Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 2005 — Page 6

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than 70 communities in Haiti. Four hundred families in the B-R area have already received filtration systems and an additional 400 are slated for the near future. “We used to see children with diarrhea and sickness a lot, but now I don’t see it very often,” Pere Lucien says. “We are very thankful to the people of St. Thomas.” Even in a country of such extreme poverty, that kind of progress seems to justify the Haitian saying, “Bondye bon”: God is good. But

if the saying is to be proven more optimistic than fatalistic, the help St. Thomas provides needs to be just the beginning of the outreach to the suffering people of Haiti. To learn more about the St. Thomas Aquinas partnership with its “twin” Haitian parish, go to http://www.staindy.org/haiti. htm or call St. Thomas’ Haiti Committee chair Don Miller at 913-9123.

Pre-Kwanzaa Guttural Marketplace Saturday, December 10, 2005 10 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Crispus Attacks Middle School 1140 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St.

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Rocky Mount drops plans for MLK statue ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — City leaders canceled the project to produce a proper sculpture honoring Martin Luther King Jr., ending two years of community wrangling over how to mark the place where he first told an audience, '' I have a dream.” Rocky Mount’s City Council voted 4-2 to end negotiations with sculptor Steven Whyte of Monterey, Calif, and spend the $45,000 the city had been saving for the replica on winter heating assistance and other local needs. Councilman Lament Wiggins said satisfying the city’s collective memory of King had become a subjective nightmare. He said he doubted the city’s ability to ever agree on a fitting likeness of King. “Whatever we do is g oing to continue to be vilified,” said Wiggins, who proposed ending the statue search. “Other than trying to build a consensus that won’t be realized, I suggest we spend our money on more pressing issues facing the city.” Rocky Mount, a city of 56,000 about an hour east of Raleigh, prides itself on its association with King. On Nov. 27, 1962, he addressed 2,000 people in the gym of Booker T. Washington High School, using for the first time words he would rephrase the following August in his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. “And so, my friends of Rocky Mount, I have a dream tonight,” he said. “That one day, right here in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will meet at the table of brotherhood.” A city block-sized memorial park near the school was proposed several years ago, to be anchored by a sculpture of King. In 2001, the city commissioned Chicagobased artist Erik Blome to create a 9-foot-tall sculpture of King. Blome’s representation was panned in 2003 as a poor resemblance of King, and the larger-than-life bronze statute was stored away in a corner of the municipal warehouse. The city council then turned to Whyte to start over on a new statue. Schedule conflicts canceled plans for Whyte to come to Rocky Mount last weekend and the next opportunity would not come until almost Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16. Wiggins said he refused to extend the Feb. 28 deadline for the statue’s completion.

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COMMUNITY CLASSES GED & ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) EXTERNAL DIPLOMA PROGRAM (EDP) the External Diploma Program (EDP) allows adults who cannot attend day or evening in-school classes to obtain a high school diploma by earning class credits from their homes. These courses are recommended for students who work well independently and are advanced readers. Classes available this spring:

...if you are tired of being shortchanged in your job because you lack a high school diploma. ...if you are a teenager who dropped out of school because of poor attendance, insufficient credits, or difficulty passing the 1STEP.

...if you are a homemaker with free time during the day. ...if you are a night or afternoon worker who can study at home. ...if you want to improve your reading and math skills. ...if you want to improve your employment skills. ...if you have college entrance deficiencies. Now is the time to enroll in Day Adult. We have instructors trained and interested in working with you to enhance your education experience. Special adult-type time block scheduling permits you to attend part-time or full-time. Earn the requirements you need for a diploma. Day Adult High School offers the following classes:

Conditioning Pre-Algebra 1 & 2 Algebra 1-4 Geometry 1 - 2 Biology 1-2 Career Exploration Opportunities (CEO) Consumer Business Economics English 1-8 English (GQE) Accounting Government Health/Drug Education Speech U.S. History 1-2 Word Processing

Keyboarding 1-2 Psychology Machine Cal/Filing Math(GQE) Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word Mixed Supject Lab Music Needle Art 1 -3 Physical Education 1 Aerobics Reading (21 and over) Nulrilion/Wellness Sociology Teen Parenting Teen Pregnancy Applied Math (21 and Over)

THE LEARNING CENTER The IPS Learning Center is designed to meet the needs of pregnant and recently parenting students of all ages. The mission of the Learning Center is to help the student have and nurture a healthy baby and to help her continue on her educational track. For more information, call 226-3939.

English 1-8 Health/Drug Ed Government Economics Family Living Sociology Physical Ed 1-2

World History 1-2 Physical Science 1-2 Biology 1-2 U.S. History 1-2 Psychology Earth Science 1-2

The cost of EDP Classes is $20 per subject for those who live in the Indianapolis Public Schools District and $90 per subject for non-IPS residents. The cost for the course workbook is $20. Textbook costs will vary.

SECOND CHANCE CLASSES Earn credits by taking one class at a time or adding an extra class to your schedule after school

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To register, you must present the following information: (226-3911) An official transcript from your home school. (To obtain your official transcript, contact the Registrar at your home school) Please allow 24 to 48 hours for transcript evaluation.(Students need a minimum of four credits to register.) Students with less than four should secure 4 credits in evening school Students who are 16 or 17 years old must bring an official withdrawal form signed by the student, parent(s) and school principal. (To obtain an official withdrawal form, contact the guidance department of your home school.)

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