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Tur Chronicle NORTH CAROLINA ROOM JK. JL. JKL JL. ^ <A. . TH CTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 66 0 W 5TH ST WINSTON SALEM NC 27 0 75 I. E B R ATI NG 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY JOURNALISM Vol. XXXI No. 22 ma THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1 CIAA welcomes new Hall inductees - See Page Bl Liberty CDC is $25, 0(M) richer ? See Page A.) WIC store comes to Eastwav w - See Page A5 Young player^ feastaF local club -See Page CI Black-on-black spending week set Campaign will coincide with start of Black History Month BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE It is no coincidence that a Buy Black Campaign will kick on Feb. I . Organizers hope by starting the campaign on the first day of Black History Month, consumers will be more conscious in their spending, realizing that companies owned by African-Americans have an even tougher row to hoe in these dubious economic times. "We really want people to identify that there are some real quality businesses out there that are not recognized a lot or getting a lot of mainstream busi ness." said Stephen Hairston. president of Winston Salem chapter of the NAACP. Hairston announced the Buy Black effort on Jan. 17 before a crowd of about 1,000 people during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Noon Hour Commemoration at the Benton See Buy Black on A10 Photo by Kevin Walker Lenora Fluitt inspects one of her many hats in her home closet. Fluitt knows first hand the struggles that many black owned businesses face. She recently closed her down town hat business because she was not getting enough sup port from customers. Coach uses advice , cash to win crowd Coach Ken Carter is the subject of the hit film^ffftach Carter' BY T. KEVIN WALKER ! ill CHRONICLE Like any good coach. Ken Carter does not tolerate tardi ness, even from himself. When snow in Washington, D.C., delayed his flight last week. Carter showed up almost an hour late for his lecture at Wake Forest University. He did to himself what he does to his, players when they are late, drop ping down in his tailored suit and doing push-ups in front of an audience of about 250 people. Carter's appearance at the university coincided with one of the best weeks of his life. A film about his push to get his unde feated high school basketball team to focus more on studies and less on sports had been released a few days earlier. "Coach Carter," starring Samuel L. Jackson in the title role, took the box office by storm, debuting in the top spot. When Carter spoke at Wake on Jan. 19, <he film had already grossed an impressive $30 mil lion, and Carter's stock as a motivational speaker had risen substantially. Not bad for a boy from McComb, Miss, where Carter said he learned to dream big early on. "Write down... your boldest goals. Carry them around with you," Carter said. "Look at them every single day. What you think about most of the time is what you will become." The theory has worked for Carter. He told the audience that he first told his mother when he was 8 that a movie would be made about him one day. Carter sold Hollywood producers on the idea for the film. "Coach Carter" tells the inspiring story of how Carter - then head coach of Richmond High School in Rich mond, Calif. - locked his state championship-bound team out of the gymnasium and halted all basketball activities because 15 of the 45 players on the team Like A Rock ? Baller-turned-banker looks to score with local customers BY COURTNEY GAILLARD THE CHRONICLE 4 ^ : Most people dream of risinjT through the ranks of a company to that posh corner office on the top floor. But Simpson O. "Skip" Brown dreamt bigger thari>h^t And last year his dream of starting his own bank came true when Tri Stone Community Bank opened. Pictures of his wife. Minda. and their Sj? daughters sit atop a cabinet above his desk in ;V" small and modest office that one might not assume belonged to the boss. "I've kind of known banking all of my life. It has been a dream. For a couple of years I'd been wanting to start my own bank, so now it's become a reality." said Brown. When TriStone Community Bank opened for business in November. Brown says, he wanted it to bear a strong name that the Triad could iden tify with. Location was also a key element to the bank, which is situated at the corner of Knoll wood Streef and Stratford Road in what Brown See TriStone on AS Photo by Jaeson Pitt Simpson O. "Skip" Brovtn opened TriStone Community Bank late last year, v Pticxos by Kevin Walker Coach Ken Carter is the basis for the ne w hit film, "Coach Carter." Above, one of Carter's cham pionship rings that he earned in his stellar coaching career can be seen as he signs an autograph. were failing their classes. The school, parents and the community did not initially applaud Carter for taking such a strong stance on education; instead, he was ridiculed, criti cized. even threatened. Carter's tough love, worked. The failing players got their acts together, and the team went on to great success. Carter likes to brag that every high school player he ever See Carter on All Stephen Hairston was sworn in on Tuesday for his second term as NAACP head. Election complaint tossed out JoAnne Allen had questioned integrity of the voting process BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE ? A local woman's challenge of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the NAACP's recent election has been thrown, out. the leader of the N.C. NAACP said Fri day. Melvin "Skip" Alston, pres ident of the state NAACP, said the organiza lion's Balti more* based national office reported that J o A n ne Allen Allen's complaint did not meet proper guidelines because it yi as not signed by at least 25 NAACP members in good standing. Alston said all NAACP complaints first go to the national office so that the status of members who sign complaints can be verified. If the national office determines that at least 25 members in good standing have signed a complaint, the complaint is Sec NAACP A4 Priest fights for Middle East peace and justice Father Elias Chacour addresses local crowd BY T. KEVIN WALKER THEC HRONK I I Father Elias Chacour knows lhal to many peftplc. he is a walking contradiction. He is a Palestinian and a Christian: he lives in the state oK Israel hut abhors what he calls decades of mistreatment of his people by Israel. But no one questions Cha cour's dedication to young peo ple and lasting peace in the Middle East. Chacour. founder of the acclaimed Mar Elias Educa tional Institute in Ibillin. Israel, told a local crowd Saturday that See Chacour on A4 Photo hv Kevin Walker Father E lias Chacour is founder of the acclaimed Mar Elias Educational Institute in Ibillin, Israel. 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