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David Cooper - over 40 years in real estate and still going strong

Throughout the month of February people across the country will be celebrating the lives and legacies of great African-Americans who made contributions to society.

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

It’s a good thing that David Cooper didn’t listen to the naysayers when he decided to start a real estate business.

In 1975 he was told, “The economy is bad,” “interest rates are too high,” “it’s too risky to go into real estate.” Cooper decided the time was right for him – if he could make it in bad times, he could make it when the good times came.

Cooper grew up on a farm in Hemingway, South Carolina, where he learned the value of hard work and a strong work ethic. He came to WinstonSalem to attend Winston-Salem State University and after graduation, worked in the airlines industry. The job was good, but after 14 years it had become routine. He was bored. He wanted a new challenge. During a visit with his brother who lived in California, Cooper mentioned that he was looking for something else to do and his brother, who was in real estate, suggested that he consider real estate. Cooper was looking for an opportunity to connect with people on a more personal level and this seemed like the perfect fit.

David Cooper (on right), recipient of the Winston-Salem Assn. of Realtors Hall of Cooper earned his real estate brokers Ernestine Cooper and son Alton Cooper. license in 1975 and worked briefly for another company before striking out on investing in rental properties and part- “My desire is to work with people and his own. In 1977 he became the first nering with Fannie Mae, the Federal help people be homeowners, especially African-American in the Winston-Salem National Mortgage Association. first-time buyers.” His proudest Regional Association of Realtors®.

Cooper doesn’t pay much attention to moments are when someone tells him, “I Cooper remembers buying his first negative news and says, “When things just paid off my house.” He is now sellhouse and having no one to help him got rough, I just worked harder.” Based ing homes to the children – and grandthrough the hurdles of getting a mort- on company size, Cooper Realty has children – of people he first sold a home gage. He knew he wanted to help others been the number one seller for several to when he was starting out. buy their first homes and to guide them years, averaging about 100 houses sold a Cooper has seen a lot of changes in through the process of one of the most year. Cooper says, “ … just be honest the industry since he began over 40 years important decisions a person will ever with folks and do the right things, you’ll ago. He remembers the days of MLS make. succeed.”

(Multiple Listing Service) books where Over 40 years later, Cooper Realty is Cooper Realty is a family business, you had to wait for paper updates, so you still going strong. Cooper says, “I’ve which includes his wife Ernestine, son were always behind on new listings. never had a bad year, even during hous- Alton, and brother Sam. Cooper gives With today’s technology, new listings ing slumps.” During recessions, he credit for his success, “first to Creator are immediate and accessible through his maintained his business on a conserva- God be the glory,” and to his wife, who phone. “I can show a house and if they tive basis and planned for downtimes by he calls his “silent partner.” Cooper said, ask if there is anything else available in

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Throughout Black History Month, The Chronicle will be highlighting history makers from right here in our community who are making a difference and setting an example for others to follow.

This week we shine our light on John Davenport Jr., founder and owner of

Davenport pays it forward

DAVENPORT, an engineering, design, and consulting firm located right here in Winston-Salem.

Growing up Davenport’s father would regularly take him to construction sites where he became fascinated with designing and building.

Although Davenport fell in love with construction at a young age, he had no idea those visits to construction sites around town would lead him to where he is today.

After graduating from East Forsyth, Davenport’s love for construction and design led him to continue his education at N.C. State University. After undergrad, Davenport went on to attend N.C. A&T State University where he received his master’s in engineering. In 2002 Davenport went out on a limb and decided to open his own engineering firm.

John Davenport Jr. While speaking with The Chronicle last week, Davenport said he never imagined his company would take off the way it did.

“When I first started, I was just trying to survive,”

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laughed Davenport. “So to be where we are today with over 70 employees, that wasn’t my original thought.”

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that neighborhood, I can immediately pull up every listing there, by price or size,” he commented. He added concerning technology, “Unless you move with it, you will be left behind.”

Cooper also stressed that today’s homebuyer is different from when he started out. They are more educated and shop smarter. They are more apt to use technology to search for a home. Cooper said he has sold homes to people he has never met and who never personally saw the home until after they purchased it. It was all done over the Internet.

Although he loves what he does, he still finds time for his hobbies: traveling, See Real estate on A2

DAVENPORT is a leading engineering and design firm with clients throughout the Southeast, with certifications in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida.

DAVENPORT has also worked on a number of projects here in the City of Arts and Innovation, including; the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem State University’s north parking lot, and Simon G. Atkins High School to name a few.

Despite all his success, Davenport always finds ways to give back to the community that gave him his start. Aside from his father taking him to construction sites, Davenport also credits Addie Hines and the Upward Bound program at Winston-Salem State University for intro-

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ducing him to the world of engineering.

“I went through that program and she was instrumental in helping me get in the position to go to college and go far,” continued Davenport. “Upward Bound prepared me and helped me understand what that looked like.”

Since 2007, Davenport has held a summer camp where children from local high schools and the Winston-Salem Urban League have the opportunity to intern with his company. Davenport said giving back is one of his “core pillars.” “…Someone gave me an opportunity and quite honestly, when I was at that point in life I didn’t even know how to get into corporate America. I didn’t know what engineers did,” he continued. “But now See Pays on A2

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that i have an opportunity and i know the ins-andouts, i feel like it’s my duty. And it’s actually one of the most gratifying things i do.” in 2011 Davenport’s passion for giving back led him to take the vacant seat on the board of education left by Geneva Brown.

Davenport said being from Winston-Salem and knowing the community, he felt it was important to bring his experiences and insight to the board.

Currently, Davenport is also a board member for several other organizations in the area including: the board of health and human Services, the Forsyth Tech Board of

taken a few weddings and birthday parties. he was recognized by his church on Feb. 16 for his contributions to the community. he started Cooper realty Scholarship Fund 13 years ago in partnership with his church and each year they give a $2,000 scholarship to a deserving student.

Cooper was also recognized as a realtor Emeritus in 2017 for his

Trustees, and several others. “it’s very important for me to give back. Whether i’m serving on the school board or working with other organizations in the area, it’s all about giving back and being able to shape how things unroll in our community,” said Davenport. “Someone has to serve on these boards to be the voice and provide prospective. Very few people from Winston-Salem are serving on these boards and the older i get the more i understand how valuable that is.”

When asked what advice he would give an up-and-coming entrepreneur who may be having second thoughts about following their dream, Davenport said he would encourage them to learn

40 years of membership in the Association of realtors and was inducted into the realtors hall of Fame in 2013.

For people who are considering going into the real estate field, Cooper says, “You have to love it because you are going to live it, eat it, and sleep it.” he added, “i play real estate. it’s not work to me.” from their failures. he said, “Everybody has some strength and you don’t measure your strength by somebody else. You look at what you can do and what you bring to the table. “… The only time you fail is when you don’t try. if you just try you’re probably going to go a lot further than you thought you were going to go. And then you have to be resilient because anybody who is successful didn’t become that way overnight,” said Davenport. “So as an entrepreneur, you can’t expect to start right off and knock it out the park.

That’s not how it’s going to be. You have to be comfortable with learning how to fail and learn that failure is a learning lesson.”

District, community leaders begin talks of new Ashley Elementary

BY TEVin STinSon ThE ChroniClE

Earlier this week parents, staff, district officials, elected officials and others with invested interest in Ashley Academy for Global Studies (Ashley Elementary) came together to discuss plans for a new school.

The meeting held on Monday, Feb. 18 was

cific sites, she said it is important that the public trust that the board is asking the right questions.

Emory said they don't discuss sites publicly because it could cause land owners to raise the price. "i wanted you to be aware that there are dollars for the design of a new Ashley School and the board is currently getting updates and having the

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Jabbar said, "First and foremost, this school has to be in this area where students and parents don't have to go out of this neighborhood."

School Board Chair Malishai Woodbury also seemed to be in support of a community school.

During the meeting Woodbury suggested that district staff research school systems that have

4 LOCATIONS WINSTON-SALEM, DOWNTOWN W-S, KERNERSVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY WEEKLY THEMES & ADVENTURES 2-4 FIELD TRIPS PER WEEK Scarlet Linville, principal of Ashley Academy for Global Studies, discusses the current curriculum at the school during a meeting on Monday, Feb. 19 to discuss the future of the school. opportunity to ask their adopted the community designed to give the com- staff questions about school model. munity a chance to share respective property sites," When it came time to their thoughts on what a continued Emory. talk about curriculum and "new Ashley" would look "...You're going to have to programming, Principal like. During the meeting, trust that we have several Scarlett linville gave a moderated by pieces of property that brief overview of the curSuperintendent Dr. we're looking at and that rent curriculum. linville Beverly Emory, attendees your board of education is said over the past two had the opportunity to dis- asking really good ques- years they have been trycuss the location of the tions about them." ing to implement a school new school, programming, Several members of culture that's really posia timetable for construc- the community said they tive and nurturing where tion, and several other wanted the school to stay students and staff adopt a important topics. in East Winston. Currently growth mindset.

Before taking sugges- Ashley is located at 1647 "... our mantra has tions, Emory gave a brief Ashley School Circle near been positive people prosummary on the process to north Jackson Avenue. ducing positive results. We build a new school. She Although Ashley is a mag- know we're not exactly mentioned they have net school that can attract where we need to be yet; money set aside, about students from across the but we're working." $900,000, to design a new district, 75 percent of the As a School school but they are still students are from sur- improvement Grant (SiG) looking at possible sites rounding neighborhoods. school, Ashley receives a for the school. Although Community activist Al significant amount of fedEmory didn't mention spePhotos by Tevin Stinson

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eral money for programming. According to linville, that funding was used for professional development on research-based practices such as multi-tier systems of support. linville said they look at students' needs on academic and behavioral levels and tier them into three groups. Based on where they are, faculty and staff intervene to provide the tools they need to be successful. "... That's the short version, but there's a lot of work and research and we're data focused, so we're keeping track of each individual student to make sure they get what they need because there isn't one program that's going to fit all our students needs. So we're really focusing on closing the achievement gap in addition to providing healthy experiences," she said. "So we're using our funding to give children opportunities outside of school to develop those socio-emotional and social skills." linville also mentioned they rely heavily on volunteers from different career backgrounds who come in and connect with the students. She also said they have started working with a school improvement team to explore other areas of interest for students such as art and music.

"We want to give students access to the programs that allow them to be children tapped into their natural interests and talents but still set them up for academic success." in addition to building on the progress already made, other suggestions about curriculum included bringing a STeM program to the new Ashley, as well as the possibility of adopting a year-round schedule and same-sex classrooms.

According to district officials, the construction of a new school would take about three years. When discussing funding for construction, district officials said although funds for the construction of a new Ashley isn’t in the current bond issue, there are other ways to make funding available. Chair of the Building and

Superintendent Dr. Beverly Emory talks about the process to build a new Ashley Elementary during a meeting at the school on Monday, Feb. 19.

