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^ The ? *% ^?lONICLE Vol. XXXII No. 9 ? THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2005 Mt. Tabor player has no time for laughs -See Puftf til Nation's drug czar visits Carver -See Page A3 Sick shut-ins s % % come back \2> to church r Set Page CI Alumni dedicate new Atkins High Former White House cabinet member Togo West on hand BY TODD LUCK FOR THE CHRONICLE The ribbon was cut Monday on the Simon G. Atkins Academic & Technology High School, the first school built in East Winston Salem in 50 years and the first school in the state to house three separate high schools under one roof. The school, located at 3605 Old Greensboro Road, is a 199,000-square-foot building that houses at least 60 class rooms containing three schools: The School of Biotechnology, The School of Computer Technology, and Wesf The School of Pre-Engmeering. The school takes its name from Atkins High School, which was the only black high school in the city during segrejation when it was on Cameron Avenue. The school is named for Dr. Simon Green Atkins, a son of former slaves, who went on to become an academic giant. He founded Slater Industrial Acad emy, which is now Winston-Salem State University. _ . ? l he ceremony was one ot two dedications tor the rnoto by Kevin Walker School officials and alumni take part in the ribbon-cutting. See Atkins on A9 Habitat reunion lauds success BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE ? The word "homecoming" has taken on an entirely new meaning for Latoya Williams Diggs since she became a home owner three years ago. She has a home coming celebra tion each time she walks into her three-bedroom, two-bath house. "I feel so blessed when 1 walk in the door. It is a dream come tme." she said. Williams' homeownership dream became a reality through Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, which has put more than 200 low-income families in safe, Photo* by Kevin Walker Sec Habitat on A12 Jaquan Wright, whose family residet in a Habitat horn*, gelt hit face painted during Saturday's homecoming. Raymond has big challenge in Merschel Candidates for NW Ward see most issues differently BY T KEVIN WALKER I HI CHRONICLE They say thai the third time is a charm. Ken Raymond is hoping that they are right. The 4 1 -year-old Republican tried to win the Northwest Ward City Council seat in 1997 and then again in 2001 . He failed to make it out of the primary both times. "I was discouraged." Raymond said about his losses. He was so beat down over the results of the elections that he decided in 2001 that he would never ran again. But Raymond is a contender once more. With no primary (his year, Ray mond's path to the Nov. 8 general elec tion has been facile, but a victory sure ly won't be. RaymoiKTVill have to beat Merschol popular two-term incumbent Wanda Merschel, the head of the coun cil's crucial Finance Commit tee. Raymond said he was persuaded by residents to run again - folks who he said were dis mayed by the council's decision in 2(K)3 to annex several areas adjacent to the city and its approval of nearly $19 million in economic incentives for Dell. Raymond was against both deei sions. The Dell deal got under his skin, particularly, because the same year the council voted for the Dell incentives, members contended that there was no Raymond money in the 2004/2005 budget to give police offi cers and firefight ers pay increases. The council's most recent budg et does include raises of up to 7 percent for public safety officers, but Raymond - who for 18 years has worked as a records specialist at the city's Police Department - says it is too little too late. Sec NW on All HAWS waiting game is ongoing ED says he is still on the job BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Employees and residents of the Housing Authority of Win ston-Salem were still calling Reid Lawrence "executive director" Tuesday before The Chronicle went to press. Lawrence confirmed Tuesday evening that was still leading t h e agency, which has been the sub ject of increased criticism over the Lawrence past few weeks. "Nothing has changed. I am still here working," Lawrence said. He said he was not at lib erty at the time to talk about whether his employment status might change in the days to come. A HAWS official said this week that the agency's board of commissioners had offered Lawrence a financial package in exchange for his resignation. Lawrence is said to be mulling over the offer. Recently, some commissioners have expressed doubts about Lawrence's abili ty tp lead the agency. Lawrence has led HAWS for about six years. Ironically, he was deputy director of the agency when commissioners fired the last executive direc tor, citing numerous issues with her management of the agency. On Lawrence's watch, HAWS has seen its best days. In 2003, the agency was halfway done with one HOPE VI redevelopment project when it received a second HOPE VI grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. At the beginning of the year. HAWS, for the first time, was designat ed as a "high performer" by HUD for its overall manage ment. There have been bumps in the road recently for the agency, though. A high-ranking See HAWS on A1 2 She Will Be Missed Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images The world lost a true treasure Monday when civil rights icon Rosa Parks passed away in Detroit, which had been her home for many years. Parks , who was 92, has been known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement " because she refused to give her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus in 1955. Her actions sparked a successful bus boycott that ushered in the end of Jim Crow. Here, Parks waves to the crowd in 1 999 at a ceremony where she received the Congressional Medal of Honor. In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, 3RuS?2?^ll <25^*3? (336) 7 22- 34 KS sf Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support 1225^. For Reference Not *o be taken from this library
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