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fhoto* by Kevin Walker
Right: Curtis Scar
borough pumps
free gas for Tonya
Thompson as she
reads over a
brochure about
For You Christ
Ministries. The
church provided
free gas to dozens
of people Satur
day.
Below. Tiffany
Scarborough
directs voucher
holders to the free
gas giveaway
with a bright sign.
Church blesses drivers with free gas
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Brenay Brown thought
that the blue voucher she
found secured behind one of
her car's wind
shield wipers had
fallen from heav
en. The voucher
entitled Brown to
$7 of free gas at a
station just a hop.
skip and jump
from the apartment
she shares with her
boyfriend and their
young daughter.
"We are college
students. we worK.
We have a child. Things get
hard for us sometimes, so this
definitely came in handy." she
said, waving the blue vouch
er. The vouchers did not come
from heaven, but from a local
church that has worked hard
in its short history to reach
1j
out and give back.
For You Christ Ministries
bought hundreds of dollars of
gas vouchers at the Quality
Mart on Peters Creek Park
way. The station donated
another S50 in pas
Rev. Wilson
and gave each per
son who redeemed a
voucher a free foun
tain drink or coffee.
"With gas prices
up so high, some
people are not able
to even get out of
their houses to just
go around town,"
said the Rev. Bobby
Wilson, pastor and
founder of the church. "We
wanted to be blessings to
some of these people."
Wilson and his church
family placed gas vouchers on
cars in several new apartment
complexes between Peters
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Photo by Kevin Walker
Former national presidents (clockwise from seated woman) Julia Purnell, Faye Bryant ,
Mary Shy Scott, Linda White (current president) and iva E vans.
AnAKA Always
Phillips remembered for service to
community and sorority
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE C HRONICLE
in a lire mat nau
been admired by many
people, Barbara Phillips
wore many, many hats.
She was valedictori
an of the Class of 1953
at Atkins High School;
an overachiever who
earned her Ph.D. from
UNC-G^eensboro after
graduating summa cum
laude from Winston
I Inivprcitv
and a devoted educator who guid
ed young people as a teacher,
principal, guidance counselor and
eventually an assistant superin
tendent.
But it was Phillips' pink and
"apple green" hat that she wore
most often and proudly
Phillips
- the one that symbol
ized her great pride in
being a member of the
nation's oldest
African-American
sorority.
"(Being a member
of Alpha Kappa Alpha)
was her life," said
Eleanor Phillips
Phipps, Phillips'
daughler. "She
UCIICVCU III II.N II I OMUII U? IICI|)
mankind and to serve."
Phillips passed away July 5 at
Forsyth Medical Center. She was
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Union
takes
on BET
Church plans to send
10,000-name petition
to network's CEO
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Union Baptist Church is
joining a growing chorus of
people around the nation
unhaDDV
with
B 1 a ck
Enter
tainment
Televi
s i o n ' s
program
ming.
The
church's
Mack pastor.
Sir Wal
ter Mack Jr., announced this
week that he is spearheading a
petition drive aimed at getting
the station, which is owned by
media giant Viacom, to
rethink its choices. Mack
hopes to get 10, 00() signatures
from local people by the end
of the month.
The effort also hopes to
gain support from other
churches and community
organizations here and around
the nation.
Mack was disturbed by
commercials that recently
aired to promote the channel's
BET AwardsJ which aired June
28 live from Los Angeles. The
commercials - which featured
married actors Will. Smith and
Jada Pinkett Smith and their
children - were meant to
Sec BET on A10
Court
dismissed
for teens
Program graduates
four young men
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
William Poe can't help but
wonder what would have
become of his life if he'd stayed
on the
wrong
side of
t h e
tracks .
H e
recently
complet
ed a year
long pro
gram for
offend
ers.
Using drugs no longer inter
ests him anymore, but military
life does. Community college is
also on his to-do list. He has
rearranged his priorities and he
now realizes that he can create a
future for himself that does not
include drugs. Now. he spends
his time fishing and catching up
with his grandparents.
"Now I feel much better and
I'm not falling back on my
word." said Poe. "I'm going to
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In Grateful Memory of Our
Founders, o -
Florrie S. Russell and
Carl H. Russell, Sr.
"Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better "
^Russell
Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support
822 Curl Russell Ave.
(at Martin I .ntlii-r King Dr.)
Winston-Salem. NC 27IOI
722-3459
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