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Grounds committee, leah Crowley, said there has been discussions about reallocating funds in the current bond issue to fast track the project for a new Ashley.

“There is talk of reallocating funds in the current bond. We’ve asked staff to give us some proposals on how that could be done. A price tag on a new elementary school is typically between $25 and $30 million,” said Crowley. “i’m not sure how much is left on the current bond, but it would either be swapping Ashley for a project that was currently approved on the bond or taking money from different projects.

“There’s a lot of different ways it can be done, but we haven’t seen those options yet, but i have asked staff to present that to us.”

Following the meeting, Yaminah Allah, a parent at Ashley, said she thought the meeting was successful, but she still had questions about the funds that were used to replace the hVAC system at the school last summer.

After several complaints about a mold issue that was causing breathing and respiratory problems for students and staff last May, the board voted to spend $1.38 million to replace all the hVAC units and install dehumidification systems throughout the school.

Allah said those funds could have been used for construction. “i feel that the money they wasted to put the new units in could have been used elsewhere. i didn’t get to say anything today, but i’m going to talk about it more on Thursday.” if you missed your chance to share your thoughts on what should be included in a new Ashley elementary School, you have another chance. Today, Thursday, Feb. 21, district officials will be holding another meeting at the school at 5:30 p.m.

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There were few empty seats in the sanctuary of Dellabrook Presbyterian Church last week as students from WinstonSalem State University and other supporters continued their push to “Free Ronnie Long" during a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 12.  in the Thursday, Jan. 31 edition of The Chronicle, we reported that students from the hBCU (historic Black Colleges and Universities) and Dr. Larry Little joined the fight to free a man who has spent the last 43 years in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit.

During the rally last week, Dr. Little and others supporting the movement met to discuss their next move. Little, a tenured professor at WSSU, told students that if they are truly committed to the fight for justice, they can help bring Long home. To help bolster the movement, Little also enlisted the help of local pastor and

the students. in 1976, Long was convicted of burglary and rape during an alleged attack on a wealthy white woman in her home in Concord. The victim, the widow of a top-executive at Cannon Mills, a textile mill in Kannapolis, told officers she was in her kitchen on April 25, 1976, around 9:30 p.m. when she felt someone grab her from behind. on the day of the trial, despite having no evidence connecting him to the crime scene and having an alibi, Long was sentenced to 80 years in prison. over the past 43 years, Long has maintained his innocence and during that time, more information has come to light to support his claim that he wasn’t given a fair trial. now with his case being handled by the Duke Wrongful Conviction Clinic, Long has yet another shot at freedom. next month Long’s case will be heard in the Fourth District Court.

Chair of WSSU’s social sciences department, Dr. Denise nation,

Dozens of students from Winston-Salem State University gathered at Dellabrook Presbyterian Church to plan their next step in the fight to free Ronnie Long.

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community activist, Dr. Carlton A.G. eversley, who echoed Little’s sentiments when he spoke to

who has worked with Long's case since 2014, said when she first came across Long's court docu-

ments, she was positive that he didn't commit the crime. nation said after reaching out to Long's wife, Asleigh, she immediately started spreading the word about the injustice Long has been facing for nearly half a century.

For her work trying to prove Long's innocence, nation recently received an award from the n.C. Criminal Justice Association. "... This is beyond a travesty of injustice.

Because let's just say even if he was guilty, why is he still in prison?" asked nation. "The whole point of this movement is that we want the governor to know, we want the attorney general to know that we're not voting for them again if they carry on like this. "... We're not asking for another trial, we just want him to be released and compensated for 43 years they have taken from his life."Â Associate professor and program coordinator of justice studies, Dr. Jack Monell, encouraged students to bring passion and vigor to the movement. he said, "All i ask is that you bring the same enthusiasm to this movement that you bring to everything you do in life."

Monell continued, "Movements historically throughout our country have been by college students from the sixties up to now. We need you guys; you're our new sixties. i don't care what your major is, just bring your heart and bring your passion."

During the rally, organizers discussed a march on the Attorney General’s office next month. Little encouraged students to reach out to

Dr. Denise Nation talks about her involvement in the movement to free Ronnie Long, a man who has spent 43 years in jail for a crime he says he didn’t commit. other hBCUs across north Carolina and tell them about Long and their plan to hold a rally and march in the state capital. organizers also discussed taking a bus to Richmond, virginia, on March 20 when Long's case will be heard in the Fourth District Court. WSSU Student Government Association (SGA) President William Gibson said at times like this, it is important that hBCUs come together as one collective voice. "... i want to help be a part of the history that is going to be made by us working together to free Ronnie Long. i'm sending a clarion call to every hBCU in the area so that we can stand together," continued Gibson. "This could have happened to any of us. We could be in the shoes of Ronnie Long. it could've happened to every African-American male in here. "... This isn't a movement that is going to happen over night, but we have to fight."

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once a month i visit local nightclubs, comedy clubs, talent shows, art exhibits, and more to find the hottest local talent to spotlight in The Chronicle. This week iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to introduce you to a very talented artist from

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if i was dreaming.â&#x20AC;? i asked Dwayne what he enjoys most about painting; he laughed, smiled and then paused, â&#x20AC;&#x153;women. i love painting women. and my thoughts.â&#x20AC;? Dr. how said his latest collection will be his biggest project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working on this since 2013. i call it

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Brooklyn, new york, who is now a resident of the Twin City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;one night i was out at a live painting event enjoying myself, and then my cousin called me to tell me that my uncle was about to pass. i immediately saw an image of a

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man kneeling down, holding his head and with paint dripping upwards. it was a heavy feeling. i went back to the event and began painting the image in front of a live audience.

My mother had passed just five months before, so it was a lot going on in my head and painting gives me peace of mind.â&#x20AC;? local artist Dwayne howell tried a few careers before his dream came true. â&#x20AC;&#x153;i went to GTCC for graphic design and advertising. when that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out, i went for accounting and then nursing school and the passion just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there,â&#x20AC;? said howell. For him, giving up wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an option, â&#x20AC;&#x153;i promised myself that if i donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it in nursing school, iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going for a job that i canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get fired from; and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my art.â&#x20AC;?

Dwayneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s determined spirit came from his parents. Â â&#x20AC;&#x153;My father won two Golden Gloves championships and he

things happen inspired me to go for my dreams and never quit.â&#x20AC;?

The striving artist said artistry is in his Dna. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before first grade, i was drawing my favorite cartoons and TV characters. while the other kids were outside playing sports, i was in the house drawing.â&#x20AC;? heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known in the art community as Dr. how. â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a play on the 1960 classic movie Dr. who,â&#x20AC;? he explained. howell painted one of the beautiful murals inside The Taste of the Triad restaurant in winston-Salem. But his first solo exhibit was at The artist Bloc in Greensboro in 2016. he had 35 pieces on display. his first piece of art that he sold was a portrait of erykah Badu. it was in high demand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;everyone wanted it, but i didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sell it until it felt right. i did the painting in 2013 but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sell it until 2015. it was a surreal feeling when i sold my first piece of art. it felt as

earth 718. 718 pays homage to my home state, new york, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a play on Marvel Comicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; earth 616. itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a collection of 200 characters fused with todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hottest celebrities. This will be the next dimension of hip hop.â&#x20AC;? Â howell has said the art community is his second family, so he does his part to put the spotlight on his fellow artists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;once a month i host an event called the Striving artist/artist in Market at Taste of the Triad in winston-Salem. i bring in local artists to sell to first-time collectors so they can begin building their collection. i do it because a lot of artists here are overlooked. artists are brought in from out of town to paint murals for the city, when there are plenty of local artists here that are extremely talented and qualified to do the work.â&#x20AC;? For bookings and more information, contact Dwayne â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. howâ&#x20AC;?

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Congratulations Jaki Shelton Green

Poetry and Jaki Shelton Green is synonymous in North Carolina. The North Carolina native, who currently resides in Mebane, has been an active voice in the state’s literacy campaigns and teaching the community for more than 40 years. Her service and sacrifices have given Green one the highest and historic honors in North Carolina’s literary community.

In a ceremony on Feb. 18 at the N.C. State Capitol Building in Raleigh, Governor Roy Cooper inducted Green as the North Carolina’s ninth Poet Laureate. She is the first African-American to have the honor bestowed upon her and the third woman. In a tweet on Feb. 18, Governor Cooper wrote: “For the first time in our state's history, an African American woman will serve as Poet Laureate.

Congratulations Jaki Shelton Green, we’re lucky to have a poet of such talent as our new laureate.”

In several interviews, Green talks about how poetry and writing have been part of her life since she was a young child, even though being an oceanographer was her first career choice. She considers herself as the “people’s poet” because she believes in mining unheard literary voices from the “everydayness” of the community, seeking those outside of academia.

In an article published by IndyWeek.com she was quoted as saying, “I’m definitely interested in the ordinariness, the everydayness, of the arts, and in accessibility to all of our citizens, and especially in taking poetics out of the canon,” she says. “[Many people] think of poetry as Victorian poetry, or poetry that they studied in school years ago, which did not include an array of voices, did not include what our continent looks like. I am very mindful of wanting to make spaces for the poetry of the nontraditional writer, the poetry of the nonacademic writer, and helping with the validation process for those voices.”

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She teaches documentary poetry at Duke University’s Center of Documentary Studies and is the owner of SistaWrite, an organization that provides retreats for women writers. Green has written eight books of poetry, co-edited two poetry anthologies and written one play. Among many other awards and recognitions, Green is a 2014 North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame inductee and was the recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature in 2003.

We would like to congratulate Jaki Shelton Green on this momentous and historic accomplishment.

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The State of the Black Union

During the month of February, we celebrate Black History Month in America. As we celebrate the achievements of blacks in the making of this great Guest Columnist country, I can’t help but think about the state of the black community in 2019.

The state of our Black Union is depressing!

We, as a community, must stop asking others to do for us what we should be doing for ourselves. We have more education than our parents and grandparents, yet have a lower quality of life. We have more opportunities than our parents and grandparents, yet have less to show for them.

We have more blacks in elected political offices than ever before, yet our economic indices in cities run by blacks are horrible; i.e. Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Atlanta to name a few.

Hardly a week passes by without a black person having some deadly encounter with law enforcement.

How did we, in the black community, get to where it seems to be open season on our people by law enforcement? Yes, racism still exists, but racism is not the cause of the condition of our community.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 70 percent of black babies are born to unwed mothers. It is estimated that since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in 1973, that over 16 million black babies have been murdered - 55 million babies in total.

In New York City every year, more black babies are aborted than are born. Yes, you heard right. According to their Health Department, between 2012 and 2016, 136,426 black babies were aborted versus 118,127 babies born. Blacks are the only group in America that have more babies aborted than born!

If black lives matter, does that include their babies?

