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Common Vision: The Plan
African-American community pleased to be a part pf concept
Council Chair
John Holleman
(left) Is sura that a
solid framework
has bssn put forth
but wonders about
tha follow through*
I (Below) Summit
and council mem
bers dlecuss the
. blueprint for the
county's success.
These are from
(left): Patricia
Wynn, James *
Grace and Mazle
Woodruff. ~~ ?
By RUDY ANDERSON
Chronide Managing Editor
A comprehensive, all-inclusive strategic plan for
improving the socioeconomic condition of the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County area has received wide accep
tance among African-American community leaders.
on a community-wide basis to include all segments of
the community.
The plan, called Common Vision: A Long-Term
Strategic Direction, was presented by the Forsyth Com
munity Development Council (FCDC) to the member
ship of summit groups who met last year to outline the
problems faced by the community.
? ? The council, a non-profit corporation, is actually
City's drug war shows
signs of improvement
By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING
Community News Editor
The prognosis for the city's war
on drugs appears to be brighter than
many had thought, if the assessment
of those most closely involved in
the day-to-day skirmishes is on tar
get. The four public housing com
munities in Winston-Salem in the
past have been the focal points for
drug-related activities and efforts at
prevention, treatment, and enforce
ment. Increased police presence,
more community awareoeact-asi^s*
residents' involvement are having
positive, deterrent effects.
The downside, though, is that
drug traffic has shifted locations to
other low-income housing commu
nities and other areas, making a
once more or less contained prob
lem more widespread. One public
housing resident described the situ
ation most aptly: HIt*s like Dying to
get rid of roaches. If everybody
don't do it, all you do is send them
some place else!"'
Statistical information on the
number of drug arrests in 1990 is
still being compiled for the annual
year-end report. But, Winston
Salem Police Department figures
4m tomiary through Oct
show 2,103 drug-related arrests
with two months remaining, com
pared to 1989 year-end drug arrests
totaling 2,102.
Black Money!
Teacher, students are
taught by the U.S. Mint
By RUDY ANDERSON
' Chronicle Managing Editor ' ~ ~~ -
What started out as a bet turned into an interesting class project for
some students at Petree Alternative School during Black History Month. A
shop teacher asked another if he was aware that the U.S. Treasury had mint
ed half dollar coins with African- Americans on them.
That teacher, David Campbell, said that he was not aware of that and
didn't believe it was true. Neither did the students in their shop classes, that
is, until Campbell's co-worker produced a doublcd-headcd coin with th<T
faces of noted educator Booker T. Washington and scientist George Wash
ington Carver on it.
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"A tot of people have
been eliminated, a lot
have been put in jail."
?David Thompkins
_ ^ Z ' ?
According to Policc Chief
George Sweat, since 1987 the num
ber of drug offenses that his depart
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made up of the 15-member umbrella group selected by
the members of the economic summit at Blowing Rock
and the Winston East summit in Charlotte to come up
with a plan to address the community's stagnating eco
nomic growth.
The plan offered by the council cuts across every
segment of the community and takes a critical look at
the economic, social, and political arena in an attempt
to turn back the county's economic anemia and make
the city a leader among similar, mid-sized cities in the
Southeast.
Enthusiasm about the plan comes despite the fact
that it does not at this point offer any specifics or dead
lines for meeting objectives or how the projects
designed to meet the goals will be paid for.
But the drafters of the plan point out thatwha^ has
been laid out is only the beginning of the process to
address this community's problems. A plan for imple
mentation, they say, is the next step.
Plan puts community on track
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Members of the council are confident that what has
been offered puts the community on the track for posi
tive change. . - " - *
John Holleman, chair of the Forsyth County Board
of Commissioners, also heads the council. He is taking
a positive but cautious approach to what may comexnit
of the plan. > . ;
"The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive,"
Holleman said after the presentation. "However, the
toughest assignment is what lays ahead and that is the
action $kiL ft is far too early to predict success. We
1iave a lot erf hard work ahead of us."
Holleman said he felt the next three months would
tell the story about whether or not the framework laid
out by the council had a chance of working. He said it
would be during that time that the major players in the
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Aldermen vote to
help city workers
By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING
Community News Editor
11 ' " " . 1 ' 1 1 '
The city's Board of Aldermen set aside their polit
ical differences and voted unanimously Monday night
to grant supplementary pay to city employees called to
active military duty in the Persian Gulf crisis.
The resolution means the city will pay the differ
ence between city pay and military base pay, resulting
in no salary loss for any of the employees called td
serve. J J{
The supplement will be paid two months( for each
full year of city service. Anyone working with the city
less be paid the supplement
month*
The policy is retroactive to Augqst 1 , _
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Photo by L.fi. Spoas Jf.
Brad (Ml) nut. Lca^u J?;Jwin show off the coin that led their class on a
research protect to determine If other African- American faces were on U.S. coins.