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New civic center
General Manager
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got to start earning
her $72,800 salary,
Board Chairman Ernie
Bowman says.
By Rhonda Y. Maree
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
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October 12 - 18,1995 VOL. XIV NO. 720
FOCUS
Manager Wendy C. Oglesby came
earlier this year with an annual
$72,800 price tag.
Only monthslater, however, some
of those once wowed by promises of
her marketing prowess are ques
tioning if she’s worth it.
“Except for writing memos all
day and abolishing people’s jobs,
she does nothing to earn her pay,”
said Coliseum Authority Chairman
Ernie Bowman.
Coliseum Authority member Joe
Scott also said Ms. Oglesby has
been less than expected.
“I don’t know of anything she’s
done that wasn’t already in place,
Expect everything except the typical at
the inaugural CSRA Classic fashion show,
said those working hard to make the event
an unforgettable success.
Kicking off a series of activities compris
ing the third annual CSRA Classic, An
Evening of Beauty: A Class Act, debuts 5
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15 at the Augusta College
Performing Arts Theatre.
“This is truly a class act,” fashion show
coordinator Betty Griffinsaid. -+ . .
The evening is divided into five thematic
scenes featuring fashions fit for occasions
from a high school football game, to an
important business meeting, to an exciting
date, and even the most formal affair:
@ Falling into Season; casual and sports
wear.
B Attitude 1995; professional and dress
wear.
B Afrotizing Affair; African accented wear.
B All that Glitter and Glamour, formal
wear.
Show-stopping Scene 5 is a top secret.
“We don’t want to give it away, but it is a
Black teens sue Mall
of America, charge bias
Suit charges that
white teens are
ignored while blacks
are targeted for
harassment and
detention.
ST. PAUL
(AP) Three black teen-agers
claim they were harassed, as
saulted and detained by securi
ty personnel at the Mall of
America because of their race,
and have filed a discrimination
suit in federal court.
In the legal action, which
could grow into a class-action
suit, the youths claim that se
curity guards -at the
Bloomington mall routinely sin
gle out small groups of black
teen-agers while ignoring white
teens.
“It goes on all the time,” said
attorney Reynaud Harp. “We
want it to stop.”
Harp said he is seeking class
action certification for the law
suit because heis sure that many
other blacks have been victims
of bias at the mall.
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“Dylan concert was in
place before Oglesby
entered the scene.”
— E. Bowman, Board member
“For the salary we're
paying her and the
expenses we paid to
get her here, we want
our money’s worth.”
— J. Scott, Board member
but we have to give her time,” he
Becker, then 18,
claimed the guards
then prevented her
from leaving,
broke her elbow
while threwing her
on the floor, and
injured her stom
ach while jumping
on her back.
Mall of America spokeswom
an Teresa McFarland denied the
charges. She claimed Fridaythat
the three youths failed to comply
with the shopping center’s code
of conduct, which 1s posted
throughout the mall.
“It is our policy to enforce our
rules uniformly and our rules
arecolorblind,” McFarland said.
“We constantly reinforce that
policy and will not tolerate any
form of racial discrimination.”
Ilisha Bates claimed that a
guard ordered her and two Afri
can-American friends on May 27
to leave a section of the mall that
said. “For the salary we’re pay
ing her and the expenses we paid
to get her here, we want our
money’s worth.”
According to Mr. Bowman, Ms.
Oglesby has failed the Coliseum
Authority, which is the policy
making body that hired her, by
not producing the entertainment
contacts she said she had.
Despite media coverage that’s
given Ms. Oglesby credit for at
tracting rock star Bob Dylan to
the Civic Center, Mr. Bowman
said Assistant Manager Linda
See CIVIC CENTER, page 3
The first CSRA
Classic Fashion Show
places the emphasis on
style and practicality.
surprise finale that you don’t want to miss,”
promised Ms. Griffin.
A major element in this show is its ac
knowledgment of the fashionable full-fig
ured woman.
“This is not the typical show in which
you'll just see small sizes. We're venturing
beyond size 5, 6 and 7,” Ms. Griffin said.
