and
right. M igrant workers
from M exico are som e­
tim es given the same
regard today as sharecrop­
pers w ere in a bygone era.
A nd yet, all o f these peo­
ple always w ere, and are
equal as hum an creations
o f Nature. The authors o f
the D eclaration o f
Independence w ere right.
A ll citizens should be
treated equally by their
governm ents, w hich are
creations o f m en.O n
O ctober 7, 2003,
Californians chose not to
take that closer step to
equal practice.
C ontinued on page 6
Parents and Caregivers, A Valued Partnership
By Jeanine Deas____
The people who
• had the greatest im pact on
m y children during their
early years, aside from
family, w ere their child­
care providers. Their care­
givers becam e an extend­
ed part o f our fam ily - and
my children, an extended
part o f the caregiver’s
family. T h at’s one o f the
m any benefits o f fam ily
childcare.
The parent-caregiver relationship begins
at the beginning, when
parents and providers talk
for the first time. The par­
ent calls to inquire about
childcare. The provider
takes this opportunity to
enlighten the parent about
her program and invites
the parent to visit. The
parent accepts the invita­
tion. The tw o m eet to dis­
cuss expectations. They
m utually agree to enroll
the child. This m arks the
start o f a significant rela­
tionship betw een the care­
giver and the child, and a
partnership between par­
ent and c a re g iv e r.
Due to the nature
o f this relationship it can
be challenging for the par­
ent and provider to m ain­
tain healthy boundaries
w hen it com es to the busi­
ness com ponent o f their
relationship. Guidelines
need to be established for
this partnership to w ork
well. A partnership o f this
nature requires open com ­
m unication and coopera­
tion. Both parent and
provider m ust carefully
consider the needs o f the
child, w ho is the heart o f
this relationship.
Parents can expect certain
things from the caregiver
o f their child:
D aily updates on your
ch ild ’s progress and
needs. C aregivers
should w elcom e your
questions and ask you
questions about how
they can help your
child. Together you
can deal with concerns
as they arise.
You and the provider can
decide the best time
(least disruptive) for
phone calls. Parents
should be able to drop
by as well.
Providers are responsible
for your child’s safety
and should take all
precautions to keep
children safe. This
includes the safety o f
their hom e, equip-
£
ment, and toys—
indoors and outdoors.
Providers m ust respect
you and your fam ily’s
privacy and should not
discuss personal infor­
m ation about you and
your child to anyone
w ithout your consent.
Your w ishes related to
discipline, TV w atch­
ing, food, toilet train­
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should be respected.
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C aregivers can expect cer­
tain things from the par­
ents o f the children in
their care:
Parents need to fully
understand the expec­
tations o f the provider
and w hat you are
agreeing to. Insist on a
w ritten agreem ent.
Explain your w ishes and
expectations for your
child clearly and
directly. Share infor­
m ation about your
child’s needs and
interests and daily
routine. G ood com m u­
nication betw een par­
ent and provider will
benefit the child.
Be honest about how you
feel things are going.
A sk questions rather
than jum p to conclu­
sions w hen a problem
arises.
G ive advance notice if
you plan to change
hours, take a vacation,
or stop using the
provider’s care.
Pick up your child on
tim e and follow
through on all agree­
ments. Show respect
for the provider’s per­
sonal life.
N ever bring a child w hom
you know is sick to
childcare.
Be sure to pay your
provider on time.
Realize that w hen chil­
dren are w ith the
provider, her tim e and
attention
m ust be focused on
the children. Lim it the
tim e you linger at drop o ff
and pick up times.
W hen children spend
several hours a day w ith a
childcare provider it is
natural and healthy
for a bond to develop.
That bond, however,
doesn’t
dim inish the love
your child feels for you.
G ive advance notice o f
schedule changes. Call
if you w ill be late
picking up
your child or if your
child w ill not be attending
on a day the child is
scheduled to attend.
A good relation­
ship betw een parent and
caregiver is extrem ely
im portant to the child.
Invest the tim e to build
this valuable relationship.
A nd remember, it begins
at the beginning — and
can last a lifetime!
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prices, or term ination
o f services.
Providers m ay share, but
not im pose their val­
ues and beliefs on the
children they care for.
They should make
every attem pt to leam
about and include
activities around the
cultures o f the fam i­
lies they serve.
I f parents ask for parent­
ing advice, providers
can share resources or
offer advice in a noncritical and non-judgm ental way.
Providers m ust be respon­
sible for everyone in
contact w ith your
child w hile your child
is in their care, includ­
ing relatives, friends,
and other service
providers.
C aregivers should put the
needs o f the children
first. Their care and
w ell-being is the care­
g iv e r’s top priority.
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will be having its annual
HOLIDAY OPEN
HO USE Sunday,
N ovem ber 2 ,1 :0 0 -5 :0 0
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soldiers, will be present
dem onstrating his skill.
W e’ll have C hristm as gift
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2665. Sponsored by
Literacy Council o f
Western A rkansas, Inc.
501 South 2 0 ^ Street
Fort Smith, A rkansas
72902.
o f these rew arding experi­
ences, please call Chris at
1 800 8 8 8 9040 Or visit
our w ebsite at
w w w .w orld-heritage.org.
World Heritage is a non­
profit public benefit
organization D esignated
as an exchange visitor
program by the U.S. State
Departm ent.
World Heritage, a non­
profit student exchange
program , is currently
seeking a local com m uni­
ty representative to pro­
vide high school
exchange students w ith
program support. The
ideal candidate should
enjoy fostering interna­
tional friendships, be
com m unity m inded, and
enjoy w orking w ith
teenagers. Com m unity
representatives screen
potential host families,
m eet w ith local high
schools, and provide sup­
port counseling for host
families and students.
Fort Smith A lum nae
Chapter o f D elta Sigma
Theta Sorority presents its
2003 Debutante Cotillion,
N ovem ber 22, 2003 7:00
PM H oliday Inn-Fort
Smith. Tickets are $20 per
person. M ore info: 479
784 9386
World Heritage also pro­
vides international oppor­
tunities for families to
host a student and for an
A m erican teen to becom e
an exchange student. If
you are interested in one
To spread the word o f
your club events,etc. hap­
penings in and around our
tow n, please call Allene
783 6830, fax 783 6840
or write P.O. Box 771
Fort Smith, A R 72902.
Euper Lane Elem entary is
having a Pancake break­
fast 11/22/2003 from 7:30
a.m. until 10:30 a.m.
Tickets are $3.00 per per­
son and the public is
invited.
VAL’S JULY GIVE AWAY
WINNERS
Every year during
the m onth o f July, Val’s
Vision clothing store has
a contest. Shoppers in
Val’s Vision are entered in
a contest w here the first
prize is $150.00, the sec­
ond prize is $75.00 and
third prize is $49.00. The
contest lasts from July 1,
thru July 31.
This years winners
w ere Sonnia D uncan
$150.00, Corliss
Thom pson Cole $75.00
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and K aren Jaro4s. $40,00.
Val has been in the
clothing busi­
ness
approxi­
m ately two
years, She
has
increased
her busi­
ness 2 0 % in
that tim e and has added a
She also dan Ordqr for,you
if you d o n ’t see w hat you
want in the store.
With the holidays
fast approaching, Val will
order clothing for you and
you m ay pick them up in
seven to ten business
days. If there is som e­
thing you w ant and you
do n ’t see it in Val’s, ask
they will get it for you
m en’s clothing line.
Val has on hand
prom dresses and scrubs.
Congratulations to
the winners from the
Lincoln Echo.
CharlotteH enry o f Roland, OK is the 2003 recipient o f
the Bennie M ae Ware Gunn $l,000.00scholarship.
Charlotteis a senior at the U o f A Fort Smith majoring
in education. She is a returning student after w orking
as a Paraprofessional for the Kansas City, M o school
district from 1979 - 1984, and later she w orked for the
school district o f Houston, TX. She presently is pursu
ing a degree w hile w orking as a substitute teacher in
the Fort Smith public school system.
The BM W G unn Scholarship was established in 1999
by Bennie M ae’s daughters, Kathy M uriel Young ol
Boston, M assach u setts, and Laurie G unn o f Atlanta,
GA, in honor o f their m other’s 34 years as an educa
tor in the M ilw aukee public schools.
Beverly Enterprises Makes a
Difference Through Scholarships
Beverly Enterprises
Inc., o f Fort Smith, the
largest nursing home
operator in the country,
has a longstanding part­
nership w ith the
U niversity o f Arkansas.
C om pany executives have
participated in the
C orporate Partners
Program and visited cam ­
pus. The com pany has
com m itted gifts totaling
approxim ately $340,000
to establish scholarships.
One gift, made to the
College o f Education and
Health Professions, was
made in honor o f David
Banks, chairm an o f the
board o f directors for
Beverly Enterprises, upon
his retirem ent.
The David R. Banks
Endow ed Scholarship will
benefit students pursuing
degrees in the education
and health professions.
Beverly has also pro­
vided funding to honor an
educator and a role model
to m inority students from
the Fort Smith com m uni­
ty. The Yvonne-Keaton
M artin Scholarship
Program is designed to
encourage students from
the Fort Smith area whose
ethnic, cultural and/or
national background con­
tribute to the diversity o f
A EG IS Therapies, they
the studen. body to pursue also offer rehabilitative
a college education at the
services on a contract
University o f Arkansas.
basis to nursing hom es
operated by other are
“ We are com m itted to
the success o f our com ­
providers.
m unity and this scholar­
ship will help a few go a
Yvonne-Keaton M artin
long way,” said William
Scholars
Floyd, CEO o f Beverly
Enterprises. “We think
LaQ uita W ilson, BS
this scholarship will make
Business A dm inistration
Jam elyn Arnold, BS
a big difference in the
G erontology
lives o f those w ho may
not otherw ise have had a
Ebony Oliver, BS
Business A dm inistration
chance like this.”
N atasha Brown, Senior
“Looking into the
Sum m er Parker, Senior
minority com m unity and
the challenges they face in Diane O unpraseuth,
preparing for college was
Senior
the impetus for establish­
Cortney M cKinney,
ing this opportunity,” con­ Senior
Khoa Nguyn, Junior
tinued Floyd. “As princi­
pal, Ms. K eaton-M artin
, H uong P han, Junior; , a
was always there for the
Anjali Vyas, Junior
ii
Candice Casey,
kids. She was a role
model. Beverly w anted to Sophomore
Bradley Jones,
put forth an effort to
honor this wom an through Sophomore
a scholarship program .”
Tiffany Royal, Freshm an
Kristen Crawford,
Beverly Enterprises
and its operating sub­
Freshm an
Sarah Longley, Freshm an
sidiaries com prise a lead­
ing provider o f services to
the elderly in the U nited
Sponsored by Beverly
States. They currently
Enterprises, the YvonneK eaton-M artin
operate 450 skilled nurs­
ing facilities, as well as 29 Scholarship program was
founded in 1996 by David
assisted-living centers,
and 49 home care hospice
Banks and G eorge
agencies. Through
M cGill.
THE LHSAA NEEDS YOU
THERE IS A USE FOR EVERYTHING
The Lincoln High
School Alumni
A ssociation meets every
second Sunday at the
Elizabeth M cGill w alk in
center. Your participation
and cooperation in plan­
ning com ing events is
requested.
If you attended
Lincoln and for some rea­
son did not finish, join us.
If you did not attend
Lincoln and w ould like to
assist in activities, jo in us.
We are an inclu­
sive organization that
plans, w ith your help, to
becom e more com m unity
oriented. At this tim e we
are in the m idst o f plan­
ning the 2004 Lincoln
Reunion and we need
your assistance.
One o f the com ­
plaints o f out o f tow n Fort
Smithians, is the involve­
ment and attendance o f
local Fort Sm ithians at
reunion events. L et’s
reverse the trend. Get
involved. A ttend the func­
tions.
There are num er­
ous com m ittees on which
you can serve in planning
this reunion. A ttend the
meetings, jo in a com m it­
tee, so you can have a
personal involvem ent in
the plans and activities for
reunion 2004. Ya’ll come.
(fo r m e r ly k n o w n a s U -G o -G irl)
2 2 1 9 M id la n d B lv d .
F o rt S m ith , A R
72901
(4 7 9 ) 7 8 3 - 7 7 9 9
Ladies & M en Fashions,
Hats & Accessories
Layaway Available
Credit Cards Accepted
Regular Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday
1 0 a.m. - 6 p.m.
V a l ’s M e a n s
‘T a s t e F r o m T o p t o B o t t o m ”
Valeria J. Robinson, Owner-Operator
YOU
By Desiree Enora Jordan
September 9, 2003
© 2003, Desiree E. Jordan
Everyday I can see you in my dreams
And when I close my eyes, you make me free.
I love the way U talk 2 me.
You are my seed and you planted me.
If I didn’t have you and you didn’t have me,
We would fall down like a branch off a tree.
You complete me. We are together like salt in the sea.
Can’t you see, you are you and I am me.
We are one, but it’s you that I see.
Notation: Desiree is 12 years old.
N ovember
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Poe’s Thoughts
R A M B L IN G S
By N apoleon Black
F or those o f you
that have never been in an
athletic team s club house
or dressing room , I wish
you could have that expe­
rience. People are people.
They are excepted for
w ho and w hat they are.
Political correctness is
rare and hardly any topic
is o ff limits. M ost o f the
conversations are not
taken personally and
those that are get straight­
ened out PDQ. W hy are
sports team s ahead o f
society w hen it com es to
race, politics, religion and
friendship? Try discussing
controversial topics with
your friends then let us
know if you are still on
speaking terms.
M oving on, have
you noticed how most
new spaper and television
reports tend to deal with
the negatives in our
w orld? It’s true there are a
lot o f negatives in the
world but there are a great
m any m ore positives. For
instance:
13% o f Black youth
between the ages o f 18 to
35 are incarcerated. It
could be stated that black
m ales arrested for the
same crim es are sen­
tenced disproportionately
than whites. Speaking
positively, 87% o f Black
m ales are not incarcerated
Justice is said to be blind
but until the people that
dispense justice becom e
blind a racial disparity in
sentencing will exist.
I som etim es feel
m ost o f the problem s in
the w orld could be solved
if adults got out o f the
w ay and let children settle
all disagreem ents. A nd a
child shall lead them.
M oving on, I was
reading about the restora­
tion o f Iraq and how we
the tax payers are footing
the bill. I am not arguing
about w hether or not we
should have gone to Iraq,
it’s irrelevant now. B ut I
do feel w e should let our
feelings be know n about
how our m oney is spent.
I f the followers will lead,
the so called leaders will
follow.
Ram bling on, have
you ever received a true
assessm ent o f yourself
from others? Do you have
friends or relations that
will tell you the truth? If
so, do you m easure up.
Do you have a good pic­
ture o f how you appear to
others? Is it really you?
R am bling again, I
am a person that loves
m usic and I feel there is a
song for every occasion.
We are in the m idst o f
planning for the Lincoln
H igh School reunion in
2004. The class o f 1954
will be the host class.
W hat songs do you
rem em ber from the 50 ’s?
The bird groups w ere in
vogue in the early fifties
along w ith; The Orioles,
Penguins, Drifters,
C adillacs, Platters, Crest,
Lee A ndrew s and the
Hearts, Shep and The
Lim elights, Brook Benton
& Dinah W ashington,
Johnny M athis, Jesse
Belvin, The Spaniels,
H arvey and The
M oonglow s, The Five
Satins, Bobby D arin and
m any others.. N am e some
o f the groups I missed.
Gather Ye Rosebuds
hile Ye May
f
By A llen Black,Jr.
The Left Coast has, as
expected, selected a new
governor. The people
have spoken as in a direct
dem ocracy they must.
C olum nist George Will
calls this “revolt o f the
people” a ruse by a rich
conservative Republican
congressm an, who could
think o f no other w ay he
m ight becom e governor
than by financing the
gathering o f the necessary
signatures for a recall. It
m atters not if, as Wills
asserts, A m erica’s
Founders devised institu­
tions to prevent such hap­
penings, the voters spoke
and an incum bent bit the
dust to be replaced by a
w hite knight w ho left 134
w annabes swinging in the
wind. It will be interest­
ing to see how he deals
w ith an adm inistration
and a legislature w hich
are both heavily
D em ocratic.
