Defendants Sentenced in Baby Tolanda Shooting
The twe white i? n.agtrt whn
shot at a parked car and seriously
wounded a 6-year-old African
American girl this summer have
been sentenced to 15 years in
prison.
Shannon Wayne Huffman, 16,
of 222 E. Devonshire St., and
_Mich? 1 wShane"-Birber, lCoff
3801 S. Main St, were sentenced in ;
Forsyth Superior Court after they i
apologized to Saidet Lanier, the
mother of the little girl who was
shot in the head on July 10 while
asleep in the car.
Lanier was driving to Ft Hood,
Texas, where she is a private first
class in the U.S. Army, when she
decided to pull over around 4:30
a.m. and get some sleep under an
overpass on the Interstate 40
bypass. She had not yet fallen
asleep when two men in a car rid
dled her car with bullets and took
off. She took off after the car and
was able to memorize the license
plate, totally unaware that her
daughter, Tolanda, had been struck
in the head.
Because of Saidet's quick
action, two men weic laiei ajiested
and charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent tokill*-<
causing serious injur^^ ? ? "*
Tolanda, who went into a coma_
a&c* -being wnyridfd, underwent
surgery ancfis currently going
'Ifirough therapy.
Tolanda Lanier Shannon Huffman Michael Barber
Hundreds Feast at Annual Chili Cookoff
The temperature on Saturday
may have been in the 80s, but at
Tangle wood Park it was chilly, or
rather "chili," as over 115 cooking
teams turned out to compete in the
11th annual North Carolina Chili
Championship for the March of
Dimes. . ? -
* Cooking teams decorated their
booths. Many teams had matching
clothing, such as the "Red Hot Silly
Peppers," who sported matching
pants, shorts, caps and t-shirts cov
ered with chili peppers. They came
from all over North Carolina as well
as from other states.
The Chili Championship is pro
moted as a family affair and
included games for kids, a Rubber
Duck Regatta down the Yadkin
River, a cake-baking contest, Bossie
Bingo and live music. The event
which began 1 1 years ago now
attracts over 10,000 people.
'Handtastic' Performer Has Novel Art Form
By DAVID L.
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Chroaick Staff Writer
Thousands of
people stood in
itt^nrfanre with
their hands c*er_
their hearts, as
they listened to the
national anthem
before t Winston
Salem Spirits
game last year.
They all
cheered and
applauded the solo
performance by
Spencer Lancaster,
who many thought
was a flutist. But
Lancaster played
the national
anthem with his
hands. Yes, his
bare hands.
. "They loved
it/ he said. "Everybody tells me
they have never seen anyone do that
before."
Lancaster, 35, a native of
Washington, D.C., said he has been
playing music on his hands since his
' childhood.
His unique sound ? which
closely resembles that of a pan flute
? is done by placing his hands in
front of his mouth and blowing air
into them.
The air bounces off his hands
and he "plays^ different notes by
moving his fingers up and down in a
similar manner as if opening and
closing the holes of a flute.
"I started doing it when I was
Spencer Lancaster
around 10 years old playing cow
boys and Indians with my play
mates," Lancaster said. "I used to do
this call to let my friends know
where I was."
At age 25, Lancaster's friends
enlightened him to the fact that his
call was more than just a signal but
an artform.
"They told me, Don't give up
and you should keep doing it,' " he
said. "But I soon discovered it was a
gift from God."
Lancaster calls his art the
-Handtastic Hands of Spencer Lan
caster, and upon moving to Win
ston-Salem in 1989, he soon
became a popular novelty.
Geneva Brown, a member of
the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Board of Education, has been
appointed to the North Carolina
State Advisory Committee, an advi
sory arm of the United States Com
mission on Civil Rights.
Brown, a former elementary
school principal, was named to the
12-member committee by the fed
eral commission and will serve for
two yean.
The state committee is chaired
by Asa T. Spaulding Jr.
The U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights, established under the Civil
Rights Act of 1957, is an indepen
dent, bi-partisan, fact-finding
agency of the executive branch. The
commission has 51 advisory com
mittees - one for each state and the
District of Columbia.
Brown Named to Civil
Rights Advisory Panel
Members help the commission
with investigations and in dissemi
nating information. They serve
without compensation.
Geneva Brown
"I haven't met anyone who can
match up to my ability," he said.
"Most people claim they have never
heard it before."
For those who have missed his
various appearances on local radio
stations and birthday parties, he will
tje performing the national anthem
before the Hoop-It-Up tournament
at 2 p.m. Saturday at Modern
Chevrolet.
Lancaster, also a lead guitarist,
boasts that he is the only person in
the world who can play over 100
songs in eight categories with his
bare hands. He has received letters
from the Johnny Carson, Arsenio
Hall and Bobby McFerrin, but has
yet to make a national appearance
on television.
Lancaster still takes it all in
stride and relies on God for his tal
ent
"I don't give myself credit for
this gift," he said. "Everything I
have worked for comes from God."
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Here's A Pretty
Fair Deal.
Advance tickets for the Dixie Classic Fair are on sale right
now, and they can save you big bucks on Fair admission and
rides. Adults pay $3 admission; children Just $2. And 25
coupon ride books, a $12.50 value, are only $7. So buy early
and save big. Look for advance tickets at these locations:
Fairgrounds Ticket Booths (On Sale Friday. Sept. 24th) ? Sears, Hanes
Mall ? Wachovia Bank & Trust (Main Street) ? American National Can
? Bali (Sara Lee Intimates) ? Bowman Gray School of Medicine ?
Carolina Medicredit Union ? Dairy Fresh ? Douglas Battery ? Falrchild
Industries ? Forsyth Technical Community College ? Gallos Plastics
- Corp. ? lico Unlcan Co. ? Integon ? Marque of Winston-Salem ?
Microflbres, Inc. ? North Carolina Baptist Hospital ? Piedmont Airlines
Credit Union ? Planters+Ufesaxers ? RMIC Corp. ? Reynolds Carolina
Federal Credit Union ? (Fifth A Patterson Branch ? Planters+Lifesavers
Branch ? Plaza Branch ? Tobaccoville Branch ? Whitaker Park Branch)
? Royal Cake Company ? Sara Lee Company ? Sara Lee Advance ? Sara
Lee Credit Union ? Sara Lee Direct ? Sara Lee Knit-Farmington ? Sara
Lee Knit Products (Stratford) ? Stroh's Credit Union ? Telephone
Pioneers of America (AT&T Reynolda) ? Westinghouse W.A.F.F.L.E. ?
Winston-Salem Automobile Club (AAA) ? Winston-Salem City
Employees Credit Union ? City of Winston-Salem Finance Department
? Winston-Salem Fireman's Credit Union ? Winston-Salem Police
Credit Union ? Winston-Salem Postal Credit Union ? City of Winston
Salem Property Maintenance
Hurry, advance ticket sales end Thursday, September 30th at 5pm
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October 1-9, 1993
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TANGLEWOOD
SEPT. 27 - OCT. 3
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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9/30
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OCTOBER
For your ticket to Vantage Championship October Blast visit
one of the ticket outlets at Belk, Harris Teeter, Crown Drug,
and local golf shops; or call 1-800-222-2204.
?1993 TB?