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Page2A v- Rocky Mount Telegram Sunday March 31, 1996 Jury considers common common man law justice for conspiracy on the part of four of the farm lending agency's local officials to foreclose on his Like a Montana group called the Freemen, the Macon County group holds what members consider court hearings. There, public officials are tried in abstentia. who holds the title of chief i- "The party with the judgement would go to the local sheriff, whose jcb it is by law to do the enforcement" Stern insisted that sheriffs should act on the "court's" rulings, though law enforcement officers swear an oath to uphold laws written and interpreted by the legislatures and judges the common law advocates reject It is unlikely mat Ernie David Russ, 43, of will ever collect the $55 million judgement rendered Saturday against theFHA. Russ spent three hours explaining what he said was a the Macon County group Ameri-' cans For Preservation of Consti- tutional Heritage organized the 4 court of common law in December. Common law is the unwritten law of a country based on customs, usage and the earlier decisions of law courts.

The body also claims its authority from the U.S. and state constitutions, some of the statutes passed by otherwise repudiated legislatures and the Bible. U.S. courts recognize both common law and statutory laws those passed by a legislative body. Like a Montana group called the Freemen, the Macon County Georgia woman convicted as an accessory to murder.

"Unlike the other courts, we consider the common man," said Peter K. Stern. Stern and other members of Rallying call NPR announcer set to visit WRQM-FM! 1 0 Contributed to the Telegram Carl Kasell, longtime newscaster for National Public Radio's daily newsmagazine, "Morning Edition," will join local dignitaries Monday to celebrate the "sigh on" of WRQM-FM from its. new studios at 434 Falls Road in Rocky Mount WRQM (90.9 EM) is the area's newest affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR). The station was formerly, operated as WESQ-FM through facilities at N.C Wesleyan College.

Last year, the college decided to discontinue the station's operations, and its assets were transferred to Friends of Down East Public Radio, a local non-profit organization. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at noon and will include remarks by Kasell, Mayor Fred Turnage and Jim Dickens, president of Down East Public Radio. A tour of the station's broadcast facilities will follow the ceremony JThe public is invited to attend. Monday's visit is a homecoming of sorts for Kasell, who grew "We're looking forward to it" Mitch Brantley said. "We came here last year and had a good time.

It's a little colder mis year." Tammie Carpenter, who came with her family from Smithfield, enjoyed the 5K run, especially since she came in second. "I like this race because it's well organized, Carpenter said. "It's a very nice course." In addition, she was pleased to FRANKLIN (AP) Several dozen people chafing under U.S. laws and authority assembled Saturday to lodge complaints with what one organizer called a "court for the common man." Aggrieved parties from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee were drawn to a one-room cinderblock building in the Great Smoky Mountains to appear before a group which calls itself Our One Supreme Court Among about 40 people seeking redress were a Shallotte man, whose family's land was forclosed by the Farmer's Home Administration and the kin of a State briefs The Associated Press Task force suggests women center at UNC Chapel Hili Women at the University of North Carolina are often second class citizens and a university task force is recommending the establishment of a women's center on campus. A 14-month study by the 7" Chancellor's Task Force on Women was presented Friday to faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill.

A major survey of students, faculty and staff, the report revealed evidence of subtle discrimination and a lack of coordinated programs for women. The task force offered 40 recommendations to improve what it called an atmosphere inhospitable to women. Educators: Abstinence courses are inaccurate CHARLOTTE State -educators may not enforce a law that requires public schools to teach abstinence from sex until marriage, because it runs counter to another state law that says it must be medically accurate. Monday, the state school board is to discuss a staff recommendation to reject all the abstinence-based courses that conservative activists wanted to be taught in the state's classrooms in 1996-97. Since the law's passage, doctors, educators and staffers have reviewed proposed abstinence courses.

The "irrj reviewers agreed that the courses "Choosing the Best," "Sex Respect" and "Teen Aid" don't provide accurate information on medical matters such as how diseases are spread, i Ashevilie man gets second death sentence HIGH POINT Leslie Eugene Warren accepted his second death sentence in six months with the same stoic face he's shown throughout this two-week trial. Warren, 28, of Ashevilie, confessed to killing Katherine Noel Johnson, 21, of High Point, in July 1990. The jury took just 28 minutes Tuesday to convict him of first-degree murder, despite the arguments by his attorneys that Warren actually was guilty instead of second-degree murder. On Friday, jurors needed only 76 minutes to decide Warren should die. His other death sentence was handed down last October for the death of Jayme Denise Hurley, 39, of Ashevilie.

Prosecutors expressed satisfaction with the sentence. group holds what consider court There, public officials are tried in abstentia on charges of violating the constitution and other offenses. The Freemen were in the sixth day of a standoff with federal agents Saturday after their two leaders were arrested oh charges of threatening public officials and of bank, financial and mail fraud. But unlike the Montana group, the North Carolina conclave does not try to enforce its decisions. "You've got to go through the proper channels, said Stem, finished 19th in the 5K race.

