kjruKIS TV LLK Downing helping to \ give boost to Energy ' ? ? ? ? Cheering competition to feature local squads 81 See A It See CT Community Open house held for cancer center ? ? ? ? WSSU queens meet for reunion 75 cents WINSTON-SALEM GREENSBORO HIGH POINT tot Chronici : poh-y -. csty ?u3 x3 The Choice for African-American News r>rown: Keep equity panel , Board may take up issue in next few weeks BY T KEVIN WALKER llll CHRONICLE Leg surgery kept School Boart member Geneva Brown fron attending a board meeting las week where her colleagues votec to all bu Brown abandon j volunteei committee that had beer charged with examining equity issues at several schools. Bui she says if she has to hobble on her cane or be wheeled in. she will attend the meeting when the board takes up the issue again and decides what should become of the Equity Com mittee. "I'm for the Equity Commit tee," Brown said earlier this week. "Whether or not they use the same committee or get a new commit tee. we still need a committee of that type." The Equity "Committee was established by the School Board in late '90s after the redistricting plan was put into place. The plan created many predominantly one race schools. The committee was charged with investigating whether schools with high popula tions of students on free and reduced lunch were faring well in categories such as resources and teacher retention. Last week, the other eight members of the School Board voted unanimously to let Superin tendent Don Martin compile an annual report that will examine such issues. Although the board did not officially disband the Equity Committee, many believe that is the logical next step. Brown says she has been told that the question of what to do with the committee will be taken up late this month or early next month. Brown says letting the superin tendent decide if poor schools are getting equitable treatment does not make much sense. "We need someone who will look at these issues in an objective way," she said. Brown, who is a vocal oppo Scc Committee mi A5 : Actor tells students to stay awake Glover, Julius Chambers receive honorary degrees during Winston-Salem State commencement ceremony BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Widely admired for creating memo rable characters on screen and bringing j attention to social issues off screen, Danny Glover told more than 400 grad uates Saturday that being active, con cerned members of the world communi ty is important to promote democracy and citizenship. "It is a time of great suffering in the world," the actor said. "We can't afford to be cynical. We can't afford to be comfortable and not care." Glover, best known for his roles in the "Lethal Weapon" series, "The Color Purple" and "Places in the Heart," delivered Winston-Salem State Univer sity's commencement address at Joel , Coliseum. In addition to the graduates, more than 6,000 people were on hand for commencement. ? WSSU was the first historically black college to offer a degree in ele mentary education. Glover praised the school for its continued focus on educa tion. His mother and sister trained as teachers. Glover said if he had not become an actor, he too would have pursued a career in education. "Education has always been very important to me," he said. Glover also praised the families of the graduates for making sacrifices so that their loved ones could complete college educations. Glover related the story of his maternal grandfather, a farmer, and maternal grandmother, a midwife and a farmer. He said his grandparents sold milk, butter and delivered babies in order to put his Photo by Bruce Chapman Danny Glover is known as an actor and a activist. He told graduates to have an opinion, even if the opinion is unpopular. mother through college, without giving it a second thought. "They never thought of the gift they were giving my mother as a sacrifice," Glover said. He spoke at length about the gener ations who crawled so thatyoung people such as the graduates could walk. Glover told the students that no mat ter how bad a situation seems, they Sec Glover A11 HAWS looking to recoup revenue Director will find ways to make more than $ I million lost because of HOPE VI BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE The executive director of the Hous ing Authority of Winston-Salem is looking for w ays to make up more than $1 million in subsidies from the Department of Housing and Urban Develop ment. R e i d Lawrence said the agency has lost the money as a result of the HOPE VI proj ect in Kimberly Park, which dis placed about 550 residents in order to make way for a massive rcvi talization project. Only a small per centage of the former Kimberley Park Terrace residents were able to be relo cated to other HAWS facilities, Lawrence said. The others got Section 8 vouchers or found housing else where. The loss of the federal subsidies the agency used to get for housing the res idents is causing a pinch, officials said. "It is something we never thought See HAWS on A10 Lawrence Girl Scouts looking good at 90 BY T KEVIN WALKER thfchronicle When Juliette Gordon Law founded the Girl Scouts in Savannah, Ga, in 1912, she barely had enough young girls enrolled in the organization to make for a good sleep-over. But time has been kind to the Girl Scouts. Ninety years later. Girls Scouts is the world's most prominent organization for girls, with more than 3.5 million members and a long, impressive list of scouting alumnae who work everywhere from Capitol Hill to corporate board rooms. The Tarheel Triad Council of the Girl Scouts, the branch of the organization that encompasses Forsyth. Guilford and 11 other nearby counties, celebrated the 90th anniversary Saturday with a four-hour showcase at the Joel Coliseum Annex. The event was part entertaining and part educa tional. featuring, among other things, a fashion See Girl Scouts on A4 Photo by Kevin Walker A troop based at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church performs a step routine at an event Saturday to celebrate 90 years of Girl Scouts. Clean as a Whistle Carver cafeteria staff earns perfect 100 on health inspection BY PAUL COLLINS THE CHRONICLE The cafeteria at Carver High School recently received a perfect 100 health grade during an inspection by the Forsyth County Health Department. "Tliey look for your food tempera tures, the cleanliness of your kitchen, if you're storing your food properly, if you're cooking your food properly: is your stock room clean and pest free?," said Robin Whitt, manager of the Carver cafeteria. "They check the clijanliness of your pots and pans; the temperatures in your walk-in refrigerators and freezers and milk boxes. They check everything If, say, I have a light out or a dark area where you are propping food, they can write you up for that." "It's hard to get a I(X)." Whin said, adding that the director of Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools' food service program said that in her years with the system she couldn't remember a school cafeteria getting a 100 before. Whitt said. "I feel wonderful. We work hard. We deserve it." "We couldn't have got the grade if it wasn't for the hard working staff that I have and the commitment of the staff." Whitt said. Carver's cafeteria staff workers are Bobbie Fuller. Teretha Trihble. Pat Rice. Dot Joyner. Barbara Carver. Edna Smith. Dot McCray. Mary Cook. Jean Arlington. Faye Ttlley. Dometric France. Sir Carver