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N s. V THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1996 Dedicated to the Memory of Clarence t. Nottingham: 1903 i Leathers Lashes Out at Police A Ex-Officer blames fir im on msubstantiated-m By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer The (ormer .officer shot last week by a colleague says that he was fired from the Winston-Salem Police Department because of a rumor. .. "I put my life on the line for seven and half years, and 1 was terminated because of a rugior," said Rodney Leathers, who was dismissed last summer. "1 was black, and I was terminated." Leathers, 31, is recovering from a gun shpt woOnd to his abdomen it N.C. Baptist Hospital, where police are guarding his room and are screening his visitors. While not commenting directly on Leathers-' dismissal. Police Chief George L. Sweat called his accusations "ridicu lous" and "outrageous." "You are talking about a wounded ex see LEATHERS page 9 Recent graduates of Project Blue, a program designed to recruit minorities to serve on boards and committees m4hf citypose gathering. ?. K Blueprint Grads Program Increases Minority Participation By JOHN H1NTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer Norman Williams, the direc tor of auxiliary services at Win ston-Salem State University, received the tools he needed from Project Blueprint to be an effective member and chairman of the Southeast Winston Res cue Squad. "The focus of the program was to acquaint minorities with serving on non-profit boards," said Williams, a 1992 graduate of Project Blueprint. "The pro gram is necessary to increase the representation of African Americans on boards." Project Blueprint graduated its fall 1996 class of 18 mem bers recently at a ceremony in Diggs. Gallery at Winston-Salem State University. It is a program of the United Way of Forsyth County's Volunteer Center. Its purpose is to help the United Way of Forsyth County and more than 300 non-profit agen cies recruit minorities to serve on their boards and committees. "All o f th ese graduates received strong training on serv see BLUEPRINT page 9 Left arc State Auditor Ralph Campbell Jr. and Twana C. We lint an of the United Way Volunteer Cen ter. Campbell was the keynote speaker at the Project Blue print gradua tion. OBITUARIES SPORTS This Week in Black History \ January 11, 1961 Riot. University of Georgia. Two black students Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Homes were suspended but a federal court ordered them reinstated. Emancipation Use Observance to Secure Future By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer African Americans musKuse the observance of Emancipation Day to lay the foundation so their children and grandchildren can build for the future, the secretary for the N.C. Department of Administration told nearly 400 peo ple gathered to commemoratoSi>33rd anniversary of the Eman^+p^tjon Proclamation. , "We can celebrate the implementa tion of the Emancipation Proclamation that ffeed our ancestors," Dr. Katie G. Dorsett told the audience at the United Metropolitan Church. "They had to take responsibility for freedom won and freedom sought. They had to con tinue fighting on for they found out see EMANCIPATION page 9 ?4? Um. wmi 0 ? ? In I Redd 28 Years of Service iatah Puryear 24 Years of Service By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer Two of the highest ranking African Americans in the Win ston-Salem Police Department have retired from the force. Assistant Police Chief Oliver D. Redd, the head of the administrative services bureau, and Sarah Puryear, the director of the management information division, officially retired Dec. ^31, 1995. A source close to the -*pofice department told- the Chronicle that Redd and Puryear resigned. Redd said, that neither he nor Puryear was forced to resign and that they chose to retire/ .'Vain through." Redd said on his first day in retirement. "I had enough time to retire. I decided to try something else. I "not forced to resrgTKor rgiKO retire." Northeast Ward Alderman Vivian H. Burke confirmed on Tuesday that Redd and Puryear retired. Redd, 51, served on the police force for more than 28 years. He joined the depart ment as a patrolman in Decem ber 1967. He rose through the ranks* eventually earning an annual salary of.$68,245. Redd said that his retire ment was not affected by a recent report stating he owed $1,863 in child support for his 16-year-old daughter. "That story had nothing to do with this at all," he said. "1 am the last in my rookie class to retire," Redd said. "It is just time for me to move on." Redd had planned to retire see TWO page 8 Students Mourn Death of Player B> JOHN HINTONy, Chronicle Senior Staff Writer A Parkland High School student collapsed during bas kelball practice Tuesday and later died at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. James Rumph, 15, was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m., said Selwyn Burns, a nursing supervisor at the hos pital. "He had been practicing for five minutes when he col lapsed," she said. An autopsy was scheduled at the hospital on Wednesday to determine the~ca?se of death. "He was practicing with the ninth-grade team and doing an ordinary Fre(l Parkland student James Rumph see STUDENT page 8 Harold I~ Kennedy, president of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emancipation Asso ciation, Dr. Katie C. Dorsett, the secretary of the state Administration Department, and Dr. J. Donald Ballard, pastor at Vnited Metropolitan Baptist Church, gather after the Emancipation Celebration ceremony at the church. FOR SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION CAIL (910) 722-8624
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