? Dismissed members back on Guilford social services board \A Long-term status to be determined * By BRIDGET EVARTS ?Community News Reporter ? I GUILFORD COUNTY? A court Iissued restraining order prevented the 'Guilford County Commissioners from ? ?dismissing two members from the Social ?Services Board ? for the time being. *? In a 6-5 vote, the Republican majority *of the commissioners board decided to I remove Isaac Barnett and fellow commis -sioner Warren Dorsett from the Social Services Board at an April 10 meeting. LaVonne Napper and Commissioner Mary Rakestraw were appointed to replace Barnett and Dorsett. Napper is the wife of Ted Napper, the Republican candidate for District 8 who was defeated by incumbent Melvin "Skip" Alston last fall. Rakestraw, also a Republican, won Margaret Arbuckle's District 7 seat. Barnett and Dorsett filed a restraining order against the board of commission ers and were granted a reprieve by Judge Judson DeRamus one week later. ? The commissioners must prove just cause for removing Bamett and Dorsett from the board, said De Ramus A hear ing will be scheduled for May or June. County commissioners appoint two of the five-member social services board. Other members are selected as follows: one appointment by the governor, one by the state office, and the fifth is selected by a consensus of the other four members. If the four cannot come to an agreement. the chief superior court selects the fifth member. "Our two board members have been lax in their duty," said Commissioner Steve Arnold, who served as the commis sioner liaison to the social services board until July 1995, when commissioners voted for Dorsett to replace him. Unlike that of other county entities, such as the ? health and mental health boards, the; ? power of the commissioners begins and ends with appointments to the social See Dismissed on A4 - rs c*nts Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point f vol. xxiii No. 35 TFTF rFTRON?f F X iiIj V~/ rl Jlvvy l\l - L/ J?/ i 2 i1 n Z^w01 * * c 012 X/i? Choice for African-American News and Information N C ROOM *.*??? ' ? * FORSYTH CNTY PUB LIB WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101-2755 Quake in Foundation cracks board; 18 out of 25 affected By BRIDGET EVARTS Community News Reporter Last week, nine members of the Winston-Salem State University Foundation Board announced their resignations, and others indicated that they would not seek reelection when terms expire in June. Out of the shake-up, only seven of the 25 board members are unaffected. Ovifi.?to foundation bylaws that limit service on the board, five members f| ; ? ?' ? must sit out for a year after their terms expire in June. One of those members, Brenda Diggs, said that she would not return to the board. Diggs, the secretary of the foundation, is the only member of the executive committee who did not resign. Chairman Marshall Bass and vice chairperson Jean Irvin resigned at the April 25 meeting, treasurer Robert C. Brandquist resigned about one month prior to the special meeting. Among the resigning executive committee were the most seasoned foundation board members. Bass first joined the board in 1978; Brandquist and Irvin were elected in 1988 and 1989, respectively. Other departing senior members include Dr. Virginia K. Newell, who has served nine years on the board, and Neal A. Bedinger Jr., who served See Group ProtMts on A4 WSSU Chancellor AMn Schexnidor ha* yat to appoint a now vice chancellor for develop ment, who will serve a* liaison between the university and the foundation. Marshall Bass, pkturad with mxm