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NAACP leader dislikes mall policy
Youth Escort Policy starts on March 5
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BY LAYLA FARMER
I HE CHRONIC! I
The head of the Winston-Salem
Branch of the NAACP isn't a sup
porter of a new Hanes Mall policy
that will place restrictions on shop
pers under the age of 18.
The mall announced last week
that it will implement its "Youth
Escort Policy" (YEP) on March 5.
It states that those under 18 must
be 'accompanied by a parent or
guardian after 6 p.m. on Friday and
Saturday evenings. Teens who
work at the mall will be provided
with identification badges that will
allow them to enter and get to work
without a hassle, says General
Manager Dennis Cerny. but all oth
ers who appear to be underage will
be prompted to provide proof of
age if not accompanied by an adult
Over the age of 2 1 .
Dennis Cerny
Violators will be asked to leave
the property immediately, Cerny
says. Announcements will be made
over the mall's public address sys
Jimmy Boyd
tem on Friday and Saturday
evenings beginning at 5 p.m. to
give the teenagers time to make
arrangements to be with a guardian
or be off of the property by the 6
p.m. curfew, he added CBL &
Associate Properties. Inc.. the com
pany that owns Hanes Mall, has
instituted similar policies at some
of its other shopping venues, said
Cerny. He says the policy is being
introduced at the behest of retail
ers. shoppers and other community
members, who have complained
that unruly youth who congregate
at the mall on the weekends are
having a negative impact on sales
and on the shopping experience of
others.
"There has been .a steady
increase in terms of youth on
Fridays and Saturdays and a corre
lating increase in infractions," said
Cerny. who added that unsuper
vised teens in the mall can be
upwards of 300 on a typical Friday
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Above: MEAC
Media Relations
Director Patricia
Porter leads a
Q & A session
with students.
Right: MEAC
Com mi s s ioner
Dennis Thomas
reads. Seated
beside him is
J oycelyn
Johnson, a mem
ber of the City's
MEAC Steering
Committee.
Books & Basketball
MEAC challenges students to read
BY LAYLA FARMKR
THi- CHRONICI.I*
Fifth graders ai Hall-Woodward Elementar> welcomed a host of
dignitaries to their school Tuesday morning.
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Dr. Don
Martin joined MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
Commissioner Dennis Thomas and others to kick-off the last stage of
the Read with MEac program.
"Although we are an athletic conference, academics is \erv impor
tant." said Thomas. "Reading is an important element of being suc
cessful in life."
The program, which encourages youngsters to read as many hooks
as they can within a span of a month, was launched in 2009 in con
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Larry Womble and Vic Johnson hold
the proclamation.
W-S sit-in
movement
is honored
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Two weeks after Greensboro hon
ored its sit-in heros during the grand
opening of the International Civil
Rfghts Museum. Winston-Salem fol
lowed suit.
The City
Council paid
tribute to the Ut
ile known
Winston-Salem
sit-in movement
- believed to be
one of the first
to involve both
black and white
students Mayor
Allen Joints,
who each
Stevens
February hon
ors local African- Americans who
played prominent roles in the Civil
Rights Movement, issued a resolution
honoring the men and women who
took part in the sit-in. State Rep
Larrv Womble and School Board
Member Vic Johnson, who took part
in the sit-in 50 vears ago. were on
hand to accept the honor.
"We. didn't go into to it to get
recognition, we went into it to trv to
address what we thought was
inequality, ." said Womble. who joined
his classmates at Winston-Salem
State and students from Atkins High
School and Wake Forest University
to stage sit-ins at various segregated
dow ntown lunch counters
The students were spurred into
action bv Carl Matthews, the father
of the city's sit-in movement. On
Feb. X. I 960. just seven davs after the
more famous Greensboro sit-in
began. Matthews, an African
American, sat at the "whites-only"
lunch counter at Kress Department
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Pastor Hobby Wilson with his wife, Cynthia
(right) and daughter, l.ucretia.
Wal-Mart shoppers treated to celebration
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Shoppers at the Wal-Mart on Hanes Mill Road
picked up more than groceries, clothes and Valentine's
Day gifts on Saturday. They took home a little black
history, as well.
For the second year, (he store opened its doors and
arms to For You Christ Ministries, which hosted a
Black History Celebration that included entertainment
and prominent local speakers like District Court Judge
Denise Hartsfield. Mayor Allen Joines and City
Council Member DD Adams
For You Christ Ministries Pastor Hobby Wilson
said he approached Store Manager Lee Ingle about
having the event at Wal-Mart because the chain has
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Young dancers from Fresh Fire Worship Center perform for the crowd.
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