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Ex-cop wants to head NAACP | BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THECHRONK I I Retired Winston-Salem Police Sgt. Stephen Hairston is running for the office of presi dent of the Winston-Salem Branch of the NAACP for the 2002-2004 term. Current branch president Bill Tatum was to meet with board mem bers Tuesday before releasing a statement regarding whether or not he would setk another term. For the past two years Hair ston has served on the executive board of the Winston-Salem Branch of the NAACP. As a teenager, his father bought him a lifetime membership to the - NAACP. During that time, a great-uncle of Hairston held the same position that he is seek ing. ' Hairston, born and raised in Winston-Salem, is a graduate of Winston-Salem State Universi ty, where he received degrees in education and accounting, and a graduate of Appalachian State University, where he obtained an MBA. Hairston says that if he is elected he plans to focus on accountability. particularly where city leaders are con cerned. The plans to extend Research Park to the downtown area of Winston-Salem is expected to briqg 10,000 jobs, but Hairston questions how many of those new jobs will be given to minorities in the com munity who are often over looked yet qualified. "I am going to try to reach out to minorities and let them know there are agencies who can help them train for jobs." Hairston said. "If we're going to get on business leaders to offer jobs to the poor, then we have to make sure the poor are trained for jobs. It is a two-way street." Hairston also believes that education coupled with avail able jobs will dissuade more people of color from turning to lives of crime as a means of economic gain! As a police offi cer with the WSPD, Hairston frequently observed the meta morphosis criminals would undergo by the time they reached their trials. With cut hair, clean shaven and suited up, many young people were making a turn for the better but it was too late once they were Hairston sentenced to prison, instead of being given a second chance. "Eighty percent of the males are in county jail who want help now that they (have been) arrested. I want them to know that they can get (that same) help before they get arrested." said Hairston. who is convinced that those on the brink of crim inal activity still possess the urge to turn their lives around. And he is willing to steer them in the right direction even if it means "being on the block at 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning." While with the WSPD. Hairston was instrumental in initiating several youth-orient ed community programs to .help at-risk children become better citizens. Hairston has also worked as a volunteer through out the area in a number of capacities. Hairston made local head lines in W99 w hen he and two other African-American police sergeants were demoted because the police chief said they failed to adequately secure a rap concert at Joel Coliseum. The' demotions caused out rage in the black community because coliseum officials, who booked the act. were not imme diately reprimanded because of the incident. Black members of the Board of Aldermen strongly urged the city manager to over turn the demotions, which he did. Hairston retired soon after the controversy ended. Commissioners from page AI tion in the N.C. Senate for the past 20 years, has served on many committees, including improving achievement for minority and at-risk students. Senate Select Committee on Tobacco Settlement, Subcommit tee of the Joint Legislative Men tal Health Oversight Commis sion, Committee to Improve Ethics in Racial Relations. Rep. Larry Womble accepted the award for Martin, who was unable to attend because of previ ously scheduled commitments. Fin|ater has chaired the N.C. Advisory Committee, U.S. Com mission on Civil Rights. "He is also well-known for his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, his opposition to the death penalty, his defense of the principle of the separation of church and state, and his advo cacy for the underdog." Ferguson said. Finlater said. "If you want to do anything in this country that is of substance, you've got to do it politically....Politics is every thing. Politics made slavery, and politics has almost removed the vestiges of slavery. It hasn't hap pened yet...," By the end of Bridget Wall s second year as assistant to the secretary for HUB Outreach, the amount of business that the state of North Carolina did with minorities increased from 4 per cent to 10 percent. "Wall has been recognized nationally by the National Black Chamber of Commerce for lead ership in this area." Ferguson said. "Ms. Wall's office provides training to minority vendors, edu cating them on the process of how to do business with the state. As a result'of her efforts, minori ties now have a better opportuni ty to compete for business with the state." A tearful Wall said. "I become overwhelmed when I think about how passionate I might feel about minority busi ness development." She accepted the award in honor of her grand father James Edward Wall, a business owner and entrepreneur who in the 1970s grew his busi ness to $1 million, having started with a $300 investment. Butterfield was elected a state superior court judge in 1988 in to the N.C. Supreme Court.. Butterfield said. "When Dan Blue and I were in college 35 years ago, along with Terry Gar rison and Ben Ruffin and a few others, there were no African American county commission ers." legislators or justices. Today 1 there are 52 African-American judges in North Carolina. 