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27 ?? ? ? ? ? 1 " - Ca,;ONICLE Vol. XXXIII No. 10 THURSDAY, November 9, 2006 a Young player driven to excell -See Page Bl New online portal makes its debut -See Page A J 5 BCBSNC plans to bring new * jobs here 75 cents c^ebr3% & I ? <2 We?/v * of S i <8? i -*"**> %?jty ^ Center spreads re-entry THE CHRONICLE Last year, the Winston-Salem State University's Center for Community Safety (CCS) received & grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help other commu nities re-integrate ex-offenders into society. Alvin Atkinson i ne center s efforts were recently recognized with a new grant, this one for $100,000, recently awarded for the continu ation of the program. "The main thing that we have done is actually try to get agen cies to real ly - work together and making sure that there are several key com ponents that we have learned throughJwork ing in re-entry over the years and having different agencies really move towards being successful," explained Alvin Atkinson, interim director of the CCS. All of the cities the CCS supports are part of the Weed and Seed program, a flag ship program of the Department of Justice's Community Capacity Development Office which offers a comprehensive multi-agency abroach to few enforcement, crime preven tion and community revitalization. The CCS has worked with communities in Miami, Philadelphia Washington, D.C.T Indianapolis and Oakland, Calif. The grant was originally awarded to the CCS, in Atkinson's opinion, because of the center's dedication to the successful re entry of ex-offeiiders into society. "We had- been looking at re-entry really as far bac? as 2001 in partnership with the Urban Institute out of Washington, D.C.," he said. "We had actually brought individuals to our community in looking at re-entry and had done some work nationally as part of a See CCS on A5 I ~ ~"3 " 5 Snapshots of Real Life Exhibit gives voice to caregivers and those coping with illness BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Brenda Sloan takes her mother for her dialysis treat ment. She helps her get secure on her walker, sits with her in the waiting room and even accompanies her to the treat ment area. But when health care workers begin to prep her moth er for the procedure, Sloan often gets a little uneasy. "I felt her discomfort with the needle insertion, and I saw her grimace in pain. I was hurt ing too and thinking how brave this 89-year-old lady is to have endured the challenging experi ence of dialysis," Sloan wrote those words in a journal she kept to detail her experiences as a care-giver. Some of her thoughts are juxtaposed with pictures she took of her rrtother. They are included in "Voices of African American Health," a new exhib it that opened Sunday at Delta Arts Center. The show was months in the making. The Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center won a $12,000 See Exhibit on A8 North Carolina Room Forsyth County Public Library 660 West Fifth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Brenda Sloan looks at the picture she took of her mother. Photo t^Kevin Walker Top Cop Photo by J acton Pitt City CouncU Member Dan Besse congratu lates Officer Robert Baker, one of 27 new rookie cops. Baker won two awards last week during a graduation ceremony for the new officers. To read more about the event, see page B16. Autistic student impresses peers with art BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE "DeShaun, will you draw something for us?" asked Carolyn Coleman, a job coach and teacher's assistant at Mt. Tabor High School . "Sure Ms. Coleman," the boy replied affably. DeShaun Miller, a sopho more abMt. Tabor, drew quickly and without hesitation, and within three minutes a perfect likeness of Spongebob Squarepants and sidekick Patrick Star appeared on the dry erase board. Though they have seen him draw many times before. Miller's class grew silent as he worked, enthralled with the pre cise rendering of the popular cartoon characters. Watching Miller bring char acters. to life with a few prac ticed flicks of the wrist is what some might consider to be an extraordinary experience, but Photo by L*yl? Farmer DeShaun Miller draws a popular cartoon character. then. Miller is no ordinary boy. Diagnosed with autism at age three, Miller's life has been an uphill battle, says his grand mother Brenda Miller. "He stopped talking and just went into a shell," Brenda Miller recalled. "Right then. I became his instant advocate." Autism is described by the Neurology Channel as, a life long disorder that causes abnor mal neurological development ... impaired social interaction, communication difficulties and restricted or repetitive activities and interests. "Sometimes it's a little hard to live with children with autism," Brenda Miller admit ted. "but he's worth every minute. I couldn't imagine my life without DeShaun." Despite obvious challenges. Brenda Miller has always been committed to affording her grandson every available oppor tunity. "I wouldn't take no for an aiftwer. and I still won't." she remarked. "I am determined Sec DeShaun on AIM ?mu NAACP's latest battle is against a school policy Local president thinks schools should notify . parents if their kids are arrested on campus B V T. KEVIN WALKER . ^ THE CHRONICLE ' The head of the local NAACP believes that racism was a factor when a mother of a Parkland High School student was not notified that her son had been arrested on school grounds and hauled off to jail. "I know this would not have happened at Reagan (High School)," said Winston-5>alem NAACP Branch President Stephen Hairston. Reagan is a brand new subur ban school with a largely white student cxxiy. Hairston moder ated a community forum last week at the NAACP head quarters, where sev eral parents com plained that school resource officers (SROs), sheriff's deputies assigned to protect local schools, are often hostile toward students and do more harm than good. Doshia James, the mother of the Parkland student, Ph?xo b\ Kevin Walker Doshia James defends her son last week at a NAACP forum. was one of the parents with concerns. James said the SRO had no cause to arrest her son. The merits of the incident will be weighed in court. Hairston is most concerned that James was neither contacted by Parkland administrators nor the Sheriff's Office that her son had been arrested. "No one took the initiative to let this mother know that her son was not coming home that night," Hairston said. Portland Principal Tim Lee and Alecia Harvey, an assistant prin cipSifSt the school. w?re both on hand for the forum.- Harvey and Jan*s sparred verbalJy,Over the circumstances surrounding the inci dent involving James' son. but neither Lee nor Harvey addressed Hairston 's concerns about parental notification. Paul Puryear. an assistant superintendent for high schools who also attended, said that it is the responsibility of the SJieriff's Office to notify parents if , t. See Forum on A8 .... ,1 ??!... Ill I.. I. , . | 1 1 In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. 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