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DURHAN AM
CORPS
"Knowledge
Through
Experience"
Ann C. Baker
Executive Director
Durham Service Corps
P.O. Box 306
Durham, NC 27702
919-683-6602
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JOIN
THE
DURHAM
SERVICE
CORPS
SUCCESS IS A JOURNEY OF SMALL STEPS
THE CORPS WILL TAKE THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU
BUT THE FIRST STEP IS YOURS
1992 NEWS NOTES
DURT
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STATE STATE THE Baker, Corpeparture job. STATE THE teams it:
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The cleanupofthe Camden
By Anne Berkley
Avenue "Geer Cemetery by the
Durham Service Corps has brought to
A fifty year collection of debri:
Howell
and growth of high and low brush wa:
a
light the graves of over 130 persons
buried in thisarea, according to Denise
removed by the Durham Service
Ournain Service
Tent
Corpenance
Corps-a workstudy group of 18-2:
Corps
Erica
The
for
Rowson, education coordinator of the
year and old residents who are out of worl
crew.
/
Corps. This effort was the result of
STATES
school. The Corps received
on
the
hours
minim
member
Mangum
Avondal
city nize contract with the Corps to
local cemetery founded
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70
19th century The city
over$24,000 etery. in reclaimin
Glaxo recog. this a $5,000 angle Comm grants Greater $100,000 to youth last service Examples will corps fund
grant from the
the historical significance of
of the jobs the Glaxo
include work in the
Administration Hospital.
Established by Jesse Ge
Special Olympics and
BND
nent farmer in 1876 to take
Herald-Sun staff reports
for Humanity.
farm workers, this African
Glaxo Inc. is continuing its support
cemetery was abandoned In
"The Durham Service Corps offers a fresh start for
been
of the Durham Service Corps. which
At that time the city closed
provides education and employment
who have gotten off track.,"
opportunities for struggling youths.
Shelby ago. A Van year Hoyle and or half Youth
the The HPSD has pushed for rehabilitation of
over-crowded tha
BILL SHORE
coming a health problem
with a three-year. $100,000 grant.
un.
cemetery for several years.
and four other cemeteries ft
Glaxo gave the non-profit or.
GLAXO COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER
employee dropoul was high an
were supplanted by Beechwo
ganization $25,000 as seed money in
hope behind without on his bills
and
1990 and last year donated $10,500 to
are
enrolled.
etery on Fayetteville Road.
the corps. Glaxo, based in Research
a news release. "They have a chance
to become productive. contributing
Some of th
future. for his family's much
Triangle Park. is the corps' biggest
does is no
members of society."
donor. "The Durham Service Corps offers a
The Service Corps gives jobs. 18- at
Ann Bak
brought ab excitement What
about and GED. good job
he has his
money will
Historic Preservation Society of Durham
continue
fresh start for young adults who have
salaries, to under-educated
gotten Glaxo community off track." affairs said manager. Bill Shore. in small to 23-year olds. Twenty-four youths
Service Youth
credits change? theyle about this
Corpo. which helped ser Due him
his main There GED goals: achieve and were job. BCI two
SERVICE CORPO
THE DURHAM SERVICE CORPS
"Knowledge Through Experience"
WHO CAN JOIN THE CORPS?
The Durham Service Corps (DSC) is open to any young adult between the ages of 18 and 23. The DSC's
corpsmembers reflect the diversity of the greater Durham community -- rich, poor and middle class; African
American, Caucasian, Hispanic and Asian; high school dropout, graduate, and college-bound. Initially, the
DSC will employ approximately 20 corpsmembers, growing to 30 by the end of 1991. By 1993 the DSC will
grow to over 100 corpsmembers.
WHAT WILL CORPSMEMBERS DO IN THE CORPS?
The Corps is designed as a rigorous and challenging experience. After a three day unpaid orientation
program that includes preliminary assessment and individual goal setting, and orientation to the rules of the
Corps, corpsmembers move into the regular program, serving as provisional corpsmembers for one month.
Corpsmembers begin each day with a community meeting to discuss current affairs, issues affecting the
Corps community and the community-at-large. They then divide into supervised crews of 10 to provide
critically needed physical and human services in a variety of places such as the city and county parks,
Durham public housing communities, the Veterans Administration Hospital and Habitat for Humanity sites.
Approximately 60% of the time is spent in community service in the greater Durham area.
To complement the work experience, the DSC has designed an education program that enables corpsmembers
to develop skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking, computing, problem solving, goal setting and critical
thinking. Corpsmembers spend approximately 11 hours a week in the Corps' in-house experiential basic and
lifeskill program. The DSC provides GED and remedial education classes and college, technical skills, and
career advising. Through an integrated work and learning curriculum, corpsmembers are provided with
opportunities to use their skills in ways that are both positive for themselves and constructive for the
community.
Upon leaving the Corps, corpsmembers are assisted in finding permanent employment and/or additional
educational opportunities.
HOW ARE CORPSMEMBERS COMPENSATED?
Corpsmembers are asked to make a one year commitment upon acceptance into the DSC. They receive a
starting weekly salary of $123.25 with bonuses and promotions based on work performance and attendance.
At the end of six months, corpsmembers are eligible to receive a $250 bonus; at the successful completion
of a year in the Corps, corpsmembers are eligible to receive a $1500 award in the form of a college or
vocational training scholarship voucher, or they may qualify for a cash award of $750.
- over -
WHERE IS THE CORPS HOUSED?
The Durham Service Corps operates out of the L.T. Walker Physical Education Complex Room C204 on the
North Carolina Central University campus at 1521 Alston Avenue. The facility is well suited for the Corps'
comprehensive program. DSC vans are used to transport corpsmembers to and from the work sites.
HOW IS THE DURHAM SERVICE CORPS FUNDED?
Durham is one of 15 cities chosen to participate in a national effort to develop and sustain urban youth corps
through the Urban Corps Expansion Project (UCEP), a joint initiative sponsored by two private not-for-profit
organizations -- Public/Private Ventures of Philadelphia and the National Association of Service and
Conservation Corps in Washington, D.C. UCEP provides three years of technical support and a grant of
$100,000 for each of the first two years of operation. Additional local support comes from public and private
sources including: corporate support from IBM, Glaxo, Inc., Burroughs-Wellcome and Centura Bank;
private foundation support from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Durham Downtown Merchants
Association, and the Greater Triangle Community Foundation; the United Way of Greater Durham Venture
Grant program; and the City and County of Durham. Fee for service contracts through work performed by
the Corps for public and private not-for-profit organizations will support 12% of the Corps' first operational
year.
In kind and pro bono services have been provided by Paychex, Inc.; Maxwell and Hutson; the Greater
Durham Chamber of Commerce; North Carolina Central University; GTE; Thomas, Knight, Trent and King;
West, Pausback and Vaughan; and Kim Anglin, CPA.
HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?
The greatest need, of course, is money. Corps are expensive because of their comprehensive goals and
programming. However, there are any number of ways you and your organization can contribute to this
exciting and much-needed initiative. In-kind gifts everything from rakes and shovels to uniforms to
automobiles - will be essential in defraying the Corps' start-up and operating costs. Corpsmembers will need
mentors and counseling; and they will need routine physicals and, perhaps, drug and alcohol treatment.
The needs are many. But the opportunity is great -- to address the many unmet needs of our community,
and to provide our young people a chance to learn and to grow. We need your help.
To volunteer your assistance or ask for more information, please call or write the Durham Service Corps
office:
Ann C. Baker
Executive Director
Durham Service Corps
P.O. Box 306
Durham, NC 27702
(919) 683-6602
The Durham Service Corps is a tax exempt, 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
DURHAM SERVICE CORPS
Board of Directors
1992
OFFICERS:
Wilbur "Wib" P. Gulley, Chair
North Carolina State Senator
Ernest Jenkins, Jr., Vice Chair
Manager, IBM Personnel Administration and Communication Systems
Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, Past Chair
President, United States Olympic Committee
K. V. R. Dey, Jr., Treasurer
Retired CEO, Liggett Group
Carol Hunt, Secretary
Supervisor, Durham County J.O.B.S. Program
DIRECTORS:
Thomas Drew
President, Pheonix Communications, Ltd.
Sandy Ogburn
Durham City Council Member
John Ott
Executive Director, Good Work, Inc.
Ellen Reckhow
Durham County Commissioner
Steve R. Sons
Human Resources Director, Glaxo, Inc.
Charles Trent
Administrator, Wake County Human Services
Herbert Watkins
Senior Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs, North Carolina Central University
Thomas J. White
Vice President, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
WALL
JOURNAL.
Company,
Rights
Reserved.
NO.
EASTERN
EDITION
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER
1992
CAROLINA
Durable Goods
Tax
Report
in
Business
A
Special
and
Forecast
Iran's
Production
Summary
Federal and State Tax
Soaring, With
Developments
Business
and
Finance
From American Firms
THE
RICH
GOT
RICHER
in
the
for durable jumped
WEST
RELAXED
curbs
exports
report
in
October,
the
biggest
in-
of military gear to ex-communist nations.
Two
scholars
the
National
Bureau
of
of
Power
crease
since
July
1991.
But
excluding
In liberalization of Cold War policies.
Economic Research find most of the income
Hard
Work,
Discipline
the transportation and defense sec-
Western countries altered their restric-
gains reported by wealthy taxpayers in the
tions on the flow sensitive military
1980s went to the top 0.2%. with income
tors, orders Separately, con-
Save
Youngsters'
Lives?
technologies the former Soviet Union and
above But after studying years
Or a Tussle With Saudis
sumer confidence surged this month
East bloc countries. The action redefined
of IRS data, Daniel Feenberg and James
but relatively weak. While
the mission Cocom. formed in 1949
NEW
ORDERS
received
by
manufac-
Poterba also find that the sharpest rise in
Cemetery Cleanup
expressing caution, economists said
primarily to curb the export of potentially
turers October
the share income reported by the richest
Fixing Site That U.S. Razed
conditions appear to be improving.
dangerous
technologies
communist
seasonally adjusted billion from
came 1987 and 1988. after the 1986 act
Stocks rallied on the unexpectedly
powers. Instead, the such
revised
billion
month
earlier,
the
slashed
tax
rates.
This
suggests
that
JOSEPH BOYCE
strong
economic
data,
while
bond
nations as Iraq. North Korea, China, India
Commerce Department reports. (Article
wealthy folks with sophisticated advisers
By JAMES
prices posted small gains. The Dow
and Pakistan. (Article on Page A2)
chose take more income then.
Staff
Laws.
Cocom laid out rules that Eastern
They would have done that by deferring
Iran
DURHAM,
Joseph
Jones industrials surged points
the
pine
wheel-
European countries must meet to get
Thanksgiving
1986 income such as capital gains and bo-
is leaping the upper ranks of the
years
old,
surveys
new
to in active trading. Nasdaq
extending
from
the
front
and
"favorable consideration buy tech
nuses or by not deferring 1987 and 1988
world's
oil
powers.
stocks rose sharply to record.
nologies such as computers, telecommu-
Always Recall
income
that
could
have
been
delayed.
A mentality has taken hold
and
claimed them miracle.' His arthritic
nications and
"Changes
in
decisions
about
how
much
across southern Iran. Some 50 are
action in the region's oil fields, up from
and his son. who is con-
taxable income to report may have contrib-
General Motors' debt was down-
Germany's Jews and Gypsies accused
Who Ruined Dinner
uted
(to
reported
gains].'
the
researchers
fined to wheelchair following stroke,
eight just three years ago. The state
out of the house with ease.
graded by Moody's, which cited
the government of caving in to rightist
conclude. that doesn't account for all of
company is even drilling under the local
began
gloomy outlook for quick turnaround
terror, and German novelist, Ralph Gior-
the gains, they caution. Higher pay and
airport and the of Ahwaz itself.
warm
white
by
the
auto
maker.
The
move
will
in-
dano, said Jews should arm themselves in
Exploding and Vanishing Birds
interest income roles.
day
last
spring
when
part of billion campaign to expand oil
On Monday, radicals killed
the
Ford rolled gravel and
crease interest costs for GM and
production. known as Farsi
disgorged dozen young black men and
nance
unit
and
will
make
harder
for
three Turks in the northern town of Moelln.
And Ants in the Apple Pie
lives of the rich, especially those who
expression that loosely translates as
swear
to
the
dawn.
women, brandishing hammers, saws and
the company to raise capital to cover
Clinton in Arkansas with Texas Sen.
Are Part of Oral Tradition
Faster than almost anyone expected.
levels, to volunteer their time and labor.
its North American operating losses.
Bentsen. considered to be leading candi-
MOM AND SEARS slash
All were members of the Durham Service
crusade is paying off for
Chrysler's next chairman, Robert
date to be Treasury secretary. The presi-
Iran.
The
country's
output
lately
has
Corps, version of the
Eaton, said the company early
also scheduled Dec. eco-
GARY
On
time
Depression Civilian Conservation
surged much four million barrels
Corps. But with difference.
1995
to
earn
an
nomic summit, and his transition aides said
Staff
Reporter
tailers more depressed urban areas
day level that hasn't been seen since
that than economists, labor leaders
Of all the Thanksgivings Sam Weiner
the
New
Jersey
sales
tax
they
before the 1979 Islamic revolution. As
Sixty
years
ago
the
CCC
put
three
credit rating, substantially reduce its
and his friends have celebrated, he says
may
cut
million young men, most of them white, to
billion unfunded pension liability,
and
business
executives
are
expected
to
be
collect
to
3%
from
stores
must
earn
the
result, the fourth
there one that wives won't us
and accumulate billion in cash.
invited. (Article on
incentive
creating
jobs
for
the
unem
work in forestry and jobs.
largest oil producer. surpassed only by
forget. The men cooked that day. They
by
ployed.
Small
shopkeepers
in
the
zones
are
Saudi Arabia, the and Russia.
Now there are calls to resurrect and ex-
The General Assembly rebuked the
boned turkey and sewed too
programs to teach skills
meant to be prime beneficiaries. but which
So far. increased production has
work habits to disadvantaged youths.
American plans to public
U.S. by adopting Cuban resolution that
tightly.
The
erupted.
stores the
helped drive down world oil prices nearly
The National Guard is setting up one pilot
calls for Washington to repeal its recently
wouldn't say actually exploded,"
Huge chains such as Ikea in Elizabeth and
10% since But many analysts
than two months after KKR group
toughened embargo against the Castro gov.
explains Mr. Weiner. president of Edge-
Sears,
J.C.
Penney
and
Radio
Shack
in
think that over the next year or two, Iran
program start next summer.
bought
the
reinsurer
from
Aetna.
The
vote
with
absten-
craft
housewares
maker.
the
Actually, youth modeled on the
ernment.
Newport
in
greater prominence to maneu-
American Re hopes to sell about $300
stuffing
popped
and
went
all
over
the
ver toward higher oil prices. test could
in
the
tions. Under the expanded embargo. units of
of New the
Durham's
million
in
new
stock
per-share
American firms based in other nations now
he
at
These stores picked their locations long
come as soon as this week's meeting
ment goes crucial step further: Its tar-
price
almost
triple
that
paid
by
may be prosecuted if they trade with Cuba.
chocolate
KKR.
before the break was available,
Vienna of the Organization of Petroleum
Scriptwriter Robin Green remembers
reflecting rally in reinsurance
offers
unexpected
icing
the
bottom
the toughest.
Exporting Countries.
Acting Navy Secretary O'Keefe said he
the Thanksgiving when ants made tracks
falling
into
partly because of Hurricane Andrew.
line.
Now,
news
release
poverty, addiction and crime.
opposed efforts to admit homosexuals into
Green, who writes for
Help From U.S. Companies
trumpets.
"dozens
of
nationally
known
the but personally prejudiced
"Northern
Exposure,"
pulled
out
the
The question here and in other experi-
retailers' offer tax savings to New Jersey
Helping to accelerate Iran's comeback
against those who openly advocate gay
vacuum cleaner, sucked them up and
and New York shoppers. The release quotes
are some unlikely partners: U.S. compa-
mental cities Can discipline,
Boeing trimming production of
served the anyway.
nies. Iran's remains as
hard and community work on
lifestyle. He told reporters that homosexual-
the mall's marketing director, Ken Volk, as
its and by third and may
inconsistent with good order and
Stray
Ants
saying:
is
truly
legalized
tax
eva-
stridently as ever But
these troubled youths?
lay
off
as
many
as
2,500
workers.
The
discipline,' and suggested that debate over
course, New Yorkers are supposed
to rebuild offshore production platforms
As for the ants already in the pie,
Helping
the
Helpless
company cited slowdown in orders
that
to
New
York's
tax
damaged during the with Iran
the issue is undermining sailors' morale.
Ms.