And perhaps even more significant is the
fact that the clothes to be featured are styl
ish, but practical.
“These are the kind of clothes that every
day, real people wear,” said Lenwood Moody
of Heritage Art Gallery who is helping to
coordinate the show.
Flaunting the fashions will be 24 local
models, including men, women and chil
dren.
See FASHION, page 7
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Bates, then 14, said one of her;
friends protested. At that point, |
she was detained, photographed |
and interrogated for about 30 |
minutes. She said she was given |
a “trespass notice” that barred |
her from the mall for 30 days. |
On June 24, Bates said, the |
same guard confronted herinthe |
mall’s transit center and ordered |
her to walk home. She said the |
man and another guard respond- |
ed to her refusal by throwing her |
into a pillar, knocking her down, |
and punching, kicking and chok
ing her. She said she was hand- |
cuffed, detained for more than |
two hours and barred from the |
mall for one year. ;
Plaintiff Amelia Becker claims
that guards ordered her to move |
away from therailingin the mall’s
rotunda on Jan. 14. She said she
complied and attempted to leave.
Becker, then 18, claimed the
guards then prevented her from
leaving, broke her elbow while |
throwing her on the floor, and
injured her stomach while jump
ing on her back.
See MALL, page 2
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Al Hodge (L) and The Hon. Cynthia McKinney at
Tuesday’s announcement.
Rhonda Y. Maree
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
U.S. Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney an
nounced Tuesday at the
Metro Augusta Chamber
of Commerce that the De
partment of Energy’slong
awaited decision to build a
multibillion-dollar accel
erator at Savannah River
Site to supply tritium for
the country’s nuclear
weapons stockpile had
been made.
According to Chamber
President Al Hodge, the
positive relations Ms.
McKinney established
with Energy Secretary
Hazel O’Leary influenced
the decision.
“I am delighted Secre
tary O’Leary has agreed
with our position that SRS
is the best site to supply
our nation’s tritium
needs,” Ms. McKinney
Motorist angered
by police brushoff
B Police refuse
to investigate
reported case of
harassment.
By Rhonda Jones
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Write_r_
AUGUSTA
On her way to work
Tuesday evening, Tangela
D. Richardson, who is
black, had a run-in with a
car full of rowdy white
males.
According to Ms.
Richardson, she was sit
tingatared light at Walton
Way and 12th Street when
the young men threw an
unidentified liquid into her
face. Frightened but not
panicking,. she followed
them, trying to see their
South Carolina license
plate number, which
turned out to be GCF 717.
At the Walton Way/Gor
don Highway intersection,
she used her cellular
phone to call 911 with the
information. She told the
dispatcher where she
could be reached, went to
work, and waited for the
call.
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said. “It appears that our
behind-the-scenes efforts to
convince DOE that an ac
celerator is the soundest
option for SRS has finally
paid off.”
But celebrating the good
news could be premature,
as it is subject to change if
Ms. O’Leary decides using
acommercial reactor would
be more economical.
Even if the accelerator is
ruled as the better move,
relieffrom the nearly 8,000
lost-jobs at the site won't
soon be felt. The first three
years will be spent in re
search and development,
with actual construction
starting no sooner than
1998.
“The positive newsisthat
SRS is the designated site.
That fact lends some cer
tainty to our future, but
the entire project still has
to get approval from Con-
See TRITIUM, page 2
At a red light
at Walton Way
and 12th St.,
the young men
threw an
unidentified
liquid into her
face.
It came around 8 p.m.
She said that Lieutenant
Robert A. Wylds Sr. of the
Sheriff’s Department
phoned and told her his
department couldn’t do
anything about the inci
dent. She said he had three
reasons: (1) no officer saw
the incident, (2) there was
noway to knowifthedriver
was the owner of the car,
and (3) the pblice can’t
make an arrest based on a
complaint.
She asked Lt. Wylds on
what law this was based
and, as he spoke, she wrote.
According to her notes, this
is what he said:
“These reasons are based
oncommon-sense laws. We
(the police) can’t arbitrarily
See MOTORIST, page 2