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FROM STAFF REPORTS
After being an unmatched
source of community news and
information for people in the
Triad for nearly three decades.
The Chronicle made its debut
on the Worldwide Web this
week with an online version of
the newspaper that offer read
ers a sampling of stories on a
variety of' lopies, from enter
tainment and health to news
and community events.
The Chronicle Online can
be accessed at www.wschroni
cle.com. The site will be
updated each Friday with sto
ries from the most recent issue
of the newspaper and will fre
quently feature stories and
other items not seen in the
print edition of The Chronicle.
"We are excited about
finally having our place on tne
Web," said T. Kevin Walker,
managing editor. "There's not
a day that goes by when we
don't get calls from people
throughout the world who are
interested in reading The
Chronicle via the Internet."
Not only will stories writ
ten by Chronicle staffers be
featured prominently on the
site, but also stories submitted"
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Emmanuel will
work with Duke
to develop pastors
Church is one of 15 around the nation
that will take part in new divinity program
BY PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
Duke University Divinity
School will team with congrega
tions from 15 churches across the
country - one of which is
Emmanuel Baptist Church in
Winston-Salem - to develop a
new generation of effective pas
tors, Dean L. Gregory Jones
announced.
The churches, which stretch
from San Antonio, Texas, to
Greenwich. Conn., were chosen
for their strong pastoral leader
ship and vital congregational
ministries, Jones said in a news
release.
"We believe these partner
ships will make a crucial differ
ence in how congregations con
ceive of their ministry, how
excellent students begin to devel
op a vision for ministerial identi
ty and leadership, and how Duke
i a c u 11 y
and staff
deploy
their
resources
for the
church in
more inte
grated
w ay s , "
Jones
said. "We
look for
ward to working closely with
these congregations."
Duke students will be
assigned to the churches to devel
op ministries linked to divinity
school program areas such as
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Mendez
Wake student's
design helping
victims of Sept. 11
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
The sale of greeting cards
depicting Wake Forest Universi
ty s unity
and Hope
theme
year have
raised
$1,500 so
far for the
Sept. 11
Fund. The
logo on
the cards
features a
stained
glass
motif with a candle in the center,
and the words "unity" and
"hope." The project is a part of
the student-organized Year of
Unity and Hope, which has
already raised more than
$10,000 for the victims of the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Wake senior Melissa
McGhie of Miami. Fla..
designed the theme year logo
after the Theme Year Committee
approached her. In past years,
the university normally relied on
outside graphic designers and
printing houses to come up with
concepts*, but il was decided to
give the honor of creating this
year's logo to one of WFU's
own students.
Complete creative control of
the logo was left up to McGhie.
who was more than happy to
take on the artistic challenge.
"I thought it was really excit
ing how something I designed
could have an effect to raise
money for (Sept. 11 Fund). I was
really happy about the whole
thing; I was honored."
Although McGhie is just
four months shy of receiving a
communications degree from
WFU, this PresidentiaP Arts
Scholarship recipient and honor
student has been testing the
waters of the art world since
high school.
While attending Design and
Architecture Senior High School
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McGhie
Saluting the Dream
City's oldest annual
MLK Day events
have twists this year
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
had heen dead, for more than
two decades when many of the
children who attend Mount
Neho Holiness Church were
born.
But what they have learned
about King through stories told
by their parents and lessons
taught to them in their class
rooms, had the dozen or so
excited about taking part in an
annual march to honor the slain
civil rights leader.
"I admire him," a coy Anita
Caldwell said as she huddled
outside of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church with other young mem
bers of Mt. Nebo. "We can leam
great things by being out here
and we can be inspired (by)
learning what they did back
then."
Ihe preteens joined a
diverse group Monday for the
18th annual march - an event
sponsored by the Ministers
Conference of Winston-Salem
and Vicinity that draws not only
members of various churches
but also fra- _________
term lies,
sororities,
civic clubs
and schools.
Despite a
steady driz
zle, hun
dreds took
part in the
U at c h ,
which sym
bol i c a 11 y
begins on
Martin
Luther King
Jr. Drive and
ends in front
of the Ben
ton Conven
tion Center
just in time
for the annu
al MLK
Noon Hour
Commemo
ration.
Marchers
sang songs such as "We Shall
Overcome" along the route,
drawing car horns and thumbs
up from temporarily halted driv
ers and nearby pedestrians.
Letheria Moore marched for'
the eighth straight year. He said
the large umbrella he held over
his head as he walked this year
did not hamper his steps nor did
the raindrops that landed on the
umbrella damper his spirits.
"Rain does not stop any-'
thing. Rain only stops people
who do not want to come out,"
Moore said. "Some of our lead
ers went through times that
were much worse than this, so
the least I can
i do is come
out and
j walk."
At the
Benton Con
vention Cen
ter. Moore
and the other
marchers
were joined
by at least a
thousand oth
ers for the
annual Noon
Hour Com
memoration,
it was the
22nd year lor
the event,
which is
sponsored by
the city's
Human Rela
11 vM i > vunr
mission, the
Winston
Phun
ter of the NAACP and by
WAAA-Triple A Radio.
As attendees searched for
seats in the large assembly hall,
excerpts of King delivering
some of his most memorable
speeches poured out of a sound
system. But Mutter Evans, the
commemoration's founder and
the owner of WAAA. told the
crowd that though King had a
way with words, he did not just
say things and then simply hope
that they would happen. King
Photo* by Kevin Walker
A group of young people from Mount Nebo Holiness Church prepare to take part in the annu
al MLK march. More than 200 people marched through downtown in the rain.
A man hangs a picture of MLK at
>he noon-hour service.
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Aaron Gordon shields himself from the rain by hiding in the
coat of his father; Toby Gordon, while he talks to his mother,
Terry Gordon. The Gordons' daughter, Lydia, also marched.
backed up his words and so
must people today. Evans said.
"Dr. King knew it was not
just enough to talk the talk....We
come on this holiday to honor a
man of action," she said.
King and his legacy were
not the only subjects of this
year's commemoration, howev
er. About 20 minutes of the pro
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Leaders invoke King s words at breakfast
Photo b> Kevin Walker
A few of the dignitaries on hand for the breakfast listen to a choir. Seated
from right: Mayor Allen Joines, Alderwoman Vivian Burke, the Rev. Kelly
Carpenter, the Rev. Robert E. Lee McGovvens, Salem President Julianne Thrift
and Alderwoman Joycelyn Johnson. ?
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
BE CHRONICLE
The first annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer
Breakfast will be remembered for the steady stream
of dynamic speakers that wrapped King's dream
and views around a wide range of timely topics.
Held Monday morning at the Anderson Center,
the breakfast drew about 350 people, many of
whom stood to their feet several times throughout
the two-hour event to show their appreciation to
various speakers. The breakfast was the vision of
Ernie Pitt, the publisher of The Chronicle. Pitt said
he wanted the breakfast Jo serve as a sort of town
hall meeting, where people of various racial back
grounds could start conversations about issues that
divide the community and wdrk toward ways to
eradicate those differences.
Pitt said the purpose of MLK Day should be not
only to reflect on the life of the civil rights giant
but also to ponder what lies ahead.
"We owe it to Dr. King to do more than look
back." Pitt told the crowd.
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