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Photos by Tevin Stinson Mayor Allen Joines speaks to members of the media during a press conference on Thursday, October 1. Joines said he was delighted to be the host city of the 72nd Annual NAACP State Convention. NAACP from page A1 convention include; Joy Reid, political correspondent for MSNBC, Ari Berman, writer for The Nation magazine, and U.S. Rep. Alma Adams (12th District of N.C.). The convention will feature the ninth annual Romallus O. Murphy program, which offers continuing education credits in law. The topics for the program, which will be on Friday, include looking at vot ing rights, Confederate flag. Black Lives Matter and the death penalty. According to Laws, Barber's State of the State address is always a must see event. The speech is similar to the State of the Union address given by the president of the United States. "If you plan to attend the State of the State address, you should plan to get there early," smiled Laws. "It is always one of our more crowded events." According to a schedule of the conven tion, attorney Lani Guinier of Harvard Law School will speak at the Freedom Fund Awards. Guinier is probably best known as President Bill Clinton's nominee for assistant attorney general for Civil Rights in April 1993. Clinton withdrew the nomination after controversy about her writings surfaced. Issac Howard, president of the Winston-Salem NAACP Branch, said, "The local branch is proud to be the host of this years convention. The members have been busy preparing for our brothers and sisters from across the state." For a complete schedule of events and more information on the 72nd Annual NAACP State Convention visit www .naacpnc .org Michelle Laws, executive director of the state NAACP reads a list of activities that will be happening during the 72nd Annual NAACP State Convention. 'Fire hose' of moisture slams South Carolina BY SEANNA ADCOX AND JEFFREY COLLINS ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, S C. - People across South Carolina got an object les son Monday in how you can dodge a hurricane and still get hammered. Authorities struggled to get water to communi ties swamped by it, and with waterlogged dams overflowing, bridges col lapsing, hundreds of roads inundated and floodwaters rolling down to the coast, the state was anything but done with this disaster. "This is a Hugo-level event," said Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston, head of the South Carolina National Guard, referring to the September 1989 hur ricane that devastated Charleston. "We didn't see this level of erosion in Hugo.... This water doesn't fool around." Much-feared Hurricane Joaquin missed the East Coast, but fueled what experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called a "fire hose" of tropical moisture that aimed direct ly at the state. A solid week of rainfall has killed at least 10 people in South Carolina and two in North Carolina, and sent about 1,000 to shelters. About 40,000 have been left with out drinkable water. One of the latest to die was McArthur Woods, 56, who drove around a barri cade and drowned Sunday night. His passenger man aged to climb on top of the sedan, which stalled in the rushing water. A firefighter rescued her after someone heard her screams. "She came out tne window. How she got on top of the car and stayed there like she did with that water - there's a good Lord," Kershaw County Coroner David West said. By Monday, the heavi est rains had moved into the mid-Atlantic states. Along the Jersey Shore, some beaches devastated by Superstorm Sandy three years ago lost most of their sand to the wind, rain and high surf. South Carolina authori ties mostly switched Monday from search and rescue into "" assessment and recovery mode," but Gov. Nikki Haley warned citizens to remain careful as a ""wave" of water swelled downstream and dams had to be opened to prevent catastrophic fail ures above low-lying neighborhoods near the capital. "" South Carolina has gone through a storm of historic proportions," Haley said. ""Just because the rain stops, does not mean that we are out of the woods." Indeed, shortly after the governor's news con ference, two dams in two separate towns east of downtown Columbia burst on Monday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of some neighborhoods. James Shirer, who lives in the area, saw one of the dams, in the town of Forest Acres, fail and a 22-acre lake drain in 10 to 15 min utes. "It just poured out," Shirer said. The 16.6 inches of rain that fell at Gills Creek near downtown Columbia on Sunday made for one of the rainiest days recorded at a U.S. weather station in more than 16 years. An Associated Press reporter surveying the scene by helicopter saw the entire eastern side of the capital city awash in flood water. Neither trailer parks nor upscale neighborhoods were spared: One man sion's swimming pool was filled with a yellowish broth. Some towns were entirely cut off. About 60 miles southeast of the cap ital, all four roads leading into the county seat of Manning were closed, iso lating 4,000 people. Many smaller communities in Clarendon County are in a similar predicament, Sheriff Randy Garrett said. Habitat for Humanity Of fiMSyth County Want to be a Homeowner or know someone who does? Come to an orientation session to learn more about the Habitat program. Space is limited. No children, please. L L Veterans are encouraged to apply. Monday, October 12 6 p.m. 1023 W. 14th St. Winston-Salem ?& j pK: Acij- jjfj.v IHi ?j| ? Kr| I ?:' '* j I T ' : ^:BI ' f ? .: I
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