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Open forum series brings candidates to the people

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Leading up to the primary election, several local organizations are bringing the candidates to the people.

Over the next three weeks, candidates in some of the most impactful local races will participate in open forums designed to give the public an opportunity to get a feel for the candidates before they cast their ballots on May 17.

The series of nonpartisan forums was collectively planned by several partners including the Black Political Awareness League, the Winston-Salem Urban League, the Ministers’ Conference of WinstonSalem and Vicinity, the local branch of the NAACP and The Chronicle.

The first forum was held last Thursday at the Central Library. And candidates for Forsyth County Photo by Tevin Stinson Clerk of Superior Court, Last week the candidates for Forsyth County Clerk of Court participated in a public forum. Denise Hartsfield who incumbent Debra Hines is running for Forsyth County District Attorney also participated in the forum.

(D), Tina Flowers (D), Court Justice of NC, the trate judge, he has gained there are clear expecta- peating the question. and John Snow (D), took Chief District Court Jus- the knowledge to lead the tions and that they feel She said her mandacenter stage. Although the tice of Forsyth County, clerk’s office. “With the secure in their position,” tory training program is race for Clerk of Court the Superior Court Judge experience level that I pos- Flowers said. “People who why the clerk’s office perhasn’t been the most talked of Forsyth County and the sess, I think it transfers work at the clerk’s office formed well on a recent about race, tensions were really well to the clerk’s don’t work for a lot of audit. Hines said when she community,” Hines said. high.

Tina Flowers let it be office … I think I am the money. They work for job came into office, only cerTo jump start the conknown early on that she candidate who can most satisfaction and they work tain employees were “tarversation, candidates had is the only attorney on the effectively lead the office.” because they have a heart geted” to be fully trained, three minutes to introduce The first question from for the people. So I think which is why she started ballot. She said the clerk themselves to those in atof court should be well voters in attendance dur- the first thing we need to cross training. tendance and watching versed in the laws, pro- ing the Q&A portion of the do to restore efficiency in “Cross training is esonline. bates of the state and spe- forum, asked the candi- the clerk’s office is to fo- sential in the clerk’s office Hines, who was elected cial proceedings. “As the dates what they would do cus on the clerks and make and since I have been in in 2020, said despite comonly attorney on the ballot to make the clerk’s office sure they’re able to work the clerk’s office, we have ing into office during the … I have gone through the run smoothly and more ef- in one position and they’re cross trained multiple and pandemic, she managed entire system from filing to ficiently. not constantly transitioned multiple individuals,” said to lead the clerk’s office Flowers said, first she and that they leave with Hines while looking at trial to litigation to the enand meet the needs of the try of the final order,” said would make sure the needs job satisfaction and know- Flowers. court. She said her experiof the individuals who ing that they have accomFlowers.

“What do we do to beence serving as chief magFlowers also men- work in the clerk’s office plished something.” come efficient? We train istrate is what helped her tioned that she has over 20 are met. She said the key to Hines said she’s already … we train on procedures. meet the challenges the years of experience in ac- getting individuals to work doing the work.”What We train on whatever that clerk’s office faced. counting management. more efficiently is making would I do to make the has happened that week “The clerk’s office Snow, who was born sure they’re happy and feel clerk’s office run more ef- that has caused anyone to managed to meet all the and raised in Winston- secure. ficiently and smoothly? be in that courthouse to expectations of the attorSalem, said that working “I need to make sure Well, I’ve already done feel uncomfortable.” neys, the Chief Supreme for 27 years as a magis- that there is consistency, that,” said Hines after reSnow deferred and did

not answer the first question. Candidates were also asked what qualifications they will bring to the office, how would they describe their own people skills and teamwork ethic and several other questions.

To wrap up the forum, candidates were given two minutes to give closing remarks. Although they won’t appear on the ballot until November, the candidates for Forsyth County District Attorney, incumbent Jim O’Neil (R) and retired Judge Denise Hartsfield (D) were also invited to participate in the forum. Only Hartsfield showed up and she took advantage of it.

“I’ve been retired since December 1 and I’m back and the reason for that is because I really have an interest, I really have an interest in doing the job,” said Hartsfield during her closing remarks. “Mr. O’Neil is not here tonight but remember Mr. O’Neil ran, not once but twice, for the highest attorney job in the state of North Carolina. and did not win. It’s pretty clear to me that Forsyth County is not his goal, it’s the state of North Carolina. Forsyth County is my goal.”

The next candidate’s forum will be held on Thursday, April 21, at the Forsyth County Central Library, 660 W. 5th Street in Winston-Salem, and will feature the candidates running for seats on the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. The forum will be aired live on The Chronicle’s Facebook page. Videos from the past forum will be posted on The Chronicle’s YouTube channel.

Scholarship named for local victim of domestic violence Everyone has that one family member, an aunt, uncle or maybe an older cousin, who seems to get along with everyone and has a knack for connecting with the younger generations of the family. For Lachaela Wells-Andrew, that family member was her aunt Deitra.

“She was just so much fun. She was that auntie who would get all the kids

together at the cookouts.

She was the first adult that I can remember who treated me like a human being and not a kid,” Wells-Andrew continued. “I left for New York in 1999 after I graduated from Reynolds High School and when I first moved, I would call Deitra every morning …

I could not leave out to go to school without calling. Just hearing her voice would help me start my day.”

On the morning of June 4, 2000, Deitra Lynette King was tragically murdered during a domestic dispute. King was held hostage for hours in her own home before authorities heard two shots coming from King’s apartment.

After evacuating the rest of the building, officers with the Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD) entered the apartment where they found King, dead of a gunshot wound.

The investigation into King’s murder indicates she was the victim of a murder-suicide. Rayshawn

Wolfe, who was also found inside the apartment, shot King, then turned the gun on himself.

King, 36, was the mother of four.

Wells-Andrew remembers that day like it was yesterday. “I remember rushing down there and them having us on standby … and the whole time I’m thinking she’s going to walk out. Then the next phone call was when I heard all the screaming … everybody was screaming,” Wells-Andrew said.

In honor of her aunt, earlier this year Wells-Andrew launched the Deitra L. King Memorial Scholarship, with help from Bold.org, an online scholarship platform and philanthropic organization.

Wells-Andrew said since moving back to North Carolina, Aunt Deitra has been on her mind a lot. She said the scholarship is a way to keep her legacy alive, while also shining a light on the dangers of domestic violence.

“Now that I’m around

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The Deitra L. King Memorial Scholarship is open to high school seniors and undergraduates pursuing a career in human services.

Deitra’s age when she was killed, she’s been on my mind a lot lately,” WellsAndrew added. “I look at myself and I have so

much that I want to do and we don’t know where her hopes and dreams were.

We don’t know what she thought about. I’ve always

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FDA: Smoking while Black and brown in America

BY DR. BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS

Whenever the history of racial discrimination in the United States appears to repeat itself, it produces predictable rhymes and sometimes tragic social consequences. Mark Twain, Ida B. Wells, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison all had one thing in common as visionary authors. They used their pens to offer literary critiques about America’s historical inflection points concerning racism and systemic inequalities.

The federal government’s recent announcement that it is close to proscribing a ban on menthol cigarettes is another public policy gone astray that will produce unintended racial-discriminatory consequences. As a result of a decades-long marketing campaign aimed at African Americans, nearly 85% of all non-Hispanic Black smokers choose menthol cigarettes, the highest percentage of menthol cigarette use compared to other racial and ethnic groups. The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should be questioned about their disparate targeting of African American and Latino-American smokers who disproportionately prefer to smoke menthol cigarettes. This is an urgent matter now that the FDA has just asked the government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review the proposed discriminatory ban.

Driving while Black and brown, jogging while Black and brown, and breathing while Black and brown have had, at times, fatal consequences intergenerationally for women, men, and youth from our communities. Now, our families and communities will have to contend additionally with smoking while Black and brown in America.

For the record, I do not smoke tobacco or marijuana. I am raising questions, however, to the FDA and to the U.S. Congress because I care passionately about protecting the civil rights and cultural rights of communities of color.

We should learn from the past about how to avoid racial injustice rather than to entertain the repetition of pseudo-justifications of wrongdoing and counterproductive public policies that disparage communities of color.

Recalling back in the 1980s and 1990s there was the prevalence of the availability and use of crack cocaine that swept severe drug-related suffering in urban areas across the nation. Because of de-

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As a result of a decades-long marketing campaign aimed at African Americans, nearly 85% of all non-Hispanic Black smokers choose menthol cigarettes, the highest percentage of menthol cigarette use compared to other racial and ethnic groups. cades of white flight and self-segregation, those same inner-city areas were disproportionately populated by Black and brown families. The result was another regrettable chapter in American history when crack cocaine ravaged our communities.

The subsequent response from the federal government was neither compassion nor empathy. Rather, the U.S. Congress passed the now-infamous 1994 Crime Bill, which treated the possession of crack cocaine disproportionately harsher in the criminal justice system than powder cocaine, which was more expensive and more commonly used by white drug users.

Too many communities of color were once again devastated by the unjust massive long-term imprisonment of crack cocaine users for decades that literally destroyed families and left hundreds of thousands of children without parents while escalating mass incarceration of Black and brown people to an unprecedented national level.

It is, therefore, against this historical backdrop that we find anew the recent contradictory announcement by the Biden Administration’s FDA. According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 85% of Black and brown smokers prefer menthol cigarettes. While there may be compelling public health concerns that can be cited to support proposing a ban on smoking cigarettes, the question arises why the FDA only wants to target and ban “menthol” cigarettes that are disproportionately used and preferred by Black and brown smokers.

Law enforcement agencies, similar to what happened by law enforcement in response to the crack cocaine epidemic, will ultimately have to enforce the proposed ban on the

sale of menthol cigarettes.

In addition, serious concerns today abound among national and local law enforcement leaders that a prohibition of these particular tobacco products will only end up dramatically increasing an illicit, underground market for these menthol products. I am certain that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will rightly oppose any public policy by the FDA that will lead to further substantial border insecurity from the future billion-dollar illicit smuggling of proposed menthol-banned tobacco products into the United States. Another serious unintended consequence will be the illegal trafficking of FDA-banned cigarettes by international terrorists who will profit millions of dollars from that illicit trade.

I write, therefore, on behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the Black Press of America that have been “pleading our own cause” since March 16, 1827, with the first publication of Freedom’s Journal 195 years ago. Our concerns are not hypothetical and do not exist in a vacuum.

Our experiences inform us that the implementation of a menthol ban will inevitably and undoubtedly create an increased number of stops, frisks, and interactions between law enforcement and members from Black and brown communities.

According to the Prison Policy Initiative, Black and brown residents in the U.S. continue to have a long and troubled legacy of disproportionately larger numbers of police stops and interactions with the police. The proposed menthol ban will do nothing to quell this troubling reality.

Moreover, there is data to suggest that a prohibition on the sale of men-

thol cigarettes would not meet the proposed ban’s intended goal. According to a report by the United States Surgeon General, published in 2020, “the evidence is suggestive but not sufficient to infer that restricting the sale of certain types of tobacco products, such as menthol or other flavored products, increases smoking cessation, especially among certain populations.” Indeed, a report by the National Bureau of Economic Research echoes this concern and suggests that a prohibition on menthol cigarettes is “unlikely to be a panacea,” because while the product may be prohibited in Canada, it is available on Native Canadian reserves, and still available for purchase throughout Mexico.

On his first day in The White House, President Biden signed the Executive Order (13985) on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. That was a much-needed federal corrective action taken

by President Biden. Notwithstanding those facts, it has become a noticeable contradiction for the FDA to now embark on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with respect to a menthol ban tentatively scheduled for April 2022.

