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BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

What is the appraisal process used for homes in the area? What can residents do about gerrymandering and the location of voting precincts? How do the decisions in Raleigh impact the families and communities in WinstonSalem?

Those were just a few of the questions raised during a town hall meeting hosted by NC 71st District Rep. Evelyn Terry earlier this week. During the event held at the

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Enterprise Center residents let it be known early that they had concerns about the drop in value of their property.

While an appraisal completed to re-evaluate the property values in the county shows an increase of about 6 percent and 70 percent of homes increased in value for the entire county, properties in the east and the south, which is in the 71st District, saw a decline in property tax values.

One man said his home depreciated by $19,000.

Longtime city resident Hazel Mack said there needs to be a new process to get the true value of homes in the area.

She mentioned that a lot of people in the area have made

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improvements to their homes that aren’t reflected on the property value.

“We need another method to determine value other than sales,” said Mack. “In our community, we’re still being affected by the mortgage crisis.”

When asked how the property value is assessed, County Tax Accessor John Burgiss said appraisals on all properties in Forsyth County are completed every four years and are based on the sale of similar properties in the immediate area.

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A rally was held at City Hall in support of the Welcoming City resolution before Monday’s City Council meeting.

Welcoming City resolution pulled

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

The controversial but highly supported Welcoming City resolution was pulled from consideration during a City Council meeting on Monday, April 17.

The resolution attempts to reassure immigrants and refugees after the Trump administration broadened immigration enforcement and repeatedly attempted to ban travelers and refugees from Muslim majority countries.

Its author, City Council Member Dan Besse, said he is going to try a new approach of getting clergy, community leaders and other elected officials to join council members in endorsing the resolution.

The resolution came about after the council was asked to adopt a

Sanctuary City petition by the Sanctuary City Coalition, which includes groups like the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity. In order to not run afoul of state law and a federal executive order prohibiting sanctuary cities, which usually don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, a Welcoming City resolution was created. It says the city “takes pride in serving and protecting” all residents and “opposes any measures which target populations within our diverse community for legal scrutiny or other challenges.” It doesn’t prohibit the city from cooperating with immigration enforcement and the city attorney found it broke no law.

Despite this, during a meeting in Raleigh on March 29, the City Council was told by its legislative delegation to drop the matter. Council members were told no matter what the resolution said, that some legislators will view it as challenge to the Sanctuary City ban and may retaliate.

Over the past few months, sup-

porters of the Welcoming City resolution have been more numerous than opponents at City Council meetings.

About 1,000 people have signed the Sanctuary City petition.

Last week, an interfaith event at Temple Emanuel with clergy and supporters drew more than 155 people as they spoke out for the resolution.

“For the Christians among us, we have a different Executive Order – to love our neighbor and even our enemies, to welcome the stranger as Christ among us,” said Rev. Kelly Carpenter of Green Street United Methodist Church.

At a rally held just hours before the council meeting, close to 150 supporters gathered outside City Hall.

They reiterated the need for the resolution and denounced legislators that oppose it.

“The Welcoming City resolution, there’s nothing illegal about it,” said Sanctuary City Coalition’s Danny Timpona. “It follows state law, it follows federal law. What are they See Welcoming on A2

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Council considers new tax to cover new bus service

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

The City Council is considering adding night and weekend service to 10 bus routes and raising property taxes an additional half cent to cover it.

On Jan. 2, the Winston-Salem Transit Authority replaced its old routes with 30 new ones, including new circulator Adams Larson and crosstown routes.

The biggest route overhaul in WSTA history was designed to reduce ride time and provide more direct routes to destinations, but proved controversial when many complained they lost service.

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HBCU students, alums to lobby for support in D.C.

BY CASH MICHAELS FOR THE CHRONICLE

A national gathering of students from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), coorganized by an alumnus of Winston-Salem State University, is scheduled for next week in Washington, D.C., targeting lawmakers to do more to help their schools survive.

Scheduled for next Thursday, April 27, the “HBCU Day of Action” is a rally on Capital Hill

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“Alumni and students play an integral role in preserving and growing our HBCUs,” WinstonSalem State University 2008 alumnus Robert Stephens, a co-leader of the Collective, told The

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City Council approves bike share and downtown handicap spaces T H E C H R ON I C LE

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BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

During the Monday, April 20, City Council meeting, the Welcoming City resolution was pulled from consideration, but the following items were approved: *A resolution of support for the National Cycling Center, working with Zagster, to start a Bike Share Program. There are

10 planned bike share stations holding 50 rentable bikes across the city in the first phase. There’s no cost to taxpayers, as the city will only provide minor site preparation and encroachment agreements.

Initial sites include downtown, Salem Lake, Quarry Park and Old Salem. *The placement of four on-street handicap parking spaces at the downtown intersection of Cherry and

Fourth Streets. While those with a handicap pass can park anywhere for free downtown, many aren’t aware of this or have difficulty finding an unoccupied space. More on-street handicap spots may be added in the future. *The creation of a nine-member Urban Food Policy Council, which will advocate for food policies that will help with hunger, food insecurity and lack of

access to healthy food in the city’s urban core.

Members of the council will be appointed by the mayor and approved by the City Council. *The city will acquire the 165-acre property of the closed Long Creek Golf Course. The city will work with residents to figure out what kind of recreational purpose the land will have. The city will buy 100 acres for $503,000

using park acquisition general obligation bond money. The remaining 65 acres will be purchased by The Conservation Fund for $236,500 and donated to the city in 2018, after it receives a grant to reimburse the purchase. *A loan ranging from $400,000 to $500,000 for construction of the Enclave II, a 96-unit apartment complex on Bethania

Station Road. A total of 24 units will be affordable to those making 30 percent of the area median income (AMI) and the rest will be affordable to those making 60 percent of AMI. The amortized loan has a proposed minimum term of 15 years. Financing for the project also includes a bank loan and state funds.

Danny Timpona speaks at a rally for the Welcoming City resolution held in front of City Hall on Monday.

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City Council Member Derwin Montgomery speaks at a rally for the Welcoming City resolution held in front of City Hall on Monday.

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scared of? They’re scared of us. They’re scared of power. They’re scared we’re coming together.

They’re scared we’re paying attention.”

Both City Council Members Dan Besse and Derwin Montgomery spoke strongly in support of the resolution.

“We have passed resolutions in the past that have said similar things to what we will say tonight and if there’re members on the council tonight who decide not to vote, then we must ask ourselves the question: Did they lie on their last vote or is this one a lie tonight?” said Montgomery.

Besse said that when it became uncertain what the outcome of the vote would be, he decided to pull the resolution, rather than risk the message that a defeat would’ve sent immigrants and refugees in the community. However, it was pulled with only a vague explanation by Mayor Allen Joines that Besse would continue working on the issue. Frustrated supporters used the comment session to accuse the council of choosing their fear of the General Assembly over their own constituents. Only after the comment session, did Besse and Montgomery reassure them the resolu-

tion wasn’t dead and that they’d be working to garner support for it.

Besse said he believed that a larger coalition of supporters would make it harder for lawmakers to retaliate. He was unsure when the resolution would come back or even if it would still be a resolution or simply a joint statement that wouldn’t need City Council approval.

Whatever the fate of the resolution, supporters are planning to take action.

“Regardless of what our city decides, we have many sanctuaries in our city,” Rabbi Mark StraussCohn said last week.

“Regardless of what some politicians value, we value being welcoming in this city.”

At last week’s event, Rev. Craig Schaub of Parkway United Church of Christ said a meeting will be held at his church on Monday at 7 p.m. to discuss plans for an immigrant legal defense fund and an interfaith rapid response network of people to act as public witness to immigration enforcement actions. He said they’d even discuss offering sanctuary to those at risk of deportation in places of worship. Federal law says that anyone knowingly harboring an undocumented immigrant in any place, even a church, can face prison time.

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Smith recovering at home following shooting in March T H E C H R ON I C LE

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

After undergoing two different surgeries in less than two weeks to remove bullet fragments, Kalvin Michael Smith is at home recovering this week, said his father, Augustus Dark.

On the night of Friday, March 31, Smith was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the 900 block of N. Jackson Avenue. Initially Smith was listed in critical condition but following a pair of surgeries and physical therapy, Smith is at home and can move under his own power.

In November 2016, Smith was released after serving 20 years in prison for the robbery and brutal beating of Jill Marker at the Silk Plant Forest store that left the pregnant woman with severe brain damage and blindness.

Through his incarceration, Smith maintained his innocence and the evidence uncovered over the years proved that.

Although he was set free, Smith’s fight for justice is still ongoing. The motion that freed Smith only addresses the sentencing on the armed robbery charge.

believes the shooting was random. He noted recently gun violence has become a weekly occurrence in the East Winston neighborhood where his son grew up. The

“After all he’s been through, I’m just grateful that my son is still here.”

–Augustus Dark, Kalvin Michael Smith’s father

When Smith was visiting family and friends who live in the neighborhood in East Winston-Salem, Dark said, Smith was walking home when someone told him to stop. Smith started to run and that’s when he was shot twice.

After he initially believed his son was targeted, during an interview with The Chronicle last week Dark said now he

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week Smith was shot, four other shootings were reported in the same area, including, one that took the life of Ladawn Morgan, a 19-year old who was shot and killed on Rich Avenue on March 27, less than five miles from where Smith was shot on North Jackson Avenue.

“A lot has changed in that area over the years,” said Dark. “If you look at the

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reports, there have been several shootings in that area in recent weeks.”

The Winston-Salem Police Department hasn’t made any arrest in the case, but the investigation is ongoing.

Attempts to reach District 2 Captain Christopher Lowder were unsuccessful as of Tuesday, April 18.

As for Smith, while he continues to fight to clear his name and educate communities across the state on the unjust justice system, soon he will begin taking classes to become a licensed barber.

Although he is still in pain, Dark said he is blessed to see his son at home.

“After all he’s been through, I’m just grateful that my son is still here,” he said.

Anyone with information on Smith’s shooting or the shooting death of Ladawn Morgan should contact Crime Stoppers at 336-727-2800. Tips may also be submitted by completing a confidential online form on the city’s website.

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

Before Forsyth Technical Community College President Dr. Gary Green presented a budget proposal to county commissioners, he gave an update on the $65 million in Forsyth Tech bond projects voters approved last year.

One of those projects is a $16.6 million aviation lab at the Smith Reynolds Airport that will train students to work on the mechanical body of planes. The airport recently saw its Green biggest tenant, North State Aviation, shut down. North State did exactly the sort of work that’ll be taught in the planned program.

Green said during the county commissioners’ briefing last week that the college has looked “very carefully at aviation” and has determined the job market is still good.

He said conversations with other aviation employers in the area have indicated that it’s still a high- demand field.

“There is now and is going to continue to be a really significant need for MRO, maintenance renovation and overhaul technicians, in the area,” said Green about what the aviation companies told him.

