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Sports Week Golf pro job filled at Winston Lake ? ? ? ? Local boxers get chance to shine Si-t- B ? Set" A9 See C3 Community Ministers finish first preaching series ? ? ? ? Famous dancer, actor 0 coming to Triad Tu C 14 D F r r,eferent ? I X? ?:j? ? v/4 iivvii ^ 11,/ r' K C ROOM FORSYTH CNTY PUB 115 WlNSTON-SALEM ? GREENSBORO ? Hi OH P01 IS from this libro-y Vol. XXIX No. 32 WINSTON SALH3'. NC ^^BIlMlUlMUlMlAiMUlBi^l Oprah hosts bash for Angelou Talk-show queen, other celebrities come to town to celebrate poet's 75th birthday Last weekend Oprah Winfrey invited people from all over the world here to celebrate Dr. Maya Angelou's-75th birthday. Moti vated out of pure love for the woman she calls "my mother," Oprah masterminded and loving ly watched over the events that carried over for three days. The result was an affair that was hon orable. respectful, inspirational and, yet, the most down-to-earth love fest imaginable. Those who attended and par ticipated all connected and were raised to another level by the spir it of "mother." "sister," "sister friend," Dr. Maya Angelou. This connectivity was illustrated bril liantly by a quilt woven from 4 by-4-inch square patches with messages from those attending the fete. Thus, the Mosaic of Maya was formed and shaped. It was awesome. See Angelou on A4 rnoio* oy urmp rm Maya Angelou takes a bow as Oprah Winfrey and others cheer for Angelou. ' Maya Angelou holds an African-carved walking stick, one of the gifts she received at her birthday celebration. Local women honored for their vision by the YWCA BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE What do a high school senior, a doctor, an administrative assistant and a few executives have in common? Vision, leadership, commu nity involvement and commitment, according to the YWCA of Winston-Salem, which paid tribute to the community's Women of Vision at its recent Leadership Awards Luncheon. Guest speaker Lynn Beasley. president and chief nnpratino nffir?#?r nf R I ~r 1- v " Reynolds Tobacco Co.. shared with the audience a candid and humorous account of her rise to the top of a major tobacco company and the lessons she learned along the way. The YWCA's Leader ship Luncheon is an Corpening annual event that high rt lights the accomplish ments and contributions of some of the com munity's female leaders. It has been held every year since 1982. The 2003 Women of Vision are Claire Davis, Novant Health: Brenda Diggs. Wachovia; Karen Hilton. Southern Community Bank; Kathryn Holder. Industries for the Blind; Ann Johnston. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Tara Maxwell. Cancer Services; Sarah Moran. West Forsyth High School; Sally Schumaker. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Cen ter; Cannon Simpson Stoeffel, Winston Person nel Group; Karen Stuck ey, Sara L.ee Corp.: Court ney Saunders. YWCA: and Vivian Turner. R.J. Reynolds. Beasley spoke about the "power of a goal" and the importance of setting one in life. Beasley admitted that upon gradu ating from high school in 111' ? l. . I I Wisconsin, sue nau no Saunders plan, no goals. College seemed like an unrealistic accomplishment, said Beasley. whose career began in a lingerie factory, where she did piece work. Eventually, she enrolled in community college anA worked as a janitor and even a postal carrier To pay for her tuition. "How did I get from wanting to be a super visor in a (lingerie) plant to president of RJR7....I continued to set goals all along the way. But I am convinced that if had I not set that first goal. I would still be working in that factory on the line and I would have become rather bitter thinking nothing good ever hap Scc YWCA ?n A5 Phohj by Kevin Walker Eurica Perkins of the Best Choice Center receives books from sorors Susie Nance, Linda Sim mons and Sharonda McMurray. AKAs plan to donate $ 1 million worth of books. AKA sorors come to town BY FELEC1A P MCMILLAN. PH.D. ( 0MM1 NITY CORRESPONDENT More than 2,000 sisters of the ,^lpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. will gather at M.C. Benton Con vention Center and Adam's Mark Hotel this weekend to celebrate the 50th Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. Four of the local women of Phi Omega Chapter at the helm of this year's festivities include Janet Wheeler, conference chainnan; Brenda Diggs, conference co chairman of operations; Annette Wilson, coordinator of conference operations; and Susie Nance, president and chairman of the public meeting. Together they embody more than 100 years of the spirit of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Highlights of this year's con ference will include: a public kickoff celebration and reception to honor the Citizen of the Year. Special guests will include Allen Joines, mayor of Winston-Salem; Vivian Burke, mayor pro tem pore; Earline Parmon. N.C. repre sentative: and Joycelyn Johnson. City Council member. Northeast Ward. Sorors will also participate in the 50th Anniversary Golden Gala. This will be the first confer ence under the leadership of 15th Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Dr. Caroline Lattimore. a native of Winston-Salem. Lattimore earned a place in the archives of Alpha Kappa Alpha in 1984 when Dr. Barbara K. Phillips encouraged her to work on the AKA Political Committee on the national level. That year, the committee regis tered 250,000 new voters. Latti more announced this successful campaign on Capital Hill before 14,000 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Others who stood with her included Congressman Ron Del lums. Jesse Jackson, Cardiss Collins and Barbara K. Phillips, then-national president of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Lattimore has fond memories of her hometown and looks forward to her return. Two special service projects dedicated to supporting the educa tional advancement of children in the Winston-Salem community were achieved. Lattimore visited North Hills Elementary School to launch a $2.7 million internation al reading initiative targeted at See AKA on A5 Photo by Kevin Walker A woman registers at the convention. Black Dems given OK to start their own caucus BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE . ? ; ? Forsyth County Democrats passed a reso lution Saturday green lighting the formation of an African-American caucus, which will be made up of local black -Democrats and concen trate on issues important . to First-term stafe (Sep.. Earline Parmon pro posed the resolution at tnc pariy s convention at Parmon (|le porsy,h Technical Community College West Campus. In February the slate Democra tic Partv acreed to form a black caucus. Parmon said she hopes the caucus will be a forum where relevant issues can be addressed. "It will give African Americans an opportuni ty to focus on issues that are germane to our com munity." she said. Par mon said some of those Marshall issues will include eco nomic development and jobs in the black ? See Caucus on AS Photo hy Kevin Walker A girl takes a peek at the tro phies that were handed out Saturday as part of the annual awards day at the William Sims Recreation Center in Happy Hill Gardens. See CI and C2 for pictures of the award win ners. fj~^ bh^hczz] ^hhhhhbhbhihhhhhbhhhbhhhhhhbhhhhhbhhhhhbhhhhhb
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