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t I Wilis VOL. VI, NO. 34 U.S.P.S. NO. Vitale Shena Falls Senneca M. Giles m .^h| vffi Gienda Gill Clevetta Gilliam K9EB ' ; "V" ' ., 4 Pamela Hauser Linda M. Linton Kathy A. McCray Jacqueline McKoy -?^%a^, /N.>,^* ?:?*?m^? Jenise S. Miller Angela M. Stewart Angeline Tillery Glenda F. Webster Deborah Caldwell Cynthia Crawford * \ Carol Davis i J m HJh ton-Sale "Serving the Winston-Salem C 067910 WINSTON-SAI.EM, N.C. No 7 k AntViorit\r By Donna Oldham Staff Writer The Housing Authority of Winston-Salem has admitted that contrary to guidelines of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, it does not have a schedule that would let Turnkey III residents know how much repairs to their residences will cost. i Ben Erlitz, of the Legal Aid of Northwest, N.C. Inc., an I attorney for the Homebuyers Association of Kingston I Greens, one of the seven Turnkey III developments said I that the Housing Authority was indirect violation of HUD 1 guidelines. _____ < Judge Suspends^ Sentence In ' SolomonCase Paulette Louise testimony told McConnell, I Solomon, accused in the "she would definitely be ac' stabbing death of her cepted back." boyfriend in January, was Ms. Solomon was chargvgiven a suspended sentence ed in the death of her last Thursday by Superior boyfriend, Ricky Thomas; Court Judge John D. Mc- however in a plea bargain Connell. agreement with the district McConnell's decision, attorney's office, she pleadwhich obviously shocked ed guilty to voluntary . Ms. Solomon and her at- manslaughter which is intorney, Chuck Alexander, tent to iniure resultinc in i came after he asked her death. The offense is ] I former neighbor if society punishable by up to ^0 I I and the Winston-Salem years in prison. f community in his opinion According to Ms. 9 f would be willing to accept Solomon's statement which cj Ms. Solomon despite the in- was read during her pro- j cident. Everyone in the au- bable cause hearing last dience nodded yes. month, she stabbed f James Cato, in. his See Pag* ( Official Says I Residents Re | By Donna Oldham I Staff Writer t > Residents of Easton Manor and Northampton, two / divisions of Turnkey III in Winston-Salem, say that they 1 resent references made by a Housing Authority official that they could not manage themselves. b The Chronicle reported last week that William H. ? Andrews, community services director of the Housing a Authority had stated that "residents of Turnkey III t homes are not ready to manage themselves, that is why n the Housing Authority has not signed a recognition F agreement for any of the seven divisions," he said. a Deloise Reeves, a resident of the smallest and oldest Turnkey development in the city, Easton Manor, said in tl response to Andrews, "We can manage Easton Manor if ii we wanted to, but we don't want to take on the a responsibility of management at this time. I can only a speak for Easton Manor and we manage our own units ti well enough. Anything I ask Jim Haley for, Easton U gets," she said. Mrs. Barbara Isaiah, an eight-year resident of T Women Urged^To f Develop Selves By Donna Oldham by black men and society, I Staff Writer would challenge the system I during the next two vears. I Women should concen- The event was sponsored I trate on self-development by the governor's office and M rather than on soap operas the North Carolina Council if they're going to get on the Status of Women, anywhere, according to Proctor, a native of W Barbara Proctor, founder Black Mountain, told the f and president of Proctor approximately 300 women h and Gardner, one of the na- in the audience that it was tion's top advertising agen- hard to manage a career _cics. and a home, especially for Proctor was the keynote black women., speaker at the Forsyth "Scheduling and sticking County Governor's, Con- to that schedule will either fcrciice on Leadership make you or break you. Development for Women Women and mothers need* Saturday at Centenary to realize that children are Church. able to assume more Proctor also told the au- r?spoosibil.t.es that w^give dicnce that black women, ,'1em f?r. sa'd Procthrough previously subdued Sec Page 2 _y 3ltan V m Glyr ommumty Since 1 974" Saturday, April 19, 1980 nurnkey III Repair Sche Ignores K "We have correspondence between the Housing Authority and myself on behalf of the Homebuyers Association of Kingston-Greens and thev know that we * know that they are not in compliance with HUD," Erlita said. The schedule Erlitz referred to would provide Turnkey residents with the cost of major and minor repairs tc their residences. William Moore, manager of Turnkey III for the Housing Authority said that Lee Hill, director ol maintenance and William H. Andrews community services director were "in the process of making a scheduler" U|p Ray Sherman, assistant Jootball coach at Wake Forest jntversify, pins a ribbon of recognition on young winner )f 50-meter wheel chair race, one of more