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Thanksgiving blessing
Six generations
of family gather
for holiday feast
By T KEVIN WALKER
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The Dillinger-Miles family will follow a
Thanksgiving ritual familiar to million* of fami
lial acroii the nation today,
The turkey and ham will be meticulously pre
pared with lots of tender lovinx care, and then
?lowly baked in the wee hours of the morning.
Loved ones will begio pouring into the cozy
house around noon, armed with sweet potato
pies, potato salad and other holiday favorites
carefully packaged and safeguarded with alu
li minum foil.
WJ And Juet fratopc heeds we bewedi etegsw aes
, said and bread is broken U every available chair
Tf in ttta house will be dragged to a large dining
V room table,
/ But the Dillinaer-Miles clan isn't your typical
' family. And they have six remarkable distinctions
to prove it.
This Thanksgiving, six generations of
Dillinger-Milcses will be huddled around the
table as the big bird is sliced.
"It's not too many people who have lived to
have six generations," family matriarch Nina
Dillinger said. "Everyday 1 Just thank the Lord."
Although 89-years-old and hampered by
arthritis, there is no question that Muh? as
many of her great-great-great-grandchildren
affectionately call her? is the ruling matriarch of
the Dillinger-Miles family.
On this particular morning, as Dillinger slow
ly walked across the street from her home to her
granddaughter's house, many family members ?
young and old ? formed a human shield around
her, protecting her from the traffic and the
November chill.
? ;> "The children are awful good to me. I appre
ciate all of them. I don't have no complaints at
all," Dillinger said.
Dillinger is also the keeper of the family's
oral history. She traces the family's roots to the
tiny town of Mulberry, when her grandparents
were raised, and where her great-grandparents
were slaves.
For more than 60 years now, the family has
called Winston-Salem home. Dillinger moved
here from Lenoir with her late husband and their
only child Jewell Miles.
Jewell Miles and her late husband have four
children? Ninette Bass, Junetl Sawyer, Vivian
i Cunningham and Lee Miles.
Jewell Miles' children have 10 children com
bined.
Although, over the years, marriage and matu
rity have caused addresses and last names to
change, the family says they are closer than ever.
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CIAA tourney
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Locals say loss of
tournament will hurt
By T. KEVIN WALKER
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Hobart Jonct it a little disappointed but not
shocked.
After bringing tens of thousands of fans and
millions of dollars to Winston-Salem, the CIAA
will leave the Twin City for Raleigh in 2000.
Jones, a Winston-Salem resident who's been a
fan of conference for as long as he can remember,
said although he enjoyed having the tourney in
his own backyard, he understands why CIAA
officials wanted a change.
"Sometimes you can put up a lot of money,
but if the people don't come out and support it,
it doesn't make a difference," Jones said.
Jones added that restaurants and other busi
n tosses could have done more to appease tourna
msnt-goers since many visitors argued that "the
whdll town shuts down at 10 (am.)."
The CIAA - a 12 school conference com
prised of historical black colleges and universi
ties - is the third most profitable basketball tour
ney, trailing only the ACC and Big East tourna
menu in revenue generated.
In a statement released
last week, Bernard Franklin,
chairman of the CIAA
Board of Directors, said
Raleigh was chosen for a
variety of "Financial and
non-financial factors."
"The deciding factors in
selecting Raleigh as the new
host city were its proximity
to all member scnoois CuMn
including three in the host
city area, more opportunity
for student involvement, a itate-of-the-art facili
ty with more lower-level (eating and expanded
opportunities to attract corporate support,"
Franklin's statement reads.
Officials in Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Fayet
teville and Richmond had been hard at work
preparing bids since early this year. Although "
Winston-Salem officials put on a good face, most
admitted that with Raleigh, they faced a more
than formidable competitor.
"I'm a liitie disappointed," said Ben Ruffin,
co-chair of the Winston-Salem CIAA Steering
Committee. "I was thoroughly convinced that we
had the best proposal."
At more than $2 million ? Winston-Salem's
bid was the most financially sound. The vote to
move the tournament was also close, with five
board members voting to leave the tourney here
and six voting for the move to Raleigh. No other
city received votes.
Ruffift - who also serves as chairman of the
UNC board of governors? said Winston-Salem
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Judge's report could help
exonerate magistrate
By T. KEVIN WALKER
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When a magistrate sentenced a local
woman to Ave days in jail for ringing a bed, it
left many questioning magistrates' treatment
of African Americans and the amount of
power they wield.
A month later, those questions are still
being asked.
Leaders oftheNAACR officials from the
Forsyth County SheriffTDepartment and a
representative from criminal mggistratee court
met with Chief District Couitndge William
Reingold on Nov. 16.
Sheriff Ron Barker and NAACP President
Bill Tktum were among those in attendance at
the meeting, according to sources.
"Basically the meeting was held to find out
what Judge Reingold has learned in terms of
possible violations with the magistrate's
office," Tatum said last Friday.
The magistrates'office has been under the
microscope since the jailing of Loretta Home
Oot 27 by Magistrate Stade Ondera Home
went to the the magistrate to get information.
After twice ringing an Intercom in the
lobby of the Magistrates Court ? located on
a ground level of the Forsyth County Deten
tion Center ? Home was handcuffed,
charged with contempt of court and slapped
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