He told commissioners the college will continue to monitor the situation and plans to have an initial site plan done by month’s end.

On other bond projects, Green said the college is also readying to start facility maintenance and do $21 million of construction to complete the Old Oak Grove Center. He said the college also got $5.8 million from the statewide Connect NC bond referendum. He said $5 million will go to operations and facilities in Forsyth County, such as needed demolitions and infrastructure work that includes replacing 50-year-old water lines. The rest of the funds will be used on the college’s Stokes County campus.

Though bonds are used for large capital projects, the college relies on funds allocated annually in the county budget for regular facilities needs, which includes the salaries of the maintenance staff and others who maintain the college’s campuses. By state law, counties fund community college facilities, while the state funds their curriculum, including faculty and instructional equipment.

Tuition paid to the college goes to a state fund, which the college gets back in its curriculum funding.

Green asked for more than $10.4 million dollars from the county, a relatively small increase over its current budget allocation of about $10.2. He said the increase is mainly because of utilities costs, along with salary increases to keep county-funded employees on a similar level with those funded by the state.

Forsyth Tech has a history of relatively small increases in its budget requests, and getting most of what it asks for.

It requested $10.3 million for this fiscal year and got almost $10.2 million. For the 2015-2016, the college requested $10.1 million and received a little over $10 million.

“Forsyth County, I think, has done a good job funding us through good years and not so good years in terms of revenues that are available,” said Green, That’s not true for community colleges in every county, Green said, telling commissioners that some struggle to keep buildings open because of fluctuating county revenue.

Forsyth Tech funding is just one of many things the county will be considering over the next few months as it prepares its budget for next fiscal year, which will go into effect on July 1.

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Redevelopment of manufacturing plant expected to create 10,000 jobs

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. announced last Thursday that they have finalized the deal that

will be an engine for economic development and will attract more jobs and opportunity to this area. Yet another example of our commitment to supporting the communities where our employees live and work.”

Named in honor of John C. Whitaker a former chairman of RJR, the Whitaker Park manufacturing plant opened in 1961.

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dinary generosity we now stand at the same place with Whitaker Park.

“Just like this plant created jobs for past generations we’re about to do the same thing for the next generation. Our vision is to create a vibrant development that everyone can come by and be excited about.”

In coming months Bob Leak Jr., president of

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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. President Joseph Fragnito hands over the keys to Whitaker Park to Don Flow, chairman of a local redevelopment group that plans to use the old manufacturing plant for economic development.

“I worked in this very building for three summers during my college years so I remember the vibrancy of this area.”

–Denise Adams, City Council member

would donate Whitaker Park to a local redevelopment group that plans to use the old manufacturing plant for economic development in North WinstonSalem.

During a press conference held outside the plant on Reynolds Blvd., President and Chief Commercial Officer Joseph Fragnito handed over the keys to the plant and 12 other surrounding buildings totaling 1.7 million square feet, to the Whitaker Park Development Authority (WPDA), a group created by WinstonSalem Business Inc., the Winston-Salem Alliance, and Wake Forest University. The announcement comes two years after RJR donated a 70,000 square foot laboratory building to the redevelopment group in January of 2015.

“We’re pleased to honor our commitment made two years ago to this community by completing a donation that we believe will have a significant impact in transforming Winston-Salem for many years to come,” said Fragnito. “It is our sincere hope that these properties

Reynolds’ engineering department and constructed by employees, it was the world’s largest and most modern cigarette plant at the time. At its height of production, the plant employed more than 2,000 workers.

After receiving the keys from Fragnito, WPDA chairman Don Flow said just like the plant provided jobs and opportunities for people in the community the goal of the redevelopment will be the same.

Upon completion, the multi-use area that will target manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution companies is expected to create between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs.

Retail and residential spaced are also expected to be added to the plans as well.

“This highly collaborative effort reflects what can happen if we come together as a community to invest in our city and create a thriving future. The repurposing of Whitaker Park accelerates the renewal and revitalization of our community,” said Flow. “Just like innovation quarter which also founds its history in Reynolds and their extraor-

Winston-Salem Business will make an official announcement on what’s next for the old tobacco plant. When asked about residential areas that already exist near the plant, Leak told The Chronicle that he doesn’t expect redevelopment to have any negative impact on home owners or anyone else who lives in the area.

City Councilwoman and representative for the North Ward Denise Adams who worked at Whitaker Park as a tour guide said she was excited to see what the future holds for the plant and surrounding areas.

“I worked in this very building for three summers during my college years so I remember the vibrancy of this area. There were commercial operations, small businesses, and even restaurants; this was almost as busy as downtown at one point,” said Adams.

“What we’re hoping to see is that come back, we’ve done downtown but now we need to start spreading out into the communities that were once just as vibrant as downtown.”

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Quentin Huff and his sister Jasmine Huff take a break under a photo of their parents, upper left, and a painting of the brother and sister, produced by their father, on the right. The two posed for the painting, called “The Comforter.”

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More than 80 art enthusiasts came out for the Winston-salem Urban league’s First Friday PopUp Gallery honoring the family of James and earnestine huff of huff art studio.

Jasmine huff, show curator, and daughter of James and earnestine huff, presented her documentary “yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” from her master’s degree completion at Northwestern University.

James Perry, Winstonsalem Urban league Ceo, wanted to honor the art work of the family after he saw their craft during the 2016 Kwanzaa observance at the Urban league. since 1972, the huffs created award-winning art that has been exhibited in museums across the world and solicited by renowned collectors, such as attorney Willie Gary. earnestine’s “Madonna and Child” is featured in the Martin luther King Center in atlanta, Georgia.

The painting is taller than

the walls of the building. “at the Kwanzaa event, i was just blown away at the art Jasmine had for sale. i am not from Winston-salem. her parents were artists, and this is their art,” said Perry.

“This husband and wife both did art, and they were both respected for their work as an africanamerican couple. as i talk to people around the community, i recognize what an incredible jewel they are for this community. We need to pay tribute to them while we still have one of the huffs still working.”

Jasmine huff, 22, graduated from salem College in 2013, where she wrote a thesis and began her documentary. however, she completed the documentary as a graduate student from Northwestern University in 2016. she and her brother Quentin huff are still involved as artists in the huff art studio. Jasmine recalled fond memories of growing up in a home of artists. “i remember the first time my dad let me cut glass for a frame. i am sure i was too young to do so.

But i never forgot it. he often showed me how to shrink wrap pieces of art as well. i learned about landscapes from my childhood. as a child, i learned the business,” said huff. “i had this dream of seeing art as something you can interact with.”

Jasmine huff created the documentary in loving memory of her mother earnestine Rainey huff, and it features clips from her father James huff, who is now in a nursing facility since having a stroke in 2012. some of the quotes that James huff makes in the documentary are taken from “Voices and Viewpoints,” by Denise Franklin from Wake Forest University. other quotes come from James huff as he is today following his illness. according to Jasmine huff, the documentary garners varied responses. “i get different responses from varied audiences after they see the documentary. This audience was more appreciative of the footage,” said Jasmine huff.

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state senate Democrats, like sen. Paul lowe (D- Forsyth), are hoping that the upcoming Republican state budget is not as punishing to the poor as in years past. “it may be more of the same,” sen. lowe told The Chronicle last week, speaking cautiously. “i hope not, but it may be.” several weeks ago, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled his 201718 budget proposal, the first of his new administration, that called for increased state government spending by $1.1 billion in order to primarily improve education – pre-school to college – making the state a national leader in education by 2025.

The Cooper $23.4 billion budget would also give teachers a 10-percent raise over two years, expand Medicaid coverage for over 600,000 North Carolinians, and restore tax credits Democrats in the legislature, naturally, applauded the governor for his vision and budget priorities.

“Governor Cooper’s budget makes investments in North Carolina’s greatest resource: its people,” said state Democratic senate Whip Terry Van Duyn in a March 1 statement. “ “We are very encouraged to see Governor Cooper’s people-first agenda,” sen. Van Duyn continued. “These priorities reach out to groups that have been marginalized by the Republican leadership over the past six years in favor

of corporate tax breaks. it’s added up to a big payday for corporate bosses, but has left workers struggling to make ends meet.” l e g i s l a t i v e Republicans, for their part, weren’t as impressed with Gov. Cooper’s budget proposal, accusing Democrats again of “overspending,” with senate leader Phil Berger (R- Rockingham) saying that the GoP believed in “returning hard-earned tax dollars to our taxpayers.” state GoP legislative leaders are expected to release their budget plans shortly now that easter has passed, and Democrats are indeed expecting more of the same as in previous years – massive tax cuts for corporations and the rich, meaning more cuts to education and less social investments to help pay for them. last year, the state budget from the Republican-led NC General assembly featured $400 million in income tax cuts, which were offset by new sales taxes on repair, installation and maintenance services paid mostly by low-to-moderate income families.

During his district town hall meeting last month in Raleigh, senate Minority leader sen. Dan Blue (DWake) also said he expected Republican leaders to lean toward more tax cuts for the wealthy and increasing taxes for the working class. on april 5, sen. Blue wrote on his Facebook page, “The senate just passed the "Billion Dollar

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Blue continued, “The tax cuts average out to $80 per person, going from a $55 tax reduction for those making less than $55,000 and up to $680 for those making $200,000 or more. it also reduces the corporate tax rate to one of the lowest in the nation.” “if this were truly a middle class tax cut, corporations and those making over $200,000 a year would be excluded from this bill. My colleague, senator Ben Clark, tried to run an amendment to this point and Republicans voted against it.”

“The bill will go to the house for final approval,” Blue said.

What has been evident when Republican leaders have cut social programs like Medicaid in the past, is that North Carolina has been running higher and higher budget surpluses.

Two months ago, state officials projected $552 million in budget surplus revenues. in 2016, the amount of state income taxes collected was $425 million, while 2015 saw about $400 million. house Republicans say the surpluses are a result of “…a commonsense, conservative approach to state government.” Translation, say Democrats, leaner social programs, and even more taxes for the low-tomoderate income taxpayers.

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Kalvin Smith now is fighting on two fronts

We’ve all either had or heard about people having those “I can’t believe it!” moments. A soldier serves bravely in Iraq only to come home and be hurt in a car accident; the family headed for a funeral only to be killed before they get there … Those moments leave us shaking our heads and asking “Why?” Kalvin Michael Smith has had his “I can’t believe it!” moment. He spent nearly 30 years in prison, then gained his freedom, only to be seriously shot after being free for about four months. There’s no telling-

The newly freed Kalvin Michael Smith is overcome with emotion at the Noon Hour Commemoration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year.

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what a man who believes he is innocent of a crime goes through in prison, for 20 years. But to have freedom and then have some unknown person try to take it away from him personally – there’s no telling how he must feel about that, either.

Kalvin Michael Smith has moved from being called a person who victimized to a person who is a victim. Some people think he deserved to be shot.

Some might even think he should have died.

