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By L.A.A. WILLIAMS Wood
Chronicle Staff Writer ceremc
No sooner had the city's new aldermen C1*J
been officially sworn in Monday night ?^cr
than they overrode the mayor's nomina- a cno
tions for key committee assignments and May
mayor pro tem. initial i
Taking the oath of office frohi senior mitteei
resident Superior Court Judge William Z. Mrs. ft
Wood before a packed audience in the
council chambers were third-term Mayor recomr
Wayne A. Corpening and veteran motion
aiaermen Larry w. womble of the
Southeast Ward, Virginia K. Newell of K- ?r
the East Ward, Martha S. Wood of the thl"?t0
Northwest Ward, Lynne Harpe of the . ^ "c
V Southwest Ward, Robert S. Northington !?
Jr. the West WttnTErd Vfvian tt. J* ' H
Burke of the Northeast Ward. *
Newcomers Patrick T. Hairston of the "?^1*
North Ward and Frank L. Frye of the Won
South Ward took the oath for the first Comm
time. North
The new board, in its first act of who di
government, adopted by a 6-2 vote Worn- who wi
ble's substitute motion on committee be vice
assignments and his nomination of Mrs.
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Annette Beatty in the classroom: Black parents mi
says (photo by James Parker).
Fallout from Sykes i
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS ]
Chronicle Staff Writer ,
New documents obtained by Assistant City
Manager Alexander R. Beatty concerning police
conduct in the Deborah B. Sykes murder investigation
confirm findings in his office's original report
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to tne aiaermen, Beany saia ivionaay.
4 The new information clcarly addresses the relationship
between the district attorney's staff and the
police department,'* Beatty said.
The documents also further indicate that Terry
Thomas, whom Darryl Hunt supporters had said all
along was first picked by eyewitness Johnny Gray
as the man who attacked Mrs. Sykes, was indeed
viewed by the police department as a suspect and j
identified by Gray. i
Hunt, a 20-year-old black man, was found guilty
of the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment
last summer. <
The initial report concluded that the police i
department relinquished too much of its investigative
responsibilities in the Sykes case to the
district attorney's office. The report also said that
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a whole will benefit."
Martha S. Wood
sworn in,
n to business
as mayor pro tem. The largely
>nial position involves representing
' at various Functions and presiding
joard meetings in the mayor's
e.
or Wayne A. Corpening made the
motions, including a slate of comassignments
and the nomination of
larpe for mayor pro tem.
board, however, rejected those
nendations, accepting Womble's
i instead.
nble substituted himself for Nor>n
on the Public Safety Committee
urinated first-time Alderman Frye
; Finance Committee in place of
rarpe. His motions passed 6-2, with
iarpe and Northington opposing
ible will chair the Public Works
ittee, taking the reins from former
Ward Alderman Larry D. Little,
id not seek re-election. Hairston,
ill succeed Little on the board, will
i chairman. Mrs. Burke and Mrs.
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ust become more involved, she
eport contini
police Dctcctivc J.I. Paulton's testim
trial that Thomas was not a suspect
by police transcripts of Daulton's
Gray.
Beatty, who, with City Manag<
prepared the 200-page review of
vestigation, obtained the additional
the request of aldermen Martha
Virginia K. Newell.
Among the items requested wer
1984, letter from District Attorn*
Tisdale to then-Acting Police Ch
Masten, a subsequent memorandum
1984, from Capt. G.G. Cornatzer
police's Criminal Investigative Divis
responding to Tisdale's letter, the in:
by the police to establish probable <
Darryl Hunt with the crime, and the
call made by then-Managing Editor
the Winston-Salem Sentinel to polia
Mrs. Sykes was missing from work i
view with Brian Watts, the man w
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Teacher's wort
By ROBIN BARKSDALE
Chronicle Staff Writer
Concerned that the county's black
first-grnHprc crnr* npgrlv in
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points lower on achievement tests than
their white counterparts, a WinstonSalem
teacher is literally trying to hit
home with a message to black parents.
Annette Beatty, a first-grade teacher
at Southwest Elementary School, has
begun sponsoring seminars for parents
ta get them more involved in their
children's education.
"I have always been a strong
believer in parent accountability,'' she
says. "Black children are not performing
well on the achievement test and
their scores are getting lower every
year. I am convinced that, no matter
what you do, if you don't have
parents' support it will not be effective.
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I have decided to teach parents how to
help educate their children."
The scores are the result of the
California Achievement Tests (CAT)
issued annually to Forsyth County
first-graders. The tests are standardized
and designed to measure how well
students have mastered basic skills.
A typical seminar by Miss Beatty includes
informing parents about the
structure of the educational system,
telling parents what teachers expect
from their children and advising
parents about the assistance teachers
need from students' homes.
"There's a rumor going around that
parents just don't care," she says.
"Well, I don't happen to believe it.
Parents do care; it's just that they
don't know what questions to ask
about their kids' education."
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WILLIAMS
taff Writer
tion of predominantly white churches
i statement Friday supporting Darryl
peal and making what many see as a
first step by the white clergy toward
he gap between it and the city's black
orsyth Ministers' Fellowship, an
I organization representing some 60
ntly white churches in the area, held the
Terence to express its concern about
nts in the Hunt case and the effects of the
; Winston-Salem community.
20-year-old black man, was convicted
t of the August 1984 rape and murder of
copy editor Deborah Sykes, and is now
fe sentence.
irrest, prosecution and conviction came
tpread charges of weak evidence and imby
the police department and district atPfice.
Those charges are now under oftigation
by the city.
/. Henry J. Keating, pastor of First
in Church of Winston-Salem and presiFellowship,
read from a prepared statetig
that the organization had focused its
meeting "on the impact of the recent
nt murder trial on the communities in
ounty served by its churches and their
aders."
inned appeal in the courts was discussed,
leral consensus of the meeting was one of
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v test scores
Miss Beatty says her seminars are for
all parents and stresses that, while
parents whose children do well on the
test consider it "someone else's" problem,
test scores affect all students in
the school system. There are s6 many
students with low test scores, she says,
that it lowers the overall average and
even students who perform well on the
test have their scores affected by the
low average.
"What so many parents fail to
realize is that this is not an isolated
problem," Miss Beatty says. "True,
black students score low on the tests,
but it is not just one parent's problem.
All students come in contact with each
other and one student's low scores affect
the overall average. It's a prpblem
all parents need to look at."
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VILLIAMS
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ick assistant in the city attorney's of5
looking forward to being involved in
em's growth and hopes to be able to
r some money.
Fox, one of two new assistants in City
>nald G. Seeber's office, will represent
;gal affairs such as purchasing, loans,
d zoning enforcement.
'buck Greene replace Ralph Karpinos,
; assistant's position to become town
Chapel Hill.
osophy of our office is that we will try
natter out as opposed to taking it to
says. "We will make every effort to
ers. This will save the city time and the
ition."
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