than 500 paricipants who won awards during the Annual Special Olympics. Homebuyers Can't Manage Tu ;sent Andre\ Northampton, the largest Turnkey development* said hat residents are kept in the dark about Housing Authority programs and the actions of the Homebuyers Associations because of Dorothy Ross, director of iomebuyer Services and Andrews. "I don't know and haven't known what happens here >ecause Mrs. Ross runs everything," said Mrs. Isaiah. A source close to the Housing Authority said, "People ire hesitant to participate in the Homebuyers Associaion because of Mrs. Ross. She is vengeful and wants to nanipulate people. She is more a detriment to the lousing Authority than they know. She looks down on us nd calls us illiterate, that's her favorite word." in last week's article, Jimmy Pettigrew, president of he HBA at Kingston Greens said that Mrs. Ross had itervened several times to keep the seven homebuyers fssociation presidents from meeting together. "It's lmost like she's afraid for us to get together the way she ies to keep us apart and in the dark." Pettigrew said tst week. When the Chronicle reached Mrs. Ross at her office on uesday, she said that she had no comment regarding m "A a- J > ^ m I . / _-^fc 'ajaa Barbara Proctor 'oqicle 20f 20 Pages This Week ?dule [up Rules a " j Moore said, however, that the schedule that Hill and ; Andrews are preparing is a depreciation schedule, not the one specified by HUD, and requested by Erlitz. i He said that to his knowledge, there is nothing to tell tenants how much they can expert to pay for an r appliance when it goes bad, or even a document telling > residents how much repairs will be for various things. "The schedule that HUD is talking about and the one that they are drawing up are two entirely different r things. 1 don't know why we don't have the HUD < schedule. 1 can't answer that," Moore said, i The Housing Authority and its management of See Page 2 Haley To Sign\ HBAgreementX By Donna Oldham Staff Writer The Housing Authority of Winston-Salem has 1 agreed to sign the first recognition agreement in the 8 10-year history of Turnkey 111 in the city. Kingston Greens will be the first Winston-Salem I Turnkey development to be given responsibilitiies of I management and maintenance of themselves, i I according to Ben Erlitz, attorney for the residents I ^ and David Thompkins of the Housing Authority. In a meeting that took olace TuesHnv t? ' H Eriitz, James Haley, executive director of the I - jg Housing Authority; Thompkins, HA deputy director; B | B Jimmy Pettigrew, Kingston Greens Homebuyers I V B Association and Densie Gaither, a board member of B ' 1 the HBA at Kingston Greens, Haley agreed to sign 1 B the document "to help the HBA grow, develop and fl \rnkey Units vs' Remarks allegations made by Turnkey residents. "I don't have any comments at all, 1 don't have to defend my job to anyone. 1 know how the people at Kingston Greens feel about me. They asked that I not work with them anymore and my supervisor granted their request. During 1979, I did not work with the Homebuyers Association at all in any capacity, my staff aid. This was all at the request of my supervisor," she said. The source said that the Housing Authority uses two sets of standards in dealing with Turnkey residents. "They pick who they want to get a Turnkey house, whether their name 'has been on the list five years or five minute^: They also decide who to aqd who not to charge for home repairs. They really put a hurting on some people and others don't pay a dime," they said. Haley, who was attending a housing conference, according to his secretary, was unavailable for comment. Ms. Reeves said that she personally resents Andrews' comments because of some of the Housing Authority's Blacks Challenge Census Hiring By John W. Templeton were sent to 90 per cent of Staff Writer American homes. Census v takers will visit homes A dozen black elected of- which did not respond, ficials and other leaders ac- The black leaders, led by cused the local office of the Commissioner Mazie S. U.S. Census of^noChiring Woodruff and Alderman the political referrals they Vivian H. Burke, said they have sent for the more than "were totally ignored in the 650 temporary jobs being selection process," and not filled. ? told about the referral However, the local system until they called district manager has said Rep. Steve Neal's office, the political referrals are Alderman Burke said not the decisive factor in that thovu;om f~1 _ ...v; "v-iv, givvii 1 ticrrai hiring and the county forms to fill out two weeks Democratic chairman has ago after contacting the said that not a single black congressman. Burke said all leader has sent him a refer- six persons she referred and ral. Woodruff said all four she The Census is a count had referred were not hired. '**? of the nation's population Thomas Elijah Jr., presitaken every 10 years since Sec Pm 3 ^
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