The Chron
Vol. XXXVI No. 32 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, April 8. 2010
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Finding Hope in HIV
Woman has learned to use her own life to help others
BY LAYLA FARMER
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When Evie Holloway was
first diagnosed with HIV in 2(X)3.
her loved ones tried to put a pos
itive spin on the situation.
"I had family members and
friends tell me it happened for a
reason, that God knows what
He's doing." related the 43 year
old city resident
But Holloway had a hard time
being optimistic.
"I was angry with God." she
said. "...I thought so many times
of just gassing up the car and run
ning into a tree. I didn't want to
deal with it."
But as time marched on
Holloway says she began to real
ize that she had something valu
able to offer others: the wisdom
of a woman who has stared death
in the face but refused to back
down.
"I am the new face of HIV.
This is what it looks like. There
is no size, no shape to HIV any
more - no color - this is what it
looks like," declared Holloway,
who uses her personal testimony
often to motivate and encourage
others, "it's like a ministry now
- I've gotta do it. It's like a burn
ing desire."
Holloway says she contracted
the disease from her second hus
band, who died of pneumonia - a
common complication of
E vie Hollo way
HIV/AIDS - just after their sixth
anniversary in fall 2003.
The two met in 1994, through
a personal ad Holloway had
placed, and enjoyed a fervent
love affair, wedding two years to
the day after their first date.
"He was my soul mate We
were best friends. We took trips
together, we went fishing togeth
er ... we enjoyed each other's
company totally," she recalled
The couple encountered their
share of rocky times. Holloway
says she found women's phone
numbers in her husbands pants
pockets more than once and sus
pected him of cheating. When
she confronted the women whose
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Golden Girls {from left ) Evelyn Johnson, Heather W est, Sonya Patrick, Hattie Taylor, Pearl "Sis" Lavery and Pearl Fair.
Grannies Got Game
Basketball league for mature women off to strong start
BY LAYLA PARMER
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Even though the Gateway YWCA's Golden Girls basketball league is for
women age 45 and older, it still isn't for the faint of heart
Members of the Dunkin' Dolls and the Boomin' Babes teams, many of whom
are in their 60s, chased each other up and down the basketball court at the Gateway
Tuesday morning, jumping and blocking with the fervor of women half their age.
"It's gotten kind of rough at times." said Arthur Chavious, who serves as refer
ee and coach for both teams. "But it was no question that it was all in fun.
They've all been ladies about it."
Indeed, ^it was obvious no one took the game too seriously.
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Heather West knocks the hall loose as Pearl I. a very (left)
and AmatuUah Saleem. 7H. rush to recover it.
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Stephen Bright speaks.
Death
penalty
equated to
lynchings
Prominent attorney taking
message aeross the nation
BY i AVI A t \KSU K
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While the "strange fruit" Billie Holiday
sang about is mm thing of the past.
Attorney Stephen Bright says the same
kind of heinouv. calculated slaughter is still
a common occurrence tn American society
today
Bright; w ho . .
serves us senior
counsel lor the
Southern Center for
Human Rights, spoke
agamsi the death
penalty, which he
regards a> "one ol
the- great moral
issues tn our societ\
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group of lav* stu
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University last week
Bright's msii was organized fo\ the
Wll Innocence and Justice Clinic, as part
of the 2010 "Race. Wrongful Convictions
and the Death Penalty " campus tour The
tour, which will stop at tour North Carolina
universities, is co-sponsored by the North
Carolina Coalition tor a Moratorium and
the Campaign to End the IX-ath Penalty N
national tour. "Lynching Then. Lynching
Now "
The North Carolina portion ot the tour
was staged in celebration of the passage of
the Racial Justice Act. which was made
law last vear and allows defendants who
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Ten candidates hoping to win At-Large School Board seats
BY l.AYLA FARMER
THfc CHRONICA:
Voters in Forsyth County will
have no shortage of choices in next
month's primary for the At Large
School Board seats, uhich are
selected by voters county wide.
Ten candidates will appear on
the May 4 ballot. Because the pool
of candidates is greater than twice
the number of available scats, a pri
mary is necessary to narrow down
the voting pool . according to the
Forysth County Board of Elections.
The top six contenders will proceed
to the General Election in
November to % ie for the three avail
able seats that are currently occu
pied by Incumbents Donny
Lambeth. Jeannie Metcalf and
Elisabeth Motsinger. Robert Barr.
Lori Goins Clark. Stan Hill. Joyce
Mc Adams, William H Roberts.
Nancy P Sherrill and Malishai
"Shai" Woodbury are all hoping to
unseal them. For the first time this
year. School Board races are non
partisan
Many of the candidates sighted
issues like disparities between low
wealth and affluent schools; the
county 's high school drop out rate,
and finding ways to increase
parental involvement among their
chief concerns However, each has
his or her own set of priorities and
methods for addressing the prob
lems they see.
Barr. 44. spent 14 years .is an
educator in the local school system
before becoming assistant pastor of
Agape I'aith Church in ("lemmons
He and his w ife. a teacher, have tuo
children in the system Barr
believes his personal experiences
growing up as an African American
in the Happy Hill community will
give him a unique perspective on
the board. He is a strong proponent
of expanding mentoring programs
for ItKal students.
"It we could gel more mentors
around economically disadvantaged
kids I think vse could raise the
graduation rates and close the
achievement gaps." Barr said. I
think I can make a difference. I
think I can implement some policies
thai can help impact all the stu
dents."
Clark. 40. is a city native who
currentlv serves as a substitute
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