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Panera Pink Ribbon Bagel to
benefit breast cancer foundation
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness
Month, Panera Bread bakery-cafes throughout the
Piedmont Triad will offer a special, limited-time
only Pink Ribbon Bagel. For each Pink Ribbon
Bagel sold during October at participating Panera
Bread bakery-cafes in Burlington. Greensboro,
Kernersville, High Point, and Winston-Salem, Pan
era Bread will donate 25 cents to the Piedmont
Triad affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
The pink ribbon has become widely identified
with support of breast cancer research, largely due
to the outstanding work of the Susan G. Komen
Foundation. Panera Bread's pink ribbon bagels,
baked fresh each day in all area Panera Bread bak
ery-cafes, feature cherry chips and real bits of Bing
cherries and cranberries.
"Panera Bread is committed to serving the mem
bers of the local community, many of whom have
had their lives touched by breast cancer," said John
Bartlett, co-owner of Show Me Bread Inc., which
owns the Panera Bread franchise territory that
includes the Piedmont Triad. "We are honored to
support the Komen Foundation in its search for a
cure."
Martin elected to board of
Presbyterian foundation
Steve Martin, a principal in the Winston-Salem
based consulting organization Martin'Frankel
Associates, has been elected chair of the board of
trustees of the Presbyterian Church Foundation.
With assets of more than $1.6 billion, the Pres
byterian Church Foundation is one of the largest
religious foundations in the
United States. Founded 206
years ago in 1799, the Presby
terian Church Foundation rais
es money and manages those
funds to serve the mission of
the entire denomination. Its
purpose is to strengthen con
gregations, presbyteries, syn
ods, the denominations' Gen
eral Assembly, seminaries,
colleges and universities, Martin
retirement communities, and
other agencies of the church by developing gifts
and managing funds on their behalf.
Martin began his varied career as an ordained
Presbyterian minister, a designation he still holds.
He received a B.A. degree from Rhodes College
and graduate degrees from Union Theological Sem
inary in Virginia and Louisiana State University.
Martin?Frankel Associates provides an array of
services with special emphasis on strengthening
business leadership and enhancing performance by
promoting behavioral changes in individuals,
teams, and organizational cultures.
BBB issues warning about
'student' fund-raisers
The Better Business Bureau of Northwest North
Carolina is issuing a warning relating to the mis
leading sales practices of a company called Ulti
mate Power Sales, also known as United Family
Circulation.
The agency has received calls from area resi
dents who have relayed the following similar expe
rience historically typical of this group's sales pitch
and business practices:
Young adults are going door to door in neigh
borhoods representing themselves as neighbors,
recent graduates of local high schools (such as Mt.
Tabor High School in Winston-Salem) and current
students of area colleges and universities (such as
Wake Forest University). Their pitch varies slightly
but typically includes reference to raising funds for
athletics related to a school (such as the Wake For
est baseball and soccer teams) or fund-raising for a
local charity or children's hospital (such as Brenner
Children's Hospital).
The companies involved. Ultimate Power Sales,
United Family Circulation, and Xtreme Marketing,
are based out of Georgia and have histories of a
continual pattern of complaints concerning sales
representatives masquerading as neighbors and stu
dents trying to earn money for school-related trips,
local children's hospitals, a Boys or Girls Club,
sports team, schoM or recreation center. In many
cases, those soliciting have claimed your "dona
tion" was tax deductible. They are not.
New Fire Mountain opens
The new Fire Mountain, which is owned by
Ryan's Restaurant Group Inc., opened yesterday at
333 Summit Square Court in Hanesville Shopping
Center, across from the Wal-Mart on Hanes Mill
Road. The eatery held a "Trial Run Dinner" fund
raising event Tuesday to raise money for the local
chapter of the American Red Cross.
"We re pleased to have selected the American
Red Cross as the beneficiary of our Trial Run Din
ner," said Fire Mountain's operating partner, Robert
Manville. "They provide help in many ways to all
of us when the need arises - as they have proven
time and time again in disastrous situations."
Fire Mountain is a casual, family-style restau
rant featuring open display cooking. Mountain Grill
masters prepare fresh steaks, chicken, pork, fish
and specialty items daily on an open grill, along
with fresh-baked pizzas, rot isserie chicken and Chi
nese stir-fry dishes.
This Winston Salem location is among the first
to roll out a full traditional breakfast buffet.
Businessman wins discrimination suit
He claims mall did not want black businesses
Arizona Informant Phulo
Nicholas Aloxie stands near one of his artifacts.
BY ARNE WILLIAMS
ARIZONA INFORMANT
PHOENIX (NNPA) -
Nicholas Alozie, a Nigerian-born
professor who claimed he was
discriminated against and forced
to close his African-artifacts store
in Arizona Mills won SlOOjOOO in
punitive damages in a lawsuit
filed in U.S. District Court.
