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Thursday, September 14, 1989
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on-Salem Chronicle
"The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly'
VOL. XVI, NO. 3
Students accuse^
principal of abuse
Parents threatening court action
By TONYA V.SMITH
^ Chronicle Staff Writer
The principal accused of slap
ping, kicking or shoving at least four
Afro-American students took a vaca
tion day Wednesday but said he plans
to return to work this week at Mineral
Springs Elementary School while he
waits for Superintendent Larry D.
Coble to conclude his investigation.
William E. Honeycutt allegedly
boarded one oLthe^schooL buses at
Mineral Springs, before it left campus,
looking for a student, according to par
entswwho heard the testimonies of their
children during a special meeting with
central office personnel Tuesday
- morning.
Palmer G. Friende, executive
assistant to the superintendent, and
Annie R. Hairston, assistant superin
tendent for elementary education, met
with parents and children to determine
if the children were telling the truth,
said Lee Faye Mack.
"The kids said the same things:
that two girls were hit, one was
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slapped and her face was still swollen,
- and the other girl was scratched on her
neck," said Mrs. Mack, a member of
the Concerned Mothers of Forsyth
County. "They said there were two
boys who he kicked with his feet."
Mr. Honeycutt allegedly boarded
the bus angry because an irate parent
called about the bus leaving her little
girl that morning, Mrs. Mack said.
"The children said he started from
there and he kept saying. 'I'm tired of
\hi?] I'n timl thiffl "
Angelita Cherry's 10-year-old
daughter, Angel, came home crying,
her mother said, because her arm was
twisted when Mr. Honeycutt allegedly
shoved her into a seat on the bus.
"My youngest daughter, Christi
na, was already on the bus and when
Angel was getting on and trying to
find her seat he shoved her in one,"
Ms. Cherry of 4238 Grove St., said.
"The executive superintendent and
Mrs. Hairston spoke with all the chil
dren and found out the kids weren't
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Photo by Mike Cunningham
WSSU senior India Brown recalls Virginia Beach altercation.
Co-ed says police
started beach riot
By ROBIN BARKSDALE
Chronicle Staff Writer
Media reports of the recent tur
moil in Virginia Beach, Va? have
been exaggerated and don't tell what
actually happened, according to a
Winston-Salem State University stu
dent who was at the beach at the
time of the disturbances.
India Brown described the
events as both "frightening and
interesting," and said that, contrary
to what was reported in the media,
stnrfeft-wcre^not- vandalised Lhy
Afro-American students; nor were
the majority of the culprits members
of Greek-letter organizations as
indicated in reports from the beach.
Authorities in Virginia Beach
reported that most of the students
were college students in town for
the annual Greekfest, a large gather
ing usually attended by fraternity
and sorority members. A National
Guard unit was dispatched to the
~~ site to control the crowd and curb
the rioting and protests. According
to police reports, two people were
shot and wounded during the inci
dent. Officials of the resort town
said they were not sure about what
- set off the incident, but Ms. Brown -
said the problem grew from the cus
tomary beach rituals of "cruising,"
no different, she said, than what
takes place on Stratford Road on
weekends.
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"Basically, the whole thing
started because of what you can see
on Stratford Road here in Winston
Salem. People were cruising just
liir* th<? kiric Ho here on Stratford ?
it was us at Virginia Beach," said
Ms. Brown, a senior at WSSU. "For
example, here in Winston-Salem,
you have Stratford Road and kids
ride up and down the street with
their hatches down and their music
blasting. That's what happened ini
tially at the beach. But things got
out of hand."
Things "got out of hand," Ms.
Brown said, when beach police offi
cers began writing tickets to visitors
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icans sharply divided on supporting bond referendum
"Afro-Americans need to
approach the County
Commissioners and stip
ulate that same percent'
age Of the bond referen
dum, piit0cuhrty jbr the
construction of the new
Jail, should be spent with
minority businesses. "
~ Nelson L M alloy Jr.
