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Commissioners Chairman Announces Retirement after Current Term Expires
B> RICFURDL WILLIAMS
C hutnuiv Evecuii\c Editor
Wayne Willard. chairman of
the Forsyth County Board ot Com
missioners. said he will retire after
( ' his current term expires next year.
It s been a great seven years,"
. he said. I made the decision early
. February or March that I would not
. seek re-election."
JV'illard said he would use his
,free time to spend time with his
wife and to pursue other interests."
"The other interests do not
involve politics." he said. "I think I
ave reachcd that stage in life where
need to regroup and decide what I
yvant to do for the future."
n Willard said he also wants to
spend more time a ith his wife of six
years. He said that during his years
of mamage. he has only taken one
trip with his wife that was not
related to county business.
Willard. a retired radio news
director, served three one-year
terms as board chairman and two
terms as vice chairman.
I feel a debt of gratitude to the
people of Forsyth County who have
supported me over the years," he
said. "We've made good progress:
we've made a lot of gains: we've got
a lot to do still, but that's being
worked on."
Willard. a democrat, said he is
proud that the board was able to
operate smoothly without much
bickering and nitpicking.
' We have had a smoothly oper
ated board ? not to say we've
agreed on everything, because we
have not."
Willard lists many accomplish
ments since being on the board,
including getting a detention facility
built.
"I'm not pleased that we have to
have one . . he said.
He also said he was happy that
planning for a new park that strad
dles Forsyth and Guilford counties
is under way.
Wijlard also said there were
problems in the county's Depart
ment of Social Services that need to
be worked out ' as rapidly as possi
ble." Willard was referring to the
county not having the resources to
hire the necessary personnel to han
dle an abundant case load.
Other board members said
Willard has made a major impact as
Forsyth County.
I think that Chairman Willard
has served the constituents of
Forsyth County well." Earline Par
mon said. "His years of public ser
vice have made a difference in
Forsyth County. As a board mem
ber. he's been one that has worked
to get the t>oard to work together on
issues that will benefit the commu
nity and he has been a balance on
the board.
"We've worked well together,"
she added.
Wayne Willard
Shooting Victim Not Giving Up on Dream from page A1
. lhat anyone would want to harm him.
"It (the shooting) was a shock to me,"
said Bernard T. Faulk, varsity football
coach at Parkland. "By far. he is one of the
better football players I've worked with
since being in Winston-Salem. He has that
kind of attitude that you're not going to beat
him, he's going to win. I believe he's going
to bounce back."
After the shooting, Gandy was strong
enough to enter the house, where his 71
year-old grandmother, Easter Mae Gandy,
called for an ambulance.
"I said 'Pook' and he said, 'Mama call
the ambulance, I've been shot.' He was
bleeding over everything," she said.
She has raised him from the time he
was 6 weeks old. She points out a picture of
her smiling 3-year-old grandson and a por
trait of Jesus Christ that he gave her as a
present.
"If you can't stand in your own yard
without being shot at, I don't know where
you can," she said. "The doctor said that if
the shot had been a half inch higher he
would have died."
Gandy is currently taking painkillers to
alleviate the discomfort of his swollen jaw.
Next week he will have the bullet extracted
from his cheek.
Because of the emotional ordeal, his
grandmother has not yet bought any pre
sents for what is sure to be a more somber
Christmas.
"He's real upset about not being able to
go to college to play ball but he will keep
trying," she said. "People need to pray more
and quit hating one another. They don't
know what they're doing."
For Gandy, he said, this holiday season
will be a special one of appreciation for life
as he continues to ponder why he was shot
"I'm just shocked it happened," he said.
"1 just wonder why they did it"
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"1 felt like he was frustrated
with the little things he had to deal
with that he shouldn't have had to
deal with," she said. "We had to
deal with little things that got in the
way before we could get on with
the education."
Walter Marshall, the other
black board member, said that
"Coble has been fair and honest,
especially with the black commu
' nity^ :
"He's been quite accessible and
? " 'open when dealing with the black
' community," Marshall said. "He
held regular meetings in East Win
' 'ston and has been more objective
than previous superintendents."
On Feb. 1, Coble will become
m ;?no TtiVii ? ? ? . ... ?
^ a senior program associate with the
Center for Creative Leadership in
Greensboro and director of the Col
legium for the Advancement of
Schools. Schooling and Education
'' at the University of North Carolina
*' at Greensboro's School of Educa
' ' tion.
Meanwhile, board members,
who recently renewed Coble's con
? Iract, feel there are qualified admin
a ska* ?
Joseph Johnson
? istrators in place who can fead the
school system while a replacement
is being chosen.
"I'm in favor of promoting
someone we already have there in
the system," said Marshall. "The
board is in a political situation, so I
think we serve the community best
by promoting one of the assistant
superintendents for the interim
period."
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