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the Ch roK":"^ ^MINISTRATION IRM'CAR-?LOT-C022 -? from " bb? PUB LIB BRATING 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY JotRNAI Vol. XXXI No. 2 " ->TH ST V.'--. , ? . ?? *?. r.. .... ^ . gnnsncnsGm^iiui ; Pop Warner teams in action - See Page Bl Habitat holiday build a success - See Page A4 Talks give girls open forum - See ~ Atkins alumni hold reunion -See Page CI Photo by Courtney Gaillard Shoshana Johnson was taken prisoner in 2003 while serving in Iraq. Former POW wins over crowd with humor BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE ' ? - . GREENSBORO - Sitting on a stool behind a podium, dressed in a pin stripe suit, retired U.S. Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson looked the picture of health despite the ordeal she faced more than one year ago when she was held cap tive for nearly a month in an Iraqi prison. Since being rescued. Johnson has beea adapting to civilian life by spending time with her 4-year-old daughter, cleaning her house, shoe shopping and making occasional media appearahces around the country, it's the simple things in life that matter for this 1-year-old who was the first black female POW- in U.S. war his tory. Johnson spoke at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on Tuesday evening dur ing their Observance of Human Rights Week. Her humorous account of joining the Army and preparing for deployment had the audience in stitches as she recalled packing cocoa butter and a relaxer kit for her hair, among other necessi ties. Johnson enlisted into the Army five years ago and was stationed at Ft. Bliss. Texas, before being deployed to Iraq in February of 2(X)3. Cooking was her passion, so she joined the Army with the intentions of attending culinary See Johnson on A9 >. c Photos by Kevin Walker Left: There was little room left on the dance floor Saturday night at the Hawthorne Inn as Carver High School alumni performed the Electric Slide. The alum ni held a dinner/dance at the hotel as part of the annual Carver Round-up. Below: Marian Friende Brower holds the cer tificate of promotion she received in^the late 1930s that allowed her to move on to Carver High School from ele mentary school. Carver alumni celebrate, reflect BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE . , Though is a bit faded, the per fect attendance certificates that Marian Friende Brower earned at Carver High School are still hold ing up. She has three of them: one each from I9.W. WO amf 1941, the year Brower graduated from Carver. There are other prized posses sions that she holds dear as well. The oversized yellow C she keeps in a folder was one of the first let ters that Carver produced for its students. And then there is one of her most favorite keepsakes: a cer tificate of promotion that students once received when they finished elementary school and were allowed to go on to high school. Back then, high school was eighth grade through llth grade, Brower recalled. Brower brought all of her prized positions with her to the weekend Carver High School Round-Up, a yearly reunion open to every alumnus of the school. from its very first class in 1939 to its most recent in 2004. "These are my friends." Brower said of her Carver treasures. She said she wanted to share them with her other friends - fellow ?Yellow jackets who have made the yearly Round-up a success for the past 20 years. Hundreds of Carver alumni attended an array of events over the weekend, events that included a church service on Sunday in Carv er's new auditorium where school alumni who have passed on were remembered. There was also a fes tive dinner/dance Saturday night at the Hawthorne Inn wJjere attendees were treated to a wide range of music .that took them back to their high school days. Brower. the president of the Carver Alumni Association, believes the association was the first locally to organize an all alumni reunion. She says having people from various.classes at the same reunion is exciting. "We renew friendships. We stimulate .each other. It is just won derful," she said. Each year, there is also a friend ly rivalry among the classes to see which class can raise the most money for the scholarship fund that the association started. Current Carver students get money to help pay for college through the fund. This year, alumni raised $6,627, See Carver on A10 Death penalty opponents tour HBCUs Photo hy Kevin Walker Jotaka Caddy works for the National Coalition Against the Death Penalty. . ^ BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE . ' Jotaka Eaddy says that by the time she turns 50, she hopes that there is no such thing as capital punishment in this country. That deadline is 25 years away, but Eaddy. a program coordinator for the Washington-based National Coalition Against the Death Penalty, is already hard at work, (ly ing to make her wish a reality. , "When I am 50, 1 made a promise that this whole thing is going to be over with," she said. "I really don't see how the United States can contin neurbe-a parrot' this glotial 55mmuriity arid execute" its cifizens'25 years from now." Eaddy and other death penalty opponents had similar harsh words about the punishment during the kickoff last week of a speaking and edu cation tour that will take hard facts on the death penalty to.seven histori cally black colleges and universities in the next three months. N.C. A&T State University was the first stop on the tour, which is being sponsored by NCADP and BE Magazine, a publication that reaches more than 50.000 students on HBCU campuses. Eaddy said HCBUs are the perfect settings to drive home NCADP's message that the death penalty is unfair, racially bent and archaic. The goal of the tour is to get students interested enough in the subject that they will act by calling politicians, signing petitions or simply spreading the mes sage on to their friends and family members. "Students at HBCUs are concerned about what is happening in their community." Eaddy said. "And they need to know that the people being (executed) are black and brown people." See NCADP on A10 -A Residents get more early voting options BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Black leaders say that the playing field has been somewhat balanced now that the State Board of Elections nas approvea two additional early-voting sites for Forsyth County. .The county will now have seven sites when early voting begins next month. The Forsyth County Board of Elections had already approved the sites at the Anderson Center, the Forsyth County Board of Elections headquarters and the Clemmons. Reynolda Womble and Kemersville library branches Bui the three-per son Forsyth County Board of Elections disagreed See Voting on A10 In Grateful Memory of Our "GrowiitgatulStillDedieateil to Serve You Better" ' "<h^K^iM> ?"? , KiiaseU JWral geme_ ~m.3459" blorrie S. Russell and - ^ . Fax <33^) 631-8268 Carl H. Russell, Sr. Wishes to Thank Everyone For I lieir Support ri,sn...n.c< < b*-iiso..?h.n.-t The Only Choice for Afrkan-AmMdaii anlVmmiiiM
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