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The Ch roi For Referen Nt" *> *>? ,.k4n ce LE 75 cents Celebrating 3Q years of Community Jour frorn thi? ?br?ry Vol.xxx No. 40 THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2 Soccer comes in doors at rec center - See Page HI flfCo'A M *W ?J?# Lady trucker has found success - See Page A 9 Actor inspires NCSA grads - See Page A3 City says goodbye to doctor at service -See Page CI Piggott excited about new gig Carver principal will lead new Atkins High COURTNEY GAILLARD THECHROWp I As the school year comes to a close and the students head home for the summer. Dan Pig gott is reflecting on the last 1 1 years he spent on Carver School Road. He has seen thousands of students, including his own chil dren. come through the halls of that school. He will retire this month from what he consid ers not only to be his dream job but a greater mission t o which he was assigned by a higher power. "This was a dream job for me. 1 think it was a blessing that I ended up getting this job. We try to control and direct our lives, but the truth is I think God has a hand in it." said Piggott. "We've had quite a few success es and I think we have done a good job and impacted some lives of young people and that's what it's all about." Those successes at Carver High School include Piggott being named Wachovia Princi pal of the Year in 1 998 and Prin cipal of the Year in the North west Region in 1999. Carver was also named an Exemplary School during the 1997-1998 school year Under his leader ship. Piggott hopes his succes sor will pick up where he left off and take the high school even further. He will miss the stu dents and his staff, many of whom he now considers to be , lifelong friends "I believe I've carried this ' school about as far as I can. Sec Piggott mi A4 Photo by Kevin Walker Ayana Hardin has been locking her hair for about three years. Nappy Revolution? Local loctician pens book about natural hair BY T KEVIN WALKER I III CHR< )M( I l Ayana Hardin said friends and complete strangers treated her as it she had sprouted horns three years ago when she said goodbye to perms and started to loc her hair. Some people- would just stare. Others were bolder. "People asked me. 'Why did you do that? You had such beauti ful hair,'" Hardin said. Partly to answer questions from the curious and partly to share her triumphant journey from processed to natural hair.. Hardin wrote her first book. "Nappy Hair 101." The book is a resource manuel of sorts, filled with infor illation on some of today's most popular natural hairstyles, photos and even some directions to make natural shampoos and condition ers. jFpday, Hardin is a big propo nent of nappy hair, which she proudly calls the coiled, jyvoolly hair that naturally grows on peo ple of African ancestry. But Hardin crawled before she was able to walk around freely and proudly with her natural style. She straightened her hair for all of her life and was proud of her long tresses. Five years ago when her daughter, Tracy Benjamin, came home for a visit from N.C. Sec Natural on A5 In Remembrance KRT Photo h\ Saul Loci) A soldier places American flags at graves in Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day. Services were held all over the nation this week to mark the holiday and pay tribute to the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. 0 Photo by Kevin Walker Dee Lake, left , sells T-shirts Saturday to raise money for the United Bong Association. Liberians meet in city to ponder future of country BYT KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE For ihe firs! time in many years, those gathered for this year s General Conference of the United Bong Association were filled with optimism, hope and visions of a better: brighter tomorrow for their beloved native Liberia. Bong County is one of the largest counties in the West African nation Liberians who have immigrated to this coun try mdke up the membership of the United Bong Associa tion The association held its 2004 conference here over the weekend, drawing Liberians from as far away as Minnesota and New York. * The main focus of the con ference was the future of post "J love the (United States). People here have been so kind and wonderjul. But home is home. " -Dee Like war Liberia, which has recent ly seen the end of a bloody 14 year-old civil war. Jus! last week. George Dweh. the inter- , im head of the country's par liament. was in Rome to sign a peace pact with the country's two warring factions. Seemingly peace is coming to the country a year after the conflict reached its deadliest stage. Last June, armed rebels took over the capital city, Monrovia, in an attempt to drive controversial president Charles Taylor from office. It worked. Taylor is in exile and the nation is making plans for free elections in 2005. "People are looking for ward to a better future now." said'Shelton Beedoe. the pres ident of the N.C. Bong Associ See Liberia : A5 In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell, Sr. " Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better " 3Russ^ll Jfmtmtl Momt Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support S 22 Carl Kussell Ave. (at hlartin I .iitlu r King Dr.) Wmslon-Salvm, NC 27 101 <3 3ft) 722-3459 Fax (33*,) 631-8268 rusthimieCi1 hcll.south.net The Only ( 'hoice for African-Aiuerican and Commiini^Wcw^
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