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Carolina Fund offers private school scholarships for local students By DAMON FORD THE CHRONICLE The Carolina Educational Opportunity Fund is looking for parents who want to send their children to private school, but can't afford it. The Winston-Salem based foundation wilbprovide a SI,000 scholarship to 200 children in four counties around the state, including Forsyth and Guilford County. The program is open to any child who will be attending school in grades K-8 in the fall of 1999. CEOF organizer Ver non Robinson says the group is making a concerted effort to reach out to black children from low income families. "I'm excited," Robinson said. "You can see it's hupe in an enve lope. These parents want to give their children the opportunity to get an education. I just thank the good Lord for giving me the tools to be able to help others." To be eligible for a scholar ship children must reside in one of four counties: Forsyth, Guil ford, Durham or Wake and must mmlifv for reduced or free lunch. 7 Parents also must agree to pay the other SI.000 needed to cover the other tuition cost for attending a private school in addition to any other fees that may Arise. Though Robinson says it's a got)d invest ment in a child's educa tion. the thought of shelling out SI.000 can be a daunting task for parents who are scraping to keep their bills paid. But according to Keith'Bryant, a CEOF volunteer, parents will be able to pay in low monthly installments. "If they could p'ay the $4,000 up front they,wouldn't need the scholarship." he said. Some parents whose children are too old are even willing to help others make payments. Bryant says he received one such offer when he talked to a parent in a High Point housing project. The 28-year-old. who resides in Greensboro plans to continue to go door to door in housing project areas with students from N.C. A&T State University and Winston-Salem State University to pass out applications and answer questions about the scholarship fund. "It's a chance for hope and opportunity," he said. "It's important we go to the grass roots areas because they're the ones that need it." Winston-Salem resident Det rice Ingram can't help but smile when she thinks about the opportunity the scholarship is giving her grandchildren .Ever since her daughter died last October, Ingram has been a little skeptical of how she and her husband would come up with {he money to keep their grand children in private school next year. "(The scholarship) will take some pressure off because I was n't sure if I could keep them all in now," she said. Three of Ingram's grandchil dren, who range in age from 6 to -8, attend Quality Education Institute while a fourth one, who is 11 is a student at Quality Academy. The 47-year-old is just ecstat ic at the chance to continue her grandchildren's education at the private school. "The classes are smaller and I like that," Ingram said. "I really enjoy it." She enjoys it so much that she has passed scholarship forms on to her friends. ft great for me," she said. ids) really enjoy going to ind they love their teach ' binson says scholarship applications can be picked up from various businesses and churches in the Triad and are also available at The Chronicle. All applications must be returned to CEOF by March 31. In April all eligible applicants will be put in a pool and 50 chil dren from each county will be chosen to receive SI,000 for school for up to five years. For more information about CEOF call Vernon Robinson at 768-3567. Robinson Group plans to open new black-owned bank THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREENVILLE, N.C. - Hoping to tap customers they say mainstream banks have passed by. a group of black entrepreneurs plans to open the state's first minority-owned bank in more than 20 years. "Mainstream banking goes after the top 20 percent," said T.F. "Butch" Congleton. presi dent of the proposed Millenja Community Bank. "Well, guess what: The other 80 percent are hardworking people who need banking services. That's what we want to be as a bank." Millenia's twofold mission is to make money for stockholders and build wealth \ among minorities and others by taking their investments, then plowing them back into the community. Twelve of the board's 13 directors are black, but Congle ton said Millepia will go after everybody's business, no matter what color they are. "We want to be there for all people, not just one race," he said Since 1994, the formation of minority-owned banks has slowed, according to Creative Investment Research, a Wash ington investment firm that tracks minority financial insti tutions. , , ?? , Just three other