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r\j p f\v p UfllvUP ujEa ? ? 1 48 110805 rjrD ZTr^, '* NORTO CAROLINA ROOM RT~IOT**C022 660 W 5THIffTPUBLIC LrBRARY ?ahen ,rom Vol. XXXI No. 42 WINSTON SALEM NC 27l01-2755 BRaTWC 30 YEARS OF C QM M I N I'n. J O IK! N Al Hbrary 75 cents |j|J| THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2 Jump rope team soars above all others - See Page til Woman finds success in program -See Page All Agency wins Weston Award - See Page 45 Day-care graduates preschool children -See Page CI New NAACP election is ordered Members will select new officers on Tuesday BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE There will be new elections for the Winston-Salem Branch of the NAACP on Tuesday, nearly six months after a local woman complained that the branch's previ ous election v iolated the civil rights organization's poli cies. JoAnne Allen tiled a complaint with the N.C. NAACP in November, days after she came up short in her election bid to unseat Winston-Salem Branch Presi dent Stephen Hairston. In the complaint, she claimed that people who were not good-standing members of the NAACP were allowed to vote in the Nov. 23 election and that Hairston openly used the branch's roster to call members to ask for votes. No one is allowed to use the roster for campaigning purposes. Hairston has long Sec Election on A10 File photo Stephen Hairston speaks at a news conference last week in support of tenants who filed a lawsuit against their for mer landlords. An Eye-Catcher Photo by Kevin Walker John Rogers , a High Point artist and a bur geoning art collector, admires a unique piece by emerging artist Chakaia Booker. The piece is made of wood and rubber tires. It is one of nearly 100 works of art owned by former NBA player Darrell Walker and his wife , Lisa . The Walkers' art is on display at Diggs Gallery. Darrell Walker was at the gallery Satur day for a kickoff recep tion. To read more about the event , see page A 10. HAWS board gets new chairman CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT The Housing Authority of Winston-Salem Board of Commissioners this week elected a new leader. Retired educator James A. Rousseau II was unanimously elected chairman of the board Tuesday. Rousseau had served as interim chairman since January, when Ernie Pitt, the publish er of The Chroni cle, left t h e board citing personal reasons and a conflict of inter est he Rousseau had in a ffAWS land deal. Rousseau is set to lead the agency over the next year, a period that will see HAWS relocating its headquarters from Cleveland Avenue to a downtown building on Fourth Street and further develop ment of a HOPE VI revital ization project in Happy Hill Gardens. Rousseau was appointed to the HAWS board in December 2001 . soon after he retired as Forsyth Technical Community College's vice president, community rela tions and development. A native of Adah. Penn., Rousseau for many years was a science teacher in the local school system. He was also the principal at Philo Middle School and Paisley High School (now a middle school) before taking the job at Forsyth Tech. Rousseau is an active member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Grace Presby terian Church. He has served Sec HAWS on A5 A Summer they Won't Forget Students will bring back more than memories from African trip BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Seventeen students are get ting the opportunity this week to learn lessons mm can't be taught front a textbook and gain experi ences that they coukl never get working a summer job or lounging on the beach. Today marks the halfway point of the students' two-week stay in Kenya. The stu dents - alb>f whom livi? in tht* ritv or Jane Stephens The foundation was founded by Chad and Jane Stephens last year to raise money for New Life Homes in Kenya, a widely praised orphanage mat mostly taxes in children left parent less by the AIDS epidemic. Another mission of the foundation is to make the ocean and thousands of miles that separate the United States from Africa a little closer through edu cation, cultural exchange and even the arts. Thr UnrlenK on have local connections - are the first-ever crop of young people sent to Africa to represent the Amani Children's Foundation. the trip, known as the Amani Scholar*, are part of that latter mission. While this is the first See Scholars on All Safe-sex efforts seeing some results Shops offer free condoms , P literature to customers BY STEPHANIE M. MOSER THE CHRONICLE The Forsyth County Department of Pub lic Health and various barbershops and Glenn beauty salons are con tinuing a partnership that was developed several years ago to help fight the spread of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in local neighborhoods. Kawanna Glenn, syphilis elimination project coordinator for the Forsyth Coun ty Department of Public Health, and her staff have heen recruiting salons and barbers to offer con doms in their establishments. "The condoms are distributed in the bar bershops to prevent the spread of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases, like HIV and so forth," said Glenn. The shops that have heen targeted arc mostly in the eastern and southeastern parts of the city, which the Health Department Phn*r> by Stephanie M<wcr Monte ' Edwards keeps condoms for his customers by his barber supplies. says are high-risk areas for STDs. Condoms are also offered at other sites, such as the central offices of apartment complexes. The Hispanic Action Center, and even some nightclubs, such as Tony's lounge. The project began when North Carolina had a resurgence of syphilis a few yftrs back, according to Glenn. Forsyth County was one of the counties in the state with par ticularly high rales. The county has been deemed a syphilis elimination project area See STDs on A4 In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell, Sr. "Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better " ffiugggll ffl lmeral Jimne Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support H22 <J?rl Russell Ave. (at Martin I.uther King I ?? - > Winston-Salem, Nf 27101 (336) 722-3459 Fax (33*,) 631-8268 nisfhomf? helbouth .nt-1
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