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??????? T1"! 1T* T ri #\lk For Reference r -*-? I HE CHRO>:::: LE 75 fORsWcNTYp^rx. " >S I DN-S VI KM ' (?KK K NSBOKO ? lllCH 1><U V Vol. XXIX No. 34 MM ???" 5TH st *' 0 BHWWfWWHWIWW ^ Bfc W^nston salfi! HIHl^^HHIIIHIHHI^B KTurtos hy Bruce I hapniun The Rev. Cedrie Rodney stands among the wooden pews inside St. Philips Moravian Church in Old Salem. The church was built in the 1860s. Historic church restored to former glory Historic church will become pan of Old Salem tour after rededication BY FELECIA P MCMILLAN. PH D THE CHRONICLE * . ? The oldest standing African-American church in the state has been given a makeover and will soon open its doors for all to marvel at its newly-restored greatness. The rededication of St. Philips Moravian Church will kick off a full slate of activities at Old Salem early next month. St. Philips Moravian Church was established in 1822 by the women of Home Moravian Church. The original site for the church was constructed by worshippers on Dec. 28, 1823. The simple log church still sits in Old Salem. It was renovated several years ago. The brick structure to which worshippers relocated in 1861 has now been restored with money from Old Salem's $25 million capital campaign. The Rev. Cedric Rodney, pastor of St.'Philips, which moved to a site on Bon Air Avenue years ago, said the church will be able to use the restored edifice for special events and services. According to historical records, it was from the pulpit of the storied brick church that the chaplain of the 10th See St. Philips on A9 Construction workers install the church's steeple Tuesday afternoon. Black chair hopes to increase awareness Cook using position as first black head on breast cancer race to reach out to community' BY COURTNEY GAILLARD I THE CHRONICLE African-American women continue to have the highest breast cancer mortality rate of 1 . any ethnic group in the United States, accord [ ing to the Susan G. Komen Breast Can cer Foundation. Michelle Cook is hoping to spread the importance of breast health even further into the black community as the first African American chairper son of the Triad fr*r tVitf C i iri> Cook The Komen Race tor the Cure has become the largest series of 5K runs in the country, occurring annually in 114 cities. Sev enty-five percent of the funds raised by the Komen N.C. Triad Affiliate will remain in the local community to fund breast cancer educa tion, screening and treatment. Around 7,(XX) people are expected to par ticipate in this year's race, scheduled for May 3 at Old Salem. Since the first Triad Race for the Cure in 2000, more V n /vui IIIUIJ I-.IAA/ ptupit have raised $1.1 million for breast cancer. Cook's full-time job is as a capital campaign coordina tor for Winston.-' Salem State Univer sity. She served as a I co-chair of the Triad | Race for the Cure last year. * Davis "As an African American woman. I have an opportunity to talk to women who look like me about the impor tance of breast health," said Cook, who says that many women of color she encounters con sider breasi cancer to be a "white woman's dis- t ease." Statistics show that more black women, despite lower incidence rates, are dying from breast cancer than white women in this coun try. See Rocs on AIO Roundtable gets answers about closing of school ? BY T KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE ?' Members of the Black Leadership Roundtable were cautiously optimistic last Thursday night after Schools Superintendent Don Martin assured them that suspend ed and expelled students would not fall through the * cracks now that the alterna tive school thai many such students attended has been shut down temporarily. After months of discus sions. the School Board decided to close Indepen dence High School for at least a semester. The schtxtl had been used as a site to educate students who had discipline problems at tra ditional schools. The school is exneeted to be Martin given a complete makeover during the shut-down - from renovations to a revamping of the school's pro grams - but Martin told the roundtable that money was the main reason for the decision. Like last year, the school system is expected to be I See School on A10 Planting seeds Elementary children get visit from professionals BY T KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE . Leprecious Baldwin and her fel low classmates were the first group of students at Cook Elementary School that got access to more than a dozen professionals who came to the school for a career fair Monday. Firefighters, nurses and business people were among those scattered around the school's media center. Most were standing near eye-catching props that depicted some aspects of their careers. But Leprecious had only one destination on her mind: the front table where two cosmetologists from J.C. Penney had set up shop. After Leprecious announced that she already knew how to braid hair, the cosmetologists - Brandi Williams and Sharon Black - put Leprecious to the test, giving her free rein over one of two mannequin heads in order to see the girl's braiding magic. "That looks great ...You are doing a great job." one of the women said as Leprecious transformed once straight hair into a row of braids. Cook has held the career fair for several years as a way to expose young people to the vast number of career opportu nities available to them. Brett Pesce. a guidance counselor at the school who organized the fair, said it is not too early for elementary-aged students to start thinking about their careers. "It is really important that you plant seeds early," she See Cook on A4 Leon Witherspoon Jr. hands out literature about the city's Fire Deportment. Phoim h\ Kevin Walker Brandi Williams watches as Lepreciaus Baldwin works. Cp) p The Only Choice for African-American and Community News
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