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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,
2005
Atkins
strives to
be a top
notch team
-See Page 81
Clinic
continues
service to
women
-See Page AH
Photos by Kevin Walker
The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry delivers a passionate message at
St. Paul's Episcopal Church last Thursday.
Church leader tells
gays, 'We are family'
State Episcopal leader
tells community to
keep up the fight
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The leader of the Episcopal
Diocese of North Carolina says
the church is no swank country
club, where membership is
selective and access is limited.
Churches, the Rt. Rev.
Michael Curry said, have been
proclaimed by God to be houses
of prayer for all people.
'"Iliere wasn't any qualifica
tion on it," he said.
Curry was in Winston
Salem last Thursday to give the
Kaleidoscope Award winner
Janet Joyner.
keynote address at the first-ever
Kaleidoscope Awards Banquet.
The event - which brought
about 150 people to St. Paul's
Episcopal Church - was put on
by Parents, Families and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays
(PFLAG) of Winston-Salem.
The Episcopal Church has
received both praise and con
demnation in recent years for
putting out the welcome mat for
homosexuals. In 2003, (he
church elected openly gay Gene
Robinson as bishop of New
Hampshire. Last year, Curry
gave the green light to the
state's 121 parishes to perform
commitment ceremonies for
same-sex couples.
He told the crowd that soci
ety should strive to find com
monality instead of differences.
One trait that all people share,
he said, is that they are all -
See Curry on A9
Women in recovery create shiny baubles
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Now that jewelry making has
become a hobby for Antoinette
Acker, she thinks she might bead
a bracelet or two on the weekends,
that is, if her favorite team's bas
ketball game isn't being televised.
Acker didn't think she'd like mak
ing jewelry when it was intro
duced to
her at the
YWCA's
Hawley
House.
But she
quickly
found out
that she
was mis
taken once
she started
making
her first
necklace.
"I saw it all come together,
and I got a million dollar piece of
jewelry," said Acker.
The first piece of jewelry
Annazette Peterson made was a
bracelet that she attached the let
ters of her first name to.
Felicia Leak has beaded sev
eral necklaces, some she might
wear and others she may give to
friends.
"It's calming," said Leak,
who. along with Acker and Peter
son, is in a substance abuse recov
ery program for women. Their
Photo by Jacvwi Pin
Annazette Peterson holds this recovery necklace that she created .
handmade jewelry will go on sale
this Saturday at a Jewelry Show
and Sale hosted by the YWCA.
The sale will include a variety of
bracelets, necklacA and earrings
made by women in recovery.
A number of women have also
crafted several different pieces
that symbolize sobriety. The jew
elry includes colors that mark cer
tain steps in the recovery process.
The line of Recovery Jewelry will
be unveiled at a private showing
tomorrow evening. September is
National Recovery Month.
See Jewelry on A10
Winston
crime
rate still
sinking
Officials credit arrests
of violent people
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The city's crime rate con
tinues to fall, officials
announced last week.
There was 1 1 percent less
crime in the city in 2004 .than
there was in the previous
year. The decrease in crime
has been a trend in Winston
aaiem.
The
crime
rate has
fallen
steadily
since
19 9 4.
when
only
Char
lotte had
a higher
crime
Norris
rate than Winston-Salem.
The Uniform Crime
Report (UCR), an index of
violent crimes released annu
ally by Attorney General Roy
Cooper, showed that 2,680
violent crimes occurred in
Winston-Salem in 1994. The
UCR released Sept. 6 showed
that there were 1,521 violent
crime arrests in the city last
year. That is a 43.2 percent
decrease from '94.
Winston-Salem's violent
crime arrests, according to
the UCR, are lower than any
other major city in the state.
Greensboro had 1,601 such
arrests in 2004. Durham had
1.729, Raleigh had 1,867. and
Charlotte had a whopping
7,277.
The UCR also showed that
Winston-Salem's rate of
decreasing violent crime
arrests since 1994 is more
than any other major city in
the state. By comparison,
Greensboro has reduced its
rate by 20.2 percent since
1994.
Winston-Salem Police
Chief Pat Norris and Forsyth
County District Attorney Tom
Keith credit the city's
increased focus on profes
See Crime on All
New units named for community icons
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Lee Morris isn't the least bit
bashful about the bachelor-style
d?cor of his new University
Court apartment. It may not look
like the fancy model, he says, but
it's the place he calls home now.
Morris proudly gave visitors a
tour of his one-bedroom digs last
week following a dedication cer
emony of the new apartment
complex.
"It looks like' a man lives
here," joked Morris, who is
among the first residents of Uni
versity Court Apartments, which
are situated on the University
Place campus. "I'm very
blessed."
The 1 1 -acre site once housed
City Hospital, which has since
been converted into housing by
the N.C. Housing Foundation
Inc. for older adults and an assist
ed living facility. The foundation
Photo* by Kevin W?lker
Ella M. Whitworth (from left), Louise H. Davit and Paulino Jackson are longtime community
servants. Housing units in the aroa are now named for the ladies.
provides affordable housing to
low-income people, seniors and
(he disabled.
The four buildings that make
up the complex have been named
for longtime Winston-Salem resi
dents. three of whom were on
hand for the event, including
Louise H. Davis. Pauline Jackson
apd Ella M. Whitworth.
City Councilmember Joyce
lyn Johnson, who is a member of
the N.C. Housing Foundation
Board, presented a certificate of
See Units on A9
Daddy's Girl
. Photo by Kevin Walker
Michael Hill holds his daughter, Caitlyn, Saturday as
they listen to children's author Kimberly Johnson at the
Bookmarks festival. To read more about festival
authors , see page A4.
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Founders ,
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Carl H. Russell, Sr.
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