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Sports Week Carver falls short In | bid for repeat 1 Black College Sports Page i ?"sT777""" V-g See CI Community A&T celebrates special nativity , Cook, Ashley reopen 75 cents WlNSTON-SALEM GREENSBORO HiCH POINT 0 Vol. XXVI No. 17 ? ' T"lIT? PlIDAKT;or Rrt? XT II llB I" ' % J, llH 1%% to be taken 120100 cap-rt-sort* *c012 ^ - mmp forsyth?cnty pub lib /974 - Celebrating 25 Years - 1999 from this library mi 660 w ^?niinivvKvvfisiiiinsffiRi^^H winston salem nc Local residents gearing up for Y2K p- ? Pile photo Despite numerous (muronotf rfmf most computers wtf hondte the change of the mMenmum without crashing, IdcbI residents ore talonQ precautions* Despite assurances, people still worried BY CHERIS HODGES THE CHRONICLE Charles Alexander is not tak ing any chances with his money when the new year comes in. Alexander says he won't be depositing his last check of the year in the bank. Instead he'll hang onto it until he sees what's going to happen when clocks around the world strike midnight on Dec. 31, 1999. "There are problems," he said. "Just to be on the safe side, if A there is a problem I plan to keep some cash on me." The Y2K bug, a glitch that may make computers read the 00 in 2000 as 1900, has lots of people on edge. Predictions range from minor problems, like malfunction ing traffic signals, to a global cat astrophe that will leave millions around the world in the dark. And while analysts say that J. M. most industries are Y2K ready, millions of Americans are gearing up for the worst. Alexander thinks the hype about the year 2000 problem is warranted. He is not an expert in comput ers but he has been listening to reports about the expected trou bles. He is worried about what may happen if the computers malfunction. "If push comes to shove, I'll go home and stay with mom and dad until it blows over," he said. David Fulton agrees with Alexander. "I feel like a lot of banks and computer companies will shut down," Fulton said. "I don't know how long it will be before See Y2K on A13 1 Keport: Blacks make strides; still a long way to go BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE The state of black America in 1999 is perhaps the best it has ever been, concluded a recent report by the National Urban League, but there ate still many hurdles to clear and new challenges on the horizon. Urban League officials unveiled the annual study last month in Washington. The last state of black America report of the 20th century looks in depth at issues like education accountabili ty, black-white employment and wage gaps and the state of blacks in Europe'. The report also deals heavily with the issue of economics, an area in which African Americans continue to struggle. "Despite a 1990s growth pat tern that has benefited African Americans far more than the growth path of a decade ago, per sistent racial gaps leave African American unemployment at levels more typical of recessions for white America," National Urban League President Hugh Price wrote in his overview of the report. Price wrote the chapter of the report dealing with education accountability himself. Price calls accountability a form of "tough ' See StOt? on A13 Edwards becomes first senator to visit WSSU ?" I fcY CHERIS HODGES THE CHRONICLE ] U.S. Sen. John Edwards made a historic pit stop in Winston Salem to talk face to face with the people who put him in office Tues day. Edwards started the day by leading to students at Moore Ele fnentary School. He used the opportunity to talk to the stu dents, teachers and parents about ee need to reduce class sizes in orth Carolina and across the nation. "One of the best ways to help young students learn more is to put them in smaller classes with better trained teachers who can provide more individual atten tion," Edwards said. Before Congress adjourned this year, Edwards and other Democrats fought for and won $1.3 billion for education. North Carolina will receive $27 million from the federal government. Schools in Forsyth County will receive $823,293. Guilford County will receive more than $1.1 million. After speaking to the students at Moore, Edwards headed to > Winston-Salem State University to See Edwards on A13 Officials discuss options for LIFT o BY PAUL COLLINS s THE CHRONICLE ' f The vote by the State Board of Education to revoke the charter of the LIFT Academy has left some students in limbo. Students at the school have a number of options for completing their education if the school closes, but high-school-age students who have been expelled for the 1999 2000 school year from Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools may have the fewest options The state board voted last Thursday to revoke the charter of Lift Academy, a public charter chool in East Winston, because of inancial problems. The Winston-Salem/Forsyth rounty Schools issued this news elease last Thursday afternoon: "We were notified this morning hat the N.C. State Board of Edu ction has revoked the charter of LIFT Academy ... effective Dec. 17, 1999. This action has raised questions about the future educa ;ion of these students. The admin stration of Winston ialem/Forsyth County Schools vants to assure the students and :heir parents - as well as the com munity - that these young people See UFT on All Drive V? nets tons of toys Timothy Patterson, a stu dent at Winston-Salem State University, sorts and cleans toys gathered during a recent toy drive. Students and faculty collected hun dreds of toys for children in the tiny town of Snow Hill. The Eastern North Carolina town was hit hard by Hur ricane Floyd, leaving dozens of families without homes and children without toys. The school has adopt ed the town through a pro gram set up by the state health department that matches historically black colleges and universities with flood-ravaged towns in the eastern part of the state. The toys will be deliv ered by students Saturday. Hooping it up Photo by Jen Young ^ A younQ jjjiW pi uchcci fw dnbfcftng dunog rKsnf fryoufs of Hon6s How^ry. For Ml tfory too pop> A3* Taking to the streets Clergy, activists, officers walk to end violence BY PAUL COLLINS THE CHRONICLE Teams of ministers, neighborhood representatives, law enforcement officers and probation officers spent Thursday night traipsing through neighborhoods with high concentrations of juvenile violence. Their mission - to talk to young people on the streets and in their homes. The new partnership - called Operation Reach - is reaching out to young people who are involved in violence or at risk of booming involved. Operation Reach is part of the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI), a comprehensive community wide partnership of law enforcement, service agencies, neighborhood groups and clergy whose mission is to reduce violence in Winston Salem. About 25 people involved with Operation Reach visited neighbor hoods in the Cleveland Avenue area. Kimberley Park/North Cherry, Happy Hill Gardens and Southside. They'talked with people and handed out fliers. SeeiACii onA10 ? FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL |: V '
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