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Dedicated to the Memory of Clarence E. Nottingham: 1903-1995
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School Site Debated
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?Residents voice their concerns
-By JOHN H1NTON
Chronicle Senior Staff Writer
An official with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Schools told Piney Grove residents last week that the city
owned property off Cherry Street is the best site for the
New Northwest Elementary School.
"I am running out of locations in this area," said Dr.
Reginald Teague, the school's director of the Division of
Facility Management. 'This is the best situation I can
find."
Teague and Greg Turner, the city's assistant director
of the Department of Transportation, spoketo^O people'
at Brown and Douglass Recreation Center.
The Piney Grove residents told Teague and Turner
about their concerns over the construction of the school on
17 acres of land in Northern Winston-Salem.
Teague said he was still looking for other sites to
locate the school. "I am looking at roadblocks everywhere
I turn," he said. A lake bed off of Motor Road was consid
ered as site for the school, but Teague said it was a bad
see SCHOOL page 11
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The Rev. William S. Fails points to his property on an aerial map of Northern Winston-Salem.
Greg Turrfer,assistant director of the city's Transportation Department, shows the land under
consideration for a new elementary school as Alderman Nelson Malloy looks on.
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By JOHN H1NTON
ChryUek Senior Staff Writer
A group of children from Winston
Salem may see the U.S. Olympic Basket
ball Dream Team ID in action this summer
in Atlanta. .
Proceeds from the Centennial OlymM^
Games Hanes T-Shirt Auction will pay
a one-day trip to Atlanta for 430d?lN>,>
taged children and ttniii i iti&fnS
an event at the Olympics. ; K;
"This project wilt allow local yotmy
people, who otherwise wotridnot hi abfelO
afford the trip, to be a part dMfc
experience/ said Art Gibdt^
Hanes Printables, the division of Sam Lee
Corp. that is sponsoring the T-shirt auction.
The children and their chaperons will
travel on buses on an one-day trip between
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young people to.get the full flavor of the
event." Gibel said.
SlttgLee and the Atlanta Committee
for the Olympic Gaines officials announced
the project at Sara Lee Knit Products Head
quarters this week. A group of community
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leaders attended the news conference. .??
"It is pur hope that children will not
only see ttie wt^dS greatest athletes, hut
also see examples of sportsmanship and
team spirit," said Linda Stevenson, manag
ing director for theACOG^??t??
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James and Louvenia Rumph(left), join Tom Trollinger, owner of Contract Office Furnishings, /nc., and
Ernest H. Pitt, publisher of the Winston-Salem Chronicle. The Chronicle is honoring James Rumph(Inset
Photo), the 15 year-old Parkland High School Sudent, who died on Jan. 2, by naming its Junior Varsity
Player of the Year Award after him.
By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Senior Staff Writer
Republican presidential candidate
Alan Keyes opposes the Black Cultural
Center University of North Carolina atf
Chapel Hill because it fosters separatism
on college campuses, he says.
"We should study African American
history, but having a center for each eth
nic group will only divide the students,"
Keyes said. "This trend of ethnic cultural
centers will only Balkanize the country."
Keyes, the only black in the presiden
tial race, made his comments about the
center after he spoke to 120 people at
Piedmont Club last week. He appeared at
a $30-per plate fund-raiser for Students
for America, an organization based in
Charlotte that promotes conservative poli
tics among college students.
Keyes addressed a crowd of mostly
white business people, office seekers, and
government officials. Seven blacks
attended the event.
"Keyes is an intelligent man," said
Dr. Gerald Home, the director of the
Black Cultural Center. "Once he is fully
briefed about what the BCC is trying to
see KEYES page 9
President Clinton's
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Speech Generates
Mixed Reactions
?Leaders say Clinton's
speech for all Americans
B> JOHN HINTON
Clironit /<? Senior Staff Writer
President Clinton s State of
the Union Address last week met
with mixed reaction several local,
state, and national elected offi
cials. "I thought it was^an accept
able speech," said State Rep.
Larry Womble. D-'Forsyth
County. "He said that govern
ment should not abandon^ people
in need." \
Clinton challenged the
nation to provide economic secu
rity and educational opportunities
for all Americans. He stressed
that the Congress should never
allow the federal government to
close down again because of the
budget impasse with the White
House.
Pronouncing the "era of big
government is over," the Presi
dent said the country should pro
vide a SI,000 merit scholarship
for the top five percent of the
graduates from each public high
school, begin an FBI war on
young gangs, and award tax cred
its to companies that clean waste
see PRESIDENT page 11
Award Named in Honor of Rumph
B> JEROME RICHARD
Chronicle Sports Editor
Contract Office Furnishings and the Winston
Salem Chronicle have joined forces to honor
James Rumph, the "15-year-old Parkland High
School student/athlete who died Jan. 2 after col
lapsing at freshman basketball practice.
The Chronicle, whose sports coverage focuses
on junior varsity athletics and annually names an
All-Forsyth County Junior Varsity Football Team,
will honor Rumph by naming its player of the year
award the James Rumph Player of the Year Award.
"Our sports focus is junior varsity sports,
which doesn't get as much coverage as varsity and
college sports. Yet these kids work hard and strive
to become the best they can be," Chronicle pub
lisher Ernie Pitt said, noting Rumph was voted to
this year's all-county jayvee team as a defensive
lineman. "James epitomized these young athletes
with his hard work on the field and in the class
room, so we are going to name this award for
him."
This year's award is sponsored by Contract
Office Furnishings.
"I want to bring awareness that kids playing
sports need to be screened and have physicals,"
Contract Office Furnishings Owner Thomas
Trollinger said. "This was an unfortunate accident
and I thought this would create an awareness that
this can happen to any kid."
"We are grateful to Mr. Trollinger for his sup
port in this endeavor, which honors James and
other young people who are potential leaders." Pitt
said.
Louvenia. Rumph was touched that her son
was going to be memorialized by the sport he
loved.
"This is truly an honor," she said. "James
really did like football and this award truly honors
him.
"So many good things have happened to us
since James' death that have helped me get
through it. He touched so many people. I'm
amazed at the outpouring of love from people. 1
knew James was outgoing, but not this popular. 1
was truly amazed at the number of people who
came by our house after James' death."
see AWARD page 9
CLASSIFIEDS 26
OPINION _ 12
ENTERTAINMENT 24
OBITUARIES 26
SPORTS : 17
This Week in Black History
February "2"Y9'48
President Truman sent
Congress a special
message urging
adoption of a civil
rights program, .
including a fair
employment
practices
commission
and anti-lynching
and anti-poll tax
measures.
Committee Selects
100 Ball Boys/Girls
By JOHN H1NTON
Chronicle Senior Staff Writer
Paris Barnes, a student at Wiley Middle
School, will proudly chase basketballs later
this month in the Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum.
"I get to see a lot of people and have a
good time," Barnes said. "I have never seen
to a basketball tournament in person before.
Being a ball boy may make me famous."
Barnes was one of 100 Winston
see COMMITTEE page 11
Pictured are the students selected as CI A A
Ball Boys/Girls. They are Jovan Scippio,
Chris Washington, Parris Barnes, Jasmine
Hancock, and Severus Hicks.