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c) SECTIOND I PJ 1 STATE EDITION METRO THE NEWS OBSERVER WEDNESDAY MARCH 25 1998 REGION LOCAL Neighbor Neig in search of in sea: 17: I i A 1 1 Ife i "111 t1 Magnets still attractive: A federal grant for theme schools is running out but applications are up Durham County page 46 Scenic route: Bike paths and sidewalks may line South Columbia Street as it winds into Chapel Hill Orange County page 58 Sunday Silence this isn't: Horses and musicians team up tonight for "Symphony of Horses" something different in Smart Start fund raising Page 3B Tornado debris hauled off for free: Raleigh street and garbage crews will remove trash left over from the twister the city announces Page 78 lost dignity lost Durham mourns longtime leader after death at 80 By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER STAFF WRITER Josephine Clement an ardent advocate of education Clement an executive with NC Mutual Life Insurance Co In 1946 they moved to Durham where Mutual has its headquarters While raising five children Mrs Clement also taught part time at NC Central University She later received honorary doctoral degrees from NCCU and Shaw University in Raleigh The Clements quickly immersed themselves in the thriving black political social and cultural life that revolved around the then-bustling Hayti district They also followed in the footsteps of Mrs Clement's father and stepped to the forefront of the civil rights movement Josephine Dobbs Clement who with her husband devoted 50 years of public life to shaping Durham and the Research Triangle died Monday in Atlanta after a long battle with respiratory illness She was 80 As a member of the Durham city school board and later the Durham County Board of Commissioners Clement championed equal access to public education her efforts culminated in the 1992 merger of the city and county school systems "We were all really inspired by Josephine's leadership" Commissioner Becky Heron said active in the civil rights movement instilled the value of education in his daughter Josephine and her live sisters from the start said a longtime family friend Dr Charles Watts Clement attended an Atlanta high school established by historically black Morehouse and Spelman colleges to train future teachers She went on to receive a bachelor's degree from Spelman and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York Clement returned south to teach at Savannah State and Morris Brown collegesBack in Atlanta she met and married Bill Clement's death was announced at the start of Monday's regular meeting of the county commissioners Several of her former colleagues including Heron and Commissioner Bill Bell were visibly shaken and fought back tears while describing Clement's influence The emphasis on education which included a role in forming the Durham Public Education Network a nonprofit school support agency came as no surprise to anyone familiar with Clement's early years She was born Feb 9 1918 in Atlanta's Fourth Ward to John and Irene Dobbs Her father a railway mail clerk who later became SEE CLEMENT PAGE 7B 'It was sad it was sad it was sad when the ship went down Husbands wives little children lost their lives it was sad when the great ship went down' From "The Sinking of the Titanic" written by Ernest "Pop" Stoneman in 1925 Residents protest location of shelter AMER ti'----- i i --i '71111 thig --Iv- '4 i-q-- 6e eg- tp- --Y' -FT IV t)101 1 T-' Ok 'T''' i 7-74411'-- tcAcbt 1 b1 ir iti ti 1A'Al4 1 1 41r ''''P ---4464b7)74- 1M1 -0'Cl- 44 1 r--4-1 'o' -Oot--- fr- NiN IV IV I 0 11 Ai Is t00 4 1 t4 4 i fij 1 elut 5 N-dr4e-7 4 -'15 1 tit Tottlt rASlt 1' "'s'--': il la 1 la tis 411' loll tott '1 1 0 :4 4 Les VIO 110 istillu'll 1 r' twe I 1 A is thou 44 --t-4' l' et sttkAit 1 vv-7-- 40 enit 1 4' lig te N44: i v7c4 TA4AI 1 I tr- 10" 06 tl ows4 '''i mtk NN- tt ki 0 11e01101'" io 4 ok-) I 414'0' I 4 '1 '1 V-- 4 I 1: 11 4- r' ill ''-4--1- 1 r) 1 1 i i I I 1 1 1 'I 1 i I I i I i I 1 1- Gary Carden found them at the base of his driveway just off Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill He keeps them in a box and refuses to touch them To show me he dips in with a wire hanger and pulls out something that's all curled up and stiff like an arthritic hand But then I make out the lacy elastic the white cloth dotted with little blue flowers and my eyes grow wide It's a pair of panties 0 4th I wonder 411 whether they were ripped i off in some 11' lis xot horrid episode or NICOLE slipped off BRODEUR willingly and tossed out of a passing car Maybe they fell out of a laundry basket clean and innocent and nothing more Carden 49 shrugs me off "I think it's just part of the decay of the neighborhood" The panties were Gary Carden's last straw He has lived on this street for 28 years but says he doesn't recognize it anymore One by one the houses in his Northside neighborhood have gone from being the well-kept homes of private owners to rental properties inhabited by a transient stream of students It's been an adjustment and Carden is fighting to preserve his neighborhood's dignity He has called the police to come out and quiet things down He has attended Town Council meetings to show his concern even going as far as signing up for the city's Noise