Green
says
discovered
pay
use
on
One of the young workers is Richard
from the embattled airline industry.
the
sound
of
the
vacuum
cleaner
scared
purchases and eliminate savings.
relying part U.S. contractors. And to
ship from Kharg Island, its main
Lee Godfrey. whose uniform of gray
U.S. officials turned over Subic Bay
of
and on that spring day
Naval Base to the Philippine government,
Ms. Green. delicious
LOAN
FEES
for
leveraged
buyout
oil-export facility. Iran is frequently turn-
ing
to
oil
companies.
with the sweat of constructing
Sales of in
ending more than four centuries of foreign
Christmas
is
for
children.
New
Year's
Arizona
ramps.
things
November of the preced-
military presence in the Philippines. Local
Eve for revelers. On Valentine's Day.
The issue arose in bankruptcy proceed-
This year, Iran stands to collect nearly
like
says
the
the
lovers But Thanksgiving looks kindly
ings
Kroy
(Europe)
Ltd.
It
had
paid
fees
$20 billion in oil revenue, which will
30
and
little
school dropout who served
ing
days
were
changed
long way toward repairing damage from
zone and port.
bunglers. and the merely forgetful.
and expenses million to borrow
the Durham County for drunken
from dismal period.
the war with Iraq. The money also
(Article
Folklorists and other holiday watchers
million for an
and assaulting policeman. help-
say that
buy
all
its
common.
Kroy
amortized
Iranian President Akbar Hashemi
other people who can't help them
Chinese Boeing 737 stammed into
rituals
the
costs:
but
the
IRS
denied
Rafsanjani deal with the demands of
Russia defaulted for the first time
mountain southwest China, killing all
five years of deductions and filed tax
near doubling since the 1979
selves.
mon practice of recounting mishaps of
For much of their lives. Mr. God-
on grain loans and could
claim, which the bankruptcy court rejected.
revolution. million. Some oil proceeds
people on board. officials said. was the
past, usually odd happen-
frey and his fellow members in the Urban
highest death toll from an air disaster in
having to do with food. Every family
Now Judge McNamee in Phoenix has
likely to finance its arms
miss more payments this month.
Corps Expansion Project in Durham
officials suspended Moscow's eligibil-
China's
history.
The
domestic
carrier
gathering an occasion for storytelling.
reversed decision upheld the
buildup and reassert itself as leader of
the
Islamic
world.
ity
for
additional
credit
guarantees.
crashed while preparing to land at Guilin.
But what makes the Thanksgiving tales
Tax law forbids companies to deduct
selves. Some committed
Iran is unlikely ever to match its
The Chinese aviation industry has had four
different not just their focus on dinner
costs. other than interest, paid connection
of six million barrels
other crimes. Some have done jail time.
other fatal crashes four months.
but on the one hapless member of the
with stock redemptions. But the bankruptcy
Many have had children out wedlock.
The French franc, the Irish pound
court found Congress meant the
day. But production amounts
family caused embarrassment and
Nearly all are school dropouts. Social
and the Danish krone faced renewed
Weinberger pleaded innocent to the
must now pretend to be amused by the
only in cases of hostile takeovers. Judge
bargaining in OPEC for Iran.
workers call theirs an population
est charge against him in the
McNamee disagreed and applied the law
Cyrus H. Tahmassebi, the Washing
speculative pressure. Many
retelling also serves as symbol of the
chief economist Ashland Oil
that other training programs often
case, and the former defense secretary
family's resilience.
any redemption. including Kroy's. His
touch
alysts expect Ireland to devalue its
asked for trial by judge rather than by
ing has broad significance, says Robert
Inc. and former executive of National
Bigger,
but
Better?
The main disappointment far that
currency after today's elections.
jury. The new count accused Weinberger
Willens of Lehman Brothers. because most
Iranian Oil Reinforcing that view. the
nearly half of the 109 young men and
making false statement to congressional
On holiday that celebrates abun-
LBOs left the companies liable for buyout-
Middle East Economic Survey says Iran's
women who joined since the program
investigators 1987. He also faces four
dance. there is ample opportunity to mess
or and vulnerable to chal
increased capacity 'could add new
started have dropped out or have been
Rubbermaid
Walter
Wil-
other charges filed June.
up. Large numbers of dishes. prepared in
mension to the OPEC bargaining
asked to leave for insubordination or rule
excessive amounts. are served too
liams's resignation two weeks ago
The judge also held the payments
Oil Minister Ran Newspaper
violations. Some have returned to the
Gunmen shelled ship carrying
gathering. Whether know or not.
lowed examination, ordered by out
Calling many of the shots for Iran
streets, to drugs and alcohol.
side directors, of the company's
famine relief supplies to Somalia as the
says Arnould. of California State Uni-
its oil minister. Gholamreza
The experimental program
vessel tried enter the port of Mogadishu,
versity Beach, celebrants contrive
DISPUTE
over
an
S-corporation
with consultants and suppliers.
Aghazadeh. With background in com
started
two
years
U.N. officials said. No casualties were
overburden prove that
shareholder's taxes to be argued before
puter science and brief stint as editor
vate Ventures. social
ported aboard the ship. which headed back
things
are
plentiful.
the Supreme Court Monday, because Prof.
chief the Islamic Republic newspaper in
Philadelphia (Hillary Clin-
out
with
so much abundance, can't
to
sea
its
Stuart Filler of the Bridgeport law school
the early 1980s. Mr. Aghazadeh hardly
ton board member). and the National
Microsoft's stock rose to
keep track of says Prof. Arnould.
Quinnipiac College and his stu-
career oil But since becoming oil
Association of Service and Conservation
erasing of slide Monday, as
France insisted confer-
has taught both anthropology and
dents didn't accept defeat in an appeals
minister
in
1985.
he
has
distinguished
Corps. The conservation corps operates
the
analyst
who
triggered
the
drop
ence
in
Copenhagen
that
deadline
marketing. have so much to do. we
court. Filler is to argue the case: students
himself as one of the most
about 75 programs in cities around the
said
he
may
have
been
too
negative.
deferred for phasing out
possibly do everything.
helped the appeal.
country. including experimental pro-
chemicals. The refused to
Not everything went like clockwork at
grams like the one in Durham.
accept 35% reduction in the use of the
the first Thanksgiving, either, says James
FLORIDA'S
revenue
could
Iran Moves Up in Ranks
Unlike the the modern
The FDA proposed guidelines to
chemicals by the year 2003. as agreed upon
Baker. historian the Plimoth Planta
swell by $298 million over two years the
Daily crude production,
Corps, funded. the
European Community members.
tion replica Massachusetts. The pil-
result of spending to repair Hurricane An
millions barrels
mental
service
prevent drug makers from promoting
grims invited Massassoit, local Indian
drew's devastation. state economists say:
corps
must
raise
products under the guise of continuing
U.N. relief workers Belgrade said
chief. to that feast in 1621, celebrating
September revenue was $49 million over
substantial
funds
education for health professionals.
an aid convoy to the stranded Muslim
good harvest. But the showed with
forecasts. But this solve
locally
(although
Bosnia would ahead
the pilgrims and
problems, they caution.
Congress
ear-
planned today despite Serb warning of
verely straining their larder. The Indians
marked
mil-
Short interest among over-
fighting. Two previous U.N. attempts
made for by killing extra deer.
about to
them
in
fis-
stocks in the latest period.
reach the town blocked by Serbs.
Prof. Arnould and Melanie Wallendorf,
Notice explaining the simplified
1992).
They
ending seven months of increases.
who is the University of Arizona, last
that take effect for deposit-
beyond simple Job
former movement, quit
year about
ing taxes. About 75% of
Corps
vocational
the Colombian government to protest Presi-
turkey
day.
The
partly
titled
deposit taxes monthly. The rest
training
to
empha-
military crackdown armed
sumption Rituals of Thanksgiving Day,
week.
SIM:
community
Stocks: Volume shares. Dow
rebels. The leader the influential group
delved well beyond the
service respon-
Education
industrials transpor-
pleaded for U.N. mediation to halt wide-
"Thanksgiving Day is read as an enacted
THE GLAD HAND was losing hand for
sibilities.
tation utilities off
spread
violence
in
the
country.
document orchestrated symbolically and
deducting business Vegas.
mandatory.
Richard
Godfrey
semiotically through
Auto Zapper Towing Inc. of Bell Gar-
Their
targets
Bonds: Lehman Brothers Treasury index
Three
U.N.
workers
were
shot
and
the authors. Among the subtitles:
dens.
Calif.,
relied
on
good
contacts
with
bers
of
agitating
for
among the million 16-
banks and other lenders for jobs repossess-
higher
and
terms
for
his
don't have jobs and aren't in school.
up
11.50.
wounded in northwestern Cambodia, mark-
Please Turn to A6, Column
better
Commodities: a barrel, one
the most serious attack so far on U.N.
ing cars and boats. one weekend in 1988,
country.
the military or prison. Currently, 1,303 of
cent.
Dow
Jones
futures
index
off
peacekeepers, according spokesman for
HOLIDAY NOTICE
owner William Posey hired three buses and
meeting. Mr. Aghaza
them. aged are enrolled in towns
spot
index
the organization. The workers had been
The Wall Street Journal be
took his and some lenders' employees off to
deh attracted attention by
Durham, Fort Lauderdale and Roches-
Vegas to get chummy while socializing
fusing
for
several
to
allow
Iraq
which are grappling today with
Dollar:
registering voters for national elections that
published tomorrow, Thanksgiving.
days
and
gambling.
The
trip
boosted
business,
scheduled for May.
production
quota
as
high
as
Iran's
Mr
the kinds of problems soaring school
and Auto Zapper deducted the cost.
Aghazadeh eventually but only
dropout rates. unemployment, drugs and
identified with the nation's
TODAY'S CONTENTS
the IRS disallowed the deduction. so the
after four senior colleagues warned
appealed the Court.
him that oil prices could collapse he
urban
BUSINESSES
Entertaining customers is common
didn't Mr. Aghazadeh may have lost the
Durham. city of 135,000. is strug.
dustry practice, Special Judge Nameroff
battle that time. but he remains convinced
to
shed
past
tied
tobacco
found: the trip was an ordinary business
he
can
win
the
war.
textiles for future of medical research.
CHRISTMAS
SALES:
POLITICS Christian right
INDUSTRY
expense. Still, didn't meet another
He considered the leader of OPEC'S
and light industry. The motiva
Stocks
retailers,
lean
maps route to power, A14.
quirement: that entertainment be directly
pricing "hawks" because of his strong
tion.
training
and
skills
for
that
kind
of
three
bad
related to or associated with the active
stand for production cutbacks to prop up
Options
future are scarce commodities among the
LAW: Harper's Magazine must pay
seasons,
may
earn
conduct
of
business.
There
were
sched-
prices. often critical Saudi Arabia.
town's poor dropouts.
author for excerpted letter, B8.
respectably
even
if
uled business meetings. The discussions
which produces million barrels day.
Education for Mr. Godfrey. Dur
consumers
play
INTERNATIONAL: China's investment
were informal and general on the way to
for not curbing output.
ham native. for example, was cut short
and in the casinos. On the way home.
with his third and final expulsion from
Scrooge.
Page
B4.
figures include touch of hype, A10.
For one full week in October. Iran
most
junior high. Later, counselor
REVIEW OUTLOOK: Immigrants
business was transacted. and the
produced four million barrels day just
HEARD
ON
THE
STREET:
'Cheap'
prove all politics is global, A12.
trip just promoted goodwill. the judge
prove could. Current output about
him from the Job Corps
in Kentucky. He tried vocational school,
stocks
are
assessed.
C1.
million barrels. but Mr. Aghazadeh prom-
ruled. Thus, deductible.
ises that by late March. Iran can sustain
but quit. His subsequent run-in with the
YOUR MONEY MATTERS: How to be
OPINION: The Carnegie
output of million barrels day.
drew probation and fine, which he
Street
have
giver,
report rife with bias, A12.
BRIEFS: The hearing Dec.
the
In
May
intelligent
rules for figuring the present values of
Mr. Aghazadeh says low market prices
money
to
pay.
1991
walked into the Durham corps office
MEDICINE: Women doctors encounter
LEISURE ARTS: November art
annuities.
interests
for
life
and
certain
forced Iran increase volume to maintain
discovered he was close enough to
special hardships, B1.
auctions in New York, All.
other interests for broad tax purposes.
its revenue. But he says Iran will only
qualify for the
California's lucrative
produce what the market demands.
Three days including
Tuesday
important thing the level of revenue
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Classified
SCHMEDEL
Please
A8 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1992
Rescue Mission: Principles of Depression-Era Corps
heritage, including the possibility she may
Baker's corps did it for $25,000.
says, "I felt that had gotten them." And.
have relatives buried there. "It really
The city has also paid corps members to
one day when she was returning from a
got to me," she says.
clear park creeks. plant erosion-control
meeting and chanced to pass one of the
Are Tested on Troubled Youths in Durham, N.C.
Another corps member, Erica Braswell.
seedlings, and maintain school grounds.
first Durham Service Corps vans on the
21. didn't think much of the Geer project
The county hired them to paint signs and
way to work site, she had an unexpected
either at first. Her reaction: "Damn. I
clear sewer easements. A city hiring
reaction. Istarted to cry. she says. "Our
Continued From First Page
two years if 75% of the budget was raised
chairman William Bell. "It's not like we're
don't want to work in no graveyard. It
freeze has put its regular work force 15%
efforts were beginning to pan out."
two days of hard. dirty work. came next.
elsewhere.
not doing other things."
was a sharp contrast from her past life
below required levels, so new corps proj
Small Victories
Applicants are routinely assigned to the
The rest of the budget was eventually
Mrs. Baker had raised enough money
"hangin' with my friends in the street,
ects have become "an easy sell, says
toughest field projects to gauge their moti-
raised, but it took a lot of political savvy.
to launch the Durham corps in March
selling drugs and partying all the time. A
Mr. Bethea, who praises their work. One
Among the trainees who stick it out for
vation. says Ann Baker, director of the
persuasion and pleading.
1991. with 17 corps members, most of them
high-school graduate, she joined the corps
concern: making sure corps members
the full year, there are small victories-
Durham corps. "We've had some who've
She did it by putting community and
black and from the poorest section of
after one of her brothers was sentenced to
displace regular workers or keep new
signs of changed attitudes and directions.
just walked off and never come back, she
corporate leaders on corps' board, and lob-
town. divided into two work crews.
life in prison and another brother was
ones from being hired.
Before his corps graduation last spring,
murdered. "It took something tragic to
Mr. Godfrey earned a general high-school
says. Mr. Godfrey stayed, was accepted.
bying the city and county councils. She got
Among them was Ms. Wilkerson.
Volunteer Counselors
then survived a month's "probation" to
$75,000 from the city, $35,000 from Glaxo
"I said fine, because I needed money
make me wake up,' she says.
equivalency diploma. He is now a private
Corps members have volunteered their
health caseworker. Lacretia Wilker-
see if he had the fortitude to show
Inc., a pharmaceutical firm headquartered
bad." she says. "At the time, I didn't
Chain-Saw Woman
time to transport Veterans Hospital pa
in nearby Research Triangle Park, $25,000
attends Durham Technical Community
up on time, 7:45 a.m. each weekday. in
realize it was a good opportunity for me.'
One of the first new skills Ms. Bras-
tients, help build houses for the poor.
uniform, for calisthenics, then work as-
from International Business Machines
College and hopes for a four year degree
An opportunity, that is, to work harder
well learned was operating chain saw. As
deliver Christmas presents to low-income
Corp., another local corporate citizen,
from North Carolina Central University in
signments and classes, eschewing profan-
than she ever had in her life.
she uncovered each Geer gravesite, she
families, and coach and keep score for a
Durham. Miss Braswell was one of 16
ity. alcohol and other drugs.
and other funds from other sources.
One of the Durham Service Corps' first
says, her attitude changed. "I began to
Special Olympics basketball tournament
persons chosen nationwide to serve on the
Corps members live at home, bring
Supporting the program just made
projects was clearing Geer Cemetery. a
think, if this were my family. I'd want
Miss Braswell heads volunteers who
good sense. says Ernest Jenkins, an IBM
Ford Foundation's Youth Advisory Com-
lunches and spend 25 hours a week work-
small, blacks-only burial ground. Long
somebody to do the same thing.
counsel adolescents at the county's juve-
ing for at least a minimum wage in crews
executive who is on the board of the corps.
mission on urban poverty and youth is-
abandoned by the community and city
While jobs like Mr. Laws's wheelchair
nile detention center on such topics as safe
sues.
of five to 12 people. Truants and rule-
"No one was touching the age 18 to 31
government, it was shrouded in thicket of
ramps are volunteered. the Geer cemetery
sex. substance abuse and negative behav-
The corps fee-for-service contracts this
breakers are expelled. The average stay is
group we are helping people who really
weeds. trees and vines. For weeks. Ms.
cleanup was under a fee-for-service pro-
ior. "They may listen to us when they
year will total $145,000. Another indicator
five to six months. Mr. Godfrey stayed a
need help, he says. Steve Sons, director of
Wilkerson and the others hacked their way
gram in which crews hire themselves out
might not listen to others," she says.
human resources at Glaxo Inc., also a
of its perceived worthiness is that purse
year, during which he did his two-month
through underbrush, often stumbling into
to private industry and local governments.
