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Carol Gibbs, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jarn^s O. Gibbs, has
been awarded a
Medical Scholar;
demfe year 1991-1
of Governors
lip for the aca
Gibbs was
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ticing physic
administrators
by a Selec
of prac
educators, and
>m candidates
nominated by the four medical
schools located in North Carolina.
This scholarship program rep
resents an effort by the Board of
Governors of The University of
North Carolina to expand medical
educational opportunities in North
Carolina. sjl
Eighteen scholars have been
selected this year, The scholarship
will be available 10 Gibbs for four
Carol Gibbs
years of undergraduate medical
study.
Gibbs is a 1987 graduate of
Mount Tabor High School and a
1991 graduate of Duke University.
She will enroll in UNC-Chapel Hill
Medical School in the fall.
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for economic development pro
grams, public school education pro
grams, and to restore funds for sev
eral human service agencies that
were facing severe cuts. ,
"It was the best we could dot"|
said John Holleman, chair of the!
board of commissioners. He ha^|
proposed another half cent increase
above the $ .70 property tax rate.
Holleman said last week that he felt
he had enough votes to get the full
increase passed.
But the next day, he found that
a political ally lhad become an
obstacle.
Commissioner Gerald Long
announced the text day that he
would not support a tax increase
above $ .70 and came up with his
own plan calling for a $ .69.9
increase. So the commissioners
agreed to a compromise.
"I'm not happy with it. I
thought we had enough votes, but
we didn V Holleman said.
Commissioner Earline Parmon
was even more miffed. "When we
left the work session last Wednefl
day, we thought we had a doni
deal," said Parmon. She said then
that Long's plan would not allow
support for education or human ser
vices that improve the quality of
life for the citizens of Forsyth
County. "I have no idea what Mr. <
Long's thinking was," said Parmon.
But commissioner Long
explains that it was his understand
ing that Holleman's call for a show
of support for his plan was only a
straw vote and a very preliminary
acknowledgement of approval for
an alternative to what the county
manager's original proposal had
been. Long said he never swtiched
his position because there no per
manent vote on Holleman's plan
because it was so early in the bud
getary process.
Long said he offered his pro
posal as a compromise to gain sup
port from the other members of the
board who were opposed to Holle
, man plan.
"But I am locked into the $.70
plan now. And believe me, there is
tremendous pressure out there to go
back below the $.70 plan. But I
believe in what we are doing," Long
said.
Commissioner's may take a for
mal vote on adopting a budget at it
next meeting Monday.
The city's interim budget
comes as a result of the city manag
er Bill Stuart's recommendation
because the state legislature is still
deciding on its own budget
His budget calls for a $ .62
property tax rate per $100 dollars
valuation. The $211.9 million pro
vides for all city operations, debti
service, and capital improvements J
But the Board of Aldermen won'l
make a decision on a final budge*
until July 15, when it comes up for
consideration.
But as far as board member
Virginia Newell is concerned, the
city's budget woes can be tied
directly to what is happening in
Raleigh.
"If we could get our legislators
to use wise judgment, we'd be
alright," said alderman Newell. "I
just don't think they have been fru
gal or prudent with the money they
have. How can you miscalculate
budgets like that when the greatest
calculating apparatus in the state.
That is just irresponsible."
Should the state legislature
decide to use tax dollars, usually
turned back to local municipalities,
to balance the state budget, pro
posed property tax increases could
go up even further.
That too is what concerns
Long.. He said whatever is adopted
by the commissioners Monday will
also be an interim budget. He fears
budget bickering in the state lesgis
lature may force local governments
to have to start going to reserve
funds to pay expenses.
Chronic* Wire Report
The North Carolina Consor
tium for International and Intercut
tural Education has signed a student
and faculty exchange agreement
with the Moscow State Institute for
International Relations.
The consortium, which
includes Winston-Saiem State and
five other historically black colleges
and universities, entered into the
renewable, two-year agreement
with the Moscow State Institute in
late May during a visit there by fac
ulty and administrators.
The purpose of the exchange
program is to provide international
arid intercultural learning experi
ences for students and promote
opportunities for sharing interna
tional educational expertise. Work
shops, seminars and cooperative
educational activities also will be
arranged through the exchange.
The agreement formalizes a
relationship that the consortium has
developed with the Moscow State
Institute in recent months.
In November, a senior majoring
in history and political science at
Winston-Salem State, Marvin John
son, visited the Soviet capital as a
representative of the consortium
and the United Nations Association
of America.
In February, several students*"
and faculty from the Moscow State
Institute, an extension of the USSR
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visited
the consortium campuses.
Last month, Winston-Salem
State's vice chancellor for academic
affairs, Alex B. Johnson, and
Lorenzo Battle, chairman of the
university's department of social
sciences accompanied Robert L.
Albright, the consortium president
and president of Johnson C. Smith
University, on a weeklong visit to
the Soviet Union. ?
And, at the end of June, 10 stu
dents and two faculty members
from the consortium schools
two of the students, Daryl Bryant
and Michael McClinton, are from
Winston-Salem Slate will spend
three weeks in the Soviet Union.
The visit will be reciprocated in
September by a Russian delegation.
The other consortium members
are Bennett College, N.C. Central
University, N.C. A&T State Univer
sity and Saint Augustine's College.
For more information, call:
Alex B. Johnson at (919) 750-2200
or Blanche Carter in the office of
Public Affairs at (919) 750-2150.
Consortium signs exchange agreement
Public housing residents host 'Cookout 91'
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