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Thursday, July 5, 1990
Winston-Salem Chronicle
50 cents "The Twin dry's Award-Winning Weekly" VOL. XVI, No. 45
Trans-AID
money woes
may force cuts
By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
Head Start children may have to get a head start in
order to get to school on time because some of them just
might be walking after next summer.
If nn additional funds to Trans-AID are provided, _
bus service to the program could be reduced by half.
Funds requested by Trans-AID for the coming year
were to be used to replace
seven buses that will soon
be eight years old and will
66 have accumulated over
If the city and 200,000 miles.
county don't want to _ In a mc"l?randum 10
r iit - _ , Transit Authority mem
1 W ?*U ^)ers' Ritchey, general
dZllaL\ Taybe Zi manager of the Winston
shoulan t nave it. y 7 Salem Transit Authority,
said, "It is my opinion
Jim Rictchey that at some time in the
future, the current Trans
AID vehicles will be
unsafe to operate any fur- -
thcr. Reviewing maintenance records, I am of the opin
ion that the vehicles are currently uneconomical to oper
ate. Unfortunately, they are our only choice for continu
ing service."
There- are- also- three- buses- purchased in 1982 for?
which replacement costs were figured in last yeafsljud
get. WSTA plans to replace all ten aging buses at one
time.
July 1 , 1 99 1 is the date Ritchey estimated to be the
-end of the safe operation of these ten vehicles, although
this is not definite.
With no additional funding from the city or county,
Trans-AID would purchase as many buses as possible
with available funds to replace ten vehicles that will be
retired soon.
Trans-AID requested $112,150 from Forsyth Coun
ty for its 1990-91 budget. It was recommended to the
county commissioners to grant the organization
$106,250, but in the final budget, the commissioners
trimmed this figure to $93,030, the amount supplied last
fiscal year.
WSTA is examining the option of buying new chas
sis to fit into the bodies^of the old buses instead of pur
chasing entirely new buses. This would be about
$20,000 per bus less expensive than buying new vehi
cles.
Currently WSTA has funds to purchase four new
Trans-AID vehicles or six new chassis. The best possi
ble solution if only chassis were bought would yield 13
buses where there are now 17.
Please See page A7
RJR continues
journalism funding
Chronide Staff Report
Ben Ruffln
RJR Nabisco, Inc.,
announced Friday that it will
continue its tradition of sup
port for minority education by
continuing its funding of the
RJR Nabisco Scholarship Pro
gram in Journalism. This
marks the nineteenth consecu
tive year the corporation has
funded the program.
Speaking before the 50th Anniversary Convention
of the National Newspaper Publishers Association
(NNPA) in Chicago , Ben Ruffin, vice presidcnt-corpo
rate affairs for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company,
announced the company would continue to financc
journalism scholarships for African- American stude'nts
selected by the United Negro College Fund. UNCF has
administered the program since 1983. The NNPA is an
association of black owned newspapers.
"In the early 1970s, NNPA's leadership came to us
with their concerns about meeting the growing need for
African-American journalists trained to report on
Please See page A9
Employment Is Goal
Training program is underway
Paula McCoy is helping East
Winston residents get jobs
in the new shopping center
on New Walkertown Road.
by RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
- The second phase of a plan to
employ East Winston residents who
have been unemployed or underem
ployed for far too long is underway.
The East Winston Community
Development Corporation(EWCDC)
began it's "Community Economic
Development Awareness and Job Train
ing" on Monday July 2.
The program is divided into a three
part workshop which is designed to
make participants aware of community
economic development, introduce them
to job opportunities that will be created
at the New Walkertown Market Shop
ping Center, and identify the people that
will train for the 150 jobs that will be
available through the shopping center.
"We are looking to get at, least 50
per cent of the people working in the
new shopping center to come from East
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Winston neighborhoods/ said Paula
McCoy, coordinator of the
program. "That is how we can impact the
economic situation in the area," she
saidt"If people from the community are
employed in their community, then they
will likely spend money in the commu
nity."
Ms. McCoy said that 35 people
have signed up for the program. Seven
teen attended the first workshop Monday
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Muralist produces work for WSSU
Chronide Staff Report Biggcrs to produce two large
murals that will adorn the atri
One of the largest and university s C.G.
most significant art projects in ^ Kelly Library, Chancellor
North Carolina is under way CI eon F. Thompson Jr.
on the campus of Winston- announced last Thursday.
Salem State University. Delta "This is a rare opportunity
Fine Arts Inc. has commis- for all of Winston-Salem
sioncd the renowned muralist indeed for all of North Caroli
and Gastonia native John T. na- and especially our univcr
Please See page A 7
Biggers Dr. Thompson
Forsyth county finally gets 911
e
By TRACY L PROSSER
Chronic!? Staff Writer
As of Monday, July 2, every
one in Forsyth County can dial 9- 1 -
1 in case of emergency. Until now,
county residents have had to dial a
seven digit number to call on cmer
genc^fwwcs. ;
The county-widc system and
new logo were unveiled on the first
day of the system's service to the
entire county.
Assistant County Manager
Kevin Fitzgerald said when there is
an emergency, a person can call 9
1-1 and reach an answering point.
Answering points are located at the
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Winston-Salem Public Safety Cen
ter, the Hall of Justice, the Forsyth
County Fire Department Headquar
ters, and the Kernersville Police
Department.
When the call is connected to
any answering point, the phone
number and address of where the
calt is being made is displayed on a
screen at the answering point The
fire, EMS, and police districts are
displayed with the address and
Please See page A9
4
Forsyth Tech
promotion is
questioned
By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
Susan R. Allred has been named the new executive
lege. James Rousseau Is still the vice president of plan
ning and development, but the vice president for busi
ness affairs, Charles Branch, has resigned in the wake of
an administrative shuffle at Forsyth Tech.
According to the jot) description, responsibilities of
the executive vice president include, "supervision, coor
dination, and administration of all administrative ser
vices of the College Jncluding Business Affairs, Plan
ning & Development, Student Services, and the college
Personnel Office."
Allred has been employed at Forsyth Tech since
1978. She began as a teacher and worked her way up to
assistant to the president for college advancement, a
position which she assumed last September. She
received an Ed.D. in the field of higher education
administration from the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro in 1988.
Last year, Dr. Robert Greene, president of Forsyth
Tech, created the position of executive vice president for
administrative services and placed advertisements for
candidates to fill the position in the newspaper last July.
Members of the Forsyth Tech staff were not informed of
the creation of the position.
"None of us knew about it," said Branch. He said
he learned of the position by looking in the newspaper
when he returned from his summer vacation last year.
Please See page A9
Winston-Salem Chronicle^
Alderman listens in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE, WIS., -? Alderman Michael R. McGee, right,
listens to his fellow council members debate the censorship of
McGee from rest of the common council Friday morning.
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