RELIGION
Mount Zion holds Valentine's program
Photo by C.B. Hauser
Pupils of thm Mcunt Zion Baptist Church Sunday School's Crwflt Roll mad Beginners Oast poso with
Ihoir turnchers aftor thmy ontortoinod tho Sunday School on Valentino's Day. During tho program tho
children son^j ton(j1 shoM^in^ howt Jfcoy tfcon^rf flhrf r^s^t^t^s^ct
? lh*y tow, obey mad rmspsct their parents. The teachers are, from left, Joan Blakney, Kristy
franklin, Chandra trrin and Jackie lane, who held Jacena lane. The pupils are, from left, Mia
Franklin, Badey franklin, Kelly Oibbs and Oenice lane. Blanche Rebisen Is Superintendent of Mount
Ziem Baptist Church Sunday School and Nodine M. Clements is Superintendent Sleet.
Lyons' co-defendant feels 'retried'
By LISA HOLEWA
. The Associated Press
LARGO, Fla. - The Rev.
Henry Lyons' co-defendant
angrily told a prosecutor Mon
day she was "being retried all
over by you," after he informed
jurors of an earlier embezzle
ment conviction.
Bernice Edwards' lawyer
later rested his defense case.
The embattled Baptist leader
is scheduled to speak March 6
for the one day session of the
Rowan Baptist Association. The
event will be held at New Bethel
Baptist Church.
Until now. the jury hearing
the racketeering trial of Lyons
and knew only that she was on
federal probation when hired as
public relations director for the
National Baptist Convention
USA, which Lyons led.
Pinellas County Circuit
Judge Susan Schaeffer ruled
Monday that defense lawyer
Papl Sisco had "opened the
door" for prosecutors to cross
examine her about the 1993
felony conviction by question
ing her about it and a misde
meanor conviction for pejty
theft.
"That is correct," Edwards
replied curtly, when asked by
Assistant State Attorney Bill
Loughery whether she had been
convicted of conspiracy to
embezzle. The jurors were? not
told she embezzled the funds
from a Milwaukee school.
"I paid the restitution for it
and I completed the probation
in its totality: ... Today; I'm
being retried all over by you,"
she^said.
"Yes, I'm sorry for a mistake
I made over seven years ago.
But I'll share this: I worked for
my money. I earned my money.
And I spent it the way I saw fit."
It was, her third day of testi
mony. Lyons opted last week
not to take the witness stand to
defend himself against allega
tions he and Edwards swindled
more than $4 million from
companies seeking to market
products to convention mem
bers.
Prosecutors say the pair
used the money to finance their
own lavish lifestyles, buying a
$700,000 waterfront home, dia
mond jewelry and luxury cars.
"This was my money. I
worked for it. I earned it,"
Edwards angrily told Loughery
earlier Monday. "I conducted
my business this way because
this is the way I did business."
Her lawyer has described
the Milwaukee woman as a
struggling single mother ol ?
three who was ^'brought along I
as window-dressing" by prose
cutors hoping to convict Lyons.
Lyons' lawyers have said his
failed business deals are not
criminal matters.
Prosecutors began calling
rebuttal witnesses Monday
afternoon, beginning, with a
Globe Life Insurance Co. exec
utive who told jurors the com
pany. paid the convention for a
mailing list of its touted 8.5 mil
lion members, not a ljst of
African-Americans, as Edwards
testified.
Judge Schaeffer told jurors
she hoped to have the case to
?> them by the end of this week to
begin deliberations. Closing
arguments eould begin as soon
as Tuesday afternoon and are
expected to last two days.
" Lyons also is charged with
grand theft, accused of stealing
almost $250,000 from the Anti
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith intended to rebuild
burned black churches in the -
South.
He also faces a federal trial
in April on 54 counts of bank
fraud, wire fraud, extortion and
money laundering.
.4 Rev. Lyons
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WSSU Choir to perform at Hanes CME
Special to The Chuonicle
The Winston-Salem State Uni
versity Choir will be featured as
special guests at Hanes Memorial
CME Church, 819 North High
land Ave., Sunday at 1,0:55 a.m.
The choir's visit is sponsored
by the College Ministry.
The Winston-Salem State Uni
versity Choir is one of the oldest
student organizations on campus.
There is evidence to prove the
choir actually predates the
Department of Fine Arts, of
which it is now a part.
In the illustrious past of the
choir, names such as Noah Ryder
appears as one of the founding
fathers of both the choir and the
Department of Music. After
Noah Ryder, the choir was led by
Dr. James A. Dillard.
Other composers/conductors
include Dr. Roland Allison, Dr.
Permilla Dunston, Dr. Robert
Morris and Dr. James B Kinchen
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The choir is now under the
direction of D'Walla Simmons
Burke.
The ensemble has performed
commissioned works such as "On
Imagination" and "I, Too" by
Undine Smith Moore, "Recent
Reflections on Deep River" by
Michael Williams and "Come
Sunday" arranged by S. Van
Dixon.
The choir also performs with
the Winston-Salem Symphony
Orchestra and the Gateways 1 eif
val Orchestra when major wo$f>
are programmed. J
The choir received a Sl.CCt)
cash award and trophy from Uk
American Negro Spiritual Festin
in Cincinnati in 1991 under ?
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by the National Black Music Cauj
cus in Nashville to perform as oq4
of the featured choirs.
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South African arrangements ahd
is sought after throughout th?
southeast.
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