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Gloria Morgan has 25 years of
perfect attendance at work
" Gloria Morgan has 25 years of perfect attendance at
^ara Lee Hosiery.
Morgan explained. My co
, workers count on me to be on
time at my job every day."
In January, she had car trou
ble on her way to work.
"I said, 'Lord, please help me
to get to work on time," Morgan
recalled. "Just as I said those
words a policeman walked up to
my car and asked if he could
help me. I told him 1 needed a
? ride to work. He asked if I was
sure I wanted to leave my car on
the side of the road and if I want
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told him thai didn't bother me - just to please get me to
work on time.
"He gave me a ride, and I got to work two minutes
early that day."
Morgan is a trustee at Galilee Baptist Church and
the daughter of Dorothy Dixon.
Morgan
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Sara Lee presents Crosby Scholars
final donation from The Crosby
Sara I.ee Branded Apparel has presented a check for
S 100.000 to the Crosby Scholars Community Partner
ship The gift represents the final payment from the
Crosby National Celebrity Golf Tournament.
The Crosby Scholars program serves more than
2.000 middle and high school students each year with
college preparation programs and scholarships.
\fter closing the books on The Crosby, we are
.pleased to present this final gift in recognition of the
scholars as the tournament's community legacy," said
Michael Flatow. general chairman of The Crosby and
chief customer officer for Sara Lee Branded Apparel.
Ji is our sincere hope that these funds also serve as the
catalyst for encouraging the community to continue to
jpake cdllege a reality for the young men and women in
,pur county who have the academic qualifications and
jji but not the resources. Through the Crosby
,!}cli us' scholarship opportunities, college-prepara
,'tjoii aid drug-prevention programs, we can make
.die ais come true for thousands of local students and
their families."
The Crosby Scholars Program began in 1992, has
provided SI.2 million to 1.247 students, and has lever
aged more than $7 million in additional financial aid,
jtccording to Mona Lovett. executive director. Crosby
Scholars commit to remaining drug-free, to maintaining
? jhc program's standards of academic achievement, and
to providing volunteer community service.
With a 60-year history. The Crosby was the longest
running charity golf tournament in the nation. During
its 16 years in Winston-Salem, the tournament raised
more than $18 million for local and national charities.
Mooresville-based Custom
Products Inc. receives top honors
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CHARLOTTE - Custom Products Inc.. a
aMooresville-based supplier of seat cushions and uphol
stery dress covers to the aviation industry, was awarded
Delta A r Lines' prestigious APEX "Women-Owned I
Supplier of the Year" Award recently in a ceremony
held at company headquarters.
The APEX (Achieving Performance Excellence)
Award is given to a Delta supplier who has consistent
ly worked to provide the airline with superior perform
ance as measured by Delta's quality performance sys
tem. which includes areas of operations, service, tum
iround. quality, reliability, responsiveness and supplier
bused improvement innovations.
. Custom Products President David McKnight said
receiv ing Delta s APEX Award displays the company's
commitment to quality and customer service and
assures Custom Products Inc. of the ability to compete
'Mr future business at Delta Air Lines. "The APEX
Award is the result of a lot of hard work and dedication
from our employees - especially during the past year."
McKnight said. "Without their experience, knowledge
and ability to constantly improve performance, this
award would not be possible. I am extremely proud to
accept this award on their behalf."
- Van Fulp, Custom Products' sales and marketing
vice president, said the company has dedicated its
resources to improving performance, developing engi
neering designs with ergonomics and comfort as its
focal point, and evoking a plantwide customer service
theme of "making it easy for the customer to do busi
ness wifh us." 'We are currently working with Delta
engineers to assist in developing seat cushions that will
address the health issues related to deep vein thrombo
sis (DVTl. a restrictive blood flow circulation condition
usually associated with longer flight segments," Fulp
said.
