Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 2005 — Page 5

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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NEWS BRIEFS ► Continued from Page 1 Library to have Sunday hours at 3 new locations Beginning Sept. 11, three branches of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library will be open on Sundays for the first time. Lawrence Branch, 7898 N. Hague Road; the Pike Branch, 6525 Zionsville Road, and Wayne Branch, 198 S. Girls School Road, will be open on Sundays from 1 - 5 p.m. These branches will join seven other library locations in providing Sunday hours. These include the Glendale Branch, the Nora Branch, the Eagle Branch, the Southport Branch, the Warren Branch, the InfoZone, 3000 N. Meridian St., and the interim Central Library, 202 N. Alabama St.

Herpetology Day Sept. 10 Visitors to Fort Harrison State Park can get up close to reptiles and amphibians on Herpetology Day Sept. 10 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. All ages are invited to visit with animals from Indiana and around the world. Park interpretive naturalist Jeannine Montgomery said, "It's a great chance to observe these animals closely, to see their beautiful color patterns and learn about their needs in the wild. Come find out how you can help protect them for the future!" The event is co-sponsored by the Hoosier Herpetological Society. The program takes place at the nature history center and is free with a paid park gate fee ($4 per vehicle; $5 per out-of-state vehicle). For more information, call the nature history center at (317) 591-0122.

Family experts Corerta Scoff King fo recover from sfroke

By DANIEL YEE Special to the NNPA From the Atlanta Inquirer

ATLANTA (NNPA) - Coretta Scott King’s daughter said the family is expecting a full recovery after King had a minor heart attack and a major stroke that impaired her ability to speak and affected her right side. A doctor said that King is “completely aware.” Dr. Charles Wickliffe, a cardiologist at Piedmont Hospital, where the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has been hospitalized, said a blood clot moved from King’s heart and lodged in an artery in the left side of her brain. “This same clot caused a small heart attack and a big stroke,” said Wickliffe, addressing reporters as he was flanked by King’s four children. King remained in fair condition. Her daughter, Yolanda King, said she was stricken about 10 a.m. more than a week ago at her home in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood. She said they were having a conversation when her mother suddenly stopped talking. Family members immediately took her to the hospital. “We are completely assured she will come to a complete recovery. We believe this is a cleverly disguised opportunity to grow,” Yolanda King said. The stroke caused weakness in King’s

right arm, her right leg and the right side ofher face, and she was not able to speak, Wickliffe said. He said she would remain in the hospital and would need intensive

therapy.

“We have to retrain the right side ofher body to do the normal things that you do,” Wickliffe said.

He said she was on intravenous and oral blood thinners to prevent any further occurrences. Wickliffe said King was prepared for the long days of rehabilitation. The Alabama-born Coretta Scott was studying at the New England Conservatory ofMusic when a friend introduced her to Martin Luther King Jr., a young Baptist minister working toward a Ph.D. at Boston University. They married in 1953 and had four children. After his assassination in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968, she founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta and traveled widely to help foster her husband’s dreams.

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THE GREATER INDIANAPOLIS BRANCH NAACP 36- Annual Freedom Fund Dinner

Keynote Speaker: Congresswoman Julia Carson University Place Conference Center and Hotel at IUPUI 850 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN. Friday September 9, 2005 Cocktail Hour: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Sponsors: Indianapolis Recorder Dinner: 7:30pm Indiana Minority Business Magazine Ticket Cost: $45.00 Table Cost: $450.00 Special recognition will be given to our Veterans & our Armed Services

Mail Payment: The Greater Indianapolis Branch NAACP 300 East Fall Creek Parkway N.D. Indianapolis, IN 46205

Additional Information: (317) 925-5127 To print off a registration form go to www.indynaacp.org

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