? :3s <3< ^;'..^v>,v:,^. I2^sja k And See Local opthalomologitt talks about ava cara. PAQE B1 ?" ? ?'?'V . -V".v^v '?'"?? '- "x. ?HMHHMMMt ^MSSNMRMI Choices For You Raacua Tampla Davalopa Scholarahlp Program# PAQEBS 40 Pages This Week 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 Please S 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 )pageA7 Ina^-r.tp,,. nnBHi jM 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 M f j |[| EMERGED EDO V 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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