But when you say you are innocent and hope to prove that one day, then you are critically shot, you have to fight on two fronts. Who shot Kalvin Michael Smith? How were the police so quick to accuse him of a crime but has not found the person who shot him yet?

Winston-Salem Police have said that people in the community have been tight-lipped when it comes to giving them information in some crimes. Even with incentives such as Crime Stoppers, some crimes go unsolved.

Who shot Kalvin Michael Smith?

We need more people to help Smith now just as they did when he was in prison.

Kalvin Michael Smith has questions, we are sure.

He says he still has to prove his innocence in a court of law, but how can he do that if he’s facing these physical and mental set-backs?

The person or people who shot him should be found and brought to justice as soon as possible. Is anyone helping the police toward that end?

Kalvin Michael Smith is finding out the hard way about life in 21st century Winston-Salem. The question is, does anybody care?

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A welcoming city is not welcome to Republicans To the Editor:

The March 30 article in a local paper (“Krawiec: Welcome mat idea ‘unwise’”) detailed a Raleigh meeting of the Winston-Salem City Council with the Forsyth County legislative delegation to seek counsel of the legislators concerning a resolution identifying Winston-Salem as a

welcoming community for all people, including immigrants and refugees.

The Republicans present at the meeting included Reps. Donny Lambeth, Debra Conrad, Julia Howard and Sen. Joyce Krawiec. As expected, the Republicans opposed the resolution, because it may be interpreted as a move toward becoming a sanctuary city, which is against federal and state law.

The resolution is a resolution; nothing more.

I have two reactions. First I am in sympathy with our City Council, because its members do not want to anger the Republican majority.

Heaven only knows what the punishment might be, considering this legislature’s attempt to commandeer the airport from Charlotte as well as Asheville’s water supply.

My second reaction was to wonder why we should trust their counsel, because all of the Republicans present have voted lockstep with the regressive legislation of the Republican-controlled legislature.

For instance, all of the Republicans in attendance voted for HB 2.

Conrad voted for the suppressive voter ID law, and Lambeth and Howard were sponsors of the bill even though they did not vote, be it by absence or regret.

These two bills became law and were monstrosities similar to the great majority of legislation we have experienced since 2010. Asking for their counsel would be like asking

Bernie Madoff for financial advice.

Anne Griffis Wilson Winston-Salem

Help us get ballot measure on corporations as people To the Editor:

Over the past several years it has become apparent to me that this nation's people centered, democratic, republic has become eroded to the point of no longer functioning as, of and for the people.

I am sure you will agree that the fundamental and foundational rights of people have been usurped by special interests, corporations and those who have enough money to make their "speech" heard over the rest.

In North Carolina, there is a coali-

tion of individuals, community groups, and organizations working to correct this imbalance.

This coalition is working with the State legislature to get a ballot measure on the 2018 ballot that would ask the people of this state what they think.

1. Should artificial entities such as corporations have constitutional rights of personhood? and

2. Should money be considered speech and be protected as speech under the First Amendment?

Here is how you can get involved:

A. Sign the petition at http://www.ncwethepeople.org/.

B. Send persuasive emails to your legislators.

C. Attend press conferences.

D. Recruit a favorite nonprofit organization to become a co-sponsor with the current 18 sponsoring groups in our coalition.

Diana Kruk Candler, N.C.

Look at SB 354 then urge Rabon to make sure it gets vote To the Editor:

Are you sick of government ignoring the people it was meant to represent? Do you want your representatives to do their job and represent you, instead of the special interests?

The N.C. legislature is sitting on a bill, right now, that would force the government to work for US. Senate Bill 354, We the People Referendum: This bill will put Citizens United on the N.C. ballot in 2018, giving citizens a chance to say once and for all that money is not speech and corporations aren’t people.

Sign the petition here: http://www.ncwethepeople.org/ncwt p-online-petition.php This bill would rip the levers of power away from the big money players and special interest and put it where is belongs, with the people.

SB 354 is sitting in the Senate Rules Committee. The next step is for committee chair Senator [Bill] Rabon to put it on his committee agenda and see that the bill gets the vote it deserves.

If you want to see this referendum on the ballot, then please let Senator Rabon know. Call 919-7335963 or email Bill.Rabon@ncleg.net Garrett Lagan Bryson City, N.C.

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Buyouts bring opportunities for philanthropic legacies

With the impending purchase of Reynolds American Gene by British American Tobacco, there are many in Hoots Winston-Salem who have an important decision to make: Guest they can either cash out the Columnist appreciated stock while incurring significant capital gains taxes or donate their Reynolds stock (or a portion of it) to favorite charities and reduce their taxes at the same time. As they consider this opportunity, I think it might be helpful to hear an inspiring story that resulted from the RJR Nabisco buyout in 1989.

One of many remarkable results of that buyout was a gift made 11 years later to Winston-Salem’s community foundation from an amazing lady, Pauline Carter. Pauline started work at Reynolds Tobacco in 1926 at the age of 16, making $.10/hour as a cafeteria server. She worked all her life for Reynolds, ultimately working her way up to cafeteria manager, and she always bought as much preferred company stock as she could. Pauline was a saver, and she even kept a detailed handwritten journal for all of her Reynolds investments.

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After Pauline’s death in 2000 and thanks to her substantial assets, the Sam N. Carter and Pauline H. Carter Fund was established at The Winston-Salem Foundation, ultimately leaving $2.85 million to support nonprofits in our community. Now, in 2017, both the value and the impact of charitable gifts from this fund are greater than Pauline could have ever imagined.

Thanks to investment returns over the past 16 years, her fund is currently at a higher value than where it began, and it has already cumulatively granted almost $2.1 million to community nonprofits. Since it is an endowment, her gifts will keep on supporting nonprofits in perpetuity.

These charities include Ronald McDonald House, Family Services, Senior Services Meals on Wheels, Sunnyside Ministry, Centers for Exceptional Children, the James A. Gray High School Alumni Scholarship, Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy, Children’s Museum of WinstonSalem (now Kaleideum), and many others.

Countless lives have benefited from the gift that she made. From her humble beginnings, she has created a legacy for this community.

For Reynolds American shareholders, the same giving opportunity presents itself today. There can be a number of ways to receive a favorable tax advantage by gifting

Reynolds American stock. Stock can be donated outright to any nonprofit – such as to a human services or arts organization, a church, university, or to a community foundation. Community foundations are unique in that endowments can be established in a donor’s name, as it was for Pauline, to support multiple organizations they care about – reaching far into the future – and they can even provide scholarships for local students.

As you can see, there are many ways to take advantage of this unique opportunity to support important causes while avoiding a large tax bill. It’s important to note that donors should be mindful of future shareholder deadlines and always check first with their tax or financial advisers to address their own unique financial situations.

Having known Pauline and followed her fund from its beginning, I have no doubt in my mind about the saying, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." If Pauline were alive today to see the results of her generosity, I’m sure she would wholeheartedly agree.

able rights that are applied equally regardless of county or region.

Adding stronger language in the constitution will mean that victims receive the same rights that are already given to the accused and convicted, merely granting equal footing to victims in the eyes of

was murdered by her exboyfriend in 1983. Without any notification, her family encountered her accused murderer in public shortly after her death, having no idea he had been released on bond. Her family made it their mission to make sure this type of situation would not happen to other

North Carolina law. It seems like common sense that crime victims – at a minimum – have the same rights as those who are accused and convicted, but that is not the case.

Marsy’s Law for All is a national campaign to strengthen victims’ rights in states like North Carolina that do not have protective language in the constitution. The law is named after Marsalee “Marsy” Nicholas, who

families, and founded Marsy’s Law, which helped pass groundbreaking victims’ rights protections in California in 2008 followed by Illinois, Nevada, the Dakotas and Montana.

The campaign is active in nine additional states, including North Carolina, around the country seeking to amend state constitutions that don’t currently offer equal protections to victims of crime.

Marsy’s Law does not negatively impact the rights of the accused or convicted. It simply elevates victims to the same level. Establishing “coequal” rights in the state constitution is the goal of the North Carolina effort.

Amending the state constitution is not something to be taken lightly, which is why it is appropriately hard to do and doesn’t happen often. The twostep process first has to pass the state legislature by a ⅗ vote in both chambers to be sent to all voters during a statewide election. Marsy’s Law is a unique issue that does not hit a partisan tone, and is supported by elected officials on both sides of the political spectrum.

The good news is that most DA offices, county clerks and judges already do many of the things proposed in Marsy’s Law, including victim participation in the court process, allowing victim input prior to plea agreements and, most importantly, notifying victims and their families regarding court dates and changes in custody of the

N.C. making progress toward victims’ rights Robert F. Orr

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N.C. making progress toward victims’ rights For the first time in 20 years, North Carolina has taken an important step to strengthen victims’ rights on behalf of crime victims and their families.

A bipartisan victims’ rights bill, also known as Marsy’s Law, was introduced in the state legislature to begin the process of amending our state constitution on behalf of victims of crime.

I have spent my career in North Carolina’s legal community – as an adjunct professor, a lawyer for over 40 years – and on the other side as a judge for 18 years. It’s fair to say I have seen a lot, both from the court’s perspective as well as representing victims of crime. There is nothing more powerful and humbling than being part of the

justice system and helping a victim or his or her family through the complex process.

Many of us are fortunate enough not to have suffered firsthand as a victim of crime, and therefore do not fully appreciate the scope and complexity of the court system, the fear and frustration often involved in the process and the value of victims’ rights. But for our friends and neighbors in North Carolina who have been victimized, there is no issue more important facing our state.

And yet currently in North Carolina victims have limited rights in our state constitution. Though there is some language for victims included, it does not go far enough and is not consistently applied from county to county and regionally. In a state like North Carolina with large and diverse counties, it often means victims’ rights aren’t fully enforced, depending on where you live. We have a need – and arguably a moral duty – to adopt language with specific, uniform and enforce-

Currently in North Carolina victims have limited rights in our state constitution.

Gene Hoots was an investment advisor in WinstonSalem for 20 years, before moving to Charlotte in 1996.

accused. But what makes this amendment critical is the guarantee by law that all victims receive these steps, ensuring dignity and limiting the ongoing suffering they are already experiencing as victims of crime.

It is the guarantee - by constitutional law - that these rights are delivered to victims.

Imagine the poignant image of a scale when considering the justice system – the goal is always to maintain a balance in those scales. Yet today, North Carolina’s most vulnerable citizens, victims of crime, are not guaranteed such a constitutional balance because they are not on equal footing as the accused from the start. House Bill 551 cannot right the wrongs against these victims, but it can go a long way in making sure they are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve while seeking justice.

Robert F. Orr is a former associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Contact him at 919608-5335 or email him at rforr1946@gmail.com.

Mad bombers are just so 20th century

Bombing is dumb.

