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Back To Basics Rams do some soul searching after upset loss PAGE BIO Pages This Week i)A03 DAVTS 1.JBRARY IJNC CHAPa,. CHAPPl-.. HTIJ I'JC 2751A Thursday, September 6,1990 r 2/CI8/91 Dn-Salem Chronicle 50 cents "The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly" VOL. XVII, No. 2 Gulf crisis keeps couple from altar By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING Chronide Staff Writer The mint-green script on the pearl-white invitation read: "Rev erend and Mrs. James C. Hash request the honour of your presence at \ the marriage of their daughter Virginia Renita to First Lieutenant I Bryan Hampton Blue son of Valeria Eccles Blue on Saturday, ? September eight nineteen hundred and ninety at three o'clock in the afternoon Saint Peters World Outreach Center 1031 Highland ; Avenue Winston-Salem, North Carolina." A reception was to imme- l diately follow at the Brookstown Inn. * The 300-plus guests across the country received their engraved invitations, and they, along with the happy couple, made their plans to attend the festive occasion. Meanwhile, all major and cable news networks were broadcasting the decision of the nation’s Commander- Virginia Hash 1st Lt. Bryan H. Blue in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President George Bush, to send mili tary support to the Persian Gulf to protect Saudi Arabia and the oil Please see page A14 A happy birthday call becomes sad farewell By TRACY L. PROSSER Chronide Staff Writer Grace Davis expected to get a call from her daughter arid son-in- law wishing her a happy birthday. Instead the couple, both in the army, called to tell her they were being deployed to Saudi Arabia. First Lieutenant Tamela D. Campbell and her husband Major Ray A. Campbell were stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia, before they were sent to the Middle East as a part of the United States armed forces sent to Saudi Arabia in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in early August. The Aug. 6 phone call was not a happy birthday present for Davis, who lives in Winston- Salem and is employed by Ihe Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system. "I cried, that's number one, ' she said, "and she cried too. Slic told me you have to do what you have to do. A little later she called me back and said she was ready to go." Davis said that since her Please see page A14 .owes chain swaps eceipts for computers ihronicle Staff Report C Lowes Food Stores Inc. unveiled an improved ver- Kon of its "Apples for the Students" program Tuesday, ^ug. 28, to put more computers at the fingertips of ^orth Carolina and Virginia school children without l||nst to the .schools or taxpayers. H Robin Guin, Lowes' Apples for the Students chain fcordinator, said that once schools sign up for tlie pro- ■raiTi, students can bring in receipts from Lowes Food Stores. Each school collects them and trades them in jr computer equipment and software, which have been Lssigned a receipt value. Receipts from Lowes during he collection time are gold to remind consumers to avc them for the schools. I.asl year was the first year the program was in peration, and receipts totaling over $46 million were ollected in the 2()-week collection period, Guin said. Improvements to the program allow students to ollect receipts for a longer period of time (28 weeks) nd earn the newest versions of Apple equipment and oftware. Participating schools can redeem gold eceipts dated Aug. 29, 1990 to March 9, 1991 for oniputer terminals, printers, disk drives, and software. "Last year students earned nearly half a million iollars worth of equipment, double the amount we had irojected," said Lowes Foods President Dennis latchell. Dunng last year's 20 week program, schools arned over 10(X) software packages, nearly 200 com- mters, 200 printers, and 100 disk drives. All North Carolina and Virginia full-time K-12 ublic, private, parochial, and special education chools in tlie Lowes Foods marketing area are invited 0 participate. "This program to help our schools purchase Apple :omputers provides a valuable resource to the children )f our community," said Winston-Salem Mayor Martha 5. Wood in a letter. "(Lowes Foods) participation pro vides an excellent example of a successful partnership Please see page A14 Photo by L.B. Speas Jr. Supporters of Harvey Gantt for U.S. Senate gather around their candidate at a Winston- Salem rally and barbecue last Thursday at Bowman Gray Stadium. Gantt said it felt good to see so many people so excited about his campaign. Gantt supporters host stadium rally Chronicle Staff Report Thousands of Harvey Gantt supporters turned out to show their support for their candidate Thursday, Aug. 30, at a fundrais ing barbecue and rally. Wendy Anderson sang the national anthem before Gantt, who is a the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from North Carolina running against incumltent Senator Jesse Helms, addressed the crowd, calling the gathering "a true rainbow coali tion." "I see people rising up from every walk of life saying, 'We've got problems we need to deal with,"' he said to the crowd. "Wc want to send somebody to Wash ington who cares about our prob lems." Education, public henllh care. the environment, and the drug problem were the issues Gantt addressed at the rally. "Don't you think my platfonn makes sense to everybody?" Gantt asked. "It's not a conservative agenda or a liberal agenda. It's not a Demo cratic or a Republican agenda." He criticized