Plato said that the
purest form o f dem ocracy
is anarchy. Ben Franklin
dem urred, suggesting that
such com m ents com e
from those who haven’t
tried it. The debate will
not be settled here.
W ould you entrust the
enactm ent, or now the
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repeal, o f the Bill o f
Rights, to this electorate?
T hat’s w hat I thought.
It seems som e other
folk thought we w ere flat
out dumb. First, the Fort
Smith Parks Com m ission
w as placed w here it
belonged : under the aegis
o f the street departm ent.
Walk all over us, huh.
Just kidding. Then, the
C om m ission finally
decided to tell it like it is.
So you w ant a pavilion ?
Unlikely. Flood plane
zone, you see.
Com m unity C enter ?
Not. Costs too much
money. Time table for
raising the m oney? H ow
droll. Raise the m oney
first. Isn’t it great ?
Policies are not as hard to
understand as cracking
black walnuts. Beat not
around the bush. You
w ant? You get not. N o
m aybes, ifs or buts. W hat
you see is w hat you get.
Just w atch our nice TV
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ads and be quiet.
Here is where dem oc­
racy gets great. The only
lifetime appointm ents are
to the federal bench and
FBI director, and they
can be bum ped too.
Appointm ents to local
boards and com m issions
are finite. If the folk
don’t like the w ay you do
your job, y o u ’re toast.
Moreover, the people who
do the appointing are
elected, so they have to
answ er to the voters. It
w ould be w ell for patrons
o f M artin Luther K ing
Park to rem ind the pow ers
that be that the days o f
hat in hand on bended
knee are long gone.
K now w hat you w a n t,
m y friends, then go get it.
You have done it before.
You know w hat to do.
So you woke up this
m orning feeling as though
you were com ing apart at
the seams. Fret not. You
w oke up and that is a
good sign. It m eans you
have tim e to do som e­
thing good for someone.
It m eans you can leave a
footprint into which a
child m ay step. You
ought to be thankful. I
am.
D oth thou love life?
Then do not squander
time.
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VIEWS FROM THE MAYOR
In recent w eeks I
have had the opportunity
to w elcom e several
groups to Fort Smith,
A rkansas. These groups
m ade up o f individuals
from across the United
States w ere very
im pressed w ith our city
and said m any good
things about Fort Smith.
One always likes
to hear good com m ents
about the com m unity in
w hich one lives, but this
started me thinking about
w hy life is w orth living in
Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Several reasons com e to
m ind as I reflected on
Fort Smith. The citizens
o f our city are great indi­
viduals who really care
about this city. That is
very evident as you go
about Fort Smith. The
attitudes o f the citizens
reflect the desire for a
good com m unity in which
to live and work.
People are friendly
here in Fort Smith and in
their talks with visitors
this com es across very
strongly. They like to tell
visitors about this com ­
m unity and w hat is being
done here. For the most
part this is reflected into
the neighborhoods all
across Fort Smith. This
same friendly and caring
spirit that is such a plus
for our city.
One o f the reasons
that I established the
M ayor’s G ood N eighbor
Award was to recognize
G ood N eighbors across
Fort Smith. If you desire
to nom inate an individual
or individuals to be a
“G ood N eighbor” call or
w rite the M ayor’s Office
w ith your nom inations. So
keep up your caring, lov­
ing spirit for others in
Fort Smith.
Mayor Baker
A nother reasons
that Fort Smith is a great
place to live are the vari­
ous businesses that con­
tribute to the econom y o f
our city. These fine busi­
nesses make products that
go out across the state,
N ation, and the w orld that
represent Fort Smith.
I hope that the
push now underw ay in
Econom ic D evelopm ent
will bring m any new busi­
nesses to our community.
Businesses that will con­
tinue to keep our econo­
my boom ing and prosper­
ous and businesses that
will keep our talented citi­
zens here in Fort Smith.
O nce com panies find our
city, they are very pleased
w ith w hat is here and are
happy to be located in this
great region.
A nother factor that
helps our com m unity be
attractive to outsiders are
the m any projects going
on in Fort Smith to
im prove our streets,
drainage, and public facil­
ities used by our citizens.
We have been able to
accom plish m uch in these
areas because o f the
strong support from our
citizens. The giant w ater
project the largest and
m ost expensive project
ever undertaken by our
city now going on at Lake
Fort Sm ith will provide
enough w ater resources
for the next 50 years to
our com m unity and area.
All o f us know the im por­
tance o f having an ade­
quate supply o f w ater for
our citizens and to insure
econom ic growth.
People, business,
public im provem ent proj­
ects all contribute but one
even greater factor stands
out and that is w hat I call
The Frontier Spirit,
reflected in all aspects o f
our community. There is a
spirit o f enthusiasm that is
very evident about Fort
Smith. A spirit that
dem ands good things and
great accom plishm ents.
O ur com m unity is blessed
w ith this Spirit o f the
Frontier and as such our
w ork is never done.
Each day we
should determ ine to w ork
to make this a wonderful
com m unity in w hich to
live, w ork and enjoy our
retirem ent years. We
should be conscious o f
the needs o f others and in
helping to make Fort
Smith even a better place
in w hich to live — Yes,
“Life is W orth Living in
Fort Smith, AR.
N ovember
2003
Slack Sororities Are Flexing Their Muscle
By Roxanne Roberts
Do not be distract­
ed by the pink-and-green
sneakers. Oh, th ey ’re cute
all right, especially on
D iane Johnson, w ho also
is sporting a lime green
pantsuit. She is surround­
ed by about 1 0 0 wom en
w earing variations o f the
color them e: hot pink,
pale pink, bubble gum,
sea green, olive, em erald.
But the living bou­
quet posing recently on
the steps o f Capitol Hill is
here for business. T hey’re
all m em bers o f A lpha
K appa A lpha, the nation’s
oldest black sorority.
O nce the group picture is
taken, they spread into the
offices o f their senators
and representatives, gen­
tly but firm ly rem inding
them w ho they are (col­
lege-educated profession­
als), w hat they do (organ­
ize, netw ork and raise lots
o f m oney) and w hat they
care about (education,
health, equal and civil
rights).
“A s w om en o f
A lpha K appa A lpha, it’s
oux responsibility to say,
‘You can ’t fool us w ith
this sm oke-and m irrors
gam e,’” says Phyllis
Young, president o f the
local Xi O m ego chapter.
‘”You can ’t play u s.’”
The A K A s w ere in
W ashington for their
Public Policy C onference,
w hich coincided w ith the
Congressional B lack
Caucus conference. And
they aren ’t the only sisters
in town. The ladies in red
are D elta Sigm a Thetas.
Those in royal blue and
white are from Zeta Phi
Beta; the ones in blue and
gold, from Sigm a G am m a
Rho.
These historic
black sororities boast an
im pressive netw ork o f
professional w om en w ho
run com panies, cam ­
paigns, fam ilies and much
more. They represent
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about 500,00 wom en
know n and trusted on the
grass-roots level w ho stay
active and involved for a
lifetime.
“People at w ork
kid me because I w ear a
lot o f pink and green,”
says Doxie M cCoy, com ­
m unications director for
Rep. Eleanor Holm es
N orton, D-D.C. Then
th ere’s her gold-and-diam ond A KA bracelet. “I
w ear it all the tim e..”
Texas Reps. Sheila
Jackson Lee and Eddie
Bernice Johnson are
AKAs. Civil rights leader
D orothy Height, former
Labor Secretary Alexis
H erm an and presidential
candidate Carol M oseley
Braun are Deltas. And
th at’s ju st a start.
“I ’m w ith Senator
C linton’s office— but I ’m
a soror too!” Leecia
R oberta Eve tells the
ladies assem bled on the
Capitol steps. A collective
cheer goes up, and Eve,
counsel to Hillary
Rodham Clinton, jum ps
into the picture w ith her
A KA sorors.
Then the A KAs
troop over to the Russell
Office Building, where
the ju n io r senator from
N ew York takes tim e from
a packed day to m eet and
greet and pose w ith the
A KA s b ecau se.. .w ell^
because there are a lot o f
votes and green in all that
pink and green.
G row ing up poor
in A la b a m a , H erm an
never thought o f h erself
as sorority m aterial. That
was for the “other
M obile,” she says; for
m iddle-class, educated
black women.
B ut in 1977, ju st
after H erm an m oved to
W ashington, her friend
D orothy H eight told her;
jo in a graduate chapter o f
D elta Sigm a Theta.
“She really talked
to me about this notion o f
network, o f needing the
support— particularly
when you are in public
office,” H erm an says.
“ She said, ‘Every-one will
claim you. The Delta sis­
terhood will be with you
for a lifetim e,”
The Deltas were
smart, educated women
who w ould quietly advise
and help her, H eight says.
Largely professional and
upper class, they saw
them selves as agents o f
change on a variety o f
social and political issues.
They w ere connected to
the local pow er structure
nationw ide; they tracked
legislation, and they knew
who was taking w hat
position. “ It was a trust
network, and an inform ed
netw ork,” H erm an says.
“These were
w om en I could talk to
about public policy
issues.” H erm an was
inducted at the Delta
national convention in
1978. H er sisters later
proved tireless advocates
for her confirm ation when
President Bill Clinton
nom inated her as secre­
tary o f labor. H erm an still
rem em bers the senator
w ho said to her: “W ho are
these D eltas? Tell them to
stop calling! You’ve got
my vote.”
Think o f it as a
calling card: M em bership
in any o f these sororities
confers an instant acceptance w ithin the sister­
hood. You can be a “ '
stranger— but th ere’s a
bond based on shared val­
ues, experience and
expectations.
“D eltas are a huge
part o f m y base o f sup­
port,” says Rep. Stephanie
Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, the
first black wom en nam ed
to the pow erful House
Ways and M eans
Comm ittee.
“N o m atter where
I go in this country, there
are m em bers o f my soror­
ity,” she says. “ If they
leam I ’m in town, they
make it their business to
greet m e.”
AN EDUCATOR’S POINT OF
VIEW
W hile these m em bers do
not “m anage” the day-today operation o f the
schools, they select a
By Dr. Benny L. Gooden
Superintenent os Schools
School
Leadership Requires
Board o f Education
Service
An im portant characteris­
tic o f public education in
the U nited States is a sys­
tem o f local school dis­
tricts governed by citizens
com prising more than
14,000 boards o f educa­
tion. Some o f these offi­
cials are appointed, but in
m ost states-including
A rkansas-they are elect­
ed.
The Fort Smith Public
School D istrict is gov­
erned by seven elected
school board members.
Each is elected to a term
o f three years. Four are
chosen from specific parts
o f the school district while
three are elected at-large.
School Board m em bers in
A rkansas serve w ithout
pay.
They m eet at least
m onthly to oversee the
affairs o f the schools in
Fort Smith and
B ar!ing-the Fort Smith
Public School District
superintendent o f schools
and enact general policies
to guide school opera­
tions. The professional
and support staff are
em ployees o f the board o f
education, and subse­
quently, local citizens.
These Board m em bers are
responsible for all
schools-throughout the
D istrict-and have an inter­
est in the success o f all
local students.
This system o f school
governance guarantees
that the needs o f local
schools will be the first
concern o f those who
m ake im portant
decisions. These Board
m em bers are from Fort
Smith and B arling-not
from Little Rock or outo f state. They have your
interests and the interests
o f local students as their
prim ary concern.
Board o f Education service is an im portant volun­
teer effort for citizens who
value their com m unity
and its children. An
excellent exam ple o f such
service is Rev. E.M.
Smith, who com pleted
nine years service as a
m em ber o f the Fort Smith
Board o f Education in
September. For Rev.
Smith and other FSPS
B oard m em bers, concern
for the public education
program s and the success
o f local students is a high
priority. Rev. Smith is
replaced by form er
H ow ard Elem entary
School principal, Yvonne
Keaton-M artin. Ms.
Keaton- M artin joins
Jeannie Cole, Rick Wade,
David Cordell, Barbara
Hathcock, Ann Dawson
and Dr. Rick H ittner who
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Taking race boxes aw ay
w ould not have changed
the w ay w e see ourselves.
It w ould not have m ade us
“colorblind.” It w ould
have m ade the people
w ho sit across from us,
w ho represent our govern­
m ent — from politicians
and bureaucrats, to super­
visors and clerks — pre­
disposed to racial neutrali­
ty w hen w e approach the
state on personal matters.
This w ould ensure that
each party got a full,
im partial, and fair oppor­
tunity to present their
position w ithout having
structured, built-in biases
either “opposing” or
“helping” them based on
their racial or ethnic affili­
ation.
W e’ve com e to expect
politicians to look straight
into the cam era and lie to
the public, or put selfserving “spins” on facts.
W e’ve com e to expect the
sam e from “legacy
activists” w ho now make
a handsom e living by sup­
porting argum ents that
m aintain the status quo
rather than those that
w ould bring about
changes that will actually
help “their people.” But
when do we say, “enough
already?!”
The N A A CP opposed
Proposition 54. T h at’s no
surprise. B ut when do we
call their representatives
to task for the tasteless,
vacuous, and vituperate
rem arks that they make?
W hile speaking to a group
o f attorneys in San
Francisco, A lice Huffman,
a m em ber o f the
N A A C P ’s N ational Board
o f D irectors, president o f
the association’s
California state confer­
ence, and oversees 67
local branches and 30 col­
lege chapters and youth
groups, said the follow ­
ing:
“I ’ve got to tell you that
we have at least a few
people in black skin who
think that the w hite man
is still superior. They have
a little problem and that
problem is they w ant a
colorblind society. A nd I
have decided they w ant a
colorblind society because
they ju st plain d o n ’t like
being black.”
This “leader,” w ho has so
m uch influence in organi­
zations that affect so
m any people, w as m aking
not-so-oblique references
to m en like Ward
Connerly, sponsor o f
1
’T ' l e w f r
Proposition 54, and U.S.
Suprem e C ourt Justice
C larence Thomas.
She made even more pre­
posterous statem ents
against then candidate,
and now governor-elect
A rnold Schwarzenegger.
“There are a few people
in this w orld that still
believe that w hite men
bom in A m erica are supe­
rior. I f you want a live
exam ple . . . all you have
to do is tune into the
recall election and you
will hear A rnold
Schw arzenegger.”
“We all found it offen­
sive,” Veta Richardson,
executive director o f the
M inority Corporate
Counsel A ssociation, who
M s. H uffm an addressed.
She particularly disliked
H uffm an’s jo king that the
“last part o f his nam e
doesn’t register well w ith
m e” — a
reference to the -negger
portion o f
Schwarzenegger.
Can you find the real
m essage in these state­
m ents? They are not in
the w ords, although the
w ords them selves are
indeed reprehensible. The
m essage is in the senti­
ment. It is one o f fear and
loathing, dishonor and
N ovember
disrespect, and a total dis­
regard for the truth, or
even for those who were
listening. The m essage is
that we aren’t “ready” to
change, w hich is not true.
The truth is that som e o f
us d on’t w ant to, and
d o n ’t have faith in our
ability to stand on our
own w ithout exploiting
the guiltability o f others.
G uilt is a bull m arket for
a few legacy activists
these days. One o f the
leading “godfathers o f
guilt,” Jesse Jackson,
made an appearance to
support the crum bling for­
tunes o f G ray Davis, and
oppose the threat repre­
sented by Proposition 54.
Form er president Bill
Clinton did likewise.
Form er surgeon general
C. Everett Coop gave the
outright false statem ents
that had been echoed by
m edical lobbies and other
groups the air o f objective
credibility. A t the local
level, educators with
P h .D ’s behind their nam e
claim ed that in another
200-300 years, w e ’d be
ready for governm ent that
isn ’t race biased. O ther
men, clad in $ 1 , 0 0 0 suits
claim ed that if young
black m en d o n ’t get
apprentice jo b s in the
energy industry, they will
“ja ck your cars and rob
your hom es.”