Weekend hair show to help
victims of domestic violence
True Hair'cSeeond Annual Hair Show and Barber
Extravaganza will he held Saturday starting at 7:30
p.m. at the Village Inn Golf arid Conference Center in
Clcmmons In addition to showcasing the latest hair
styles and techniqes, the show will feature live enter
I tainment. door prizes, vendors and many more activi
I ties.
The theme of this year's event is "Broken Chains."
That theme relates to the show's effort this year to
raise awareness ahout domestic violence. Part of the
proceeds from this year's show will go Family Services
tt> help the agency support women who have been vic
I tints of domestic violence. For mote information on the
I show, call Peachandra DuBose at 748-0600.
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| Arts elementary school hires staff
SPECIAL II) THE CHRONICLE
The Arts Based Elementary
School (ABES) announced the com
pletion of its teaching staff and ABES
family meeting dates.
"We are fortunate to have attract
ed dedicated and skillful teachers to
guide our children's learning," said
Hal Johnson, chairman of the ABES
board. "All of our teachers are certi
fied, including a nationally board cer
tified second-grade teacher. This
group is committed to working with
students and parents to ensure that
the highest quality education comes
from inspired Jeaming through the
arts," Johnsoikiaid.
This announcement follows the
recent appointment of Dr. Jim
Sanders as principal and Dan Fogar
ty as assistant principal.
Rusty Dahler will teach kinder
garten. He joins ABES after spending
die last six years in classrooms in
Forsyth County, where he has taught
grades K-3. He has a B.A. degree in
elementary education from Concor
dia University in River Forest, 111.,
and has trained as a teacher in the
Montessori method. In 1999 he was
recognized as Teacher of the Year at
Clemmons Elementary School.
Corey Draper will teach first
grade. She is a 2001 graduate of
Goshen College in Goshen, Ind.,
where she earned a degree in ele
mentary education and played on the
women's basketball team. She has
lived and taught in Costa Rica and is
fluent in Spanish. 6
Beth Goins will teach second
grade. She taught for the past nine
years in the Davidson County school
system in grades K-4 as well as han
dling reading intervention. She holds
both B.S. and_ M.fxL degrees in ele
mentary education from the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Greensboro.
She has a distinguished teaching cre
dential: national board certification
as an early-childhood generalisl. She
has come to ABES to continue her
professional growth and to explore
creative approaches to learning.
Mary Siebert will teach third
grade. She has created and taught
arts-based multicultural extended
programs in elementary schools
across the country for five years and
has worked with student outreach for
the Lincoln Center Institute. Young
Audiences, and the Nashville Insti
tute, all programs in arts-based learn
ing. She received a bachelor? of music
in voice at Indiana University.
In addition to serving as assistant
principal. Fogarty will teach music in
all the ABES classrooms. He holds a
degree in music education from Wit
tenberg University in Springfield,
Ohio, and a master's degree in edu
cational leadership from East Caroli
na University.
Jim Sanders, the principal of
ABES, has two degrees in fine arts -
a B.F.A. from Arkansas State Univer
sity in Jonesboro and an M.F.A. from
Southern Illinois University in Car
bondale. He has directed the Saw
tooth Center for Visual Art in Win
ston-Salem for 15 years.
Like other public schools, ABES
must meet the N.C. Standard Course
of Study. ABES students will take the
same end-of-grade tests, and the
school will be accountable for their
progress. The difference is that
ABES believes that children can best
develop these basic educational skills
and an excitement for learning
through music, dance, drama and
visual art.
Parents interested in the school
should contact Jim Sanders by e-mail
at leam@wsabes.org; bx mail at
ABES, P.O. Box 20067', Winston
Salem, NC 27120; or by phone at
723-7395for more information.
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The new arts school is housed in Atkins Middle School.
Moviir on up
Study: Women of color
breaking glass ceiling
sraciAi romi chronicle
NEW YORK - Many women
of color are taking charge of their
careers, networking, finding men
tors and moving up the corporate
ladder as a result. Improved career
strategies and accompanying suc
cess is the theme of the new Cata
lyst study, "Women of Color in
' Corporate Management: Three
Years Later," the first longitudinal
look at the experiences of women
of color in the workplace.
