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RALEIGH —The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a North Carolina court ruling that upheld Republican-drawn electoral districts for state and congressional lawmakers.

State judges were told to look at whether lawmakers depended too much on race in drawing boundaries that increased minority representation in Raleigh but also boosted GOP fortunes.

In a two-sentence order, the justices told the North Carolina Supreme Court to revisit its decision last December upholding the maps, and to review it in light of the U.S. high court's decision last month

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involving Alabama legislative districts.

In that case, the justices ruled a lower court used the wrong test when it upheld legislative districts and determined that race was not the primary motivating facBarber tor in drawing boundary lines. As in the North Carolina case, critics of the Alabama maps argued the Republican-led legislature there illegally packed black voters into voting districts that reduced their power.

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The work might not be visible to the public, but people concerned with improving their neighborhoods are working with nonprofits to help make their neighborhoods better.

Neighbors for See more B e t t e r articles on WorkNeighborhoods (NBN) and the ing on NeighborUnited Way have hoods on Page 2. teamed up to help residents in some northeast WinstonSalem communities, and the S.G. Atkins Community Development Corporation is working with the Piedmont Triad Regional Council and faculty of WinstonSalem State University on the Martin Luther King Jr./Waughtown Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative.

They are holding meetings and organizing residents to determine what they want their neighborhoods to look and feel like and showing them how to work toward getting what they want.

Both groups met with residents in March to plan initiatives for April.

The United Way of Forsyth County and NBN representatives met with residents at the Carl Russell Sr. Community Center on Carver School Road.

They said resident input and involvement are actively being sought to build stronger, healthier neighborhoods in any of the following neighborhoods: Bowen Park, Cardinal Acres, Castle Heights, Dreamland, Eastgate Village, Ebony Hills, Ladeara Crest, Lakeside, Monticello Park, Northwoods Estate, Prospect Park, Spaulding Drive, and Wildwood Park.

Alana James, director of communitybased collaborations with the United Way, said, “These are the target areas for now.”

She said the March meeting was designed to bring people together to begin to working as teams to help make their communities better.

“So many people are doing great things and don’t know each other,” James

Court,” said N.C. Rep. Ed Hanes, a Democrat representing District 72 in Forsyth County. “Our position from the beginning has been that the current district lines are unconstitutional.

There Hanes seems to be a clear connection between how the current lines are drawn and the stacking of African-Americans into the same districts. While this has resulted in more African-Americans being elected, it has also caused a drastic imbalance to our party politic.

“The U.S. Supreme Court has asked our [N.C. Supreme] Court to start over with a different test for constitutionality, and I agree with that position.”

In both states, Republicans strengthened their grip on power through redistricting based on the 2010 census. North Carolina Republicans, who took over the legislature in early 2011, now hold 10 of the state's 13 congressional seats and 108 of the 170 seats in the legislature.

Election and civil rights advocacy groups and Democratic voters who sued over the 2011 maps praised the justices' ruling Monday, which came after they asked the Supreme Court in January to

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“Hollywood offers you the roles they want you to do and not the roles you always want to do.”

Burnett and Townsend share their experiences about the film industry

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Film director Robert Townsend speaks to an audience attending an event during the RiverRun Film Festival in Winston-Salem on Monday, April 20.

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An audience of roughly 50 people shared laughter, experience and the love of film with esteemed film directors Charles Burnett and Robert Townsend on Tuesday night, April 21.

The 2015 RiverRun Festival hosted Townsend and Barnett for an in-depth conversation, moderated by film producer and professor Dale Pollock about the industry, as part of the festival’s 2015 Spotlight on Black American Cinema, which looks back at the works of black filmmakers between 1971 and 1991.

Both have films featured at the festival.

Townsend, an actor-turned-director, has been nominated for over 30 NAACP

Image Awards and has directed “Hollywood Shuffle,” “Holiday Heart,” “The Five Heartbeats,” “The Meteor Man” and “Eddie Murphy: Raw.” He spoke about his relationship with his mentor, Sidney Poitier.

Townsend said he can recall reaching out to Poitier shortly after he became famous and having lunch with him. That lunch, he said, has shaped him to create positive roles for African-American’s in Hollywood.

“I asked him how he got to have dignity in the ‘50s when he was making his movies. He said ‘The power to say no. I did not accept every role that came along.

I made sacrifices.’ That always stayed with

Greensboro —U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee and Subcommittee on Higher Education, will launch the first-ever Bipartisan Congressional HBCU (historically black colleges and universities) Caucus.

The purpose of the caucus is to highlight and address unique challenges that HBCUs face as well as to make sure their needs are heard on Capitol Hill.

Adams There are more than 100 HBCUs in the United States, with five HBCUs in North Carolina’s 12th District, which Adams represents..

She met with presidents and representatives from four HBCUs in North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District on Monday, April 20, for a candid and open conversation about HBCUs. The purpose of the roundtable was to hear directly from local HBCUs about the issues impacting their schools.

“As a former professor and alumnus of an HBCU, they have long been a top priority for me, which is why I wanted to hear firsthand from the presidents and representatives before I officially launched my Bipartisan HBCU Caucus,” Adams said. “HBCUs enroll more than 300,000 students every year and deserve to be involved in the substantial discussions we are having in Congress as we plan to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. This discussion today was insightful and will help advance the interests of HBCUs as we work to launch the HBCU Caucus, reauthorize the Higher Education Act and draft legislation impacting all colleges and universities throughout America.”

During the roundtable discussion, Adams was joined by Livingstone College

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Surveys underway in neighborhoods, seeking input on visioning

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Twenty-four residents of LaDeara Crest Apartments united recently at the apartments’ community resource center to participate in group surveys conducted by Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods (NBN) in partnership with United Way of Forsyth County.

Through April, residents from 13 northeast WinstonSalem neighborhoods are taking the surveys; survey takers receive a small compensation for their time.

NBN and United Way will use survey results to inform future development visioning by residents of specific neighborhoods.

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Using computerized technology, participants in the 90minute sessions use handheld response devices (clickers) to answer place-based questions regarding: health, safety, housing, employment, economic development, transportation, education, and recreational activities for children, youths, adults, and seniors.

Surveys, both individual (paper) and group (electronic), were conducted in the following neighborhoods: LaDeara Crest, Bowen Park, Dreamland, Castle Heights, Cardinal Acres, Prospect Park, Lakeside, Eastgate Village, Spaulding Drive, Wildwood Park, Northwoods Estates, Monticello Park, and Ebony Hills.

In addition to conducting surveys, NBN and United

Way are co-hosting Neighbor Nites in these same neighborhoods.

If you live in one of these areas and would like to help plan a dinner event with your neighbors and NBN staff, please contact arue@nbncommunity.org.

NBN is a local organization that partners with neighborhood groups to support and enhance resident-led activities by providing organizing assistance, technical support, and funding as needed.

Revitalization Initiative planning process covering an area within a half-mile radius of the intersection of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Waughtown Street.

This racially diverse neighborhood includes a growing mix of residential, commercial and industrial uses. The plan will update the vibrant gateway into a more safe, walkable and appealing neighborhood for residents and visitors alike.

Development opportunities will create a distinct sense of character for the area as a destination.

More than two-dozen WSSU students from four different courses at WSSU attended and helped with a variety of logistical issues, including serving as scribes to collect all the participant's thoughts.

The meeting included a discussion of the purpose behind conducting the planning effort presented by Dr. Russell M. Smith, associate professor of geography at WSSU. Marco Andrade, principal planner with the CityCounty Planning Board, reviewed past planning efforts

that were conducted in the area.

Finally, a small group workshop was led by Cy Stober, water resources manager with PTRC, which engaged the community in deciding how to make the neighborhood a better place.

In the end, participants identified several key issues that they felt greatly impacted their neighborhood. These included issues of public safety, recreation, community appearance and economic development.

Neighbors attending the meeting also felt strongly that they would like to see more collaboration between the neighborhood and WSSU. Members of the project team leading the planning effort are spending the this month meeting with additional residents and groups in the neighborhood who were unable to attend the meeting.

Waughtown/MLK neighborhoods start year-long planning to improve area

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On March 3, more than 75 residents, property owners and concerned citizens from the Waughtown/MLK neighborhoods met at the Enterprise Center to begin a year long process of deciding what steps should be taken to make their neighborhood an even better place to live, work and play.

The next community meeting is scheduled for April 28 at 6 p.m. at the Enterprise Center and will include presentation from Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) students.

The March meeting was the result of a city of Winston-Salem grant that was recently received by the S.G. Atkins Community Development Corporation (CDC) and uses the expertise of planners from the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC) and faculty of WSSU. The S.G. Atkins CDC received the grant to facilitate a Martin Luther King Jr./Waughtown Neighborhood

Alana James, United Way director of community-based collaboration, listens as residents ask questions at the community information meeting on Thursday, March 12, at the Cari Russell Community Center, 3521 Carver School Road.

The meeting, sponsored by Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods and the United Way of Forsyth County, is a collaborative effort seeking active resident involvement in helping build stronger, healthier neighborhoods; for more information, contact Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods at 336-701-2626 or arue@nbncommunity.org.

Local community residents enjoy dinner as they listen to speakers of the Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods and the United Way of Forsyth County.

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said.

She said the United Way is using multiple resources to fund its work with NBN and did not receive a grant for the project but did receive an invitation to work with residents. NBN had been working with neighborhood groups already.

NBN is a local organization that partners with neighborhood groups to support and enhance resident-led activities by providing organizing assistance, technical support and funding as needed.

James said the United Way is involved with neighborhood-building because it needs residents to help the organization when it needs help. It’s making investments.

“What we’re trying to do is build trust so that people will work with us,” James said. The help the United Way needs is volunteer gifts, skills and talents.

That’s what NBN’s Nakida McDaniels told the group of about 20 people in March that their communities need from them, too, to form asset-based communities.

Residents need to be able to work with institutions that can help them, she said.

“We teach the residents how they can step up to meet the institutions” and how the institutions can step back and work for “sustainable solutions.”

There are a lot of small groups working in neighborhoods that need to be united toward the same goal, McDaniels said.

NBN works to unite them.

James said United Way partners with agencies to help build stronger communities.

For instance, if a neighborhood doesn’t have a grocery store, that might not become known to the people who can help the neighborhood get one until someone actually goes to the neighborhood to see the conditions. However, the neighborhood groups can unite to be one voice to tell the organization that the community

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For more information contact Russell Smith, PhD, Smithrm@wssu.edu.

Jackie Spease ‘contemplates future involvement’ as she reads the information sheet, provided by Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods and the United Way of Forsyth County, at the collaborative community information meeting.

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Nakida McDaniels, left, lead community organizer for the Neighbors for the Better Neighborhoods group, explains the upcoming plans at the community information meeting.

NBN is a local organization that partners with neighborhood groups to support and enhance resident-led activities by providing organizing assistance, technical support, and funding as needed.

needs a grocery store and the residents and organization can work to find ways to bring one to the community.

The ways the United Way and NBN are using to get feedback from residents are the meetings, surveys — private and group — that ask residents about themselves and what they want to see in their neighborhoods, and Neighbor Nites, in which food is served.

Food was served at the March meeting.

“A lot of this is about fellowshipping and knowing who each other are,” James said.

McDaniels said it’s also about educating, motivating and agitating to get people to act. “That’s what place-based change is all about,” she said.

The coalition is providing leadership training to residents who want to lead the effort to improve neighborhoods. Impact councils are being formed as the leading agents.

Some of the issues residents had at the March meeting were dormant neighbor-

hood associations, food deserts, senior services and not knowing neighbors.

Dorothy Bonner, a 30-year community organizer who lives in the Bowen Park area, said at the March meeting: “There’s nothing like making a difference in your community and seeing the changes.”

She said her area is in a food desert and she and her neighborhood group have started working to get a grocery store in the area.

Dr. Madeline Scales, retired assistant vice chancellor of student activities at Winston-Salem State University, has lived in Northwood Estate since 1968. She said when she first got there, she learned who her neighbors were. Now, “we don’t know the people next door, so we really need to do something.”

Jackie Spease runs an after-school program and summer camp that help children of inmates. She is hoping to find ways to link the programs through working in her community.

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The “5” Royales band, from Winston-Salem, N.c., was inducted posthumously as family members witnessed the ceremony.

The band’s mix of gospel and blues would produce seven top 10 R&B hits in the 1950s and become a tremendous influence on other artists. They were inducted into the North carolina Music hall of Fame in 2009 and have a local street, 5 Royales drive, named after them.

Ringo Starr, widely known as the drummer for The Beatles, was ushered into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame as a solo artist on Saturday night, April 18, during a ceremony jammed with scintillating performances and touching moments.

Along with The “5” Royales and Starr, soul singersongwriter Bill Withers was inducted.

Withers was inexplicably left off the hall's ballot for years, perhaps an unfortunate oversight. But the 76-yearold, who walked away from the music industry in the 1980s, is now part of musical royalty with a catalog of timeless songs like “Lean on Me.” And “Just The Two of Us.” during his induction speech, Stevie Wonder said he would often hear Withers' music and say, “i wish i could have written that song.”

Wonder performed “Ain't No Sunshine” with Withers sitting next to him on stage enjoying every second.

Withers, who has rarely performed in public over the past three decades, then helped sing the “Lean on Me” chorus with John Legend. other inductees were Green day, underground-icon Lou Reed, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and double Trouble and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

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Antoinette Weaver, 17, wins the first-ever Twin City Poetry Slam on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Forsyth Middle College, located on the campus of Forsyth Technical Community College, in WinstonSalem.

At the first Twin city Poetry Slam, students became poets.

Students from high schools in Forsyth county participated in the Poetry Slam, a competition in which students “present original works of poetry in a somewhat freestyle manner,” said Willette Nash, the instructional specialist for multicultural education for Winston-Salem/Forsyth county Schools. She said WS/FcS high schools, Main Street Academy and Forsyth Middle college, and carter G. Woodson, a charter school, are the non-traditional schools that led the project.

Forsyth Middle college and The Poetry Project sponsored the slam in partnership with Trader Joe's, which provided

refreshments.

William Wynn, principal of Forsyth Middle college, said the slam was a way students could “express themselves in another format.”

Students who competed had three original poems. Trophies for first, second and third place were awarded. Nash said that organizers hope that it becomes an annual event.

The slam was held in oak Grove Auditorium on the main campus of Forsyth Technical community college on Wednesday, April 15.

For more information about the poetry slam, call Forsyth Middle college at 3367437 or 336-7445. For more information visit, www. poetry project.com

Josephus Thompson, III (MC/Host)director of the Poetry Project, Antoinette Weaver, 17 (Senior—1st Place)Tiana Patterson-Pollard, 17 (Junior—2nd Place) Tony Guzman, 16 (Sophomore—3rd Place) William Wynn, Principal at Forsyth Middle College.

