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The Chron 14 I ''II I ***?l^** . 1>U'.I I WIO H C l -i tt Jl l rif-SY in < i'Y i i im :d i AAG W MH Si 1,(1 1 If 1 1 II I ? H ,1 I : II m. 101 Vol.XXXVlllNo.il WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November 10, 2011 Rams prepare for big CIAA title game -See Pane B8 Employees thankful for US Air jobs -See Pane A3 Students 75 cents A ebrut/ strut for North cStoUff^\ bre&St Forsyth^c^lnw Public Library rnncer 660 w<& 4 Winston-^Jem, N^27101 / - See Pane All WSPD DENIES ACLU'S CHARGE THAT CHECKPOINTS TARGET MINORITIES Photo by Lay la Fanner Raul Pinto stands before the Ministers Conference Tuesday. BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE The Winston-Salem Police Department is pushing back against charges that its motor vemcie cnecKpoints are mainiy set-up in black and Hispanic neighbor hoods. Raul Pinto, a racial justice fellow for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina, recently told members of the newly-established Hispanic Democrats of Forsyth County that complaints from Hispanic residents of the city sparked the ACLU's interest in examining the pattern of local check points - where officers block streets to check drivers' licenses. Pinto reiterated his concerns Tuesday as he addressed members of the Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Cunningham no evidei "We started receiving some complaints from business owners and residents of mobile home parks saying that the checkpoints were repeated ly placed outside their doors," Pinto said. "In their observation, they only saw Caucasian drivers being waved through and only Latino drivers were being stopped." The Winston-Salem Police Department said it launched its own investigation into the ACLU's allega tions and found that they are baseless. "...the ACLU's conclusion that the WSPD is engaging in biased policing is not supported by the available data and is offensive to the officers and employ ees of this agency. There is absolutely nee to support the ACLU conclusion that the agency or any individual officer has used race or ethnicity as the decisive factor for locat ing checkpoints,'" stated an Oct. 27 letter to Pinto See WSPD on All Couple tells how they lived through one of history's most shameful chapters BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE _____ Hanne and Max Liebmann have endured one of the darkest moments in world history and lived to tell the tale. The Jewish couple - who were married just before the end of WWII Hlynn Ill IV-43 ? IUIU a standing room only crowd at Forsyth Technical Community College last week about how they sur vived the Holocaust. "(Surviving the Holocaust) took determination," said Mrs. Liebmann. "It took extreme luck and it took the help of many people - we didn't do it all on our own - and it took a hit of courage." Not all European Jews were as lucky. The Nazi-led genocide took the lives of more than six million Jews, including more than a million children. The Liebmann 's appear ance at Forsyth Tech coincided with the opening of an exhibit - Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust - at the school that details the stories of children who lived through the horrors of Hitler's Final Solution. The Liebmanns were teenagers Forsyth Tech Photo hy Calhoun Photograph} Holocaust survivors Hanne and Max Liebmann share their incredible story. in their native Germany when Hitler came to power. Mrs. Liebmann's mother, a widow, ran a photography studio in Karlsruhe, Germany, where Mrs. Liebmann was born. Her mother died in The Holocaust, one of the many Jews transported by train from cities, towns and villages to concentration camps like the infamous Auschwitz in Poland. "I saw my mother deported ... she was on Convoy 17," Mrs. Liebmann told the audience, "...the last thing I saw of my moth er was a little white handkerchief fluttering out between the (train) tracks. It w#s a devastating experi ence to say the least." The Liebmanns' love story actu ally began in 1941 when they met at a concentration camp - Gurs, which sat on the French-Spanish border. While the conditions at Gurs were not as horrific as those at Auschwitz and other death camps, Mr. Liebmann said, "nevertheless, it was not a joy to be there." "The food was the same as it was in all the camps," his wife added. "We got something that looked like coffee in the morning, but it wasn't and lunchtime was watery soup. It was literally a star vation diet, and many people did See Forsyth Tech on AS Hopes and fears over new charters Influx of educational alternatives could be on the way m/ BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE ' ? Local leaders say that minorities may be the biggest beneficiaries or losers of the General Assembly's recent decision to increase the state's number of charter schools. For more than a decade, only 100 charter schools were allowed to oper ait in i^iui in Carolina, but that changed in June. New char ter schools could open as soon as the fall of 2012. Charter schools receive state funding for every student they enroll just like traditional schools, hut charters aren't under the aus pices of a city/county school hoard or county superin tendent. Charter schools are run by their own boards and operate out of Hilliard-Mack Parmon privately-owned buildings. Forsyth County is already home to five charter schools - the Arts-Based Elementary, Forsyth Academy. Quality Education Academy (QEA), Carter G. Woodson School of Challenge and The Downtown Middle School. N.C. Rep. Earline Parmon operat ed a charter school in Forsyth County for several years. She opened LIFT Academy to educate students who had been suspended or expelled from traditional schools. Parmon said she voted to lift the cap after changes were made to the legislation - like requiring charter schools to have a transportation plan for students. Parmon saw many students graduate from LIFT who otherwise would have been left by the wayside, so she is a strong advocate of the alternative See Schools on All First Waughtown nurtures God's sheep Photos by Tbdd Luck Mary Payne, (left) and her grandchildren Zachariah and Jama rio n are served. BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE _ First Waughtown Baptist Church fed and clothed all those who came through its doors on Saturday. More tnan i:>u people waiKea through the doors of the Southeastern Winston-Salem church. They were treat ed to a turkey dinner and given large orange bags to fill with clothes. The church provided transportation to and from places like the Bethesda Center for the Homeless, the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission and the Salvation Army Center of Hope. This was at least the sixth time that First Waughtown's Missionary Department had held Feed Mv Sheep Geneva Payne Day - an event dedicated to helping those among us with the least. Sec Sheep on A9 SlTTERCISING Photo by Layla Farmer Dorinda Phillips leads her Sittercise class in a bicycle sim ulation exercise earlier this week at the Rupert Bell Rec. The class is a popular option for many local senior citizens. Read more on page BI. Spend it here. Keep it here. BUY LOCAL FIRST! CHAMBER A Mind For Business.
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