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32 110806 1 *CAR-RT-L< NORTH CAROLINA ROOM FORSYTH CTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 660 W 5TH ST WINSTON SALEM NC 27101-2755 Vol. XXXII No. 40 THURSDAY, June 1, 2006 Hall of Fame building set to open See Page BJ Teen wins honor for service ? to others -See Page .4 10 Elem classnWto'^ recall tne^fc good times 75 cents Young men openHBCU store on Fifth Street New shop offers everything from clothing to linens BY SANDRA ISLEY THE CHRONICLE A new store opened this month catering to alumni and fans of histoncally black colleges and universities. The HBCU Store has settled in nicely at 227 W. Fifth St, just a hop, skip and jump from the MC. Benton Convention Center. The store offers an assortment of items featuring the logos of N.C. A&T State University, N.C. Central University and Winston-Salem State University. Merchandise sold there i n c d e s clothing, pil lows, portfo lios, briefcas es, wine bags, blankets and umbrellas. The store is the vision of two cousins who g radu a t e,d from A&T. Shannon Fuller, who majored in electrical engineering, conceived of the iJea of the store with his cousin Shaun Grace, who majored in public relations They said that professional HBCU clothing and items were hard to come by, even at the campus bookstore They are seeking to change that. "You know everybody wears their Chapel Hill shirt or their Duke shirt, but there really w as no place to get that type of apparel for black colleges It just didn't exist outside of the area around the school," said Grace. Although the store offers fraternity jerseys and t shirts, most of the items in the store are geared toward professionals Many of the store's logo-adomed items come from popular manufactures such as Vesi, Chestnut Hill and Van Heusen The owneft say their items are one of a kind and can't be purchased anywhere else, including campus bookstores, "We're trying to stay away from bookstore-type apparel," said Grace. "Most of (our) stuff is geared towards the professional market just so that you can have something to wear to work with your school name on it. It's a fairly untapped market." The owners say that there is something for every See Store on A 10 One Million and counting 0 \J Pboio by Jacaon Pitt Atkins Academic and Technology High School Head Principal Dan Piggott.far left, and Dell's Donna Oldham, far right, joined Atkins students and administrators last week as the school recieved the one-millionth computer produced at the Winston-Salem t, based Dell plant. The 750,000 square-foot-plant now employs more than 1 ,000 people. n : : Student's art is getting a lot of attention Chance meeting lands lOth-grader first commissioned work BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE Most high school students do there work in art class to make a grade, hone their skills or build up their portfolio. Even students who aspire to be fine artists wouldn't expect to get paid for their art until years after they graduate Lakea Shepard is a little ahead of the curve. She's a tenth-grader at Winston-Salem Prepatpry Academy with artistic skill and an eye for detail well beyond her years Those capabilities have already earned her her first commissioned piece. The piece is a larger-than-life, intricately detailed rendering of a Hydrangea flower that is approxi See Artist on All Photo Ny Jaetan Pin lake a Shepard, right, and Maxine Kiger pose in a local Staples store. Grief-filled ceremony honors local fallen soldiers Photos by Kevtn Walker Family mem bers comfort Cynthia T i m m o n s Monday as she weeps near a memorial marker that hares the name of her son. David. Far right: M o n I a Ruth ' s widow, Aylin, and their daughter, Aoe. BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE __ At a well-attended Memorial Day servici, a? Congrcsswoman used the Gettysburg Address to evoke sacrifice and patriotism, and a local pastor used the word of God to comfort and inspire. But tb#re were no words to descnbe a mother's loss; tears*-aid the talking "I just want my son back." That w as all that sorrow w ould allow Cynthia Timmons to utter Monday after a more than hou.-long ceremony where her son, Spc. David Timmons Jr. , and other local fallen soldiers w ere remembered The names of David Timmons and Sgt. Monta Ruth were added to the sea of stately granite markers that sit outside of Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Ruth died in August in Iraq after a explosive device w as detonated near his military vehicle. Timmons died just three weeks ago in Afghanistan while conducting a combat operation. For more than a decade, the Tnad Vietnam Veterans Sec Markers on A14 In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. Russell, Sr. "Growing and Still Dedicated to Si Huagell utter a Wishes to Thank Everyone Fo\ Carl Russell Ave. urtin I -Uther King Dr.) ton-Siik-m, NC 27101 .**) 722-3459 (336) 631-8268 flionte? bellaouth .net
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