Candidate for Alderman
of the North Ward
1 By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
A citizens committee hfcs formed with a mission to rally support for a pro
posed $86.7 million bond package to go before Forsyth County voters Nov. 7.
However, members of the Afro- American community, including some candidates
for city office, are split ts to whether they will vote for the bond referendum.
"Say Yes to the Bonds" Citizens Committee held an organizational meeting
Sept. 6 which drew more than 80 people. Its members support the bond package
approved Aug. 28 by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. That package
includes:
?A $48 million detention center and sheriffs department headquarters;
?$30 million to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools for renovations,
construction and air conditioning to facilities in need;
? r *$4 million to the Nature Science Center for a planetarium, other new facili- -
ties and improvements;
?$3.2 million for a new group picnic facility, pool reconstruction and a pet
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only problem I su -
it ibat peopf* may mi -
vote for the jail issue
because \tk* county ~W"
undecided about where to
put it. B at I think the
bond witii past. I will tup
portU."
~ Frank K. Thomas Jr.
Candidate for Alderman
of the North Ward
NAACP Learning Centers to
sponsor new special skills tutoring center
By TONYA V.SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
Students who have problems with reading, writing or arithmetic can
receive tutoring from the new special skills center which will be a part of the
NAACP Learning Centers program.
The special skills center will be held at SL Benedict the Moor Catholic
Church at 1625 E. 12th St from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on TuesdaysTWednesdays and
Thursdays. Sponsored by St Benedict and Phi Omega Inc., the center repre
sents the answer to many parental requests, said Bessie Allen, NAACP
Learning Centers Coordinator.
"Parents had said if we could have a center just to help their children with
the special needs they have, then they would help the children with their home
work," Mrs. Allen said. "We're expecting 12 to 15 children for this program,
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A S37,000 grant from the United Way made the skills center possible, she
added.
Middle school students can also take advantage of a special learning cen
ter at Mount Zion Baptist Church on Saturday mornings, Mrs. Allen said. The
installation of a new program for middle school students in the city-county sys
tem jparked the need for this, center, she added.
"We are going to be pulling the middle school students together for about
two or three hours on Saturday mornings and trying to find out what problems
they had academically during that past week," Mrs. Allen said. "We will face
the problems students have as they come up, and I think we'll have a lot of suc
cess and participatioa"
Eleven other learning centers and five Scholastic Aptitude Testing classes
will be operated this academic year by the local NAACP. Orientation and regis
tration will be held Sept 18-21. Opening day for the centers is Sept 26.
The NAACP Learning Centers program was established during the 1986
87 academic year with the mission of improving the achievement level of Afro
American students in the city-county system. Each learning center has a direc
tor, and more than 60 tutors from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State uni
versities service the center. In addition, 39 active and retired educators lend
their expertise to the program, Mrs. Allen said.
A $44,368 budget, comprised of grants from various city organizations,
will fund the learning centers this year. More than $1,800 of the money was
carried over from the 1988-89 budget. Donations to the learning centers came
from:
?Winston-Salem Foundation, $16,629,
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Chronicle petitions court
to unseal FBI documents
U From Chronicle staff reports
The Winston-Salem Chroni
cle has joined Piedmont Publish
ing Company ( Winston-Salem
y Journal) in an attempt to unseal
| the search warrant affidavits
involved in an FBI probe of three
Afro- American aldermen.
Aldermen Vivian H. Burke,
Patrick T. Hairston and Larry W.
Womble f*ve been implicated in
an FBI investigation into the polit
ical activities of Rodney J~ Sum
ler, a political consultant.
A U.S. District Court sealed
the search warrant affidavits on
Aug. 4, 1989. Any party desiring
to file a motion for the documents
to be unsealed had until Aug. 14
to do so. Piedmont Publishing
Company moved to unseal the
documents citing First Amend
ment rights to access, but on Aug.
24, the request was denied by the
Court.
The Chronicle's petition sup
plements that of Piedmont Pub
lishing Company and raises issues
concerning the FBI's intention
toward the public officials. The
petition stated, in part, as follows:
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