The Tom Age of Hastings Destruction is a foolish logic. Mother Guest Nature is Columnist offended and is showing us that annoyance – and this will worsen as we fail to correct our conduct. Simply put, anyone anywhere from the top of the command chain to the frustrated lone fertilizer bomber is acting foolishly. We are looking at you, Kim. And you, Donald. Our Era of Strategic Patience is wearing thin.

The solution to bombs is not more bombs – or rather it is the worst and most costly “solution” that usually leads, eventually, to even more bombs exploding and destroying even more innocent noncombatants. Idiot’s Delight.

And so, even as impulsively cathartic as Trump’s bombing the Syrian airbase

“Mother Of All Bombs” recently used in Afghanistan. might have been, it was “Wag the Dog” gratuitous. As dime store tough talking as Mike Pence is in Asia, his braggadocio is simply annoying.

Can we, at some point very soon, move to thinking critically and in our national/transnational enlightened selfinterest? Simply put, Trump is threatening Life on Earth and it’s intolerable.

This guy can’t even show us his taxes.

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Dearest Trump supporters, it is time. Time to join the rest of us who want to survive, who want to salvage democracy, who want to have a President we can trust – even if we disagree with some of his decisions.

You must know by now, if you have been paying attention even a wee tiny little bit, that Donald Trump is stone incompetent, a buck naked liar, a flipper and flopper who will betray you in a New York second, and

someone who tosses his “promises” overboard when the first whitecap appears in the sea of public policy questions.

Let him go. Help us impeach this Tweeting Nuclear Option – and for Trump the nuclear option is not, repeat, not, a metaphor. For your daughter, for your granddaughter, for all the daughters to come, stop this. End this aberrant administration.

Yes, U.S. presidents have been bad.

But this one is an existential threat who must be turned out to pasture. Now. Before he turns Pyongyang into vitrified kimchi and Kim Jong-un transmogrifies Seoul, San Francisco, Tokyo and Seattle into seas of fire. We have two testosterone-addled rulers with pudgy fingers on nuclear code launchers. The Humankind Era of Strategic Patience is ended. Impeach one, impeach both – but stop this dummy dance to death now.

Tom H. Hastings is founding director of PeaceVoice.

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WSTA received 473 comments on the new routes that have resulted in modifications to nine of them. These changes have cost little or no money, and include altering routes to provide service to East Forsyth High School, Skyline Village, Wake Forest University and Kimberley Park Elementary School .

Routes were also modified to provide service to Senior communities like Arbor Acres, Assembly Terrace and Cherry Hill Apartments. Some of the changes were the result of petitions like one requesting more service for the Wake Forest area that had 1,243 signatures.

The Winston-Salem Urban League recently came out with suggestions to improve the new routes, including more night and weekend service, service every 30 minutes during peak hours on popular routes, fewer holiday closures, better system mapping and better communication with riders.

The changes presented to the Public Works committee last week involved

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adding night and weekend service to routes. Many riders complained about the loss of those services with the new routes. The routes that could get new night and full weekend service are 80, 86, 90, 94, 104, 106 and 108. Route 101 and 107, which already have night and Saturday service, could get Sunday service.

Night and Saturday service is proposed for route 91 and 92.

These changes require an increase in man-hours for drivers, which can be expensive. Adding night service costs around $55,000 per route. Adding Saturday service to a route costs around $36,000 and Sunday service costs around $25,000. The total cost for all changes would be $1 million. If underperforming night and weekend service on Route 100 is eliminated, it would save $216,000, reducing the modification expenses to $796,537.

The modifications would be part of next fiscal year’s budget. There’s already a 3 cent tax proposed in the budget preview, with 1 cent going to cover WSTA’s increased expenses, including route changes made thus far. City Manager Lee Garrity esti-

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mated it would take another half cent tax increase to cover all the proposed night and weekend service additions.

“I am reluctant to incumber next year’s budget with a recommendation for full funding,” said City Council Member John Larson, who felt the changes should be spread over a couple years.

While City Council members James Taylor and Dan Besse were willing to recommend full adoption of the changes, Larson and Denise “D.D.” Adams wanted to prioritize them and implement the most important ones in next year’s budget.

“I don’t see it all happening,” said Adams.

Council Member Jeff MacIntosh said this year’s new, more expensive routes were a “$500,000 bomb” with unsatisfactory results and needed to be sure the additional funding will reap better results.

WSTA Director Art Barnes said that ridership has dropped, which is typical when a route overhaul happens. It’s down nearly 53,000 in February and March from the same time last year. He expects ridership rebound over time.

advocate on our behalf.”

This year’s “Day of Action” is particularly relevant, given the recent HBCU Fly-in Conference at the end of February, where over 80 presidents and chancellors went to Washington, D.C., at the invitation of N.C. Rep. Mark Walker of Greensboro (R-NC-6), to discuss how the Republican-led Congress, and President Donald Trump, could partner with historically black schools to increase financial support.

However, after the Trump Administration released its budget proposal weeks later, it became clear that HBCUs would not be getting what some felt they were led to expect.

While Congress has not yet released its budget for the coming fiscal year yet, thus far, HBCUs are not realistically expecting any more support than what the Obama Administration offered.

Jack Minor, communi-

cations director for Rep. Walker, cautions, however, that it’s still too early determine exactly what HBCUs are in store for.

“For us, most of what we are looking for can and would be done outside the scope of the budget,” Minor said in a statement.

“For instance, expanding Pell grants to year-round, and focusing on fostering private-public relationships to help HBCU students with more opportunities after school. One other area of interest is any transportation bill that would come through Congress.

The [Trump] Administration has noted that this is a place where HBCUs could see advancements to invest in their campuses.”

Shambulia Gadsden Sams, an alumna of another North Carolina HBCU, Shaw University, is also a co-organizer of the HBCU Collective’s April 27th Day of Action.

City resident Hazel Mack raises questions about property tax values during a town hall forum held on Tuesday, April 18. Rep. Evelyn Terry hosted the event. tax you.”

Another hot topic durfrom page A1 ing the forum was the removal of the voting “We are constantly precinct at Winston-Salem watching the sale of real State University. Several estate all throughout the students, including reprecounty. In a geographical sentatives from Common area, we monitor the sale of Cause, an initiative that properties and analyze encourages millennials to those sales and try to find get out and vote, came to out what people are paying the meeting to find out for properties and what what they could do to get a they’re getting for their precinct back on campus. money,” said Burgiss. “At Senior Riahna the end of the day, it is Carroway said the decision based on the transactions to remove the voting site that have occurred in your from the Anderson Center neighborhood. So, if a on the campus of WSSU house like yours sells, had a major impact on the we’re likely going to use voting experience for not that sale to help us underonly students but others in stand the property value.” the community as well. She Burgiss encouraged said several students have residents to appeal the already laid out an action results of the appraisals by plan but wanted to know filing a appeal form what they should do next. through the county. During “We started a petition the appeal process, tax but we need to know from accessors include the inside you how we should get our of homes in the appraisal. site reinstated on campus to The initial appraisal was benefit the students and the based only on outside surrounding community,” appearance along with Carroway said. other factors, including Rep. Terry said size, and number of bedalthough those who voted rooms and bathrooms. to remove the voting site “If you feel like the found several reasons why value is too high or too low, it should be done, one of please appeal,” continued the original reasons was the Burgess. “My job is not to small number of voters over tax you or under tax who used the precinct. you. I want to accurately

Rep. Evelyn Terry welcomes residents during a town hall meeting held earlier this week.

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tives for the “Day of Action” will certainly be many of the schools from North Carolina, which boasts of at least 10 of them.

Prominent among them will be Robert Stephens’ alma mater, WinstonSalem State University.

“At Winston-Salem State University, we are motivated by our motto ‘Enter to Learn. Depart to Serve,’” said WSSU Chancellor Elwood Robinson, in a statement.

“From the time they are freshmen, we instill in our students the need to be active and thoughtful citizens.”

Chancellor Robinson continued, “Our alumni and students play a critical role in ensuring our elected officials understand the important role of HBCUs. We appreciate that they feel passionately enough about what we do at WSSU to

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“Systemically, if the people in power determine they don’t want it, they will find a reason and it will shut down. So, what we must do to reverse that is provide the reasons why it should not be that way and be persistent about it.”

“Do not stop. Do not stop engaging the people and get out there and get the people who you know and use that site. You have to deliberately use your mind to develop a strategy to prove that this is not going to work for us.”

Following the group session, those in attendance were put into smaller groups, where they discussed other issues and developed strategies to bring about change.

According to Terry, the data from the groups will be analyzed and put into a full action plan later this summer. A second forum is scheduled for early July.

“Nothing is done solo.

For this to work, it takes people from all walks of life,” said Terry. “We didn’t come up with any concrete solutions here today, but this is a start. If we can create a relationship and work together, we can accomplish something.”

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Tournament started in 1978 gets a reboot

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Although the game of basketball is a team sport when it comes down to gaining bragging rights and determining who’s the best, real ballers know the only way to do that is by strapping up and playing your opponent one-on-one.

On Saturday, May 20 the Hansel Hentz Foundation is inviting the best ballers in the city to do just that when they host the First Annual Hansel Hentz

One-on-One Basketball Tournament. The tournament held at 14th Street Recreation Center will be a reboot of the old tournament started by the late Hansel Hentz in 1978.

A 1963 graduate of Anderson High School, Hentz was a standout athlete in both basketball and football. Although he loved the game of basketball, Hentz used the game of football to earn a scholarship to Fayetteville State University. That passion for basketball stuck with

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him, however. After graduating, Hentz returned to the city to work for the Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks Department.

There, he used the fundamentals of basketball to teach life lessons. Hentz also started the popular summer basketball league at 14th Street Recreation Center that featured some of the city’s best high school and college athletes.

In 2012, Hentz earned the Northwest YMCA Strong Award, which is awarded annually to indi-

Teen basketball league heats up Hansel Hentz, who died late last year.

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viduals who demonstrate exceptional volunteerism.

Earlier this month Hentz was also announced as a member of the 2017 class of the Winston-Salem High School Sports Hall of Fame.

Hentz’ daughter Malika Hentz-Flecther said she thought about bringing the tournament back after losing her father late last year following a brief illness.

“My father touched a lot of people through the game of basketball so we See Reboot on B2

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

With the basketball season over at the high school level, many players are looking for an outlet to continue to develop their skills. The local recreation centers have created a league for the young men to compete in during the schools’ off season.

The Teen Basketball League, sponsored by the Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks Department, is a league that is separated into two divisions to try and ensure a level playing field for all teams.

This past Thursday, the kids from Carl Russell Sr. Community Center played the B team from Sprague Street Community Center. With many of the teams’ players made up of local high school players, many of the games are high quality.

Early on in the first quarter Sprague Street led by East Forsyth standout Khaliq McCummings, jumped out to an early lead. During the second quarter, Sprague Street took total control of the game and never looked back. At the half Sprague Street led 32-21 over Carl Russell.

