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If the current owners develop the property without the community's consent or input, it would amount to
something "imposed on the community ; " said CDC Executive Director James Grace.,
Bv RICHARD L. WILLIAMS
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Chronicle Executive Editor
Despite the fact that East Winston Community
.? Development Corporation no longer has a financial
interest in a seven-acre tract of land on New Walker
town Road, the organization continues to lobby to have
? a sit-down uafeteiia built on the site.
The current owner of the land is a group called
Market East, which is comprised of area businessmen
Thomas P. Trollinger, Dr. Charlie L. Kennedy and John
S. Clark. . ;'| *
The owners won't sa; what will go on the land
when it is soon developed; but it is not believed that a
sit-down cafeteria is in their plans.
The CDC, along with, Herman Turner, Michael
Grace, Marshall Isler and JKT Enterprises, .which con
sisted of Trollinger, Kennedy, Simon Johnson, formed in
1988 a group call New Walkertown Market Assnriat?s
Inc., which was involved in the development of a shop
ping center on New Walkertown Road.
The CDC owned 40 percent of the shares of the
company and those shares were used as collateral for a
$212,000 loan from the city. But in March 1992, the
city filed a suit against NWMA to revert the land back
to the city after the company failed to remove liens on
the prpperty. Last March, the court ruled in favor of the
city, and the CDC's stake in NWMA was rendered
worthless. The land was transferred to newly formed
Markf.t Hast, which absolved the CDC of any debt.
Trollinger said this week that Market East will
solely determine how the land is developed.
"We're considering several plans, but nothing has
been finalized," he said. He declined further Comment,
but said the CDC is not part of any of their development
plans. . .
James Grace, executive director of the CDC, said if
the current owners develop the property without the
community's consent or input, it would amount to some
thing "imposed on the community." He said the project
and the property are supposed to be community -mindtd
"If the city is going to grant funds to -this project
under the same guise as it did to New Walkertown
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? set CDC page 15 ? . I
Actress Ella Joyce (center) was in Winston-Salem recently to promote " Medea and the Doll," which she will star in beginning Dec. 10. With
her are (I to r) : Delores Smithy Patrick Diamond \ Vivian Turner , Nigel Alston , Larry Leon Hamlin , Ben Ruffin , Gerry Patton , Eldridge
Hanes, Edwina Thompson and Cheryl Harrison.
"Roc'- Co-Star Ella Joyce To Perform in
Play for N.C, Black Repertory Company
By DAVID L. DILLARD
Chronicle Staff Writer
Although the 1995 National Black The-'
atre Festival is still months away, the N.C.
Black Repertory Company is not waiting to
bring hot acts to town.
"Medea and ihe Doll, starring Ella Joyce
of the famed television series "Roc," comes to
Winston-Salem next week, compliments of
the Black Repertory Company.
"Medea and the Doll" is an emotion rivet
ing, hard-hitting drama that explores an
intense roller-coaster patient/psychiatrist rela
tionship. It is a trek through the impassioned
sessions between Nilda and Dr. Crews in Nil
da's struggle to prove a fit parent and retain
custody of her 5-year-old daughter.
The play is a tumultuous love story
between Nilda and her daughter, a thriller that
mixes the intrigue of hypnosis with dread?i
memories stirred by a play doll and an inner
odyssey to Nilda's past to appease tortured
spirits.
"Medea and the Doll" will take you to the
source of Nilda's nightmares and the height of
her dreams from the fury of dismembered
love, the joy of transcendent self-love and the -
hand-held trust of mother and daughter.
The play opens next Saturday, Dec. 10th,
with a special performance as a "benefit for the
1995 Black Theatre Festival. Admission is
$50, which includes a luncheon at the Adam's
Mark Hotel* 425 N. Cherry Su at 12;30 p.m.
The performance will be held at the Arts
Council Theatre, 610 Coliseum Drive, at 3
p.m. Admission for the play only is $25.
Other performances will be held Sunday,
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Postal Brass
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Initiates
A Officials to
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discuss problems
with randomly
selected workers
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By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Executive Editor
The Winston-Salem post office
this week have set aside three d4ys
? to listen to employees describe their
work conditions and any problems
of discrimination they might have
encountered at the work place.
Mefanwhile. officials from Rep.
Melvin Watt's office met recently in
Greensboro with Greensboro Dis
trict Manager Ron Campbell to dis
cuss employees' grievances and
concerns.
"It was a very positive meet
ing," said Don Baker, Watt's district
director. "(Campbell) is reviewing
staff and operations that is under his
control and we feel he is really
moving forward.
"He said he was glad this
(employees' concerns) came about,
but would have preferred for it to
come about in a different way,"
Baker said.
One of the things discussed at .
the meeting was holding employee
forums. The forums, which began
Wednesday and ends Friday, were
initiated by Postmaster J. Mark Mat
and white ? complained to the
J. Mark Modes
Chronicle about how Matics dis
criminates against African-Ameri
cans and women.
Matics said he will not be part
of the forum and that he asked for
"outside intervention" because he
wants his employees to be open and
honest about their work environ
ment.
"I truly am interested in their
concerns," he said.
The mediators, who are post
office managers fjom another dis
trict, will be at all 11 post office sta
tions in Winston-Salem and will
randomly select workers to talk
with, saidJanetBatton, manager of
consumer affairs with the Greens
boro district office of the Postal Sei
vice.
"It's an internal review and
they're just going to do randomly
see POSTAL page IS
Winston in "Good Position"
For $3 Million HUD Grant
By DAVID L. DILLARD
Chronicle Staff Writer
James Grace said people who live in the
area designated as the "enterprise commu
nity" will continue to set initiatives to build
an economic base whether or not the city
receives $3 million federal grant
Grace, executive director of the East
Winston Community Development Corpora
tion, held a meeting last Tuesday to report on
the progress of the city's application and to
develop a marketing plan.
"I think we're in a good position. We
have made the cut,"
Grace said. "We wanted
to pull people together
and report on a market
ing plan so we can
implement the process
whether we get this $3
million or not"
Grace is currently
trying to organize a
James Grace
Community Congress made up of people
see WINSTON page 15
BUSINESS 24
COMMUNITY. 4
OPINION 12
ENTERTAINMENT. . 23
OBITUARIES. 27
RELIGION 28
SPORTS 17
This Week in Black History
December 3, 1847
Frederick Douglass
published the first
issue of his
newspaper, the
North Star
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Official: Detention Officer
Fired for Stealing Newspaper
By DAVID L. DELLARD
Chronicle Staff Writer
Sheriff Ron Barker enjoyed mass sup
port from the black community in last mon
th's election, but recently his department has
been shaken by racial tension after claims
from a black female officer that she was
unfairly fired.
Ida Bullock, a detention officer at the
jail, was fired Nov. 10 for allegedly taking an
extra copy of the Winston-Salem Journal
after paying for only one newspaper at a rack
inside the jail.
Officials at the department said there
was some racial tension among officers, but
according to Robert Joyce, Barker's adminis
trative assistant, Bullock's firing wasn't
racially motivated.
"I can tell you it wasn't racial," he said.
"She was let go, but that's a personnel mattter
and I can't discuss it."
Barker was unable to be reached for
comment
Bullock said she thought it was unfair
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