"Most of us have been through some of the
strings have loosened. The city doubled its
jail hitch in lieu of paying his fine.
member of the board. agrees. "Ireally saw
deep holes left by sinking graves.
For cash-strapped Durham, fee-for-serv-
things they 're going through.
donation to $150,000 for next year. and the
Besides their work, corps members
something that gave these kids a fighting
Pulling weeds and clearing away trash
ice is boon. says Gregory Bethea, assis-
For Ann Baker it has been an uphill
county is up to $50,000. The local Carolina
spend nine hours a week in classes de-
chance, he says.
was only part of the project. Mrs. Baker
tant city manager. The city's two regular
battle. organizing a support staff, shifting
Central Bank gave $5,000. IBM contributed
signed to gain a high-school diploma,
Not everyone was as enthusiastic ini-
required corps members to produce oral
cemetery work crews already had more
tially. Mrs. Baker asked the Durham
in any 24 hours from the role of tough drill
again, and Glaxo gave an additional $100.-
admission to college or a job requiring
and video histories of the cemetery from
work than they could handle, and nobody
sergeant to sympathetic counselor to gre-
reading. math and computing skills. They
county board of commissioners for $150,000
000 to the program last April. Persuading
research and interviews with some of the
wanted to spend an "outrageous" $100,000
garious fund-raiser. Early on. when two
Glaxo to reinvest in the DSC was "one of
arealso drilled on community responsibili-
in start-up funds and got only $40,000. It
elderly survivors of those buried there.
estimated cleanup costs on a cemetery
corps members became the first to receive
was a "reasonable amount,' said board
the easiest things I've ever done," says
ties and such workplace fundamentals as
Ms. Wilkerson began learning about her
already filled to capacity. he says. Mrs.
their high-school diplomas, Mrs. Baker
Mr. Sons.
being on time and dressing appropri-
habits of study. work and living that
are "crucial to turning "at-risk" youths
around. according to Michael Bailin, presi-
dent of Public/Private Ventures. It isn't
easy
Rodger Hurley, program officer for Mr.
Bailin's organization. says that 93% of the
people who enter the programs are high-
school dropouts, and 80% of the women
have at least one child. with the majority
having two.
Lawyer Wilbur Gulley, Durham's for-
mer mayor and a member of the DSC
board,
says,
"We had seri-
ous problem with
[school] dropping
out, teen pregnancy
and people graduat-
ing without the
skills necessary to
enter the work
force. Not to men-
tion juveniles sell-
ing crack down-
town.
"The only thing
I knew how to do
Ann Baker
was stand on the
corner and pass somebody some crack."
shrugs Lacretia Wilkerson, a 20-year-old
who started peddling drugs on and off
before she dropped out of high school. Once
an "A" student. she endured a home life of
family fights, physical abuse and being
shunted from one relative to another. At
16. she says. she was cutting class, staying
out late, smoking dope and drinking.
That made her a perfect challenge
for the corps and its director, Ann Baker.
Mrs. Baker. 37, was on the local
committee that proposed Durham as an
Urban Corps Expansion Project city, and
then she became its first director. A Dur-
ham resident since 1988. she had a long
history of community service elsewhere.
including work in a housing project, run-
ning youth programs in an Alaska logging
camp and retraining laid off auto workers
in Michigan
Corporate Donors
She had to raise most of the money for
the Durham Service Corps herself. Costs
run a hefty $10,000 per corps member (but
that is about half the cost of a Job Corps
trainee). The start-up sponsors gave her
only $25,000 in seed money the first year.
But it pledged $100,000 a year for the first
URHA
1992
SERVICE CORPO
DURHAM SERVICE CORPS YEAR IN REVIEW
Education Highlights
Seven corpsmembers received their Adult High School Diplomas and six more are scheduled to
receive theirs in January.
One corpsmember received his GED.
Assisted 22 corpsmembers in obtaining employment or enrolling in education programs.
One corpsmember was accepted to a four-year college.
Two (2) corpsmembers are attending Durham Technical Community College as part of specialized
training or college preparation programs; six (6) have prepared to take the SATs.
One corpsmember currently attends North Carolina Central University as a part-time student
while employed in the DSC; another program graduate attends part-time at University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Dental Assistant Program.
Work Projects Highlights
Increased size of corps from 20 to 35 corpsmembers in 1992.
Provided over 40,000 hours of dedicated service to the community.
Contracted Work Projects, raising $147,000 in revenue, with the following sponsors:
Seven (7) Durham City Departments
Durham Public Schools
Five (5) County Departments
Durham Housing Authority
North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
North Carolina Division of Archives and History
Durham Area Transit Authority
Duke University
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
and many more
Human Service Projects, volunteering the service and work of the corps to the following groups
and organizations:
Special Olympics - Bowling, Basketball and Track and Field Coaching
Durham County Department of Social Services Share Your Christmas
Meadowbrook Manor Nursing Home
Durham County Youth Detention Center
Haw River Festival
and many more
Durham Service Corps Funders
City of Durham
People's Security
County of Durham
IBM
City Employment and Training Office
Wachovia Bank
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Central Carolina Bank
Janirve Foundation
Urban Corps Expansion Project
Public Welfare Foundation
Greater Triangle Community Foundation
Glaxo
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A SAMPLING OF WHAT SOME FORMER DSC PARTICIPANTS
ARE DOING NOW
Sherry
A mother of three small children, Sherry works part-time for a local dentist while
attending school in UNC's Dental Assistant Program. Sherry received a $750
tuition scholarship from the DeWitt-Wallace Readers' Digest Foundation.
Tyronne
Successfully obtained a job as a Stockroom Clerk at IBM, earning $ 7.25 an hour.
Greg
Greg earned his high school diploma while attending the DSC. He successfully
took his SAT exams in April and will attend Morehouse College as a political
science major in January 1993. Greg has committed hundreds of hours of
volunteer time to recent political campaigns, organizing voter registration drives
and working with the NAACP.
Richard
Richard came to the DSC wanting to be a brick mason. He successfully obtained
his GED and found out that working with the disabled and handicapped, through
the DSC work projects, was the kind of career he wanted. He graduated in June
1992 and has been employed since with Healthforce as a full-time healthcare
worker with the disabled, earning $5.50 per hour.
Charles
Charles earned his high school diploma in the DSC and is employed as a full-time
electrician assistant with a locally owned electrical and plumbing supply company.
Erica
While in the DSC, Erica was selected to serve as one of 16 National Youth
Commissioners with the Ford Foundation to research and write a working paper on
young people's perceptions and of unemployment, crime, and poverty. She is now
employed full-time with Skill Creations as a Habilitation Technician earning $ 6.50
per hour.
Issac
Issac is employed full-time with a local food service company and plans to attend
Alamance Community College to become a free-lance commercial artist.
Gloria
Gloria is the mother of five small children. A high school graduate, she is
employed full-time as a child care work with a non-profit child care center in
Chapel Hill.
Eric
Eric earned his high school diploma while at the DSC. Following graduation from
the Corps, he was accepted into the California Conservation Corps as a forest fire
fighter where he served during California's six month fire season. He returned to
Durham in October and is enrolled full-time at in a two year degree program to
become a certified fire fighter.
Thomas
Thomas is employed full-time as a mail clerk with IBM earning $ 5.50 an
hour.
Donzell
Donzell relocated to Florida following Hurricane Andrew and is employed as a
full-time roofer and construction worker in Dade County.
Durham Service Corps
WORK SPONSORS
(a partial list)
* Government Agencies
City of Durham
Engineering
Parks and Recreation
Planning
Real Estate
Sanitation
Water Resources
County of Durham
Board of Elections
-
Engineering
-
Library
Social Services
Youth Home
Durham Area Transit Authority
Durham Public Schools
State of North Carolina
NCDEHNR, Division of Parks and Recreation
United States Government
Department of Veterans Affairs
* Non-Profit Agencies
Duke University
Genesis Home
Habitat for Humanity
Durham County
Orange County
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
Research Triangle Foundation
Self-Help Credit Union Venture Fund
Durham Service Corps
WORK QUALITY
The Mission: To provide the Durham and greater Triangle communities with
outstanding quality work on necessary and important projects.
The Result: Every agency who every sponsored a DSC work project has rated the Corps'
work performance as "Good" or "Excellent"!
TRAIL CLEARING:
Research Triangle Foundation: "It was a pleasure to work with the Corps."
- Elizabeth Rooks
Director of Physical Development
Eno River State Park: "Clearly the amount of work accomplished this year in only
two weeks of time was outstanding. The crew leaders and unit members deserve a great
deal of thanks from us for a hard, dangerous job done very well!"
- Susan Tillotson
Park Superintendent
LAND CLEARING:
Ellerbee Creek Clearing: "Fantastic job! An excellent job was done. Completed
project is very satisfactory. Look forward to more sections."
- Gerald Fisher
Head, Street Maintenance
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority: Excellent. "Would be pleased to provide a
reference"
- George W. Cumpston
Assistant Maintenance Manager
CARPENTRY:
West Point of the Eno City Park: "The crew did a really fine job, and Eric (the
crew leader) was great to work with I thank the Service Corps for doing this project
and for doing it well. It really makes a difference!"
- Beth O'Neil Highley
Park Superintendent
Durham Habitat for Humanity: "Although crew members varied in their skill level,
all worked well individually and together. Nice group of kids with good leadership."
- Don Wells
Executive Director
Troy House: "The services of the Durham Service Corps were of great assistance
to our program. The workers had very pleasant and helpful attitudes. The crew leaders
had a good rapport with the crew members."
- Diana Peronis
Project Coordinator
continued-
BUILDING REHABILITATION:
Bull City Business Center: "We were so pleased with the efficient, thorough job
your crews performed. We came in under budget on the clean-up, and we can put this
money to good use as we begin to upfit the Bull City Business Center for tenants
Thank you again for a job well done. We would be happy to recommend you to
anyone who might need the Durham Service Corps in the future, and we would certainly
use the Corps again when we have the need."
- Julia Borbely-Brown
Project Supervisor
LANDSCAPING:
Durham City Schools: "What a terrific job your crew did - the grounds looked so
nice for our students when we opened for school."
- Deborah Hockman
Watts School
Durham Parks Department Seedling Planting: "We were pleased with work
done Crew was very attentive when we were explaining the job which made a big
impression."
- Mitzi Hole
City of Durham Parks Dept.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION:
Haw River Festival: "Thanks! SO much! for all your help! It was GREAT having
you. Everybody on the crew talked about how much help you were."
- Louise Kessel
Festival Director
HUMAN SERVICES:
Durham Special Olympics: "Good job! Thanks!"
- Sarah Hogan
Special Olympics Coordinator
Aids Community Residence Association: "We feel very fortunate to have had the
opportunity to work with your organization. Please consider us again for a possible work
site. Thank you very much.
- Stan Mitchell
Maintenance Supervisor
Durham County Share Your Christmas Program: "The Corps did an excellent
job They were cordial and cooperative and willing to work. Many thanks."
- Carol Hunt
Program Director
Veterans Administration Medical Center: "We are pleased with the service the
Corps members provide. Wish they were here for longer periods of time The success
of their rotation with us is due to the Crew Supervisors.
- Alice Jowers
Chief, Voluntary Services
DURHAM SERVICE CORPS
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Tree Felling and Removal
Trail Building
Construction of Playground Equipment, Boardwalks, and Bridges
Painting
Mowing and General Landscaping
Tree, Scrub and Flower Planting
Environmentally-Friendly Elimination of Beaver Dam Problems
Graffiti Removal and Litter Abatement
Easement and Right-Of-Way Clearing
General Light Construction
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CORPS
"Knowledge
Through
Experience"
Ann C. Baker
Executive Director
Durham Service Corps
P.O. Box 306
Durham, NC 27702
919-683-6602
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Roxhoro
Geer Cemetery
The recent cleanupof the Camden
By Anne Berkley
Avenue "Geer Cemetery" by the
A fifty year collection of debri:
Howell
(ker.
Durham Service Corps has brought to
and growth of high and low brush wa:
a
light the graves of over 130 persons
removed by the Durham Service
(standing Service
Tent
The
THE
THE
Camden
buried in thisarea, accordingto Denise
Corps-a workstudy group of 18-2:
Corps
Erica
THE
THE
Rowson, education coordinator of the
crew.
THE
year old residents who are out of worl
WOrks
/
Schools
THE
THE
THE
Corps. This effort was the result of
and school. The Corps received
On
the
Avondal
city contract with the Corps to
nize the historical significance
member
local cemetery founded
70
over$24,000 etery. In reclaimin
Glaxo of recog- this a $5,000 angle Comm... grants Greate- $100,000 to youth service Examples will corps fund
grant from the
Geer
19th century. The city
of the jobs the Glaxo the
include work in
Administration Hospital.
Established by Jesse Ge
Special Olympics and
Holloway
BING.
nent farmer in 1876 to take
Herald-Sun staff reports
for Humanity
farm workers, this African
Glaxo Inc. is continuing its support
"The Durham Service Corps offers a fresh start for
been
cemetery was abandoned in
of the Durham Service Corps. which
At that time the city closed
provides education and employment
who have gotten off track.,"
opportunities for struggling youths.
Shelby 380 A Van year was Hoyle and of half Youth
Service
the The HPSD has pushed for rehabilitation of
over-crowded tha
with a three-year. $100,000 grant
BILL SHORE
un-
cemetery for several years.
coming a health problem. 1
and four other cemeteries fc
Glaxo gave the non-profit or- in
GLAXO COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER
Young
pyught
were supplanted by Beechwo
ganization $25,000 as seed money
THE
1990 and last year donated $10,500 to
a news release. "They have a chance
are
without
and
enrolled.
etery on Fayetteville Road.
the corps. Glaxo. based in Research
Some of th
future. hope for his family's much
Triangle Park, is the corps' biggest
to become productive. contributing
does is no
members of society.
donor. "The Durham Service Corps offers a
money wi)
GED. Now good he has job his
Historic Preservation Society of Durham
Service Corps gives jobs. 18. at
continue
start for young adults who have
The salaries, to under-educated
Ann Bak
brought at excilement What
fresh gotten Glaxo community off track," affairs said manager. Bill Shore. in small to 23-year olds. Twenty-four youths
which Service the yle Corps, Youth
Change? about this Credits
main SCI and helped achieve him
DUE CED Cwi his goals:
were
job.
AURI
AAM
CORPO
THE DURHAM SERVICE CORPS
"Knowledge Through Experience"
WHO CAN JOIN THE CORPS?
The Durham Service Corps (DSC) is open to any young adult between the ages of 18 and 23. The DSC's
corpsmembers reflect the diversity of the greater Durham community -- rich, poor and middle class; African
American, Caucasian, Hispanic and Asian; high school dropout, graduate, and college-bound. Initially, the
DSC will employ approximately 20 corpsmembers, growing to 30 by the end of 1991. By 1993 the DSC will
grow to over 100 corpsmembers.
WHAT WILL CORPSMEMBERS DO IN THE CORPS?
The Corps is designed as a rigorous and challenging experience. After a three day unpaid orientation
program that includes preliminary assessment and individual goal setting, and orientation to the rules of the
Corps, corpsmembers move into the regular program, serving as provisional corpsmembers for one month.
Corpsmembers begin each day with a community meeting to discuss current affairs, issues affecting the
Corps community and the community-at-large. They then divide into supervised crews of 10 to provide
critically needed physical and human services in a variety of places such as the city and county parks,
Durham public housing communities, the Veterans Administration Hospital and Habitat for Humanity sites.
Approximately 60% of the time is spent in community service in the greater Durham area.
To complement the work experience, the DSC has designed an education program that enables corpsmembers
to develop skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking, computing, problem solving, goal setting and critical
thinking. Corpsmembers spend approximately 11 hours a week in the Corps' in-house experiential basic and
lifeskill program. The DSC provides GED and remedial education classes and college, technical skills, and
career advising. Through an integrated work and learning curriculum, corpsmembers are provided with
opportunities to use their skills in ways that are both positive for themselves and constructive for the
community.
Upon leaving the Corps, corpsmembers are assisted in finding permanent employment and/or additional
educational opportunities.
HOW ARE CORPSMEMBERS COMPENSATED?
Corpsmembers are asked to make a one year commitment upon acceptance into the DSC. They receive a
starting weekly salary of $123.25 with bonuses and promotions based on work performance and attendance.
At the end of six months, corpsmembers are eligible to receive a $250 bonus; at the successful completion
of a year in the Corps, corpsmembers are eligible to receive a $1500 award in the form of a college or
vocational training scholarship voucher, or they may qualify for a cash award of $750.
- over -
WHERE IS THE CORPS HOUSED?
The Durham Service Corps operates out of the L.T. Walker Physical Education Complex Room C204 on the
North Carolina Central University campus at 1521 Alston Avenue. The facility is well suited for the Corps'
comprehensive program. DSC vans are used to transport corpsmembers to and from the work sites.
