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Vol. XXXII No. 10 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2005
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BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Mac Weatherman has faced
a popular incumbent in a politi
cal con
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test
before.
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2002, the
Republi
c a n
squared
o f f
against
Larry
Womble
for
Womble's seat in the N.C. State
House. The race did not turn out
that well for Weatherman.
Womble got twice as many
votes as his opponent. Before
that, he lost the Republican pri
mary in 2000 for the state labor
commissioner post.
Weatherman, a safety con
sultant who works with contrac
tors and developers, is hoping
that the numbers favor him on
Tuesday
when he
will face
three
terra
incum
bent
Joycelyn
Johnson
in the
East
Ward
City
Council
race.
Weatherman
Weatherman's main gripe is
thai he says the East Ward lags
behind other wards in terms of
See East on A4
Joyner comes through for WSSU
School gets thousands at fund-raiser
Photos by Felecia P McMillan
Tom Joyner w ith Julie Bosley of Kellogg Co., who presented a
check for $20,000 to WSSU.
BY FELEC1A P. MCMILLAN. PH D
THE CHRONICLE
On Saturday night, the Winston-Salem State
University Rams invoked the spirit of an ances
tor whose legacy continues to have an enduring
impact on the students at the university - Coach
Clarence "Big House" Gaines.
More than 90(1 supporters attended the C.E.
Gaines Legacy Homecoming Celebration at the
Benton Convention Center. Tom Joyner Jr., pres
ident and CEO of the Tom Joyner Foundation,
hosted the celebration, and Kellogg's Corporate
Citizenship Fund was a major sponsor. Julie
Bosley, corporate public relations manager, Kel
logg Co.. presented a check for $20,000 to
WSSU.
The Whispers served as the featured enter
tainment for the evening.
The Whispers' legendary career began in
1964. Forty years later. Walter and Wallace Scott
and Nicholas Caldwell are still perfecting their
tight harmony in the new millennium with
crowd-pleasing choreographer Leaveil Degree,
who has been with the group more than three
decades.
Clara Berry Gaines with her daughter, Lisa.
The Whispers rocked the house Saturday
night as Old School fans grooved to tunes such as
"It's a Love Thing," "Get You in the Mood,"
See Joyner on A10
Sweet Tooth
Phoio by Kevin Walker
Six-year-old Khaliq Johnston can't get enough of his candy apple. His mom bought him
the treat Saturday as Winston-Salem State University's Homecoming Parade made its
way up Fourth Street. Thousands of people watched as bands , motorcyclists, floats and
cheerleaders marched along the parade route.
The start of the season of giving
Food bank looks to
community for help
during holidays
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
It is the time to unpack
sweaters and coats, make
Christmas wish lists, and - if
you are
between
the ages
of 6 and
17 - pray
for as
many
snow
days as
possible.
For
those
who go
without
Oldenkamp
all year long. Ihe holiday sea
son can be especially cruel.
With their basic needs not
being met. they have little time
to ponder their "wants."
For that reason, it is always
this time of year when the Sec
ond Harvest Food Bank of
Northwest North Carolina is
Photo by Kevin Walker
Paige Wall, a fifth-grader, loads General Mills cereal into a cart.
its busiest.
"We hope people will
remember that there are a lot
of people in need." said Nan
Griswold. the food bank's
executive director. "It does
affect the whole community
when people don't have much
to eat ?
Griswold was on hand last
week as city-based Lowes
Foods kicked off another sea
son of the company's success
ful Friends Feeding Friends
Food Drive, which, last year
alone, collected more than
fiOO.(XM) pounds of food for
Sec Food on A5
Photo by Kevin Walker
Salem students watch a slide show featuring pictures of Rosa
Parks , who passed away recently.
A Simple
Farewell
Salem students honor late civil rights
icon with lunchtime memorial
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLt
There are not many things
that could silence a roomful
of hungry, talka
"She really made a way for
a lot of us. She and a Jot of
other people made it possible
for us to be here today getting
our educations," said Daryl
Robinson, one of
tive college stu
dents. But Rosa
Parks is one of
them.
The usual mix
of chatter and
clink and clank of
forks and spoons
in the refectory at
Salem College
came to a sudden
and noticeable
Rosa Parks
about 170 African
American students
who attend the col
lege. the nation's old
est learning institu
tion for women.
Parks is credited
with charting the
course of the Civil
Rights Movement in
1955 when she
refused to give up a
halt Monday for a brief, infor
mal memorial service that
paid homage to the civil rights
trailblazer. The service took
place one week after Parks
passed away in Detroit at age
92 and on the same day that
more than 30,000 people filed
past her casket as she lay in
honor in the Capitol Rotunda.
seat on a Montgomery, Ala.,
city bus to a white man. Her
act of civil disobedience vio
lated so-called separate but
equal rules of the time (she
was arrested, jailed and
threatened), but she galva
nized thousands of people to
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