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Manners 101 Elementary students get a erash course on dining etiquette BY T KEVIN WALKER llll IIIRONKII Wilh schools today so focused on making sure that students con quer the three R's. whether they know the difference between a salad fork and a regular fork seems incon sequential. That's until they sit down for a formal meal with executives from one of the school's most generous business partners. Ashley Elementary School w.ts faced with that dilemma last week and met it head on. Sara Lee Corp., the school's main business partner hosted its second farewell luncheon for graduating fifth-graders at a swank local hotel. To prepare the students tor the unique dining expe rience, one of the school's most ded icated volunteers paid for an eti quette expert to come to the school to train the anxious youngsters on I ho dos arid don'ts of formal dining. "I think its important that we do things like this for our African American children." said Beverly Graham, the school volunteer who paid for the instructor and the deli cate place settings the students used during the crash course. "So many of them have not had these etiquette lessons taught to them. Education is important, but so are social skills." Graham has no children enrolled at Ashley. She began to volunteer regularly when she became acquainted with the school's princi pal at the church they both attend. Union Baptist. Graham first paid for the etiquette lesson last year before the school's previous crop of fifth-graders went to their luncheon. She said she wanted to do something for the students as a graduation gift. The lesson was taught this year by Traei King, owner of the trendy downtown salon "the studio." King spent time with several different classes last Thursday at the school in a classroom that had been converted into a restaurant of sorts. Tables had been pushed together and were cov ered by a tine table cloth. Formal place settings sat before each student as King instructed them on what to do with each piece and then quizzed them about their uses. King also showed the young "gentlemen" in the classes how to properly escort and pull out a chair for a young "lady." "They are eager to learn." said King, who pointed out that she does not teach etiquette regularly but decided to work with the young peo ple after being asked. "They ask good questions....They want to use these skills not only at the luncheon but also in the future." Graham was impressed with King's presentation. She sat nearby during each of the sessions, occa sionally smiling as the students attempted to fold napkins or rearrange their flatware. She said she hoped that some of the students would see King as an example to fol low. "Many do not get to see people like Ms King a bright, well man nered and articulate young black woman," Graham said. Brenda Butler, the school's prin cipal. said last week's luncheon was just one of many things that Sara Lee has done over the years to help the Ashley family. The school was converted to an elementary school just two years ago. Butler said Sara Lee has been there for the school ever since its first rocky days "They have been wonderful," she said. "Not only have they given financial support to this brand new school, they have given a lot of human resource support as far as their stall" coming over and working with us "The kids are very excited and the adults are very excited that the business end still wants to be involved and be a part of these chil dren's lives" Photos by Kevin Walker A young man helps his classmate with her chair. Sharpton may seek White House THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK The Rev. A1 Sharpton on Sunday said he wants to explore a run for the presidency in 2004. Sharpton said he will help organize a national effort to find a progressive candidate to run in the Democratic presidential pri mary, "and I'm available to be that candidate." In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Sharpton said that "the Democratic Party failed to protect us in the last election. They did not deal with the disenfranchised voters that were never counted. In many ways they took us for granted. ... We cannot afford to be margin alized." Noting the Rev. Jesse Jack son's runs for president in 1984 and 1988, Sharpton said: "Twenty years later, we need to do the same thing, and maybe we need another black activist preacher from New York to run, to galvanize people." He said his purpose would be to promote issues that concern blacks and progressives "and to win as many of these primaries as possible. It would not be just symbolism." Sharpton told Time maga zine, which first reported the reverend's willingness to run, that the idea came to him while he sat under a tree in Sudan, which he visited in April on a fact-finding tour about slavery. He denied that he was taking advantage of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's tarnished image. "I'm not one to think that Rev. Jackson's finished." he said. "I'm not trying to take advan tage of his travail. My rise is not at Jesse's expense. If I'm rising, it's because I've done the work on issues like police brutality that affect huge numbers of our people." In January. Jackson acknowl edged fathering an out-of-wed lock child with a woman on the staff of his Washington office. Sharpton ran for U.S. Senate in New York in 1994 and came in third in a four-way contest in the Democratic primary with 25 percent of the vote. In 1997. he took 32 percent of the vote in a Democratic mayoral primary. HAWS from page A / and that the administration had them, the residents, at the top of its priority list. "As we know we have had some rocky roads, but the roeky roads will be filled with sand." he said. > Lonise Bias, the mother of late basketball star Len Bias, served as keynote speaker of the banquet. She uplifted the residents with a message of empowerment and self-sufficiency with residents. Before her address, she said her message is one that residents of HAWS have already taken to heart. "I just want to encourage them to continue to grow and climb higher and to continue to become a model for other housing author ities throughout the country," she said. _ Lawrence said those who believe that public housing resi dents are largely inactive, should visit some of the communities under the auspices of HAWS. "The majority of or residents work very hard and are involved in a variety of different programs." he said. Gloria Moore, an honoree from Sunrise Towers, said she did not know what to expect when she came to public housing two years ago. Moore had a stroke and hip replacement and doctors wanted to make sure she had a safe place to live. Healy Drive Towers honoree Nancy Church said when she learned that she would be honored at the ceremony, she was shocked. "We don't expect to be hon ored." she said of her and her fel low public housing residents. "If we do something, it's only to help our neighbors or someone who is ? less fortunate than us." Jackie Mclntrye, a Kimberley Park honoree. is so active that she could not think of what good deed she was being honored for. Mcln tyre says she doesn't feel produc tive unless she is out doing some thing. "By being active you get to know what's going before it hap pens. You are in the light when you are active, not in the dark," she said. "Sometimes word of mouth can make things cluttered; I like being active so I can hear first hand." The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernest H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemeye in 1974 and is pub lished every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicle Pub lishing Co., Inc., 617 N. Liberty St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101. Periodicals Postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. Annual subscription price is $30.72. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle, PO Box 1636 Winston-Salem, NC 27102-1636 INDEX OPINION , A6 SPORTS B 1 RELIGION BS CLASSIFIEDS B9 HEALTH C3 ENTERTAINMENT C7 CALENDAR C9 Quotable?: "I don't know the key to success; but the key to failure is trying to please everybody " - Bill Cosby Traci King quizzes the students about proper table etiquette. 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