Catalyst is a nonprofit research
and advisory services organization
working to advance women in
business, with offices in New
York, San Jose, and Toronto.
In a study of 368 women over
a three-year period between 1998
and 2001, Catalyst found that 57
percent have been promoted and
overall income is up 37 percent.
Building on Catalyst's
research on women of color in
corporate management, Catalyst
tracked a core group of women of
color managers over the past three
years to chart their career move
ment and outline their steps to
success. Although current job and
career satisfaction is high, these
women do perceive a decline in
opportunities to advance to senior
leadership and are less satisfied
with their prospects for further
advancement at their current
employers.
"The women in this study are
clearly taking charge of their
careers," Catalyst President Sheila
Wellington said. "This is a call to
action to companies. These
women know the value they bring
to organizations and if their cur
rent employers fall short, many
are willing to find employers that
are actively working to create
workplaces where their contribu
tions will be valued."
Citing greater advancement
opportunities and pay as their pri
mary reasons for leaving, the
women who left their 1998
employers are likely to have more
senior titles, more promotions,
and higher earnings than their
counterparts who didn't switch
employers. What's more, those
who left report the existence of
fewer barriers in their new envi
ronments.
There is a marked increase in
the number of women who have
developed mentor relationships
since 1998. Over half (58 percent)
now report having a mentor, up
from 38 percent in 1998. Sixty
two percent of African-American
women have mentors, 51 percent
of Asian-American and 52 percent
of Latinas.
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A new study says black women are taking charge. Black women
are being promoted regularly and increasing their incomes.
Black
chamber
spotlights
business
owner
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Winston Salem Black
Chamber of Commerce met at
the East Winston Heritage
Center on July 16. Frankie
Williams-Howell of Ideal
Catering spotlighted her busi
nesses.
She is a charter member of
the Win
s t o n -
Salem
Black
Chamber
of Com
m e r c e
and
serves on
t h e
Execu
tive
Board of
the chamber. She has been in
the catering business for
seven years. She is contracted
with three local charter
schools and she is the contract
caterer for Comfort Inn on
Akron Drive.
When the charter schools
are not in session, she sells
clothing and shoes at a local
flea market on Saturdays. She
is also a Herbalife distributor.
The Herbalife program has
proven to be quite beneficial
personally to Williams-How
ell, who has lost 35 pounds.
She shared with the mem
bers and guests how she has
been faced with quite a few
challenges as a caterer, but it
was quite evident to all pres
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Williams-Howell
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Veteran scribes Scott Poulson-Bryant (middle) and Smokey D.
Fontaine (left) were recently at a Burger King restaurant dis
cussing the history of music with a young fan. The young journal
ists' latest book, "What's Your Hi Fi Q?," is the ultimate trivia
book, spanning three decades of black music.
Name that beat
30 years of black music trivia in
one neat little red book
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
"Some people want people
around them who have high IQs,"
said renowned music journalist Scott ,
Poulson-Bryant. "I want people in
my life who have high IQs."
Hi-Fi Q. coined by veteran jour
nalists Scott Poulson-Bryant and his
partner-in-scribe, Smokey D.
Fontaine, may seem like a play on
words for a coffee-table book that i
incites conversation, but the fun is
heyond the beats themselves: these i
brothers truly enjoy chronicling and
documenting black music.
"The good thing about this expe
rience is that we have a lot to offer in
terms of (documenting and monitor
ing) black music," Poulson-Bryant
said. "I used to look up to taste mak
ers when 1 was younger. Somebody
needs to step into that role with black
music."
Fontaine chimed in. noting the
need for broader forums for black
music discussion. "We don't really
have a level of discourse about our
music the way rock 'n' roll or jazz
has," he said. "But we have enough
talented characters that you could
write all kinds of books about"
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