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THURSDAY, April 28, 2022

Candidates for board of commissioners talk priorities

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

At-large seats and seats in District A on the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners are up for grabs this year, and last week some of the candidates came together to discuss their platforms, while taking questions from voters during an open forum.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners’ major responsibilities include adopting the annual county budget, setting the county property tax rate, establishing county policies and acting on zoning and other land use matters.

The seven-member board also appoints members of numerous citizen boards, committees and commissions.

Board members serve four-year staggered terms.

Six of the commissioners are elected from two multimember districts and one is elected at large. Four commissioners are elected from District B and two from District A. The candidates running for seats in District A who attended the forum - incumbent Tonya McDaniel, Phil Carter, Shai Woodbury, and incumbent Fleming El Amin (who had a proxy in attendance to represent him) - were

asked what would be their number one priority over the next four years if elected or re-elected.

McDaniel (D), who was elected in 2018, said she wants to see improvements made to the county’s facilities on Highland Avenue. The county’s Social Security, Health, and Human Resources departments are all located on Highland Avenue in Winston-Salem. She said the facilities on Highland Avenue should provide wrap-around services that benefit the entire community.

“One of my priorities is to build back better Forsyth County,” McDaniel continued. “And what does that look like? … Highland Avenue. I want to see that look like a campus, I want to see that location be wrap-around services that transform this comPhoto by Tevin Stinson munity.”

Carter (D), who is More than three dozen people attended last week’s candidates forum held at the Central Library. known throughout the community for his work age, with profit that you is the first Black woman to education, we don’t have that we pay our educators with Housing Justice Now can see in your communi- serve as chair of the board, a strong county to live in. what they are worth.” and other grassroots orga- ties. You can see it in your said her main focus will There is a reason why eduThe proxy who stood nizations, said his main schools, you can see it in be education and improv- cation is the number one in for Commissioner Elpriority will be ensuring your health care. I want ing teacher pay. Currently line item for the county,” Amin (D) said his focus that the budget works for the budget to work for you Winston-Salem/Forsyth Woodbury added. “We will be decreasing the all citizens. “My number and not just for those who County Schools ranks 8th need to make sure we are death rate among local one priority is ensuring are not everyday people,” in the state for teacher pay paying our educators … youth. He said the rise in that the budget gives you, Carter said. and last among the larger my number one priority violent crime is taking the taxpayers, utility. will be to safeguard this Shai Woodbury (D), districts in the state.

“That it provides you who currently serves on “If we do not have a county from the education See Candidates on A2 with benefits, with us- the local school board and very strong public school standpoint and make sure

It’s back! Hope du Jour invites the community to ‘feel good eating’ on May 3 THE CHRONICLE

Hope du Jour has been a much anticipated community event for over 30 years. On the first Tuesday in May, many people perused the long list of participating restaurants and, along with family, friends and coworkers, they planned their dining

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A group from Grace Presbyterian Church gathers at Cin Cin Burger Bar to dine out for Hope du Jour in 2017. destinations like a general mapping out a battle plan. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or in-between coffee breaks or an afternoon wine-down, choices were

made based on a restaurant’s participation. Diners felt good eating out, knowing a portion of that restaurant’s sales would be donated to Crisis Con-

trol Ministry (CCM) to help our neighbors with their emergency financial needs.

And then the pandemic hit.

“2020 forced everything to change,” said Ryan Moody, CCM’s special events and marketing manager. “We wanted to keep Hope du Jour going, but the restaurant community had been so impacted that we decided to move it to September.” Like many of us in mid-2020, he had high hopes that things would improve by the fall.

But things were no better for restaurants in September.

CCM has always valued the strong partnerships they have with local restaurants and their support of Hope du Jour over the years has been invaluable.

In fact, several restaurants had participated from the very beginning, over 25 years. But now they needed help. So, Crisis Control Ministry turned the event

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upside down and promoted the Hope du Jour restaurants, but did not ask any restaurant for a donation. Instead, they urged the community to dine in or take out to support the restaurants that were continuing to struggle.

2021 came around and the pandemic continued to impact the local restaurants.

Crisis Control again saw the need to support the restaurant community as a way to thank them for their years of continued support. So in 2021, Hope du Jour changed to Hope for the Hungry for the entire month of June. The community was encouraged to dine in or take out at a local restaurant and again, no donations were requestSee Hope on A3 6 89076 32439 7

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Local AKA chapter hosting virtual DIY expungement clinic on Saturday give individuals a chance at a better way of life.

“We wanted to inform the community about the opportunity to clear their record to increase the possibility of job offers, educational advancement and rental applications,” Shavers said. “Visible but dismissed charges can still create room for discrimination through application

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Seeking to have something removed from your police record can be a lengthy and stressful process if you don’t understand the process, but this weekend the Eta Omnicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the WinstonSalem and High Point branches of the NAACP, are hosting an event designed to equip individuals with the knowledge to navigate the system.

The process to have an incident expunged from your record includes multiple steps involving the court system, the arresting agency, and the State Bureau of Investigation.

The expungement process begins with filing a petition form in the county the incident occurred.

A petitioner is not required to hire an attorney to assist with the expunge-

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away from the quality of life.

El-Amin, who was attending a conference in Memphis on the day of the forum, assumed office in 2016.

When asked the same question about their main priority over the next four years, at-large candidate Terri Mrazek (R) said her focus will be on improving public safety as well.

“I am so concerned with all this gun violence that’s going on,” Mrazek continued. “As a county commissioner, I would give our sheriff and his deputies as much support as he needs to do his job to keep all of you safe in Forsyth County.”

Dan Besse (D), who served on the Winston-Salem City Council for near-

ment process; it is the petitioner’s choice to hire legal representation.

During the virtual do it yourself (DIY) expunge-

ment guide clinic on Saturday, April 30, Attorney Nicole Little will be offering counseling regarding eligibility for remov-

ing incidents. Chair of the connection and social action committee, Quamekia Shavers said they decided to host the expungement to

ly 20 years, said his main priority will be improving local schools.

“If I have to pick one, the top priority has to be our public schools and making sure that we do the job of funding them and managing them at a level that provides an excellent public education to every child and every family,” Besse continued. “Keep in mind that the purse strings on the local level for our school system are held by the County Commissioners. The school board can only spend what we give them, so we have to give them more.”

Although the event wasn’t intended to be a debate, incumbent Ted Kaplan (D) responded directly to Besse’s remarks about the funding of local schools. Kaplan, who has held the at-large seat on the board since 2006, also mentioned the steps the

county has made in recent years to increase economic development.

“I know this isn’t supposed to be a debate, but there’s only so much counties can do for public schools; it’s really a state function, but we in Forsyth County do an awful lot.

We actually do more than most,” Kaplan said. “The thing that I hear the most from people is economic opportunity, a way to move up in line and a way to provide for your families.

We think about that all the time, that is the one thing that keeps us going and we keep trying to find ways to have opportunities for economic development.”

During the forum, candidates also answered questions about Ashley Elementary School, the local tax rate, and adding seats to the board of commissioners.

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

The next Candidate’s Forum will be held on Thursday, April 28, at the Forsyth County Central Library, 660 W. 5th Street, and will feature the candidates running for seats on the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/ FCS) Board of Education.

The forum will begin at 6 p.m. and will air live on The Chronicle’s Facebook page. Videos from past forums will also be posted on The Chronicle’s YouTube channel.

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The Expungement DIY Guide Clinic is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. To join the virtual event, follow the link https://us02web. zoom.us/j/83200022930.

Visit the Eta Omnicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Facebook page for more information.

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Christian organization holds basketball camp The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is looking to expand their reach throughout the Triad community. This Saturday, April 30, the FCA is hosting a skills clinic and

work on the fundamentals of how to do a layup on the right and left side. We will work on the basics of passing. We will work on footwork on defense and then we will work on dribble speed and ball control.”

The Jr. NBA is an initiative from the NBA to

challenge for boys and girls ages 8-13 at Calvary Day School.

FCA is the largest interdenominational, school-based, Christian sports organization in America. They focus on serving local communities by equipping, empowering and encouraging people to make a difference for Jesus Christ.

To assist in reaching more student athletes, they are hosting the Jr. NBA camp. The FCA connected with the Jr. NBA several years ago, working with them in another camp at a local recreation center. The winner of this camp has the opportunity to compete in a regional meet. If successful there, they have a chance to win a trip to the 2022 NBA Draft.

The camp will focus on the different skills of the game including shooting, layups, passing, dribbling and defense. There will be volunteer coaches from local high schools and colleges to assist with the camp. The kids will then participate in the skills challenge.

“The kids will go through drills for the first portion with the coaches that are coming out to volunteer their time and give back and the second part of it will be the skills challenge,” said Bershaun Thompson, director of the Western Triad area of the FCA. “They will be timed, and each kid will have the same amount of time to complete the challenges.

“We will have some shooting drills that will help them work on their shooting form. We will

get kids to become more active and improve their fitness level. The Jr. NBA offers leagues, skills challenges and different programs to get kids moving.

Thompson said he was overjoyed to bring this opportunity to kids of the Triad area because it is a great opportunity to learn and obtain skills that will make them better players in the long run.

“The biggest opportunity is to improve their fitness. They are going to be coached by some of the areas’ best coaches, and we want to make sure we share our core values which we want to instill, so if you want to improve not only your skills on the court but if you want to grow in your integrity, be a better servant leader, being better at teamwork and excellence will be the biggest contributing factor,” said Thompson about what the kids can take away from the camp.

“They will be able to take that home, to school and on the court and that is something we pride ourselves on, being able to utilize the platform of sports to help point kids in the right direction.”

The camp is one of the ways the FCA is attempting to reach more athletes and make a bigger footprint in the Triad area.

Thompson said this is the first of many camps the FCA plans to hold in the area and hopes to build a lasting relationship with the parents and players.

Breakfast for the event will start at 8 a.m., followed by registration at 8:30 a.m. The camp will begin at 9 a.m. A special

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and bagel shops, breweries and bakeries.”

Moody also reminded us that Hope du Jour is not the only way that local eateries and beverage businesses support our community. They give back all year long through in-kind donations and event sponsorships. Hope du Jour can increase sales significantly on what is usually the slowest day of the week for restaurants. And the donations CCM receives is a significant part of their annual budget. It’s a winwin for all.

For more information or a list of participating restaurants, go to www. hopedujour.org. Can’t dine out on May 3? You can donate a “second helping” online at www.crisiscontrol.org.

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ed. The restaurant owners were very appreciative of how a nonprofit pivoted to support them.

It’s now 2022 and “We’re back!” said Moody.

Even though a few restaurants are still struggling, especially to find enough workers to have a full wait staff, they are happy to see Hope du Jour return to its normal routine. Posters and yard signs dot windows and parking lots and restaurants are gearing up for a big day for both themselves and Crisis Control.

