Vol. XXXVII No. 5 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THURSDAY, September 30, 2010
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THERE'S LIFE AFTER PRISON
BY I.AYI A FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
David Moore is a one-man small business incuba
tor.
Moore. 50. the executive director of Southside
Rides f oundation. Inc.. has groomed at least 15 sue
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cessful business owners that he
knows of. and the numbers con
tinue to climb.
"We ain't on Hope Street for
nothing" reads the sign on the
wall inside the Southside Rides
Body Shop, and that's not just lip
service. For the last six years,
Moore has dedicated his life to
resurrecting the lives of young
men who found themselves on
the wrong side of the law.
The Foundation trains prima
rily young men in the lucrative trade of auto-body
repair. Graduates leave the program with enough skills
and know-how to land jobs just about anywhere, brags
Moore.
More than .*<)<> people, many of whom are exoffend
ers. have participated in the program, which also teach
es life and business skills.
"Mv whole mission is to clean up the community."
Downtown's
first vegetarian
eatery opens
BY LAYLA FARMER
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Darryl Murray and his fiancee and busi
ness partner Nanette Rayna cut the ribbon
to officially open their new restaurant
Monday morning. They also opened up a
new realm of possibilities for area vegetar
ians and
vegans.
Located
at 239 W
Fourth St.,
The Grilled
Asparagus is
downtown's
first vegetar
ian eatery.
Opening
the restau
rant is the
Phofert hy I jivI? Farmer
Owners I tarry I Murray and
Sane tie Ravna.
realization
of a dream
that Murray.
48. has had
since he was laid of from his job as a
bindery manager at an Atlanta printing
company six years ago.
After nearly two decades in the printing
industry. Murray said that the layoff was an
indication that it was time to take a new
direction. So the Fayetteville State
University alumnus headed home to
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See < . rads on AS Romi While stands outside his shop on Old Walkertown Road.
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Art major Jessica Savage designed the artwork on the Rams Know H.O.W. vehicle.
Winston-Salem State is taking
better health on the road
Novant Health gives school mobile health vehicle
BYT KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Movant Health President Paul Wiles handed over
last week the keys to a spacious mobile healthcare
clinic to Winston-Salem State University officials,
who are determined to use it fight disparities in well
ness between minorities and whites, rich and poor
The university broke-in the new clinic on
Saturday - a day after it was officially presented -
during the games of the Union Baptist Church's
Character Football League at Winston-Salem
Preparatory Academy, according to Dr. Joanette
McClain . professor of nursing in the WSSU School of
Health Sciences and director of the mobile unit pro
gram - Rams Know H.O.W. (Healthcare on Wheels).
The vehicle is equipped to allow nursing students
to offer blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and other
preventive care screenings and administer updated
immunisations to young people Other School of
Health Sciences students will also use the unit to put
their training to use. Dr. Peggy Valentine, dean of the
department, said occupational and physical therapy
Officials take part in the ribbon-cutting
services will also he available
Valentine believes that the tree services that Ram*.
Know H O W will offer at a varietv of sites and com
munity events could not have come at a better time.
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Chief Scott Cunningham sits
beside Sheriff Hill
Schatzman.
Officials
try to
reassure
Hispanics
New federal program
could lead to
deportation for some
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Forsyth County's two top
local law enforcement offi
cials addressed concerns last
week about a controversial
new federal program that
could lead to undocumented
immigrant*, being deported
Winston-Salem Police
Chief Scott Cunningham and
Forsyth County Sheriff Bill
Schal/man were the featured
guests at the latest Soul and
Salsa forum The city's
Human Relations
Commission has held the
forums for the past several
years as a
wav to
address
issues
affecting
the black
and
Hispanic
communi
ties. The
talks have
also been
used to tr\
Mlem-Abraha
to build bridges between the
two communities.
Last Thurvdav \ forum,
held at The Enrichment
Center, focused on the new
Secure Communities pro
gram. which is supposed to
alert' federal authorities if
undocumented people com
mit serious crimes. An initia
tive of the Department of
Homeland Security. Secure
Communities uses finger
print*. taken in the normal
criminal arrest process and
automatically checks them
against several federal data
bases. It also informs U.S.
Immigration Customs and
Enforcement (ICE) if sus
pects aren't in the country
legally ICE can then place
detainers on suspects
requesting that local law
enforcement officials turn
them over to ICE once
they've been through the
criminal justice system.
Wanda Allen-Abraha.
director of the Human
Relations Department, said
that her department has heard
concerns from local residents
about the new program
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