Ordinance Committee He has reached out to the university and given a tour of his neighborhood to Dr Susan Kitchen the university's vice chancellor for student affairs She was receptive bit he hasn't heard back in months Beyond that Carden doesn't know what else to do except remember the quiet old days and prepare for the inevitable rowdy nights of the spring semester "I'm not preparing for the worst" he says "I'm hoping for a miracle" We drive around his neighborhood a mix of saltboxes and cottages An elderly couple crosses the street in front of us "Thank God for them" he says as we turn onto Short Street "This one here is students he says before a house where cars have worn the grass down to dirt "These people howl and scream And these people" he says before a house with furniture on the lawn and porch "are as loud as they are messy" Carden is tired of it all: The loud parties the music from down the street He's tired of the beer bot1 ties and cars on the lawns "There's no one to direct the young students here" he says He wishes there was a class that taught "neighborhood social studies" so college towns could ease strained relations "This is a university community and people are here to learn" he says "But what they need to learn is culture and respect" Kitchen the vice chancellor sees Carden's dilemma as more than rudeness and noise The neighborhood's socioeconomic status is shifting and that's not something the university can resolve easily "This is not as simple as calling some students in and telling them they are not being good neighbors" Kitchen said She suggested that Carden his neighbors and the university establish a partnership that would address neighborhood concerns If the school follows through it could be the miracle Carden is looking for "Actions speak louder than words" he says a bit dubious Sounds like he's heard enough Nicole Brodeur's column appears Wednesday Friday and every other Sunday You can reach her at (919) 8298930 or via i the Internet at nbrodeurnandocom words" he says a bit dubious Sounds like he's heard enough Nicole Brodeur's column appears Wednesday Friday and every other Sunday You can reach her at (919) 8298930 or via i the Internet at nbrodeurnandocom ary Carden the base of Gust off Rosi Chapel Hill He keeps them refuses to touch me he dips in wit and pulls out som curled up and stif ic hand But then lacy elastic the IA with little blue fib 0 4t4tz ts 41i S'A' '''s ')s gotc NICOLE BRODEUR Maybe they fell basket clean and nothing more Carden 49 shr "I think it's just decay of the neig The panties we last straw He ha street for 28 year doesn't recognizE One by one thE Northside neight gone from being homes of private properties inhabi transient stream It's been an adj Carden is fightim neighborhood's He has called out and quiet thii attended Town to show his cono as far as signing Noise Ordinance He has reacho university and gi neighborhood to Kitchen the Unix chancellor for sti was receptive IA back in months Beyond that know what else remember the tit prepare for the ii nights of the spri "I'm not prepa worst" he says' miracle" We drive arour neighborhood a and cottages An i crosses the strec "Thank God fa I as we turn onto "This one here i he says before a cars have worn dirt "These peol scream And th says before a ho furniture on the "are as loud as ti Carden is tiree parties the mils! street He's tirec ties and cars on "There's no on young students I He wishes thei that taught "neif studies" so colic ease strained re "This is a Wily 1 and people are 11 says "But what learn is culture i Kitchen the vi sees Carden's di than rudeness a neighborhood's status is shifting something the resolve easily "This is not as some students ii they are not beir neighbors" Kite She suggested neighbors and II establish a partr address neighbc If the school lc could be the mir looking for "Actions speall words" he says Sounds like hE Nicole Brodeur's Wednesday Friday a You can reach her at i the Internet at nbrod Michael Taft of the Southern Folk life Collection holds the front page of The Boston Daily Globe announcing the Titanic disaster DK Wilgus' collection includes this item along with books recordings and sheet music STAFF PHOTO BY HARRY LYNCH Collection reflects 86-year mania Some who live on Raleigh's Sunnybrook Road say it would be unfair to place a shelter on the street where several social service agencies already exist BY LYNN BONNER STAFF WRITER RALEIGH East Raleigh residents who say their neighborhood is chock-full of affordable housing clinics and transitional homes want the city to find some other place to put a large homeless shelter They told a City Council committee Tuesday night that putting a 200-bed shelter on Sunnybrook Road would be unfair to area residents who already live near several social services agencies Instead they suggested that the City Council have all Raleigh residents share in the responsibility for the homeless by opening seven small shelters five throughout the city and two in the county "It is the responsibility of the entire city of Raleigh not just Southeast Raleigh and not just Sunnybrook Road" Marvin Pittman a Sunnybrook Road resident told members of the council's Comprehensive Planning Committee Three of six sites the City Council is