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PROM STAFI REPORTS _
Forsyth County District Attorney Tom
Keith released close to 400 pages of documents
and a short videotape last week, materials he
said clearly prove that two Forsyth County
sheriffHfniitipc u'peo
justified last fall when
they used Mace, an
attack dog and a flash
light to subdue a 20-year
black motorist. ,
After the encounter
with the deputies, the
motorist. Nakia Miguel
Glenn, suffered a seizure
and spent several weeks
at Forsyth Medical Cen
ter in a near-comatose
state. Those who witnessed the incident, which
took place last August after the deputies pulled
over a car driven by Glenn off Cleveland
Avenue, say that the deputies. Shane Wells and
Garv Simnson. used
excessive force. Many
described hearing the
sound of a flashlight
being struck across
Glenn's head.
But Keith's long
awaited report states that
the deputies acted within
the law and used neces
sary force to subdue
Glenn, who the DA says
resisted when the
deputies tried to handcuff him. reached for the
deputies' guns several times and bit the attack
dog that the deputies had released on Glenn
during the incident.
Keith says Wells was "afraid for his life"
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Teens falsely
think oral
sex is the safe
alternative
oral sex. or the new
Spin the Bottle.
One boy on the
show said. "Oral
sex is so common
these days that peo
ple don't even see it
as being a big deal.
There are girls that I
know that have
given oral sex to
seven guys in one
night."
One girl on the
show said. "Oral
sex happens every
where There is
krtpii,.u. (hat throw
Studies say oral sex ,s no *
big deal to teens. - ,
torm and receive
oral sex. Girls go in
bathrooms, in cars, in closets; it happens every
where."
A boy on the show said, "Guys don't have to
ask for oral sex. Girls just offer it."
Tanya Wilson, a health educator with the
Forsyth County Department of Public Health, said
in a telephone interview. "We are seeing similar
things here (among youftg people). Oral sex - a lot
of people don't consider that sex. I know it is a
common thing among teen-agers to have oral sex
before (they have) vaginal sex."
What are the possible consequences of engag
ing in oral sex?
Wilson said sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) - such as chlamy dia, hetpes. syphilis, gon
Str Teens on AS
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Easy Riders
Toddlers use their bikes to
help other children who are
battling life-threatening illnesses
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Not all heroes ride white horses.
Last week, some 40 pint-sized day-care students
rode to the rescue of sick children on colorful tricy
cles and cheerfully adorned big wheels. The little
ones took part in Winston-Salem State University
Early Childcare Center's first ever Trike-A-Thon, a
unique fund-raiser to benefit St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital.
The Memphis hospital is highly respected for
caring for and treating children with often terminal
illnesses such as cancer. Each year, St. Jude offi
cials contact day-care centers throughout the coun
try to solicit support through fund-raisers. Officials
at the WSSU Early Childcare Center, which not
only serves the needs of WSSU employees but par
ents throughout the city, had kindly turned down
offers to help in the past, but this year was different.
"Each year we have a family fun day where par
ents come and take part in various activities with
their children, so we thought it would be fun to
combine Family Fun Day with Trike-A-Thon for St.
Jude," said Brenda Lyles, director of the center.
A makeshift racetrack was set up on a basketball
court next door to the center for the fund-raiser. The
kids brought their own personal bikes from home,
and helmets. Groups of five children circled the
track several times. Each time they crossed the fin
ish line, they racked up a quarter for the hospital
from people who agreed to sponsor the young
trekkers.
Parents of the youngsters spent the weeks before
Friday's Trike-A-Thon securing pledges from
friends and family members. Some just donated
money outright to the cause instead of paying for
each lap. Lyles said.
Lynetta McRae cheered on her 4-year-old
daughter as she raced around the track. McRae, the
treasurer for the center's Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, said her child talked excitedly about the event
for weeks. She said the child was looking forward
to having a good time but also to helping children in
need of help.
"We sat down and talked about why she was rid
See Bikers on A9
Photo by Bruce Chapman
A young boy celebrates after finishing his laps last week at a fund-raiser for St. Jude
Research Hospital. The event was sponsored by WSSU's Early Childcare Center.
Residents get face time with mayor
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
I HI CHRONIC! I
Alderwoman Vivian Burke
served as hostess and Mayor Allen
Jo.ines was the guest of honor
Tuesday night for the first-ever
Talk of the Town community
forum. Joines will eventually hold
town hall-style community meet
ings in all eight of the city's wards.
Burke's Northeast Ward served
as the site for the first meeting,
which brought out about 100 peo
ple who had concerns about every
thing from trash collection to
neighborhood revitalization in the
eastern part of the city.
Burke gave Joines a big build
up before he addressed the crowd.
She praised
him for hav
ing a concern
for the "total
community"
and not just
particular
parts of it.
"He is
committed to
serve people
in a very pos
Burke said of the mayor.
Many residents of the ward had
questions about the city's shrink
ing pocketbook. Gov. Mike Easley
hplH mnre
than $8 mil
lion from
Winston
Salem earlier
this year in
order to bal
ance the state
budget. That
blow was on
top of an
economic
siowuown
that the city was already experi
encing.
A small tax hike and reducing
some city services have been pro
posed to help the city address the
budgetary crisis, Joines told the
crowd. He said there are no plans
to close any city recreation centers,
an idea that was proposed by city
staffers when it was first
announced that Easley would with
hold the money.
News that rec centers would
not be closed was music to the ears
of people who live in the
Northampton neighborhood. Sev
eral of them, including Gloria Stin
son. president of the neighborhood
See Forum on A10
Joines
Burke
Locals preparing to
fight infant mortality
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE ,
Why are so many babies dying in
Forsyth County? That was the question
on everyone's
mind at the
Forsyth County
Infant Mortality
Reduction Coali
tion annual meet
ing last week. The
coalition invited
board members,
doctors from die
medical commtini
ty and members
from the commu
nity al large to
receive an answer to that question and
hear about the upcoming educational
campaign to combat infant mortality.
The Forsyth County Infant Mortali
ty Reduction Coalition, an umbrella
organization of the Forsyth County
Department of Public Health, is a com
munity partnership of organizations -
including Today's Woman Health and
Wellness Center, Livihg Water Family
Resource Center and Mother WIT Fam
ily Development Center - that work to
reduce infant mortality.
The coalition's response to the
above question was that anytime a baby
is born too soon or too small the risk of
dying increases dramatically. Unfortu
nately. Forsyth County is experiencing
an alarming rate of infant deaths, partic
ularly black infant deaths, where too
many babies are subject to premature
birth. The rate of ethnic infant mortali
ty. represented predominantly by
African-American babies, in Forsyth
County is higher than the state and
national infant mortality rates.
See Coalition on A4
Miller
Photos by Courtney Gaillard
J. Nelson-Weaver, coalition director, speaks at last week's
news conference at the Sawtooth Center.
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"Oral sex is not considered sex in my school at
all," a girl said on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" dur
ing a segment on an "oral sex epidemic." Accord
ing to the Oprali.com Web site, in schools across the
country, children as young as 12 are engaging in