HAWS salutes its residents BYT. KEVIN WALKER . THE CHRONICLE Every year for the last decade, the Housing Authority of Win ston-Salem has rented out a spa cious banquet hall, decorated it ? lavishly and shone the spotlight on HAWS' most valuable com ?> modifies - public housing resi dents. ?? T h P 2003 Resi dents Recogni tion Ban quet was held July 31 in the Adam's Mark Grand Pavilion. About 300 Evans residents from 11 public housing communities came out looking . sharp - in shiny dresses and dark colored suits - to receive plaques ? or to cheer on their neighbors. , "We feel it is important to cel . ebrate residents and celebrate their accomplishments," said Bumetta Evans, head of HAWS' residents services wing. "It is one of our favorite events that we do." Dozens of awards were hand ed out during the banquet. .Awardees were honored for giv ing back to their communities, for volunteer service, for receiving scholarships and for completing HAWS initiatives such as the < homeownership and family self sufficiency programs. "We really want people to know that our communities are Photos by Kevin Walker Guests walk under a canopy of balloons to make their way into the 2003 Residents Recognition Banquet. thriving communities with pro ductive citizens." Evans said. Jacqueline Mclntyre was one of four people who received awards for recently earning col lege degrees. Mclntyre. who is the resident representative on the HAWS Board of Commissioners, also has made great strides in the family self-sufficiency program and is one of the first residents of Gateway Commons, the former Kimberly Park. "We all have dreams," said Mclntyre. who received an asso ciate degree in business adminis tration in May from Forsyth Tech nical Community College. "This is a part of my dreams that are unfolding." Happy Hill Gardens residents Antoinette Crawford received a community service award. She is involved in a bevy of activities in her community, everything from neighborhood clean-up projects, to working with young people. Crawford, who grew in Happy Hill, said she is not alone. Con trary to popular opinion. Craw ford said public housing residents are a proud and ambitious bunch who have found that working together is always bound to gen-, erate success. v "We have downfalls (in pub lic housing), but we try to bring people up. We are trying to bring our communities up." Crawford said. "I am trying to give back all they gave me when I was young." HAWS cut no comers for the Residents Recognition Banquet. The Grand Pavilion was tasteful ly decorated in red and white. Jazz musicians were hired to set the mood, while a catering staff made sure that guests were satis fied. HAWS is among a small minority of housing authorities that hold such an event for resi dents. Representatives from sev eral housing authorities from other N.C. cities were on hand for the banquet to see how HAWS pulled it all off. "Not many places honor the residents. (They) mostly honor the executives and the higher-ups. We thank the housing authority for giving us this," said Doris Kimbrough. a resident of Healy Drive Towers and a member of the HAWS Board of Commis sioners. City Council member Nelsoa Malloy has lived in public hous ing for many years. He has been honored at past banquets. Malloy said that HAWS is doing the right thing by putting its residents first. "It is all about the residents." he said. "There would be no HAWS if it were not any resi dents." Evans is especially pleased with this year's banquet. The large number of awardees is due. in great part, to a surge in the number of people who are taking part in and succeeding in the fam ily self-sufficient program, which gives people tools to help them stand on their own. Evans said the growing number of residents who are taking advantage of the pro gram is award enough for HAWS. For a complete list of award winners, see page C2. Area fire departments are to receive federal money CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT Seven fire departments in North Carolina will receive a total of $486,236 from the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security. The funds were announced late last week by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole Locally, the Wallburg Fire Department will receive $98,226 and the City View Volunteer Fire Department will be given $28,323. The funds are expected to be used for fire operations and fire fighter safety. "Firefighters represent our first line of defense against terrorism. This assistance pro gram will ensure that the indi viduals trained to protect our communities have the equip ment they need to carry out their duties," Dole said in a statement. The Firefighter Assistance Grant Program is designed to supplement departments' budgets. It was passed by , Congress and approved by President Bush. The program is designed to aid fire^depart ure n t s that demon strate a need for funds to improve response e f f e c - tiveness and pro tect the fire fighters Dole 0 and the public they serve. The 2003 Assistance to Firefighters grant program offers assistance in four major areas: