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The Chronicle ^ 07l40c ce ADMr^lS7HATlON *FlRM*CA R-rt ^ E lhB R A 'r 1 N (* 3 0 Y E A R s () I Co M MINI I Y J O I K N A I I S M Vol. XXX No. 5 = "? 118 ' " ilil'lHIHU'H'HIHUlM North is read> to rumble this season - See Page Bl Food banks will get state grants - See Page A9 Board keeping eye on school - See Page A3 Family celebrates 50th reunion -See Page CI Despiic workshop draws few Event draws less than 100 paid registrants BY T KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE According to Les Brown, there was a time in this country when a hardworking American could work 40 hours a week for 4() years and retire on 40 percent of hivijr her salary. Those days have come and gone. Brown told a rdom of willing ears last Fri day during a business conference at the Anderson Center. These days. Brown said, people want to make more money as they grow older in order to^nsure that they will never be financial burdens to their families. ?< Brown has built a career and made him self a ton of money by inspiring people to fulfill their personal and business dreams. His motivational books have sold tens of thousands, and the asking price for his pub lic appearances can run as high as $80,000. Brown is 60 but does not look a day over 45. He partly credits making healthy lifestyle Sec Conference on A4 ; PhoMM by Kevin Walker Renowned motivational speaker Les Brown speaks at the Anderson Center last week. Students get last bit of summer fun BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE These days, being pre pared for school means more ?than gelling a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast. Students frpm grades K-12 get' extensive lists in the mail even before school starts, detailing the supplies that teachers' require, which range from everything from calculators to three-ring binder*. ? _c_ Linda Vinson found that out the hard way when her grandchildren told her of the ?ndless list of notebooks, pens, folders that they need ed. "The teachers really want them prepared when they come," she said, "and it is important that they are ready to do a good job when they walk into school." On Saturday - two days before summer ended and school began for local stu dents - Vinson and hundreds of other parents, grandpar ents and guardians got a little help from Mt. Olive Baptist Church. For the 13th straight year, the church handed out Photo by Kevin Walker See Mt. Olive on A10 Randy Morrison , left , and Bradley Eccles compete in a pie-eating contest. Several rounds of the contest were held Saturday. Namesakes Photo by Kevin Walker Chronicle reporter Courtney Gaillard spent last Thursday as a vol unteer Big Sister to 8'year-old Courtnie Holmes as part of a Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Here, Gaillard goes through last Thursday's Chronicle as Holmes looks on. See the story on the event on page A5 of this issue. Taking it to the Streets Voting Rights Coalition sets high registration goal BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE < HKON1CLE A team of volunteers with the Win ston-Salem Voting Rights Coalition spent part of last week scouring the downtown transportation center looking for people who are not registered to vote. The volunteers did not have to look hard. After spending just two hours at the city bus terminal, the volunteers had collected a whopping 60 voter registra tion f(??ms. They had handed out even more blank forms to bus riders who wanted to sign up friends and relatives. Spearheading the Winston-Salem NAACP's Political Action Committee, the coalition is made up of people from several organizations, including the Black Leadership Roundtable. Pan-Hel lenic Council and the Ministers Confer ence. See Coalition nn A9 Aow by Kevin Walker Coalition members look over registration forms at the transportation center. Academy opens its doors for first time High school model combines talents of WSSU, school system BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE More than I0() freshmen, including Courtney Duggins, started school at the Winston Salem Preparatory Academy this past Monday. This Class of 2008 will be the . . first to graduate from the new col lege prep school, and Dug gins is excited about making Duggint history. Already the 1 4-year-old has her sights set on becoming senior class .valedictorian lour years from now. "I wasn't expecting (the first day) to go this well because it's the first day, but it has," said Duggins. "It's really cool to be the first (class) to graduate." The Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy is one of two schools in the nation to par ticipate in a school redesign project that aims to transform traditional high schools into col lege prep schools. The second school, kxated in Baton Rougfc. La., will open this week. Win ston-Salem State University and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools w ill join forces to oper ate the program housed in Atkins Middle School. The school is being funded by grants from the Thurgood Marshall .Scholarship Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Principal Dennis Walker says the first day of school got off to a good start despite some minor transportation issues. Students, faculty and staff, he says, gathered in a circle on the Sec Academy on A4 In, Grateful Memory of Our Founders , Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell, Sr. |[ ''Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better " s el ( fflmtgral M nine Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support The Only Choice for African-American and Community Hews S22 Curl Russell Ave. (at Martin Luther Kiny Dr.) VVInston-Salcm, NC 27101 722-3459 Fax <33<?) 631-8268 msfhoriH.-@bt.-llsouth.net
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