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BUNCOMBE COUNTY NEWS ASUEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES MONDAY, MAY 8, 2006 I Baynes brings home $5,000 for Shiloh community SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN-TIMES KEY MOMENTS In 2000, the newly formed Shiloh Community Association successfully kept a developer from building six houses on a small area of land. In 2002, neighbors organized to keep a commercial parking lot from being put between two homes. In the summer of 2005, partnering; with the city of Asheville, NHS, Design! Corps, Community Foundation of WNC, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.The Parks and Recreation Department, the Shiloh Community designed and built a modern bus shelterrest area for the community residents; this shelter is the only shelter in the entire community of more than 900 households. In January, the association was "Through all of her activities, strength and courage, she exemplifies what a quality citizen of the city of Asheville should be," Mayor Terry Bellamy said. Baynes was born and raised in Shiloh.

After graduating from Winston-Salem's School of Nursing and working at Mission Hospitals, she married her husband, Doyle Baynes, left Shiloh, and had three children. Baynes returned to Shiloh after her professional retirement in 1997, moving back to the street where she had lived as a child. Her retirement years have certainly not been restful; Baynes has dedicated herself to community organizing and volunteering with the goal of community betterment. Her adult vocation as a community organizer and leader jump-started after her return to Shiloh. Baynes' initial goal was simple: "Take the power away from developers and put it back into the community." Baynes' primary work is in the Shiloh community.

Shiloh, established in the early 1870s, is the oldest, continuously inhabited African-American community in Western North Carolina, according to local historians. Baynes works to develop strategy with community task forces and the Shiloh Commu- ASHEVILLE Norma Baynes, a Shiloh community leader, has received the National Dorothy Richardson award from Neighbor Works America to honor her work in resident leadership development and community organizing. As part of the recognition, Baynes will receive $5,000 for the Shiloh Community at a ceremony in Washington on Aug. 14. NeighborWorks America provides financial support, technical assistance and training for communities across the nation through a network of 240 member organizations that share a common goal to strengthen communities and provide affordable housing op-, portunities.

I Neighborhood Housing Services of Asheville, a chartered member of NeighborWorks America, nominated Baynes for the award. NHS and the Shiloh Community have been partners since 2001. Baynes was one of eight leaders chosen for the award from the 240-member network as a leader who fosters relationships with private- and public-sector organizations, while at the same time motivating activism in her fellow residents to create improvements and self-sustaining enrichment in her community. recognized by the federal government as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit Baynes also represents the Shiloh Community Association on a city lev el as a member of the Steering Com-; mittee for the first Community Congress in Asheville, involving all neighborhood associations and their leadership, and is vice president of the Coalition of Asheville. nity Association to confront 3 punch list of issues including) CITIZEN-TIMES PHOTO Norma and Doyle Baynes stand in front of their home in the Shiloh community.

Norma Baynes Is being honored for tier work to Improve Shiloh, a community In South Asheville. neighborhood infrastructure leadership training and posi- that the fear that accompanies Improvements and resource de- tions," said Chris Slusher, NHS' speaking out is quickly dimin- velopment for the youth. executive director. "Community ished by the acquisition of ef- "I have seen Norma blossom change begins with individual fective personal tools and expe- as she's engaged in different action and Norma is finding rience. aggressive commercial development, land use issues, com-j munity identity building, crime, COLLEGE NEWS A-B Tech cooks to raise money with a meal ASHEVILLE Asheville-Bun-i combe Technical Community! College's award -winning hot' food team is holding a dinner auction to raise money for its; trip to national competition July 15 in Philadelphia.

The team will DreDare din-l "China is a booming and building nation," said Capano, who teaches in the Kimmel School of Construction Management, Engineering and Technology. "I am very excited and honored to have been invited to participate." For more information, contact Capano at 227-2438 or capanoeniail.wcu.edu. Brevard receives grant BREVARD Brevard College received a grant to provide scholarship funds for the education of deserving and financially-needy Christian female students, said president Drew Van Horn. The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation of Atlanta awarded Brevard College $350 and the bidding ends at noon Friday. E-mail bids to Lee Sokol at lsokolabtech.edu.

WCU prof heads to China CULLOWHEE Craig Capano, associate professor of construction management at Western Carolina University, will join experts from around the world this month as an instructor at the first CONEXPO Asia event. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers organized the exposition in Beijing to bring together leading construction industry suppliers and Chinese and Asia-Pacific customers to discuss the latest equipment and innovations to Improve safety, efficiency and productivity. Capano, who teaches at Western, worked more than 20 years in the building construction and engineering industry and is pursuing a doctoral degree in civil engineering. He serves as the AEM representative on the American Council for Construction Education's board of trustees. With PowerPoint slides translated into Chinese and the help of an interpreter, Capano will lead sessions on topics from best practices in construction management to the latest and greatest software and tools.

He also will moderate a panel discussion titled "Smart Machines and Automated Operators: Is It the Future?" In addition, Capano plans to visit construction sites and meet with project managers in China to observe different techniques. ner for up to eight guests for the; winning bid. The dinner will feature the! gold medal menu from regional competition and two wine pair-i ings, and will be at an elegantj chef's table in the A-B Techi kitchen of the new Magnolia! Hospitality Education Building. Diners will be able to have SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN-TIMES Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College's Hot Food Team won first place this year at the American Culinary Federation Southeast Regional Junior Hot Food competition in Savannah, Ga.Team members are, from left, Jason Huang, Nell Flemer, Mark Hutchins, Adam Cole, Matt Gruber and Maria Leblow. close-up view of the team as- they prepare the meal.

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