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His Will be Done
Woman given
three months to
live is keeping
hope alive
BY T KEVIN WALKER
The chronic ee
Icesola Powers wasn't
expecting a couple hundred
people to serenade her with
"Happy Birthday"
Saturday as she walked
into her church
Her 67th birthday was
still three days away and
her daughter, Patrieia
Oliver, had given her no
indication of where they
were headed when they left
the house. Oliver's only
instructions to her mom
were to dress to impress ?
something that has never
been a problem for Pow ers,
whose style, and substance,
is well know n.
Powers looked the pic
ture of good health and
contentment Saturday. Her
black and sheer gow n w as
a gift from her daughter,
she strutted around in
matching heels with the
preci&on of a supermodel
and her shiny, well-kept
curls would make even
Shirley Temple envious
The picture looks much
different inside of Powers'
body - x-rays and scans
Pholits by Kevin Walker
The Rev. 7.a v ions Pratt says a prayer for Ice sola Powers.
can allcsl to that Over the
last year, she has battled
eaiieer like a highly deco
rated soldier It first was
discovered in her lungs.
Radiation and prayer - not
necessarily in that order -
cleared that up. New spots
w ere found later in her jaw
and sinus passages
Pal Oliver
swelling her face, which is
soft, kind mid defies her
age. This second assault
from cancer was' also suc
cessfully treated; but the
war wasn't over. Just 10
days before her surprise
party, doctors found cancer
in her stomach. It is so
irtvoFved and developed
lhat they have given
Powers only three months
to live. There will be no
treatment for the stomach
eancer - no medieal treat
ment, at least.
"When they first found
the eancer, I felt I coul*Hu>l\
See Powers on All
Civil Rights
'dean' comes
to the Triad
BY TODD LI TCK .
THE CHRONICLE
GREENSBORO ? The .Rev. Joseph Lower), known
as the "dean of the Civil Rights Movement," spoke |o a
crowd of over 70() people at the Martin Luther King Jr.
celebration last week at the I 'niversity of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
Lowery, 85,
began his work
in civil rights
fighting segrega
tion in his native
Alabama.
Together with
King he formed
the Southern
Christian
Leadership
Conference
(SCLC) Mi
organization of
black churches
throughout the
South lhat
formed the back
bone of the Civil
Rights
II..
ITioto b> Todd Luck .
The Key. Joseph Lowery at VNC-G 's ,also c"'
last week. f"un,dcr of th,e
Black
Leadership
Foriim. which brings together black advocacy groups
Despite h^ retirement from the pulpit and the SCLC,
he is still wfvolvcd in Axil rights issues Last year, he
made headlines when he criticized the' policies Hi the
Bush administration at Coretta Scott King's funeral.
which President George Bush attended
"I'm nether Republican or Democrat. I'm
Methodist," said Lowery last week. "I've got a problem
with both parties: one of them lakes us for granted and
the other just lakes us."
Lowery 's spirited speaking style had the crowd
laughing, cheering and applauding on their feet He said
he considered MLK day not just a holiday but a holy day.
He described King as a selfless man dedicated to justice.
"Scholar, preacher, prophet . teacher, crusader, healer,
agitator, disturber You the man, Martin," said Lowery.
See Lowery on A S
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State Rep. Larry Worn hie chats with a WSSU student.
Legislators visit WSSU
BY LAY LA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem Slate
I "niversity students had the
opportunity to eomc faec to
face with members of the
N.C. General Assembly
last week through a
Lawmaker Appreciation
Event, hosted by Harry
Johnson, an organizing fel
low for Common Cause
N.C
Common Cause N.C., a
nonpartisan, nonprofit
advocacy organization for
government reform, recent
ly launched a pilot program
on the campuses of
Winston -Salem .State and
N.C. Central University in
Durham to encourage stu
dents' involvement in and
understanding of govern
mental processes.
Johnson, a senior polit
ical science major at
WSSl', is spearheading the
program at WSSl T.
"I think that it's very
Harry Johnson
important for students to be
involved in political
reform," he said. "Politics
affect you from the day
you're born until the da\
you die. They're very, very
important and they have n
lot of impact on our lives,
for students and citizens of
this state I want to help
push for a change in our
communities and in the
state."
State Reps. Karlinc
l'armon and Larry WoreJile
joined Slate Sens. Linda
Garrou, Bill VlcGee and
I'ete Brunstetler on the
panel, fielding questions
and concerns from the stu
dents in attendance All the
clected officials represent
Forsyth County.
Discussions ranged
from the need lor increases
in financial aid to the cut
ting of programs, even
ways of contacting and
supporting delegates.
I listoncally Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCl's)
in the university s\ stem,
seemed to he on the minds
of nearly every delegate.
"I*Ve lived in Winston
Salem for almost 40 years,
and I can't tell )ou how
proud 1 am of all of the
changes that are taking
place here at Winston
Salem State I'm honored
to be a part of that," stated
Garrou, Who co-chairs the
Appropriations ( ommittee
See 1 .egislators im A5
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Hundreds have signed
up for the trip.
Locals
going
to D.C.
protest
BY LAY LA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
With the number of
l\S. soldiers killed during
the Iraq conflict climbing to
more than 3,000 and
President George W. Bush
calling for the deployment
of even more troops, oppo
sition to the war is gaining
momentum
Even inWlnston-Salem,
anti-war efforts are on the
rise, as more thiui 140 local
residents gear up Jo partici
pate in a march on
Washington, D C. Jan. 27.
The march is sponsored
by United for Peace &
Justice (I FPJ), a coalition
of more thiui 1300 organi
zations . nati on w i dc .
Founded in 2(X)2, the
coalition has been the cata
lyst for hundreds of anti
war demonstrations since
its inception. The march on
Washington is the latest of
the I FPJs cffoils to stop the
Iraq War, with coordinators
in more than 30 states
pledging to bring protesters
to the National Midi
St. Anne's Episcopal
Church is gathering protest
ers from the Winston- Salem
area to travel to
Washington, I).C. on
Saturday.
I ne cnurcn oceanic
interested in the anti-war
effort last Oetober. forming
an Iraq Study Ciroup. Since
that time, the church has
participated in several
demonstrations ;uul peace
keeping efforts.
The trip to the nation's
capital will be the first
attempt spearheaded by the
church
o "We believe the war in
Iraq is an unjust war, that
the people of Iraq should be
permitted to determine their
future and that, in the
absence of a draft, imposing
on our relatively few young
men and women in the mil
itary, the obligation to
undertake multiple assign
ments in that war is
immoral," read a letter from
the church that urged citi
zens to take a stand against
the war. "For those reasons,
St Anne's Episcopal
Church have sponsored a
group to consider how to
speed the safe departure of
our (n nips from Iraq and to
end our role in the spiraling
violence in that country."
Longtime church mem
Sec Protest on A"?
In Grateful Memory of Our
Founders,
Florrie S. Russell and
Carl H. Russell, Sr.
" Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better"
us &el 1 Jfimeral Jiamc
Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support
H22 Carl Russell Ave.
(at Martin Luther King Dr.)
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
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