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Volume39,Number45 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, July 4, 2013
Photo by L*y!a Garm.s
Rep. Alma Adams speaks as Sen.
Eartine Parmon (right) and Rep.
Evelyn Terry flank her.
Ward
Words
Local lawmakers defend,
decry decision to end jobless
benefits for thousands
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
Davis
Howard
The past year has been difficult for
Donald Davis and his family.
The father of three was laid off
from his job at Merfin Systems in King
in 2012. Soon after that, his wife lost
her job as a
CNA. In the
time that has
transpired since,
the couple has
struggled to care
for their family
of five. Last
week, the fami
ly's unemploy
ment benefits
ended when
Republicans in
the state legisla
tors made North
Carolina the first
state to opt not
to accept bene
fits from the fed
eral Emergency
Unemployment
Compensation
(EUC) program
that would have
extended bene
fits thmnoh thf
end of the year for an estimated 70.000
long term unemployed citizens across
the state.
"A lot of people are going to be
hurt by this, me included," Davis said
of the decision It's going to be a
struggle just to make ends meet, just to
put food on the table "
Davis was among a small contin
gent of concerned citizens who gath
ered Monday at Democratic State Sen.
Earline Parmon's district office down
town to discuss the unemployment
cliff, which Parmon said would direct
ly impact thousands of Forsyth County
residents.
"Two thousand twenty five people
in Forsyth County received their last
unemployment check last month,"
Parmon told the group.
House Reps. Alma Adams. Ed
Hanes and Evelyn Terry joined Parmon
at the meeting. Adams, who represents
Guilford County's District 58, called
the July 1 cutoff date "D-Day" for the
thousands of North Carolinians who
have depended on the benefits to stay
afloat.
"I think it is a slap in the face to our
See Benefits on Alt
High Court rulings cause lor
celebration lor local couples
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE I
Rick Frazier
Photo* by Layla Garrm
See Court on A8 Bray Taylor (left) with her partner, Amy Donald.
Local residents gathered at Winston Square Park on
the evening of June 26 to
celebrate a landmark ruling
by the United States
Supreme Court issued earli
er in the day.
The High Court
declared the federal
Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA) - which defined
marriage as being between
a man and woman only
- unconstitutional. The
court similarly found that a
2008 California ballot ini
tiative - Proposition 8 - that
barred same-sex unions was
unconstitutional.
The DOMA ruling will allow legally married
same-sex couples to receive more than 1,000 federal
Dash to Light-up the Sky
W-S Dash Ptioio
If it is fireworks you
want, then fireworks
you 11 get! This
Independence Day
weekend, the
Winston-Salem Dash
will feature a fire
work spectacular at
BBAT Ballpark fol
lowing games tonight
(July 4) and tomor
row. This week's fire
work display at
BBAT Ballpark will
be larger than the
ones the team usually
sets-off after Friday
home games. The dis
play should be visible
for miles around.
Those who want an
up-close view, can
buy baseball tickets at
www.wsdash.com.
City's second black police chief takes oath
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
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Barry Roundtree takes the oath with his wife, Sylvia, and
son, Barry Jr., near him.
Barry Rountree. the city's
first black male police chief,
was sworn-in Sunday at City
Hall
Rountree, a Winston-Salem
State University and UNC
Greensboro alumnus and 25
year veteran of the WSPD.
took the oath before a standing
room-only crowd of friends,
family members, colleagues
and supporters. Sylvia
Rountree balanced the bible for
her husband and the couple's
son, Barry Jr., looked on,
beaming up at his father as
Superior Court Judge Todd
Burke administered the oath.
The ceremony capped a
week of highs and lows for
Rountree. Just days before tak
ing his place at the helm of the
police department, the then
incoming chief accidentally
wounded a local woman,
Tamara Whitt, after firing his
service weapon at the woman's
dog.
Whitt was injured in the leg
after a bullet that Rountree
fired ricocheted after striking
the dog, which Winston-Salem
Police Department officials say
was charging toward Rountree
and another officer. Rountree
was responding to a call related
to a man wielding a double bar
rel shotgun on Jackson Avenue
when the incident occurred.
Forsyth County District
Attorney Jim O'Neill issued a
statement clearing Rountree of
any wrongdoing on friday, but
Whitt, who says she has had to
postpone her August 30 wed
ding because of her injuries,
isn't so quick to forgive and
forget. She and a handful of
family members and friends
gathered outside City Hall to
protest Sunday's ceremony,
which Whitt believes should
have been postponed because
of the incident.
"I think it's sad. People are
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Kyle
Anderson
poses with
one of his
latest
"trainees,"
Cash, a
seven
month old
pitbull.
Second-generation trainer maintains family legacy
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE ?
As a toddler, Kyle Anderson spent countless hours watching his father,
veteran dog trainer Don Anderson, practice his craft.
"I would sit him in the captain's chair and he would sit there all day
and watch me work the dogs. He never moved," recalled Don Anderson,
the former owner of the Skyway Kennels of Chicago. "He's always been
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