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The Chronicle
Volume39,Number35 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, April 25, 2013
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promises
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progress
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
YMCA of Northwest North Carolina CEO
Curt Hazelbaker told Winston Lake Family
YMCA members, staffers and volunteers
Tuesday that a search for a new executive direc
tor for the branch may begin next month.
Former Executive Director Shawan Gabriel
left the organization in December to lead the
local Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc., and
Hazebaker said at the time that he hoped to have
Gabriel's successor in place by March.
, However.
YMC A
associa
tion lead
ers con
ceded
recently
that they
have yet
to even
advertise
for
Gabriel's'
succes
sor. The
delay in
finding a
replace
ment has
angered
many
Winston
Lake
members
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Photo by Layla Owim
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sptaks at tht Winston Lakt Y.
unteers. some of whom believe Winston Lake is
being put on the back-burner because it is the
Association's only majority African American
branch.
Hazelbaker's appearance Tuesday was the
second time this month that YMCA of
Northwest North Carolina leaders had visited
Winston Lake to address concerns. On April 9,
Senior VP and COO Mark Bachman spoke to a
group of close to 100 during a morning meeting.
Hazelbaker's meeting only drew a small crowd.
The Chronicle's coverage of the April 9
meeting, wherein many members voiced dissat
isfaction and exasperation at the agency's han
dling of the matter, prompted Hazelbaker to
address Winston Lake members directly, first
through an open letter and again with the 4:15
p.m. meeting at the branch Tuesday.
"I want to address an article in The
Chronicle last week about the Y's search for a
new executive director at Winston Lake," he
wrote in a letter (printed in its entirety on page
A9) dated April 19. "As you know, we are in the
process of evaluating a wide range of options to
ensure we make the best possible decision for
the Winston Lake Family YMCA and the corn
See Winston Lake on A10
Photo by Lay la Garms
Siblings Edwin Archie, Carolyn Archie, Velma Fields, Bernard Archie and Elvita Hunt.
Honor for First Family of fennis
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BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
Before Venus and Serena, there were the
Archies, and here in the Twin City, the family
was legendary.
The late Charles and Ella Ruth's nine-mem
ber brood were known for their prowess on the
court in a time when there were very few black
faces in the sport.
"People of my generation, of my age - a lot
of ustbMftip the game because of them," said
( itv^flttncH Ifftmber Denise "DD" Adams.
"We watched them win tournaments, and that
was pretty much unheard of for young, African
American kids... They were considered to be
the best of the best."
Six of the Archie children competed at the
regional level or above, and several of them
made national headlines. Edwin, the second old
est, took second-place in the Junior National
Tennis Tournament title in 19SS, falling to a
young Arthur Ashe, and brother Richard Archie
continued the family's success, competing in the
Western North Carolina High School District
Tennis Tounjament of Negro High Schools
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Monk has Southern Baptist roots
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Bushi Yamato Damashii, 43, has had a long
spiritual joumcy, one that led him from
Christianity to Buddhism, Baptist minister to
monk.
He was bom Torre nee Marquis Ramsey and
raised a Baptist in West Palm Beach, Fla. He
joined the Marines at 17, allowing him to visit 34
countries, including Kuwait and Iraq, where he
saw combat in the 1990s. It was during a visit
home that he was first introduced to Buddhism -
which has more than a billion followers in Asia
and around the world - by a Vietnamese
American friend.
"A friend of mine was practicing meditation,"
Damashii said. "It was something that was intrigu
ing to me. One of the things that was most intrigu
See Monk on A8
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Israel Suarez poses with his mother, Isabella
Acosta, at the annual Crosby Scholars Senior
Gala Monday night at the Benton Convention
Center. Suarez, a senior at Reagan High School,
was one of nearly 600 high school seniors who
were feted during the event. Read more in our
May 2 edition.
Photos by Tbdd Luck
Richard Koritz. celebrates with Larry Little.
Union leaders recalled as trailblazers
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
A permanent tribute to workers whose strike led to
the formation of a landmark union now stands at the
corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fourth
Street.
A celebration and unveiling ceremony for the N.C.
Department of Cultural Resources' historic marker
was held Saturday near the site at First Calvary Baptist
Church. A crowd of more than 140 listened as a num
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