Mitchell assists in hurricane relief effort
Billy Mitchell, the son of Lin
' coin and Lenora Mitchell of Win
ston- Salem is a crewman aboard
"the newly commissioned Ashland.
The ship had just completed its
?initial shakedown training at
; Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba before being diverted to join
-the six-ship Navy task force sent
? to South Florida.
Although Mitchell had heard
of the news reports from Florida,
he admitted he was still unpre
pared, after docking in Miami, for
the enormity of the damage he
; saw around him.
According to to Ashland's
commanding officer. Commander
D.W. Keith, the ship was located
; ; with materials that had been used
in assisting Haitian migrants, once
temporarily sheltered at the
Navy's base in Cuba. The sup
plies, which were headed back to
the United States for return to
? storage, were put to a more imme
diate use in South Florida.
Mitchell, a 1991 graduate of
R.J. Reynolds High School, noted
that an advantage of sending a
naval vessel, like the Ashland, to
the scene of a natural disaster is
that his ship is selP'supporting.
Capable of making its own
water and power, and having on
board communications technolo
gy, an naval vessel does not
require assistance from shore for
support services. It does not place
an added burden on an area
already struggling to restore even
basic services to its residents.
Mitchell added that the able
bodied and technically trained
crew could also provide badly
fnpeded manpower to assist with
relief operations.
Although the opportunity to
participate in humanitarian mis
sions was not in the forefront of
Mitchell's thoughts when he
joined the Navy in 1991, he soon
realized that missions of this sort
were nothing new for the sea ser
vice.
In the recent past Navymen
? :1
and women have assisted,
\o name only a few
instances, in the cleanup of
Hurricane Hugo and the
San Fransico earthquake,
in the attempt to protect the
Kurds during Operation
Provide Comfort, and in
the relief work that fol
lowed the eruption of Mt
Pinatubo in the Philip
pines.
Even as Hurricane
Andrew operations got
underway, on the other side
of the world, Navy people
were assisting the people
of Guam as they dug out
from the excesses of
Typhoon Omar.
Mitchell said he was
proud to be a part of relief
effort dubbed "Operation
Help From the Sea". Navy
U S Navy Photos
Billy Mitchell is a crewman aboard the
newly commissioned USS Ashland.
ships were part of a larger joint
task force operation that has
brought more than 20, OCX) military
people to South Florida to help.
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Holder named 'Citizen, of the Month
The William C. Sims Recre
ation Center announced Tracy
Holder as "September Citizen of the
Month." Holder is a teacher at Cook
Middle School who spends her time
helping students in the Learning
Center at the recreation center in*
the Happy Hill Gardens communi-'
ty. Flowers and balloons were pro
vided by Susan's Fancy Balloons
and Florist on Waughtown Street.
Other events at the Sims Center
include: the mediation class
graduation dinner at the Silas Creek
Parkway Pizza Hut on September
11 at 5:30 p.m.
Greg Good gave certificates
and T-shirts to the following stu
dents for the completion of the
mediation course: Eugena Lilly,
Edward Lilly, Wylonda Lilly, and
Cassandra Penn.
The Sims Center also held an
overnight program for young men
which started Sept. 1 1 at 8 p.m. and
ended Sept. 12 at 9 p.m. This event
entertained 14 young men.
For more information on any
programs at the center, contact Ben
Piggott at 727-2837.
WSSU student receives scholarship
* - ; Erica Smith says a sense of
?? ?
; achievement means more than the
* tfioney But the extra funds definite- "
l^rhelp.
; ! ? '? Smith says she applied her "do
: Jour best" attitude when she wrote
? an award-winning essay that won
* her a $500 scholarship towards her
1 tuition at Winston-Salem State Uni
. >ersity. \
^ The 22-year-old sophomore -
1 recently won the Columbia Records
* ;"Joe Public's Live and Learn" essay
-^contest. She says she found out
; about the contest from WSNC, die
1 campus radio station (90.5 FM),
- which co- sponsored the promotion
: -al partnership.
?; "It was a 500 word essay on
* ;why it's important for black youth
? 4o learn about their history," Smith
1 -says. "1 found out at the end of June
? ;that I won."
* ! Smith says she had plenty to
?say in her essay.
.Bennett College
* *
"Creating a Caring, Nurturing,
I "Disciplined, and Celebrative Envi
ronment: Our Serious Mission of
?Educating Women for the 21st Cen
' jtury," is the theme that Bennett Col
t lege faculty and staff are driven by,
? ;not only for this academic year, but
? jn years to come.
?? As part of the college's long
Z range goals, Bennett is striving to
? Jiave a student enrollment of 750 by
; "the year 1 995 and 1 ,000 by the year
I ;2000. The projected student popula
tion now is 615 but is expected to
; 'increase last year's enrollment.
? ^However, an enrollment of 711 stu
l dents was an all-time high for Ben
-yieu in 1968. Even though Bennett
; College's desire is to increase the
I student population, according to Dr.
-.JjJoria R. Scott, president, "We
"The black youth of today arc
lost/ she says. "Our educational
system is unequal and unfair, and
we don't even know our back
ground. Black parents should focus
on teaching us about our history
because the school system only
teaches us the negative things."
Smith says black parents need
to be pushed to teach their children
about family values. -
They especially need to teach
their children the importance of the
black man." she says. Smith says
many negative images of the black
man might dilute his significance in
the family.
She says parents also need to
give children the incentive to learn.
It was her parents who gave her the
motivation.
nMy father is a graduate of
City College in New York and
speaks Spanish fluently/ says
Smith. "My mother graduated from
sets new goals
want to remain a small college,
keeping faculty and staff enrollment
in proportion." Approximately 200
freshmen and 25 transfer students
are currently enrolled this summer.
A major goal of Bennett Col
lege is to upgrade and improve the
physical facilities through a com
prehensive sequential program to
provide an attractive, functional,
safe, and secure environment. This
goal is a priority for the college.
As part of this goal, the college
has implemented a major renova
tion plan for campus facilities, and
has chosen to address the immediate
needs of the students. Annie Merner
Hall was the first residence hall to
undergo major renovations. Reno
vation and upgrading are scheduled
for six other residence halls.
Hunter College in New York. So, I
grew up in an environment where 1
was taught to excel. They taught me
that academics was number one and
that I should do my best in extra
curricular activities."
Smith is pursuing a mass com
munications degree with a minor in
Spanish. She works on the campus
radio station and says she hopes to
-develop a full scope of knowledge
of the communications industry.
The Winston Lake Family YMCA
Board of Directors and Staff
cordially invites you to the
Open House and Dedication
of
Our New Facility
t
at
901 Waterworks Road
Sunday, September 20, 1992
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
YMCA of Greater Winston-Salem
"Helping people reach their God-given potential in spirit, mind, and body"
A United Way Agency
Winston-Salem Chronicle
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Shrine Circus
? Sunday, Sept 27, 1992 ?
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sending 10 lucky families to
Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum to see
the Oasis Shrine Circus,
featuring The Great
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