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15 110807 1 5-DIGIT 27101 NORTH CAROUtfA ROOM FORSYTH CTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 660 W 5TH ST WINSTON SALEM NC 27101-2755 v^n Vol. XXXIII No. 14 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006 Students makes mark in sports and class See Page Bl Television judge comes to Bennett ?See Page AJ Man uses Christmas lights to aid good cause Everyone | can 't enjoy gift of reading HOMETOWN I COLUM^ By Maya Angelc^j A relative of mine had been happily married for five years When she discovered something about her husband that shocked her severely . It was not that he was unfaithful, or abusive or gambled pr drank to excess. She discovered he could not read, and he had been successful in keeping that a secret tor the two years of courtship and the five years of marriage. When she related the story to me, I said, "Every one can read a little, maybe his reading was a lit tle rusty ." But, I reminded her' he had a driver's license that he had to sign and a marriage license and was a successful construction worker who had off on cer tain contracts. She said she had become sus picious six months earlier and had begun laying traps, but he was so deft that he stepped easily out of the traps leaving no trace Once she met him in their driveway on her way to their accountant. She gave him a slip of paper and askt>i him to pick up a dress from her seamstress. He rejected the paper saying, "Just tell me the address." She refused, telling him, "It's on the slip," got into her car and drove away. That evening when he returned home without the dress, he explained that he lost the paper She had to find a no-fail way to prove he could not read. - Early one morning she placed a note under the lamp on their bed side nightstand. She left home and went to a telephone booth and called home. He answered, grog gily. My relative told her husband that she left the name of a much Sec Angelou on All Pbotm b> I odd Luck Protesters stand in front of a Harris Teeter store on Market Street in Greensboro on Saturday. They are upset that the gro cery chain is among those that carry Smithfield Food products. Smithfield has come under scruti ny in recent years. Up in Arms Protests target mega pork company BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE _____ GREENSBORO - Protesters outside of Harris Teeter stores in 11 cities around the state gathered Saturday to ask the chain to stop carrying Smithfleld Food products made at the pork plant in Tar Heel, N.C. This is the most recent in a series of protests regard ing the treatment of. workers at the Tar Heel plant and their right to unionize. I larris Teeter is one of many stores that carry Smithfield products made in Tar Heel. Protesters wore t-shirts and held up signs printed by the United Food and Commercial Workgrs Union, which has been hoping to add Smithfield workers to their ranks for tw o decades now . The UFCW lost an election held at the plant in 1997 but the result was thrown out in court, which found Smithfield had used intimidation and vio lence against workers. This was upheld in federal appeals court and is echoed by a report from Human Rights Watch. e Among the cities involved were Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Stephen Hairston, president of the Winston Salem Branch of the NAACP, attended the local protest. The state NAACP is one of many organizations that have taken up the cause. Hairston said there were around 15 people at the protest who held a prayer vigil for Smithfield workers as they held up their signs. At the end of the rally they went inside Harris Teeter and gave a let ter to the management there asking for the removal of Smithfield products and stating the reasons why. Hairston said the manager wouldn't comment on the sit uation but would pass on the letter to the higher-ups at Harris Teeter. In Greensboro, Rev. Nelson Johnson of the Beloved Community Center and several others led over 60 pro testers in chants, prayers and gospel songs as they stood on the sidewalk in front of the Harris Teeter on West Market Street. Like the Winston-Salem rally, this one was comprised of clergy and members of local churches, NAACP members, college students, local activist group members, UFCW organizers, and others. "When you support injustice you become unwittingly a part of injustice and we are here to stand against injus tice and to stand for justice," Johnson tolij the protesters The stories of Smithfield workers were also told by rally leaders. Johnson told the story of a woman who had a 200 pound frozen pig fall on her and break her shoul der. He said she was denied benefits by Smithfield and then terminated because she couldn't work. Unsafe work ing conditions, denying workers benefits and firing ' See Protest on A 12 City ushers in holiday season with festivities BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE The anticipation was palpable on the crisp breeze as people flocked to the sidewalks of Fourth Street Saturday night Drumbeats pulsated in the gathering dusk, pound ing to the rhythm of a thousand heartbeats as Winston Salem geared up for its 17th annual holiday parade, which ended with a tree lighting ceremony in Corpening Plaza. The parade featured the usual suspects - beauty queens and politicians seated on top of flashy sports cars, bands with hags and all their finery, and of course, Santa Claus, who rode in the bucket of a fire truck at the end of the parade. Tim Naulty led Boy Scout Pack 736, who marched in the parade handing out candy to onlookers. "We've done it the last four years," Naulty said "The boys just look forward to doing it, to get dressed up - the little ones - and throwing candy, that's the big deal." Sixty-six, ranging in age from first-to-sixth grades, make up the pack. Nautly's 10 year-old son, Jason Naulty, was among those w ho participated "It's fun and it's good to 'give out candy to everyone," the boy commented. "I like it." Sec Christmas on A5 The city Christmas tree. HkMo by JaeMin Pin WSSU collects for local AIDS agency BY LAYLA FARMER 111! : 1 IRC INK I J World AIDS Day, observed on Dec. 1 , always inspires activity on the campus of Winston-Salem State University. .And this year was no different An information use cpl nn in thp lobby of WSSU's ITiompson Center, (he campus health center offered free MV testing to stu dents, and a talent show brought in canned food dona tions for the AIDS Care Service food pantry. However, the nhi al goal to hclp AlDS victims." said Aaron Singleton, the director of news and media relations at WSSU. "She's had a commitment throughout her career ahd it has enhanced all of the efforts we already had at Winston-Salem 'State before she came." iu innivM vn minu AIDS Day, WSSU joined a group of 39 other organizations and universities nationwide in a program known as LETS (Lesotho Experience Through Service). As pari of the Ariel Foundation International, the LETS program seeks to influ Valentine lanthropy was more widespread this year, (hanks to the initiative of Dr Peggy Valentine, who is dean of the School of I lealth Sciences, arid five others - three students and two faculty members, who took it upon themselves to do something meaningful in the fight against AIDS. "J>. Valentine's had a person health, policy and management worldwide The group from WSSU trav eled to Lesotho. Africa on Wednesday, armed with a wealth of items collected for 70 AIDS orphans who reside in an orphan age in Lesotho See Collection on All In Grateful Memory of Our Founders, Florrie S. Russell and Carl H. 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