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A filmmaker from the area is back in Winston-Salem to show his short film at the 2015 RiverRun International Film Festival.

Neil Creque Williams, a Winston-Salem native, was involved with the arts as a child in the city, participating in the Steven’s Center Children’s Choir and UNC School of the Arts Summer Filmmaking Sessions, attending the National Black Theater Festival and numerous community theater productions.

“I’m really excited. It’s an honor to be able to play at RiverRun. I get to hang out at the old stomping ground.

It’s awesome to be back in Winston and to be part of the art resurgence that they’ve been doing,” Williams said.

He attended Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School before earning his degree from Duke University in 2006. He recently received his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in Los Williams Angeles. Williams’s short film is titled “David’s Reverie,” which is his thesis film.

“David’s Reverie” focuses on the story of a jazz musician who struggles to prevent his epilepsy diagnosis from stopping his career.

A 27-year-old David, played by Brandon Fobbs (“The Wire,” “Bones,” “Pride” and “This Christmas”) is living out his lifelong dream of becoming a star trumpet player in a band. He is suddenly struck by epilepsy and unpredictable seizures, challenging his ability to play his trumpet.

With his dream on the line, he must find the courage to accept his illness, the confidence to be himself and a way to express the music inside of him.

Fobbs said that he was instantly interested in the role.

“The minute I read the breakdown, I was like ‘Hey I want to do this.’ The musician aspect touched me first. I play saxophone, so I connected with the jazz, being a musician, and the levels of what he was dealing with,” he said. “It’s one thing as a black actor to lead in a film. To lead in a good film is amazing. Sometimes we get to lead in a film that might not be that good or we get to be in a good film but our role is real small. This was a really good

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me because I loved what he has done. I’ve been really careful and tried to select movies that I believed in,” he said.

Burnett is best known for his works “To Sleep with Anger,” “Killer of Sheep” and “Glass Shield.”

Killer of Sheep later became one of the first 50 films to be selected for the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry.

“I wanted to make a film that spoke to the community and could be used for social means and debate,” Burnett said of “Killer of Sheep.” “It was made to be shown in the community. It was never intended for theatrical release.”

Despite that, the film is thought to be one of the best films of the decade (‘80s), according to Pollock.

Pollock asked both filmmakers about their reaction to Blaxploitation then and now.

Burnett said that most people at the University of California-Los Angeles film school had a negative reaction to the time period.

“That’s one of the reasons we made the films we did. We tried to focus on a more accurate picture of the black community. I think it just reassured what

we wanted to do,” he said.

“Hollywood exploited it too far and they didn’t support all of the images.”

Townsend Said that the images that came out in the ‘70s fed AfricanAmericans and showed them as superheroes against “the man,” but if you were weak, you got sucked in to wanting to be what you saw on the screen.

“I think that it affected me to want to right that wrong,” he told the audience. “Hollywood offers you the roles they want you to do and not the roles you always want to do.”

He said that the reality shows of today could be considered the same thing.

“Whatever you watch on television, it gets into your DNA. It gets into your ear gates, your eye gates and your spirit. So if you see all these beautiful women of color acting out, throwing drinks, calling each other the B-, fighting and tussling, you’re going to say ‘oh that’s acceptable behavior.’ There was a time that you wanted television to be the baby-sitter, now you don’t.”

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very first seizure the night before one of my rehearsals,” he said. “I was dealing with seizures when I was doing something artistic or just while trying to achieve in school. The whole story is about an individual coming to terms with how they can handle their illness and continue their dream. It is meant to remove the stigma. For me, every time I mix because I got to lead in a would watch a film with really good film that had someone that has epilepsy or some deeper levels.” seizure’s they usually were Williams said that his written off. I wanted to show time on the arts scene in the that this is a person fighting city was a huge influence on and achieving what he wants him. to do, but he still has this ill“It’s been a huge influness he needs to respect.” ence. Since I was little, I was Fobbs said that the film able to participate in the shows viewers that they Stevens Center’s children’s should take a broader look at choir, as well as the Stevens epilepsy and the bright Center always having differfuture that comes along with ent artists and musicians it. coming in. I remember see“We would definitely ing the Harlem Boy’s Choir like for people to be more and I think that we actually aware of the different kinds sang an opening for them, of epilepsy and the hope that which was awesome to be there still is for people with able to participate in that,” epilepsy. One of the biggest Williams said. “We were surexamples of that is not just rounded by different artists the film but the director and art, which really influhimself,” he said. “Go stand enced and helped me see in the face of your giant and that being an artist is not do what you hope to do.”

What: “David’s Reverie” only possible but something The film premiered at When: April 24 at 7:15 p.m. you can strive to do.” the Los Angeles The writer said that Where: Hanesbrands Theatre, 209 Spruce St N., International Shortsfest in viewers can expect some on April 24 July 2014, was recently great music and an even How Long: 20 minutes run time screened at the New Voices greater story line. in Black Cinema Film How Much: $10-12 “All the music is origiFestival at BAMcinématek nal, composed by Andrae in New York City. It was Alexander, and we shot it in nominated for Best Narrative Short at the 2015 Pan South Central [Los Angeles], so we had all the real jazz African Film Festival in Los Angeles and took home third clubs. Ultimately, viewers can expect an emotionally place in the Best Narrative Short category at the North grounded story of an individual dealing with illness while Carolina Black Film Festival. pursuing their artistic passion,” he said. “If you’re a fan of Both Williams and Fobbs are excited about the film jazz, if you’re a fan of stories with individuals battling getting a chance on the big screen. health issues, then it’s a story for you for sure. It’s also “In the future, we will see what happens when he has uplifting because at the end of the day, we wanted to make to fight,” Fobbs said. a positive story about an experience of an individual dealing with epilepsy.”

Those interested in more information can visit the Williams was diagnosed with epilepsy as a teenager film’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/davidand wanted to make a film that showed the disorder from sreverie or visit Twitter and Instagram at the perspective of an epileptic artist. @DavidsReverie. You can also email at info@david“For me, it was personal. I had epilepsy as a teenager. sreverie.com.

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A packed room listens to filmmakers Robert Townsend, left, moderator Dale Pollock and Charles Burnett talk about the industry.

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Women love themselves, and their curves, through fashion Participants in the I Rock My Curves The Best! Fashion Show close out the show, held in December.

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The i rock My Curves The Best! movement has taken over the Triad with women embracing their size and shunning the traditional modeling size.

The movement is one to designed to “empower, uplift, celebrate and embrace women with curves” and its mission is to “change the perception about curves promoting self-love and confidence,” according to the website. “i rock My Curves birthed from a fashion show that we did last September in Greensboro. i had wanted to do something to empower the plus size women in the area but i was dragging my feet because i wasn’t sure how people woud respond and i felt like i didn’t have the support i needed,” said Kenyatta Johnson, founder and executive director. “There are plus movements all over but it was needed here. i felt like in this area, in the Triad and North Carolina, there weren’t a lot of positive things centered around and for the curvy community.” eventually, though, she would pick up the phone and make some calls, surprising herself with the response and feedback. “it was only supposed to be that one

show. instead, we had an extremely large casting, two actually, that i wasn’t prepared for,” she said.

The results ... 40 plus-sized models from different backgrounds who had never modeled before but were ready to strut all of their curves on the runway. The runway also brought a sense of purpose and camaraderie to these women who need a lift in self-esteem and or a push to empower.

“From that developed these relationships and people bonding. The more we spent time with these women, the more that we heard that women needed this and didn’t know where to get it,” ingram said. “it turned into a sisterhood and then a movement, because before i knew it the word was traveling faster than i could keep up with.”

Winston-Salem resident ollie Green said that she is proud of Johnson and thinks the movement is a great thing.

“This is an outlet for women to get together and focus on encouraging one another,” she said. “it’s very positive.

Women like us have curves. Some people can take that as fat and some people can take that as overweight, but we love ourselves. No matter what we look like or what size we are, we love each other. This is important because it gives an outlet to other women who may not feel like they’re

The show includes choreographed dance numbers by the models as they show off their designs.

beautiful, important or sexy.”

Johnson said that from that, she began receiving emails and phone calls from outside of Greensboro. “it became much bigger than i ever thought it would be,” she said.

The Fayetteville native wears many hats, including being a makeup artist, life coach and motivational speaker. She said that growing up she was picked on by children for her weight.

“When i was growing up, i didn’t know i was different until i went to school. you know how kids are overly mean. if something doesn’t look like you it looks different or it looks odd, people are afraid of it or they mock it,” she said. “i was very confident, even as a child, because i had great parents. My father was always telling me how beautiful i was, he was always reaffirming me and loving on me.”

She would go on to graduate from livingstone College and howard University, before realizing that she was born to help others. Which is exactly what she is doing by helping to allow women to rock their curves, just the way they are.

“The emails never stop, the inbox is never empty and i feel like i’m constantly counseling somebody. it never ends, and i love the work and the opportunity for ministry that has come from this,” she said.

Salem College students to hold walk to raise awareness of suicide

By ChaNel DaViS The ChroNiCle

Students, staff and the surrounding community are preparing to bring awareness to suicide and its causes.

The Salem College out of the Darkness Campus Walk will be held on Saturday, May 2 with registration beginning at 8 a.m. The walk will begin at 601 S. Church St. and is expected to last until noon.

“This is the first time that Salem College has done a walk dedicated to suicide prevention,” said Kimya N. Dennis, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Studies and the faculty organizer of the event. “This is important because mental health has impacted any human who has ever existed. That includes suicide and self-harming behavior.”

So far the school has raised $945 dollars of its $3,000 goal. The funds go toward the american Foundation for Suicide prevention so that it can invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy and support survivors of suicide loss.

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Dennis said that the group wants to get rid of the shame and secrecy of suicide and mental illness.

The walk has been student-led and organized. Dennis called the organization stage a very good experience that could possibly turn into an annual event. There will be entertainment, food and participants are encouraged to walk as many times as they like. The student center will be open for those who would need to sit inside.

“We want to encourage people to discuss the topics of suicide and selfharming behaviors. people harm themselves for different reasons.

Sometimes we find different patterns as to why it tends to occur,” Dennis said. “overall there can be different issues in why people tend to take their own life.”

Dennis also said that it is a great

chance for the group to shine light on mental illness and suicides in ethnic minorities of the community. “african-americans and people of the african diaspora in general have a tendency to believe that mental health is not an issue of importance, and that suicide is something that black folk don’t do. The common phrase is that black people don’t commit suicide,” Dennis said.

The faculty member said that is when she reminds those individuals about the suicide of Don Cornelius. “a lot of people know those who have thought about or attempted suicide. We want to make people more comfortable about the topic, and that includes looking at religion and how a lot of black people feel like being religious means that they can’t care about these topics,” she said. “i tell people ‘even if your praying on it, there is still resources that you need to utilize.’”

For more information about the event, visit http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm ?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&even tiD=3416.

Online registration closes at noon the Friday (May 1) before the walk. Anyone who would like to participate in the walk can register in person at 8 a.m. until the walk begins at 9 a.m.

Donations will be accepted until June 30.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is the leader in the fight against suicide. They fund research, offer educational program, advocate for public policy, and support those affected by suicide. Find the North Carolina chapter at http://www.afsp.org/local-chapters/local-chapters-listed-by-state/northcarolina/afsp-north-carolina.

If you are in a crisis or are thinking about suicide, call 1-800-273-8255.

“This is not Kenyatta but a God thing. i just happen to be the vessel that he ministers in to do this work.”

Green said that she has enjoyed seeing the positive impact it has had on other women. “i’m an encourager. i love to see people grow and see them happy. That’s my gratification. We have a large number of women from all around the Triad, all states and all ethnicities,” she said. “if you are confident, curvy, love yourself and others, and love fashion, i would recommend you join i rock My Curves.”

Since its conception in September 2014, irMC has been highlighted on TlC’s reality TV show “My Big Fat Fab life”, irMC has produced two fashion shows in N.C., mentors young girls, works with victims of domestic violence and supports homeless Veterans. right now, Johnson said that she is hoping to be a community-based organization that’s a nonprofit.

“Now it’s a matter of getting from where we are now to getting the funds so we can continue to go,” she said. “i would love to get grants and provide services to all women who may need help.”

For more information or to join, visit www.irockmycurvesthebest.com.

“overall there can be different issues in why people tend to take their own life.”

–Kimya N. Dennis

New alliance dedicated to increasing diversity in the N.C. health workforce SpeCial To The ChroNiCle

Former hhS Secretary and Chairman of The Sullivan alliance to Transform the health professions, louis W. Sullivan, M.D. met with senior officials from North Carolina colleges, universities, statewide organizations, as well as state and local health agencies to formally create a statewide alliance to increase minority representation in the health professions.

This new academic and state agency partnership – The North Carolina alliance for health professions Diversity (The North Carolina alliance) – aims to reduce disparities in health status and healthcare by increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the healthcare workforce in the state of North Carolina, thereby creating a future healthcare workforce that is increasingly

proficient in cross-racial and cross-cultural interactions.

During the official ceremony on March 27, held on the Winston-Salem State University campus, the senior representatives signed the Memorandum of Understanding.

“We are impressed that North Carolina’s aheC [area health education Centers], historically black colleges and universities [hBCUs], state universities, community colleges and state and local health agencies have all committed to working together to create a more diverse health workforce,” Sullivan said.

“These academic, state and local health leaders clearly recognize that in the current environment, with millions more americans securing health insurance, they still won’t have access to care unless there

aren’t more health professionals available to serve them.” participating colleges, universities and state health agencies include: Bennett College, Campbell University, Davidson County Community College, east Carolina University, elon University, University of North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina Central University, high point University, appalachian State University, elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson C. Smith University, St. augustine’s University, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University, N.C. area health education Center, N. C. Department of health and human Services, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and the Forsyth County Department of public health.

"With so many North Carolina alliance members working together to address the state’s shortage of health professionals, i am confident we can increase the racial and ethnic diversity of newlytrained health professionals and improve access to healthcare across North Carolina,” said Dr. peggy Valentine, North Carolina alliance co-founder and dean of the School of health Sciences, WinstonSalem State University.

The first N.C. health professions Diversity Conference was held on March 31-april 1, 2008 in Greensboro, NC. over 150 health professionals, educators, policy makers and legislators attended.

The conference produced a number of recommendations to increase the representation of diverse students in health professions programs.

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Follow the lead of Democrats in Forsyth Co.

The Forsyth County Democratic Party elected a new slate of officers on April 11. Voting members chose Eric Ellison as its chairman.

He told The Chronicle that he was motivated to seek the post because he has been working with elections for the past 22 years, and he sees how important the 2016 election is going to be.

“I think this is historical,” Ellison said.

To that end, the party is working to counter any negative effects of the Voter Information Verification Act or “VIVA” (S.L. 2013-381). Beginning in 2016, North Carolina will require voters to show a photo identification (photo ID) when they show up in person to vote.

