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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1995
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A Burke questions $300,000 to SciWorks
? By SHANNON HICKERSON
land; JOHN HINTON
? Chionicle Sttrff Writer*
. The funding of the National Black
Theater Festival fueled a heated
^exchange between two aldermen this
pweek and resulted in the allocation of
; $35,000 for the organization to stage its
; festival later in July.
. Northeast Ward Alderman Vivian H.
Burke argued with West Ward Alderman
J Robert S. Northington Jr. at Monday's
Board of Aldermen meeting over tfeg
budget for the festival.
"We appreciate the $35,000," said
Larry L. Hamlin, the producer and artis
tic, director of the festival. "We needed
HO nnn anrf I am nnf y fiing tn givr up
on that."
The aldermen were conducting a
public hearing regarding the city's S220
million budget when Burke asked Mayor
Martha S. Wood if she could discuss why
the festival's budget was being reduced
from $50,000 to $35,000.
Northington said that Burke had an
opportunity to discuss the festival's bud
get request at the three Finance Commit
tee's workshops and a public hearing in
May.
He added that it was inappropriate
for Burke to bring up the matter again ai
the board's meeting because it was the
public's opportunity to speak about the
proposed city's budget.
"The time for the board < members to
A?.hatl? thr q-a, Hnrinp th^
three workshop*. Northington *aiJ on
Tuesday This was a public hearing ? a
chance for the public 10 ask questions.
Burke said thai she attended two or
the workshops and 'he public hearing
about the budget, bu* she decided to
speak on the issue again at the Monda\ >
meeting because she wanted the public to
know more about the budget process.
(1 wanted ) to give the public abetter
understanding of where our mone>
being spent." Burke told a Chnt*:/, ?
reporter on Tuesday
During meeting. Burke and V>r
tnington disagreed aooiK wnetne:
Nhould continue to talk aoou; in.e matter
Tne issue is no; ;o dictate when \o?
*an ami canno: talk B-rke said angrm
?n Nnnninwuir.
Alderman Burke
I II run
m\ mouth as
long us you
will. he
responded
w ith his face
reddened.
B u r k ??
>uid finall>
TniN in m>
.ountry too. and I II *peak. oe polite and
*;>uneou> wnen I want too.
The lunding of tne National Black
Tneater Festival was the basis of the
Burke* argument The aldermen unani
approved tne amended budget
*i:r. tne allocation to the testi
? a.
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se? ALDERMEN page 14
Alderman North ington
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cate $50,000 to the festival from the
city's general fund.
- But City Manager Bill Stuart had
recommended that the festival should
receive only $35,000 from the Occu
pancy Tax Fund to'maintain its level of
1 Afrocentiic Schools X
,1 Impress Officials ~
? VERONICA CLEMONS
C\'.>nu it- SialY Wniers
School ooard member
jeanne Metcalf said she did not
knovK much about Afrocentric
>chools before she left on her
trip Sunday, but she went ready
;o increase her knowledge base
?>;' the subject.
1 went with an open mind
ana open eyes." she said.
School Superintendent Don
aid Martin coordinated a trip to
Philadelphia and Trenton. N J. to
further the education process
within the system on Afrocentric
>chools. Martin along with the
Elementary Division heads
Daisy Chambers and Toni
Bigham, board members Metcalf
and Walter Marshall and the
Rev. Carlton Eversley visited
two schools on Monday. The
group visited the Children's Vil
lage at Harrity in Philadelphia
and the People's Action School
in Trenton. The Children's Vil
lage exists as a school within a
school in the public school sys
tem, a model Eversley said could
possibly exist here. The People's
Action School is a private insti
tution.
"I was most impressed with
see AFROCENTRIC page 4
Walking to the tune of "Emm* on Down the Road" graduates from
Sarah Y. Austin Head Start filed onto the stage to give a final per
formance for parents and guests.
After several songs , dances and skits each of the 49 students was
awarded a certificate of graduation from their teachers.
Graduates from the program , which prepares youngsters for
school , will be entering kindergarten in the fatt.
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Brown, Marshall Say
No to Plan, Yes to Bond
B> VERONICA CLEMONS
Chrotui le Staff Writers
Black school board members
Geneva Brown and Walter Mar
shall cast two of the three dissent
ing votes against the school sys
tem's redisricting plan. However,
they did say they do support the
passing of a school bond referen
dum.
"1 hope they do pass the
bond," Brown said. "My vote
(against the plan) was to let them
know I don't think there are
enough controls."
Dale Folwell joined Brown
and Marshall in voting against
the plan which divides the school
system into zones and depends
on magnet themes to bring about
integration.
"I support the bond," Mar
shall said. "I voted against the
plan because before the meeting
we had basically agreed to imple
ment some controls."
Marshall and Brown said
they support the concept of the
plan but they do not fee integra
tion will be achieved by just
offering choice and having no
controls.
"I supported the concept all
along," Brown said. "I'm fof
magnets but I'm not for resegre
gating schools."
Marshall said integration waft
not a big concern of his but the
board should follow the guide
lines that had been set
"I don't' really care if schools
are integrated or not but since we ?
set those guideline the schools
should reflect the racial make-up
see BROWN page 14
Liberty Street Merchants Hear
Legacy Plan from City Planner
By SHANNON HICKERSON
Chsoniclc Staff Writer
Toni Tupponce of the City/County
Planning Board introduced a new com
prehensive plan called Legacy, designed
to make Forsyth County a safe, more
pleasant place to live with the communi
ty's input, to the Liberty Merchants Asso
ciation Tuesday night
"We want you (the community) to
take part from the beginning, Tupponce
fold the association. "Envision what you
^/ant for yourself, your children and your
grandchildren."
The planning process started in 1985
and was adopted in 1987 under the name
Vision 2005. It allows members of the
community to give suggestions about
what they want their community to look
like in the future. The program will
address safety, appearance and reducing
crime.
nlt is important to the African Amer
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This Week m Black History I
lJ**t I9JH4 >1
U.S. Senate imposed cloture for firsi
lime on a civit rights measure.
ending Southern filibuster by i vote
of 71-29. Civil rights,
Mil, with public
accomodation and
fair employment sec
tions. was signed by
President Johnson
on July 2.
Mebane to Lead WSSU's Search
By JOHN HINTON
Chrtmide Senior Staff Writer
The Winston-Salem Slate University Board
of Trustees has appointed James L. Mebane of
Raleigh to succeed Robert Brown of High Point
as chairman of the chancellor s search committee.
The trustees also bestowed the title of "Chan
cellor Emeritus" on Cleon F. Thompson, who will
retire as WSSU's top executive on June 30.
? Mebane, a trustee and a senior vice president
at First Citizens Bank, will assume Brown s
duties as chairman effective July 1 .
The search committee is expected to select a
ace MEBANE page \4
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