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Chron icle 46 110805 * * * * * 'CAR-RT-LOT* *C022 NORTH CAROLINA ROOM FORSYTH CTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 660 W 5TH ST WINSTON SALHH NC 27101-2705 '5 cents ( ELEBRATING 30 Y F A H n OF COMMUN.IV JOU.NAUSM fm Vo'- XXXI No. 51 THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2 ? VI WJ I' ? ^ ? st I ?n-S the others - S? Page HI Local man markets nis own seasoning - See Page A9 Bike cops move into new location - See Page A4 Residents come out for fun evening -See Page CI Burke takes job with schools Mayor Pro Tempore will work to curb student absenteeism BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke is going back to her educational roots. She has signed a contract Burke city county school system for th^ upcom 1 n g 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 0 6 academ ic "year to work with students in Alternative Learning Centers, or ALCs. The centers, usually mobile classrooms, have been set up in recent years at all of the system's 10 high schools. Students with multiple visits to the principal's office for minor infractions or who have accumulated at least 10 days of out-of-school suspen sion are assigned to ALCs for as little as a week or as long as 90 days. Assignment to an ALC is punitive. Students are physi cally separated from their classmates and teachers, and much of their classwork is done independently. Students assigned to ALCs have less than 80 per cent attendance, said John Siskind, the system's alterna tive education chief. Burke will work to develop a rela tionship with ALC students and their parents to learn the root of their absenteeism. Her work may be used to devise strategies to increase atten dance among ALC students. Sec Burke on A1 1 Piggott will give new Atkins his all Photo by J acton Pin Longtime edu cator Dan Pig gott stands near a row of lockers at Atkins Acade mic and Tech nology High School . Pig gott will lead the new school , which will open to students next week. BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Dan Piggott walks through the sunlight A U I U..1I. .U . ui ci h. iicu uan> ui uic new Atkins High School like a man without a worry in this world. He greets members of his staff with friendly nods, calls cheerleaders and athletes by their first names, and glances approvingly at construction work ers still making last minute additions. Not even the constant pages on his walkie talkie and the frequent buzz of his cell phone seem to unravel Martin Piggott. He is the captain of a $22 million vessel that will introduce a new brand of high school edu cation when the school opens a week from today. Furthermore, Piggott's school has big shoes to fill. It car ries the name, mascot and colors of the origi nal Atkins, a high school that educated generations of leaders before it closed in the 1970s. Some of alum ni of the original Atkins are waiting to see if the new schcx)l will also borrow the success and achieve ments of their alma mater and not Sec Atkins on A10 A' New Era Young pastor takes over at United Metropolitan BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Rev. Prince Raney Rivers has received a welcome befit ting his majestic name from the congregation of United Metro politan Missionary Baptist Church. Members have embraced the young pastor and prepared their hearts and minds for his message and mission. Rivers has felt the love, and it feels good, he says. "This is a very strong church. The congregation is very ministry-minded," he said Monday from his church office that he is still settling info. Rivers succeeds a giant at United Metropolitan. The last man who stood behind the church's pulpit had often been hailed as one of the city's best preachers. The Rev. James Don Photo by Jarson Pitt United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church was Aug. 1. aid Ballard had plenty of time to perfect his signature technique. He spent 45 years as pastor of United Metropolitan, stepping down late last year to enjoy retirement. Rivers, a native of Decatur, Ga., was well aware of Bal lard's lore before he got the job at United Metropolitan. He had seen Ballard preach before and was impressed with Ballard's style and erudition of The Word. Rivers knows that compar isons between him and the man who preceded him are inevitable. But he says he did not come to United Metropoli tan to fill Ballard's ample shoes, but, rather, to make a path in his own shoes. "God had Rev. Ballard here for 45 years because of the gifts that Rev. Ballard had. God has called me here because of the gifts that I have," Rivers said. "We are not the same people, but we serve the same God." To outsiders, it may appear that the church's search com mittee went with someone who is the polar opposite of Ballard. Rivers is half Ballard's age.' See Rivers on A4 WSSU students get campus shuttle Photo by Courtney Gaillard WSSU'i Jonathan Martin talki to the media about the now shuttle. BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE What's red and while, seats 28 people and moves on wheels? Give up? It's the new Winston Salem State University Ram Express. Last Friday, the new high tech shuttle rolled onto cam pus just in time for the start of the WSSU fall semester, which will begin next week. University officials expect the shuttle service will help them meet the needs of their rapidly growing student body. Enrollment at WSSU has grown by some 7 percent since last year. The school has also experienced a 72 percent increase in its enrollment since Chancellor Harold Mar, tin took the helm of the school five years ago. "It represents our commit Sec Express on AS Surry blacks are chronicled in book Author Thompson attended WSSU BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE Evelyn Thompson never met Grace Gates Smith, but an old pictiire of the Surry County woman in tattered clothes haunts Thompson. i Grace Smith is believed to have lived to 125. after spending most of her life as a nurse to some 22 children on the Bunker Planta tion. Born into slav ery. Smith became a wedding gift to a couple in Trap Hill. She died in 19 IS. "I look at her clothes. She looks like she's rapped up in Th ompton rags. But I look at her face and her stature, but the stress that comes through that photograph . to me. is uplifting," said Thnmnvnn mithnr nf "Black America Series: Around Surry County." A copy of Smith's death certificate appears below her picture in the book, which includes more than 200 pictures, some nevetO before published, of Surry County African Americans datina back to the 1800s. Thompson chronicles their lives and work in the farming region up until See Sorry on A10 In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell, Sr. "Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better" jRugggll otnc Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support 822 Carl Russell (at Martin Luther K Winston-Salem, NC ' (33<&) 722-34 Pa* (336) 631 -J1 rusfhome@heliso<i< i For j Reference I | Not ?o be taken from ? Ills library
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