Ellison said the party has already started working to make sure people who have been identified as those who might be affected by the new law will be ready to vote with no problems in 2016. The North Carolina Democratic Party has identified thousands of people who “might be victims” of the new law, Ellison said. There are 99,000 Democrats in Forsyth County, he said.

He said every week people will be working at phone banks, calling those people who might be affected and making sure they understand the new law and how it could affect them.

And the workers also will be “hitting doors” as well at some point, Ellison said.

Those who support the new law say what’s the big deal? We have to have government– issued IDs anyway. That’s not true for a good deal of African-Americans. It takes money to obtain the required identification to vote, which many AfricanAmericans don’t have. And the person getting the ID has to go to an authorized place to obtain the ID, which could seem like 100 miles away to a person who has no transportation.

Here are the acceptable photo IDs needed to vote starting in 2016: *Unexpired North Carolina drivers' license, including a learners’ permit or provisional license

*Unexpired North Carolina non-operators identification card (Department of Motor Vehicle ID Card) *Unexpired United States passport

*United States military identification card *Veterans Identification Card

*Tribal enrollment card issued by a federally recognized tribe *Tribal enrollment card issued by a tribe recognized by North Carolina

*Out-of-state drivers' license or non-operators identification card (valid only if the person’s voter registration date in the county is within 90 days of the date of the election)

There are no photo ID requirements for people who vote by-mail absentee ballot; however, by-mail absentee voters will need to provide identification information when requesting an absentee ballot.

Civilian absentee ballot requests must be made on the State Absentee Ballot Request Form.

The request form will require voters to provide at least one of the following identification information: their drivers' license number, the last four digits of their Social Security number; or a copy of a Help America Vote Act (HAVA) ID. In the past, registering to vote was all that was needed. A voter registration card was mailed to the person who registered. What happened to that great idea? That card is a form of identification.

It can be used to verify proof of residence in order to get a post office box, for instance.

People died and went to jail so that others could get that card. It has value, even though it’s free.

The new law is spurring the Democratic Party to move; more organizations and people in the community should move, too, to fight against a law that is designed to keep African-Americans still.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Fund emergency food banks

U.S. Rep. Alma S. Adams, a member of the House Committee on Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Nutrition, on Monday, April 20, released the following statement after a report released by the Food Research and Action Center listed High Point and Greensboro as first in the nation for food insecurity: To the Editor:

I have lived and served in the Greensboro and High Point areas for decades and know firsthand that access to affordable and nutritious food plagues these communities.

This report is yet another painful reminder of the severity of the food crisis facing the 12th District.

As the Representative in Congress for the 12th District, I remain committed to addressing this issue here at home and in Washington. That is why I made it a priority to join the House Committee on Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

As a member of those committees, I will be able to fight for vital programs like SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] that help many families in the 12th District access quality food.

Just last month, I urged the Appropriations Committee to fund the Emergency Food Assistance Program at $420

million, to adequately address the issue of food insecurity and food bank funding in North Carolina and throughout the nation. I will continue to fight on behalf of the 770,000 people of the 12th Congressional District by making sure that our food banks and co-ops have the funding they need, that vital food programs like SNAP are protected and most importantly, that more of our families have access to quality and nutritious food.

But even with SNAP benefits and other food programs, families still struggle to put food on the table, which is why I will be working to address the larger issue of low-paying jobs, systematic poverty and unemployment, which contribute to the crisis our communities are facing.

Rep. Alma Adams, Democrat Representing the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina

Editor’s note: Adams’ office says that according to the latest Census data, more than 27 percent of residents in North Carolina's 12th District live below the poverty line, and there is a 13.8 percent unemployment rate. These factors, as well as funding cuts for area food banks and cuts to federally funded programs like SNAP, influence food insecurity.

Aaron Hernandez: Did he really fall from grace or was it just a matter of time?

James Ewers

Guest Columnist

When I think of the New England Patriots, I think of Super Bowl Champions and Aaron Hernandez.

The game between the Patriots and the Seahawks was a game for the ages. Yet, for many sports fans, the murder trial involving former Patriots Tight End Aaron Hernandez overshadows the game.

The guilty verdict was unanimous against Hernandez, and he will spend the rest of his life in prison without the chance of parole. He was found guilty of killing Odin Lloyd in 2013.

Before his death, Lloyd had been a linebacker for a semi-professional football team, the Boston Bandits since 2007.

As the guilty verdict was being read, Hernandez stood there stoic, not moving a muscle. Watching him made me wonder if he was in shock or if he expected the guilty verdict.

If I had a choice to make, I believe he expected the guilty verdict. Aaron Hernandez has been around trouble since his college days at the University of Florida. His attitude as a Gator was, “You can’t touch me.”

And he was right, at least while he was in college.

He was drafted by the New England Patriots in 2010, and that is when his life really started to spiral out of control. Aaron Hernandez was a gifted professional football player during the day and a thug at night. In addition to this guilty verdict, he has a double-murder trial set for later in the year. He will have the right to appeal the guilty verdict, although in my opinion his chances are not good.

It appears as if unless a miracle happens that he will only be able to catch footballs behind prison bars.

In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in these types of

“ Aaron Hernandez has been around trouble since his college days at the University of Florida. His attitude as a Gator was, You can’t touch me.”

–James Ewers cases, there is a part of the post-verdict called victim impact statements.

It gives family members a chance to express their hurt and sadness about their lost loved one.

Ursula Ward, the mother of Odin Lloyd, gave a heartfelt testimony about her loving son.

Her comments were followed by other family members, who gave similar testimonies.

I have to Hernandez wonder how did Aaron Hernandez convince Odin Lloyd to become one of his road partners?

Was it because they dated sisters? We will never know.

There are a number of points to be made in the Aaron Hernandez case.

First, not every athlete should be on a college campus. More stringent background checks and monitoring may be a solution. But will this solution help this billion-dollar industry called college football? When a college coach sees a student-athlete exhibiting inappropriate behavior, why not suspend him or boot him off the team? Duke basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski, kicked junior player, Rasheed Sulaimon off of the team, never to return. Maybe that is why Duke is Duke. Some schools will put up with thugs in cleats and shorts while others won’t.

All of us can choose who we are around during the day and night. Do we want to be around high character men and women? Of course we do.

What did Odin Lloyd see in Aaron Hernandez that made him want to be around him? Was it his fame and notoriety? It is safe to say that former pro football player Aaron Hernandez had been living on the edge for a long time. This time he finally fell over the cliff of bad choices and poor decisions.

I hope every coach in America shares this story with their players.

What happened to Hernandez could easily happen to another athlete with promise. I have always said that the best athletes are hanging out on the corners of America because they don’t have the discipline and the selfcontrol to be in organized team sports. Sometimes they slip through the cracks like Aaron Hernandez did.

It is not if they slip through the cracks it is simply how long they stay.

Aaron Hernandez didn’t stay very long.There are countless college and professional teams that have problematic players with promise.

Coaches must ask themselves if character counts. If it counts, you will make the necessary adjustments. If it doesn’t and you want to win at all costs, you will do nothing.Family members always suffer because of the poor decisions and indiscretions that our children make.

The pain expressed by Odin Lloyd’s mother, Ursula Ward, could be felt through the television.

There won’t be any grandchildren, not another birthday or him wanting to know what’s for dinner.

The pain lingers and the torment is forever.Tomorrow is not promised, not even this afternoon. Death will overtake us all. It is not when we die, it is simply how we die. Remember the family of Odin Lloyd.

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

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Facing ‘Officer Friendly’ while Black Lee Daniels

Guest Columnist

Wi t h o u t the video, N o r t h Charleston, S.C. police o f f i c e r Michael T. Slager would likely have gotten away

with murder.

Without the video, we wouldn’t see Officer Michael T. Slager have the, shall we say, presence of mind, to quickly retrieve what appears to be his Taser and plant it beside the lifeless body of Walter Lamar Scott.

Without the video, Officer Michael T. Slager would no doubt have quickly been coached on the techniques of making himself appear in news media interviews the victim of the lethal encounter with the Black man he killed, 50-year-old Walter Lamar Scott.

Without the video, the conservative punditocracy and talk-show jockeys would be raging that the dead man’s action again proved that Black and Brown civilians are “waging war” on police.

But we have the video – one of the technological innovations that increasingly have helped suggest what people of color face from an alarming number of White cops – and the first-degree murder indictment of Officer Michael T. Slager.

And so we are faced with a long list of powerful questions: Why did Slager pull over Walter Lamar Scott’s vehicle? Was it

“If you [profanity] with me, I’m going to break your leg before you get the chance to run.”

–Police Officer

really for a broken taillight? Or, was it because Slager, feeding off the power of his badge, wanted to show some Black person – any Black person – who’s boss?

What, then, was going through Slager’s mind that led him to not give chase to the unarmed, slow-footed Scott when he ran, but quickly and calmly pull his gun and fire eight times at the fleeing man?

I think some part of the answer to these questions and the many others that must be asked can be found in a recent instance of a police encounter with Black teenagers that did not escalate to violence but was nonetheless revealing.

That incident – captured on a police car camera – occurred in Minneapolis March 18. Four Black teens of Somali descent, having just finished playing basketball at the YMCA, were driving home when they were pulled over by the police for making a U-turn. The police ordered the youths out of the car at gunpoint and handcuffed them, while they searched the car and ran background checks on the car to see if it was stolen and on the youths to see if any had criminal records. They found nothing.

The root causes of unhealthy communities Keith Elder Guest Columnist

Sixty-two percent of Americans say they are very concerned about their health.* It’s unsurprising that those who express the most concern are most vulnerable, underserved and lacking economic means and educational gains.

By contrast, a national poll conducted by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in partnership with Harvard School of Public Health and National Public Radio surfaced another predictable finding: Those who rank their health high and are economically stable are likely to have more control over their health.

The more control, the more effort people put into improving their health.

Health is a matter of individual, community and national priority. The factors that contribute to our health remain a part of daily conversations at home, work, school and where we worship. A

healthy life begins in childhood, and factors such as child abuse or neglect, lack of high-quality medical care, personal behavior, viruses/bacteria, stress, and environmental pollution increase the risk of illness and premature death.

But additional threats identified by underserved Americans include living in segregated neighborhoods, where there is often less access to health care facilities, quality education, full-service grocery stores, and recreational outlets.

Many studies describe the influences of community structures on the chronic stress that many racial, ethnic and lower socioeconomic groups experience.

Witness the recent devastation of communities lacking equitable social, economic, and policy structures.

The factors that prevent low-income communities and communities of color from accessing health care also prevent them from accessing other valuable resources that decrease the risk for poor health. Poorquality housing, limited public transportation, high crime rates, and other

socially disrupted conditions reduce sense of community, access to health care, and the ability to manage chronic diseases properly.

Children suffer the most damaging effects of these inequities. Poor childhood experiences and exposures can lead to poor adulthood outcomes, as the unhealthy circumstances that negatively affect children have a similar impact on adults and lead to concentrated poverty and unhealthy communities.

We know that eating fruits and vegetables, reducing stress, limiting consumption of fast food, and limiting alcohol, sports drinks, and sugar-sweetened beverages will help to improve health. On a broader scale, however, the environments we live in should offer access to healthy food, reduced exposure to drugs, less environmental pollution, greater access to quality medical care, and more economic opportunities through jobs.

We need a greater emphasis on improving our social, economic, and living environments so that all Americans can be healthy

lection sites. But injection drug users are not likely to take illegal sharps to a collection site if it means risking jail time. So instead, needles get tossed in public places — in streets, parking decks, and playgrounds.

It doesn’t take much for a needle to end up in the wrong hands. Curious little children will play with whatever’s on the ground.

But we can prevent this from happening. There are ways to get rid of needles that keep them out of our public spaces and out of children’s hands.

Needles can be safely thrown away inside hardwall plastic containers like laundry detergent bottles that are too thick for a needle to puncture. Many injection drug users already use these containers to keep their loved ones safe.

But others ditch needles in unsafe ways because

they are afraid of how quickly police officers would zero-in on containers during a drug search and the arrest that would follow.

Would you rather a syringe sit tight inside a plastic bottle in an injection drug user’s home, or end up in a park where you neighborhood children play? For most people, the choice is clear: Protect the children. Seal the syringe in the bottle.

It’s a clear choice because neither option changes that drugs have already been injected — only whether or not children will come in contact with the used syringes. And it’s an especially clear choice because hard-wall containers are cheap, easy to use, and available in nearly every supermarket and convenience store.

Wherever people are

None of the youths had a criminal record, and they were subsequently not charged.

But at the beginning of this hour-long ordeal, a police camera captured this exchange between one of the police officers and one of the youths he was handcuffing: “Plain and simple,” the officer says, “If you [profanity] with me, I’m going to break your leg before you get the chance to run.”

The youth responds, “I never said I was going to run.”

The officer answers back, “I’m just giving you a heads up. Just trying to be Officer Friendly right now.”

“Can you tell me,” the youth persists, “Why I’m being arrested?”

The officer responds, “Because I feel like arresting you.”

Is that it: that some White cops’ need to show these “colored people” a White man can control their freedom whenever he “feels like” it?

Is that attitude why Officer Michael T. Slager pulled over the vehicle driven by Walter Lamar Scott? In the aftermath of

from childhood to adulthood.

Scott’s murder, some Black North Charleston residents have said that police constantly racially profile Black drivers there. Comedian Chris Rock’s recent social-media posting of his being repeatedly stopped by police while driving near his suburban New Jersey home suggests that, for Black and Brown drivers, that otherwise legitimate police duty remains laced with racist intent.

Further, we can go down the long, long list of just recent, controversial White copblack or brown civilian encounters and ask is that why so many of them have a palpable undertone of menace: Is it because the White cops are acting on their “feelings?”

A final question: How often does a Black or brown person’s chance of surviving an encounter with a White cop come down to whether that officer or those officers have decided to be or not be “Officer Friendly” at that moment?

To put that another way: How often does it come down to whether the police officer or officers have decided at that moment to be a public servant of integrity, or a criminal?

Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His essay, “Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Great Provocateur,” appears in Africa’s Peacemakers: Nobel Peace Laureates of African Descent (2014), published by Zed Books. His new collection of columns, Race Forward: Facing America’s Racial Divide in 2014, is available at www.amazon.com.

Keon L. Gilbert, DrPH, MA, MPA, is an assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral Science & Health Education at Saint Louis University's College for Public Health & Social

Justice and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) New Connections grantee. Keith Elder, PhD, MPH, is chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at Saint Louis University’s School of Public Health, and an RWJF New Connections alumnus.

using drugs, there are hardwall containers for sale.

Injection drug users just need a reason to make the purchase.

So why aren’t we giving them that reason?

Guaranteeing legal immunity for syringes found in hard-wall containers is that reason. When drugs users know that they won’t be charged with possession of drugs or drug paraphernalia for items found inside a glaringly obvious neon-colored detergent bottle, they’re

much more likely to use it for safe syringe disposal.

