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"The Twin Cit/s Award-Winning Weekly'
VOL. XVI, No.?
Panel reviews
interim report
Members identify need
? for recreational facilities
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
Members of the East Winston Development Tbsk
Force are generally pleased with the most recent draft
report from a consultant developing an economic
development strategy for the blighted community.
However, task force members are concerned
about the absence of space allocated for recreation in
the draft report prepared bv Hammer. Siler. George
Association, a consulting firrrrm Silver Spring, Md,
Norma Smith, a member of the task force,
referred to page 71 of the "East Winston Economic
Development Strategy Technical (Draft) Report" and
pointed to a table identifying potential residential
parcels in the study area.
"It's talking about putting about four units to an
acre and that's really packing them in there when
you're talking about single family housing," Ms. Smith
said. "I think some allowances need to be made if
we're going to try to attract young people with fami
lies. They've got to have some space. Kids have got to
have some place to play." ~ " r "
Another task force member, Geneva B. Brown,
agreed.
"The plight of the black family begins when peo
ple 4>uild houses, and children donX have any -
i place to go and then go in the streets," said Mrs.
Brown. "That issue is not fully addressed in the study."
John L. Hunter, a resident of northeast Winston
Salem, said the children in his neighborhood don't
have a place to play.
"It's a problem because the youth don't really have
recreation in the area where I live in Fairchild Apart
ments," Mr. Hunter said. "Because there's not recre
ation anywhere, I think that adds to problems of drugs
and abuse."
"The basic concepts are in place for economic
development," Mrs. Brown continued. "But if we're
going to tackle something like this, we've got to go
through this with a fine-toothed comb so we don't
throw "up something and a few months later go back to
shambles."
Accessibility to East Winston is an area Chair
^ Ernest H. Pitt would like the study team to address ?
more, he said.
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QOIlft FS^hiH ' Photo by Mike Cunningham
Wykiki Gladdin, 3, points out to Chris Gladdin a fish she'd like to catch at Salem
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Chamber's new
minority council
lists 50 members
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
More than 50 Afro- American
businesses have signed on as mem
bers of the newly formed East Win
ston Area Council, a subsidiary
group of the Greater Winston
Salem Chamber of Commerce.
The area council has a two-fold -
purpose, said Fred Norden holz,
chamber president.
"The purpose of the area coun
cil is to give more business people a
chance to be active in chamber
affairs," he said. "We want to get
business people in East Winston
interested in becoming a part of the
chamber. We hope the council will
provide an opportunity for council
members to focus on the problems
particular to East Winston and enlist
the resources of the Greater Win
ston-Salem Chamber of Com
merce to help solve them."
Members of the East Winston
area council can also help. theZ
chamber become more knowl
edgeable about concerns^parucu^
lar to businesses in that section of
the city, Mr. Nordenholz added.
East Winston's council will be
similar to the first chambcr-spon
Please see page A7
Geneva Brown gets
school minority post
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronkito Staff Writer
The second Afro-American in a
month s time has been named by
Superintendent Larry D. Coble to
serve in an interim position in the
city-county schools' central admin
istration.
Geneva B. Brown, the principal
for the last 18 years of Moore Alter
native School, was named the direc
tor of minority affairs by the super
intendent during an executive ses
sion Tuesday night. In the regular
board meeting that followed, Mrs.
Brown's new post was affirmed by
the school board.
Also in the meeting, Palmer
Friende, The superintendent's new
executive assistant was officially
welcomed aboard by the board and
school administrative personnel..
Mr. Fifertdc, an Atro-Amenfc&n who
retired from central office in 1984,
was appointed by Dr. Coble Aug.
15.
Both appointments are interim
ones and evolved out of the super
intendent's central office reorgani
zation plan approved July 17.
The position Mrs. Brown will
occupy is designed to increase the
achievement levels of minority and
average students, Dr. Coble has
said. Someone familiar with
instructional service delivery and
children's learning styles would be
best able to tackle the widening gap
between the tost scores of Alro
American and white students I>,
Coble said.
