6' l lic MOiiiaii hcsick' (lie man: I iiiiiee Dudley speaks (o IK ( ^^radinUes. AVe kV itsWeek im drawing h attention • licked to win itball tide Community Review book E. Lpm Harris • • • • See Cl Couples saj ‘I do’ for a good cause III Salem State Univer- l((i|panded its mission over its 108- year his- 'M li III Flack ran to write a new ts history, a chapter liversity’s chancellor Id be one of the most i ver. cades of focusing on ndergraduate educa- started its first grad- n - master’s in phys- (MPT) - in May. Kjsity is expected to ig its-second master’s ® education soon, lickly, we are moving idergraduate institu- new graduate pro- Chancellor Harold Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point 117 062201 :»***:.**** 275 SERIAiiiS DEPAHU'-IENT CB #3938 DAVIS LIBRARY UNC CHAPEL HILL CHAPEL KILL NC 27514-8890 THe Choice for African American News THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2 Vol.XXVI No. 51 WALKER LE U has high hopes programs they are ready to carve out a name for the MPT program in the Triad. The physical therapy department’s five-member facul ty are planning to bulk up their training to better teach the pro gram, and a new anatomist from Howard University has just been nabbed by the department. “Fm proud that the first mas ter’s program at this university comes out of health sciences,” said Sylvia Flack, interim dean of the school. Flack said it was natural for Winston-Salem State to choose to go with physical therapy as its first graduate program. She recalled the physical ther apy program’s beginnings in 1992. The program came about because of what she calls a com- m u n i t y effort. Both hospitals lobbied for the program as well as influential individuals and commu nity groups. Physical therapy has become one of the university’s most popular pro grams. Similar success is being hoped for the master’s program. “Physical therapy is very much needed in this area,” said Gloria Green, chair of the physi cal therapy department. Both Flack and Green referred to a recent study that showed that physical therapy See Master's o« AI0 Photos by Kevin Walker Adolonio Hernandez and son Oscar work on lanterns. Below, members of Greensboro's Cambo dian Temple prepare to perform traditional dances. Lanterns of Hope draws many colors BY T. KEVIN V/ALKER THECHRONICLEfc :- ' ■ ii ! 'W le university will be [| teat deal of attention and improving the igrams, Martin said, se sight of its prima- I 11 not) forsake our to improve and I r undergraduate pro- 1! id; ■'^with the university’s il Bealth Sciences Martin Lanterns of Hope started a decade ago with a mission of bringing city residents of all ages and races together for an evening of multicultural entertainment and exchange. It’s a mission that many still strongly believe in. More than 400 people showed up Saturday at Salem Lake for Lanterns of Hope 2000. The crowd was the largest ever for the event, according to Jon Sundell, coordinator and founder of the event. “The most exciting thing for me has been see ing such diverse crowds the last few years,” he said. Sundell also said Saturday’s crowd was more diverse than ever before. It included a large num- See Lanterns on A10 Blacks being left out of downtown redevelopment, protesters say BY CHERIS HODGES THE CHRONICLE Hasan With change, there is bound to be conflict. There is a pocket of conflict surrounding the downtown redevelopment pro ject in Winston-Salem. Ghali Hasan, president of the Minori- ty Business Association and owner of a dispos al company, said the city of Winston- Salem is try ing to stop African- American business owners from making any money. “With all the redevelopment going on downtown, it is being done without African-American representation.” he said. “When the building is completed, there won’t be any black ownership of businesses.” Not only that, he said, but blacks will not have been partic ipants in the construction of the new downtown district. Hasan was once a part of the construction team. His compa ny was involved in the hauling of debris. But his permit was taken away. According to city officials, his permit was taken away because the site where he was See Protest on A4 A Legacy of Tragedy jil Volfe poses with a young RhShawn one Easter. Son never recovered after mothers death, family says BY T. KEVIN WALKER AND SAM DAVIS THE CHRONICLE A young life snuffed out at the tender age of 18. Four young chil dren left motherless. Two families and a community left in mourning, wondering just how the pieces of the puzzle fit together that set off a chain of events that brought two lives to a tragic end June 3; The hard facts are important to the authorities, but for family and friends they seem irrelevant, even now, exactly two months after this tragedy unfolded. What did matter to both families was the agony, grief and sense of loss that they felt when they learned the two had died. Even now family and friends are strug gling to deal with their loss. The end came quickly and unexpectedly for both. Authorities say that two bullets were fired quickly in succession from a 38-cal- iber pistol. Although no one knows the exact details, authorities believe that RhShawn Wolfe, an 18-year- old high school student, waited out side the apartment of 36-year-old Deitra King before gaining entry. Upon entering the apartment, which is in the LaDera Crest (Fairchild) community in East Win ston, Wolfe and King, the mother of four young children, went into a room together. After a period of time, which some have described as a lovers quarrel, Wolfe took a pistol and shot King to death. He then turned the gun on himself and fired a single fatal bullet into his head. According to authorities, both died instantly. Friends and colleagues described Wolfe as a vibrant, well- mannered, but troubled teen-ager who was just looking to fit in with his surroundings. Others said Wolfe was engulfed by a hostile environ ment that manipulated him and ultimately led to his demise. Although he was never in any seri ous trouble with the law, Wolfe was well-known in the Fairchild/25th Street area. That helped earn him the friendship of several street-level drug dealers. Not long after these friendships began, Wolfe began working with and alongside them. His career as such didn’t last long. His penchant for fast money helped to short-circuit his athletic career, in which he took much pride. But friends say he was trying to find a way to get his high school career back on track. “The last time I saw him was on Wednesday (May 31), when he asked me if I would wash his clothes so that he would be ready for school the following Monday,” said Norma Jean Wolfe, his grand mother. “I never saw him alive again.” Friends say Wolfe talked about attending summer school at LIFT Academy to make up several class es so that he would be eligible to play football in the fall. Although his attendance at school had , become erratic in the final months of his life, Wolfe came to school enough to remain on the active roll. His final trip to the school came three days before his death when he See Wolfe on A10 jiders attend community credit union’s official opening BY CHERIS HODGES THE CHRONICLE Photos by Cheris Hodges ! ^oft cuts the ribbon as leaders from the city's business communities watch. Victo^ Masonic Mutual Credit Union and Truliant Federal Credit Union opened the Community Credit Union Center Mon day in 5-Star Supermarket, on Waughtown Street in the King Shopping Center, to offer financial service to a community that was in need. Political leaders on the national, state and local levels and community residents attended the grand opening of the center. “The new center helps add to the re-emer- gence of the southeastern Winston-Salem community,” said Alvin Atkinson, Victory Masonic president and chief operating offi cer. “We will serve members who might not be able to meet the minimum balance require ments of other financial institutions or pay the fee of check cashing outlets and payday loan stores.” . According to Marcus Schaefer, president and CEO of Truliant, the process for this partnership started two years ago. “We were aware that there were some of these payday loan stores coming into the area, which was a concern to us. We originally had our headquarters on Waughtown (Street). We were concerned that this community was not being served by financial services,” he said. Schaefer said his company felt an obliga tion to have a presence in the community. “We wanted to establish a branch our selves here, but we were prohibited at the time because of a dispute we had with our bankers,” he added. But Victory Masonic is a community chartered credit union and can serve any per- See Credit Union on A9 Watt gets a brief lesson on banking from Mitzi Hig gins of Victory Masonic. ■c • FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (336) 722-8624 • MASTERCARD,. VISA AND AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCEPTED •

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