Page 2-The Chronicle, Thursday, April 1, 1982 iiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Prison Officials Not Justified IIIIHIIIIllllillllllllilllllllllllllllltlllUillllllllillllllllll iiHHHHiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim ‘"'•'"Miniiin From Page 1 nHHIHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIilllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIII to keep. If they said they were going to do some thing, then they should stick to their word. That is not right.” Renee Shepherd-"li they transferred them to end the situation, then why are they going to bring them (in mates) back to the same at mosphere that caused them to take hostages in the first place? 1 think that it is the responsibility of law of ficials to keep their word.” Btondie //o/ma/7-“Surely, in a situation like this, they (inmates) didn’t think that they (officials) would let them stay in Petersburg after taking hostages. But 1 don’t think that its right to lie to them, either. 1 think that because of this, any kind of hostage situation in the future is going to be Natural Long quite hard to resolve without violence. Those people in Raleigh have backed themselves into a corner and I don’t think that they realize how hard it’s going to be to get out.” Andrew Royster-‘‘T\\ey (officials) promised a transfer so that they could get the men back unharm ed. Those were the terms of Steve Glenn the agreement and that’s the way it should go down. The inmates should stay in Virginia because that’s the deal that was made. If they have to go back to Raleigh, they’re going to face an even worse situation than before, which is going to put them in a more desperate situation. And Barbara Pearson you know if the brothers are desperate for life, they will make any move just to survive. The people (of ficials) up there ought to consider that before they go back on a promise.” Sieve Glenn-“No, 1 don’t think that the state is justified in going back on its word. They (inmates) did iiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII■HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIII■IIIIHIIIIIII■IIIIIIIIIIIIIII■III■IIII■I what they did because of the treatment they were get ting. You know they’re gonna go through some more if they go back. It’s wrong, it’s definitely wrong to do something like that and expect people to have respect and trust for the law.” Ronald Carter—"They should have solved the pro blem differently from the beginning. They (officials) never should have agreed to such a demand in the first place. Even if they agreed and then didn’t take them, but they should have never took them to Virginia. If it was, as they say, racially motivated, then it should have been handled in an en tirely different way.” Barbara Pearson —"I know that they were wrong IIUlHHIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItllllllllUUimU by taking hostages. But if because inmates won’t be- they (inmates) were des perate enough to do that, then that shows you that something was wrong inside the prison. The next time a believe the officials. You just don’t do things like that. The thing that gets me, though, is that the peo ple making these decisions situation like that comes up probably don’t work direct- it’s going to be very violent ly in that prison. But ^ they’re putting the. the people who won’t be any nego,"; without guarantees, C who s going guarantees? Nobody," Greenway Making Comeback From Page 1 IIIIIIIIIIII■IIIIIII1IUIIIIII1IIIIIIIII■IIIIHIIIIIHI agement skills. “There are 164 NHS pro grams in 122 cities in the United States,” said Jimmi Williams, local coordinator iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniunuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHiiiiiiiiuiu Durham to explore an NHS program,” Williams said. Canty, who also went to Blowing Rock, said many residents, including him, for the program, “and Win- were a little skeptical about ston-Salem is one of four the program at first. “But I cities in North Carolina left Blowing Rock feeling with an NHS program.” that this program can The other three cities are work,” Canty said. “We Charlotte, Durham and had about three meetings Wilmington. during which we introduced To develop an NHS, first a residents to the program.” local entity, city govern- Canty said that after they ment and local financial toured Durham, enthusi- institutions must sign an asm among the residents of agreement. Before the Greenway began to mount signing, NHS sends two or and hasn’t stopped since, three representatives to as- Canty said once all the sess the possibility of de- advantages of the program veloping the area. “They look for interest in neighborhood revitaliza tion,” Williams said, “and the technical and financial resources to do it.” are discussed with each resident, there should be 100 percent pro-NHS senti ment. “This is a self-help pro- gfam,"*' Canty said. ‘‘There ing influence in the neigh borhood and reduce risk for anyone who wants to invest in the neighborhood.” Greenway has been asking for help, Williams said. “It’s