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It is almost July and soon we will
observe the one-year anniversary of the
tragic events of Sept. 11. But time has not
done much to heal Americans in the near
ly 10 months since the terrorists attacks.
Adding to the nation's concerns is talk
that more attacks could be coming and
continuing news reports about terror sus
pects in the country, such as the one
about Abdullah al-Muhajir, who was
accused of plotting to explode a so-called
"dirty bomb" in a major U.S. city. We
asked local folks if they feel safe from the
threat of additional attacks by terrorists.
Dannie Rogers
"I've got Jesus on
my side. I don't
worry about those
things. Jesus has
always kept me, so 1
don't worry about
safety. The police and
the security and all of
this is fine, but the
number one priority -
Jesus - is in control. He says he'll protect
and never leave us or forsake us, so why are
you going to wony? The world is about to
come to an end anyway, so why are we going
to worry? There's going to be numerous
wars, the Bible says there's going to be
numerous wars in (various) places, so why
should I worry, because Jesus is, on my side."
Johnny Moody
"Truthfully, no we're not safe anywhere
- in America, but you
take a chance wherev
er you want to live. In
every town, every
city, it's a different sit
uation, different peo
ple with different
problems. It's hard to
say....All of this was
happening before
9/11. When 9/11 (hap
pened) it just made
things more public."
Brenda Richardson
"I feel with the
help or my higher
power and God, that
with prayer we will
live in a safe society.
No one can ever tell
what's going to hap
pen next, but if the
country pulls together
and fight this thing. I
think we can make it."
Maggie Thompson
"Being a Jehovah's Witness and believing
in the Bible and God's kingdom being the
only solution. I don't
really worry about it in
that sense because I
realize God's govern
ment is going to do
something about the
crime and so on. I think
it's a really bad thing
what happened to us. I
don't look at (it) as a
nation thing, as far as
the United States,
because I feel like if we
are supposed to tie one people, then they can't
be-right no more than we can be right. A lot of
people look at it as nationalism, but I don't
look at that way."
Phillip Carter
"I feel that there's
a (great emphasis put
on) safety and a
deployment of safety
beginning, but actual
ly we're not safe
because many differ
ent agencies we've
found thaT, they've
been keeping secrets
by conveying mes
sages to other agen
cies. There's just no border control, so actual
ly we're not as safe as what our political lead
ers are saying to us. I don't feel we're that
safe. I feel that (there is) just as much of a
threat now as before 9/11
- Compiled by Courtney Oaillard
I Legal Aid Society turns 40
Photo by Courtney Gaillard
Yvetfe Stackhouse, Legal Aid attorney, and Susan Gottsegen, execu
tive director, discuss plans for the upcoming 40th anniversary.
BY COURTNEY GA1U.ARD
THE CHRONICLE
The Legal Aid Society of Northwest
North Carolina Inc. has seen its 25th and 30th
anniversaries come and go without so much
as a cake or party streamer at its office on
Fourth Street. But this year marks Legal Aid
Society's 40th anniversary and these attorneys
finally feel like celebrating four decades of
service to low-income people in six counties.
"The thing we're most proud of is that
we've continued to provide high quality legal
representation to the low-income people of
Forsyth and other counties, despite the fact
that we've been faced with many cutbacks,
which resulted in layoffs. But we have still
been able to provide service to as many peo
ple as we always have," said Susan
Gottsegen, executive director for Legal Aid,
who said that theirs is the oldest legal servic
es office in North Carolina. Gottsegen has
been with the Legal Aid Society for 19 years
and is a law school graduate of Wake Forest
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Hoop Dreams
High School basketball
standout has chance to
shine if she can
raise enough money
BY SAM DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE
Opportunity is staring Chante
Black squarely in the face right now.
The big question, however, is whether
or not the 16-year-old will be able to
take advantage of it.
Black, a rising junior basketball
player at East Forsyth High School, is
one of an elite group of players in the
country who have been selected to
participate in a summer basketball
tour that will play a series of gSmes in
Washington state and Oregon this
summer. The tour will begin in Port
land, Ore., and end in Seattle, Wash.