The solution to this culture of death in the black community specifically, and America in general, is very simple. We need to reconstitute the family unit, meaning mother, father and children. These perverted variations of the traditional family unit will not restore our traditional values back to our community or our society.

Study after study has shown that if you graduate high school, get married, and then have children, you are almost guaranteed not to live in poverty.

The traditional family unit is the solution to all the ills facing the black community and America.

But yet, the media-appointed black leaders and their radical liberal groups spend all of their time promoting homosexuality, amnesty for illegals, and Planned Parenthood.

When have you ever heard the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP, or the National Urban League talking about the traditional family unit is key to righting the

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ship in the black community?

When Bill Cosby gave his famous “Pound Cake” speech, he was eviscerated by the black liberal elites.

When have you ever heard Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, or Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, talk about the family unit or telling girls to keep their damn legs closed if they cannot financially afford to care for a child?

How did the black community allow the homosexuals to hijack our fight for civil rights? Their issue has absolutely nothing to do with civil rights.

How did we allow George Soros, Bill Gates, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Mark Zuckerberg to get media-appointed blacks to put illegals ahead of their own community? Can you imagine willingly training someone who is going to take your job and agreeing with them that they have a right to take your job.

According to Planned Parenthood’s 2017 annual report, they had total revenue of $1.3 billion, $555 million from the federal government. They made a profit of $77 million. Yes, they get paid to kill.

They also have spent over $38 million in political campaigns between 2012-2016. Yes, they buy black, Democrat politicians!

To paraphrase Jay-Z, “Black folks got 99 problems, but homosexuality, amnesty, and Planned Parenthood should not be one.”

We survived slavery, overcame segregation, and fought discrimination and are still standing.

But, in order to restore the black community, we must turn away from the media-appointed black leaders. They have sold us out at every chance.

Just imagine if we put the same amount of energy fighting for our own people and causes like we do for other groups.

Just imagine if we took the energy we put into hating President Donald Trump and Republicans [put it] into getting young girls to stop having babies before marriage; getting black entertainers and athletes to hire black CPAs, publicists, lawyers, managers, etc.; getting black churches to stop caving in to the radical homosexual agenda; and creating more black entrepreneurs.

We don’t need a law to make any of the above reality; but what we do need is leaders who cannot be bought off by those who have no concern for the black community.

The state of our union can be brighter, but you can’t have union without “u” “n” “i.”

Raynard Jackson is founder and chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF), a federally registered 527 super PAC established to get more blacks involved in the Republican Party. BAFBF focuses on the black entrepreneur. For more information about BAFBF, visit www.bafbf.org. You can follow Raynard on Twitter @Raynard1223.

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Tax cuts and Jobs Act create opportunity zones to spur economic development

A relatively small component of the federChristopher al tax cuts and Jobs Act G. Cox passed in December of 2017 was the creation Guest of opportunity zones in Columnist every state in the U.S., as well as in the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories.

The purpose of this legislation is to encourage investment in economically distressed communities by making it possible for investors to receive preferential tax treatment.

Tami Bonnell, Ceo of eXiT realty international, explains that individuals who invest in opportunity zones are eligible to reduce taxes on capital gains, depending on how long the investment is held. “if the investment is held for ten years,” she said, “there are zero capital gains taxes on the increase in the investment. it’s a great thing when you can get a return on your investment and invest in people at the same time.”

At a time when bipartisan agreements are rare and becoming rarer, Bonnell points out that the investing in opportunities Act was initially supported by republicans Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina and representative Pat Tiberi of ohio and Democrats

Senator Cory Booker of new Jersey and representative ron Kind of Wisconsin. opportunity zones have the potential to address many of the country’s most vexing economic problems, Bonnell notes. “one in six Americans lives in an economically distressed community,” said Bonnell. “There is something wrong with the way we’re operating when we have that much poverty in the United States.”

Bonnell cautions that the goals related to opportunity zones need to be closely monitored to insure that both investors and communities benefit. “We don’t want to impose gentrification where people in poverty zones end up with fewer options in smaller and smaller communities,” she said.

Marc Morial, president of the national Urban league, agrees with Bonnell that this legislation has great potential to reinvigorate urban communities, but must be carefully implemented with important “guard rails to insure that it does not become a tool for removal and gentrification.” “i think what is required,” said Morial, “is for community leaders - mayors, city council members, county commissioners and other local leaders - to legislate conditions that require affordable housing to be an integral component of new projects.”

Morial also wants opportunity zone projects to

require that minority and women-owned businesses have a chance to participate in construction and local residents have access to jobs within the zones. in addition, Morial adds, community leaders - who clearly want these investments - should not wait for Congress to act, but should take the initiative to make certain these protections are in place before projects get under way. “When i look at opportunity zones,” Morial notes, “i see green lights and yellow lights. The yellow lights say caution.”

Moving forward, Bonnell sees one of the biggest challenges associated with opportunity zones is making investors aware of them and how they work. noting that she travels the country giving dozens of speeches every year, Bonnell often asks audience members to raise their hands if they’re aware of opportunity zones.

“Typically, less than half the audience raise their hands - sometimes it’s just a handful of individuals,” she said. “This is a big opportunity that people are not embracing because they’re not aware of it.”

History in blackface slaps the present moment awake.

What? The governor put that picture on his yearGuest book page? in 1984? The Columnist wave of outrage, the demand for his resignation - from Virginia Gov. ralph northam’s own party, the Democrats - can’t be dismissed with a shrug and an apology. His career may be over, thanks not simply to an act of youthful stupidity, but to the context that made it possible: good old American racism.

The controversial picture shows two guys standing next to each other, holding cans of (most likely) beer. one is dressed up in a Klan hat and robe, the other is smeared in blackface. For reasons that now seem incomprehensible, it was posted on northam’s own page in the 1984 eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook. He has publicly denied that he himself is in the picture, but … too bad. That’s not enough to make the scandal disappear. The picture’s impact is visceral.

Should northam resign because of it? This is a question that instantly pulls me in two directions: yes and no. For now i’ll let it hover as “maybe” and move on to the real story here, which isn’t the governor’s youthful indiscretion or personal morality, but America’s dark, still-buried history, not simply of racism and violence, but of the apple-pie normalcy of it.

Suddenly it is the normalcy of it that is being clawed into accountability and purged. Consider how much things have changed. remember robert Byrd?

He was the longest-serving senator in U.S. history and

a liberal Democrat. He was also a member, in his younger days, of the Ku Klux Klan - an officer, for God’s sake. He was a Kleagle and an exalted Cyclops. remember Hugo Black? He was also a liberal Dem, serving for ten years in the Senate and 34 years on the U.S. Supreme Court. He also joined the Klan in his younger days and never exactly apologized for doing so. “i would have joined any group if it helped get me votes,” he once said, by way of explanation.

All that was back in the days before racism had come undone as a core feature, if not a basic requirement, of being white in America. The fact that this has changed is worth acknowledging. Most Democrats, including most of the declared 2020 presidential candidates, have called on northam to resign. i’m sure this is as much pragmatic awareness as moral outrage. The Dem base has no tolerance left for idiots in blackface, much less for pseudo-Klansmen. Unavoidably, a line of connection runs straight from the yearbook photo to the worst of American history: lynching, slavery, genocide.

“Jim Crow grew to be minstrelsy’s most famous character,” Blair l. M. Kelley wrote at TheGrio. “…

The gag in Jim Crow performances was that Crow would show up and disturb white passengers in otherwise peaceful first class rail cars, hotels, restaurants, and steamships. Jim Crow performances served as an object lesson about the dangers of free black people, so much so that the segregated spaces first created in northern states in the 1850s were popularly called Jim Crow cars. Jim Crow became synonymous with white desires to keep black people out of white, middle-class spaces.”

The history of blackface entertainment grows ever more chilling, populated with such characters as Jim

Crow and Zip Coon and Mammy the faithful slave, with her illiterate, disposable pickaninny children.

“Minstrelsy,” Kelley wrote, “desensitized Americans to horrors of chattel slavery. These performances were object lessons about the harmlessness of Southern slavery. By encouraging audiences to laugh, they showed bondage as an appropriate answer for the lazy, ignorant slave. Why worry about the abolition of slavery when black life looked so fun, silly, and carefree? even the violence of enslavement just became part of the joke.”

What begins to emerge with increasing clarity is how little this country has atoned for its past. no, a shrug and an apology aren’t quite enough. “… northam’s blackface yearbook spread is a small shard of an expansive and ever-present national story, one that shows how racism defined what it means to be a patriotic, successful and civically-oriented white man in modern America.”

The undoing of American racism has been a long, fierce, painful process, and we’re hardly beyond it.

From our prison complex to police shootings to voter purges aimed at people of color to Muslim bans, border cages and the brutal thuggery of iCe, racism still rules.

Standing in moral judgment of the past won’t, in and of itself, heal the harm we’re inflicting on the future.

Robert C. Koehler

Christopher G. Cox is the publisher and managing editor of Real Savvy. For more information, visit www.realesavvy.com.

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Robert Koehler, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is a Chicago award-winning journalist and editor. His book, “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound” is available. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com or visit his website at commonwonders.com.

Has Black History Month lost its relevance?

February is Black History Month. i am a legitimate senior citizen and i can remember when this month of extolling the greatness of our people started out as a week.

The person most associated with the beginning of Guest Columnist black history is Carter G. Woodson. The records indicate that he was a scholar and that he studied our history. He was born in new Canton, Virginia, in 1875 and passed away in Washington, D.C. in 1950. i can only imagine the challenges Dr. Woodson faced as he embarked upon a new level of knowledge and understanding about our history.

Black history is for all of us, black and white alike. As black people, our history should make us proud and for white people, it should make them knowledgeable. it is my opinion we can’t live in a country and share in its evolution when our history has been maligned and mismanaged. We know about Plymouth rock, but we should also know about Jamestown. We know about the Mayflower, but we should also know about the Middle Passage. History chronicles well our failures, but doesn’t give equal billing to our successes.

My initial exposure to black history took place in my home. My parents made sure that the history about us was a steady part of my educational diet. My classmates and i celebrated Black History Week at our elementary school in Winston-Salem. We would learn about black people like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. now after that one week of black history appearing, it disappeared just as quickly.

There are several ways to look at this fleeting week’s lesson in black history. i know now there were more black people to learn about, such as Joseph Cinque who led a revolt on a Spanish slave ship, and Boston King, who fought in the revolutionary War. i suspect the times in our country weren’t ripe enough to fully engage in black history. Fortunately, our parents were our black history teachers. Many weren’t cer-

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tified history teachers, but they were all qualified life teachers. They gave us what we needed so our history lessons were year long. now, if you fast-forward, black history is all around us. ralph Bunche, Charles Drew and Shirley Chisholm are just a few names that we need to know. The problem is that in my opinion, we are not teaching our children about them. Why? Black History Month as we know it is slowly fading away in the eyes of many.