Coming out of the intermission, Sprague Street continued to pour it on. Before the end of the quarter, Carl Russell had fallen behind by more than 20 points. They See League on B2

Even though they were somewhat outmatched last Thursday, the team from Carl Russell gave it all they had.

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Foul call helps W-S Certified win over Thunder

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The game between the Winston-Salem Certified and the Carolina Thunderbirds had the feel of an all-star game rather than a regular season matchup. There were alleyoop dunks, fast breaking offense and not much defense on either side.

With less than three seconds left on the clock, the Certified found themselves down by two points. After the ball was inbounded, a Thunder player inexplicably fouled a Certified player while he was shooting a three-point shot. The Certified player hit all three from the stripe, giving the Certified the 142-141 victory. The foul call was highly questionable as many in attendance did not agree with the referee calling the foul.

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Zalinore Banks, No. 6 in blue, looks for an open teammate in the game last Saturday.

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The Sprague Street player, pink shirt, goes up for a layup in the game against Carl Russell.

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were not able to muster any consistency on offense or stop Sprague Street from scoring almost at will.

In the fourth quarter, with the game no longer in doubt, the kids from Sprague Street began to have a little fun on the floor. The players from Carl Russell were good sports and continued to play hard, but fell to Sprague Street by the score of 69-35.

The second game was between the C Team from Sprague Street and 14th Street. 14th Street was able to jump all over the C Team from Sprague Street and eventually won by more than 30 points.

The last game of the night, however, turned out the be the best of the bunch. Hanes Hosiery faced off against the B Team from Sims Street. In a nail-biter, Hanes Hosiery was able to come away with a two-point victory.

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thought it would be a good idea to bring back what he started in 1978,” said Hentz-Fletcher. “After seeing how many people he reached and inspired I knew we had to do something to continue his legacy in this community.”

The double elimination tournament will be open to anyone at least 18 years old and will include three rounds of play. First round games will be played to 10, semi-final games will be played to 12, and the championship game will be played to 16. A coin flip will determine first ball and just like the original tournament no hand checking is allowed and participants must call their own fouls.

Registration for the tournament ends on Monday, May 1. An entry fee of $30 will go to the Hansel Hentz Foundation. For more information contact Malika HentzFlecther, Louis Lowery or Carlos Gregory at 336-7946527 or 336-727-2891. You can also sign up by stopping by the 14th Street Recreation Center.

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uptempo style of play. The game was evenly matched throughout with both sides making run after run but neither team able to take full control. At the half the Certified led 68-63.

After intermission the lead continued to go back and forth. Every time one team made a run the other quickly answered. The Thunder seemed to have the game in hand late but after a good inbound pass the Certified made the best of their last chance. The controversial call had the Thunder team up in arms after the game causing an intense discussion with the referees after the game.

Thunder coach Sebastian Page was highly upset with the call and was unable to speak with The Chronicle after the game.

Assistant coach Courtney Page did speak and said he disagreed with the call but knows you can’t leave a game in the hands of the officials.

“I thought we played well and we should have won the game but unfortunately there was some questionable officiating at the end of the game,” said Page. “It was a hardfought game and we did everything in our power to win but we just didn’t come out on top.”

“We now know that we cannot leave the game up in the air and in a position to have the refs make a call

Certified forward Ian Gregory, No. 8 in blue, goes for a shot block against the Thunder guard.

that works against us. We should have been ahead by more. We missed layups and jumpers, which also affected the outcome of the game.”

Certified head coach Charles Thomas says he was happy to come away with the win but knows they need to tighten up on the defensive end.

“The chemistry of the

team has been thrown off a bit because of injuries, but I'm really happy with the hustle and effort the team gave,” Thomas said. “I am pleased with the offense scoring 142 points but with the defense giving up 141, I think it's some things we need to work on in practice.

“Basketball is a game of runs and each team is

gonna make and miss shots,” Thomas said.

“Every team is going to have lapses but we just have to maximize our runs when we get them.”

Thomas spoke very highly of the contributions made by guard Antonio Robinson. who finished with a team high 33 points.

“He is one of our top

two players and he comes to play every night,” Thomas said of Robinson.

“He looks to get everyone involved before looking for his own shot and that really helps the team out a lot.”

Robinson added, “I think I played pretty well because I was looking to score more today. Going forward, we just see that we can play team basket-

Photo by Timothy Ramsey

ball and knuckled up in the end and got stops when we need them.”

Thomas said he expects more close hard-fought games going forward until he gets his team back at 100 percent. He thinks once this happens, they can totally gel as a unit.

Hunt provides exercise as community center gives away prizes T H E C H R ON I C LE

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

(Above) The kids run to fill their bags during the Easter candy hunt at the Carl H. Russell community center last week.

Photos by Timothy Ramsey

(Left) Carl H. Russell Director Ben Piggott stands with volunteer Jean Allen in front of some of the donated prizes.

For the past seven years, the staff at the Carl H. Russell Sr. Community Center has been providing the neighborhood kids with an Easter candy hunt. On Thursday, April 13 the community center held the 2017 Easter candy hunt where over 100 kids came out to partake in the festivities.

The candy hunt was for all children ages pre-K through 12 years. Along with providing candy the staff also gave away larger gifts to the children such as Bluetooth speakers, headphones and stuffed animals.

Carl Russell Director Ben Piggott says he enjoys seeing the young children enjoy themselves with candy and prizes. “This day is for all kids ages four to 12,� Piggott said. “We are just teaching the kids how to give because you have to start

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off teaching this at a young age. Someone gave to us when we were younger now we are just showing the kids that they have to be responsible for the younger generation that comes after them.�

The kids were separated into three groups in order to make sure everyone was able to get a fair amount of candy. Once every child had their fill it was time to give away the donated prizes that were hidden inside of special plastic eggs scattered throughout.

All of the children seemed to enjoy themselves from the youngest to the oldest. Hoops4L.Y.F.E. Director, Brittany Ward, brought her kids from her foundation over to participate in the event while at the community center for her spring break camp. “This event is great because they get to see positive images in their community by taking part in the Easter candy hunt,� Ward

said. “It was no violence, it was peaceful and they were able to walk away with some toys so today was great for them. It makes me feel good for the kids to have a smile on their faces.

For the kids to be able to engage in community events is always a positive thing.�

Piggott said he especially thankful to the Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks Department, Carl H Russell Sittercise groups, D.V.N.A, Jean Allen, Mrs. Vikki and her family, Kings & Queens bridge class, Carver Senior Citizen Club, Sethos Temple #170 and the Daniels family, who all donated money, candy and/or prizes.

Piggott says he would love to see the Easter candy hunt continue to grow and have the chance to give away bigger and better prizes. He says, “It's not about the candy, it's about teaching the kids the right way to do things.�

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The ribbon-cutting for the District 2 Police Station featured City Council members and others. Shown with scissors are: Council Members John Larson, Derwin L. Montgomery and James Taylor Jr.; Captain Mike Weaver, who will be in charge of District 2 Command; Mayor Allen Joines; Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian H. Burke; Police Chief Barry Rountree; Council Member Denise “D.D.� Adams; and City Manager Lee Garrity.

First police substation linked to bonds opens

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The Winston-Salem Police Department is using one of three police substations that is being financed by bonds approved in the November 2014 bond referendum now that it has opened. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the District 2 Police Station (Lucia Building) at 1539

Waughtown St. was held Thursday, April 13.

The budget for the renovation project was $1.98 million. This is the first of the three to open. “This police district office will improve on citizen and police relations and reduce police response time to neighbors in this community,� said Council Member James Taylor Jr., who is the council member for the Southeast

Winston-Salem wins National League of Cities Cultural Diversity Award SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

The Winston-Salem BIC Newcomer Pipeline, a program created through the city’s partnership with Building Integrated Communities, received the National League of Cities Cultural Diversity Award for 2017 for cities with a population of 20,000 to 500,000.

Council Member Denise “D.D.� Adams delivered the award to Wanda Allen-Abraha, the city’s human relations director, at the City Council meeting April 3 in the City Hall council chamber. The award was announced March 13 during the league’s 2017 Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C. The award honors cities that develop creative and effective programs to improve and promote cultural diversity through a collaborative process with city officials, community leaders and residents.

The Winston-Salem BIC Newcomer Pipeline is a structured program, specifically developed for Winston-Salem, that educates newcomers about services and resources available through city, county, state and nonprofit agencies and stresses the importance of following up with these resources to meet their needs. The program covers: safety, education, housing, transportation, health, legal, faithbased resources, and resources available through the High Point/WinstonSalem chapter of World Relief, a global non-profit that serves refugees and immigrants.

The pipeline program is offered quarterly, and the Human Relations Department is developing an online version of the curriculum to make the information available at all times, said Allen-Abraha. “We are thrilled and honored to have our Winston-Salem BIC Newcomer Pipeline recognized by the National

League of Cities,� AllenAbraha said. “It is a testament to the long hours and hard work that our BIC partners contributed in developing this initiative.�

The Human Relations Department won an in-kind grant in May 2014 from the Building Integrated Communities initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The grant provides research and staff support over three years to assist Human Relations in better coordinating the services of agencies and organizations that serve newcomers, particularly in the Hispanic community.

Jessica White, the research and program manager for the BIC initiative, said, “We applaud our dedicated partners in the Winston-Salem BIC project for their critical efforts to support and serve their diverse communities.

These successes encourage us in our ongoing collabo-

ration with local governments and residents to improve newcomer integration.�

Staff support was provided by Latino Migration Project at UNC Chapel Hill. Participants in the grant effort included the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, the Hispanic League, the IndoU.S. Cultural Association, Second Harvest Food Bank, Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the World Relief Organization, Novant Health, the Winston-Salem Foundation, the WinstonSalem Police Department, Legal Aid- Winston-Salem Office, the Winston-Salem Department of Transportation, the International Center at Forsyth Technical Community College, Interfaith Winston-Salem, and Compassionate Winston-Salem.

Ward, which is where the substation is located.

Construction on the District 3 station is expected to be complete by 2017 as well as the District 1 station located on North Point Boulevard.

For more information on the substations or to learn about the voter-approved bonds and other projects, go to www.cityofws.org/departments/budgest/2014-bonds.

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Winston-Salem’s chief of police to retire Barry D. Rountree, Winston-Salem’s chief of police since 2013, announced this week that he will retire Sept. 1, having served for 29 and a half years.

“I have had a very rewarding career,” Rountree said. “I have been able to serve in nearly every sworn position in the department, and now it is time to turn the reins over to the next generation of leadership.”

Rountree started his career as a police officer on Jan. 25, 1988.

He was promoted to senior police officer (today’s rank Rountree ofcorporal) in 1992, sergeant in 1996, lieutenant in 2000, captain in 2004 and assistant police chief in 2007. Over these years he served in the Field Services Bureau, the Investigative Services Bureau, the Support Services Bureau, and the Professional Standards Division. Rountree said he has been blessed to have served without any serious injuries. “Many have not been as fortunate as I and suffered serious injuries,” he said, “and during my career with the police department I have seen eight coworkers lose their lives while serving. They are a constant reminder to all police officers of the risks they take to ensure the public safety.” City Manager Lee Garrity said that Rountree had done a remarkable job of leading the police department.

