W-S Police
receive money
to fight gangs
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The Governor's Crime
Commission awarded $20.6
million to state and local
agencies last week in an effort
to make communities
throughout the state safer and
to assist crime victims.
The money will help pro
grams that detect and deter
gang activity, assist victims of
domestic violence and sexual
assault, prevent juvenile
delinquent^ and fight drug
abuse.
Forsyth County agencies'
slice of the pie was
$250,717.16. The Winston
Salem Police Department was
awarded $93,231 for to sup
port a gang coordinator posi
tion. Family Services will
receive $150,000 for its
Vantage Pointe - Child
Advocacy Center. The
Kernersville Police
Department received about
$7,500 to pay overtime to
officers and investigators who
have worked long hours prob
ing gang and drug activities.
"Preventing crime, gang
activity, domestic violence
and child abuse requires that
we work together at the com
munity, state and federal lev
els," said Gov. M^ke Easley.
"These grants help our state
and local agencies develop
programs and get the
resources they need to keep
our communities safe and
secure."
The commission awarded
187 grants to state and local
agencies, including nearly
$4.8 million to reduce and
prevent gang activity and
more than $5.8 million to help
domestic violence and sexual
assault victims. Most of the
grants will support locally
developed initiatives designed
to meet the specific needs for
that community.
The Administrative Office
of the Courts received funds
for drug treatment courts, fed
eral drug prosecutors and ini
tiatives dealing with domestic
violence, child abuse and
other family-related issues.
The Department of Juvenile
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skills. And while their
numbers have surged at many
high-profile schools, enroll
ment among Asian-Americans
and Pacific Islanders is actual
ly increasing faster at commu
nity colleges than at four-year
ones.
Jih-Fei Cheng, coordinator
of the Asian and Pacific
Islander Student Center at
California State Polytechnic in
' Pomona, said the "model
minority" idea is a burden for
many Asian-American stu
dents, who comprise about
one-third of the student body
there.
"What's insidious about
that idea now is that a lot of the
youth that are raised now in
the U.S. of Asian descent,
whether they're from families
that have been here five or six
generations, or just one or two,
they are pressured by this
'model minority' myth by their
families and society," he said.
But the report also argues
the "model minority" argu
ment can mislead policy-mak
ers. While it dances somewhat
gingerly around the topic of
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Gov. Mike Easley announced
the grant awards recently.
Justice and Delinquency
Prevention will be developing
partnerships with local agen
cy cies to address the dispropor
tionate number of minorities
who end up involved with the
juvenile court system.
Money for the gang vio
lence prevention programs
was provided by the General
Assembly through a special
appropriation in 2007.
Funding for the remaining
grants comes annually from
the U.S. Congress to the fed
eral Department of Justice for
distribution to the states in
four categories: Justice
Assistance Grants; Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Grants; the Victim
of Crime Act; and Violence
Against Women Act pro
grams. Federal funds for this
year's Justice Assistance
Grants were c^it by two-thirds
in the ?008 spending bill, but
may be restored in supple
mental appropriations legisla
tion later this congressional
session.
The Governor's Crime
Commission, a division of the
Department of Crime Control
and Public Safety, administers
the federal grants to provide
money to establish new pro
grams. Once the new pro
grams are in place, Ioc&l
resources are expected to be
used to maintain them.
affirmative action, the report
cautions against using the aca&
demic success of Asian
Americans to. demonstrate
racial preferences aren't neces
sary - that the system is ade
quate for groups that work
hard. It calls that argument an
excuse to ignore deep prob
lems in the education system.
"In reality, there are no
winners" in a college system
where the number of black and
Latino students has plummeted
with the end of affirmative
action, the report argues.
Teranishi acknowledges
the end of the affirmative
action significantly boosted
the number of Asian
Americans at schools like the
University of California. But
he says it's not clear that the
narrow admissions criteria that
replaced the old system have
benefited Asian-Americans
overall.
"Just as some Asians have
probably benefited from the
narrow definitions of merit
that have been applied in the
- UC system, I think there are
also a lot of Asians that proba
bly are disadvantaged because
of that," Teranishi said.
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Nine-year-old owns bubble gum enterprise
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THE CHRONICLE
Matthew Clinton may only be nine
y ears -old but he's already making regular
trips to the bank to deposit profits from his
own company.
He is the owner of Big Matt's Bubble
Gum Company. His first gum machine is in
Flashback Smoothies, a West End smoothie
shop owned by his father, Michael Clinton.
Matthew checks the gum level in the
three-section machine often, replenishing
supplies when needed. The machine nets i
him $20 - $30 a month
"My dad inspired me to do," said
Matthew. "He wanted me to start learning
how to be a business person, an entrepre
neur, so I can follow in his footsteps. 1 got
the bubble gum machine on my birthday,
and I was really happy." 0
A gum machine may sound like an odd
present, but Clinton said it was perfect for
his son's entrepreneurial spirit. Clinton
involves both his sons - Matthew and
Michael Clinton, Jr. - in his business ven
tures. He made them both junior partners at
his smoothie shop, where boys concoct
smoothie flavors and helped to come up
with the shop's name. Flashback Smoothies.
Both both boys work at the shop -
cleaning tables, taking orders and running
the register, which is Matthew's favorite
job. He loves handling the money, his father
says.
"I like money because I can save it and
buy big things," said Matthew.
With his gum machine venture, he han
dles money often. He uses some of it to tithe
at church, but he saves most of it so that
one day he can invest in starting his own
company. He also wants to put gum
machines in other locations. He's already
looking to add machines at a local salon and
in Flashback Smoothies' other location at
the Fulton Family YMCA. Matthew has
three gum machines waiting to be placed.
They were donated to him by a reader of
Kid*' Rule Magazine, a bi-monthly maga
zine started and operated by Michael
Clinton, which featured a story on Matthew
earlier this year.
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Matthew Clinton stands by his profit-making venture.
The Clintons: Father Michael with sons
Matthew and Michael, Jr.
Matthew has big shoes to follow when it
comes to his dad. Clinton also has an online
musical instrument store and Web design
company. Flashback Smoothies has been
open for more than three years. Clinton
wants to pass his brand of entrepreneurial
spirit on to his sons.
"I believe the family unit is one of the
core fibers of society," said Clinton.
"There's an old saying that says 'The fami
ly that prays together, stays together.' We
believe the family that works together, stays
together as well. We make it a family ven
ture." ^
Matthew, a fourth grader, is also in the
Academically Gifted class at Bolton
Elementary and is an honor roll student. His
favorite subjects are math and history.
Matthew's gum machine and the down
town location of Flashback Smoothies is
located at 1003 Brookstown Ave.
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