A pparently after reading a
num ber o f press releases,
presidential candidate
H ow ard Dean w eighed in
w ith his own that recited,
chapter and verse, the
same fears and m isstate­
ments that other oppo­
nents o f the measure
claimed. There was noth­
ing original in his argu­
ment, and each concern
(e.g., m edical and law
enforcem ent provisions)
had been respected and
accounted for in
Proposition 54 language,
but sim ply dismissed.
This was an enlightening
experience... one that I ’m
glad I had a chance to
witness. H aving a color­
blind governm ent doesn’t
m ean that anyone will
becom e colorblind. It also
doesn’t m ean that the var­
ious “gaps” and “divides”
that rightfully trouble us
all will go away. But let’s
stop fooling ourselves by
saying that being able to
track the data is going to
change all that. An obses­
sion w ith data ensures that
significant num bers o f
people w ill continue
w atching, com plaining
about, and even profiting
2003
from, the problem , instead
o f rolling up their sleeves,
jum ping in, and doing
som ething positive to
solve it.
It doesn’t m atter w hat the
race o f an under-achiever
is. W hy should govern­
m ent care m ore about a
m em ber o f one group,
who may or m ay not need
help, than it cares about,
and is responsive to a
m em ber o f another? All
that matters is that he gets
help that is needed, know ­
ing he will be treated with
equal concern, and afford­
ed all available options o f
recourse. It’s so simple
when we start being the
solution instead o f com ­
plaining about the prob­
lem.
(1894 w ords)
C opyright © 2003 Adam
A braham All rights
reserved
Adam A braham is author
o f I A m M y Body, NOT!
(ISBN 0-9700209-1-0
$19.95 from Phaelos
Books) and A Freed Man:
An Em ancipation
Proclam ation (ISBN 09700209-0-2 $17.95), and
host and producer o f An
Equal America. Mr.
A braham can be reached
at adam @ phaelos.
WARD CONNERLY WAS CALIFORNIA DREAMING
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the com bined num ber cast
by G eorge E. Curry
for the 135 runner-ups,
including Lt. Gov. Cruz
The m ost underreported
M. Bustam ante, a
story com ing out o f
D em ocrat, and
C alifornia is the extent to R epublican State Senator
w hich Proposition 54,
Tom M cClintock, accordW ard C onnerly’s so-called ing to figures com piled by
R acial Privacy Initiative,
C alifornia Secretary o f
w as roundly rejected by
State K evin Shelley.
voters. N ot only w as the
A cross the state, voters
ballot initiative turned
rejected the idea by a
dow n by voters o f all
m argin o f 63.9 percent to
races - the total against
36.1 percent. In conservathe m easure exceeded the
tive O range County,
ballots cast for A rnold
Proposition 54 w ent dow n
Schw arzengger by m ore
390,450 votes (55.3 perthan 1 m illion votes.
cent) to 316,669 (44.7
In the days leading up to
percent). In another conthe O ctober 7 special
servative bastion, San
election, m ost o f the
D iego County, the m easattention centered around ure w as rejected 463,351
w hether Schw arzenegger, (60.5 percent) to 302,802
the body builder-turned(39.5 percent). Even in
actor actor best know n for C onnerly’s backyard,
his role in the m ovie,
Sacram ento County, it
“The Term inator,” could
w as rejected 183,067
becom e the “govem ator.”
(58.6 percent) to 131,243
So the real surprise in the (41.7 percent).
election is that the actorConnerly, the California
tum ed-govem or-in-w aitbusinessm an w ho had
ing received 3,850, 804
engineered the passage o f
votes w hile opposition to
Proposition 209 in 1996
Proposition 54 attracted
banning affirm ative action
5,071,565 votes - 1.2 mil- by state and local agenlion m ore than the gover- cies, had argued that passnor-elect and m ore than
ing Proposition 54 w ould
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unite the races and move
A m erica closer to a colorblind society. The initiative did indeed unite the
races - against Ward
C onnerly’s proposal.
The ballot m easure, if
passed, w ould have prohibited the collection o f
data on a person’s race,
ethnicity, color or national
origin in the operation o f
public education, public
contracting and public
em ploym ent.
Opponents had argued
that Proposition 54 w ould
have ham pered the prosecution o f hate crimes,
derailed efforts to curb
racial profiling by law
enforcem ent agencies,
prevented the collection
o f m edical data that
w ould have shown differences between races,
harm ed education by
elim inating the tracking o f
progress - or lack o f
progress - m ade by disadvantaged groups and
made it harder to detect
discrim inatory behavior
and practices. Curiously,
the m easure w ould not
have prevented agencies
from collecting inform a­
tion on a person’s sex.
A ccording to new s m edia
interview s w ith voters
after they exited the voting booths, 58 percent o f
W hites voted against the
m easure, 70 percent o f
H ispanics and 79 percent
o f A frican-A m ericans.
“D efeat o f Proposition 54
signifies that Ward
C onnerly and those w ho
w ant to deny the existence
o f prejudice and racism
have been repudiated,”
says Judith Lichtm an,
president o f the N ational
Partnership for Women
and Families. “ ...
C onnerly’s professed goal
o f color-blindness w ould
not be reached by turning
a blind eye to the very
data that helps us provide
equal opportunity for all.”
As was the case with
Proposition 209, Rightwingers rounded up the
usual suspects to deflect
criticism that the measure
w ould harm A fricanA m ericans in particular.
O f the sam ple list o f
endorsers on its proProposition 54 Web site,
four o f the five nam es
cited - Ward Connerly,
Shelby Steele, Thom as
Sowell and W alter
W illiams - are Black conservatives. Colum nist
G eorge Will w as the lone
W hite listed in the group.
But neither Blacks nor
W hites w ere duped.
Has C onnerly finally gotten the m essage? Hardly.
He has announced that he
w ill place the issue on the
California ballot again in
a few years.
Regardless o f w hat
Connerly does, the
California vote represents
significant progress in
addressing the issue o f
racial discrim ination.
A ccording to m ost national public opinion polls,
Blacks and W hites agree
that racial discrim ination
has been an issue in the
past, but sharply differ
over the im pact o f racial
discrim ination today.
For exam ple, a Gallop
Poll conducted in 1997
found that 59 percent o f
Blacks feel that governm ent should make every
effort to im prove the conditions o f A fricanA m ericans w hile only 34
percent o f W hites shared
that view. A m ajority o f
Blacks - 53 percent - said
that affirm ative action
efforts should be strengthened; only 22 percent o f
W hites agreed. W hen
asked about the treatm ent
o f A frican-A m ericans, 76
percent o f W hites said
Blacks are treated the
sam e as W hites. B ut only
49 percent o f Blacks concurred.
The recent California
election is not going to
m agically close that deep
divide. However, it is an
encouraging sign that
w hen voters are given all
o f the facts, they realize
that we will never achieve
a color-blind society by
being blind to the facts o f
life,
George E. Curry is editorin-chief o f the NNPA
N ew s Service and
BlackPressU SA .com . His
m ost recent book is “The
Best o f Em erge
M agazine,” an anthology
published by Ballantine
Books. He can be reached
through his Web site,
georgecurry.com
N o A m e r ic a n is a n e x p e r t o n r a c e . E a ch o f u s h a s
T h e h isto r y o f th e w o rld is th e h isto ry , n o t o f
o u r o w n e x p e r ie n c e , a n d s o m e t im e s it is in t e n s e
in d iv id u a ls, b u t o f g r o u p s , n o t o f n a tio n s , b u t
e n o u g h to m a k e u s th in k th a t w e k n o w th e s u b j e c t
o f r a c e s , a n d h e w h o ig n o r e s or s e e k s to o v e r
th o r o u g h ly . W h en w e r e c o g n iz e th a t w e d o n o t, w e
rid e th e r a c e id e a in h u m a n h isto r y ig n o r e s a n d
w ill h a v e ta k e n th e fir st s t e p to w a rd le a r n in g .
o v e r r u le s th e c e n tr a l th o u g h t o f all h isto r y
David K. Shipler
W. E. B. DU BOIS
N ovember 2003
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MIGRAINE HEADACHE
before com m on m igraines
- mental fuzziness, m ood
changes, fatigue, and
unusual retention o f fluid.
During the headache
phase o f a com mon
m igraine, you may have
abdom inal pain and diar­
rhea, increased urination,
nausea and vomiting.
Both classic and com mon
m igraines can strike as
often as several tim es a
w eek or rarely as once
every few years.
M igraine H eadache
A m igraine is a very bad
headache that tends to
recur. With a m igraine,
you m ay feel nauseated
and m ight vomit. The
pain is usually on one side
o f your head and you may
be very sensitive to bright
lights and noises. M oving
around can m ake the
headache feel worse.
There are m any form s o f
m igraine headaches.
Classic and com m on are
the tw o m ajor varieties.
W HAT CAU SES
M IGRAINE
Doctors think m igraines
m ay be caused by a chem ­
ical or electrical problem
in certain parts o f the
brain. A key elem ent o f a
m igraine headache is
blood flow change in the
brain. A ccording to theo­
ry, the nervous system
responds to a trigger such
as stress by creating
spasms in the nerve-rich
arteries at the base o f the
brain. The spasms con­
strict several arteries sup­
plying blood to the brain,
including arteries from the
scalp and neck. As these
arteries constrict, the flow
o f blood to the brain is
reduced. At the same
tim e, platelets clump
together and release a
chem ical called
serotonin. Serotonin acts
as a powerfi.il constrictor
o f arteries further reduc­
ing blood and oxygen
supply to the brain. In
reaction to the reduced
oxygen supply, certain
arteries within the brain
dilate to m eet the brain’s
energy needs. This dila­
tion spreads, finally
affecting neck and scalp
arteries. Doctors believe
this dilation causes the
pain o f migraine.
SY M PTO M S OF A
M IG R A IN E
The basic difference
betw een the tw o types o f
m igraine is the appear­
ance o f an “aura.” The
aura is the occurrence o f
neurological sym ptom s
10-30 m inutes before the
classic m igraine attack.
-You m ay see flashing
lights, zigzag lines or m ay
tem porarily lose vision.
O ther sym ptom s o f classic
m igraine include speech
difficulty, confusion,
w eakness o f an arm or leg
and tingling o f face or
hands.
The pain o f a classic
m igraine headache is
described as an intense
throbbing or pounding felt
in the forehead/tem ple,
ear/jaw or around the
eyes. Classic m igra.ne
starts on one side o f the
head but may eventually
spread to the other side.
An attack m ay last one to
tw o pain-racked days.
The com m on m igraine - a
term that reflects the dis­
o rd er’s m ore frequent
occurrence in the general
population - is not preced­
ed by an aura. Some peo­
ple do experience a vari­
ety o f vague sym ptom s
Some things can trigger a
m igraine or make it
worse.
(M SG), which is found in
Chinese food, Accent sea­
soning, L aw ry’s Seasoned
Salt, canned soups, TV
dinners, processes meats,
and some processed nuts
and snack chips
M ost citrus fruits like
oranges, grapefruit and
lemons
N uts and peanuts
O nions
Pea pods, or pods o f lima
beans Processed meats,
deli sandw ich meats, hotdogs and other nitrite-con­
taining meats
Saccharin or aspartam e in
diet foods or diet sodas
and drinks
Sulfites in
shrim p and processed
potatoes, like boxed
m ashed potato mix
Y east-containing products,
such as fresh breads and
donuts
H eadache triggers can be
things you eat, smell, hear
or see.
Stress and tim e pressure,
m ajor hassles, m ajor loss­
es, anger and conflict.
Smells and fumes, tobac­
co smoke, light glare or
dazzle, w eather changes.
M onthly periods, birth
control pills, estrogen
therapy.
Too much, too little or
interrupted sleep.
Hunger, fasting, specific
foods or beverages. (See
table I.)
Excessive activity. Certain m edicines may
cause migraine. Talk to
your provider before you
stop taking a m edication.
(See table 2.)
Table 1
Aged Cheese
Bananas, figs and raisins
Beer, wine and hard
liquor Caffeine in coffee,
.
. ' no»
tea and cola, and some
over-the-counter m edi­
cines, as well as caffeine
withdraw al (if you try to
give up caffeinated sodas,
for exam ple); chocolate
Dairy products such as ice
cream, milk, yogurt,
cheese, w hipped cream
and sour cream
Ferm ented and pickled
foods such as pickled her­
ring
M onosodium glutam ate
Table 2
Cim etidine (brand name:
Tagamet)
Estrogens
(including birth control
pills)
Fenfluram ine (brand
name: Pondim in)
Indom ethacin (brand
name: Indocin)
N ifedipine (brand name:
Adalat, Procardia)
N itroglycerin (brand
name: N itrostat)
Pain m edicines in general
(either overuse or w ith­
drawal from them )
ayorn u.
•, .
Tleserpine-contaim ng
m edicines (brand names:
Ser-ap-Es, H ydropres,
R egroton)
Theophylline (brand
name: TheoDur, Theo-24)
W O M EN AND
M IG RAINES
Both men and w om en are
affected by m igraines but
the condition is m ost
com m on in adult women.
Both sexes may develop
m igraines in infancy, but
m ost often the disorder
begins betw eenthe ages o f
five and 35.
Horm ones seem to influ­
ence m igraine develop­
ment. Women m ay have
m enstrual m igraines,
w hich can disappear dur­
ing pregnancy. O ther
wom en develop m igraines
for the first tim e when
they are pregnant. Some
are first affected after
m enopause. Scientists
report that some w om en
w ith m igraines who take
oral contraceptive pills
(O CP) experience more
frequent severe headache
attacks. A sm aller num ber
o f w om en experience less
frequent, less severe
m igraines with OCP.
Women w ho do not have
m igraines m ay develop
m igraines as a side effect
when using OCP.
H O W IS A M IG RAINE
H EA D A C H E TREAT­
ED
There are m any things
you can do to reduce the
pain o f m igraine. The
m ost com m on m ethods o f
preventing and controlling
m igraines and other vas­
cular headaches include:
Drug therapy
*
I'jd rru jn b a n
m o o a ril
rrrrm
Biofeedback training
*
Stress reduction
*
Elim ination o f certain
foods from the diet
*
Regular exercise, such as
swim m ing or vigorous
w alking
Tem porary relief can
som etim es be obtained by
using cold packs or by
pressing on bulging arter­
ies found in front o f the
ear or the painful side o f
the head.
DRUG TH ER A PY
In m igraine, drug therapy
can be used in tw o ways:
to prevent the attack or to
relieve sym ptom s after the
headache occurs.
If you suffer infrequently
from m igraines, drugs can
be taken at the first sign
o f a headache to stop or
ease the pain. People who
get occasional mild
m igraines may benefit
from taking aspirin or
acetam inophen at the start
o f an attack. A small
am ount o f caffeine may
be useful if taken in the
early stages o f a migraine.
If you suffer frequently
from m igraines, both pain
relief and prophylactic
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Why We Still Have A Dream About MLK Park
side o f tow n seem s to be
redlined. Probably for
m any reasons w e d o n ’t
see the sam e growth and
attention as the South
side. Is it ju st a percep­
tion, that the N orth side
has a larger poorer popu­
lation, a larger minority
base that does not vote,
therefore, m any issues
seem to get ignored?
- b y A ndre’ G ood________
The City o f Fort Smith
has dropped the ball as it
relates to prom ises not
kept m ade to A fricanA m erican and other N orth
side residents. Granted,
the current m em bers o f
the Board o f D irectors are
not the same exact board
that m ade these prom ises
in efforts to get the then,
new proposed lcen t
Sebastian county sales tax
passed in 1994. But does
this fact m ean the prom ise
should not be kept? The
City still has no tim e line
in w hich M LK P ark’s
m ulti-m illion dollar proj­
ect will begin, according
to City park staff.
A llegations such as City
neglect, procrastination,
indifference, and dishon­
esty are very serious.
These allegations w ill all
be substantiated by fact,
not em otions. A lthough
em otions do run high
w ithin this com m unity
w hich feels shunned by its
city leadership.
M aintenance neglect o f
the orifoinal M LK pool
closed it down when the
threat o f sewage backing
up into it fofced city lead ­
ership to do som ething
about it. The next pool
w as closed down in 2 0 0 1
due to the m assive
am ounts o f w ater leaking
out. The ice storm o f the
w inter o f 2 0 0 0 w as said to
have dealt the pools final
blow, w orsening the leaks
and faults behind its shell.
