Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 2002 — Page 3

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2002

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

BRIEFS Continued from A1

the event.

Alumni agenda includes pre-registration at the Executive Inn on Thursday, from 36 p.m. Registration will continue Friday morning, start-

ing at 8 a.m.

Special events include a

banquet on Friday night at the Evansville Convention Centre. Featured speaker will be Sister Jane M. Nesmith, Pastoral Life Coordinator at St. John the Apostle Church. Saturday evening will feature a dance contest. Sunday morning vesper services will be at the Executive Inn. Later that evening, a farewell party will be' hosted by Casino Aztar. For additional information, contact Lucian Snaden, president, Evansville, Indiana Alumni Association Chapter. Annual family day

at Atkins club The Atkins Boys and Girls

Club will host its 3 rd Annual Family Day festivities Aug.

3 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. The event is open to the

public and will include such

activities as carnival rides,

watermelon eating, a father-

son basketball contest,

potato sack races and a hulahoop contest. Free food will be served featuring some of the picnic classics. In addi-

tion, there will be several

information booths available including. Family Services,

MOM Project, Clarian Health and the PAL Club. Entertainment will be provided by the Sounds of Essence, a local jazz band. For more information,

contact Rick Parson afT3l^)^ *

Forest Manor will host community event for crime

prevention Forest Manor Multi

Service Center in conjunction with Messiah Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate the 17th Annual National Night Out Aug. 6 from 6-9 p.m. at 5640 E. 38th St. “This is an opportunity for the community to take a positive stand against crime,” said executive director Regina Marsh. Organizers of the event are hopeful for a good turnout because the area has the highest crime rate in Indianapolis. The event will highlight the Indiana Pacers Boomer, live music, and the Public Library’s Book Mobile. Police from the IPD East District will be on hand to meet community residents and to participate in the festivities. For more information, call (317) 545-1204.

SOUL MUSIC CONCERT

audiences an exciting and electrifying show along with some up-and-coming artists from the

city.

The aforementioned artists are all in the Down Wit It (DWI) Entertainment family. DWI Entertainment is a company that strives to “produce, groom and promote the next generation of new talent.” In addition to managing various artists, the company also has state-of-the-art recording studios that are available for pub-

lic usage.

The entire DWI family,

which consists of rappers. Hummer, R&R and the Pimp Tight Boys as well as first lady and neo-soultress, Dami will

perform during the concert. So why exactly does one do

a show representative of two

different generations? “We wanted to ... bridge the

old school with the new school,” says Jeffrey Clark, vice president and general manager of DWI. “The new school is the DWI family of artists (and the old school is) Cameo and Con Funk Shun — they’re icons of R&B and funk.

Continued from A1 You’ve got different eras, but you’ve got good quality entertainment.” Con Funk Shun lead singers Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate couldn’t agree more. “It’s a nice wrapping for the concert. It’s very clever... marketing the two genres certainly works out well,” said Pilate while Cooper views the concert as “a great celebration and the meeting of two worlds joining to create the same effect.” Startime Entertainment, sponsors of this year’s concert also hosted one last year around the same time which featured Enchantment, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, and Rose Royce. In addition to the interesting artist line-up of this year’s concert, the fact that it’s being held at the State Fairgrounds is also a unique concept. Although the fairgrounds are located in a predominately Af-rican-American community — prior to last years’ concert, over a decade had passed with a bulk of the fairgrounds’ entertainment being country and rock. Startime personnel felt that

it was important to have shows at the fairgrounds that were representative of the community. According to DWI’s Clark, the goal of the show is to not only have a good time, but also inform the public that there is a viable entertainment company that exists in the heart of the community. “Every company is from somewhere. We’re based here in Indianapolis. So we wanted to show that there are good quality ... national level and professional entertainment companies here.” Clark also says it’s "important to understand that if people don’t come to support these shows,” the opportunity may not be presented again because of the tremendous costs incurred. Tickets are $31 and include fair admission, which means the whole family can attend the fair and afterwards enjoy the concert together. After all, it will provide something for the young and the not so young. For additional information on the concert, contact Down Wit It Entertainment at (317) 547-3445.

Georgia crematory operator faces continuing hostility

(Special to the NNPA) — Five months after being jailed on chaiges related to hundreds of decaying bodies found at Tri-State Crematory , facility owner Brent Marsh still faces hostility from families in the region. Marsh, who finally was granted bond last week in WalkerCounty, Ga, faces398felony counts, includingabuse of a body and theft by deception. He was jailed in February after authorities found more than 340 human remains at the family owned crematory near Noble, Ga The remains, from funeral homes in Tennessee. Georgia and Alabama were supposed to have been cremated but were found in nearby woods, and stacked in storage buildingsand burial vaults and pits. Authorities fear that if Marsh can

post bail, set at $159,200, he could be harmed. He had been denied bond three times. Marsh says he is aware of the hostility. “We live in the South and I’m a Black man," he says. “A lot of people don’t like me because I am me.”. The crematory could have possibly been using wood chips and other substances as ashes to send back to the families, but it has not yet been proven. In some cases the ashes were said to have been powdered cement. So far, 167 bodies have been identified and more than 60 agencies are assisting with identifications. Each felony charge against Marsh carry sentences ranging from one to 15 years imprison and a maximum fine of $100,000.

Officials probe racist graffiti in Mobile, Ala. (Special to the NNPA)—The U.S. plating about what to do.

attorney’s office in Mobile. Ala., is investigating a rash of racist v andalism against three African-American families in a quiet city neighborhood. “KKK" was marked on the outside walls of the homes of Christopher and Shannon Wilson and Carlos and Jennifer Dixon. Racial epithets and other insults also were written on the living room walls in the recently purchased home of Qunietta May, before she had

a chance to move in.

“It’s 2002, isn’t it?’ said May. “It was a wake-up call: ‘Hello we don’t want you here.’ I don’t know if I’m hurt

of if I’m angry or what.”

The families are all baffled about what has taken place and are contem-

“It could be that they are just scared and don’t want to be bothered with us,”

says Christopher Wilson.

Neighbors of the Dixon family have helped scrub graffiti off their home and driveway. Their home has been hit twice. Mottle County police charged two white teen-age girls in one case. They were sentenced to thtee-to-six months in a state juvenile froKty and year of probation. The girls also were ordered to pay restitution and wHtt^lfctter of

apology to the victippr.

FBI officials are in contact Jrith the families in the othef bases but no arrests have been made. The U.S. attorney’s office expects to complete aprobe into civil rights violations in 30 days.

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