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Chili luncheon, raffle is Dec. 6
The YWCA of Winston-Salem and Forsyth
County will celebrate the 12th Annual Project New
Start chili luncheon and raffle on Dec. 6 from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the YWCA Glade Street facility
located at 1201 Glade Street.
Chili is being prepared by local businesses and
restaurants such as Cat's Corner/West End Cafe,
Big Shotz Tavern, Whole Foods Market, Arbor
Acres United Methodist Retirement Community,
Fourth Street Filling Station. Winston's Eatery, and
Foothills Brewery. Each business has committed to
prepare 10 gallons of chili for the event.
Raffle items include a week at a Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla. condominium and round trip tickets for two, a
weekend at a beach villa at Seabrook Island, an
Interactive Gourmet Dinner from Chef Holly Tate,
an authentic/autographed Hurricanes hockey stick
and puck, a Family membership to the Gateway
YWCA, and an Adult membership to the Glade
Street YWCA.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door
or at the YWCA on Glade Street and the Gateway
YWCA. The luncheon includes a choice of meat or
vegetarian chili, bread, sal^l. dessert, and bever
age. Raffle tickets will cost $5 for one or $10 for
three tickets. Tables may be reserved in advance
for $100, which ensures that a corporate or commu
nity group of 8 individuals will have a table where
all guests can be seated together.
Retired major general pens book
In his new book, Jerry Curry talks about his
journey from a small town steel mill worker to a
young private in the Army and eventually a Major
General.
Along the way, he fought against the barriers
of racism and elitism without
compromise. Curry says that
through his strong faith in
God, he was able to beat the
odds, and through his book,
"From Private to General,"
he shares new insights on
racial harmony, challenges in
the military, principles of
leadership and the role of
| America in the world today.
Curry Curry's many life-chang
ing experiences includes
serving in post-partition Korea, Cold War
Germany, Vietnam, the White House and the
Pentagon
"From Private to General" is a winner of the
IPPY awards for multi-cultural, non-fiction at
Book Expo America 2007 's Book of the Year
awards presented by Independent Publisher.
The book in available at Amazon.com,
BarnesandNoble.com and Books-A-Million.com.
Museum to screen aviation film
Reynolda House Museum of American Art will
hold a screening of the video. Chasing the Clouds:
The Story of Smith Reynolds Airport on Thursday,
Dec. 6 from 11:30 a.m. to -12:30 p.m. in the
Babcock Auditorium. Produced by UNC-TV, this
documentary describes the creation and pre-emi
nent reputation of Smith Reynolds Airport. For
many years, this was the model by which other air
ports in the nation were judged.
The video dovetails nicely with the Museum's
current exhibition. Wings of Adventure: Smith
Reynolds and the Flight of 898 Whiskey. The exhi
bition chronicles the daring 1931-32 flight of the
youngest child of R.J. Reynolds and his wife,
Katharine, when he flew solo from London to Hong
Kong in a Savoia Marchetti S-56. The airport that
bears his name was opened in a dedication ceremo
ny in June 1942 during which a bust of Smith was
revealed by his older brother and fellow aviation
enthusiast and businessman, Dick Reynolds.
For information, please call 446-758-5150 or
visit reynoldahouse.org. The event is free.
Osmond apologizes to Larry King
NEW YORK - Donny Osmond has apologized
to Larry King for criticizing the CNN talk-show
host after he revealed that Marie Osmond's 16- year
old son had entered rehab.
"I was very upset about
it," the 49-year-old singer
said in an interview that aired
Monday on NBC's "Today"
show. "I thought it was very
unfair for Larry King to
throw that question at Marie
the way he did."
Donny Osmond and his
sister, who starred on televi
sion's "Donny and Marie
Show" during the 1970s, King
appeared stunned when King
asked about Michael in an interview last week.
Osmond said he later learned the tabloids were
about to break the story.
"I have to back up and apologize publicly to
Larry King because I came out and said some
things against him," he said.
"... In hindsight, Larry King did Marie a favor,"
Osmond said. "She was able to make a statement
about the situation. ... And so she's grateful to
Larry."
Marie Osmond, who is competing on ABC's
"Dancing With the Stars," hasn't disclosed the
nature of Michael's problem or where he is being
treated.
Osmond, 48, announced earlier this year that
she and her second husband, Brian Blosil, are
divorcing. She has eight children.
Annual holiday Lovefeast slated for Dec . 2
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Wake Forest University will hold its 43rd
Annual Christmas Lovefeast and Candlelight
Service at 8 p.m. Dec. 2 in Wait Chapel.
According to'the organizers, the event, which
draws more than 2,000 attendees, is the
largest single lovefeast hosted in North
America.
The event is free and open to the public.
The service is sponsored by the Office of
the Chaplain, and the guest speaker will be
Edwin G. Wilson, provost emeritus at Wake
Forest. It will feature music by Wake Forest's
Concert, Handbell and Flute Choirs and a tra
ditional Moravian Band. The congregation
will be invited to sing carols and the tradition
al Moravian song "Morning Star" with the
choir. Participants will receive a beeswax can
dle to be lit at the end of the service, and more
than 50 Wake Forest students, faculty and
staff will serve coffee and Moravian buns.