D iscrim inatory statem ents
like, We don’t ever know
w hat the blacks want, or
M LK Park is ju st too
unsafe with all the gangs,
drugs and prostitution
there, leave a haunting
rem inder that there are
still m any struggles to
overcom e. Be it racial or
social class, the N orth
able for Parks 1995-2004
was $2,016,033. The
am ount does not include
appropriations from feder­
al moneys. State
Representatives Buddy
Blair and Kevin Penix
have secured $75,000 this
year for the Park. The cost
estim ate o f the new M LK
m aster plan w as
A ppropriation Ordinance
No. 97-10 states in part:
A n ordinance levying a
one percent sales and use
tax w ithin Sebastian
County, A rkansas; and
prescribing other matters
pertaining thereto.
W hereas, at the special
election held on June 21,
1994, a m ajority o f the
qualified electors voting
on the question approved
the levy o f a 1 % sales and
use tax w ithin Sebastian
County, A rkansas under
the authority o f Title 26,
Chapter 74, Subchapter 2
o f the Arkansas Code o f
1987 A nnotated (the
“A uthorizing
Legislation”). The tax was
approved by a m argin o f
56 percent for and 44
against.
county had not been
straightforw ard w ith the
voters concerning the
courts building.” “If the
sales tax passes, the
Quorum r o u r t agreed that
25 percent o f the estim at­
ed $1.7 m illion annual tax
proceeds for the county
w ould be used for the
courthouse,” a June 18,
1994 article stated. “The
25 percent w ould raise an
estim ate o f $412,000 or
$4.1 million over the lOyear life o f the tax.”
The M artin Luther King,
Jr. Park dram a began
years after the original
$4,769,653.29 according
pool at M LK was
to Fort Smith Parks
installed. In the mid
Com m ission.
1970’s, sew er had began
to back up and posed a
It’s my opinion that Parks
potential health problem
and Recreations don’t get
in the pool. A fter a few
a large enough cut o f the
pow er calls to then-C ity
lcen t tax money. At this
rate, w ith cost increases, a Administrator C liff
date o f com pletion cannot K ehely and then-M ayor
Jack Freeze, by key indi­
be estimated. Remember,
viduals such Breck Speed,
the figures given are get­
past President o f Arkansas
ting out-dated as each
Best Freight Corporation
year goes by. The $5 m il­
and com m unity leader, the
lion plan m ay be $6.5
w ithin the next 1 0 years.
out-dated, im properly
m aintained pool was
It is also m y opinion that
replaced w ith the one just
if the City sc chose to
fund the M LK com m unity rem oved in 2002. During
the 1994 push for
center, as they have the
Sebastian C ounty’s lcent
4% o f the cities portion o f Southside Senior A ctivity
Center, the convention ^ i sales tax, then-C ity
the county sales tax is to
be spent on parks and sen­ center, the R iverfront andi J Adm inistrator, Strib
Boynton and other city
the proposed City court­
ior citizens.
leadership approached the
The city o f Fort Smith has house, they w ould make
A frican-A m erican com ­
the m oney available and
contributed 33.7% o f
also search for other fund­ m unity in hopes to per­
1995-2001 parks portion
suade them to help pass
ing opportunities.
o f tax funds tow ards the
the tax. G roups such as
revitalization o f M artin
the Young M en’s
Luther King, Jr. Park. The The county receives their
A ssociation, the
share o f the sales tax as
3 soccer fields, basketball
Progressive M en’s Club,
well. In a Times Record
courts, the new baseball
and the M cGill Center
article, by John T.
field w ith dugouts, a new
were audience to presen­
A
nderson
on
M
onday,
restroom , lighting, trees,
the skate park and the
A ugust 25*h, John quotes, tations o f how the lcent,
sales and tax could benefit
w ater spray area believe it “Justice o f the Peace Jack
the
community.
not com es to approxi­
Freeze, in a Quorum
m ately $973,103.00
Court meeting last week,
The talks turned into pri­
according to a C ity fax.
said the sales tax o f 1994
$1,362,961.00 was spent
was voted in on the prom ­ oritizing needs. The
biggest need was to build
on the new Southside
ise o f a new courts build­
the com m unity center.
Senior A ctivity C enter on
ing. However, Justice o f
There w ere talks o f a
the south side o f town.
the Peace Shawn Looper
stage to be built on the
The estim ated am ount o f
disagreed and said the
railroad tracks for special
tax anticipated to be avail­
events. The stage was to
resem ble a train boxcar.
O ther proposed park
am enities included: a
com m unity center with a
police sub station, a M LK
mem orial, a pond, new
tennis, and basketball
courts, volley, soccer,
football and softball fields
and a covered train depot.
This 1995 M LK Park
m aster plan was draw n up
by M ESA, M erlin E.
Seam on A ssociates in
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Risley and A ssociates
A rchitects drew up the
1997 M LK Park site
schem atics, w hich includ­
ed m ost o f the same
am enities. The 2003 plan
by M ESA includes land
acquisition to the east o f
Old G reenw ood Road to
place the com m unity cen­
ter, w hich houses a police
sub station and an
O lym pic sized pool.
In an effort to spearhead
the M LK Park proposed
im provem ents, a M LK
A dvisory com m ittee was
form ed years ago.
A ccording to John Dargle,
ex-Fort Smith Parks and
Recreations Com m ission
Director, the following
nam es w ere on Parks
records for the M LK
A dvisory Com m ittee:
A gnes Horan, Bob Yoes,
Jam es Reddick, Law rence
Tidwell, A lvin Bradley,
Joseph Roberts, LeJuana
D ickerson, M argaret Bell,
G eorge M cGill, Patricia
Perry, Peter Schutz, John
Thiele, Rev. Issaac Jones,
Lowell Coomer, Virginia
W aldon, M errell
Roberson, Law rence
Wood, Jr., Jam es M oton,
Tonya N ovack and
Yvonne K eaton-M artin.
A ccording to Law rence
Wood, Jr., m eetings w ere
held at the M cGill Center
on N orth 6 ^ Street and
the Stephens Building on
G arrison Avenue. “W hat
the group focused on were
the com m unity center
housing a police sub sta­
tion, a m em orial and an
am phitheater stage.” Mr.
Wood says.
So much planning, so
m uch talk, so much
m oney spent on architec­
tural plans, so m uch time
lapsed, so many meetings
and argum ents and both
M LK Park and the pro­
posed new courthouse are
still m illions o f dollars
aw ay from being com plet­
ed. Between City leader­
ship, businesses, non­
profit organizations, resi­
dents and a few key
pow er players, a friendly
line o f com m unications
need to be created.
Proactive dialog is vital
and expected by all par­
ties involved. L et’s finally
get this com m unity center
built! The first 10 years o f
the sales tax is draw ing to
a close and Sebastian
County has ju st passed the
lcen t sales tax continua­
tion. How and where will
our tax dollars be spent?
Bottom line, if City lead­
ership, key individuals
and businesses took an
interest on com pleting
M artin Luther King, Jr.
Park, the C ity’s prom ise
to this com m unity would
finally be kept. A fter all,
the Rev. M artin Luther
King, Jr., his dream and
this park are not ju st sym ­
bols for only “Black
folk”, but for all people.
This is a city park and
should be treated as such
as its nam esake spoke of;
“ ... know ing that som e­
how this situation can and
w ill be changed. Let us
not w allow in the valley
o f despair. I say to you
today, m y friends, that in
spite o f the difficulties
and frustrations o f the
m om ent, I still have a
dream . It is a dream
deeply rooted in the
A m erican dream .”
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CENTRAL WAYLAND
DISTRICT ASSOCIATION
The Central
W ayland D istrict
A ssociation and W om en’s
C onvention convened
w ith the Mt. Calvary
M issionary Baptist
Church o f Poteau,
O klahom a w here Revened
Pictured is (left to right)
Rev. M.L. Thom pson,
pastor o f Union Baptist
Church o f Pocola,
O klahom a, and 2nc* VicePresident o f the B.T.U.
and Sunday School
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nd V ice-M oderator and
pastor o f Mt. Calvary
Baptist Church o f
Hendricks, Oklahom a,
host pastor, Rev. J.L.
Jennings, Mt. Calvary
Baptist, Poteau,
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Law rence Rouser
M argaret L. M cClain
Eloise Deas
Alm us Faye M oore
M ichael Parish
Linda M organ
Brandy Jeffries
M ary K atherine Hall
Congress, Dr. K.D. Davis,
m oderator and pastor o f
Mt. Triumph Baptist
Church; M cAlester,
O klahom a, State
President Rev. John Reed,
Jr., pastor o f Fairview
Baptist Church,
O klahom a City,
O klahom a, Rev. J.P. Kelly
Annie Justice
2 0
G regory Hall
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J.L. Jennings is the pastor.
The association
w as opened Tuesday
night, O ctober 7 w ith the
local w elcom e program
and district musical. The
guest speaker was Rev.
John A. Reed, Jr.
President o f O klahom a
Baptist State Convention.
Edna Jones
Lisa Green
Briana Brown
O klahom a and VicePresident at-large o f the
B.T.U. and Sunday
School Congress, and
Rev. R.C. Triplett,
President o f the B.T.U.
and Sunday School
Congress and pastor o f
Lewis Chapel Baptist
C hurch, Kinta, Oklahom a.
Denise G iddens
Felecia Templeton
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Brittany Gary
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Tasha M organ
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Carolyn A. Carldwell
Joshua Starks
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Virginia Waldon
Ryan A sberry
Justine Parish
A lice Franklin
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Simone Ayers
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Paula Deas
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Johnny R. D river
Charles N. Chiles
G loria N athaniel
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A ngela A llison
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M argret W alker
Curtis Kinnard
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C harles Carter, Jr.
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Joyce A. Brown
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Leschia Clem ents
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Trevia Phillips
Cescily Porter
Rickey Releford
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H om egoing Celebration
Representative Boozman Honors
The Lincoln Echo
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On June 17, 2003
during proceedings o f the
108th congress the
H onorable John Boozm an
third district representa­
tive, inserted the follow ­
ing into the Congressional
Record.
“ Mr. Speaker, I
rise today to honor the
Lincoln Echo N ew spaper
for 1 0
years
of
serv­
ice to
Fort
Smith,
AR..
Last
week,
the Lincoln Echo celebrat­
ed its ten year anniver­
sary. It began w ith the
mission o f unifying Fort
Sm ith’s A frican A m erican
community. W hen the
paper was sold in 2 0 0 1 ,
its m ission statem ent
changed to reflect the
changes in Fort Smith.
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neighborhoods and con­
tinuously relayed a posi­
tive m essage to all its
readers.
Mr. Speaker, I
w ant to com m end
N apoleon Black, Allen
Black , Jr., Cecil Greene,
Jr. and everyone involved
in the E cho’s success. I
look forw ard to m any
m ore years o f success for
the Lincoln Echo.
I yield back m y
tim e.”
Representative
B oozm an cam e to the
office o f the Lincoln Echo
M onday, Septem ber 22,
2003 and presented a
copy o f his statem ent and
a video tape o f
statem ent
made in
first seso f the
108th con­
gress.
The owners
and staff o f
the Lincoln
Echo w ould like
to thank R epresentative
Boozm an for this recogni­
tion and his support. We
are striving to m aintain
the com m itm ent to excel­
lence o f our predecessors
w hile expanding the con­
tent and reach o f the
paper. Thank you for your
support.
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HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGES
HISTORICALLY
SPEAKING
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
C.M.E. Church
B om out o f the strug­
gle for equality, Texas
Southern U niversity
(TSU ) w as form ally
established by the 50th
Texas Legislature on
M arch 3, 1947. Founded
as the Texas State
U niversity for N egroes
and given its current
m oniker in 1951, the
U niversity’s prim ary m is­
sion was to establish a
creditable college for
A frican A m erican stu- .
dents.
A fter its inception,
Texas Southern
U niversity was the first
H istorically Black
C ollege a j ^ y p j j j s r ^ i
(H B £U ) to house a law
school, and was also the
first state-supported insti­
tution in the city o f
H ouston. Its pioneering
spirit continues today.
Prior to its celebrated
inauguration, Texas
Southern U niversity was
ow ned by the Houston
Independent School
D istrict (H ISD ) and
know n as the Houston
College for N egroes in
1935. In a racially segre­
gated society, the college
offered A fricanA m ericans in Texas an
opportunity for higher
education. In a bold m ove
for its tim e, the Texas
Legislature bought the
cam pus from H ISD for $2
million and transplanted
an established state-sup­
ported law school for
blacks to the University.
The University
acquired the law school,
which was originally
located in Austin, Texas,
and also created in 1947,
following mail carrier
H em an M arion Sw eatt’s
court battle to be accepted
into an all-white Texas
school o f law. The Law
School aw arded its first
D octor o f Jurisprudence
degree in 1950 and was
later nam ed the Thurgood
M arshall School o f Law
in 1976.
As the reputation o f
Texas Southern
U niversity grew, so did
aw areness about its com m qnity influence and sig­
nificance. O yer the years,
the U niversity’s educa­
tional facilities and pro­
gram s expanded, and
many o f its graduates
began to achieve local,
regional, and national
recognition for their influ­
ence in politics, educa­
tion, business, technology,
medicine, and the arts.
The U niversity grew from
one perm anent building
and several tem porary
structures to the 45-build­
ing, 150-acre cam pus that
exists today.
Texas Southern
U niversity’s academ ic
curriculum is organized
into eight schools, and the
U niversity has aw arded
m ore than 38,000 degrees
during its 5 5-year history.
Some o f T S U ’s wellknow n graduates include
the late U.S.
Congressw om an Barbara
Jordan and Congressm an
G eorge “M ickey” Leland.
In 1973, the
Legislature designated
Texas Southern
U niversity as a “special
purpose institution for
urban program m ing,”
after concluding that its
educational program s and
services particularly suit­
ed the needs o f urban res-
idents. U pholding this
distinction, T S U ’s aca­
dem ic program s continue
to provide training to pro­
fessionals in the m ost crit­
ical areas o f urban con­
cern: environm ental,
health, education, flyjtljg
works, law enforcem ent,
justice, city planning, and
business.
Though its beginnings
w ere hum ble, Texas
Southern U niversity is
heralded as a pioneer, and
distinguishes itself as one
o f the leading producers
o f A frican A m erican
scholars that obtain colle­
giate, professional, and
graduate degrees in the
state, as well as the
nation. The U niversity’s
enrollm ent has grown
from 2,303 students to
more than 9,700 under­
graduate and graduate stu­
dents from across the
world. A lthough the
U niversity was initially
established to educate
A frican A m ericans, it has
becom e one o f the most
ethnically diverse institu­
tions in Texas.
I M O M AS LLL
NOW IS
THE TIME
It was Thursday morning.
The black preacher rose
from his prayers. He went
outside and saddled his
horse for the fam iliar ride
into town. That morning
his soul was filled with
eager anticipation. He
w ould not, as he had on so
m any other occasions,
guide his horse to Liberty
Street w here the Colored
church was located.
Rather, he w ould head
tow ard 2nd Street — to
the white church. On that
day, the preacher was on
his w ay to jo in 40 other
A frican A m erican men
representing eight Annual
Conferences o f the
M ethodist Episcopal
C hurch, South. They were
com ing to establish their
own church. The tow n
w as Jackson, Tennessee.
The date was D ecem ber
15. The year was 1870.
That evening they devoted
them selves to prayer and
com m itm ent to God. The
next day they organized
the Colored M ethodist
Episcopal Church in
A m erica — the CM E
Church. The preacher was
Isaac Lane.
A m erican slaves. At the
beginning o f the Civil
War, there w ere alm ost 4
m illion slaves in America.
M ethodism
Those who founded the
CM E Church had been
m em bers o f the M ethodist
Episcopal Church, South,
w hile they w ere slaves.
