Carpenter
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Williams said.
Carpenter's longtime
associate also has an appreci
ation of Carpenter's knowl
edge of sports. "1 was with
him in the booth at a football
game and was amazed at his
knowledge of the coaches and
players. He had notes in front
of him. but you could tell he
had all the facts in his head.
Williams said.
Although most people
who follow SWAC sports Will
remember Carpenter for his
brilliance in being able to put
his listeners at courtside or on
the 50-yard line, his dedica
tion to reporting news that
impacted on the black com
munity should not go unher
alded.
His career in broadcasting
began in his hometown ot
Greenwood in 1974. Two
years later, while still
employed by Saunders
Broadcasting, Carpenter
expanded his career into the
field of sports broadcasting.
Over the next several years,
his sports broadcast assign
ments would take him beyond
the Delta.
In 1981,' -he returned to
Mississippi and joined the
Mississippi Network. a
statewide news organization.
In 1995, he helped found and
was named general manager
of the Southern Urban Net
work, also a division of Tele
South Communications Inc.
Carpenter became JSU s
play-by-play man in 198
When JSU first approached
Carpenter to do play-by-play,
he took the job seriously. He
became a master in sports
broadcasting. He also learned
how good JSU was and
worked to make sure it
reached the level and stature
of any college in the state.
During the JSU Tiger
football season. Carpenter
was joined by sports person
alities Willie Richardson and
Rob Jay. The trio was a force
to be reckoned with. They
were accurate in their sports
facts and highly opinionated
in their commentary.
In a recent conversation
with this writer. Carpenter
commented. "We've proven
that blacks can broadcast
sports."
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Angelou hosts last Delta dinner event
M l ( IAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem Delta Fine
Arts Inc. ended its yearlong
fund-raising series, Dining
With Delta Fine Arts, with a
Juneteenth barbecue hosted by
the renowned author Dr. Maya
Angelou on Saturday, June 19,
at her Valley Road home.
Sixty guests were enter
tained by the Joe Robinson
Quartet and feasted on barbe
qued ribs and chicken, potato
salad, baked beans and peach
cobbler prepared by Grill on
Wheels, Badin, N.C.
The Dining With Delta
Fine Arts series, chaired by
Peggy Moore, has raised more
than $40,0(X) toward the reno
vation of the new Delta Arts
Center at 2611 New Walker
town Road. The series was
kicked off in August with an
African-themed dinner hosted
by Clyde and Peggy Moore.
Other dinners were hosted by
Denise Hartsfield and Dianne
Caesar; Harold and Davida
Martin with guest chef sym
phony director Peter Perret;
Nicholas and Nancy Bragg;
Bruce and Lois Levin; chef
Donald McMillan; Patricia
Toole, Christine Toole, Jane
Photos by Delu Am
Dr. Maya Angelou poses with a guest during the Saturday luncheon.
Kelly and Mitzi Shewmake.
This series has featured
African, North African, French
and Indian cuisine. More than
200 guests have joined us at
these dinners, including the
Auction and Objet d' Art sup
per held at the new site in
December.
Guests at the Juneteenth
barbecue included state Rep.
Larry Womble; state Secretary
of Cultural Resources Libba
Evans; Judges Denise Harts
field and Laurie Hutchins;
summer interns from the law
offices of Womble Carlyle
Sandridge and Rice; Dr. Tim
Monroe and his wife. Delta
Fine Arts board member Helen
Monroe; the president and
CEO of Truliant Federal Cred
it Union, Marc Schaefer, and
his wife; architect for the new
Delta Arts Center, Ed Bouldin
and his wife, Cynthia. Also in
attendance were board mem
bers Peggy Moore, Sherlane
Hill, Francis H. Brown Jr., and
P.J. Williams, emeritus board
The Rev. Clyde Moore leads
guests in prayer.
member Louise Smith and the
Delta Arts Center's executive
director, Dianne Caesar.
Independence
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schools. Martin said the day
schools were problematic
from the start. Transportation
was a major issue.
Students had to assemble
at Kennedy Learning Center in
the early morning and then
catch buses to one of the three
sites.
Martin said the exaggerat
ed transportation process was
cutting into students' learning
time.
Others also had problems
with the day schools. The
Ministers Conference of Win
ston-Salem and Vicinity criti
cized the plan, saying that day
school classes were ill
equipped to teach students.
The ministers were also criti
cal of the facilities them
selves. One day school, for
example, was housed in the
basement of a building.
Martin said the new Inde
pendence will be more
equipped than the old to edu
cate students. The school will
have full-time math, science,
social studies and English
teachers, as well as a part-time
physical education instructor.
Martin said an art
elective and another
elective yet to be
determined will also
be offered to stu
dents. There will
also be more empha
sis put on counsel
ing and case man
agement at the
school, he said, in
the hopes that the
behaviors that got
students to the school can be
repaired.
Curtis Little may also
return as the administrator of
the school. Little served in
that position before Indepen
dence was shut down.
Martin insists that the new
school is different than the old
Independence, which he criti
cized for not properly educat
ing students before the school
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Martin
was closed last year. He said
the electives that will be
offered and the added impor
tance that will be placed on
counseling should make this
reincarnation more of a sue
cess.
The Rev. John
Mendez, head of (he
Ministers Confer
ence. still questions
why Independence
was shut down in
the first place, espe
cially since the new
Independence is
very similar to the
program that was
already in place at
the school.
"It really did not make
sense," Mendez said about
closing Independence. Martin
says closing Independence did
serve the purpose of saving
the school system some
money at a time when schools
were struggling to make ends
meet. Martin said the system
saved more than $600,000 by
closing Independence. He says
operating the new Indepen
dence will cost the system
about the same amount it took
to operate the day schools.
Mendez said the ministers
are pleased,
though, that the
school is coming
back. He said the
new Indepen
dence will give
the ministers
opportunities to
work with stu
dents as mentors
and for more
community
involvement as
well. Martin said
he will take the ministers up
on their offer to mentor stu
dents. The new Independence
may also incorporate a black
male oriented curriculum
developed by Ministers Con
ference member Rev. Vernon
Crump, the superintendent
said.
Martin said the ministers'
concerns about the day
schools were taken into
Mendez
account to some degree when
the school system was debat
ing the future of day schools.
Martin said there is still talk of
implementing one of the min
isters lueas: to relocate
the 12th Street Acade
my, which educates
middle school students
with discipline prob
lems, to the site of the
new Independence off
Clemmonsville Road.
Martin said that may be
done for the 2005-2006
school year.
Independence is
also getting a name
change. Martin said for
too long the name Indepen
dence High School has been
associated with failure and
trouble-makers.
"We are really concerned
about the name Indepen
dence," he said. It has had a
lot of bad connotations
before."
A new name for the school
is currently being debated,
Martin, said.
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