Garrity said he will begin the process to select the next chief by consulting with the mayor, members of the City Council, police employees and community leaders.

WSSU professor wins UNC System teaching award Donna Gwyn Wiggins, associate professor in the Department of Music at Winston-Salem State University, has been named a recipient of the 2017 Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. She will receive a $12,500 stipend and be presented with a commemorative bronze medallion during the university’s spring commencement ceremony. The award was established in 1994 by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to identify Wiggins and reward good teaching. One faculty member from each of its 17 campuses is selected each year. Throughout her 16 years at WSSU, Wiggins’ impact as a professor and grant-funded researcher has extended beyond the campus in many ways. She is actively involved in music-related community projects for youth and seniors; published in peer-reviewed journals and books; and a presenter on music education topics at state, division, and national conferences. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the North Carolina Music Educators Association, the Winston-Salem Piano Teachers Association, and several other industry-related professional organizations.

The ACC bestows Game Changer Award Wake Forest track and field, cross-country and women’s tennis teams were honored in a ceremony last week in Greensboro, recognized as the 2016-17 ACC Game Changers for their dedication, hard work and commitment to the 1,200 children H.O.P.E. of Winston-Salem feeds on a weekly basis. H.O.P.E. has taken their service to a whole new level, far beyond just feeding the children in the food deserts of Winston-Salem. Wake Forest Athletics has joined the efforts of over 1,500 compassionate volunteers in the community, to create an outreach that truly gives children hope, where student-athletes and community volunteers are serving as mentors and leaders, spending time with the children and encouraging them by showing they care. The children receive advice on healthy eating and the importance of education.

Lewisville Town Council recognizes officials The Lewisville Town Council recognized Deputy Matt Mitchell, Dr. Ken Sadler, and Lewisville Fire Chief R. Scott Alderman during its April Town Council Meeting. Deputy Matt Mitchell was recognized for his lifesaving efforts to revive a woman suffering from an opioid overdose. Deputy Mitchell administered Narcan to stop the effects of the opioid and reverse the overdose, saving the woman’s life. Deputy Mitchell is the first member of the Lewisville Community Policing program to administer Narcan in Lewisville. Dr. Ken Sadler, Lewisville Town Councilman, received a Lifetime Achievement Award during the 32nd annual Community Awards Gala hosted by The Chronicle.

Dr Sadler is a retired colonel of the Army Dental Core, having served from 1975 to 2003, and is the longest serving member of the Lewisville Town Council having participated in the incorporation of the town in 1991.

Lewisville Fire Chief R. Scott Alderman was recognized for his service to Lewisville as Lewisville Fire Department’s Fire Chief upon his retirement.

Chief Alderman is retiring after serving more than 27 years as a firefighter, with 15 of those years as the Lewisville Fire Department’s Fire Chief.

Arts Council 2017 Annual Campaign “With a Twist” presents new giving options Jim Sparrow, president and CEO of The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, says this year the Arts Council’s Annual Campaign goal is $2.81 million. Sparrow said the campaign is proceeding on schedule, but with a bit of a “twist.” For the first time, as a part of its 2017 Annual Fund Campaign, The Arts Council is asking donors to consider making a gift directly to one of four “Targeted Initiatives” in addition to their normal unrestricted annual fund gift. They are Early Learning and AfterSchool Youth Arts Enrichment, Creative Ventures, Art in Unexpected Places, and Novant Health Arts and Healing. The initiatives were identified through a series of group conservations within the arts community. “We see these initiatives as cornerstones for the arts,” said Devon MacKay, Annual Fund director.

“They go well beyond traditional organizational grants and arts offerings and reach into all corners of our community.”

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Today, April 20- The Baby in the Bath Water - Medical Uses of Cannabis Dr. James Campbell will lead a discussion on the history, legality, and medical science of herbal cannabis, and the cannabinoids THC and CBD. The event is sponsored by Humanism with Heart, a program of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, 4055 Robinhood Road. For more information, email: humanism@uufws.org. The event will be on today, Thursday, April 20 from 7-8:30 p.m. at 4055 Robinhood Road, Winston-Salem.

Today, April 20- Annual Outstanding Women Leaders The 14th Annual Outstanding Women Leaders ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on April 20 at Gaines Ballroom at Embassy Suites.

Today, April 20- Documentary Screening at Wake Forest University On Thursday, April 20, 6 to 8:30 p.m., the Pro Humanitate Institute at Wake Forest University is sponsoring a screening of the documentary “Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights.” It will be shown at Pugh Auditorium in Benson Convention Center on the Wake Forest University campus. “Union Time” tells the story of the meatpacking workers who fought dangerous working conditions, intimidation, and abuse at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Tar Heel, N.C. A reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Today, April 20 & 29, May 13 & 25 – Spring Garden Workshop Series The Old Salem Department of Horticulture has announced the schedule for its spring garden workshops. The workshops are free and open to the public. To pre-register for any workshop, please email vhannah@oldsalem.org or call 336-7217357 (please leave a message if no one answers) to register. To join Friends of the Gardens, call 336-7217333. Workshops are scheduled as follows: *Hosta: Growing Guide and Variety Pictorial Review-Thursday, April 20, from 12-1 p.m. *Eating to Live or Living to Eat? Cooking with Herbs-Saturday, April 29, from 10-11 a.m. *Living with Coyotes-Saturday, May 13, from 10-11 a.m. *Herbal Remedies-Thursday, May 25, from 12-1 p.m.

All workshops will be held in the Wachovia Room, Old Salem Visitor Center, 900 Old Salem Road. For more information call 336-721-7300 or visit oldsalem.org.

April 21 & 23- Fletcher Opera Institute presents Ariadne auf Naxos The University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ spring opera will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 21, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 23 in Agnes de Mille Theatre on the UNCSA campus, 1533 South Main St. Tickets are $22 regular and $18 students with valid ID, and are available at www.uncsa.edu or by calling the box office at 336-721-1945.

April 21, May 26 & June 16 – Free motorcycle rider skills training Police officers assigned to the Winston-Salem Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit will hold free motorcycle rider skills training in April, May and June as part of the BikeSafe NC initiative to improve motorcycle safety. The daylong training includes classroom sessions and on-the-road skills assessment and coaching.

Rider Skills Days in WinstonSalem are scheduled for April 21, May 26 and June 16. Space is limited. For more information and to register, go to BikeSafeNC.com.

April 22-April is Sarcoidosis Awareness Month April is Sarcoidosis Awareness Month. A Meet, Greet, Balloon Release, and a candle lighting for the ones who have passed away from Sarcoidosis, will be on Saturday, April 22, at the Rural Hall Library from 11 a.m. -2 p.m. The balloon release and candle lighting will take place between 1-1:30 p.m.

Sarcoidsosis is an unknown rare disease involving abnormal collections of inflammatory cells from lumps known as granulomas. People wear purple to raise awareness.

April 22- Johnson C. Smith Open House Johnson C. Smith University, Winston-Salem Alumni announce the 2017

Open House for Alumni and Students interested in attending JCSU. The Open House date is Saturday, April 22, at Southside Branch Library, 3185 Buchanan St. Open house will be from 1-3 p.m. Contact Ken Griffin, chapter president, at 336283-3709 for further information.

workshop, “Planting a Cutting Garden” scheduled for 11 a.m. on Monday, April 24. Leslie Peck, Forsyth County Cooperative Extension Horticulture agent, will lead the program. Registration is required. Register by email at co-opext-registration.cc or call 336-7032850.

April 22- Rabies Clinic The rabies clinic will be held on April 22 from 9-11 a.m. One (1) and three (3) vaccinations will be available, proof of prior rabies vaccination required for 3 year vaccination , $5 cash per vaccine. Dogs, cats and ferrets only. Dogs must be leashed. Cats and ferrets must be in carriers. Pets must be at least 3 months of age.

Clinic located at Forsyth County Animal Shelter 5570 Sturmer Park Circle, Winston-Salem.

April 23- Hops and Shops: Spring Fling The fifth Foothill’s Hops & Shop event will be rain or shine from 12-5 p.m. on Sunday, April 23. This indoor/outdoor community driven event will feature over 100 local and regional arts & craft, boutique, and antique vendors. The event is free and open to the public and is family and dog friendly. Foothills Tasting Room is located on Kimwell Drive off of Stratford Road.

April 22- One Mile Walk/Fun Run Participants will have the chance to see firsthand what they are supporting: the Boston-Thurmond neighborhood in Winston-Salem, where Habitat for Humanity has built, remodeled or repaired nearly 200 houses since 1985. All participants ages 9 and older will receive a T-shirt. (We cannot guarantee requested T-shirt sizes for those registering after April 14.) Packet pickup will take place Friday, April 21, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Fleet Feet Sports, Winston-Salem. The event will start at 9 a.m.

April 22- Southern Charm at the Farm at Tanglewood Park Tanglewood is excited to host Southern Charm at the Farm at Tanglewood Park on Saturday, April 22, from 9 a.m-5 p.m. Southern Charm at the Farm is one of the largest collaborations of vintage, handcrafted, and repurposed goods in the South. There will be adoptable pups. This is an alcohol-free event and is family friendly. Large crowds are expected, so come early.

Admission is free but parking is $5 per car. For more information, contact Jessica Sanders at 336-703-6481 or sanderjp@forsyth.cc. For more information on becoming a vendor or how to participate at Southern Charm at the Farm, contact Allison Dahl at 704-657-9703 or southerncharmatthefarm@gmail.com.

April 22- The 12th annual Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA) Earth Day Fair The 12th annual Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA) Earth Day Fair is a free event that will take place on Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds. Rain or Shine. For more information, visit PEA online peanc.org.

April 22-24 – Master Gardener's spring plant sale: Arboretum at Tanglewood Park One of Forsyth County's premier plant sales, with an inventory of unique annuals and perennials and those hard-to-find and sought-after native plants, will be Saturday, April 22, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.; Sunday, April 23, 1 - 4 p.m., and Monday, April 24, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Attend a free garden

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April 23- Discovery Concert for Kids Enchanted Fairy Tales The Winston-Salem Symphony will present a Discovery Concerts for Kids concert titled “Enchanted Fairy Tales” with special guests Paperhand Puppet Intervention. Under the baton of Maestra Jessica Morel, the Winston-Salem Symphony’s assistant conductor, the concert will take place Sunday, April 23, at 3 p.m. at Reynolds Auditorium, located on 301 N. Hawthorne Road in WinstonSalem. Pre-concert activities will begin at 2 p.m. Single tickets for Discovery concerts are $7 for children, ages three to 12 (age 2 and under, free) and $18 for adults.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the Symphony Box Office at 336464-0145 or online at WSsymphony.org.