Helms for not coming face to face with his con- Please see page A14 County, Reynolds agree on terms for new jail site Chronicle Staff Report Forsyth County commissioners and R.J. Reynold,. Tobacco Company announced Thursday, Aug. 30, that they have reached an agreement for the county to put chase four blocks of R.J.R.'s downtown property he the county's new jail site for $800,000. Approval oi the agreement was given at the continuation of the commissioners' Monday, Aug. 27, meeting. The property consists of tax blocks 50, 52, 53 and 499, which are bounded by Patterson Avenue, Churcii Street, and First and Third Streets. Building on the property were previously used by Reynolds Tobacco for cigarette production. "This agreement represents the successful comple tion of a critical milestone in the county’s process to open the urgently needed new county jail. It represents also a remarkable melding of divergent interests and points of view in a community-side consensus on the new jail's location," said John S. Holleman Jr., chair m,an of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. "It also gives us great satisfaction to know' that thi; property - which played such an instrumental role in our company's development and success - will contin ue to make a very positive contribution to the tuture of Forsyth County." said David B. Fishel, senior vice president of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The agreement calls for the transfer of the property by Oct. 1. Buildings on the from two blocks between Chestnut and Church Streets will be vacated by Oct. 1 It is on those two blocks that the jail will be built. RJ.R. will continued to operate a training school and remove company property in the buildings on the blocks between Patterson and Chestnut Streets until June 30, 1991. The company will also provide steam without charge to the county to maintain the facility Please see page A14 ttle League concession operation still in limbo By TRACY L. PROSSER Chronicle Staff Writer The first day of Northwest Midget League Football games is quickly approaching, and no resolu tion to the problem of the conces sion stand closings has been reached. The first day of games is Satur day, Sept, 8, and no agreement has been made between the league and the Forsyth County Department of Health, said Tom Brown, commis sioner for the Northwest Midget Football League. The health department closed eight of the nine Midget League concession stands Aug. 20, after health department officials discov ered the stands were operating with out permits. In order to receive per mits, the stands would have to be renovated, which could cost as much as $50,000 in some cases, Brown said. The Kernersville Raiders concession stand was the only one not closed by the health department. progress being made as far as indi vidual teams or organizations are concerned," he said. The Pfafftown Packers and the Lew'isville Titans ^ ^As far as the health department is concerned, we are still at an impasse with them. They still say bring them up to code or don’t open. ... I don't know where we're going to be at as fijr as concessions are concerned (this Saturday).^" — Tom Brown Commissioner for the Northwest Midget Football League "As far as the health depart ment is concerned, we are still at an impasse with them," Brown said. "They still say bring them up to code or don't open." "There seems to be some have begun upgrading their conces sions facilities to meet the health department standards, he said. The Vikings have had an inspection of theii concession stand, but Brown said he doe.s not know the results yet. The Tiny Indians organization is investigating the possibility of using cafeteria facilities at Atkins Middle School foi their concession sales. School Superintcfdent Larry D. Coble said he will meet with Tiny Indians President Rudy Ander- s'jn and other school system staff to discuss the situatioii. Brown said, "1 don't know where we're going to be at as far as concessions are concerned (this Sat urday)." The coticession stands have received from the health department a list of items tliat could be sold in die present stands such as fountain drinks, suowcones, pop corn, and prepackaged food. Brown said these items would be sold this weekend by the O’ ...uiiza- tions that choose to do s-' "I don't think then s any rcu' Please see page A14 Medical center reveals new cost reduction plan Chronicle Staff Report The Bowman Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical Center announced Wednesday. Sept. 5, the next step in a collaboration with AT&T to advance medical technology and reduce medical costs through working in the Winston-Salem area. Steve Chappell, president of medical diagnostics systems for AT&T, announced that 15 to 20 computer scientists, electrical engi neers, and mathematicians would be moved from New Jersey to Win ston-Salem in an effort to bring the developers of new technology into closer contact with those who actually use it, doctors and other medical workers. The CommView System involves storing X-rays on computer optical disks so they can be transmitted by optical fiber to any worksta tion on the computer system. They could also be accessed by tele phone lines from remote hospitals. Computer storage is more convenient than actual film because it can be instantly displayed on may terminals simultaneously, said Dr. C. Douglas Maynard, chairman of the department of radiology at Bow- Please see page A14
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