fire operations and fire fighter safety, fire prevention, emergency medical services, and firefighting vehicles acquisition. "This money will be a great help to our department, and we will use it to replace our air packs," said Mark Reid. chief of Wallburg Fire Department. Newell coalition will meet Aug. 14 SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The Coalition Com mitted to Help Re-Direct the Behavior of Chal lenging African-Ameri can Youth in Winston Salem and Forsyth Coun ty from Birth to 19 will hold its fourth meeting ^ on Aug. 14 at 6:30 p.m. ' at Reynolds Park Recre- j, ation Center, on 3 Reynolds Park Road. The | public is encouraged to $ attend. Dr. Virginia Newell, ? founder of the group, is I interested in the commu- M nity's involvement in U finding solutions to fc decrease the number of I young males in the crim- | inal justice system. Newell Forsyth County receives I ? Model Emergency Medical Services recognition ! Forsyth County has been '? recognized by the N.C. Office of Emergency Med ical Services as an Emer gency Medical Services '? Model System. The county received the ! certification at the July 31 I ? meeting of the Forsyth Coun ty Board of Commissioners. The county also will be rec ognized at the Aug. 12 meet ; ing of the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory ! Council in Raleigh. Compliance with require ' ments to receive this recogni tion is voluntary for counties ; statewide. Drexdal Pratt, ; chief of the Office of Emer gency Medical Services, pre ! sented the certificate of recognition to county offi '! cials. Pratt noted that Forsyth County already met many of the requirements of the model system. N.C. EMS rules imple I mented in January 2002 ; require all counties, to devel \ op an EMS system applica tion for review and approval by the Office of EMS. Sandra Reid appointed as area administrator for the Piedmont Region I; The N.C. Department of Juvenile Justice and Delin ;! quency Prevention has .) announced that Sandra Reid has been appointed as area administrator for the Pied mont Region of North Car olina. The Piedmont Region includes these counties: Surry. Stokes, Rockingham. Guilford, Forsyth, Alexan der, Davie, Davidson, ;? Iredell, Mont gomery, Moore, Ran dolph, Rowan. Cabar rus, Meck lenburg. Anson, Rich mond. Sweat ? | Stanly and Union. "1 am confident that San dra will make an excellent ?; area administrator. She is sensitive to the needs of '! juveniles in North Carolina. '! as well as her staff," said ! DJJDP Secretary George L. Sweat. "I look forward to working with her as we con [\ _ tinue our endeavor to provide the children, families and the public with the best possible juvenile justice and delin quency prevention services." Reid earned her B.A. degree in psychology and human services in 1985 from Elon College. After gradua tion. she began her career in juvenile justice as a Juvenile Court counselor in District ISA. Over the years, she has served as a court counselor in the 18th and 15th districts. In 1994, she was appoint ed chief court counselor in District 15A. She attended N.C. Cen tral University and received her master's degree in agency counseling in 1999, and in 2002 she became act ing area administrator of the Piedmont Region. "I knew that I wanted to work (with) at-risk youth in high school, and when I went to college my aim was to be a court counselor. I truly feel that it's a ministry to work with these kids and their families," Reid said. "I'm grateful to be in a position to help guide policies and pro cedures that will help to ensure our services will be available for all troubled youth." Ecologists honor professor The Ecological Society of America (ESA) has selected Dr. Godfrey Uzochukwu, profes sor and director of N.C. A & T Wj-tte M a n - agement I n s t i - tute. for this year's "Profile of Ecol ogists." Uzochukwu Uzochukwu is being hon ored for his accomplishments in ecology. A poster high lighting's career will be dispTay?B~ut the Education Mosaic Mixer at the 2003 ESA Annual Meeting in Savannah. Ga.. Aug. 2-8 and on ESA's Wen site. Uzochukwu was recog nized as N.C. A&T's 2003 Administrator of the Year. He coordinates and high lights the environmental pro grams of the university, including the interdiscipli nary Waste Management Institute Certificate Program as well as student scholar ship and internship pro grams. Uzochukwu received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Oklahoma State University and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He was a post-doc toral scholar at Texas A&M University. l-\ tpjr>oer ^vCXcpos-s i+" L>-Std +r ^e.. OX WuJt t^CAO -^TtfAHwjn+i flj-vd SO onacJ-, 4-ec>iocAoQ^t T"'in~> ~3X)y AatJ X *OeI?ve. \r\ 4W. po-vjec of Sc^ct +o Cu-rt. ca^c<r. tOe.' re Oc*>>tc o-U 4Ve +irve 4-V-sTru^r. ceseortJK <yp/"o^ k/tJu <1^ too **Z*y?+4~ *MA- y*<A*j #4*rc ^M>XU*A^ 0&Cu?-~fir ?t^- \ftAyJsJUJX ?fru*XA*u*XA? <jut/ ~?ceJL^>rttryj X'**. IVn. A/ fZbJy A<ti >ec, yLZZ**~y a, AoJ^mu- . XaaoJL ?t4?++i?, t*-' ^crv -+nvUX^f?jL -f?t^J^>nA.. &4JL4%. (T&u. d^JLU^/ asnJ? 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