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Searching our roots Delta Project to record history of Black Church in Forsyth County Rambling! Pop Warner Little League Football Conference battles begin PAGE A9 Pages This DAO Thursday, October 11,1990 DAVTS I f-RRARY I Mr: DHAPFI HTI I r:HAPFi HTI I NO, P7F,14 -./riR/qi Salem Chronicle :ents "The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly’ VOL. XVII, No. 7 lervice groups uestion local rant procedures RUDY ANDERSON ironicle Managing Editor i Rcprcscntativc.s from several African-American imraunily service organizations say their agencies [countering problems getting grants from local tions. Some suspect that because their agencies target African- .Amcricans, that this is one of the reasons they are not getting funds for their programs. But leaders of the major foundations in the city say grants arc made on the basis of commu nity needs, the rcciuesting agen cy’s ability to meet that need, and whether or not an agency’s A- (irginia Newell joposal meets the established goals of the founda- on, Alderman Virginia Newell, chair of the Best Jioicc Center’s board of directors, called for the iccting. “We feel these foundations should work lore closely with our agencies before deciding if our rograms should be funded,” she said, hjcwell said the Best Choice Center is operating ■ » Photo by LB. Speas Jr. Mary L. Diggs accepts tribute from arts patron Gordon Hanes at open ing of failery dedicated to her iate husband, James Thackeray Diggs Jr. (See fuli story on A3) Alleged racial comment prompts Sears boycott By TRACY L PROSSER Chronicle Staff Report A racial slur allegedly made by a Sears employee has spurred one local African-American to picket the store and discourage other African-Americans from shopping there. Tony Burroughs went to Sears in Hanes Mall in early September to shop for a television . He claims one of the salespeople, a white male, said, “I don’t have any time to wait on any nigger.” Burroughs said ho immediately complained to the store management, Vollie Dyer, a district manager for Sears and an African-American himself, said Sears has talked to the emiployee and Burroughs sev eral times, and their stories are conflicting. Neither has witne.sses or documented proof of the inci dent, Dyer said. “Our position is if allegations are made against anyone, we like to have some documentation,” Dyer said. He said that if the store receives a complaint about an inci dent in the store, a letter of apolo gy or regret that the conflict hap pened is sent to the customer. Gene 'Wietnauer, general man ager of Sears at Hanes Mall, refused to comment on the situa tion because he said Burroughs' allegations are unsubstantiated. “We have provided sufficient opportunity for Burroughs to sub stantiate his allegations and he has not done so,” Wietnauer said. Burroughs believes an apolo gy is not enough. He wants the employee fired and plans to protest outside Hanes Mall until he is, “That was the first time in my life being called a ‘nigger’ out loud in public,” he said. “If it happened to me, it probably happened to someone else.” The store has no intention of removing the employee. “This is a conflict with no wit nesses available,” Dyer said. “We’ve taken as much action as we can take in this case.” “We regret the apparent mis understanding between one of our Please see page A13 >k Force leadership changes lew Chair chooses to stay the course on^ Staff Report Wrma Smith has been named chairperson of the East n.slon Development Task Force. Winston-Salem Mayor rllia S. "Wood recommended her to the Board of Aldcr- n Mpnday, Oct. 1. Smith, who lives at 1922 Kentucky Avc,, was born in aston-Salcm. She is employed at Winston-Salem State iycrsily as a resource consultant at the academic comput- icnler. She said she was very honored that the mayor had the ifidoncc to name her to the chairperson position. Smith f" ■Itf East Winston Development Task Force was ^|o assess the economic strengths and weaknesses of East Winston community and to commission a study to inii}ic how to positively impact on the economic vitali- f the area. Eallicr this year, a study was completed by Hammer, r&lCcorgc detailing a plan for economic development in East Winston, Smith said that under her leadership, the task force will continue to pursue this plan. The finst thrust of the plan is to increase middle income housing in the area, she said. East Winston is suffering from a flight of its most affluent eitizens and needs to get them to move back, Smith .said. “We’ve got to build the income level up,” she said. “As it is now, the area doesn’t support a lot of additional retail outlets.” Attracting middle to upper income families in East Winston would help achieve another goal of the task force as outlined in the Hammer, Siler & George study: retail and industrial development. Smith said, “I would like to sec East Winston as a thriving energetic community with a good mix of families and a thriving busine.ss district.” In fact. Smith wants the East Winston Development Task Force to