April 24- ‘Saving Energy at Home to Save Money’ “Saving Energy at Home to Save Money” will be held on Monday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m. Each person attending the program will receive an energy kit. The program is free but you have to register by calling the Walkertown Branch library at 336703-2990. The program will be at the Walkertown Library, 2969 Main St, Walkertown.

April 24- Planting a Cutting Garden “Planting a Cutting Garden” will be held on Monday, April 24, from 11 a.m. until noon at The Arboretum Office at Tanglewood Park, 4201 See Comm. Cal. on B7

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Now- April 30 Kimberly Park Holiness Church Anniversary The congregation of Kimberly Park Holiness Church, 417 Burton St., is celebrating its 98th anniversary during April. The celebration services are set for each Sunday at 11 a.m. Designated ministers of the church will speak.

Now-April 21 Men’s Revival at Life Changing Transformation Life Changing Transformation Church Ministries, at 2011 NE 25th St., will continue its 2017 Men’s Revival. The guest speaker for today and Friday, April 21, at 7 p.m. is Bishop Johnny Johnson (United Deliverance Church of God, Winston-Salem). Everyone is invited. The host pastor is Senior Pastor Alice Mitchell.

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Church prepares for Easter with Good Friday service

By TIMOTHy RAMSEy THE CHRONICLE

For Christians, the Easter season is a time to celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Many churches hold special services on Easter Sunday, but Pilgrim

Rest Missionary Baptist Church decided to also hold a special 11 a.m. service on Good Friday.

This was the first time the church has held a service on Good Friday. Senior Pastor Paul W. Hart said he wanted to hold the service on Good Friday because this type of service is not typical and to get people into the Easter spirit before Sunday.

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Elder Reginald Lampkins of Pleasant Union Primitive Baptist Church delivered the message during the Good Friday service at Pilgrim Rest.

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Now- April 21 Morning Star Spring Revival The Rev. Dr. Dennis Leach Sr., pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Fitch St., Winston-Salem, invites the community to attend the 2017 Spring Revival through Friday, April 21. Services will begin at 7 p.m. nightly. The Rev. David Moore, pastor of Indian Woods Missionary Baptist Church, will be the guest revivalist. For more information, call the church office at 336-418-2003.

Now-June 21 First Christian Church women’s Bible study First Christian Church, 1130 N. Main Street, Kernersville, will host a women’s Bible study, "The Battle Plan for Prayer" on Tuesday nights from 6:30 until 8 p.m., through June 13 in room C005. This Bible study was inspired by the film "War Room."

Study guides will be available in class on a firstcome, first-served basis for $14. No sign-up is required for this study. For more information, contact Helen Peddycord at hpeddycord@triad.rr.com.

April 21 Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries Prayer Join Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries on Friday, April 21 at 6 p.m. (arrive at 5:30 p.m.) at Forsyth County Jail, 201 N. Church St. Praying for: inmates, their families, and the jail staff.

April 22 31st Choir Anniversary The St. Matthew Apostolic Temple Sanctuary Choir’s 31st anniversary presents “GRATEFUL,” a musical concert under the direction of Kenny Wayne Anderson on Saturday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. at 3640 New Walkertown Road. Sunday, April 23 at 4 p.m. the choir will host a service and the guest preacher will be Pastor Willie Robinson and his congregation New Believers Christian Center of Clayton, N.C. The community is invited to attend.

The Host Pastor is Elder Gregory D. Robertson.

April 22-23 2017 Sanctuary Choir Anniversary St. Matthew Apostolic Temple Church of Jesus Christ, at 3640 New Walkertown Road, will host its 2017 Sanctuary Choir Anniversary. Elder Gregory Robertson is the pastor. On Saturday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. will be Sanctuary Choir Anniversary Celebration, which continues on Sunday, April 23 at 4 p.m. Winston-Salem. Those with any questions should contact Minister of Music Brother Kenny Anderson at 336-345-8922 (kanderson@buddgroup.com) or Church Secretary Sister Janet Tucker at 336-682-6241 or (marshall.tucker@att.net) or Church telephone at 336-724-1780. The website is www.SMATInc.org.

April 23 St. Andrews UNC Spring Rally St. Andrews United Methodist Church will have its Spring Rally finale' and talent presentation, "I Am The True Vine" on Sunday, April 23, starting at 3 p.m. at the church at 1840 Butler St. in WinstonSalem. The Rev. Dale P. Sneed is the pastor. The public is invited.

April 23 New Directions Movement Cathedral fundraisers The Anniversary Committee of New Direction Movement Cathedral will have fundraisers in the form of “A Teen Explosion” and “Baby Contest” on April 23 at 4 p.m. The church is located at 3300 Overdale Drive. For more information, call 336771-2111.

April 23 New Birth Worship Center Choir Anniversary Dr. James L.E. Hunt and the New Birth Worship Center church family invite everyone to celebrate the Inspirational Choir’s 20th anniversary on Sunday, April 23, at 3:30 p.m. at the church, 1033 New Birth Drive, East Bend. The guest choir will be First Waughtown Baptist Church Combined Choir.

There will be a special performance by the New Birth “Angels of Mercy” Dance Ministry. For additional information, call 336-699-3583 or visit the website at www.newbirthworshipcenter.org.

April 23 Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church The congregation of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church will be celebrating the 14th anniversary of its beloved pastor, the Rev. Dwight L. Hash and First Lady Constance Hash, on Sunday April 23. The special guest for the 11 a.m. service will be Dr. Clarence Johnson, pastor emeritus, Elm Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Reidsville. The special guest for the 4 p.m. service will be Bishop Reginald Kellam and the congregation of Friendship

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Easter sunrise service celebrates 60th anniversary The weather was perfect for the Easter Sunrise Service to return to Evergreen Cemetery.

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The first Easter Service Committee was organized with only three members – Velma Hopkins, Jerry C. Gilmore Jr. and Frances S. Gilmore – as a way to pay tribute to

their loved ones who had passed away.

In 1957, the Easter Sunrise Committee held its first formal service at Evergreen Cemetery, the final resting place of each of the founders.

For the past 59 years, these services have been a fabric of the com-

Women’s Weekend includes look at mass incarceration

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munity, with guest speakers from various churches including Apostolic, Baptist, Holiness, Methodist, Presbyterian and others. Due to various reasons, the service had to be moved from the cemetery years ago.

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The United Methodist Women (UMW) of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem will host their annual spring Women’s Weekend “A Call to Community” April 2223.

All activities take place at the church, at 2400 Dellabrook Road; the public is invited to attend.

Camille French The weekend begins Saturday, April 22, with a prayer breakfast. Guest speakers will be Judge Denise Hartsfield and Brittany Jenkins.

They will share on the topic “Mass Incarceration and How We Can Make a Difference.”

God’s Reconciling Love

Lesson Scripture: Romans 5:6-11, 8:31-39

By the end of this lesson, we will *Know the meaning of justification by faith. *Understand the concept of reconciliation and Christ’s love that produced it. *See the relationship between reconciliation and the security of our salvation.

Background: The time of the lesson A.D. 56 and is written in Corinth. God had spoken of Christ’s redemption in Old Testament through prophets and the Psalms. God had it all planned and started it at the perfect time of His choosing. Through Adam the world was separated from God; through Christ God reconciled the world to Himself.

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Lesson: Paul starts the lesson explaining how that there is nothing greater than God’s love Elder for us. He describes us as Richard Wayne weak and ungodly or sinners (verse 6). yet Christ Wood was sent to die for us by God, who in spite of our shortcoming, disobediSunday ence and turning our School Lesson backs on Him, loved us still.

Paul continues pointing out the unlikelihood of man dying for man willingly, whether he be good or righteous (verse 7). But God’s love goes beyond that of man (verse 8). In addition we are now assured that Christ’s death on the cross meant that God’s wrath, anger and punishment were all placed on Jesus at that time and forever. Christ’s death is our justification. We now have joy in God and we See Lesson on B6

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a spirit of coming together and thinking about the love of Christ,” Hart said. “We didn’t want to just do this Sunday morning. We wanted to have Christ on our mind all weekend. This is my 12th year here and this is just a vision that I had and would love for this to progress further.”

Pilgrim Rest was joined by Pleasant Union Primitive Baptist Church for the Good Friday service.

Elder Reginald Lampkins of Pleasant Union delivered the sermon. Lampkins thought this was a great idea and says he was glad to be a part of it.

“I have been preaching for about 15 years and I normally preach at night for the ‘Seven Last Words’ [of Jesus] service, so this is my first time preaching during the day on Good Friday,” Lampkins continued. “I agree with Pastor Hart in that celebrating Christ should be a continuous thing throughout the

weekend.

“The main focus is to be saved, which is why I like to preach a message of

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Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church Senior Pastor Paul W. Hart was excited to have the Good Friday service at his church.

salvation,” Lampkins continued. “We do a lot of things behind tradition but there is always room to try something new.”

During his sermon, Lampkins touched on the Resurrection but also spoke about the death of Christ because he says that’s where our salvation comes from. He also posed a question to the congregation, asking, “What do you think about Jesus and what he did for us?” He wanted

The congregation of Pilgrim Rest welcomed visitors from Pleasant Union for the Good Friday service.

to convey the importance of knowing Christ no matter what you may be going through, good or bad.

Hart stated he would like to extend the invitation to Elder Lampkins to come

“Many churches have a ‘Seven Last Words’ service Friday evening and that is great,” Hart added. “But you can’t have enough service in praising God and lifting Him up. I wanted to

back next year and speak during the Good Friday service. He says next year they plan to reach out more to the surrounding community and possibly to other churches as well.

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out.”

Rev. Dr. Lamonte Williams, president of the MCWSV and Senior Pastor of Diggs Memorial United Holy Church, was the worship leader for the service.

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In an effort to commemorate the 60th anniversary, the Original Easter

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have something in the morning so that others may also attend a ‘Seven Last Words’ service in the evening.”

ration of faith leaders. So at the end of the day, the conference is recognizing the needs of the community. When we can gather around a common goal, we tend to forget about our

“We thought it would be an ideal way for the community to know we are here on a spiritual level.”

(Above) Dr. Williams presented a proclamation from the Rev. Derwin Montgomery, East Ward City Council Member, to Sunrise Service Committee President Jerry C. Gilmore III.

, right, Photos by Timothy Ramsey

(Right) Rev. Dr. Paul A. Lowe Jr., senior pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, delivered the message during the sunrise service.

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are saved by His life (verses 9-11).

The lesson then changes gears and points out that there is nothing that can separate us from God’s love (8:31-39). “If God be for us, who can be against us.” (vs3 31) Paul asks us questions that enforce our security in Christ. Would God do less for His children (who we now are) than He did for His enemies (verse 32)?

Who can successfully accuse someone who God has declared righteous (verse 33)? We are not

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A United Methodist lay speaker, Judge Hartsfield will talk from her base of knowledge as one of four judges in Forsyth County with juvenile jurisdiction.

