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City sit-in leader among
those to be honored at Black
Caucus annual conference
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
Hfe CHRONICLE
? The 17th Annual Legislative Educa
tion & Scholarship Weekend Conference
wfll be held in Raleigh, but Winston
Salem will be well represented.
The popular conference is sponsored
by the Black Legislative Caucus and is
designed to bring legislators face to face
vjkh the people they serve to discuss
picking issues
and ponder strate
gies to tackle
problems.
State Repx
Larry Womble of
Forsyth County is
serving as a co
chairman for this
year's conference.
Womble has
served jn that
capacity for past
cinnciciK.es> dui nc ininKs mis year s eveni
will be the best yet.
"We are trying to reach out to as many
people as possible to make this confer
ence as broad based as possible," Womble
said.
Forums on hot-button topics such as
vouchers, infant mortality and juvenile
justice are planned. Womble said audi
ences at the forums are likely to be packed
with lawmakers. In addition to members
of the General Assembly, the governor,
lieutenant governor, U.S. representatives
and U.S. senators have been frequent
guests over the years.
"We want people to meet (politicians)
eye to eye and shoulder to shoulder to tell
n? th#??r rrm
cerns," Womble
said.
* The Rev. A1
Sharpton has
agreed to serve as
<1 panelist for a
town hall meeting
that will be held
on the opening
day of the confer
ence. The leg
endarv R&R
group the Manhattans will also perform i
during a special concert. I
. "We wanted to do more with the i
entertainment this year," Womble said. I
"We wanted all the bases covered." <
Irma Avent-Hurst, administrative I
assistant for Sen. Frank Ballance and (
longtime coordinator of the conference,
said word about the conference has been i
getting out successfully. She expects
interest to be extra high this year because s
of Sharpton and the entertainment, which (
will also include a performance by jazz I
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French
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Photo by Art Seitz/ Zuma Press
Serena Williams posed
with her trophy in front
of the the Arch de Triom
phe (Arch of Triumph) in
Paris after winning the
French Open Saturday.
Williams became only
the second black woman
to win the title (Althea
Gibson was the first).
Serena Williams beat
her big sister, Venus
Williams, 7-5, 6-3 to
take the title. It was the
second time the sisters
met in a final of a tennis
grand slam event. The
two also squared off
last September at the
U.S. Open, where Venus
beat Serena handily.
This week, the sisters
became the top two
ranked players on the
Women's Tennis Associa
tion tour. Venus is the
top ranked female play
er in the world, while
Serena is a close second.
Both women are expect
ed to compete at Wim
bledon later this month.
Venus in the defending
champion at the presti
gious English tourna
ment.
What to do with kids this summer?
BY PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
Summer provides kids a needed
break from school, and they deserve
it. Parents need to provide a struc
[ured environment in which kids can
-elax, have fun, learn and explore
jpportunities, according to Lacy
DeBerry, a staff development special
ist at Winston-Salem State Universi
y. a certified trainer and formerly an
rducational consultant for Center
Point Human Services. He said
options for summer include:
? Sending kids to camp. The plan
ting process should begin before
ichool gets out; that saves a lot of
,tress, DeBerry said. Call churches,
trganizations, recreation centers to
ind out about programs and costs.
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Photo from Forsyth Early Childhood Partnership
Reading is one of the many positive activities children can do.
Liberians honor people who helped little boy
Photos by Kevin Walker
Stanley McGill points at his cake.
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The little Liberian boy
who came to Winston
Salem last year to receive a
life-saving surgical proce
dure is better than ever 10
months after the operation.
The city's growing and
tight-knit Liberian commu
nity held a celebration Sun
Tlay evening to thank the
people who made little Stan
ley McGill's turnaround
possible. Sunday's celebra
tion also coincided with
Stanley's third birthday.
Dr. Robert Letton Jr., the
surgeon who corrected Stan
ley's imperforate anus, was
among the guests of honor
at the event, which was held
at Goler Memorial AME
Zion Church. The medical
condition that atthcted Stan
ley is fairly common and
occurs when the rectal area
does not develop fully, mak
ing it difficult to pass stool.
Betore Stanley s surgery, his
family feared that he would
die because his condition
limited his ability to eat.
Liberian hospitals were not
f
prepared to handle a condi
tion like Stanley's.
Letton performed the
surgery free of charge last
August through the interna
tional affairs wing of Wake
Forest University Baptist
Medical Center, which pro
vides free or prorated surgi
cal services for people liv
ing outside the country.
About 12 requests a day are
received by the department.
"I'm totally over
whelmed." Letton said of
being honored Sunday.
I-etton, who brought his
wife and two children along
for the ceremony, called
Stanley a "miracle." Letton
downplayed his role in Stan
ley's new vibrance. But
Stanley's mother. Catherine
Williams, and many mem
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Stanley McGill s mother; Catherine Williams, looks on
as Dr. Robert Letton Jr. is gowhed.
Aldermen
turn away
cafeteria
backers
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The Board of Aldermen want other high
rollers in the game before it will even con
sider whether or not to take a stake in the
long-proposed East Winston Cafeteria. A
request by cafeteria-supporters for $700,000
in city loans and grants did not make it past
the Finance Committee Monday.
Thf alrfwmpn
who sit on the com- r
mittee - Wanda
Merschel. Vivian
Burke. Fred Terry
and Robert Clark -
said the cafeteria
must first get firm
financial commit
ments from banks |
before the city I
would even consider ?
giving city money to
the project.
"It has always been the city's position
that we are a gap-filler. We are not a primary
lender." said Derwick Paige, the city's devel
opment director. Paige's office recommend
ed that the committee not give the project
any money until other means of financing
are secured and answers to a few financial
questions are cleared up. For instance, Paige
told aldermen that the city gave the East
Winston Community Development Corp. -
which has been pushing the cafeteria idea for
several years - a $5,000 grant in 1999 to
help the group with marketing. But the exis
tence of that $5,000 does not show up in any
of the financial reports that the CDC has pro
vided the city, Paige said.
To generate money to build the cafeteria,
the CDC in 1998 formed David Capital, a
for-profit corporation, to sell stocks to local
churches and residents. Officials pushed the
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Paige
Teens take
complaints
about jobs
to leaders
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Broadus Taylor was looking forward to
spending the summer working before start
ing his senior year at Parkland High School
this fall. The only problem is, Taylor and
many of his peers say they can't find jobs
anywhere in town. So instead of waiting
around at home on a phone that may never
img. iney uecioeo
to let Mayor Allen
Joines in on their
summer job dilem
ma.
"It was funny to
me, to call back
Taco Bell and their
line was * discon
nected," said Taylor
of his failed sum
mer job search. "All
we basically want is
Joines
something to do over the summer."
Rev. John Mendez of Emmanuel Bap
tist Church and workers from the Urban
League accompanied Taylor and 120 other
youths like him to City Hall and the Cham
ber of Ccftimerce last Friday to lobby for
jobs they believe are available in Winston
Salem
With the sole intention of drawing
attention to employment opportunities for
local teen-agers of color. Mendez said it
apparently sent a "panic" through the busi
ness community, where some feared a
"protest" was being planned After reassur
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