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Tup chrc p JL JL XJL/ v/I IIVV> ^v- ? - ^ > Vol. XXXVII No. 34 r WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, April 21, 2011 Smith to give WSSU graduation address ?See Page BIO AIDS agency is shutting its doors -See Page 45 Special kids get a special field day ?See Peine H / 75 cents a""- 1 Xi?v ^ o Brown leaves School Board BY LAYLA FARMUR THE CHRONIC I I Citing health issues. School Board Member Geneva Brown said this week that she is stepping down from the Board of Education . "My breathing became labored prob ably four or five weeks ago," explained Brown, a lung cancer survivor. "1 start ed looking at my health and 1 said, 'Wait a minute, if my health is going Brown bad, I don't need to be on the Board." Brown, who celebrated her 81st birthday earlier this week, spent 3X years as an edu cator and school admin istrator before joining the Board in 1994, "I feel free," she said after informing Board Chair Donny Lambeth of her resignation. "There's nothing like feeling free in a sense that you have lived a life you can be proud of. I didn't do everything right, but I enjoyed what I did." Brown, who has grappled with health issues for some time and had missed School Board meetings as a result, had been been advised some time ago by some to step down from the Board. Many thought she would not seek a fifth term on the board last fall because of her health. She says she had considered not run ning in the 2010 election, but she did n't feel ready to give it up. "I enjoyed it because I could see us doing some good things for kids and as long as I could see that happening, I was going to stay there." she remarked. "I wanted to stay on for the children, but my health just comes and goes." Lambeth says that while he under stands Brown's challenges, he is sorry to see her go. "She's a very special person and I will miss seeing her regularly," he commented. "She has such a high char acter and she's very credible. When she talks, people listen to her." Lambeth said Brown approached him at his first Board meeting in 1994 and told him she ,was-going to nomi Sec Brown on A10 Photos by Todd L uc k #11 _ inn > n ? Photo* by I Player Randy hobbs speaks as Patrick Terry, Cedric Hickman, Coach Duane Taylor and Duvonlae Covington listen. Real Talk From Rams Football players use own mistakes, struggles to motivate Griffith students BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE ? - Football players from Winston-Salem State University spent time at Griffith Academy last week, talking to students and tossing around the pigskin. The WSSU Football program has devel oped a special bond with Griffith, an alterna tive school for students with high level disci plinary offenses. This was the third year coaches and players have visited the school. Last Thursday, Assistant Football Coach Duane Taylor and players Patrick Terry, Cedric Hickman, Randy Fobbs and Duvontae Covington paid a visit. Having respect for others and getting a solid education were the main points they hammered home. Cedric Hickman shares his experi ences with Griffith students. "How you going to make a lot of money? You follow the rules," said Taylor. "Number one rule is to graduate." Some of the students grumbled when Taylor asked them if they liked school and their teachers. But they grew quiet when Taylor told them about his own youth. Taylor told of growing up with parents who were largely absent because of their drug use. The responsibility of caring for his five siblings fell on his young shoulders. Taylor said he watched as many of his friends became vic tims of violent crimes, but said he was deter mined to not meet their fate. "Plenty of times I didn't want to go to school," said Taylor. "I had every reason not to go to school. But I had to make that deci sion. that conscious effort to be great. I want ed to be different than everyone else in my neighborhood." Taylor set himself apart by staying dedicat ed to his school work and the sport he loves. He attended Fayetteville .State University, where he was the school's football squad's quarterback for four years and received his undergraduate degree in business. He taught business at a high school in Hoke County Set- Rams on A 9 Inmates given chance to put their skills to good use BY LAYLA FARMER I HI CHRQNICI I Vann McDonald still has to serve another year in prison to repay his debt to society, but that isn't stopping the 38 year-old Greensboro native from giving back to the community now. McDonald is one of a handful of inmates at Forsyth Correctional Center on Craft Drive who have been given the opportunity to help their fellow man through a unique project spearheaded by Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries (FJPM), a Christian based, com munity-funded ministry that pro vides counseling re-entry guidance to the incarcerated in the Winston Salem area. FJPM agreed last summer to provide volunteers to outfit a brand new 24-foot trailer for Samaritan's Purse, a Christian organization which provides assis tance to victims of natural disas ter, war, disease and famine in the U.S. and abroad. Samaritan's Purse is providing the supplies: and FJMP is providing the man jj>wer for the project, which is Sec Trailer on All Photo by Lay la Farmer Vann McDonald and Abraham Grant hard at work. Memory Lane WFU Photo by Ken Bennett Tyler Caldwell, former NBA star Rodney Rogers and Beth Hopkins share a laugh during the Losing to Win: Discussions of Race and intercollegiate Sports confer ence at W'Fll last week. See the full story on page A3. Brotherly Love Omegas honor memory of Dr. Drew with blood drive BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE ' . Seventy years ago, trailblazing African American Dr. Drew physician Dr. Charles Drew pio neered large scale blood banks with the American Red Cross by (Jevelop ing blood storage and processing techniques that have been responsi ble for saving millions of lives. Members of Drew's fraternity. Omega Psi Phi, Inc., continue to honor Drew's legacy and accom plishments by holding blood drives in his memory across the nation. Winston-Salem's Psi Phi Chapter held its Fifth See Omegas on A2 Photo by T?xid l uck Ralph Lalla Jr. gives blood last Saturday. Spend it here. Keep it here. BUY LOCAL FIRST! CHAMBER A Mind For Business.
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