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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.
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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."
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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."
"The issue has been decided,"
Robinson said. "We're going to
maintain the plots that are there '
When the plots that are left are
sold, the plots are sold."
"Think about it, there is no
significance to being buried on a '
plot of land owned by an oil -
company. That's essentially
what's on the land they wanted to*
purchase now."
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