Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 2000 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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: BRIEFS Continued from A1 ian, unless the teenager is going to or from a job, school, religious activity or another activity protected by the First Amendment. Those who are 15,16 and 17 years ■ old will be able to stay out Friday and Saturday evenings until 1 a.m. • The 11 p.m. curfew will still apply to children 14 and under on weekends. Judge approves , age-discrimination settlement " • A federal judge has approved a ' $7.1 million settlement for former ' employees of Thomson Consumer ‘ Electronics who alleged the company discriminated against older •workers. The ruling by U.S. District Judge ‘ John Tinder means more than 700 -former Thomson workers in Bloomington and Indianapolis ’ should receive checks by the end of this year. The Equal Employment Oppor- ' tunity Commission sued Thomson and die International Brotherhood ofElectrical Workers in June 1999, alleging a plant closing agreement ' discriminated against older workers. ‘ ‘ Thomsbn closed its Bloomington and Indianapolis television plants in April 1998, eliminating 1,500 jobs when it moved • production to Ciudad Juarez, • 'Mexico. Industry groups . sue city over violent video game .ban , Two video game industry groups , have filed a lawsuit claiming a new . • city law banning minors from play- . ing violent and sexually explicit r video games is unconstitutional. . • The law requires coin-operated games featuring graphic violence ► or strong sexual content to have ; warning labels and be kept at least • JO feet from nonviolent game machines. The machines must also be i.separated, by a curtain or wall so ' minors cannot see them. The law bars people under age 18 from such games unless accompanied by a ) parent or guardian. ! The American Amusement !Machine Association and the ! Amusement and Music Operators ! Association hope to obtain a temporary restraining order to keep ! the law from taking effect Sept. 1. They say they support the city’s desire to curb juvenile violence, Ibut believe the ordinance violates ! First Amendment rights. The federal lawsuit names !Mayor Bart Peterson, Marion County Prosecutor Scott Newman ;and city and county law officers ;who would enforce the ordinance. t •“Grooming for :Greatness” ■ The Indianapolis NAACP Youth •Council will host the second an- • nual program, “Grooming for ! Greatness.” The program will tarIget Afrifcan-American students for !college admission preparation to !the top 50 colleges / univerisities, ! top 40 best liberal arts colleges and !40 best Business & Engineering programs according to US News’ 12000 Best Colleges publication including HBC’s (Historically ;Black College) within the UNCF. ; “Grooming for Greatness” will ;allow students to explore the options and key criteria in judging

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schools. Discussions will be held on topics such as: good grades, test scores, teacher recommendations, personal essay, interviews, extracurricular activies and sports. The program targets middle and high school students and will be held Sept. 16 at the Marion County Library Service Center, 2450 N. Meridan St. , room 226B, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. For more information call 925-8143. College and career guides distributed to all high schools Every high school junior and senior in Indiana will receive a new magazine in the coming days detailing college and career options available to them after graduation. The Indianapolis Business Journal Corp., the Indiana Department of Education and the Commission for Higher Education hope the free, first-time publication will lure more kids to college and keep more of them in Indiana. The 92-page magazine, entitled “next Indiana: A Guide to Life After High School,” is being distributed to about 155,000 juniors and seniors this week.

It includes information on all private and public colleges and universities in Indiana, vocationaltech schools, apprentice programs and trade schools. It has a guide to financial aid and scholarship resources, and matches professions with schools and education requirements. Lugar highlights breakthrough in teaching kids to read U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar called the Success for All reading program a “remarkable breakthrough,” and he encouraged every school district in the state to explore the program or a similar school-wide reform effort. Lugar visited College ComerUnion School to observe the Success for All program that has been initiated throughout the school. The school implemented the program last year and is already seeing a remarkable improvement in students reading ability. The school qualifies for federal Title 1 assistance which it is using to fund the Success for All program. Lugar offered an amendment during the Elementary and Secondary Education Act debate in

May to help low performing schools implement school-wide reforms. Lugar's legislation would increase funding for thrComprehensive School Reform Program from $200 to $500 million per year.—Lugar to cosponsor proscription drug coverage for seniors U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar said that he is cosponsoring a bill introduced this summer by Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) that begins with the principle that seniors should not be charged a high fee for improvements in drug coverage. Earlier this year, Lugar backed $40 billion in the federal budget for prescription drug coverage, thejargest step ever taken toward providing this benefit. “Under the approach I am cosponsoring there would be no deductibles, premiums,or co-pays. A senior’s out-of-pocket expenses would be limited to a once-a-year $35 sign-up charge, which would be waived for low-income seniors. Every senior could afford to join, and every senior would benefit from joining,” said Lugar.

CENSUS Continu«d from A1 will be released for Indiana at the end of the year. The overall population in the nine county Indianapolis metropolitan area has grown 11.3 percent since 1990, to 1,536,665. Of that number, 210,253 are African American, another record. Black metro population has jumped an estimated 15 percent during the 1990s. Statewide in July 1999, Indiana’s population was 5,942,901. Indiana’s Black population is just shy of a half million at 497,976. Some 8.4 percent of Indiana’s population is African American. Indiana’s Hispanic population is a little more than a fourth of Indiana’s Black population. Hispanics in Indiana were estimated at 140,210 in July 1999, or 2.4 percent of the total. The first detailed data from the 2000 Census for Indiana and Indianapolis is expected to be released in February.

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