During the tour. Black and other
participants will be given the chance
to show their wares in front of college
coaches from throughout the country.
They will take part in three tourna
ments and play in up to 15 competi
tive games.
"This is going to make me elevate
my game to another level." Black
said. "I think it's really going to (est
my ability and help me bring the best
out of myself."
The only problem that Black has
encountered with the whole scenario
thus far is coming up with the $2,(XX)
necessary to travel to Oregon and par
ticipate in the program. Her family
has scraped together as much as it can.
but still she is woefully short of the
figure needed. The. tour is run by the
Elite Girls Basketball Association,
which is a 501(c) organization. All
sponsorships and donations are tax
deductible.
Without sponsorship Black will be
unable to take the trip. That, according
to her coach (Mark Kozlowski),
would be a shame.
"This is just a great opportunity
for her to get more exposure national
ly," Kozlowski said. "It's very rare for
a kid from this area to receive the type
of honors and attention Chants has
gotten. This isn't something that
comes along every day. It is a big deal
and it's not just a great opportunity for
Chante; this would be a great opportu
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Photo by Bruce Chapman
Chante Black averaged 18 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocked shots
per game during her sophomore season at East Forsyth High School.
Traffic woes discussed at WSSU
BY COURTNEY GA1LLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Members of the commu
nity joined Chancellor
Harold Martin in a commu
nity forum Tuesday night to
discuss the vehicular traffic
on Martin Luther King
Drive and a plan to better
ensure safer passage of stu
dents crossing the busy
street to get to the campus of
Winston-Salem State Uni
versity.
More than 1.000 stu
dents cross MLK Drive each
week to attend classes or get
to their residential halls, and
the number is expected to
rise once construction on
Rams Common, a new resi
dential hall, is complete this
summer. Nearly 500 more
WSSU students will be
forced to cross MLK Drive
once the new housing facili
ty is open and occupied.
Martin shared with those
in attendance the master
plan of the WSSU campus
over the next 10 years, and
part of the plan includes
transforming MLK Drive
into a "campus friendly"
street.
"I suggest that MLK
essentially become an inter
campus street." said Martin,
who mentioned the example
of how the old Highway 311
became an inter-campus
street that now flows into
the school. Martin empha
sized the university's priori
ty of making student pedes
trian passage safer and
hopes to start alterations as
soon as August if the current
budgetary crisis will allow
it.
Graphics showed the
new main entrance at the
intersection of Stadium
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Photo by Courtney Gaillard
Chancellor Harold Martin addresses the crowd.
NAACP
takes
interest
in suit
Black man sued
Davie County sheriff
in 1999 after being
detained on charges
he calls bogus
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
A three-year-old lawsuit filed
by an African-American man
against the sheriff of Davie Coun
ty and one , _ ,
of his
deputies
has gar
nered the
attention
of the
Winston
Salem
branch of
t h e
NAACP.
Ken
neth Gantt ,63, filed the civil suit
in federal court in April 1999
soon after he was detained by the
Davie County Sheriff's Depart
ment on a number of chaises
relating to impersonating a law
enforcement officer, charges that
Gantt says are totally false and
have caused him great financial
loss and emotional distress.
The saga began three years
ago when Gantt, who for years
sold door to door an alarm system
that he had invented, became
concerned the night of April 8,
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Chronicle
wins 5 in
national
contest
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Chronicle won five
awards over the weekend at the
annual
sauoriai
Newspa
per Pub
I i s h e r s
Associa
t i o n
Merit
Awards.
T h e
awards, I
which
have
been dubbed the black Pulitzer
Prizes, were handed out in
Jacksonville. Fla., during
NNPA's annual convention.
NNPA counts more than 100
African-American newspapers
throughout the nation as mem
bers.
I h e
Chroni
c 1 e ' s
sports
editor,
S am
Davis,
won a
first
place
award
for Best
Sports
rage. Davis has worked at The
Chronicle for the last seven
years and has won the first
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