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, . For TSsjje. - CHRO^ ? ' LE 'J 2S5"? OT "Sawt /JL * * ?*?????"" ? r- - 660 W 5TH cp fi60 W 5TH ST WINSTON SATcth kv- . **??? library 75 cents 27l0i-2755 G 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY JOURN/ Vol. XXXI No. 31 THURSDAY, MARCH 3 1, 2005 Runners trying to outpace others - See Page B1 Video store owes N.C. customers - See Page A3 Deejay starts book club > - See P ? i ?" Woman is not defied by her age -See Page All Photo by Courtney Gaillard Rep. Virginia Foxx looks on as Sen. Richard Burr tests the new program. Center opens new lab to fight crime BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE Mapping a neighborhood, monitoring abandoned buildings or vacant houses, and tracking crime statistics are now as close as the Transforming Communities Research Lab. Winston-Salem State Uni versity unveiled this week the new state of-the-art computer lab on Fourth Street that will serve as a one-stop problem-solv ing resource and community development tool for neighborhoods around the city. It will also provide training for local nonprofit agencies, community groups, businesses and students who want to examine ways to improve the social and economic infrastructure of their communi ties. "This will allows us to better under stand the growing challenges and. more importantly, how to derive the solutions for addressing the most systemic chal lenges in our community," said WSSU Chancellor Harold Martin. The computer lab. which is being fund ed by the Governor's Crime Commission and the Winston-Salem Foundation, boasts five desktop computers complete with an exclusive problem-solving technology called Geographical Information System (GIS). This system will allow residents to map and document a wide variety of data about their communities such as the pres See Lab on A9 Flower Child Photo by Kevin Walker Karen Hauser gets help from her niece Evan Steele on Good Friday at the African American Graveyard at Old Salem. Members of St. Philips Moravian Church put flowers on the graves of those buried at the cemetery. To read more about the eventf see page CI. Mayor to try for another four years Allen Joines has already assembled long list of supporters BY T. KEVIN WALKER I HI CHRONICI I Mayor Allen Joines announced his plans to seek a second term yesterday during a multi-stop campaign b'litz that included stops in all of the city's eight wards. Joines worked as a city adminis trator for more than. two deca'des before he was elected mayor in 2 0 0 1. Joines, a Democ r a t .. impres sively beat incumbent Repub lican Jack Cavanagh. garner ing nearly 80 percent of the vote. Joines said he decided to seek re-election after meeting with several residents whom he respects. He said each of them encouraged him to run again. "I gave it very serious thought," he said Tuesday. "But I wanted to get some fuel from folks!" Joines said he is proud of what has been accomplished in the city during his first term. When he ran four years ago. one of Joines' campaign promises was to bring city res idents closer together, across racial and geographic lines. He worked to fulfill that pledge with things such as the Racial Healing Committee he formed in the wake of the Sec Joines on A12 Joines Kenyan student excels in and out of class Wake's Rebecca Cook was recently named a Rhodes Scholar BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE . Rebecca Cook fcoks and sounds like a typical American college student. But the Wake Forest University senior actually calls Kenya home. Cook was horn and raised in Kijabe. which means "Place or the Wind." The rural community, which is west of Nairobi, is home to many mis sionaries from around the world. Before enrolling at Wake Forest four years ago, "Cook was a student at Rift Valley Academy. The school for children of missionaries is what brought her parents to the country. Her mother is a teacher at the academy, and her father is the superintendent. More than 30 nationalities are represented at the academy, so Cook is accustomed to seeing faces that don't look like hers. The chance to interact with people from so many different cultures during her impressionable years, she says, is one she remains grateful for. "It was great just to be in an environment where I feel like 1 saw a different side of life than most people here in the States see," said Cook, who is majoring in biology and minoring in international studies at Wake Forest. Last year she was .named a Rhodes Scholar. "Before I really rtbticed that peo ple were different they were rfty friend." Sec Cook on AIO Rebecca Cook was born and raised in Kijabe, Kenya. The academi cally -gifted Wake Forest University stu dent hopes to return to her homeland one day to practice medicine. CHANGE takes up cause of soldiers Organization pushes for more pay and benefits for vets and active duty personnel BY T. KEVIN WALKER rHl CHRONICLE When his country called. Harry L. Smith answered. Smith served in the U.S. Marine Corps in Cuba dur ing the tail end of the Vietnam War. But the Smith who left home to serve was not the same man<i who came home. Now more than 30 years later, after Smith has been diagnosed with a laundry list of ifiental illnesses, members of his family say their calls for help have gone unan swered. "He receives no disability benefits - nothing." said Ciat K. Shaba/.z. Smith's sister. "I have been waging a battle on his behalf for over 15 years." Shabazz says her brother's story is not unusual. There are many veterans and even active duty military per sonnel who lack health ?are and other benefits, she says. Shaba// has been appointed head of the Military Family Sup port Committee for Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment (CHANGE). The com mittee will push for federal legis lation that would would increase pay for active duty soldiers, reservists and those in the National Guard. "It is a shame when you have veterans coming home and they are in these kind of positions," Sec CHANGE on A4 In Grateful Memory of Our Founders , Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell , Sr. "Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better" lUtssell Jfmtmrl Momz Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support 822 CJarl Kuswll Ave. (at Martin 1 either King Or.) Winston-Salem, NC: 27101 722-3459 Fax (336) 631-8268 rusfhome<?i> hcllsouth jiet The Only Choice for African-American and Community News
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