Winston Searles

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  www.charlotte.com/local/story/235459.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/14/2007    Last Visited: 8/14/2007  

  Rock Hill City Council member Winston Searles -- a proud, often feisty advocate for some of the city's oldest black neighborhoods -- died Monday after years of declining health.
  
  He was 85.
  
  In 1980, Searles became one of the first two African Americans elected to the council, along with retired police officer Frank Berry.
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  People who knew Searles say the scope of his impact didn't always come across in council meetings.
  
  "At City Council meetings, you may have seen a man who wasn't as forceful as you wanted," said Vince Blackwell, who ran against Searles in 1999.
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  "But privately, Winston would describe himself as a pit bull, a guy who fought for you in the back room."
  
  Flags were lowered to half-staff at City Hall Monday, and the night's council meeting was postponed as a show of respect.
  
  In his trademark Southern drawl, Searles would often say that his Ward 1 seat didn't belong to him but to the people in his district.Though he didn't go looking for fights, he bristled when he felt colleagues were shortchanging him or failing to give straight answers.
  
  "We're gonna let some developer come in and stack houses that are going to deteriorate," Searles said in 2005, railing against a proposal for an apartment complex."This section has been the stepchild of the city in the 20 years I've been on the council.Sometimes, you have to speak up."
  
  Though Searles used crutches toward the end, he still attended council meetings.City staffers knew to have his favorite snacks -- hot chocolate and a scoop of vanilla ice cream -- waiting at dinner meetings.
  
  In 1999, Searles announced he planned to retire and four challengers lined up to run against him.
  
  But Searles' supporters talked him into running again -- and he won.

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  www.heraldonline.com/109/story/798421.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/7/2008    Last Visited: 9/7/2008  

  Neighbors got help from late City Councilman Winston Searles, who championed their cause shortly before his death in August 2007.In response to the outcry -- and out of deference to Searles -- the city scuttled the Friedheim Road site and reopened the search.

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  www.heraldonline.com/109/story/77501.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/19/2007    Last Visited: 7/19/2007  

  Susie Hinton, a longtime local activist and former principal at St. Anne Catholic School, will seek the seat being vacated by the retiring Winston Searles.
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  This fall will mark the end of a long career in public life for Searles, 85, the retired U.S. Postal Service worker who has represented Ward 1 since 1980.
  
  Searles focused on bringing improvements to the Hagins-Fewell neighborhood, and more recently, cleaning up its Arcade Mill property, which was gutted by fire in 1997.
  
  "My health says I ought to give it up," said Searles, who planned to retire before the 1999 election but was talked out of it by a group of supporters.

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  www.meckdeck.com/headlines/byWeek.html?yearWeek=200441& - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/10/2004    Last Visited: 7/6/2008  

  Winston Searles, 82, who has served on the council 24 years, is recovering from a clogged artery at home this week.Searles received a stint and said he also was being tested for diabetes.

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  Published on: 4/20/1999    Last Visited: 3/6/2001  

  Winston SearlesRock Hill City Council
  
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  Published on: 9/13/2004    Last Visited: 9/13/2004  

  Winston Searles - Rock Hill City Council

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  :: John Kerry for President :: - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/10/2003    Last Visited: 11/11/2003  

  Also present were Rock Hill City Councilman Winston Searles; the Rev. Anthony Johnson, president of the Rock Hill branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and Bennish Brown, executive director of the Rock Hill/York County Tourism & Sports Commission.

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  Advisory Council - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/15/1999    Last Visited: 7/10/2006  

  Winston Searles, Councilman, Rock Hill, SC

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  Published on: 5/13/2007    Last Visited: 11/12/2008  

  Winston Searles Member of Rock Hill City Council, Rock Hill, SC Allen University, B.S., 1947

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  Recomnetwork | Rock Hill names its first black police... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/20/2002    Last Visited: 6/4/2003  

  "It means to me that this town has gotten to the place of no room for racism," said City Councilman Winston Searles, 82, one of the city's two black council members.

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