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TUtl 46 110805 CAR-HT-LOT* *0022 NORTH CAROLINA ROOM FORSYTH CTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 660 W 5TH ST WINSTON SALEM NC 27101-2755 7j For Reference Not to #>e taken . from this library y0|. XXXI No. 21 a.ATING 30 Y fc A H S OF COMMUNITY JOURNA LE THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2 AND 1 thrills local fans at the Joel - See Page B1 Computer lab opens at YMCA branch - See Page AlO Fret? tax prep sites set to open up - See Page A4 Local artists salute Dr. King -See Page CI Mo Lucus Four get MLK j awards BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE The work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took center stage Monday. But the work of others shared some of that spotlight. Joins* rour local giant s were honored during the 25th Martin Luther King Jr. Noon Hour Corn memo ration. The annual event, spon sored by WAAA/Triple A, the NAACP and the Winston Salem Human Relations Com mission, was held at M.C. Ben ton Convention Center before a crowd of several hundred. Mayor Allen Joines, state Rep. Larry Womble. professor and activist Larry Little, and Mo Lucas, the father of the East Winston YMCA. were given Dare to Dream awards during the program, which also fea tured musical performances by the gospel group Soul Purposed and a keynote address by the Rev, Serenus Chum, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. The awards are designed to honor local folks with King esque qualities, said Mutter Evans, founder of the Noon Hour Commemoration and Sec Awards on A10 Harold Kennedy remembered for making inroads BYT KEVIN -WALKER THE CHRONICLE ^ & Harold Kennedy Jr. is being remembered this week for shattering glass ceiliffgs and building bridges. Kennedy, the matriarch of a local legal family, died Satur day. apparently of a heart attack. He did much in his 78 years of life. He was a notecn lawyer, a state representative. aj[ cheerleader for the Democratic Party and an all-around com munity servant. "He will be greatly ^ 3 missed, said City Council ?nne ^ Member Joyeelyn Johnson, r? who recalled working with Kennedy when he was a local precinct leader. "You cannot replace that kind of person." Sc' Kennedy on A12 A woman waves to a family member as she walks Rev, Micheal Williams speaks at the breakfast. Nikki Evans of Soul Purposed performs at the in the MLK march. noon-hour service at the convention center . King Day personal for many locals BYT KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE ' When Vickie Lindsay was a little girl, she did not give much thought to the fact that there were some places that little white girls could go where she would not be welcomed. "What stands out in mind is that there was a segregated fair." said the city native. "There was one for the whites and one for us." Events to honor slain leader bring out hundreds Lindsay said as she grew a lit tle older, she began to feel the sting of segregation. She noticed that many of the facilities desig nated for blacks were not up to par with white facilities. Even the fair that she loved so much paled in comparison with the white one. "They had more rides than we did. and it was a bigger event," she recalled Those memories and the pain they still invoke today, push Lind say each year to do something to honor the man whom she credits with helping to eliminate Jim Crow laws in Winston-Salem and throughout the nation. "Martin Luther King Jr. made it possible for all of us to go to the fair together," she said. "He made it possible for us to progress to this point." Lindsay paid her respects to King by braving cold tempera tures and bone-chilling winds to march in the annual walk from Mt. Zion Baptist Church to the See MIX on A1 1 itoicm n> Local Masons take their traditional place on the front row at the noon-hour service. Defying Gravity Photo by Kevin Walker Michael Sweeney performs a popular stunt on his skateboard. Local skateboarders may be getting o ^ skate park. See page A 12 for story. Shakayla Glenn uses a scarf and a teddy bear to keep w arm. Pushin' On Renowned singer, bishop keeping the faith as he battles health problems BY FELECIA P MCMILLAN. PH D THE CHRONK U Bishop John Heath believes , thai through faith nothing is impossible. It is with this faith that he contributes much to the local community and other states despite his battle with kidney disease. Heath. 47. has served as the pastor of Higher Ground Deliv erance Tabernacle Inc. for 12 years, a performer for the N.C. Black Repertory Company for more than 20 years, and a recording artist for eight years. He and his wife of 25 years. Janice Oglesby Heath, have one daughter, Bethany Heath, 23, His daughter is a music educa tion major at Winston-Salem State University. V Sec Heath on A9 . PTKHO by Kevin walker Bishop John Heath Ill Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. 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