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Chief Pat Norris will start at WSSU, her
alma mater, on Aug. 1.
BY LAYLA FARMER AND
T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Police Chief Pat Norris' retire
ment will be short lived: only a
month long, to be exact.
Norris, the city's first African
American police chief, has accepted
the position of director of public
safety and chief of police at Winston
Salem State University, Norris' alma
mater. Her last day as the city's chief
is expected to be June 30; Norris will
start at WSSU on Aug. 1.
"(I'm .excited) that I have the
opportunity to do something for my
alma mater and to be able to make a
difference at the place that gave me
my education," commented Norris.
"I think it'll be a way for me to ...
give back and to do something for the
school."
? Norris will succeed her longtime
friend Chief Willie Bell, who
announced his retirement earlier this
year after serving the university for
more than a decade. Bell will leave
WSSU at the end of June. Newly
appointed WSSU Deputy Chief
Marcus Sutton
Reaves
whI serve as
interim chief
until Norris
comes on
board.
W S S U
Chancellor
Donald Reaves
said Tuesday
that he became
impressed with
Norris, who has
more than three
decades of law enforcement experi
ence, as soon as he met her.
"I had no idea that she was going
to be on the market anytime soon,"
said Reaves, who reached out to
Norris when she announced her
retirement late last year.
Reaves said Norris at WSSU is a
natural fit. Not only because she is an
alumna, but because the skills she
used as the city's police chief will be
invaluable on a campus of 6,000 stu
dents, many of whom are residential.
"They live here; they eat here;
they study here. The campus is kind
of a microcosm of a city," said
Reaves. "So you have to provide the
same sort of services that a city
would. We have to be safe, free of
crime ... free of traffic troubles."
Norris - a wife, mother of four
and grandmother of nine - is already
excited about working with Reaves
and the campus' modest police force
to make improvements.
"The chancellor mentioned some
initiatives that he would like to see
done as far as security is concerned,
and 1 have to admit that he sparked an
interest there, and a passion," she
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Grads show anything is possible
200 earn GEDs and
Adult High School
diplomas
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
More than 200 men and
women were feted at Forsyth
Techncial Community
College's Adult High School
(AHS) and GED graduation
last Thursday night. Screams
of joy and thunderous
applause could be heard out
side Wait Chapel on the cam
pus of Wake Forest University,
as families and friends cele
brated the achievements of
their loved ones.
"The accomplishment cel
ebrated here .tonight is very
important," remarked Edwin
Welch, president of I.L. Long
Construction Company and
the keynote speaker for the
evening. "You have refused to
accept mediocrity."
Welch spoke at length
about the future, drawing from
famed baseball player Yogi
Berra. who was quoted as say
ing, "When you get to the fork
in the road, take it."
"Among you grads here
tonight, there are many exam
ples of what it takes to suc
ceed in life," Welch told the
audience. "You have chosen
to overcome many challenges
and obstacles. Because you
have worked extremely hard
and remained dedicated ...
you are winners in this game
of life."
Eighteen year-old Laura
Conner stepped outside for a
breath of fresh air after receiv
ing her certificate.
"I'm excited," remarked
the Kernersville native and
GED graduate. "I always
wanted to do, like, makeup
and stuff and once I dropped
out of school ... I just came
here to get my GED so that I
could do that."
Within the sea of blue caps
were hundreds of unique sto
ries, like that of father and
daughter team Franklin and
Candace Hayes, both of whom
completed the Adult High
School Program with honors.
Photos by Bernard J. Carpenter
A happy graduate waves to
friends and family members
after receiving his diploma <
last week.
Right: Seventy-nine-year-old
Ola Mae Venable earned her
GED after two years of hard
studying.
Winston-Salem native
Christopher Mahan moved
from Atlanta to obtain his
GED.
"I just want to continue the
family legacy, going onto col
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Photos by La^la Fanner
A helmet, rifle and dog tags
stand as a symbol for those
who have served.
Homage
paid at
service
City Memorial Day
tribute held annually
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE ?
Silence descended upon the
audience at the Lawrence Joel
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Monday evening. Only the
jingle of medals and the clop
of polished black shoes echoed
in the
stillness
as the
East
Surry
High
School
aROTC
retired
the col
ors made
their way
out the
doors,
Joel
signaling the .culmination 01
the annual Memorial Service.
It was a bittersweet cere
mony for many in attendance
"If you're like me, today
brings different feelings, dif
ferent emotions to you,"
Mayor Allen Joines comment
ed. "Today we feel grief; cer
tainly we should feel grief, but
today we should also feel
honor; we should feel patriot
ism and we should feel pride."
Joines urged those present
to carry the message of
Memorial Day with them.
"As we stand here today in
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NCSA discovers the way to a fireman's heart
Photo? by Layla
Farmer
The men of
Engine
F our dig
into the
homemade
meal.
Far right:
Student
Charles
Shaffer pro
vides music
for the
meal.
School thanks Engine
Four for service with
hearty meal
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Firefighter Rodmond
Dunlap paced the floor of the
firehouse kitchen one afternoon
last week, anxiously awaiting
his lunch.
Dunlap and the other fire
fighters on duty at the Engine
Four Station on Martin Luther
King Jr., Dr. were in for a spe
cial treat: a home cooked meal
courtesy of the North Carolina
School of the Arts.
May 21 was the third and
final day faculty and student
volunteers had treated the three
Engine Four crews to an appre
ciation lunch.
"The purpose oft it was just
to say thank you to Engine Four
... for serving the NCSA cam
pus," explained Ramona
Richmond, housing facilities
administrator at nearby NCSA.
"A lot of times they do get
called out. even though there's
not an actual fire. It ... could
be4>urnt popcorn or steam from
the shower, but these guys, they
come out and they don't com
plain at all We just want to say
thank you."
Dunlap and the rest of his
crew were treated to a Philly
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