90 African-American county com missioners (including 14 who chair their boards) and 25 African-Americans in the Gener al Assembly. "Let's stay vigilant." Butter field said. "There is an all-out assault from the Republican Party in the state to make sure that we reverse much of the progress that we have made. The Democratic Party has been very busy and has assembled and we are assembling a team of seven appellate judicial nominees that will be on the ballot this fall. At . least three of those seven will be African-Americans without a doubt (including Judge Loretta Biggs of Winslon-Salem and Judge Wanda Bryant for N.C. Court of Appeals, and Butterfield for N.C. Supreme Court). Of the Republican nominees, there will be no African-Americans on the ballot....This is an important judi cial election...." Ruftin is the former director of the N.C. Human Relations Commission, where he was responsible for ensuring equal rights for all N.C. citizens, inves tigating discrimination com plaints in housing, employment and other areas of concern. He served as special assistant to Gov. James B. Hunt, working to include minorities in all aspects of government. Ruffin served as vice president for public affairs at R.J. Reynolds.in Winston-Salem and is a past chairman of the UNC Board of Governors, responsible for establishing poli cies for the 16 constituent univer sities under the UNC system. Ruffin. quoting Frederick Douglass, said, in part. "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Ruffin added. "We have a responsibility to extend our serv ices. to extend our work, to make sure that we leave no stone unturned, to tell every person who will listen and those who won't listen to t?ll them about the folk who are running (for politi cal offices), not for us. but *they are running for unborn genera- , tions. If we don't leave.a legacy for our children, we have failed history.....We shall cou^im^ know progress if familiarize ourselves with strug gle. Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did. and it never will." N.C. Rep. Dan Blue, a Demo cratic candidate for U.S. Senate, was the keynote speaker. He talked about the budgetary 1 crunch that counties have been facing and said it's irresponsible for state government to either not .provide adequate state funding or to deprive county governments of revenue sources to pay for pro grams mandated by the state. He said he w as one of the most con servative speakers of the House of Representatives that North Carolina has ever had - conser vative in the sense of not spend ing money that's not there. He said. "I'm running to make a dif ference in the lives of average North Carolinians." and he said he's the only candidate with sub stantial legislative experience. The award program was held at Adam's Mark hotel in connec tion with the N.C. Association of County Commissioners 95th annual conference. DENISE HARTSFIELD District Court Judge Vote Sept. 10 Paid for by the Committee to Elect Denize Hartsfield Larry Butler/Norma Guthrie Treasurers t Study to test soy pill seeks participants SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Could lowering your choles terol be as simple as taking a pill containing the plant estrogens found in soy? Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are conducting a research study to find out. Researchers already know that the naturally occurring plant estro gens. called isoflavones. in soy protein make it effective at lower ing cholesterol. That's why the Food anrLJinig Administration has authorized the use of health claims on soy products. Now. researchers want to find out if removing the plant estrogens from the soy - and putting them in pill form - will also be effective. "We believe that the isoflavones must be connected to the soy protein to be effective." said Mara Vitolins. a study inves tigator. "But it's important to find oul for sure because people take isoflavone pills believing there are cholesterol lowering benefits." The study w ill involve 51 peo ple who have low -density lipopro tein (LDL). or bad cholesterol, that is mildly or moderately ele vated (140-200 mg/dL). They will attend a nutrition education ses sion and will follow a heart healthy diet for six wteks. Then, for 10 weeks at a time, they will take either isoflavone pills or a soy powder that can be mixed into beverages. Researchers will com pare the effectiveness of both treatments at lowering cholesterol. Soy protein - found in tofu and other products made from soy beans - has been linked to a vari ety of health benefits. People w ho live in countries where substantial amounts of soy are consumed! ? have lower rates of heart disease J and cancer. Participants in the J study will take about KM) mg. of * isoflavones per day. levels that arc * common in Asian diets. In previous research at Wake Forest, it was shown that soy con-' taining isoflavones was effective at lowering .cholesterol. In a group ; ofc participants who took 62 mil- ? ligrams of isoflavones in soy pro ? tein. cholesterol levels dropped by 10 percent in those patients whose. LDL levels were moderately high." In the same group, total choles terol dropped by 9 percent. The current study is supported by the Centers for Disease Con trol. For more information, including eligibility requirements, call 713-5198. I ile l'h..f.r - Soy protein comes frqm soy bean plants like these. o "The issues that really matter are those that most affect children, women, families, older adults, neighborhoods and our environment. I've spent my life working as their advocate." Paid for by the George Bryan for NC House Committee GEORGE BRYAN FOR N.C. HOUSE Office depot What you need. 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