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Wake Forest official defends
school's investment in coliseum
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
Wake Forest University stands to reap many ben
efits from the financial seeds it sowed into the
Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum, but Winston-Salem
won't be left holding an empty purse, according to
school officials.
Higher-ups at the university say recent media
coverage has left the public with the impression that
WFU is getting more than any other entity out of the
deal. However, said Sandra Connor, vice president
for public affairs at WFU, what the city will get in
revenue and profits will put it in a position to make a
tremendous economic gain.
In May 1985, after voters defeated two bond
issues to fund the coliseum, the university's trustees
passed a resolution authorizing the contribution of up
to $4.6 million to the $26.6 million coliseum project,
Ms. Connor
explained.
"From day
one the univer
sity has been .
interested in the
coliseum pro
ject because we '
have long
sought to play basketball on our home court in our
home city," Ms. Connor said. "Of course we didn't
have that kind of money on hand. It was raised
through the Deacon Club, our alumni support
group."
Alumni pledged at least $7,500 a piece to get
choice seats in the new coliseum. There were 650
choice seats
available.
"Since we
were taking a $5
million risk, uni
versity officials
said they wanted
certain ameni
ties in the coli
seum that would not only make it more attractive, but
profitable," NJs. Connor said.
Those amenities included 18 sky boxes that univer
sity officials paid $1.6 million to construct Wake For
est officials have leased 17 of the boxes and Winston
Salem State University has purchased the remaining
box.
Among the lessees are: The Angell Group, Clcm
mons; USAir, Budd Services Inc., Pepsi-Cola Bottlers
of Winston-Salem, Flow Motors, R.J. Reynolds Tobac
co Co., NCNB, Bowman Gray School of Medicine,
Vulcan Materials Co., Integon Corporation, The Stiel
ton Companies and Wachovia Bank & Trust. Final
agreements have yet to be signed on two of the boxes
and three are leased to individuals whose names have
not been released, Ms. Connor said.
Criticism of the "luxury boxes," particularly that
appearing in an editorial last week in the local daily
?
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Robinson to pursue
Vernon Roblr^pn
? By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronide Staff Writer
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state House seat vacated by Duncan
Republicans are gearing up for an election, the results of which will be
announced before the month's end.
Since Rep. Ann Q. Duncan, R-Forsyth, announced her resignation
from the seat she has held for three terms in the state House. Republican
_ hopefuls have been making telephone calls and special visits to gather
enough support to win the appointment ?
Rep. Duncan resigned from the N.C. General Assembly to become the
assistant secretary of administration at the state Department of Environ
ment, Health and Natural Resources. She will begin her new job next week.
In the meantime^ Vernon Robinson, a former candidate for the House;
Lyons Gray, who lost his bid for the 5th Congressional District to Senator
Steve Neal; and Fred S. Hutchins Jr., a legislator in the 1970s, are consid
ered by many to be the top contenders to succeed Rep. Duncan.
Joe J. Gatto, chair of the Republican Party of Forsyth County, said per
sons interested in the post must make their intentions known to him in writ
ing by Saturday, Sept. 9.
HI have not received written notification from anyone, but I have
talked to two people who have indicated an interest and I am expecting let
ters from them," Mr. Gatto said Those people are Vernon Robinson and
Lyons Gray. I've also heard that Charles Wallschleger was interested but I
haven't spoken to him."
Mr. Wallschleger was a candidate for the 20th District State Senate'in
1988.
After the letters are in, Mr. Gatto said, the Republican's executive
board will decide whether to conduct interviews, based on the number of
people interested in the the post. On Sept. 18 the executive committee will
hear from each candidate and vote on who it will recommend tjiat the gov
ernor appoint
There arc approximately 75 people who make up the Republican exec
utive committee, Mr. Gatto said. Precinct chairs from the 39th District, the
Republicans of Forsyth County's officers, 5th District officers who live in
the 39th District, the national committee chair and all Republican elected
officials will vote on Rep. Duncan's replacement.
Please see page A9 .
Ann Q. Duncan