“We have over 100 food and beverage locations this year,” said Moody. “And it’s not just eateries, but also coffee

thanks to Alvin Robinson for providing the food for the campers.

For more information on the Jr. NBA Skills Challenge, please visit the FCA website at westerntriadfca.org.

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House committee plans hearing on ‘underfunded’ and operationally challenged IRS

An extraordinary life, linking past and present

BY STACY M. BROWN

In March, the Internal Revenue Service reported being chronically underfunded for more than a decade, with its budget cut by nearly 20% since 2010.

The agency noted a “historically low level of funding,” which has resulted in operations not being equipped to provide adequate service.

Officials at the agency also noted that the pandemic had created new operational challenges, including the IRS being called upon to distribute three rounds of Economic Impact Payments to 85 percent of American households.

“These circumstances have created significant challenges. Entering a normal filing season, the IRS typically has well under one million pieces of inventory,” the agency said in a statement.

“This year, the IRS entered the filing season with a backlog more than 15 times as large.”

U.S. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Mass.), the chair of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, plans to hold a virtual hearing to examine the operations and financial condition of the IRS. National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig plan to participate in the hearing set for 10 a.m. EST. Officials plan to address how the agency will fare this tax season specifically.

He noted that the agency processes more than 150 million individual and business tax returns each year.

“But as it heads into the 2022 tax season, the agency is still struggling to address a massive backlog of more than 23 million pieces of correspondence related to the 2020 tax season, including tax returns waiting to be processed, suspended returns, and returns that were amended,” Connolly noted in a news release.

In its 2021 Annual Report to Congress, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS), an independent entity that ensures taxpayers are treated fairly by the IRS, called 2021 “the most challenging year taxpayers and tax professionals have ever experienced.”

According to the news release, the IRS has a long history of resource and staff shortages.

The agency realized a budget cut of about $929 million between the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 and FY 2019.

The IRS workforce has been reduced by 22 percent since 2010, leaving one-third the number of enforcement agents and less than half the number of customer service representatives.

The coronavirus pandemic further strained the IRS, tasked with issuing more than $1.5 trillion in economic relief to qualifying individuals, families, and businesses and processing annual tax returns.

“Many Americans rely on their tax refunds to pay for food, childcare, medication, utilities, and other necessities,” Connolly noted.

“The hearing will examine ways Congress can ensure the IRS has the resources and staffing flexibilities it needs to effectively fulfill its duties with the 2022 tax season already underway.”

Stacy M. Brown is the NNPA Newswire Senior National. Reach him at Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

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Ben Jealous

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I was trained to fight by my grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd. She would often remind me, “Pessimists are right more often, but optimists win more often.”

“In this life you have to decide what’s more important to you.” Then she would add, “As for me, I’ll take winning.”

My favorite optimist died recently at 105.

For our family, she was the last living link to our story of origin in antebellum Southern Virginia.

Three of her grandparents were Black and born into slavery. The fourth was white and helped run a plantation.

She and my grandfather made the great migration north to the Up South that is Baltimore. Their love story was the bridge to our family’s life in modern America.

She carried lessons from the old world with her. She learned to fight from her paternal grandfather, Edward David Bland.

He was born into slavery in his white uncle’s house.

He would defeat one of his white cousins to become one of the last Black Reconstruction statesmen in Virginia.

He was also the Black leader of a multiracial populist movement made up of former slaves and former Confederate soldiers. His white counterpart was former Confederate General William Mahone. Theirs was a coalition of working men, Black and white.

Most of them were farmers with rough hands and dirty fingernails.

Together they built a movement in the early 1880s that created Virginia State University, expanded Virginia Tech, and secured the future of free public education for every child in the commonwealth.

Their common enemy was the far right-wing politicians who said Virginia could not afford the universal free public education that had been created during Reconstruction.

Publicly, these wealthy conservatives said the state could not afford both free public education and paying off Civil War debt.

Privately, they feared free universal public education would render both poor whites and poor Blacks ungovernable.

Bland and Mahone’s multiracial movement also attacked voter suppression, outlawing the poll tax and several other measures meant to make it harder for Blacks and low-income whites to vote.

When they took control of the state legislature, they made Mahone a U.S. Senator. Without forgetting the sins of the past, the men they led each chose to

invest in new-found unity rather than renew old hurts and divisions.

What united those men was their commitment to providing a better future for their children. They recognized that what the children of working families – Black and white – needed more than anything was access to a free highquality education. In short, they needed what the children of plantation owners took for granted.

My grandmother was born in 1916. She was a third-generation NAACP member who rebelled against Jim Crow without hesitation.

As a young teacher, she confronted the white man who was the local superintendent of schools. She convinced him that just like white teachers, Black teachers could not teach without adequate supplies.

He rectified the problem at her segregated all-Black school the next day.

Two decades later, she would support my mom when at age 12 she signed on as a named plaintiff in one of the feeder cases to Brown v. Board of Education. When my mom desegregated her local high school at 15, my grandmother was with her every step of the way.

Ultimately, however, my grandmother, like her grandfather, could not escape the moral imperative that children of every color who are struggling need the same protections and support. She would go

on to found Child Protective Services for the city of Baltimore and lead Maryland’s effort to replicate the program statewide.

Like Bland, she built an army of warriors for social change. In her case, it was an army of social workers, who were mostly women. Among them was a young white woman and future U.S. senator named Barbara Mikulski.

Four years ago, when I was the Democratic nominee for governor of Maryland, I bumped into Sen. Mikulski at a women’s political event. She looked at me and said, “You’re Mamie Todd’s grandson.”

I said, “I am,” and I watched a tear roll down her face.

As I close this week’s column, tears are running down mine.

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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Being sick and tired does not mean these shootings will stop Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

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It just means you are sick and tired, nothing else. I leave my house each day with a mixture of apprehension and caution.

There isn’t a panacea you get that rids you of these senseless shootings.

Living like this is a bit unnerving to me. We seem to be a society of shootings at times.

What happened to the good old days? The good old days are long gone and will never return. Of course, that is my opinion, and you may think otherwise.

If you think otherwise, then good for you. I bet you are not a valid senior citizen like me. I have seen a lot and so have other senior citizens and we have a different perspective.

We know what the good old days really were.

Those days allowed us to go into the public square and not have to worry about getting hit by a stray bullet. We didn’t see men shooting one another.

Back in years gone by, Black men settled their disagreements at the worst by fighting each other.

Guns weren’t used or even seen. In my neighborhood in Winston-Salem, I never saw a gun. There were no reports or talk about guns in the neighborhood.

Those were the good old days.

People sat on their porches and laughed and

joked. They told tall tales which made you think, did that really happen? You see, we had great storytellers.

Before you think it was perfect, I will stop you and tell you that it wasn’t.

We had the police, and we had a fear of them. Yet there was not this monthly shooting of Black men by white police officers.

Driving while Black has become a sad but truthful axiom about what is happening to Black men by the police. We are being stopped and shot by the police. Strangely and unfortunately, these traffic stops have led to our untimely deaths in too many cases.

Most recently, we have seen another Black life end at the hands of a white police officer.

On April 4, 2022, Pat-

rick Lyoya lived his last day on earth. He was shot by a Grand Rapids, Michigan police officer.

Patrick Lyoya was a Black Congolese refugee, and the white police officer has yet to be identified.

How did Patrick Lyoya lose his life? The reports say it was a routine traffic stop. More specifically, it was for an unregistered license plate.

It is my opinion that there is nothing routine about being stopped by the police.

So, it begs the basic question of humanity: how do you lose your life over an unregistered license plate?

These types of incidents have me sick beyond words. It is reprehensible to watch this happening in America.

Peter Lyoya, Patrick’s

father, said, “My heart is broken to see an officer being on top of my son and to shoot him in the back of the head; my heart is really broken.”

I just wonder at that critical moment, was the officer’s only recourse of action to shoot him in the back of the head?

The Michigan Department of Civil Rights has requested the Department of Justice launch an investigation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan is also involved.

Vickie Levengood, spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, said, “At some point between late 2019 or sometime in 2020, we initially reached out to both agencies hoping to discuss options for collaborative investigations or

some help in investigating this pattern or practice issue.” This term, “pattern or practice,” has come about because of what is happening from a social justice perspective in Michigan.

Let us pray for the family of Patrick Lyoya. They should not have this kind of pain and suffering. Patrick Lyoya should still be living.

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.

Humanity: Evolving in spite of itself Robert C. Koehler

Guest Columnist As wars rage, as cruelty shatters lives across the planet - as nuclear Armageddon remains a viable option for all of us - I think it’s time to claim some stunning awareness in this regard.

The human race is evolving in spite of itself - evolving beyond war, beyond empire, beyond dominance and conquest, and toward an uncertain but collective future. Indeed, I think most of us already know this, but only at a level so deep, so vague it feels like nothing more than “hope.”

There’s also another problem. Much of our world remains organized in a totally opposite way: committed, as Richard Falk puts it in his 2013 book, ”(Re)Imagining Humane Global Governance,” to national policies “shaped by unimaginative thinking trapped within a militarist box.” Another way to put this would be: a de facto commitment to

human suicide.

As long as there’s no serious, organized alternative to war, this is what we’re going to get, which, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, seems suddenly clearer than it’s been since, oh, 1962 (remember the Cuban missile crisis?). As long as global order, global security, is allegedly maintained with bombs and bullets and bully-swagger - and various nuclear-armed enemies occasionally challenge one another for the right to control particular swaths of the planet - we’re hostage to an insanity we seem to have bequeathed ourselves.

What is power? This strikes me as the key question, and untangling ourselves from the wrong answer is the beginning of the creation of real peace.

When we think of power, the word itself commands that we carve the concept into something isolated and wieldable: a sword, a gun, a scepter. Power means power over. There is no basic concept of power no word for power in the English language - that also means collaboration, collective participation: people working together, individually empowered at

the same time that they are part of a larger whole.

Even when we examine the dark side of power - as in, power corrupts the examination seems to hover as a warning rather than open up to larger awareness. Consider, for instance, this 2017 article in The Atlantic by Jerry Useem, titled (fasten your seatbelts!) “Power Causes Brain Damage,” which discusses a concept called “hubris syndrome.”

The article’s essential point is that people who gain a significant amount of power over others lose the ability to empathize with - or mime, as the article puts it - people in general, the lesser mortals who must follow the boss’s orders. This inability, it turns out, is serious.

It isolates the powerful into their own stereotypes and egotistical certainties, which lessens their ability to make good, or even rational, decisions.

The idea is that we’re naturally connected and subconsciously “mimic” others: We laugh when others laugh, tense up when others grow tense.

It’s not faking an emotion to fit in; it’s participating in - feeling - the collective emotion that fills the room.

