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102030405060708090 102030405060708090 1B, 2002 BT HE EWS BSERVER MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2006 For the latest news updates from around the Triangle and state, go to www.newsobserver.com/news INDEX Capitol N.C.. 5B Calendar. 2B Obituaries. 6B On Campus. 3B Weather.

10B City State FINAL EDITION Commercial real estate: A developer hopes to emulate North Hills Mall on Walnut Street in Cary. PAGE 8B No column: Ruth column will return. Under the Dome: Gov. Mike Easley has not been raising any money for political purposes. PAGE 5B Giglio Zane FordLindseyShaffer TODAY 2:30 P.M.

TUESDAY 2:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY 11 A.M. THURSDAY 11 A.M. FRIDAY 3 P.M. CHAT WITH US, ONLINE THIS LINEUP AT NEWSOBSERVER.COM Every Monday through Friday, reporters and editors answer your questions live on newsobserver.com Here is the lineup this week: Sports writer and ACC Now blogger Joe Giglio on the basketball action.

Reporter Josh Shaffer on development plans in downtown Raleigh. Columnist J. Peder Zane on books and the memoir scandals. Editorial page editor Steve Ford on opinions and current events. Movie critic Craig Lindsey on the Oscar nominations and recent releases.

To submit a question in advance, go to newsobserver.com/live. ANELL OSS STAFF WRITER RALEIGH For a half-hour last week, WAUG television was in 19-year-old Shariah hands. In a darkened control room near the edge of the St. Collegecampus, Scott moved her fingers back and forth amonga few buttons on what looked like an oversize computer keyboard. With each stroke, Scott recorded select images captured by three cameras in a studio across the hall.

that I am doing it myself, actually working on a show, I see how much it said Scott, a freshmanfromIndianapolis who wants to become a famous TV personality. Scott and the half-dozen other students working on Health Space: The Natural a show with Raleigh chiropractor and acupuncturist Brett Hightower, are finding it now involves a lot more under the college new agreement with Time Warner Cable. programming has moved from basic cable channel 20 to digital channel 102, which has a clearer picture but isavailable only to those with digital cable. The transition also means that the commercial college station will have to produce more original pro- gramming.St. students will be expected to create enough programming by next year documentaries, shows and even commercials to fill four to five hours of air time per day.

The station now produces about an hour. In exchange, reach will increase from about 60,000 households in Raleigh to about 350,000 homes in 16 counties, including all of Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham and Johnston markets in which Frank Butler, the general manager, hopes businesses will want to advertise. looking toward the future Butler said. know that digital is going to be the future of TV, and our motto is that we are the station of the community. So, we definitely want to reach it and let people know we The changes will provide more practical experience to St.

students, including those majoring in film and in radio and television broadcasting. Back in the studio Wednesday, senior Haywood Vaughn manned one of the cameras during show. Vaughn, 22, a mass communication major from Washington, hopes to work one day as a on a music-video show or as an actor. Meanwhile, he wants to soak up all the experi- move to digital TV means more programming ON CAMPUS EXHIBIT LAUDS KEY WOMEN: of Episcopal honors 50 who influenced the development of St. 3B SCIENCE SON: with Joshua Diamond, the son of author Jared Diamond, who is lecturing at Duke this week.

3B SEE CAMPUS, PAGE 3B RISTIN OLLINS STAFF WRITER Two years ago, a labor union swept into farm country, promising big changes for the migrant workers who tend and harvest many of North crops. Now, the agreement that unionized thousands of Mexican field hands is in danger of collapse. Many farmers in this, the state with the lowest rate of unionization, simply willing to abide an organized work force. is a right-to-work state, and people be forced to hire union Larry Wooten, president of the N.C. Farm Bureau, a trade group that is helping farmers find nonunion labor.

The agreement, signed in September 2004, compelled the approximately 1,000 farmers who hired legal seasonal workers through the N.C. Growers Association to use unionized employees. The association agreed to recognize a union, the Ohio-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee, allowing workers to file grievances and demand benefits. At that time, the association brought in about 10,000 seasonal workers each year nearly all the legal migrant workers. But in the two growing seasons since the agreement, farmers have abandoned the association in droves.

