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Tw Chronicle Imm 1XK STRKTX0^ p^rnT^c > FORSTTH COUNTY P rt LEB RATING 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY JOURNALISM Vol. XXX No. 49 660 W -W. fn, Nc 271^-l3iV H TOK Sr.. - THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2 Demons ready for coming season - See Page Bl CHANGE finds voting problems - See Page AS Road trip comes to G'boro - See Page A4 jShow ] features 'art of inmates -See Page CI Photos by Ke\ in Walker Bro. Harvey Drummer (from left), Leroy Nel son , Bro. Cloys Cecil and Frank Dulin stand at the door of the new facility on Lansing Drive. Church set to open seniors facility BY T KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE ? The Carver Road Church of Christ ha<i a proven track record of taking dreams and sculpting them into realities. In the early 1980s, the church began construction of its current edifice, a sprawling building at Carver School Road and Lansing Drive Today, the church shares the area with Forsyth Technical Community College's Woodruff Center, a branch of the Forsyth County Library and a number of new home developments. That was not the case two decades ago when the church opened. Back then, the church was the only new construction the area had seen in some time. "We were trailblfa/ers." said Bro. Cloys Cecil, the church's former pastor. "The others came behind us." In the early 1990s, the church opened Quality Educa tion Institute on land adjacent to the church. The institute is a private school that serves grades K-5. The church later added Quality Education Acad emy, a charter school for mid dle school students. Sunday, Carver Road Church of Christ will formally unveil its latest achievement. Quality Independent Living, a $1.9 million 42-unit living complex for seniors on Lansing Drive. Construction began on the facility last year. On Sun day. the church will host a ded ication for the building, giving local people a chance to see what the facility has to offer. "We wanted to build a good facility in an area that would be attractive," said Leroy Nelson, the facility's executive director. The facility has both one- and two-bedroom units, but the two-bedroom apartments have already been leased. Nelson said. There are many one-bed room units still available. The church is making a push to let Sec Church on A9 The new facility has 42 units and cost $1.9 million . System adds five new black principals CHRpNK L? STAFF REPOR1 Five new African-Ameri can principals will welcome students on Monday when the school system begins its 2004/2005 acadeitfic year. There were a number of prin c i,p a I appoint m e n t s over the summer. With the new appoint m e n t s , there are 24 African-American princi pals in the school system, compared with 43 white prin cipals and one Hispanic. There are also more female princi pals (40) than m a I e-s (28), accord ing to numbers from the school system. The latest African-Ameri can principal to be named is Carol Montague, who will try to fill Dan Piggott's big shoes at Carver High School. Pig gott is leaving Carver to take over the new Atkins High School when it opens next year. Montague is currently the principal at Warren C&un ty High School, where she has held .that position since 1998. She al&o served as a school principal and assistant principal in Maryland before coming to North Carolina. Set- Principals on A4 Group circulating petition for school's name change BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE The push to rename Inde pendence High School after Larry Fields, who was princi pal of Latham Elementary School, continues with mem bers of the communi ty circulating a peti tion around the city to generate support for the school to bear his name. Lynne Gwyn-Smith hopes that come this fall the school will he called the Dr. Larry D. Fields Learning Academy. * Gwyn-Smith is a former Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools employee and mem ber of the Community Adviso fy Board of Alternative Edu cation, which is spearheading the petition. She says the group has already collected around 200 signatures on the petition and hopes to collect as many as possible. The Community Advisory Board for Alternative Education plans to present the petition to the school board when it voles on the name change. ne was a very, very, very awe some educator. The man was full of all kinds of information. He was just outstand ing," said Gwyn Smith. (The Com munity Advisory Board) feels it's the most appropri ate name for the school. " a picture anu Diograpny or the late educator accompanies the petition. Fields is hailed as a champion of underdog stu dents, many of whom were sent to the alternative high school. Test scores drastically In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell, Sr. improved at Latham Elemen tary while Latham was at the helm of the school. Those who knew and worked with hint said he had a special gift for troubled students. "Dr. Fields was a specialist in alternative learning. He had an alternative way of teaching and teaching his teachers to teach,v said Gwyn-Smith, who says many faculty and staff at Fields' old school have filled several pages of the petition with their names. The Community Advisory Board of Alternative Educa tion consists of former educa tors. clergy, doctors and other concerned citizens in the com munity formed in May after Independence was closed to address the alternative educa tion programs in the school district. Independence High will reopen this fall, after being shut down by Superin tendent Don Martin last year. See Petition on A10 Dog-eat-dog Photo by Kevin Walker Cheryl Clark has found a way to stand out in the dog-eat-dog world of downtown hot dog vendors. Clark is hard to miss in her trademark hot-dog hat. She is also proud that her How bouta Hot-dog stand along Fourth Street is the otfly stand downtown that sells turkey hot dogs. " Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better ixxxssM Sfurtrral li carte Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support * 822 C?rl Kussell Ave. (at Martin Kuther King I)r.) Winston-Salem. NC 27101 (336) 722-3459 Fax 631-8268 rusfhome@ t>ell.south.net
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