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Runner
setting
pace for
others
- See Page HI
Student
picks up
money
for college
- See Page A4
CNN's
Watson
speaks to
students
-See Page A10 '
Children
learn
about
Africa
-See Page CI
County Dems elect black chair
# Photos by Kevin Walker
Joycelyn Johnson and David Crawford count votes on Saturday ;
Harold Kennedy III vows
to reach out to everyone
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
It has taken more than two decades,
but the Forsyth County Democratic
Party has elected another African
American chairman.
Harold Kennedy III was the victor
in a hotly-contested race for the posi
tion. Kennedy received 160 votes, 43
more votes than Hayes McNeill, a
longtime party official.
County Democrats elected Kennedy
Saturday during their convention at
Forsyth Technical Community College.
Kennedy, a local attorney, hails
from a famous local legal and political
^familyiHis late father. Harold Kennedy
Jr., and his mother, Annie Brown
Harold Kennedy III was elected.
Kennedy, both were Democratic mem
bers of the N.C. House of Representa^
tives.
Kennedy touted his deep Democra
See Kennedy on A4
Native Watts spends time with freshmen
BY COURTNEY GA1LLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Rolonda Watts has a date
with the freshman class at
Winston-Salem Preparatory
Academy three years from
now. The PAX TV host of "Lie
Detector" promised students
she would attend their gradua
tion in 2008 after a parent from
the audience invited her to the
big day.
"It's a date," Watts told the
students on April 8 at the Aca
demic Awards Program, where
she was the guest speaker. She
spent more than an hour talk
ing with the students about her
journey from Winston-Salem
to Los Angeles. "I'll see you at
graduation."
Until that day arrives.
Watts left the students with a
lot to think about. To the nosey
students blessed with the gift
of gab. she told them to con
sider a career in journalism. To
the bossy students, she told
them to consider becoming a
CEO or president of a Fortune
500 company. And to the dra
matic students, she encouraged
them to look no further than
the stage where they could pur
sue acting professionally.
Try as many careers as pos
sible. she told the ninth
graders. because she certainly
has. Growing up in Winston
Salem. Watts said, she envi
See Watts on A10
^
vi Phofo by Anthony Hill
Rolonda Watts poses with students at the Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy last week.
Aliens
plan to
open
practice
New building will
be named for
longtime physician
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Slater Academy Family
Medicine is planning to make a
new home in the heart of East
Winston a year from now. Con
struction
crews
have
demol
ished a
structure
that
once
housed a
d r y -
cleaning
business
on Mar
Robinson
tin Luther King Jr. Drive
between Third and Fourth
streets. In its place the Harvey
Hamilton Allen Professional
Building will be erected.
The new 16.000-square
foot building is named for Dr.
Harvey Allen Sr., who has been
practicing medicine in East
Winston for the last 40 years.
"It could be named for any
body. Of course I'm overjoyed,
but just to get a building up and
working and helping the peo
ple is what gives me the joy,"
said Dr. Harvey Allen Sr.
Residents of East Winston
have been relying on the Allen
family to tend to their medical
needs for decades. Dr. Allen's
father. Dr. Hobart Allen,
opened his own medical prac
tice in East Winston in 1922,
which Dr. Harvey Allen took,
over after his death.
For the last two years, his
son. Dr. Harvey Allen.Jr., has
been serving patients at Slater
Academy Family Medicine out
of the Aegis Family Health
Center on 14th Street. His
vision for the new location is
to serve the community's
health care needs during the
See Aliens on AS
Mo'Nique shows serious side during Carver talk
Actress is new face of
Sara Lee Brand's Just my Size
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE ~
The woman who became a
celebrity by cracking jokes
about everything from her pluv
size figure, to presidential poli
tics was not in a laughing mood
when she paid Carver High
School students a surprise visit
on April 6. q
Mo'Nique spent nearly an
hour talking to a captive audi
ence of hundreds of students
and teachers about self-esteem,
education and the power of
dreaming. At times her message
was blunt. On the topic of fash
ion, for example. she was criti
cal of young men who wear do
rags and other "thug" fashions
and young women who think
wearing less is better.
"Dammit, (school) ain't the
place for a fashion show," she
said to enthusiastic applause
that came mainly from teachers.
Mo'Nique is best known for
her role as Nikki Parker on the
UPN series "The Parkers." The
series, which ran for five sea
sons, was once the top-rated tel
evision show among African
American households.
Mo'Nique said she often visits
schools like Carver - those with
largely African-American stu
dent bodies - because she is
concerned that too many young
black people are falling into the
traps of crime, unsafe sex and
underachievement.
"We are lost and nobody
Sec Mo'Nique on A5
\ Photo by counety of Sam Lee
Mo'Nique talks to
students at Carv
er High School last
week. The
actress ' visit to
the school was
arranged by Sara
Lee. Mo'Nique Is
the new face of
Just My Size, one
of the company's
brands.
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