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'u~ "CMi-HV-Loi ?> Ji, -'J-.Oi.A/Ut l' ?,v- '??/.a. 75 cei i-i J TING 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY JOURNAI URSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2 For Reference Not to be taken from this library Vol. XXXI No. 16 JE Sweet success of White Chocolate - See Page Bl Packing business growing bigger -See Page A 10 \ New eatery serves up food - See Page A3 Apollo Night held at Reynolds -See Page CI rarents monitor bonds progress More money needed for some projects BY T. KEVIN WALKER fHECHRONK I I Parents, students and teach ers at Parkland High School are feeling better this week about the school's slice of the $ 1 50 million school bond referendum passed by county voters in 2001 . A delay in the multimillion dollar bond-funded renovation project at the school had parents and school personnel concerned that school system administrators were planning to scale back Park land's renova t i o n s . Gene Miller, assistant superin tendent for opera t i o n s , spent about three hours last week, reassuring members of the school's PTA that Parkland will get all of its $4 million of renovations. Miller said there were never plans to shortchange Parkland. "There is some misinforma tion that is flying around." he said. Miller thinks a source of the confusion is the delay in the Parkland rendvation The school system had submitted construc tion bids in April for the renova tion. which will include adding 17 classrooms and a major facelift for the media center. Bids came in at around $6 million, though, about 30 percent more than the $4 million earmarked for the school. Miller said that esca lated steel and petroleum prices were to blame for the high bids. School system administrators decided to wait several months before resubmitting the Parkland project to contractors. They hope the wait will allow prices to sta bilize. But Miller said the school system is committed to pushing on with the Parkland renovations even if bids come in high again. "We are working on a plan right now to see that we get all of our bond projects (done)." he said. See Parkland on A13 Marshall Group helps homeowners in need Rebuilding Together picks first family for rehab BY T. KEVIN WALKER rHE CHRONIC! I Water, in some form or another, is constantly a problem at Alm^iv Sturdivant's house. When it rains, it seeps through her shoddy roof, sending Sturdivant scurry ing for pots, pans and any thing else that can catch the leaks. When she turns on her kitchen faucet to wash dishes, she doesn't know what is going to come out. "The plumbing is a big problem here," she said. "It leaks and leaks, and the water bills go up higher and higher." Help is on the way for Sturdivant, who shares her Southeast Winston home with her 4-year-old daughter and her mother. Rebuilding Together of ForSyth County announced last week that Sturdivant's home^ill be revitalized through the organization's efforts. The organization is planning to give Sturdivant a new roof and fix her plumbing woes. It will also repair the vinyl siding on her house and replace her discol ored carpet with a new one. Karen Siburt, the presi dent of Rebuilding Together of Forsyth, says that work will start on Sturdivant's house bffore Christmas. More than 60.000 homes throughout the country have been rehabilitated through Rebuild Together, a 16-year old organization that relies on volun teers to fix up homes much as Habitat for Humanity uses volunteers to build homes. But in Forsyth County, Sturdi vant's house will be the first project for Rebuilding Together. Sec Rebuild on A5 Photo by Kevin Walker Alma Sturdivant holds her daughter , Kameron, on the front porch of her home. Still Smiling Trailblazing dentist honored by her colleagues for decades of service BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE: The pink dental equipment in Dr. Nancy Gan naway's office has been in use for nearly as long as she has been practicing dentistry. Many of her patients have grown up in the pink chair over the course of her 50-year career. At the age of 75, she still sees 20 patients a week, sometimes more if she wants to get things done. She has never worked with the assistance of a dental hygienist because she prefers to do all of her work. It's Gannaway's steadfast hands-on approach that garnered the attention of the Dr. George Simpkins Dental Study Club Tuesday evening. The group of some 34 black dentists from around the state honored her in Greensboro at the group's annual dinner. "I'm flattered naturally, and I'm most grateful that I've been able to practice for as long as I have. I think the (dental club is) just wonderful," said Gannaway, who is North Carolina's longest practicing African-American female dentist. The three-year-old dental club is named for a black dentist from Greensboro who was also a civil rights activist in the area. Dr. Paul Watkins, who is a member of the dental club, has been practicing for the last 12 years, and he says the group wanted to recognize Gannaway for her dental excellence and her unri Sec Gannaway on All Photo by Courtney Gail lard Or. Nancy Oannaway has been p dentist for half a century. Photos by Kevin Walker Karlos King (left) and Tap Money ; 102 JAMZ personalities, helped to man the toy bus last week in Winston-Salem. Hip-Hop with a Heart Station stages multicity toy drive BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE A charter bus - one the> size of a Greyhound - sat anchored in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart off of Hanes Mall Boulevard. Its cargo wasn't and dolls, to sports equipment ai people came to donate even more toys, they were greet ed by the pulsating base of hip-hop music and a gracious bunch of twenty-somethings decked out in ihr?wbact> and loose-fitting jeans. The annual Stuff the Bus Toy Drive held by WJMH FM ( 102 JAMZ) was not the Triad's only weekend effort to collect toys for economically disadvantaged children, but. by far, it was the coolest. Stuff the Bus has become them - everything one could ima Set- Toys on A12 PTkHo by Kevin Walker Curtis Henry ; a member of the WFU Black Graduate Students Association, hands over some basketballs. File Photo Julian Bond has been the chairman of the NAACP since 1998. Bond will speak at UNCG Visit comes as civil rights group is in the headlines CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT The chairman of the National NAACP will speak next month at the Uni versity of North Carolina a t Greens boro as part of t ? e school's tion. Julian Bond will speak in -the school's Aycock Audi torium at ??p.m. on-Jao. 18. - -j. Bond, whose battles against racism and for eco nomic and social justice date back to the 1950s, has served See Bond on A4 Mfume In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell, Sr. Growing and Still Dedicated to Sqrve You Better " BRnssell Jfumral ffijome Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support H22 Carl Russell Ave. (at Martin I .uther King Dr.) Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (336) 722-3459 Fax (336) 631-8268 rusfhome@bellsouth.net The Only Choice for African-American and Community News
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