What are some of the possible alternative options for the FDA and for the U.S. Congress with respect to menthol cigarettes? One option is for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of the FDA, to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and additional relevant entities (including representatives of community organizations that have been historically underrepresented in the federal government and

underserved by, subject to discrimination in, federal policies and programs) to conduct a national study on the impact of a menthol ban would have on: *the frequency of adverse law enforcement interactions with members of communities of color, underserved and other discriminated communities *the illicit sale of counterfeit cigarettes in communities of color, underserved and other discriminated communities, and *the likelihood that counterfeit cigarettes illicitly sold in communities of color, underserved and other discriminated communities, would contain a mixture of lethal substances in excess of the toxins found in ordinary commercially approved cigarettes There are other options in addition to the stated above proposal that I am confident can and should be explored by both the U.S. Congress and the FDA. What should be prohibited at this point should

be all forms of racial profiling and targeting. Smoking while Black and brown should not be the predicate for more negative disastrous interactions between law enforcement and our communities who have already suffered too much.

I recently had the honor to attend a national meeting of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Black police chiefs and other Black law enforcement executives from across the nation voiced their concerns about the negative, disparate and dangerous unintended consequences of the proposed FDA ban on menthol cigarettes.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is currently the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and executive producer/host of The Chavis Chronicles television show that is broadcast weekly on PBS TV stations throughout the United States.

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Local business chooses purpose over profits

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

A few years ago, Andy Henry decided to become a more integral part of his father’s coffee business.

happens.

“The other thing that sets our coffee apart is sort of a philosophy that my dad has had the entire time. He doesn’t use the business as a direct form

Andy Henry, left, poses with his father David.

Since then, Henry’s Fresh Roast (HFR) has not only grown in sales, but also grown in their efforts to give back.

Henry’s Fresh Roast was started by Andy’s father, David Henry, who is a retired minister. David Henry started off making his own coffee as a hobby and it grew into a business in 2011.

“He (David Henry) would order a small amount of beans and he started out on a cookie sheet in an oven and then he roasted with a popcorn popper and then a bread machine. He just like tried all different kinds of different stuff,” said Henry about how his father got started with the business.

“Then eventually in 2011, he did some research and he designed his own roaster.

“It’s something a lot of people have done. My dad kind of did it in a way and just started to make some money with it. It’s a modified barbeque grill.”

A few years ago, Mr. Henry retired from the ministry due to some medical reasons and focused solely on the coffee business. Soon afterwards, Andy and his wife Cheri took on more responsibility with the business.

“We really just wanted to help them out. We saw potential for the business to make more money than what it was making, so we decided to step in and pitch in to help mom and dad with their retirement,” said Andy about the company. “One of the things I see in the business is the potential to become a fulltime career for both me and my wife.

HFR is different from most other coffee you can buy because it comes from a small batch roaster. They use single origin beans, meaning every batch of beans is from one particular farm group. They are also very meticulous with their roasting to make sure they have the best quality beans to sell.

“There is a lot of attention to detail that goes into the roast,” said Henry.

“My dad takes copious notes when he is roasting. He checks the temperature every 60 seconds and records it. He records the ambient temperature and the humidity, just everything you can possibly think of that would affect the roasting process, just in case there are any accidents, he knows what

of ministry, but that’s sort of in the very fabric of the way he thinks. So, when he is selecting a new coffee, we have different importers that we go to, and we use the information they give us to pick out coffees that have a cause behind it.”

Several of the beans that Henry’s Fresh Roast purchases benefit the people from that country of origin. The Henrys have a firm belief that helping others is more important than just making a profit.

They are also doing a fundraiser for the people of Ukraine through World Hope International that will help with victims of the war-torn country.

Not only is HFR selling individual bags of their coffee, they have also made their way into local coffee shops as well.

The company continues to grow as their reach expands throughout the Triad.

“The business has grown, and it has been very significant,” Henry continued. “Since we have started, I don’t know that it has doubled, but it’s probably pretty close to that.

We sell at the Fairground’s farmer’s market and popup markets.

“A lot of people are starting to understand that there is a whole new world of coffee available. When you are not just going for that caffeine buzz, but you also want a quality flavor, it’s not hard to find.”

According to Henry, many of their customers are repeat customers.

Their coffee is fresh and is usually roasted the day before being sold, which is a great selling point for the business. HFR will also roast the beans the way the customer wants it done when ordered online.

Helping others is one of the primary reasons that Andy Henry would like to continue to grow the business.

“That is so high up there on the list of reasons that I want to continue to do that it would be hard to say what was second behind that,” Andy Henry said about his motivations.

“Being raised in a pastor’s house, that’s just kind of being instilled in me.”

The next goal for HFR is to continue growing the business to make larger quantities of coffee while also maintaining their small business roots.

To purchase Henry’s Fresh Roast, please visit

www.henrysfreshroast. com or visit their social media page on Facebook and Instagram at Henry’s Fresh Roast and Henry’s_ Fresh_Roast, respectively.

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Florida Dept. of Education rejects math textbooks, citing critical race theory among reasons

BY STACY M. BROWN

The Florida Department of Education said the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks ahead of the 2022-2023 school year. The department cited references to critical race theory among reasons for the rejections.

Officials said they would not accept about 41% of the books – 54 out of 132 – to Florida’s adopted list because the works didn’t adhere to the state’s standards.

“Today, Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran approved Florida’s initial adoption list for mathematics instructional materials properly aligned to Florida’s Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards,” the department wrote in a news release.

The approved list followed a thorough review of submissions at the department, which found 41% of the submitted textbooks were impermissible with either Florida’s new standards or contained prohibited topics – the most in Florida’s history. Despite rejecting such a large percentage of the materials submitted, the department claimed that every core mathematics course and grade is covered with at least one textbook.

The names of the rejected books were not included in the release.

Florida’s new law states that instruction in schools must be factual and objective. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ mandate specifically prohibits “theories that distort historical events” – which includes the teaching of Critical Race Theory. Florida has banned such works as the Pulitzer Prize winning 1619 Project, which tackled the transatlantic slave trade.

“They won’t tell us what [the banned books] are or what they say because it’s a lie,” Florida Democratic Rep. Carlos Smith wrote on Twitter.

“DeSantis has turned our classrooms into political battlefields, and this is just the beginning.”

Added State House Member Anna Eskamani, “I get it. The goal of math is to solve problems which the Republican Party of Florida doesn’t like to do.”

Stacy M. Brown is NNPA Newswire senior national correspondent. Reach him at @StacyBrownMedia.

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Across America, students must learn all history Ben Jealous

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TriceEdneyWire.com - Black history is American history. That shouldn’t be a controversial statement. But thanks to politicians like Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, teaching honestly about history is getting downright dangerous.

Youngkin got elected in part by embracing a dishonest campaign launched by far-right activists to make parents fear that teaching about racism represents some kind of sinister plot to shame and indoctrinate children. Once he took office, the very first official action he took as governor was to sign an executive order supposedly designed to “get divisive concepts out of our schools.”

You know what was “inherently divisive?”

The Confederacy, which waged a brutal war to defend slavery from its capital in Richmond, Virginia. How about massive resistance to the desegregation of schools? How about Virginia’s law that made interracial marriage illegal until the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it

in 1967?

Youngkin has claimed that his order will still allow students to learn about history - both good and bad. But he also set up a tip line that parents could use to report on “divisive” teachers.

That’s in the worst tradition of authoritarian politicians everywhere. It’s a terrible policy. It’s a terrible way to think about education.

And, I will admit, I take it a bit personally. My ancestors were enslaved in the state of Virginia.

One of my forefathers was elected to the state legislature during Reconstruction. He helped create the state’s system of public education. Then white supremacists took back power, made segregation the law of the land, and made it impossible for Black Virginians to build political power for decades. That’s pretty “divisive” stuff.

A coalition of civil rights groups has launched the Black History is American History campaign to push back on Gov. Youngkin’s efforts to force teachers and schools to whitewash teaching about history and racism.

Students have the right to learn the truth about our history and our present.

We are inviting Virginia parents and families to use the governor’s “tip line” to tell Gov. Youngkin that denying students the

freedom to learn is bad for children, families, and the future.

Unfortunately, Virginia is far from alone. Politicians and political operatives are out to build power by mobilizing a backlash to honest teaching about racism in our history and institutions. And those efforts are connected to campaigns for so-called “Don’t Say Gay” laws, which threaten teachers who acknowledge the reality of LGBTQ students and families.

And all of this goes hand in hand with a surge in censorship in classrooms and libraries. The American Library Association recently released its list of the books most often challenged last year.

Most of them were about Black and LGBTQ people.

And that reminded me that Gov. Youngkin’s campaign actually ran an ad featuring a woman who objected to the teaching of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prizewinning novel “Beloved” in her son’s senior year English class.

Watching politicians build power by inflaming fears about Black people can be deeply discouraging. It can also be intensely motivating.

As a Black Christian writing this column during Holy Week, I draw strength from the historic witness of the Black church and its role in supporting and sus-

taining Black people as we made history. I celebrate the power and impact of Martin Luther King, Jr’s appeal to both the Constitution’s promise of equality under law and the great faith traditions’ call for us to treat one another with decency and respect.

And I lift up the words of Lonnie Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture and now the director of the Smithsonian Institution, who reminds us that “there are few things as powerful and as important as a people, as a nation that is steeped in its history.”

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and professor of the practice in the Africana Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches leadership. Jealous has decades of experience as a leader, coalition builder, campaigner for social justice and seasoned nonprofit executive. In 2008, he was chosen as the youngestever president and CEO of the NAACP. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and he has taught at Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson is now a Supreme Court Justice.

Thank You, America.

Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

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Sometimes in life, the unexpected becomes real and in living color, too.

The beauty of the unexpected is the unexplainable joy that it brings.

You and I have heard the expression, “Wait for it.” It’s a kind of delayed reaction that will eventually hit you and you will get it. When it does hit you, you can honestly and truthfully say it was a defining moment.

If you are a card-carrying member of the 4th quarter, you know that firsts really do happen. If

you are like me, you are just thankful to see them.

I am an African American male and I have seen my share of firsts, both good and not so good. The song sang by Bruce Hornsby and the Range, “The Way It Is,” fits that abovementioned statement quite well.

I want to have some thought and reflection on the good firsts.

Politically, more of us are involved in the voting process. People of color are showing up more at the polls. We are casting our ballots for competent and qualified candidates, many of whom look like us.

Barack Obama was the first African American to become president of the United States of America.

I can remember that memorable night in November 2008 when CNN called the

election for him. Was your phone ringing and your text messages moving? Of course, the answer is yes.

We will never forget how we felt on that life-changing night.

Did I think I’d live to see a Black person become president of these United States of America? If truth be told, the answer would have to be no. As the younger generation would say, I’m just keeping it real.

As I have more life behind me than in front of me, another jaw-dropping and awe-inspiring event happened just a few weeks ago.

An African American woman was nominated and confirmed to become a Supreme Court Justice of the United States of America. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a part

of the highest court in the land. Writing this statement gives me pride and unspeakable joy. She will become the court’s 116th member. This is special beyond words and imagination.

President Joe Biden promised he would nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, and he was true to his word. The vote was 53 senators said yes and 47 senators said no. Breaking from the Republican ranks were Sens.

Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Those three senators showed resolve and character. Judge Brown Jackson had the credentials and the experience. The senators saw it and America saw it, too.

Prior to the final vote, Senate Majority Leader

Chuck Schumer called the moment a “joyous, momentous, groundbreaking day.” He added, “In the 233-year history of the Supreme Court, never has a Black woman held the title of Justice. Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first of more to come.”

I, along with many others, agree with Senator Schumer. Reflect on Dr. King’s eloquence when he spoke about the content of our character and not the color of our skin. While he was referencing his four children, this time-honored expression applies to all of us.

So, as we push America toward equity and opportunity, hearing loved ones say you can be anything you want to be becomes more than just a set of words.

To those senators

who decided to stay stuck in their ways and voted against her, just know that right, while sometimes delayed, will always win.

The Bruce Hornsby song is a testament to not giving up. The lyrics are, “That’s just the way it is.

Some things will never change. That’s just the way it is. Ah, but don’t you believe them.”

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson didn’t believe them.

James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D., is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University, where he was all-conference for four years. He is a retired college administrator. He can be reached at overtimefergie.2020@yahoo.com.

Arms manufacturers predict increase in global market for nuclear weapons Robert C. Koehler

Guest Columnist Nuclear sanity: ultimate (or, God help us, immediate) disarmament.

