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Election '92 Update ? Condidatos putting campaigns togother By Sheridan HiH Chronicle Assistant Editor White Republican files for black district It's time to think again if you thought the election of a black can didate for the new black-majority district was a sure thing. A white man has filed, and his chances may be better than you think: the 12th district has a voting age population that is 53 percent black. Since there are six black candidates, the black vote will be widely split To further compound the issue, statistics show that if equal numbers of blacks and whites are eligible to vote, more whites will actually turn out to pull the lever. The new 12th Congressional District has been called "the 1-85 district" includes parts of ten North Carolina counties, stretching from Durham County in the north to Gas ton County in the south. /. Max Kent (R) is the former chairman of the Rowan County Republican Party, and ran unsuc cessfully for county commissioner in 1971. He is the owner of Kent Development Corporation, a com mercial real-estate business. He is a past member of Civitan Club, toast masters International, Salisbury Optimist Club. Kent pledges to change the pre sent health care system by introduc ing legislation that would cut the monthly premium cost by 50 per cent. He would "cut out the middle man insurance company . . . and put a ceiling on law suits of $25,000." State Rep. H.M. "Mickey" Michaux, Jr. was in town recently to announce his candidacy for the new 12th District. Michaux is a Democrat from Durham and was the first black U.S. Attorney appointed to serve in the South. Although many have complained TRACKS! Continued from page A1 - Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. King, will attend the opening event. Goodlow said the show will incorporate 14 characters, all played by King. The stage will be set with six screens that will include video and slides of the characters King will por tray. An occasional slide and voice tracks of Dr. King will appear. Good low said the idea to make TRACKS! began with King wanting to do some thing in honor of her father and his philosophies. "Yolanda came to me and said she wanted to do something in honor of her father. She wanted to do some thing other than a lecture, but as an actress," Goodlow said. TRACKS! focuses on urgent concerns of the '90s, including, single parenting, physical disabilities, sub stance abuse and lack of social and political identity. The situations each character will face, Goodlow said, can only be dealt with by realizing that in order to be complete as a person, you must connect yourself with self-love, to others through selfless love and to a - higher spiritual level through spiritual love. "These are the same philosophies (Dr. King) taught," she said. "The play deals with issues that we dealt with during Dr. King's time that are still prevalent now; race, poli tics, religion. What it's sayings is that all of these things have been laid down for you. The foundation has already been put down, we just have to follow 1 it," said Goodlow said. The produc tions next stop will be at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and then in Atlanta, Ga. King, the oldest daughter of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King has spent many years as>an actress, lecturer and producer. She graduated Smith Col lege in Mass. and received a bache lor's degree in Theatre and African American Studies and a master's in theater from New York University. She is the founding member of Chris tian Theatre Artists and co-founding director of NUCLEUS, a performing arts company. She has traveled around the country as an actress and a lectur er. Goodlow said the show is still seeking corporate and copimunity support to make TRACKS! a success. "I'm really depending on the community to help us pull this off," she said. Kant * 1 Mlchaux about the k>ng, winding path of the district, Rep. Michaux said it was "beautiful, not ugly. It's congenial and harmonious. N Michaux, an attorney and real estate developer, cited crime as a key problem. He proposes to take 30 percent of the federal defense budget, about $150 billion, he said, and put it into human resources. Melvin Watt , a Democrat from Charlotte, has filed for the 12th Congressional District Watt served from i 985-86 in the N.C. Senate wnere he says he became known as "the conscience of the Senate." He was campaign manager of Harvey Gantt's campaigns for City Council, Mayor of Charlotte, and U.S. Sen ate campaign against Jesse Helms. He is a part owner of East Towne Manor, a 120-bed/board and care Watt Kennedy McKoy facility for the elderly and handi capped which he helped develop in 1989. Watt has practiced law with Ferguson, Stein, Watt, Wallas, Adkins & Gresham since 1971. & Other filings Rep. Annie Brown Kennedy (D) is seeking a sixth term repre senting the 66th district. Rep. Kennedy practices law in Winston Salem with her husband, Harold L. Kennedy Jr. and her two sons. Rep. Kennedy Is responsible for the bill that created districts for school board members to ensure black representation on the all white board. Henry McKoy , the deputy sec retary for programs of the N.C. Department of Administration, has filed for Labor Commissioner. McKoy, a Republican, says his twenty years of management expe rience and his decade of working with advocacy groups makes him the most qualified candidate for the job. McKoy received his B.S. degree from N.C. A&T University, and has attended executive seminars at UNC-Chapel Hill and at Harvard University. He condemns the pre sent labor commissioner, John Brooks, for "bullying board mem bers, badgering and intimidating citizens he is supposed to be serv ing." McKoy cites his history of advocacy for the underdog in public and private sectors, and says, "enforcing the law alone is not enough. We must create a culture of safety." City ot Wiftston-6abm NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM The Board of Aktermen will cdHsider proposals to amend the City of Winston-Salem Zoning Ordinance as shown below: DATE: March 16, 1992 TIME: 7;3Q P.m. PLACE: Board of Aldermen Chamber. Citv Hall a) Proposal to amend the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Winston Salem and Forsyth County for Mill Creek to allow for the construction of the Bethabara Parkway. The proposed amendment is for Mill Creek from a point approximately 1 ,000 feet downstream from Shattalon Drive to a point approximately 400 feet downstream from Bethabara Road. b) Proposal to amend the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for Winston Salem and Forsyth County for Bethabara Branch to allow for the construction of the Bethabara Parkway. The proposed amendment is for Bethabara Branch from a point south of the intersection of Woodcreek Road and Woodsong Lane at the Old Mill Bridge to a point approximately 200 feet downstream from the Old Mill Bridge. Prior to the hearing, interested persons may obtain any additional information which is in the possession of the City /County Planning Board in that office at City Hall on weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ? o Interested citizens will be givertian opportunity to bp heard. All requests for appropriate aruPnecessary auxiliary aids and services must be mads, within a reasonable time prior to the hearing, to Angela I. Carmon, the City's ADfr Coordinator, at 727-206&or 4-800- ? ? 735-8262 for Voice to TDD or 1-800-735-2962 for TDD to Voice. THIS MEETING WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON CITY TV-33. Marie Matthews, Secretary to the Board of Aldermen Mama always said, can't be in two places at the same time? But with Call Forwarding, I can Because it lets me forward my phone to wherever Fm headed, so I don't miss important calls. Plus, tfs a great way to fool your mother into thinking you're always home. 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