“It helps trigger the same

feelings those others are experiencing and provides a window into where they are coming from,” Useem writes. But: Powerful people “stop simulating the experience of others,” leading to what is called an “empathy deficit,” which saps the powerful of most, or maybe all, of their social skills, leaving them, even as they generate endless obeisance, socially isolated souls.

The conclusion to be drawn here is that what is commonly thought of as power - power over others, a.k.a., dominance - isn’t power at all. It’s an illusion of power that weakens, and perhaps destroys, those who hold it.

So does this hold true beyond the personal level - at the geopolitical level?

Among countries? Well, a “country” is a created, collective entity, and may well be bound to the concept of us vs. them: intoxicated by the need for armed selfdefense and, occasionally, armed conquest. Richard Falk calls this “hard power”: dominance maintained by force and, when necessary, massacre.

Is something else possible - e.g., “a world order premised on nonviolent geopolitics”? Falk calls this “soft power” - the

power of working together, respecting and valuing rather than fearing one another. The way I have put it over the years is power with others rather than power over them.

And Falk makes a startling observation about how the world has changed since, in essence, the end of World War II. “Throughout the colonial era, and until the midtwentieth century, hard power was generally effective and effcient,” he notes.

Heavily armed European nations tramped across the rest of the planet, claiming ownership where they felt they could.

But then something changed, beginning with India’s struggle for independence from Great Britain: “Every anticolonial war in the latter half of the twentieth century,” Falk writes, “was eventually won by the militarily weaker side, which prevailed in the end despite suffering disproportionate losses along its way to victory.”

Their resistance was often nonviolent, which “included gaining complete international control of the high moral ground.”

This is not a pretty story. The hard power didn’t let up; it simply lost, e.g.:

“The United States completely controlled land, air, and sea throughout the Vietnam war, winning every battle, and yet eventually losing the war,” Falk writes, “killing as many as four million Vietnamese on the road to the failure of its military intervention.”

And despite its military dominance, despite the harm it inflicted, the U.S. has done nothing but lose wars for the last three quarters of a century. It created hell on earth for millions of people; it just didn’t get its way.

It has also failed to learn any lessons from its losses. The United States has refused to abandon its commitment to pointless militarism, as reflected every year in its grotesquely expanding military budgets.

But change is happening nonetheless. Soft power - power with one another - is our future … if we have any future at all.

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.”

You decide: How well has North Carolina dealt with COVID-19?

Mike Walden Guest Columnist

Even though COVID-19 continues with its variants, medical experts are hopeful the virus is becoming less deadly and disrupting. In other words, we are learning to live with it.

As a result, it should not be surprising there is an increasing number of studies being released about how we coped with COVID-19, and what we can learn if we confront another pandemic. One way to accomplish this is to compare the outcomes of states during COVID-19 on a number of important measures.

One recent study was authored by three economists and released by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The NBER is

not a national agency. It is a non-partisan, nonprofit research organization founded in 1920. It is one of the most prestigious economic “think-tanks” in the country. Hence, when the NBER releases a study, I pay attention.

Although there were many policies, programs and funding that came from the federal government to address the pandemic, our federal system allowed the 50 states and Washington, D.C. to customize some of their own policies, including masking, shutdowns, the operation of schools and the availability of vaccines.

Therefore, there were 51 (50 states plus Washington, D.C.) different localities for the authors to compare for their outcomes in dealing with COVID-19.

The authors focused on three categories of results: the economy, education and deaths. For the economy, the authors used two measures: the total months of unemployment per worker in the state from April 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic

through the end of 2021, and the depth of the recession caused by the pandemic.

The pandemic’s impact on education was measured by the percentage of public education in each state that took place in-person at schools rather than remotely. This measure was used because many experts and parents have argued that remote learning for children during COVID-19 was not as beneficial for students’ educational outcomes as in-person learning.

For deaths, the death rate per capita during the previous two COVID-19 years was used, but only after adjusting the numbers for age and for health factors, such as the prevalence of diabetes and obesity in the state.

So, what did the study find, particularly for North Carolina? On the two economic measures, North Carolina ranked 17th on the unemployment measure and 19th for the depth of the COVID-19 recession, where a higher ranking means a better per-

formance. Translated, the results mean that among the 51 states plus Washington, D.C., North Carolina had the 17th lowest total number of unemployment months per worker and the 19th mildest COVID-19 recession. Montana had the best performance on unemployment and South Dakota had the least severe recession. At the other end of the spectrum, New Jersey had the worst performance on unemployment and Connecticut had the deepest recession.

North Carolina’s ranking on in-person teaching of students was not as impressive. The state ranked 34th, meaning 33 other states had a higher percentage of students receiving in-person instruction during the pandemic.

Wyoming had the highest percentage of in-person instruction, whereas Washington, D.C. had the lowest percentage.

North Carolina’s best ranking was on age and medical-adjusted COVID19-related deaths per capita, where the state ranked 7th, meaning only six

states had lower adjusted COVID-19 deaths per capita. The best performing state on deaths was Hawaii, while the worst performing state was Arizona.

The authors also combined the individual rankings for each measure into a single overall ranking.

North Carolina’s overall ranking was 13th, meaning the state had the 13th best performance during the pandemic among the fifty states and Washington, D.C. using all the metrics developed by the authors. Utah ranked first on the combined ranking, and New Jersey came in last.

With 51 localities, North Carolina’s placement of number 13 puts the state in the top 25%.

Among North Carolina’s immediate neighbors, only South Carolina placed higher at number 12.

Georgia ranked 19th, Tennessee was at the 24th position and Virginia placed 36th.

As the economy moves forward, rankings of how states performed during the pandemic may become very important. The rank-

ings could become a major factor in the location decisions of both businesses and households. It will take years – possibly even decades – for the memories of the COVID-19 pandemic to recede. Households and businesses will be motivated to locate in states that coped well during the pandemic compared to other states. The study published by the NBER strongly suggests North Carolina is in the “coping-well” category.

Economists agree the future economy will go through major changes in what businesses do, how people work, and how and where people live. Being in a state that has navigated the pandemic better than most other states should give that state an advantage in dealing with these changes.

Is North Carolina such a state? You decide.

Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University.

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Legendary blues singer and musician Eric Gales has earned his crown

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

In 1992, the legendary Carlos Santana was a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show. Arsenio asked Santana, “You’ve worked with Hendrix. Are there any Hendrix-caliber musicians around today?” Santana replied, “Sure! There’s a young brother from Memphis, Tennessee, his name is Eric Gales. He’s 16 years old, still in high school, and he’s absolutely incredible.”

In 1994, Carlos Santana invited Eric to join him onstage at Woodstock. “I received a call from Carlos. He said, ‘What do you think about being my special guest at Woodstock?’

It was a million people in the crowd. We did a tribute to Hendrix and it was the most people I’ve performed for in my life.

They had the fighter jets flying over the stage with purple smoke coming out.

It was the biggest and most intense gig I’ve ever done in my life!” The purple smoke was a salute to Jimi Hendrix’s classic “Purple Haze.”

Since 1991, due to his swagger and electrifying showmanship, fellow musicians and fans have heralded Eric Gales as the second coming of Jimi Hendrix. “That’s serious, Busta! To have my name in any sentence with his is the highest honor and compliment in the entire world. I hold the guitar left-handed

like he did, and I favor him somewhat. But, just to be clear, I am not trying to be the next Jimi Hendrix.

I’m distinctly trying to be the first Eric Gales. And if I can continue to be successful and create my own legacy, that would be the best way I can honor him,” he said with a very humble spirit.

Eric’s sound and style is incomparable. The closest I can get to describing Gales’ sound is a perfect mixture of B.B. King, Carlos Santana and of course, Jimi Hendrix. His vocal skills are just as dope. “I think I can hold a tone,” jokes Eric, as he laughs.

“Let my wife tell it, I’m around the house singing gospel and R&B. But gospel is what I came up singing.

“My style is a mixture of the influences I had coming up. Such as gospel, old traditional blues, funk, soul, rock’n’roll. So, I try to stay out of the way and let my body allow the spirit that’s coming through me do its thang. And it hasn’t disappointed me yet. I chose to sing and play the blues because it was in me since I was four years old.

Blues and gospel were the seeds.”

At the age of 47, the future Rock’n’Roll Hall of Famer has etched his own legacy into the music industry. It’s been 30 years, 18 albums and sold-out shows throughout the world. Eric Gales has definitely earned the

Eric Gales, singer, songwriter and musician. title of legend. His good friend and music producer Joe Bonamassa told Gales, “After all that you’ve been through, you deserve to stand on the mountaintop and get your crown.”

Crown is the title of Gales’ latest album, which is fitting, due to an extremely rough journey.

He’s overcome substance and alcohol abuse. But it wasn’t a smooth transition, “It was a combination of curiosity and getting caught up with the streets.

It started with weed and cigarettes, and then came the heavy drugs. And that went on for about 30 years, man. I don’t know how I survived that, Busta.”

In 2009, he served time in jail for possession

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of drugs and a weapon.

“When I was doing drugs, it gave me the wrong kind of notoriety. And I had nothing but ‘yes’ people around me, having people always telling me yes, and very few people told me no. It wasn’t good, and it almost killed me.”

Gales’ addiction hindered his relationships with his close friends and family. Yet, the distance gave him time to do some serious soul searching. “I finally got to a point where I just got tired. I got the right people in my circle and I think about what I’ve been through, and I’m not going back. I didn’t come up in a broken home or the projects. My parents were together. So, I don’t

have any of that to blame.

It was just curiosity and by my own hand, I took myself through it. My parents always raised me to be focused, never stop praying, and take care of business.

To God be the glory, that’s how I live my life today,” shared Eric.

Today, Eric Gales is six years clean and has reconnected and rebuilt his relationships with family and friends, such as Carlos Santana. “I’m so glad I was able to harness our relationship again. Every other day we text, zoom or talk on the phone,” said Gales.

In 2019, he reconnected with his good friend Joe Bonamassa and then the magic began. Joe produced Gales’ highly acclaimed album, Crown, which is on the Provogue/Mascot label group. “My life has turned around tremendously. So, when Joe and I reconnected and decided to do Crown, he said, ‘You deserve this and I’m going to do everything to make it happen.’

“This record was done amid the COVID pandemic and a lot of racial injustices. And let’s be honest. Racial injustice has been happening since I was born, and now I have a platform to unitize and get the message out there.

There’s a lot of people that want to hear what I have to play, so now I want them to hear what I have to say.

So, Joe, my wife LaDonna, and all of us thought about

the best way to present the best Eric Gales’ record possible. And I think Crown is a perfect example of that,” said the proud husband of ten years.

Eric developed a raw and rugged vibe, because weakness isn’t optional if you’re going to survive in the streets of Memphis.

But, during the recording of Crown, his gentle and sensitive side was exposed. He would break out in tears as he was singing.

