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By RUTHELL HOWARD
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The penalv system usually gets youth after they have
become too involved in crime.
But Forsyth Court Volunteers wants them before they
get that far. ?
A non-profit operation that was founded in 1974 at the
request of a local district court judge and probation of^
ficial, the organization is designed to steer youth away
from a life of crime mainly through a buddy system that
provides a problem youth with an adult friend.
"Primarily, we are a one-on-one program that recruits,
-trains and screens-adult volunteers-to work one-on-one
with adjudicated youth, youth in trouble or who have
been in trouble, youth at risk and children that are
ungovernable or undisciplined at home,'* says James
Garrett, 25, a coordinator who has worked with the program
since April of 1982.
I om Kcniey, 3U, wno Degan working witn me program
in 1981, explains that volunteers commit themselves to
spend four hours a week with their young friends.
Through forming a friendship, the volunteer hopes to
help the youngster begin a productive lifestyle,
"The concept works/' Kenley says. "In fact, the National
Council of Juvenile Judges has deemed the single
most important experience (for a problem child) a oneon-one
relationship with an adult.''
Both Kenly and Garrett are optimistic about the future
of the young organization, but they are also concerned
about the lack of black male volunteers to work with
.black youth.
"Out of last year's 350 youngsters petitioned for delin|
quent acts, 37 percent were black males," Garrett says.
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Chapel Hill?Dorothy Cox remembers how inspiring
role models can be.
As a graduate student at the University of North
Carolina at ChaDel Hill School of Nursing, Cox attended
the National Black Nurses Association Convention in
1978 and was impressed by the accomplishments of the
people she met.
*'Those black role models formed a burning image in
my mind," she recalled, "and I want to help create that
inspiration for others."
Cox, a family nurse practitioner with Dr. Sampson
Harrell of Durham, has organized the Central Carolina
chapter of the National Black Nurses Association, and
she said she hopes its members will serve as role models
for. blacks who are interested in becoming nurses and for
k black nurses who wish to further their education.
The chapter, only the second in North Carolina, includes
nurses from Durham, Orange and Person counties.
Cox said it is-working to promote professional
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The program presently has 40 youth who ire unmatched,
and because there is a shortage of tyack males* some
black males ages seven to nine are matched with females
30 or older in a mother-son type of relationship.
?The organization also makes interracial matches,
which both Garrett and Kenley say work very well.
Youth who want to participate in the program are
often referred to the volunteers by the court system, probation
officers and social workers or a family member.
Each child decides if he wants a particular volunteer for a
friend and matches are then made based on the
background of each party.
Volunteers for the program must be at least 18 years
old. have access to reliable transportation, not be on oro
bation or parole and be willing to commit themselves to
at least one year of service.
After filling out an application, the volunteers go
through a training session with program staff, a district
court judge, a child court counselor and an intake
counselor, who often decides when a child has committed
an offense that should go to court.
New recruits also discuss the program with experienced
volunteers and youth who have been through the program.
Garrett speculates there is a shortage of black male
volunteers because they may fail to realize there is & need
for their services. "If black males were to see the need;
then a lot more would become involved," He says.
"They need to know what's going on with the youth,
especially the black youth, in our courts."
Aside from one-on-one companionship, the organization
gives volunteers an opportunity to help youth in
other capacities through its two other components: a
"Resource Pool" program and a "Work And Earn It"
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Next Week:
Next week's edition examines herpes and its
effects on the black community locallyincluding
why the disease appears to be more
prevalent among whites, even though it may
not be.
Also, columnist Tony Brown, who obviously
is no fan of Jesse Jackson, gives us more
reasons he feels the leader of Operation PUSH
is not a viable presidential candidate.
Also next issue:
John H. Johnson Jr., publisher of Ebony,
launches a new television show.
Black churches are examined editorially.
Some of Washington, D.C.'s best young
basketball players tackle Winston's best.
And much, much more.
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By RUTHELL HOWARD \
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East Winston definitely needs more housing. i
A group of consultants hired by the city reiterated that <
opinion after observing the area as part of a countywide .
lour.
Noting economic progress that has already taken place
in East Winston and the success of projects like the East
Winston Shopping Center, two of the consultants said
has untapped economic potential and named housing as
one main concern. "
The two are part of a team conducting a countywide
economic growth analysis survey for the Real Estate
Research Com. -
"Our impression is that there's a lot of land out there i
that needs developing/' said team manager David Crane
o? CBT/Crane Associates of Boston. "The question is:
fpr what kind of market?"
Crane said there is an interest among residents in the '
communty in seeing some type of additional housing,
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Apartments Provide Headac
By ROBIN ADAMS
Staff Writer
In a display of anger Over a $35 rent increase, tenant^
of New Bethel Apartments staged an emotion-filled protest
in front of the complex last week.
But the situation at New Bethel goes beyond the
tenants anger; both management and the apartments
owners appear to have serious problems of their own.
The tenants feel that the rent increase isn't justified
because the apartments need considerable maintenance
work.
"We are not going to calm down until they do
something to our apartments," said Betty Harris,
spokesman for the tenants.
Harris said that if the tenants are given ;i,surances that
the necessary maintenance work will be done, they will
agree to pay the rent increase. The $35 increase raises the
monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment to $154, a
two-bedroom apartment to $161, a three-bedroom apart
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>re Housing
whether public, low-income or middle-income, located
:hroughout East Winston.
Ronald R. Morgan, a principal in the Dalton Morgan
& Partners architectual firm in Charlotte, listed several
>ther concerns for the area that were developed in the
"Our impression is that there's a lot of land out
there that needs developing. The question is: for
what kind of market ?"
first phase of a $250,000 economic analysis and survey of
Winston-Salem communities.
"I think that there are clearly some implications (for
improvement) in terms of boulevards and roadways that
would tie East Winston in more with the downtown
area," Morgan said.
This, he said, would physically link East Winston with
the downtown area. There currently is no major street
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ment to $167 and a four-bedroom apartment to $171.
According to Harris, the apartments are in very poor
condition. She and many other tenants voiced a number
of complaints, including faulty electrical wiring, leaky
roofs, problems with rats and roaches and the lack of a
fire prevention system.
"They promise us things are going to be done on
paper, but they never get done," Harris charged. "They
have made a lot of idle promises."
She added: "I am not rich and I don't pretend to be. I
need something to show for the extra $35 I am going to
have to pay."
The apartments' management says its problems are
based on economics, too, but are a bit more complex
than those of the tenants.
Reginald T. McLaurin, resident manager of the apartments
for the past two years, said that the tenants are experiencing
"rent shock."
"They are complaining about repairs not being made
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