And that means fewer syringes on our streets and sidewalks.

Legalizing hard-wall containers does not encourage people to use drugs. It doesn’t make it any easier to use drugs. Legalizing hard-wall containers simply encourages safe disposal of syringes that are already being used, anyway.

Hard-wall containers are a community tool for a healthier tomorrow.

Offer immunity to keep used syringes and needles from children Catlin Snyder

Guest Columnist

If you were holding onto something that could get you arrested, wouldn’t you want to get rid of it as quickly as possible?

That’s how used drug syringes and needles end up in parks and playgrounds.

Under North Carolina law, a person who tosses a used syringe near a public park would face the same penalty as someone who secured the syringe in a puncture-proof container where it could not cause harm.

Safe and legal syringe disposal options exist at hospital and pharmacy col-

*Data from the “What Shapes Health” survey conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NPR, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. For more information, visit the Foundation’s website.

Keeping dangerous sharp objects away from children has an easy solution: get needles out of our parks and playgrounds. It starts with encouraging drug users to safely dispose of needles. North Carolina needs to grant legal immunity for needles seized in hard-wall containers— because it is never too soon to make child safety our number one priority.

Caitlin Snyder is from Carrboro, N.C.

Harris-Perry explores race and reproduction in the South T H E C H R ON I C LE

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Wake Forest University’s Anna Julia Cooper Center and the Center for Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University kicked off its Gender, Health and The South symposium, Thursday, April 16 at WFU with a keynote address

by Melissa Harris-Perry.

The event was designed to bring activists, scholars and students together to present original research and questions about gender, race, region and health.

Discussions around those matters included pregnancy and reproductive justice, community-based initiatives, the social foundations of health and the impact of gendered attitudes, narratives and labor conditions on health and health care.

There were panelists from Bennett College and Winston-Salem State University along with Wake Forest and Vanderbilt Universities.

The Presidential Endowed Chair in Politics and International Affairs at WFU and founding director of the Anna Julia

Cooper Center spoke on “Race and Reproductive Justice in the South.”

Harris-Perry argued several hypothesis including that for American women citizenship is connected to motherhood and its complications, the politics surrounding women's’ reproductive organs, black motherhood is a problem for black families but a solution for white families, and the public policy of black motherhood.

“On the one hand, motherhood is this basis for women as they are making claims initially about their right to be part of the American state, a tool for generating American citizens in the context of the 14th amendment, but it is also true that once motherhood and pregnancy are central to our understanding of women’s citizenship then women’s bodies become particularly fraught terrain for American politics,” she said.

Harris-Perry also highlighted how public policy changed across race lines stating that the enslaved women the production of the uterus never created citizenship. It often led to women deciding that it could be better for their children to die than live

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in slavery, per Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’.

“The name and status rises from the mother, not the father. So even if the father is free, whether he is free and black or free and white, that has nothing to do with the child. Enslaved mothers actually reproduced bondage,” she said. “To think about what it means to reproduce from you own body the very tools that create a system

Early childhood center teaches community about Hatch

that enslaves both you and others is to have to ask what would constitute resistance. Is it having children and bothering to love them despite the fact that you are in a dehumanizing system; or is it refusing to have children?”

Harris-Perry also went on to say that it has been perceived over time that poor black women are told that they are a burden on the state potentially endangering their children’s lives after birth and before it. Despite those claims, Harris-Perry also showed how the same women who were not equal to the state were equal enough to raise the children of white, well-to-do families as in “Gone with the Wind” and “The Help.”

She would go on to call both the sterilization of black women, the #Blacklivesmatter movement, voter suppression, common-sense sex education and poverty factors that are against reproductive justice.

“As much as black mothering is a big problem, it is not a problem when it is put and deployed for the good of white families,” she said.

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Above Sonna Williams, far right, NC Pre-K Teacher at MudPies Downtown East, leads a group through one learning station using the technology of a multitouch table, a cooperative learning tool that helps develop positive social skills through collaboration, voting, and teamwork.

People who gathered at the East Seventh Street location of MudPies, Downtown East on Tuesday, April 14, heard about innovative early childhood care from a representative of Hatch “The Early Learning Experts.”

The representative spoke during a “Conversations with the CEO” workshop at MudPies, also known as Northwest Child Development Centers, a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1971.

The Hatch method of teaching incorporates technology such as computers, interactive boards and multi-touch tables.

For more information, contact MudPies at 336-7211215 or at www.MudPiesNC.org.

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attendees, including Audrey and DeVante Johnson. The couple already has a Living Will and wanted a Health Care Power of Attorney. Audrey Johnson said as the parents of three children, they felt it was an important issue for them to deal with.

“You just have a responsibility and you don’t want to put an unnecess a r y stress on y o u r Johnson spouse or other family members to make decisions on your behalf when you can kind of plan that out in advance, and that makes it easier for your loved ones should there ever be an accident or something occur and those decisions have to be made,” she said.

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consider the case. Within hours of the ruling, they presented proposed schedules to the state Supreme Court with the goal of settling the litigation before the 2016 election cycle.

Candidate filing begins next February.

“The redistricting plans which the General Assembly created were illegal because they were racially gerrymandered,” said the Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP chapter.

“They were intended to violate the political presence and the participation of racial minorities.” New boundaries will have to be drawn, Barber predicted.

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President Dr. Jimmy Jenkins, Bennett College Interim Provost Dr. Michelle Linster, WinstonSalem State University Government Relations Director Cornelius Graves, and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Chancellor Dr. Harold Martin.

U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, 12th District, meets with presidents and representatives from four HBCUs in North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District on Monday, April 20, to talk about HBCUs.

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Local Community Care networks form strategic alliance SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Two local Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) networks are forming a Strategic Alliance that will collaboratively reach the greater Triad.

On July 1, Partnership for Community Care (P4CC) and Northwest Community Care Network (NCCN) intend to complete a strategic alliance that will serve the 10 counties of Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin.

Organizers show an opening presentation at the workshop sponsored by Rowan Hospice & Palliative Care on Friday, April 17 at St. Peter’s Church & World Outreach Center. advocated for people to said Ann Gauthreaux, the vast majority of which make advance directives Hospice regional director takes place outside of a hospice facility, such as in for end of life care. Rowan of public relations.

Hospice has already She said death rarely the patient’s homes or addressed the congregation happens quickly and quiet- long-term care facility. She at St. Peter’s on the subject ly. It usually requires med- said the care is holistic for and goes to many places ical care and sometimes the patient and family, and around the community to difficult decisions. is intended to help them give presentations and hold Currently there are 400 live their last days as fully workshops. people under Rowan and comfortably as possi“As much as possible Hospice’s care. Those with ble.

Attorney Melissa we want people to be able six months or less to live Phipps said she’s seen firstto die on their own terms,” qualify for hospice care, hand how not having Photos by Todd Luck

A pair of legal challenges focused on 27 state House and Senate districts and three congressional districts. In many districts, Democratic-leaning black voters were placed within boundaries that ultimately benefited Republicans elsewhere in the state. A threejudge panel of state trial judges unanimously upheld the maps in 2013. A majority of state justices determined the districts withstood legal scrutiny whether or not race had been the predominant factor in drawing them.

Republicans who led the 2011 mapmaking committees said Monday's decision was ``procedural'' and not unanticipated.

They believe the maps are lawful and designed to protect the state from legal

claims under the federal Voting Rights Act. “We are confident that our state Supreme Court will once again arrive at the same result and the U.S. Supreme Court will affirm its decision,” Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, and Sen. Bob Rucho, RMecklenburg, said in a written statement.

In the Alabama case, Justice Stephen Breyer said lawmakers and a lower court relied too much on a ``mechanically numerical'' view of whether the new plan reduced minority voting strength. Breyer wrote that the court should have asked what percentages were necessary for minorities to elect their candidate of choice.

In earlier N.C. redistricting, Democrats in

charge of maps adopted a similar strategy that resulted in cutting back the percentages of black voters in majority-black districts.

They kept more black voters in districts with white Democrats where combined they could influence election outcomes. N.C. legislative Republicans contend the two cases are different because their legal defense is based on a different portion of the Voting Rights Act than the Alabama case. The number of minority legislators has reached record numbers in the N.C. General Assembly since the latest round of redistricting. In the 2009 legislative session, when Democrats were in charge, there were 30 black legislators. There are 34 black lawmakers today.

advance directives can be difficult on families.

“I’ve worked for almost 17 years as an attorney working for a health care system inhouse and I’ve seen Phipps what happ e n s w h e n these conversations don’t happen – the conflicts that families have Gauthreaux because one person’s way of loving momma best is to do everything, another persons way of loving momma best is to let momma die, let momma have a death with dignity,” said Phipps, Novant Health’s VP of Patients Services and chair of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Health Law Council End of Life Subcommittee.

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She said the N.C. Bar association also will be holding sessions across the state on advance directives.

She said it’s important to make advance directives before serious illness or injury happens. She said that state law puts extra burdens on advance directives, requiring both a notary and two qualified witnesses who aren’t family members or healthcare workers, making it sometimes challenging to do in a hospital setting even when the patient can communicate. A state House of Representatives bill (HB 146), which had Forsyth County Reps. Donny Lambeth and Debra Conrad among its sponsors, would’ve reduced the requirements to either a notary or two witnesses was voted down in April.

“It’s more about empowerment and choice than it is about death,” said Phipps.

For more information about advance directives and a schedule of “Got Plans?” workshops, visit gotplans123.org.

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MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama — Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died Tuesday, April 14, in Louisiana. He was 74.

His family said in a statement released through his manager, Mark Lyman, that he died “peacefully” at his home in Baton Rouge after a yearlong struggle with canThe band room name of Harry D. Wheeler is on the outside of Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy. cer. The cause of death was liver failure, Lyman said.

A No. 1 hit in 1966, “When a Man Loves a Woman” was Sledge's debut single, an almost unbearably heartfelt ballad with a resonance he never approached again. Sledge said the song was inspired by a girlfriend SPECIAL TO THE Tickets may be purCHRONICLE who left him for a modeling chased from Big 4 active career after he was laid off members/officers, honThe dedication pro- orees' families or at the from a construction job in Slwdge gram to name three high door Saturday.

1965. But in a decision that school band rooms in likely cost him a fortune, he The program will gave the songwriting credits to two Esquires bandmates, honor of their former direc- include music by: The Big bassist Calvin Lewis tors will be Saturday, April 4 Choir, directed by Eddie and organist Andrew 25, in the auditorium of Bines; The New South Wright, who helped Carver High School, 3545 Brass, directed by Gary Carver School Road, from Hastings; The Healing him with it.

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Force; and Keith Byrd and The rooms will be Friends Jazz Ensemble. personal triumph for Sledge, who seemed named for Rudolph V. Elected officials, foron the verge of sob- Boone, Sr. (Carver High mer students and co-workbing throughout the School), Bernard T. Foy, ers of the three band direcproduction, and a Sr. (Paisley IB Magnet tors, and others will be on breakthrough for School) and Harry D. the program. Nell Davis Southern soul. It was Wheeler (Winston-Salem Britton and Gary Hastings the first No. 1 hit Preparatory Academy). will do special solo presenThe public is invited to tations. Renee Vaughn, cofrom the burgeoning Muscle Shoals music attend. host of the Tom Joyner The program will cele- Morning Show, 97.1 QMG scene in northern Alabama, where Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones among others would record, and the first brate the long and dedicat- will be the mistress of cereed service of these music mony. gold record for Atlantic Records.

Recognizable by his wide, gap-toothed smile, Sledge educators. It will be like a Beverly F. Williams, a had a handful of other hits between 1966 and 1968, joint reunion of families, graduate of Anderson High including “Warm and Tender Love,” “It Tears Me Up,” former students, co-work- School (336-776-1893) is “Out of Left Field” and “Take Time to Know Her.” He ers, friends and admirers. coordinator of the event.

Tickets are a $25 conreturned to the charts in 1974 with ``I'll Be Your Eric Martin is president tribution per person, with of the Big 4 AA of FC. Everything.''

While identified with Muscle Shoals, Sledge lived for proceeds (after all expenses Juan Eckard, band most of his career in Baton Rouge. He was inducted into are paid) to benefit scholar- director at Carver, some of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1993, the Rock and ships and other community his students and boosters Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 2005 and the Louisiana projects of The Big 4 will assist where needed.

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APRIL 23, 2015

Here’s a chilling thought for CIAA softball teams. Mercedes Hargett is just beginning to scratch the surface of her potential in her second season at WinstonSalem State University (WSSU).

As a freshman a year ago, Hargett turned heads with scintillating performance as a starting pitcher who made the CIAA All-Tournament team. She posted a 14-8 record with 123 strikeouts (second in the conference in both categories). When Hargett wasn’t pitching, she put in time as a catcher and played both corner positions in the infield.

This spring, she’s putting up all-starcaliber numbers at the plate. At the start of this week, the sophomore from Havelock had a .366 batting average to go with a team-high 6 home runs and 21 RBIs. Entering the final days of the regular season, Hargett the pitcher was 7-10 with a 4.38 ERA. Those are surprising numbers considering how she routinely handcuffs hitters. In 23 appearances, Hargett had 109 strikeouts, tops in the CIAA by a wide margin.

The win-loss numbers are somewhat misleading. Non-conference opponents have tagged Hargett for 23 home runs, but that’s not the only factor to consider.

The Lady Rams haven’t provided enough run support, and in too many instances, fielding errors have contributed heavily to losses in tightly-contested games. Against CIAA competition, though, it’s a different story. Hargett was 3-1 with a 2.33 ERA and she’s allowed only one home run all season.

“Over the years, we’ve developed a tradition of producing outstanding pitchers,” said Coach LaTaya Hilliard-Gray of WSSU. “Mercedes will be part of that tradition. I have no doubts that she’ll break some records by the time she’s finished here. Yes, she has velocity, but what sets her apart is ball movement.”

Hargett’s repertoire consists of six pitches (fast ball, screw ball, curve, droppitch, riser and change-up). One advantage she has over opposing batters is her ability to accurately throw to different locations around the plate while throwing at varying speeds.

The most significant area of improvement for Hargett this season is at the plate. As a rookie, she struggled and stumbled through a season-long batting slump. Given her level of offensive production in 2015, it’s hard to imagine that she hit .182 a season ago.

“There’s always room to grow,” said Hargett. “There’s always some aspect of the game for me to work on and improve on. Right now, I’d say that my progress is decent.”

Hargett’s disappointments as a rookie hitter fueled her desire to improve dramatically. Last summer, she went back to the basics and eventually recaptured the form that helped her earn post-season accolades during her prep career.

When Hargett returned for her second season, Gray sensed that she would make good on her promise to come back a better hitter than when she left. This season, she’s third in the batting order and has a team-leading slugging percentage of

Rams’ Roberts making the most of a second chance

Mercedes Hargett leads the Lady Rams in home runs (6) and RBIs (21).

