St+dman Graham
N.C. Black Publishers to hold first awards banquet
Stadman Graham will be the keynote
speaker at the First Annual Awards ban
quet for the North Carolina Black
Publishers Association. The event will
take place Thursday Aug. 21,6:30-9 p.m.
at the William and Ida Friday Center for
Continuing Education at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This
gala event will honor the memories of
four African-American pioneers in pub
lishing and will recognize outstanding
journalists and citizens for their various
contributions to the success of the black
press in North Carolina.
Honorees include Paul Jervay Sr., for
mer Carolinian publisher; T.C. Jervay,
former Wilmington Journal publisher;
Bill Johnson, former Charlotte Post pub
lisher; and Louis E. Austin, former
Carolina Times publisher; Maya
Angelou, renowned poet and author;
Maceo K. Sloan, president of Sloan
Financial Group; Robert J. Brown, pres
ident of B&C Associates; Cash
Michaels, Carolinian journalist; and
Ernie Suggs, Herald Sun journalist.
Stedman Graham, is the author of
the recently published book "You Can
Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for
Success." Graham has North Carolina
ties and is president/CEO of S. Graham
& Associates, a sports marketing and
consulting firm in Chicago.
The North Carolina Black Publishers
Association is comprised of 11 member
minority newspapers: The Asheville
Advocate; The Carolina Peacemaker,
Greensboro; The Carolina Times,
Durham; The Challenger, Wilmington;
The Charlotte Post; The Chronicle,
Winston-Salem; The Fayetteville Press;
The Minority Voice, Greenville; The
Carolinian, Raleigh; The Iredell County
News; and The Wilmington Journal. The
papers boast a weekly readership of over
250,000 citizens. According to the associ
ation's president, Ernie H. Pitt, "the
NCBPA was formed to promote the
interests of the black press and to ensure
journalistic excellence in the member
newspapers." The member papers all
hold membership in the National
Newspaper Publishers Association.
For ticket information, call A.
Michele Givens at (919) 785-3672.
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More candidates enter council race
By CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD
High Point Correspondent
HIGH POINT ? The race for High Point City
Council has gotten crowded. Seven candidates are
vying for the at-large council seat, including the
Rev. William Fails, pastor of First United Baptist
Church, and Julius Clark, a community activist.
Also running are Ward 5 City Council Member
Chris Whitley, retired firefighter Danny Baxley,
veneer company worker Fletcher Williams and fur
niture worker Ben Borugian.
Clark ,46, the political action chair of High
Point's NAACP branch, made an unsuccessful bid
for the at-large seat in 1995. Involved in civic
afTairs, he served on the council's race relation com
mittee and on the citizen committee during last
spring's bond referendum. A High Point native,
Clark is a member of the William Penn
Foundation, which aims to restore William Penn
High School's Samuel Burford Auditorium. As a
councilman, he would work to keep citizens
informed and seek their input. He supports more
recreational programs for youth, increased futjding
for low-income housing, and preservation projects.
In Ward 1, incumbent E.J. Love will face four
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Baptist proposal
considered good
deal by county
By BRIDGET EVARTS
The Chronicle Staff Writer
Another chapter in East
Winston health care has been
closed, and, but for a few adjust
ments, another chapter will soon
open.
Forsyth county commission
ers voted unanimously Monday
to accept, in principle, Bowman
Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical
Center's proposal to assume
responsibility for Reynolds
Health Center. Baptist will invest
$5 million to expand the Aegis
facility on East 14th Street, and
offer a host of new services for
Reynolds clientele.
Baptist first approached the
county with its concept for
Reynolds Health Center about
pine months ago. After holding
several community meetings, the
medical center submitted a con
ceptual plan to the county. The
two entities worked out most ot
the details over the summer.
The contract asks that
Forsyth county give Baptist
$15.5 million over the next five
years, saving the county more
than $6 million. The two parties
expect to renegotiate in the third
year of the contract.
The county has run Reynolds
Health Center for more than 22
years, providing accessible health
care to all who needed it, regard
less of their ability to pay. The
cost of caring for those indigent
patients was set at about $4.2
million this fiscal year.
"We got a real good deal, I
thought," said commissioner
Walter Marshall.
Both Marshall and fellow
commissioner Earline Parmon
said their original reservations
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CDC loses
more support
By BRIDGET EVARTS
The Chronicle Staff Writer _
Though once rated a high-performing and mature com
munity development corporation, the East Winston CDC is
quickly losing the funding needed to complete projects and
maintain operations.
Last December the North Carolina Community
Development Initiative cut the organization's operations
budget in half. Two weeks ago, NationsBank revoked a
$100,000 loan earmarked for housing renovations.
Now a national organization that administers funding to
CDCs may divorce itself from the East Winston organiza
tion.
Seedco. which stands for Structured Employment
/Economic Development Corporation, fosters partnerships
between community development corporations and histori
cally black colleges universities. Typically, Seedco helps uni
versities build the neighborhoods surrounding the schools.
North Carolina Central and the Hayti Community
Development Corporation have such a partnership.
However, the East Winston CDC, established 10 years
ago, developed independently of Winston-Salem State
University.
Still, the CDC and the university contracted a formal
partnership under former chancellor Cleon F. Thompson
Jr. And in March 1996, under current chancellor Alvin J.
Schexnider, the university hosted a national conference for
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Teacher returns for 15th year to teach at Governor's School West
A Angelene Reid: A
Profile in Diversity
^iFELECIA P. MCMILLAN
fecial to The Chronicle
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When Angelene Yvonne Reid started
^teaching at Governor's School West on
campus of Salem College 15 years
she had no idea that she would con
tinue to teach there even after relocating
to Norcross, Ga. Reid served as the head
of the English Department at East
Forsyth High School for four years
before her move. She was also named
District Volleyball Coach of the Year
twice. A member of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, Reid has been the organizer of
church and community-oriented family
Angelene Hold (cantor) It on* of three tnglltli Instructors at Hi* Governor's School
West. She It /olnecf by her clan, comprised of some of tho flnott English students
across the state.
conferences. Since her relocation, mem- returns to Winston-Salem to teach at the
bers of Mt. Zion have provided a place Governor's School. Reid is one of three
for her to stay each summer when she English instructors at the school; the
"African
American
books are
our most
treasured
possessions...
open one!"
? Angelene Reid
other two are Dr. Lucy Milner and Guy
Spear. For the past three summers, she
has stayed with A1 and Addie Jabbar,
and she considers them a blessing to her
life and career.
At the Governor's School Reid teach
es African-American literature, which
involves reading about contemporary
issues like racism, hatred, discrimination
and the effects they have on society. Reid
seeks to help students understand black
culture and black history in the hope
that one day her students will take the
lead in eradicating racism, prejudice,
and discrimination from society during
the 21st century.
An avid reader, Angelene has
devoured more than 2,000 volumes of
mysteries, love stories, biographies, fan
tasies, novels, dramas, essays, and many
more. She attends every book signing
she can for African-American novelists.
During her family conferences, she
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