You will see a few programs across the country and even fewer in today’s schools. i think those in charge of schools see it as unimportant. As a result, students don’t acknowledge it and teachers don’t create an environment to teach it.

There is a shifting pattern when it comes to teaching black history to our children.

Could it be that everyone is okay with little or no history about us? or maybe it is the current mood of the country. While that may have some impact, this shift was happening prior to this administration.

Too many African-American students are oblivious to the contributions of their forefathers and foremothers. Yes, they will probably know about Dr. King, rosa Parks and Jesse Jackson. But do they know about John lewis, Andrew Young and Barbara Jordan? Do they know the names Althea Gibson, Madame C.J. Walker and Arthur Ashe?

Men and women who look like me made indelible marks of excellence on this country. our history can’t be denied or hidden. it must be acknowledged and uncovered.

James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D., is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University where he was all-conference for four years. He is a retired college administrator and can be reached at ewers.jr56@yahoo.com.

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The best duo in the history of sports?

i waited a few weeks to write this article because i did not want to be a prisoner of the moment, so to speak. after some careful reflection and some research, the partnership between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick might be the best in the history of not only football, but quite possibly all of sports. it pains me to admit that, because as a fan, i do not enjoy seeing the same team winning all the time. now, my attitude would possibly change if it were my team winning all the time, but since that will never happen, i have to stick with reality.

The Brady and Belichick combination has won a total of six Super Bowls and have been to a total of nine overall. That is a staggering number of appearances and victories, more than any other player or coach. as i sat and thought about the great player/coach combinations in the history of sports, a few great ones came to mind. michael Jordan and Phil Jackson, Joe Torre and Derek Jeter, Chuck Knoll and Terry Bradshaw, Red auerbach and Bill Russell, Tim Duncan and Greg Popovich, and Pat Riley and magic Johnson all dominated their respective sports for an extended period of time, winning multiple championships along the way.

While all the abovementioned combinations were great, none of them has sustained greatness like Brady and Belichick have. Since taking over as the starter for the Patriots back in 2001, Brady has routinely kept new england in the Super Bowl hunt every year.

That is nearly two decades of dominating the nFl. Brady and Belichick are still going just as strong as they were when the duo got together in the early part of the 2000s. and to think they are not done yet must be scary for the rest of the league.

Brady has stated multiple times that he wished to play until the age of 45.

That means defenses have to deal with him for another three years.

The most intriguing thing about the duo is that they are arguably the best at their craft in the history of the nFl. i think this is what separates Brady and Belichick from all other coach/player combos. in a league that is tailor-made for parity, new england has bucked the system and has remained relevant for so long. The only constant pieces in the Patriots dynasty have been Brady and Belichick.

Brady has been able to win regardless of the weapons, or lack thereof, he has on offense, which speaks to how great he really is. Belichick has one of the greatest defensive minds in the history of the game. it seems no matter how good the opposing offense is, he will find a scheme to stop it, no matter who is playing on defense. as a fan of the sport, you have to give them the proper credit they deserve.

We will probably never see anything close to this ever again, especially in the sport of football.

Parkland coach speaks about on-court incident

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a recent basketball game between Parkland high School and Wheatmore high School located in Trinity, has caused a lot of debate in the last week or two. The game was called with 7:15 remaining in the second quarter with Parkland leading 17-5, but what preceded that has caused more controversy from both sides.

Following the game, there were serious claims made by Wheatmore actSubmitted photo ing coach, Brandon The Parkland basketball team is disappointed by the way the incident against Thalasinos, saying that Wheatmore High was initially reported.

Parkland was an “unsafe environment” along with “Both players were fight- tions of both players ini- holcomb-Faye.

The days following the claiming one of his players ing for the ball at first and i tially, but after watching think our player came the film he said, “Timmons game, there were several was attacked.

Those claims were away with the ball and then really didn’t do anything. reports from various news vehemently refuted by the the Wheatmore player kind yes, he ran over there, but outlets, somewhat portraying the mustangs as the Parkland coaches and play- of had him around the neck he didn’t touch anybody.” after order was aggressors. holcomb-Faye ers. There were even whis- and then shoved him away. “as he shoved him restored, the officials had a says the team was frustratpers of this being an example of prejudice against away, another one of our huddle with both head ed at the inaccurate reportParkland, whose team is guys came in and grabbed coaches and informed ing and just wanted to primarily made up of our player because he is them of the players that make sure the true story our star player and didn’t had been ejected. Timmons was told at some point. african-americans. “i read exactly what he Following those initial want him to get into trou- of Parkland left the court, claims from Wheatmore, a ble. Then another one of but Biggs lingered for sev- (Thalasinos) said we did video was released that our players ran up on the eral minutes. holcomb- and we knew that it was a showed a different story Wheatmore player that did Faye says the Wheatmore total lie,” he said. “Then than what was first told. the shoving. our player did coach objected to his play- we started seeing things on Parkland players, coaches, run up to him and it was er being ejected and then Facebook talking about the staff and parents were kind of fast, so i kind of informed the referee that entire Parkland community and it’s just not fair to upset by the way the team understood why he pushed they would forfeit.

Wheatmore and these kids and their parents was portrayed, especially him, but it was kind of like since there was no evi- a double fist push to the Parkland matched up earli- when they are nothing like er this season, but there that. dence backing up those face almost. “i just felt like the were no physical alterca“Parkland has a history claims. The only thing the mustangs wanted was for Wheatmore player was tions during that matchup i guess and there are kids everyone to get the story involved in two situations that would have carried there that do whatever, but and was really the only over to this game, the basketball team and the correct.

“We watched the film person that did anything, holcomb-Faye said. The community are not run like and we were there obvi- so he should have been the big difference in this game that.” holcomb-Faye said he ously, but it was jump-ball only one that was ejected.” was that Thalasinos was after the altercation not the head coach during has received several messituation and then the referee blew the whistle and was over, austin Biggs of the first game. he was not sages via social media in basketball in a jump ball Wheatmore and Jordan even supposed to be the from Wheatmore parents situation, no one wants to Timmons of Parkland were coach for the second game, and fans giving their suplet the ball go,” said Whit ejected from the game. but the new head coach of port to the Parkland team.

What bothers holcomb-Faye, Parkland holcomb-Faye stated that the team was away at a basketball assistant coach. he agreed with the ejec- funeral, according to holcomb-Faye the most is

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on Saturday, Feb. 16, the Tar heels from the University of Chapel hill

paid a visit to lawrence Joel memorial Coliseum to play Wake Forest. The heels scored the first 18 points of the game and never looked back, defeat-

ing the Demon Deacons in a rout by the score of 9557. This was the largest margin of victory in the history of these conference foes.

the unwarranted negative stigma that has followed his team after the altercation. he says it was evident during their game against Western Guilford last week.

“Before the game, they gave a 10-minute speech on the intercom about sportsmanship,” holcombFaye said. “We have to deal with stuff like that.

There was an extra police presence and after the game we were not even allowed to leave out of the front door, we had to leave out of the side door. “i am really mad about it honestly, because even if we get the correct story out, the label is already there because of the first story. you can’t really get that back. That is what the other schools are thinking, what other people are thinking, what everyone is thinking. “it’s nothing we can do about it, because some people already thought like that before the Wheatmore incident, so they automatically thought those stories were true.” holcomb-Faye maintains they are a hard-working team, but they are not a dirty team. he also spoke about the fundraising the team does every weekend, along with the apology to the team from Dr. Stephen Gainey, Randolph County superintendent. he feels there needs to be just as much attention to the true story as it was toward the initial ones, because that is what people remember.

The Chronicle also reached out to officials from Wheatmore high School twice last week to obtain an interview. no one was available for comment on either occasion.

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The Atkins Camels have not been known as a powerhouse on the football field, but that does not mean they do not have talented players walking through their locker room.

Saven Baker, a 6-foot 5inch offensive lineman, signed his letter of intent to play football for morehouse College.

Baker chose morehouse over offers from ten other schools. he decided on the Tigers because the school falls in line with his dreams of becoming a great leader, businessman, and his love of helping others, he said. “morehouse had a great balance of academics and football and i felt like that was the best school that extended me an offer,” said Baker. “i was really

excited when they did offer me because it was one of my top schools, basically like my dream school.”

According to Baker, his freshman and sophomore years were somewhat underwhelming because he did not reach his full potential. he finished up his career at Atkins on a strong note that put him in position to be offered a full scholarship from a postsecondary school. “my first two years i really wasn’t as good as i should have been, but i really felt like i finished strong my junior and senior year,” he said.

Although Atkins is not really known for their football program, Baker says you don’t have to transfer to another school to get noticed. he feels if you give the game maximum effort, you will get the attention you deserve from

colleges regardless of what school you attend. “everyone thinks you have to go to a Glenn or east or somewhere like that in order to get offers, but really as long as you work hard and you leave it all out there on the field, you can get an offer from any school,” Baker said. in the classroom, Baker already has his eyes set on becoming a business administration major. he would like to use that degree to become a marketing director for a company in the future.

Jimmy and ericka Baker are Saven’s parents.

They said even at the youth football level, they could see talent in their son, coupled with the fact he was bigger than just about any other kid on the field.

Upon hearing the news of his scholarship, mr. and mrs. Baker were overjoyed

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Baker signed his letter of intent to play football at Morehouse last week.

to find out it was morehouse because that was one of his top schools.

“We were more than happy because first of all, we know it wasn’t anyone but God that made it possible for him to get where he is at,” said mr. Baker. “morehouse was one of his number one choices and for everything to line up the way it has, it is nothing but a blessing.”

The League returns to W.R. Anderson Community Center

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For the last two years, The League, brought to you by the Josh howard Foundation, has been one of the most competitive adult basketball leagues in the city. on April 1, The League will begin its new season at the W.R. Anderson Community Center.

Steve nivens, The League commissioner, came up with the idea several years ago. he partnered with W.R. Anderson senior supervisor, Bryant mcCorkle, and The League was soon born. over the past couple of years, The League has continued to grow and garner more attention. The play on

the court has been competitive and the teams get better every season, as they attempt to be the next champions of the league. “news about the league has things pumping right now,” said nivens. “There is a team from WinstonSalem State that is supposed to come in, i have some guys coming back from last year that are trying to up the ante, and a couple of teams from Greensboro.

“Things are really starting to click right now because the teams know that April will be here right before you know it,” he continued. “They really don’t have much time to waste.”

Like last year, games will be played monday through Thursday, starting at 6 p.m. There will be three See League on B3

The Bakers have high expectations for their son.

They stated their main goal for Saven is for him to “grow into the man that God would have him to be,” while also being a leader and not a follower on the field.

Saven says he will miss his time with friends, family and teammates. he says he is glad that he stuck it out at Atkins because his

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coaches really prepared him for the rigors of the college game.

Baker says he knows he is not a finished product. he feels he is a great run blocker, but knows he will have to get quicker and get better with his footwork.