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When outfielder Des Roberts arrived at Winston-Salem State at the start of the new year, he had no idea of what to expect in his new situation. Unforeseen circumstances had forced him to transfer from UNC Charlotte (UNCC), where he had established himself as a reliable starter.

Four months have passed since then, and it’s clear that Roberts and the Rams have benefited from their union. The addition of Roberts to the lineup has produced handsome dividends for a WSSU team looking to repeat as CIAA champs and make a return to the NCAA playoffs next month.

Roberts, a redshirt senior who bats left and throws left, is hitting .311 with 28 RBIs and a team-high 12 doubles. It hasn’t taken Roberts long to become a fixture in the top portion of the Rams batting order.

At times he hits in the lead-off spot. At other times he bats second or third in the lineup. As an outfielder, he’s been close to flawless (no errors in the 41 games he’s played in this season).

“Des came in and got acclimated to the team right away,” said Coach Ken Ritsche of WSSU.

“He’s very consistent and that’s what we need from him. Not only is he a constant threat to get on base, but he drives in runs when those opportunities present themselves.”

Roberts has produced at a relatively high level in spite of an ongoing wrist injury. Last fall, he had a bone removed from his right hand, but never went through a full recovery period. As a result, he’s had to deal with ongoing pain and discomfort, which affected his swing earlier this season.

By mid-March, he had learned how to cope with pain where it would no longer hamper his ability to hit for average. During a 10-game stretch, he hit .433 with eight RBIs and upped his batting average by 65 points to .370.

“It all comes down to pain tolerance,” said Roberts, who played two seasons at Garden City Community College (Kansas) before going to UNC Charlotte. “I had to learn how to get past the pain and play through it. My batting numbers would be better if it wasn’t for the injury. But I’m hitting over .300, so I can’t complain.”

This final college season for Roberts almost never happened. Last November, he was accused

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Reagan High 400 sprinter is on a mission WSSU's Aja Grant Selected As All-CIAA in Tennis See Roberts on B2

Des Roberts' 12 doubles is a team high for the Rams.

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This could be the year when Chace WashingtonSaunders finally gets answers to all of his “what if” questions. Over the past year, Reagan’s top 400-meter sprinter has had his moments of glory. On the flip side, he’s had his share of down times.

“I’ve gone through some humbling experiences,” said Washington-Saunders, who’s being recruited by Hampton University and N.C. A&T. “With the injuries I’ve had, I’m no longer boastful about my ability. This year I’ve run the fastest I’ve ever run and I feel like I can go faster. My confidence is high, but not to the point where it keeps me from staying humble.”

Last spring, Washington-Saunders had the look of a legitimate state championship contender in his specialty. He was clearly among the top eight high school quarter-milers in North Carolina. But Washington-Saunders’ vision for winning a title was crushed when he pulled a hamstring coming down the stretch of the 400 at the regional championships.

Washington-Saunders was hobbled, but still ran 49.1 seconds to finish fourth, which was good enough to qualify for the state. Pulled hamstrings do not heal in a week and it became painfully obvious in the biggest meet of the year. He clocked 51.43 for a 14thplace finish.

That’s when the questions began to repeatedly bombard his thinking. What would have been the outcome if he had a healthy hamstring?

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Chace Washington-Saunders is No. 2 in NC Runners Class 4-A state rankings for the boys' 400-meter sprint.

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HAMPTON, VA — The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in conjunction with its Tennis Coaches Association has announced their selections for the 2015 Women's Tennis All-CIAA Team, Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year, and WSSU's Aja Grant has earned a spot on the All-CIAA Team.

Aja Grant (Fr, 5-2, WinstonSalem, N.C. / Reagan High), is 8-4 on the season in single competition, 7-4 in the CIAA. She is 8-2 in her last 10 contests. She has gone 7-5 in doubles on the season. She is the daughter of Vicki and Tim Grant.

Grant Chowan University's Natalaya Kamenshchikova is Player of the Year for the second straight year. Johnson C. Smith's Kayla Roman is this year's Rookie of the Year.

A two-time player of the week, Kamenschchikova finished the regular season with an overall singles record of 18-5 from the #1 position. She went 12-1 in conference competition.

Roman's CIAA singles record was 6-0 from the #6 position.

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April 18, 2005 is a date that will live forever in the hearts of all Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) family, friends, supporters and all HBCU basketball enthusiasts forever.

On that day, the legend, Clarence "Big House" Gaines passed away, leaving a void on the campus of Winston-Salem State University.

"Big House" won 828 games and the 1967 National Championship during his 47-year coaching career at WSSU, and the current athletic administration, coaches and studentathletes refuse to let his memory vanish.

The WSSU Department of

Athletics and its student-athletes wore buttons on Thursday, April 17 and Friday, April 18, that reads, "We Are The "Big House" Legacy!", in remembrance of Gaines, on the 10th anniversary weekend of his passing.

"We are committed to preserving an important legacy of Coach Big House Gaines and other ‘greats’ who have been of significant impact to WSSU Athletics,” says Director of Athletics Tonia Walker.

"Big House made choices about the life he lived, which truly determined the legacy he left behind. He left us with his spirit of sheer will, determination, competition and excellence. I am honored to stand on his shoulders in an effort to move the Rams to new heights,” added Walker.

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At the Carl H. Russell Sr. Community Center, James Blackburn, seated left, an agent for East Carolina University basketball star Antonio Robinson, seated center, signs Robinson to a contract to play overseas.

Others in the photo are: front row seated right, Brian Leak Sr., Robinson’s father; back row left, Marcus Williams, friend; and right, Brian Leaks Jr., brother.

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Antonio Robinson will be playing professional basketball overseas. The basketball star of East Carolina University is the son of High Point College (now High Point University) Basketball Star Brian Leak, who works at the Carl H. Russell Sr. Community Center.

Robinson was signed by his agent James Blackburn at the sixth annual Easer Egg Hunt on Thursday, April 2 at the Russell Center.

Pre-K children through age 11 attended the event, sponsored by the Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks Department. Beverly Ligons, Brian Leak and Ben Piggott welcomed the children to enjoy the special event.

The children had a chance to find many eggs and win prizes as well.

Senior Center Supervisor Ben Piggott would like to thank volunteers Wanda Reid, Karen Sterling, Ramona Williams, Kings and Queens Bridge Club and the Carl H. Russell Senior Citizens Club for their help with the egg hunt.

“May God bless them all for helping with the children and showing my mother respect, Mrs. Mae Edith Piggott, who passed earlier this week, with a homegoing prayer,” Piggott said.

(Above) Ben Piggot, with hands raised, is shown with the many prize winners at the Easter egg hunt on April 2.

(Left) Alanna Campbell was the big winner. She had the most Easter eggs.

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.645. “There’s no question about how much she improved over the summer,” said Gray. “She did all the necessary behind the scenes work to take her skill set to another level.

“Mercedes is a huge asset. She’s merged her talents to the point where she’s now a factor offensively and defensively. I’m just hoping that the consistency stays there.”

Hargett arrived at Winston-Salem State as a highly regarded recruit. She emerged as a standout player at Havelock High School and the showcase travel squads that play during the summer months. As things turned out, her rookie season as a Lady Ram proved to be an eye-opener on several levels.

“Time management was a big issue for me when I first got here,” she said.

“After that first year, I had a much better handle on how I schedule my days.

As an athlete, it was a culture shock for

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"Nationwide, the name Big House Gaines has represented championship level college basketball and great exposure for Winston-Salem State University, but to us he represents so much more,” said James Wilhelmi, WSSU head men's basketball coach.

"He was a mentor, community leader, trailblazer, father figure and had an impact on many, many lives.

Celebrating his legacy by wearing buttons donning his name and remembering all that he accomplished is a source of great pride,” added Wilhelmi.

"We should all strive to leave a legacy that will have a positive impact on people we will never meet,” said A.G. Hall, WSSU women's basketball coach.

good chance to do something special and win the from page B1 CIAA, and hopefully go to the regional championships and make some noise. of taking part in hazing activities on “I haven’t been here that the UNCC baseball team. Roberts long, but I’m in a very good and four other players were sussituation here. My new pended from the 49ers program. teammates are like brothers The school has started its own to me. For the group of seninvestigation, which is ongoing and iors on this year’s team, I not yet completed. want to do every thing I can In the meantime, Roberts gave to do my part and not let serious consideration to walking them down.” away from the game for good. The Roberts is hopeful that situation at UNC Charlotte left him he can take his game to the wondering if it would be worth his next level. Last summer, he while to continue his career. He had played well for the other baseball offers and chose Thomasville Hi-Toms of the Winston-Salem State over the Coastal Plain League, a University of Central Missouri. wooden-bat summer league As things turned out, the NCAA that helps college players transfer rules worked in Roberts’ refine their skills for the favor. As a transfer from a Division pros. Roberts hit .358 for the I school (UNC Charlotte) to Hi-Toms and was voted in Division II, he was allowed to transas a starting outfielder on fer and be immediately eligible to Photo by Craig T. Greenlee play at the start of the new semester Des Roberts has hit over .300 this season in the West team for the 2014 CPL All-Star Game. in January. spite of a lingering wrist injury.

“I’m looking forward to “For a while, I wasn’t too sure showing people what I can about playing any more baseball,” said Roberts. “But I’m happy about the decision I made. Now, I’m in a position do,” he said. “It’s about playing hard and holding nothing to finish what I started. Coming in, it was difficult to deter- back. If things work out and I make it, that will be fine. If mine expectations of any kind. My attitude was to go out, it doesn’t work out, I can still be satisfied because I know play ball and we’ll see what happens. I believe we have a I would’ve given my very best effort.”

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Love-Soles edged Washington-Saunders by .15 secfrom page B1 onds in their only encounter of the season at the Marvin Ridge Invitational in March. The other most likely 400 Washington-Saunders believed he would make contenders for the state meet include Southeast Raleigh’s amends during the summer track season. Those hopes Jayon Woodward and T.J. Bleichner of Fuquay-Varina. vanished when he suffered shin splints while competing in Woodward (48.87 this spring) was fourth at the New an AAU meet. This turned out to be a severe injury that Balance Outdoor Nationals last year and Bleichner is this year’s state indoor champ in the 500. sidelined Washington-Saunders for nearly four months.

“Chace can go 47.6, 47.7 this year,” said What might have happened if it wasn’t for Donald Grant, Reagan’s sprint coach. “His shin splints? work ethic is outstanding. I don’t think you’ll The recovery process didn’t go as smoothfind any athlete who’s more dedicated to his ly as Washington-Saunders hoped it would. sport. He’s always telling me that the 400 is his He never reached the desired level of condibaby.” tioning needed to compete up to his capability Washington-Saunders’ devotion to track and for the indoor season. field goes beyond his relentless inner drive to Ironically, Washington-Saunders was train and push himself to the limit. In recent widely viewed as a solid pick to win the 500years, he’s evolved as a student of the one-lap meter run at the state indoor championships. sprint.

That’s because he had the fastest time of all It’s the norm for him to analyze video the returning runners from the previous winter season. At best, the indoor season was so-so Washington-Saunders footage of races run by legendary 400 sprinters Michael Johnson, Butch Reynolds, Jeremy for Washington-Saunders, who finished 9th in Wariner and Quincy Watts. As he dissects the the 500 and 13th in the 300-meter dash at the various stages of each race he views, Washingtonstate.

That was a low moment, but by the opening weeks of Saunders probes for a myriad of details which run the the outdoor season, there was no denying that gamut from how to run the turns to how to stay relaxed Washington-Saunders was completely healthy and good to when fatigue sets in at the end of the race. These efforts go for the 400. In mid-March, which was early in the sea- are all geared to help him run at peak efficiency.

“I watch the videos closely to find out how they did son, he ran a blistering 48.48 seconds, which put him in the No. 2 spot in the Class 4-A state rankings on the N.C. what they did,” he explained. “Then I take what I learn from them and try as best as I can to emulate that.”

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Washington-Saunders has a vision for his running At the Brent Invitational two weeks ago, WashingtonSaunders won the 400 for the second year in a row. Even career, which he hopes will extend past his college years. though there was nobody in the field who could seriously As a freshman at Reagan, his dream of running in the Olympics one day was born. challenge him, he clocked 49 seconds flat.

That dream, however, isn’t his only reason for running What if he had been pushed to his limit?

“I’m not where I should be right now,” said and competing at the highest levels possible. WashingtonWashington-Saunders, who has a 3.7 grade-point average. Saunders runs in honor of his late grandmother, Carolyn “But I also know that for me to run faster times, I need to Washington and his grandfather, Coy Saunders Sr., who’s compete against the fastest 400 runners. That hasn’t hap- been diagnosed with colon cancer.

“I run so that I can leave a legacy,” said Washingtonpened a lot for me this season.”

Washington-Saunders may not get that opportunity Saunders. “My grandmother passed away when I was a until early May at the Class 4-A state championships. baby and I want to make her proud. I want to do the same That’s provided that he finishes among the top four at the for my grandfather because he’s been there for me since regionals. He looks forward to a rematch with Kaylan day one. When I run, I don’t do it just for me. I do it for Love-Soles of Rocky River, who is No. 1 in the state rank- them.”

me. When I got to WSSU, I found out quickly that everybody else was a No. 1 at their high school just like I was at my school. So, that means that nothing is guaranteed. You have to compete hard every day to earn your spot on the team.”

It’s been a season of ups and downs for Winston-Salem State softball. With an overall record of 13-19 as of April 20, the Lady Rams will most likely face long odds to win the CIAA Tournament, which begins next Thursday (April 30) in Raleigh.

WSSU, 8-2 in league play, expects to make a strong run at this year’s conference championship trophy. Hargett is confident that her team will be ready to contend.

“We’ve had our struggles,” she said. “But what it all comes down to is what have we learned in going through those struggles. Every day presents an opportunity for us to work on getting better as individuals and as a team. So now, we’ll focus on performing well at the CIAA tournament at the end of this month.”

WSSU pitcher Mercedes Hargett (33 in white) leads the CIAA in strikeouts.

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Time to brush up on your backswing. Davidson County Community College invites local golfers to join the college for its 24th Annual DCCC Foundation Golf Tournament. The tournament will be held at Colonial Country Club in Thomasville on May 7 and will benefit the student scholarships and programs funded by the foundation.

The tournament includes two rounds – a Captain’s Choice round at 8:30 a.m. and Modified, Best Two Balls at 1:30 p.m. Team entries and sponsorships are currently being accepted. Registration is available through May 4 by calling 336-224-4680 or online at www.davidsonccc.edu/foundation.

“We are grateful to the hundreds of golfers who come out year after year in support of our students,” said Larry Link, longtime chair of the DCCC Foundation Golf Committee. “What better way to spend a day than playing golf while supporting the future of our community?”

