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Thursday, January 4,1990
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By ROBIN BARKSDALE
Chronide Staff Writer
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The head of a citizens' committee asking for the recall of Northeast
Ward Alderman Vivian Burke said Tuesday that efforts to get 624 sig
natures on a recall petition are "moving along.*'
Dr. J. Raymond Oliver, chair of the Concerned}Citizens of the
Northeast Ward, said that the group nas unoeriakenddor-to-door meth
ods of securing the necessary numbfcr of names on a recall petition.
"We're still gathering signatures. We've found that the process is
slow," Dr. Oliver said. "We're learning that a number of people don't
understand the issues involved, so it's taking us more time."
Dr. Oliver said that there are about 20 people working with the
committee-but that, in many cases, committee members are having to
explain what the issues surrounding the recall are. The committee has
said that it is initiating recall action against Mrs. Burke because of her
decision at the Dec. 4 board meetihg which dealt Afro-American alder
men out of key committee appointments.
Dr. Oliver said that the group is not discouraged by the length of
time that4t has taken to secure the names on petitions. He said also that,
-regardless iiowjrtuch-timfr it takes to explain the issues, the commit
tee feels that it is crucial that Northeast Ward residents understand the
significance of Mrs. Burke's actions.
4The removal of ?Virginia Newell as chair of the finance committee
was a political power mdve designed to gain control of the purse strings
of city government," he said. "Placing (West Ward Alderman) Robert
Northington, a Republican, in that position gave Northington the power
to exercise considerable influence as to how money wift be spent and
for what purpose.!.We do not know just yet how much East Winston
will lose. Some persons in politics and economic development predict
that the losses will be in the millions of dollars. How much money is
designated for development in East Winston will depend on how Robert
Northington thinks and votes andNhow the alderman from the Northeast
Ward votes since together they cetjamly will represent the balance <5T
power." , _~_ ' ~?
Dr. Oliver said that his committee has not set a timetable or dead
line for collecting the signatures necessary to continue recall proceed
ings against Mrs. Burke. , _ ~
Mrs* Burke was not available ,at press lime Wednesday.
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Candidates gear up
for 1990 campaigns
K.R. Williams gies
City bids farewell to a pioneer
By ROBIN BARKSDALE
Chronicle Staff Writer
could be<aB*<<?ifference between colonists
being taxed without representation. I decid
ed that there was no difference," D'r.
its leading citizens just beforfe the dawn of
the new decade when Dr. Kenneth R.
Williams died last Sunday at his home.
A native of Virginia* Dr. Williams
became the city's first
Afro-American alder
man when he was
elected to the board in
1947. He held his seat
from 1947 to 1951. A
modest* soft-spoken
man. Dr. Williams
described his history
making accomplishment as "a real privi
lege."
"I'd like to be known as an
individual who was sincere
and whose interest in the wel
fare of people was sincere?
? Dr. Kenneth R. Williams
shortly after being selected for the Sara
Lee/Charles MCLean Award.
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The Rev. K.O.P. Goodwin, a long-time
friend and colleague of
Dr. Williams, rem em
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bers him simply as a
man with principles.
"I knew hinfas~a~~
very straight forward
gentleman. That's how
i imew him," said Rev.
Goodwin. "I consider
his friendship to have been top-notch."
' J . T71.. The 1,800-seat auditorium on the canv
"Here we were paying taxes and having, pus of Winston-Salem Slate Universfty C
no jobs except menial ones and no re0fisen- bears Dr.. Williams' name, a testament to his
tation whatsoever. I tried to understand wK^ Please see page A9
Dr. Kenneth R. Williams
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronide Staff Writer
Before city residents, and the
media, get a chance to catch their
breaths Trom the whirlwind activi
ty of the 1989 primaries and gen-;
eral elections, a new slew of can
didates have begun vying for vot
ers' attention. ' , .
Filing for the Nov. 6, 1990,
election officially opened Tuesday
for state and local candidates.
Seats are available on the Forsyth
County Board of Commissioners,
. the State House and Senate and \n
the Sheriff's office.
Sheriff E. Preston <>Mham
announced Dec. 28 that he will
seek re-election. Robert F. Joyce
announced Tuesday that he will be
challenging the incumbent in the
May 8^Democratic Primary.
'k Mr. Joyce, whcr made his
announcement on his 43rd birth
day, said he has no law enforce
ment experience, but said "the s
county's best sheriff' - Ernie
Shore - was a baseball player and
that he hafl np expertise in thc^
ment experience to beji good
sheriff," Mr. Joyce said in front of
an audience of more than 25 fami
ly members and well-wishers. I
think a sheriff, can^get a lot more
done with managerial and admin
istrative experience."
;Mr Joyces father, Ben F*
Joyce, was a Highway J*atrobnan
and eventually retired fromllie
registration division of the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles. He
followed in his father's footsteps,
beginning his career as ? hearing
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field.
It does not take law enforce- t
Director of Best
Choice Center
resigns, interim
By TONYA V. SMITH
?hrontcte Staff Writer
After only eight months on the job, the pioneer
director of the Best Choice Center has been snatched up
by the state Department of Human Resources, and
Monday she^ became North Carolina's new assistant
chief of adolescent services in the Division of Mental
Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse.
As assistant chief, Anita Jones Dunston will tie
responsible for Gov. Jim Martin's drug and substance
abuse council, his Challenge program, training schools,
detention facilities and state hospitals that house ado
lescents who are substance abusers.