minority owned banks are being orga nized nationwide: one in the Midwest, and two on the West Coast, said Willigm Michael Cunningham, the firm's presi dent. There are four other minority banks in North Car olina. ** Congleton, currently BB&T's-vice president of small business lending for Greenville and Pitt County and a banker for 15 years, has raised about SI.9 million. The bank must raise $5.5 million before it can open its doors, and half of that amount before the Banking Commission's March meeting. "My goal is to have 100 per cent going into the commis sion's meeting," he said. Donald Dixon, 44, showed up in work clothes Wednesday to help Congleton and his board chairman, Herb Gardner, erect a sign at the site of their future headquarters. A former factory worker, Dixon now operates his own landscaping company. He plans to buy 100 Millenia shares at SI 1 a share, he said. "A lot of banks have been in business a long time, and they don't really care if you get a loan or not. But these people will probably do a little extra for you, try to help you out," he said. Congleton expects Millenia -to turn a $170,000 profit in its third year and a $1.29 million profit in its fourth. The first step is to build the main office. Groundbreaking is expected sometime this year. Behind the board's determi nation to launch the bank are stories like Gardner's. Now owner of one of the largest bail-bonding companies in eastern North Carolina and other businesses, Gardner said one of Greenville's largest banks several years ago rejected his application for a $2,500 loan to get established. He said the next, applicant, a man he knew had just filed for bankruptcy, got a million-dollar loan. (The loan officer) "did everything she'could to push me out the door so she could help this other individual, who hap pened to be of another race," he said. "Unfortunately, we're still judged by the color of our skin rather than the content of our character." r Senate votes to close debate on witnesses By DAVID ESPO THE ASSOCIATED PBESS WASHINGTON - House prosecutors pleaded with the Senate on Tuesday to issue sub poenas for "a pitiful three!' impeachment trial witnesses - Monica Lewinsky and two oth ers - and to request that Presi dent Clinton answer questions under oath. As the Senate went' behind closed doors to debate the wit ness issue, the White House said^ Clinton has no intention of sub mitting to questioning, even if the Senate votes to request it. "It's time to wrap this up," presidential spokesman Joe Lockhart said of the trial, in its third week. Clinton's lawyers, joined by Senate Democrats, also warned that the issuance of any subpoe nas for witness depositions would raise the possibility of long delays in the proceedings. Lewinsky, summoned to Washington over the weekend to be interviewed by the House prosecutors, checked out of her hotel and flew home to Califor nia. Her lawyer said she would return if ordered to answer fur ther questions. The prosecutors said they had trimmed their list to pass Senate muster. "A pitiful three, and I would think you would want to pro ceed with that minimum testi mony," said Rep. Henry Hyde, the lead prosecutor. Democratic leader " Tom Daschle conceded that the Republicans, with a 55-45 majority, were likely to prevail, forcing approval of subpoenas for Ms. Lewinsky, presidential friend Vernon Jordan and White House aide Sidney Blumenthal. "I think it's going to be virtu ally a party-line vote, unfortu nately," he said. ?, , ,, All witnesses would be.ques tioned under oath at privale depositions about the facts con cerning allegations of perjury and obstruction,of justice by the president in connection with his efforts to conceal a sexual rela tionship with Lewinsky. Guide lines for the questioning remain to-be worked out. Tuesday's closed-door Senate session was the second in as/ ^rn^ny nights. As was the case on Monday, a request by Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin of Iowa and Paul Wellstone of Minnesota to open the doors was rejected. > The winnowed list of three witnesses marked a concession by the House prosecutors, who were fearful that a more exten sive request would cost them the support of wavering Republi cans and seal the defeat of their effort for testimony. "We're down from thinking we ought tojiave 10, 12, niaybe 15 witnesses, to three" Rep. Bill McCollum of Florida said dur ing a four-hour legal argument on the Senate floor during the ? afternoon. Said Hyde; "We have a good case, we have an excellent case without the witnesses, but the See SailCJta on A11 P NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS ? Forsyth Country Day.School ? JcfTerson Day School 5501 Shallowford