70'’^ '■-i i Check cooking tips on this week's Health and \Aellness page...C3 &sWeek ^ronide’s 25 picks • • • • havetou^ le in bowl Community See All See Cl Local woman hits century mark • • • • Singer spending holiday in Spain Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point Vol. XXVII No. 15 062201 •**•*•••*** 3-DIGIT 275 jjiLS EEPARTMENT If #3938 DAVIS LIBRARY (2IAPEL HILL igEL HILL HC 27514-8890 Chronicle The Choice for African American News THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2 A Call for Peace lEll Photos by Kevin Walker 31 I ffe embraces icole during a In/d last week Street. Little's son, Corey, t d killed on the ‘ tenth. m call for end to violence on over an epidemic ail cured with pills or about two dozen Jl irotest in the bitter irsday evening, men, boys and girls [jiliberty Street with )icket signs, decrying ence that has rocked ll liey marched. II est is the second in ijt sks organized by the 3rey Little, who was lied at the BP Gas j22 Liberty Street on le was 18; his alleged 10 is still at large, is * • . u just senseless, the I' ther, Delores Little, g are so many young ning around these ns.” e family has been on .jjj sorts sinee they lost ™one. Delores Little or to door to try to jghbors in the Cleve- t area aware of the lie family has also Nicole Little wears a sweat shirt with a picture of her late brother on the back. called on local religious leaders twofold. While they are con- tie was shot to be closed down, and politicians to help curb teen cerned about teens killing teens The family says the station has violence. for no reason, they also want the become a death trap, with many But the family’s fight has been BP Gas Station where Corey Lit- Protest on A9 |5 th-graders leam writing, hip-hop style BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Photo by Kevin Walker J/i/s laser pointer to help students master the art of 1 spelling tests. The name Erik Cork may not ring a bell with most people, but to fourth-grade students at two local schools Cork is a celebrity of Michael Jordan-like propor tions. Cork has gained a national following for his uncanny ability of teaching writing, hip-hop style. Cork presented “Rap, Rhythm & Rhyme,” a day-long, intense writing workshop that may have the students dance one moment and rap the next, last week at Petree and Kimberley Park elementary schools. Only fourth-grade students at both schools were treated to the workshop; school officials wanted to focus on fourth- graders because they will take the N.C. Writing Test in Mareh. UNCF office says goodbye, Winston; hello, Charlotte BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Cork repeatedly tried to con vey to the students during the workshops that writing can be as natural to them as singing a song. They both take practice, he said. “Learn it like you are learn ing a new dance or song,” he told students at Kimberley Park. “Learning comes natural to all living creatures and you are all living creatures.” But Cork is more action than talk. He often set grammar and punctuation rules to music, stat ing them rhythmically as the students repeated after him. Often the rhythmic lessons lead to dance moves. Kimberley Park students did everything from the “Electric Slide” to the “Bankhead Bounce” during the workshop. See Fourfh-graders on AS The N.C. office of the United Negro College Fund no longer calls Win ston-Salem home. UNCF packed up and moved its headquarters to Charlotte more than a month ago, after calling the Twin City home for years. UNCF has raised money for 39 private, historically-black colleges and universities throughout the nation. Marilyn Richards, UNCF’s N.C. director, did not return calls regarding the move. She told The Charlotte Post last month that she hoped the move would help UNCF generate more funds. “We came to Charlotte because it is one of the fastest growing areas in the Southeast,” she said. “We expect the move to enhance our fund-raising significantly through improved access to resources along with higher visibil ity.” Richards also told the newspaper that it was important for the office to be in the same town as a UNCF school. Winston-Salem State University is a public historically-black school and is not one of the organization’s mem ber institutions. “The move was necessary so we could be in the same city with Johnson C. Smith University,” she said. “I think it is important for us to be close to our member institutions.” UNCF held a coming-out party of sorts last week in Charlotte. The Maya Angelou Tribute to Achievement was the organization’s first big fund raiser in its new city. The event honored people like Johnson C. Smith Pres ident Dorothy Yancy and former governor James Martin; it also featured a concert by Ashford and Simpson. UNCF had held several annual fund-raising events here, including a See UNCF on A5 Community helping family devastated by fire, death BY PAUL COLLINS THE CHRONICLE Anyone who would like to help the Jesus Navarrete family - which lost a precious 3-month-old girl and virtually all of their pos sessions in a fire Nov. 22 - has several avenues available. Neely Kramer, marketing director of Key Resources Inc., a staffing agency where Jesus Navarrete is employed, said Tuesday that a Navarrete Relief Fund has been set up at First Citizens Bank, and about $685 has been donated. In addition, two Christmas gifts were left for the family at the First Citizens in downtown Greens boro. Kramer said that donations of money may be made at any First Citizens branch in the Triad. She advises people who want to help the family, to donate money rather than, say, furniture or clothing. That way the family can buy whatever they need, she said. However, if you wish to donate something other than me ey. Security Storage at 425 E. Monmouth Street in Winston-Salem, where the Navarrete family has space rented, will accept items Mon day through Saturdays 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 1:30 to 6 p.m. through the holidays, or as long as needed, a spokesman for the company said. Ask for Jessica Rogers or owner Mike Coe. People may also make donations at Casa Guadalupe, which is part of Catholic Social Services, said Veronica Zambrano, a Span ish interpreter for Casa Guadalupe. Call Lisa Alexander at 727- 4745 for information. Zambrano said Casa Guadalupe has already helped or has plans to help the family with counseling for the children and parents, Christmas gifts, food, interpreting. She said Casa Guadalupe also See Community on A10 Rainbow/Push files lawsuit over votes thrown out in Florida’s Duval County BY: RAOUL DENNIS NNPA NEWS WIRE WASHINGTON - In a landmark move. Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rep. Corinne Brown (D-Fla.) and several plaintiffs have filed suit against Florida’s Duval County Canvass ing Board, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney in a civil rights case concerning 27,000 votes thrown out in Duval county - 16,000 of which were African- American votes, the NNPA was told in a morning media confer ence this week. Attorney Lewis Myers Jr., lead counsel on the case, charged that the organization called the situa tion in Florida beyond partisan politics or even who should be rec ognized as the winner of Florida’s electoral votes. “What we are doing here is not a Democratic or Republican issue,” Myers said. “This is a civil rights voting rights issue. When you exclude black votes, that is unlaw ful. We cannot tolerate the whole sale violation of our right to vote by anyone. That only encourages this Jackson See Rainbow on AS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (336) 722-8624 • MASTERCARD^ VISA AND AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCEPTED

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