|For the love of the games
\Couple hopes for
f success with new
.'Play Station arcade
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-.BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
\ THE CHRONICLE
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? Video game fanatics now
? have a place all their own
right here in Winston-Salem.
j thanks to Calvin and Donna
?JCiantt, owners of the New Age
I "Arcade. The Gantt's recently
J opened an arcade on Farmall
? Street, but it's not your typical
? arcade with pin ball machines,
air hockey and other tradition
al console games.
Located next to New Gen
eration Barbershop, New Age
J offers video gamers the
J chance to play the latest and
? greatest Sony Play Station 2
games while waiting on their
' turn in the barber chair next
- door.
: "A lot of customers come
" in and they talk about playing
? on the Play Station 2 against
? their own friends. So I decid
ed to come up with a common
ground where they can come,
feel relaxed and play against
anybody," said Gantt, who is
; also a barber at New Genera
; tion Barbershop. Gantt gradu
? ated from North Carolina
' Central University in 1992
with a degree in graphic
design.
Customers can rent out the
; video game controls for a few
; dollars. The arcade has sever
- al game stations.
"I try to get the most
! requested and played games,
which are mostly sports
games and some combat
; games," said Gantt.
' The arcade business is
> truly a family affair with
' Gantt's sons. Calvin III and
; Corey, running the shop while
dad cuts hair next door. A 2
way communicator keeps
. them in touch so that cus
' tomers know when it's their
? turn to put down the controls
! and get a shape up.
I Gantt has stocked the
' arcade with snack items
Essential for any video game
connoisseurs. Remote control
Photos by Courtney Gaillard
Above: Kids try their luck at
a Play Station 2 game.
Right: Calvin Gantt and his
wife, Donna, have opened
the arcade beside a popular
barbershop.
cars can also be rented at the
arcade and sports wear is on
sale for the fashion conscious.
Growing up, Gantt says he
remembers the days when
Atari and Nintendo were all
the rave. When he finds time,
Gantt says he still enjoys get
ting his hand on some game
controls and understands why
playing the games can be
addictive.
"If you're 30- or 40- years
old and you love basketball,
you can't play it as well as
you used to. but when you are
on those (controls) you can
play like you want to." said
Gantt. with a chuckle.
The arcade is open most
afternoons and Gantt says
word is spreading and people
are realizing that there is more
than just a barbershop open.
Customers can rent the arcade
out for parties and Gantt will
even pack up all of the equip
ment and bring the arcade to
you. as he has already done at
several recreation centers in
the community. Gantt is also
considering starting up a tour
nament for locals who believe
they've mastered games like
Madden 2003, NBA Live,
NCAA College Football 2004
and Grand Theft Auto.
"I love to see a smiling
child. I'm trying to get all
ages to come to the arcade but
especially the kids," Gantt
said.
Currently Gantt is working
with the city Recreation and
Parks Department on setting
up transportation for young
sters who don't live within
walking distance of the
arcade.
Children under the age of
10 must be accompanied by
an adult and supervised in the
arcade.
New Age Arcade is open
Tue.-Wed. 1-6 p.m., Fri. 12-6
p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and
Sun. 3-6 p.m.
White House official
to speak at church event
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
A White House official is
scheduled to speak at a local
church service next week.
Jeremy White, the associate
director of Faith Based and
Community initiatives, will
give the keynote speech at the
International True Vine
Churches of Deliverance
Founder's Day Luncheon on
Aug. 8.
Apostle Sylvester Davis
Johnson, presiding prelate,
will be honored at the lunch
eon. The Faith Based and
Community Initiatives pro
gram is being pushed by Presi
dent Bush as a way for church
es and other religious organi
zations to receive federal
money to create initiatives that
will help ease problems such
as substance abuse, crime and
underachievement. Faith
Based and Community Initia
tives has raised its share of
controversy. Some say the pro
gram blurs the line between
church and state.
But many church leaders
are excited about the program
and the possibility of getting
financial help for efforts to
help communities. Internation
al True Vine Churches of
Deliverance hopes to take
advantage of faith based initia
tive dollars. The church is in
the middle of its City of Hope
plan, which will work to build
housing and recreation centers
on about 40 acres of land here
in the city. The church says it
has already procured the land
Johnson
for the projfcct. The initial con
struction boom will be the first
of many phases, officials said.
White is expected to talk to the
group more in-depth about
Bush's program. Several bish
ops from the International True
Vine Churches of Deliverance
are expected to be on hand for
the luncheon. White's speech
will be broadcasted live via
satellite to International True
'Vine Churches of Deliverance
members throughout the coun
try.
This is not the first time
that a Washington official has
come to Winston-Salem to
push Bush's initiative. In Feb
ruary, Hairston Clark of the
Center for Faith Based and
Community Initiatives, spoke
to dozens of local ministers
about the program during a
conference at Winston-Salem
State University.
For more information
about the event, call 725-2190.
Paschal's
? Jrom page A2
April, Broadnax couldn't fix a
date on when the razing will
actually occur. He did say that
. he hoped that the first students
; would be moving in sometime
; in 2004.
Several members of the
! Coalition to Save Paschal's
| also dropped by the meeting
? and were initially rebuffed at
the door to Harkness Hall.
; that infuriated coalition
? member Joseph Lewis who
? eventually worked his way to
1 the third-floor meeting room.
J "This is criminal," fumed
? Lewis following the' near
? hour-long news conference.
' "It seems to me that when
? CAU bought the building
some years ago, the first thing
they should have done was put
it on the National Register of
Historic places. There is
money to do that. There just
isn't any willingness to saye
historic structures within the
Black community."
Umojaa Ajabu. an Atlanta
minister and member of Con
cerned Black Clergy, pleaded
with Broadnax to keep the
structure open through August
so that a meeting he and other
leaders had arranged with
church leadership that month
could still be held at
Paschal's. Broadnax turned
down his request.
According to coalition
members, Broadnax had
agreed to meet with them Aug.
12 to continue the discussion
of alternatives to demolition.
Many indirectly expressed the
feeling that CAU's president
had betrayed them.
Tillman Ward, another
coalition member and an pr
activist in the Vine City com
munity agreed.
"When we met with Dr
Broadnax last |July 16], there
were options to consider, we
thought. Now they tell us they
have decided to do what they
said they would do in the first
place. Broadnax says he is
doing this for the good of the
CAU, which is his first priori
ty. But what about the com
munity, which supported those
schools and sent their kids to
them? The MLK corridor
between Northside and Ashby
(now Joseph Lowery Blvd.] is
a learning lab. Are we about to
lose all of that?"
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