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sports Week Warthogs manager making history o ? ? ? ? Newkirk shines in arena league See B! See A10 See CI Community Young men featured in elegant event ? ? ? ? Filmmaker explores racial divide ? I 75 cents WlNSTON-S\LEM GREENSBORO HlCH POINT Vq). XXVIII No. 34 Thf Chronic 48 .20202 ....... cAR-HT-LOT * *C022 Jb- m -M*- -j m c room The Choice for African-American News I from this library ? FORSYTH CNTY ?LiB LIB jfc??j?? 1 ?. [ 660 W 5TH ST # RMhe*.. . WINSTON SALEM KC 27101-2755 , ivuume vows to continue battle against rebel flag BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE FORT MILL, S.C. - Contrary to their names, not everyone is welcome at welcome centers in South Carolina. The centers, also called rest stops, are along major highways in the state, places where travelers can stop to grab popdy bars, use the restrooms or pick tip informative booklets about the Pal rneno State. "??'?Since last month centers located tisi South Carolina's borders' also It** served another purpose. They have been the latest battleground for the NAACP in its ongoing effort to have the Confederate flag removed from the grounds of the Statehouse in Columbia. Members of the civil rights group have used the welcome centers to urge drivers traveling on interstates to honor the NAACP's two-year-old boycott of the state. But Charlie Condon. South Car olina's attorney general, is hoping that a court will pull the welcome mat from under the feet of NAACP pro testers. In a suit filed last month. Con don asks a state judge to make the NAACP pay for the extra state police placed at centers while the group holds its "border patrols." The president of the national NAACP set foot in the state Friday for the first time since a massive protest two years ago in front of the State house. As more than 150 NAACP members from several Southern states lined up along a hill at a welcome cen ter in York County. S.C., Kweisi Mfume encouraged the protesters and people of goodwill everywhere to keep up the fight, and he vowed that the organization would strongly answer any challenge launched by Condon. "He is simply without authority, and he knows that," he said of the attorney general as Mfume announced that the NAACP had filed a response to Condon's suit. In the response, the NAACP says Set Mfume on A10 r i . & r' B & ? Photo by Kevin Walker Ross Davis, left, and Joe Mosley, both from Jacksonville, Fla., joined hundreds of others at a rest stop on 1-77 in Fort Mill, S.C., last week. The H.A.R.L.E. Y. Principles Psychologist uses unconventional way to inspire kids BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE' Children can learn a lot from a Harley Davidson motorcycle. For those of you who don't consider yourselves to be Harley enthusi asts. a motorcycle can motivate children in six magnificent ways. At least that is what Dr. Chad Costantino told the students Fri da'yat Easton Elementary School. Using the letters that spell out the word "Harley." Costantino shared a motivational message to h^p build the character of the Easton students and,make a dif ference in their lives. Costantino was certain to first say that a motorcycle is an "adult toy" and can be very dangerous for chil dren. The students were participat ing from the get-go, chanting in ?unison, "I am good! 1 am smart! I am strong! I'm going to make a difference in this world!" after Costantino instructed them to give themselves a round of applause for being wonderful children. Using his very own personal Harley Davidson motorcycle as a prop. Costantino explained to the students that the letter H" stands < for "Help others and Honor your parents," A starnjs for "Always play and Alwjtyf pray," R stands ' for "Read a ot and Remember ? where you came from," L stands s for "Love others and Listen." E stands for "Everybody has a pur- ? pose in life and Exercise." and Y ' ca-.j ? ? ? . i _ Photo h\ Bruce C hupman Students at Easton cheer Dr. Chad Costantino as he makes his entrance on his Harley. stands for "You are in control of four destiny, and You are spe :ial." Including a moral with each etter through a story or personal ife experience. Costantino spread i positive and educational mes age to the Easton students. "Teachers, counselors, love hese kids; love these kids." Costantino said. Costantino is a child and fani ilv therapist in Kernersville and holds a master's degree in mar riage counseling as well as a doc torate in psychology. He shared with the students that he helps children whose parents may he divorced, or children who may have anger problems or suffer from depression or are battling addictions to drugs and alcohol Costantino incorporated vari ous activities and songs into his