/ I Vu-f Locals teed the hungry m soup See page A2. rtsWeek Utansto tide Spartans crown Community See A2 See Cl to IM * % % % Artnr to host new BETstKiw ;***-' J ;75 8 DAVI5 Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point rij— j-C 275.4-7390 Vol. xxyil No. 17 The Choice for African American News THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, sue ^ rights les after charity LKER the Ethical Treat- lals (PETA) have and infamy by he nation’s top s and the manu- r products. ’s protest tactics al and sometimes aw enforcement PETA officials nit that their lat- y not win them public relations jlanned a protest of the downtown of the March of iston-Salem. The itest in a series of demonstrations Dimes offices up East Coast. ;h is based out of ays the March of nprofit that has ;tle against birth lans for the past es “old fashion” Deriments on ani- about its goal of Tects. coordinator for of Dimes cam- pected to lead Ete said he will veral local PETA demonstration clothesline with tils hanging from in the clothesline March of Dimes out to dry while Kelly said last telephone inter- its that PETA’s the popular non- Duchy” issue for 8ut PETA claims [i of Dimes’ ani- ents have not ter ways to fight PETA claims the mes has, among ewn together the and injected rats potent levels of 3 avail. g addicted rats See PETA on A3 A Look Back Family says man gone without a trace. BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE AP Photo Thousands protest against the Confederate flag in Columbia, S.C., in January. The NAACP spearheaded the demonstration. Photo by Kevin Walker A man tries to sell a shirt at October's Million Family March in Washington, D.C. The event drew hundreds of thousands of fam ilies from across the nation. Last 12 months had its share of local drama and highlights BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Photo provided by WFU Carl Matthews and other sit-in participants pose in front of a per manent monument downtown. To many, the year 2000’s bark was much worst than its bite. Millennium bug hype domi nated the headlines and conversa tions around company water coolers for much of 1999, but when the clock struck midnight last year, ushering in a new mil lennium, it all turned out to be just that - hype. Instead of catastrophic disas ter or Armageddon, 2000 will mostly be remembered for the strangest and most protracted presidential contest in history. It was a year in which Elian Gonza lez became a household name. And a year in which Firestone and Napster became infamous. The past year hasn’t been kind to Charlotte’s professional sports teams. The murder trial of Rae Carruth dominated headlines; the city mourned the loss of two sports heroes: Hornets star Bobby Phills and Panther Fred Lane. There were no high profile murders or contested ballots in Winston-Salem this year, but the Twin City did, as always, have its share of drama, intrigue and Board of AZldermen antics. Here’s a look back at just a few of the stories The Chronicle covered heavily over the last year. To Go or Not To Go The Adam’s Mark chain started 2000 with a public Falceto relations dis aster on its hands. The St. Louis based hotel chain was slapped with a discrim ination suit by the U.S. Justice Department in the last days of ‘99. The NAACP also had a major bone to pick with the hotel See 2000 wrap on A8 Thanksgiving and Christmas haven’t been the same this year for a local family. There has been a empty pl^e in their hearts and at the dinner table this holiday season. Gregdry Frazier disappeared Nov. 4. He left his job as a cook at the Ramada Inn got into his ‘88 Lincoln and has not been seen since. “No one has seen him since he left that night,” said Estelle Frazier, Gregory’s mother. Estelle Frazier said there have been short periods of time in the past when Gregory would seeming ly vanish without a trace, but, she said, he has never been missing for such an extended period of time. “He used to come by and see me on his days off and he always used to call. This time I didn’t get a call,” she said. Estelle Frazier said she and the rest of the family are keeping the faith. She has nine living children. All her children, even those who live outside of the city, came together for Christmas. Estelle Fra- ziersaid the closeness and love they shared have been bittersweet. Fra zier said it’s almost unbearable not knowing the whereabouts of her son- whether he is hurt or in dan ger. The family has placed signs around the East Third Street area, where Gregory Frazier roomed with a relative. They have also placed ads in local publications. So far, their efforts have been fruitless, though. Estelle Frazier said the police have had no leads. At one point, officers thought they had discov ered her son’s car, but it turned out to be someone else’s vehicle. Estelle Frazier said her son got paid the night he disappeared, which leads her to believe that he may have been targeted. “He had a lot of money on uim that night,” she said. She also said that her son some times used drugs. She stopped short of saying that he had a drug prob lem, but she said he would some times use when he had money. She is unsure of the circum stances surrounding her son’s dis appearance, but sure about one thing - somebody, somewhere knows something or saw some thing. “We just want people to come forward and tell us what they know,” she said. She still believes that her son is alive. Until she finds out otherwise. See Family on A3 Dozens of people observe solar eclipse at Sci Works BY PAUL COLLINS THE CHRONICLE Photo by Paul Collins of the Forsyth Astronomical Society looks at the solar eclipse through a Dozens of people turned out on Christmas Day at SciWorks to see the last Dec. 25 eclipse that will be visible from this area for more than 300 years.. Forsyth Astronomical Society and SciWorks Sci ence Center provided telescopes with special filters that allowed the eclipse to be viewed safely. Sunspots were also visible at dark patches on the sun’s surface - each larger than the Earth. Those attending also got to see the sun’s image projected, visible through pin hole viewers, and visible through a #14 welders glass. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking part or the sun’s entire disk from view. Solar .eclipses are much more rare than lunar eclipses and cover a much small er area of the Earth. The last solar eclipse in Win ston-Salem was in 1993. This year’s Christmas day eclipse took place from 10:26 a.m. to 2:43 p.m., with the greatest eclipse about 12:30. At the time of greatest eclipse, the moon See Eclipse on A2 Dowdy, former A&T president dead at 83 SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE GREENSBORO - Dr. Lewis Carnegie Dowdy, an outstanding educator and administrator who served as the sixth president of N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University, died Sunday, Dec. 17. He was 83. A native of Eastover, S.C., Dowdy became president of N.C. A&T, then known as A&T Col lege, in 1964 and served until his retirement in 1981. “Many of the programs and buildings on our campus today are due to the contributions made by Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy,” said Dr. James C. Renick, chancellor of A&T. “He was truly a student- focused chancellor who under stood that students and quality academic programs were the core of the university. We are benefi ciaries of his visionary leader ship.” Dowdy’s educational career began in South Carolina, where he served eight years as a school principal. In 1951, he joined the A&T faculty as an instructor of education and director of student teaching. After four years, he was elected dean of the School of Education and General Studies. He later was named dean of instruction, served as acting pres ident, and was elected president in April 1964. During his 17-year tenure as president, Dowdy gained respect See A&T on A7 FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (336) Z22-8624 • MASTERCARD^ VISA AND AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCEPTED •

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