-'I 1 New DASH Diet could lower your blood pressure. See page C3 SportsWeek s4r /ightning strikes again •••• le Little receives award Community Events celebrate youth and business ••• See B7 See >12 See All See Cl New Zion pastor calls it quits Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point Vol.XXVI No. 41 123 062201 ***--«*-3-DIGIT 275 SERIALS DEPARTMENT CB #3938 DAVIS LIBRARY UNC CHAPEL HILL CHAPEL HILL_ NC 27514-8890 ioice for African American News THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2 •mm takes Book at teen rinking lus HODGES loNICLE Coalition for Drug Abuse Prevention met with a if parents, students and law enforcement agents at [i on the problem of underage drinking, parent who attended the meeting said it is impor- parents to stay involved in their children’s lives, |ly in high school. cia, not her real name, is one of those parents |ies not drop her son off at a football game. She ;re with him, even if he is not seated next to her. lee those parents who (drop their kids oS) and I You have no clue,’” she said. [ording to a survey the coalition took at local students who drink do it at sporting events and jveekends. e thing we heard a lot was there isn’t much to do ton, so if you’re drunk or high you’re doing it in a t way,” said Jill Miller, one of the facilitators for |im. added that students have a casual attitude about and smoking marijuana. [rls are usually into alcohol, like wine coolers, while oke weed and drink beer,” Miller told the group. Troxler, executive director of the coalition, said 1: has been fighting against underage drinking for She said in this election season it is important for See Drinking on All tUS Photo by Paul Collins Weed and Seed Coordinator William Sturdivant passes out balloons at the program's community day. Community Day attracts the masses BY PAUL COLLINS THE CHRONICLE When Daria Quinsaat heard the Winston Lake Drummers perform Saturday at Weed and Seed’s Cleve-' land Avenue Community Day, she just had to dance. “It was in my blood, my Tahit ian blood, the drums, you know,” said Quinsaat, who works for the , Winston-Salem Housing Authority ’‘‘WreS^^sdftSol program in the Cleve land community. In addition to the drum music, Quinsaat especially liked the drug display at Community Day. “I don’t do drugs and I didn’t know what See Community on A9 NOI calling on families to demand change BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE The men, more than 1 million strong, marched for atonement and change. The women marched for unity and solidarity. The fami lies will march for all of the above and much more. The Million Family March is the latest reincarnation of the massive march on Washington concept. Like its trailblazing ancestors, 1996’s Million Man March and 1997’s Million Woman March, the Million Fam ily March, which will be held Oct. 16, is being spearheaded by the Nation of Islam (NOI). Local NOI mosques are in the process of educating communities about the mission of the march and recruiting those who want to go. The Min. Mikal Muhammad of the Muhammad Mosque in Winston-Salem said the march, for the first time in this nation’s history, will give families an opportunity to take issues like violence, crime and education to the people See NOI on A3 Min. Farrakhan Min. Muhammad hurch hopes new center ill enlighten young minds =VIN WALKER IRONICLE Rev. L.M. Johnson the story of Moses part- Red Sea when he told his Jgation at Ephesus Sev- )ay Adventist Church lone of the many obstacles [ere overcome during the action of the church’s new lion and community cen- construction company Ito build the facility had J'hnson that the land where ling lot for the center was 1 built was unfit for con- |on. To fix the problem cost close to $50,000, Im said he was told, able to pay that steep cost, Im said the church prayed Iriracle. Iniracle is what the church Jen an engineer came a few Iter to tell Johnson that the Im was only minor. [hen you walk over to the you are walking on part- id,” Johnson said from the pulpit at the church a few min utes before a ribbon cutting for the new center, which is adjacent to the church’s edifice on Cleve land Avenue. The 13,500 square-foot center The school moved into the church, sharing a space in the rear of the building with church offices and other facilities. Church officials say the new school provides all the space A “When you walk over to the center, you are walking on parted land. ” - The Rev. LM. Johnson will serve as a home for the Adventists’ well-known educa tion programs and school. The church has operated a school for close to 50 years. Currently grades preschool through eighth are served by the school. The school once called a tidy, three-story building on Ivy Avenue home, but the structure was sold several years ago. needed to cultivate young minds. The building contains several classrooms, offices for the school’s principal and nurse, and a full-fledged media center. The added space will also allow the school to increase its population tremendously. “The Lord has been very, very gracious to Ephesus,” John son said. “This is the light shined Photo by Kevin Walker Members and friends of Ephesus Seventh-Day Adventist Church prepare to cut the ribbon Sunday after noon for the church's brand new community and education center. in a dark place.” The ribbon cutting brought together many men and women who dreamed for years of open ing the school. Some gave gener ous contributions to jump-start construction; others can easily remember the school’s rich histo ry and the men and women who were the first to run it. Robert Williams, principal of the church’s school, talked about the magic of grand openings. Openings, he said, always signal the start of something “fresh” and “new.” He said the opening of the new school building is especially symbolic because it means more than just opening up a structure. See Church on A10 Woman, 57, graduates from college after overcoming abuse, alcohol BY FELECIA R MCMILLAN COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT 5 r-’S» t *’" ■ ' ’ T" k': r Photo by Felecia McMillan Reid, 57, poses with her two grandchildren. On the night before her graduation from col lege, Claudia M. Reid, 57, could not sleep. Due to her nervousness, she arose at midnight and at every hour on the hour until 6 a.m. when it was time for her to get dressed for the big event. A caravan of six carloads of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends followed her to NC. A&T State University on Saturday, May 13, to watch her receive her bach elor of science degree in nursing. When she walked across the stage, she could hear the cheer ing of her family. “My grandchildren were standing at the end of the aisle in a large group yelling, "’Grandma” and “G-G.” My children yelled “Mama!” and my friends called me by name. The babies were just hollering,” she said with much laughter. “I wanted this march. I didn’t just want the degree. This is closure,” said Reid. “I went through every step. That is an achievement for me, and I was proud of myself for doing it.” Reid discovered that she wanted to be a nurse in the early 1970s when she took a friend to apply “I know that I have had angels watching over me.” - Claudia M. Reid for a job at a nursing home. Reid spoke with a registered nurse on staff, who gave her a guided tour of the facility. Reid watched her as she fed the patients, bathed the patients and gave general care of the clients. “I fell in love with the place and the people. I started making plans to be a nurse because she seemed to love what she was doing. When I met her, I ran across my first angel,” said Reid. “I had been floundering around not knowing what I wanted to do or to be. I went to college at A&T, but I dropped out and got married. My whole life changed, but not for the better. I was a battered wife, a victim of domestic abuse with a tragic end. After all the debts were paid, I still wanted to be a nurse.” Reid went to Forsyth Technical College and studied automotive mechanics, but she was inter ested in health care. “I had to make a decision. I either had to cook or get out of the kitchen. I could feel sorry for myself or I could go to school,” she said. In 1991, Reid enrolled in the licensed practical nursing program at Forsyth Technical College. Her goal was to work for a year, attain a two-year degree; however, her ultimate goal was a B.S. degree in nursing. She attended Winston-Salem State University for a while. She then transferred See Reid on A4 FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (336) Z22-8624 • MASTERCARD^ VISA AND AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCEPTED

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