Some have found other ways to get legal workers, while others have opted to use the illegal immigrants who make up the vast majority of the approximately 80,000 seasonal laborers. This year, the association is down to about 500 farmers and will bring in only about 5,000 workers, director Stan Eury said. He said that if membership dips below 350 farmers, the association probably will shut down. The association uses a federal program that allows farmers to bring in seasonal workers when they find American laborers. Many farmers say the process is so complicated and costly that they need the help of a group like the growers association.

The association fills out worker requests, finds workers, applies for their visas and arranges their travel. If the association dies, the approximately 5,000 workers who Farmers avoid union contract Growers look outside of N.C. association to find workers. SEE UNION, PAGE 4B ATT EES STAFF WRITER CHAPELHILL wake was a boisterous affair. Everyone said they were sad to see him go, but the hall was filled with laughter and friends taking pictures to mark the occasion.

No tears trickled into Tater Tots, no eulogies were offered over the grease-soaked aluminum foil remnants of a just-finished pita burger. friends took solace that he going far and that be back before they knew it. is how remember said James Shelly, 18, a UNC- Chapel Hill freshman. is a part of For countless UNC-CH alumni, the eatery was the go-to place to satisfy late-night munchies. Saturday was its last night in the upstairs location at the corner of Franklin and Henderson streets.

The post-bar rush crowd at 2 a.m. Sunday was a bit heavier than usual, with people coming to pay their last respects. knew it was the last night, so we made a definite point of coming said Matt Wells, a UNC-CH junior, as he chowed down on a pita burger. The good news, many learned upon showing up to wait in line for a half- hour, was that would be resurrected within a month, right next door. Co-owner Juan Bautistasaid the landmark restaurant, in business since 1969, would begin renting space at 108 Henderson St.

is moving to make way for East End Oyster Martini will expand from the first floor of the building. still an important said Randall Crutchfield, a UNC-CH freshman. come here four times this Ryland Williams, 23, who graduated in May, came all the way from Boone just to be there for the occasion. Her friends suggested going elsewhere for a bite. like, you Williams said.

last night. going to be Just what is the appeal? Well, open late and located in the heart of the bar district. J.D. Hermann, 21, a senior who had just polished off his last cheeseburger with ketchup, lettuce and pickles for a while, had a notion: think people really appreciate until they turn Staff writer Matt Dees can be reached at 932-8760 or matt.dees@newsobserver.com. Jose Constantino accepts a money at It was the last night at its current location in Chapel Hill.

STAFF PHOTOS BY LESLIE BARBOUR Juan Bautista flips burgers as Dima Guzman watches at The restaurant is moving to a spot next door. Landmark restaurant closes temporarily TANLEY B. HAMBERS STAFF WRITER He had a big job offer in the big city, but he turned it down to fertilize his hometown roots. how residents of Rocky Mount knew Walter the big man with the big stick whose heart was larger than his fame in the city that straddles Nash and Edgecombe counties. If there was one thing the baseball Hall of Famer loved, it was the sport he played.

After his Negro League days, he avidly supported local Little League baseball and was vice president of a now-defunct minor league team, the Rocky Mount Leafs. He was also a local truant officer and real estate broker. Leonard, who died in 1997 at age 90, felt he was needed at homemore than in the baseball office in New York City. He was offered a job there after his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Leonard is one of 18 Negro Leaguers enshrined in Cooperstown, N.Y., who never played with their white counterparts.

The left-handed first baseman spent 17 years with the Homestead Grays, played in 11 all- star games, was a member of nine straight Negro National League pennant teams and, along with Josh Gibson, formed the most feared batting duo in black baseball. Leonard was known as black and Gibson was black Babe There was talk of the pair becoming the first black players in the major leagues, but segregation was too strong a deterrent in those days. Given the opportunity, Leonard would have had much success, said Bob Kendrick, director of marketing for the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo. fans really missed a great WALTER Black Lou HOMETOWN: Rocky Mount BORN: Sept. 8, 1907 DIED: Nov.

27, 1997 POSITION: Left- handed first baseman, Brooklyn Royal Giants (1933), Homestead Grays (1934-50). STATS: Played in 11 all-star games and was a member of nine straight Negro National League pennant teams. Won Negro National League batting title with .391 average in 1948. NOTABLE: Voted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. BLACK HISTORY MONTH Each Monday in February, The will profile notable North Carolina African-Americans.

Rocky Mount still cheers its all-star SEE LEONARD, PAGE 4B.