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New Atkins High closer to reality
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE ________
Wesley Curtis had members
of the Black Leadership Round
table oohing and aahing last week
as he used a special computer pro
gram to show them - front every
possible angle - how the new
technology high school in East
Winston will likely look when it
opens in a few years.
Curtis, a partner with the
architectural firm Walter Robbs
Callahan & Pierce, designed the
plan for the new school, as well as
the plan for the new western
Forsyth County high school,
which is scheduled to be built and
to open simultaneously with the
East Winston school.
Curtis presented school offi
cials with several designs. The
one he showed to the roundtable
is the plan that officials liked best.
"ft has kind of grown on me,"
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Schools Superintendent Don Mar
tin told roundtable members about
the design. Martin was joined by
School Board member Victor
Johnson at the meeting. School
officials have been regulars at
roundtable meetings for years.
Martin successfully lobbied
roundtable members to support
the 2001 school bond referendum,
which is making the construction
of the multimillion dollar school
possible.
Earlier this summer. Round
table members successfully pres
sured the school system to keep
the location of the new inner city
high school on Old Greensboro
Road, after school system offi
cials talked of building the school
in southeast Winston-Salem.
The school, which will be
about 197,(XX) square feet, will
have about 1,(XX) students and
offer the system's first technolo
gy-based curriculum. It also will
be the first new high school built
in the heart of East Winston since
the 1950s. Since the technology
high school will be an original in
many ways, officials wanted the
school's design to reflect that
uniqueness, Curtis said.
"It is a little different from the
normal, boxy, square facility," he
said. "It was important to make a
statement with the new high
school, especially the new techni
cal high school."
See Atkins on AS
Photo by Kevin Walker
Wesley Curtis shows Roundtable members the design of the new technology high school.
Residents
express
concerns
to mayor,
alderman
Inquiries about safety,
jobs in East Winston
are abundant at forum
BY COURTNEY GA1LLARD
I III CHRONICLE
East Ward residents voiced
concerns and asked questions
of Mayor Allen Joines and
Alderman Joycelyn Johnson
Monday night during the "Talk
of the Town" community
forum at New Jerusalem Bap
tist Church. A number of city
a n u
elected
officials
were
present
as well to
address
issues of
citizens
in East
Winston.
Joines
Before the floor was
opened up for questions,
Richard Dean, president of the
health sciences department at
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine, presented
the plan to expand the Down
town Research Park into East
Winston. Dean is also the med
ical director for Research Park.
The Research Park Land
Assembly Project, a mixed use
biotechnology research park,
is expected to bring 10,000
new jobs over the next couple
of decades. Close to 180 acres
of space in East Winston are
being considered for develop
ment of the project.
"...This opportunity actual
ly fulfills a dream of being
able to bring our community
together as one communi
ty....U.S. 52 has created a
dividing line, emotionally and
psychologically, for our com
munity even much more so
than 1-40," Dean said.
See Talk mi At 1
moio n> Bruce L napman
Bart Thomee, left, and Pablo Torres talk about their experiences so far at
WSSU. They are among the school's first foreign exchange students.
In the Black
Photo by Kevin Walker
Eddie Moser, left, shows her Warm
Spirit products to customers.
Winston-Salem Black chamber
takes its vision to the streets
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
JHE CHRONICLE
At age 66, William Fulton can vividly
remember a time in Winston-Salem when
black businesses were king. As Fulton,
who runs his own insurance sales compa
ny, joined other black business owners Sat
urday for a business street fair on Highland
Avenue, he described the East Winston of
his childhood.
"This used to be the center point for
black businesses in this area. Murray's
Grill used to be over there." Fulton said,
pointing to spots that are now filled with
apartment bujjdings and three-lane streets.
"A filling station was here, and we had two
cab companies, dry cleaners, a shoe shop."
See Black chamber on A9
WSSU looks
to prepare
students for
globalization
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
I THE CHRONICLE
Bart Thomee and Pablo Torres are like celebrities
on the Winston-Salem State University campus.
Other students go out of their way to greet them, to
shake their hands or merely say hi.
The attention and chumminess from students is
one of the fringe benefits of being among the uni
versity's very first crop of foreign exchange students.
"Since we are the first, everybody knows who
we are," said Torres, a native of Monterrey, Mexico.
Torres joins another Mexican student, Juan
Miguel Cardenas, at WSSU this year. Along with
Thomee, who lives in Leiden, The Netherlands, the
three have made history at WSSU. Although stu
dents from the Caribbean and Africa are seeking
degrees at the university, never has WSSU wel
comed foreign students as part of a formal exchange
program until Torres, Thomee and Cardenas arrived
on campus last month.
"1 wanted to come to the United States because I
like the culture and to take courses that we don't
have at home." said Thomee, who is studying com
puter graphics and design during his stint at WSSU.
As part of the University of North Carolina sys
tem exchange program, the students had some say in
which of the 16 UNC schools they would attend. The
fact that the students choose WSSU is a point of
pride for those who have worked over the years to
raise the school's status not only in this country but
abroad.
See WSSU on A4
Parents
seeking
help to
locate
G
a <
sisters
BY COURTNEY CAILLARD
THE CHRONia E
The day before Christine
Sanders' two daughters, Canda
cy and Darcel Sanders, disap
peared in Richland County, S.C.,
one of
them
accepted
a calling
from. 6
God. Just
24 hours
later both
sisters
vanished
from a
Block
buster
Video
Darcel Sanders
store, and Sanders believes it
was her daughter's decision to
"evangelize the word of God"
that sparked an evil act by some
unknown stranger.
Dawn and Candy, as they are
called by family members, were
as close as two sisters could be,
says their mother, who describes
them as "strong-willed girls."
Dawn. 18. had just graduated
from high school in June, and
Candy, 24, was an active church
member. Both girls worked at
local Blockbuster Video stores
just blocks apart, since family
members weren't allowed to
work at
me same
store.
They
both
enjoyed
roller
skating
and
swim
ming on a
regular
basis.
Candacy Sanders
activities their mother taught
them both to do.
"They had two or three spe
cial friends they would hang out
with if they weren't with each
other." said Christine Sanders,
who said that she and her hus
band. William, have raised all
five of their children to love and
appreciate their Christian faith.
See Sisters on AS
Class Act: Students, teachers and parents from The Downtown School I
came to The Chronicle last week for a tour. The Chronicle is a business part
ner of the school. The visitors toured the paper's newsroom and production
area. Read more about the students on page C8.
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