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Carver golfer swinging to success ?See Page BIO Greeks holding social gathering -See Page A2 75 cents Teens ^ebra,, honored No(th ft.?- Q"T^' for hard For?vtht?jCfeff! .g work Wln.ton-S*^ NC #*ot -See Page B! ^Ity " _ _ _ -0712 1 Hi THE Chron.. ^ Vol.XXXVIII No.39 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, May 24, 2012 Hands-off Paisley, locals say WS/FCS officials shoot down school switch rumor BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE ? Alumni, parents, staff and students at Paisley IB Magnet breathed a collective sigh of relief last week after they learned, the school system will keep its hands off their beloved school - for now. it had been rumored for months that Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Eric Martin Jeanette Balwah < night be consider ng switching the itudent bodies of 'aisley IB Magnet ind Winston-Salem 'reparatory \cademy (WSPA), vhich is housed in he old Atkins High school building on lameron Avenue. Superintendent Don Martin put that -umor to rest last rhursday as he .poke to a crowd in 'aisley's auditori lm. He said switch ng the two schools s unlikely. 'There's not been i final closure, but ... from our stand point, it seems to be i very unlikely deci >ion." he stated, to enthusiastic applause. The idea had been brought up during a brainstorming session when system offi cials and Board of Education members were discussing future projects, including rebuilding Ashley IB Magnet, the primary years component of the popular International Baccalaureate (IB) program. If a school bond is OK'ed to fund the proj ect, officials were considering placing the new Ashley adjacent to WSPA, where the old 14th Street School stood. If that happened, some felt it would make sense to move Paisley to the WSPA building, so that the entire IB program would be offered at one site, Martin said. The Paisley building has several attributes that could have served the WSPA population well - including space for a football stadium and the existing lighted soccer fields - and the WSPA building has a larger capacity that would easily accommodate the 900-plus students who are expected to attend Paisley - the most geographically diverse school in the school system - next school year, the superintendent said. Paisley Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) President Ginny Nagy said the majority of Paisley families See Paisley on A9 Space diminishing at New Evergreen BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE City officials say less than 500 available plots remain at New Evergreen Cemetery, which was created nearly 70 years ago as a burial site for African Americans. With an average of 200 plots sold each year, officials estimate that the designated ci nnla nlntc urtll call Aiit uiitli OlIl^lV piVSlO "III JVl I UUI "llll in the next three years. Once all the individual plots have been sold, the City Council has voted to allow individual plots to be sold in areas of the cemetery designated for families and couples, according to Assistant City im r* : ~i. n. ? manager uerwicii raige. By opening the additional plots, which in many cases have been reserved but not paid in full, Paige estimates that the sprawling 47-acre New Walkertown Road cemetery could have as many as seven to eight years of life left in it. This is not the first time n T .. i i_ r j Paige rsew evergreen nas Deen iacea with capacity issues. In 1998, the eemeterv which was relnrat ed from its original site near Smith See Cemetery on A6 Phoio? by Lay la Garms Event Chair Molly Leight (center) and Shirley Shouse pose with 2012 Women of Vision (from left) Denise "DD' Adams, Iris Mudd, Tierra Wallace, Sally Dudley Harper, Dr. Mary Lou Voytko, Cheryl Lindsay and Florence Corpening. women s Day JMnJheofTcelebrates locals for giving back, sharing their gifts BYLAYLAGARMS THE CHRONICLE Naomi TUtu, the daughter of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, visited the Twin City last week to help honor some of the city's most prominent female community servants. Tutu, an internationally known speaker and con sultant for two human rights organizations, keynot ed the the YWCA's annual Women of Vision Awards Luncheon last Thursday at Winston-Salem State University's Anderson Center. Her theme, "What Gift Do You Bring?," urged everyone to be all that they can be. "1 think for many of us, particularly us women, it is a question that we need to ask ourselves over and over because we are so good at recognizing the gifts of others oftentimes and so bad at recognizing that we ourselves bring tremendous gifts to our communities," she said "There is a gift in you. It is a gift that you have been given and have been asked to nurture and share with the world" Tutu, a resident of Nashville, Tenn., urged the audience to focus on efforts they could be passionate about. "The gift that we are given is most often the thing that gives you most joy when you are doing it," Tutu said 'It doesn't feel like work ... it feels like what you were brought on this planet to do." In a reverent addess peppered with tidbits of humor and wisdom, the mother of three ckew from Gregory Norbet's poem, "There is a Pearl of Great Price" to illustrate the importance of each human being's contributions to the world She told the See Women on A2 Naomi Tutu addresses the lunch eon audience. Friends on a Mission Photo by Todd Lack Sandy Porter (left) and Elaine Bevels co-founded the Friends of Winston-Salem 20 years ago. The social group, which emphasizes community serv ice, celebrated its anniversary on Saturday at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Colisium. Read more on page A3. Graduates credit WFU with shaping them BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE Neither Kevin Smith nor his girlfriend, Kristen Bryant>venvisioned them selves attending Wake Forest University at first, but the couple soon found that the school, like their relation ship - which blossomed from a four year friendship - was exactly what they were looking for. Bryant had applied to Colombia University but was wait listed. "I tell people all the time that Wake Forest was not my first choice," admitted the 21 year-old. "But after awhile, I Photos by Layla Garms WFU grads Kristen Bryant and Kevin Smith. couldn't imagine myself going anywhere else." The two were among more than a thousand WFU graduates who were sent-off into the real world during commencement exercises Monday on the university's green quad Charlie Ergen, the chair man of satellite broadcaster DISH Network Corporation and a member of WFU's Class of 1976, delivered the Commencement Address. Ergen, whose daughter is a member of the Class of 2012, advised the graduates to never stop learning. For Bryant and Smith, that is exactly what the last four years has been all about: learning more about them selves, about others, and about the world around them. For Smith, an accom plished member of the WFU track and field team, the first thing he had to learn was how to be a Demon Deacon See Graduates on A5 x lilllHllln'lHdl iX 1 ? B CHAMBER ? i I V ? ? m ? I ? J m 1 ?? ? I I rv I ? H5s Mind For Business g| Hf v - . ? ...
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