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Reynolds High Student Sharon Mason studies her
textbook in preparation for the competency test.
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my ability."
Black stock said she would like to settle down and
teach when she graduates or she might go on to
graduate scfiooE She said she is a Tot more
dedicated now than when she was in high school.
"When I was a senior in high school, I didn't
know if 1 wanted to go to school, I was kind of lazy,"
Blackstock said.
"Now I know you can really benefit from coming
to school."
She said she chose WSSU because she liked the
small school atmosphere.
"Here (at WSSU) I'm not considered a number,"
Blackstock said. "If you need help, there is someone
around to helo vou."
? * *
When she can find time, Pamela spends her time
bowling, playing tennis, occassionaUy she listens to
music or reads. She said that after homecoming she
will be able to get more seriously into her school
work. She quit the Marching Rams. *o devotemore
time to her "Miss WSSU" duties. She is also a
member of the Phi Delta Kappa National Honor
Society.
?egMaF
Thursday, October 12
. Board of Alderman hold a speciarmeeting to plan for
community development during the next three years
in City Hall Council Chambers beginning at 7:30 p.m.
, Friday, Oct. 13
T^Citv recreation department soonsors a citv-wide?'
~ * ?* m
hopscotch contest at the Martin Luther King RecTeation
Center beginning at 3:45 p.m. ^
. A forum entitled "History of the American Woman -an
Overview", will be held at the Glade Street YWCA,
guest speaker is Dr. Alice Mathews of Western
Carolina University. Panelists include Alderman
Virginia Newell.
Sunday, Oct 15
. National Secretaries Association meets at Benton
Convention Center.
. Farmer's Market returns to Dixie Classic Fairgrounds
building beginning at 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15
Phyllis Robinson describes the Masai tribe of
southern Kenya during a program entitled "African
SAFARI" at the Nature Science Center at 3 p.m.
Robinson took a three week tour to Africa in 1977.
Monday, Oct. 16
, Airport Commission meets at 4:30 p.m. at Smith
Reynolds Airport.
. Board of County Commissioners meets at 7:30 p.m. in
the Hall of Justice. ^
. City Aldermen meet at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall Council
Chambers. ?
. School Board meets in briefing session at the
administrative center auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct 17
. Environmental Affairs Commission meets at 7:30
p.m. in room 701, Hall of Justice.
Wednesday, Oct. 18
. Zoning Board of Adjustment meets at 2 p.m. in City
- Hall.
.Social Services Board meets at 7 p.m. in the Hall of
Justice.
. East Winston Unit of the League of Women Voters
meets at East Winston Library at Noon.
Thursday, Oct. 19
. Board of County Commissioners meet in Hall of
Justice at 4 p.m.
. Area Mental Health Board meets at 7:30 p.m. in
Mental Health Clinic.
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By Sharyn Brmtcher
Staff Writer
The first North Carolina competency
test for high school students will be
given in a few weeks, and Forsyth
County students are spending from 1
to 5 days a week preparing for the test
which will determine whether they will
receive a diploma or a certificate of
attendance.
Last Friday afternoon at Reynolds
High the Level 2 English class of Ms.
Jane Rae was studying Real Life
Reading Skills, the manual designed to
prepare them for the test.
"We spend 1 day a week preparing
for the test," said Ms. Rae. She
^rnqflgmea mat students who were
Health Cent<
To Be Resoh
By Yvette McCoUoogh will make a
Staff Writer dation to 1
Acting County Mana- commissione
ger Ed Jones said last first briefir
week that he would like ember. Jon
to bring to a conclusion Dr. Thomas
as soon as possible the county's he,
"dispute between Rey- a?d Dennis
holds Health Center and Reynold's 1
-the Health Department.?_ter. admini
Jones addressed the week and as
Reynolds Health Center ^ata ^at *
Advisory Committee last ^is evalua
week during their regu- recommend;
lar monthly meeting. "1 don't
He reiterated remarks preconceive!
made in a Chronicle about what
Q&A interview. ' He ization sY
told the committee that Jones said.
- the situation has been optimistic
hanging over their heads solution of
for a long time ?-fairly quic
achieve pui
"Our overall concern all - find
and goal should be, how The? act
can we in Forsyth manager sa
would like
County have the most through th
efficient and effective with undue
health care," Jones said. that he will
Jones saicTlhat he with Mag
Ward Kept FromT<
By Sharyn Bratcher tinue teachir
Staff Writer last Monday.
