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47 110805 CAR-RT-LOT**C0?2 NORTH CAROLINA ROOM FORSYTH CTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 660 W 5TH ST WINSTON SALEM NC 27101-2755 CHROf iLEBRATING 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY JOURN For Reference Not to l>? taken fro ? his library ? LE m Vol. XXXI No. 34 AAU team works hard on its goals - See Page Bl Reality show star speaks at WSSU - See Page A3 YWCA leader takes bold step - See Page -45 Teens kick butts at local occasion -See Page All C ity mourns legend Gaines Former WSSU coach died after suffering a stroke on April 15 BY COURTNEY GAILLARD ANDT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRON 1CLE If there is a basketball game being played in heaven today, there is a good chance that Gaines Clarence "Big House" Gaines is coaching from the sidelines. The leg endary coach who led the Win s t o n - Salem State University basketball pro gram for nearly half a century passed away Monday evening, leaving many in this town with heavy hearts and decades of memories to cherish. "Coach Gaines was an icon, who helped raise the profile of WSSU to national promi nence," Harold L. Martin Sr.. the school's chancellor, said in a release. "His contributions and accomplishments in sport were incredible, but the contri butions he made to uplift the lives of so many young people during his lifetime, I think, is his greatest legacy." A native of Paducah, Ky., v Gaines picked up his nick name, Big House, for his mam moth physical size. In his prime, he was well over 6 feet and 250 pounds. In recent years, health problems made Gaines much smaller. He had recently battled cancer. He died from complications from a Sec Gaines on A1 2 ? Photo by Kevin Walker Latisha Fisher admires the flower bush in her front yard . Hope in Progress Only female New Hope participant putting best foot forward BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Latisha Fisher used to avoid the cops like most people avoid Business 40 at rush hour. The mere sight of a police cruiser would send her nerves into overdrive. When you're slinging drugs for a living, staying clear of law enforcement is one of the first lessons you learn. ? Fisher was barely a teenager when she learned the fine art of keeping one eye on customers and the other scanning for police cars. But Fisher never truly felt secure, not as she was selling drugs on street comers in and around Cleveland Avenue Homes or when she went home to sleep at night. "I always knew (the police) were com ing to get me. I always knew it," she said last week, tapping her hand gently on her kitchen table. Fisher was right. Detectives came to her door a few weeks ago and told her that they not only knew that she sold drugs but had evidence to prove it. As the detectives spoke. Fisher searched her tloor for her shoes so that she could prepare herself to walk to the detectives' car for a ride to the county jail, a place she was not unfamiliar with. But jail was not in the cards this time. Fisher was offered a chance to take part in the New Hope Initiative, a program that partners the Police Department with sever al local churches and agencies in an effort to give people like Fishei' an alternative to a life of drug dealing. The initiative is a new one for the department. Cops spent much of last year See Fisher on A12 Clownin ' Around Photo 'by Kevin Walker Salem College picked the per fect day to celebrate the open ing of Blixt Field. The school took over the former city owned Central Park and has converted it into a new ball park. The field is named for Chuck and Leslie Blixt the cou ple who donated $1.4 million to purchase the park. Mon day's grand opening featured a Softball game that pitted Salem students against faculty members. There was also lots of free food and games for anyone who stopped by. Pic tured here is another one of the attractions, Mark C. Don nell (aka "Mr. Pokeeto"), a Mount Airy-based professional clown. Here , Mr. Pokeeto makes a colorful balloon hat for a young boy. To read more about the opening of Blixt Field , see page CI. Trucker makes kids' day with bikes Photo by Courtney Gaillai Brenda Meacham and Vicky Beaver get hugt from Latham studentt. Students learn wftrds and earn prizes BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE Brenda Meacham challenged a sec ond-grade class at Latham Elementary School to learn 31 words during the month of March. She promised a big ^surprise to the boy and girl who exceeded the goal. On April 13, the professional truck driver made good on her promise and then some. Each of the 15 students received a brand new bicycle. "I don't think it's a day they'll ever forget." said Meacham. who lives in Denton. O Meacham became linked to the Latham second-grade class through a nonprofit mentor program, sponsored by the American Trucking Association, called Trucker Buddy International. She and the students have been exchanging letters over the past few Stc Bikes on A9 Rep. Womble again looks to the past with new bill Proposed legislation would make companies reveal their connections with slavery BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Two years ago state Rep. Larry Womble introduced leg islation lhat struck down North Caroli na's eugenics pro gram. The contro versial program had forcibly sterilized more than 7,500 people, many of them African-Amer icans. from 1929 to 1974. Womble is now hoping to have sue cess with another bill that looks to acknowledge sins of the past. The Forsyth County state legis lator ht cnsponsoring a hill with Rep. Earl Jones of Guilford that would require com panes with slate con tracts to reveal if they profited from the once lucrative slave trade. The bill is not punitive, Wotnble was quick to point out last week, mean ing that companies that did profit from slavery will noj^-tv made to pay a^tne or Sec Womble on AS In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell , Sr. " Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Betted Kussell Jfimeral JJamc Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support 822 Curl Russell Ave. (at Martin Luther King Or.) Winston-Snlcm, NC 27101 ,3.^722-3459 Fax (336) 631-8268 rusfhome(?) liellsouth.net
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