considering for a homeless shelter are on Sunnybrook Road in East Raleigh The other three are on Wilmington Street south of downtown The two areas are under the watch of different citizens advisory councils The planning committee will recommend a site to the full council The committee did not set a timetable for its decision The city likes the Sunnybrook Road sites because they are close to WakeNIed the county health and mental health clinics and the Wake County Human Services headquarters East Raleigh residents are urging council members to reject the Sunnybrook Road sites for some of those same reasons "We feel like East Raleigh has shouldered its fair share of public services subsidized housing and housing projects This is too much to ask us to do" said Janet Laing chairwoman of the East Raleigh Citizens Advisory Council "This mega-shelter idea seems pretty absurd" she said East Raleigh residents are the latest to battle a government shelter that is struggling to find a home Raleigh and Wake County want to replace the BY JANE STANCILL STAFF WRITER tv tVIttit II Nsl "11 1 A'''-'a5-'---k 41 400 ttyN -0 pi- '''''--1 It'-'' ''V 1 1'11f lit K-P' 4 Ni ''4' ti 41ee '---1: Chapel Hill who donated the materials Monday the day the blockbuster movie dominated the Oscars "People can't let go of it as a topic It has stuck in the popular imagination" In the decades since the disaster songs about Titanic proliferated as World Wide Web sites do today Hundreds of songs have been created about the ship since 1912 mostly by everyday folks They would write lyrics and then send away to "vanity" publishers to have their words set to music For a small fee they could get their own copyrighted song complete with sheet music Publishing songs about the Titanic became an industry in much as World War I was a fascination of CHAPEL HILL Titanic mania wasn't born with heartthrob Leonardo Di or the movie that claimed 11 Oscars on Monday night A Titanic memorabilia donation to UNC-CH's Southern Fo Iklife Collection this week shows that the world's obsession with the Titanic began almost from the moment the ship went down in icy waters off Newfoundland in 1912 The donation includes reams of original sheet music poems and tapes of folk songs about the disaster It's the collection of the late DK Wilgus a pre-eminent folklore scholar and former professor at UCLA In the course of his research on ballads Wilgus kept running across songs about the Titanic What started as a hobby turned into a 30-year collection of songs legends and poetry about the ill-fated ocean liner "It just kept growing" said his widow Eleanor Long-Wilgus of SEE TITANIC PAGE 7B SEE SHELTER PAGE 7B Trial begins in fight over snake prank gone awry Man charged in shootings BY TODD NELSON STAFF WRITER A Raleigh man has been charged with murder and assault in a shooting at the Washington Terrace apartments that left a man dead and his daughter wounded Police are seeking Dontez Lamonte Simuel seeking Dontez Lamonte Simuel man dead and his St rtr1 4''''' I I i i4 1 1" 'tt 'Nov In Getting a glass of water to calm his nerves he screamed and bolted upstairs when the second snake unexpectedly reared its head in his kitchen A roommate disposed of both reptiles Dukes 42 is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury in the Oct 14 attack At the time he and Davis were working for a construction company installing vinyl siding at a Carrboro apartment complex Davis testified that he needed 150 staples and 75 stitches to patch up slashes company installing vinyl siding at a Carrboro apartment complex Davis testified that he needed 150 sta- pies and 75 stitches to patch up slashes not give the case a fair hearing Testimony which began mid-afternoon after a jury of eight women and four men was seated is to continue today in Orange County Superior Court Dukes admits slashing William Davis 23 of Chapel Hill several times with a knife but insists he acted in self-defense as the two came to blows in an argument over the prank The hard feelings exploded two days after an unsuspecting Dukes was frozen with fear when he saw a snake slithering in his living room said his attorney assistant public defender Joal Broun tile two came LO MOWS in an argument over the prank The hard feelings explod- ed two days after an unsuspecting Dukes was frozen with fear when he saw a snake slithering in his living room said his attor- ney assistant public defender Joal Broun HILLSBOROUGH The scales of justice scared off some prospective jurors Tuesday in the case of Gregory Dukes accused of knifing a co-worker who hid two small snakes in Dukes' apartment in a failed practical joke that terrified the snake-fearing Carrboro man The serpentine plot also proved too much for a handful of Orange County residents in the jury pool The potential jurors were excused after telling attorneys they were so afraid of snakes that they could budite-Ledi mg All I UOLU MIMI The serpentine plot also proved too much for a handful of Orange County res- idents in the jury pool The potential jurors were excused after telling attorneys they were so afraid of snakes that they could Story page 311 SEE SNAKES PAGE 7B Gregory Dukes admits the stashing 16I I 1 Gregory Story page 311 Dukes admits the slashing 2 SEE SNAKES PAGE 7B i I.