The Best Choice Center (BCC), located at 1521 3
14th St., was established Nov. 20, 1988, to foster a
drug-free community through intervention, prevention
and education. The center was. awarded a $25,000 grant
from the Kate^B. Reynolds Poor and Needy Trust Fund
so that it could hire a full-time director. Mrs. Dunston
was hired in April. The Washingtofv, N.C., native was
the Outreach Services Director at Step One Tne>va drug
abusehfeatment facility, before she joined the BCGf
Henrietta Settles Hodge, who worked as Mrs. Dun
> ston's assistant at Step One and at the BCC, has been
named interim director.
As a grant writer.for the federal government, Mrs.
Dunston had always rubbed shoulders wiih the higher
ups and had even been offered a job in the District of
Columbia. She declined the offer, despite the fact that
replacement named
she would Have been compensated for the astronomical
cost of living difference.
Later, a friend - who was leaving a state level job -
said she had recommended Mrs. Dunston as her
replacement * -w
"But I didn't really take her seriously," Mrs. Dun
ston said. "But then I got a call from Raleigh in October
and they said, 4We want a look at you.* I said you've
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Phillips selected
European delegate,
tapped for award by NAFEO
From Chronida Staff Reports
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Assistant superintendent Bar
bara K. Phillips has been selected as
one of 40 national delegates to par
ticipate in a study tour of Europe,
scheduled for Oct. 31-Nov. 13,
1990. r .
^'Symposium on the New
Europe - East and West: Implica
tions for American Education" will
allow educators from the Uniteft
States the opportunity to study edi*
cation in the Soviet Union, to dis
?cuss educational policies and prac
tices and interact with Soviet Edu
cators.
- Dr. Phillips was invited to join
the tour by Erling W. Clausen, pres
ident of^the American Association
of School Administrators. The touf
will include stops in Moscow, Sui
dal, Vladimir, Leningrad and Brus
sels^ -
"Our dialogue with the educa
tional leaders of the Soviet Union,
as well as school visits will give
each of us an opportunity to observe
on a first-hand basis what is hap
pening to education behind the Iron
Curtain," Mr. Clausen said. "The
study tour will provide insights into
the significance of the opening of
the Iron Curtain, an act that will
indeed impact the quality of life in
America in the years ahead."
Mr. Clausen also'outlined the
objectives of the stu^ mission, to
provide American educational lead
ers with insights into the historic
changes happening in the Soviet
Union, its satellites and in the new
European Economic Community;
the historical, ideological and cul
tural contexts, and the issues that
these changes raise for American
schools in relation to cultural litem
cy, educational exchanges and the
"competency and competitiveness of
thesfcmerican work force in whai
will be a new and different global
community.
Before her trip to the Soviet
Union, Dr. Phillips will take part in
an Educator Orientation Visit and
workshop to the Naval Training
Center in Orlando, Fla. Eighty-five
high school and community college,
educators were invited to attend the
workshop. '
The assistant superintendent is
also involved in what is considered
the largest organization committed
to improving education for Afro
Americans - Quality Education for
Minorities (QEM) network. Its pur
pose is to improve the quality and
variety of educational opportunities
available to minority students so
that they arc better prepared to
achieve academic excellence in
school and to advance in the work
force. QEM Network succeeded
QEM Project, which is preparing a
report "Education That Works :
National Goals for the Education of
Minorities and How to Achieve
Them." That action plan is sched
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Dr. Barbara PhilliDs
Harv*y GantL
Gantt's exploratory committee includes four local residents
From Chronicle Staff Reports
On Dec. 30 former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt
announced the formation of an exploratory committee to
study the feasibility pf him challenging 4J.S. Sen. Jesse
Helms for his seat iffThe 1990 elections.
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Four of the 121 people Mr. Gantt chose to be on his
committee are Wiituon-Salem residents. They are ClaSlC^i.
Brown of Clark S. Brown & Son's Funeral Home, Clarence
"Big House" Gaines, athletic director and head basketball
coach at Winston-Salem State University, Rep. Annie
Brown Kennedy and Alderman Larry W. Womble- ^
The Harvey Gantt for U.S. Senate Exploratory com
mittee is co-chaired by former state Sen. Melvin Watt,
North Carolina National Bank board chair Hugh McColl
and Sarah Jordan, a leading advocate of women and chil
dren's issues and the wife of former Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan.
"For the last two months, I've been carrying on a con
versation with the people of North Carolina," Mr. Gantt
told supporters last week.*Tve been talking with people
all around this state. In conversation* with well known
leaders and average citizens, black citizens and white citi
zens, males and females, employers and employees. I've
been listening toNortfi Carolinians describe their hopes
and fears. From individual and small group discussions and
from a statewide survey, I've heard our citizens voice their
concerns about education and jobs, crime and drugs, toxic
waste and the environment.
'Tvc discovered that most North Carolinians agree
with me that Mr. Helms lsp't doing a good job of represent
ing the concerns of the people of North Carolina in Wash
ington. In the statewide survey of vQtcrsswe commissioned
last month, only 33 percent of voters said they would vote
to re-clcct Mr. Helms. The people of North Carolina
believe that w<f can be a betrer state. My conversations with
North Carolinians indicate the people of this state arc ready
for a change." *
Mr. Brown said he was unable to attend the Dec. 30
meeting and that he won't be attending one scheduled for
Saturday in Charlotte. However, he said Mr. Gantt has a
good chance of beating Sen. Helms. '
"I think it's possible for him to win," Mr. Brown said.
"He has a difficult task at hand, but I've always said the
sky is the limit. He's been working on this, from my under
standing, for some ITme^He's been all over the state and
talked to many people who have given him an assurance
that they would be with him if he decides to run."
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