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? Dismissed members back on Guilford social services board \A Long-term status to be determined * By BRIDGET EVARTS ?Community News Reporter ? I GUILFORD COUNTY? A court Iissued restraining order prevented the 'Guilford County Commissioners from ? ?dismissing two members from the Social ?Services Board ? for the time being. *? In a 6-5 vote, the Republican majority *of the commissioners board decided to I remove Isaac Barnett and fellow commis -sioner Warren Dorsett from the Social Services Board at an April 10 meeting. LaVonne Napper and Commissioner Mary Rakestraw were appointed to replace Barnett and Dorsett. Napper is the wife of Ted Napper, the Republican candidate for District 8 who was defeated by incumbent Melvin "Skip" Alston last fall. Rakestraw, also a Republican, won Margaret Arbuckle's District 7 seat. Barnett and Dorsett filed a restraining order against the board of commission ers and were granted a reprieve by Judge Judson DeRamus one week later. ? The commissioners must prove just cause for removing Bamett and Dorsett from the board, said De Ramus A hear ing will be scheduled for May or June. County commissioners appoint two of the five-member social services board. Other members are selected as follows: one appointment by the governor, one by the state office, and the fifth is selected by a consensus of the other four members. If the four cannot come to an agreement. the chief superior court selects the fifth member. "Our two board members have been lax in their duty," said Commissioner Steve Arnold, who served as the commis sioner liaison to the social services board until July 1995, when commissioners voted for Dorsett to replace him. Unlike that of other county entities, such as the ? health and mental health boards, the; ? power of the commissioners begins and ends with appointments to the social See Dismissed on A4 - rs c*nts Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point f vol. xxiii No. 35 TFTF rFTRON?f F X iiIj V~/ rl Jlvvy l\l - L/ J?/ i 2 i1 n Z^w01 * * c 012 X/i? Choice for African-American News and Information N C ROOM *.*??? ' ? * FORSYTH CNTY PUB LIB WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101-2755 Quake in Foundation cracks board; 18 out of 25 affected By BRIDGET EVARTS Community News Reporter Last week, nine members of the Winston-Salem State University Foundation Board announced their resignations, and others indicated that they would not seek reelection when terms expire in June. Out of the shake-up, only seven of the 25 board members are unaffected. Ovifi.?to foundation bylaws that limit service on the board, five members f| ; ? ?' ? must sit out for a year after their terms expire in June. One of those members, Brenda Diggs, said that she would not return to the board. Diggs, the secretary of the foundation, is the only member of the executive committee who did not resign. Chairman Marshall Bass and vice chairperson Jean Irvin resigned at the April 25 meeting, treasurer Robert C. Brandquist resigned about one month prior to the special meeting. Among the resigning executive committee were the most seasoned foundation board members. Bass first joined the board in 1978; Brandquist and Irvin were elected in 1988 and 1989, respectively. Other departing senior members include Dr. Virginia K. Newell, who has served nine years on the board, and Neal A. Bedinger Jr., who served See Group ProtMts on A4 WSSU Chancellor AMn Schexnidor ha* yat to appoint a now vice chancellor for develop ment, who will serve a* liaison between the university and the foundation. Marshall Bass, pkturad with mxm<utive effractor Dorothy Graham Whoolor, has eonsistmntly supported thm Bast Choko Cantor. Bass gift boosts Best Choice By BILL TURNER Special to the Chronicle ^ At the moment this week when President Clinton and a star-studded group were kick ing ofT the Summit for America's Future in Philadelphia ? led by Colin Powell's call to "go save our children" ? Marshall B. Bass donated $30,000 to the Best Choice Center in Winston-Salem. The Best Choice Center is a grassroots, community-based, primary prevention, inter vention, counseling and referral center. The United Way agency has been featured on NBC, spotlighted as a model neighborhood / Sec Bats on A4 V ? Powell says racism still a serious problem Rmtirmd U.S. Army On. Colin Pawall laugh* during a light momont with o HOPS for Kid* participant Saturday, April 26, 1997, at tha Philadalphia Art Mutmum during an arant far tha Protidontt' Summit far Amarita't Futurm. (AP Photo/Dan Loh) WASHINGTON (AP) ? Racism remains a serious barrier to equal opportunity in America, retired Gen. Colin Powell said Sunday in urging the continued use of affirmative action to help minorities. Powell, co-chairman of the summit on volunteering that opened Sunday in Philadelphia, also said he's bothered by the effects that last year's law overhauling the U.S. welfare system will have on legal immigrants and others who may lose benefits. "We may have gone too far both with respect to the legal immigrants and I think we will have to watch very very carefully in the months ahead to see whether or not we have ripped apart too much of the social safety net," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Powell, a Republican, has had fundamental differ ences with more conservative GOP lawmakers on the need for social safety nets and programs to promote minority participation in jobs, contracts and education. "We've got to realize that the revolution is not over," he said of the drive to end discrimination in America. "The suggestion that we've reached a point in this country where your skin color doesn't make any differ ence ? it's fine if you are Tiger Woods or Colin Powell, (but) it doesn't mean the same thing to a young black kid in the inner section of Philadelphia." He said that "color regrettably still makes a differ ence in this country. We still need the kind of programs that break down barriers. ... And that's why affirmative action is still so very very important." Asked about comments by Woods, the young golfing 1 ? sensation who won the Masters Tournament, that he " prefers not to be called black because he comes from a variety of racial backgrounds, Powell said: "In this country, which I love to See POWELL on A3 ? Elon College sponsors Black Excellence Awards A Wells takes Scholar-Athlete Award; Ruff in keynote speaker By Felecia P. McMillan Special to the Chronicle L'Tanya Richmond, director of minority affairs and associate direc tor of admissions at Eton College was pleased to invite parents and stu dents to the fifth Black Awards Banquet held Sunday, April 20, at the Moseley Center in Elon College, North Carolina. Fifty-nine African American students were recognized at the banquet for having grade-point averages of 3.0 and above. Sophomore Reginald Lamonl Wells of Walkertown, N.C., received the Scholar-Athlete Award, having earned a 3.57 GPA. An outfielder for the school's baseball team, he has managed to balance academics with sports. Benjamin Ruffin, vice presi dent of corporate affairs at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, was the keynote speaker. Ruffin spoke on the topic "Are You Listening?" He commended the students for their achievement, recog nizing that at least 59 African American students at Elon College are listening to their instructors, to their parents, grandparents, and neighbors who continue to support their achievements. He encouraged them to listen to history and identify with the struggles of African Americans. He recalled the legacy of Jackie Robinson and William Howard, who gave rise to an athlete like Tiger Wood. Howard wanted to play golf See Coll*9? on A3 (left to right) Keynote speaker Benjamin Ruffin, L'Tanya Richmond, director of minori- ? ty affairs, and her husband, Jason Richmond, greeted* each other in the buffet line. ?? - v ? ' ? ?
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