Judge from pageAI about where your ticket is, but where you're going. "Is your ticket punched? We have to ask the question 'where are you going'?," he said. "Young people don't waste your time. We don't know how many days we have, but we do know this day, and we have a responsibility every day when you are in your classes, when you talk to each other and you are working on this thing called law, get the deepest understanding that you can." He said just being a lawyer doesn't mean you are on the. side of justice but it takes effort, courage and commitment, along with an understanding and willingness to work hard. He also told the young lawyers to become a genius in their fields, posing new questions to help improve society and the industry. "I want you to go against the grain. I want you to be the type of lawyer that when someone says it can't be done, you say, 'Let me take a look at that.' Take that chance to look. I want you to be the type of lawyer that will stand tall," Gregory said. The event was organ ized by BLSA Vice President Ariana Burnette, who said that the banquet was successful. "I've heard nothing but great feedback," she said. "Walking through the halls, a lot of professors and stu dents said that it was one of the best banquets they've attended." Three students were awarded scholarship nonies from the organiza ion: Correll Kennedy class of 2017), Cheslie tryst (class of 2016) and Kabila Abdulhafiz (class of JO 15). The scholarships vere presented by Judge Denise S. Hartsfield. A rep esentative from BLSA said that they would prefer lot to disclose the scholar ship amounts. The BLSA Legacy Award was presented to Tracey Banks Coan, asso- " ciate law professor and assistant dean for Academic Engagement. Student members vote to recognize faculty members that have been dedicated and very involved in BLSA. "Everybody who takes her class understands how passionate Dean Coan is about making sure that you actually understand the information and making sure you actually learn it. She means a lot to the stu dents," Burnette said. At the banquet, David H. Wagner Jr. was recog nized, along with Terry Hart Lee. Wagner was one of the first black students to graduate from Wake Forest Law, and consistently demonstrated his commit ment to education and the community as a principal and business owner. The university and the family are in talks to do something that will honor his memory and allow his legacy to continue among Wake Forest Law students. Lee was the first female black law student to gradu ate from the university. She founded the BLSA chapter at Wake Forest and worked in governmental law across the nation. The National Black Law Students Association was founded in 1968 by in an effort to articulate and pronjote the heeds and goals of black law students and effectuate change in the legal community. The Wake Forest chapter of the BLSA is a local organiza tion of law students affiliat ed with the regional and national BLSA organiza tions. BLSA sponsors a scholarship banquet each year to fund merit-based scholarships that are given to one BLSA student-mem ber in each class. Students eligible for the scholarship must be dues-paying mem bers in their first, second or thirdyear as a law student. Tney must have met the required service hours, both pro bono and community serv ice, to apply for the scholar Bonds from page AI the Public Safety Center, which is getting a $10 mil lion renovation with bond money, Built in 1984 when the department had 263 offi cers, Police Chief Barry Rountree said the center is now "busting at the seams" with the current 559 offi cers. Just a couple miles from the church on Waughtown Street is where the first $2.5 million dis trict office will be located. He said it could be finished as soon as next year. "By having district offices, it will allow the police officers to be in the community more," said Rountree. "It'll also improve public safety by having officers in the com munity, so that is a big plus for us." Also discussed wis Revitalizing Urban* Community Areas, or RUCA, which lends money as low interest or forgiv able loans to businesses for the rehabilitation and improvements in selected distressed areas in the city. The City Council is still deciding which areas will receive the $2 million in bond funds for new RUCA loans. Some unfinished busi ness of the last round of the program came up recently when Southeast Plaza Shopping Center recently asked the City Council for more financial assistance. Initial RUCA improve ments to the plaza included repaving the parking lot, improvements to the facade and rehabilitating areas in the back of the plaza now occupied by businesses. On Feb. 1, the council '"Toted 5-3 to grant the plaza owner $825,500 to make improvements it says will help attract higher quality businesses. "By having district offices, it will allow the police officers to be in the community more," Police Chief Barry Rountree The money is a combi nation of loan forgiveness and funds from sweep stakes business license fees. Montgomery said it was a good investment, since he considers Southeast Plaza one of the most successful RUCA sites, because of its trans formation and the amount of private investment that's occurred. "For me, sometimes when you're looking at dis tressed areas, areas that are in need of assistance, it takes a little bit more than you have available to push that area where it can be truly sustainable," he said. Montgomery said in the new round of RUCA there will be more oversight and more attention to the long term needs for each site. Also in the bond issues is $4 million for Transforming Urban Residential Neighborhoods, or TURN, which will provide finan cial assistance to rehabili tate single-family, owner occupied or investor owned properties in heavi ly blighted areas, TURN will be investing as much $800,000 in selected residential areas. "The TURN program is not intended to defeat every issue that's in a neighborhood," said Montgomery. "Investing money in housing alone does not deal with a lot of systemic issues in neigh bors, but this is part of a larger puzzle that works together to help begin to mend some of those issues we see in meetings and we see housing as a big part of that process." In addition to the voter approved bond i sijues, upcoming renovations to Benton Convention Center and Union Station #ere funded with limited oblige tion bond money, wfcich only required coohcil approval and not a ptfblic vote. , Union Station, located in the East Ward beside Winston-Salem State University, is a former train station that was used for years as a garage before the city purchased it.' It is slated to become a local and regional bus hub, augmenting the nearby Clark Campbell Transportation Center downtown, and is eventual ly envisioned to be used for regional and long distance rail service. The project is now in the engineer and architec ture stage, which should last six to eight months, said Montgomery. "It's a very exciting project and one that's been many, many years in the works," Montgomery said. FOODMLION February 18 - February 24,2015 HH I TopRoun^%5??4^""" I J MVP ,89' Whole Chickens Without MVP Card $1.49 LB MVP ' 322 ? *LB, ? r * .