Vol. XXXV No. 11
THURSDAY, November 13, 2008
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Fathers answer the
CALL TO SUPPORT KIDS
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Marcallus Sunday was hoping he could entice a
handful of fathers to participate in his annual Dad's Day
program.
To his delight, more than 50 dads showed up Nov. 7
at the Sarah Y. Austin Head Start Building, not to men
tion the uncles and grandfathers that lent their support to
the program in other locations.
"To be totally honest with you, I was expecting about
15 dads," Sunday confessed. "I was shocked (at the
turnout); it blew my mind.
They're excited about continuing this thing."
The dads that
flooded the building
last Friday morning
served in various
capacities. Some
served breakfast to
the children. Others
read, played or just
spent time with the
youngsters, many of
whom had eagerly
awaited the day for
weeks, according to
their teachers.
"This didn't just
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Forsyth County,"
said Sunday, the parent involvement specialist for Head
Start. "The turnout has never been like this."
Dayton Fennell, a student at Forsyth Technical
Community College and aspiring attorney, said that he
was glad to help out.
"It's my son; I'm supposed to (volunteer)," he said of
his three-year-old, X-Zavion Anderson. "I feel like you
need a male figure to balance out a child."
Fennell, a single father, spent his time building ere1
ations out of blocks and playing in the sand with the chil
dren.
"It's great," he related. "The teacher actually told us
we need to come more often; she called us 'the
enforcers.' Everybody was having fun."
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Photo by iaeson Pitt
Marcallus Sunday organized the event to get men, especially fathers,
more involved with young people's education.
Fife Photos
Bishop John Huntley works on the last Apostle's Build.
Black churches uniting
to build another home
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Thirty local
churches made his
tory in 2007 with
the Habitat for
Humanity of
Forsyth County's
first-ever Apostle's
Build. With the
help of a $25,000
grant from Habitat
International, the
house became the
first Habitat home
in Forsyth County ever to be
built by a predominantly
African American group.
"I think its so important,"
Oberle
Executive Director Sylvia
Oberle said of the build. "It's a
statement that ... we
have a strong follow
ing in the African
American communi
ty. and we value that
very much."
The build was
designed to foster
greater support from
the African American
faith community, as
90 percent of the
organization's clients
are African
American, said Karen Bell
Chandler, faith and community
relations manager for Habitat
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Fact or
Fiction?
Some Salem College students claim campus
was scene of post-election racial incident
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE .
"A slap in the face," that's
how 28-year-old Twila Brown
describes the scene she says she
encountered less than 24 hours
after she celebrated the election
of the nation's first-ever black
president. *
"A white girl was going
around (the campus of Salem
College) in a white bathrobe,
proclaiming that she was a part
of the KKK," Brown said. "It
was an inflamed situation; a lot
of people were very, very
upset."
It was a stark reminder,
Brown says, that racism is still
alive and well in America.
President Pauly
It was also a wake-up call
for Misty Miller, another African-American student at the
school.
"I personally did not witness the situation, but I've heard
from fellow students ... what happened," reported Miller.
"The ones who did see it were quite horrified."
See Salem on A 12
A Fitting
Tribute
A$T Photo
Dr. Gladys Hope Franklin White
stands in front of the N.C. A&T State
University College of Arts and
Sciences' Dean Suite, which was
named in honor of her husband, the
late Dr. Frank Hollowell White, who
served as the second dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences from
1974-198!. He also was the founder
and chair of A&T's history depart
ment.
Group honors local hero Lawrence Joel
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
On Nov. 8, 1965, the 173rd
Airborne Brigade was
ambushed by 1 ,200
Vietcong fighters. Forty
eight American soldiers
lost their lives. But more
would have died that day
if it hadn't been for a
brave African-American
medic named Lawrence
Joel. Even after Q>eing
shot himself, Joel attend
ed to 13 soldiers before
his supplies ran out.
For his heroism that
day, he became the first living
African-American to receive the
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nearly a century.
Niles Harris was among those
Joel
saved that day by Joel, a Winston
Salem resident who died in 1984.
Harris's story about that ambush
inspired the hit country
song "8th of November" by
Big & Rich. Harris usually
does something to remem
ber the day when so many
of his fellow soldiers died.
But this year, November
8th was extra special.
Harris was the grand mar
shal! for the North Carolina
Veterans Day Parade in
Raleigh. He also attended
an unveiling of a new paint
ing by artist Craig Bone
based on the "8th of
November." and later a vets' tribute
concert in Cary featuring Billy Ray
Cyrus . Photo bv Todd Luck
Niles Harris traveled from South Dakota to
Sec Joel on AI4 honor Joel and other veterans.
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