Nuclear insanity: ongoing development and deployment, endless investment, eventual (either accidental or intentional) use.

Sen. Ed Markey, DMass., addressing Congress several weeks ago, made a heartfelt and powerful case for nuclear sanity, for a revamping of the system of mutually assured destruction, which gives certain national leaders “Godlike powers known as sole authority to end life on the planet as we know it …”

He went on: “We cannot uninvent the atom, its military applications, and technological know-how.

The nuclear Pandora’s box is sadly forever opened.

We must, however, do ev-

erything in our power to be able to look the next generation in the eye and say that we did everything - everything - in our power to avert the unfathomable, a nuclear war on this planet; and that includes supporting negotiations that not only end Russia’s war in Ukraine, but also future negotiations to end the budding 21st century nuclear arms race which is spinning out of control.”

Until the other day, I thought all I needed to do was grasp the sanity of nuclear disarmament help spread the word - and the world would eventually come around. Then, out of the blue, I stumbled upon the “rationality” of nuclear insanity, and it shocked me into a new level of understanding.

Suddenly, against my will, I’m starting to get it and, ever since, I’ve been trying (psychologically) to duck and cover. This transcends geopolitics.

Here’s the beginning of a recent, miniscule Reuters story: “The global market for nuclear missiles and bombs should surpass $126 billion within ten

years, up nearly 73 percent from 2020 levels, according to a report by Allied Market Research on Monday, as Russian aggression in Ukraine spurs military spending.”

I could hardly read beyond this paragraph.

There’s a “global market” for nuclear missiles? You mean, like there’s a market for oil, for gold … for bananas? I had always fathomed nukes solely as geopolitical, as harbingers of hell, birthed by World War II and the Manhattan Project, forever entwined with the words Robert Oppenheimer quoted from the Bhagavad Gita when the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated at Alamogordo, New Mexico, in July 1945: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

But obviously somebody has to build them.

There are more than 12,000 nuclear warheads here and there on Planet Earth, with more coming. Just because their use is suicidal, that doesn’t mean the builders shouldn’t profit from them.

I had no choice but to visit the source of the

Reuters article, the Allied Market Research report, which discussed the nuclear arms market with such a creepy-cold objectivity, I started to sense the mental equivalent of nuclear winter (I started calling it cranial winter), e.g.: “There is expected to be a nuclear arms acquisition race by superpowers such as the U.S. and Russia, to accelerate business opportunism within the coming years. In 2021, the U.S. and Russia had 5,550 and 6,255 nuclear warheads and are expected to reach 6,380 and 6,734 in 2030 respectively. The expenditure done by major companies such as Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Airbus, and Boeing toward research, development, management, conducting exhibitions and seminars to conduct importance and feasibility of nuclear weapons will encourage nations to increase their budget allocation …

“The rise in border disputes among neighboring nations, plans for territorial expansion, and efforts to establish strategic and political dominance at the

global level remain primary factors that support the nuclear bombs and missiles market. The ongoing dispute between Ukraine and Russia as of March 2022 will notably impact the business dynamics in the coming years.”

And there you have it: the upside of World War III. The upside of Armageddon. There’s money to be made in border disputes and superpower clashes lots of money. Keep at it, boys! As The Nation noted: “In 2015, the defense industry mobilized a small army of at least 718 lobbyists and doled out more than $67 million pressuring Congress for increased weapons spending generally.”

Money makes the world go around, and if you can control its flow, you make the world go around. Or so it seems.

And I confess, I’m not sure what the takeaway is on all this. As The Nation story pointed out, nuclear weapons’ contracts are welfaresated. The business model is called “cost-plus,” that is: “no matter how high cost overruns may

be compared to original bids, contractors receive a guaranteed profit percentage above their costs.

High profits are effectively guaranteed, no matter how inefficient or over-budget the project may become.”

And: “The continuing pressure of Congressional Republicans for cuts in domestic social programs are a crucial mechanism that ensures federal tax dollars will be available for lucrative military contracts.”

Nuclear winter begins with cranial winter: with a coldly abstracted reality in which profit trumps sanity. Duck and cover won’t save us.

Those of us who want a future have some serious negotiating to do, not with Russia, but with Congress - and with ourselves.

Robert Koehler (koehlercw@gmail.com), syndicated by PeaceVoice, is a Chicago award-winning journalist and editor.

He is the author of “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.”

Looking for happiness? Military and economic power is failing its citizens.

Dr. Lawrence Wittner

Guest Columnist Although the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread public happiness among their citizens.

That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Based on Gallup World Polls conducted from 2019 through 2021, this extensive study provides a revealing look at how roughly 150,000 respondents in 146 countries rated their own happiness.

The study’s findings underscore the limited levels of happiness in the world’s major military-economic powers.

There is little doubt about which nations be-

long in this category. In 2020 (the latest year for which accurate figures are available), the world’s biggest military spenders were the United States (#1), China (#2), India (#3), and Russia (#4). Collectively, they accounted for nearly 59% of the world’s military spending and the vast majority of the world’s nuclear weapons.

When nations are ranked by total wealth, a similar pattern appears: United States (#1), China (#2), India (#7), Russia (#13). Despite their ostensibly different economic models, they all boast a hefty share of the world’s billionaires, and once again their ranking is rather similar: United States (#1), China (#2), India (#3), and Russia (#5).

And what has this enormous array of military and economic power produced for their citizens?

Well, as it turns out, not a great deal of happiness.

The most positive thing that can be said for it is that the United States currently ranks a rather dispiriting 16th on this score.

China ranks 72nd. Russia

ranks 80th. And India is 136th. Furthermore, over the decade since the annual world happiness surveys began, in 2012, none of these major powers has ever appeared among the 10 happiest nations.

In 2022, the 10 happiest countries were: Finland (#1), Denmark (#2), Iceland (#3), Switzerland (#4), Netherlands (#5), Luxembourg (#6), Sweden (#7), Norway (#8), Israel (#9), and New Zealand (#10).

It is deceptively easy to conclude that the explanation for this high level of happiness lies in the fact that these 10 are all fairly comfortable, economically advanced nations. Even so, there is no significant correlation between a nation’s rank in happiness and its per capita income. Indeed, seven of the nations (Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Sweden, Israel, and New Zealand) did not place at all among the top 12 nations in per capita income during 2021. Finland, ranking #1 for happiness for the fifth year in a row, ranked #25 in per capita income. New Zea-

land, ranking #10 for happiness, ranked #31 for per capita income. Conversely, Singapore, which ranked #3 in per capita income, ranked #27 for happiness, while United Arab Emirates, which ranked #6 in per capita income, ranked #24 for happiness. Factors other than top incomes were clearly at work in producing the happiest nations.

One such factor appears to be the provision of substantial public services. A striking feature of the world’s nations is that all five Nordic countries rank among the 10 happiest. What these five countries have in common are social democratic policies that counteract income inequality and dramatically reduce poverty by providing free or low cost healthcare, dental care, housing, education, and childcare, as well as ample pensions and a range of other “welfare state” benefits. Moreover, the other five happiest countries also maintain significant social welfare systems.

The happiest nations also stand out for their

relatively egalitarian distribution of wealth. Each of the 10 happiest nations, except Israel, has greater equality of wealth than do the four major militaryeconomic powers. And even that nation’s wealth distribution is considerably more equal than that of the United States and only slightly more unequal than China’s.

Yet another contrast appears when it comes to military spending. Given the enormous Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the four biggest militaryeconomic powers, an adequate “defense” of their nations should be less of an economic burden on them than it would be on the economies of these 10 much smaller, less wealthy nations. But, in fact, the reverse is true in eight of the happiest nations, which devoted a smaller percentage of their GDP to military spending in 2020 (the latest year for which accurate figures are available) than did all but one of the four major military-economic powers. Sweden, for example, spent only 1.22%, Denmark 1.44%,

and Finland 1.53% of their small GDPs on their armed forces, while India spent 2.88%, the United States 3.74%, and Russia 4.26% of their much larger GDPs to fund their military might.

Admittedly, poverty and national insecurity do appear to play important roles in reducing human happiness. The lowest ranking nations in World Happiness Report-2022 are very poor nations, or nations plagued by violence, or both, such as the Palestinian territories (#122), Myanmar (#126), Yemen (#132), and Afghanistan (#146).

Even so, as the global happiness studies indicate, great military and economic power bring nations only so far. Ultimately, a high level of happiness requires social solidarity.

Dr. Lawrence Wittner, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is professor of history emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of “Confronting the Bomb” (Stanford University Press).

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Single mom Taleeka Jones created a nonprofit for moms in need

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

Postpartum depression is extremely hard to cope with. It creates a disconnect between a mother and her newborn baby. A good friend of mine shared with me that she suffered from postpartum depression up until her daughter was three years old. Another good friend shared, “The depression is real, Busta. I pushed everyone away, so I had no one to talk to or lean on.”

I can only imagine how much more difficult postpartum depression must be when a mother has no money for all the essentials needed for her newborn baby.

“What I’m finding in the Piedmont Triad area is mothers have to qualify for certain programs, and a lot of the women I’ve met said it’s hard for them because they’re either over the income (level) or under. So, I decided to do something about it,” said Taleeka Jones.

Taleeka is the CEO, founder and executive director of Kinsley, Me and Company. It’s a nonprofit organization that does what Taleeka calls a “Community Baby Shower.” Twice a year the single mother of one collects donations from local businesses and then creates diaper bags with all the essentials needed for newborns, including formula.

Taleeka Jones, CEO, founder and executive director of and Company.

“There are no qualifi- tion from Northwestern cations needed to receive University’s Mothers and one of our diaper bags. The Babies course. only thing I ask is that they “We talked about copspread the word so we can ing skills when dealing receive donations to help with postpartum depresas many mothers as pos- sion or just life in general. sible.

We talked about strategies “If a mother is strug- to manage our everyday gling to provide for her routine habits, our thought newborn, that takes her process and how to change postpartum depression to them and keep it positive the next level. This sum- and productive.” mer we’ll have a mothers The seed for Kinsley, and babies postpartum de- Me and Company was pression and stress man- planted while Taleeka was agement support group,” pregnant with her daughshared an excited Taleeka. ter Kinsley. She began She’s earned a certifica- journaling about open-

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the nonprofit Kinsley, Me

ing a center and daycare for low-income families.

In 2019, shortly after the young CEO’s daughter was born, she attended an event that inspired the vision to start a nonprofit.

After the event, Taleeka and a good friend were on a mission. “We did some extensive research, a lot of hard work and then created a website to get the word out.” In 2020, Kinsley, Me and Company was born.

In 2013, Taleeka moved from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, to Greensboro to attend NC A&T.

She reflected on her experience of not having support and feeling alone. “It was very challenging because I was used to family support. When I moved to Greensboro, I didn’t know anyone, so I had no choice but to figure it all out.”

The Pennsylvania native can easily relate to the mothers who share with her their testimonies of feeling alone and not having support. “My goal with Kinsley, Me and Company is to unify mothers from all walks of life, because we all have something in common and we all need support.

“My next step is to open a maternity home and a family center. I plan to keep my businesses very intimate so I’m always connected and accessible to my clients and employees. I will never allow myself to be untouchable,” shared Taleeka.

I asked why she named her organization after her daughter. “I want to leave a legacy for Kinsley. She helps me stock items in the diaper bags and also helps pass the bags to the mothers. Seeing me help so many mothers and babies, she’s already developed a sense of humility, integrity and an open and kind heart. That’s very important to me.”

One of Taleeka’s personality traits that I love is how she laughed and smiled during the entire interview. During our brief

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conversation about the strained relationship she had with her mother, she kept that positive spirit.

“It was tough at one point.

But now she’s become one of my biggest supporters.

She loves to share how proud she is of the woman I’ve become, and I do the same with my daughter.”

As a child who grew up in a low-income community in San Francisco, I’ve witnessed firsthand how mothers with newborns struggled to provide the necessary essentials needed to keep their babies healthy and strong. This is undoubtedly one of the most important and much needed organizations in the Triad area. I’d love to see Kinsley, Me and Company receive enough donations to have a Community Baby Shower each month.