Hearn Plaza will be decorated with lumi
naries placed by members of Alpha Phi
Omega service fraternity, and carilloneurs
Lauren Bradley, Evelyn Eisele and Raymond
Ebert will play before and after the service.
Monetary contributions will be accepted at
the service for the Chaplain's Emergency
WFU Photo
The scene in Wait Chapel during a past Lovefeast.
Fund.
The Christmas lovefeast and candlelight
service is a custom that originated in Europe
in 1747. The first lovefeast in North Carolina
was held on the evening of the arrival of the
Moravians at Bethabara in 1753. A Wake
Forest student initiated the lovefeast at the
university in 1965.
Crowns
Photo courtesy of the Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant
Middle school teacher Audrey Cox, back center, is the newly crowned
Miss Black NC USA 2008. Cox, who teaches chorus at Warren
County Middle School, won the crown earlier this month at the pag
eant in Raleigh. She wowed the audience and the judges with her rich
sultry rendition of Oleta Adams' "Get Here." She is pictured here with
Kalilah Harris, National Miss Black USA 2007, Rachel D. Wilson,
Miss Black NC USA 2007, back right, and Taylor Nicole Hunt, Little
Miss Black NC USA 2007.
Family holiday show starts Dec. 7
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The Piedmont Opera is bringing
back its annual holiday classic,
"Amahl and the Night Visitors," on
Dec. 7 and Dec. 8.
The family musical is the story of a
crippled shepherd boy, his destitute
mother, and his encounter with the
three star-guided kings. The produc
tion features glorious music, colorful
costumes, amusing characters and
singing and dancing. Sung in English,
"Amahl and the' -'Night Visitors,"
appeals equally to both old and young,
opera officials say.
Robert Overman, Jonathan Sidden
and John Williams return this year to
reprise their roles as the three kings.
'Amahl' will be preceded by a festive
program of holiday music performed
by the acclaimed Winston-Salem
Children's Chorus, under the direction
of Barbara Beattie.
The production will be be the inau
gural show of the new First
Presbyterian Chufdh auditorium,
which is located at the corner of
Second and Cherry streets.
The Dec. 7 show will be at 7:30
pm. There will be 2 pm. and 7:30 pm.
on Dee. 8. Tickets are $25 for adults
and $15 for children. Group rates are
available. To purchase tickets or for
more information, go to piedmont -
opera.org or call 336-724-3202.
Photo courteiy of Piedmont Opera
John Williams (King Balthazar), from left, Robert Overman ( King
Melchior) and Jonathan Sidden (King Kaspar) are returning to stage this
year.
Photo by Mire Apter/ St. Mary's
Administrator Jeff Smith, from left, and students John
Braxton and Katharina Furrs discuss the film with its creator,
Janks Morton, far right.
Much talked about
film stirs discussion
at university forum
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. - What do black men think?
This is a question that many Americans fail to answer without
bias. The Subject is undertaken in a new documentary by Janks
Morton, who presented it at a screening at St. Mary's College of
Maryland on Oct. 19. Morton presented his film to a racially mixed
audience of more than 100 people. Afterwards, the group discussed
the stereotypes of African- American men that are perpetuated in soci
ety.
In the film, Morton presents a black nationalist's position on affir
mative action in the African-American community. He asserts that
social problems such as lower incomes that have existed since the
Civil Rights Movement should not be an excuse for African
Americans to fail. A pertinent question he asks is whether the dream
that Martin Luther King, Jr., proposed has come true for African
Americans.
The powerful impact of the
film sparked a lively discussion
moderated by Helen Daugherty
and Jeff Smith. Daugherty is a
professor of anthropology and
sociology and holds the G.
Thomas and Martha Meyers Chair
in Liberal Arts. Smith is the col
lege's associate director of admis
sions.
Several prominent leaders in
St. Mary's County's African
American community attended the
screening, including Harold
Herndon - president 0 of
Compliance Corporation, a local
defense contractor - and Theo
Cramer, director of academic sup
port for St. Mary's County Public Schools.
"This documentary calls attention to what people believe versus
what the real truths are," said Herndon.
Cramer said, "What's most important about this documentary is
that it provokes thought and discussion. It is not important that we
agree on every issue, but it is important that we have relevant and
meaningful discussions in the ^schools, colleges, churches and
throughout the community."
Alonzo Gaskins, a leader in the St. Mary's County NAACP, said,
"In the 21st century, we have intellectuals everywhere, but you don't
see any of them reaching back into the [black] community to help.
How can we get them to help out? We are fighting desperately with
the education gap in this county."
The documentary confronts and dispels common stereotypes
about African-American men through statistics. One of the myths is
that there are more black men in jail than in college. Factually, with
in the 18-24 age group, there are four times as many young African
American men in college as in jail.
"This jail versus college (number) has damaged the black psy
che," said Morton. "Protest has to be redefined in order to change the
media. That's the only way they're going to change. There is no pos
itive media coverage of black people. We have to do a better job of
our images and controlling those images."
Morton urges the black community to work to fix this negative
image. He blames the current leadership of the NAACP and the hip
hop culture for firmly rooting the negative idea of the black male in
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