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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1995
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Black Voters Concerned About Bon
A School system finds money to
complete Atkins renovations
By VERONICA CLEMONS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Renovations to Atkins Mid
dle School that were promised in
a 1989 bond refeieridum have not
been completed, but the school
system has postponed some pro
jects, will use state funds and
most likely assistance from the
; county commissioners to get it
done.
The school system is expect
" ing the Atkins project to cost
about $7.5 million and a bid date
. has been set for March 14.
* Residents in the black com
munity are perplexed that the
Tcnovations to thefortper black
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Project, expected id cost $7 J million, may get help from Commissioners
A No Afrocentric schools. . .
No black vote for referendum
By VERONICA CLEMONS
Chrtmicie Sttrff Writer
Members of the Coalition on
African- American Education said
their message to the school sys
tem will be clear. "If you don't
give us what we want we will not
give you what you want"
Members say the school sys- *
tern is going to want the African
american community's support
for another bond referendum
after the redistricting process for
the construction of new schools,
which many say will be new
middle schools in the county.
But coalition membei* say
the system can net expect to get
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Program Host .
Passes Her Courage
Along to Others
By VERONICA CLEMONS
ChronicU Staff WiKm
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The Best* It'# her personal,
business and talk show philoso
phy. Deloris Huntley's "The
Courage to Move, inspires all
to achieve the highest levels of
success as possible.
Airing each Saturday
morning at 9:15 on WSMX
radio, Huntley talks directly to
her audience about what it
takes to achieve, many times
drawing from her own life
experiences.
For Huntley, pan of taking
chaige of her life meant going
back to school, getting a degree
and starting her own business.
She began writing a book
entitled The Courage to Move
but before it was finished
received an inspiration to begin
a talk show.
Huntley first encountered
the name of her future book
title and show while ~dotrig a
workshop.
"I thought how wonderful
it would be to encourage people
to make a step," she said. "We
can either wait for things to .
happen or make things hap
pen."
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Dems Prepare to
Adjust to GOP
Power in Raleigh
By JOE JOHNSON
Capiul CofTEtpiftffiit
RALEIGH ? Change it in
Wednesday marked the first
time this century that Republi
cans held a majority in the State
House, and that means a lot of
roles have shifted
"We're ready as we can be,"
67th District County Representa
tive Warren C. Oldham said.
'This session is going to be dif
ferent, though. The leadership
-\iias cnangea ana now utxrerent it
will be remains to be seen.'4
Democrats, who have
enjoyed the privileges of power,
now have to work from the other
side of the fence.
"We're going to have to keep *
the issues before us," 66th Dis
trict Representative Larry
Womble said. "Regardless of per
sonality or party affiliation, we're
going to have to work together.
And as long as the work we do is
for the benefit of the citizens of
the state then it will be a good
session."
There are some areas that
Republicans and Democrats dif
fer greatly.
Representative Harold
Brubaker, an Asheboro Republi
can elected speaker, said earlier
this week passing the programs
listed in the Contract with Amer
ica is the top priority.
That document contains pro
visions for more than $200 mil
lion in tax cuts for working fami
lies, veto power for the governor,
term limits for office holders and
longer prison stays for criminals.
4 And wi
programs a
less attentior
? "It will be interesting to see
if we will be able to reduce taw,
maintain existing programs, take
care of growth and pay for new
programs that have been pro
posed," Oldham said. "We are
willing to wofk with the Republi
cans. But weH have to wan add
see if they are willing to extend a
hand or if they choose to look
back over the years and be vin
(flctive."
One of the ways that
Womble and Oldham will woifc
is through the Legislative Black
Caucus. It has a big fight ahead
in the coming term if it doesn't
want to be pushed around during
the next term. The Caucus has 24
members, down one from the last
session.
"The Black Caucus remains
focused," Womble said. "We are
still firm, and we're still in busi
ness."
"We're going to work to
enhance the lives of minorities in
the state."
Black Caucus President
Howard Hunter of Northhampton
County echoed those sentiments.
"We're concerned about
minorities, but we still represent a
full constituency," Hunter said.
setting the
two years, s<
Deloris Hunt'
ley (pictured
at left and
above) deliv
ers her moti'
vational mes
sages every
Saturday
? morning at
9:15 a.m. on
WSMX, 1500
AM.
Chavis Urges Blacks to Demand Justice in '95
A Calls forAWPOO black men
from N.C. to Match on Oct. 9
Chavis, with NAACP President Bill Tatum^ chats with supporters after
his speech Thursday.
By DAVID L. DILLARD
ChrJkkle Staff Writer
African Americans need to
take a stand against forces trying
to divide their communities and
demand justice.
"There are forces trying to *
divide us and stop us from mov
ing forward." said Dr. Benjamin
F. Chavis. "We need greater
unity.. .It's time for African
Americans to rise to the occa
sion and demand justice."
Chavis, 46, a former direc
tor of the National. Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP), spoke to
nearly 500 people last Thursday
at Winston -Salem State Univer
sity about the importance of
unity and economic indepen
dence among African Ameri*
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