The impact is growing.

Since 2020, they’ve served nearly 100 families in the Triad area. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.kinsleymeandco.org, send an email to kinsleymeandco@gmail. com, and follow them on social media @Kinsley, Me and Company.

“My favorite scripture is “Write the vision; make it plain.” That’s what I live by. I wrote that I will have a nonprofit and it came into fruition.”

My phenomenal Person of the Week is Taleeka Jones.

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Trimming health misinformation in the barber’s chair

BY SARAH FEDELE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

“The barbershop and the gym have honestly saved my life,” shared Anthony Pettiford, owner of United Barber Shop off Randleman Road in Greensboro. “I was able to work off life’s stresses at the gym and go to the barbershop to take my mind off my own situation and listen to other people’s problems. It helped to make me unselfish and forget about whatever problems I was dealing with.

“The people that come through this door just open up and talk about life. No matter what mood you come into the shop with, you feel better on your way out. There is nothing like it. It’s the type of shop I’ve always wanted,” shared Anthony.

Anthony has been a barber for over 35 years and shares about the variety of conversations that happen from the barbershop floor. “People open up more in the barbershop.

It could be about family stuff, sports, or politics.

Sometimes it turns to health and loss,” said Anthony.

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Anthony Pettiford is one of seven shops and salons in the Triad that are part of the Hair, Heart & Health program, an initiative with the American Heart Association and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

Through this program, salon and barbershop staff have been trained, blood pressure checks are being encouraged, and stylists and barbers are engaging their clients with heart health information to help reduce risk factors for heart disease and stroke.

During COVID-19, talk of sickness, loss of relatives, and clients fight-

The Piedmont Earth Day Fair is back!

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After two years of being held virtually, the Piedmont Earth Day Fair will be in person, rain or shine, at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Piedmont Environmental Alliance volunteers and staff have put together activities that celebrate our planet and showcase our power to come together and build a more just, resilient, and environmentally sustainable region.

The fair has something for everyone. Two Kid Zones offer top-notch programming for kids of all ages, and many exhibitors also have kids’ activities. Get your hands dirty and learn new ways to green your life from experts at one of our demonstration areas. Engage in “freecycling” at the Swap Shop. Take a moment to connect, breathe, and stretch with yoga for kids and adults.

And visit more than 75 earth-friendly exhibitors to learn about local conservation activities, beekeeping, green products, native plants, and much more.

Two special activities for young people showcase the next generation’s commitment to address climate change. An environmental art contest for K-12 age students will be judged by local artists. And throughout the day, student debate teams will argue both sides of hotbutton environmental issues.

You can also mellow out at two stages presenting top local musicians whose music encompasses boogie, blues, folk, and jazz. And several food vendors will offer a variety of tasty, locally sourced meals and snacks.

This day wouldn’t be possible without the support of our corporate sponsors and community partners.

For more information about sponsors and the program schedule, visit peanc.org/EDF.

ing for their lives were common in conversations in the shops. Death became very real and health topics came up even more often.

“There are times in the past that I’ve noticed some clients with swollen ankles and urged them

to get to a doctor to get it checked out. One of our clients had a very high blood pressure reading.

When I showed him the blood pressure chart, he didn’t believe that it was real. Lots of Black males don’t like to go to the doctor. I’m glad that clients

feel comfortable enough to talk about health, but the biggest thing we see in the barbershops when it comes to health conversations is misinformation,” said Anthony.

“Everyone thinks they know something about health. We feel what we learned from our families and friends growing up may have more value than actually going to the doctor. Learning more about the risk factors and warning signs for heart disease and stroke, has let me and my barbers be able to share right information when health conversations come up. We are not doctors, but we can direct people to where to learn more so they can get the info they need. It’s nice to be able to give more right information when it comes to health,” shared Anthony.

According to research published in the American Heart Associa-

tion journal Circulation, barbershop-based health interventions are effective in lowering high blood pressure in Black men.

The American Heart Association shares that the prevalence of high blood pressure among Black adults in the United States is among the highest in the world. More than 40% of non-Hispanic Black men and women have high blood pressure, with Black Americans often developing high blood pressure earlier in life.

“Some people may be receptive to accurate health info and some may not. You maybe can’t change everyone, but you might help save somebody,” said Anthony.

For more information on the Hair, Heart & Health program and the participating barbershops and salons, visit www.

Heart.org/Triad.

THE BEST PLACE TO START IS HEAD START. Head Start and Early Head Start are now accepting applications.

Every child in our community deserves the chance to succeed.

Helping each child build a solid foundation, right from the start can make a world of difference. Since 1965, Family Services has been providing high quality early learning programs for Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County income-eligible children birth to 5 years old. For more information, visit ReadySetHeadStart.org or call 336-778-7061.

Eliza’s Helping Hands to host Multicultural Blending Fest SUBMITTED ARTICLE

On May 22 Eliza’s Helping Hands (EHH), a local nonprofit that strives to bring resources to victims of domestic violence, is hosting the Multicultural Blending Fest to raise funds to help continue support for families and individuals in WinstonSalem and surrounding communities.

The event will be held at Bailey Park, 575 N. Patterson Ave., in WinstonSalem and is supported by The COOL Program, Creando Families Felices, and Hogar del Inmigrante. The event is designed to bring people from different cultural backgrounds together for a day filled with fun and fellowship. There will be family activities and games, food trucks and more. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward supporting Eliza’s Helping Hands’ PEARLS Program and other initiatives, such as the construction of the EHH Safe House for local victims.

PEARLS (Preparing Eager Achievers to Redirect their Lives Successfully), provides holistic support for Black and Latina girls ages 12

to 18 through counseling workshops and other activities that provide social, emotional, and career-development opportunities.

There is no cost for the nine-month program that coincides with the school year.

When complete, the EHH Safe House will provide a space where victims fleeing domestic, sexual violence, and/or human trafficking can get the support they need. Counselors and advocates will work directly with individuals and provide medical care as needed, court advocacy, peer support and case management services.

Eliza’s Helping Hands was started in 2015 by Kenya Thorton in honor of her grandmother and their giving heart. Thorton said her grandmother always stressed the importance of helping those in need and that’s exactly what she’s done. Since 2015 EHH has served over 5,000 survivors of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.

For more information about Multicultural Blending Fest and sponsorship opportunities or about Eliza’s Helping Hands, visit https://elizashelpinghands.org.

Head Start and Early Head Start programs offer: • 5-Star Centers and the only center in Forsyth County accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children • Degreed and certified Early Childhood teachers who provide a nurturing environment • A research-based and proven curriculum • Teacher-child ratio 1:9 for preschool and 1:4 for infant, toddler, and 2-year-olds • Multiple locations throughout the county • Ongoing support, referrals, and resources to assist families

ReadySetHeadStart.org 336-778-7061

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Community Easter Egg Hunt a huge success at Rupert Bell Park

Our drinking water meets all quality standards

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Last weekend Maximum Enterprises, which provides general services in all areas of non-profit business consulting and hosts the annual Triad Minority Business Expo, helped more than 100 children celebrate Easter.

On Saturday, Maximum Enterprises partnered with HOPE Counseling & Consulting Services, Team Overby Real Estate, McHoward Business Coaching, Total Concepts International, Inc., Boys2Men, and Covenant of Hope International, Inc., to host a Community Easter Egg Hunt.

During the egg hunt held at Rupert Bell Park, 150 children received a free Easter basket and every child left with something in their basket.

The event also included free food, music, face painting, and opportunities to take pictures with the Easter Bunny.

Scholarship From page A1

I decided now is the time … I don’t have any money, but I just felt like now is the time.”

The Deitra L. King Scholarship is open to any high school senior or undergraduate student in North Carolina who is pursuing a career in human services, such as social work or psychology. Applicants will also complete an essay.

“This is how we continue her legacy. We continue it through the scholarship.

We continue it by bring-

Drink up!

We take water from the Yadkin River and Salem Lake and treat it at the Neilson, Thomas and Swann water treatment plants to provide you and your family with safe water that meets EPA standards, as enforced by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality.

See our report at cityofws.org/wqr2021.

For translations, click Select Language at the bottom left of the webpage.

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During the egg hunt held at Rupert Bell Park, 150 children received a free Easter basket and every child left with something in their basket.

ing awareness to domestic violence and mental illness and planting those seeds,” Wells-Andrew said. “We can’t bring Deitra back, but the scholarship is to ensure that her legacy lives on.”

Wells-Andrew is optimistic that the scholarship is only the beginning. She is currently working on getting a street renamed in King’s honor and five to ten years from now, she hopes to have the Deitra L King Foundation up and running. She said the foundation will help families and individuals overcome domestic violence.

“This isn’t just about

my auntie. Deitra is representing the men and women who have been affected by domestic violence, the children that are left behind,” Wells-Andrew said.

“The scholarship is the catalyst to the other things that are going to come about. Ten years from now I see the Deitra L. King Foundation. I see a safe place, a resource center where people can go find the help they need.”

For more information or to apply for the Deitra L. King Memorial Scholarship, visit https://bold.org/ scholarships/deitra-l-kingmemorial-scholarship/.

10 things to know as NC primary election season begins SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The following are 10 things to know as the 2022 mid-term primary election approaches.

1. In the primary election, voters will select nominees for a political party to move on to the Nov. 8 general election.

Contests on the ballot include the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, N.C. General Assembly, state and local judges, district attorney, and county offices. In primaries, voters affiliated with a political party will be given a ballot of candidates for their party. Unaffiliated voters may choose the ballot of any party that has a primary. Libertarians do not have any primaries this year. For more information on the upcoming election, visit icptrack.com. Voters in approximately 30 municipalities across the state will also go to the polls to elect mayors and city/town council members. These municipal elections occur at the same time and on the same ballot as the primary contests for the general election. To find out if your municipality is conducting an election on May 17, visit the State Board’s Local Voter Tool.

2. For voters eligible to vote in 2022 primary and municipal elections, sample ballots are available through the State Board of Elections’ Voter

Search tool. Voters also may check their registration status, Election Day polling place and additional information about their voting record using the Voter Search.

3. Voters who have requested absentee-by-mail ballots should receive them soon. In North Carolina, any eligible voter can request, receive, and vote an absentee ballot by mail.

More information, click Vote By Mail on the state Board of Elections website..

4. Registered voters may request a ballot online at the North Carolina Absentee Ballot Portal.

Voters may also submit a ballot request by filling out the English N.C. Absentee Ballot Request Form for 2022 (PDF), the English N.C. Absentee Ballot Request Form for 2022 (nonfillable print-only PDF), or Spanish N.C. Absentee Request Form for 2022 (PDF), and returning it to their county board of elections. Voters who submit the request form, instead of using the State Board’s website, must submit the form by mail or in person.

They may not submit the request form via email or fax. The absentee ballot request deadline is May 10.

5. Overseas, military, and visually impaired voters may request, mark, and return their ballots through the State Board’s accessible portal.

6. By-mail voters in 2022 must once again have their ballot witnessed and the return envelope signed by two individuals or a notary. For 2020 only, because of the pandemic, the witness requirement was reduced to one.

7. By-mail voters may track their ballot using a service called BallotTrax.

8. The regular voter registration deadline for the May 17 primary election is April 22. Individuals who miss the deadline may register and vote at the same time during the in-person early voting period. Registered voters may not change their party affiliation after the voter registration deadline, and they may not change their party affiliation at an early voting site.

9. The in-person early voting period for the 2022 primary begins Thursday, April 28, and ends at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 14.

Voters may cast a ballot at any early voting site in their county. Early voting sites and schedules are available at the One-Stop Early Voting Site Search.

10. Election Day is May 17. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

For more information, go to the N.C. Board of Elections website at https://www.ncsbe.gov/.

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NBA season awards predictions Predicting who will win the season awards for the NBA can be tough because you never know who the voters will favor.

This year will probably be a guessing game due to some of the stellar play by some of the contenders in certain categories.