As a freshman, he wants to be an All-Conference player on the field and an honor roll student in the classroom.

The League, brought to you by the Josh Howard Foundation, will bring top-level adult men’s basketball action to the area for the third year.

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games per evening.

Nivens said his goal is to improve the play in the league every year by attracting the best players available. According to Nivens, his inspiration for The League came from watching men’s leagues like the one held at Rucker Park in New York City.

“I am just trying to continue to make The League better, because the first year, guys didn’t know what to expect, but after, guys knew that The League wasn’t no joke,” he said. “I am pretty sure after these first couple of years, guys are trying to

beef up their teams because they know they can’t come into the gym and run the court without the best team possible.”

Last year’s champion, Team Truth, will be returning to play in the league, Nivens said. The fact teams come back year after year shows they are “doing something right,” he went on to say.

With the number of men’s adult leagues around the city, Nivens knew his league had to be top notch in order to attract the best talent around. Nivens said he knew he had to get it right immediately in order to build some credibility.

“This is exactly what I

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anticipated. I didn’t want a subpar league because there are other leagues that guys can play in around the area,” Nivens said. “This isn’t a new idea with putting a men’s league together and I knew what I was up against, so I knew I had to make it right.”

If The League continues to grow at this level, Nivens says he is not against expanding the league by adding more teams and even playing at an additional location.

“With the competition, environment and vibes, this league will continue to get better and grow,” he said.

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The League will begin play on April 1 at the W.R. Anderson Community Center.

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ACE Academy hosts breakfast to spark student interest in aviation SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Jim Shaw’s ACE (Aviation Career Education) Academy hosted a breakfast for middle and high school students on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Smith Reynolds Airport. The academy is designed to introduce the aviation industry and opportunities to students.

Jim Shaw’s ACE

Academy’s upcoming events include a summer camp in June and July and a golf tournament in May. For more information about the academy, summer camp or the golf tournament, please call (336) 306-8145 or visit https://www.shawaceacademy.com.

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Forsyth County Sheriff joins sheriffs in other counties to limit ICE access to detainees Photos by Aldean Smith

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At a recent news conference outside the Forsyth County Detention Center called by Siembra NC and American Friends Service Committee, in support of a 24-year-old Honduran man who ended up in ICE custody via the Forsyth ICE-jail agreement, Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough, Jr. announced his intention to withdraw from the agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service which allows ICE open access to the jail. He said that would likely occur before the contract is up for renewal in April. Sheriff Kimbrough elaborated on those intentions at a press conference.

At the same time, in a striking coincidence, confirmed ICE detentions in Greensboro, Burlington, Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte have led immigrant community members to disappear from work and avoid taking their children to school. “We know of Latino hair salons in Burlington that were empty today, we’ve heard from workers who missed their factory shifts, fear is running rampant for many of us with immigrant families,” said Laura Garduño Garcia of Siembra NC and American Friends Service Committee. “That’s why we’re sending volunteers out into the trailer parks and Latino neighborhoods to watch for ICE vehicles and inform residents if they enter the neighborhood.” Three people were detained at a trailer park on N. Church Street in Burlington at 7 a.m.; other detentions followed, and at the same trailer park at 10 a.m. Ted Moreé, a volunteer with Siembra NC/AFSC, asked a man in an unmarked SUV who he was while filming live on Facebook, and he responded, “I’m with Homeland Security.” As the volunteer continued to film, the ICE agent left the trailer park.

A bus owned by the GEO Group with a manifest reading “Folkston ICE Processing Center” and a destination of the Holiday Inn Express Burlington, was parked outside both the Holiday Inn Express and the Alamance County Detention Center.

In Winston-Salem, eight Forsyth County residents showed up to the sheriff’s afternoon press conference to show support. Some of them pointed out that 70 percent of all ICE arrests take place in local and state jails, making them the most important source of ICE detentions. Removing ICE from the U.S. Marshals jail agreement will allow immigrants in the county to have more trust in local law enforcement.

Pastor Lia Scholl of Wake Forest Baptist Church

Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough, Jr. applauded the move. “ICE detention centers are full of people who have not been charged with a crime, have not had due process, and who have been separated from their families with no recourse. Housing ICE detainees in our local jails means we aid and abet injustice.” Yamile McBride of Latinas Finas, a nonprofit serving young girls in Winston-Salem, said, “The sheriff is taking an important step right now that

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will protect all of us in the county, not just immigrants.”

Andrew Willis Garcés of Siembra NC and American Friends Service Committee said, “We’re looking forward to supporting the sheriff in adopting modern ICE access policies similar to those that have been developed in Mecklenburg and Durham counties.”

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Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Living With God's Loving Assurance Scriptures: Psalm 91:1-8, 11-16

By the end of this lesson, we will *Recognize the many ways God protects us. *Relate to the Psalmist in gratefulness declaring God's power of protection *Proclaim our trust in God as our protector in the future.

Background: The author of Psalm 91 is unknown.

He is proposed by some theologians to be David or Solomon and some even consider Moses. Some have purposed it as liturgy repeated before entering the Temple.

The Jewish culture uses the psalm as a bedtime prayer and as part of burial ceremonies where it is repeated seven times. Some Christians use it today as recitation for the first Sunday of Lent. The essence of the psalm is a celebratory song about God's faithfulness, His power, and our response as His children.

Lesson: “God, our shelter.” The Psalmist invites us to an intimate place of divine protection with The Most High (Elyon). He says that God protects from all harm those who trust Him. The shadow of the Almighty (Shaddai) is protection and care (verses 1-2). Those who trust Him are protected from any plots against them or anything intended to endanger their life (verse 3). The wings here could be the outspread wings of a parent bird or perhaps the wings of the cherubim, both represent divine protection (verse 4). God is omnipresent and protects at all times, night and day. He protects us from demonic forces as well (verses 5-6). Those all around us who do not have God's protection will fall, but those who trust in God will be safe and be spectators only. “You will witness the punishment of the wicked.” The wicked being those who lack trust in God (verse 8).

“God, our protector,” the “guardian angels,” are those who will protect against the demonic forces and from all deadly attacks (verses 11-13).

“God, our answer.” God, speaking in the first person, describes the blessings He gives to those who know and love Him, those who have a “deep longing” for God. Those who have learned to call on Him in all situations with the expectation of response (verses 14-15). Long life was a specific promise to the Old Testament saints for obedience to the law and as a sign of God's favor. “I will let him live to ripe old age, and show him my Salvation.”

The promise extends even to the future messianic kingdom (verse 16). (The UMI Annual Commentary 20182019, Standard Lesson Commentary, the Jewish Study Bible, MacArthur Study Bible and the Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: How have you witnessed God's faithfulness? Angels? Do you think the role of angels has been misinterpreted in today’s culture?

Application: Psalm 91 tells us that God is our protector and deliverer. When we trust Him, we can “ rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” But we must be led by the Holy Spirit so that we can step into the secret place which is the “heart of God “ through knowledge and truth. We can then look confidently to Him for sustenance and provision in times of trouble. We as believers can read this psalm knowing that nothing can harm a child of God unless the Lord permits it.

Feb. 23 Youth Empowerment program New Beginning House of Worship, 4756 Walkertown Plaza Drive, Walkertown, NC will host a Youth Empowerment program on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 12 p.m.

The guest speaker will be Monique Johnson, author, artist and motivational speaker. For more information or transportation call (336) 340-1433. The host is Pastor Kenneth Nash.

Feb. 24 Initial Sermon The congregation of Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance, 4951 Manning St., invites you to attend their worship service where Miss Sheena Rapley will be preaching her initial sermon at 3 p.m. on Sunday, February 24. Fellowship will be held after the service.

Contact church office at (336) 744-3012 for further details.

Feb. 24 Forsyth County Missionary Union meeting The Forsyth County Missionary Union will meet Sunday, Feb. 24 at St. Mark Baptist Church, 1100 Manley St. The Union will observe Black History Month. The Youth and Young Adults will meet at 1:30 p.m. The seniors will meet at 3 p.m.

Feb. 24 Worship services The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4055 Robinhood Road, will have two worship services on Sunday, Feb. 24. Rev. Lisa Schwartz will speak at both the 9 a.m. Awake service and the 11 a.m. traditional serv-

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Pastor focuses on disaster relief efforts

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

During his two years as president of the Ministers’ Conference of WinstonSalem and Vicinity (MCWSV), Rev. Dr. Lamonte Williams was able to perfect his plan of action for disaster relief support.

While president of the MCWSV, Williams had the ability to implement his disaster relief plan on three separate occasions.

For his efforts, during his appreciation banquet, The City of Winston-Salem and the office of the mayor proclaimed Dec. 8, Humanitarian Disaster Relief Day. The proclamation also honored Williams as a Humanitarian Disaster Relief Specialist.

Williams collaborated with many people and organizations to coordinate relief trips to Houston, Texas and eastern North Carolina following Hurricane Harvey and Florence. Williams was very appreciative to the community partners that assisted him in not only the organizing of the relief efforts, but also the execution.

“What it really just spoke to was the level of community collaboration that it takes to make a project really successful,” said Williams of the partnerships he has built over the last two years.

“The proclamation just summarized all of the work that we, as a community, have done. I say as a

Rev. Dr. Lamonte Williams was given a proclamation stating he is a Humanitarian Disaster Relief Specialist from the City of Winston-Salem.

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community, because it took all of us. There is no way I could have gotten on that bus by myself and there is no way I could have affected all of those churches in Texas or eastern North Carolina.”

Williams said he was “grateful” to have played a leadership role in those efforts, but gives a lot of the credit to the volunteers, clergy and community partners.

Seeing how successful his plan of action was in those relief efforts, Williams wants to try and take his model to a more national level. He feels his model would work during any national disaster, in any part of the country and wants to share that with the proper groups.

“My next step is, how can I replicate this on a

more national level to be able to help people across the country with disaster relief,” he said. “To me, receiving a proclamation like this says that my labor has not been in vain and I want to share that with others.”

When he watched the devastation going on during Hurricane Harvey, Williams says he was compelled to find a way to help those in need. Harvey was the inspiration he needed to begin formulating his plan of action and it manifested from there. He was able to fine tune his model during his three relief efforts.

“If you are a born leader, there is something inside of you that says you can’t be quiet,” he continued. “If you are a born leader, there is something

inside of you that says, while others are willing to follow, you are willing to step up and provide leadership.

“For me, when I heard about the entire state of Texas being affected, but more importantly Houston, I thought ‘If not me, who, if not now, when and if not there, where?’ What I want to really emphasize is, when you have that inherent calling on the inside, it’s almost impossible not to answer it.”

Moving forward, Williams wants the city to know that if a disaster does hit the city, he wants to be “at the table” as far as planning, executing and implementation. Williams stated he is speaking with officials from FEMA about the possibility of sharing his model as well.

plus I can get to Atlanta in about four hours. I like the city and I am hoping that I can stay here for more than one year, but of course that is under the jurisdiction of the Bishop.”

