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Vol.XXVi No. 52
The Choice for African American News
THURSDAY, AUGUST lO, 2
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: Minorities are
sought out
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Woman celebrates century of life
I le fact that some people in the com
ill le city is leaving minorities out of the
elopment loop, Winston-Salem does
Kins to help minority owned businesses.
ority and Women Business Enterprise
® that requires that on a public project,
where public dollars are used,
that goals be established for
minority- and women-owned
businesses,” said Berwick
Paige, director of the enter
prise community development
department. The MWBE pro
gram falls under his auspices.
When a public project
exceeds $100,000, Paige’s office
gets minority-owned business
es involved in the project
through subcontracting.
However, the downtown
projects are not being funded by tax-
, Paige, said MWBE is not officially
securing projects for, minority- and
:il|d businesses in that multimillion dol-
the things we see a lot of is private
tiling our program, saying, T’d like to
H I said. “Across the country there is a
L sness of trying to iiicrease minority
|,| tarticipation on these projects.”
I the developer in charge of the con-
( Baptist Hospital called the MWBE
a list of minority- and women-owned
at could subcontract for them,
has nothing to do with this,” Paige
lappens all the time. It happened on
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
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The world ushered in a new &hfury seven
months ago with festive gatherih^iaf^ sweeping res
olutions to do better and live better.
But Lula Hardy will celebrate a new century Sat
urday with about 250 family members and friends.
There will be a live band, colorful decorations and
food will be plentiful, but Hardy will be the main
attraction as she celebrates 100 years of life.
“I don’t feel 100 yet,” a lively Hardy said earlier
this week from the house where she is cared for by
several of her children and grandchildren. “God has
taken care of me. He blessed me. “
Besides her strong faith. Hardy offered few other
secrets to long life. There are no magic elixirs or ritu
als, she said, that have kept her going for a century.
God and her family have been the best medicine.
“I just feel so proud when I see them all come
li
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around,” Hardy said of her family.
They come around often, five generations of
them, to see and pamper their matriarch with her ripe
watermelons, one of her favorite foods, along with
“salads” (collard greens) and chicken wings.
“Seeing her makes me just want to go on,” said
Bumu Rucker, Hardy’s youngest child. “I feel I
shouldn’t complain about anything....It’s a blessing
See Century on A5
Market does not want to be
Srn city’s best kept secret anymore
BY PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
Photos by Paul Collins
I'ight, and Joe Pettaway sell vegetables at the farmers market.
There was a special event last Thurs
day at the Downtown Farmers Market
- a program on “great grilled vegeta
bles” by Susan Friedman, who works
with Downtown Winston-Salem Asso
ciation, which is the marketing coordi
nator for the Downtown Farmers Mar
ket.
Several people watched - and lis
tened - as Friedman grilled escarole (a
lettuce), onions, com, cherry tomatoes,
red onions, zucchini and Belgian endive,
and gave tips about grilling vegetables.
Afterward those watching got to sample
her tasty creations.
Special events are held periodically
at the market to help promote it.
Friedman described the market as
“a hidden gem” and “an urban oasis.”
“You can get almost anything you need
to make dinner, plus the crafts, I think,
are really unusual. And the baked
goods....”
The market is at Cherry and Sixth
streets next door to the Visitors Center
and the Downtown School. The market,
which is operated by the city, is open
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. from May through October.
Frank Foster, manager of the mar
ket, said, on average, 20 vendors sell at
the market. “They come from as far as
Cana, Va., Davidson County and Davie
County.”
Two hundred to 300 customers
come to the market a day, Foster said.
“We’ve advertised in the paper and
it’s been on TV. In a way it’s a little hid
den. I don’t think everybody knows
about it,” Foster said.
Vem Switzer and Joe Pettaway, of
Vem’s and Joe Produce, were selling a
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Mamie
Brown
makes
a fruit
basket
to sell.
"The
Locals feeling welfare-to-work pinch
BY CHERIS HODGES
THE CHRONICLE
ey poses with his new boss. President Clinton, at
'nvention last month in Baltimore.
ley lands job in
on administration
‘EKER jjj Clinton administra-
~ tion.
Pressley began work Mon
day as director of communica
tions for Commerce Undersec
retary Cheryl Shavers. Shavers is
the commerce undersecretary
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;ssley - the brash
vho has twice
h District House
funded from his
‘t in the May
mary with a new
For some people living in the
Cleveland Avenue Homes, operat
ed by the Housing Authority of
Winston-Salem, life is not easy
and no one seems to want to help
them.
That is why Forsyth County
Commissioner Walter Marshall
stepped in.
“For about two years I have
been working with clients, people
who are in the TANF program
(Temporary Assistance For Needy
Families) or somehow under the
influence of DSS,” he said.
Marshall, who is also a mem
ber of the Department of Social
Services board, found that people
are not getting the assistance that
they need.
Women like Carleen Logan
have been trying to enter the
TANF program to get job assis
tance or help with going to
school.
In a written statement, Logan
said she has been trying to get
assistance since October.
“Since the first of the year. I’ve
really been on my social worker to
give my name to whoever needs it
to get me in the Work First Pro
gram,” she said.
After what Logan said was
months of waiting, she called
Social Services and she was told
there is a waiting list for orienta
tion.
“They have put other women
that are running out of time on
TANF at the top of the list....It is
not my fault that this happened to
them. But I am not trying to let
this happen to me,” Logan said.
Marshall said that the system
is not working properly.
TANF is a block grant pro
gram designed to make dramatic
reforms to the nation’s welfare
system by moving recipients into
work and turning welfare into a
program of temporary aid. There
is a five-year time limit on the pro
gram.
Marshall said looking at the
TANF statistics, everything seems
to be OK. But when you go out
into the community, it is a differ-
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Photo by Cheris Hodges
Harolyn Harris and her neighbor sit on the porch of their Cleveland
Avenue Homes apartments. Harris has a list of complaints against
the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem.
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