As I usually do this time of year, I wanted to give my predictions on the NBA award winners. I think I have a pretty good pulse on where most voters are leaning because we all know the most deserving person does not always win.

Here are my choices for the NBA awards.

Most Valuable Player: Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers Last season, Nikola Jokic was the betting favorite to win the MVP award. This year is a little different even though Jokic is having an even better year than he did last season. There are several more candidates that have a case to be named MVP this season. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jokic, Devin Booker and Joel Embiid all have had stellar seasons that are worthy of MVP consideration.

I went back and forth for a while to decide who I thought should win. Jokic is missing several teammates like Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray due to injury, yet he is still averaging 27 points, 13.8 rebounds and 8 assists. I was also leaning toward Booker because the Suns have the best record in the league, and he averaged 26.8 ppg., 5 rebs. and 5 asts. per game. He also kept the Suns as the No. 1 seed while star point guard Chris Paul was injured.

Giannis had another great season, but I felt he was in the best situation to succeed this season out of all the candidates.

When it came down to it, I chose Embiid because he was able to lead Philly to the No. 4 seed in the playoffs while going through the Ben Simmons drama earlier this season and keeping his team afloat while James Harden was going through his slump. Embiid led the league in scoring at 30.6 pts.. and he also averaged 11.7 rebs and 4.2 asts.

Embiid had a strong case to win it last season, but this year I feel he has done enough to separate himself from the pack.

Defensive Player of the Year: Marcus Smart, Boston Celtics Over the last 25 years, this award has usually gone to a forward or center, even though the league is more guard-oriented than ever. The choice of Smart as the Defensive Player of the Year was a much easier choice than my selection for MVP. Smart has been one of the best perimeter defensive players in the league for several seasons and I feel this year he deserves his credit. Other players like Bam Adebayo, Rudy Gobert and Mikal Bridges are also great defensive players in their own right; See NBA on B2

Photos by Alphonso Abbott Jr.

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The West Forsyth Lady Titan varsity la-

crosse team has been on a tear to start the season. They have run off 14 wins in a row without a loss and are looking like one of the better teams in the state. They dominated a recent

matchup with Mt. Tabor, winning by the score of 13-4. The Lady Titans will look to finish out their regular season undefeated and make a push for a state title.

Minga-Perry sisters tearing it up on the track

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Madison and Mariah Minga-Perry are track and field athletes for Walkertown High School. The two sisters are two of the best track and field athletes in the area and it all came from hard work and dedication.

The Minga-Perry sisters have been running track with Next Level Track Club since they were both around five years old.

That foundation of running from such a young age has turned them into stellar athletes.

“My parents put me in it at first,” said Madison.

“What kept me in it was the challenges and the development over the years,” said Madison about why she kept running track over the years. “Even though my parents made me start, I made the decision to keep going.”

Mariah says she started running because Madison was running and kept going because Madison continued to run.

Both sisters realized at a fairly young age that they were pretty good at the sport. They both have participated and received awards from high profile events such as Junior Olympics.

“We have always gone to JO’s (Junior Olympics) and stuff, but when I was 10, I was in Kids Sports Illustrated and I was like, I’m good at this,” Mariah

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Madison, left center, and Mariah Minga-Perry pose with their parents. said.

Their father, Keith Perry, says he noticed pretty early on that the girls would be good at track and field. Madison was a “late bloomer” and “it came more natural” for Mariah.

Madison runs a host of events on the track.

She runs the 200-meters, 400-meters, 4x1 relay, 4x4 relay and participates in the long jump, which is her best event. She is one of the best long jumpers in the area.

“Running is always fun, but once you find a field event that also spikes your interest, it’s definitely a challenge and makes me a better athlete,” Madison said about the long jump.

Mariah also participates in a number of events on the track. Her events

include the 100 meters, 200-meters, 4x1 relay, 4x2 relay and the 100-meter hurdles. The hurdles are Mariah’s favorite event and she is one of the top athletes in the event as a freshman.

“I got into it when I was 10 or 11 and I have thrived ever since then,” said Mariah. “It was an instant love. I have fallen plenty of times, but it was instant love.”

The pair really enjoy running on the same team together. The pair have always been in different age groups coming up the ranks of AAU track, but with Madison a senior and Mariah a freshman, this is the first year they actually get to run together.

Being the older sister, it was important for Madi-

son to impart wisdom on her younger sister about the things she has learned on the track.

“Definitely not to give up because even if you don’t see the potential, I see it, my parents see it, the coaches see it and that goes for any freshman or underclassman. Just keep working because there’s someone that sees the potential that you have, you just have to believe in yourself,” Madison continued.

Mariah has fully absorbed the lessons that her big sister has attempted to impart on her.

“She is a very hard worker, so she has pushed me to want to work hard just like her, honestly,” said Mariah.

The young ladies say

even though they run a lot of events during every meet, they try and get their necessary rest during the week to ensure they have the energy to compete at a high level every week.

Madison just went through the recruiting process and has chosen to attend Tuskegee University to continue her education and her track career. After thinking about all of the schools who wanted her, she chose Tuskegee because they had everything she wanted in a school.

“Tuskegee kind of gave me the whole package,” she said. “Some schools told me if I wanted to play sports and have my major it would be too much and I would have to pick between the two, but Tuskegee said you can do all of this and they gave me the money for it.

“So many people tell you when you visit colleges and you talk to the coaches, there is like a feeling where you know. I definitely got that feeling when I first talked to the coaches and when I really stepped foot on the campus, it was just a different feeling from any other school. Also meeting the current athletes and even some random students was just a welcoming atmosphere and that is something you need to look for when you are looking into a college.”

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Area lacrosse player reflects on career at VMI

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Trejan Cannon was a standout lacrosse player at Reynolds High School before heading off to play collegiately at Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Now that his career is wrapping up at VMI, Cannon opened up on his time with the Keydets.

Cannon was voted as a preseason All-Conference player and a captain for the team. He will graduate from VMI this spring semester; however, he will still have one year of eligibility left to play anywhere he would like.

Cannon reflects fondly on his career at VMI. Cannon says he was prepared for the jump in competition upon arriving at college, but says you have to feel it to believe it.

“It was exactly what I expected, especially when it came to teams such as High Point University, Richmond University, you know, these top tier teams,” said Cannon about the skill level of the players at the collegiate level. “For the most part, making that switch was pretty tough because I came in starting as a freshman but during the breaks, I was able to build my skill level up on my own and I was able to adapt pretty fast as well.”

Making the transition from high school to college is tough for most freshmen. For VMI students, they have the military component for an added responsibility. Cannon says all of the running and physical activity actually helped him on the lacrosse field.

“From a training aspect, it actually helped. With all of the running and physical conditioning that we did, it definitely benefited me in the end. When it came to school, trying to balance all three as far as the military aspect, lacrosse and classes, it was pretty tough.”

Cannon has developed in a multitude of ways since stepping on campus. Growth is part of the college experience and Cannon has enjoyed the process, he said.

“Physically I graduated high school at 150 and I am finishing up at 190, so I have put on 40 pounds physically. But I would say all around I am definitely a lot faster and

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Trejan Cannon poses with his family.

have more endurance,” he said about his physical growth. “When it comes to mental, the game was a lot faster as a freshman being new to this skill level. I had to slow the game down as I gradually progressed.”

Personal accolades are not something that Cannon strives for. He would rather have team success than individual success, so that’s where most of his focus lies when it comes to lacrosse.

“For me personally, not much, but I wanted to continue being that leader on the team and being there for the guys at the end of the day,” he said about his focus on the team.

“Personal achievements are not the end all, be all. I want to be able to show guys that I am there for them at the end of the day. As a team I wanted to help be impactful to help the team to win more games.”

So far this season, Cannon feels he has performed well. He says he always feels there were improvements he could have made to improve the team’s chances of winning.

“To me, I don’t know why, maybe it’s my competitive mindset, but I can always do more. I would definitely say my senior year has been successful,” he stated. “I have noticed that during the semester that guys have come up to me and asked me for advice, especially coming from being such a reserved person my freshman year in college.

“Guys come to me for advice and see me as a leader and role model.

It’s an amazing feeling honestly and just being there for guys and knowing guys are able to come to me, ap-

proach me and talk about anything is one of those great moments for me.”

Stepping on the field for the last time with the Keydets will be an emotional one for Cannon. When he thinks back on his college career on and off the field, he will miss things, but is happy for the next stage in his life.

Cannon recently had the opportunity to play in front of some family and friends when VMI traveled to play High Point University on April 8. Unfortunately for Cannon and the Keydets, High Point won 16-5.

“It was a great feeling. I do wish I gave a better performance because we didn’t win that game,” he said.

“It was the first time being close to home where family could see, and friends could come out and support.

I wanted to show them how hard I have worked to get where I am now.

I have such a big support system and people watching me.

“It was an indescribable feeling to be honest. It really, from a mental aspect, it really gave me more of a reason to go even harder at the end of the day because I have my nephews, nieces and little cousins looking up to me, seeing that I am doing great things. I just want to show them that they can do it as well.”

Cannon has also been an inspiration for other young Black boys and girls who are interested in playing because of him. He is happy to be the reason other young African American children become attracted to the game of lacrosse.

“Having my mom send me those messages where kids are saying they are doing lacrosse because of me. Me being that representation is like why not try to give even more to that,” Cannon said about inspiring Black kids to pick up the sport. “My little brother has also picked up the sport.

It’s his first time playing this year and even wearing my number and says it’s because of me.

“With that in mind, I told myself I have another year, which I plan on using because of that representation.

If I do get the chance to play at the next level, I will take it just to show there are more opportunities out here.”

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however, Smart gives Boston that defensive stopper and can guard multiple positions night in and night out on a high level.

Smart was a big reason for the Celtics ascension to the No. 2 spot in the Eastern Conference. If Smart wins, he would be the first guard to win the award since Gary Payton in 1996, meaning it is long overdue to have a guard take home this honor.

Rookie of the Year: Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers For much of the season Mobley was my favorite to win Rookie of the Year.

He consistently played well and was one of the big reasons the Cavs overachieved all season. Cade Cunningham and Scottie Barnes were also rookies who had a shot at the award.

The final stretch of the season made things kind of murky as far as Mobley being the runaway winner.

The Cavs had a late season slump while Barnes and the Raptors made a late season push. For the season, Mobley averaged 15 pts., 8.3 rebs. and 2.5 asts., while Barnes averaged 15.3 pts., 7.5 rebs. and 3.5 asts.

It would be hard to judge who is the rightful winner based solely on stats, so I chose Mobley based on his consistent play and the way he helped the Cavs into the playoffs when no one thought they would even sniff the playoffs. I wouldn’t be upset if Barnes won the award, I just feel Mobley had the better overall season.

Most Improved Player: Dejounte Murray, San Antonio Spurs I know much of the mainstream media are leaning toward Ja Morant as the winner of Most Improved Player this year, but for me Morant was already a star last year. Morant has made progress in

his game; however, Murray is my choice for Most Improved.

Murray improved in almost all statistical categories especially in points and assists. The Spurs were not a very good team this year, but Murray was one reason to watch them play. Others like Darius Garland and Jordan Poole were thought about for this award as well. Murray, in my opinion, made the biggest leap in his game above all others in consideration.

I know the award is probably going to go to Morant because of his popularity, but if not for injuries that cost him quite a few games, Morant would probably be in talks for MVP. Sixth Man of the Year: Tyler Herro, Miami Heat I think Herro has had this award wrapped up for quite some time now. He has put up numbers as if he were a starter (20.7 ppg, 5 rebs., 4 asts.). I didn’t have to debate much about this award as the only players even worthy of talking about were Kevin Love and Kelly Oubre.

Love and Oubre had good seasons that should be congratulated. Herro was just head and shoulders above everyone else.

Coach of the Year: Monty Williams, Phoenix Suns Yes, the Suns made it to the NBA finals last year and were expected to do well this season. They not only met those expectations, they exceeded them.

The Suns improved their win total by 13 games this year and finished with the best record in the NBA. They were able to accomplish this while Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton missed extended periods this season. Taylor Jenkins, Erik Spoelstra, Jason Kidd and Ime Udoka should all garner some votes with how well their teams performed this season. They all are behind Williams in my opinion.

