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Sports Week
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Wake's Josh Howard
gets personal
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Community
Crosby Scholars
program turns 10
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Homeowners give
city big check
Centers
to get
artistic
infusion
.Program is geared
' toward child care
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE :
Arts education will soon
be making its way into the
classroom at several child
care facilities in the area
thanks to a joint effort
between Forsyth Early Child
hood Partnership (FECP) and
The Arts Council of Winston
Salem and Forsyth County. An
f8-week comprehensive arts
education program will serve
primarily low-income chil
dren attending one-star day
care centers.
The FECP became a Smart
Start agency in 1995 and has
since
focused
on col
laborat
ing with
child
care
providers
and vari
i ous agen
c 1 e s
Sutton through
out the
community to create a child
friendly atmosphere for
youngsters.
Beginning in February, a
handful of centers that scored
lowest on the state's new rat
ing system for child care facil
ities will incorporate four
main art components - music,
drama, visual art and 8ance -
into their daily curriculums.
Each classroom will spend
multiple sessions on each art
component.
Officials hope the arts
infusion will help centers
increase their state ratings.
Cindy Sutton, community
education and involvement
coordinator for the FECP. says
that it historically offered an
arts enrichment program in
child care facilities before this
one but many other arts pro
gram were eliminated over the
last year due to the state budg
etary crisis. Sutton says they
received the green light to
proceed with the program,
again, after receiving grants.
See Centers on A8
Phoios by Kevin Walker
Louise Davis is escorted to bfow out the candles on her birthday cake.
An Indomitable Spirit
Louise Davis, one of
city's most beloved
residents, turns 94
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE _____ "
The price of admission to Louise
Hammond Davis' 94th birthday
party was simply a hug.
It's Davis' preferred form of
greeting everyone from her closest
friends to complete strangers. Those
who have been the recipients of
Davis' warm hugs and bright smiles
over the years packed the cafeteria
at Sunrise Towers Friday to honor
her through poems, a cappella
gospel songs and words of praise.
"She has an indomitable spirit,"
said Serenus Churn. Davis' pastor at
Mount Zion Baptist Church.
"Whenever you see her, she is
always reaching forth, pressing for
higher ground. If you hang out with
her. you have got to want something
in life."
Davis is a slight woman who
moves slowly but surely with the
help of a cane. But those who know
her see her as towering, a steady
rock in unstable times. Davis is the
reigning matriarch of Sunrise Tow
ers, a high-rise public housing com
plex on Martin Luther King Drive
that many senior citizens call home.
Davis moved into Sunrise Towers
three decades ago, soon after the
complex opened its doors.
"The (Housing Authority) staff
looks to her as a mom." said Reid
Lawrence, executive director of the
Housing Authority of Winston
Salem.
Though sweet as pie and. kind.
Davis has always kept HAWS staff
members on their toes. Lawrence
said.
'.'When things aren't right, she
doesn't mind getting on that tele
phone to tell you to fix rt," he
laughed. Davis served as a com
missioner on the HAWS board for
years, serving as a voice for public
housing residents.
Almeta Miller has lived down
the hall from Davis for the past six
years. Miller alternates between
calling Davis "mother" and "grand
mother."
"She is the mother that I don't
have, and she is the grandmother
that I don't have. Plus, she is my
friend, also." Miller said.
Miller said there is no secret
why Davis is so loved. Miller
remembers Davis bringing her
snacks and treats when she was
under the weather and how Davis
can always find good things to say
to everyone with whom she comes
in contact.
"She has taught me a lot of
things, like how you should do for
other people." Miller said. .f
Jacquelyn Jenkins. Davis' only
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One of Louise Davis' friends shows emotion as another friend of Davis
sings a gospel song in honor of Davis' 94th birthday.
Locals will
join others
for capital
peace march
Event organizers say they oppose
military action against Iraq, others
BY T. KEVIN WALKER AND PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
A local grassroots group that has been
actively speaking out against a possible U.S.
war against Iraq is planning to join other peace
minded people later this month for a march on
Washington.
Community for Peace is planning to take at
least 1UU people
from Winston-Salem
to the Jan. 18 march.
The trip is open to
anyone who would
like to take part, and
organizers hope that
Winston-Salem will
be represented at the
march by many
? more than those
already confirmed.
Local marchers
H . I wjll join people
Womb le from across the
country. Up to half a
million are expected
to attend, according to International
A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End
Racism). The organization - with offices in
Washington, New York. Chicago and San Fran
cisco - bills itself as a nationwide grassroots
effort to oppose war with Iraq. The fact that the
march is being held near Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.'s birthday is no accident. Organizers
will piggyback off King's nonviolent approach
at the march. An image of King juxtaposed with
a military aircraft is part of the color banner for
the march.
The daylong event will feature several
speakers, some of whom are well-known.
Already confirmed for the event is Cynthia
March on A8
Emancipation event well attended
Photo by Kevin Walker
Rev. Dr. Serenus T. Churn, pastor of Nit. lion Baptist
Church, was the featured speaker at the Emancipation
Proclamation celebration.
V
BY PAUL COLLINS
THECHRONICLE
i Hundreds of people
attended the annual Emanci
pation Proclamatiort1 celebra
tion Jan. 1 at Emmanuel Bap
tist Church.
Louisa Lyerly Foy played
an organ prelude, and Evele
na R. Clayborn gave the wel
come. Mayor Allen Joines -
said to be the first Winston
Salem mayor to attend a city
Emancipation Proclamation
celebration - remarked. "I'm
sorry we have to celebrate
this day. because of man's
inhumanity to man."
Rev. Miller Allen gave the
invocation. Ralph Meadows
sang "I Want to Be Ready"
(and another solo later in the
program). Martha Jones lit a
candle and remembered those
who have passed on.
The Mount Zion Baptist
Church Praise Singers sang a
number.
Attorney Fredrick Evans
read the. Emancipation
Proclamation by President
Abraham Lincoln, which
said, in part: "That on the
first day of January. A.D.
1865, all persons held as
slaves within any state or des
ignated part of a state the
people whereof shall be in
rebellion against the United
States be then, thencefor
ward. and forever free ..."
Robert Long, president of
the board of directors of the
WinstoruSalem/Forsyth
County Emancipation Associ
ation. introduced the speaker.
Rev. Dr. Serenus T. Churn,
pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church.
Churn said. "...Our servi
tude has really not been ter
minated...We still find our
selves in a racist environ
ment."
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Trophy Time
Phrto by Kevin Walker
Angie Green and Robert Wynn organize trophies Saturday at Carv
er High School during the championship game of the 10th annual
Chronicle/David Lash JV Tournament. For full coverage of the tour
nament, see SportsWeek on B1.
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