| NAACP March Set Saturday
A group will leave from Harnett County Saturday to travel together to participate in the Historic K on Jones Street event and march.The K stands for thousands and Jones Street is the location of the legislature building in Raleigh.
The event is being organized by the NAACP.
From Dunn, vans are leaving at 9:30 a.m. from Burger King close to I-95. Transportation arrangements have been made for about 100 people and those seats are taken. However, those who would like to follow the caravan are encouraged to do so, according to Carolyn McDougal, president of the Harnett County NAACP chapter.
The group will meet at the Progress Energy Center downtown. There will be a program at noon followed by a march to the state legislature building. Transportation will be available for the handicapped.
Lawmaker fights for those with disabilities
DES MOINES -- The Iowa Statehouse's winding staircases can prove difficult or even impossible to navigate for people with disabilities.But new safety measures and evacuation procedures are in place after Rep. Mark Kuhn, D-Charles City, found himself temporarily in a wheelchair after a farm accident last year."That was very frightening going down those 110 stairs being carried by people who had never done that before," Kuhn said.Kuhn's struggles last session helped highlight the problems for people with disabilities, and he has helped champion improvements. A farmer, Kuhn fell from a ladder inside a grain bin more than a year ago, rupturing the tendons in his knees. He underwent surgery, and no longer has to use a walker or wheelchair."For a man my age, I'm just fine," Kuhn said.But despite his recovery, he hasn't left behind the cause.
A mouse can kill an elephant: But not in Mass. if Internet hunting ban passes Legislature
Hoping to prevent a new and bizarre pastime from ever taking hold in Massachusetts, a senator from Brockton introduced a bill to ban Internet hunting in the state.Here's how it works.A gun is hooked up to a Web cam that you can access from the Internet, while a click of the mouse activates the trigger.This isn't hunting, this is a rather bizarre form of slaughtering animals,'' said Sen. Robert Creedon, D-Brockton, who introduced the bill Jan. 10.Creedon, a former hunter, said hunting by Internet is like shooting fish in a barrel.''One never knows what the mind of men will devise,'' he said.Scott Giacoppo, the deputy director of advocacy for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - the organization that brought the bill to Creedon's attention - said the people who used the Internet hunting site did not have to have any proficiency in hunting or shooting, which resulted in many injuries to animals.I could be sitting at home watching TV, drinking a beer, and I could just lean over, click a button, and kill an animal,'' he said.
Handicap-Accessible Lawsuit Against City Schools
We're following major developments in a lawsuit against the City of Richmond. It called for all schools to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A panel of federal judges has decided the school district does not have to pay to make dozens of schools handicapped-accessible. The plaintiff's attorney, David Hopper, says he could not go into detail about his next move. But, he says it's not over just yet and other people close to the case agree. "I don't see how it can end here," says Michael Chenail, who is an ADA consultant with the Compliance Alliance. He has worked with several plaintiffs and tells 8NEWS he does not believed Mayor Doug Wilder realizes how serious of an issue this is. A study released by the School Board in 2005 found that only five of the 61 city schools meet federal disability regulations.
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