Slode /rum /mge 41 privileged youth a chance to expe rience one of the nation's fastest ? growing recreational sports "I'm very involved with chil dren," he said. "I'm especially con cerned about young Mack males." He see his new position as a chance to set an example for young people. "Black people have always - since forever - been involved in education," he said. " That's the one area where you should never have a problem finding Mack peo ple qualified to do whatever it is there it to do. I've not made myteif into a rote model. But if you live in the community you have made younetf a role model. Not becauae you're a dean or this or that but because you're who you're sup posed be. You do what you do with the realization that people are watching you and looking up to you." FTCC president Desna Walltn says Slade was the perfect choice to lead Woodruff. "John has been a faculty mem ber with us for several years," she said. "He's a superior faculty member. He's an enthusiastic leader who do what he needs to do to get the community involved in the center.** And Slade promise* the doors to Woodruff will always be open. After all, the center bears the name of one of the state's most outspo ken and highly regarded pobticans. There's a legacy there, Slade said. This gives me the opportunity to make this branch campus a suc cess,** he said.Tirst and foremost we're an educational facility. The mission of Forsyth Tech is to pro vide training and classes. The school's mission is our mission. We're here to educate.** wssu from page A! $97,342. Janice Kennedy-Sloan, Vice Chancellor for Student Affair*, has a salary of $73,000 per year. Leonce Hampton, Vice Chancellor for Advancement makes $93,900. Clementine Cone, Vice Chancellor for Finances, has an annual salary of $95,000. Meanwhile, the average salary of faculty members hovers around f > the $30,000 mark. "I think the consensus of the v. faculty is that we are grossly under paid," one source said. "TThey feel, it is not fair to have this kind of sit uation. How can you bring in someone with less experience and academic degrees and pay them a much higher salary." When Schexnider came to the university be forced many of the top level administrators to resign and replaced them with individuals who came into the university mak ing more money than those who were replaced. For example, Nat Irvin, who served as Vice Chancellor of Development, had a final salary of S71,050. Hampton, who replaced him, came in with a salary has a current salary of $93,900. Not only that, but faculty mem ben say they are not pleased with the way state-mandated raises are allocated. "Usually the state gives about a 5 percent pay raise across the board," one source said. "It's not fair, because the state doesn't man date how the raise is applied. Some might get a two percent raise and others might get a seven percent raise. It is left to each institution to distribute the raise. Then other fac tors are brought into it, such as merit, longevity or parity." Other issues that concern facul ty members include the manage ment style of Schexnider. "It's his way or no way," one faculty member said. "You have a guy who once he makes up his mind on something, he isn't going to change ? it is etched in stone. The result is an air of unrest and intimidation. "A lot of the faculty feels uneasy about their jobs and about what's going on, but there isn't anything that they can do about it," one faculty member said. "Some people have the attitude that 'I'm only going to do what you're paying me and not worry about extending myself'." 12th District from pate Al If accepted, the proposal will go before the panel of judges Fri day, just in time to keep the panel from redrawing the district them selves. While the proposal will face debate in both the House and Sen ate, legislators think the proposal will pass. "It's not what we wanted - what we really wished would have hap pend," said Rep. Larry Womble. "I wish it could have stayed as it was. The district was built on common ality not on race as the challengers have said it was." Womble says he and other Democrats have "come to accept the fact that we had to redraw it" "If (the state legislature) redraws the district, we will have a great deal of imput into how comes out," he said. "If the judges do it, that imput and advice would have been minimal." Sources close to Watt say his office is "accepting and admenable" to the proposal which, despite the drop in black voters, still would remain heavily Democ rat and perhaps secure re-election. "As far as the people in the dis trict - the residents of the 12th, although some are not elated with the outcome of the redistricting, they're happy with what Mel has done," Womble said. "While it may be tougher in the future for minorities to be elected. Mel shouldn't have a problem. He has done well as a representative. His record shows that. We would hope he is elected again." t Highlights of the proposal: i ? Davie County, which is divid ed between the 10th and 6th dis tricts would move to the Sth district. ? More than 130,000 Guilford County residents would move from the 12th to the 6th District. ? All of Statesville would move to the 10th District. Currently the small town is divided between the 10th and 12th district. ? More than 75,000 Forsyth County voters would be part of the 12th, an increase of 16,000. Many of the new voters would be white. ? The Charlotte Post contributed to this article. .f v . ? \ i Officer from pap A! misplaced comma. The lawsuit also claims Nunn "intentionally and deliberately failed" to submit Dunn's request to attend a class that was a pre requisite to receiving a promo tion. In another incident, Dunn claims Lieutenant Joni Chastain, a white officer, "unnecessarily thrust" her finger into his chest. Dunn says he submitted a written report to the appropriate superi or officer but cltumed Chastain was not punished for this inci dent. Dunn also claims that Chas tain "criticized and admonished" him over the police radio for get ting permission from a higher ranked officer