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VOL. XXII. No. 3
By MAURICE CROCKER
Chronicle Staff Writer
The Forsyth County Managers
office is looking at new ways of
improving the county's 911 emergency
service, after proper procedure was not
followed in response to a 91 1 call.
Residents at Cherry Hill Apart
ments are complaining about the Coun
ty's 911 emergency service, after a fel
low resident was in a diabetic comma
for more than 30 minutes, while waiting
for an ambulance.
i
y.HWhat happen was the crew got
misdirected, and couldn't find the
intended destination/' <#aid Ron Gra
> ham, assistant county manager.
According to Graham, the 911 call
was originally dispatched to Tom Higgs
Ambulance Service, one of the County's
two franchise ambulance services.
nWe have two franchise operators
we use for our non -emergency calls, "
Graham said. The other ambulance ser
vice used is Sher-Mack Ambulance Ser
vice.
The call was ruled a non-emer
gency because the dispatcher al 911
communications assumed, 78-year-old
Sindy Liqdsey was conscious at the
time of the call.
Although a lost for directions may
have played a part in the delay, Graham
said there are certain procedures that
needed to be followed.
"We have a procedure, that if a
crew sees there is going to be a delay,
they are to call back and let communi
see COMMISSIONERS page 12
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Residents of the Cherry Hill Apartments hold picket signs , during a protest of 911 services.
EMS personnel took more than 30 minutes to respond to a caSL
By VERONICA CLEMONS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Members of the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County school
didn't have to travel outside of
North Carolina to study the con- .
cept of Afrocentric schooling in 4
a private setting. They only
needed to visit Carver Road :
Church of Christ and Quality'
Education Institute here in town. V
Out of concern for African ?
American students in the public .
school system, a group of con-, ^
cerned church members aggre*- *'v'
sively set out on* task ta offe*Ai
an alternate educational, setting
that would enrich students acade
mically, culturally and spiritu
ally. .
. Now in its third year, Qual
ity Education Institute (QEI) can
easily serve as a model for Afro
centric and community schooling
as well as being an example of, j
how the church and community
can form strong partnerships in
the education of African Ameri
can children.
QEI currently educates stu
dents in grades K-4. The pro
gram has significantly enhanced
the standard course of study
mandated by the state. It infuses
African American culture into
academics which provides an
important link for African
Ameircan students.
"Education has to be rele
vant," said Simon Johnson, exec
utive director of QEI. 'The sub
ject has to be involved with
characters and people that repre
sent that culture.
"There's not just a black
week or a black month but it's a
natural part of the day."
Leroy Nelson, a member of
the school's executive board,
agreed.
"Students learn about
African American inventors and
people who have made history,"
he said. "They also learn about
see TEACHING page 14
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This Week in Black History
September 15, 1964
Rev. K.L. Buford and
Dr. Stanley Smith
were elected to
TtiskegeeGty
Council and
became first black
elected officials in
Alabama in
twentieth
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(Above) Ms. Pearson's
energetic kindergarten
class sings QEI's
school song. (Left)
Simon Johnson, execu
tive director, Crystal
Hairston, principal,
Leroy Nelson, member
of the QEI executive
board and Lead
Teacher Crystal Pear
son are excited about
the new school year and
what QEI can offer its
students.
A Potential donors will give blood at WSSU next week
By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Senior Staff Writer
A Winston-Salem man with chronic leukemia needs a
bone marrow transplant to save his life.
"If I don't get a transplant, I will eventually die," said
Juan B. Wilson, a 1995 graduate of Winston-Salem State Uni
versity. "My doctors want to treat me within a year. I want to
do it as quickly as possible so I can get on with my life."
Wilson, 24, says his chances are good that he will get a
transplant to cure him of the disease which was diagnosed last
March.
"I try not to think too much about it," he said "With God
and my family on my side, anything is possible."
A non-profit, volunteer organization called the Bone Mar
row Wanted Inc. of Charlotte will screen people for bone mar
row matches on Wednesday, Sept 20, at the Student Union at
wssu.
"We are targeting students as well as people in the com
munity, said Reginald T. Wilson, the executive director of
see WSSU page 12
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Federal Cuts May
( Hinder Legal Aid.
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A Agency could lose 50%
of services to indigents
By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Senior Staff Writer
If the U.S. Congress reduces
federal funding to the Legal Ser
vices Corp., a local non-profit
agency, that provided free legal
aid to about 800 African Ameri
cans last year will be forced to
eliminate 50 percent of its ser
vices.
"People are going to be
homeless/' said K*y B. House,
the executive director of the
Legal Aid Society of Northwest
North Carolina Inc. of Winston
Salem. "People are going to wait
longer for their disability pay
ments. And we won't be able to
help as people from being
evicted.**
A Senate subcommittee con
sidered last week a recommenda
tion that $210 million for legal
services be administered through
block grants to the states.
A House subcommittee is
see FEDERAL page 12
NAACP Asks
for $1 Donation
PITTSBURGH (AP) -
NAACP Chairwoman Myrlie
Evers-Williams is warning that
the civil rights organization may
close if it cannot climb out of
debt, and she asked constituents
to send $1 each to help.
"Where would you be -
what would you be - if the
NAACP had not been there to
fight your battles?" Evers
Williams asked Monday in a
speech aired on the Pittsburgh
based American Urban Radio
Networks.
The National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People is struggling with a
turnover in leadership, lawsuits
and a $3.8-million debt
An audit released last month
found that the group's directors
overspent their travel and enter
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tainment budget by $264,000
over a five-year period. It al90
uncovered Sill ,930 in question
able spending by former Chair
man William Gibson and
$32,459 in personal expenses
that former executive director
Benjamin Chavis changed to his
agency credit card
Evers-Williams said that
NAACP officials have now
appointed an acting chief finan
cial officer who has imposed
tough financial controls.
"They are managing an
aggressive plan to reduce our
debt and pay off our very patient
creditors," Evers-Williams sai<J.
""What would it take from
you to send $1 each to help us
get out. of debt, to help become t
stronger than ever before?" she
asked.
J mam Wibom, a MM tufftnr, must hm*t ? borne
marrow tmntpiont to mv# his Hft