Golfers will have the chance to win prizes and participate in additional contests, such as Hole-In-One, Closest to the Pin, Longest Putt and Chipping. DCCC Therapeutic Massage students will also offer free chair back massages to golfers.

Organizers of the event note that registration and sponsorships for the tournament support hundreds of DCCC students who might not otherwise be able to pursue higher education. The tournament’s proceeds also help maximize opportunities for all students through the many programs and new initiatives that make DCCC an exceptional resource for the community.

The day of golf supporting DCCC will be held at the renovated, 18-hole Colonial Country Club golf course, designed by Michael Gleason Golf Course Design of Pinehurst. The course includes new “Champion” ultradwarf bermuda grass putting surfaces and a total bunker renovation, which included changing the location, shape and size of all bunkers. A new short game practice area and the creation of three new holes also allowed for the doubling of the practice range.

Founded in 1963, DCCC is noted for its quality educational programs and services. As one of 58 institutions within the North Carolina Community College System, DCCC offers studies in more than 50 degree programs. A fully accredited, multi-campus college, DCCC celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2013 and is looking forward to serving students in Davidson and Davie counties for many years to come. The college is committed to developing minds, inspiring imaginations and preparing students for enhanced career and educational opportunities within a changing global environment.

Visit Davidson County Community College at davidsonccc.edu for more information.

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After falling behind early in doubles play, the Lady Rams made a valiant stand in singles play, but came up just short in the tough loss.

Things got tough early for the Lady Rams when the team managed just one doubles win to start the match. The sophomore tandem of Gabrielle Lindsay and Deja Stewart combined for an 8-4 win at #1 doubles, but the Lady Rams fell at #2 and #3 doubles 8-4 and 8-3 respectively.

Trailing, 1-2 in doubles play, the Lady Rams were able to tie the match 3-3 when freshman Aja Grant took a 6-0, 6-1 win at #4 singles, followed by senior Devan Corpening’s 6-1, 6-1 win at #1 singles.

However, JCSU ran off back-to-back wins at #6 and #2 singles to seal the win and ended the Lady Rams’ season.

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Spring revival Reverend Dr. Dennis Leach, Sr., Pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church -1400 Fitch Street Winston-Salem, NC 27107 invites you to attend our 2015 Spring Revival ending on Friday, April 24, 2015. Services will begin at 7 p.m. nightly.

The Rev. Dr. Daryl Aaron from First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem will be the revivalist for the Thursday evening service. Rev. Dr. James Linville from Piney Grove Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC will be the revivalist for the Friday evening service. For more information, please call the church office at 336-748-0216.

Starting April 24 Fashion Show The Women’s Department of Greater Tabernacle Worship Center, 1410 Attucks St., presents Springtime in Paris Fashion Show on April 24 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Tamica Patterson at 336-995-3045. On April 25, at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feed Our Guest. On April 26, at 4 p.m.

“The Remnant.” Host pastor is Apostle B J McCloud.

April 24

Friday night live "Friday Night Live" will be held at Nehemiah Worship Center, 4843 Phelps Drive, on Friday, April 24. Guests for the evening will be Bishop Marvin and Elder Clara Cremedy of Vessels of Honor Ministries. Service will begin at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

Pastor’s Anniversary Dr. Rev. James and Hattie Fulwood of St. Mark Baptist Church will celebrate their 41st Anniversary on Friday, April 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the WinstonSalem Hotel & Spa, 3051 University Parkway. This event is sponsored by New Day Ministries.

Contact Steve Johnson at 336-987-9953 for more information.

Starting April 25 Family And Friends Weekend New Hope A.M.E. Zion Church, 7000 Shallowford Road in Lewisville, will celebrate its “Family and Friends Weekend Honoring Our Champions of Faith.” On Saturday April 25, there will be a dinner and comedy show at 4 p.m. with a donation of $15. On April 26, morning worship will be at 11 a.m., with the pastor, the Rev. Dairl L. Scott Sr., speaking. Lunch at 1:30 p.m. At 3 p.m., worship service with the Rev. Frederick D. Smalley and congregation from Sanctuary of Faith Worship Center.

All are invited. Contacts are Catherine HawkinsSpeller 336-407-6415 or Marie Jamerson 336-5776752.

Crusade Evangelical Baptist Ministries and Rock of Ages Baptist Church are sponsoring a "Let Your Light Shine For Jesus Christ" Crusade, the fourth Saturday, April 25, at 4 to 6 p.m. at the 25th Street Grill, 858 25th St. (at corner of 25th and North Liberty Street). The following ministers and Christian friends will participate: The Rev. Ernest Ford, senior pastor of Rock of Ages Baptist Church; the Rev. Arnette L. Ford, pastor of Rock of Ages Baptist Church; the Rev. Virginia Wofford, founder of Evangelical Baptist Ministries in Winston-Salem, Rev. Darrell Hampton, pastor of Union Gospel Baptist Church, Germanton; and Rev. Dr. Linda Beal, Pastor of New Liberty FGB Ministries.

Fish dinner sale Benbow Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, 453 East Main St. in East Bend, will have a Fish Dinner Sale on Saturday, April 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. $8 donation. The Rev. Keith M. Davis is the pastor.

Spring Gala The Celestial Voices of Hanes Memorial C.M.E. Church is sponsoring a Spring Gala, Saturday April 25, at The Enterprise Center, 1922 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m.

Entertainment will include vocalists Diana Tuffin, Jackie Sinclair, Catina Straw, Music in Action from WSSU, and comedy by Tammy Monroe. Music by D.J. Kingfish. Donation- $30 includes dinner.

Contact Janice Benjamin at 336-744-0506 and Marvin Blackmon 336-414-1829 for more information.

Spring into shape On Saturday, April 25 from noon to 2 p.m., “SPRING INTO SHAPE” will be held at Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance,Inc., 4951 Manning St. The United by the Blood Women’s Ministry along with the Greater Men of Calvary will host a health fair. Activities included are Zumba, blood pressure checks and much more. Special guest facilitator will be Dr. Dionne Holmes, Internal Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, who will address concerns about every day health issues. Everyone is invited. Direct all questions to Sister Evelyn Stanback at 336-744-3012.

April 26

Pastor's anniversary Senior Pastor Ernest L. Ford and Pastor Arnette L. Ford will celebrate their second anniversary Sunday, April 26. Dinner will be served at 1 p.m. and service will begin at 2 p.m. Guest church will be Union Gospel Baptist Church, of Germanton. Pastor Darrell Hampton will be preaching.

Pastor's anniversary On Sunday, April 26, Zion Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, 101 N. Dunleith Ave. and the Rev.

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St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, where the Reverend Steven L. Lyons is pastor, will celebrate its 133rd anniversary Sunday, April 26.

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

The Church was formally organized in 1882 and was located on Chestnut Street between First and Second Streets.

In 1888, a building was erected on Third Street between Maple Street and Ridge Avenue. In 1892, the

congregation congregation will assemble purchased property on in the Narthex Seventh and area in silent O g b u r n meditation in Streets. In memory of 133 years of 1964, under the leaderWo r s h i p ship of the Service.

Rev. Dr. J. T. Morning Wo r s h i p McMillan, begins at 10 the congreBrooks gation pura.m.

The chased the guest preacher former Lee Presbyterian is the Rev. Charles Weldon Church on the corner of Brooks, pastor of Poplar Patterson Avenue and 15th Springs Christian Church Street, where the Church (formerly Poplar Springs continues to be located.

United Church of Christ), Church School will Raleigh. begin at 8:45 a.m. with Pastor Brooks is a Deacon James Lomas in native of Winston-Salem. charge. At 9:45 a.m., the After losing his mother at Rev. Steven L. Lyons and the age 5, he was reared by

his grandparents in Raleigh. He is the former president of the Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ, having also served as vice president and chairman of the Board of Directors. Pastor Brooks also served as the chairman of the Church and Ministry Commission of the Eastern North Carolina Association, delegate to the United Church of Christ General Synod, member of the Board of Homeland Ministries, Conference Staff Search Committee and a member of the Board of Trustees of Elon University in Elon.

The co-chairpersons are Rosetta B. Kirkpatrick and Mona W. Lovett.

‘The Dean of Black Preachers’ dies at 96

BY FELECIA PIGGOTT-LONG, PHD SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Thousands of pastors, theologians, ministers, teachers, leaders, family members, friends, and extended family traveled for miles to the funeral of the Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, on Monday, April 13, at the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, N.Y. They came to pay homage to “the dean of the nation's black preachers” (Time); “one of the twelve greatest preachers in the English speaking world” (Newsweek), “The Prince of Preachers.”

Taylor served as the pastor of Concord Baptist Church of Christ, a 14,000-member congregation, for 42 years. In the spirit of coming full circle, the current pastor of Concord Baptist Church of Christ, Rev. Dr. Gary V. Simpson, delivered the eulogy titled “The Angel's Final Word, Worship God!” Taylor was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1918, the grandson of former slaves. He died on Easter Sunday, April 5 at age 96 in Durham.

Taylor was a mentor and close friend of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These two men were among a group who formed the Progressive National Baptist Convention around 1960, which became a platform for King's civil rights work. Taylor served as president of the denomination in the late 1960s.

Taylor also collaborated with the Rev. Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, pastor emeritus of Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, to publish a text to encourage pastors called “We Have This Ministry: The Heart of the Pastor's Vocation (1996).”

Taylor and Proctor are considered two of the most highly respected pastors of recent times.

In Taylor's honor on Sunday, April 12, the Rev. Dr. John Mendez, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church and close friend and fellow scholar of

Dr. Taylor, played one of Taylor's most memorable sermons, for the congregation titled, “I Know That My R e d e e m e r Liveth.” It has been called “one of the greatest sermons ever.”

The sermon focuses on Job's response to his friends who have accused and criticized Job for bringing so much suffering upon himself. Job has lost his children, his health, and his wealth, yet, he trusts in God. The major theme is based on Job 19:25-26 “For I know that Submitted Photo my redeemer The Dean of Black Preaching, the Rev. Dr. Gardner C. liveth, and that Taylor, at the gala banquet for the Urban Theological he shall stand at Institute's 25th anniversary. the latter day upon the earth: tor First Baptist Church, Lexington, And though after my skin worms N.C., has always been impressed with destroy this body, yet in my flesh Taylor’s powerful sermons. shall I see God.” Job comes to this “Gardner C. Taylor was one of the conclusion. most effective preachers who ever Mendez has invited Taylor to lived. He had a brilliant command of preach at Emmanuel on several occathe English language, and when he sions. Mendez remarked that if he preached, he was able to paint a pichad the opportunity to preach a euloture with words. He was highly edugy on this “Prince of Preachers,” he cated, but his delivery was full of the would celebrate this giant-of-a-man Holy Spirit,” Miller said. by taking his text from Genesis 6:4 — “When I listened to his sermons, I “There were giants in the earth in could smell the aromas, feel the wind, those days … the same became taste the dust in the air. I found myself mighty men which were of old, men in the story. When a preacher can pull of renown.”

Mendez attended the audience into the biblical narraTaylor's funeral in Brooklyn.

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Velma White; and Pastors and Ministers – Rev. Dr. James Linville.

The 62nd annual On Wednesday, April Forsyth Countywide 29 at 7:30 p.m., the Rev. Baptist Training Institute Dr. Dennis Leach, pastor of will be at the Morning Star U n i t e d Baptist Church, Metropolitan will be the guest Missionary minister.

Baptist Church, The Institute 450 Metropolitan sponsors and Drive, on leadership are: Monday, April 27 S e n i o r through Friday, Missionary May 1, from 6:30 Union –Lenner to 8:30 p.m.

P. Jefferies; Leach The theme of Young Adults – the institute is Ernestine Dixon, “Preaching, Teaching, president, and Diane Reaching: Planting Seeds Piggott, director; Youth – that Grow and Grow” James Huntley, president, (Matthew 13:18-23). and Jeanette Huntley, The instructors for the supervisor; Sunday School Institute will be: Senior Union – Minister Velma Missionaries – Sheila McCloud; Deacon’s Union Sullivan; Young Adults – – Deacon Evelena Minister Lawrence Clayborn; Usher’s Union – Harrison; Gloria Brown, April Timmons; Nurses’ Jeannette Huntley, Kay Guild – Azalee Huffin; and Lewis, Virginia Marshall; Baptist Minister’s Youth – Charlene Roseboro Conference – Rev. Dr. and Victoria Roseboro; James Fulwood.

Sunday School – Minister Joycelyn Johnson is the Velma McCloud; Deacons Institute director.

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Lesson Scripture: II John By the end Peppers of this lesson, we should Sunday •Study School Lesson God’s Word so that we know the truth • K n o w how to identify false teachers • Practice love daily and don’t support false teachings

Background: John’s epistles were penned sometime around AD 85-95. To move ideas in the empire, the Roman postal system couldn’t be used; therefore traveling teachers and merchants spread the news. Those individuals traveled by boat, on animals or on foot. By now, the aging apostle desired to encourage and to warn believers about false teachings. Of course the false teachings came from Gnosticism. This system of thought was based on the premise that the body was evil thus Jesus couldn’t be human and divine at the same time; Salvation could only come from “secret knowledge”; and they had no moral standards. For the first 120 years, the church (ekklesia) met in homes or by rivers outside the city gates. Traveling teachers were customarily invited to stay in the homes of believers who provided whatever they needed. The tone of the epistles was not corrective in nature but encouraged the believers to walk in love, in truth which leads to obedience and to be aware of deception.

Lesson: John’s salutation simply identifies himself as “elder” referring to his position in the church. This epistle is written to the “chosen or elect” lady. Scholars haven’t formed a consensus for this term. It could have meant a wealthy female believer and her children or a wealthy female believer who allows fellow believers to

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United Metropolitan attendee gains early admission to college

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Michael C. Baker, who attends United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, has received early admission into Western Carolina University, where he plans to major in Criminal Justice, his family has announced. Baker serves as a youth usher.

Michael works part time for Bojangles’ Restaurant. He is a senior at Glenn High School, and a dual enrollment student at Forsyth Technical Community College.

Michael is an honor roll student and a member of Crosby Scholars. He participates in numerous volunteer activities in his community and at school.

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include: vice president of the Winston-Salem Chapter of Youth Achievers, Glenn High School’s Varsity Track Team his sophomore year, Glenn High School’s Varsity Football his junior and senior years, and the Winston-Salem Police Department’s Explorers Program.

He is the son of Michael and Charmon Baker of Kernersville.

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Radford University Board of Visitors, Radford University Alumni Council (President), the Women’s Basketball The United Methodist Women of St. Paul UMC will Coaches Association Board of Directors, and the Board of host their annual spring Women’s weekend April 25-26. Big Brothers Big Sisters Services of Forsyth County.

The public is invited to attend.