HOW IS THE DURHAM SERVICE CORPS FUNDED?
Durham is one of 15 cities chosen to participate in a national effort to develop and sustain urban youth corps
through the Urban Corps Expansion Project (UCEP), a joint initiative sponsored by two private not-for-profit
organizations Public/Private Ventures of Philadelphia and the National Association of Service and
Conservation Corps in Washington, D.C. UCEP provides three years of technical support and a grant of
$100,000 for each of the first two years of operation. Additional local support comes from public and private
sources including: corporate support from IBM, Glaxo, Inc., Burroughs-Wellcome and Centura Bank;
private foundation support from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Durham Downtown Merchants
Association, and the Greater Triangle Community Foundation; the United Way of Greater Durham Venture
Grant program; and the City and County of Durham. Fee for service contracts through work performed by
the Corps for public and private not-for-profit organizations will support 12% of the Corps' first operational
year.
In kind and pro bono services have been provided by Paychex, Inc.; Maxwell and Hutson; the Greater
Durham Chamber of Commerce; North Carolina Central University; GTE; Thomas, Knight, Trent and King;
West, Pausback and Vaughan; and Kim Anglin, CPA.
HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?
The greatest need, of course, is money. Corps are expensive because of their comprehensive goals and
programming. However, there are any number of ways you and your organization can contribute to this
exciting and much-needed initiative. In-kind gifts everything from rakes and shovels to uniforms to
automobiles -- will be essential in defraying the Corps' start-up and operating costs. Corpsmembers will need
mentors and counseling; and they will need routine physicals and, perhaps, drug and alcohol treatment.
The needs are many. But the opportunity is great to address the many unmet needs of our community,
and to provide our young people a chance to learn and to grow. We need your help.
To volunteer your assistance or ask for more information, please call or write the Durham Service Corps
office:
Ann C. Baker
Executive Director
Durham Service Corps
P.O. Box 306
Durham, NC 27702
(919) 683-6602
The Durham Service Corps is a tax exempt, 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
DURHAM SERVICE CORPS
Board of Directors
1992
OFFICERS:
Wilbur "Wib" P. Gulley, Chair
North Carolina State Senator
Ernest Jenkins, Jr., Vice Chair
Manager, IBM Personnel Administration and Communication Systems
Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, Past Chair
President, United States Olympic Committee
K. V. R. Dey, Jr., Treasurer
Retired CEO, Liggett Group
Carol Hunt, Secretary
Supervisor, Durham County J.O.B.S. Program
DIRECTORS:
Thomas Drew
President, Pheonix Communications, Ltd.
Sandy Ogburn
Durham City Council Member
John Ott
Executive Director, Good Work, Inc.
Ellen Reckhow
Durham County Commissioner
Steve R. Sons
Human Resources Director, Glaxo, Inc.
Charles Trent
Administrator, Wake County Human Services
Herbert Watkins
Senior Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs, North Carolina Central University
Thomas J. White
Vice President, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL.
Company,
Inc.
Rights
NO.
EASTERN
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER
1992
CHARLOTTE,
NORTH
CAROLINA
Durable Goods
Tax
Report
in
Business
A
Special
and
Forecast
Iran's
Oil
Production
Summary
Federal and Tax
Inspires Program
Soaring, With
Developments
Business
and
Finance
From American Firms
THE
RICH
GOT
RICHER
in
the
RDERS for durable goods
THE WEST RELAXED curbs on exports
just report
3.9%
in
October.
the
biggest
in-
military gear nations.
Two scholars at the National Bureau of
Shift
of
crease
since
July
1991.
But
excluding
In liberalization of Cold War policies.
Economic Research find most of the income
Hard
Work,
Discipline
defense
Western countries altered their restric-
gains reported by wealthy in the
to
the
transportation
and
sec-
tions on the flow of sensitive military
1980s went to the top 0.2%. with income
tors,
orders
fell
Separately,
con-
Or Tussle With Saudis
Save
Youngsters'
Lives?
technologies the former Soviet Union and
above But after studying years
sumer confidence surged this month
East bloc countries. The action redefined
of IRS data, Daniel Feenberg and James
but remained relatively weak. While
the in 1949
NEW
ORDERS
received
by
manufac-
Poterba also find that the sharpest rise in
Cemetery Cleanup
expressing caution, economists said
primarily to curb the export of potentially
turers of durable rose October
the share of income reported by the richest
Fixing
Site
That
U.S.
Razed
conditions appear to be improving.
dangerous
technologies
communist
seasonally adjusted billion from
came 1987 and 1988, after the tax act
Stocks rallied on the unexpectedly
powers. Instead, the such
revised billion month earlier. the
slashed
tax
rates.
This
suggests
that
By JOSEPH BOYCE
strong
economic
data,
while
bond
nations as Iraq, North Korea, China, India
Commerce
Department
reports.
(Article
wealthy folks with sophisticated advisers
By JAMES TANNER
prices posted small gains. The Dow
and Pakistan. (Article on A2)
A2.)
chose taxable income then.
Staff
DURHAM.
N.C.
Joseph
Laws,
Jones industrials surged points
Cocom laid out rules that Eastern
They would done that by deferring
Iran
European countries must meet to get
Thanksgiving
1986 income such as capital gains and bo
leaping back the upper ranks of the
years
old,
surveys
the
new
pine
wheel-
to in active trading. Nasdaq
"favorable to buy tech.
nuses or by not deferring 1987 and 1988
world's
oil
powers.
chair ramps extending from the front and
stocks
rose
sharply
to
record.
home and
nologies such as computers, telecommu-
Always Recall
income that could have been delayed.
mentality has taken hold
claimed
them
miracle.
His
arthritic
nications and lasers.
"Changes in decisions about how much
across southern Iran. Some 50 are
taxable income to report may have contrib-
action in the region's oil fields, up from
wife and his son, who is con-
General Motors' debt was down-
Germany's Jews and Gypsies accused
uted
[to
reported
gains].
the
researchers
eight just three years ago. The state oil
fined to wheelchair following stroke,
could now of the house with ease.
graded
by
Moody's,
which
cited
the government of caving in to rightist
conclude. that doesn't account for all
company even drilling under the local
gloomy outlook for quick turnaround
terror, and German novelist, Ralph Gior-
the gains, they caution. Higher pay and
airport and the city of Ahwaz
warm day last spring when white
by
the
auto
maker.
The
move
will
in-
dano, said Jews should arm themselves in
Exploding and Vanishing Birds
income
part of billion campaign expand oil
rolled his driveway and
On Monday, radicals killed
the
crease interest costs for GM and its
production, known as Farsi
three Turks in the northern town of Moelln.
And Ants in the Apple Pie
lives of the rich, especially those who
expression that loosely translates as
disgorged dozen young black men and
nance unit and will make it harder for
Poterba.
swear
to
the
dawn.
women, brandishing hammers. saws and
the company to raise capital to cover
Clinton met Arkansas with Texas Sen.
Are Part of Oral Tradition
Faster than almost anyone expected.
levels. to volunteer their time and labor.
its North American operating losses.
Bentsen, considered to be leading candi-
MOM
SEARS
slash
crusade paying off for
All were members of the Durham Service
Corps, version of the
Chrysler's next chairman, Robert
date to be Treasury secretary. The presi-
Iran. The country's output lately has
Eaton, said the company by early
also scheduled Dec. eco
By GARY PUTKA
On
Christmas
surged much four million barrels
Depression era's Civilian Conservation
and his transition aides said
tailers in more depressed urban
level that hasn't been seen since
Corps. But with difference.
1995
to
earn
an
Sixty years ago the CCC put three
that than labor leaders
Of all the Thanksgivings Sam Weiner
credit rating, substantially reduce its
may cut the New Jersey sales tax they
before the 1979 Islamic revolution. As
million young men, most of them white, to
billion unfunded pension liability,
and business executives are expected to be
and his friends have celebrated. he says
collect to from 6%: stores must earn the
result, the world's fourth
work in forestry and jobs.
invited. (Article on
there one that wives won't us
and accumulate $5 billion in cash.
incentive by creating jobs for the unem-
largest oil producer, surpassed only by
forget.
The
men
cooked
that
day.
They
Now there are calls to resurrect and ex-
ployed. Small in the zones are
Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and Russia.
to
The Assembly rebuked the
boned turkey and sewed too
meant to be prime beneficiaries, but which
So increased production has
U.S. by adopting Cuban resolution that
tightly.
The
bird
erupted.
the competitive
helped drive down world oil prices nearly
and work habits to youths.
American plans to
The
Guard
calls for Washington to repeal its recently
wouldn't say actually exploded,'
Huge chains such as Ikea in Elizabeth and
10% since But many analysts
National
is
setting
one
pilot
than two months after KKR group
toughened embargo against the Castro gov.
explains Mr. Weiner. president of Edge-
Sears.
J.C.
Penney
and
Radio
Shack
think that over the next year or two. Iran
program start next summer.
bought the reinsurer from Aetna.
craft
housewares
maker.
the
ernment.
The
Actually. youth corps modeled on the
vote
was
with
absten-
Jersey Newport Centre Mall in view
could its greater
American Re hopes to sell about $300
tions. Under the embargo, units
stuffing
popped
up
and
went
all
over
the
New the Hudson
ver toward higher oil prices. test could
in the
American firms based in other nations now
oven. The dessert, insists an elabo-
million in new stock at
These stores picked their locations long
come as soon this week's meeting in
ment goes crucial step further: Its
price
almost
triple
that
paid
may be prosecuted if they trade with Cuba.
rate chocolate
by
KKR.
before the break was available,
Vienna of the Organization of Petroleum
Scriptwriter Robin Green remembers
offers
unexpected
icing
on
the
bottom
toughest,
reflecting rally in
Exporting Countries.
are
the
town's
of
falling
into
partly
because
of
Hurricane
Andrew.
Acting Navy Secretary said he
the
Thanksgiving
when
ants
made
tracks
line.
Now.
news
release
opposed efforts to admit homosexuals into
Ms.
Green,
who
writes
for
Help From U.S. Companies
trumpets,
"dozens
nationally
known
poverty. addiction and crime.
the Navy but wasn't personally prejudiced
Exposure, pulled out the
retailers"
offer
tax
savings
to
New
Jersey
Helping to accelerate Iran's comeback
The question here and other experi-
mental cities is: Can CCC-like discipline,
Boeing trimming production of
against those who openly advocate
vacuum cleaner. sucked them up and
and New York shoppers. The release quotes
are some unlikely partners: U.S. compa-
served
the
lifestyle. told reporters that
pie
anyway.
hard
work
and
work
the mall's marketing director, Ken Volk,
nies. Iran's as
community
service
stridently
as
ever.
But
its
757
and
767
by
third
and
may
ity
inconsistent
with
good
order
and
Stray
Ants
saying:
is
truly
legalized
tax
eva-
these troubled youths?
lay
off
as
many
as
workers.
The
discipline,'
suggested
that
over
course, New Yorkers are supposed
rebuild offshore production platforms
and
debate
As for the ants already in the pie,
Helping
the
Helpless
company
cited
slowdown
in
orders
the issue undermining sailors' morale.
Ms.
Green
says
discovered
that
pay
New
York's
use
tax
on
damaged during the with Iran
One of the young workers is Richard
from the embattled airline industry.
the
sound
of
the
vacuum
cleaner
scared
purchases
eliminate
relying in part U.S. contractors. And to
ship oil from Kharg Island, its main
Godfrey. whose corps uniform of gray
U.S. officials turned over Subic Bay
and that
Naval Base to the Philippine
Ms.
Green
delicious
LOAN
FEES
for
leveraged
buyout
facility. Iran is frequently turn-
to
oil
companies.
were damp with the sweat of constructing
Sales of cars fell in
ending more than four centuries of foreign
Christmas is for children. New Year's
military presence in the Philippines. Local
Eve for revelers. On Valentine's Day,
The issue arose in bankruptcy proceed
This year, Iran stands to collect nearly
November from the of the
says
the base into
lovers But looks kindly
ings
of
Kroy
(Europe)
Ltd.
It
had
fees
$20 billion in oil revenue, which will
paid
ing
30
days
and
were
little
changed
long way toward repairing damage from
school dropout who served months in
manufacturing zone and port.
from dismal period.
on bunglers. and the merely forgetful.
and
expenses
of
million
to
borrow
the war with Iraq. The money also
the Durham County for drunken driv.
(Article
Folklorists and other holiday watchers
million for an
Iranian President Akbar Hashemi
assaulting policeman. help-
say that
plan
to
buy
all
its
common.
Kroy
amortized
deducted
but
the
IRS
denied
Rafsanjani deal with the demands of
other people who can't help them-
Chinese Boeing slammed into
rituals
and
the
costs:
selves.
Russia defaulted for the first time
mountain in southwest China. killing all
mon practice of recounting mishaps of
five
years
of
deductions
and
filed
tax
near doubling in population since the 1979
For much of their lives. Mr. God.
on grain loans and could
people on board. officials said. was the
claim. which the bankruptcy court rejected.
revolution. million. Some oil proceeds
Thanksgivings past, usually odd happen-
miss more payments this month. U.S.
highest death toll from an air disaster in
ings
having
with
food.
Every
family
Now U.S. Judge McNamee Phoenix has
likely finance its arms
frey and his fellow members in the Urban
Durham
reversed that decision and upheld the IRS.
buildup and reassert itself as leader of
Corps
Expansion
Project
in
officials suspended Moscow's eligibil-
China's history The domestic carrier
gathering
an
occasion
for
storytelling.
the Islamic world.
that
for
additional
credit
guarantees.
crashed while preparing to land Guilin.
But what makes the tales
Tax law forbids companies to deduct
Iran unlikely ever to match its
selves. Some have committed
The Chinese aviation industry has had four
different is not just their focus on dinner
other than interest, paid connection
other fatal crashes four months.
but on the one hapless member of the
with stock redemptions. But the bankruptcy
peak of six million barrels
other crimes. Some have done time.
Many have had children out of wedlock.
The French the Irish pound
family who caused embarrassment and
court found Congress meant the law apply
day. its production amounts
only in cases of hostile takeovers. Judge
bargaining
chip
in
OPEC
for
Iran.
Nearly all are school dropouts. Social
workers call theirs an population
and the Danish krone faced renewed
Weinberger pleaded innocent to the lat-
must now pretend to be amused by the
est charge against him in the
disagreed and applied the law
says Cyrus H. Tahmassebi, the Washing
retelling. also serves symbol of the
speculative selling pressure. Many an-
chief economist of Ashland Oil
that other training programs often
case, and the former defense secretary
family's resilience.
any redemption. including Kroy's.
alysts expect Ireland to devalue its
Inc. and former executive of National
touch
or
asked for trial by judge rather than by
currency after today's elections.
jury. The new count accused Weinberger of
Bigger, but Better?
has broad significance, says
Willens of Lehman Brothers, because most
Iranian Oil Reinforcing that view. the
The disappointment so far that
nearly half of the 109 young men and
making false statement to congressional
On holiday that celebrates abun-
LBOs liable for
Middle East Economic Survey says
dance. there is ample opportunity to mess
increased capacity could add new
women who joined since the program
investigators in 1987. He also faces four
or
and
vulnerable
to
started dropped out or have been
Rubbermaid
Chairman
Walter
Wil-
other charges filed in June.
up. Large numbers of dishes, prepared in
mension to the OPEC bargaining table.
asked to leave for insubordination rule
excessive amounts, are served too big
liams's resignation two weeks ago
The
judge
also
held
the
payments
Oil Minister Ran Newspaper
violations. Some have returned to the
lowed examination, ordered by
Gunmen shelled U.N. ship carrying
gathering. Whether we know or not,
Calling many of the shots for Iran
streets, to drugs and alcohol.
side directors, of the company's
famine
relief
supplies
to
Somalia
as
the
says Eric Arnould, of California State Uni-
its oil minister, Gholamreza
experimental program
vessel tried to enter the port of Mogadishu.
versity Beach, celebrants contrive
DISPUTE
over
S-corporation
Aghazadeh. With background in com
was started years ago by
ings with consultants and suppliers.
U.N. officials said. No casualties were
to overburden that
shareholder's taxes is to be argued before
puter science and brief stint as editor in
vate Ventures. social
ported aboard the ship. which headed back
things
are
plentiful.
the Supreme Court Monday, because Prof.
chief of the Islamic Republic
search group Philadelphia (Hillary Clin
much abundance, can't
to
with
cargo.
