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Molelekeng Rapolaki, second from left, poses with grand
parents Shirley Smith, Madeline Hall and Brenda Platters.
WSSU gets
a visit from
ambassador
BY LAY LA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Her Excellency
Molelekeng Rapolaki,
Ambassador of the Kingdom
of Lesotho, visited the campus
of Winston-Salem State
University Monday to reunite
with students and faculty mem
hers she meet last
year vvncn a Kam
delegation visited
her tiny nation,
located on Africa's
southernmost tip
Dr. Peggy
Valentine, dean of
the School of Health
Sciences at WSSU,
traveled with a
handful of students
and faculty to
Lesotho. The group
brought much needed supplies
to Lesotho children orphaned
by AIDS. The local delegation
also swapped information with
health care representatives in
the country - which has the
fourth highest incidence of
HIV infection in the world -
and fostered a relationship (hat
continues to blossom to this
day.
Rapolaki came to campus
to hear feedback from Rams
who had made the trip and to
explore opportunities for -fur
ther cooperation between the
school and Ixsotho citizens.
"I would like to express my
thanks to Dr. Valentine and her
team for the wonderful job that
they did," Rapolaki said in her
remarks. "I'm really very
excited about this program -
I'm very thankful ... and look
ing forward to a fruitful coop
eration "
Their journey was part of
Ariel Foundation
International s
LETS (Lesotho
Experience
Through Service)
program. LETS
participants also
attended confer
ences, performed
community service
projects and attend
ed special events at
the Lesotho
Embassy in
Washington, D.C. as well as
the U.S. Embassy in Lesotho.
Valentine was joined by
Nursing Professor Dr. Lenora
Campbell, Dr. Ann Jenkins,
assistant professor of
Occupational Therapy, and
Physical Therapy major Jessica
Rogers. Dr. Ariel King, presi
dent of Washington, D.C.
based Ariel Foundation
International, was also on cam
pus for Rapolaki's visit this
week.
Valentine said the universi
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Valentine
Ladies of Distinction
Photo by Photo Innovations Bennett College
Baroness Valerie Amos, left, stands with Bennett College President Dr. Johnnetta
B. Cole last week. Amos, leader of England's House of l.ords and l.ord President
of the Council, is the United Kingdom's first black female cabinet minister. She
and others were honored last week in Greensboro as "Trailblazers In Diversity"
during Bennett's Chief Diversity Officers Forum. Head about the woman who
will replace Dr. Cole as Bennett's next president on page AI2.
Annual meeting filled with highlights
YWCA's Corpening
honored for
leadership
BY TODD LI CK
THE CHRONICLE
The United Way of
Forsyth County celebrated
another year of community
outreach at its annual meeting
last week at the Downtown
Marriott.
Edwin Welch Jr., chair
elect of the United Way
Board, looked back over the
last year and praised the
I nited Way's support of its 34
local partner agencies and
other organizations
"In 2006 we continued to
Photo b> Todd Luck
Florence Corpening holds the Tocqueville Award.
refocus our efforts to change
lives here in our community
Instead of looking only at the
immediate needs of our com
munity we've worked to
address the underlying eauses
of those needs," said Welch.
He used the New Century
IDA Initiative, which is
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United
Way
ACS
hands out
honors to
advocates
Agency's client list
made up of mostly
African-Americans
BY I.AY LA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Several local people took
home awards last week for
their HIV AIDS advocacy
efforts.
The honors were present
cu oy
AIDS
C a t- c
Service ,
Inc.
(ACS),
which
offers help
and hope
to local
people
who are
living with
HIV AIDS. This year, the
ACS leadership Committee,
comprised of five trustees and
a handful of staff members,
decided to formally rccogni/e
some of its most outstanding
supporters, with a battery of
awards given at the agency's
annual board meeting
Five individuals were
honored for their exemplary
service to the community w ith
four special awards.
The Advocate Award w ent
to James Grissom, resident
manager of the "Horseshoe,"
the ACS residential housing
building. Husband and wife
team I .any and Clarice Roth
took home the Benefactor
Award. Larry Roth is the for
mer director of ACS. The
Friendship Award was given
to a dedicated volunteer
Mariah Deasc, and the
Visionary Aw ard honored the
memory of the late Dr. Mary
Ann Taylor, an ACS founding
board member
"The line of work that we
do is lough work We really
wanted to call attention to
people that have really gone
the extra distance to work
with individuals," said
.Executive Director Christine
Jolly. "We just really wanted
O
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Grissom
Bus-driving legend is honored
Downtown transit
hub renamed for
Clark Campbell
BV T KEVIN WALKER
ThECHR< INK I I
W hen Christine Campbell
tied the knot ? ith her husband.
Clark, nearly four deeades
ago. she knew his heart did not
solely belong 40 her. In fact,
Clark Campbell had another
love on the side, an aJTair that
spanned more than half a ecn
tury
"He was hen;, more than
he was at home," a smiling
Christine Campbell said of the
Winston-Salem Transit
Authority, her husband's long
time mistress.
The love between (lark
Campbell and W'STA was
A vintage Safe ffiis vehicle was rolled out for the event.
mutual Saturday, the down
town transit ccntcr, where
thousands hoard city and
Greyhound buses each day,
was named in honor of
Campbell, who was a bus driv
er for 62 years. Do/ens were
on hand for the unveiling cere
rnony, including city leaders
such as Mayor Allen Joines
and Cily Council Member
Joycelyn Johnson and several
members of the Campbell
family The man of the hour
was not present, however.
Campbell, who will turn
85 in May, was admitted to the
hospital two days earlier with
an unstable blood pressure
Christine Campbell said that
her husband's eondition had
greatly improved since being
admitted He had spent a short
time in the Intensive Care I nit
but was relocated to a regular
room at the time of the cere
mony. Clark Campbell had
wanted to delay his trip to the
hospita] until alter Saturday's
ceremony, another testament
to his great love for the profes
sion that became his life's
work.
An Alabama native,
Campbell came to Winston
Salem to work at Safe Bus
Company in the early 1940s.
Safe Bus, WSTA's precursor,
was a transportation pioneer
The Winston-Salem-based
black-owned company was a,
great source of community
pride and an anomaly, cspc
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Christine Campbell is greeted hy a well-wisher.
In Grateful Memory of Our
Founders,
Florrie S. Russell and
Carl H. Russell, Sr.
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