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? Little, former CIAA PR director, to be named WSSU AD? By SAM DAVIS THBCmotacu ^ Annisc "Anne" E. Little, a former public relations director for the CIAA and sports information director at Livingstone College, is expected to be announced as the athletics director at Winston-Salem State University today. According to Chronicle sources, Dr. Alvin J. Schexnider, Winston-Salem State's chancellor, will make the announcement at today's Board of Trustees meeting on the WSSU campus. * Little surfaoed as the leading candi date to rJ^lace A1 Roseboro baaed on the recommendation of several promi nent WSSU alumni. Little served in several capacities at Livingstone daring the late 1980a She left Livingstone to accept a position with the C1AA in 1988. She was hired by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Association in Overland Park , Kat^, in 1992 and cur rently serves as the assistant to the exec utive director. S Initially, whan ftoseboro's resigna tion was announced, Schcxnider stated in a release to The Chronicle, and sever al other news outlets, that be would not assemble a search committee. Schcxnider said he would hand-pick Roaeboro's successor. However, that decision drew the ire of many alumni and supporters of the Rams athletic department. In recent weeks 9chexnider has backed off his stance and did put together a group to help him screen I applicants and work up a short list from which to pick Roseboro's successor. Some 46 applications were accepted for the post, and the committee pared the list to Ave three weeks ago. At that time those who didn't make the final list were informed by letter that they didn't make the cut. Schexnider, in an effort to protect the confidentiality of the interview process, did not conduct any on-campus inter See tint* on A7 r __ " - ^2" \ *' The Chron?-e 121197DA01 001' ike Choice for African-American News and Information * om this library VJINSTON SALEM NC 2710 Pond referendum nears, but some issues still vague Housing bonds good for black community ? ?Hy pRIDGET EVARTS 'JHfChronicul Staff Writer ? ? <0 ? ? ? ? ? ? * ?* Monica Lett may be patient, but she's not placid. Lett, head of the city's Housing and Neighborhood Development .department, has drastic plans for "blighted areas found on sections of *^5th Street in the Old Cherry neighborhood. "This has all got to go," Lett said with a sweep of her arm. On one corner, there is a run-down neighborhood store, empty of cus tomers but still drawing groups of people who loiter outside. Up the street, trash spills from the porch es of dilapidated houses into the sidewalks. "All the commercials are com ing out," said Lett of the numer ous quick-stop stores that line Old Cherry. The street was once the major thoroughfare to North Winston, and many lots remain zoned for commercial business. Since the construction of University Parkway, though, most of Old Cherry's legitimate busi ness dried up. Often, said Lett, the neglected and seec^ stores are fronts for illegal dfetfWy With a shortage of affordable housing constantly plaguing the city, Lett thinks these lots could be better used as housing develop ments for families. Lett is ready to implement the next phase of the city's multi-year housing plan. She wants to see redevelopment plans come to fruition in black residential areas ? neighborhoods like Old Cherry and Lincoln/Maywood, which have been marked for redevelop ment for almost 30 years. As funds ran out, those long See Housing on A2 Monica Lett Bill Stuart Norma Smith Economic development for East Winston unclear By BRIDGET EVARTS The Chronicle Staff Writer V With less than three weeks before the bond referendum, city officials and elected and appoint ed representatives are still mum on where the $6 million econom ic development .money will be invested. All agree that the money is not officially earmarked ? yet ? for specific projects. Beyond that, people either don't know or aren't saying. When asked where the figure of $6 million came from, city manager Bryce "Bill" Stuart answered, "It's kind of based upon the amount we've invested in the past." Stuart said that his department looked at the costs of past industrial developments such as the Centre 311 Business Park. "I think what we've tried to say is that the money would, be Set Unclaar on A2 The Flacks have filed a complaint against Paisley principal Tom Bohlinger. fan Bolingmr Dr. John Hack and hit wHo, Jonnifor flack, spook with NAACP prosidont William Tatum (loft). Tho Flacks think tho disciplino policies of Paishty Middle School principal Tom Bohlingor ore excessively punitive. Parents vow to expel principal By BRIDGET EVARTS The Chronicle Staff Writer The parents of a Paisiey Middle School student are outraged over the discipline principal Tom Bohlinger meted out to their daughter, and vow to have Bohlinger removed from the school system. Dr. John Flack and his wife, Jennifer Flack, were joined by Forsyth County NAACP president William Tatum, the Rev. John Mendez and several concerned parents June 3 to confront Bohlinger. After waitihg almost 45 minutes, the group was ushered idto Bohlinger's office. / 1 The previous day, Flack, who heads the hyperten sion department at Bowman'Gray School of Medicine, brought his daughter back to school. Cathyrn, a sev enth-grader, had been suspended for five days for a May 28 incident that occurred on the bus ride home after school. Cathyrn and another girl allegedly got into an argu ment. The other girl told the bus driver that Cathyrn had threatened her. The bus driver in turn reported the information to Bohlinger. The Flacks said that Bohlinger never spoke directly with Cathyrn, until she was told of her suspension. "She was suspended on hearsay," said Flack, who was in California when the incident took place. He said he placed two calls to Bohlinger from out-of-state, which were never returned. On Monday, Flack said he canceled his appoint ments for the day and tried, to no avail, to set up a meeting with Bohlinger. When he showed up at Paisley with Cathyrn, Flack said, Bohlinger threatened to arrest both of them if they did not leave school proper ty Flack proceeded to assistant superintendent Jim See Paisley rw A3 Clinic focuses on wellness, health needs of today's total woman Health educator Regina McCoy uses Smokey Sue to illuctrato the dongert of tmoklng to a woman's fetus. By BRIDGET EVARTS The Chronicle Staff Writer Smokey Sue's cigarette wouldn't light. Health educator Regina McCoy struck match after match, but the wind kept blowifig them out before she could light Smokey Sue's cigarette. Finally, a co-work?r obliged by tak ing a few puffs to get the cigarette started. Smokey Sue was smoking. But she wasn't smoking alone. Fori every inhale McCoy coaxed, Smokey Sue's fetus exhaled smoke filled bubbles. "I've seen ultrasounds where a pregnant woman is smoking," said McCoy. "The mom's heart rate is the same, but the baby's triples." To illustrate the dangers of smoking, McCoy uses the "Smokey Sue Smokes For Two" model in her prenatal care class at Today's Woman Health and Wellness Center. The sight of the fetus breathing second-hand smoke is disturbing enough, but McCoy is going for the full effect. The water which sur rounds the developing baby (simulating embry onic fluid) turns a dingy brown from the tar of sev eral cigarettes. Health educators at Today's Woman Health and Wellness Center know that lecturing to the women isn't as effective as See Health on A3 Linda Carter it thm cmntmr't executive direc tor. Melvin Swarm, Jr. , deputy superintendent of Guilford County Schools, retires cdiet 39 years in education ? Educator Swann retires July 1 By CAROLE WEATHERFORD The Chronicle High Point Bureau GREENSBORO ? For Melvin C. Swann Jr., deputy superinten dent of Guilford County Schools (GCS), education is more than a profession. It amounts to a call ing. On July 1, however, Swann, a ? fixture in Greensboro education for 39 years, retires. Last Friday at the Greensboro Hilton, friends celebrated his retirement. See Swann on A3 'A * * . S
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