Stuart Filler of the Bridgeport law school
the 1980s. Mr. Aghazadeh hardly
ton board member). and the National
Microsoft's stock to
keep track of Prof. Arnould,
Quinnipiac College and his stu
career oil man. But since becoming oil
Association of Service and Conservation
erasing of its slide on Monday, as
France insisted an confer
who has taught both anthropology and
dents didn't accept defeat in an appeals
minister
in
1985.
he
has
distinguished
Corps. The conservation corps operates
the
analyst
who
triggered
the
drop
ence. Copenhagen that deadline be
marketing. have so much to do, we
court. Filler is argue the case: students
himself as one of the most mem
about 75 programs in cities around the
said
he
may
have
been
too
negative.
deferred for phasing out
possibly do everything
helped prepare the appeal.
country. including 12 experimental pro-
chemicals. The refused
Not everything went like clockwork
the first Thanksgiving. either, James
Iran
Moves
Up
in
Ranks
grams like the one in Durham.
accept
reduction
in
the
use
of
the
FLORIDA'S SALES-TAX revenue could
and the modern Jobs
chemicals by the year 2003. as agreed upon
Baker, historian the Plimoth Planta-
swell by $298 million over two years as the
oil production,
The FDA proposed guidelines to
Corps. federally funded. the experi-
European Community members.
tion replica Massachusetts The
service
prevent makers from promoting
result spending to repair Hurricane An
barrels
mental
grims invited Massassoit, local Indian
devastation. state economists say:
corps
must
raise
products under the guise of continuing
U.N.
relief
workers
in
Belgrade
said
chief, to that feast in 1621, celebrating
September revenue was $49 million over
substantial
funds
education for health
aid convoy to the stranded Muslim
good But the chief showed with
forecasts. But this
locally
(although
Srebrenica Bosnia would ahead
outnumbering the pilgrims and
Florida's fiscal problems. caution.
Congress
ear-
planned today despite Serb warning of
verely straining their larder. The Indians
marked
mil-
Short
interest
among
fighting. Two previous attempts to
made for by killing extra deer.
about to
lion for them in fis-
stocks in the latest period,
reach town were blocked by Serbs.
Prof. Arnould and Melanie Wallendorf,
IRS explaining the simplified
They
ending
seven
months
of
increases.
who is the University of Arizona, last
schedules that take effect for deposit-
beyond
simple
Job
former guerrilla movement, quit
year about
ing
employment
taxes.
About
75%
of
em
Corps
vocational
the Colombian government to protest Presi-
turkey
day.
The
work,
partly
titled
ployers
will
deposit
taxes
monthly.
The
rest
training
to
empha-
military crackdown on armed
sumption Rituals of Thanksgiving Day,
make deposits
size
community
Volume shares. Dow
rebels. The leader of the influential group
delved well beyond the
service and respon-
"Thanksgiving Day is read as an enacted
industrials transpor-
pleaded
for
U.N.
mediation
to
halt
wide-
THE GLAD HAND was losing hand for
sibilities.
Education
tation up utilities off
spread
violence
in
the
country.
document orchestrated symbolically and
deducting business trip to Vegas.
mandatory.
Richard
Godfrey
semiotically through consumption,
Auto Zapper Towing Inc. of Bell Gar-
0.44.
Their
targets
Bonds: Brothers Treasury index
Three
the authors. Among the subtitles:
dens, Calif., relied on good contacts with
bers
of
agitating
for
U.N.
workers
shot
and
among the
Please Turn Column
banks
and
other
lenders
for
jobs
repossess-
higher
prices
better
terms
for
his
who have jobs and in school,
wounded northwestern Cambodia, mark-
the most serious attack so far on U.N.
ing cars and boats one weekend 1988.
country.
the military or prison. Currently. 1,303 of
Commodities:
barrel,
cent. Dow Jones futures index off
peacekeepers, according for
HOLIDAY NOTICE
owner William Posey hired three buses and
OPEC meeting, Mr. Aghaza
them. aged to are enrolled in towns
like Durham. Fort Lauderdale and Roches
spot index off
the organization. The workers had been
The Wall Street Journal be
took his and some lenders' employees off to
deh attracted attention by
for
Las Vegas to get chummy while socializing
fusing
for
several
days
to
allow
Iraq
ter. which are grappling today with
Dollar:
registering
voters
national
elections
that
published tomorrow, Thanksgiving.
scheduled
for
the kinds of problems soaring school
May.
and gambling. The trip boosted business,
production quota as high as Iran's. Mr
and Auto Zapper deducted the cost.
Aghazadeh but only
dropout rates, unemployment. drugs and
with
CONTENTS
But the IRS disallowed the deduction, the
after four senior OPEC warned
identified
the
nation's
company appealed the
him that oil prices could collapse he
BUSINESSES
customers common
didn't Mr. Aghazadeh may have lost the
Durham. a city of is strug
dustry practice, Special Judge Nameroff
battle that time, but he remains convinced
to shed past tied to tobacco and
THREE
found: the trip was an ordinary business
he
can
the
textiles
for
future
of
medical
research,
CHRISTMAS
SALES:
POLITICS POLICY: Christian right
expense. Still, didn't meet another
He is considered the leader of OPEC'S
high-tech and light industry. The motiva
retailers,
lean
maps route to power, A14.
quirement: that entertainment be directly
pricing
"hawks"
because
his
strong
tion. training and skills for that kind of
after
three
bad
related to associated with the active
stand for production cutbacks to prop
future are scarce commodities among the
LAW: Harper's Magazine must pay
seasons,
may
earn
conduct of business. There were no sched-
prices. often critical of Saudi Arabia.
poor dropouts.
author for excerpted B8.
respectably
even
if
uled business meetings. The discussions
which produces million barrels day
Education for Mr. Godfrey. Dur
consumers
play
INTERNATIONAL: China's investment
informal and general on the way
for curbing output.
ham native. for example, was cut short
Dividend
Vegas and in the casinos. On the way home.
with his third and final expulsion from
Scrooge.
Page
B4.
figures include touch of hype, A10.
For one full week in October. Iran
most
junior Later, counselor
ON
REVIEW OUTLOOK: Immigrants
No business was transacted. and the
produced four million barrels day just to
Digest
HEARD
THE
STREET:
'Cheap'
prove could. output about
"terminated" from the Job Corps
trip just promoted goodwill. the judge
Editorials
Kentucky He tried vocational school.
stocks
are
assessed.
prove all politics is global, A12.
million barrels, but Mr. Aghazadeh prom
ruled. Thus,
ises that by late March, Iran can sustain
but
quit.
His
subsequent
with
the
YOUR
MONEY
MATTERS:
How
to
be
OPINION: The Carnegie
an
report is rife with bias, A12.
BRIEFS: The hearing Dec.
output of million barrels day.
probation and fine, which
didn't have the money to pay In May 1991
intelligent
giver,
Trading
rules for figuring the present values of
Mr. Aghazadeh says low market prices
walked into the Durham corps office
MEDICINE: Women doctors encounter
LEISURE ARTS: November
annuities,
interests
for
life
and
certain
forced Iran increase volume maintain
discovered
he
was
close
enough
to
auctions in New York, All.
other interests for broad tax purposes.
its revenue. But he says Iran will only
special
hardships,
qualify for the
California sales
produce what the market demands.
important thing the level of revenue
Three days
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Please Turn Column
Classified:
The
A8 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1992
Rescue Mission: Principles of Depression-Era Corps
heritage, including the possibility she may
Baker's corps did it for $25,000.
says. "I felt that had gotten them. And,
have relatives buried there. "It really
The city has also paid corps members
one day when she was returning from a
got to me," she says.
clear park creeks. plant erosion-control
meeting and chanced to pass one of the
Are Tested on Troubled Youths in Durham, N.C.
Another corps member. Erica Braswell.
seedlings, and maintain school grounds.
first Durham Service Corps vans on the
21, didn't think much of the Geer project
The county hired them to paint signs and
way to work site, she had an unexpected
either at first. Her reaction: "Damn, I
clear sewer easements. A city hiring
reaction. started to cry,' she says. "Our
Continued From First Page
two years if 75% of the budget was raised
chairman William Bell. "It's not like we re
don't want to work in no graveyard.' It
freeze has put its regular work force 15%
efforts were beginning to pan out."
two days of hard. dirty work. came next.
elsewhere.
not doing other things.
was a sharp contrast from her past life
below required levels, SO new corps pro
Small Victories
Applicants are routinely assigned to the
The rest of the budget was eventually
Mrs. Baker had raised enough money
"hangin" with my friends in the street,
ects have become "an easy sell,' says
toughest field projects to gauge their moti-
raised, but it took a lot of political savvy,
to launch the Durham corps in March
selling drugs and partying all the time. A
Mr. Bethea, who praises their work. One
Among the trainees who stick it out for
vation, says Ann Baker. director of the
persuasion and pleading.
1991, with 17 corps members, most of them
high-school graduate. she joined the corps
concern: making sure corps members
the full year. there are small victories-
Durham corps. "We've had some who ve
She did it by putting community and
black and from the poorest section of
after one of her brothers was sentenced to
don't displace regular workers or keep new
signs of changed attitudes and directions.
just walked off and never come back." she
corporate leaders on corps' board. and lob-
town. divided into two work crews.
life in prison and another brother was
ones from being hired.
Before his corps graduation last spring,
murdered. "It took something tragic to
Mr. Godfrey earned a general high-school
says. Mr. Godfrey stayed. was accepted,
bying the city and county councils. She got
Among them was Ms. Wilkerson
Volunteer Counselors
then survived a month's "probation" to
make me wake up," she says.
equivalency diploma. He is now a private
$75,000 from the city, $35,000 from Glaxo
"I said fine. because I needed money
Corps members have volunteered their
health caseworker. Lacretia Wilker
see if he had the fortitude to show
Inc., pharmaceutical firm headquartered
bad." she says. "At the time, I didn't
Chain-Saw Woman
time to transport Veterans Hospital p.
attends Durham Technical Community
up on time. 7:45 a.m. each weekday. in
in nearby Research Triangle Park, $25,000
realize it was a good opportunity for me.
One of the first new skills Ms. Bras-
tients, help build houses for the poor.
uniform. for calisthenics, then work as
from International Business Machines
College and hopes for a four-year degree
An opportunity. that is, to work harder
well learned was operating chain saw. As
deliver Christmas presents to low-income
Corp., another local corporate citizen,
from North Carolina Central University in
signments and classes, eschewing profan-
than she ever had in her life.
she uncovered each Geer gravesite, she
families, and coach and keep score for 1
Durham. Miss Braswell was one of 16
ity. alcohol and other drugs.
and other funds from other sources.
One of the Durham Service Corps' first
says, her attitude changed. "I began to
Special Olympics basketball tournament
persons chosen nationwide to serve on the
Corps members live at home. bring
Supporting the program just made
projects was clearing Geer Cemetery, a
think, if this were my family, I'd want
Miss Braswell heads volunteers who
Ford Foundation's Youth Advisory Com-
lunches and spend 25 hours a week work-
good sense. says Ernest Jenkins, an IBM
small, blacks-only burial ground. Long
somebody to do the same thing.
counsel adolescents at the county's juve-
mission on urban poverty and youth is
ing for at least a minimum wage in crews
executive who is on the board of the corps.
abandoned by the community and city
While jobs like Mr. Laws's wheelchair
nile detention center on such topics as safe
sues.
of five to 12 people. Truants and rule-
"No one was touching the age 18 to 31
government. it was shrouded in thicket of
ramps are volunteered, the Geer cemetery
sex. substance abuse and negative behave
The corps service contracts this
breakers are expelled. The average stay is
group we are helping people who really
weeds. trees and vines. For weeks, Ms.
cleanup was under a fee-for-service pro-
ior. "They may listen to us when they
year will total $145,000. Another indicator
five to six months. Mr. Godfrey stayed a
need help, he says. Steve Sons, director of
Wilkerson and the others hacked their way
gram in which crews hire themselves out
might not listen to others," she says
of its perceived worthiness is that purse
year. during which he did his two-month
human resources at Glaxo Inc., also a
through underbrush, often stumbling into
to private industry and local governments.
"Most of us have been through some of the
strings have loosened. The city doubled its
jail hitch in lieu of paying his fine.
member of the board, agrees. really saw
deep holes left by sinking graves.
For cash-strapped Durham, fee-for-serv-
things they 're going through.
donation to $150,000 for next year. and the
Besides their work. corps members
something that gave these kids a fighting
Pulling weeds and clearing away trash
ice is boon. says Gregory Bethea, assis-
For Ann Baker it has been an uphill
county is up to $50,000. The local Carolina
spend nine hours a week in classes de-
chance. he says.
was only part of the project. Mrs. Baker
tant city manager. The city's two regular
battle. organizing a support staff, shifting
Central Bank gave $5,000. IBM contributed
signed to gain a high-school diploma,
Not everyone was as enthusiastic ini-
required corps members to produce oral
cemetery work crews already had more
in any 24 hours from the role of tough drill
again. and Glaxo gave an additional $100.
admission to college or a job requiring
tially. Mrs. Baker asked the Durham
and video histories of the cemetery from
work than they could handle. and nobody
sergeant to sympathetic counselor to gree
000 to the program last April. Persuading
reading, math and computing skills. They
county board of commissioners for $150,000
research and interviews with some of the
wanted to spend an "outrageous" $100,000
garious fund-raiser. Early on. when two
Glaxo to reinvest in the DSC was "one of
are also drilled on community responsibili-
in start-up funds and got only $40,000. It
elderly survivors of those buried there.
estimated cleanup costs on a cemetery
corps members became the first to receive
the easiest things I've ever done." says
ties and such workplace fundamentals as
was a "reasonable amount. said board
Ms. Wilkerson began learning about her
already filled to capacity. he says. Mrs.
their high-school diplomas, Mrs. Baki
Mr. Sons.
being on time and dressing appropri-
ately-habits of study. work and living that
are crucial to turning "at-risk" youths
around. according to Michael Bailin, presi-
dent of Public/Private Ventures. It isn't
easy.
Rodger Hurley, program officer for Mr.
Bailin's organization. says that 93% of the
people who enter the programs are high-
school dropouts, and 80% of the women
have at least one child, with the majority
having two.
Lawyer Wilbur Gulley. Durham's for-
mer mayor and a member of the DSC
board.
says.
"We ve had seri-
ous problem with
[school] dropping
out. teen pregnancy
and people graduat-
ing without the
skills necessary to
enter the work
force." Not to men-
tion juveniles sell-
ing crack down-
town.
"The only thing
I knew how to do
Ann Baker
was stand on the
corner and pass somebody some crack."
shrugs Lacretia Wilkerson, a 20-year-old
who started peddling drugs on and off
before she dropped out of high school. Once
an "A" student, she endured a home life of
family fights, physical abuse and being
shunted from one relative to another. At
16. she says, she was cutting class, staying
out late, smoking dope and drinking.
That made her a perfect challenge
for the corps and its director. Ann Baker.
Mrs. Baker. 37. was on the local
committee that proposed Durham as an
Urban Corps Expansion Project city, and
then she became its first director. A Dur-
ham resident since 1988. she had a long
history of community service elsewhere.
including work in a housing project. run-
ning youth programs in an Alaska logging
camp and retraining laid-off auto workers
in Michigan.
Corporate Donors
She had to raise most of the money for
the Durham Service Corps herself. Costs
run hefty $10,000 per corps member (but
that is about half the cost of a Job Corps
trainee). The start up sponsors gave her
only $25,000 in seed money the first year.
But it pledged $100,000 a year for the first
URHA AM
1992
SERVICE CORPO
DURHAM SERVICE CORPS YEAR IN REVIEW
Education Highlights
Seven corpsmembers received their Adult High School Diplomas and six more are scheduled to
receive theirs in January.
One corpsmember received his GED.
Assisted 22 corpsmembers in obtaining employment or enrolling in education programs.
One corpsmember was accepted to a four-year college.
Two (2) corpsmembers are attending Durham Technical Community College as part of specialized
training or college preparation programs; six (6) have prepared to take the SATs.
One corpsmember currently attends North Carolina Central University as a part-time student
while employed in the DSC; another program graduate attends part-time at University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Dental Assistant Program.
Work Projects Highlights
Increased size of corps from 20 to 35 corpsmembers in 1992.
Provided over 40,000 hours of dedicated service to the community.
Contracted Work Projects, raising $147,000 in revenue, with the following sponsors:
Seven (7) Durham City Departments
Durham Public Schools
Five (5) County Departments
Durham Housing Authority
North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
North Carolina Division of Archives and History
Durham Area Transit Authority
Duke University
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
and many more
Human Service Projects, volunteering the service and work of the corps to the following groups
and organizations:
Special Olympics - Bowling, Basketball and Track and Field Coaching
Durham County Department of Social Services Share Your Christmas
Meadowbrook Manor Nursing Home
Durham County Youth Detention Center
Haw River Festival
and many more
Durham Service Corps Funders
City of Durham
People's Security
County of Durham
IBM
City Employment and Training Office
Wachovia Bank
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Central Carolina Bank
Janirve Foundation
Urban Corps Expansion Project
Public Welfare Foundation
Greater Triangle Community Foundation
Glaxo
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A SAMPLING OF WHAT SOME FORMER DSC PARTICIPANTS
ARE DOING NOW
Sherry
A mother of three small children, Sherry works part-time for a local dentist while
attending school in UNC's Dental Assistant Program. Sherry received a $750
tuition scholarship from the DeWitt-Wallace Readers' Digest Foundation.