She works with several professional committees that All activities will take place at the church, directly impact collegiate women’s basketball. which is at 2400 Dellabrook Road.

She has previously assisted with the St. Paul The celebrations begin on Saturday, April UMC’s Middle School Sunday school and 25 with a clothing giveaway for community Vacation Bible School. At present, she serves on members from 9 to 11 a.m. in the church’s the Staff Parish Relations Committee as well as lower parking lot. the Grief Share Ministry.

The weekend culminates with the For more information on Women’s Day, Women’s Day service on Sunday, April 26. contact Leslie Feaster at l_feaster@yahoo.com.

Sunday’s ceremony will feature St. Paul’s Established in 1869, United Methodist very own Charlene Curtis as the speaker.

Women is the largest denominational faith Curtis serves as the coordinator of officials organization for women, with about 800,000 for women’s basketball programs for the members whose mission is spiritual growth, Curtis Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). She is developing leaders and advocating for justice. native of Roanoke, Virginia, who earned, with “Stand for those who cannot stand for themselves” is honors, a Bachelor of Science degree from Radford the mantra for St. Paul’s United Methodist Women’s comCollege and a Master of Education distinction from The mittee. Led this year by President Leslie Feaster, they’ve University of Virginia. vowed to develop a creative, supportive, fellowship and to She is the former Division I head coach at Radford, expand the concepts of mission through participation in Temple, and Wake Forest universities, and was an assis- the global ministries of the church. tant coach with the WNBA’s Charlotte Sting.

The food pantry and clothing mission is open each After leaving coaching, Curtis spent five years as a Wednesday beginning at 1:30 p.m. game and studio analyst for women’s college basketball Sunday school at the church starts at 9:30 a.m.; regular with the ACC, Fox Sports South, and ESPNU. worship service starts at 11 a.m. Bible Study is on Curtis is involved in both church and community Wednesday at noon and 7 p.m. activities, as she has served on numerous community and Prayer requests can be sent to the office by email at professional boards and committees, including the office@stpaulumcws.org or by calling 336-723-4531.

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tive with his words, he has done his job in the Spirit.

We have lost a master preacher,” Miller said.

The Rev. Roy L. Dennis was a student of Taylor's at Shaw University in 2004. Dennis is currently a religion professor at Apex School of Theology in Durham. The character value that stands out most to him about Dr. Taylor is his humility. He also considers Taylor a powerful preacher. He recalls that Taylor was a featured speaker at the Proctor conference at Shaw University in Raleigh in 2008.

“Dr. Taylor has been invited to speak at Ivy League schools and in places of honor all over the world, but he would also go to small, country churches if he was invited. He was an humble man,” Dennis said. “He had a way with words. He drew you into his preaching. He painted a picture with his words, and as you listened, you knew

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meet in her home. Either way, they are believers who practice God’s principles.

He goes on to say that love and truth binds them together forever. The initial blessing is commonplace for that age. John is full of joy due to their consistent lifestyle of love, truth and obedience. This is not new but a re-emphasis to keep them on their toes in the face of deception. He gently warns them to be aware of the false teachers who proclaim a different doctrine. Those who do not walk in love and truth can be persuaded to follow the deceivers. John cautions them to not turn away from the truth but to stay the course. John calls the Gnostics the antichrist.

“Don’t take them into your homes,” he says because that may tempt you and give others the wrong impression. If they are welcomed into the believers’ homes, they become as wicked as the false teachers. Stay away from them, he declares! He sends an apology for the shortness of the letter but hopes to visit them soon where a

that you were a part of the story.”

More than 2,000 of Taylor's sermons are archived in various collections. He preached the preinauguration sermon in January 1993 for the then President-elect Bill Clinton at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, D.C. Taylor taught homiletics at Harvard Divinity School, and he was the author of a six-volume series “The Words of Gardner Taylor: 50 years of Timeless Treasures” and co-author of “Perfecting the Pastor's Art.” He has delivered lectures and sermons in South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Denmark , England, Scotland, Australia, China and Japan.

During his interview with Minister Rashad D. L. Cartwright for the American Preachers Series in 2013, Dr. Taylor provided a gem of wisdom for ministers and pastors today who carry the Word of God. He recalled an article that he published in the “African American Pulpit” called, “Is Our Preacing Christian?” According to

face-to-face conversation will be more rewarding.

Life’s Application: For believers not to be fooled, they must first know exactly what they believe. This means that one has to study the Word of God personally and corporately. You need both.

Personal study strengthens you but can lead to tunnel vision unless you hear how God has revealed Himself to others.

Not only must believers “know the truth,” they must live it daily not once a week. John gives guidelines to test the new ideas.

“First, what does the teacher say about the nature of Christ? Secondly, does the teacher water down love, truth, and obedience? Finally, does the teacher add to or subtract from Christ’s teachings?”

(David C. Cooks Echoes Adult Teachers Commentary). As believers, we are to practice love and truth that leads to obedience. Preachers and politicians, you are included as well. Deception occurs either by ignorance or a willingness to follow what sounds pleasing to the ears. May God strengthen us to remain true to His standards!

Taylor, many ministers tend to leave Jesus out of their messages.

“This makes our preaching warped and twisted. There is no way of understanding God without that presence. He that has seen me has seen the Father. This type of preaching makes the message murky, opaque, and unclear … This is a great lack in

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our gospel today. I call it candy gospel. You can feed a child candy morning, night and day, and the child will enjoy it. But soon, the child will have no teeth and eventually, you will have no child. Candy will not sustain us. I like candy, but I know we need some vegetables and above all the meat of the Word” Taylor said.

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Dr. Joseph Jones will celebrate his 34th anniversary during the 11 a.m. morning worship service.

Choir Anniversary new Birth Worship center (nBWc), 1033 newbirth Drive, East Bend, will celebrate its inspirational choir's 18th anniversary on Sunday, April 26, at 3:30 p.m. the guest choir will be Mt. Zion Baptist church of Greensboro Mass choir, from Greensboro. in addition, the nBWc "Angels of Mercy" Dance Ministry will perform. the pastor at nBWc is Dr. James l.E. hunt. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, please call 336-699-3583 or visit www.newbirthworshipcenter.org.

Missionary Union the Forsyth county Missionary Union will convene on Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m. at Morning Star Baptist church, 1400 Fitch St. Youth and Young Adults will meet at 1 p.m. Seniors will meet at 3 p.m. rosa harrell is president of the Morning Star Union. the president of the Forsyth county Union is lenner P. Jefferies. For more information call r. J. Gore at 336-817-8424.

Dionn Owen & Renaissance Anniversary Dionn owen & renaissance will celebrate their 13th anniversary on Sunday, April 26, at 4 p.m. at new Jerusalem Baptist church, 1212 north Dunleith Ave. host pastor is rev. ronald Speas. Special tribute will be made to Madame Mary l. haynie.

Special guest soloists are Minister Bethany heath, Pastor Beverly Alexander and constance Daniels.

Doors open at 3 p.m.

Clergy series the congregants of the Mount Sinai Full Gospel Deliverance center, 2721 Manchester St., will celebrate Pastor Yvonne h. hines with a collection of appreciation services, “the clergy Series.” the clergy Series will commence with the first Appreciation Service on Sunday, April 26, at 6 p.m. with special guests Elder Dean Staley and the First Pentecostal church of Asheboro. the public is invited. For more information, contact the church office at msfgdc@bellsouth.net or 336-722-2624.

‘Close out’ new Direction Movement cathedral, 3300 overdale Drive, will “close out” the 36th pastoral anniversary of Pastor Essie c. Mccullough at the 11 am morning service with Bishop Daniel r. coleman. Also the Youth and the Young Adults will be in charge of the service. For more information, call 336-771-2111

Healing and deliverance service Vessels of honor church Ministries, 3608 ogburn Ave., will hold a monthly “healing and Deliverance Service” on Sunday, April 26. Sunday Morning 11 a.m. worship service speaker will be Pastor clara cremedy.

At the 4 p.m. service, spoken word will be presented by Pastor candy York. For more information or transportation no later than Saturday before 6 p.m., call Pastor clara cremedy at 336-624-9351 or send an email to claracremedy@yahoo.com. Bishop Marvin and Elder

‘The Wall of Separation’ the rev. Barry lynn, the executive director of Americans for the Separation of church and State, will speak at 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday, April 26 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, 4055 robinhood road. his topic is titled “the Wall of Separation.” Visitors are welcome. At the 9:15 a.m. forum, Patricia Dixon of Wake Forest University will lead a discussion titled “Mindful Awareness.”

Find more information at www.uufws.org.

Starting April 28

Spring revival Union Baptist church, 1200 n. trade St., will hold a two-day spring revival. nightly services will be tuesday and Wednesday, April 28-29, at 6:30 p.m.

Scheduled guest preachers are: Bishop John Guns, who will conduct a lecture each night at 6:30 p.m.; Bishop carolyn Showell, who will preach on tuesday at 7:30 p.m.; and Dr. Walter Malone Jr. who will preach on Wednesday at 7:30 pm. For more information call the church office 336-724-9305 or visit the website unionbaptistwsnc.org.

April 28

Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA), the nonprofit organizer of the 10th annual Piedmont Earth Day Fair, anticipates a crowd of more than 10,000 visitors at the event on Saturday, April 25 at the WinstonS a l e m Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Earth Day w a s Wednesday, April 22.

With the support of The Piedmont Earth Day local sponsors and community partners, organizers are planning a robust program full of interactive children’s activities, live entertainment, environmental demonstrations and more than 100 earth-friendly exhibitors. the event and activities will be free to the public.

Guests at the Earth Day Fair are asked to meet PEA’s Zero Waste challenge. the goal is to not send any waste to the landfill when the event is over. With that objective in mind, event organizers provide Zero Waste Stations that include recycling and composting bins and volunteers who educate the public on what items can be composted or recycled. no “trash” cans are provided — so any non-recyclable, noncompostable trash generated by exhibitors

residents attending the Earth Day Fair this Saturday can stop at city booths to learn how to reduce their lighting bills, enter to win a free pet waste composter, learn about future biking options and more.

Six city entities will be exhibiting at the fair, which will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the WinstonSalem Fairgrounds. the departments are: *the Sustainability office, which will have information about how to reduce home lighting bills and make homes more energy efficient.

*Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful, which will provide information about community roots Day and Big Sweep and distribute free pocket ashtrays to help reduce cigarette butt litter.

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Church to launch service Anchor is a new Young Adult Ministry at Agape Faith church targeting ages 18-30 at Agape Faith church, 2101 lewisville-clemmons road, clemmons. on May 2 at 7 p.m. the church is kicking off Anchor Young Adult Ministry. Meetings will be on the first and third Saturday night each month. All are invited. For more information, contact the church office at 336-7669188 or email news@agapefaith.com.

Ongoing

Boutique SJ Boutique Free clothes closet is open every second, fourth and fifth Saturday at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each month at St. James A.M.E. church, 1501 n. Patterson Ave. open to the public. contact 336-995-1464.

Men Helping Men All men young and old are invited to fellowship with calvary hill church of Greater Deliverance inc., 4951 Manning St., during Men helping Men Be Men every tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more information, contact the church at 336-744-3012.

Bible study St. James A.M.E. church, 1501 n. Patterson Ave holds Bible study from 7-8 p.m. on Monday evenings. the fellowship meal is 6-7 p.m. All are invited.

or guests must be taken home.

PEA encourages guests to think creatively about ways to reduce or eliminate waste on Earth Day, as well as the rest of the year. this initiative aims to minimize the environmental impact of the Fair and furthers PEA’s mission to educate the public about practical ways to be sustainable. “it’s easy to significantly reduce the waste your PEA Photo family generFair is this Saturday. ates, if you understand what can be composted or recycled,” said Kristin Wiggins, PEA’s executive director. “We hosted 10,000 people at last year’s Fair, and only generated three bags of landfill waste, mostly filled with items brought in by our guests. this year, we hope to decrease that by at least 50 percent.”

Keeping with the Fair’s Zero Waste challenge, all food and beverages will be served on recyclable or compostable products so nothing ends up in the landfill. in addition, the Fair’s food and beverage vendors are asked to provide food free from artificial additives, preservatives or food coloring, meat from animals raised humanely and without growth hormones and fair trade tea and coffee.

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Worship service on tuesday, April 28 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., everyone is invited to worship with calvary hill church of Greater Deliverance inc., at the Bethesda center for the church’s monthly outreach. the Bethesda center is at 930 north Patterson Ave. Direct all question to Elder tammy Miles at 336-695-7429.

Bishop claude c. turner is founder, pastor and teacher of calvary hill.

Piedmont Earth Day Fair challenges guests to create zero waste

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*the Winston-Salem transit Authority, which will have information about upcoming public hearings for proposed changes in bus routes.

*recycle today, with information about what can and cannot be recycled through the city’s roll-out recycling program. *Stormwater/Erosion control, which will hold a drawing for a backyard pet waste composter from among people who sign a pledge to pick up after their pets.

*transportation, which will have information about places to walk and bike in the city, including future projects and events.

A map showing the location of the city booths, along with more information about the Earth Day Fair, is posted at PEAnc.org.

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Young’uns outgrown EVERYTHING? Donate your gently-used, clean, neatly folded men, women and children’s clothing to: The United Methodist Women’s Clothing Give-Away

Saturday Saturday, April 25 9 am-Noon Lower Parking Lot (Rain location: Fellowship Hall)

“Women’s Day” Sunday Charlene Curtis, Speaker Former Head Women’s Basketball Coach Wake Forest University

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utility Commission Ardmore Basin 1 Sewer Rehabilitation and Water Improvements Project

Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes (NCGS) 143-128 and 143-129, sealed Bids for the construction of Ardmore Basin 1 Sewer Rehabilitation and Water Improvements Project will be received by the City/County Purchasing Department, Room 16, City Hall Building, 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 until 2:00 p.m. local time, Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at which time, all Bids that have been duly received will be publically opened and read aloud. Bidders are hereby notified that they must be properly licensed as required by Chapter 87 of the North Carolina General Statutes.

This purpose of this project is to rehabilitate sewer mains, manholes, and laterals and replace water mains and services in the Ardmore Basin 1 area of WinstonSalem. Additionally, this project will include the rerouting of several sewer mains (and associated service laterals) in areas in the Ardmore Basin where conflicts with existing homes have been previously identified. These specific sewer main repairs will involve excavation and replacement of the existing sewer mains. In these areas, no water mains or services will be replaced. Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials and equipment necessary to complete the project.

A Mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time, Thursday, May 7, 2015, at the City Hall Building, Room 16, 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101. Representatives of Owner and Engineer will be present to discuss the project. Attendance at the pre-bid conference, as specified in the Instructions to Bidders, is mandatory for all prospective bidders.

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items as indicated in the Bidding Documents. All Bidders must purchase a complete set of bidding documents from the issuing office.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Hydrostructures, P.A., 126 Commerce Court, Pittsboro, NC 27312. Point of Contact: Mr. Tom Stevens, (919) 5425002 ext.

