A Sad Truth
Columnist Clifton Graves predicted not too
long ago that unless something is done to
, prevent the conditions that bred a violent
tragedy, it could and would be repeated.
Unfortunately, he was right.
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By Ruthell Howard although he still has some
Staff Writer minor problems.
Bobby L. Grier is one of
A local black man who?severa^ Garden Court
signed a -sworn statement Tes^en^s ^who filed ~com- i
charging that the Wilson- Points against the company
Covington Construction -with--the Human Relations
"I don *t mind paying the rent as long as they fix
the apartments up. "
-- Bobby Grier
Resident, Garden Court-Apartments^j
Co. discriminates in its Department. <
housing practices says Grier's statement follow- 1
maintenance has shown ed allegations by Jerry ]
some improvement Smith, former maintenance 1
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The Rev. Small Ai
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By Ruthell Howard
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When the Rev. Moses Small passed by an old ice house
and envisioned it as a training school for drug addicts,
alcoholics, and parolees, he says the vision must have
been God-inspired.
So Small purchased the house from the Southern Coal
and Ice Co. and is renovating it to establish The Home of
Hope Training School.
"This is a $200,000 project," Small says, "funded
through faith. I get no support from the federal or state
government. I've been operating on faith for 15 years."
Divine inspiration is what Small says made him Small
get involved in the rehabilitation business. He stopped
preaching and started counseling and housing parolees,
alcoholics and drug addicts at The Home of Hope.
Now Small plans to help employ his clients through his
new school, which will offer courses in shoe repair, cleaning
and pressing, upholstery, cement pottery, carpentry
and sewing. s
And Small says once students have completed their j
courses, which will be taught by local professionals, the t
school will give them certificates and set them up in their
. -9wn businesses.
A vis Smit
By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
Avis Forrest Smith faces a probable-cause hearing
today on charges of manslaughter.
Ms. Smith was arrested and charged for neglecting
her father after he died Aug. 9, and an autopsy, requested
by the Winston-Salem Police Department,
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Peacc Of Mind
Meditation is an effective form of relaxation
? not a religious ritual, says columnist
Evelyn Dunlap. And she offers some simple
procedures on how you can unwind
peacefully and quietly.
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man for the company who getting adequate service?
worked at the apartments For him, Grier says, seron
Highland Avenue, that vice was slow.
W i \ son?Co vington "They (Wilsondiscriminates
?against its Covington)-keep going up_
black tenants. on your rent every year.
?Speaking- at- a^January^You?have?maintenance
meeting of the Human work to he Hone ?nH it tair*?
Relations Commission, a long time to get it done,"
Smith said the company he says. "I don't mind paypracticed
different policies ing the rent as long as they
for its predominantly white fix the apartmentsjip."
and predominantly? blaek Grier says^ he^ has a
apartment complexes. broken water, faucet that is
Smith referred to Garden being fixed, but he has a
Court, which is located in broken front door that he
East Winston, as an exam- tried to get repaired a few
pie of a predominantly months ago and still hasn't
black complex that wasn't See Page 2
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"We will try to get them small business loans or
Finance them ourselves/' Small says. *
"If you are an alcoholic, a drug addict or a parolee, it's
lard to get a job," he adds. "So we teach self- j
smployment and we will put these people in business." j
)ne person is operating a business and loses interest, j
mother person trained in that particular field can take j
>ver the shop. j
He is excited about the program because he says it will
lave a stablizing effect on the person's life. "I can stop a j
person from using drugs," Small says. "The psychology
[ use works. But if that person can't find work he'll go S
ight back to drugs and it just does something to you." ;j
When Small walks through the old house, some parts
itill dilapidated, he sees his dream and hard work slowly
:oming to fruition.
He plans to operate workshops in the back part of the *
building, a sales room in the front, where items made bv
tudents will be sold to help support the school, an out* .
;ide workshop room, where cement pottery will be taught 4
ind an addition to the building to offer shelter to those in |
he street while they wait for jobs.
"We will contact the parole board and they will give 1
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was performed.
Dr. Modesto Scharyj, who performed the autopsy,
attributed Smith's death to several causes, including
disease of the heart, brain, lungs and his undernourished
condition.
Police officers came to Ms. Smith's home July 31,
answering a reported stabbing at the home and found
her father lying in his own waste.
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Japanese culture to Winston-Salem and addr<
(photo by Santana).
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to determine local c<
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scores and fome studies that system by asking them
indicate difficulties among they feel youth receive
a number of college quality education in. <
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academic skills, some Balquis Quddus, mot,
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question tfye effectiveness (teachers) need to tej
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Ms. Smith says her father often had bowel
movements and she hadn't had the opportunity to
clean him.
The officers later returned when Ms. Smith's
father died.
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Ms. Smith contends that she is not guilty of neglecting
her father and says she had attempted to feed
him but he couldn't eat.
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11 More Football
Barry Ct>oper previews the C1AA and
Robert Eller makes his annual NFL predictions.
Plus a final look at the Aggie-Ram
rivalry and the importance of winning that
game to Winston-Salem State's Bill Hayes.
Sports. Page 14.
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lailtu, a Japanese form of poetry, during the opening
amphitheatre downtown at the Sawtooth Center for
?ne of several held Saturday which brought a taste of
essed the center's theme of "Elements of the Earth"
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led and about their ancestors. I the children so the teachers
itly don't think there's enough can control them. So, the
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take care of the rest." learning exactly the things
her John Jones, father oj I'm learning in technical
ley four: "I feel they (children) school and they have things
ich can get a quality education like career centers where
are if they want one. Parents they teach them different
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to transform the old abandoned Ice house into his
drug addicts and parolees (photo by Santana).
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She also says she is being treated unfairly by police
officers and complains about their treatment of her
during the ordeal.
*4<I don't get along too good with the police because
when they come to your house they have a nasty attitude,"
she says. \
One neighbor, Mrs. Veronica McGee, says she
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