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I HURSDAY, SEP! EMBER 20, 1991 PRAY FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST 30 PAGES THIS WEEK "The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly" VOL. XVIII, No. 5 . . The commission has the authority to deal with a lot of things. . . . ? They're being called upon more to take a position on issues ..." : ' . - Angela Carmon Daniels Carmon Rann ON THE AVANT-C for the parerip AMUfctfcer, as a citi/xn, as a child ofQljfitai achc deeply inside for all those who wifl be sqMit^wfoyer oy tne incident thai resulted p the slabbing dealh of two children al the CaldwWK P*nwi of that** boys vfoo dicCIDD r S 1 Lwo bbVs Whose actions resulted in the death of their fellow stu dents. 1 ache for their parents as well, for they too, have now lost their children. We have all 1 ','vy /? f ' For God's Sake, the one who is accused of the stabbing was only 16 years of age. His accomplice, 17. The boys who died ? one was 16, the other 17. None of them were ftveft Old enough to : I guess tie first thing thatalways comes to mind Ls why? Why did it have to happen in the first Why didn't somebody step forward and just holler out loud* worth the IWO children!" It makes one wonder that in addi tion to teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, our schools (we) also need to teach leadership! Oh, I know that this is not the firtft time that somebody has stabbed M?||My at school and they died, but somehow this incident is different Maybe it's because my children are growing up Maybe it's because I know that they are within the age range when these things start to happen, these Stupid things ? like playing with guns and drinking and driving. 1 don't know why 1 am so distuifSS? VV-* vtV*- - f Maybe this incident is different for me bccausc I realize that it appears 10 be the same - i okl thing ? the same thing that happened when you and I were growing up. Back in those days when kids fougi^ each other, it was for the same stupid reasons that kidsuJ seem to be fighting for now. Stupid reasons. No | it wasn't for tennis shoes or gold chains or ^ bomber jackets but stupid reasons just the same, lust outright stupid. Reasons, that upon reflect h tion, nobody in their right mind could believe ; - that "that" was the reason they were fighting in . fhe first place. : I am sure that there will be many who will want to characterize this incident as face^|j||sd because the victims wert black and the alleged - perpetratofswere white. A Ood how I hope that people won't do that, g That you will not be (town into thai kind df dis cussion. Try not to do that for all of US. Forget pidity. They witt fail. r r Itffi/looK. at tfiis Iriridy is a light between two high school students thai got out of hand noflwiifogies. Not political parties, democrats and liVn'J TflJ ; ; instead as a human tragedy in which parents f l ? ?? ~ - . .. J ~~~ ? ;t". 1 Coach Zeiters resigns amid sexual rumors West names Interim Coach By SHERIDAN HILL ChronWo Staff Writer Russell Stone, assisiani head coach and offensive coordinator at West Forsyth High School, has been named interim head coach to replace Denny Zeiters. Zeiters resigned a week ago when allegations of improper conduct surfaced. ? Kcllcc E. Taylor, 18, has sued Zeiters, .claiming that he was sexually suggestive in letters and comments to her. Taylor is a 1991 West graduate and lived with the Zeiters during her junior year. The Winston-Salem Journal reported on Tuesday that Stone was named to replace Zeiters as head coach immediately after West's victorious football game last Friday night. However, the principal, Jerry Peoples, said that was not true. "Somebody manufactured that. I never talked to any reporters," said Peoples yesterday. A spokesman for Superintendent Larry Coble also Please see page A6 Human Relations Commission By SHERIDAN HILL mission. Chronicle Staff Writer ?_ But in the last few years, the commission has been called on to explore new territory; to stretch the Formed in 1978 as the result of an agreement with realm of human relations to include human rights, and HUD (Housing and Urban Development) to enforce to make decisions which are increasingly political, fair housing ordinances, the Winston-Salem Human Making peace between a landlord and tenant doesri't Relations Commission spent much of its first decade pose the public relations problem that would arise settling housing disputes. from endorsing gay rights or supporting black leaders Such cases, largely landlord-tenant disputes, charged with political corruption. come through the New Horizons Fair Housing Com-' ot A7 mittee, a subcommittee of the Human Relations Com- - " mm ji*** '"v r &f*rt .vs's-iSi-Si Gov. Jim Martin, Alderman Virginia Newell, James Grace and Ernie Pitt look on. For complete coverage see page B1 . Photo by Mike Cunningham I Maggie Evans joins in the fun at Happy Hills during an end-of summer cookout and party. F OR HOME DELIVERY CALL ? 722-8624 ? * . Resident Councils hold u end of summer picnic The sun shined brightly on Saturday, September 21, giving way to a beautiful day for Resident Councils of the Winston-Salem Housing Authority, Power 97-FM Radio Sta tion and First Citizens Bank, to sponsor a cele bration to mark the summer's end. Community cookouts were held at Happy Hill Gardens, "It's another effort to work with our youth and their parents for a drug-free commu nity ... We had all ages , from the little babies to senior citi b zens. " - Sharmel C. Gray Kimbcrly Park Terrace, Cleveland Avenue Homes, and Piedmont Park where 1,200 resi dents, and guests enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the fixin's. An opening ceremony for the event was held in Happy Hill Gardens with community leaders; Resident Council Officers; "Say Y.E.S.," "M.A.D.," "Wc Care," "A Better You, A Better Me," directors and staff; and Com munity Resource Center staff. Special guests for this occasion were Sam Weaver, program and special events director for WQMG-FM Radio Station; J. R. Gorham, vice president of First Citizens Bank; Anthony Flack, branch manager for First Citizens Bank; Ann White from High Point Housing Authority Commis sion; the Spirit of Life Community Choir, who provided special music for this event; and resi dents of the Housing Authority's five elderly communities ? Sunrise Towers, Crystal Tow ers, Hcaly Drive Towers, Eastgatc Village, and Holland Homes. The A.B.C.D. Teens present ed a Youth Showcase in which teens from Kimbcrly Park, Cleveland Avenue Homes, and Piedmont Park participated. According to Lucille Ransby, crime pre vention coordinator with the Winston-Salem Housing Authority, the event was initially sup posed to be a back-to-school cookout. But* officials decided instead, to make it an "End of Summer Picnic.", "It's another effort to work with our youth and their parents for a drug-free community," stated Ransby. "We had all ages, from little babies to senior citizens." WQMG-FM Power 97 has made a com mitment to Winston-Salem Public Housing Communities to co-sponsor activities which call for family and community interaction. In addition, the radio station has sponsored fami ly activities with the Greensboro Housing Authority and looks forward to co-sponsoring events with the Burlington Housing Authority and the High Point Housing Authority.
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