“I was already emotionally drained from playing these songs, and then lyrics and topics of some of these songs personally happened to me and I had to be consoled a couple of times. If you take the lyrics from songs such as ‘The Storm,’ ‘Too Close to the Fire,’ and ‘Stand Up,’ if you just read them without singing them, the same thing may happen to you as well,” said a very passionate Eric Gales.

The foundation of his strength and how Eric continues to stay clean, focused and driven he credits to his beautiful, resilient, talented and brilliant wife LaDonna Gales. She’s also his manager and percussionist in The Eric Gales Band. “When I was at my bottom, she was my lifeline. And she still is today.

It was her love and strong care for me that helped me realize that there’s something out here called life.

And I wasn’t limited. It’s See Eric on A10

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New homeowner cuts ribbon and opens door to her new home SUBMITTED ARTICLE

At 67, Hazel Griffin became a firsttime homeowner through Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County. Her house is the first to be built in decades in the historic Dreamland Park neighborhood in Winston-Salem, a once-thriving community that declined after urban renewal.

Hazel’s home on Emerald Street was dedicated on Tuesday, April 19, Mayor Allen Joines and Councilmember Annette Scippio, who has been an outspoken advocate for the revitalization of Dreamland Park, participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony.

A cancer survivor, Hazel has some ongoing health issues including vertigo, which made coming and going from her second-floor apartment challenging. She was tired of having no outdoor space to quietly enjoy and dealing with neighbors’ loud music. She is particularly thrilled that her Habitat home includes a porch large enough for several rocking chairs.

For years, Hazel doubted her ability to deal with the maintenance issues that would come with owning a home. “Some of the older people in my family said, ‘Oh no, let the landlord take care of things that need fixing.’ You just sometimes get caught up in one way of thinking.”

After many hours of home maintenance, life skills and financial classes that all Habitat homeowners are required to take, Hazel is confident that she is ready.

“I have composition books full of notes.

We learned how to take care of a yard, how to fix simple things, how to weatherize. I love the Habitat program. My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner.” Her enthusiasm led her to earn more than her required number of “sweat equity” hours, particularly at the Habitat ReStore on Peter’s Creek Parkway.

Her new Habitat home is also a symbolic new beginning for Dreamland Park.

With more than 100 vacant lots, Dreamland Park is one of 13 neighborhoods near Smith Reynolds Airport that are the focus of the United Way Place Matters Initiative. Habitat is the United Way’s housing partner in the initiative. United Way is a partial funder of Hazel’s house.

The revitalization of Dreamland Park has generated excitement in the neighborhood. Residents who grew up there recall

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Hazel Griffin cuts the ribbon to her new home in the Dreamland Park neighborhood.

many happy memories of walking to a creek and to mom-and-pop stores. George Black, a nationally renowned Black brick maker, had his brickyard there, and the neighborhood is on the National Register of Historic Places. Unfortunately, some of the community was razed to make way for urban renewal. Over time, about twothirds of the remaining homes became rental property.

When friends and family come to visit Hazel in her new home in Dreamland Park, they will likely find her waiting for them in a rocker on the front porch. “I’ll know that this house is MINE,” she said.

“I won’t have to fight for a parking space.

I can plant flowers. I can sit outside and enjoy the fresh air. It’s never too late! No one can tell me I can’t own a home. Without God and Habitat, I wouldn’t be where I am now.”

Driven by the vision that everyone needs a safe, healthy place to live, Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County started helping local families in 1985. The housing organization has since served over 550 families and individuals build or improve the places they can call home. To learn more, visit habitatforsyth.org.

Don Flow ready to join effort to scale up workforce housing

BY JOHN RAILEY

Don Flow knows a bit about scaling up operations, having helped expand his family business to 44 automotive dealerships spread across ten cities.

He also has a passion for meeting a looming crisis for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, that of creating thousands of units of affordable, or workforce, housing over the next decade.

“If we could seize this moment, we could be one of those stellar cities for the next generation,” he told me recently. “Could this be a moment in time when we might act in a concerted effort?”

As housing prices surged 16% this year, according to Redfin.com, workforce housing for police, firefighters, restaurant, hospital and biotech workers, to name a few, has gotten harder to find. One avenue has

Mark McKinney, homeowner. been the Forsyth County Homeownership Program, which has helped hundreds of local residents buy homes over the last 20 years. But with only a few dozen homeowners helped per year, it’s a drop in the bucket relative to the shortage of housing.

Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) has extensively studied the county program. Scaling it up, as well as other local ones,

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would play a key role in meeting the workforce housing challenge. By way of full disclosure, CSEM is applying for grants to support its research on that effort.

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‘Boss Lady’ to host annual Mother’s Day dinner celebration SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The Light Radio Station (1340AM, 103.5 FM) will host a Mother’s Day dinner celebration. This event marks 22 years of serving moms, mothers, and mother figures in the Triad. This event will start at noon at The Enterprise Conference and Event Center located at 1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

“We celebrate mothers while they are yet alive. So many moms don't have families to love on them. They are alone or children just don't give them any love until they are gone,” said Anita “Boss Lady” Dean Arnette, radio personality and founder of the event.

This event starts off as a radio contest.

The families are to mail a written letter to the radio station and the deadline to enter is April 30. There is a committee of judges that read the letters and determine the winners. The winners of the contest are announced at the dinner.

Each year there is a theme paired to a gospel song. This year’s theme is: A Mother Will Always Provide. The song paired with the theme is from the gospel song “Jehovah Jireh” by Jekalyn Carr.

The winner is crowned Mother of The Year. Prizes are also available for first, second and third runners-up. Every woman who attends the dinner is given a prize.

Each year the mayor of Winston Salem, Allien Joines, attends.

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SECCA presents ‘Banned Book Summer’ series Discussions examine books banned from public school libraries

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“This year makes 22 years. We started off with about four or 10 people in the conference room. Now we have invited about 150 people. We are so excited to see our wonderful mothers after two years of halting the event due to COVID,” said Anita “Boss Lady” Dean Arnette.

Please feel free to contact Dean Arnette concerning this event at 336-4802039 or email aarnette@truthnetwork. com.

The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) will host “Banned Books Summer” this May through August. “Banned Books Summer” is a series of informal discussions of novels and memoirs that have, for one reason or another, been banned from public school libraries across the country. SECCA director William Carpenter will lead the discussions, which are free and open to all.

The discussions will examine the topics and themes central to the books.

In addition, participants will look at the contexts and reasons for the books being banned. “It’s important to ask what book bans say about the social and political climates we live in,” said Carpenter. “Do these bans speak to our values or to our fears? Why do so many such bans focus on books that confront race, class, gender, and sexuality?”

The first book discussion in the series is Thursday, May 12, and will explore ”Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale” by Art

Spiegelman. The Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel recounts the experiences of Spiegelman’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as mice and Nazis as cats. The book was recently banned by a Tennessee school board because it contains curse words and a depiction of a naked mouse.

Other book discussions in the series include ”Beloved” by Toni Morrison on June 23, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood” by Marjane Satrapi on July 14, and ”In the Dream House: A Memoir” by Carmen Maria Machado on August 25.

All discussions are held at SECCA and begin at 6 p.m.. Books can be purchased at Bookmarks in downtown Winston-Salem and wherever books are sold.

SECCA is located at 750 Marguerite Drive in Winston-Salem. For questions and more information, please contact SECCA director William Carpenter at william.carpenter@ncdcr.gov. Visit secca.org/calendar for a full list of upcoming events.

Christa Smith promoted to deputy director at Social Services SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Christa Smith has been promoted to deputy director of the Forsyth County Department of Social Services, effective May 2022.

Smith has worked in the social services field for more than 20 years, spending a large part of her career in child welfare. She’s been with Forsyth County Social Services for almost Submitted photo 10 years in social work Christa Smith supervision and, most recently, as the human closely with current Depservices evaluation and uty Director Liz White, planning manager. As she who will retire at the end fully transitions into her of the year. new role in the coming “Christa brings to months, she will work this position a wealth of

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knowledge and experience in the social work field and local county government,” said Social Services Director Christine Dowdell. “I want to congratulate Christa and I look forward to working with her in her new role.”

Smith was born and raised in Charlotte. She received a bachelor’s degree in social work from UNCCharlotte and a master’s in public affairs from UNCGreensboro. She currently resides in Clemmons with her husband and three sons.

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an extreme point of pain that I play from, and now I use that as passion to keep moving forward.”

After listening to Crown myself, it conjured up a lot of emotions due to my personal experiences as well. It also inspired me to continue putting boots

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and MacIntosh believes the council will sign off on that proposal. The state of North Carolina has allocated an additional $10 million to the city for affordable housing, he said, and more than $1 million may be available for affordable housing from bonds approved in 2018.

Forsyth County has about $20 million left in ARPA funding, and some of that could potentially go to further support the homeownership program, staff and commissioners indicated at a March meeting.

Flow said he is committed to helping, but he emphasized that he’s just one of many participants needed. “Everything we have been able to do to create a different future for our city the last 20 years has come from a wide network of people and institutions collaborating on the effort,” he said.

What’s needed is neighborhoods of 30 houses or more being repeated across the city and county through public/private partnerships.

One example is the Berry Garden housing development in Kernersville. The county homeownership program worked on it with

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on the ground in our fight for love, peace and equality. The Crown album is the soundtrack for the world we live in today, and a definite contender for Album of the Year at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

“My favorite quote is: It’s not about the years you have in your life, it’s about the life you have in your

years. Are you out there living, or barely existing?”

My phenomenal Person of the Week is Eric Gales.

For more info about Eric, tour dates or to purchase a copy of Crown, visit ericales.com. On social media @ericgalesband.

the Housing Partnership of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, which took the lead role. More than 20 years after its inception, the neighborhood is thriving.

One resident, Mark McKinney, said he bought his house in 2003 for $109,000 and its market value is now $218,500.

“It’s amazing,” said McKinney, a truck driver. The neighborhood has held up well, he said, it’s almost crime-free and he likes his neighbors.

Dan Kornelis, who helped start the county program when he was the head of the county’s community and economic development department, said, “The truth is that the program provided a template for success, but the real work was done by the participants who purchased their homes and who have continued to stay in their homes, building equity and wealth.”

CSEM’s findings on 508 program clients found they averaged $50,000 in equity over ten years, with fewer than 8% of homes foreclosed on, while bringing in more than $6.2 million in tax dollars to the county.

The challenge for scaling up the program, Flow said, is leveraging institu-

tions already in place and involving builders, bankers and many others. “If we want to be an affordable and desirable city for the future, we need to immediately put in place a plan to build 500 homes, and we don’t need to slow down until we cross 5,000 homes. If we do this, we will be known as a city that provides the opportunity for all of our citizens to thrive.”

One way to effect the scale-up may be applying business principles, such as the ones Flow has used: *Stay focused on customer (homeowner) needs, which include building home equity and safe neighborhoods for homeowners. *Set goals and measure progress toward them with hard data. Be transparent with how you are doing with all of your key constituents. *Continue to reinvest in what is creating value and helping you realize your goals.

