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'PlIT- ""nity 1? !*g&* ****-? iAONICLE Vol. XXXII No. 11 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005 Carver JV finishes season undefeated -See Page HI Hutchins named city's top employee ? ?See Pane A3 Evacfl treated to dinner at church ?See Pane BI6 Lawrence says he is proud of legacy HAWS to search for new leader BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Reid Lawrence said this week that it took a lot of time R&R. He left the agency after sev eral weeks of criticism and scrutiny by members of the HAWS Board of Commissioners. Members became especially critical after and energy to run what he considers the best hous ing authority in the region. Since he resigned as executive director of the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem nearly two weeks ago, he said he has had time to do things that his work schedule made impossible. I am visiting friends. ? MBi I have had time to visit J?ff* my kids. I am riding my motorcycle. 1 am getting a chance to do a lot of things I could not before," he said. Lawrence probably needed the one of Lawrence's top staffers was charged by the federal government with laundering HAWS funds, a charge the staffer denies. The feds are now in the midst of putting other aspects of the agency under the magnifying glass. Rumors that com ^ 1 missioners were going rton to fjre Lawrence floated about for weeks before he accepted a settlement equaling more than $100,000. The settlement Sec HAWS on A8 File Photo Reid Lawrence is seen here in his HAWS office in August . Joycelyn Johnson smiles at the Forsyth County Board of Elections after learning of her victory Tuesday. Women will rule Council Election alters demographics in many ways BY T.HBVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Women will have a majority on City Council when members are sworn-in later this year. The victories of Molly Leight in the South Ward and Eve lyn Terry in the South east Ward will mean that there will be five female council mem bers. They will join incumbents Joycelyn Johnson of the East Ward, the Northwest Tarry Ward's Wanda Mer schel, and Vivian Burke, the mayor pro tempore and the North east Ward's representative. All three incumbents had no trouble keep ing their seats in Tuesday's election. Burke - the longest serving member of the council with 30 years of tenure - ran unopposed; Johnson beat Republican Mac Weatherman by nearly 500 votes; Merschel defeated Sec Council on A7 Brothers in Soul Phoio by Kevin Walker Wake Forest Univer sity students Eric Polk , left , and Joshua Bennett per form the Stevie Wonder classic "As" recently during the school's annual Pro ject Pumpkin. The event provided Hal loween fun for more than 1,000 local young people. Polk and Bennett were just two of the stu dents who took to the outdoor stage to perform during the event. Calendar girls share survival tales Breast cancer survivors hope to inspire women to get screened BY T KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Mary Gregg doesn't suit up in combat fatigues each day. She carries no assault rifles or grenades. But Gregg is in battle against an enemy that she knows all too well. "My two daughters were disposed with breast cancer. One of them died from it.... She was 38," said Gregg, who turned 71 in July. Her daughters' diagnoses promoted Gregg to get herself checked. She was told that she also had breast cancer. The news came not long after her daughter's death in 2003. Gregg has been fighting the disease for about a year and a Sec Calendar on A1 3 Photo by Kevin Walker Mary Gregg (from I ?ft), Betty Meadow* and Patricia Hough pote with the Sitter , Speak I logo. Parks ceremony slated for Sunday Event will feature songs, reflections BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Organizers are hoping for a heavy turnout for a program Sunday that will memorialize civil rights champion the backdrop for the program. The program will end with a candlelight vigil during which program participants and guests will circle the vintage bus. It will mark the city's first program of substance Rosa Parks. The pro gram - which will also emphasize the importance of the rights for which Parks fought - will symbolically take place at the Winston Salem Transit numoriiy mum uii ?mHM Fifth Street. Won Parks, of course, sparked the Civil Rights Move ment in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery. Ala., city bus. A bus from that era will be on display at the transit cen ter for the program and serve as in honor of Parks since her death late last month at age 92. State Rep. Larry Womble, the gent's main organiser, said Winston-Salem need ed to do something to honor the trailblazer yoal just as inner ernes lble have already done. "Winston-Salem really needs to start recognizing people," he said. "(Parks) was the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement Womble has made recogniz . and StiU Dedicated to Serve You Better" **22 c ?ri k? (at Martin Luther Jfmteral Momr *"??722:1 Everyone ForTheir Support h'2?Z??iZ
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