Panthers
hold kids
training
camp
- See Page B1
Europeans
. will study
civil rights
in the city
- See Page A3
Visitors
have new
guides
for travel
- See Hage A4
3 Church
holds
unique
service
-See Page A9
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75 cents CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY JOLR" this library Vol. XXXI No. 45
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2
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File Photo
Larry Leon Hamlin (right) and Tom Joyner pose together at
the Adam's Mark Hotel in August 2003 .
Joyner to be
back in town
for the NBTF
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The hardest working man
in radio is coming back to
Winston-Salem in August.
Tom Joyner - whose pop
part of festival week again.
Hamlin said Joyner's broad
cast in 2003 piqued interest in
the festival from people
around the nation who knew
nothing about it.
"He has his own follow
ular morning radio
show reaches close
to 10 million lis
teners in 120 U.S.
markets - will
broadcast his Sky
Show live from the
Joel Coliseum on
the morning of
Aug. 5. Joyner
does a Sky . Show
nearly each week
in a different city.
The shows feature
Joyner and his on
air cohorts at their
best as well as
music and celebri
File PhoCo
Katherine Dunham
will be among
those honored with
Joyner at the gala .
ing," Hamlin said.
"That certainly
helped us get the
word out."
Joyner's 2003
Sky Show included
on-air interviews
"with Hamlin as
well as several
celebrities in town
for the NBTF. The
Gap Band per
formed several
songs.
Locally, the
"Tom Joyner
Morning Show" rs
broadcast on
ty guests.
There will be no shortage
of celebrities in toVvn on Aug.
5. Like in 2003, Joyner is
bringing his show to the city
to coincide with the National
Black Theatre Festival, which
will start on Aug. I and will
run through Aug. 6.
Larry Leon Hamlin, the
founder and artistic director
of the NBTF, said he is excit
ed that Joyner agreed to be a
Greensboro-based 97.1
WQMG. A station official
said tickets to the Sky Show
will be given out on a first
come, first served basis. In
2003, local folks turned the
parking lot of the coliseum
into a camping site as they
waited for the precious and
limited Joyner tickets, which
were handed out just a few
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School bond may not be dead long
Referendum will not comejhis year but maybe in 2006
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The proposed 2085 school
bond referendum was as popu
lar as a tone-deaf 'singer on
"American Idol."
The school system had spent
months devising the $80 million
proposal and several weeks try
ing to sell it to county voters. It
would have built three n^U<
schools, including a replace
ment school for the aging Walk
ertown Middle School.
A few weeks ago. though,
school officials said the 2005
bond referendum would not be.
Superintendent Don Martin said
last week the proposed bond
lacked wide-range appeal.
"The basic issue is that it
was too small." he said. "It did
not touch enough children."
Under the proposal, few dol
Photo hy Kevin Walker
Superintendent Don Martin lays a bond may come next year.
lars would have been spent on
renovating existing schools.
School officials said millions in
renovations have alnpdy been
done on most schools with past
bond money. O
The new schools that were
proposed were all to be built in
the suburbs, a fact that did not
sit well with many black lead
ers. The Ministers Conference
of Winston-Salem strongly
came out against any 2005 bond
referendum. The Ministers Con
ference was joined in jjs opposi
tion by the grassroots group
CHANGE, which told school
officials that its hundreds of
members would not support any
bond unless at least half of the
money was dedicated to reno
vating old schools.
If this bond had made it onto
the November ballot and were
passed by voters, the school sys
tem had plans to propose a .$156
million bond in either 2009 or
2010. With the '05 bond's fail
Sec Bond on A4
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'I'm a Winner'
Photo by Kevin Walker
Christian Washington holds the trophy he received last week after complet
ing Vic Johnson's Annual Golf Clinic. Nearly a decade old, the clinic teaches
young people the basics of golf and also some life lessons. Christian was
among the more than 70 young people who took part in the clinic, which
was held at the Reynolds Park Golf Course. To read more about the clinic,
see page CI.
Loans
will try
to help
Liberty
CDC hopes to
revitalize the
area by attracting
new businesses
BY COURTNEY GA1LLARD
THE CHRONICLE '
The Liberty Street CDC is
counting on a new economic
development loan program to
lure entrepreneurs to the Liberty
Street corridor.
Small business owners can
receive a $1 ,000-$3,000 loan to
supplement startup costs, pur
chase equipment and fixtures.
lilt
loans,
which
will
carry an
annual
interest
rate of 3
percent,
can also
be used
for
improv
ing ener
Shaw
gy conservation and purchasing,
constructing or rehabilitating
commercial structures.
Jim Shaw, Liberty Street
CDC president, hopes the loan
program will encourage small
business owners to set up shop
on Liberty Street. Priority will
be given, he says, to existing
and new businesses that are
already located in the target area
on Liberty Street. Shaw esti
mates that there are between 1 5
and 20 vacant commercial
spaces available along the corri
dor.
"Liberty Street is a part of
the city of Winston-Salem, and
it must continue to be a part of
Winston-Salem. Liberty Street
goes straight down the heart of
our city." said Shaw.
The Small Business Loan
Program is being made possible
thanks to $25,000 the Liberty
Sec Loons on A9
Mayor, others
o
file for election
All City Council seats up for grabs
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Allen .Joines
reached into his
pocket Tuesday and
pulled out a $5 bill
and handed it to the
smiling clerk behind
the counter at the
Forsyth County
Board of Elections
office. When it
comes to election fil
ing fees, not even the
mayor gets freebies.
After making his payment,
signing a few papers and giving
the clerk a few of his boy-next
door grins. Joines made it offi
-
Joinmt
cial: He wants four more years.
A group of about two dozen
supporters applauded and
cheered as Joines fin
ished up his paper
work.
During his first
term. Joines has won
kudos for his part in
bringing Dell to town
and his efforts to save
a U.S. Air call center
that had threatened to
leave the city for
Pennsylvania.
Joines has also
been applauded for his efforts lo
heal the city's long-standing
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