“We have the organizations with the skills to do this,” Flow said. “Let’s get started.”

John Railey, raileyjb@ gmail.com, is the writerin-residence for Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (www.wssu.edu/ csem).

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Another legendary coach calls it quits Villanova men’s basketball coach Jay Wright has announced his retirement at the age of 60 and 21 years as the Wildcats’ head coach. This was unexpected as the Villanova Wildcats are still one of the best teams in the country and Wright seems to be in peak health.

Wright is the third high profile head coach to call it quits in the last two seasons. He follows retiring legendary head coaches Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski who have won multiple national championships.

According to Wright, he said he lacked the same “edge” this past season that he had in the past. In his retirement news conference, Wright said there were times before practices and workouts where he had to give himself a pep talk.

If this is truly the end for Wright, he walks away with an impressive resume that includes two national championships, eight Big East regular-season titles, 642 wins and a gold medal as an assistant for the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team.

“During this season, it started to hit me,” Wright said emotionally. “I started to look at where my coaching was. Everybody being in place: our staff, the team. We wanted to leave this in a better place than we found it. And we wanted it to be strong and in a great position when we left.

“I started to feel just like I didn’t have the edge that I’ve always had, where the edge always came natural to me, so I started evaluating it.”

There were thoughts of retirement for Wright for the last few years, but he made the final decision to retire prior to his team’s Final Four run. He had to come out to his players about his plans earlier than he wanted to once rumors began to swirl.

Wright did things differently than how Coach K chose to say goodbye to college basketball. Coach K announced it early enough that he could have a farewell tour throughout the season. His team made it all the way to the Final Four and nearly allowed Coach Krzyzewski to walk away as a champion.

Williams did not announce that he was retiring until after the season and it was also a shock to most fans and the press. I think the Coach Williams See Coach on B2

Photos by Alphonso Abbott Jr.

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Last week, the Reagan Raiders JV girls’

soccer team took on their 4A rivals, the West Forsyth Titans. It was a low scoring game with Reagan coming away as 1-0 winners. The two

teams will face off one more time before the end of the season and the Titans look to even the score in that matchup.

Reagan High golfer heading to HBCU to continue career

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Since childhood, the game of golf has been a way of life for Cam Witherspoon. As he matured, his love for the game continued to grow and that love has earned him a scholarship to play golf at the next level.

The Reagan High School senior has accepted a scholarship to play golf at Virginia Union University this fall. Witherspoon’s game has continued to evolve over the last four years, and he feels he is ready to step right in and compete.

“I have gotten better from my freshman year to my senior year and now I have really started putting myself out there with the lower scoring kids. I really started to define my golf game and really showing people what I can do, so going into the college season I am going to be ready for it,” Witherspoon said about the maturation of his game.

“I went out and watched the tournament for Virginia Union when they played in the CIAA. I am just like right with those kids, if not better than them, so I think I have the confidence and the mental strength to get through the college season to do well and succeed.”

To help improve his game, Witherspoon worked tirelessly with his swing coach, watched videos of different swings of professionals and recorded his own swing to make any necessary adjustments. He has continually worked on aspects of his game because he feels consistency is the only way to get better at his craft.

“It takes every day. You can’t just miss a day or two, you have

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Witherspoon works on his game daily to become a better player. to keep going at it every day,” he said about his commitment to the game. “I think golf is like the number one time-consuming sport because you can always go on a football field and run routes and catch a ball but with golf it’s always something different that you have to work on. You have to go out there every single day for hours, working at it to get better.

You can’t just hope to get better; you actually have to work on it.”

Witherspoon enjoyed his time at Reagan. He feels the coaches and players assisted with his growth in the game. He played on the varsity team all four years and that helped with his maturity and making better decisions on the course.

“When I was younger, I used to try and go for everything,” he said about his shot selection. “If I had a shot that I think I could do, I would try and hit that shot instead

of taking the smarter route. The coaches told me to play the smarter shot. I forgot who told me this, but they told me to shoot for par and maybe a birdie will come.”

Playing in the tournaments in high school was another way Witherspoon was able to sharpen his game. With several players in those tournaments committed to high level Division I schools, it was a great way for Witherspoon to gauge where his game was and what he needed to work on.

When it came down to choosing a college, Witherspoon chose Virginia Union University because of the coaching staff. He felt they were committed to him and he decided that was where he wanted to go.

The support from his mother and father has been big for Witherspoon throughout his career. His parents have been in his corner since day one and he is grateful for

that.

“They are like my number one fans to be honest, especially this man right here,” Witherspoon said about his parents. “I probably get like 30 calls a day from him asking me if I need anything. I know I don’t acknowledge it to them, but I actually am really grateful because they put in a lot of money and time for me and if I didn’t have that, I wouldn’t be close to where I am today.”

Cam’s father, Ubet Witherspoon, says once Cam became more serious about golf, that was when he really took off in the sport. Mr. Witherspoon always felt Cam had the talent to excel in the sport, but there is more potential to be unlocked in his son.

“It’s about what he wants at this point,” said Mr. Witherspoon.

“So, I have seen him grow from just being there, to really being there. Going forward, he knows it’s about what he does and the moves he makes.

“Since he was younger, it was holding his hand, now it’s to the point where it’s about him. I tell Cam that a kid with half your talent but double your work ethic will beat you every time. Cam can go far, he just had to believe and put the work in to go far. I have seen that growth from freshman year until now.”

Mr. Witherspoon is excited for Cam to have the opportunity to play at Virginia Union because he was sold on the coaching staff and their commitment to his son. Mr. Witherspoon says the job is not done yet because he feels Cam has the ability to go as far as he wants to in the game of golf.

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Sportsmen Club welcomes two Hall of Fame classes on one night

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Now that we have returned to some semblance of normalcy, we can begin to congregate together again. The Sportsmen Club will once again have their annual WinstonSalem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame banquet and this year they will induct the 2020 and 2022 classes on the same evening.

The 37th annual Hall of Fame banquet will take place on Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center.

The 2020 class will include: Maiysha Bryant (Parkland), Nateja Hale (Parkland), Ricky D. Holt (Winston-Salem Prep), Erin Morrison (Parkland), Bryce Sherman (Carver) and Ebony Williams (Parkland). The 2022 class includes: Brad Craddock (Glenn), Delayo Dodd (Carver), Dr. Cerina Buchanan Hunt (West Forsyth), Brandon Isaiah (Parkland), Tory Joyner (Carver), Geno Segers (East Forsyth) and Dr. Ronald Stone (Kernersville).

The members of the Sportsmen Club are eager to once again honor some of the best athletes that have ever come through Forsyth County.

“We are very ecstatic to go back to honoring our local high school legends,” said Chris Kirkpatrick, Sportsmen Club member and member of the hall of fame. “We have been kind of on hold for the last

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This year, the Sportsmen Club will induct the 2020 and 2022 classes at the same event. three years. This is great to be back to honor the local sports legends.”

To be inducted into the hall of fame, an honoree has to be nominated and the members go over their qualifications and a determination is made.

“There is a nomination process and anybody can nominate anybody they think is worthy,” said Kirkpatrick. “We have a criteria that is listed and you have to fill out a nomination application. Along with that application, a scrapbook has to be submitted with a sports resume that highlights all of your accolades and awards and we use that as documentation.

“Every year the deadline is March 16 for that class year, and we go through and pull those nominations out and we submit them to our hall of fame committee which is comprised of figures from the community: teachers, hall of famers, officials and administrators. The screening committee goes

through and validates each one of the criteria to make sure they are actually qualified for nomination.

“Once approved by the screening committee, it goes to our hall of fame committee at the WinstonSalem Sportsmen Club.

We go through the material and we have our vote and in order to be elected to the hall of fame, you have to receive 60% of the vote from our active membership.”

Kirkpatrick has firsthand knowledge of what it feels like to be inducted into the hall of fame, being a member himself. He said he enjoys being a part of inducting new members into the hall and having them be honored for their stellar careers.

“It makes us feel great to honor them. I can speak to it from personal experience because I got elected to the hall of fame myself in 2005, so I remember that feeling and now it’s kind of like every year when you have a class you

relive that feeling through the folks that get elected to come in,” Kirkpatrick said.

There’s a lot of folks that played high school sports that were very good in high school.

“Some go on to play college and some escalate to the pros, but it’s several that don’t get to go past the high school level and you get to a point in your life when your sports career is over. But then you actually get nominated for the high school hall of fame and get rewarded for your high school performance and it kind of brings all that back and allows you to celebrate your high school career.

It’s really special and we enjoy seeing the joy on the faces of the inductees and their families when they are officially inducted into the hall of fame.”

Tickets for the event are $35 and must be purchased by May 2. You can obtain tickets by contacting Aldeen Smith at 336682-3493.

and Coach K retirements were more palatable because they had coached for so long and also had a history of medical issues.

Wright seemed to have at least another 10 years on the sidelines before retirement talk would arise, but when the desire isn’t where it used to be, then retirement is the right choice, especially for the kids.

Wright says the current state of college basketball also played a role in his decision. The transfer portal and NIL (name, image and likeness) deals are now a big part of college basketball and have changed the game forever.

“I think those changes are eventually going to be really good for college basketball,” said Wright.

“I’m so impressed with how we handled NIL as a team. Some of our guys made really good money.

And they had 3.8 GPAs and they went to a Final Four. But there is a side of it where … [Neptune and our younger assistants] are at another level than me when it comes to that stuff.

They’re really visionary about it. And I feel like I’m the coach that’s trying to keep up with it. That impacted us where we felt like this was a good time.”

Wright said he plans to stay active with the program and university, but is not sure what he will do next. He says he can leave the program knowing that it is in a better place than when he arrived and is poised to maintain the level of excellence they have enjoyed recently.

“The greatest thing for us has always been just to be the coach at Villanova,” he said. “Accolades or winning games is not as big as being the coach at Villanova. We’ve been a part of a great tradition and we’ve been blessed to be the head of that tradition for 21 years. We’ve always said, ‘We don’t own this.’

We just got to be in charge for 21 years.”

The loss of Wright will leave yet another hole to fill in the landscape of college basketball. Hubert Davis took over for Williams at North Carolina and took them to the national championship game in his first year. Jon Scheyer will take over for Coach K next season and is in line to carry on the tradition Coach K set at Duke for the past 40 years.

Kyle Neptune, a former Villanova assistant, will take over for Wright at Villanova. Neptune was previously the head coach at Fordham University.

A coach like Wright does not come along often.

I am sure he had several offers to leave Villanova over the years. I’m also sure that some of those offers were from schools with a higher profile than Villanova and even from the professional ranks but Wright stayed.

That speaks a lot about the character of Wright.

