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The Chronicle
Volume 40, Number 49 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, August 14, 2014
Election Hurdle Higher
After injunction denial, locals say registration, turnout key
BY CHANEL DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE
Local leaders are disap
pointed by last week's
decision to deny an injunc
tion that would have halted
controversial GOP-enacted
voting measures before the
November election, but
they are vowing to use the
setback as fuel in their fight
to get more people regis
tered and to the polls.
"We are still going to
stand our ground and con
tinue to push for the rights
of residents and citizens of
North Carolina, especially
in regards to voting rights,"
said S. Wayne Patterson,
the president of the
Winston-Salem branch of
the NAACP.
The N.C. NAACP and
other groups had asked for
the injunction last month in
a federal courtroom ?in
Winston-Salem, seeking a
temporary halt of the state's
voter ID requirement,
same-day voting/registra
tion elimination and other
measures they say disen
franchise voters.
U.S. District Court
Judge Thomas Schroeder
denied the injunction
Friday. The NAACP will
now have to fight the law at
trial, but the case won't be
scheduled and determined
by November's mid-term
election. While the voter ID
requirement won't go into
effect until 2016, the ban
on same-day registration
and the truncated early vot
ing schedule will now
almost certainly stand this
year.
Patterson is concerned
that such factors will keep
some from voting.
"It has taken North
Carolina backwards 50
years. 1 think so many peo
ple have died for the right
to vote," Patterson said.
"This means more chal
lenges for local residents
especially those individuals
who are older and in pover
ty"
Rev. Willard W. Bass
Jr., the head of the Minsters
Conference of Winston
Salem and Vicinity, called
Judge Schroeder's ruling a
travesty, opining that the
judge did not have "the will
or necessary information in
See Voting on A2
File Photo
Linda Sutton speaks at a rally in July.
Photos by Chanel Davis
Allison Sutton (center) gets help from her mother, Cheryl (right), grandmother, Alice.
Freshmen settle in
More than 750
First-years arrive
at WSSU
BY CHANEL DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE
Hundreds of anxious
and excited freshmen
descended on the campus
of Winston-Salem State
University Saturday,
ready to begin their paths
to a college degree.
Members of fraterni
ties, sororities and other
campus organizations
helped more than 750
first-year students move
into dorms ahead of the
2014-2015 school year.
A longJine of vehi
cles moved at a snail's
pace, as new students and
their parents patiently
waited their turn to
unload.
Wilmington native
Allison Sutton settled in
with the help of her
grandmother, aunt, uncle
and parents.
The 18-year-old, who
will major in nursing,
said UNCG was her col
lege choice before she
attended open house at
See Freshmen on A7
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Vernon Johnson III
Jailan Reed
Phoios by Todd t.uck
Free supplies of every sort imaginable await local
teachers at the Educator Warehouse.
Warehouse
continues to
be a constant
for teachers
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Teachers - or parents - didn't have the option of
taking advantage of a tax-free weekend this summer,
but the Educator Warehouse is still a place where they
can get much needed classroom supplies.
The depository of donated school supplies opened
today to local teachers, who are allotted 25-points per
school quarter that can be used for every type of supply
imaginable. Paper, pencils, crayons, binders, markers,
books, bulletin board decorations, facial tissue, art
supplies and hand sanitizer are
among the items in stock.
While its common practice
to require students to bring
their own school supplies, it is
also common knowledge that
when students can't get a hold
of those items, teachers often
dig into their own pockets to
provide them
"Frequently we have par
ents who have to choose
between food on the table and
supplies in the backpack, and
they've got to go with the
Chandler
food, said Karel Chandler, wh? chairs the
Warehouse's advisory committee.
The Warehouse has been a free resource to teachers
since 2011, a constant through the state budget cuts
that have roiled education over the past several years.
This year, lawmakers ended the state's tax free week
end, which was started in 2002 to help shoppers with
back-to-school essentials, to save $13 million in rev
enue.
Early this year, during the spring semester.
Chandler said the Warehouse was used by 28 percent
of the teachers in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Schools. That's more than triple the number who used
the service in pervious years.
While teachers who use their points wisely can get
up to $150 in free supplies. Chandler said what the
Warehouse offers barely scratches the surface for most
teachers, who, by some estimates, may spend up to
$80P a year on classroom supplies.
"We're here not to supply the classroom, but to sup
plement the classroom," she said.
The Warehouse is located in a modular unit that is
See Chandler on A8
After 44 years, Johnson ready for post-retirement challenges
BY CHANEL DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE
After dedicating four decades to helping others feel comfortable in
their homes. Dot Johnson will be spending more time in hers.
She retired Thursday, July 31 from the North Carolina Housing
Services and Management Corporation, which provides quality services
and management at low and moderate income housing facilities.
"I don't have any plans right now," Johnson said about her post
retirement. "I am going to take off the month of August, and I don't
know what I will do after that."
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at her
retirement
reception
on July 31.
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