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Volume 44, Number 35
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C* THURSDAY, May 3, 2018
Board: Replace Ashley HVAC units
Questions about replacing
the aging school linger
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
One week after Mid-Atlantic Associates released an
air quality report on the conditions at Ashley Academy for
Cultural & Global Studies, the Board of Education voted
to replace all HVAC units at the school before the start of
the 2018-2019 school year.
Following the school board meeting last Tuesday,
April 24, school officials met with staff and parents from
Ashley to get
feedback on a
short-term
solution to
the mold
found on sev
eral HVAC
units at the
school.
During the special called meeting earlier this week on
Tuesday, May 1, assistant superintendent Darrell Walker
and chief operations officer Wayne Loflin discussed the
timeline to replace the units, and cost ‘
According to Loflin, the cost to replace all the HVAC
units in the main or 100 building, and to add dehumidifi
cation to the 200 building, and classrooms would cost just
over $1.38 million.
“The main building would receive units within the
classrooms. It will also receive a new unit that will serve
the media center, the office and the guidance area,” Loflin
said.
An additional $2 million was included in the total cost
for improvements to the roof. Loflin mentioned parts of
the roof are nearly 25 years old. Although it hasn’t been
accessed yet, Loflin said he expects major repairs will be
needed.
When discussing the timetable for replacing the
HVAC units, Walker said the plan is to start at the end of
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Photos by Todd Luck
The Wake Up Winston! Block Party took place on Saturday at the Winston Mutual Building.
Wake Up Winston! block
party promotes unity
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
A block party brought
food, dancing, horseback
riding, politicians and
famous speakers to East
Winston on Saturday, April
28, for the Wake Up
Winston! Community
Awareness Block Party.
The party was spon
sored by Eliza’s Helping
Hands and Community
Intervention and
Educational Services, two
organizations founded by
Kenya Thornton and locat
ed in the Winston Mutual
Building. It was co-spon
sored by S.G. Atkins
Community Development
Corporation and Ary Rose
Communications.
County Commissioner
Fleming El-Amin opened
the party, recalling grow
former sit-in activist Clarence Henderson speaks
during the Wake Up Winston! Block Party.
ing up in the East Winston
neighborhood around Fifth
Street where the celebra
tion took place. He
remarked how the people
there did so much with so
little, like his grandfather,
who owned a grocery store
and fish market during seg
regation with only a sec
ond grade education. He
told attendees they have no
excuse not to do better with
all the opportunities avail
able now.
El-Amin praised the
block party for bringing
the community together.
“We need to do more of
this,” said Fleming. “This
brings the community
together. It drops all the
false pretenses that divide
us.”
El-Amin, who is a
Democrat, was one of
many local candidates who
used the event as an oppor
tunity to meet voters.
One of the guest speak
ers was Clarence
Henderson, who was a stu
dent who participated in
the Greensboro Wool worth
sit-ins in 1960. He’s now
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NAACP gala
focuses on
awards and
scholarships
BYTEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE_
Last week, the Winston-Salem Branch of the NAACP
held its annual Freedom Fund Gala on the campus of
Winston-Salem State University WSSU.
While the event held at the Anderson Center was
headlined by state Attorney General Josh Stein, and wide
ly attended by state and local elected officials, representa
tives from the Winston-Salem Police Department and
candidates in the upcoming primary election from both
major parties, the stars of the night were five high school
Photo by Tevin Stinson
Evelyn Sixtos-Aguirre, a senior at North Forsyth
was awarded a scholarship during the Freedom
Fund Gala last week at the Anderson Center on the
campus ofWSSU.
seniors who will be continuing their education at various
colleges across the state this fall and the other award
recipients.
Brandon Bailey and Alvin Carlisle in, both students at
Atkins; Devontae Harrison, who attends East Forsyth;
Evelyn Sixtos-Aguirre from North Forsyth; and Alaina
Watkins from Parkland each received a $500 scholarship.
“This night gives us an opportunity to first speak to
the support that we do and not only that but to make avail
able scholarships to deserving students who soon will be
heading off to various intuitions of higher learning,” said
branch president Rev. Alvin Carlisle Jr.
Along with the scholarships, the local branch also
awarded two “Distinguished Service” awards to Bishop
Todd Fulton and the Carolina Cruisers Motorcycle Club.
Fulton, who received the Rev. Joseph T. McMillian
Distinguished Service Award, is the pastor and founder of
Mount Moriah Outreach Center. In 2015 Bishop Fulton
served as president of the Ministers’ Conference of
Winston-Salem and Vicinity. Under his direction the
organization raised over $10,000 for high schools stu
dents seeking post-secondary education, and contributed
$5,000 to the WSSU Gap Fund.
Members of the Carolina Cruisers were presented the
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County Attorney Davida Martin to retire
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
After 30 years of legal service to the county,
Forsyth County Attorney Davida Martin will be
retiring at the end of June.
During the county commissioner’s April 26
meeting, tl^ey appointed Assistant County
Attorney Gordon Watkins HI to become the next
county attorney effectite July 1. Watkins has been
an assistant county attorney since 2000. He’s a
graduate of the University of Virginia School of
Law, has a masters degree from MIT in economics
and completed his undergraduate work at
Davidson College in economics.
Watkins said he was honored by the promo
tion and thanked Martin for her service.
“Davida’s been a wonderful county attorney
and a great mentor for me personally,” said
Watkins.
County Commissioner Chairman Dave Plyler
also thanked Martin.
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