More and more, we are seeing the old guard of head coaches leaving the sidelines. Now it will be interesting to see how many of these young coaches step up and enter the ranks of elite coaches.

Only time will tell.

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St. Philips Moravian, North Carolina’s oldest African American church, to celebrate 200th anniversary SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Sunday School Lesson

Freedom from Sin Scriptures: Romans 6:1-14 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Explore what it means to live by grace rather than under the law; *Discern how following Jesus can impact the way we handle these temptations and sins; *Choose to live in the power of Jesus’ life and resurrection.

Background: The Epistle to the Romans is Paul’s most commanding exposition of the gospel of salvation by grace through faith. The writings that lead to this lesson are on the universal need of salvation and the impossibility of attaining it apart from grace. Paul also discusses faith and righteousness and justification by grace through faith. Romans 5:20 makes all of the sixth chapter necessary.

Lesson: Baptized with Christ (Romans 6:1-4). “…

Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?”

Paul asks the question in rhetoric because – you need only consider what sin is to know the answer: sin is falling short of God’s glory (Romans 3:23), sin is a lawlessness that involves living selfishly rather than conforming to God’s commands (1 John 3:4), sin includes anything unrighteous (5:17), sin puts us on the wrong side of God (Rom. 1:18), sin includes knowing the right thing to do and not doing it (James 4:17), sin is consciously disdaining what is right and seeking what is wrong (Rom. 1:32), sin is a bondage that demands obedience to its cravings (6:6, 12, 20) – sin is anything but beneficial! (verse 1). Paul answers his own question: “Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?” We have died to sin. Therefore, if we have died to sin, then we should not live any longer in it. It isn’t fitting. Before we were in sin; now we are dead to sin (verse 2). Paul uses the word “baptized” metaphorically. He says that by placing saving faith in Christ is being spiritually immersed into the person of Christ, we become united and identified with Him. “… into His death?” (verse 3) means that immersion or identification is specifically with Christ’s death and resurrection.

Baptism is a participation in Christ’s death, burial and resurrection, “ so we too may walk in newness of life.”

There is a new quality and character to our lives, a new principle of life. You cannot die and rise again without it changing your life.

Crucified with Christ (verses 5-11). The believer must identify with the death of Jesus in baptism – because we actually participate with Jesus in His death: “We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin (verse 6).The crucifixion of the old man is something God did in us. In place of the old man God gives the believer a new man – a self that is instinctively obedient to and pleasing to God. “ for he who has died is freed from sin.” We are set free from sin because the old man died with Jesus on the cross. Now a new man, a free man, lives to serve Christ (verse 7).

Verses 8 and 9 tell us that the new man not only has life, he has eternal life. “For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God (verse 10). We are not dead to sin, freed from sin, and given eternal life to live as we please, but to live to please God. New Life with Christ (verses 12-14). In our new life sin should not reign as it did before salvation. Paul invites believers to have the mind of Christ (read Philippians 2:5-11). – do not let the carnal mind rule the mortal body. The brain controls the body - “Do not let sin reign …” only the person set free from sin can be told See Freedom on B4

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Founded in 1822, St. Philips Moravian Church will be celebrating its 200th anniversary on Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. The celebration will feature music, community speakers and a keynote address

by Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough.

The congregation of St. Philips Moravian Church will be gathering in celebration of its 200th anniversary. Founded in 1822, the church was founded as a place where enslaved and free people of African descent in the community of Salem could worship.

Through the initial efforts of the Female Missionary Society of the Moravian Church, St. Philips Moravian is the oldest African American church in North Carolina, and the first Af-

St. Philips Moravian Church rican American Moravian Church.

During its 200-year history, St. Philips has not only been a fixture in our local history, but also in our nation’s history. In May of 1865 a Union cavalry chaplain, Rev. Seth G. Clark, came to the church’s brick church location to announce Lincoln’s emancipation of slaves.

In the decades since,

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St. Philips has been active in communities across Winston-Salem. In 1952 the congregation moved to the Happy Hill Garden area, where it remained until the construction of US 52 led to its move to Bon Air Avenue in 1967.

In the 1990s, the congregation was involved with Old Salem in the renovation of the brick church, which was originally constructed

in 1861. In June of 2019, the congregation returned to the brick church location, where they currently worship.

St. Philips Moravian Church will hold its Anniversary Celebration on May 1 at 3 p.m. and will include: • Music performed by the Provincial Moravian Brass Band • Rev. Chris Thore, president of the Provincial Elders’ Conference • Keynote address by Bobby Kimbrough, Sheriff of Forsyth County For more information, contact Dorothy Pettus via email: office@stphilipsmoravian.org; phone: 336-770-5933; website: stphilipsmoravian.org; or on Facebook at facebook. com/stphilipsmoravian.

You-n-You Experience celebration reception to be held on Saturday SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The YOU-n-You Experience Cohort 2 Celebration Reception will take place on Saturday, April 30. Developed by Marviette A Usher, a former information technology consultant who is now lovingly called “Lady Million Marviette, the IT Consultant for Women,” the YOU-n-You Experience is an intense personal development experience designed to remind women that they are still absolutely phenomenal right in the midst of life happenings.

More importantly, The Experience is designed to encourage women to maintain a mindset of “I can’t stop! Don’t stop! I won’t stop!” until they push through and unleash their capital ‘YOU’ and birth out all that God has invested in them, no matter what, and commit to the mindset of dying empty.

Coupled with The Experience are Usher’s book, “Phenomenal? “OH, YES YOU ARE!” and her “There Shall be Glory After This Self-Care, SelfLove Journey” guide. Both were written to speak to powerful, educated, talented, and beautiful women who have been “hit by life” and while others may think these women have it all together, these women are left wondering “God, why me? How do I push past this and come out on the other side ‘super bad,’ giving God glory in spite

of it all,” delivering life transformational results?

The Experience’s mission is to encourage women to stop spending years trying to figure out all their “life-happening” experiences and instead embrace them, seeing them as an “honor” conferred upon them wherein God has selected them to carry such a heavy weight and be a point of reference for His glory. This truly does give life to the phrase, “I don’t look like what I’ve been through!” There is a great blessing in store for the woman who is committed to walk out her journey and step into her greatness

on the other side.

The reception will celebrate several women for successfully embracing their greatness, “doing their personal work and birthing their purpose.”

Society focuses so much on how to be successful, basing it on what we have, and no one is really talking about where true success lies. Success, walking in greatness, impacting others and leaving an imprint starts with “who we are” and how we are “being.”

It is of utmost importance that women know or discover who we truly are when no one is around, when we are not all dressed

up for the world and when we must make decisions in the dark.

M.A. Usher expresses to the YOU-n-You women that when they know exactly who they are, to whom they belong and tap into what their Almighty God has invested in them, they will guard their seed of greatness at all cost. In turn, as they guard their seed, they will maintain class, elegance and most definitely, will not reduce themselves to engage in out-of-character life happening situations that compromise their greatness and purpose.

The Experience challenges women to answer this main question: Are you becoming who you need to become/the person you need to be in order to have the capacity to do what God has ordained you to do so that you’ll walk in your expected end and experience the life you’d like to have – your God-given predestined life? (Be*Do*Have* & Behave*) How are you behaving in your life?

I’m ecstatic that each of the women answered the call and they will be honored with a certificate of completion to celebrate what they have “birthed for God’s glory to bless the women He has assigned to them.” Our purpose is bigger than us, it is not about us; however, it most definitely requires us. For more information, visit www.marvietteausher. com.

RELIGION CALENDAR

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.

NOW-April 29 Revival services Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Fitch St., invites the community to attend our 2022 Spring Revival beginning on Wednesday evening, April 27, and ending on Friday, April 29. Services will begin at 7 p.m. nightly. The guest revivalist is Rev. Bruce Henderson, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Reverend Dr. Dennis Leach Sr., is the pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. For more in-

formation, please call the church office at 336-418-2003.

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.

May 1 First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Online Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, Senior Pastor of First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC), will continue the series From Generation to Generation: Impacting Each Generation with Truth based on Psalm 78:1-8 for in-person worship service Sunday, May 1. 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 cop-

ies 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.)

May 6 CD launch party On Friday, May 6, Travest Hunter Global Ministries, LLC presents the CD launch party for its new “Inspirational Healing” CD. The CD includes the healing scriptures from the Bible, healing prayer, and inspirational music playing in the background. The actual CD is $8 and the companion bookmarks are $2. The launch party will be held at Taste of the Triad Restaurant from 5-7:30 p.m. Travest Hunter Global MInistries Inspirational Healing can also be purchased on Pandora, Amazon Music, iTunes, Deezer, Youtube, and Facebook. For more information or to RSVP call Dr. Travest Hunter at (336) 287-2572.

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this. The believer must remember that they are now in a new life in Christ that proceeds from righteousness by faith – this is sanctification and is the ethical transformation that results from the saving grace of God. What God has done leads to what believers ought to do – walk in freedom! Paul lists two keys to walking in freedom: the first is “do not present your members as an instrument of unrighteousness to sin,” – we must not present any part of our body to the service of sin. The second

is “present yourselves to God …” We must enlist ourselves entirely in the service of righteousness. “ For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace (verse 14). The Law was the way to God’s approval and eternal life. Jesus changed all of that - in light of the New Covenant, we are not under law but under grace. Christ’s work in our life has changed everything. Under grace: God makes us safe for grace by changing us as we receive His grace; He sets us free and equips us to live righteously before Him. (The UMI Annual Commentary

T he C hronicle 2021-2022, The Modern Life Study Bible, The Jesus Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, The New Interpreters Study Bible and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: In what ways is our freedom from sin a once-and-for-all gift, and in what ways is it a daily choice?

Application: In compliance with verses 13-14 of the lesson, we understand that our God-given skills and talents should be used to glorify God. So, whatever skills you possess, ask the Lord where best to use them. Remem-

ber that we are growing in grace and becoming more like the righteous instrument God created us to be.

(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.

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- 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 WinstonSalem 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/flyingsouth. 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, 336725-2325. 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 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).

April 30 Poetry on the Patio Winston-Salem Writers presents eight poets who will read their work on the patio of La Luz, 612 Trade Street (next to the former Finnigan’s Wake), on Saturday, April 30, at 4 p.m., as an end to National Poetry Month. Attendees are also invited to a free “foundational” yoga lesson at Wildlight at La Luz at 2 p.m. All are invited to come enjoy an hour of poetry and narrative poems by local writers.

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.

May 14, 28 Happy Hill Cemetery cleanup The next Happy Hill Cemetery cleanup will be 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 particle 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.

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, Non-Profit, or Food Vendor, please complete the Vendor Registration form. https://triadculturalarts.org/index. php/vendors/.

July 1 Scholarship deadline The Winston-Salem Foundation is now accepting applications for its scholarship program for the 2022-2023 academic year. July 1 is the deadline for financial need-based scholarships.

