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Zoo features ‘drop dead gorgeous 9 snakes

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Dawn Michele Whitehead

Whitehead receives Pike Township award

Dawn Michele Whitehead, an U.S. history and social studies teacher at Pike High School, was named Pike Schools 2000 Teacher of the Year. The award came during the Pike Educational Foundation's Seventh Annual Celebrations Banquet last week. Whitehead, a 1993 Pike grad, is the recipient of a 2000 Teacher Creativity Fellowship from Lilly Endowment, and will travel to Ghana and Benin in July to study the connections between West Africans and African Americans. She has also been selected as a prestigious Fulbright Memorial Scholar, an honor that will take her to Japan next month. She has taken a strong leadership role among teachers since joining the pike High School staffin 1997.In her short tenure, she has completed both the CyberTeacher technology implementation program and the Teacher Leadership Academy. She is a member of the Curriculum Technology Integration Team and is a trainer for the district’s Reach Program.

Indiana takes over

funding of antitobacco

enforcement

Despite a nationwide cut-off of federal funding, Indiana isn’t missing a beat in cracking down on illegal tobacco sales to minors. Karen Freeman-Wilson joined State Health Commissioner Richard Feldman, M.D. and Indiana’s Secretary of Family and Social Services, Peter Sybinsky, Ph.D. to announce the state will use about $400,000 from its Gamblers’Assistance Fund to cover costs of the Tobacco Retail Inspection Program (TRIP). The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) formerly funded the program. Attorney General Freeman-Wil-son stressed that ongoing collaboration and coordination among state offices will advance Indiana’s goal of reducing tobacco usage among Hoosier youth. Health Commissioner Feldman noted how tobacco usage is often a gateway to other illicit drugs such as marijuana, and cocaine.

Blood drive to be held in June Summer time is a difficult time to maintain an adequate blood supply for Indiana. The patients who won’t be taking vacations this year due to illness, trauma, and hospital visits rely on the generosity of volunteer blood donors. By spending less than an hour of your time donating blood this summer, you could help up to four different hospital patients. The

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I PD cracks down on Black mobile car washers

By FREDERICK L. MERKERSON III Staff Writer

Confusion, controversy and allegations of racial profiling arose after the Indianapolis Police Department’s North and East Districts told Black owners of mobile car washes to stop working along 38th Street. According to an IPD spokesman, the owners and the

police are trying to resolve the controversy with a “memorandum of understanding.” Following the creation of a “mobile wash abatement,” a two-page collaboration of laws that flooded car washers in legalities such as “obstructing traffic” and “keeping a nuisance,” mobile washers allege officers had been intimidating and threatening them and have just been bad for business. “How can the state issue me a license to run this

business, and the police then tell me I can’t?” asked Michael Covington Jr., full-time owner of Mike’s Absolute Business Citywide Mobile Wash. “They’re targeting the whole mobile wash industry and not die individuals who may be doing wrong," he said. Covington, 29, alleged that a white IPD officer threatened to confiscate his mobile wash while he was

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As remodeling continues through November 2000, Glendsle Mall welcomes shoppers and introduces Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatre, Old Navy and Glendale’s Branch Library. A new food court will be ready this summer as the mall celebrates 42 years in Indianapolis. (photos/Ken Skelton)

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By RONNETTA S. SLAUGHTER Staff Writer

Retailers across the country are fighting for prime space within Glendale Mall’s $25 million redevelopment project. While encouraging community involvement, the mall takes a family approach to business, highlighting education, entertainment and shopping all housed under one roof. Since 1948, Glendale has opened its doors for concerts, art exhibitions and an array of merchandise options. Last May, Kite Development Corp., a local real es-

tate Arm, purchased Glendale Mall (for-

merly Glendale Center).

The company immediately introduced an 18-month plan to remodel the mall. Lowe’s Home Improvement store held its grand opening in December, and exterior mall renovations helped complete Phase I

of planned objectives.

Melissa Hancock, Glendale's marketing and specialty leasing manager, applauds Kite’s acquisition, and acknowledges how the mail’s history is preserved

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RECORDER EXCLUSIVE

Sheriff Jack Cottey responds to TV charges

By AMOS BROWN Hi Recorder Correspondent

Funding for Lyles Station School clears key hurdle

Special to The Recorder

Kickin’ it at the Fair

Local attorney Aaron Haith serves ribtips to ‘Kickin’ It at the Fair’ attendees. (photo/Curtis Guynn.)

By DELL JOHNSON Recorder Correspondent On Saturday, May 20th, 2000 Kickin’ it at the Fair was held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Fun Park. The main objective of this event was to acquaint the youth of Indianapolis, along with their parents and or guardians with the summer programs and activities that are available to them, so that they may plan their summer vacation from school. Kickin’ it at the Fair was an initiative designed to ensure a “safe summer for youth,” say event organizers, through the provision of information about the availability of supervised summer activities in the community. The day’s events were put on and spon-

Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., has announced that a Senate Appropriations Committee approved his request for funding to repair and renovate historic Lyles Station School in Gibson County. Bayh had requested that $1.25 million be included in the Fiscal Year 2001 Agriculture Appropriations bill, one of the 13 spending bills Congress is required to pass this year. The community of Lyles Station evolved from a settlement begun in 1849 by Joshua Lyles, a freed slave who migrated from Tennessee and purchased land in Gibson County. The tiny farm community braved the danger of harboring fugitive slaves and sent soldiers to fight in the Civil War.

Lyles Station prospered from 1880 to 1913 following the arrival of a railroad station and a post office. It consisted of 55 homes, an elementary school, two churches, two general stores and a lumber

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Police buckle down on motorists

By RONNETTA S. SLAUGHTER Staff Writer

The Indianapolis Police Department is forcing motorists in Indianapolis to buckle up. Several IPD safety belt enforcement zones were set up to monitor drivers this week. As cars approach designated safety zones, police officers observe whether a seat belt violation exists. Over the last two weeks, numerous citations have been issued at different locations around the city. Zones were selected based on high occurrence of accidents, such as the West Street and Dr. Luther King Jr. Street intersections which holds a record for most accidents. According to Indiana’s 1986 seat belt law, all front seat occupants and children 12 and under

must wear safety belts. The policy also provides a section for children 4 and under, which outlines mandatory safety restraint car seats for children. Initially, vehicle stops solely based on safety belt suspicion by police officers were not permitted. A 1998 provision now allows officers to monitor and stop drivers. “I think we have a problem here (in Indianapolis). We feel that belt enforcement will reduce injuries and deaths, which in turn reduces monetary expenditures and insurance premiums,” said Lt. Don Bickel, who recognizes that additional traffic officers may further enhance communities through combined efforts highlighting safety. The Marion County Traffic Safety Partnership

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IPD officers monitor seat belt violations as drivers approach Waal Street on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street (photo/Ken Skelton)

In a wide ranging television interview, his first in months, a relaxed and confident Marion County Sheriff Jack Cottey defended recent allegations made during a local television news report. Appearing live Monday on WAV-TV/ Channel 53’s Amos Brown Show, Cottey also talked for a full hour about progress in the Sheriffs Department, local Republican politics and his year as a student at Martin University. The two-term sheriff was outspoken about charges made during an investigative report last month by WTHR/Channel 13, which reported that the sheriff didn’t follow the same rules as his deputies. Using hidden cameras, Channel 13 showed Cottey allegedly drinking and driving his See COTTE Y, Page A3

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