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The 68th Forsyth County Baptist Training Institute launches virtual session SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Sunday School Lesson

Freedom in Christ Jesus Scriptures: John 8:31-38 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Consider the double meaning of slavery and freedom in Jesus’ conversation with believing Jews; *Ponder the many ways people are enslaved in current society; *Live in the freedom Jesus gives to those who follow Him. Background: The lesson takes place in the Jerusalem Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles, which is a celebration of God’s provision and His protection (Leviticus 23:33-44). So, the congregation was a mix of all classes of Jews as Jesus taught explaining theological concepts: the glory of God, following the Sabbath laws, knowledge of God, the living waters of the spirit, His coming death, true light for the world, standards for judgment and truth. Key in this week’s lesson is the freedom truth provides. Jesus says that truth will be found in following His word (John 17:17).

Lesson: Set Free (John 8:31-32). Verse 30 says “… many believed on Him.” And is followed by Jesus explaining that those who would be disciples had to go beyond the beginnings of belief, they needed to “continue” in belief. “If you abide in My word, you are disciples indeed.” – abide is to live in, to dwell in, to make your home in. There is a vivid point being made here - there are conditions for those who would follow Him, partial faith was not enough. To be a “disciple indeed” required being at home with the word, living with it continually as a permanent influence and stimulus that leads to freedom revealed in truth. “And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” (verse 32). The truth here refers to the facts surrounding Jesus as Messiah and Son of God and His teachings. This truth brings freedom that comes through spiritual awakening through the power of Christ – “divine truth.”

Truly Free (verses 33-36). These verses are in essence a dispute over whose children the contenders in this conversation really are. “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone…”

– The Jews had been in bondage or political subjection to Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Greece, Syria, and Rome.

So, this statement was, (had to be) in reference to an inward sense of freedom. But they missed Jesus’ point – He clarifies - “Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.” (verse 34). The kind of slavery Jesus had in mind was not physical slavery but slavery to sin. The ultimate bondage is not political or economical enslavement, but spiritual bondage to sin and rebellion against God. In verses 35-36 the Jews thought themselves as free sons of Abraham, but Jesus knew they were slaves to sin and that He was the only one who could set them free.

Free to Follow (verses 37-38). “I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because My word hath no place in you.” – Jesus pointedly tells them that they cannot be free if they sin by wanting to kill him because He declares what He has seen in the Father’s presence. “I speak that which I have seen with My Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.” (verse 38). Jesus would soon tell them who their father was (Read verses 39-44). (The UMI Annual Commentary 2021-2022, The Jewish Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, The New Interpreters Study Bible and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: Who can rightly claim to be a descendant of Abraham? Define truth as it pertains to freedom?

Application: Ask yourself if you are truly free. Then examine your own life for ways in which you are still in bondage to sin. List at least one condition from which you wish to be set free. Self-deception can be powerful – Pray sincerely for God to give you the desire to be led out of bondage from that issue. (UMI).

FYI: Forsyth County Sunday School Union will meet “virtually” Sunday, May 15, at 1:30 p.m. Please join us for our annual Bible Bowl, where our youth will display an amazing knowledge of Biblical facts in a fun-filled competition. You may join using the following “Zoom” credentials: ID 819 7872 9662, Passcode 787444, Phone: 1-301-715-8592.

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The 68th Forsyth County Baptist Training Institute, hosted by the Rowan Baptist Forsyth County Missionary Union, launches the 2022 virtual session, “Our Mission in Serving the Present Age.” Please join the class and worship at 6 p.m. each weeknight beginning Monday, April 25, through Friday, April 29.

This year, Rev. Frederick L. Barnes, Jr., pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, will serve as host pastor and share an inspirational message each evening.

Instructors of adult classes will focus on discussions to engage each group as they study “To Serve This Present Age – Social Justice Ministries in the Black Church,” authors Danielle L. Ayers and Reginald W. Williams.

Classes are sponsored by the Forsyth County Missionary Union: president, Lynda Breeden; vice presidents, Gloria Morgan-Flowers, Carolyn Kerns and Carolyn Thompson; and co-sponsored by the Baptist Ministers’ Fellowship: president Rev. James Fullwood; the Ushers’ Union: president, Mr. Bobby Clinkscales; the Sunday School Union: president, Mr. Marcus Neal;, and the Health & Wellness Guild: president, Min. Rochelle Martin. Classes will meet for the deacons and trustees.

All churches and friends in the community and surrounding areas are invited to participate nightly. Join this Zoom event by phone, computer or tablet. More information such as the connections to access the Baptist Training Institute and event details can be found in our flier. To request a flier, email fcbaptisttraining.info@ gmail.com.

The instructors and classes are as follows: The Pastors and Ministers class will be taught by Rev. Ronald Speas, pastor of New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Speas, active in Christian ministry for more than 25 years, has taught in various venues, including the N.C. General Baptist State Convention, Yadkin Valley Baptist Association, High Point Educational, the Missionary Baptist Association, and the Forsyth County Sunday School Union. He is second vice moderator of HPEMBA and vice president of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem.

The instructor for the Trustee

Class, Ms. Marilyn James, is a graduate of Forsyth Technical Community College. She is a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church and a member of the Galilee Board of Directors. There she serves as a trustee and provides biblical training for the Trustee Ministry. She also teaches in the Forsyth County Sunday School Union.

The instructor for the Sunday School Union class for superintendents and teachers, Minister Velma McCloud, serves as associate minister at Piney Grove Baptist Church.

She is a member of the Missionary, Intercessory Prayer, and Prison ministries. She serves as an advisor to the Young Adult Ministry and is a Sunday school teacher.

The Usher’s Union Class will be led by Mr. Rodney McCormick, a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. There he serves as the president of the Senior Usher Board, superintendent of the Sunday school, and director of the vacation Bible school. Currently, he is the assistant dean for the General Baptist State Convention of N.C. He is a graduate of N.C. A&T State University and the University of Kentucky.

The Health & Wellness Guild (formerly known as the Nurses’ Guild) will be taught by Ms. Sharon Roberts. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in organizational management and a master of arts degree in management from Ashford University. Ms. Roberts is a member of New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church where she serves on the

Health Ministry and is president of Alms for Christ Missionary Ministry. She is currently employed at the Forsyth County Department of Public Health as a community fitness and wellness coordinator, adult health educator, and the N.C. Minority Diabetes Prevention coordinator for Region 3. She is the current vice president of the Forsyth County Union Health and Wellness Guild.

The Deacon’s class will be taught

by Deacon Christopher Brooks who also led the class last year. He describes himself as a born again believer in Jesus Christ. Currently he serves as the chairman of the deacons at the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Walkertown. He is a Sunday school and evening Bible study teacher.

The Senior Missionary instructor is Ms. Sheila Sullivan of New Jerusalem Baptist Church. She has been an institute instructor for several years. Ms. Sullivan has earned degrees from Winston-Salem State University and Vintage Bible College and Seminary, where she has earned continuing education training credits and certificates in missions, Christian education, youth, young adult, senior and women’s ministries.

The instructor for the Missionary Young Adults is Dr. Cynthia Dixon, who accepted the call into ministry in December 1994. She is an associate at First Waughtown Baptist Church. Dr. Dixon is committed to discipleship. She has served faithfully in many capacities including youth church teacher, missionary, Bible study instructor and vacation Bible school instructor. She is the founder and CEO of Cynthia Dixon Ministries, Inc. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Dr. Dixon earned a master’s in divinity from Shaw University, a master’s from Gardner-Webb University and a doctorate from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. She is employed by the Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County School system in the career and technical department.

The youth are especially invited to attend this Zoom event on Thursday and Friday night. The youth instructors are eager to share these dynamic topics.

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Installation service to be held for Rev. Dr. Richard W. Gray, II SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The Dreamland Park Missionary Baptist Church family is happy to announce the installation service for our newly elected pastor, Rev. Dr. Richard W. Gray II. Pastor Gray was elected to serve as our new pastor in November 2021. We are thankful God has given us a leader who has such a caring spirit and a true believer of what God can and will do for our church. One of his favorite sayings is “Watch God, Dreamland,” There will be two services at Dreamland Park Missionary Baptist Church, 2340 Dunbar St., leading up to his installation. On Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m., Pastor James Clyburn of Red Bank Baptist Church, Germanton, will bring the message,

and on Friday, April 29, at 7 p.m., Pastor Darryl Scott of New Hope AME Zion, Lewisville, will bring the message.

Pastor Gray’s installation service will take place at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, 4129 Northampton Drive, where Dr. Nathan E. Scovens, Sr. is pastor. Dr. Scovens will bring the message for this wonderful occasion on Sunday, May 1, at 4 p.m.

The Dreamland Park Missionary Baptist Church family would love for you to join us in any or all of these services.

Thank you Dr. Scovens and Galilee Missionary Baptist Church from Dreamland Park for hosting this special occasion for our pastor. We pray God’s continued blessings on you and your church.

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Rev. Dr. Richard W. Gray II

RELIGION CALENDAR

Thursdays and Saturdays Free Meals Christ Rescue Temple Church, 1500 North Dunleith Ave., will serve hot meals as part of the People Helping People Feeding Program. Meals will be served every Thursday and Saturday from noon until 1 p.m. at the church’s location. For more information, call 336-7229841.

Each Sunday Worship services Green Street United Methodist Church, 639 S. Green St., Winston-Salem, invites you to join online worship services on Sundays at 11 a.m., or in-person services at 8:45 a.m. The 11 a.m. service, which is available via Facebook and YouTube, is a celebration of the diversity of the human family, a no-frills service that is thoughtful, personal, and deeply spiritual. The 8:45 a.m. service is a quiet, contemplative space including prayer, scripture, preaching, and communion; masks and social distancing will be in effect in the sanctuary. Join us at www. greenstreetumc.org, on YouTube, or on Facebook.

Each Sunday Sunday service

Transformation Ministries will have service every Sunday at 10 a.m. We are located at 4880 Burnette Drive. Masks are required.

3rd Friday of each month Women’s fellowship The Antioch Baptist Church (ABC) Women, 5061 Lansing Dr., cordially invites all women to join us the third Friday of each month at 7 p.m. for conversation as we share and embrace each other in these challenging times. Join us via conference call. Dial in: 267-807-9601 Access Code:189545592#. Rev. Frederick L. Barnes, Jr. is the senior pastor. For more information, call 336-9923751.

April 24 First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Online Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, Senior Pastor of First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC), will resume the series From Generation to Generation: Impacting Each Generation with Truth based on Psalm 78:1-8 for in-person worship service Sunday, April 24. Doors will open at 9:15 a.m. for screening prior to the 10 a.m. service.

Completed waiver forms and masks that cover the nose

and mouth are still required. The form can be submitted electronically on the FWBC website – www.firstwaughtown.org -- click on RE-ENTRY 2022, and printed copies will be available in the lobby prior to service. Other in-person protocols and information about 6 p.m. virtual Sunday School are accessible via the FWBC homepage RE-ENTRY link. Persons who prefer to continue worshiping virtually are invited to join us on the following platforms: YouTube, https://www.youtube.com (First Waughtown); Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/ FirstWaughtown/; and the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown.org. (NOTE: Services are posted on a one-week delay.)

April 28 Speaker series Faith & Justice Committee of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church presents “In my Backyard: Faith and Current Events Speaker Series” on Thursday, April 28, from noon to 1 p.m. in a virtual presentation This installment discusses how policy meets practice in creating equity in our schools. The featured speaker is Kellie Easton who is the executive director of Action4Equity. Please register in advance for the Zoom webinar by emailing Kathy at kathyausen@gmail.com.

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Community Calendar Every Wednesday in April Marketing workshop HUSTLE Winston-Salem is hosting Marketing Outside the Box: Secrets and Success of Selling.

Join us for this 3-week interactive series where you’ll learn strategies, secrets, and success of selling. You’ll have the opportunity to practice these strategies one-on-one, as well as solidify your company’s secret sauce (USP).