John Wesley and the early
M ethodists had opposed
Slavery
"Sdfie and those who gath­
ered w ith him had been
slaves. Indeed it had been
scarcely five years since
the Civil War had set them
free. Slavery was the
forcible capture o f
Africans in their native
land, their horrible voyage
across the A tlantic to
A m erica, and their servile
status and inhum ane treat­
m ent as chattel property
(the same as horses, cattle,
furniture, etc.) It began
with tw enty slaves
brought to Jam estown,
Virginia in 1619 as inden­
tured servants.
(Indentured servants were
people, often Europeans,
who agreed to w ork for
seven years in exchange
for passage to A m erica.) It
ended with L ee’s surren­
der to Grant in 1865. For
m ore than 250 years
slaves provided the labor
on the cotton plantations,
tobacco farms, cane
brakes, and rice paddies o f
the South. M ore than 20
m illion Africans were
bought and sold as
C h a rle s H e n ry P h illip s
slavery. But by 1830 the
M ethodist Episcopal
Church, organized in the
famous Christm as
C onference in 1784, had
becom e a slave-holding
church. In 1844, as m ost
o f the Protestant denom i­
nations in A m erica, it split
over the issue o f slavery.
M ethodists were very
effective in preaching the
G ospel o f Jesus Christ to
slaves. It was as slaves
th4t African A m ericans
heard the preaching o f the
Gospel, w ere converted to
Jesus Christ, and becam e
devout Christians and
faithful M ethodists. M any
o f them w ere licensed to
preach. In 1860, more
than 207,000 slaves were
m em bers o f the M.E.
Church, South. A t the
close o f the Civil War,
78,000 o f those m em bers
w ere still m em bers o f that
church.
“O ur Own Church”
In their freedom , however,
form er slaves realized that
continued m em bership in
the church o f their form er
masters was neither desir­
able nor practical. Isaac
Lane said that they
requested their ow n sepa­
rate and independent
church, “patterned after
our own ideas and
notions.” Accordingly, the
General Conference o f the
M.E. Church, South,
m eeting in N ew Orleans
in 1866, granted the
2003
request o f the Colored
members. It authorized
the establishm ent o f those
Colored m em bers into a
separate “General
C onference jurisdiction.”
Pursuant to the action the
O rganizing General
C onference for the
C olored m em bers w as set
for D ecem ber 16, 1870.
Senior Bishop Robert
Paine o f the M.E. Church,
South, presided. It w as to
that m eeting that Isaac
Lane w oud take his event­
ful ride.
The 1870 General
Conference chose as the
nam e o f the new church
The Colored M ethodist
Episcopal Church in
America. (In 1954 the
term “C olored” was
changed to “Christian” .).
That conference adopted
portions o f the Discipline
o f the M .E. Church,
South, as its polity;
approved the A rticles o f
Religion as its doctrine;
and accepted the General
Rules for its standard o f
conduct. It established
The Christian Index as the
official publication and set
the boundaries o f ten
A nnual Conferences.
Significantly, the dele­
gates elected W illiam
H enry M iles o f K entucky
and Richard H.
Vanderhorst o f Georgia
bishops. O n D ecem ber 21,
Bishop Paine ordained
them the first tw o bishops
o f the CM E Church.
From such hum ble begin­
nings, the CM E Church
has becom e a m ajor
denom ination am ong the
Christian churches o f the
world. Today it reports
800,000 com m unicant
m em bers, 3,000 churches
and 3,200 preachers
organized into thirty-four
A nnual Conferences
divided into ten Episcopal
D istricts w ith ten active
bishops. Its boundaries
reach from the U nited
States to A frica, H aiti, and
Jam aica. It has G eneral
D epartm ents and G eneral
Secretaries t<~ adm inister
the m inistry and m ission
o f the church in evangel­
ism, Christian Education,
m issions, social concerns,
stew ardship, and ecum eni­
cal witness.
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DARK HORIZONS CHAPTER 6
By Bernadette M oore
------------C hapter 6---------Lily hesitates and
ponders a little longer on
w hether to tell him or not.
W hat happened w ith
D am elle could have been
a m isunderstanding. She
d id n ’t w ant to tell her dad
and the w hole thing blow
up in her face.
“W hat is it m y little
scam pi?” Mr. Vercelli
asked breaking her train
o f thought.
“D ad, do I look like a
large shrim p to you?
Anyway, I w as ju st going
to tell y o u ...I...I w ant a
strapless dress for the
C hristm as party this
year.”
“Is that all? W hat
w ould you be w orried
about me telling A drian
that?”
“I d o n ’t know. You
know how she trips som e­
tim es w hen I w ant to
w ear som ething a little
sexy. She freaks out and
fusses all night long.”
Lily rem em bered last
year before the Christm as
party; she bought a black
strapless dress. H er m oth­
er m ade her take it back.
They argued the whole
w ay to the store, in the
store, and all the way
back home.
“Oh wow, y o u ’re only
15 and a sexy beast!” Mr.
W illiam Vercelli said
laughing.
“I ’m 16 and this is no
tim e to indulge in sar­
casm .” Lily said crossing
her arms across her chest.
“I ’m sorry sweetheart.
It’s ju st that you shouldn’t
be w orried about being
quote unquote “sexy”
right now. That will come
later in life. M aybe you
will never think about it
and that is when you will
possess it.”
Lily looked dum b­
founded at her father. Did
she understand this correctly? If one doesn’t
believe they are sexy they
truly are? She opened her
m outh to ask the question
that floated around in her
head, but said something
else instead.
“This guy I met at the
mall thinks I ’m hot.” If
there w ere ever an organi­
zation for people who
always tend to put their
foot in their m ouths, she
w ould be the president.
“Guy? O h .. . lock me
up in an Insane Asylum
right now.” W illiam said
trying not to run o ff the
road.
“Daddy, it’s not that
serious. I haven’t even
talked to him long enough
to know if I like him or
not.” She is seriously con­
fused about her feelings
for Damelle.
A fter being interrogat­
ed they finally parked in
the G reensville Central
Mall parking lot. Lily is
determ ined to m ake this
day the best no matter
what.
THE GREATEST INVENTIONS IN THE WORLD
HAD HUNDREDS OF FAILURES BEFORE THE
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Yvonne Keaton - Martin
Yvonne Keaton-M artin,
was bom and raised in
Fort Smith AR. She is the
third child bom to Isom
and Odell Keaton.
Yvonne aftended St.
John’s Catholic School
from K indergarten- 8 ~
grade. She graduated in
1950 from Lincoln High
School.
In the fall o f 1950, she
enrolled at Lincoln
University, Jefferson City,
M O. She graduated from
Lincoln U niversity in
1954 with a B.A. degree
in Elem entary Education.
She received a M aster’s o f
Arts D egree from
C alifornia State College.
Additionally, other educa­
tional courses were taken
at California State
University, Davis;
U niversity o f CA at San
Francisco; Pepperdine
College; Chapm an
College; UCA, Conway;
and A R Tech, Russellville.
Yvonne taught school
in Fort Coffee OK,
A nnapolis M D, El Centro,
Com pton, Los A ngeles
and Sacram ento CA. She
m oved to Sacram ento in
1966, where she taught
preschool-grades 9, and
was a part-tim e instructor
at A m erican River Junior
College for seven years.
In 1971, Yvonne becam e a
school adm inistrator for
Del Paso H eights School
D istrict and rem ained
there until 1987.
A fter the death o f her
father in April 1987 and
her only son in July 1987,
she returned to Fort Smith
and becam e principal o f
Howard Elem entary
School. There w ere many
"firsts ” during Yvonne’s
tenure at Howard. To
nam e a few: the first
“A lternative calendar”
(year round school) in
Fort Smith; one o f the
first G reat Expectations
Teaching M odel schools;
one o f the first schools to
have a “Backpack
Program ” (a program
which provides kids food
for the w eekend); took the
entire student body to the
Jones C enter in
Springdale; took the stu­
dent body to the Highfihl
A irport in northw est
A rkansas where ihe kids
had the opportunity to see
President Bill Clinton
“land” in A irforce 1, had
the opportunity to see and
hear him speak. They also
got lots o f pictures and
autographs. (Learning
experience: all were
screened before entering
assigned reserved area);
first flag “ football” and
boys and girls basketball
team s were organized.
The girls w ere so success­
ful that several o f them
have received scholar­
ships both academ ic and
sports. The tracks team s
also cam e in js t for 1 2
straight years.
Beverly Enterprises
was so Impressed in how
Yvonne had successfully
“turned” H ow ard School
around, and the m any
learning activities she pro­
vided the students that in
1999, their organization
began to fund “full”
scholarship in her name:
“The Yvonne K eatonM artin Scholarship.” A t
this tim e 1 1 students have
received scholarships to
the U niversity o f
A rkansas at Fayetteville,
and 2 have received schol­
arships to the U niversity
o f A rkansas at Pine B luff
(form erly U APB). Four
students have since gradu­
ated from college and
have successful careers.
Yvonne retired from
Fort Smith School D istrict
in June 2000, after 46
years in the field
Yvonne is m arried to
Walter (Bill) M artin. She
had one child, Jim m y
(deceased), three grand­
children, nine great grand­
children, three non-birth
children and six non-birth
grandchildren.
Both her parents are
now deceased. H er m other
lived to spend several
years observing her
daughter enjoy working
with children, parents and
the community. H er broth­
er I som Jr. lives in
Kansas City and her
youngest brother Rudy,
lives in Toledo Ohio. Her
sister, Ivory M ae G reene
died in 1990.
Yvonne is actively
involved in the com m uni­
ty. She is a m em ber o f
King Solomon
Christian Church, serves
or has served on several
professional and com m u­
nity boards,
and is a m em ber o f sever­
al organizations, i.e..
Black Caucus, NAACP,
H abitat for
Humanity, Lincoln Day
Care, Inter-Faith
Preschool, A R Early
Childhood A dvisory
Board, A rkansas Gifted
and Talented Com m ission,
Mt. M agazine Girl Scout,
Citizens
Police A cadem y Alumni,
Leadership Fort Smith
A lum ni/Board, Sebastian
County
D em ocratic Central
Com m ittee, Sparks
A dvisory Board, Fort
Smith Sym phony Board,
Fort Sm ith H ousing
Authority, Zonta Club,
M ayor’s Crim e Task
Force, M artin Luther
K ing Planning
Com m ission, M ay o r’s
Physical Fitness Com m ission, G irl’s Inc.,
Friends
o f the Library, Delta
Sigm a Theta Sorority, Phi
D elta K appa, D elta K appa
G am m a, and
W om en’s Dem ocratic
League.
Yvonne was elected to
the F ort Smith School
D istrict B oard in
September. This allows
her to still be involved
w ith students, staff and
community.
She has received
num erous aw ards and
recognitions, to nam e a
few: M artin Luther K ing,
Jr. Com m unity Service
aw ard, A rkansas Black
Students A ssociation,
H onorary A ir N ational
G uard for a Day,
Leadership for N ew
Frontiers aw ard, Life tim e
PTA aw ard, and G ood
N eighbors Award.
In her “spare tim e,”
Yvonne enjoys reading
and traveling.
p o w d e r
o f w o rc h e s tire
s a u c e
b re a d c ru m b s
ta b le s p o o n
p in c h
o in io
Spotlight On A Linconite
o f re a l
o f s a lt a n d
b u tte r
w h ite
p e p p e r
d ire c tio n s :
s a u t e t h e o n io n in t h e b u t t e r till s o f t a n d t h e n c o o l it
dow n
a d d t h e l o b s t e r a n d c r a b m e a t a n d t h e n a d d a ll t h e d r y
in g r e d ie n ts , th e w o r c h e s tir e s a u c e a n d t h e e g g . fin is h
w ith s a lt a n d p e p p e r to ta s t e .
fo rm
f r y in
t h e c a k e s a b o u t th e s iz e o f a m e d iu m jo h n n y c a k e ,
o liv e o il ( lo w h e a t ) u n til g o l d e n b r o w n o n b o th
s id e s .
s e r v e w ith t a r t a r o r r e m o la u d e s a u c e a n d a le m o n
w edge.
d e B e n to n v iile /B e lla V is ta , I n c .,
u n a o rg a n iz a c io n s in fin e s d e
lu c ro t i e n e a p a r t a m e n t o s d a 1 , 2 y
3 h a b lta c io n e s p a r a fa m ilia s d e
b a jo e r e c u r s o s ( c ie r to s r e q u is ite s
n e c e s a rio s )y p a ra p e rso n a s
rn a y b re s.
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St. James M issionary Baptist C hurch
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
1312 Clayton
Poteau, Oklahoma 74953
(918)647-4653
Rev. Jerry Jennings, Pastor
"The G row ing Church with a BIG heart. Where E verybody is Som ebody. "
Sunday Services
8 :0 0 a .m . - E arly S erv ice
9 :3 0 a .m . - Sunday S ch o o l
1 1 :0 0 a .m . - W o rs h ip S erv ice
V
6 :3 0 p .m . - V icto ry S ervice
( 2 nd & 4 th S u n d ay s)
M onday N ight
7 :0 0 p .m . - Bible S tu d y
Tuesday N ight
1 1 5 S o u th W illo w
6 :0 0 p .m . - Blye C irc le
Fayetteville, AR 7 2 7 0 2
(4 7 9 ) 5 2 1 - 0 9 6 1
7 :0 0 p .m . - C h o ir R e h ea rsal
W ednesday N ight
(4 7 9 ) 4 4 2 -0 5 9 4 -fa x
7:00 p .m . - F am ily N ig h t
W W W .ST JB C .O R G
Sunday School
9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship Service.............................................. 11:00 a.m.
Women’s Missionary Meetings
4:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting............................... 7:00 p.m.
The Purpose of
St. Jam es is to
create an
atm o sp h ere of
hope an d love
by seeking the
lost and
n u rtu rin g the
saved.
O B IT U A R IE S
Rev.J. Aaron Hawkins, Sr.
Carriezine “Babe M ercadel 81
Death: Septem ber 15, 2003 Fort Smith, A rkansas
Funeral: G raveside
Septem ber 20, 2003
Interment: W ashington Cem etery
M ykeal J ’ron M cD aniel
49 days
Death: Septem ber 15, 2003 Fort Smith, A rkansas
Funeral: Septem ber 20, 2003 C alvary A ssem bley o f G od C hurch
Interment: W ashington Cem etery
K atharine Kay Smith
96
Death: Septem ber 22, 2003 Sallisaw, O klahom a
Funeral: Graveside Septem ber 26, 2003
Interm ent: Sallisaw C ity Cem etery
Sallisaw, O klahom a
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Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
401 South Denver Street
Spiro, Oklahoma
Rev. Clifton DeHorney, III, Pastor
Deacon Ronald Shepherd
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B ertha Faye Kinnard 59
D eath Septem ber 25, 2003 Fort Smith, Arkansas
Funeral: Septem ber 29, 2003 Mt. Zion CM E Church
Interm ent: W ashington Cem etery
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Worship Service....................................................... 11:00
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Evening Worship.......................................................6:00
p.m.
Monday Mission Meeting........................................5:00
p.m.
Tuesday Morning Special Prayer............................ 8:00
a.m*
Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer Meeting............ 7:00
p.m.
C icely Lois Renee H ow ard 29
D eath: O ctober 5, 2003 Fort Smith, A rkansas
Funeral: O ctober 14, 2003 Im m aculate C onception Catholic Church
Interm ent O ctobrt 14, 2003 U.S. N ational Cem etery
Lillie M ae Looper 84
D eath: O ctober 6 , 2003 H aw thone, California
Funeral: O ctober 13, 2003 Mt. Zion CM E Church
Interm ent: O ak C em etery
Men’s Prayer Breakfast every 3r<* Saturday
a.m.
8:00
M ary Louise W illiam s 8 8
Death: O ctober 8 , 2003 W ashington, D.C.
Funeral: O ctober 16, 2003 Q uinn Chapel A M E Church
Interment: Fairview C em etery Van Buren, Arkansas
In Loving M em ory
Of
W illie Daniel H am ilton
Jessie B. Butler 84
Death: O ctober 11, 2003 Fort Smith, A rkansas
Funeral: O ctober 17, 2003 N inth Street Baptist Church
Interm ent: U.S N ational C em etery
G leason M anager, Jr. 72
D eath: O ctober 13, 2003 Fort Smith, Arkansas
Funeral: G raveside O ctober 16, 2003
Interm ent: Crow n Hill Cem etery Van Buren, A rkansas
SUN R ISE
N ovem ber 2 9 ,1 9 3 7
SUN SET
Septem ber 14, 2003
Services Held:
Friday, Septem ber 19, 2003
11:00 a.m.