An all-white jury recently
sided with Alozie in his discrimi
nation suit against Arizona Mills
and its corporate owner. Mills
Corp.. but failed to agree with his
second claim - that he was forced
to close the store. Jurors did not
award him for lost income or
emotional distress.
"It was racism all the way,"
Alozie said of the mall's behavior
toward him. There was no award
for damages to my civil rights.
The jury agreed thai I was dis
criminated against but allowed
them (Mills Corp.) to get off easy
by not awarding compensatory
damages for my lost revenue and
emotional distress."
Alozie heads the social and
behavioral studies department at
Arizona State University's Poly
technic campus. He believes the
lack of blacks and other minori
ties on the jury explains the
results.
"This explains how a black
man can win a lawsuit of this level
and not be made whole by getting
enough money to recover what
was taken from him through dis
crimination." said Alozie. He is
also concerned about the message
the case sends to other corpora
tions. "The award is less than the
See Suit on A9
Bennett College Pholo
Former Presi
dent Clinton is
joined at the
gala by (left to
right) Robin
Gray, O'LaVelle
Bond Diversity
Scholar; Latisha
Wright , Miss
Bennett College;
Tianna Johnson ,
Student Govern
ment Associa
tion president;
Dr, Johnnetta B.
Cole , president
of Bennett Col
l?g?; and Shar
relle Barber >
who presented
Clinton with
gifts from the
college.
School's endowment swells after gala
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
GREENSBORO - Bennett
College received a significant
boost to its $50 million "Revital
izing Bennett Campaign" at its
benefit gala on Sept. 2 1 . The gala
featured former President Bill
Clinton and former U.S. Sen. Bob
Dole.
The audience of more than
700 included Bennett students,
alumnae, faculty/staff persons,
local and state political figures,
and supporters of the small his
torically black women's college.
In addition to the more than
$700,000 raised by the event
itself. Food Lion LLC announced
its donation of $1.5 million over
the next three years to the college.
Johnnetta Cole, president of
Bennett College, mediated a con
versation between Clinton and
Dole that addressed such wide-*
ranging issues as the significance
of a black women's college to
how to increase bipartisanship.
In addition to the conversation
between Clinton and Dole, the
audience enjoyed "a special read
ing" from Maya Angelou, prolific
poet and professor; greetings
from Shirley Ann Jackson, presi
dent of Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute: and Michael Lomax,
president of the United . Negro
College Fund, encouraged the
audience to support all Katrina
victims. He was joined on stage
by four displaced students from
Dillard and Xavier who are now
students at Bennett.
The purpose of the gala was to
move the college closer to reach
ing its $50 million fund-raising
goal. Thus far. the campaign,
with Bob Dole and Dr. Angelou
as its honorary co-chairs, has
raised $25 million. The money for
the "Revitalizing Bennett Cam
paign" will be used to support
student scholarships, enhance
faculty recruitment and develop
ment. enhance programming, and
improve the physical plant.
Dole views his role in the
campaign as a way to "help some
body up the ladder." the way that
he was helped by benefits to
World War II veterans.
Clinton added that "if women,
African-Americans, and Hispan
ics went into the sciences at the
same rate as white men, there
would be no lag in this area
between the United States and
other nations."
Dr. Cole added, "Bennett is a
small college with a mighty mis
sion... a mission to fully educate
women who will learn to under
stand themselves and their world
better and affirm their responsi
bility to help to make this a far
better world."
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Mayor Pro
Temper*
Vivian Burke
will moderate
a seminar
later ' thit
month at Win
gton-Salem
State Univerti
*Y
Business careers
seminar planned
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem's mayor
pro tempore and local busi
nesswomen will participate in
a seminar mat
focuses on women
and their impact on
the business com
munity as entrepre
neurs at Winston
Salem State Uni
versity's R.J.
Reynolds Business
Center in room 136
a 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
on Monday, uct. -
17.
The 2005 Business Careers
Awareness Seminar, tilled
"Women Entrepreneurs: Min
ing GOLD (Goals, Owner
ship, Leadership, Dreams),"
will be moderated by Dr.
Vivian H. Burke. Winston
Salem mayor pro tempore and
scholarship benefactor. She
will be joined by business
owners Lida Hayes Calvert of
S&L Painting and Decorating;
Sandra Miller Jones of Seg
mented Marketing
Services Inc.; Dana
Suggs of Body &
Soul; and Theldora
Small Williams of
TES Engraving and
Sign Co., who will
be guest panelists.
.The panelists will
share their insights
on the desirable
j, characteristics aspir
ing business owners
should develop, offer advice,
and provide answers to ques
tions concerning business
ownership.
The Business Careers
Awareness Seminar is part of
Set- Seminar on A10