not a critical neigh borhood, but the average house is about 50 years old.” Williams said NHS is getting very positive feed back from the residents as exemplified by the senti ment during the fifth work shop, held Tuesday, March 23, during which Winston- Salem’s NHS was incorp orated, charactered by the state with tax-exemp stat us, and had its by-laws officially adopted. “It was more of a ceremony than a meeting,” Williams said. “There were 80 residents there who cheered and celebrated officially estab lishing NHS.” Williams said his kind of interest was developed by NHS’s community involve ment. “We had one-on-one talks with residents, gave one or two social gather ings, had slide shows and worked extensively with neighborhood block cap tains,” he said. GIVETOTHE UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND. A MIND IS ATERRIBLE THING TOWASTL When you give to UNCRyou help 41 pri vate, predominately black colleges and universities. Where thousands of students graduate each year with skills that you, and our country, depend on every day. Send your check to the United Negro College Fund, Box K, 500 East 62nd St., N.Y, N.Y 10021. And we’ll see it pays off. PROOl GOOD TASTE Serve a better mixed drink with Canada Dry gin, vodka or bourbon. They’re three ways to really improve your spirits. Then a local coordinator is isn’t a landiord who do^n’t^ hired to organize the pro- want to upgrade his proper- cess of developing the pro gram. Williams and Bill Lott, field representative for the Neighborhood Reinvest ment Corp., visited every bank and savings and loan in the city, government officials and representa tives from citywide organi zations, such as the Nation al Association for the Ad vancement of Colored Peo ple, Experiment in Self-Re liance and the , Urban League. “We put together an NHS ad-hoc development group with representatives from all the city groups,” Wil liams said. Then, the group of 48 people touched, base with almost every neigh borhood association in the city to recruit representa tives. Those representa tives went to Blowing Rock for a two-day conference to discuss the program. The city agreed to pay National Neighborhood Re investment Corporation $35,000 to organize the NHS program, Williams said. For the past year, work shops have been held to organize the program. The first workshop was held last July to begin the planning process. The site selection committee, with assistance from William McNeil, the City/County Planning Board, researched and ana lyzed data on neighbor hoods using National Rein vestment criteria along with some local criteria. “They were looking for three things,” Williams said. “Sound housing stock, substantial home ownership and an income mix, ranging from low to moderate. The NHS made a concentrated push to dis cuss the program with resi dents and answer any ques tions to confirm there was sufficient interest. “As part of the developing process, we took 18 residents to ty. Eight-five percent of the people who live in Green way are there for life. I talked to residents and they said they were glad some thing is being done. Every one could see Greenway slipping but no one knew what to do. ” Canty, a young homeown er who has been living in Greenway for three and one-half years, said he is happy for this opportunity. “With interest rates so high,” Canty said, “most young homeowners can’t afford to get this type of work done on their homes.” Canty said there are many other young couples in Greenway who probably feel the same. “We want Greenway to be as pretty as it was 15 or 20 years ago,” Canty said. One good thing about the program is that the resi dents have the last word in deciding what to do for the house and how. much, Can ty said. Once all the homes in the neighborhood are brought up to code stand ards, if residents want fur ther work done on their homes, they can make that decision. Canty also said that a revolving loan pro gram, set up by NHS, will help residents who are skeptical, because of their incomes, about participat ing. NHS has a total operating budget of $210,000 for a three-year period or $70,000 a year. The city has contributed $150,000 to the Neighborhood Reinvest ment Corporation in grants. The program has three goals, Williams said. One is to renew confidence in the neighborhood. “There is a high correlation between neighborhood decline and deterioration and the confi dence residents have in the neighborhood,” Williams said. “The NHS also wants to have a long-term stabiliz- • Mildew HlicLatex Housef^"” • No Chalk Washdown • SW'" J ^ Schoolhouse-look UgM Fixture ONLY 19^^ Beautiful with Sears ceiling fans. White opal glass diffuser. Thru April 10. 36005 WeatherBeater Satin Survivor Satin SAVE $7 Reg. $17.99 10^ SAVE $5 gallon Reg. $14.99 099 gallon A terrific exterior paint with one- coat coverage, in many colors. Now on sale until April 17 at Sears. Sears Best exterior latex covers in one coat, is stain and mildew resis tant. In many beautiful colors. On sale until April 10. 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