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Out of the Closet,
Into the Light
Gay pastor finds
happiness after
years of struggle
BY LAYLA FARMER
llll I IIKOMCI I
The Rev. Roger Hayes is a
gay man.
He makes no exeuses for
this truth, nor does he apolo
gize for the orientation that he
says is as inherent to him as
any other physical attribute he
possesses. Hayes is also a man
of God. and although some
may feel that his sexuality and
religion are as contrasting as
night and day. Hayes says he
begs to differ.
Today, he is pastor of the
Church of the Holy Spirit
Fellowship, an affirming
church which does not dis
criminate on the basis of sexu
al orientation or any other
inclination. Hayes has led the
church for more than five
years. He has a congregation
of more than 80 faithful mem
bers of varying racial back
grounds and sexual prefer
ences. Hayes says he feels he
has finally found his place in
this world, but getting there
was no small feat.
Reared by his grandmoth
er in Wilkes County. Hayes
was born info the Baptist
church, and embraced it from
a young age. However, the
church and its doctrines did
not always embrace Hayes.
"Paul said. 'What can sep
arate me from the word of
God?' then here goes this
laundry list and at the end of
this laundry list, it's very clear
that not even ... I can separate
me from the love of God,"
Hayes said. "But somehow ...
the church escapes that list
and they have the right to sep
Sec Rev. Hayes on A9
Photo by Lay la Farmer
The Rev. Roger Hayes stands on the altar at Church of the Holy Spirit Fellowship.
Photo by I .a via Farmer
The school's bathrooms are in need of a facelift.
User-rnendly
bathrooms goal
of local students
Paisley selling banners to local
companies to raise funds
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Fundraising is an integral
part of most every public
of banners from local business
owners.
"We came up with this idea
to raise money by selling ads,
or banners, for
school, as the institu
tions strive to offer
the most amenities to
their students as pos
sible.
Paisley IB World
Magnet School is no
different. However,
the way the school's
PTSA ' (Parents,
Teachers and
Students
Jessup
local businesses
to hang in the
school gym,"
explained PTSA
President Debra
Jessup. "I thought
that this would be
a (good) way to
let the business
community know
what we're doing
over here at
rtssociaiionj nas cno
sen to raise money this year
strays a little off the beaten
path, as does the target for the
fundraiser: improving student
restrooms.
Beginning last week.
Paisley students, parents, fac
ulty and staff set out into the
community, soliciting the sale
Paisley and get
them involved in this particu
lar school."
The banners, which range
in price from $250 to '$1000,
will be designed by Devora
Transou. president of Devora
Designs and a Paisley parent.
" They have to go out and
See Paisley on A12
Picture helps
to unearth
black history
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
HIGH POINT - What
began with just a class photo
will end with a museum
exhibit telling the untold story
live on even if they don'l
make the headlines of the
newspaper or even if their
diary doesn't show up in a
library collection? How do
they live on in history through
human memory? That's part
or tne stuuents ai
High Point's
Rosetta Baldwin
Schcx)l in 1963.
J That's what
nine graduate stu
dents in Benjamin
Filene's museum
Interpretation
class at the
University of
North Carolina at
Greensboro are
Filene
of what this is
about." said Filcne.
Baldwin started
her school in 1 942 in
her own living room.
The school was affil
iated with the
Seventh-Day
Adventist Church
and educated black
students in grades
K-8 from both the
church and the com
working towards.
Using a photo of 42 students
that attended the school at that
time, the UNCG students are
doing research to find out
what hapfJencd to each of
them. The fruits of their labors
will he on display at the High
Point Museum starting on
May 3.
"How does someone's life
munity. The church would go
on to build her a schoolhouse.
She taught until she retired at
the age of 92. Baldwin died in
2000 and her house was con
verted into a museum in her
honor. Today the Baldwin
Chapel School faces away
from a street that bears her
See Picture nil AI2
Best of the Best
. Photo by Jaeson Put
RusineSshian Lafayette Jones stands beside Carver
High Principal Carol Montague Saturday. The two
earned top honors at The Chronicle's Community
Srevice Awards. See other winners on pages BI3, HI 4.
Local woman
wins Image
Award for book
Weatherford's work has earned many other honors
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
An NAACP Image Award
winner is in our midst.
Carole Boston
Weatherford. a Triad resident
who is a professor of English
"Moses" is also a New York
Times Bestseller with more
than 60,000 copies sold to
date, and a recipient of the
coveted Caldecott Honor. It is
the most well-received work
on the decorated
Weatherford's resume to date.
at rayetteviiie Mate
University, was
bestowed with the
prestigious honor on
March 2 for her
children's book.
"Moses: When
Harriet Tubman Led
Her People to
Freedom." "Dear
Mr. Rosenwald,"
another of
H o w e v e r ,
many of her books
have found favor
in the eyes of crit
ics and literary
organizations.
Weatherford has
amassed a rather
impressive list of
nominations and
awards, including
an NAACP Image
Weatnertord s cre
ations. was also nominated
this year in the same category
?3 Outstanding Literary Work
Children.
"Of course, I was elated,"
Wcatherford said of her recent
achievement. "It's confirma
tion that I'm on the right track
in terms of my subject matter."
Published in Sept. 2006.
Awards nomina
tion for "The Sound That Jazz
Makes," in 2002.
"Even though I've
received honors from the
American Library Association
and alsoq from the North
Carolina branch of the
American Association of
Sec Weatherford on All
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