Everett says her transition to St. John has been good thus far. She said she is going through what all itinerant pastors go through with moving to a new congregation.

“You have to go through the adjustment of the people. Even though we are on an itinerant system, people still get connected to their pastors,” Everett said. “People go through that process of grief, transition, hurt, betrayal, or can they trust you, so we are in that phase now. It’s starting to feel like I am now their pastor and not just a preacher to the members of my congregation.”

To ease the transition, Everett said she spends a lot of time in the church to let the people know she is there. She also believes in a “team ministry”

approach that allows people to “operate in their gifts,” while also identifying untapped gifts of other members as well.

The congregation has expressed to Everett it was hard to open up to her because they were unsure of how long she would be there. “What I am trying to do is encourage the people to be committed to the work and it should not matter who the pastor is, even though I am sensitive to it,” she said.

Everett has always had an attraction to the ministry and her faith. She knew as a teenager she wanted to have a serious connection with the Lord.

She became serious about becoming a minister in her late 20s.

When it comes to ministries at St. John, Everett has a few that are close to her heart. The youth ministry, women’s ministry, men’s ministry and evangelism ministry are areas of focus for her going forward.

Local church welcomes new pastor

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

St. John C.M.E. Church is welcoming in their third new pastor in the last three years. That may seem like a lot of transition for a congregation, but that is the norm for St. John as their pastors are under an itinerant system and are routinely moved.

Rev. Dr. Valerie Tate Everett has been installed as the new senior pastor of the church. She took over for Rev. Dr. Regina L. Reese-Young, who was at the helm for just one year before moving on. ReeseYoung was the first female pastor in church history and Everett is the second.

Everett is not foreign to making history, as she was the first female pastor of Lincoln University and Clark University.

Everett began her appointment at the church in early August of last year and hit the ground running.

She came from her previous position in Thomasville, Georgia. She has been well received by

Rev. Dr. Valerie Everette not only her congregation, but also the people of the city thus far, she said.

“It is definitely a different vibe, because Thomasville is only about 30 minutes away from Tallahassee, so you are talking deep South where it’s more of a small-town feeling,” she said. “So, coming here, this feels more like the big city, if you will.

“I like the fact that Winston-Salem is just big enough. The people are very cordial and I like the fact you are close to Charlotte and Greensboro,

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ice on the benefits of belonging to a faith community. At Explorations, 9:15 a.m., Gloria Fitzgibbon will speak on “Diaspora: Dislocation and the Quest for Adjustment.”

At the Forum, 9:15 a.m., Professor Janet Zehr will discuss how reading fiction connects with cognitive skills beneficial to our species. See UUFWS.org for more information.

Feb. 26 - Mar. 3 Quarterly meeting The North Carolina Area of the Northwestern District of the Holiness Church of God, Inc., Quarterly Meeting will convene at Bethlehem Holiness Church, located at 701 Barbara Jane Ave.; beginning Tuesday, Feb. 26 through Sunday, Mar. 3.

Mar. 5 Pancake supper The Episcopal Churchwomen of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 810 N. Highland Avenue, will hold its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on Mar. 5, from 4 - 7:30 p.m. Featured items are: pancakes (all you care to eat), pork or turkey sausage and beverage. The cost is $6. Attendees may dine in or take out. Fundraiser to benefit outreach activities. All are welcome. Call (336) 7242614 for more information.

Mar. 9 Women’s Day luncheon The Triad chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) will host its first luncheon to celebrate International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 9 at noon, at Parkway United Church of Christ, 1465 Irving St. in Winston-Salem. Tickets are $25 and are available

online at Eventbrite or from an officer of the organization.

Mar. 16 Clothes and shoe giveaway Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 1317 Cherry St, will have a clothing and shoe giveaway on March 16 from 9 a.m. to noon. For more info, contact the church at (336) 723-6105.

Ongoing

Monday, Wednesday and Friday Food pantry, clothes closet Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 1-4 p.m., Love Community Development Corporation, at 3980 N. Liberty St., will serve those in need of food and clothes. JobLink is also available Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for those needing assistance with resumes or seeking employment. For more information, call (336) 306-8119.

Sundays Free breakfast Love Fellowship Outreach Church, 205 E. 25th St., offers a free community breakfast at 10:30 a.m. before Sunday morning worship at 11 a.m. Family & Friends Day is every third Sunday, with a free fellowship dinner served immediately following worship. Wednesday Night Bible Study is held weekly at 6:30 p.m. Apostle Antonio L. Johnson Sr. is the pastor.

Month of February Black history Month “Jeopardy” To celebrate Black History Month, the Historic Resources Commission staff has put together a “Jeopardy”style game about significant African-American places in Winston-Salem.

Each Monday and Wednesday during February, an “answer” will be posted on the city’s Facebook page. The first person to comment with the correct “question” will receive a copy of “ Wi n s t o n - S a l e m ’s Architectural Heritage,” an 808-page compendium on historically significant buildings and neighborhoods in Winston-Salem, including more than 900 documentary and current images. For more information call CityLink 311.

Month of February exhibits In February, the North Carolina Museum of History will celebrate diversity and AfricanAmerican culture and his-

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tory with new exhibits.

Come and learn about the profound impact that African-Americans have had on North Carolina history. Programs are FREE unless otherwise noted.

Weekend parking is free.

For program and exhibit details, see https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org.

TODay, Feb. 21 Poetry slam Persons in the community, along with recreation center attendees, will be able to participate and enjoy an evening of poetry on Feb. 21 at the Sprague Street Community Center.

This event is free and will begin at 7 p.m.

TODay, Feb. 21 Black history explosion Citizens can enjoy a night of African dance, drumming, poetry, food and music on Feb. 21 at the Salem Lake Marina beginning at 7 p.m. Attendees are welcome to dress in attire befitting to the event.

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Feb. 22 Film screening Friday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m, the Paddison Memorial Branch Library (Kernersville) will have feature presentation of “Talking Black in America,” a documentary film chronicling the incredible impact of African-American English on American language and culture. Screening will be followed by a brief Q&A with Danica Cullinan, one of the film’s producers.

Feb. 24 “run no More” NC Black Repertory Company presents a staged reading of “Run No More,” written by Harold Ellis Clark, on Feb. 24 from 2-5 p.m. The event is free and will be held at SECCA, 750 Marguerite Drive.

Feb. 24 Public safety Black history Month The Police and Fire departments will honor select retirees, and

Recreation and Parks will recognize the winners of its Black History Month coloring and essay contests, during the 6th annual Public Safety Black History Month Celebration on Sunday, Feb. 24. The celebration will be held at 3 p.m. at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, 4129 Northampton Drive. The public is invited.

Feb. 28 celebrating Black history Month The East/Northeast Winston Neighborhood Association Monthly meeting will be celebrating Black History Month on Thursday, Feb 28 at 6 p.m. at the 14th St. Recreation Center. Guests will be Senator Paul Lowe Jr., House of Representative Derwin L. Montgomery, Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough and the Winston Salem Police Department. RSvP only. Reply by Feb 24.

Please contact Marva Reid at (336) 997-2519.

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A Mother’s Love

BY AvERY LYNNE

I didn’t know love until I became a mother. Until the first time I really loved another. The first time I soaked up every bit of happiness, you were pouring into me. When I heard your heart beat then again when I saw you in my belly to when I finally got to hold you in my arms. Hush little baby now don’t be alarmed mama’s here forever to stay with caring open arms. I remember everyday, what it was like to be a child in need. And with the help of my God you will never have to make the plea. I will make a way through every obstacle to ensure we succeed. I will teach you to love everyone and let your heart be free. Because that’s how it’s supposed to be, show you how you treat everybody because kindness is the key. Make sure you know your worth and the changes you could seek. I will do my best to guide you to the wonderful man I know you can be. yOUTh POeT OF The Week

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This Week in Black hisTOry

On Feb. 20, 1927, Sidney Poitier was the first African-American to win an Academy Award for a lead role.

On Feb. 21, 1965, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, better known as Malcom X, assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York.

Feb. 22, 1989, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince win the first Grammy Award in the category "Best Rap Song" for the hit single "Parents Just Don't Understand."

community calendar

nOW – May 16 – P a r e n t academy/community institute Do you need to get your GED? Do you need an introduction to computers? Do you need to learn English as a second language or to learn conversational Spanish?

Carver High School, 3545 Carver School Road, is sponsoring a Parent Academy/Community Institute in partnership with Forsyth Technical Community College every Tuesday and Thursday until May 16, 2019 from 5:45 - 8:45 p.m.

Free childcare will be provided. All of these benefits are free. For more information contact Mr. Javier Correa-vega at (336) 727-2987, ext.

33048.

Today, Feb. 21 – Democratic Party Precinct meeting A Democratic Party Precinct meeting will be held Thursday, Feb.21 for all registered Democrats who vote at St. Andrews Methodist Church located at 1840 Butler St., Winston-Salem. The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm.

Today, Feb. 21 – sciTech lecture series Jennifer Byrne, CEO and Board Chair of JAvARA, will speak at Forsyth Technical Community College on Feb 21 beginning at 4 p.m.

Byrne will discuss “A view of the Clinical Trials Enterprise in the 21st Century” during the monthly SciTech Lecture Series at Forsyth Technical Community College. The event will be held at Strickland Auditorium, Robert L. Strickland Center, Forsyth Tech, 2100 Silas Creek Parkway.

Today, Feb. 21 – Opening reception The Southeastern

Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) presents “Remembering Sam,” an exhibition featuring selected art by Sam “The Dot Man” McMillan. The exhibition will be on display at SECCA, 750 Marguerite Drive, from now until March 10. SECCA is free and open to the public Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, February 21 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public and will include a cash bar (no bar charge for SECCA Members).

Feb. 22 – Pancake Jamboree The Twin City Kiwanis Club will host its 61st annual Pancake Jamboree on Friday, Feb. 22, from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the lower level at the M.C. Benton Convention Center, 301 West Fifth Street, in downtown Winston-Salem.

The jamboree is one of the longest-running annual charity events in the city and the club’s only fundraiser. For more information, visit www.twincity.kiwanisone.org.

Feb. 22 – Family Game night Join the High Point Museum Friday, February 22 for our third annual Family Game Night. This free event is open to people of all ages and lasts from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Space is limited, only 10 people per session. Sign-up by emailing hpmuseum@highpointnc.gov. High Point Museum is located at 1859 E. Lexington Ave., High Point, NC. Feb. 26 – racism in film As part of its Monthly Bag Lunch & Speaker

Series, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 520 Summit St. will host Professor Dale Pollock, who will examine the deep roots of Hollywood racism in film history. The event will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 26 beginning at noon. Bring your own lunch, beverages will be provided.