Philander Smith College Fine Arts A uditorium
Little Rock, A rkansas
R everend Nolan W atson, O fficiating
UNION BAPTIST
2003 CHURCH CALENDAR
POCOLA, OKLAHOMA
REV. MARVIN THOMPSON, PASTOR
October 20-23................................................ O.K. State Convention
October 26......................................................Men’s Day
November 2 ................................................... Table of the Year
D e c e m b e r 2 0 ..................................................Christmas Program
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W illie Daniel “ Bill” H am ilton was born in H ope, A rkansas to the late
Dan and C arney Ham ilton. After teaching m athem atics in the Fort Smith
public school system for one year and the Little R ock public school system for
six years, Bill began a career in public service that has spanned four decades.
He began his public service as an A dm inistrative D irector o f the EOA Fam ily
Planning Program , and later served as Executive Director o f the Econom ic
O pportunity Agency o f Pulaski County, after a b rief stint as Executive
Director o f the G overnor’s Council on H um ane R esources, serving under the
late G overnor W inthrop Rockefeller. In 1971, he was appointed Executive
D irector o f the A rkansas Fam ily Planning C ouncil, established during the term
o f G overnor Dale Bum pers. In 1988, he becam e Director o f A rkansas’
Division o f R eproductive Health, from which he retired in 2002.
He leaves to cherish his m em ory his wife o f forty-tw o years, W anda
K night-H am ilton, on° son, two daughters, two granddaughters, two brothers,
three sisters and a host o f other nieces, nephews, relatives and dear friends.
N ovember
2003
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Thank God For The Rock
9th Street Church o f
Christ
B rother Tom m y Brooks
Pastor__________________
The year is M ay
16, 1624. The place is
Plym outh Rock. The
event is the colonization
o f A m erica. The journey
taken by the pilgrim s to
A m erica w as the begin­
ning o f an era. Though
no one knew at the time,
the L nited States o f
A m erica w as destined to
becom e one o f the great­
est countries in the history
o f the w orld. O ur great
country prides itself on
the fact that freedom
reigns w ithin its bound­
aries. We som etim es take
for granted the very sim ­
ple things that are not
present in other countries,
such as the freedom to
vote in regards to govern­
m ent and the basic
unquestionable rights that
all people are granted. It
is for this reason that we
give thanks every fourth
Thursday o f N o \ ember.
As I think over the
past year, I realize how
much we have to be
grateful for in this coun­
try; and it all goes back to
the landing o f the pil­
grim s on Plym outh Rock.
There is, however, anoth­
er Rock that we all should
be thankful over. That
Rock is Christ. (I
Corinthians 10:4) Christ
as the Rock, or ch ief cor­
nerstone is truly a reason
for all to be thankful.
(Ephesians 2:20) Christ
built the church and pur­
chased it with his own
blood. (M atthew 16:18;
Acts 20:28) He did this
so that all men could be
saved. (John 3:16) Christ
made it possible for all
men to be able to make
heaven their hom e by way
o f the church. The church
in which I speak is the
same that Christ spoke o f
in M atthew 16:18. The
church is the avenue that
men m ust take in order to
be saved. (Ephesians
1:22-23; 4:4; 5:23) Paul,
a biblical pilgrim , said
“ .. .at that tim e ye were
w ithout Christ, being
aliens from the com m on­
wealth o f Israel, and
strangers from the
covenants o f promise,
having no hope in the
world and w ithout G od in
the world, but now in
Christ Jesus ye who
sometimes were far o ff
are made nigh by the
blood o f Christ.”
(Ephesians 2:12-13) Paul
relayed to the Ephesians
that before they w ere in
the church, they were
w ithout God. He then
said that in Christ (which
is interchangeable with
being in the church) they
cam e near to God. This is
all due to the Rock that
they landed on. The jo u r­
ney to the Rock is not a
random one. All journey
to the Rock in the same
way. One m ust com e by
hearing the gospel o f
Christ. (John 6:45;
Romans 10:17) This is
the fact that Christ died
for our sins, that he was
buried, and that he was
resurrected the third day
GOD MADE THE HEAVENS AND
THE EARTH AND SAID,
THAT’S GOOD
ROWELL - PARISH MORTUARY
according to the scrip­
tures. (I Corinthians
15:1-4) O nce one hears
and believes the gospel o f
Christ, repentance o f sins
m ust occur. (M atthew
5:24; Luke 13:3,5) This
repentance is a change o f
m ind about the things that
one has been doing.
Confession m ust be made
that Jesus Christ is the
Son o f God. (M atthew
10:32; A cts 8:26) A fter
this confession the person
is to be baptized for the
rem ission o f sins. (M ark
16:16; A cts 2:37-38) This
is the w ay one lands on
the Rock that is Christ.
O nce on the Rock, the
person becom es a m em ­
ber o f the only church
that is built upon that
Rock, the church o f
Christ. (M atthew 16:18;
A cts 2:47) There will
truly be som ething to be
joyous over when this
occurs. The person’s
nam e will be recorded in
the L am b’s book o f Life.
This is im portant because
anyone that does not have
his or her nam e within
this book shall be cast
into the lake o f fire at the
judgm ent. (Revelation
20:15) We beg all to be
natives o f the kingdom
w here Christ has been
reigning since 3 3 AD, the
country where freedom
truly resides, the church
o f Christ. If anyone has a
question about any o f the
things written in this arti­
cle, the 9 ^ Street church
o f Christ w ould be over­
joyed to answ er it, or any
question that is biblically
related. We pray that all
be blessed by G od to
com e to the know ledge o f
the truth.
Church
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F reed o m Tem ple A postolic
F a ith C h u rch
P a sto r: D /E F re d T. D onahue
.n Ojin. 1320NOith 32nd Street j jJih j
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Fort Smith, AR 72904
479-782-1611
REVEREND A. J. PARISH
MORTICIAN
U nion B ap tist
FastorM .L Thompson
Route 1 Box 520
Pocola,OK 74902
(918) 436-2571
Mission Point MBC
K ing Solom on
C h ristia n C h u rch
Pastor JA. Nickson
N 52nd & Virginia
Fort Smith, A R 72914
(479) 785-1165
Pastor A.M. Smith
4400 North N
Fort Smith, AR 72904
(479) 782-7567
N in th S tre et M B C
Pastor A. J. Parish
1023 N. 9th Street 72901
Forth Smith, AR
(479) 782-0055
INSURANCE AND
PRE- ARRANGEMENTS
611 NORTH 9th STREET
FORT SMITH, AR 72901
SERVICE WITH INTEGRITY
479-782-9200
Brock’s Tire & Auto Repair
( 479 ) 785-1589
Pastor CJ. Wilson
2037 North 14th
Fort Smith, AR
(479) 783-7072
5201 Bimie
Fort Smith, AR 72904
(479) 782-6451
Pastor lohnny. Freeman
C h u rc h o f th e L iving G od
2805 McKinley Street
Fort Smith, AR 72908
(479) 649-6249
Elder Gary Turner
New Z ion B ap tist C h u rch
1729 N. 13th
Fort Smith, AR 72904
(479) 783-7492
Pastor loseph Carey
Pastor Jerry Johnson
S pire, O K
(918) 962-5146
4235 Kelly Hwy.
Ft. Smith, AR 72904
(479) 494-7027
new nope
901N. 3rd Street
M uskogee, OK
(918) 687-4229
PSMirst C h u rc h
Beacon of Light
Z ion M B C
Pastor Calvin Carter
mbv
1115 Spring Street
Alma, AR 72921
479) 632-3031
18 S. 14th Street
Van Buren, AR
Pastor J<
P.O, Box 4423
Fort Smith, AR
(5C1) 782-0874
D ay S p rin g
Pastor Aaron Nickson
P.O. Box 1674
Van Buren, AR 72956
(479)471-8386
F irs t B a p tist M B C
M L Z ion C M E
Pastor Theartis Fergoson
Pastor C. A. Woods
910 N. 7th
Ft. Smith, AR 72904
(479 782-2100
3110 Kelly Hwy
Fort Smith, AR 72904
(479) 723-8878
U nity M B C
Pastor Steve Shepherd
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Pastor Lorenzo Lee
1301 N. 13th
Fort Smith, AR 72904
(479) ;82-6568
N inth SL C hurch of C hrist
Bro. Tommy Brooks
1930 N. 9th Street
Fort Smith, AR 72904
(479) 783-1261
ou A u g u su n e tp is c o p a i
BROCKS
SL M atth ew M B C
Elder Everett Rainey
H ouse o f P ra y e r a n d P ra ise
M ission C h u rc h
P a sto r U. C . W ashington
721 N. 10th Street
Fort Smith, AR 72901
(479) 782-0612
Pastor A L Eaton
1516 North 11th Street
Fort Smith, AR
F irs t C h u rc h o f G od in C h rist
C h u rc h
1400 N orth N & 9th St.
Feat Smith, AR 72901
(479)785-1140
F irst C h u rc h o f G od
2301 N. 34th Street
Fort Smith, AR 7290
1808 N . Greenwood
Fort Smith. AR 72903
(479) 783-0664
P ra ise M inistries
Pastor Nathan Crawford
3918 N. 50th Street
Fort Smith, A R 72904
(479) 783-3044
Pastor Daniel Clayton
Rt. 1 Box 444
Roland, OK 74948
(918) 427-0778
SL Ja m e s M B C
Pastor G. L Hinkle
4225 H igh Street
F ort Smith, A R 7.
(479)782-5756
G o d ’s H ouse of
P ra y e r & P raise
600 S. Denver St.
Spiro, OK 74959
(918) 962-3.565
St* Ja m e s M B C
Pastor Aaron J. Hawkins
M L O live
P.O. Box 433
Fayetteville, A R 72702
(479) 521-0961
U nited M eth o d ist C h u rch
T ru e V ine B a p tist C h u rch
South 14th Street
411 South Washington
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Van Buren, AR 72956
Pastor Thompson
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SPORTS PACE
No Bay Area World Series This Year Either
Ivan”Pudge” Rodriguez,
who had been around the
big league’s over 1 0
years. He was able to help
the youngsters like
Dontrelle Willis, a rookie
from Oakland, and the
others see the way.
Rodriguez cam e over
from the Texas Rangers in
deal that m ost experts
thought was rather ludi­
crous since the team he
left had some real super
stars like Alex Rodriguez.
The bad choice o f new
m anagem ent by the AllStar catcher brought criti­
cism from others because
he was going from the AL
to NL.
Evidently, changing
leagues had no effect on
Pudge, who not only bat­
ted near .300 in his new
league but hom ered
against the G iants and
by Huel W ashington
H opes o f a Bay A rea
World Series were dashed
im pudently last w eekend
w hen both the San
Francisco G iants and the
O akland A thletics were
bounced out o f the play­
offs.
G iants’ fans were certain­
ly disappointed as their
favorites were dism antled
by the upstart Florida
M arlins, a bunch o f
youngsters, who were ju st
reaching the big time.
A lthough the M arlins had
won 91 gam es, the very
thought o f appearing in
the playoffs against the
veteran G iants should
have had the team shaking
in their boots.
This was not the case, at
all, because the center o f
the M arlins was
drove in all four runs in
the third gam e that the
M arlins won 4-3.
In one big play after
another, including the
w inning run in gam e four
and blocking the plate to
tag out a charging
J,T.Snow for the final out,
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com eback attempt,
Rodriguez(Ivan) was
ever-present.
San Francisco also had
By Denis M cCaslin
The Fort Smith
N orthside G rizzlies have
struggled to date in the
2003 football season, hav­
ing posted ju st one win in
six outings against a
tough schedule.
The Bears lone victo­
ry o f the year cam e in the
A A A A A W est opener
with Van Buren, as
Northsideiportedria
vjfltoiy ovfer thef'-Po in ters,
in the fourth gam e o f the
cam paign.
Prior to that win, the
G rizzlies had dropped
non-conference affairs to
Pine B luff (17-0),
M uskogee, O k ,i \ % l ) and
Sallisaw, Ok. (14-6).
A fter the w in over the
Bird Dogs on Septem ber
26, the Bears have been
on the short side o f 44-7
and 10-9 losses to Rogers
and Bentonville respec­
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N orthside celebrated
hom ecom ing on O ctober
18th by entertaining the
Fayetteville Bulldogs.
Fayetteville cam e into
that gam e w ith a 6 - 0
overall record and a 3-0
m ark inside the A AA A A
West loop. The gam e was
won by Fayetteville 32 to
26 in double overtime.
Fayettevile is rated fourth
in the state large school
ratings. The victory
assured Fayetteville
w ould rem ain in first
back. They felt that they
had gotten snookered out
o f gam e one w hen the
catcher, Ram on
H ernandez laid dow n a
bunt w ith the bases loaded
to score O akland’s w in­
ning run, 5-4, in the 12th
inning.
In gam e tw o a few hours
later, Barry Zito did a
m arvelous jo b on the Sox
striking out nine o f the
tired Bostonians. The
team w as still suffering
their cruel fate a few
hours earlier and lack o f
rest..
Both gam es in Fenw ay
Park w ere close but the
A thletics couldn’t com e
up w ith a stopper so it
w as back to O akland for
the series final.
The A thletics had their
chances but a failure to
recognize that Zito was
running out o f gas
allow ed M anny Ram irez,
who had been looking ter­
rible during the series lo.
launch one into the left
field stands.
In the bottom o f the ninth,
tw o O akland batters were
called out on third strikes
that they should have at
least been trying to hit „
instead o f w atching them
cross the plate.
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losses w ere total dom inar
tion by the winners. The"
Bay A rea team s had
chances to win both and
advance. It’s evident thaj
some one ju st didn’t g e t ,
the right m essage out to ,
the players. Christm as .
cam e early for Boston and
Florida: gifts from San
Francisco and Oakland. ,
B la c k C o lle g e F o o tb a ll S c o r e s
The Grizzly Facts
place in the A A A A A ­
West standings. The
G rizzlies dropped to 1
and 6 for the season.
A road gam e to
R ussellville and a tw o
w eek hom e stand against
Fayetteville and the Fort
Smith Southside Rebels
will close out the 2003
schedule.
The struggle this sea­
son w asn’t totally unex­
pected, as the. G rizzlies
entered’ths;2(?03 season
having to replace 16 grad­
uated starters from a year
ago. With only 16 seniors
on the team , the Bears
had to replace their entire
backfield, w ith only one
starter com ing back on
offense and ju st five regu­
lars returning on defense.
N orthside w ent 5-5-1
a year ago under first year
head coach Darrel Henry.
In addition, the Bears
have fought the injury
bug w ith the players they
have available
Q uarterback A ntw oine
Thom as had to set out the
heartbreaking 10-9 loss to
Bentonville on O ctober
1 1 , but he was expected
to be back at full strength
in tim e for the
Fayetteville game.
N orthside has been
hard hit along their offen­
sive front. Two starters
and three key reserves
have seen lim ited action
in the first six weeks,
with the gam e with
another disappointm ent in
the lack o f contributions
on defense by Jose Cruz,
Jr. who slipped and fell at
Pac Bell Park to open the
flood gates for the
M arlins in gam e tw o won
by Florida 9-5 and drop­
ping another ball in game
four.
San Francisco also left a
record 18 men in scoring
position. The M arlins
avoided Barry Bonds
m ost o f the tim e and the
rem ainder o f the Giants
except Edgardo Alfonzo,
who had nine hits, could­
n ’t offer any offensive
assistance.
The A thletics sim ply blew
a tw o gam e lead. The
Boston Red Sox certainly
proved a gam e not over
until its over. Each tim e
they got behind Oakland,
the Red Sox stormed
Bentonville being the first
outing in which the entire
projected offensive line
has been healthy.
Despite the slow start
to the season, several
G rizzlies are listed in
som e o f the offensive, sta­
tistical categories among
area team s through the
first six gam es o f the
year.