Tyronne
Successfully obtained a job as a Stockroom Clerk at IBM, earning $ 7.25 an hour.
Greg
Greg earned his high school diploma while attending the DSC. He successfully
took his SAT exams in April and will attend Morehouse College as a political
science major in January 1993. Greg has committed hundreds of hours of
volunteer time to recent political campaigns, organizing voter registration drives
and working with the NAACP.
Richard
Richard came to the DSC wanting to be a brick mason. He successfully obtained
his GED and found out that working with the disabled and handicapped, through
the DSC work projects, was the kind of career he wanted. He graduated in June
1992 and has been employed since with Healthforce as a full-time healthcare
worker with the disabled, earning $5.50 per hour.
Charles
Charles earned his high school diploma in the DSC and is employed as a full-time
electrician assistant with a locally owned electrical and plumbing supply company.
Erica
While in the DSC, Erica was selected to serve as one of 16 National Youth
Commissioners with the Ford Foundation to research and write a working paper on
young people's perceptions and of unemployment, crime, and poverty. She is now
employed full-time with Skill Creations as a Habilitation Technician earning $ 6.50
per hour.
Issac
Issac is employed full-time with a local food service company and plans to attend
Alamance Community College to become a free-lance commercial artist.
Gloria
Gloria is the mother of five small children. A high school graduate, she is
employed full-time as a child care work with a non-profit child care center in
Chapel Hill.
Eric
Eric earned his high school diploma while at the DSC. Following graduation from
the Corps, he was accepted into the California Conservation Corps as a forest fire
fighter where he served during California's six month fire season. He returned to
Durham in October and is enrolled full-time at in a two year degree program to
become a certified fire fighter.
Thomas
Thomas is employed full-time as a mail clerk with IBM earning $ 5.50 an
hour.
Donzell
Donzell relocated to Florida following Hurricane Andrew and is employed as a
full-time roofer and construction worker in Dade County.
Durham Service Corps
WORK SPONSORS
(a partial list)
* Government Agencies
City of Durham
Engineering
Parks and Recreation
Planning
Real Estate
Sanitation
Water Resources
County of Durham
Board of Elections
-
Engineering
Library
Social Services
Youth Home
Durham Area Transit Authority
Durham Public Schools
State of North Carolina
NCDEHNR, Division of Parks and Recreation
United States Government
Department of Veterans Affairs
* Non-Profit Agencies
Duke University
Genesis Home
Habitat for Humanity
Durham County
Orange County
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
Research Triangle Foundation
Self-Help Credit Union Venture Fund
Durham Service Corps
WORK QUALITY
The Mission: To provide the Durham and greater Triangle communities with
outstanding quality work on necessary and important projects.
The Result: Every agency who every sponsored a DSC work project has rated the Corps'
work performance as "Good" or "Excellent"!
TRAIL CLEARING:
Research Triangle Foundation: "It was a pleasure to work with the Corps."
- Elizabeth Rooks
Director of Physical Development
Eno River State Park: "Clearly the amount of work accomplished this year in only
two weeks of time was outstanding. The crew leaders and unit members deserve a great
deal of thanks from us for a hard, dangerous job done very well!"
- Susan Tillotson
Park Superintendent
LAND CLEARING:
Ellerbee Creek Clearing: "Fantastic job! An excellent job was done. Completed
project is very satisfactory. Look forward to more sections."
- Gerald Fisher
Head, Street Maintenance
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority: Excellent. "Would be pleased to provide a
reference"
- George W. Cumpston
Assistant Maintenance Manager
CARPENTRY:
West Point of the Eno City Park: "The crew did a really fine job, and Eric (the
crew leader) was great to work with I thank the Service Corps for doing this project
and for doing it well. It really makes a difference!"
- Beth O'Neil Highley
Park Superintendent
Durham Habitat for Humanity: "Although crew members varied in their skill level,
all worked well individually and together. Nice group of kids with good leadership."
- Don Wells
Executive Director
Troy House: "The services of the Durham Service Corps were of great assistance
to our program. The workers had very pleasant and helpful attitudes. The crew leaders
had a good rapport with the crew members."
- Diana Peronis
Project Coordinator
continued-
BUILDING REHABILITATION:
Bull City Business Center: "We were so pleased with the efficient, thorough job
your crews performed. We came in under budget on the clean-up, and we can put this
money to good use as we begin to upfit the Bull City Business Center for tenants
Thank you again for a job well done. We would be happy to recommend you to
anyone who might need the Durham Service Corps in the future, and we would certainly
use the Corps again when we have the need."
- Julia Borbely-Brown
Project Supervisor
LANDSCAPING:
Durham City Schools: "What a terrific job your crew did - the grounds looked so
nice for our students when we opened for school."
- Deborah Hockman
Watts School
Durham Parks Department Seedling Planting: "We were pleased with work
done Crew was very attentive when we were explaining the job which made a big
impression."
- Mitzi Hole
City of Durham Parks Dept.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION:
Haw River Festival: "Thanks! so much! for all your help! It was GREAT having
you. Everybody on the crew talked about how much help you were."
- Louise Kessel
Festival Director
HUMAN SERVICES:
Durham Special Olympics: "Good job! Thanks!"
- Sarah Hogan
Special Olympics Coordinator
Aids Community Residence Association: "We feel very fortunate to have had the
opportunity to work with your organization. Please consider us again for a possible work
site. Thank you very much.
- Stan Mitchell
Maintenance Supervisor
Durham County Share Your Christmas Program: "The Corps did an excellent
job They were cordial and cooperative and willing to work. Many thanks."
- Carol Hunt
Program Director
Veterans Administration Medical Center: "We are pleased with the service the
Corps members provide. Wish they were here for longer periods of time The success
of their rotation with us is due to the Crew Supervisors.
- Alice Jowers
Chief, Voluntary Services
DURHAM SERVICE CORPS
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Tree Felling and Removal
Trail Building
Construction of Playground Equipment, Boardwalks, and Bridges
Painting
Mowing and General Landscaping
Tree, Scrub and Flower Planting
Environmentally-Friendly Elimination of Beaver Dam Problems
Graffiti Removal and Litter Abatement
Easement and Right-Of-Way Clearing
General Light Construction
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SERVICE CORRS
PUBH AM
.
CORPS MONTH
"Knowledge
Through
Experience"
Ann C. Baker
Executive Director
Durham Service Corps
P.O. Box 306
Durham. NC 27702
919-683-6602
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WORKS
/
school. The Corps received
On
the
Avondal
city nize contract with the Corps to a
$5,000 grant from the
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19th century. The city
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over$24,000 etery. in reclaimin
include work in the
Administration Hospital.
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Established by Jesse Ge
Special Olympics and
nent farmer in 1876 to take
Herald-Sun staff reports
for Humanity.
farm workers, this African
Glaxo Inc. is continuing its support
cemetery was abandoned in
of the Durham Service Corps. which
"The Durham Service Corps offers a fresh start for
been
At that time the city closed
provides education and employment
over-crowded tha
opportunities for struggling youths.
who have gotten off track.,"
Shelby ago, A Van year was Hoyle and or half Youth
Service
the The HPSD has pushed for rehabilitation of
coming a health problem. 1
with a three-year. $100,000 grant.
BILL SHORE
employed dropout high an
un.
cemetery for several years.
and four other cemeteries fc
Glaxo gave the non-profit or.
GLAXO COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER
an
were supplanted by Beechwo
ganization $25,000 as seed money in
enrolled.
hope behind without on his bills
toyment
and
etery on Fayetteville Road.
1990 and last year donated $10,500 to
a news release. "They have a chance
are
the corps. Glaxo. based in Research
to become productive, contributing
Some of th
future. for his family's much
Triangle Park. is the corps' biggest
does is no
donor.
members of society."
money
will
and GED. he has his
Historic Preservation Society of Durham
"The Durham Service Corps offers a
The Service Corps gives jobs. 18. at
continue
fresh start for young adults who have
gotten off track." said Bill Shore.
small salaries, to under-educated
Glaxo community affairs manager, in
to 23-year olds. Twenty-four youths
Ann Bak
I What Change? about this
Service credits the yoyle Youth
SCI which helped Coips,
his GED There goals: and job.
main and achieve two
SERVICE CORPO
THE DURHAM SERVICE CORPS
"Knowledge Through Experience"
WHO CAN JOIN THE CORPS?
The Durham Service Corps (DSC) is open to any young adult between the ages of 18 and 23. The DSC's
corpsmembers reflect the diversity of the greater Durham community -- rich, poor and middle class; African
American, Caucasian, Hispanic and Asian; high school dropout, graduate, and college-bound. Initially, the
DSC will employ approximately 20 corpsmembers, growing to 30 by the end of 1991. By 1993 the DSC will
grow to over 100 corpsmembers.
WHAT WILL CORPSMEMBERS DO IN THE CORPS?
The Corps is designed as a rigorous and challenging experience. After a three day unpaid orientation
program that includes preliminary assessment and individual goal setting, and orientation to the rules of the
Corps, corpsmembers move into the regular program, serving as provisional corpsmembers for one month.
Corpsmembers begin each day with a community meeting to discuss current affairs, issues affecting the
Corps community and the community-at-large. They then divide into supervised crews of 10 to provide
critically needed physical and human services in a variety of places such as the city and county parks,
Durham public housing communities, the Veterans Administration Hospital and Habitat for Humanity sites.
Approximately 60% of the time is spent in community service in the greater Durham area.
To complement the work experience, the DSC has designed an education program that enables corpsmembers
to develop skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking, computing, problem solving, goal setting and critical
thinking. Corpsmembers spend approximately 11 hours a week in the Corps' in-house experiential basic and
lifeskill program. The DSC provides GED and remedial education classes and college, technical skills, and
career advising. Through an integrated work and learning curriculum, corpsmembers are provided with
opportunities to use their skills in ways that are both positive for themselves and constructive for the
community.
Upon leaving the Corps, corpsmembers are assisted in finding permanent employment and/or additional
educational opportunities.
HOW ARE CORPSMEMBERS COMPENSATED?
Corpsmembers are asked to make a one year commitment upon acceptance into the DSC. They receive a
starting weekly salary of $123.25 with bonuses and promotions based on work performance and attendance.
At the end of six months, corpsmembers are eligible to receive a $250 bonus; at the successful completion
of a year in the Corps, corpsmembers are eligible to receive a $1500 award in the form of a college or
vocational training scholarship voucher, or they may qualify for a cash award of $750.
- over -
WHERE IS THE CORPS HOUSED?
The Durham Service Corps operates out of the L.T. Walker Physical Education Complex Room C204 on the
North Carolina Central University campus at 1521 Alston Avenue. The facility is well suited for the Corps'
comprehensive program. DSC vans are used to transport corpsmembers to and from the work sites.
HOW IS THE DURHAM SERVICE CORPS FUNDED?
Durham is one of 15 cities chosen to participate in a national effort to develop and sustain urban youth corps
through the Urban Corps Expansion Project (UCEP), a joint initiative sponsored by two private not-for-profit
organizations -- Public/Private Ventures of Philadelphia and the National Association of Service and
Conservation Corps in Washington, D.C. UCEP provides three years of technical support and a grant of
$100,000 for each of the first two years of operation. Additional local support comes from public and private
sources including: corporate support from IBM, Glaxo, Inc., Burroughs-Wellcome and Centura Bank;
private foundation support from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Durham Downtown Merchants
Association, and the Greater Triangle Community Foundation; the United Way of Greater Durham Venture
Grant program; and the City and County of Durham. Fee for service contracts through work performed by
the Corps for public and private not-for-profit organizations will support 12% of the Corps' first operational
year.
In kind and pro bono services have been provided by Paychex, Inc.; Maxwell and Hutson; the Greater
Durham Chamber of Commerce; North Carolina Central University; GTE; Thomas, Knight, Trent and King;
West, Pausback and Vaughan; and Kim Anglin, CPA.
HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?
The greatest need, of course, is money. Corps are expensive because of their comprehensive goals and
programming. However, there are any number of ways you and your organization can contribute to this
exciting and much-needed initiative. In-kind gifts everything from rakes and shovels to uniforms to
automobiles -- will be essential in defraying the Corps' start-up and operating costs. Corpsmembers will need
mentors and counseling; and they will need routine physicals and, perhaps, drug and alcohol treatment.
The needs are many. But the opportunity is great -- to address the many unmet needs of our community,
and to provide our young people a chance to learn and to grow. We need your help.
To volunteer your assistance or ask for more information, please call or write the Durham Service Corps
office:
Ann C. Baker
Executive Director
Durham Service Corps
P.O. Box 306
Durham, NC 27702
(919) 683-6602
The Durham Service Corps is a tax exempt, 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
DURHAM SERVICE CORPS
Board of Directors
1992
OFFICERS:
Wilbur "Wib" P. Gulley, Chair
North Carolina State Senator
Ernest Jenkins, Jr., Vice Chair
Manager, IBM Personnel Administration and Communication Systems
Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, Past Chair
President, United States Olympic Committee
K.v. R. Dey, Jr., Treasurer
Retired CEO, Liggett Group
Carol Hunt, Secretary
Supervisor, Durham County J.O.B.S. Program
DIRECTORS:
Thomas Drew
President, Pheonix Communications, Ltd.
Sandy Ogburn
Durham City Council Member
John Ott
Executive Director, Good Work, Inc.
Ellen Reckhow
Durham County Commissioner
Steve R. Sons
Human Resources Director, Glaxo, Inc.
Charles Trent
Administrator, Wake County Human Services
Herbert Watkins
Senior Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs, North Carolina Central University
Thomas J. White
Vice President, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL.
Dow
Jones
Company,
Reserved
WEDNESDAY.
NOVEMBER
1992
CHARLOTTE,
NORTH
Durable Goods
Tax
Report
in
Business
Special Summary and Forecast
Iran's
Production
Federal and Tax
Inspires Program
Soaring, With
Developments
Business
and
Finance
From American Firms
THE
RICH
GOT
RICHER
in
the
RDERS for durable goods jumped
THE WEST RELAXED curbs on exports
report more
of
of
the
3.9%
in
October.
the
biggest
in-
military
gear
to
nations.
Two
scholars
at
the
National
Bureau
crease
since
July
1991.
But
excluding
In liberalization of Cold War policies,
Economic Research find most of the income
Hard
Work,
Discipline
and
Western countries altered their restric-
gains reported by wealthy taxpayers in the
to
the
transportation
defense
sec-
tions on the flow of sensitive military
1980s went to the top with income
tors, orders Separately, con-
Save
Youngsters'
Lives?
technologies the former Soviet Union and
above But after studying 40 years
Or a Tussle With Saudis
sumer confidence surged this month
East bloc countries. The action redefined
of IRS data, Daniel Feenberg and James
but remained relatively weak. While
the in 1949
NEW
ORDERS
received
by
manufac-
Poterba also find that the sharpest rise in
Cemetery Cleanup
expressing caution, economists said
primarily to curb the export of potentially
turers durable rose October
the share of income reported by the richest
Fixing
Site
That
U.S.
conditions appear to be improving.
dangerous
technologies
communist
seasonally adjusted billion from
came 1987 and 1988. after the tax
Stocks rallied on the unexpectedly
powers. Instead, the such
revised billion month earlier, the
slashed
tax
rates.
This
suggests
that
JOSEPH BOYCE
strong
economic
data,
while
bond
nations as Iraq. North Korea, China, India
Commerce Department reports. (Article
wealthy folks with sophisticated advisers
By TANNER
prices posted small gains. The Dow
and Pakistan. (Article on A2)
on
chose taxable income then.
Staff
Reporter
DURHAM.
Laws,
Cocom laid out rules that Eastern
They would have done that by deferring
N.C.
Joseph
Jones industrials surged points
years
old.
surveys
the
new
pine
wheel-
to in active trading. Nasdaq
European countries must meet to get
Thanksgiving
1986 income such as capital gains and bo-
is leaping back into the upper ranks of the
"favorable to buy tech.
nuses or by not deferring 1987 and 1988
world's
oil
powers.
chair
ramps
extending
from
the
front
and
stocks rose sharply to record.
home and
nologies such as computers, telecommu-
Always Recall
income that could have been delayed.
mentality has taken hold
claimed them His arthritic
nications equipment and lasers.
"Changes in decisions about how much
across southern Iran. Some 50 are in
taxable income to report may have contrib-
action
in
the
region's
oil
fields,
up
from
wife and his son, who is con-
General Motors' debt was down-
Germany's Jews and Gypsies accused
uted [to reported gains).' the researchers
eight just three years ago. The state oil
fined to wheelchair following stroke.
graded by Moody's. which cited
the government of caving in to rightist
conclude. Yet that doesn't account for all
company even drilling under the local
could now of the house with ease.
miracle began
gloomy outlook for quick turnaround
terror. and German novelist, Ralph Gior-
the gains, they caution. Higher pay and
airport and the city of Ahwaz itself.
warm day last spring when white
by
the
auto
maker.
