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Winston-Salem, NC 27iui Vol. XXXV No. 45 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C THURSDAY, July 9, 2009 Camp making kids STARS -See Page B9 Agencies help folks battle the heat -See Page A3 Holiday tribute to local veterans o larolina Room o t '/I (f/SS County PLftftelfbrary ^ v ?st Fifth Street ?r' ^ ? ? ? - 75 cents e .05 Another GOP racism scandal Area officials respond to growing list of melees BY LAYLA FARMER . I ill CHRONICLE ' . -? V- ? In the wake of a rash ot racial missteps made by some in their party, prominent A f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n Republicans in North Carolina and across the coun try are on the defensive, speaking "out against the McAllister HI Amin degrada tion of their 'race and their party.' Each wee k seems to bring a new racist scandal involving a member of the GOP and technolo gy. Last month , R u s I y DePass, a Sou t h Carolina GOP leader and former chair of the state elections commission, apologized for his comment that a gorilla that escaped from a South Carolina zoo was First Lady Michelle Obama's "ancestor." He made the statement on Face book, a popular social networking Web site. A few weeks later, Sherri Goforth. an aide of Republican Tennessee State Sen. Diane Black, sent an e mail out featuring an image showing the faces of all 44 American president. The image of President Obama was a black box with two large "spooked" eyes. Goforth apologized and was simply reprimanded, despite calls from around the country for her ouster. See GOP on A5 , ?. Photo by Kevin Walker This city-owned land would become Goler's under the current proposal. not So Simple? Routine land swap between city , church has some heated BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE City Council Member Joycelyn Johnson met with constituents of her East Ward and others last week, during a forum at the Winston Lake Family YMCA to discuss a pro posed land deal. The City Council is considering an agreement with Goler Memorial AME Ziori Church that wdirld entail exchanging 12-acres ot city-ownea lana on waterworks Road, next ""to the Winston Lake Y. for 14.6 acre* of land directly across the street from the Y that Goler owns. Lartey If the exchange takes place, the city would then develop the former Goler land for "recreational purposes anu parking, according to a news release. Goler likely would either give or sell - officals would not say which option is more likely - the land it gets to the Lutheran Council on Aging, and work in .conjunction with the group to construct a state-of-the-art nursing home. for area seniors. The project would' he funded by the Lutheran Council, and supported in part by Goler volunteers, according See Land on A5 Martin happy to be an Aggie again Former WSSIJ leader celebrates one-month anniversary as A&T chancellor BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE Dr. Harold Martin is a month into his latest, and per haps his greatest, job: chan cellor of his alma mater, North Carolina A&T State University. "I'm excited, really and truly,7' Martin said last week. When former A&T Chancellor Stanley F. Battle announced in February that he would step down. Aggies talked openly about Martin taking his place as the school's leader. But such an idea seemed improbable.* Three years ago, Martin left his job as chancellor of Winston-Salem State University - where he was credited with changing the school's fortunes for the bet ter - to serve as senior vice president for academic affairs of the 17-campus University of North Carolina System. While he says he loved his work with the UNC sys tem. Martin longed to return to a single campus because he missed "the interaction with faculty and staff and stu dents ... and helping to mold and shape them for the future. "I always felt that I want . ? '\<x trnoto The N.C. A&T State University family welcomes Dr. Harold Martin to campus. . ed to ... go back to a campus setting," he remarked. An Aggie at heart. Martin said the school's "unstable leadership" in recent years was one of the factors that inspired him to take the posi tion. Battle had served less than two years when he departed. This after the school's Board of Trustees had launched an exhaustive national search for someone to replace James Renick, who served as chancellor from 1999 to 2006. "I felt it was important to come back and create some stability in leadership," he related. "After talking with so many Board of Trustees members about the institution ... I felt that it was a noble cause, and worth the commit ment to be involved here." Although Martin was a strong contender, and many say the runner-up. for the chancellorship at the time that Renick was appointed. his long list of accomplish ments at WSSU no doubt made a big impression on UNC and A&T officials. Under Martin's leader ship. WSSU experienced sig nificant growth. Student enrollment nearly doubled during his tenure, as did the See Martin on AS Heart of Gold Photo by Layla Farmer School Board Member Vic Johnson, here with his wife. Dr. Constance Johnson, wrapped up his annual youth golf program this week. Johnson has hosted the event, often paying for it out of his own pocket, for years. The Chronicle will profile the lat est crop of young golfers in the July 16 issue. Program still making dreams come true Culinary training classes turning lives around BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE Vanessa Lanier had given up on the American Dream. Her attempts to make it in the United States hadn't panned out as she had planned, so she went online to book a plane ticket home to her native Spain. Somehow, she instead ended up on a Web site that featured infor mation about the Triad Community Kitchen, a free culinary cooking school. She reached out to the chef in charge of the program. "I wrote this long e-mail to (the) chef, and told him 'if you give me a a shot, if you take me in; I will show up, 1 will follow through; I will change PboJo t>\ Todd i-Mck Graduate La r r y Saunders shakes hands with Food Bank CEO Clyde Fitzgerald, right. this whole thing around.'" Lanier recalled on Monday. Her appeal worked. She made the lengthy drive from Asheboro to Winston-Salem for the culinary class es, which are held at Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest N.C. Through the program, she trans See Graduates on All) DON'T PASS THE BUCK BUY LOCAL CMAMMR
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