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? f .1 . ast !*$ "m ? >?** ? ? tr ir.^r Ben Piggott, hj7/i members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, participated in the 1 Oth annual "Kids Day Celebration" sponsored by the 30th District /if /Vi"nno Hnll AAnr/mi' u? Masons readies kids for school ?> MAI RICH CROCK! K Coinmunitv Ncvs s Reporter Children throughout Winston-Salem and Forsyth County will soon begin a new school year. For most parents^ that means back-to-school shopping tor clothes and school supplies. Parents received a helping hand last weekend, when over 2.200 par ents and their children gathered to receive school supplies during the second annual Kid's Day Celebration. The celebration brought children from all over Winston-Salem together for a day of fun and games. "I'm very proud at the way things have turned out. I couldn't be any happier." said Worshipful Master Lester Carpenter, a member of Salem Lodge No. I 39. For Carpenter, the Kids Day Celebra tion is like a dream come true, because it was out of his vision that the celebration was formed. Carpenter got the idea when the Masons sponsored a cookout to help bene fit "the children of the Cleveland Avenue neighborhood. He wanted to find a way that children throughout the city could benefit from sim ilar projects. Last year the celebration was held in Rupert Bell Park, and this year, in Happy Hill Gardens. The plan is that, user the years, the celebration v\ill be held in different com munities around Winston-Salem. "Our goal is to one day have the cele bration held at the Fairgrounds, where all the children can come together." Carpentc. said. Although this is just the second ye r Continue on Ad Win&nnSalem Chronicle lice for African-American News and Information Y: ? If ? THURSDAY, August, 15 1996 >\; - 5 75 Dedicated to the Memory, of Clarence E. Nottingham: 1903-1995 vol. xxii. No. 50 Petition calls for one-term HAWS board By MAI RICH CROCKHR Community News Reporter A petition containing the signatures of several city residents is being presented to Mayor Martha Wood this week asking that members of the Housing Authority of Win ston-Salem (HAWS) board only serve one term. Currently, a term is five years. The petitioners have expressed concern that several current board members do not have the interest of the community at heart and are simply making it difficult for the executive director. Arthur S. Milligan Jr., to do his job. "They fight the director for six or seven months over some small item amounting sometimes to no more than one word." says Lee Faye Mack, who many would like to serve on the board. "Resi dents in the community have asked me to servcT she said, "the board should be fight-'" ing for things that improve the lives of the community rather than bickering with the director." Rasheed Bey, one of the organizing petitioners and an employee with HAWS, said "five years is enough time for some one to implement their agenda." He said the three candidates up for reappointment, Larry Little. Louise Davis and Ross Grif fith, should not be reappointed. He said he feels the mayor should appoint new mem bers after others have served their five-year terms. The Board of Commissioners is made up of nine members w ho serve on a volun teer basis. According to the city ordinance, mem bers of the board are appointed and reap pointed at the mayor's discretion. Commissioners currently serving on the board are William Andrews, Ross Grif fith. Louise Davis. D.D. Adams, Larry Lit tle, Robert Egleston, Marie Arcuri, Cas saundra Rice and Bry ant McCorkle. Andrews, who is chairman of the com mission. has served two terms, while. D.D. Adams, who was recently reappointed, has served one term and is currently serving the first year of her second term. Egleston and Arcuri have served four years and are up for reappointment next year. Rice and McCorkle have served three years and will he up for reappointment in 1998. In addition to the number of terms each commissioner serves, the petition also suggests a list of replacements for those commissioners up for reappointment. The petition suggests Moses Lucas, Lee Faye Mack, the Rev. Seth O. Lartey, Larry Leon Hamlin, Queen Black, and Johnnie Mae Ingram. Bey said there are some things that need to he done in the various housing communities. i "We have to implement an agenda that will enhance and improve the quality of life in the African-American community," he said. According to Bey. the only way to implement that agenda is to address the issue of economics from within the various communities. Bey said he feels the appointment of these candidates will be a step in the right direction. "We don't want the mayor to say she doesn't know who the people want on that hoard." He also said with the steady increase of the Hispanic population, he and others are searching for a candidate from the His panic community. The housing authority neighborhoods consist of a diverse group of people, and the Board of Commissioners should repre sent the community. Bey said. ijinm mai'hi LJ f i c o y t't(^'' r ' i i r 11 jttlgfri Lrui (?<?; ?S3 rarawto myvnvhm >?: -i: :-?? ? i* Vv. ??/; ?*r4:WF PPf *&,.} Vr.'^fft'- ^'' W *$$ [Jk! Chronicle production manager, Kathy l*e, presents Quality Education representative Simon Johnson with five apple computers for use in the schools K-1 grade program. Chronicle donates computers to QE1 By MAURICE CROCKER Community News Reporter Educators at Quality Education Institute are preparing students for the modern world of computers. Recently the Institute received five new computers from the Winston-Salem Chronicle to continue their efforts. "With these new computers, it will bring our total to 15 at the institute." said Simon Johnson, executive director of QEI. According to Johnson, the new computers will be used for the kindergarten students at the Institute. Currently the Institute enrolls ^1 students from prekindergarten to tourth grade. Although Johnson is pleased to receive the computers, he said the Institute doesn't have nearly enough. "I would like to see there be one computer for every two or three students." he said. "At the present time we have one computer for ever\ seven or eight students." Johnson said he would like the computers to be used for more than just laborator\ pur poses. "1 want the students to use the computer*, as niearut of shortcuts to do research." Johnson said. The Institute, which is known for its unique curriculum, teaches children the tunda Continue on A3 CLASSIFIEDS B-11 OPINION A-10 ENTERTAINMENT..B-8 OBITUARIES B-10 SPORTS B-1 This Week in tUack History AI (11'ST 20. 1>>44 \i'n,, i ,4l vJ.utiHi; II:ul.i S>in> .itnl 1 uuloru k (i V\i .*n Bik.u1w.in I \ insion-Salem ( hronicle / - Mail Address is \\S(R()\(n \()1 .COM FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (910) 722-8624 ? MASTERCARD, VISA OR AMERICAN EXPRESS
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