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The . -? -? - "1 -See Page A3 qpm wi$t i-irm street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 20 120409 1 NORTH CAROLINA ROOM FORSYTH CTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 660 W. 5TH ST WINSTON SALEM NC 2710^ >-27.55 5-DIGIT 27101 Vol. XXXV No. 32 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, April 9, 2009 Ram runners staying ahead -See Page BIO Students explore careers in building ... 75 cents Homeless Mfrru/., shelter begins art k,--th C iyth County - North Carolina projects ft A J Burr says Democrats gunning for him in '10 BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE . ? Republican Senator Richard Burr told College Republicans on Friday that Democrats will make ousting him in next year's midterm " ".'I ' ? . . ' ' , photo h\ T'hJJ lVitk Sen. Richard Burr speaks to young Republicans last week. election a top priori ty "Th e next elec tion is going to be difficult, and it's going to be long." he said. "Don't let a n y bod y fool you. I'm the number one target in the Unit e d States. If you think they spent a lot of money on Elizabeth 1 Dole, you wait and see what they do to me." Last year, the Democratic Senatorial . Campaign Committee spent more than SI I mil lion to help Kay Hagan unseat Dole from a Senate seat that had been controlled by ? Republicans for decades. Burr's words came during an address at the 1 North Carolina Federation of College Republicans Spring Convention held at Hawthorne Inn. He said that he is not afraid of ( the threat and feels confident that he would win a second term. In the last couple of elections, the GOP has lost both the White House and control 'of | Congress. Burr acknowledged that Republicans | helped bring about their own defeats. ( "We should' ve never lost the majority." said j Burr, who calls Winston-Salem home. "We did n't do a good job when we had it. In fact, we , emulated many things that Democrats did < We've learned that lesson, we won't make the , same mistake twice " But Burr, a ranking member of the Senate < Veterans' Affairs Committee who co-chaired i See Burr on A4 ' Unyielding Photo hy Kevin Walker Christine McCravy passes out fliers near Galilee Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday in support of Kalvin Michael Smith, a local man serving time in prison for a violent assault that many believe he did not commit. Galilee played host to the "Justice and Fairness" public rally for Smith. The event was spon sored hy the Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice. Mothers for J ustice and the Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity. Supporters have set up a Web site ( www.kalvinmichaelsmith.com ) to inform the public of Smith 's plight. Black man making bid for N.C. GOP leadership post 3Y I.AYLA FARMER fH I; CHRONICLE Change. The word has "*een on Ihe lips of Democrats icross the nation for more than i year now. Timothy Johnsdn. Ph.D. is loping members of the Republican Party of North Carolina will also adopt the nantra. Johnson, a 21-year military veteran, made Buncombe County history when he was elected its GOP chairman. No African- American. Democrat )r Republican, had ever headed a party in [he Western North Carolina county. Now le is setting his sights on a higher office. Johnson announced his hid to become the next vice chair of the state GOP just .overa month ago The new officers will be chosen during the North Tim Johnson Carolina Republican Party Convention in June in Raleigh * Johnson will face off against incumbent David Sawyer, a former Swain County Republican Party chair. Sawyer, a longtime leader, has held many posts within the GOP But Johnson believes the state is ready for sAme new blood. "We can no longer wait," he said it's time for some change, it's See Johnson on A7 A Holy Snub? Agency says responses from black pastors for domestic violence seminar has been lackluster BY LAYLA FARM BR THl CHRONICLE A local nonprofit's attempt to get church lead ers more involved in the fight against domestic violence, has received a cool reception thus tar. Smith Mothers- on a Mission (MOM), a domestic violence outreach organization, sent invitations to, more than 60 local pastors last month, inviting them to attend a domestic violence (DV) training seminar slated for April 18 at the Cl'emmons Branch Library. The gathering aims to help church leaders tackle the . issue of domestic violence when it arises in their congregations, said Dentse Smith, who founded MOM late last year "AH the research that 1 found showed that every Sunday, one out of every four women in our con gregations are dealing with (domestic violence), and the clergy, the pastors are not addressing this." she commented. When they do counsel the women, they are sending them back home (to the abusive relationship)."' The wrong advice from a pastor can keep a DV victim in a dangerous situation longer. Smith says, The Domestic Violence and the Church Clergy Training Seminar was designed to- help faith leaders to get the infor mation they need to most effectively advi.se congre gants in DV situations, she Everslev added. "It's not that they don't care: they just don't know how to deal with it in the church." stated Smith. "They're following the Scripture, which is what they're trained to do. but they're not seeing the broader picture." But Smith did not get the positive response she had hoped for when she sent out invites to the event. In fact, no one had replied by the April 1 RSVP date 'Smith believes they may be afraid to confront the controversial issue. "They don't have the correct knowledge, they see how critical it is. -but for some reason, they are still reluctant-" she declared "I think they have a fear (of getting involved)." The Rev, Dr Carlton Eversley. president of the Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity, believes MOM's method of promotion may be to blame for the dismal response. Everslev Sec Pastors on A 7 In Search of a Solution Summit focuses on improving outcomes of black males in higher education BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE Forsyth Technical Community College. Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University joined forces last week in an unprecedehted collaboration centered around the issues facing African-American males in the higher education system. Held April 1-4. with events at each of the three institutions, the Black Male Summit was the brainchild of Christopher Martin, pro gram coordinator of the Minority Male Transitions Program at Forsyth. Tech. Dr. Shaun Harper The summit, themed. "What Keeps them from Coming, What Keeps them from Staying," was funded with a grant by the Winston-Salem Foundation's Black Philanthropy Fund It was created as a way to help the schools isolate the problems that keep black males from performing as well as other groups in the higher educa tion setting. Martin said It is his hope that by identify ing the problems, the institu tions will also he able to conceptualize effective methods of combating them. "One of the most effec See Summit on A3 ftioicn hv l!a\la Farnu i Dr. Harhee Oakes ofWFl' presents a token of appreciation to Chris Martin while Jonathan Cox and Monty Hickman look on. I DON'T PASS THE BUCK BUY LOCAL
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