The
move
will
in-
dano. said should arm themselves in
crease interest costs for GM and its
On
Monday,
radicals
killed
Exploding and Vanishing Birds
income roles.
part of billion campaign to expand oil
the
production, known as Farsi
rolled gravel driveway and
disgorged dozen young black men and
nance unit and will make it harder for
three Turks in the northern town of Moelln.
And Ants in the Apple Pie
lives of the rich, especially those who
expression that loosely translates
Poterba.
swear
to
the
dawn."
women, brandishing hammers. saws and
the
company
to
raise
capital
to
cover
levels, to volunteer their time and labor.
Clinton met Arkansas with Texas Sen.
Are Part of Oral Tradition
Faster than almost anyone expected.
its North American operating losses.
Bentsen, considered to be leading candi-
MOM AND SEARS slash
this crusade is paying off for
All were members of the Durham Service
Corps, version of the
Chrysler's next chairman, Robert
date to be Treasury secretary. The presi-
Iran. The country's output lately has
Depression era's Civilian Conservation
Eaton, said the company early
also scheduled Dec. eco-
By GARY PUTKA
in
time
for
Christmas
surged much four million barrels
Corps. But with difference.
1995
to
earn
an
nomic summit, and his transition aides said
tailers
in
depressed
urban
areas
level that hasn't been seen since
that more than labor leaders
Of
all
the
Thanksgivings
Sam
Weiner
Sixty years ago the CCC put three
credit rating, substantially reduce its
may
cut
the
New
Jersey
sales
tax
they
before the 1979 Islamic revolution. As
and business executives are expected to be
and his friends have celebrated, he says
million young men. most of them white, to
billion unfunded pension liability,
collect 3% from stores must earn the
result, ranks the world's
invited. (Article on
there one that wives won't us
incentive by creating jobs for the unem-
largest oil producer, surpassed only by
work in forestry and jobs.
and accumulate $5 billion in cash.
forget.' The men cooked that day. They
Now there are calls to resurrect and ex-
ployed. Small in the zones are
Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and Russia.
The General Assembly rebuked the
boned turkey and sewed too
meant to be prime beneficiaries, but which
So far. increased production has
programs to
U.S. by adopting Cuban resolution that
tightly.
The
bird
erupted.
the competitive
helped drive down world oil prices nearly
and work habits to youths.
American plans to public less
The
National
Guard
is
setting
calls for Washington to repeal its recently
wouldn't say actually exploded."
pilot
Huge
chains
such
as
Ikea
in
Elizabeth
and
10%
since
But
many
analysts
up
one
than two months after KKR group
toughened embargo against the Castro gov.
explains Mr. Weiner. president of Edge-
Sears,
J.C.
Penney
and
Radio
Shack
in
think that over the next year or two. Iran
program to start next summer.
bought the reinsurer from Aetna.
ernment. The vote was with absten-
craft housewares maker. the
up
the
Jersey Newport Centre in
could greater prominence
Actually, youth corps modeled on the
American
Re
to
sell
about
$300
tions. Under the embargo, units of
stuffing
popped
and
went
all
over
hopes
of
across
the
Hudson
ver toward higher oil prices. test could
in the
American firms based in other nations now
The dessert. insists elabo-
million in new stock at per-share
These stores picked their locations long
come as soon as this week's meeting in
price
triple
may be prosecuted if they trade with Cuba.
rate chocolate
ment goes crucial further: Its
almost
that
paid
by
KKR.
before the break was available,
Vienna
of
the
Organization
of
Petroleum
Scriptwriter Robin Green remembers
are
reflecting rally in reinsurance stocks
offers unexpected icing on the bottom
Exporting Countries.
the
toughest,
of falling
Acting Navy Secretary said he
the Thanksgiving when ants made tracks
line.
Now.
news
release
partly because of Hurricane Andrew.
Ms.
Green.
who
writes
for
Help From U.S. Companies
opposed efforts to admit homosexuals into
trumpets,
"dozens
nationally
known
poverty, addiction and crime.
the Navy but wasn't personally prejudiced
"Northern Exposure, pulled out the
retailers"
offer
tax
savings
to
New
Jersey
Helping to accelerate Iran's comeback
question here and in other experi-
vacuum cleaner, sucked them up and
are some unlikely partners: U.S. compa-
mental cities is: Can CCC-like discipline,
Boeing trimming production of
against those who openly advocate gay
and New York shoppers. The release quotes
and community service work
lifestyle. He told reporters that
served
the
pie
anyway.
the mall's marketing director, Ken Volk, as
nies. Islamic leadership remains
its
757
and
by
third
and
may
stridently anti-American as ever. But
ity
inconsistent
with
good
order
and
Stray
Ants
saying:
truly
legalized
tax
eva-
these troubled youths?
lay
off
as
many
as
2,500
workers.
The
discipline,"
and
suggested
that
debate
over
course, New Yorkers supposed
rebuild offshore production platforms
As for the ants already in the pie,
Helping
the
Helpless
cited
that
New
York's
damaged during the war with Iran
company
slowdown
in
orders
the
issue
is
undermining
sailors'
morale.
Ms.
Green
says
discovered
pay
use
tax
on
One of the young workers is Richard
from the embattled airline industry.
the
sound
of
the
vacuum
cleaner
scared
purchases eliminate
relying part contractors. And to
ship oil from Kharg Island, its main
Lee Godfrey. whose uniform of gray
U.S. officials turned over Subic Bay
says Ms. Green. delicious
LOAN
FEES
for
leveraged
buyout
oll-export facility, Iran is frequently turn-
and that hot
Naval Base to the Philippine
to
oil
were damp with the sweat of constructing
Arizona
companies.
Sales of fell in mid-
ending more than four centuries of foreign
Christmas is for children. New Year's
military presence in the Philippines. Local
The issue arose in bankruptcy proceed-
This year, Iran stands collect nearly
November from the the preced-
Eve for revelers. On Valentine's Day.
says
the
the
lovers WOO. But Thanksgiving looks kindly
ings
of
Kroy
(Europe)
Ltd.
had
paid
fees
billion in oil revenue. which will
ing
30
days
and
were
little
changed
of
million
borrow
long way toward repairing damage from
school dropout who served months in
zone and port.
on bunglers, and the merely forgetful.
and
expenses
$4
to
from dismal period.
the war with Iraq. The money also
the Durham County for drunken driv.
(Article
Folklorists and other holiday watchers
million for an
Iranian Akbar Hashemi
and assaulting policeman. help-
that
plan to buy its common. Kroy amortized
other
people
who
can't
help
them
Chinese
Boeing
slammed
into
the rituals
and
deducted
the
costs:
but
the
IRS
denied
Rafsanjani deal with the demands of
Russia defaulted for the first time
near doubling in population since the 1979
selves."
mountain southwest China, killing all
mon practice of recounting mishaps of
five
years
of
deductions
and
filed
tax
revolution, million. Some oil proceeds
For much of their lives. Mr. God-
on grain loans and could
people
on
board.
officials
said.
was
the
Thanksgivings
past,
usually
odd
happen-
claim. which the bankruptcy court rejected.
miss more payments this month. U.S.
highest death toll from air disaster in
ings having with food Every family
Now U.S. Judge McNamee in Phoenix has
likely finance its arms
and his fellow members in the Urban
Corps Expansion Project in Durham
Moscow's
eligibil-
China's history. The domestic carrier
gathering an occasion for storytelling.
decision and upheld the IRS.
buildup and reassert itself as leader of
officials
suspended
the
Islamic
world.
seemed that
ity
for
additional
guarantees.
crashed while preparing to land at Guilin.
But what makes the Thanksgiving tales
Tax forbids companies to deduct
Iran
costs, other than interest. paid connection
unlikely
ever
to
match
its
selves. Some have sold committed
The Chinese aviation industry has had four
different is not just their focus on dinner
peak of six million barrels
other crimes. Some have done jail time.
other fatal crashes in four months.
but on the one hapless member of the
with stock redemptions. But the bankruptcy
court found Congress meant the law apply
day. But its production amounts
Many have had children out of wedlock.
The French franc. the Irish pound
family who caused embarrassment and
bargaining
chip
in
OPEC
for
Iran.
Nearly all school dropouts. Social
and the Danish krone faced renewed
Weinberger pleaded innocent to the lat-
must now pretend to be amused by the
only in cases hostile takeovers. Judge
workers call theirs an population
est charge against him in the
retelling. also serves symbol of the
McNamee disagreed and applied the law to
says
Cyrus
Tahmassebi,
the
Washing
speculative selling pressure. Many an-
chief
economist
of
Ashland
Oil
that other training programs often
case. and the former defense secretary
family' resilience.
any redemption. including Kroy's His rul-
Inc. and former executive of National
touch
or
help.
alysts expect Ireland to devalue its
asked for trial by judge rather than
Bigger,
but
Better?
ing has broad significance. says Robert
The main disappointment far that
currency after today's elections.
jury. The new count accused Weinberger
Willens of Lehman Brothers. because most
Iranian Oil Reinforcing that view, the
nearly half of the 109 young and
making false statement to congressional
On holiday that celebrates abun-
liable for
Middle East Economic Survey says
women who joined since the program
investigators 1987. He also faces four
dance. there ample opportunity to mess
or and vulnerable to
increased capacity could add new
Rubbermaid
Chairman
Wil-
other charges filed in June.
Large numbers of dishes. prepared in
mension to the OPEC bargaining table.
started have dropped out or have been
asked to leave for insubordination or rule
excessive amounts, are served to too
liams's resignation weeks ago
The judge also held the payments
Oil Minister Ran Newspaper
violations. Some have returned to the
lowed an examination, ordered by
Gunmen shelled U.N. ship carrying
gathering. Whether we know or not.
Calling many of the shots for Iran
streets, drugs and alcohol.
famine relief supplies to Somalia as the
Eric Arnould, of California State Uni
its oil minister. Gholamreza
The experimental program
side directors, of the company's
vessel tried to enter the port of Mogadishu,
versity Beach. celebrants contrive
A DISPUTE over an S-corporation
Aghazadeh. With background in com-
ings with consultants and suppliers.
that
was started years ago by
officials said. No casualties were
overburden
prove
shareholder's taxes to be argued before
puter science and brief stint as editor in
vate Ventures. social
ported
aboard
the
ship.
which
headed
back
things
are
plentiful.
the Supreme Court Monday, because Prof.
chief of the Islamic Republic newspaper in
search Philadelphia (Hillary Clin-
much abundance, can't
out
to
with
Stuart Filler of the Bridgeport law school
the early 1980s. Mr. Aghazadeh hardly
ton board member). and the National
Microsoft's stock rose to
keep
track
of
says
Prof.
Arnould,
at Quinnipiac College and his
career oil man. But since becoming oil
Association of Service and Conservation
erasing of its slide on Monday. as
France insisted an confer-
who has taught both anthropology and
dents didn't accept defeat in appeals
minister
in
1985.
he
has
distinguished
Corps. The conservation corps operates
the
analyst
who
triggered
the
drop
ence.
in
Copenhagen
that
deadline
marketing. have so much to do. we
court. Filler is to argue the case: students
himself one of the most
about programs in cities around the
said he may have been too negative.
deferred for phasing out
possibly do
prepare the appeal.
country. including experimental pro-
chemicals. The
Not went like clockwork at
FLORIDA'S revenue could
Iran
Moves
Up
in
Ranks
grams
like
the
one
Durham
accept reduction in the use of the
the first Thanksgiving. either. says James
Unlike the modern
The FDA proposed guidelines to
chemicals the year 2003. as agreed upon
Baker. historian the Plimoth Planta
swell $298 million over two years as the
Daily
crude
production,
Corps, funded. the experi-
prevent drug makers from promoting
European Community members.
tion replica in Massachusetts. The pil-
result of spending to repair Hurricane An
millions
barrels
mental
service
grims invited Massassoit, local Indian
drew's devastation. state economists say:
corps
must
raise
products under the guise of continuing
U.N.
relief
workers
Belgrade
said
chief. that feast in 1621. celebrating
September revenue was $49 million over
substantial
funds
education for health professionals.
aid convoy to the stranded Muslim
harvest. But the chief showed with
forecasts.
But
this
locally
(although
Srebrenica in Bosnia would ahead
the pilgrims and
problems. they caution.
Congress
planned today despite Serb warning of
verely straining their larder. The Indians
marked
$22.5
mil-
Short interest among
fighting.
Two
previous
U.N.
attempts
made for it by killing deer.
about to
for
them
in
fis-
stocks in the latest period,
reach the town were blocked by Serbs.
Prof. Arnould and Melanie Wallendorf,
IRS explaining the simplified
1992).
They
ending months of increases.
who the University of Arizona. last
schedules that take effect deposit-
beyond simple Job
former quit
published about
employment
taxes.
About
75%
of
Corps
vocational
the Colombian government to protest Presi-
turkey
day
The
work,
partly
titled
"Con-
ployers will deposit taxes monthly. The rest
training
to
empha-
military crackdown
sumption Rituals of Thanksgiving Day,
will deposits twice week.
size
community
rebels. The leader of the influential group
delved
well
beyond
the
service
and
Stocks: Volume shares. Dow
respon-
Day is read as enacted
THE
GLAD
HAND
was
losing
hand
for
industrials transpor
pleaded for mediation to halt wide-
sibilities.
Education
off
spread violence in the country.
document orchestrated symbolically and
deducting business to Vegas.
tation
utilities
is
mandatory.
Richard
Godfrey
semiotically through
Auto Zapper Towing Inc. of Bell Gar-
Their
targets
Bonds: Lehman Brothers Treasury index
Three
U.N.
workers
shot
and
the authors. Among the subtitles:
dens. Calif., relied on good contacts with
bers
of
agitating
for
among
the
16-
banks and other lenders for jobs repossess
higher
and
better
terms
for
11.50.
wounded northwestern Cambodia, mark-
Please Turn Page Column
don't have jobs and in school.
cars and boats. one weekend in 1988,
Commodities: barrel,
the most serious attack so far on U.N.
country.
the military or prison. Currently, 1,303 of
off
HOLIDAY NOTICE
owner William Posey hired three buses and
1988 OPEC meeting. Mr. Aghaza
them. aged enrolled in towns
cent.
Dow
Jones
futures
index
118.58.
peacekeepers, according for
spot index
the organization. The workers had been
The Wall Street Journal won't be
took his and some lenders' employees off to
deh attracted attention by
like Durham. Fort Lauderdale and Roches
that
Las Vegas chummy while socializing
fusing
for
several
days
to
allow
Iraq
Dollar:
registering
voters
national
elections
which are grappling today with
published tomorrow, Thanksgiving.
and
gambling.
The
trip
boosted
business,
production quota as high as Iran's. Mr.
the
kinds
of
problems
school
scheduled for May.
soaring
and
Auto
Zapper
deducted
the
cost.
Aghazadeh
eventually
gave
way.
but
only
dropout rates. drugs and
But the IRS disallowed the deduction, so the
after four senior OPEC colleagues warned
identified with the nation's
CONTENTS
to the Tax Court.
him that oil prices could collapse he
THE
BUSINESSES
Entertaining customers is common in-
didn't. Mr. Aghazadeh may have lost the
Durham. city of 135,000. is strug
dustry practice, Special Judge Nameroff
battle
that
time,
but
he
remains
convinced
to
shed
past
tied
to
tobacco
and
found; the trip was an ordinary business
he
the
war.
textiles for future of medical research.
Options
CHRISTMAS
POLITICS Christian right
expense.
Still,
didn't
meet
another
is considered the leader of OPEC'S
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maps route to power, A14.
quirement: that entertainment be directly
pricing "hawks" because of his strong
tion.
training
and
skills
for
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kind
of
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bad
related or associated with the active
stand for production cutbacks prop
future are scarce commodities among the
LAW: Harper's Magazine must pay
seasons,
earn
conduct of business. There were no sched
may
prices. He often critical of Saudi Arabia,
poor dropouts.
if
author for excerpted B8.
uled business meetings. The discussions
which produces million barrels day,
respectably
even
Education for Mr. Godfrey. Dur
China's investment
were informal and general on the way
for
not
curbing
output.
consumers
play
ham native. for example, was cut short
and in the casinos. On the way home.
his third and final expulsion from
Scrooge.
Page
B4.
figures include touch of hype, A10.
For one full week in October. Iran
most
junior high. Later. counselor
OUTLOOK: Immigrants
No business was transacted. and the
produced four million barrels day
HEARD
ON
THE
STREET:
'Cheap'
prove could. Current output about
from the Corps
prove all politics is global, A12.
trip promoted goodwill, the judge
stocks
assessed,
million barrels. Mr. Aghazadeh prom
are
Kentucky. He tried vocational school.
ruled. Thus,
ises that by late March. Iran can sustain
quit. His subsequent run-in with the
Technology
YOUR
MONEY
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How
to
be
OPINION: The Carnegie
BRIEFS: The plans hearing Dec.
output of million barrels day.
drew probation and fine, which he
an
intelligent
report is rife with bias, A12.
didn't
have
money
on rules for figuring the present values
Mr. Aghazadeh says low market prices
the
In
May
1991
he walked into the Durham corps office
MEDICINE: Women doctors encounter
LEISURE ARTS: November art
annuities.
interests
for
life
and
certain
forced Iran to increase volume to maintain
and discovered he was close enough to
other interests for broad tax purposes.
its revenue. But he Iran will only
special hardships,
auctions in New York, All.
