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Joines
wants to
answer to
mayor
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
As Allen Joines made his way
around the
city s Art
District,
shaking
hands with
those who
passed him
while being
pho
tographed
by newspa
per photog
raphers, a
Joines
man ana
woman shouted across the street,
asking Joines, "Are you the
mayor?"
The irony of the situation
caused Joines to chuckle before he
walked across the street to explain
to the pair that he wasn't but that
he wants to be.
A well-known name in city
government, Joines announced
last week that he wants to be Win
ston-Salem's next mayor. He is the
second person to officially
announce that he will seek the
office this November. Incumbent
Jack Cavanagh has yet to
announce his plans for the
upcoming election.
Joines hit the streets last
Wednesday to kick off his cam
paign, taking his message of eco
nomic growth for the city with
him as he hobnobbed with cus
tomers at restaurants and
exchanged ideas at local business
es.
Joines said he first began to
consider running for the office
after retiring last August as
deputy city manager. He left
behind 30 years with the city to
head the Winston-Salem Alliance,
a nonprofit group created to spur
economic development in the city.
After months of thought, prayer
and encouragement, Joines said
he is confident about his cam
paign and message.
"I really decided to run after
talking to more than 100 neigh
borhood and community leaders
who urged me to seek this office,"
said Joines. "It's primarily
because of their concern for a
lack of unity and vision for our
city."
Joines says if elected, he will
work on ways to maintain the
city's 18-34-year-old population,
which he says the city is losing
more rapidly than surrounding
cities. Joines also wants the
opportunity to work on employ
ment growth, which he says lags
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Photo by Kevin Walker
Lee Davis of Flow BMW presents Linda Lindsay with a certificate during the Ultimate
Drive fund-raiser. Lindsay was hailed as a local hero in the war against cancer.
Hello, Dolly!
Photo by Ken Bennett/WFV
Dolly McPherson was honored at Wake Forest University's commencement earlier this week for
her nearly 30 years of service. McPherson, the first black female professor at the school,
announced recently her retirement from the university. To read about her career, see CI.
Ultimate Survivor
Woman is courageous soldier in cancer war
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The term "survivor" is ban
tered about often these days.
Well-bodied men and women
who endure the elements and
for a chance to win $ 1 million
claim the term. Even a trio of
pop divas has ridden the term
to the top of the music charts.
But long before the popu
lar CBS series hit the airways
or before Destiny's Child wrote
a note of its hit single. Linda
Lindsay was a survivor in the
truest sense.
Diagnosed with breast can
cer in 19X9. Lindsay credits
constant prayers, love from
family members, progress
treatment and an indomitable
spirit to live with her victory
over one of the top killers of
women in the nation.
"1 thought I was going to
die and wouldn't get the
opportunity to see my grand
son grow up," said Lindsay.
Lindsay's grandson will go
to high school next year.
Lindsay was honored
Tuesday at Flow BMW for
volunteering with local cancer
organizations. Lindsay often
counsels newly diagnosed can
cer patients and gives her time
to a number of worthy cancer
related events.
| She was touted as a local
hero in the war against cancer
during an annual fund-raiser
held here and in cities through
out the nation to help raise
money to fight breast cancer.
The BMW Ultimate Drive is in
its fifth year. The car company
sends a Beet of more than a
dozen silver BMWs to dealer
ships throughout the country
and then encourages local peo
ple to test drive the cars. For
every mile driven, BMW
donates $1 to the Susan G.
Komen Breast Cancer Foun
dation. an international orga
nization working to advance
research, education and pre
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Photo by Kevin Walker
From left, Gloria Moore, Jackie Mclntyre and Nancy Church enjoy a
gospel performance.
Residents shine
at annual awards
B\T KKVIN WALKER
THE CHRONK'LL
The Housing Authority of
Winston-Salem's community
awards banquet has become a
yearly high point for residents
who work day in and day out to
make their communities better
places to live.
The awards honor active resi
dents of public housing communi
ties throughout the city.
"We are probably the only
housing authority in the country
that does an event of this magni
tude." said J. Reid Lawrence, exec
utive direc
tor of
HAWS.
As he
opened the
banquet last
w e e k ,
Lawrence
reminded
the residents
of some of
the struggles
HAWS has
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had to endure over the past sever-;
al months. He assured residents
that HAWS was moving forward
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Photo by Cortney Hill
Laandar Sol*? workt in the film-editing lab at NCSA.
BY CORTNEY L. HILL
THE CHRONICLE
A local filmmaker and teacher
at the N.C. School of the Arts
proves that to make it in the film
industry one must stay hungry and
keep pushing forward. That's exact
ly what Leander Sales has done and
says he'll continue to do as long as
he is able to do so.
Sales has edited more than 15
films, including numerous films
directed by top-notch director
Spike Lee. Sales has also produced,
directed, written and edited two of
his own films, with one winning
first place at the 1995 Black Film
makers Hall of Fame Film Festival.
At the age of 37, the Winston
Salem native has traveled around
the world, visiting places many only
dream of. At the age of 20, Sales
went to Florence, Italy, after com
pleting one year at NCSA. It was
there that he learned about adven
ture. independence and gained a
love for liberal arts.
"I chose to go to Italy because it
was a place I was unfamiliar with,"
Sales said. "I was young and set no
boundaries for myself: so I worked
hard, saved my money and was able
to live pretty comfortably in Italy."
Sales worked as a security guard
at the Macy's department store in
New York for a year and a half. He
hated the job and knew that securi
ty was not what he wanted to do.
He also worked as a stand-up come
dian in the Big Apple and had his
own stand-up show called "In My
Day." Once he saved his money, lie
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Local twins teach
English in Japan
BY CORTNEY L. HILL.
THE CHRONICLE
How
often do you
hear of
today's
youths
d o i n g
treacherous
things,
defaming
their fami
lies...defam
ing them
selves? Or
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young people running into dead
ends through crime, drugs,
unplanned pregnancies, sexually
transmitted diseases, etc.? Fortu
nately. many African-American
youths are trying to step up and
change things. Instead of trying
to Figure out ways to stay out of
jail, more and more young
African Americans are graduat
ing college and trying to figure
out their next step once they
receive their degree.
Those who have graduated
and are thinking." OK. what
now?" could learn a lesson from
Kiesha and
K. i n d r a
Speech.
These 23
year-old
Winston
Salem twins
have done
the unthink
able. They
are teaching
English
through the
Japanese
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Kindra Speech
Exchange Teachers program in
Japan. Kiesha, the oldest twin,
has been there for two years, and
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