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? H Bf l\ !?+ W^STQMSALm MC 2710i-i300 J^jL H J Jr JL Not to be *?**? ^ J Celebrating 30 m :\ks of Community Journai from this ?bn??-y Vol. xxxi No. I ???????????? ? ? ? ? Pop Warner season closes - See Page HI Mother talks about tragedy - See Page A5 Hunt to help people in slammer - See Page A 9 Haitians get help from WSSU -See Page AlO barly voting going briskly BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE Voters now have until Oct. 30 to cast an early ballot for the November election. One-Stop Absentee Voting is in full swing at seven sites around Forsyth County. The Winston-Salem Voter Rights Coalition will be knock Sutton ing on doors and mak r n g phone calls in an effort to spread the word about early vot i n g . Linda auuon. wnn me coalition, says they will contact some 2,400 registered voters to remind them to vote ahead of lime if they so choose. The coalition along with CHANGE will he offering rides to people who cannot get to the polling sites on their own. One-Stop Voting is offered to any registered voters who wish to vote before Election Day. Registered voters can vote at any of the seven One-Stop locations regardless of where they live. Sutton hopes many seniors will take advantage of the free rides the coalition is offering to One-Stop sites so they won t have to brave the long lines that are expected on Election Day. "A lot of seniors are want ing to vote early. But we're hoping the machines will not be a problem for them. We're hop ing to have somebody to assist ? ' them with the computers." said Sutton of the electronic voting machines being used at all of the One-Stop sites. She remains skeptical about whether the controversial e-voting machines will function proper ly "We're frustrated with the whole thing. It just seems like the system isn't getting any bet Sec Voting on AS Photos by Kevin Walker Larry Little (from left ), Tom Keith and Mark Rabil were among those who spoke at last week's forum. Race forum looks back and forward BY T, KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE You are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem. That is what Larry Little told an audience of about 50 last Thursday at the Joel Coli seum during the first of three forums organized by the Mayor's Racial Healing Com mittee. But in terms of racism in Speakers acknowledge progress but say work still lies ahead the criminal justice system. Little said, local law enforce ment agencies are simultane ously part of the problem and solution. Little, a former City Coun cil member and longtime com munity -activist, spent two decades working to win the release of Darryl Hunt, an innocent black man who spent more than 18 years in prison for the murder of white news paper copy editor Deborah Sykes. Hunt was released last year on Christmas Eve after investigators matched another man's DNA to that taken from the crime scene. Although some argue that the system worked for Hunt, albeit 20 years later. Little said the jus tice system failed Hunt miser ably and will fail others if the mistakes made in the Hunt case are not acknowledged and swiftly dealt with. "It is not the system, we should give praise to," Little said. "It should have not taken us this long." Mayor Allen Joines started his Racial Healing Committee after Hunt's release to try to address the racial divide in the city that only widened as a result of Hunt's conviction, a conviction on what most blacks always thought-was flimsy evidence at best. Most in the white community, though, thought cops had the right man in Hunt. Little criti cized the white community for ignoring evidence that he said always pointed to Hunt's inno See Forum on A9 Turning the Other ' Cheek Photo by Kevin Walker To get into the Hal loween spirit , Nzinga Hawkins paints a bat on the cheek of 10 year-old Christopher Crockett during Rock the Block last Friday. Face painting was one of many activities offered during the massive street festival. To read more about Rock the Block , see page CI. Wynn says experience sets him apart in race Photo hv Kevin Walker Judge James Wynn has nearly a decade of experience on the N.C. Court of Appeals. Judge trying to become only black on state 's highest court BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE James Wynn has always been a man who has believed Injustice - "even when he has been jobbed of it. In a truly just world. Wynn would have a seat on the sec ond most powerful court in the land. And he would not have to campaign in order to keep on doing the job that he loves; he would not have to go out of his way to show voters that he is the most experi enced and best qualified. But the world is not just. So instead of serving on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which Wynn was nominated to twice by former "President Clinton). Wynn is in a., statewide campaign to become to the only African-American mem ber of the N.C. Supreme Court. Jesse Helms, the state's infamous former U.S. senator, blocked Wynn's nomination to the Fourth Circuit both times. But Wynn says he is not bitter, disappointed - yes, but not bitter. "I was just honored that someone thought enough to nominate me," he said last See Wynn on A12 Bonds touted for great potential BY CASH MICHAELS THE CAROLINIAN > This election year. North Carolinians will be asked to make a change in the state Con stitution to allow counties and municipalities to use targeted tax increment financing (TIF) to redevelop currently underdevel oped areas. Proponents of this measure in North Carolina call it by another name - s e I f ? financing bonds that will pay for t h e m - selves via the prop erty taxes the proj ects raise. MeCrory The referendum on the ballot come Electiorr:-L>av is called "Amendment OH8*" Opponents, mainly conser- - vative groups such as the John Locke Foundation, counter that if passed, citizens will lose their right to vote on whether certain projects are funded or not. One fact is clear, however: TIF is successfully being used in 48 other states to enhance the tax-base and create new jobs. Only Arizona and North Car olina currently don't employ it. Proponents call TIF a needed See Amendment on A4 In Grateful Memory of Our Founders , Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell, Sr. " Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better" Mixssell Jfuneral Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support 822 C 'm l Kussell Ave. (at Martin I>utlier King; Dr.) Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (33fi) 722-3459 fax (336) 631-8268 rusfhome@bellsouth.net The Only Choice for African- American and Commimity N~o\ i
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