His friend, Brent Rowe, who was preparing for the 10K (6.2 miles), was concerned he wouldn't finish. "I'm going to die," Rowe said. "This is the most we've run." Rocky Mount Police estimated about 400 people in the crowd. Zachary Brantley, 5, and his parents were preparing for the .1 mile tot trot city's only health care provider, Richardson, who received her RN from Edgecombe Community College 18 years ago, is thinking seriously about furthering her medical career. "I love school, just love if she said.

"I would like to get a master's degree, possibly from Shaw University so I can be near my family." i Richardson's family includes a husband, grown son and 15-year-old daughter. Before coming to work for Rocky Mount Richardson spent eight years as a public health nurse with the Edgecombe County Health Dept five of those years as the head of the tuberculosis program there. Richardson said being a If you haven't received your Rocky TelegramChuck Backley house Saturday. Fuller spoke about Habitat's mission Friday night at a Habitation service at First Presbterian Church. Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller leads local workers in a cheer as they gathered to break ground for another Habitat Brunswick County farm.

"These officiate have stepped out of the relm of law in many circumstances. Therefore they have damaged our constitutional rights," said Russ, who drove eight hours across the state to present his case. "I'm coming to this court to expose them for that and then we want to be compensated for those Russ described how an FHA loan his parents borrowed in 1980 to help finance their tobacco farm went into default up in Goldsboro, attended UNC- Chapel Hill and also served as a deejay and newscaster for Goldsboro station, WGBR-AM. Kasell, who has lived in the Washington, D.C area since 1965, spent 10 years at WAVA, an all-news radio station in Ar- lington, Va. He joined NPR in 1975 as a part-time newscaster for "Weekend All Things Considered." He has been a newscaster on the DODuiar Momme canon since its inception in 1979.

His i i i newscasts can oe nearu ai we top of the hour every weekday Tn 1QQ1 Kasell received the Public Radio Regional Organization (PRRO) Award for what a member of the selection committee called his "consistently flawless delivery" of newscasts. WRQM will broadcast daily: news from 6 a.m. to midnight Programming will consist primarily of classical and traditional jazz, programs from NPR's national feed and locally-; produced programs. The station's signal will be received in Rocky Mount, Wilson, Tarboro and Greenville. run for charity.

"It's always good when you can do a race for a good cause," Carpenter said. The funds raised from die-event will go to the YMCA's Adaptive Swim Program. The swim program is for kids with disabilities from Nash-Rocky Mount and Edgecombe County schools. Last year the program erved more than 790 kids. but also to improve the quality of urar me as a result "I want to help make employees of the city of Rocky Mount some of the most health-conscious, physically-fit and accident-free employees in the state of North Carolina," she said.

Circulation director Keith Abbott Production director Paula Johnson Ass't advertising manager CHASE From page 1A port said it was supposed to be 60 degrees and sunny, it's a little cold," he said. The weather, it seemed, was the biggest complaint people had about the day. "I know this is good weather for them (the runners), but it sure is chilly for spectators," said Joyce Rose, who came to watch his son, grandson and niece run. Rlfeiid, counselor, secretaiy, teach Rocky Mount city nurse wears many hats Tara Chisel, a volunteer for the event was bundled up and un-bothered by the weather. "It's cold for the kids but comfortable for me," Chisel said.

Her children cheered the runners as they sped by. One young lad, Jesse Johnson, a track team member at Rocky Mount Senior High, said the temperature was perfect "The temperature is just right for running," Johnson said, who Richardson is also responsible for on-the-job first aid treatments, coordinating the city's wellness program and conducting the yearly physicals required by the police and fire departments. Recently, the city added mammography and glaucoma screenings to the list of provider services. Richardson is quick to point out that she cannot provide the same services as a doctor, and that much of her work with patients involves referring mem to me necessary specialist "It saves mem money that way because I can tell mem where they need to go without it costing them anything," she said. Now in her fourth year as the I Miss your paper? We Mist your paper? We hope not But Occupation: Nurse for the city of Rocky Mount Age: wouldn't say Education: Edgecombe County Community College, RN in Nursing Family: Husband, one son and one daughter.

Quote: "I enjoy working with people, i find it rewarding to be able to help them maintain their health." Gamma Beta Phi honor student and a 1992 Who's Who award winner are two of her greatest accomplishments outside of her nursing job. As for future goals, Richardson speaks loftily of wanting to not only keep the city's employees healthy in the coming years, By C. Michelle Taylor Staff writer "I find frnyself being a mother, friend, counselor, secretary, teacher and even a mind-reader sometimes," said Rocky Mount City Nurse Tempsie Richardson recently. Richardson's job description is made even more hectic by the fact that she alone attends to the 850 city employees who come to her for everytiung from head colds to physicals to cancer screenings. "Being able to meet all their needs is the biggest challenge for me because even though I may not see all 850 on a daily basis, I somehow come into contact with them all," she said.

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