make East Winston an integral part of Win ston-Salem as a whole. She said, “1 would like to see East Please see page A13 o Neglect case raises accountability issues By TRACY L. PROSSER Chronicle Staff Writer Photo by T.L. Prosser Norma Smith takes over East Winston Deveiopment Task Force. A recent child abuse charge against a Winston-Salem mother could possibly have been avoided if the Forsyth County Department of Social Services had handled her case better, according to a local African-American support group leader. Arlene Tolliver lives in a small house on East 16lh Street and has been in contact with the Forsyth County Department of Social Services for years. She has seven children, no husband and no job. One of her children has cerebral palsy, cannot walk or talk, wears a diaper and must be fed through a tube. Taking care of him, plus her six other children, is obviously a toug'i job, but for about five years Tolliver had help from social services... or did she? The hardships in Tolliver’s life were only augmented last week when she was charged Wednesday, Oct. 3, with child abuse because her sick son was found Sept. 1 with severe rat bites. Please see page A12 I ^ I k Tom Keith Chronicle Staff Report Warren Sparrow '90 ponents for District ttorney face off on issues % Staff Report ^Warren Sparrow has been County district attorney and he is running for licjion in November as the ’'"cratic candidate tor the tc. ^trrow has been married to 5* ■''‘Ed Sparrow for almost T^Ecy have lour children: lease see page A12 Tom Keith i.s running for Forsyth County district attorney on the Republican ticket. He has been married for 22 years to Ellen Bouldin Keith and has two daugh ters: Sarah, 17, and Jennifer, 19. He is 46 years old and a lawyer in Winston-Salem. Keith, who received his B.A. from the Univcrsily of North Carolina at Please see page A12 Blacks and Democrats register in large numbers GREENSBORO (AP) _ Registration for those who want to vdtc in the Nov. 6 election closed Mpnday, but an. informal newspaper survey found an increase in the number of blacks and Democrats signing up. The last official lally of voter registration was taken in April, before the May primaric.s. Since then in Wake County, black voter registration has increased 10 percent compared with a 3 percent increase in the number of while voters. The number of Dcmtxtrats inerea.sed 3.7 percent compared to 2.9 percent for Rcpublican.s. In Pasquotank County, in the northeast, the number of black voters has increased 9 percent compared with a 1.5 percent incrca.se for white voters. ‘’Elizabeth City State has been very strong,” Catherine Perry, the county elections supervisor, told the Greensboro News & Record. "They have done a lot of canvassing at the school and arc getting the .students there registered.” Elizabeth City State is a historically black university, "They have had very effective registration drives at N.C. A&T Slate University and the numbers reflect that,” said George Gilbert, Guilford County elections supervisor. A&T is another of the state's pre dominantly black schools. In Mecklenburg County, blacks have increased their registration nearly 11 percent while white voter registration increa.scd 3 percent. "It’s been very, very up,” said Nancy Starnes, deputy cloclion.s supervisor. "We did over 8,(XX) 10.10,000 (new registrations) in Septem ber. That’s very up for a non-prcsidcntial year. It’s almo.st like a presiden tial year.” Please see page A12 Jury hears attorneys’ closing arguments as Hunt trial nears end Chronicle Staff Report The emotional, lengthy and confusing trial of Darryl Eugene Hunt for first degree murder in the robbery, rape, and stabbing death of Deborah B. Sykes is about to draw to a close as the focus is expected to shift this week from the wiuicss stand to the jury deliberations. Sykes’ body was found in a field off West End Boulevard on Aug. 10, 1984. Hunt was charged with the crime in 1985 and was convicted. The decision was over turned by the North Carolina Supreme Court in May 1989. Hunt’s second trial, moved from Forsyth County to Catawba County because of pretrial publici ty, is being heard by Judge Forrest A. Farrell. H. Dean Bowman, Surry County district attorney, and his assisuint James C. Ycalcs Ill arc ihc prosecuting attorneys. James E, Ferguson II and Adam Stein are defending Hunt. Hunt’s attorneys began pre senting its case Thursday, Oct. 4, and finished Monday, Oct. 8. The Hunt defense team spent most of that time parading a host of wit nesses that attacked the credibility of the prosecution’s witnesses. Ted Campbell, a friend of Kevey Coleman, testified that Coleman’s eyesight is “very bad” without his contact lenses. Cole man had testified that he saw two men and a white woman in the area of the murder on the morning Sykes was killed. He said the two men looked like Hunt and Sammy Mitchell, but he didn’t have his contact lenses in at the time. Campbell also said Coleman once admitted being offered money to testify. Please see page A12
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