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The Chrots Vol. XXXVII No. 2 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, September 9, 2010 Lady Deacs to kickoff golf season ?See Page BIO Unique effort to find volunteers ?See Pane A3 Atkins classes C hold a North Carolina reunion s,, , Wiflston-SalW "nils The 103 Year-Old Birthday Girl Mother Brady praised as God-fearing and big-hearted BY LAYl.A FARMER THE CHRONICLE Ethel Washington Brady recently celebrated a birthday that few arc privileged enough to see: her 1 03rd . Brady, who was born on Sept. 5, I907 in Winston Salem, was feted on her special day at the Family Life Center of Piney Grove Baptist Church, where she has been a member for nearly 60 years. "1 feel good," the centenarian said during the celebration, where dozens showed up to mark the occasion. "I love the church. I came up in the church, in a little bitty (church) and 1 don't miss a Sunday, because it helps me." Brady, who was the youngest of five chil dren, grew up in a three-room log cabin. She has outlived most of her family, including her husband, Joseph Brady, and five of her seven children. "My father passed away in 1951." explained her only daughter. Dilcy Brady. "She was a mother and she was a father to us. She kept us all together until we were able to See Hnad> on A2 PhoU*. by Lay la Farmer Ethel Brady poses with her two surviving children, Charles and Dilcy. WSSU taking steps to fix financial aid gripes A number of students were purged from classes last month BY LAYLA FARMER THf C HROMCU Hundreds of Winston-Salem State University students returned to campus last month and learned that they had been purged from their classes because of issues with their financial aid. Purging is a custom ary practice for WSSU - where 90 percent of stu dent receive some kind of financial aid - and many other schools when stu dents do not settle their outstanding tuition by a given date, but the number of students affected by the initial Aug. 18 purge was larger than usual. According to WSSU officials, a I.eGrandr variety of factors contributed to the mass purging this year. Nearly 70 percent of WSSU financial aid recipients were selected by the fed eral government for verification - an added step in the process - because their information was incorrect or incomplete, according to WSSU Chancellor Dr. Donald Reaves. In addi tion. the state of North Carolina did not finalize tuition increases until late July. The school was wait ing to get the final num bers so that students could get the maximum amount of finan cial aid coverage, school leaders said. Because some of the factors Sec VVSSl' on A9 WSSL Pho??. Chancellor Donald Reaves says students are to blame for many of the recent problems. Successful program in need of volunteers Phitfm by Layla Farmer Program Participant Jakenya Samuels. BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE A local mentoring collaborative is looking for adults who can spare a small amount ot their time to fight a big issue. "Graduate. It Pays." is seeking 100 volunteers to serve as mentors for high school students this school year. Mentors meet with stu dents for one hour a week at the schools, to provide encouragement, advice or simply a sympathetic ear for the students to help them per severe and stay in school. I he overall aim ot the initiative is to get more students to complete high school without dropping out. 7TK Strode "This is something that everybody should care about. It is in all of our best interest," said Sheryll Strode, volunteer leader for Graduate It Pays., which is powered bv about 30 community organizations. "We're all better off when all of our young people realize their potential ." Unlike dropout rates, which measure how many students stopped attending school in their senior year, graduation rates follow stu dents from their freshman year to see if they achieve graduation either four or five years later Officials began examining graduation rates in See (graduate on A 5 Teenagers teed-up to cast votes New law allows 16- 17 -year olds to pre-register with BOE BY TODD LUCK mi ( HKONK I I This month is Citizens Voter Registration Awareness Month in North Carolina, and election officials are targeting the youngest potential voters ever. A state law that went into effect on Jan. 1 allows 16-and- 17-year-olds to pre-register to vote by filling out voter regiNtration forms. Once pre-registered. the teens will be automatically regis tered and eligible to vote once they turn 18. The law requires county Boards of Election to work with school systems to con duct high school voter pre-registration drives once a year. Veronica Degraffenreid. a voter liaison with the N.C. Board of Elections. said the goal is to increase participation among young voters. "Normally younger people or younger citi zens don't vote at the same rate as those of us who are a little hit older," said Degraffenreid. Democracy North Carolina advocated for Degraffenreid the law. which had bipartisan support in the Legislature. The non-partisan group advo cates for increasing voter participation and the reduction of big money's influence in the political system. Democracy North Carolina Director Bob Hall said the state is only the third in the nation to allow students who are not yet 18 to pre-register He said 16 is a prime age for pre-registration since that's when many students study civics in school. "It's a very tangible wav to get a sense of what citizenship is and how to get involved." Hall said about pre-registration and the voting process. Sixteen is also when teens get driver's licenses. The N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles will now aid the effort b\ offering teens the opportunity to pre-register to vote at driver's license offices. Nearly one third of 18-25 year-olds are not registered to vote, compared to only 10 percent of those over 40. said Hall, who hopes to see those figures change as a result of the pre-registration push Hall said there See Voting on \V Tomatoes as Textbooks? Pboto h> Lay la Pmrr Third grader Tyler C'annt>n was among a group Old Town Elementary students who got a crash course in hiol ogy with the help of toma toes Tuesday. See full story on page A 2. DON'T PASS THE BUCK BUY LOCAL
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