H eading into the „
Fayetteville gameviti*fes>ij
GrizzlieS: wcrerbfeingsnrm
led in rushing by Cylon.
M organ, w ho had
am assed 276 yards on 71
carries with a pair o f
touchdowns. Josh Brewer
had 184 yards on 50 car­
ries w ith one touchdown
and Seth Sharum has
added 124 yards on 53
tries. Avery A lston has
added 61 yards on ju st 1 2
carries to date.
W illiam Franklin has
been the top pass catcher
for the G rizzlies , grab­
bing seven balls for 119
yards, w hile Patrick M ays
and Kevin Shepard have
snagged passes for 26 and
2 2 yards respectively.
The rem ainder o f the
N orthside gam es during
the 2003 season will be
broadcast by the Fort
Smith radio Group on The
O utlaw 94.5 FM with
G rant M errill doing playby -p la y and former
N orthside G rizzly Matt
Blaylock handling the
color analysts.
(Weekend of Oct. 11,2003)
Alabama State 27, Jackson State 20
Albany State 31, Tuskegee 20
Alcom 6 6 , Prairie View A&M 0
Benedict 14, Clark Atlanta 12
Bethune-Cookman 27, Delaware State 13
Bowie State 14, Shaw 13
East Stroudsburg 69, Cheney 20
Fayetteville State 22, Winston-Salem State 14
Grambling 45, Miss. Valley 6 ‘>n
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Howard 16, Florida A&M 14
Johnson C. Smith 20, Livingstone 18
Kentucky State 37, Lane 7
Langston 57, SW Assemblies 20
Miles 30, Fort Valley 13
North C a ^ l w
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North Greenville 35, Alfen 20
Northwest Oklahoma State 39, Lincoln (Mo.) 13
Shepherd 20, West Virginia State 21
South Carolina State 34, Norfolk State 15
Southern 55, Alabama A&M 25
St. Augustine 34, North Carolina Central 31
St. Paul’s 32, Southern Virginia 18
Stillman 14, Edward Waters 13
Tennessee State 27, Tennessee Tech 23
Texas College 40, Paul Quinn 19
Texas Southern 7, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6
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EUONYMUS ALATUS
“The Burning Bush”
By A lieve T h o m p so n
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W hen we think o f the
“Burning Bush,” we
inevitably think about
M oses, A cts 7:30-31.
“A fter forty years had
passed, an angel appeared
to M oses in the flam es o f
a burning bush in the
desert near M ount Sinai.
W hen he saw this, he was
am azed at the sight. As
he w ent over to look more
closely, he heard the
Lord’s voice.”
So is the burning bush
that you find in some
landscapes today that the
. Lord has made. It appears
in flam es o f red.
Recently, m y friend,
Estrene, was visiting me
from California. W hile
touring the city, she also
was am azed at the m any
burning bushes that we
passed. Betw een viewing
the colored leaves from
the trees and the burning
bushes, her cam era was
w orking overtim e.
I
. O ur conversation about
the burning bush focused
; on its brilliant color. D irr
1 states that the Euonym us
; alatus, W inged
! Euonym us, “burning
; bush,” is truly one o f the
, great aesthetic and func­
tional shrubs available for
A m erican gardens. Too
often, this shrub is pruned
into oblivion; an opengrow n specim en is much
m ore appealing and
retains an aura o f ele­
gance.
The shrub is definitely a
stalw art in the fall boarder
and can be relied on to
transform itself into a traf­
fic-stopping blaze o f lip­
stick red, and I do m ean
red, in O ctober or
November. It is said that
that the burning bush is as
w ell know n for depend­
able fall color as
Sacram ento, California,
sum m ers are know n for
heat.
This burning bush is
called “w inged” because
o f its tan-colored corky
ridges along the length o f
the dark green stems. The
w ings can be 1/4 inch to
1 / 2 inch wide, and are
arranged in pairs on oppo­
site sides o f the stem.
It is a plant for all sea- ‘ ‘ ^
When NATO Came To Town
sons, winged, corky, or
burning bush is also a
plant for m any situations.
You should give it full
sun, shade; poor soil, or
give it rich loam. The
shrub is tough. It prefers
full sun and w ell-drained
soil on the acidic side. In
full sun, you should w ater
it regularly and deeply to
avoid sun burning the
leaves. If you plant it in
dark shade, it w ill keep
the plant from coloring
well in autumn.
You can plant this shrub
in a m ixed border as well
as a screen (it does lose
its leaves in the fall) or
surrounded perennials.
The species form, e. ala­
tus, grows to 1 0 feet high
and wide. Com patus is
pyram idal in shape, and
grows up to 8 feet tall and
about 4 feet wide. Its
ridges are sm aller than
other varieties.
“M onstrosus’ has the m ost
pronounced wings.
‘’R udy H aag’ tops out at
5 feet high and wide and
is m ore pinkish. This
shrub can be planted in
Zones 4 through 9.
Because m y neighbors
have this shrub in their
landscape, I decided to
enjoy the “view ” from
a c ^ s l b e street..
WALK THE WALK
By Stephen Stafford
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This w riter participated in
the first annual W alk The
Walk For Prostate Cancer.
It was held at Riverside
Park in N ew York City.
O ne out o f three m en in
this country suffer from
Prostate Cancer. N early
256,000 m en will be diagnosed w ith the disease
this year and 33,000 will
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die. H arry Belafonte was
the H onorary C hairm an
Steve and Harry
Harry is own the right
o f this event. He is also a
survivor o f Prostate
Cancer. I got a chance
to talk to H arry and
said that Prostate
Cancer is especially
high am ong African
A m erican M en. He
said that we should
get check-ups on an
annual basis, because
it is detected early
the disease can be con­
trolled or cured.
By Betty M oore
N estled in a valley at
the foot o f Pikes Peak, is
the quaint city o f
Colorado Springs, a city
with quite a colorful his­
tory. The tow n was
formed by pioneering set­
tlers, both black and
white back in the 1800’s
looking to strike it rich
w ith a “m other load.” It
is also filled w ith the his­
tory o f early
farm ers/ranchers, both
black and white. The
tow n was hardly as big as
a postage stam p and the
mode o f transportation,
like m ost early cities was
either horse and wagon or
by foot. The m ountains
are so m agnanim ous as
you head West as their
aw esom eness loom
alm ost like a barrier put
there to keep the tow n
safe. Back in the days, as
they say, they had the
sam e atm osphere that
existed in Dodge City,
K ansas and the days o f
W yatt Earp. W hen the
m iners cam e to tow n for
Saturday night frolics at
one o f the houses o f ill
repute, som etim es there
were shoot-um-ups.
In the early days o f
Colorado Springs, m any
Easterners cam e West
because o f the opportuni­
ties afforded by the gold
minesp Afnong them were
G eneral W illiam Jackson
Palmer, Spencer Penrose,
Charles L. Tutt, and Lt.
Zebulon Pike for whom
Pikes Peak is named.
These were the movers
and shakers who got
together and form ed w hat
they called “little
London” with all the
atm osphere one w ould
find in Paris. They built
churches, schools, banks,
railroads, and hotels,
including the world
renow ned B roadm oor
Hotel. Spencer Penrose
was the driving force
behind the Broadm oor
and the library w hich is
nam ed after him. The
Broadm oor, as it is affec­
tionately know n, was
fashioned after the G rand
Trianon in Paris. Thom as
M acLaren was the design­
er and Charles Baldwin
was the builder. Work
was com pleted in 1907.
Kings, Q ueens and m any
foreign heads o f state
com e to the Broadm oor
for relaxation and fun in
the city that is 6,280 feet
above sea level. In early
days, they cam e to be
cured o f T.B. as well.
NATO first cam e to the
Broadm oor in 1949,
w here they drafted w hat
has been the charter for
peacekeeping for nigh
these m any years.
W hen it was
announced that NATO
was com ing back to tow n
for a weeks m eeting (Oct.
6 - 1 0 ), I w ondered about
how tight security w ould
be. These men com ing
w ere not ju st anybody,
they w ere heads o f for­
eign governm ents w ho’s
lives w ould be in the
hands o f our local police
and m ilitary contingen­
cies. As I heard the
sounds o f sirens that
M onday m orning m oving
dow n Lake Ave., w hich is
ju st three streets over
from m y house, I thought
first about w hen I lived in
O klahom a City and the
A lfred P. M urrah Building
was bom bed, and then,
the m ind boggling day o f
9-11. I’m w ondering,
“W hy are they in
Colorado Springs?” Then
I thought w hat safer place
could they be. The
Secretary o f Defense
w anted the delegates to
have a taste o f the West,
but I’m thinking how
m uch m ore secure could
they be with N O RA D ju st
around the com er, Fort
Carson a few m iles down
highw ay 115, and
Peterson A ir Force Base
to the East (a good halfhour drive). A fter all the
scream ing o f sirens on
Monday, the delegates
finally got settled in and
got dow n to business.
Things in the area around
the B roadm oor changed
because o f tighter securi­
ty, but up at the Zoo,
w hich is in the Broad
m o o r’s back yard so to
speak, I ’ll bet the anim als
w ere glad not to have so
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The Intuitioninst
M eet Lila M ae
W atson, inspector par
excellence in a m ajor
m etropolitan city ’s
D epartm ent o f Elevator
Inspectors. The first black
fem ale inspector in the
departm ent’s history, she
has its highest accuracy
rate. Lila M ae is an
Intuitionist, and she is
never wrong.
The Intuitionists,
sw am is o f elevator
inspection, feel the eleva­
tor. The Em piricists, on
the other hand, go by the
book, and naturally, they
are deeply suspicious o f
Intuitionist methodology.
So w hen an elevator
crashes on Lila M ae’s
w atch, chaos ensues.
Sabotage is the obvious
explanation: it’s an elec­
tion year in the Elevator
Guild, and the good-oldboy Em piricists w ould
love nothing more than to
assign the blam e to an
Intuitionist.
As Lila Mae tries to
uncover the truth, she
finds herself caught in a
w eb o f intrigue. The sud­
den appearance o f
Colson W hitehead
excerpts from the lost
notebooks o f
Intuitionism ’s founder,
Jam es Fulton, has caused
quite a stir. The notebooks
describe F ulton’s w ork on
the “black box,” a perfect
elevator that could rein­
vent the city as radically
as the first passenger ele­
vator did when patented
by Elisha Otis in the nine­
teenth century. Lila M ae
becom es involved in the
search for the notebooks
and discovers a secret that
will change her life forev­
er.
Colson W hitehead
has w ritten an utterly
original novel, and in Lila
M ae Watson he has creat­
ed one o f the most
endearing heroines in
quite some time. M arked
by lithe prose and a styl­
ish urban vision,
W hitehead offers a thor­
oughly engaging m edita­
tion on race. A dead-seri­
ous and seriously funnv
feat o f the im agination,
The Intuitionist m arks the
debut o f an extrem ely tal­
ented young writer.
Please let us know if we
are review ing books you
prefer. Pub
JAZZ CD REVIEW
by Chris C ockbum
“O ther Hours: C onnick
on Piano 1”
H arry Connick Jr.
M arsalis Records
“O ther H ours” is a
purely instrum ental record
o f songs w ritten for the
Broadw ay M usical “Thou
Shall N ot” . The m usic .on
this disc is com prised o f
songs w ritten for the play
that have been interpreted
by C onnick and 3 other
M usicians: Charles
“N ed” G oold (tenor sax),
N eal Caine (Bass) and
A rthur Latin, II (drums).
Each m em ber o f the quar­
tet is rem arkably talented,
with G oold being the
standout. If the line up
seems fam iliar to the
Dave Brubeck Q uartet,
then it should com e as no
surprise that the music
evokes the same sounds
and styles as the pioneer­
ing cool jazz group. It is
the quality o f songwriting,
however, that puts this
collection o f w orks into a
class o f its own.
The story o f
“Thou Shall N ot” is set in
N ew O rleans after World
War 2, and is a love story,
w ith supernatural tones.
H aving not seen the play,
I am not sure o f how the
songs on “O ther H ours”
fit into the plot. In the
end, this doesn’t matter,
because the expressive
playing o f G oold and
C onnick, coupled w ith the
assured rhythm section,
allow each num ber to
evoke its ow n mood,
w hether playful (“D um b
Luck”), Blissful (“Such
Love”) or Haunting
(“Your Own Private
Love”). “Your Own
Private Love” , the last
track, is the m ost striking
exam ple o f how adept this
group is at evoking em o­
tion from their respective
instrum ents. C onnick
plays a sad, reflective
attorney
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melody, over sparse
drum s and bass, while
G oold contributes a bare­
ly auuible line; you get
the feeling o f w ords that
are needing to be said, but
. . .
can t quite make it to the
surface, the feeling o f
suppressed pain. To do
this so ably w ithout the
assistance o f lyrics is
rem arkable.
.
M ost of-the album
is upbeat, and it does
rem ind me a lot o f
B rubeck’s classic “Time
O u f’album, not so much
w ith rhythm ic experim en­
tation, but w ith m elodic
sensibility. Connick w ise­
ly uses his catchy hooks
as a showcase for the
abilities o f the entire
quartet, and through the
aesthetic qualities o f
im provisation, never
abandons the listener.
This is a fine album, and
easily one o f the most
accessible jazz releases
since N orah Jones’ “Come
Away W ith M e” .
MOVIE REVIEW
BY Chris Cockburn
Tarantino’s
Fourth
w arned: It is not for the
squeamish.
“Kill Bill” (3 ? echoes out
o f 4 echoes)
1 =poor 2=fair 3=good
4=m ust-see
Rated R
Cast: U m a Thurm an,
Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox,
Daryl H annah, Sonny
Chiba
D irected by: Q uentin
Tarantino
Playing at the Carm ike
Cinem a in Fort Smith
Call theater for show
tim es
Q uentin
Tarantino’s fourth film is
a self-indulgent, over-thetop m asterpiece. Full o f
“Japanam ation”styled
ultra-violence, m artial arts
m elees, this is the
spaghetti w estern redux;
set in the parallel w orld o f
Tarantino’s imagination.
“Bill” is a stylistic
achievem ent, but be
U m a Thurm an is
“The B ride”, an assassin
w ho was
(seem ingly) executed at
her w edding by her for­
m er partners and their
boss, “Bill” . Left for
dead, she survives the
attack, and aw akens from
a com a years later with
revenge on the mind. The
Bride escapes from her
room and begins to plan
the deaths o f each o f her
enem ies. For the m ost
part, this is the entire plot
“Bill” has.
movie have the choreog­
raphy o f a H ong K ong
ballet mixed with the gore
o f an A nim e (for the unin­
formed, Anime is an
extrem ely violent form o f
anim ation from Japan that
has p huge A m erican fol­
lowing). Wounds d o n’t
ju st bleed; they spray at
an alanning speed and
volum e. The end result is
both fascinating and
hideous.
Like “Pulp
Fiction”, the story is told
in a non-linear format.
Each segm ent o f the
m ovie is presented as a
chapter, w ith some
explaining character ori­
gins (including a highly
original anim ated
sequence) and others
showing the Bride exact­
ing bloody payback.
A nd I do mean
bloody. The fights in this
One gets the feel­
ing that w ith “Kill Bill”,
Tarantino had free reign
to make the ultim ate filmgeek movie. Kung-Fu,
beautiful female assas­
sins, anime and num erous
references to 1970’s
exploitation flicks are all
thrown together into what
by all rights should be an
incoherent mess. But
through Tarantino’s deft
direction, w itty dialogue,
dazzling sense o f style
and genuine affection for
the source m aterial, “Kill
Bill” winds up being a
love-letter to the “B ”
m ovie, and I personally
can’t w ait for volum e 2 .
The Fighting Temptations
Gospel and m usic
lovers m ay find them ■ j l i i M W l f W ! 8 bi
right inside the theaters
w hile w atching the
recently released movie,
The Fighting Temptations,
co-starring O scar-winning
actor Cuba G ooding Jr.
and R&B icon Beyonce
Knowles. The star-stud­
ded Param ount Pictures
film represents a long
overdue introduction and
..
