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Winston-Salem Chronicle Thursday, july 8, 1993 " Power concedes not hin g wit iiout a struggle ? Frederick Douglass vol x?x no What Does the Future of Our Children Hold? Local man recognized "for his assistance In building an Alaskan highway. A3 Boxer to compete against No. 1 con tender at Madison Square Garden. B4 50 Years Later Gloved Fists Crack Babies' Futures Not Bright: Experts By MARK R. MOSS CkrmmitU Suff Writer When Doraia first came to Step One, a drug and alcohol treatment facility, she had been a crack smoker for about 10 years and had just delivered her third child. Donna (not her real name) was not only a crack user, but was also a dealer who had been arrested on several occasions. Because of her drug problems, her mother was given custody of her oldest child. Donna is but one example of hundreds of women- in Winston Salem and Forsyth County who; while abusing crack, have given Please see page A8 10-14 19-19 "It's more acceptable to be a single parent these days . ? i Barbara Huberman, NCCAP w Forsyth Rates High In Teen Pregnancy By DAVID L DILLARD Chronicle SufT Writer Each day in North Carolina, 75 adolescent women between the age of 10 and19 wiirbecomepreg^ nanu Forsyth County, which is among the top counties with the highest pregnancy rates in the state, has a growing number of pregnan cies occurring among pre- teenagers aged 10-14. The majority of these are black. In 1991. there were 36 preg nancies to it)- to 14-year-olds in Forsyth County and 1,081 pregnan cies to IS- to 19-year-olds. In the Please tee page A8 JV Coach Moves to College Team By MARK R. MOSS CArmuck Staff Wrter Ricky L. Duckett, the junior varsity basketball ooach at Reynolds High School, has been named the head basketball ooach at Fayetteville State University. 1 am excited at this point, but 1 am also guankd because the expectation level is so high," Duckett said yesterday. "I am definitely a displicinarian 1 believe An Official at rayetteviHe sue, wno asked not to be identified, said yesterday that of the five applicants who were interviewed for the position, Duckett was best qualified. Sve looked at the entire person and what he stands for," the official said. Please see page AS NEWS WEEK Man Critical After Arrest A black Winston-Salem man was in critical con dition on life support last night after he was arrested in Winston-Salem early Wednesday. Lawrence Franciso Cannon, whose address was not immediately known, was arrested about 4 ajn. in the 1000 Mock of East 15th Street, police said. Compieti story A3 TVent D'Arby Returns Years ago, Terence Trent D'Arby dotted down the titles j>n a piece of paper for his first three albums: "Introducing the Hard line According to Ter ence Trent D'Arby,'* "Neither Fish nor Flesh" and MSymphony or Damn." At the time, he had only just signed to Columbia records. Even in that early age in his startling career, Terence was convinced of his ability to cross pop's most difficult barrier. Terence Trent D'Arby Compieti story B7 WHERE TO FIND IT Business B8 Classifieds ...B12 Community News A4 Editorials A10 Entertainment B7 Obituaries Bll Religion B9 Sports B1 _ . _ Tmt Wan In Black Htsrottr ? Oft Jun S, 1975, Arnmm Asm won the Mkm's Championship AT WlMBUUXHt, MFMATWO JlMMY CONNOKS. Johnson Seeks Alderman Seat By MARK R. MOSS Chronic I* SufT Writer ? LJocelyn Johnson hopes to be the next alderman of (he East Ward. Johnson filed yester day with the Forsyth | County Board of Elec tions to run for alderman of the predominantly I black ward. Her filing comes a week after long time Alderman Virginia Newell announced to the Chronicle that she would Joctlyn Johnson not seek a fifth term. She said that just because her name has been mentioned as the likely successor to Newell, it doesn't mean that the office is hers. "I don't want people to think it's assured," Johnson said. If her bid is successful, she said she would continue to fos ter the activist policies of Newell. There is a need for continuity," she said. Newell did not cite a particular reason for her decision not to seek re-election, except to say that the duties of her office 1 demanded a "new vision." Johnson, 44, has been active in local grassroots politics since graduating from Bennett College in Greensboro, where she majored in sociology. In order 10 get her degree, she did an internship with the city's Redevelopment Commission, and ii was there that she became aware of the problems associated with inadequate housing. A social worker at Baptist Hospital, Johnson said thai she her grandmother lived on was undergoing re-development (At the time, re-development was sweeping through the heart of East Winston in an area roughly bounded by 11th and 14th streets and Cameron and Cleveland avenues.) The compensa tion the city was giving residents to tear down their homes wasn't enough for them to get new mortgages. Johnson con vinced the city to allow some of the residents to renovate their homes. It was then that she became active in the East Winston Restoration Association, an organization of which she now is president EWRA helped to renovate her grandmother's home, where Johnson now lives, and others 90 that the elderly weren't forced to start over. Where there was once a drug-infested area commonly known as " 11th Street Bottom,* there now sits blocks of new split-level and ranch-style homes. Johnson said that at one point during re-development, the city wanted to build more duplex apartments, but the area was already inundated with apartment units. EWRA came out against putting more multi-family dwellings in the neighbor hood, and the proposal was defeated, leaving the core of East Winston with a single-family character. "We didn't want those duplexes but were willing to work with them (city officials) to get what we wanted," Johnson | said. "We were makers of our destiny. We were out to make ; East Winston an up-and-coming neighborhood." When asked how she gets people excited about participat ? ing in a community activity for which they may not get paid or see any immediate benefit Johnson said that it helps to get people involved early, and it's more likely they will stay it Please see page A13
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