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Astronaut's legacy lives on at his alma mater KtmmU ? By DAMON for.d TMi ChkosiCIM thpsh#1.' ? . GREENSBORO ? Oft Jul 28, the Greensboro community gathered for the 12th Annual Commemorative Memorial Program honoring Dr. Ronald E. McNair McNair, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion on the same day in 1986, received a bachelor of scaeoce degree in physics from N.C. ART in 1971 and a doctorate of phi losophy in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1976. -"-CBlsSZ . Even though McNair m no loafer with us, his llfscy lives on. "Dr. McNair was not only a distinguished scientist, astronaut, explorer, teacher, husband, father and outstanding Aggie. He was a man upon doing adnewement, be had the opportunity to service this entire nation in a lead ership capacity," said N.C. A&T Student Government Association president Arthur Smith. McNair, who was born October 21,1950 in Lake City, South Carolina was married to the former Cheryl Moore and has two children. In 1978, NASA selected McNair as an astro naut candidate. After a year of Nam ing be qualified for assignmenras a mission specialist astronaut on future Space Shuttle flights. His first Space Shuttle launch took place on Fetx J, 1984 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. His second launch was on the tragic Challenger Space Shuttle, which exploded one minute and 13 seconds after take off. McNair's life was full of achieve ments but honors don't always tell the story. "I reflect back on the humility of the man, the work ethic of the man, the smile that was always on his face," iaid N.C. AAT mathematics profes sor Gilbert Casterlow, a friend and former classmate of McNair't. "I must say that I never heard him put anyone down, he always had that pos itive factor." Others spoke of what his life means to all of ua "Dr. Ronald McNair's life was one of courage, an example of purpose and a testament to excellence and challenge which allowed him to excel above and beyond all possibilities for he was indeed inspired not to creep See MCNAHI on A3 : 75 **nU Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point ' xxiv No. 23 rr.^ , ? /?r Reference IImbc, CH RON ] E The Choice for African-American News and Information Vmoil oddr...: wsdiron?n.hinlimit*d.n.l Winston CDC makes an effort to improve image With the coffers dwindling, the CDC intends to raise $25?, 000 annually in membership funds. V. ? By BOMANI MAWULI The Chronicle Reporter The East Winston Community Development Corporation, or CDC, can be all about cooperative economics. And cooperative economics, or ujamaa, is one of the seven princi ples of the Nguzo Saba which is the foundation of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba are more than just a holiday. It is a value system? a guide for daily living throughout the year. And the purpose of ujamaa, or cooper ative economics, is "to build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together." But developing self-sufficiency is no easy job. - "It seems to be a problem across the board just promoting econom ic development in the black com munities here in North Carolina," stated James Grace, the executive director of the CDC. "It is a problem," acknowledged Reginald Randolph, the CDC's Vice-chairman, who joined the cor Eoration in November. "And we ave to address it here." j Randolph gave a presentation to a small group of CDC members at the Forsyth County Public Library on Fifth Street on Jan. 27. He said, in Winston-Salem, "Mack individuals with annual incomes of $100,000 or more, in our population, represent 3 per * cent." This low percentage, argues Randolph, is because that there is no entity in place which organizes a community pool of money for investment in the economic growth of its residents. "A mutual fund is a coalition, or gathering, of a couple different entities." explained Randolph. first, you have a group ot people that decide to put their money together," he added. "Then that group of people decides to go out and invest ? coming together - as a diversified group; then within the corporations they buy; then within the industries that they buy; and it gives you that ultimate safe ty of what you hear in terms of what mutual funds are designed for. Here, locally, we have no such entity. We have no such idea. We have no such practice." Ropinold Randolph See CDC on A3 Nunc/rfc/f of joiood ffucfcnta/ focyfry Ofwf ttoff from North Carolina AAT Stata University far a breakfast commemorating the 99th anniversary of the beginning of tha nationwide sit-in movement, whkh began with four AAT freshmen at Greensboro's downtown Wool wot th's. Two of those students, Joseph McNeil (loft) and franklin McCalnffar right) spoke about the event. In the photo above, McNeil, AAT Transportation Institute Director Joyce Johnson, AAT Chancellor Idward fort and McCain joined hands with the rest of those gathered to sing "We Shall Overcome." ' "L Focus groups discuss Market Street's fate BY DAMON FORD Ths Chronicle Reporter GREENSBORO ? Web Hall on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University was the gathering place for the East Market Street Community Workshop, which attracted Greensboro city leaders, business owners, students and neighbor* hood residents. The workshop, which took place Saturday Jan. 31, is the first step in 1998 in finalizing a plan of revitalization for the East Market street corridor. The corridor runs Mac Stmt along East Market street starting with Friendly avenue and ending at English street. North Church street, Murrow boulevard, Dudley and Bennett streets, Laurel street, Bluford street, Benbow road, U.S. 29 and Gillespie street are the main roads encompassed in the corridor. Focus groups were formed made up of N.C. A&T and Bennett College students, and in the rest were of community resi dents and business owners. The Workshop serves as a culmination of the focus groups and gives the community a chance to see and suggest what areas should be addressed more intensely. Increased black entrepreneur ship, more street lighting and pedestrian friendly walk Ways were a few. One area of great concern was the Cumberland Shopping Center. Since there is not a lot of land to build on, the shopping center looks to be the best place to get some. Some leaders of the com munity were adamant about the shopping centers bad image in the area. "I am not, as Chancellor, going to let up in relationship to my push for and insistence upon the fact we See MARKET STREET on A3 Internal strife plagues ESR | ? VT." -g* ?'* y:* Instead of fighting poverty, the Experiment in Self Reliance is consume|/ with its own problems, contends Dorothy (on a member oj tne nonprofit organization's board of directors. By SHARON BROOKS HODGE The Chkomcle Editor PART ONE: Lynching the Leader Three decades ago, the Forsyth County Experiment in Self Reliance was created as a commu nity resource. The goal, according to a 10-year volunteer with the organization, was to end poverty one person at a time. Now however, "the business of Set SKLF RELIANCE on A2 Participant* at a *toto forum hold at OuUford Tachnkal Community CoIhga I acqulro Information about procuring itoto contract*. State reaches out to small businesses Firms owned by minorities garner only a small portion of state contracts. So officials are traveling the state to explain the biddin^process. By BOMANI MAWULI Tut CHRONKLt Reporter Oh Jan. 30, the Department of Administration's Division of Purchase and Contract for the state of North Carolina held a forum at Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities and small business owners all who own or operate businesses were invited to attend this "Partnering for Success" forum. It's SwtUSINISSoftM
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