Most scholarships are accessed through our online One-Stop Scholarship Application. Students are automatically considered for the scholarships for which they are eligible—with just one application.

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Re-Bidding documents, drawings and specifications may be examined in the office of Fuller Architecture. Pdf’s of the drawings and specifications will be made available to all bidders via a shared Dropbox folder.

Each proposal must be accompanied by a Bid Deposit of cash, certified check or a fully executed Bid Bond payable to the Davie County Board of Education in an amount of five percent (5%) of the gross amount of the proposal executed in accordance with and conditioned as prescribed

by North Carolina General Statute 143-8129 as amended.

Bidders shall use complete sets of Bidding Documents in preparing Bids. Neither the Owner or the Architect assumes responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Bidding Documents.

Contractors are hereby notified that the Davie County Board of Education has a verifiable ten (10) percent goal for the participation by minority businesses in the total value of work for which the contract is awarded in order to follow North Carolina G.S. 143-128. Minority percentages will not be the basis for selecting the low bidder. All minority businesses are encouraged to participate in bidding this project.

The Davie County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive non-material informalities.

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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.

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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.

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

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The project consists of the complete renovation of 30,120 sf of classroom and office renovations to the existing building, formerly the DCHS Media Arts Building.

The building is located at 1200 Hwy 601 South, Mocksville, NC.

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TWIO has been featuring poetry and prose for 25 years

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

In 1996 Jilly HinckleyNoble attended her first poetry slam held at Pinnie Universitie. Jilly had been writing poetry since she was five or six years old, but listening to the poems at the slam opened her eyes to another side of poetry. “The slam got me so excited that I went to the library and started checking out poetry books.”

During her frequent visits to the Forsyth County Public Library, Jilly became acquainted with Bob Shar, the humanities librarian. For National Poetry Month in 1997, he brought in five episodes of “The United States of Poetry,” a series that hadn’t even been shown on PBS yet, and showed an episode every Tuesday evening during the month of April. After the last episode was shown, an open mic was held and it was a huge success. The series attracted a large number of participants eager to learn more and to share their work.

The next month, in May, Bob said to Jilly that it sure would be nice to continue the open mic, but someone would have to

Photo by Judie Holcomb-Pack

Jilly Hinckley-Noble has been writing poetry since she was five years old. volunteer to coordinate it at the library. Without any hesitation, Jilly jumped at the chance. And with that, and the adoption of The Word Is Out or TWIO as

their official name, the first open mic was held in May 1997.

Over the course of 25 years, TWIO has had to juggle its open mic when

the library was shut down for renovations and the group used another library branch. And it was almost shut down the second time when the pandemic

closed the library, but Jilly wasn’t about to let a pandemic spoil her fun.

After two months hiatus, Jilly pivoted the group to Zoom, which turned out to be a blessing because it allowed not only local people, but writers from across North Carolina and even the U.K. to tune in and participate.

Open Mic is held the last Tuesday of each month, with the virtual meeting opening at 6:45 p.m. to check in and sign up to speak, and readings beginning at 7 p.m. Most open mics have a theme, which is optional, plus a featured writer. Every five years, Jilly takes the stage to celebrate another milestone with the group and to share some of her poetry.

Open mic welcomes all ages of writers to share up to five minutes of their poetry or prose. Whether you’re a budding poet, have written for years and kept it tucked away in a drawer, or are an experienced writer or published author, you are welcome to join this incredibly creative group. Don’t feel like you have to read; audience members are welcome, too!

TWIO has two disclaimers: TWIO does

not endorse every idea, concept or word choice you may hear and, TWIO endorses the concepts of freedom of speech, poetic license, and intellectual freedom.

Jilly remarked that what keeps the group going is “… a strong feeling of fellowship, maturity and respect for each other.” Over their 25 years of promoting poets and poetry, Jilly mentioned that several people have been instrumental in bringing in new and vibrant voices. “Deborah Streeter has been a long-time supporter and as a local poet, has helped to identify other poets and bring them to TWIO. Truth, a spoken word artist, uses the platform to bring the realities of life growing up, living and raising kids in East Winston.”

In addition to poetry, TWIO welcomes writers to share various and different literary pieces, including eulogies, activism, performance poetry, and even music to accompany readings. Jilly describes TWIO as “therapeutic.”

For more information about TWIO or to get the Zoom link, email thewordisoutopenmic@gmail. com.

Finding joy in volunteering

BY LARRY ROTH

I’m old. I’m retired.

And I’m happy.

My personal secret of happiness is wrapped up in helping kids learn how to read when I volunteer in an elementary school. It makes me feel useful, like I’m not over the hill. And when the students learn, I learn, too.

Volunteering is so important to me that I work four hours a day, five days

The administrators let me know that they appreciate me, and I appreciate them. They have kept their educational ship afloat in a struggling neighborhood despite staff shortages and a killer of a pandemic. I want to shout, “Hooray!” for them!

There aren’t many jobs where people can set their own hours and pretty much decide what they will and won’t do—but hey! These are my golden

varied and interesting. And I am the proud owner of a T-shirt with “STAFF” printed on the back. The students see me as an authority figure, but a friendly one. They interrupt a lesson to greet me when I walk into a classroom and say goodbye to me when I leave.

One of my most poignant memories is the day I called a student out for misbehaving in the library.

Among other things, he had pulled a book off its shelf and put it on the floor.

I told him to put it back on

the shelf. He put it back, backward. I made him turn it around.

“Are you a teacher?” he asked me. “No, I’m a volunteer.” “Do you get paid?” “No.” “Why are you working here if you don’t get paid?” “Because I love you guys.” The kid’s behavior improved immediately.

Some people think I’m doing this volunteer job to benefit the students. I’m not. It’s pure self-interest.

I’m doing it for me. To have some activity, some excitement, some sense of

accomplishment, some joy in my everyday life. When I leave Easton Elementary School in the afternoon, I’m happier than when I walked in in the morning.

Since I’m old, I can foresee the day when I physically or mentally won’t be able to volunteer anymore. That will be a sad day. I’ll feel better about it if I can offer my secret of happiness to other older persons and help them find joy in volunteering in a school.

Maybe you?

Larry Roth has taught English as a foreign language in the Peace Corps and for five years was involved in relief and development work for Lutheran World Relief, primarily in francophone African countries. He served 11 years as director of AIDS Care Service, retiring in 2005.

He received a bachelor of journalism and master's in French literature from the University of Missouri, and juris doctor from New York University.

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The teachers treat me like a colleague, even though I don’t have their workload or responsibilities. Some have become really good friends.

The librarian makes me coffee at lunch time. She laughs at my jokes—well, most of them. And when I meet a certain custodian in the hall, he calls me “young man.” You can’t buy stuff like that!

years! I volunteer in areas where my education has given me skills and confidence. And when a boy or girl who just arrived in this country speaking only a foreign language starts to recognize printed words in English, the feeling I get is as good as a hug.

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Shepherd’s Center’s Artistic Expressions hosts its first art show

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

When creative older adults get together, there’s no holding them back from expressing their passions. That has been the experience of what began over ten years ago as the “adult coloring” group at the Shepherd’s Center.

As Fay Bustos, the Vital Living Program assistant explained, “This year the

upper level of the Shepherd’s Center. It is a freewheeling drop-in group that doesn’t cost anything to participate, just bring your artistic project and join in. Some people still color, and there are numerous coloring books, crayons and markers available to use. Others work on drawing, painting, wood working, cross-stitching, knitting, and other creative art projects.

met in parking lots, staying in their cars and rolling down their windows, continuing to work on their crafts while having conversations with the others.

They never missed a beat!

As one member said, “This class has been a ray of sunshine through COVID.” Another member, Ranada, said that she attends because “it’s such a welcoming group.” She suggested that for anyone

A group of Artistic Expressions’ members works on their individual art projects during the weekly class.

Amelia Johnson works on a cross-stitch piece during class. group changed its name to ‘Artistic Expressions’ because they started doing so much more than coloring.”

The group meets every Wednesday afternoon from 1:30-4 p.m. on the

Fay said even the pandemic couldn’t keep this group from its creative pursuits! When the Shepherd’s Center closed to members and visitors, the Artistic Expressions group

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just getting involved with Shepherd’s Center, Artistic Expressions is the best way to get comfortable and get to know people and all the programs that are offered.

The day I visited, several of the members were happily working on their projects, chatting and laughing. Linda Covington announced, “This is our therapy group class.”

They have 12 to 15 regular attendees with others that drop in as they can.

Amelia Johnson mentioned that she took art classes through the Shepherd’s Center that were held at Sawtooth. She really enjoyed the art classes and hopes that there will be more classes offered in the future.

Jim Zimmer, observing all the pictures and art pieces that the group has created over the years,

suggested that they have an art show to feature some of their work. They were all in and it didn’t take long before the group had collected over 100 items to show. Zimmer came up with the name and designed the distinctive logo for the group.

Now it’s official: The inaugural Artistic Expressions Art Show located in the upper level of the Shepherd’s Center will be available for viewing through April 29. The Shepherd’s Center is located at 1700 Ebert Street and you can park in the upper parking lot and enter the doors on that level.

The art is displayed in the

lobby area, down the hallway, and on the walls of the room where the group meets. You can expect to see watercolor, wood burning, acrylic painting, coloring, crochet and knitting, colored pencil drawings, poetry and much more. Some of the artwork is for sale with part of the proceeds donated to the Shepherd’s Center.

Artistic Expressions welcomes new members.

Just drop in any Wednesday between 1:30-4 p.m. and join in the fun! For more information, visit www.shepherdscenter.org.

May Senior Events Calendar: Events or meetings: *Chocolate candy classes will be held on May 3 & 5 at 12:30-2:30 p.m., or 3-5 p.m., and on May 6 from 2-4 p.m. at Brown & Douglas Active Adults Senior Center, 4725 Indiana Avenue. Advance registration is required and there is a fee of $10. *Winston-Salem Writers, (first Tuesday of each month). The next Open Mic is May 3, registration at 6:45 p.m., readings begin at 7 p.m., via Zoom. This event offers beginning and experienced writers an opportunity to read five minutes of their work to a friendly audience.

Audience members are welcome! To participate in the Zoom Open Mic, visit www.wswriters.org and click on the newsletter to get the link or email Judie Holcomb-Pack at judiehp@triad.rr.com. *35th annual Used Book Sale will be held May 5-7 at the Education Building at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds. All proceeds from the sale benefit the Shepherd’s Center. Over 150,000 books and other media, including videos and games, will be for sale. Free parking. *The Piedmont Wind Symphony will present a free performance with the nation’s premier jazz trombone ensemble – the Capital Bones – on Saturday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. at Home Moravian Church. The Capitol Bones will perform unique arrangements of Moravian hymns in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Home Moravian Church.

