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Homeowners try
to find solutions,
common ground
Tall Pines residents fear problems will
'< decrease the value of their homes
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Homeowners in one South
east Winston neighborhood say
they are
racing a
very real
possibili
ty that
their
Ameri
can
dream
Could
turn into
a night
mare. But
they are
vowing not to let that happen
without putting up a good fight.
Residents of the Tall Pines
neighborhood have been hold
ing meetings over the last sever
al weeks to address problems
Terry
they say a community as young
as theirs should not be having.
About 30 homeowners from the
neighborhood, which has a total
of about 84 posh homes, attend
ed the meeting. They crammed
into a small meeting room at
nearby Reynolds Park Recre
ation Center to sound off on
everything from loitering by
young children, to problems
with the construction of their
homes.
Karl Walker, a homeowner
who has been designated
spokesperson for the residents,
said notices about the meeting
were handed out to nearly every
homeowner in the development.
Although those who attended
made up a little less than half of
the homeowners. Walker said
the attendance at the last meet
ing was four times higher than
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A Time to Give
Photo by Ke\ in Walker
A sign of the holiday season is the appearance of bell ringers with their trademark red
kettles. Here Nancy Wright rings her bell in front of the Lowes Foods store in Parkway
Plaza. The Red Kettle Campaign is one of the largest fund-raisers of the Salvation Army.
Bell ringers will be at the entranceways of popular stores through Christmas.
Black
tribute
to be
unveiled
Late brickmaker
gained national
fame through craft
CHROftlCU STAFF REPORT
The much-anticipated
unveiling of the sculpture of
brickmaker George Black
will happen next week. The
sculp
t u r e
will
stand at
the jew
$ I 2
million
Forsyth
County
Gov
ern
ment
Center,
which was recently complet
ed.
Black made a name for
himself as a brickmaker,
beginning in the 1890s. After
learning how to make bricks
at the Hedgecock Brickyard.
Black opened his own brick
yard in the 1920s. His bricks
were used to build much of
downtown Winston-Sa|em
and sites at Salem College
and Baptist Hospital.
Black's love for his work
garnered him national atten
tion. He was interviewed by
Charles Kuralt on "On the
Road" and was honored with
a White House reception
hosted by President Richard
Nixon. Black lived for more
than 100 years. He died in
1980.
County Commissioner
Dave Plyler was at the fore
front of an effort to get the
Black sculpture. Plyler lob
Sec Black on A7
Plyler
Paisley hosts international festival
BY FELECIA P. MCMILLAN
THE CHRONICLE
?2 0
More than 800 supporters
filled the halls, gym and lobby
of Paisley Magnet School last
week during the second annual
international festival. The
PTSA sponsored the fund-raiser
to raise funds for new sound and
lighting systems for the school
auditorium.
Parents, students, teachers
and supporters from the com
munity picked up their Paisley
Magnet School passports at the
door for a "bon voyage" around
the world.
Festival entertainment
included the School of Tradi
tional Irish Dance; Deniece
McCoy, Paisley ninth-grader,
performing "My Children. My
Africa" (Apartheid Mono
logue); Otesha Creative Arts
^Ensemble; Japan Karate Insti
tute of North Carolina; the Pais
ley Eighth- and Ninth-Grade
Band; Rock 'n' Rick; and the
Paisley Orchestra.
Participants sampled inter
national cuisine and cultural
information from 21 countries
and continents: Africa, Aus
tralia, Bosnia/Croatia,
Caribbean/Trinidad.
China/Malaysia. Colombia.
France. Germany. Greece. Hun
gary, India. Ireland. Italy. Japan.
Korea, Mexico, Middle East.
Philippines. Spain. Puerto Rico.
United Kingdom. United States
of America and Venezuela. Sev
eral of the students assisted
Sarah Alston, video production
instructor, with taping a video
of the program for the school.
Restaurants and businesses
that helped to sponsor the event
included Bernardin's, Celtic
Cafe. La Carreta Mexican
Restaurant. Chelsee's Cafe. The
Olive Garden. Mandarin Malay
Chinese, Christine Ttmchek. the
Cho family, the Holleman fami
ly, Heritage Awareness and Cul
tivation Center. Harris Teeter
and Chef Smart.
According to Beverly
Hayes, PTSA vice president and
chairman of the International
Festival, the event was an over
whelming success.
. "We printed 1,000 tickets,
and they are almost gone. We
sent out press releases and wer> .
to all of the elementary schools
and made sure that all of the
fifth-graders in the system
received information about the
festival." Hayes said. "We want
them to look at Paisley as their
middle school. We want them to
know about the IB program
(International Baccalaureate
Program). Based on the num
bers here tonight, it worked!"
Lisa Holleman and Denise
Franklin Jones. PTSA co-presi
dents. also were thrilled with the
outcome of the festival.
"Last year we expected 150
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Ptvxotn l olrti., McMilLin
Paisley students Summer Now/in (from left), Ashley Hartman and
Michelle Mabry model Asian-inspired outfits.
Food bank hosts
anniversary and
expansion event
National figure speaks at celebration
HY PAUL COLLINS
TWECMtOMCLE
Two million more Americans
are hungry today than a year agtL
Robert H. Forney, president and
CF.O of America s Second Har
vest, the largest hunger relief
organization, told nearly 250 peo
ple who attended the Second Har
dest Food Bank of Northwest
North Carolina's building expan
srrm dedication and-21 st anniver
sary Nov. 19 in Winston-Salem.
Forney said that hunger fig
ures released this month by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
show that 35 million Americans
are "at risk." compared with 33
million the year before. "Their
(USDA's) "at-risk" term is an
incredibly accurate surrogate for
hunger." said Forney, whose
America's Second Harvest is
made up of more than 2(X) region
al food banks and food rescue
organizations. He said'people
who are "at risk" cannot avoid
has ing to make difficult choices,
"and hxxl is not at the top of the
list, at least not immediately. The
choices are typically the housing:
in the rural environment, without
public transportation, for the
working quor a car: for those who
have illi?s in the family, medica
tions and
hospital
ization."
And
many
poor
people
lack
health
benefits,
he said.
For
ney said
that of
the 35 million hungry Americans,
13 million are children. "Nine
million children find help through
this organization and other organ
izations just like that that make up
America's Second Harvest Net
work....During the school year. 15
million children receive school
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