Feb. 26 – april 2 – Powerful Tools for caregivers course Registration is now underway for Powerful Tools for Caregivers, a 6week course for anyone caring for a loved one who is frail or ill. Classes will take place on Tuesdays, February 26-April 2, 4-6 p.m., at Arbor Ridge at Stanleyville, 350 Arbor view Lane, WinstonSalem. There is no charge, but donations are accepted.

Registration is required. To register or get information, call Linda Lewis at (336) 748-0217.

Feb. 28 – application deadline The MIXXER is proud to announce a partnership with the local chapter of The American Society for Quality (ASQ) to offer scholarships to middle and high school students.

These scholarships provide a six-month membership at MIXXER at no cost to the recipient. These scholarship recipients will receive mentorship from ASQ members from many industry sectors as well as the MIXXER community of makers. Applications for the scholarship can be accessed at https://goo.gl/forms/x9tF0j uPv6zC9Nlb2. For more information about the scholarship, go to https://wsmixxer.org/schol arships/. Applications will be accepted until February 28.

March 1 – Grant funding deadline The North Carolina

Arts Council’s 2019 grant guidelines for organizations are now available at www.NCArts.org.

The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, March 1.

Information about grants for organizations is available at the Arts Council website, https://www.ncarts.org/res ources/grants/grants-organizations. The grant application deadline is Friday, March 1 and all applications must be completed electronically through the online portal at https://www.ncarts.org/res ources/grants/grants-organizations.

March 2 – Mac & cheese cook Off The Big Sip Beverage Festival will host a Mac & Cheese cook off on March 2 from 1 - 6 p.m. at the Millennium Center – downtown Winston-Salem.

Tickets start at $30. visit www.BigSipFest.com for more details and a list of restaurants.

March 3 & 5 – W-s symphony conductors’ ‘american idol’ The Winston-Salem Symphony’s 2018–2019 season promises to be thrilling as five brilliant conductors vie for the role of Music Director. Under the baton of Jackson, the concerts will take place on Sunday, March 3 at 3 p.m. and Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Stevens Center of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, 405 West Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem. Tickets begin at $20 and are available in advance by calling the Symphony Box Office at (336) 464-0145 or online at WSsymphony.org.

March 4 – cereal Drive In recognition of National Nutrition Month, Crisis Control Ministry

will hold its 19th annual “Wee Care! Cereal Drive” from March 4-29.

Elementary schools, preschools and day care centers throughout Forsyth County will collect cereal to be distributed at the Crisis Control Client Choice Food Pantries in Winston-Salem and Kernersville. Participating schools and centers will have collection bins available from March 4-29. For more information or to participate in the Wee Care!

Cereal Drive, please contact Tricia Murphy at Crisis Control at (336) 770-1621.

March 7 – spring 2019 Job Fair Career Services at Forsyth Tech invites you to attend our Spring 2019 Job Fair, which will be held on Thursday, March 7, from 1-4 p.m., in the Robert L. Strickland Center on the main campus of Forsyth Tech.

March 8 – application deadline Applications will be accepted for the 2019 Library of Congress Literacy Awards until March 8. The awards are made possible through the generosity of philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.

The application rules and a downloadable application form may be accessed at read.gov/literacyawards.

Applications must be received no later than midnight Eastern Time on March 8, 2019.

March 9-10 – “Pride land” “Pride Land” is an all dance adaptation that is interpreted through what has been titled a Theatrical Ballet. The event will be at North Carolina A&T State University - Harrison Auditorium at Noche Street and Bluford Street Greensboro, NC. Tickets can be purchased online at

https://prideland2019.even tbrite.com or go to www.thepointestudioofdance.com and click on the Pride Land Picture.

March 1 – retirement workshop registration deadline R e t i r e m e n t Reimagined, a four-week workshop is being offered by the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 1700 Ebert St. The workshop will be held on March 18, 25, April 1 and 8 from 6:30 – 9 p.m. It is limited to 15 participants.

Reservations are required

by March 1. A registration fee of $45 for the workshop covers the cost of books and resource materials. Limited scholarships are available. For more information, contact the Shepherd’s Center at (336) 748-0217 or Info@Shepherdscenter.org .

March 7 – Movie/speaker series Temple Emanuel will have an installment of its movie/speaker series on March 7 from 7-9 p.m.

The featured film will be “Inventing Tomorrow: The Future Is Brighter Than You Think.”

Temple Emanuel is located at 201 Oakwood Drive.

March 7 – hope of W-s fundraiser

HOPE of W-S is hosting an event at Kaleideum Downtown on March 7 from 6-9 p.m. which is 21+ and the adults get to play, listen to live music, enjoy gourmet treats, local brews and more. This is all to support HOPE's efforts to procure, prep and deliver 1,000 healthy meals and 1,500 lbs. of produce each Sunday to children at risk for hunger right here in Winston Salem. Go to https://hopews.org for tickets and more information.

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Temporary visitor restrictions at Wake Forest Baptist Health Because the number of influenza cases has significantly increased in our area, Wake Forest Baptist Health will implement temporary visitor restrictions started on Friday, Feb. 8. to help control the spread of the virus and to protect the health of our patients, their loved ones and our medical staff, these restrictions will remain in effect through the remainder of the flu season. the restrictions apply to all Wake Forest Baptist inpatient locations: *Wake Forest Baptist Medical center *Wake Forest Baptist Health – Davie Medical center *Wake Forest Baptist Health – High Point Medical center *Wake Forest Baptist Health – Lexington Medical center *Wake Forest Baptist Health – Wilkes Medical center effective Friday morning, children age 12 and under may not visit patients. exceptions for extenuating family circumstances may be allowed, but parents or guardians must first check with the patient’s nurse.

Healthy adult visitors and healthy family members age 13 and older are welcome to visit patients.

Wake Forest Baptist continues to monitor the influenza rates daily and will take appropriate steps to further restrict visitors, if needed, or lift the restrictions when the number of flu cases decreases. the decision to enact temporary visitor restrictions is a collaborative effort among five regional health systems: Atrium Health, cone Health, novant Health, randolph Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health. these health systems are enacting visitor restrictions at the same time because they share the same geographic area and have similar rates of influenza in the community.

Local Student serves as Page in North Carolina Senate the north carolina Senate was honored recently to have Giavonni olivia Gerald, a student at Forsyth Middle college, serve as Page. She is the daughter of terrance and Fentress Gerald of Kernersville.

Giavonni was sponsored by Senator Gladys robinson and appointed by the Senate President Pro tempore Phil Berger of rockingham county.

Statewide high school students in grades 9 through 12 serve as pages when the General Assembly is in session. they perform valuable duties of the Senators and their office staff. they attend daily Senate sessions, committee meetings and assist staff members with office duties during the week they serve in the Submitted photo Legislature.

Giavonni Olivia Gerald

Livingstone to receive $100,000 endowment from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority during Black History Month t H e c H r on i c Le

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(AKA), in partnership with the educational Advancement Foundation, has pledged an endowment in the amount of $100,000 to Livingstone college as a part of the organization’s AKA-HBcU endowment Fund.

Livingstone President Dr. Jimmy r. Jenkins, Sr., will join 31 other presidents of Historically Black colleges and Universities (HBcUs) on Feb. 28 at the AKA international Headquarters in chicago to accept the first installment of the award.

“Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, incorporated has implemented the AKA-HBcU endowment Fund with the goal of investing in the future of our young people and the sustainability of our treasured HBcUs,” said Dr. Glenda Glover, AKA inc. international president. “our organization has pledged to donate a total of $10 million toward the endowment, and we are honored to provide Livingstone college the first $50,000 during our February event as we celebrate Black History Month and the legacies of all HBcUs.” “Livingstone college will benefit tremendously from this generous gift by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority incorporated,” said Jenkins. “colleges such as Livingstone are in need of more endowments to assist with its sustainability and to ensure that we are always here for the student population we serve. it is said that philanthropy is contagious, so i hope what the AKAs are doing will spread like wildfire to others who are in positions to do the same.” the historic event will feature remarks from Glover as well as a tour of the iconic and recently renovated ivy center international Headquarters in the Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side of chicago. “on behalf of our board, faculty, staff and students, i feel privileged to have been invited by Dr. Glover to participate in this charitable gesture during Black History Month in which we celebrate the great contri-

butions of African-Americans and our HBcUs,” Jenkins said. “What not a better way to celebrate our history than to give back to sustain our future.”

Last week, the college celebrated Founder’s Day, raising $200,000 for student scholarships as part of the tom Joyner Foundation February School of the Month campaign. to give, text LcBlueBears to 41444.

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About Livingstone College Livingstone college, founded and supported by the African Methodist episcopal Zion church, is a private historically black institution located in Salisbury. through a christian-based environment suitable for learning, it provides excellent liberal arts and religious education programs for students from all ethnic backgrounds designed to develop their potential for leadership and service to a global community. For more information, visit www.livingstone.edu.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE FORSYTH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT DIVISION

IN THE MATTER OF: 19 J 002 OLIVIA JOHNSON 19 J 003 DOB: 10-28-18 TRAVIS PARKER DOB: 05-11-16 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS

BY PUBLICATION

TO: Kim Johnson – mother of the juveniles Unknown father of Olivia Johnson Unknown father of Travis Parker Mattie Johnson – prior caretaker of Travis Parker

TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of the Juvenile Petitions filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services alleging Olivia Johnson and Travis Parker to be neglected juveniles as pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-101(15).

You are required to make a written answer to the Petitions alleging to adjudicate neglect within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petition within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Petitions, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for adjudication to the above-referenced juveniles.

Any counsel appointed previously to represent you and not released by the Court shall continue to represent you.

If you are indigent and not already represented by appointed counsel, you are entitled to appointed counsel and provisional counsel has been appointed upon your request subject to the Courts review at the first hearing after this service.

The hearing on the Petition alleging to adjudicate Neglect is scheduled for 11:00 a.m., on Monday, April 15, 2019 in Courtroom 1-D of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 15th day of February, 2019 _________________________ Theresa A. Boucher Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900

The Chronicle February 21, 28 and March 7, 2019

NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS FORSYTH COUNTY

The undersigned, Michael Dwayne Rothrock, having qualified on May 18, 2018 as Executor of the Estate of Carol Jean Bostian aka Carol Bostian, Carol Miller Rothrock, deceased, late of Forsyth County, North Carolina, hereby notifies all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the Office of Kenneth C. Dawson, Dawson Law Firm PC, Attorney for the Estate, at 534 E King Street, King, North Carolina 27021 on or before the 26th day of August, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the Estate will make payment immediately at the same address.

This the 24th day of May 2018

Michael Dwayne Rothrock, Executor of the Estate of Carol Jean Bostian, aka Carol Bostian, and Carol Miller Rothrock.