Road Bethel United Methodist Church PO Box 549 " 2350 Bethel Church Road Lewisville, NC 27023 Winston-Salem, NC 27103 Pre-Kindcrgarten-Grade 12 Kindergarten - Grade 9 Phone: 945-3151 Phone 760-2JDS (2537) ? Salem Academy ? St. John's Lutheran Day School 500 Salem Avenue 2415 Silas Creek Parkway Winston-Salem. NC 27108 Winston-Salem. NC 27103 Grade 9-Grade 12 (Girls only) 4-year old Daycare - Grade 8 Phone: 721-2644 Phone: 725-1651 ? The Montessorl School ? Summit School (Montessori Children's Center) 2100 Rcynolda Road 3904 Old Vineyard Road Winston-Salem. NC 27106 Winston-Salem, NC 27104 Junior Kindergarten - Grade 9 2 years old - 8 years old Phone: 722-2777 Phone: 768-2034 The above listed schools admit students of any race, color, national or eth nic origin, or disability to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the schools. They do not discrimininate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or disability in administration of their educational policies, and athletic and other schrtils-administered programs When making applications to any of the above schools, please let the schools know of the need for any special accommodations your child might require. FOUNDERS' DAY CONVOCATION Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate and Human Rights Activist Tuesday, February 2,1999 11 o'clock. Wait Chapel Free and open to the public WAKE FOREST '^9 nOUBBHI n* * ?"1 WAKE FOREST LAW REVIEW ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL ' "?v * 4 Juvenite Justice Panel Discussion *? "A Discussion and Debate of Recent Juvenile Justice Reform in North Carolina" KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: The Honorable Willis P. Whichard Associate Justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina Ms. Marcia H. Morey Executive Director, Governor's Commission on Juvenile Crime and Justice FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1999 2:00 ? 5:30 PM Worrell Professional Center Wake Forest School of Law, Wikston-Salem, NC 1 Open to the Public For more information, call (336) 758-5439 or: See: www.law.wfu.edu/lawreview/ E-Mail: juvenilejustice@law.wfu.edu ? i ??n RSsythlBCll , A*! J Miai-Mester ! ???itttaiiti mmmim ^ CQitSOS Registration for 8- and 12- week courses is on Wednesday, February 3. You may also register for 8-week '* courses on Monday, March 1. Register at either Center from 10:00 a.m. to 2.-00 p.m. and from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. or, on the Main Campus, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You may pay your tuition and fees at either Center with a money order, check, VISA of MasterCard. You may also pay at the Cashier's Office, I Ardmore Hall on the Main Campus with cash, money order, check, VISA or MasterCard. 12-WEiR COURSES - Mailt S. Uftodralf Ctattr - 4905 Lansing Drive, W-S Registration on Wednesday, February 3. Classes begin Monday, February 8. Call 744-5159. - Course No. Coorac Name Credit Ha Day* Time Boom . CIS 111-49W Basic PC Literacy 2 F 3:30-10:13p.m. 218 HNG 111-49W Expository Writing 3 MW - II :00a.m.-12:50p.m. 214 HIS 121-49W Weitem Civilization I , 3 S ' 8:00-12:50a.m. 124 (DLC) HUM I21-49W The Nature of America 3 MW 9^)0-10.30a.m. 124 (DLC) MAT 140-49W Survey of Mathematics 3 F 5:30-10:15p.m. 124 (DLC) 1-WEEK COURSES - Made S. WMtfraff Call* - 4905 Laming Drive, w-s Registration on Wednesday, February 3 or Monday, March 1. Classes begin Monday, March 8. Call 744-5159. Cmth No. Coane Name Credit Hre. Dayi Time Room EDU 111-45W Early Childhood CredJ 2 TTh 6:00-7:50p.m. 114 PED 128-45W Golf-Beginning 1 TTh 10rt0-ll:30a.m 202 12-WEEK COURSES - Brarfy P. SwfslMr CMttr ? 1251 Dudley Products Drive, Keraercviile Registration on Wednesday, February 3. Classes begin Monday, February 8. Call 993-6780. Cmvm No. Conree Name Credit Hra Day* Tint Roan HIS I21-49S Western Civilization I 3 S 8:00a m-12:30p.m. 124 (DEC) HNG 111-49S Expository Writing 3 S 12?M.50p.m. 121 MAT I40-49S Survey of Mathematics 3 F 5:30-10:15p.m. . 124 (DEC) PSY 150-49S General Psychology 3 TTh 9:00-10:50am. 121 CIS 172-49S Intro, to the Internet 3 ^ W 6:00-900p.m. 219 (INT) CIS I11-49S Basic PC Literacy 2 F 5:30-I0:l5p.n>. 218 HUM 121-49S The N?ure of America 3 MW 9:00-10:50am 124 (DEC) CIS I62-49S MM Prcaentation-Power Point 3 S 8:00am-2:30p.m 219 nuiiiiiiiini?win?iin? * COINING SHitr torn ta Mala Caaipas - 2100su?cmk p?rkw.y, w-s CHM 090 Chemiitry Concepts MAT 075 Geometry MAT 080 IntermediMe Algebra These are courses you may need for fall entrance into Forsyth Tech's Engineering Technology, Health Technology, or College Transfer programs. Call 723-0371, Ext. 7308 for information.
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