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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY lO, 2
CP calls for outside arbitrator
WALKER
[CLE
Outive director of the
rolina NAACP has
voice to a growing
people who want the
;er to dismiss himself
pevance hearings of
lan American police
g before the Board of
Monday night,
ison said City Man-
;uart has botched the
process through
inaction and by pos-
Allison, black leaders request that city manager step away
from case of officers demoted after LJVM incident
sibly violating the officers’
rights.
“The NAACP requests you,
the Board of Aldermen, order
the city manager to restore these
three officers to their previous
ranks and make them whole (in
terms of) salary and back pay,
or, at the very least, you must
provide that these hearings be
heard by an outside arbitrator,”
Allison said.
Citing Stuart’s relationship
with Police Chief Linda Davis,
who demoted the officers, many
local black leaders have already
requested that Stuart let some
one unaffiliated with his office
hear the officers’ grievances.
Stuart hired Davis early last
year, even though she was serv
ing as interim police chief at the
time, so that Stuart could make
an objective decision on the can
didates who had applied for the
job.
Davis was supposedly not
interested in the job and never
applied for the position or went
through the interview process.
“I don’t think you could go
against the recommendation of
the person you brought out of
retirement,” Alderman Nelson
See Cops on A10
Census taker
500
SHEPHERD STREET
noregon systems
u S CENSUS 2000
JAMES A. FYOCK & ASSO
Photo by Kevin Walker
lie Bonham, partnership specialist far the Census, stands in front of Census 2000 headquarters off Stratford Road in Win-
hSalem.
'ensus taps Bonham to head count
Bvin walker
HRONICLE
your future; don’t
It blank.
.ose words roll off Jim-
knham’s tongue with
Incy and ease these
is he talks with individ-
Ind groups about the
tance of being count-
nham is one of two
Irship specialists for the
lensus office, a title that
the Winston-Salem
on the run a lot lately,
the title implies, the
r partnership specialist
going out into the
community and forming
partnerships with churches,
community groups and busi
nesses to ensure an accurate
census count.
For example, Bonham
said, several leaders in the
faith community have part
nered with cqnsus officials
and agreed to pass along
information about the effort
to their congregations.
Bonham says his deep
roots in the city have been
helpful during the process.
“That’s one of the
requirements - you must
know the community. They
choose the individuals who
know the community best,”
Bonham said.
For nearly all of his life,
Bonham has been a familiar
face here. He pastors Pitts
Memorial Baptist Church
and is secretary of the local
Ministers Conference. Bon
ham is also known as an
activist and a entrepreneur;
one of his business ventures
includes a popular hair
salon.
A typical day for Bonham
normally lasts more than 10
hours and may include visit
ing sites in one of the four
other counties - Ashe, Yad
kin, Wilkes and Davie- cov
ered by the local census
office. Phone calls, e-mailing.
faxing and developing and
presenting census workshops
also take much of his time.
But Bonham doesn’t mind
the hours. In fact, he said,
the work is fulfilling for him.
Bonham jumped at the
opportunity to be a part of
the census team. He realized
the importance of the gov
ernment’s population count;
he wants others to realize it
as well.
“I understand the impor
tance of the census. Numbers
translate into federal funding
and the number of represen
tatives in a particular area,”
See Bonham on A9
Idham faces challenge in 67th
M WALKER
■cle
jr or experience?
thoice that the two candi-
Hlg the Democratic nom-
(r the 67th state House
be asking voters to
92.
term incumbent Pete
73, has faced Carlton
13, before. In 1990 Old-
the seat for the first time,
i Pressley and two other
eat
II
feat has hounded Press-
ley for the last decade. A recent
Howard
graduate at
the time,
Pressley felt
he had a
good chance
of winning.
Others,
though,
were not as
confident.
“I had
just finished
my first year
Oldham
my insL ycai of law school....!
decided to quit law school and
run,” Pressley said. “Some people
had a prob
lem with
that. They
wanted me
to finish my
education,
get a good
job and
become
more (eco
nomically)
stable.”
The
Carlton Pressley who filed to run
in the 2000 election last Friday is
Pressley
an ordained minister with a mas
ter’s degree and a law degree.
For the past year and a half,
Pressley has served as the senior
legislative adviser to Senate
Deputy President Pro Tempore
Frank Ballance, a position that he
says makes him Ballance’s “eyes
and ears.”
Pressley divides his time
between Raleigh and his home
town; here in Winston-Salem, he
owns several rental properties and
is an associate minister at New
Jerusalem Baptist Church. His
See Oldham on A9
Photo by Bruce Chapman
City Manager Bill Stuart answers questions about grievance hearings
from aldermen as George Allison, state executive director of the
NAACP, listens.
Mount Tabor
students mix Rebel
flag and fashion
BY CHERIS HODGES
THE CHRONICLE
One school official says students have the constitutional right to
wear articles of clothing that are emblazoned with the Confederate
flag.
The wearing of the __
flag became an issue ear- “j understand whv African Amer-
lier this week when black
parents and students at tcons may feel offended, but that does
Mount Tabor High , ■ i i
School complained about them the right to censor other
fSerate* bSinL,?a”;
and T-shirts. school attorney
Calling the clothing
an issue of free speech,
Douglas Punger, attorney for the school system, said students are
within their rights to wear it.
“I can understand why African Americans may feel offended,
but that does not give them the right to censor other people’s
speech,” he said. “We recognize that various symbols offend various
people.”
Punger said telling students what to wear could become grounds
for a lawsuit. The flag has been in the news lately because several
See Confederate on A\0
Belton-Brown,
Kennedy honored
by Chronicle
BY JERI YOUNG ;
THE CHRONICLE '
Belton-Brown
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Advocates of education led a stellar group of honorees for this
year’s Chronicle’s awards ceremony.
Mose Belton-Brown and Dr. Charlie Kennedy were recently named
The Chronicle’s Man and Woman of the Year for 1999.
The awards will be presented during a the paper’s annual awards
banquet March 18 at the Benton Convention Center. The awardees
will be honored in a commemorative edition that will appear in The
Chronicle Feb. 24.
Belton-Brown, a native of Winston-Salem, is
being honored for her work on behalf of students
at Winston-Salem State University. Over the past
three years, the All State Insurance agent has
raised more than $96,000 for the school’s scholar
ship fund.
Belton-Brown, a 1972 graduate of Winston-
Salem State University, said the honor comes as a
surprise.
“I always felt like I was a part of The Chroni
cle,” Belton-Brown said. “This is the ultimate
honor to be awarded something from an organi
zation you value so much.”
Belton-Brown, who holds a master’s degree in
education from N.C. Agricultural and Technical
State University, is active in a number of organi
zations, including the Kimberly Park Alumni
Chapter of WSSU and Delta Sigma Theta. She
also serves as vice president of the Kernersville
chapter of National Women of Achievement and
president of the Forsyth County chapter of the
American Business Women’s Association.
She also serves as a mentor at Cook Elemen
tary School.
Last fall, she was crowned WSSU’s “Miss
Alumni” for her fund-raising efforts for the university.
“I enjoy working with children,” she said. “They need to see posi
tive role models.”
See Awards on A10
AND AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCEPTED •
Kennedy