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Vol. XXXVII No. 7 -WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, October 14, 2010
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Local churches to participate in breast cancer awareness campaign
BY LAY1.A FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
In the United States, African American
women are 38 percent more likely to die from
breast cancer than their Caucasian counter
parts. according to statistics from the American
Cancer Society.
Locally. African American women are twice
as likely to be diagnosed with stage IV cancer
- the most advanced stage - as other women.
This is most likely due to two factors, accord
ing to Leigh Satalino, community outreach
manager for the NC Triad Affiliate of Susan G.
Komen for the Cure. Scientists have found
African Americans are more likely to develop a
more aggressive form of breast cancer, Satalino
said, but statistics also show that African
American women are less likely than
Caucasians to get mammograms as recom
mended. She is hopeful raising awareness with
in African American communities in the II
county area the Triad affiliate serves will help
assuage this fact.
"There's a health disparity for African
American women," said Satalino, a married
mother of one son and four-year breast cancer
survivor. "They have a lower incidence of
breast cancer, but a significantly higher death
rate."
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From left: Deborah Roseboro, Friendship Baptist Church Pastor Stacey Frazier and
Health Ministry member Charlene Roseboro.
Volunteers spruce up youth center
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
More than 100 volunteers
converged on the YWCA Best
Choice Center on Highland
Avenue last Friday to give the
aging building a much-needed
dose of TLC .
Volunteers from Piedmont
Bible College donated their serv
ices in the areas of landscaping,
painting and refinishing floors,
cleanup and minor repairs at the
Center, which serves youth from
Pre-kindergarten to eighth
grades with after school tutoring,
mentoring and support pro
grams.
"This is the culmination of a
week-long missions confer
ence," explained Jonathan Bolin,
a professor at the College and
organizer for the volunteer
effort. "We talk about the need in
the world, so today we are prac
ticing what we preach. We
believe that Jesus Christ told us
to love people and that's how we
would be known as his follow
ers, so that's what we're trying
to do."
Senior Morgan Huffman was
among the volunteers who
worked on the grounds, raking,
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Photo by la Farmer
From left: Mable Stevenson, Courtney Saunders. YWCA CEO Florence Corpening, Jonathan Rolin
and Linda Jackson-Barnes.
trimming bushes and cleaning up
leaves and debris. The Lexington
native says she has participated
in the service days since her
sophomore year.
"I never do any landscaping,
so it gets me out of my comfort
zone first of all, which is really
good for me," commented
Huffman. "It's a huge opportuni
ty to spread the gospel and tell
people about the love of Jesus
Christ."
The volunteers were greeted
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BY LAY I A (ARM I K
THE CHRONICLE
Some of the city's best known leaders
are among this year's recipients of the Big
House Gaines Unsung Heroes Awards,
which will be presented next week as part
of Winston-Salem State University's
Homecoming events.
Forsyth County Library Director and
"Mrs. Marvtastic" Syl\ ia Spnnkle-Hamlin;
WSSU Director of Athletics Bill Hayes and
Burke Singers Founder and W SSU Choral
Director D'Walla Simmons-Burke were all
chosen by the Unsung Heroes' five member
committee to be honored this year with the
Fulfilling a
'Big'
Legacy
' Unsung Heroes to be feted
awards denoting tneir
commitment to serv
ice to the community
and the university
Other 2010 Unsung
Heroes honorees
include Stephen A.
Smith. Albert
Roseboro. John A
Hunter Sr.. Brenda B.
Hopper. Kenneth
Benton and Cleveland
Ellison The honorees
will be feted during
Gaines
an Oct. 21 gala at the Marriot Hotel down
town
Simmons-Burke has spent more than
20 years as a faculty member at the univer
sity. During her tenure, she has become a
well respected figure in the music world,
garnering awards from a variety of sources,
including the famed Kennedy Center,
which bestowed its Performing Arts
Medallion upon her this fall. Under her
direction, the WSSU Choir recorded with
the D. Vorak Symphony Orchestra. The CD
was nominated in five categories for a
2010 Grammy Award. Despite her man>
accolades. Simmons-Burke said she was
humbled to be named among this year's
Unsung Heroes. She said W SSU has nur
tured her talent and passion for her craft.
"I just love doing what it is that I do."
she remarked. "And this has been a place
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'Yes, We Can'
Pinto by Kevin Walker
Diehard Democrat Jim Jones literally toots his own
horn at the Dixie Classic Fair on Sunday in support of
U.S. Senate candidate Elaine Marshall and other
Dems. "Yes, W> Can!" Jones said as he made his way
around the fairgrounds.
Holocaust, Inc.
Author tells local audience that US. businesses tied to horrific genocide
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE '
Edwin Black described the role that promi
nent U.S. corporations played in the Holocaust to
Blynn
an audience at horsyth
Technical Community
College on Monday.
Black is an award winning
investigative author who has
written books on everything
from eugenics to America's
dependence on foreign oil.
but the Holocaust is the most
frequent topic of his books.
His focus is illuminating lit
tle-known aspects of the
World War II genocide of European Jews.
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