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THURSDAY, APRIL 15,
NFL
camp
slated for
Winston
- See Page B1
Driving
event
raises
money
- See Page AS
Group
hopes
to help
jobless
- See Page A3
Wentz
puts on
Easter
program
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HAWS
gets new
board
member
Lida Hayes-Calvert
is a well-known local
business owner
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Lida Hayes-Calverl was
sworn in Tuesday as the newest
member of the five-person
Housing Authority of Winston
Joines
Salem
Board of
Commis
sioners.
Mayor
Allen
J o i n e s
appoint
e d
H ay es
Calvert
to take
the place
of Barbara White, who left the
board last summer.
Hayes-Calvert is president
of S&L Painting and Decorating
Inc., which she started nearly
'wo decades ago with a measly
$200. Hayes-Calvert's success
in the male-dominated industry
has earned her a slew of business
awards, while her community
service has earned her a reputa
tion as a goal-oriented team
player.
"I think the Housing Author
ity is doing great things, (and)
she will bring her business skills
to the table as the Housing
Authority carries out these great
projects," said Joines, who
swore Hayes-Calvert in Tuesday
during a ceremony in his office.
Hayes-Calvert's board affili
ations include the
Minority/Women Business
Enterprise Board, the United
Way and the city's Parks and
Recreation Board.
She feels that her experience
Sec HAWS >n A10
N.C. Dems set to pick nominee
Delayed primary
forces a caucus
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
f HE CHRONICLE
Registered Democratic
voters in North Carolina will
have the chance to cast their
vote for the Democratic presi
dential nominee this Saturday
when the tyl. C. Democratic
Party will hold a Presidential
Preference Caucus. Senators
John Kerry and John
Edwards, Rep. Dennis
r
Kucinich, Rev. Al Sharpton
and former Vermont Gov.
Howard Dean will have their
names listed on the ballot,
even though Kerry has
already secured enough votes
to guarantee him the nomina
tion. C
The preference caucus is
necessary because the state
redistricting plan has been
challenged, pushing the pri
mary election, normally held
in May, to July 20. The cau
cus. says Bernie Gaither, chair
of the Forsyth Democratic
Party, will allow North Car
olina to be fully represented at
the Democratic National Con
vention, which will be held in
Boston July 26-29. Gaither
said without the Presidential
Preference Caucus, North
Carolina would not have a
say in who the Democratic
nominee would he, nor would
the slate he able to pick dele
gates to send to the national
convention. Gaither is urging
all registered voters to partici
pate in the caucus, even
though the caucus has come
late in the election season.
"John Kerry already has
enough votes to be the
(Democratic) nominee; how
Hairston
ever, it's important for us in
North Carolina because our
primary has been delayed so
late that it we waited until the
primary we wouldn't have a
say-so at the next national
(^Invention," said Gaither.
Harold Hairston, who
heads the local African-Amer
ican Caucus, says black voter
participation in the caucus
this weekend will only
strengthen blacks' presence in
the Democratic Party.
"We're trying to show the
Democratic Party how impor
tant black votes are and the
Set' Caucus on A10
All his eggs in one basket
Photo by Kevin Walker
Dozens of kids spent Good Friday at St. Paul United Methodist Church , enjoying everything from a puppet show to games and activitiei. The little ones
also hunted for.eggs and candy. This little boy watches others take part in the Easter egg hunt after collecting his share of goodies.
Church reaches out in Ogburn Station
Messiah 's House
plans to move into
old grocery store
BYT. KEVIN WAI KI K
TOE CHRONICLE ______
The old Paragon grocery
store site off of Old Rural Hall
Road saw more action Saturday
than it had seen since the store
closed its doors more than five
years ago. Hundreds came to the
Messiah's House's' first-ever
Bless Fest, drawn by free food,
games and even a petting zoo
featuring snakes, llamas and
other four-legged creatures.
Messiah's House members
say the event is a sign of what is
to come for both the church and
the Ogburn Station community.
Messiah's House, a three-year
old church with about 300 mem
bers, plans to make the former
Paragon site its new worship
center in the next few years. The
chureh wants to convert its cur
See Messiah on A4
PTlo?o hy Kevin Walker
Roy Hooker shows little Deja Dobson some of his animals during the Bless Fest. A petting zoo
was one of many attractions at the weekend event.
Moms to return
to D.C. in May
Organization wants a new
assault weapons ban
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
In 1999, Donna Dees
Thomases was as far
from a gun control
activist as one could
get. As a puhlicisrfor
the "Late Show with
David Letterman," her
days were filled with
promoting the staples
of the show such as
Stupid Pet Tricks and
Top- 10 lists. Then
came Aug. 10. 1999,
and a violent incident
at a Jewish Communi
of miles away from Dees
Thomases, who lives in New
York, hut yet it was too close to
home. Her children attended a
Jewish Community
Dees-Thomases
Center in New Jer
sey at the time. She
feared thatif it hap
pened in California,
it could happen any
where.
"That was my
first real wake-up
call about gun vio
lence in this coun
try." she said. Dees
Thomases began to
communicate -
ty Center in Los Angeles, in
which a deranged gunman
opened fire on children while
they were playing.
The incident was thousands
mainly by computer - with
other mostly white, middle-class
mothers about the issue of gun
See Moms on A9
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