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Dems describe Helms as Millionaire Slumlord D > IVI v> 11.1.1. \ M I 1 I < K M K I'll I > Special U> the ('hrtmu U? Lisbeth Evans of Winston-Salem, chair of the N.C. Democratic Party, has labeled Sen. Jesse Helms "a slumlord millionaire, who has deliberate!) tailed to report certain properties." In a formal letter of complaint to Sen. Mitch McC'onnell. R-K\,. chair of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. Evans last week asked that the Senate Select Committee of Ethics undertake an immediate investigation to deter mine whether Helms has breached the Code of Kthics regarding financial dis closure. Helms, in reports published last week, owns run-down and decrepit properties ? some in drug-infested and violent-crime areas ? lacking such basic necessities as heat. About his Raleigh properties. Helms said, "I own one house in Boylan Heights (Raleigh), which I purchased for rental income purposes. Mrs. Helms owns eight pieces of property, which she inherited front her father." Evans' letter focused on discrepan cies in Helms' financial disclosure statements. She has asked the Ethics Committee to determine gaps in the senator's actual and reported income. Helms listed nine properties, which were valued between $250,000 and $500,000. But Wake County tax and Please see page S U ? I, , , 'k'. .. : '? ;? .?" ' " . i ? ? . ? Jesse Helms is a liar and a slumlord millionaire... who has deliberately failed to report certain properties -I I MMMm MurauuiniUMU! y?r~?Z ^ Salem Chronicle F6? ?s w 5T^em*nc 2-7X8 * ne Choice for African-American News and Information yXHSTON " THURSDAY, October 17,1996 75 cents Dedicated to the Memory of Clarence E. Nottingham: 1903-1995 vol. xxiii, no. 7 is * 4 i John //. Hou ston, //?c: Samuels and h elix Johnson have become good friends as track walkers. Five in the Mornin' ? Where They Gonna Be? By FELECIA P. MCMILLAN Special to the Chronicle ?*% * hat are you usually doing at 5 a.m.? While many sleep in Winston-Salem, some hit the track with a vengeance on a daily basis, running and "walking to feel good" every morning at Bowen Boulevard Park. If you drive down Bowen Boulevard around 6 a.m., you need to drive care fully. Cars may spill out of the parking lot and may be parked on both sides of Attucks and continue arourrd Bowen up Manchester Street. The tracksters come in waves. Those who work at 9 a.m. are usually gone by 7:15 a.m. in order to prepare for their jobs. Please see page 14 r " Wa fcz ' -1m M r- r? I ?! ? - - *NMPr' ? . ?* ? /^// to right, Paul Ledhetter, Fred Glaspy, Calvin ( heek, Morris Thompson and l.oui\ J Nines meet each da\ at the track. 's minoruv sc A Partnership receives $215,000 grant In Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, minority students ? pri marily African Americans, hut a growing number of Hispanics ? are enrolled in pitifully low numbers in science and mathematics courses. When they have enrolled in algebra, biology, chemistry, computer sci ence, geometry, physics, or trigonometry, their success rates have been low. Logically, when they walk across the stages of county high schools for graduation, most African Americans have not done well on the math and science sec tions of college entrance exams. And not surpris ing, fewer still pursue career paths in engineer ing and technical studies, which require math and science backgrounds. A new project was announced last week to break that cycle. Dr. Velma Watts, assistant dean of students and director of minority affairs at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, is joined by Dr. Merdis Carter of Winston-Salem State Uni MMTia versity and Dr. Stan Hill of WS/FCS to head up a partnership to increase the number of minority students who successfully complete K-12 sci ence and mathematics courses. The National Science Foundation -awarded the partnership $215,000 to establish the Winston Salem Center for Excellence for Research, Teaching and Learning (CERTL). The centerpiece of the design is Prob lem-Based Learning (P-BL). The approach is anchored in the finding that students' learning styles, interest levels, motivation to achieve, and understanding of math and science concepts are amplified and magnified when instructional exercises are based in meaningful, daily-experi enced. real-life problems. County math and science teachers are being immersed in the latest approaches to problem based learning techniques. Medical students at Bowman Gray School of Medicine have been exposed to P-BL for 10 years now, and the same staff will work with WS/FCS teachers in a series of professional development exercises. County teachers will take what they acquire back to their I 1 k 11H ' I Pictured left to right are John Murphy, Velma W atts, DeMont Cox and Margaret Brandon. colleagues and students. In addition, an ongoing database of activities is being developed, along with new ways to assess students' learning out comes. In the summer months, a research program was designed for 30 high school students to work on a math^or science research project with a scientist/faculty member at WSSU. In addition, WSSl will ho^t another 30 K-8-tirade students Please see page S Students eagerly cast their votes during the recent Down town School elections. i Wali D. Pitt lost the 5th-grade presidential race hy one vote. Candidates made posters and gave speeches. Students get involved political process Py MAT RICH CROCK! R Communilv Nov. s Reporter While most residents have a month he tore going to the polls, students at the Downtown School in Winston-Salem cast their ballots early. Approximately 200 students from the sec ond. third, fourth, and fifth grades participated in the school's annual elections. Eleven candidates vied for the positions of president, vice-president, secretary, and trea surer. According to Dehra Squires, student coun cil advisor and fifth-grade teacher, the students , c have spent the last two weeks campaigning. "They've really done some unique thiin during their campaigns." she said. "They just had their speeches yesterda\. and I found their (speeches) to be more convincing than the reg ular politicians "1 think anvthing we do dealing with poli tics, will help make the students more aware of the political process." Squires said Squires s,nd she has alvvavs tried to have various activities in her class that places an emphasis on political issues "H\er since m\ children have been abkMo walk. 1 have taken them to the voting polls with me." Squires said. "1 tiv to encourage others to do the same " W hen all ot the votes were tallied. I o'd Porter was elected the school's president. Please see page S FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (910) 722-8624 ? MASTERCARD, VISA OR AMERICAN EXPRES
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