Dr. Robert Ward, an WarcTappe
assistant professor of politi- us Monday
cal science recently suspen- teach his cla
ded by WSSU Chancellor Cleveland W
H. Doublag Covingtonf was man of the pi
denied permission to con- department,?
r ~~ that the susp
Sumler Blames him from tea
Ward has
Democrats to appeal th
but he has r
On Insurance "ey w.in'anY
to act in his b
korn has w
By Sharyn Bratcber chancellor ii
Staff ^ Writer that proper
were not fol
Rodney Sumler, A Rep- Ward suspei
ublican candidate for the has declined 1
State House, charges that that statemei
the Forsyth Democrat team On Octob
"sold out the people tothe called a pres
major insurance compan- promising tc
ies," referring to the new letters he ha<
law permitting the insur- cizing the cha
ance companies to set their the meeting
own rates, instead of pet- that his attoi
itioning the Insurance Com- vised against
missioner for new rates sure. Instead
which had to be approved copies of the
by them. apology that
"The worst part was not the chancello
just that our Democrat "My caree
team voted for such a to be jeopar
horrible law," Sumler stat- told the grou]
ed, "but Representative to stoop so lc
Dave DeRamus and Senat- a t^at j ^
or Carl Totherow were the my principle
chief spokesmen for the cess."
bill in the House and the Ward tra<
Senate." with the chai
Sumler expressed con- October 197
cern for low-income per- Tusse\\ plann
sons who will be burdened WSSU as par
by rising insurance rates, al campaign
saying that car ownership that he wa
will soon be impossible _"uninvite" F
for the poor. refused.
He favors a strong in- Later War
surance commissioner with list of grie^
the power to set insurance chancellor,
rates. John Ingram, says administrate
Sumler, was not a strong versity and
commissioner. tions.
"He didn't know how to ]etter
win a case for the people wrarcTs sus
in the courts,"he stated, WT\tten wher
"and he lost 95% of them to pr0rn0ti0n
the insurance companies p
while not doing his job."
'repareFo
expected to have trouble with the
competency test were given preparation
every day instead of their regular
class by a visiting teacher. They
studied the same material as the
regular classes, but 4 times more
often.
Unlike most high school English
texts, which feature Shakespeare or
Longfellow, this book concentrates on
reading in every day situations.
There is a chapter on applying for a
job, showing a sample application, and
asking multiple choice questions about
applying for a job. The chapter
included a list of vocabulary words
pertaining to employmenbt, such as
"s&i&t-y" ana "marital status." T
i * * I mm mi m?\ i Ipr mm m uimmtmm
ir Problem
/ed Soon?y>
recommen- Dundon during the comthe
County ing weeks. Jones said
jrs at the that any feedback or
ig in Nov- input should be chanes
met with neled through these
Dundon, the two men.
alth director
Magovern, In other business,
Health Cen- Magovern said that a
strator. _ last freeze on- CETA - jobs?
ked them for had not been lifted and
ill help in that the center has five a
tion and frozen vacancies,
ation. * CETA has been a bitter
have any sweet, mixed blessing,"
d notions .. Magovern said. The
the organ- departments with frozen
lould be " CETA positions are, two
"I'm very *n Medical Records,
that a re- one in registration,
the matter one in housekeeping.
frly will anc* one *n admini poses
we' 11 stration. Also, the cenimportant."
? ter may lose another__
ing ? cou nty position^ jn re gistration
iid that he next week.
to move ' "We're really hurting
e process with five frozen posi.
delay and tions and another
1 be meeting possible vacancy next
govern and week,"Magovern?said.?
caching
ig his classes |l|li I
ared on camp- |g
,sses, but Dr.
illiams, chair- jNllfl
jlitical science ? 1L ^
informed him ?
tension barred? 'K Ib
begun flHfl
e suspension, V ; 9
etained Attor- m *
G. Pfefferkorn 9
ehalf. Pfeffer- . I
ritten to the M
lforming him
procedures *
[lowed in the V
ision, but he V
to elaborate on
er 5, Ward
?s conference,
) release the
i written criti- HA
incellor, but at ffe-l
he announced . "" w
rneys had adsuch
a disclohe
distributed
two letters of
h#? ViaH u/ritfpn
r. ' - - -
:r is not going
dized," Ward
p. I don't have
>w to maintain J
ave to give up
s in the pro- * ? J
:ed his clash
icellor back to
7, when Carl ^ "
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3n of the uni- &
other condi- B
s which led to
pension were
i he was denied Warning The Sure
That Cigarette Snnok
Thf Chron
r Com petc
Other chapter* deal with reading
skills applicable to reading medicine d
labels, following instructions on ap- tl
pliances and taking driver's license h
test.
"This material is relevant to these c<
kids' lives." Ms. Rae said. "I'd teach si
it even if theire weren't a competency
test because these are things students n
need to know." a
"Last week we read the chapter on a
medicine labels, and most of the n
students didn't know what the word
antidote' meant. So 1 explained it to n
them. Knowing something like that S
could save a life." ri
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Michael Jones, a black student,
idn't think so. "It'll help you out in
le future," he said. "It's not that
ard. I know some of it before."
"I don't understand most of it,"
Dmmented Robert Beane, a white
tudent. \
"I don't see how anyone can say it is
icially biased," said Ms. Rae. "Look
t these chapters. Don't black people
pply for jobs? Drive cars? Take
ledicine?''
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ims. ttae s ciass is nearly an even
lixture of black and white students.
he says that there seems to be no
acial difference in the students'
erformance.
depends on the individual." " ~
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