These sessions will help you master the art and science of selling! Join us every Wednesday 12:30-1:30 p.m. Register by going to www.hustlews.org/eventsprograms. Contact us at hustlewsinfo@gmail.com.

NOW- April 25 Tr a n s f o r m a t i v e Grant application Local non-profit organizations can apply for a transformative grant starting at 8 a.m. Friday, March 25, using the application link posted at CityofWS. org/TransformativeGrants.

Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m.

Monday, April 25. The City Council is seeking proposals for programs that have a long-lasting, transformative impact on such social and economic needs as poverty alleviation, job training and economic mobility.

Grant proposals will be accepted from any registered non-profit organization with current 501(c)3 tax-exempt status and that has been in business for at least a year as of March 25. There is no minimum or maximum grant amount that an organization may request. The full list of documents is posted at CityofWS.org/TransformativeGrants. Applicants with questions can send an email to ARPA@cityofws. org.

NOW- May 31 Literary contest Flying South, the annual literary competition sponsored by WinstonSalem Writers, is accepting entries in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from March 1 through May 31. $2,000 in prizes will be awarded. Best in Category winners will be published and will receive $500 each. One of the three winners will receive the Winston-Salem Writers’ President’s Favorite award and will win an additional $500. All entries will be considered for publication.

For complete rules and submission details, visit www.wswriters.org/ flying-south. Winners will be announced on or around July 1, 2022.

April-May Volunteers needed The Piedmont Plus Senior Games needs volunteers to help with a variety of events during April and May. Some events include: Bocce, shuffleboard, tennis, chair volleyball, billiards, golf and field events. Each event is only a couple of hours, most on weekdays, some are indoors, some are outdoors.

For more information and to sign up, visit the signup page at:https://signup. com/go/ksXQJQo OR contact Kevin (kevinw@ cityofws.org) or Anna (annam@cityofws.org) or call the Senior Games office, 336-725-2325. Piedmont Plus Senior Games, a program for adults age 50+, is offered through the City of Winston-Salem Parks and Recreation. Come join the fun!

NOW - April 29 Artistic Expressions Art Show The Shepherd Center’s Artistic Expressions group is having its first art show April 18-29. Hours are Mondays and Tuesdays, noon-3 p.m. and Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the upper level of The Shepherd’s Center, 1700 Ebert Street. There is a variety

of mediums on display and some of the artwork will be for sale with part of the proceeds benefiting The Shepherd’s Center.

April 23 10-minute Play Workshop Winston-Salem Writers will host a workshop on how to write a 10-minute play, led by local playwrights Nathan Ross Freeman and Grace Ellis, on Saturday, April 23, from 10 a.m. until noon. Participants will learn how to write and structure a 10-minute play. Freeman will also discuss how to secure rights to your work as you become a published and produced playwright.

The workshop will take place at Authoring Action, 646 W. 6th St. Cost is a donation to Authoring Action. Space is limited.

To register, email David Ratcliffe at deratcliffe@ gmail.com.

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Happy Hill Cemetery cleanup The next Happy Hill Cemetery cleanup will be April 23, May 14 and 28 at 10 a.m. Location - Pitts and Willow Street, 888 Willow Street. Bring gloves and any yard equipment you have. Bring your form if you need credit for community service.

ADDITIONAL HELP NEEDED - Speak with your older relatives. Ask if they know of any ancestors, especially veterans, that may be buried in the Happy Hill Cemetery.

Flags can be placed at the stones of veterans. Families may want to place flowers at a particular stone if located. Provide the name and your contact information. This cemetery is owned by Rising Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Happy Hill Cemetery Friends are attempting to keep this site beautiful.

For additional information, contact Mrs. Maurice Johnson, (336) 978-2866 or jmauricepj@aol.com.

April 24 Zerwick to speak at Central Library Phoebe Zerwick, author of “Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt,” will speak at Central Library on Sunday, April 24 at 4 p.m.

Journalist Phoebe Zerwick began investigating Darryl Hunt’s case in 2003, after he’d been wrongly incarcerated for almost 20 years. Hunt was accused of killing Winston-Salem Journal newspaper editor, Deborah Sykes in 1984.

The program is one of four events offered as part of MUSE Winston-Salem’s community read.

April 26 Free Shred Event AARP Forsyth and AARP Triad Region will hold a free community shred event on Tuesday, April 26, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds. Four box maximum per individual.

Donations may be made to support the work of AARP in our community.

April 30 Art and Business Expo Call for artists and vendors! Join us, HUSTLE Winston-Salem and @Vision Events Center for the Art & Business Expo. We are seeking local vendors who make and sell fine arts, crafts, soap, skincare, candles, jewelry, antiques, food, plants, clothing, accessories, and more! Click the link to learn more and share to help spread the word! http://ow.ly/ pBIo50IzJe9 April 30 Women’s conference National Women of Achievement, Inc., (NWOA) Southeast Region will host its annual

Profiles of Prominence and Regional Conference on April 30 at 3 p.m. This year, for safety reasons, the event will be held virtually.

Anyone wishing to attend Profiles of Prominence may contact Achiever Dr. Evelyn Sanders (evelsndrs@aol.com), Achiever Norma Corley (corleynorma@gmail.com) or Achiever Pat Wynn (wynntwn@aol.com).

May 5-7 Used book sale The Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem will hold its 35th Annual Used Book Sale on Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on Saturday, May 7, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (1/2 Price on all items!). The book sale is one of the largest in our state! Parking and admission are FREE! The sale will be held in the Education Building at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds.

Entrance for parking is through Gate 5 from Deacon Blvd. There is no admission and there will be thousands of used books and other items on hand at exceptional prices.

May 6 “Mediums in Motion” Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County will host “Mediums in Motion” -- a dynamic and captivating exhibition featuring local artist and designer Affee Vickers. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, May 6, 2022 from 5-7 p.m. in the Main Gallery with an opportunity to speak with the artist. This exclusive exhibit will be on display at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts May 6 – June 11.

May 8 Mother’s Day lunch Bookmarks is excited to host a Mother’s Day Lunch with bestselling author of Sunset Beach, Mary Kay Andrews on Sunday, May 8 at Reynolds Place Theatre inside the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. This is presented with support from Wilkinson ERA Real Estate Winston-Salem. Tickets are $45 for each person and include a signed hardcover of The Homewreckers, a boxed lunch from Mrs. Pumpkins, parking, and author talk with a post-event booksigining.

Visit bookmarksnc.org/ MaryKayAndrews for more information and tickets.

June 18 Juneteenth registration Triad Cultural Arts’ Annual Juneteenth Festival will take place on Saturday, June 18, at Innovation Quarter — Biotech Place from 1 – 5 p.m. and Bailey Park from 1 – 8 p.m. Our theme for this year is Celebrate Freedom & The Will to Be Free with a focus on African American healing rituals & traditions.

If you are interested in performing at this year’s festival, please complete the Performer Application form. Be sure to add a URL link to your website/social media page or a link to a video of your band performing in the comment section. https://form.jotform. com/220527954068158.

If you are interested in participating as a Merchandise/Business, NonProfit, or Food Vendor, please complete the Vendor Registration form. https://triadculturalarts. org/index.php/vendors/.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 6 of Chapter 160D 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 7:00 p.m. on May 2, 2022, on the following proposed amendments to the Official Zoning Map of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina: 1. Zoning petition of City of Winston-Salem from Forsyth County RS9 to Winston-Salem RS9: property is located on the west side of Old Belews Creek Road, north of Brevard Street; property consists of ± 33.86 acres and is PIN 6857-21-3183 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps (Zoning Docket W-3518).

2. Site Plan Amendment of Covington-Ring, Incorporated for changes to convert a townhouse development to a single-family residential development in a RM8-S zoning district: property is located on the west side of Murray Road, across from Becks Church Road; property consists of ± 20.99 acres and is PIN 6818-44-8854 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps and on a site plan on file in the office of the CityCounty Planning Board (Zoning Docket W3521).

3. Zoning petition of Brenda K. Akin from RS9 to LB-L (Animal Shelter, Public; Arts and Crafts Studio; Banking and Financial Services; Bed and Breakfast; Car Wash; Child Care, Drop-In; Church or Religious Institution, Community; Church or Religious Institution, Neighborhood; Club or Lodge; Combined Use; Food or Drug Store; Funeral Home; Furniture and Home Furnishings Store; Government Offices, Neighborhood Organization, or Post Office; Habilitation Facility A; Habilitation Facility B; Habilitation Facility C; Kennel, Indoor; Library, Public; Limited Campus Uses; Micro-Brewery or MicroDistillery; Motor Vehicle, Rental and Leasing; Motorcycle Dealer; Museum or Art Gallery; Nursery, Lawn and Garden Supply Store, Retail; Offices; Police or Fire Station; Recreation Facility, Public; Recreation Services, Indoor; Restaurant (without drive-through service); Retail Store; School, Vocational or Professional; Services, A; Shopping Center, Small; Special Events Center; Urban Agriculture; Utilities; Veterinary Services; Adult Day Care Center; Child Care, Sick Children; Child Day Care Center; School, Private; School, Public; Access Easement, Private Off-Site; and Storage Services, Retail): property is located on the northeast corner of University Parkway and Coral Drive; property consists of ± 0.77 acre and is PIN 682921-9378 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps (Zoning Docket W-3522).

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 CityCounty 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 5:00 p.m.

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A primary election will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 in Forsyth County to nominate Democratic candidates for the following offices: US Senate (1 Seat), North Carolina House of Representatives 71st District (1 seat), 74th District (1 Seat), Forsyth County Board of Commissioners At-Large (1 seat), District A (2 seats), Forsyth County Board of Education At-Large (3 seats), District 1 (2 seats), and Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court (1 Seat); to nominate Republican candidates for the following offices: US Senate (1 Seat), US House of Representatives 5th District (1 Seat), 6th District (1 seat), North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 5 (1 seat), North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Seat 9 (1 seat), Seat 11 (1 seat), North Carolina House of Representatives 91st District (1 seat), Forsyth County Board of Education AtLarge (3 seats), and District 2 (4 seats).

Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the day of the election, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. One-stop Early Voting locations and schedule may be obtained by calling the Forsyth County Board of Elections or viewed on the website, www.fcvotes.com. One-stop Early Voting will be open from Thursday, April 28 until Saturday, May 14 at 3:00 p.m. The Forsyth County Board of Elections will meet Friday, May 27, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Forsyth County Government Center, to canvass the votes cast in the election in Forsyth County.

In the primary election, voters will select nominees for a political party to move on to the November 8 General Election. Voters affiliated with a political party may only vote in their party’s primary. Unaffiliated voters may choose the ballot of candidates for any party primary.

Those who are not already registered to vote in the county must register by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 22, 2022 at the Forsyth County Board of Elections office located at 201 N. Chestnut Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101; Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voters who are not registered in the county by that deadline may register and vote during one-stop early voting only, and will be required to provide documentation of their identity and residence. In addition, voters who have moved since the last election, need to make address changes, change their party affiliation, or process a name change must do so by the registration deadline. Otherwise, a current Forsyth County registered voter who has moved within the county may transfer their precinct on Election Day according to the provision of G.S. 163-82.15 (e). Registration forms are also available at the Department of Motor Vehicles when obtaining or renewing a driver’s license, Forsyth County Public Libraries and www.fcvotes.com.

Requests for an absentee ballot must be made on an absentee request form (available online at www.fcvotes.com or in-person at the county board of elections office). An absentee request form is now valid only if returned to the county board of elections by the voter, the voter’s near relative or legal guardian, or a Multipartisan Assistance Team (MAT). The request form must be received through the online portal, mailed or delivered in person to the voter’s county board of elections. The deadline to request a ballot by mail is by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. An extension may be possible for voters with an illness or disability.

Absentee voting requires the voter to complete an application on the ballot return envelope that must be witnessed by two qualified persons or a notary public. Completed absentee ballots must be returned to the Forsyth County Board of Elections by 5:00 p.m. on Election Day (ballots received by mail after this time will be considered timely if they are received within three business days and postmarked on or before Election Day). If the voter lives in a facility such as a nursing home, and the voter’s near relative or legal guardian is not available, the voter or the facility may arrange to have the county board of elections schedule a visit by a Multipartisan Assistance Team to provide assistance and serve as witnesses.