California
produce what the market demands.
qualify the
important thing is the level of revenue
Three of including
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Rescue Mission: Principles of Depression-Era Corps
heritage. including the possibility she may
Baker's corps did it for $25,000.
says, "I felt that had gotten them.' And.
have relatives buried there. "It really
The city has also paid corps members to
one day when she was returning from a
got to me." she says.
clear park creeks, plant erosion control
meeting and chanced to pass one of the
Are Tested on Troubled Youths in Durham, N.C.
Another corps member. Erica Braswell.
seedlings, and maintain school grounds
first Durham Service Corps vans on the
21, didn't think much of the Geer project
The county hired them to paint signs and
way to a work site, she had an unexpected
either at first. Her reaction: "Damn, I
clear sewer easements. A city hiring
reaction. started to cry." she says. "Our
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two years if 75% of the budget was raised
chairman William Bell. "It's
not
like
we're
don't want to work in no graveyard. It
freeze has put its regular work force 15%
efforts were beginning to pan out."
two days of hard. dirty work, came next.
elsewhere.
not doing other things.
was a sharp contrast from her past life
below required levels, so new corps proj
Small Victories
Applicants are routinely assigned to the
The rest of the budget was eventually
Mrs. Baker had raised enough money
"hangin" with my friends in the street,
ects have become "an easy sell," says
toughest field projects to gauge their moti-
raised. but it took a lot of political savvy,
to launch the Durham corps in March
selling drugs and partying all the time. A
Mr. Bethea, who praises their work. One
Among the trainees who stick it out for
vation, says Ann Baker, director of the
persuasion and pleading.
1991. with 17 corps members, most of them
high-school graduate, she joined the corps
concern: making sure corps members
the full year, there are small victories-
Durham corps. "We've had some who've
She did it by putting community and
black and from the poorest section of
after one of her brothers was sentenced to
don't displace regular workers or keep new
signs of changed attitudes and directions.
just walked off and never come back," she
corporate leaders on corps' board, and lob-
town. divided into two work crews.
life in prison and another brother was
ones from being hired.
Before his corps graduation last spring,
Mr. Godfrey earned a general high-school
says. Mr. Godfrey stayed. was accepted.
bying the city and county councils. She got
Among them was Ms. Wilkerson
murdered. "It took something tragic to
Volunteer Counselors
then survived a month's "probation" to
$75,000 from the city. $35,000 from Glaxo
"I said fine. because I needed money
make me wake up," she says.
equivalency diploma. He is now a private
Corps members have volunteered then
health-care caseworker. Lacretia Wilker-
see if he had the fortitude to show
Inc., a pharmaceutical firm headquartered
bad.' she says. "At the time. I didn't
Chain-Saw Woman
time to transport Veterans Hospital pm
son attends Durham Technical Community
up on time, 7:45 a.m. each weekday, in
in nearby Research Triangle Park, $25,000
realize it was a good opportunity for me."
One of the first new skills Ms. Bras-
tients, help build houses for the pool
uniform. for calisthenics. then work as-
from International Business Machines
College and hopes for a four-year degree
An opportunity. that is, to work harder
well learned was operating chain saw. As
deliver Christmas presents to low income
from North Carolina Central University in
signments and classes, eschewing profan-
Corp., another local corporate citizen,
than she ever had in her life.
she uncovered each Geer gravesite, she
families, and coach and keep score for
Durham. Miss Braswell was one of 16
ity. alcohol and other drugs.
and other funds from other sources.
One of the Durham Service Corps' first
says, her attitude changed. "I began to
Special Olympics basketball tournament
persons chosen nationwide to serve on the
Corps members live at home. bring
Supporting the program just made
projects was clearing Geer Cemetery, a
think. if this were my family. I'd want
Miss Braswell heads volunteers who
Ford Foundation's Youth Advisory Com-
lunches and spend 25 hours a week work-
good sense, says Ernest Jenkins, an IBM
small, blacks-only burial ground. Long
somebody to do the same thing.
counsel adolescents at the county's juve
mission on urban poverty and youth is
ing for at least minimum wage in crews
executive who is on the board of the corps.
abandoned by the community and city
While jobs like Mr. Laws's wheelchair
nile detention center on such topics as safe
sues.
of five to 12 people. Truants and rule-
"No one was touching the age 18 to 31
government. it was shrouded in thicket of
ramps are volunteered, the Geer cemetery
sex. substance abuse and negative behav
The corps fee-for-service contracts this
breakers are expelled. The average stay is
group we are helping people who really
weeds. trees and vines. For weeks, Ms.
cleanup was under a fee-for-service pro-
ior. "They may listen to us when they
year will total $145,000. Another indicator
five to six months. Mr. Godfrey stayed a
need help." he says. Steve Sons, director of
Wilkerson and the others hacked their way
gram in which crews hire themselves out
might not listen to others," she says
of its perceived worthiness is that purse
year, during which he did his two-month
human resources at Glaxo Inc., also a
through underbrush, often stumbling into
to private industry and local governments.
"Most of us have been through some of the
strings have loosened. The city doubled its
jail hitch in lieu of paying his fine.
member of the board, agrees. really saw
deep holes left by sinking graves.
For cash-strapped Durham, fee-for-serv-
things they re going through.
donation to $150,000 for next year. and the
Besides their work. corps members
something that gave these kids a fighting
Pulling weeds and clearing away trash
ice is a boon, says Gregory Bethea, assis-
For Ann Baker it has been an uphill
county is up to $50,000. The local Carolina
spend nine hours a week in classes de-
chance, he says.
was only part of the project. Mrs. Baker
tant city manager. The city's two regular
battle, organizing support staff, shifting
Central Bank gave $5,000. IBM contributed
signed to gain a high-school diploma,
Not everyone was as enthusiastic ini-
required corps members to produce oral
cemetery work crews already had more
in any 24 hours from the role of tough drill
again. and Glaxo gave an additional $100.-
admission to college or a job requiring
tially. Mrs. Baker asked the Durham
and video histories of the cemetery from
work than they could handle. and nobody
sergeant to sympathetic counselor to gr.
000 to the program last April. Persuading
reading. math and computing skills. They
county board of commissioners for $150,000
research and interviews with some of the
wanted to spend an "outrageous" $100,000
garious fund-raiser. Early on. when tw
Glaxo to reinvest in the DSC was "one of
are drilled on community responsibili-
in start-up funds and got only $40,000. It
elderly survivors of those buried there.
estimated cleanup costs on a cemetery
corps members became the first to receive
the easiest things I've ever done." says
ties and such workplace fundamentals as
was a "reasonable amount. said board
Ms. Wilkerson began learning about her
already filled to capacity, he says. Mrs.
their high-school diplomas. Mrs. Bake
Mr. Sons.
being on time and dressing appropri-
ately-habits of study. work and living that
are crucial to turning "at-risk" youths
around. according to Michael Bailin, presi-
dent of Public/Private Ventures. It isn't
easy
Rodger Hurley. program officer for Mr.
Bailin's organization, says that 93% of the
people who enter the programs are high-
school dropouts, and 80% of the women
have at least one child. with the majority
having two.
Lawyer Wilbur Gulley. Durham's for-
mer mayor and a member of the DSC
board.
says.
"We had seri-
ous problem with
[school] dropping
out. teen pregnancy
and people graduat-
ing without the
skills necessary to
enter the work
force. Not to men-
tion juveniles sell-
ing crack down-
town.
"The only thing
I knew how to do
Ann Baker
was stand on the
corner and pass somebody some crack."
shrugs Lacretia Wilkerson, a 20-year-old
who started peddling drugs on and off
before she dropped out of high school. Once
an "A" student. she endured a home life of
family fights, physical abuse and being
shunted from one relative to another. At
16. she says. she was cutting class, staying
out late, smoking dope and drinking.
That made her a perfect challenge
for the corps and its director, Ann Baker.
Mrs. Baker, 37. was on the local
committee that proposed Durham as an
Urban Corps Expansion Project city, and
then she became its first director. A Dur-
ham resident since 1988. she had a long
history of community service elsewhere,
including work in a housing project, run-
ning youth programs in an Alaska logging
camp and retraining laid off auto workers
in Michigan.
Corporate Donors
She had to raise most of the money for
the Durham Service Corps herself. Costs
run a hefty $10,000 per corps member (but
that is about half the cost of a Job Corps
trainee). The start-up sponsors gave her
only $25,000 in seed money the first year.
But it pledged $100,000 a year for the first
URH
1992
SERVICE CORN
DURHAM SERVICE CORPS YEAR IN REVIEW
Education Highlights
Seven corpsmembers received their Adult High School Diplomas and six more are scheduled to
receive theirs in January.
One corpsmember received his GED.
Assisted 22 corpsmembers in obtaining employment or enrolling in education programs.
One corpsmember was accepted to a four-year college.
Two (2) corpsmembers are attending Durham Technical Community College as part of specialized
training or college preparation programs; six (6) have prepared to take the SATs.
One corpsmember currently attends North Carolina Central University as a part-time student
while employed in the DSC; another program graduate attends part-time at University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Dental Assistant Program.
Work Projects Highlights
Increased size of corps from 20 to 35 corpsmembers in 1992.
Provided over 40,000 hours of dedicated service to the community.
Contracted Work Projects, raising $147,000 in revenue, with the following sponsors:
Seven (7) Durham City Departments
Durham Public Schools
Five (5) County Departments
Durham Housing Authority
North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
North Carolina Division of Archives and History
Durham Area Transit Authority
Duke University
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
and many more
Human Service Projects, volunteering the service and work of the corps to the following groups
and organizations:
Special Olympics ⑉ Bowling, Basketball and Track and Field Coaching
Durham County Department of Social Services Share Your Christmas
Meadowbrook Manor Nursing Home
Durham County Youth Detention Center
Haw River Festival
and many more
Durham Service Corps Funders
City of Durham
People's Security
County of Durham
IBM
City Employment and Training Office
Wachovia Bank
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Central Carolina Bank
Janirve Foundation
Urban Corps Expansion Project
Public Welfare Foundation
Greater Triangle Community Foundation
Glaxo
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A SAMPLING OF WHAT SOME FORMER DSC PARTICIPANTS
ARE DOING NOW
Sherry
A mother of three small children, Sherry works part-time for a local dentist while
attending school in UNC's Dental Assistant Program. Sherry received a $750
tuition scholarship from the DeWitt-Wallace Readers' Digest Foundation.
Tyronne
Successfully obtained a job as a Stockroom Clerk at IBM, earning $ 7.25 an hour.
Greg
Greg earned his high school diploma while attending the DSC. He successfully
took his SAT exams in April and will attend Morehouse College as a political
science major in January 1993. Greg has committed hundreds of hours of
volunteer time to recent political campaigns, organizing voter registration drives
and working with the NAACP.
Richard
Richard came to the DSC wanting to be a brick mason. He successfully obtained
his GED and found out that working with the disabled and handicapped, through
the DSC work projects, was the kind of career he wanted. He graduated in June
1992 and has been employed since with Healthforce as a full-time healthcare
worker with the disabled, earning $5.50 per hour.
Charles
Charles earned his high school diploma in the DSC and is employed as a full-time
electrician assistant with a locally owned electrical and plumbing supply company.
Erica
While in the DSC, Erica was selected to serve as one of 16 National Youth
Commissioners with the Ford Foundation to research and write a working paper on
young people's perceptions and of unemployment, crime, and poverty. She is now
employed full-time with Skill Creations as a Habilitation Technician earning $ 6.50
per hour.
Issac
Issac is employed full-time with a local food service company and plans to attend
Alamance Community College to become a free-lance commercial artist.
Gloria
Gloria is the mother of five small children. A high school graduate, she is
employed full-time as a child care work with a non-profit child care center in
Chapel Hill.
Eric
Eric earned his high school diploma while at the DSC. Following graduation from
the Corps, he was accepted into the California Conservation Corps as a forest fire
fighter where he served during California's six month fire season. He returned to
Durham in October and is enrolled full-time at in a two year degree program to
become a certified fire fighter.
Thomas
Thomas is employed full-time as a mail clerk with IBM earning $ 5.50 an
hour.
Donzell
Donzell relocated to Florida following Hurricane Andrew and is employed as a
full-time roofer and construction worker in Dade County.
Durham Service Corps
WORK SPONSORS
(a partial list)
* Government Agencies
City of Durham
Engineering
Parks and Recreation
Planning
Real Estate
Sanitation
Water Resources
County of Durham
Board of Elections
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Engineering
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Library
Social Services
Youth Home
Durham Area Transit Authority
Durham Public Schools
State of North Carolina
NCDEHNR, Division of Parks and Recreation
United States Government
Department of Veterans Affairs
* Non-Profit Agencies
Duke University
Genesis Home
Habitat for Humanity
Durham County
Orange County
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
Research Triangle Foundation
Self-Help Credit Union Venture Fund
Durham Service Corps
WORK QUALITY
The Mission: To provide the Durham and greater Triangle communities with
outstanding quality work on necessary and important projects.
The Result: Every agency who every sponsored a DSC work project has rated the Corps'
work performance as "Good" or "Excellent"!
TRAIL CLEARING:
Research Triangle Foundation: "It was a pleasure to work with the Corps."
- Elizabeth Rooks
Director of Physical Development
Eno River State Park: "Clearly the amount of work accomplished this year in only
two weeks of time was outstanding. The crew leaders and unit members deserve a great
deal of thanks from us for a hard, dangerous job done very well!"
- Susan Tillotson
Park Superintendent
LAND CLEARING:
Ellerbee Creek Clearing: "Fantastic job! An excellent job was done. Completed
project is very satisfactory. Look forward to more sections."
- Gerald Fisher
Head, Street Maintenance
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority: Excellent. "Would be pleased to provide a
reference"
- George W. Cumpston
Assistant Maintenance Manager
CARPENTRY:
West Point of the Eno City Park: "The crew did a really fine job, and Eric (the
crew leader) was great to work with I thank the Service Corps for doing this project
and for doing it well. It really makes a difference!"
- Beth O'Neil Highley
Park Superintendent
Durham Habitat for Humanity: "Although crew members varied in their skill level,
all worked well individually and together. Nice group of kids with good leadership."
- Don Wells
Executive Director
Troy House: "The services of the Durham Service Corps were of great assistance
to our program. The workers had very pleasant and helpful attitudes. The crew leaders
had a good rapport with the crew members."
- Diana Peronis
Project Coordinator
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BUILDING REHABILITATION:
Bull City Business Center: "We were so pleased with the efficient, thorough job
your crews performed. We came in under budget on the clean-up, and we can put this
money to good use as we begin to upfit the Bull City Business Center for tenants
Thank you again for a job well done. We would be happy to recommend you to
anyone who might need the Durham Service Corps in the future, and we would certainly
use the Corps again when we have the need."
- Julia Borbely-Brown
Project Supervisor
LANDSCAPING:
Durham City Schools: "What a terrific job your crew did - the grounds looked so
nice for our students when we opened for school."
- Deborah Hockman
Watts School
Durham Parks Department Seedling Planting: "We were pleased with work
done Crew was very attentive when we were explaining the job which made a big
impression."
- Mitzi Hole
City of Durham Parks Dept.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION:
Haw River Festival: "Thanks! so much! for all your help! It was GREAT having
you. Everybody on the crew talked about how much help you were."
- Louise Kessel
Festival Director
HUMAN SERVICES:
Durham Special Olympics: "Good job! Thanks!"
- Sarah Hogan
Special Olympics Coordinator
Aids Community Residence Association: "We feel very fortunate to have had the
opportunity to work with your organization. Please consider us again for a possible work
site. Thank you very much.
- Stan Mitchell
Maintenance Supervisor
Durham County Share Your Christmas Program: "The Corps did an excellent
job They were cordial and cooperative and willing to work. Many thanks."
- Carol Hunt
Program Director
Veterans Administration Medical Center: "We are pleased with the service the
Corps members provide. Wish they were here for longer periods of time The success
of their rotation with us is due to the Crew Supervisors.
- Alice Jowers
Chief, Voluntary Services
DURHAM SERVICE CORPS
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Tree Felling and Removal
Trail Building
Construction of Playground Equipment, Boardwalks, and Bridges
Painting
Mowing and General Landscaping
Tree, Scrub and Flower Planting
Environmentally-Friendly Elimination of Beaver Dam Problems
Graffiti Removal and Litter Abatement
Easement and Right-Of-Way Clearing
General Light Construction
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