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75centl Winston-Salem ? Greensboro ? High Point Vol.XXIX No. 10
Election leaves many
blacks out in the cold
Hartsfield shines; hopes of Bplite, other black judges fizzle
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
With only a handful of
precincts left to report,
Denise Hartsfield threw up
her hands and said, "I'm a
judge."
Even with a full tally a
? half-an-hour away, Harts
field knew that the lead she
had amassed-in her race for
District Court judge was
unlikely to be overcome by
Polite
her opponent. Dean Rut
ledge.
Hartsfield was at the
Artistic Studio for the Per
forming Arts Tuesday
night, where county
Democrats gathered to cel
ebrate. When word spread
around the party that
Hartsfield had won, cheers
broke out and Hartsfield
was helped onto a chair
See Election on A4
Photo by Kevin Walker
Denise Hartsfield hugs her mother> Doris, Tuesday night
after learning she won a District Court seat.
Young:
Problems
require
Optimism
Former Atlanta
mayor tells students
to look on bright side
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE .
GREENSBORO - Andrew
Young, former U.S. ambassa
dor to the United Nations,
encouraged students at Bennett
College to let their lights shine
Friday during a monthly lec
ture series. Defining your "per
son, pur
pose and
profes
s i o n "
with the
help of
God,
Young
advised,
will lead
you to
determin
ing your
Young
purpose in life.
"Nothing thaL happens to
you, no gift, no problem. Is
without purpose. And as you
accept that ... and allow God to
use you to work your way
through those problems, you
will give leadership to many
others working through similar
problems," Young said.
Bennett College's current
president, Johnnetta Cole, cre
ated "The President Presents"
lecture series to showcase
speakers to the community that
inspire and influence.
"How should we address
our highly distinguished and
beloved speaker?" asked Cole
of the many titles that Young
wears, such as reverend, politi
cian, educator, author, activist
and businessman. "We can call
him Brother Andy," Cole said.
Young, an ordained minis
ter, is a former mayor of
Atlanta, Ga.. and was recently
elected co-chair of the Leon H.
Sullivan Summit, which seeks
to develop relationships
between Africans and African
Americans. Young co-founded
GoodWorks International.
LLC, an economic develop
ment company in Africa and
the Caribbean and is the presi
dent of the National Council of
Churches USA.
Young, who was a top aide
See Young on A4
Photo by Kevin Walker
Tina and Darrell Harris with their children, Zachary (backrow, from right), Jeremy, Dominique (adopted), Eli
jah (adopted, on mother's lap) and Makahla.
Audit: CDC
should have
to pay back
grant funds
Report cites several problems
with handling of cafeteria project
FROM STAFF REPORTS -
The Office ot Inspector General (OlO) is rec
ommending that another federal agency recover the
$250,(100 grant it awarded the East Winston Com
munity Development Corp. in 1998. The CDC
applied for the grant to help finance its plan to build
EastSide Cafeteria, which CDC officials envi
sioned as an a la carte eatery located in the heart of
the city's African-American community that would
serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The Office of
Community Ser
vices. a wing of the
Department of
Health and Human
Services, maintains
that it gave the
EWCDC the grant
to pay for renova
tions to the build
ing the EWCDC
had proposed for
the cafeteria and
equipment for the
restaurant. An
audit of the
EWCDC conduct
ed by OIG con
firms that the grant
Grace
was used for other purposes.
"We found that the EWCDC did not expend
OCS (Office of Community Services) funds to ren
ovate the proposed cafeteria site and did not pur
chase equipment for the cafeteria's operation as
outlined in its OCS-approved grant proposal,"
states the audit report, which was completed and
turned over to OCS in late August. "We are recom
mending that OCS recover the $250,(XX) of grant
funds and that OCS assure that EWCDC evaluates
its ability to properly control and account for feder
al funds before submitting future HHS grant pro
posals."
OCS will ultimately decide if the EWCDC will
have to return the money. An official from the
office did not contact The Chronicle by press time
to give the status of that decision. The chairman of
the EWCDC's board of directors also did not return
a call by press time.
The EWCDC used S150.CKX) of the grant to
purchase stock in David Capital, the for-profit enti
ty created by the EWCDC and the Ministers Con
ference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity to hire
management and an operations staff for the cafete
ria. A stock offering is also available to members of
the community at $10 a share. The other $100,000
of the grant was co-mingled with other EWCDC
funds, which the audit says makes it difficult to
See CDC on A10
Adoption under the spotlight
City plays host to social
workers, families for kickojfto
National Adoption Month
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
When a bout with cancer made it
impossible for Tina Harris to have any
more children, she and her husband,
Darnell, turned to adoption to help fulfill
their dream of a large family.
The Harrises already had three bio
logical sons when they opened their
home and their hearts four years ago to
two children, a toddler-aged boy and an
adolescent girl.
"We were foster parents first, and
we realized (the children) really had a
need to be somewhere stable," Darrell
Harris said. "We love doing what we do
for children."
Members of the Harris clan were
among the adoptive parents, potential
adoptive parents, (social workers and
children looking for homes at a kickoff
for National Adoption Month. The event
was held throughout the day Friday at
the Joel Coliseum, offering people inter
ested in adoption or foster care an
opportunity to meet children from
across the state up for adoption and look
over pictures of hundreds of others.
Social workers also worked the crowd,
trying to sell people on the benefits of
adoption.
See Adoption on A10 |
Phenomenal Woman
WSSU honor indication
that poet has endeared
herself to local folks
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Growing up. Maya Angelou never
dreamed that her words would have the abil
ity to inspire and move people, that her regal
presence and thoughtful insights would
leave everyone - from U.S. presidents to the
average Joe - in complete awe. that her body
of work would make her one of the most
influential writers of the 20th century.
Angelou said she always believed she
would be successful, just not as a multifac
eted artist.
"I did think I was going to be a success
ful real estate broker," Angelou said djtfing
an interview over the weekend. "I would
have a brief case, I knew I would have an
attache case, and I would wear high heels
and matching purses. I just knew that. It
never occurred to me that I would become
any of what I have become."
Through her work as a writer, director,
singer, actress, social activist and humanitar
ian. what Angelou has become is one of the
most respected people in the country today.
Admiration for Angelou - a St. Louis native
who was reared in Arkansas and California
- runs especially deep in Winston-Salem,
where she has called home for the last two
decades.
The job of Reynolds professor of Amer
ican studies at Wake Forest University
brought Angelou to the city. Her generosity,
openness and kindness have endeared her to
its people.
Winston-Salem State University said
See Angelou on A9
Photo h> Kevin Walker
Maya Angelou listens with other supporters as Erskine Bowles speaks at a
rally last week at the Forsyth County Democratic Headquarters.
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