speech. Three students were brought out front to pamper an . Easton teacher by administering a short massage as she sat in a chair. Another group was brought on stage to partake in a short round of Simon Says, and one lucky girl even got the chance to suit up in Costantino's motorcycle gear and hop onto the driver's seat as he S? Harley on A4 Blue hopes to be 1 people's senator BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Dan Blue says he doesn't have to talk the talk, a point he believes clearly sets him apart from many of the others running I for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jesse Helms. In a race domi nated by political | begin Blue n e r s with deep pockets. Democrat Blue brings more experience as an elected official than any of the others. Blue said his 22 years in the N.C. House of Representa tives- he served as speaker of the House for four of those years - produced a record of serving the everyday, working folks in Norlh Carolina. So while others say what they will. Blue is asking vot ers to look at what he has already done. "I have a record showing the kinds of things that I have championed." Blue said. "I say what I am going to do. and 1 do what I say." Blue was in Winston Salem Tuesday, keeping up a hectic campaign schedule that has taken him across the state and back again. Here, he met with Forsyth Technical Com munity College President Gary Green and toured the campus. Blue also spoke at Union Baptist Church on Tuesday evening. One of nine Democrats running. Blue says he has spent his career in Raleigh fighting for real North Car olinians. those who go to work every day to try to do right for their families. "I want to represent all people, but I particularly want to represent the working fami lies of this state. " he said. "I Sir Blue on All Friends till the End Local women have been at each other's sides through thick and thin Photo by Kevin Walker Clara Douglas, left, and Fannie Cllis have been the best of friends for almost a century. BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Clara Douglas and Fannie Ellis have a friendship that has lasted through two world wars. 16 American presidents and an endless slate of personal tragedies and losses. The two women can't exactly remember how they met. After all. it was more than 85 years ago. r They know it happened one day at church in Advance, the small Davie County town w here they were both born and raised. Since meeting all those years ago. the women have been inseparable. "We played together. We went to church together, and we went to school together." said Douglas as Ellis nodded in agreement Their rare and enduring friendship was the talk of a birthday celebration held for the two women Saturday. Dou glas turned 95 back in March; Ellis turned 92 last week. "I don't think friendships like that exist anymore," said Eula Mae Goodman, one of Ellis' four surviving children. "There is a different type of morality today. Friendship is not valued as much as it used to be." Douglas and Ellis were always as close as sisters, so St Friends on A10 Local Catholic clerics: Scandal not hurting attendance BY PAUL COLLINS THECHRONKXI Three local clerics said atten ? dance at their churches has not declined amid the national priest sexual abuse scandal plaguing the Catholic Church. Father Larry Hunt, priest of St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church, which serves about 150 families (predominantly African American), said.'Tt's very painful for everybody concerned." He said church leaders and parish ioners are praying for the victims, the accused and for healing. "We all have a lot of work to do. and. God w illing, things w ill be better." He said parishioners "realize how much we liave to pray." "It's a wake-up call for all of us to be better Christians." he said. Hunt said the sexual abuse scandal is making it more difficult for the Catholic Church to attract priesLs. "We need ... (priests) to spread the Gospel . It used to he a position of great honor. Now it's an embarrassment. People-need a greater commitment to answ er the call." Hunt said he thinks the public ity about the sexual abuse scandal has been beneficial in the sense that "let's get it out. deal with it. and we'll be better."' He said he Photo by Paul Collins A statue of Mary; the mother of Jesus Christ in front of St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church. thinks the church needs to place more emphasis on the seleofioh and training of candidates for St < Catholics on A9 ? ? # SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (336) 722-8624 ? MASTERCARD, VISA AND AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCEPTED ?
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