For more information, visit www.piedmontwindsymphony.com. *The Salem Band continues its 250th anniversary session with its season opening concert on Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 p.m., in Salem Square in Old Salem. This concert is free. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy live music in the square. *AARP chapter meeting will be held in person on May 10 at Senior Services, 2895 Shorefair Drive. For information about the local AARP chapter, email Alberta Powell at powellalberta0@gmail.com.

Open to all seniors age 50 and above with an AARP membership. *Aging Well series presented by Wake Forest Baptist Sticht Center for Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Prevention, (the second Tuesday of each month) will be held on May 10 at 5:30 p.m. virtually online. To register and receive the link to access the program, email bhealth@ wakehealth.edu. *”No Penguins in Piney Grove,” a birdwatching event hosted by Brown & Douglas Active Adults Senior Center, 4725 Indiana Avenue. Meet on May 11 at 9 a.m. for a guided bird walk. Binoculars will be provided. Free. *Adult Children of Aging Parents meeting, (third Tuesday), will be held May 17 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. via Zoom. All are welcome, but the focus will be on the needs of adult children who are caring for their aging parents. For more information and to get the Zoom link, visit www.ACAPcommunity.org and look for Winston-Salem under the “Find your chapter” tab. *Older Americans Month Spring Fling, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Brown and Douglas Active Adults Senior Center, 4725 Indiana Avenue. *The Word is Out (TWIO) will celebrate its 25th anniversary at its May 31 virtual Open Mic. Writers of all ages are invited to read up to five minutes of their work. This month’s featured poet will be Jilly Hinckley-Noble, who has been coordinating TWIO since its inception. For more information or to receive the Zoom link, email thewordisoutopenmic@gmail.com.

Senior centers, recreation and community centers and other organizations: Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 1700 Ebert Street: Some of the ongoing Shepherd’s Center activities are listed below.

Call the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217 for information. Contact Kristin Larson at klarson@shepherdscenter.org to register and for Zoom meeting information. More of their programs, including those on off-campus sites, can be found on their website at www.shepherdscenter.org. *Mondays 10-11 a.m., line dancing for fun and fitness with Brenda Holcomb. $7 per class. Meets on the upper level. Please arrive by 9:15 a.m. as class begins promptly at 9:30 a.m. *Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m., Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention with Wanda Patterson. $2 donation.

*Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m., The Shepherd Center Singers. Donations accepted. Please contact Carmina Jenks at pegjen2@gmail.com to join. *Wednesdays, Fellowship and Games, 1:30-4 p.m., meets on the lower level. *Wednesdays, 1:30-4:00 p.m., Artistic Expressions. *Way Back Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. with Paul McCraw, a local historian and retired history teacher, who will discuss local and world history and relate it to today’s events. Via Zoom. *Thursdays, 12-1 p.m., Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, forms I and II with Wanda Patterson. $2 donation. *Thursdays at 1 p.m., Game Day with Fay and Kristin. We play different games every week, such as Boggle, Scattergories, Trivia, Pictionary and more. Come join the fun! We ask that you please arrive by 1 p.m.; once the game begins you will not be able to join. Via Zoom. *Thursdays, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m., Chess with Paul Sluder. *Thursdays at 3 p.m., Thinking Outside the Box Discussion Group.

Meets in person on lower level.

Mary Alice Warren Community Center, 7632 Warren Park Drive, Lewisville: The classes below are presented by Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem: *Writing Stories from your Life: Every second Monday, 10 a.m.12 noon. Closed group.

For additional classes held at this center, visit https://lewisvillenc. net/MAWCC and click on Classes Offered.

Brown & Douglas Active Adult Center, 4725 Indiana Avenue: Various activities for seniors. Contact Serena Mumford at 336661-4998 or email serenam@cityofws.org for more information. *Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, TechWise. Get help with all your digital devices. Call Serena for appointment. *Mondays and Wednesdays, 9-10 a.m., yoga. *Mondays and Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., Hebrew dance class *Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m., chair exercises. *Tuesdays, 12 noon, Cooking Matters *Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Basketball Shoot Around *Tuesdays, 2 p.m., Tai Chi *Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Chair volleyball *Thursdays, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., Nature Walk & Talk *Thursdays, 5 p.m., T.O.P.S. weight loss class *Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., Let’s Jam with Jamita step aerobics *Fridays, 1 p.m., Corn hole *Fridays, 1 p.m., golf putting *Fridays, 1 p.m., Game Day Salvation Army Senior Center, 2850 New Walkertown Road: *Tuesdays, 10 a.m., line dancing *Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m., chair yoga *Tuesdays, 11 a.m., chair volleyball *Wednesdays, 11 a.m., drumming exercise *Wednesdays, 12 p.m., spiritual development *Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m., REACHE Program *Thursdays, 10 a.m., hand bells music *Thursdays, 11 a.m., educational program *Thursdays, 12 p.m., Lunch (please sign up by calling Captain Raquel Lorenzo at 336-499-1196) Carver School Road Public Library, 4915 Lansing Drive: *First Tuesday Get Together, April 5, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., arts, crafts and seasonal cards, hosted by Sandra Smith. *Adult games the last Thursday of each month, April 28, 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Come play cards, board games and dominos and make new friends!

If you have an item for the Seniors Calendar, please email news@wschronicle.com and put Seniors Calendar in the subject line. Items must be submitted by the 20th of the preceding month for the next month’s issue.

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Visual, heritage and performance arts winners announced SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Piedmont Plus Senior Games/SilverArts announces medal winners in the categories of visual arts, heritage arts, and performance arts. A display of the visual and heritage arts entries are on display through April 30 on the second floor of the downtown Central Public Library. The performance arts competition was held on April 22 at Redemption Hill Church.

The following were awarded medals: *Gold medal, Quilting (machine), “Green Thumb” by Jeannie Romano *Gold medal, Woodworking, “Santas” by Judith Ruff

A final salute to April’s National Poetry Month

*Silver medal, Digital Photo, “Summer Night Sky” by Robert Scarborough *Bronze medal, Digital Photo, “Sir Poplar” by Judith Ruff *Gold medal, Drawing, “Parrot” by Bill Gramley *Gold medal, Watercolor, “Happy Pears” by Bill Gramley *Silver medal, Watercolor, “Villa by the Sea” by Jerry Kight *Bronze medal, Watercolor, “Lighthouse in the Storm” by Patricia Kight *Gold medal, Pastels, “Fruitful” by June Francis *Silver medal, Pastels, “Off the Beaten Path” by Mary Stott *Bronze medal, Pastels, “Evening Star” by Bill Gramley

The Piedmont Games/SilverArts gold medal winner for poetry

Wrightsville Beach

BY PETER VENABLE

The tide rises, wind at twenty-five knots offshore, blows waves higher and higher and break, pounding shallows, churning sand in a trough.

Sand is packed hard as concrete—joggers dodge buried shell shards jutting like glass for careless soles. I plod and plunge into waves for the next one, body surfing at my age. I’m game.

White caps everywhere. A big one crests too soon and I dive below it, dig fingers into the sand and feel it try to pull me into its jaws.

Bursting to the surface, eyes smarting, I barely see a lifeguard stand waving, red flag flapping.

I’m not too old. A dark underwater shadow zooms by— No, a fleeting wind-surfers sail! Several pelicans glide by inches above the swells as I tread. On the horizon the Big One forms and billows. Surfers wait, politely jockey for position. It summits and we ride the crest but it smashes me like a ship from a rogue wave— I plunge, somersault and like a shark clamping a fish, it yanks me under whipping surf over and over and over—a bug in a washing machine, until a frothy hand pushes me through into a sandbank face first— I periscope up, gasp for air, sinus full as a ship’s ballast, chin sandpapered raw, swimsuit full of sand like a toddler’s diaper in a tidal pool and stagger onto the beach.

This has to be grace.

Photo by Judie Holcomb-Pack

Fun Fatale Trio brought home the Best of Show award in the SilverArts Performance competition. *Gold medal, Sculpture, “Whale Boat Model” by William Mitchell *Silver medal, Sculpture, “Black Cat”

by Jeanette Yarbrough *Bronze medal, Sculpture, “Help I’m melting” by Bill Gramley *Gold medal, Mixed Media, “Cosmos 2” by Bernice Everett-Uhl *Silver medal, Mixed Media, “From My Window” by Margaret Miller *Bronze medal, Mixed Media, “Call of the Sea” by Jeannie Romano *Gold medal, Digital Photo, “Bird Man of San Juan” by Charles Swanson

*Gold medal, Acrylic, “Apple a Day”

by Charles Stott *Silver medal, Acrylic, “Halloween”

by Jeannie Romano *Bronze medal, Acrylic, “Dozen Apples” by Bill Gramley *Gold medal, Oils, “Solitary Stroll”

by Bruce Ingle *Silver medal, Oils, “Welcome to the Porch” by Jeannie Romano *Bronze medal, Oils, “Riding my Bike” by Jeanette Yarbrough Best of Show, Performing Arts, Fun Fatale Trio

Photo by Judie Holcomb-Pack

Peter Venable reads his award-winning poem at the Senior Games/SilverArts Performance Competition on April 22.

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We’ve Got Groundbreaking News!

Senior Services broke ground on its new Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness, April 27. This state-of-the-art building will not only be the new home of the Elizabeth and Tab Williams Adult Day Center, but also a hub of collaboration with several local organizations designed to build a community that celebrates the value of all people, at every stage of life. The event also kicked off the public phase of the Creative Connections Capital Campaign which will support the new center and myriad other activities at Senior Services focused on helping older adults live with dignity and age with purpose in our community.

Creativity Adds Joy

Williams Adult Day Center participants love to be creative! Volunteer, Susan (right) helped Shirley, a Williams Center participant (left) create a masterpiece that she can be proud of! Learn more about the Williams Adult Day Center and how its helping people living with memory loss and their families navigate the road of dementia at seniorservicesinc.org.

7 Over Seventy Nominations Are Open

Senior Services is thrilled to once again partner with the WinstonSalem Journal for the seventh annual 7 Over Seventy Awards.

Please make plans to nominate special people over the age of seventy who have made a significant impact on our community. Nominations can be made now through May 20. Visit journalnow.com/forms/f7_over_seventy to nominate a deserving senior.

Volunteer Spotlight: Darlene Delivers

There are many ways to fill one’s day after retiring. Some choose to garden or catch up on their reading lists. Others take up new hobbies like painting or long-distance running.

Darlene, a new Senior Services volunteer, decided to spend a portion of her new schedule delivering Meals-on-Wheels.

“I had one empty day of my retired week and I wanted to fill it with something worthwhile,” she said. Will you share some of your time to make a senior’s day better?

Find out how at seniorservicesinc.org/volunteer.

Aging in Full Color: Catch the Beat

Senior Services’ Creative Connections program hosted a drumming class for community seniors, and it was a hit! Learn more about our Creative Connections arts classes and how to register at seniorservicesinc.org/creative-connections/.

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