10
ft
tribute to Black gospel .
m usic before a m ain­
stream audience, while, at
the same tim e, telling a
story o f collective person­
al trium ph
The Fighting
Tem ptations opened in
m ovie theaters Septem ber
19, 2003. If you love
m usic and hand clapping,
toetapping singing, this is
the m ovie to see.
The O ’Jays are
one o f the featured groups
and they give their usual
outstanding perform ance.
It’s a three Echo movie.
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a m
Joyce A. Elliott
Congressional Black Cacus Member
Rep. Joyce A. Elliott
Biography_______
Rep. Joyce Elliott is
serving her second term
in the H ouse, D istrict 33,
w hich is com posed o f a
part o f Little Rock,
Arkansas.
In her first term , she
w as a m em ber o f the
Com m ittee on the
Judiciary and the
C om m ittee on Aging,
Youth, and Families.
Presently, she is a m em ­
ber o f the C om m ittee on
Education, w here she is
the chairperson on the
Subcom m ittee on H igher
Ed. She iz also a m em ber
o f the C om m ittee on State
A gencies, and the B udget
Com m ittee.
A native A rkansan,
Elliott was bom in
W illisville, w here she
graduated from high
school. She earned an
undergraduate degree in
English and speech from
Southern Arkansas
U niversity in M agnolia in
1973 and a graduate
degree in English from
O uachita (W ah-shee-tah)
Baptist U niversity in
A rkadelphia, A rkansas, in
1981. For the past thirty
years, Elliott has taught
high school juniors and
seniors (both advanced
placem ent and nonad­
vanced). In addition to
A rkansas, Elliott has
taught in Texas, Florida
and M innesota. This past
A ugust Elliott took leave
from her classroom duties
to accept a position with
the College Board as
D irector o f A dvanced
Placem ent Field
Initiatives, w hich will
focus on expanding
access to AP to students
currently underrepresent­
ed in AP classes: African
A m erican, Latino, rural,
B R O T H E R , C A N Y O U S P A R E A D IM E ?
B y P e g g y L . R a in e y
W r i t t e n S e p t e m b e r 1 4 ,2 0 0 3
and low-incom e students.
A m em ber o f the
Am erican Federation o f
Teachers and the National
Com m ission on W riting
in A m erica’s Schools and
Colleges, Elliott is a for­
m er m em ber o f the
National Board for
Professional Teaching
Standards, the College
Board o f Trustees, and the
N ational C om m ission on
the High School Senior
Year.
A m ong her favorite
distractions are Whitewa­
ter rafting, reading,
Jeopardy, running, solo
road trips, and traveling to
countries w here English is
not the prim ary language.
Elliott has a son,
Elliott B am es, w ho is a
gifted athlete and m usi­
cian but who is studying
to be an English
teacher— w ith absolutely
no coercion, but unbridled
pride, from his mom!
© 2 0 0 3 , P e g g y L . R a in e y
I w a s s it t i n g o n t h e d o c k o f t h e b a y
C o u n t i n g t i m e a f t e r tim e .
P e o p le p a s s e d m e b y ,
L itt le p e o p le , b ig p e o p le , s h o r t p e o p l e a n d t a l l p e o p le ,
N o t e v e n a w o r d to sa y .
I s a id , “ b r o t h e r , c a n y o u s p a r e a d i m e ? ”
T h e y f r o w n e d a n d lo o k e d m e u p a n d d o w n .
S o m e d i d n ’t b o t h e r t u r n i n g a r o u n d ,
I h e a rd so m e m u rm u rin g ,
“ N o , a n d I d o n ’t ’ h a v e t h e t i m e ! ”
M y G o d , p e o p l e a r e in s u c h a b ig h u r r y
G o t to g o h e r e , g o t to g o t h e r e .
I h a d to s to p a n d w o n d e r ,
A r e th e y r e a lly g e t tin g a n y w h e r e ?
S o , I s it o n t h e d o c k o f t h e b a y
C o u n t i n g t i m e a f t e r tim e .
C a n ’t y o u s e e ,
I d o n ’t h a v e t h e le g s n o r t h e f e e t to w a lk .
A ll I g o t is a s o n g in m y h e a r t a n d a v o ic e to t a l k .
S o , le t m e s in g y o u a s o n g ,
I ’ll e v e n s in g a s y m p h o n y .
W e ’ll j u s t s it h e r e o n t h e d o c k o f t h e b a y
A n d h a v e a g r a n d o le tim e .
“ S ay, b ro th e r, m y b ro th e r, c a n y o u s p a re a tim e ? ”
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can’t afford.
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Allen,
A nother good issue o f
The L in co ln E cho.
Thanks to all the hard
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interest to all.
Sincerely,
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The L in co ln E ch o
N apoleon Black,
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R eading the book review s
jt>y A udrey J. Davis. H er
[je v ie w o f the novels King
|<)f Tarts (in the June issue
• p f the Echo), and P.J.
; b o u n ty (in the A ugust
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A letter o f interest:
L ieutenant’s Stand
Honored
In Septem ber 1957, as the
dram a o f integration
unfolded at Little Rock
Central H igh School,
President Eisenhow er
sum m oned the 1 0 1 st
A irborne to Little Rock
and m obilized the
A rkansas N ational G uard
to protect the students and
citizens from each other
and them selves.
O n the m orning o f Oct. 4,
follow ing a student w alk­
out, a trr.gic B lack figure
sw ayed in effigy on the
big oak tree, adjacent to
the grounds o f Central
high. Students punched
and kicked it. O ne student
set it on fire, and the
crow d cheered.
It becam e apparent to a
m ilitary police lieutenant
nearby o f the danger from
the fire. He m ade his way
through the crow d that
shouted insults and
obscenities as he yanked
dow n the burning symbol.
The Lieutenant stom ped
out the flam es, and the
leaves on the big O ak tree
shuddered at the sight o f
m an’s inhum anity to man.
A m eeting at Cam p
Robinson, betw een the
A djutant G eneral and the
Lieutenant, revealed that
the L ieutenant’s nam e had
been released by the
Army. Intelligence
believed that segregation­
ists m ight bum a cross at
his home. The General
had requested a plane
from Fort Smith and
ordered the Lieutenant to
be on its return flight to
defend his hom e and pre­
vent the terrorizing o f his
family.
M y beloved brother, Lt.
Jack G. Lovett, a^veteran J
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o f six m ajor engagem ents
in the Pacific during
World War 11, was on
that plane to Fort Smith.
Proper agencies were
alerted; there was no inci­
dent. D edicated soldiers
secured the peace, and
nine Black students
enrolled in Central high;
am ong the greatest o f
these heroes, I nom inate,
were The Central High
Nine, Lt. Jack C. Lovett,
(form er CWA vice-presi­
dent), now Lieutenant
Colonel, retired, and the
soldiers w ho served with
him.
M ay we strive, with oth­
ers, to overcom e the
w rongs o f racial preju­
dice.
Lucille Lovett Liebling
Charleston
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N o vem ber
Representative John Boozm an’s
Third District Congressional Report
airm en and women
w ho m ake-up the 188th
Fighter Wing are part o f
an elite team that has
played an integral role in
A m erican history.
1 ,0 0 0
This y ear’s air
show in Fort Smith was
once again quite the spec­
tacle. Folks from across
the region w ere am azed
and entertained by the
precision flying, the vin­
tage and m odem planes
on display and the unbe­
lievable stunts perform ed
with perfection. W hat a
lot o f people d o n ’t know
is that this y ear’s show
may have never happened
if it w eren’t for the efforts
o f the 188th Fighter
Wing.
The 188th Fighter
Wing has always played a
crucial role in organizing
the amkual air show.
H ow ever this year, they
took an even larger lead­
ership role to ensure the
show w ould go on. TTiat
sort o f dedication is
indicative o f the contribu­
tions that the 188th has
made to the Fort Smith
com m unity over the past
50 years.
This y ear’s air
show com es on the 50th
anniversary o f the
National G uard’s presence
in Fort Smith. The Flying
Razorbacks, as the 188th
Fighter Wing is also
known, were hoi ored at a
w onderful event during
the air show.
The m ore than
Through the years, the
188th Fighter W ing has
taken part in m issions
ranging from the Berlin
Crisis to the Vietnamese
airlift to the first D esert
Storm. M ost recently, the
188th has proven invalu­
able in the War on Terror.
The 188th Fighter W ing’s
participation in Operation
E nduring Freedom and
Operation N oble Eagle
helped m ake both cam ­
paigns successful and
essential in com bating ter­
rorism w orldwide.
H aving grow n-up
in Fort Smith, I under­
stand firsthand how
im portant the Flying
R azorbacks are to our
com m unity and our state.
The contributions the
188th Fighter Wing
makes to the com m unity
does not go unnoticed.
W hether it is providing
fire prevention and sup­
pression services to the
airport or organizing and
hosting the annual air
show, the Flying
Razorbacks give a great
deal back to the people o f
Fort Smith.
These contribu­
tions m ake our com m uni­
ty a better place to live
and having w orld-class
pilots as neighbors gives
the people o f Fort Smith
one m ore reason to be
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Jazz Artist Of The Month;
Little Jimmy Scott
Billie H oliday often sin­
gled out Jim m y Scott as
her favorite singer, and
over the course o f a long,
circuitous career that
dates back to his 1949
jukebox hit “Everybody’s
Som ebody’s Fool” (with
Lionel H am pton’s big
band), and a series o f
1950s-’60s recordings for
the Roost, Coral,
Brunswick, and Savoy
labels, Scott achieved
notoriety as an R&B
singer and pop balladeer.
However, Scott him self
took a m uch broader view
o f his talents, and always
considered him self a ja zz
singer as well, a point
driven hom e convincingly
on his latest M ilestone
recital, B ut Beautiful.
“The standard book was
like college for m e,” he
insists. “These were the
kinds o f songs I always
w anted to record, but one
has to do m any kinds o f
things in show business,”
he adds ruefully yet w ith­
out rancor. “It m akes all
the difference in the w orld
to w ork w ith a sym pathet­
ic producer w ho’s able to
assem ble com patible
m usicians, and lets us do
our thing.”
That thing led to a trip­
tych o f recordings for the
M ilestone label, begin­
ning w ith the sublim e
M ood Indigo, continuing
w ith the em otional break­
through that w as Over the
Rainbow, and culm inating
with this, his m ost pol­
ished and varied recital to
date— B ut Beautiful. “The
form ula, as such, was not
to have any form ulas,”
allow s producer Todd
Barkan. “I ’m in awe o f
Jim m y’s artistry, and
never felt as if w e needed
to gild the lily w ith any­
thing ostentatious— sim ­
ply surround him w ith a
sensitive cadre o f jazzm en
w ho understand how to
understate their own
m usicianship and shine
the spotlight on the vocal­
ist.” In the process, Scott
was able to bring his
heartbreakingly fragile,
eggshell vibrato, keening
falsetto, and languid,
floating style o f jazz
phrasing to bear on a set
o f m agnificent chestnuts
from the great A m erican
Songbook, transform ing
fam iliar tunes such as
“O ver the Rainbow ” into
harrow ing tales o f loss
and acceptance, w hile
approaching Lady D ay’s
dark m asterpiece “ Strange
Fruit” with the unassum ­
ing w onder o f a child— as
incapable o f com prehend­
ing such unim aginable
evil as m ost listeners
w ould be o f picturing any
other singer on earth hav­
ing the chutzpah to take
on the m other o f all
protest songs.
But then Jim m y Scott
does not so much sing as
conjure: through theatrical
presentations that aren’t
m erely perform ed, but
lived in, turning hurt into
hope and longing into life
itself. It is such a pro­
foundly em otional experi­
ence, one could alm ost
im agine his audience,
hypnotically transfixed,
following his trail o f tears
right up the gangplank o f
r
C haron’s boat for that
final excursion down the
River Styx. All aboard.
Still, th ere’s m ore to
Jim m y S cott’s jazz artistry
than an ability to encapsu­
late and personify a sense
o f the tragic. So m uch so
that Barkan was less
inclined to showcase Scott
here as the dark laddie o f
the sonnets than as a fea­
tured vocalist, with plenty
o f room for his collabora­
tors to stretch and engage
him in the kind o f stately
jazz interplay that is the
province o f a singer who
can com m unicate not ju st
those things which are
sad, but beautiful.
As a result, B ut B eautiful
functions as som ething o f
a jazz tribute to Jimmy,
w ith a m ore expansive,
upbeat feel than its tw o
M ilestone predecessors:
Jim m y Scott not sim ply as
m aster o f the ballad, but
as a soulful sw inger— the
lightning rod and catalyst
for a perfected m odem
jazz com bo. W here deeply
felt perform ances such as
“Please Send Me
Som eone to Love” and
“Take M y H and, Precious
Lord” depict the
R & B/gospel undertone
that is a foundation o f
Jim m y’s work, listeners
can likew ise revel in his
soulful readings o f “It
H ad to Be You” and
“D am That D ream ,” as he
hands o ff the musical
baton to a robust and res­
olute Eric A lexander on
the former, and echoes
special guest star W ynton
M arsalis’s articulated lyri­
cism on the latter. A nd in
the com pany o f m aster
m usicians like pianist
Renee Rosnes, guitarist
Joe Beck, bassist George
M raz, and drum m er
Lewis N ash, Jim m y Scott
takes us on a tour o f such
em otional w histle stops as
“This Bitter Earth,”
“W hen You Wish Upon a
Star,” and “I ’ll Be Seeing
You”— destinations along
the w ay that w e’d dam n
near forgotten, so seldom
does anyone dare traverse
such harrow ing em otional
terrain.
B om on July 17, 1925 in
Cleveland, Ohio, Jim m y
was one o f ten siblings
who often sang together
in church to the accom pa­
nim ent o f their m other’s
piano. However,
K allm ann’s Syndrom e, a
hereditary horm onal defi­
ciency, stunted Jim m y’s
grow th and his voice
never deepened w ith the
norm al onset o f puberty.
As a result, during his
tim e with H am pton’s sem ­
inal, R& B-inflected jazz
big band, the labels o f
som e D ecca 78s m istak­
enly credit Irma Curry,
w hen in fact the keening,
feline vocals belonged to
one Little Jim m y Scott— a
fact not lost on his swoon­
ing female fans, who fol­
low ed him adoringly
through the next decade’s
output on those Coral and
Brunsw ick sides docu­
m ented on E veryb o d y’s
Som ebody s F ool (GRP)
and the three-CD The
Savoy Years a nd More,
w hich encom passes his
1952 Roost sessions and
his 1955-1975 output for
Savoy. But like so m any
m aster m usicians o f that
era, Jim m y was artistical­
ly, em otionally, and eco­
nom ically strip-m ined to
such a degree by music
industry bottom feeders
that for m any years there­
after he plugged aw ay as
a hotel shipping clerk,
w hile attending to the care
o f his ailing father.
In 1990, however, he
returned to perform ing,
and tw o years later at
songw riter Doc P om us’s
funeral, Jim m y’s vocal
tribute to his old friend
w as so m oving that record
exec Seym our Stein liter­
ally signed him on the
spot for w hat turned out
to be tw o recordings on
the Sire label and one for
W arner Bros. A final out­
ing o f contem porary
songs for the A rtists Only!
im print followed before
he began his M ilestone
collaborations w ith Todd
Barkan.
A fter a long climb, things
are really looking up for
Jim m y Scott. H e’s estab­
lished a dedicated interna­
tional audience through
trium phant tours o f
Europe and Japan; h e ’s
been the featured subject
o f a Bravo Profiles televi­
sion special, and o f an indepth biography by
aw ard-w inning author
David Ritz (Faith in
Time: The Jazz Life o f
Jim m y Scott, due out in
the fall o f 2002 from Da
Capo Press). Now, with
B ut Beautiful, Jimm y
Scott fleshes out a persua­
sive portrait o f his jazz
m astery and storytelling.
“ It represents a logical
evolution o f our
M ilestone sessions,” con­
cludes Barkan, “and
everything Jim m y has
w orked so hard for.” Mr.
Scott adds a final coda:
“The record is quite sim ­
ply exquisite, and I really
am as proud o f it as any­
thing I ’ve ever done in
m y life.”