Kenneth C. Dawson, Esq. Dawson Law Firm PC 534 E King Street King, NC 27012 (336) 983-3129

The Chronicle February 14, 21, 28 and March 7, 2019

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY

In the Superior Court of Forsyth County

18-CVS-4818; Schwall v. Levya, et al. To Ms. Dania Giselle Levya: Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

At the aforementioned time and place, the Defendant Dania Giselle Leyva was negligent and careless in the following acts or omissions:

Failing to maintain proper and reasonable control of the vehicle; Failing to maintain a proper and reasonable lookout; Failing to exercise proper lookout;

Failing to drive the vehicle at a reasonable speed;

Failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision;

Failing to maintain attention to the roadway, and/or becoming distracted while driving;

Failing to exercise proper care and caution in the operation of a vehicle so as to avoid a collision with the Plaintiff; Failing to carry an operator’s license while operating a motor vehicle.

As a direct and proximate result of one or more of the aforesaid careless and negligent acts or omissions of the Defendant, Dania Giselle Leyva, the Plaintiffs were caused to suffer the injuries and damages as alleged herein.

The Plaintiffs have been damaged on account of the negligence of the defendants in an amount in excess of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000.00) by reason of their injuries, pain and suffering, including permanent injury.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than March 19, 2019 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This, the 7th day of February, 2019 ________________________ Andrew Schwaba, Attorney for Plaintiff SCHWABA LAW FIRM, P.L.L.C. 212 SOUTH TRYON STREET, SUITE 1725 CHARLOTTE, NC 28281 The Chronicle February 7, 14, 21, 2019

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Lee Blakney Jr. (19 E 201), deceased October 13, 2018, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before May 18, 2019 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 19th day of February, 2019 Lynetta Blakney Administrator for Lee Blakney Jr., deceased 3939 Beacon Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27016

The Chronicle February 21, 28, and March 7, 14 2019 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY, In the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, Concepcion Soto Vergara, Plaintiff vs. Michael Richard Moore, Jr., Defendant. This notice is to: Michael Richard Moore, Jr.: Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the District Court of Wake County, North Carolina. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Sole Legal and Physical Child Custody of the minor child, Michael Richard Moore.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than 40 days from the date of first publication of this notice. If you fail to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This the 18th day of February, 2019. J. Carlos Rojas, Esq, Counsel for Concepcion Soto Vergara, Rojas Legal Services, 5530 Munford Road, Suite 111, Raleigh, NC 27612.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE WINSTON-SALEM CITY COUNCIL ON PETITIONS FOR ZONING CHANGES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, that the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber at City Hall, Room 230, 101 N. Main Street, WinstonSalem, NC at 7:00Lp.m. on March 4, 2019, on the following proposed amendments to the Official Zoning Map of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina: 1. Petition of Union Cross Moravian Church, to amend and change from AG to NB (The NB District is primarily intended to accommodate very low intensity office, retail, and personal service uses close to or within residential areas), the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the west side of Union Cross Road, north of Pinewood Terrace; property consists of ±0.45 acres and is a portion of PIN# 6863-98-1887 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps Zoning Docket W-3395.

2. Petition of Diamond Star Pro, Inc., to amend and change from GI to RS7 (The RS7 District is primarily intended to accommodate high density single family detached dwellings in urban areas), the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the north side of Hanes Avenue, east of Glenn Avenue; property consists of ±0.27 acres and is PIN# 6837-40-9353 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps - Zoning Docket W-3396.

All parties in interest and citizens are invited to attend said hearing at which time they shall have an opportunity to be heard in favor of or in opposition to the foregoing proposed changes.

During the public hearing the City Council may hear other proposals to amend the zoning of the above-described property or any portion thereof. At the end of the public hearing, the City Council may continue the matter, deny the proposed rezoning, in whole or in part, grant the proposed rezoning, in whole or in part, or rezone the above-described property or any portion thereof to some other zoning classification.

Prior to the hearing, all persons interested may obtain any additional information on these proposals which is in the possession of the City-County Planning Board by inquiring in the office of the City-County Planning Board in the Bryce A. Stuart Municipal Building on weekdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00Lp.m.

All requests for appropriate and necessary auxiliary aids and services must be made, within a reasonable time prior to the hearing, to Angela Carmon at 747-7404 or to T.D.D. 727-8319.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

Sandra Keeney, Secretary to the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem The Chronicle February 21, 28, 2019

M/WBE BID NOTICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Clean Team Ambassadors for Downtown Winston-Salem Business Improvement District

Electronic proposals for Clean Team Ambassadors for DWSBID will be received by the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, Inc. (DWSP) at jason@dwsp.org until 5:00 PM, Thursday, March 21 2019.

Instructions for submitting proposals and complete specifications may be obtained during regular office hours at the same location, or by contacting Jason Thiel via email jason@dwsp.org or phone 336-3541500 x1. The DWSP reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

This Request for Proposal (RFP) outlines a description of the services sought and the documents interested firms will be required to submit. Clean Team Ambassadors providers interested in providing the services solicited are highly encouraged to attend the Pre-Proposal Conference to be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday March 13, 2019 in the DWSP Conference Room, 305 W. Fourth Street, Suite 2E, Winston-Salem , NC. The Pre-Proposal Conference will provide the opportunity to explain the scope of services as it relates to Clean Team Ambassadors for Downtown Winston-Salem Business Improvement District (DWSBID), answer questions potential proposers may have regarding the solicitation documents, and to discuss and clarify any issues.

Jason Thiel, President, DWSP, Inc.

The Chronicle February 21, 2018

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LEGAL NOTICES

BEFORE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM HOUSING FILE 2017100703

BEFORE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM HOUSING FILE 2017100703

NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY

COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF HEARING SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY

COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF HEARING SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

In the Matter of:

In the Matter of:

This Complaint and Notice of hearing is drawn and given under the provisions of the Housing Code of the City of WinstonSalem. It appears that the house located at 1430 Williamson St, the property being known as Pin No. 6835-708403.00 is unfit for human habitation under the standards-of-fitness prescribed in the Housing Code of the City of Winston-Salem.

This Complaint and Notice of hearing is drawn and given under the provisions of the Housing Code of the City of WinstonSalem. It appears that the house located at 733 Barney Ave. the property being known as Pin No. 6834-80-1994.00 is unfit for human habitation under the standards-of-fitness prescribed in the Housing Code of the City of Winston-Salem.

You are further notified that the owner of the aforesaid property and all parties in interest have a right to file an answer to this Complaint in the Office of the undersigned at any time prior to, or at the time set for, the hearing of this matter, and, also, to appear in person, or otherwise, and give testimony at the time and place above fixed.

You are further notified that the owner of the aforesaid property and all parties in interest have a right to file an answer to this Complaint in the Office of the undersigned at any time prior to, or at the time set for, the hearing of this matter, and, also, to appear in person, or otherwise, and give testimony at the time and place above fixed.

Property located at: 1430 Williamson St. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Known as Pin No. 6835-70-8403.00

You are hereby notified that a hearing will be held before the undersigned or his designated agent in City Hall South, 100 E. 1st Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at 1:30 pm on the 11th day of March, 2019, when and where all parties owning or having a interest in the aforesaid property may show cause, if any they have, why an ORDER should not be entered finding said housing to be unfit for human habitation and directing that it be repaired or demolished.

This notice applies to all next of kin of the property owner(s) of the address at 1430 Williamson St including known or unknown heirs, devisees, successors, transferees, legal representatives, (deceased) or any other assigns whether in being or not in being, or en ventre sa mere, including those under mental disability, in the military service, minors, the spouse of each, if any, the beneficiaries or trustees of each, if any, all other persons, firms, or corporations, active or dissolved, foreign or domestic, who now have, or might in any contingency have, or claim, or may hereafter claim, any right, title or interest or estate this property.

Bruce Bailiff, Code Enforcement Senior Project Supervisor Date Issued: February 8, 2019

The Chronicle February 21, 2019

REAL ESTATE AZALEA TERRACE APARTMENTS

A Community for Mature Adults (55 and Older) Located on the corner of Trade Street and Northwest Blvd in Winston-Salem An income based multi-level building with 2 elevators consisting of 100 one BR Apts, with handicapped accessible units, Section 8 Assistance Available; just minutes from the downtown business district, city bus depot, farmers market, main public library Office Hours: 8:30 am-4:30 pm Monday thru Friday for applications call 336-723-3633.

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Units available from $535 and up. Office Hours 8:30am -4:30pm Mon-Fri. For application information call-336703-0038, Handicap Units Available Equal Housing OpportunityDD Managed by Community Management Corp.

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Property located at: 733 Barney Ave Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Known as Pin No. 6834-80-1994.00

You are hereby notified that a hearing will be held before the undersigned or his designated agent in City Hall South, 100 E. 1st Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at 1:30 pm on the 21st day of March, 2019, when and where all parties owning or having a interest in the aforesaid property may show cause, if any they have, why an ORDER should not be entered finding said housing to be unfit for human habitation and directing that it be repaired or demolished.

This notice applies to all next of kin of the property owner(s) of the address at 733 Barney Aveincluding known or unknown heirs, devisees, successors, transferees, legal representatives, (deceased) or any other assigns whether in being or not in being, or en ventre sa mere, including those under mental disability, in the military service, minors, the spouse of each, if any, the beneficiaries or trustees of each, if any, all other persons, firms, or corporations, active or dissolved, foreign or domestic, who now have, or might in any contingency have, or claim, or may hereafter claim, any right, title or interest or estate this property.

Bruce Bailiff, Code Enforcement Senior Project Supervisor Date Issued: February 19, 2019

The Chronicle February 21, 2019

EMPLOYMENT

2 positions - Temporary/seasonal work on a honeybee farm handling both manual and machine tasks associated with beekeeping, from 3/15/2019 to 1/15/2020 at LG Bees , Winston Salem, NC and multiple worksites within Forsyth and Yadkin counties. This job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience working on a honeybee farm handling both manual and machine tasks associated with beekeeping. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. $12.25/hr or current applicable AEWR. Raise/bonus at employer discretion. Workers are guaranteed 3/4 of work hours of total period.

Work tools, supplies, equipment supplied by employer without charge to worker.

Housing with kitchen facilities provided at no cost to only those workers who are not reasonably able to return same day to their place of residence at time of recruitment. Transportation and subsistence expenses to work site will be paid to nonresident workers not later than upon completion of 50% of the job contract. Interviews required. Apply for this job at nearest State Workforce Agency in state in which this ad appears, or NCWorks Career Center- Forsyth County, 2701 University Pkwy , Winston Salem, NC 27105. Ph: (336) 932-0393. Provide copy of this ad.

NC Job Order #11017825.

The Chronicle February 21, 2019

United Way Community Engagement Associate

A new initiative by the United Way of Forsyth County, Inc. is seeking a Community Engagement Associate who will work to reduce poverty by addressing systemic problems. The associate will come in on the ground floor and work closely with the director in researching problems of poverty and in engaging the community in addressing them. The ideal candidate will already have relationships with communities in the WS/FC area affected by poverty.

EOE Please apply at: https://forsythunitedway.easyapply.co The Chronicle February 21, 2019

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