Voters voting in person are entitled to assistance by an election official, or, if assistance is needed due to disability or illiteracy, by a qualified person of their choice. Voting sites are accessible to all voters. Curbside voting is available for voters who are not physically able to enter the voting sites. The voting places may be obtained by calling the Forsyth County Board of Elections or viewed on www.fcvotes.com.

Persons with questions about registration, polling places, early voting, absentee ballots, a Multipartisan Assistance Team visit to a facility or other election matters may call the Forsyth Board of Elections Office at (336) 703- 2800, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

This is the 17th day of March, 2022.

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LEGAL NOTICES City of Winston-Salem Annual Notice of Chronic Violator Properties

Per the city code, a chronic violator is a person who owns property whereupon, in

the previous calendar year, the City issued at least three environmental notices for

violations of Chapter 62-2(c) or (d) (unmanaged weeds or shrubbery) or any Chapter 26 sections related to (garbage or trash).

Per city code sections (C.O.) 62-2(e) or 26-14, the following Chronic Violator property owners are hereby notified that their properties are subject to city abatement,

without further notification, if a violation of either of the identified city code sections is found during calendar year 2021.

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TWIN COUNTY PROPERTIES INC

PO BOX 607

100 N MAIN ST, STE 2425

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JONES TYWANE S

LAKESIDE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC GERALDS JOHN HEIRS

HUNTER FLETCHER HEIRS

8004 FRANCES HAVEN DR

3520 N 54TH AVE

100 N MAIN ST STE 2425

PO BOX 12354

WRIGHT RICHARD D HEIRS

1506 WILLIAMSON ST

FINCHER FRANK HRS

909 CAMEL AVE

WALTER MILLER MCCRAY

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DAILEY JATIQUE R

308 KLAGG CT

ROSEBORO LENORA H

1436 DOUGLAS ST

MCCOY JAMES

14 N 17TH ST

BELL GWENDOLYN S

485 VETERANS WAY

SPEAKS REECE HEIRS

3407 REGINA CT

BROWN ADA SETTLES ET AL;

145 S GRAHAM AVE

PRESTON HAZEL K

100 N MAIN ST, STE 2425

WOOTEN MISTY

538 SMITHDALE ST

RMBM INC

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RMBM INC

PO BOX 1032

G L G CORPORATION

PO BOX 4011

FLAT IRON HOLDINGS LLC

PO BOX 8451

GREENE LEON B

222 N JACKSON AVE

HAIRSTON JAMES W HEIRS

2238 N GLENN AVE

JOHNSON JAKE J HEIRS

1881 KENTUCKY AVE

WALL ODESSA R HEIRS

901 N JACKSON AVE

RMBM INC

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RAY R

PO BOX 283

CARTER REBECCA J

945 MOUNT ZION PL

DAVIS JERROD L HEIRS

311 GLEN EAGLES DR

DUNCAN LISA

3602 OLD GREENSBORO RD

REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD BEREAN BEREAN INTERNATIONAL CHURCH

PO BOX 54

1001 S MARSHALL ST

MCCORKLE KEITH BERNARD

2216 BOOKER ST

DAVIS MARY SNOW

1610 CANNON AVE

JONES MELISSA A

930 N CLEVELAND AVE, APT A

FURCHES CORNELLA Y

1500 CLARK AVE

BURTS JOHN ALBERT HEIRS

219 PARKWOOD AVE

SNUGGS DONALD

449 GLOVINIA ST

RHODY ISAIAH

1447 CLARK AVE, APT B

RUFFIN MARGUERITE GILBERT

P O BOX 3582

414 E MONTCASTLE DR, APT A

BAKERS HOUSE INC

RUSSELL-BRUTON CYNTHIA

6314 SHORT WHEEL WAY

PN RENTAL I LLC

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COPE VALERIE GAYLE

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UNITED CHRISTIAN OUTREACH

47 WOODSIDE AVE, STE 1 3197 AIRPORT RD

JOHNSON ALLINE B HEIRS DIAZ SALVADOR GARCIA

2516 ANSONIA ST

MT CALVARY HOLINESS CHURCH

3101 HEITMAN DR

WILLIAMS EDNA HEIRS

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FAULKNER LUCILLE

3161 BUTTERFIELD DR 3037 COLGATE DR

THOMPSON GWENDOLYN A

MARTIN ELIZABETH W

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MUHAMMAD WARITH F

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HARRINGTON VIOLA

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SWAIN HENRY CLAY~ HEIRS

5101 FREDONIA AVE

JAMES HENRY MAE

1405 N JACKSON AVE

RAY R

PO BOX 283

JOHNSON JOSIE E

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RAY R

PO BOX 283

VISIONZ ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX INC 4927 W MARKET ST, STE 3000 B

NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INI 5800 FARINGDON PL PROPERTY BROKERS

LITTLE GASTON J HEIRS LAWSON J H JR HEIRS

1719 N LIBERTY ST

801 N MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR, APT 8C 4561 OAK RIDGE DR

JONES VICTOR

4405 EAGLES NEST DR

MEB INVESTMENTS INC

COVINGTON MICHAEL LEON DAVIDSON HOOD RUTH E HEIRS

SMITH CELIA W HEIRS

1330 N JACKSON AVE

4422 STOWE ST

1502 E TWENTY FIFTH STA 106 B AVE

RIVERS LEON HRS

7250 CAMPBELLTON RD SW, APT 201 1223 E TWENTY FOURTH ST

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727 WAUGHTOWN ST

SMITH FRED D III HEIRS

2209 TWENTY FOURTH E ST

HARRIS IRENE HEIRS

1231 E TWENTY SECOND ST

DAVIS DOCK III HEIR

1213 E 22ND ST

GUNNINGS MARY E HEIRS

1412 E TWENTY SECOND ST

LEE PEARL C HEIRS

2423 WELLINGTON RIDGE LOOP

CURRY ROBERT DR

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EDWARDS JOHN H HEIRS

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PINKNEY CHARLIE HEIRS GRANT ADA H HEIRS

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DAVIS EVELYN L

1636 E TWENTY THIRD ST

PARHAM DENNIS MATTHEW

51 4TH AVE

FRIEND ROBERT CLIFTON HEIRS

1640 E TWENTY THIRD ST

JOHNSON JEREMY

3731 BURBANK LN

RAMIREZ HENRY

4649 CHERRY ST

MUHAMMED WARITH FARAD

863 EFIRD ST

REAL DREAM PROPERTIES LLC

150 LAURA AVE

TEAGUE BELINDA

4863 GERMANTON RD

HAIRSTON RAIFORD LEON HEIRS

698 OLD HOLLOW RD

PETREE OLA M

SIMS OTIS ROBERSON HEIRS

WILLIAMS VIRGINIA F HEIRS

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DAVIS VIRONETTE L

PAYNE ROGERS P HEIRS

118 W ACADIA AVE

RMS ACA LLC

LITTLE GASTON ENTERPRISES

8C

2721 STOKES AVE

608 E TWENTY EIGHTH ST

123 MILL POND LLC

HARRIS SIDNEY A HEIRS

2238 N GLENN AVE

516 W DEVONSHIRE ST

1422 REEDY CREEK RD

801 N MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR, APT

BELL ANGEL

GORDON JERRY KEITH MOORE LOUISE

BRADDY THOMAS

PO BOX 1182

3023 BROADBAY DR 427 E 15TH ST

501 KINARD DR

RURAL INITIATIVE PROJECT INC

PO BOX 84

SHAVERS JOHNNY B HEIRS

2597 THOMASVILLE RD

CASE CAROLYN BYRD

2205 NISSEN AVE

PENA ELOY M

2303 WAUGHTOWN ST

REICH LUCY P HEIRS

100 N MAIN ST, STE 2425

BELL AMELIA T, HEIRS

3930 COTTINGTON DR

IDOL GWENDOLYN J HEIRS JOHNSON FRANCES B HEIRS

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100 N MAIN ST, STE 2425

BRITT JAMES D

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CONNER JAMES R

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LUCAS LARRY D HEIRS

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ing in all of the experiences of her big sister and says she has a good feel for what she is looking for in a college.

The sisters have confidence in their abilities; however, they are not cocky when they perform.

They understand the hard work they have put in over the years is paying off and to just enjoy competing at a high level with other athletes.

Madison and Mariah still carry with them the lessons they learned while running with Next Level Track Club.

“Next Level has definitely taught me to trust the process because the runner that I was when I first started running with them, compared to where I am now, has shown a lot,” Madison said about Next Level. “That process comes and it takes time and you go through a lot of hard things and it makes you stronger as an athlete.”

Mariah added, “They taught me respect and how to be a role model because

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gers class (ages 15-20) will study “You Are My Witness – Sharing Jesus in the 21st Century.” This class will be led by Dr. Jeremiah Shipp, a member of Love and Faith Christian Fellowship Church in Greensboro. At Love and Faith CFC, he serves as a ministry director providing leadership, training, and many support ministries within his church family.

Dr. Shipp completed formal education at Tennessee State University, obtaining a bachelor of business administration, master’s of arts degree in biblical studies from Carolina University in Winston-Salem, and doctor of education from Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas.

He states, as he teaches and preaches the Word of God, he strives to see peo-

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we have a lot of younger kids on the team. So, we have to do the drills right, listen to the coach, you know, the simple things.”

Mr. Perry says both Madison and Mariah excelled at their signature events fairly early on after they took them up.

“Me and Coach Kiesha from Next Level got together and said, ‘Let’s try Madison in the long jump’ and it worked instantly,” Mr. Perry said about Madison. “When she was younger, she wasn’t the fastest and I thought it was discouraging but she was having fun. We put her in the long jump and she started winning.

“With Mariah, I think Mariah was ready to retire from track and field and the hurdles came about and it was instant love for it.

She embraced it and that’s where the work ethic came in with her. She would go on YouTube and research videos and she embraced the workouts and they both just work at their craft.”

For both of his daughters, Mr. Perry feels they can go as far as they wish in the sport, including the professional ranks. His

main goal when they first started was to just give them something to do and says it’s great for both to have the opportunity to obtain full scholarships to further their education.

Madison’s and Mariah’s mother, Deidra Minga, says she is proud of what her daughters have been able to accomplish thus far in their lives. She says as long as the girls continue to excel in the classroom, she is happy.

“I am very proud, and you have to be a student before you can be the athlete. I always preach that, so super proud of academic accolades,” said Minga.

“They did exactly what they were supposed to do, they understood the assignment.

“Athletically, super proud of when they were at the highest point and when they were at the point where they weren’t doing as good as they thought, but they persevered. They learned sportsmanship, they learned what track family was about, and they learned what patience was at a track meet, so it has taught them a lot.”

ple saved, delivered and equipped for the work of ministry.

The Missionary Youth in Action class will welcome participants 9-14 years of age, as they study “The Fruit of the Spirit.”

The instructor, Rev. Michelle Hudson, is an associate minister of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church who serves in the youth ministries and as the chairperson of the young adult missionaries. She has a bachelor of arts degree in political science from N.C. State University in Raleigh. Rev. Hudson teaches in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system and acts as the youth supervisor of the Forsyth County Missionary Union.

“Developing the Heart of a Servant,’’ for missionary youth up to age 8, will be taught by Rev. Clara Goode, an associate minister of Morning Star Baptist

Church. She has been in the children’s ministry for over 40 years. An instructor at Vintage Bible College and Seminary, Rev. Goode directs seminars entitled “Leading a Child to Christ,’’ “Teaching Children in the 21st Century,” and various other workshops. She teaches in the High Point Educational and Missionary Association Youth Tract and the General Baptist State Convention Youth Division.

The Baptist Training Institute Director Nancy Green, a member of Red Bank Baptist Church, welcomes returning and new participants from Forsyth County, Rockingham County, Alamance County and surrounding areas. For the connections to access the Baptist Training Institute, email fcbaptisttraining.info@gmail.com.

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