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BY SHERIDAN HILL
llll CHRONK I I
Questions continue
concerning the expendi-.
tures and revenues of
David Capital, Inc., the
company formed by the
East Winston Community
Development Corp. in
1998 to build a cafeteria
in East Winston.
Robert Mott, deputy
director of Community
Services for the U.S.
Department of Health
and Human Services, said
his agency has scheduled
an onsite visit at the CDC
to review financial
records.
In 1998, HHS issued
a $250,(KK) grant to the
CDC for the cafeteria
project.
''It was a five-year
grant, which gives them
until 2003 to get the cafe
teria running." Mott said.
"However, our money
was supposed to be used
for equipment and reno
vations to the building.
The CDC said they were
putting it together with a
million dollars of other
money. If they have
already drawn down the
federal money and spent
it, we'll have to do some
investigating to see if
they have spent the
money for reasons other
Johnson
than those agreed upon."
Linda Perez, a super
visor in the federal HHS
Community Services
office, said the team is
visiting the CDC this
week to gather informa
tion. "If a program does
not spend money in the
manner they proposed,
and did not have prior
approval to spend it oth
erwise. then the money
could he disallowed. In
that case, they, would
have to pay it back."
Members of the
David Capital board of
directors seem to be for
the most part uninformed
about its finances. A let
ter to stockholders dated
Oct. 19 is signed by Rev.
Reuban J. Gilliam Sr.,
who was an original
board member and is the
current acting chairman
of David Capital Inc.
Sec CDC A4
Aldermen
board gains
a Democrat
Democratic challenger Allen Joines
beats incumbent by staggering
margin in Tuesday's election
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Besse
Flanked by his wife and a
sea of well-wishers. Democrat
Dan Besse said he was pleas
antly surprised by his relative
ly comfortable margin of vic
tory over Southwest Ward
incumbent Alderman Steve
Whiton, a Republican. After a
heated race^Besse beat Whiton
by more than 10 percentage
points, according to complete
unofficial results from the
Forsyth County Board of Elections.
"This victory shows that people in Winston
Salem are ready for a return to civility in public dis
cussion," Besse said.
Whiton was the only incumbent on the Board of
Aldermen who fell in Tuesday's general election.
but Vernon Robinson, the
board member Whiton votes
with often, almost took an exit.
Robinson's challenger, new
comer Marlowe Foster, a
Democrat, lost to Robinson by
a few percentage points. At the
Board of Elections building
Tuesday night, die-hard
Democrats kept their fingers
crossed as Foster appeared to
gain ground on Robinson.
Robinson and many of his
supporters made cameos at the
Board of Elections, prematurely claiming victory
based on results they had gotten earlier from their
Sir Vote on A3
Burke
Daddy's Teletubby
Photo"by Kevin Walker
Mike Baker and his family were among those at Diggs Gallery last week
for a Halloween party. Above, Baker tries to coax his infant son, Trajan,
into posing for a picture. See more pictures from the soiree on C4.
Author, retired surgeon
set the record straight
According to rumor; medical pioneer Dr. Charles Drew died in Burlington
after he was refused service by a hospital, but facts tell a different story
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
It could be argued that in death, Dr. Charles
Drew has gained more notoriety than he ever did
during his much-too-short life.
But the posthumous
attentiotl/has not come
from Drew's ground
breaking work in medi
cine. Urban legends
about Drew's death from
a car crash near Burling
ton in 1950 have spread
like a forest fire. Some
allege that Drew, an
African-American doc
tor who developed the
process for separating
Love
blood into plasma, which
made storage of blood
possible for transfusions,
died from injuries suf
fered in the crash after
Alamance General Hos
pital (now Alamance
Regional Medical Cen
ter) refused to treat him.
Other legends add even
more irony to Drew's
death, claiming that
Drew died because the hospital would not admit
him to give him a blood transfusion that would
have saved his life.
These stories about Drew's tlcadi have been
taught in schools, written about in4nstory books
See Drew on A10
Malloy
FTCC honors three trailblazing women
BY FELECIA P MCMILLAN
COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT
More lhan 200 supporters of die Women's Resource
Center (WRC) of Forsyth Technical Community College
(FTCC) gathered at Pine Brook Country Club for the first
annual tund-raiser tor the center. The
center is the first of its kind in the
N.C. community college system. The
black tie gala included a celebrity
auction and dinner dance. Glorfa Sex
ton. director of the center, and Dr.
Gary Green, president of FTCC. rec
ognized three important women who
have blazed trails for other women
during the event: Elizabeth Dole.
Ruth Easterling. and Annie Brown
Kennedy.
Sexton expressed her delight
aoout tnis tuna-raiser. "I am excited to he here tonight for
our first official fund-raiser for the Women's Resource Cen
ter....Although our primary focus is women. I want to tell
you a secret. We also see men. We have reached over 4.000
See Women an All
Dole
Leaders say
bond issue
has not hurt
friendships
Groups may come together for a
summit to address black issues
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Bricks or computers? Regardless of how you
voted for the SI50 million school bond referendum,
one sentiment is shared by all: creating quality edu
cation tor minority students is
vital. Those who stood at the
forefront on both sides of the
bond debate stand firm to the
commitment to create educa
tional opportunities for inner
city schools
Although debate over the
bonds got heated, with vari
ous black organizations tak
ing varying stances, leaders
say opposing platforms will
not prevent the groups from
pressing forward in a unified front to secure educa
tional opportunities for students in East Winston. The
schools referendum passed easily Tuesday. The
Black Leadership Roundtable and the Winston
Salem Urban League supported the package. The
Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicini
ty and the local NAACP fiercely opposed it.
"We must be able to hold legitimate disagree
ments on issues.'' said the Rev. Carlton Eversley
Ever$ley
Womble
when asked about the state of
relations between opposing
sides of the .referendum.
Eversley is a member of the
Ministers Conference, the
Black Leadership Round
table. and he heads the Edu
cation Caucus of the local
NAACP
"Organizations will make
different decisions. We want
to take the leadership and
pull the four groups together
with the School Board." said
Eversley. who opposed the bond and drew criticism
and even personal attacks for his stance. He also
commented on the community making certain to not
lose sight of the children who will be directly
involved and affected by the school bond, stating.
"It's a matter of w hat needs to be done."
Although he was very disappointed at what he
calls "character attacks" aimed at Eversley and the
Ministers Conference. Rev. Micheal Williams still
has faith in the tradition, spiri^jtnd religious foun
dation of the community to work together now that
the bonds have been passed by voters. ?
"We cannot afford to wait on another bond or
school year." said Williams, who is concerned that
students preparing for college and entering the work
force upon graduation are still not getting an ade
quate education.
Williams said there are no hard feelings among
tfte groups. He said future issues such as the pro
gression of the community and the economy, cou
pled with education, will force groups to "come
See Bonds on A2
Photo by I clccia McMillan
Annie Brown Kennedy receives an award from Gloria Sexton, left, and Gary
Green at an event held by Forsyth Technical Community College Saturday.
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