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meshes
health,
history
Organizers say that walking
trails will give locals an
upciose and personal look at
African-American history
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SHERIDAN HILL
THE CHRONICL1 .
Neighbors can walk together
through history this spring in a program
sponsored by Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center.
Homes, churches and other sites on
the African American Heritage Tfails
are in Reynoldstown. Slater Park, the
Depot area, the original "East Winston,"
and area neighborhoods.
Walking groups will meet twice a
week at a time convenient for group
members during this month. May and
June. There are six trails, which vary in
length from three-fourths of a mile to
two and a half miles.
More than 40 sites are on the Her
itage Trail map. including Lloyd Pres
byterian Church, one of the oldest
African-American churches in Winston
Salem: the site of the first African
American fire station: and Foytown. the
area of East 14th Street from Woodland
to Jackson. Foytown is named for an
African-American contractor.
Shedrick Adams, who has been
active in Reynoldstown heritage for
nearly 10 years, is captain of a group
that will begin walking on Tuesday,
April 9. through the East Winston Her
itage Trails.
"This gives people a chance to exer
cise the heart muscle and discover
something about our heritage." Adams
said. "Why not promote wellness while
we promote heritage? Some of the local
people we will learn about have had an
impact nationally in medicine, enter
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Photo by Bruce C h.ipmun
Jackie Wilson, William Peay, Shedrick Adams and Laura Ellerbe pass by one of
the historic sites featured on the trails, Goler Metropolitan AME Hon Church.
Glenn case
becomes issue
in Republican
sheriff's race
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The case of Nakia Glenn, a
20-year-old black man who
was list
ed in
critical
condition
last sum
in e r
shortly
after
being
stopped
and
Barker allegedly
p u m -
meled with flashlights by
sheriff's deputies, has resur
faced in an unlikely arena -
the Republican race for sher
iff.
Sheriff Ron Barker's style
of leadership is being called
into question by one of the
Republican candidates seek
ing to oust him from his job
after Baker decided last month
to put the two deputies
involved in the case back on
street patrol.
The deputies were given
desk assignments soon after
the incident while the State
Bureau , of Investigation
looked into the case. The SBI
passed on the results of its
investigation to Forsyth Coun
ty District Attorney Tom Keith
in November. Keith is expect
ed to decide any day now
whether those results warrant
prosecution of the officers by
his office.
William Schatzman, a for
mer FBI agent and one of Five
Republicans running for sher
iff, is criticizing Barker for
putting the deputies back on
active duty before the DA's
findings are released.
"Citizens of this county
have a right to know whether
these deputies did something
wrong or not," Schatzman
said. "If they didn't, they
need to be cleared. If they did.
they do not need to be law
enforcement officers."
Schatzman said Keith's
review of the SBI's findings
has
dragged
on for
some
time, but
Schatz
man said
Barker
should
h a v e
be en
patient. ^
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and .con
sidered
the deputies' fates at a later
time. Schatzman believes
Barker's decision is further
evidence of Barker's unortho
dox style of leadership.
Schatzman also has claimed
that Barker practices wanton
nepotism and favoritism with
in the Sheriff's Department.
Barker and Schatzman
have squared off before.
Schatzman ran against Barker
in 1998 and has insisted that
he came up short in that pri
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Maurice Horsey says farewell to Y
BY T. KKVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Jerry Herman had only two
questions for Maurice Horsey
three years ago when he was
trying to convince Horsey to
head the Winston Lake Family
YMCA: "Are you cold? Do you
like to play golf?"
Herman is the district vice
president for the Greater Win
ston-Salem YMCA. and at the
time. Horsey worked for the
YMCA in Rochester, N.Y.. as
executive director of the
Maplewood branch. Rochester
is a city infamous for its bone
chilling winters. Horsey
answered yes to both questions.
The rest was, as they say. histo
ry
That was one of many sto
ries shared by colleagues and
friends of Horsey's last week
during a special goodbye cele
bration held on, Horsey's last
official, day as the head of the
Winston Lake Y.
This week. Horsey is learn
ing the ropes for his new job.
membership and program con
sultant for the YMCA of the
USA. Horsey will work with
more than 50 Y's in five states,
including (he Carolinas and
Virginia, to develop new plans
and strategies aimed at bulking
up member rolls.
Although he is now a mem
ber of the national Y organisa
tion. he will be based out of
Winston-Salem. Horsey said
the ability to stay in the city
was one of the main reasons he
took the job.
"I'm not going anywhere. I
am staying right here." Horsey
told friends and colleagues.
"Me and my family have some
good relationships that we have
built here."
Horsey's wife. Judy, was on
hand for the send-off. They
have two sons. Ian is a fresh
man in high school, and Mau
rice Horsey III works for the
Environmental Protection
Agency in Atlanta. Their eldest
son and his wife. Irish, have
given the Horseys their only
grandchild, a little girl named
Maurie Elle. .
Horsey is only the second
person from the YMCA of
Greater Winston-Salem organi
zation to go on to work for the
national YMCA.
Those who have worked
closely w ith Horsey to lake the
90-year-old Winston Lake Y
into the new millennium say
they will miss his folksy style
of leadership, willingness to
embrace new ideas and his
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Maurice Horsey opens gifts at his send-off event.
Students come
to aid of hospital
in West Africa
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD *
THE CHRONICLE
A group of Wake Forest
University students traveled
to Benin. West Africa, last
year to study firsthand the
economic development of a
Third World country. Pobe
Hospital was a stop on their
travel itineraryT.lliU .turned out
to "be. a TRil-rlitai spurred a
generous spirit in the heaVts of
a few young American stu
dents who quickly saw the
hospital's desperate need for
basic medical supplies. The
result of that voyage is now
Project Bokonon. "Helping
Hospitals Help People."
Brett Bechtel. a junior
biology major from South
boro. Mass., and Rosita
Najmi. a sophomore econom
ics major from Knoxville.
Tenn.. were among the 10 stu
dents who made the journey
abroad to Benin and are the
coordinators of Project
Bokonon along with 2001
WFU graduate Lisa Biedrzyc
ki. who resides in Washington,
D.C.. and is organizing fund
raising efforts there.
All of the students were
overwhelmed by the sight of
ill patients lining the walls of
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Boko
the open-air facility under the 4
medical care of just three doc
tors. who must treat more than
I (H).(KK) people on a budget of
$56.(MM). Biohazard bags,
latex gloves and hospital
gowns are not stocked in their
medical supply closets: rather
used syringes and other waste
materials lie in large open
piles behind the pharmacy.
"It was just ridiculous for
us not do something because it
is so easy for us to help them."
said Najmi. who explained
that she had a difficult time
completing the tour through
the five sections of the hospi
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