Brittany Jenkins, a native of Winston-Salem, is the manager of Corporate and Foundation Relations for the Charlotte Rescue Mission. Jenkins will speak from her experience with the Rescue Mission, whose clients fall into this population.

The weekend culminates with worship Sunday, April 23. The 11 a.m. speaker will be Camille French, vice president of North Carolina Operations for the Levy Law Firm Company. French is active in St. Paul’s music ministry as a vocalist and director of the Hand Bell choir. She is a graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University and holds

condemned because Christ died, was resurrected, exalted to sit at God’s right hand and makes continual intercession for us (verse 34). In verses 35-39, Paul lists extremes; tribulation, distress or persecution and more. He goes on to say nothing in heaven or on earth can separate God’s love from us. We may experience life’s worst, but through Christ we are conquerors and victors. All because of God’s reconciling love for us (The Mac Arthur Study Bible, UMI Annual Commentary 20162017).

Consideration: How do we mirror God’s love for us toward others? Paul went to great lengths to convince the New Testament church of God’s love … does his argument still stand 2,000 years later? Are we convinced?

a law degree from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She is married to Nathaniel French, a mother of three children and is the Political Awareness and Social Action chairwoman for the Winston-Salem Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Founded in 1869, United Methodist Women is the largest denominational faith organization for women with about 800,000 members whose mission is spiritual growth, developing leaders and advocating for justice.

Over the next four years United Methodist Women’s national programming guidelines direct local units to target specific issues identified as having major societal impact.

These include climate justice, economic inequality, maternal and child health and criminalization of communities of color.

Close attention will be given to how these issues

affect women, children and youth globally.

Local UMW leadership says United Methodist Women are called to be voices for those who have no voice or need comradeship to strengthen their voice. ‘“A Call to Community’ to UMW means that we (all people) are as responsible for the other person’s well-being as we are for our own and we must acknowledge and address anything we do that causes harm or suffering for others because God’s promise of wellbeing has no exclusivity clause,” the statement says.

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Your

Life’s Application: UMI has pointed out a few insights in this lesson for us: *God loves me! *God proved His love for me. *God wants a relationship with me. *Do I need to confess? *How can I repent?

Founded in 1871, St. Paul UMC is the oldest African-American church in the town of Winston and the second oldest AfricanAmerican church in the combined town of Winston-Salem. For more information on Women’s Day contact Peggy Moore pmoore68@att.net.

Sunrise Committee cosponsored with the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity (MCWSV) to expand the efforts to be a citywide celebration. With that, the celebration has returned to Evergreen Cemetery.

Jerry C. Gilmore III, son of Jerry and Frances, says it feels great to have the service back at the cemetery. He thought it was important to return because it was so special to the founders.

“I can’t say in words how good it makes me feel and it's an emotional situation,” Gilmore said. “I'm also ecstatic because of the warmth of the service and the inspiration of the message. I was really happy to see this many people come

–Rev. Dr. Lamonte Williams

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He says he and the conference were gracious to receive an invitation from the Sunrise Committee and was happy to have the conference partner with them.

“The conference was very excited about the collaboration because in the end, it’s about community work,” Williams said. “We at the conference would like to highlight that yes, we do social justice work, but in the end, we are a faith organization. This was a wonderful way for the Ministers’ Conference to say, ‘Yes, we are a part of the community.’”

“We thought it would be an ideal way for the community to know we are here on a spiritual level,” Williams said.

“The Ministers' Conference is a representation of a collabo-

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Missionary Baptist Church, High Point.

The church is at 1711 N. Claremont Avenue and the telephone number is 336723-1297. The public in invited to attend.

April 23 Forsyth County Missionary Union The Forsyth County Missionary Union will meet Sunday, April 23, at First Waughtown Baptist Church, 838 Moravia Street, Winston –Salem. The Youth and Young Adults will meet at 1:30 p.m.

Seniors will meet at 3 p.m.

April 23 Family and Friends Day Holy Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship Center, 5307 Peters Creek Parkway, will hold its annual Family & Friends Day on Sunday, April 23, at 4 p.m. The special guest will be Pastor James Linville & Piney Grove Baptist Church. For more information, contact the church office at 336-784-9347.

April 23 New Hope A.M.E. Zion Church New Hope A.M.E. Zion Church of 7000 Shallowford Road in Lewisville will be celebrating its Family and Friends with Honoring the Children and Youth on April 23.

Morning worship will be at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Sharon S. McKinney delivering the message. Lunch will be served at 1:30 p.m.

Evening service will be at 3 p.m. with former youth of New Hope. Rev. Dairl Scott Sr. is the pastor. Everyone is invited to attend. For further information, contact: Catherine Hawkins-Speller 336-407-641 or Marie Jamerson 336-577-6752.

April 24-28 Forsyth Countywide Baptist Training Institute

individual differences.”

The service featured singing from Madam Mary Lee Hanie, a proclamation from the city of WinstonSalem and a message from the Rev. Dr. Paul A. Lowe Jr., senior pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church. His message about the Resurrection of Christ inspired all in attendance.

“To keep this tradition going is a powerful thing and it speaks volumes about the committee,” Lowe said. “I just wanted to let everyone know that with everything going on, Christ is risen. The fact that He is risen means there is hope. There is hope of a brighter and better future and that we don't have to give up, even with a certain individual in the White House.”

The 64th annual Forsyth Countywide Baptist Training Institute will be held April 24-April 28 from 6:15 p.m-8:30 p.m. each night at First Baptist Church, 700 North Highland Avenue, WinstonSalem. Theme: “Reaching the Masses: Reaping the Benefits of the Harvest.”

April 25 Temple Emanuel Rabbi Mark Cohn of Temple Emanuel will discuss anti-Semitism at the Tuesday, April 25 meeting of the Triad Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Polo Recreation Center, 1850 Polo Road.

The public is invited to attend.

April 26 The Sarah Allen Women’s Missionary Society The Sarah Allen Women’s Missionary Society of St. James A.M.E. Church is sponsoring “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman.” A donation of $7 is requested.

The public is invited. St. James is at 1501 N. Patterson Ave. at the corner of 15th Street (across from the U.S. Post Office)..

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Manor House Circle, Clemmons. Registration is free but registration required: coop-ext-registration@forsyth.cc or 336703-2850. Space is limited.

April 24- Fuller & Dudley Mastermind Business Group Alma Adams will be the keynote speaker at Fuller & Dudley Mastermind Business Group on Monday, April 24, at 6 p.m. The event is open to the public. For more information, contact Benjamin Shabazz Peay at 470-244-6124.

April 25MomsRising MeetUp MomsRising is an online and on-the-ground grassroots organization of moms and people who love them working to build a more family-friendly state and nation.

On Tuesday, April 25 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

(Dinner/gathering at 5:30, meeting from 6-7:30), the MomsRising MeetUp will be at Highland Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, 2381 Cloverdale Ave. To RSVP and for more info: beth2momsrising.org.

April 25- 7th Annual Children’s Champion Award Luncheon Work Family Resource Center (WFRC) will host its seventh annual Children’s Champion Award Luncheon on Tuesday, April 25, at Forsyth Country Club from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The keynote speaker will be Maurice “Mo” Green, executive director of Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and former superintendent of Guilford County Schools. Tickets can be purchased online at w w w. w o r k f a m i l y r e source.org or by calling Katura Jackson or Suzanne Isenberg at 336-761-5100 for more information.

April 25- ‘Watering for Healthy Vegetable Crops’ “Watering for Healthy Vegetable Crops: A Forsyth Community Gardening Workshop” will be held on Tuesday, April 25 from 6-8 p.m. at Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy Garden, 1215 N Cameron Ave. It’s free to register.

Register online at: http://tinyurl.com/FCGSGS, or call 336-7032850.

April 27- ‘Nature In Garden’ Learn how to incorporate native plants in your garden during “Nature In Garden.” This lecture will be on Thursday, April 27, from 6-8 p.m. at 1450 Fairchild Road, WinstonSalem.

Contact the Forsyth Cooperative Extension office to register for this lecture. Phone: 336-703-2850 or email c o o p - e x t registration@forsyth.cc.

April 27-29 - Paneh Mime International Paneh Mime International: presents D4H Mega Mime Conference & Concert, at the Winston-Salem Fairground Annex, Education Building and Bolton Home and Garden Building on April 27-29.

Registration starts at $40.

Visit www.wsfairgrounds.com or www.panehmime.org to register. Registration is now open.

April 27- Tradition and Innovation in Fine Craft Series New Winston Museum’s Second Quarter Salon Series will be on Thursday, April 27 from 5:30 to 7 p.m, at the Center for Design and Innovation at 450 Design Ave (near Salem College). This programming series is titled “craftXws: Tradition and Innovation in Fine Craft.”

These educational events are free and open to the public.

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Bid documents in electronic format can be obtained by contacting Chris Hemp of EDC at (804)-897-0900 or via email at chemp@edcweb.com . Bidder questions must be submitted in writing by 12:00 p.m. on April 20, 2017 to Chris Hemp at EDC.

Minority and women owned businesses (HUB firms) are encouraged to submit bids for this project. Subcontractors submitting proposals are encouraged, but not required to attend the pre-bid meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 812 Lilly Avenue.

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Angelo Michael Giammarino (16 E 500), also known as Michael Giammarino and Michael A. Giammarino, deceased November 17, 2015, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before July 1, 2017 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 30th day of March, 2017.

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You are required to make a written answer to the Motions alleging to Terminate Parental Rights within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Motions within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Motions, the Movant will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the above-referenced juveniles.

You are required to make a written answer to the Motions alleging to Terminate Parental Rights within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Motions within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Motions, the Movant will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the above-referenced juveniles.

You are required to make a written answer to the Motions alleging to Terminate Parental Rights within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Motions within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Motions, the Movant will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the above-referenced juveniles.

TAKE NOTICE that Juvenile Motions seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of Termination of your Parental Rights with respect to the above-referenced juveniles pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.

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

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

The hearing on the Motions alleging to Terminate Parental Rights are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., on Friday, June 16, 2017 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 10th day of April, 2017

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Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of James David Macy (16 E 1256), also known as David Macy, deceased May 18, 2016, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before July 8, 2017 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery.

All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 6th day of April, 2017.

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Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of John Neal Wilson, Sr. (16 E 256 ), also known as John Neil Wilson, Sr. and John N. Wilson, Sr., deceased December 30, 2015, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before July 15, 2017 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 13th day of April, 2017.

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TAKE NOTICE that Juvenile Motions seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of Termination of your Parental Rights with respect to the above-referenced juveniles pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.

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

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

The hearing on the Motions alleging to Terminate Parental Rights are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., on Friday, June 16, 2017 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 4th day of April, 2017

Erica Glass Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900

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

The hearing on the Motions alleging to Terminate Parental Rights are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., on Friday, June 16, 2017 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

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