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Winston-Salem Chixmide Thursday, April 13,1995 Page 3 Forest Park Students Clean up School Grounds More than 16 Forest Park Elementary students took one of their Saturdays to come to the school and clean the grounds. The one afternoon of work resulted in more than 20 bags of trash and leaves col lected. The students efforts are connected to the Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful campaign. The participants pictured are: Shoddy Wolfe, Lonnie Chamberlain, Bobby Bennett, Tony Smith, Jerry McMillan, Chris McDonald, Kyle Vasquez, Terrance Leggette, Kimberly Smith, Chris Ross, Keyanta McArthur, Erica Gore, Ashley McMillan and Danielle Edwards. Participants not pictured are Tony Vasquez and Karanina Puckett. Ben Ruffin Speaks to Housing Authority Youth About Respect '0 Announces 12th District Town Meetings during the April district ; period, Congressman Watt cheduled town hall meetings ch of the ten counties in the ^District. The meetings are duled to give citizens the irtunity to express opinions |isk questions about the first 100 days of this term of Con gress. While the House consid ered and passed of 25 bills, most of them part of the so called "Contract With America," only two of those bills have been signed into law by the President Congressman Watt stated. According to Watt, “the real question everyone should be ask ing is, has this Contract improved the lives of hard-working Ameri cans and lifted their standard of living?” Watt will be in Winston Salem on April 19, 7 pm at the Anderson Center. By VERONICA CLEMONS Chronicle $taff Writer Benjamin Ruffin told the young people at the Housing Authority's bas ketball games that he did not come to them as the Vice-President of Corpo rate Affairs at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. He said he came to them as another African-american who has had similar expe riences. "I didn't come to you as a big shot," he said. "I came to you as your brother trying to commu nicate with you." Ruffin was the guest speaker at a basketball affair hosted by the Win ston-Salem Housing Authority. Ruffin told the youth about his humble begin nings, growing up poor and constantly listening to people say he wasn't going to make it because of where he lived. He reminded the youth who attended they they are in control of their destinies. "Your future is in your hands," he said. "It doesn't matter what people say or do." Housing Authority basketball teams and cheerleaders represent ing Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Burlington, Greensboro and High Point played in games on Saturday. Housing Authority Executive Director Arthur Milligan said Ruffin was an appropriate speaker for this crowd. "Ben has been where these Benjamin Ruffin kids are," he said. "He is clearly the role model to say you can do what you want to do." Dressed in a warm-up and a T-Shirt from his alma mater North Carolina Central, Ruffin talked about growing up in a poor family and the negative things that happened to him because of his family's economic situation. But Ruffin said he got encouragement from his mother who always told him he could become whatever he wanted. However, he told young people he knows of the struggles some of them are going through. "Life is hard, espe cially when people find out where you live and put a cross on your back," he said. "I know what it's like to have people say 'you can't make it.' They said it to me." Ruffin congratulated I the young men for play ing the game without fighting or cursing. But he cautioned that there is more to life than basket ball, and success in the classroom should be just as important as success on the court. "It's time to realize that basketball is not the end of life it's just a small part of taking your future into your hands," he said. "There's no crime brothers with playing basketball and making A's. In fact there's a lot right with it." Young people must realize, Ruffin added, that not to do well in school is more than just a reflection on themselves. They also disappoint those who love them. "If you go to school and don't do your best you're not only let ting yourself down, you're letting people down who didn't have the opportunities you have." Inima’N Favorite Designer I Free spirited, flirty and romantic dresses for spring. I Designed in loose, long, full sfyles for comfortable wearing, jRayon, in your choice of a large collection of floral jand dot prints, misses’ 4-16 Dillard’s Better Petites, Liz Claiborne, Better Dresses - DILLARD'S The classic column silhouette - a sophisticated look for spring. Short sleeve 100% linen column dress with scoop neck, black, 4-14. Ramie/cotton fitted chemise, embroidered dot bodice, scoop neck, fuchsia, 4-14. Long ramie/cotton column dress, embroidered dot bodice, scoop neck, black, 4-14. ■ open MON. - THURS, lOA.M, - 9 P.M, ; FRI, -SAT, 9 A.M.-9P,M. CLOSED SUNDAY I Dillard’s welcomes Dillard's charge Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diner's Club & Discover gj HANES MALL 659-1515
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