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Vof! XXXIV No. 41 THURSDAY, June 26, 2008
Runner
Furr is
claims
big victory
-See Page B1
Couple
starts
unique
new firm
Freedom
celebrated
at Rupert
Bell Park j
A new
day for
television
Push is on to inform
locals about impending
death of analog sets
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
In less than a year, analog
television will be a thing of
the past.
On Feb. 17, 2009, it will
fade into history, taking its
rightful place alongside 8
track tapes and corded remote
controls.
As the standard of broad
casting TV signals since tele
vision
was
invent
ed, ana
logo has
had a
remark
a b 1 y
long run.
Analog
sets
transmit
s n 11 n H
and images differently than
newer, digital sets, which
have become a less clumsy
and more efficient method of
transmitting.
The Federal
Communications Commission
(FCC) has mandated that the
old signals be put to rest. All
full-power television stations
nationwide must be broad
casting exclusively in digital
after the February deadline.
In order to access televi
sion in its new format, view
ers with older televisions that
do not have digital tuners
must purchase a digital-to
analog converter box. Nearly
half a million American view
ers fall into this category..
Those who utilize cable, satel
lite or other paid TV services
don't have anything to worry
about.
The cost of the box is
about $40- $70. The U.S.
Department of Commerce's
National Telecommunications
and Information
Administration (NTIA) has
alloted two, $40 coupons per
household to offset the cost of
the bo*es.
Digital picture boasts
improved color and clarity
and is by all accounts superior
to its predecessor - good news
for consumers, says Michael
Pulitzer, station manager for
WXII television, which has
already started to broadcast
See Television on A12
Pulitzer
Drivers forced to think creatively
Web site helps resident form driving pools
muters at www.SharetheRideNC.org, a
Web site that lets people search for other
commuters looking to carpool
BY TODD LOCK
THE CHRONICLE
For nearlv 1 1 v<"arc PHna
Barker has been commuting
from her home in Elkin to her
job in Winston-Salem. That's a
round-trip of 100 miles that has
her driving for two hours a day.
Fed up with high gas costs
and traffic congestion. Barker
has formed a van pool. She will
pick up fellow commuters in
Elkin. dropping them off at
their job sites in Winston-Salem
oeiore sne goes to work. All
those who take part will share in gas
costs. Barker found her fellow com
or van pool.
"It's going to be economi
cal; it's good for the environ
ment; it will be good for park
ing," said Barker. "It's going
to be be good all the way
around."
Barker, like many with
long^ommutes, felt the pain
at the pump as gas prices
increased. Her trips had
become increasingly costly.
She had to fill up twice a L
Perry
See Drivers on All Edna Barker is starting a van pool.
Cheers for the Chief
I WSSU Photo by Garrett Ganni
Winston-Salem State University Police Chief Willie Bell takes part in a toast with friends, relatives and colleagues last week during a farewell celebra
tion held in his honor. Bell is retiring from WSSU after a decades-long career in law enforcement. Read more about last week's celebration on page
A9 of this week's Chronicle.
Partnership opens city's first Safe Haven site
Program aims to aid communities in need
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
The Center for
Community Safety of
Winston-Salem State
University cut the ribbon yes
terday to open the city's first
Safe Haven location.
Housed in the Sarah Y.
Austin Building at 2050 Big
House Gaines Boulevard, the
site is adjacent to the Rolling
Hills community that it will
serve. Kolung Hills, a low
income apartment complex, has had its
share of crime and other problems.
"We see nothing but opportunity
here," commented Bill McClain of
Communities In Schools, one bf the
partners in the project. "The children
here are vibrant, intelligent ... with the
added resources ... it's
going to allow our volun
teers and staff an opportu
nity to make a difference in
this community."
The Safe Haven is one
of several the Center for
Community Safety (CCS)
and others in the TVin City
East- West Partnership plan
to open in the coming
months.
Twin City bast-West
Partnership's goal is that at least three
Safe Havens are opened," said CCS
Director Alvin Atkinson . "This is offi
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Atkinson
Photo by Layla Fanner
Bill
M cC lain ,
from right ,
stands with
Howard
Venable and
Alicia
Malone. All
three will
play a vital
role with the
Safe Haven
project.
Photo* by Kdvm
Walker
Dozens of
people
toured the
new
Kensington
Village over
the week
end, includ
ing Aleshia
Archie, who
is being
handed a
brochure by
Robin
Carpenter
in the photo
to the far
right.
Selling A Vision
Kensington Village tries to bury Forest Ridge legacy
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Walls that once provided refuge for roach
es and rats have been tom down; the tattered
sidewalks where drug dealers once made their
living and petty thieves plotted their next tar
gets have been yanked up; and permanent
retirement has been given to the old sign that
sat at the entrance and welcomed (or warned)
people that they were entering one of the city's
most infamous apartment communities.
To say that the former Forest Ridge
Apartments on Old Greensboro Road have
made a turn-around is an understatement. A
multi-million dollar facelift of the complex
See Kensington on All
In Memory of
Charlene
Russell Browh
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" Growing and StSl Dedicated to Serve You Better"
jRttagell Jfurteral Home
Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support
822 Carl Russell Ave.
(at Martin Luther King I)r.)
Winston-Salem. NC 27101
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