to get keys for a ~~ stakeout he was conducting. He submitted a written report of the incident and again claims Chas tain was not punished. Dunn, who says he wasn't aware of the S21.000 check, says he first learned of it from High Point resident Rufus Bostic Jr. Bostic, a retired executive director of; the Carl Chavis YMCA, laid Ty?on borrowed $25 from him and gave him the check a? collateral. "I've never had any direct contact with her. I guess she knew me from earlier years as a juvenile officer of the city," said Bostic, the city's first African American radio personality. "I've had so many positions that peo ple know me (well)." Bostic said he didn't know Tyson and was reluctant to give her the money, but decided to loan her the money. When Tyson offered him the check as collater al, he says he was surprised. "I said 'You don't have to leave the check with me.' She said 'Hold onto it until I pay you back,'" Bostic said. After several weeks, Bostic called Dunn, whom he had known fpr several years. Bostic contacted Dunn and told him the scenario. Dunn came by his house to pick up the check and pay him back. It was then, Dunn, says, he realized Tyson had not paid sub contractors for work they did on their home. Dunn paid the worker* and avoided legal action by having his daughter sign her mother's name on the check. Dunn claims his ex wife gave permission. Dunn says he and Tyson also purchased items for the house with the money. Dunn says that at no time did Tyson object to any of these actions. In 1995 or 1996, Dunn was asked by a peer to identify a woman in a photograph in con nection with a pending criminal investigation. Dunn identified Tyson as the woman. Dunn claims that around November 1996, Tyson sought to "retaliate" against him by con tacting High Point police and claiming that he forged her signa ture on the check or forced their daughter to sign her name on the check. When asked to explain Tyson's actions with the $21,000 check, Rossabi was in no hurry to give answers. If "You can form your own con clusions from that," Rossabi said. "I have seen it before when peo ple have given up valuable things for quick cash." Fire Chief from page Al . / the force, he says he "stumbled into fire fighting." , ' "If you would have asked me as a child what ^wanted to be, I would have said a cowboy," Cooper said. "I didn't ever dream of being a fire Tighter...After years of watching them and helping them as a police officer, I realised I liked what they did. I liked the feeling that someone needed help and as a fire fighter I could give them help right then and there." Cooper joined the fire depart ment in 1980, and quickly rose through the ranks. Before becoming chief, he served as an engineer, platoon supervisor, bat r========= talion chief, district chief and department chief. Ewell says it was Cooper's experience that made him the best candidate. "Chief* Cooper rose among an applicant pool of 139 other can didates, clearly his experience and leadership capabilities have made this the best reason for selecting him," he said. In 1993, when Thompson retired, Cooper was promoted to fire chief. He says he was able to rise to the top so quickly because he was prepared. "It being prepared and paying attention," he said. "A lot of young people don't realize the importance of starting your career off on the right foot and visualizing your self at the high est levels in your career. It's important to look to the top and say if they can do it I can do it." Cooper, a graduate, of N.C. Central State University in Durham, says he's been waiting for an opportunity to return to the eastern part of the state. "I went to school in Durham, of course," he said. "I started to like that area then. I have friends there and I'm friends with the retired chief as well. I've kept up with the status of the office through the years." Cooper says he's looking for ward to the challenge of his new position. "I'm excited," he said. "I like new situations, new challenges and new people." /rum pufr A / were opposed have to do it. And I don't think that's going to hap pen "The city should have never been in the funeral business to begin with. It's lost us money for years." The additional acreage and a small hike in the fee charged for plots and opening and closing gravesites would have meant the cemetery would be operating in the Mack in less than five years, after years of needing city subsi dies to survive. "Our proposed budget does reflect that we will break even in less than five years," says Randy Rogers, the city's property main tenance superintendent. "That will mark the first time in our history that we will have done that." Rogers also pointed out that according to projections without the revenue from the sale of markers, grave openings and plots, the cemetery will have a deficit of as much as S245,000 in less than ten years "It appears it will cost more to close than to keep it open," he said. "We worked for a long time on the projections and did a lot of research. But the hoard does have the final say." And that bothers a number of Winston-Salem residents who depended on the cemetery to provide not only a link to their loved ones, but a reasonably priced final resting place. "You'd be surprised at how misguided people are when it comes tcTxbe cost of funerals," said Grantheum Johnson of Hooper Funeral Home. "People don't realize how much it costs to be buried. Some come in with lit tle money or no money at all. They don't realize just to dig the grave can cost as much as $500 at other cemeteries." ;i">\ Johnson estimates more than SO percent of the families be ser vices each year ask to be buried at New Evergreen. Plots are $400 and opening and dosing costs are less than * $400 which is a steal compared to most private or perpetual care cemeteries. "Burial is expensive," be said. "When you talk about some of the other cemeteries around the _ city that are perpetual care or private, the cost of burial sky rockets. Many people simply , can't afford them." 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