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Wellman bids farewell to United Way
ByT KEVIN WALKER
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It is the best of times sod the
worst of times far Trans Wefl
Wellman recently best out
applicants from across the nation
to become the new executive
director of Experiment in Self
Reliance, but to spearhead the
agency, she's leaving her home of
IS years? the United Way.
While the it reluctantly doting
the book on one part of her life,
Weihnan said she's ready to write
many more new chapters.
"I'm looking forward to work
ing with ESR... A lot of people do
not know what ESR it all about;
give me two years and youH know
the agency," WeUman said.
Monday afternoon, nearly 100
of WeUman's friends, family mem
bers and colleagues braved the
rain and chill to cay "thank you"
and "goodbye" at a reception held
in her honor.
Starting as a campaigner in
1984, Wellman worked several
jobs within the United Way
including her current position as
director of training and develop
ment.
"This is one of those
happy/sad occasions," local Unit
ed Way President Ron Diago said.
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"We are all here today to honor
and thank Twana for her truly
wonderful accomplishments at
The United Way."
Wellman ?who at times
laughed aloud and at other times
fought her emotions? sat a few ,
feet away from the podium with
her husband, her two sons and
father-in-law.
Regardless, of who the speaker
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Hauser is a true Renaissance man
By DAMON FORD
THE CHRONICLE ;
This is the second in a monthly series pf articles that
will feature local residents who have made a difference
in their communities.
C.B. Hauser moves fast.
One minute, he's dropping off a story at The
Chronicle. The next, he's across town taking pictures
of a garden club competition.
If you blink, you might just miss the small, white
haired man with the ready smile and quick wit.
At 81, Hauser shows no signs of slowing down.
He's spent much of life in the public eye. And he has
the awards to prove it.
They line the walls of his Greenway community
home. Each tells a story of Hauser's character. They
range from the five battle stars and good conduct
medal for his service in World War n to medallions
from the NAACP.
At one time or other, Hauser has been a state leg
islator, a college professor and a civil rights leader.
Sometimes, he managed to do them all at the same
time.
His formula for success is simple - variety is the
spice of life:
"My experiences have taught me that a person
should possess good values, wide interests and good
common sense ..." Hauser said. "A person who has
good values tells who that person is. If you don't have
good values you don't have much."
The fact that Hauser rarely sits still isn't surpris
ing. He grew up with 12 siblings on a 25-acre farm in
Yadkinvdle.
He spent his days plowing the tracks behind a
mule and working in the family's tobacco and com
fields with his father, Daniel Hauser.
He not only learned the importance of hard work
from his father he also gained a strong spiritual base
from him.
"He was a country preacher," he said. "He didn't
have much education but he had good values, wide
interests and good common sense. My father always V
said all people are children of a loving heavenly
Father. , .
"We wait to church we went to school and we
went to work. (My parents) wanted the best for us."
Hauser followed in his father's footsteps in more
ways than one Daniel Hauser was not only a fanner
and preacher he also worked as a blacksmith and shoe
repairman.
"He did a lot of things," Hauser said. "I guess he
was what you call 'a jack of all trades'-I guess I can do
a number of things too."
See Hauser on A12
Tension s
dominates
GAT vote
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By T KEVIN WALKER
THE. CHRONICLE ?
What started as a battle between the board of alder
men and CAT-TV supporters, ended with attacks
aimed at the station not only by board members but
disgruntled allies as well.
After a tedious debate and a
5-3 vote Monday night by the
board of aldermen, CAT- TV
moved one step closer to
increasing its yearly budget to
$425,000. t
The decision came after
weeks of clashing between city
officials - notably Alderman
Veraon Robinson and Mayor
Jack Cavapagh - and CAT-TV
users and management.
CAT- TV, a public access
cable channel, has come under
fire after some board members accused the station of
airing programs that endorsed violence and racism.
The station receives no tax money and depends
solely on money from Time i
Warner Cable to produce the
thousands of programs it airs
each year.
When it came time for the
city to negotiate a new franchise
agreement with Time Warner,
many aldermen did not want an
almost half -million dollar bud
get for CAT-TV included in the
new agreement.
Some aldermen fell out with
CAT-TV ''after it aired an
episode of "Truth to the Youth"
Cavanagh
this past summer. The program, produced by Johnnie
Gardner, contained what many board members consid- ?
ered threats and racists comments.
"No one involved with CAT-TV has denounced the
racist views in the show "Truth _________
to the Youth," Robinson said.
In one episode of the pro
gram, Alderman Fred Terry is
threatened with "elimination"
after he voted to reduce the
HAWS Board of Commission
ers. The program also contained
harsh words about Cavanagh,
Robinson, Asian Americans and
members of the HAWS board.
Before Monday night's vote,
Gardner stood before his
ferry
accusers and defended his show.
"I'd like to talk to you about the word 'eliminate,'
Gardner said before reading the Webster's definition of
the word.
Gardner said he used the word only as a reference
to political elimination, not as a threat of violence.
"Mr. Robinson is trying to twist, bend and manip
See CAT-TV on A13
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Urban League to
hold annual 'gala'
By JERI YOUNG
The Chronicle .
Been searching the globe for a boxing
robe worn by Muhammad Ali?
How about a guitar signed by blues
legend B.B. King or a framed poster
signed by big screen siren Halle Berry?
Or for the really adventurous - a trip
to Russia to fly a Mig fighter jet faster
than the speed of sound?
These are just a few of the items to be
auctioned oft for Eharity Friday night
during the Urban League's "Equal
Opportunity Founders' Day Black and
White Gala," at the Benton Convention
Center.
The gala, which marks the Urban
League's 50th anniversary, begins at 7:30
p.m. and features performances by a host
of bands, dancers and drummers.
Event organizers, who hope to raise
$50,000 for the Urban League's youth
programs, say the Auction is a great way
to cap off a night of merriment for a
good cause.
"Once you're inside the Benton Cen
ter, drummers will be there drumming.",
said gala chairman Richard L. Williams.
"They will be there setting the stage and
getting people pumped up for what's
See Oota on A13
Kimberley Park's AG
program gains support
By T.KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE ? ' ,
To the relief of those associated with
Kimberley Park Elementary School, the
city-county school board's four-member
curriculum committee unanimously voted
Tuesday to leave the school system's acade
mically gifted program almost exactly as it is.
But the committee's recommendation is
not written in stone. It must now go before
the full board for approval.
Superintendent Den Martin and his staff
had recommended that the board add an
additional site for the academically gifted
program. Currently the program is offered at
Kimberley Park and Branson Elementary
School.
Opponents of the proposal claimed that
offering the program at another school
would virtually loll what remains of Kim
berley Park's AG program.
"If the program is taken away, our kids
will lose the little (racial) diversity we still
have," Michelle Neely Cannady said. Can
nady and about SO other parents, blade and
white, have mobilized an effort to keep the
school's AG program afloat.
Many of them wore yellow and purptof
ribbons? the school's colors? to the cur
riculum committee meeting to show support
for their cause
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