237 or email: Thomas.Stevens@hydrostructures.com.

Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office, during the hours indicated below with a non-refundable payment of $150.00 for each set of plans and specifications. Individual sheets of plans and specifications will not be sold.

No refunds will be made for the Bidding Documents. The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Drawings or Specifications will not be available from the Issuing Office.

Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Bidding Documents also may be examined at the following locations: 1) Office of the City/County Purchasing Department, Room 324, City Hall Building, 101 North Main Street, WinstonSalem, North Carolina, (336) 727-2983;

2) iSqFt Plan Room, 4500 W. Lake Forest Drive Ste. 502, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, (800) 364-2059.

Neither Owner nor Engineer has any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or sufficiency of any Bidding Documents obtained from any source other than the Issuing Office. Obtaining these documents from any source other than the Issuing Office may result in obtaining incomplete and inaccurate information. Obtaining these documents from any source other than the Issuing Office may also result in failure to receive any addenda, corrections, or other revisions to the Bidding Documents that may be issued.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Compliance with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) Special Conditions is required on this Contract. SRF requirements are included in the Bidding Documents.

Instructions for submitting bids may be obtained by contacting Jerry Bates, City/County Purchasing Department, Room 324, City Hall Building, 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, (336) 747-6939 or email (preferred): jerryjb@cityofws.org

City/County Commission Jerry Bates, Purchasing Director

The Chronicle April 23, 2015

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utility Commission Peters Creek Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project

Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes (NCGS) 143-128 and 143-129, sealed Bids for the construction of the Peters Creek Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project will be received by the City/County Purchasing Department, Room 16, City Hall Building, 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 until 2:00 p.m. local time, Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at which time, all Bids that have been duly received will be publically opened and read aloud.

The proposed work is generally described as follows:

The Project consists of the rehabilitation of approximately 3,500 linear feet of 12 to 36-inch diameter sanitary sewer through cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining and the realignment of 15 and 18-inch sanitary sewer. The project also includes construction of a new 18-inch DIP aerial stream crossing supported on driven piles and the rehabilitation of all associated manholes through replacement or cementitious lining.

A Mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time, Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at the City Hall Building, Room 16, 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101. Representatives of Owner and Engineer will be present to discuss the project. Attendance at the pre-bid conference, as specified in the Instructions to Bidders, is mandatory for all prospective bidders.

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bidders are hereby notified that they must be properly licensed as required

by Chapter 87 of the North Carolina General Statutes.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Gavel & Dorn Engineering, PLLC, 6730 Freedom Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 28210, telephone (704) 483-2054 or (704) 919-1900, email info@gaveldorn.com.

Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office, on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Charges for a complete set of printed bidding documents (Includes: Drawings, Specifications) is $100.00. No refunds will be made for the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Drawings or Specifications will not be available from the Issuing Office. All Bidders must purchase a complete set of bidding documents from the issuing office.

Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Bidding Documents also may be examined at the following locations: 1) Office of the City/County Purchasing Department, Room 324, City Hall Building, 101 North Main Street, WinstonSalem, North Carolina, (336) 727-2983; 2) iSqFt Plan Room, 4500 W. Lake Forest Drive Ste. 502, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, (800) 364-2059.

Neither Owner nor Engineer has any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or sufficiency of any Bidding Documents obtained from any source other than the Issuing Office. Obtaining these documents from any source other than the Issuing Office may result in obtaining incomplete and inaccurate information. Obtaining these documents from any source other than the Issuing Office may also result in failure to receive any addenda, corrections, or other revisions to the Bidding Documents that may be issued.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Compliance with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) Special Conditions is required on this Contract. SRF requirements are included in the Bidding Documents.

M/W/DBE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

James R. Vannoy & Sons Construction Co., Inc. is currently soliciting quotes from interested MBE/WBE/DBE subcontractors and suppliers for the following project:

Project:

Design Build Project # 17BP.9.R.61-Division 9A Contract ID: C203681 Davidson, Davie, Rowan & Stokes Counties

Bid Date: Quotes are due by May 15, 2015 @ 3:00 PM

Contact: John Maloney or Gary Eisner john.maloney@jrvannoy.com or gary.eisner@jrvannoy.com 1608 Hwy 221 North— PO Box 635 Jefferson, NC 28640 Phone: 336-846-7191 Fax: 336-846-7112

Vannoy Const. invites you to bid part(s) of the above referenced project: This project requires specific participation by subs that are certified by NCDOT as a WBE/MBE/DBE firm.

As a responsible contractor, we will aggressively pursue M/WBE sub participation in excess of the min. requirements.

All subs need to make an effort to solicit M/WBE participation. We are soliciting companies listed in the NCDOT DBE Directory who are certified & prequalified subcontractors. If you are interested in this project but discouraged by any of its requirements, please contact us. We have special joint pay agreements and even an expedited payment policy for DBE firms, and we encourage to you to contact us to discuss how these procedures can help you on this project. If the bonding, letter of credit or insurance requirements set forth in the bid documents would otherwise prevent you from soliciting a quote please contact us and we will discuss ways that we may be able to help you meet these requirements. Likewise, if you are discouraged from submitting a quote on this project because you think you may have trouble obtaining the necessary equipment, supplies, materials, or any other related assistance or services that may be necessary to complete the work, please contact us and we will discuss ways that we may be able to help you overcome these obstacles. We adopted these policies to encourage the participation of M/W/DBE firms like yours, and we encourage your company to explore and take advantage of them; so please feel free to give us a call in these regards

A meeting has been scheduled for May 1st at 10:00 a.m. at 1608 Hwy 221 N. Jefferson, NC for anyone who is interested to ask questions, etc.

Description: Replacement of 2 Bridges in Davidson Co, 1 Bridge in Davie Co, 3 Bridges n Rowan Co and 4 Bridges in Stokes Co

Work Includes but not limited to: Grading, Paving, Pavement Markings, Guardrail, Hauling, Erosion Control Items, Silt Fence, Traffic Control, Barrier Rail, Reinf. Steel, Concrete , Misc. Bridge Item. We will be accepting quotes for all work. We are willing to break down and/or combine elements of work into economically feasible units on a case-by-case basis to facilitate minority participation in this bid opportunity. It is acceptable to bid multiple items listed in the solicitation. We encourage non M/W/DBE Subs and Suppliers to utilize M/W/DBE firms

This bid is a Design-Build Project; therefore, 100% Plans & Specs may not be available for all items of work for review; however, all documents that are available will be posted on our Plan Room at www.jrvannoy.com Or contact us at the above number for quantities as they become available or more information. As information becomes available it will be posted to the plan room.

You may review all documents issued by the NCDOT on their website https://connect.ncdot.gov/letting/Pages/ Design-Build.aspx

Instructions for submitting bids may be obtained by contacting Jerry Bates, City/County Purchasing Department, Room 324, City Hall Building, 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, (336) 747-6939 or email (preferred): jerryjb@cityofws.org

Be sure to check our website periodically for addenda.

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, that the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber at City Hall, Room 230, 101 N. Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC at 7:00 p.m. on May 4, 2015 on the following proposed amendment to the Official Zoning Map of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina:

1. Petition of Mid Huf Ventures, Inc. to amend and change from RS-9 and HB to HB-L (Offices; Retail Store; and Services A), the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the southeast corner of South Main Street and Cassell Street; property consists of ±2.13 acres and is PIN #6834-319704 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps - Zoning Docket W-3251.

2. Petition of Cleveland Avenue Christian Church to amend and change from IP to LO-S (Funeral Home; Offices; Adult Day Care Center; Child Care, Sick Children; Child Day Care Center; Church or Religious Institution, Neighborhood; Government Offices, Neighborhood Organization, or Post Office; Hospice and Palliative Care; Museum or Art Gallery; Police or Fire Station; and Shelter for the Homeless), the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the south side of Tenth Street between Cleveland Avenue and Mount Zion Place; property consists of ±1.11 acres and is PIN #6835-69-5830 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps and on a site plan on file in the office of the City-County Planning Board - Zoning Docket W-3256.

3. Petition of Alfonso Gilberto Mendez Vargas and Ma Estela Magana Angel to amend and change from LO-S and RS-9 to RS9, the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the east side of Queensbury Road, north of Country Club Road; property consists of ±0.50 acre and is PIN #6805-51-1001 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps - Zoning Docket W-3259.

4. Petition of Westside Baptist Church to amend and change from RS9 to IP-L (Church or Religious Institution, Neighborhood), the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the east side of Peace Haven Road, north of McGregor Road; property consists of ±4.96 acres and is PIN #6805-51-1001 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps - Zoning Docket W3260.

5. Petition of The City of Winston-Salem for property owned by Robert and Cynthia McNeely to amend and change from LB-L (Services A; Offices; and Retail Store) to LB-L (Services A; Offices; Banking and Financial Services; Building Materials Supply; Convenience Store; Food or Drug Store; Furniture and Home Furnishings Store; Retail Store; and Nursery, Lawn and Garden Supply Store, Retail), the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the southwest side of Reynolda Road, southeast of Yadkinville Road; property consists of ±0.47 acres acre and is PIN #6817-26-9929 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps - Zoning Docket W-3261.

6. Petition of Moravian Home Incorporated to amend and change from RS9 to RM18-L (Residential Building, Single Family; Residential Building Duplex; Residential Building Twin Home; Residential Building Townhouse; Residential Building, Multifamily; Life Care Community; and Nursing Care Institution):, the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the north side of Indiana Avenue, across from Triangle Drive; property consists of ±1.21 acres and is PIN #6817-97-4907 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps - Zoning Docket W3262.

7. Proposal of City-County Planning and Development Services to amend Chapters A and B of the Unified Development Ordinances to create regulations for urban agriculture – UDO-257.

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

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

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

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

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL Renée L. Phillips, Secretary to the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem

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Request for Proposals for CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

The City of Winston-Salem seeks proposals for funding to be available under the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grants Program. Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. on May 22, 2015. The full Request for Proposals with detailed information is available at http://www.cityofws.org/departments/com munity-and-business-development/planning/reports. A grant application workshop will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Mazie S. Woodruff Center at 4905 Lansing Drive in Winston-Salem. This workshop will be held to provide information and assistance to those interested in applying for funds. Workshop attendance is strongly encouraged. For more information, contact Mellin Parker at (336) 7341310 or mellinp@cityofws.org.

The Chronicle April 23, 2015

JIMMY R. LYNCH & SONS, INC, AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONTRACTOR, IS SOLICITING BIDS FOR M/W/DBE PARTICIPATION FOR THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS:

WE WOULD APPRECIATE A QUOTATION FROM YOUR FIRM FOR ANY AND ALL WORK AND/OR MATERIALS ON THE FOLLOWING PROJECT:

(1) City of Greensboro (Guilford County) Battleground Avenue at Cone Blvd.

Contract # 2009-03 Bids: 5-7-15 @ 2:00 PM

Materials, Building, Asphalt Paving & Surface Restoration, Crushed Aggregate Base Course, Seeding, Mulching, Interior & Exterior Piping & Valves, Water, Sewer, Pavement Marking , Pavement Removal, Earthwork, Milling, Bituminous Pavement, Electrical, Switchgear, Instrumentation & all Mechanical & Electrical Appurtenances, Pump Station, Hauling, Clearing & Grubbing, Erosion Control, Traffic Control Signs, Precast Concrete Structures Work, Subgrade prep. , Roadway and Curb & Gutter & Gutter Replacement, Sitework Grading, Landscaping, Metals, Wood & Plastics, Thermal & Moisture Protection, Finishes, Painting, Underdrains, Roadway Base Prep, Storm-water Management Installation, Streambank restoration, Culvert Installation, Demolition & Other Incidental Items Necessary For Construction to complete the project.

Please contact Daniel @ dlynch@jrlynchandsons.com for a link to a website where you will be able to download a digital copy of the bid documents, including plans and specifications.

** If you need plans, specs., equip., credit lines, secure loans, joint payments, insurance or quick payments— call Daniel @ J.R.L. (J.R.L. will furnish bonds for all projects & will help you obtain the proper certification, (if you are not certified.)

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Piedmont Triad Regional Council is accepting proposals for its home energy efficiency project under the North Carolina Weatherization Assistance Program. The program is administered through the Division of Energy, Mineral & Land Resources in the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The contract requires the weatherization of homes in Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties during the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. During the course of this project, subcontracted work is required to provide energy efficiency measures including, but not limited to, air sealing, insulation installation, vapor barrier installation, and minor repairs in customers’ homes per program standards.

Additional proposals are being sought from properly licensed (HVAC, ELECTRICAL and/or PLUMBING) contractors in the State of North Carolina for the service and/or installation of heating equipment in customers’ homes, to perform minor electrical repairs in customers’ homes, and /or to perform minor plumbing repairs in customers’ homes.

Proposal packages will be a v a i l a b l e o n l i n e a t www.ptrc.org/weatherization, Friday April 24, 2015, or available for pickup at Piedmont Triad Regional Council, 1398 Carrollton Crossing Drive, Kernersville, NC 27284, between the hours of 8:30 am – 4:00 pm. Questions may be directed to the PTRC Weatherization Department at 336904-0347 or by e-mail at weatherization@ptrc.org.

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A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at Piedmont Triad Regional Council, 1398 Carrollton Crossing Drive, Kernersville, NC, in the Main Conference Room, at 10:00 am on Friday May 1, 2015 . All potential bidders are required to attend the Bidders Conference.

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"Spinning for Prevention" A Celebration For Children will be at Bolton Park on today, Thursday, April 23 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Bolton Park, 1590 Bolton St. The Mistress of Ceremonies is Leanne Petty from 93.1 The WOLF. Activities include resource tables, entertainment from various community groups, WSFD - Smoke House & Fire Truck, Local Mascots, Forsyth County Library Bookmobile. bring a picnic dinner, blankets, and chairs. For more information, go to http://www.exchangescan.org/april.html.

Playground Safety Week The Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (WinstonSalem) was instrumental in obtaining a proclamation from North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declaring April 20 through April 24 as Playground Safety Week for the State of North Carolina. Phi Omega’s Environmental Ownership Committee drafted a letter to the Governor requesting that he issue the proclamation in order to help raise awareness on how to keep children safer on playgrounds. To encourage citizens to observe Playground Safety Week, Phi Omega will send playground safety tips compiled by the NPPS to school systems and daycare centers, as well as to health departments/medical professionals for distribution to students, parents, teachers, patients, and staff members. All of these individuals can help make and keep playgrounds safe by adhering to S.A.F.E. guidelines.

NC Black Summit The Alliance of North Carolina Black Elected Officials (ANCBEO) will hold its 10th annual NC Black Summit on Thursday and Friday, April 23-24, at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, 4500 Marriott Drive. This year’s theme, “Investing In the Next Generation”, provides a platform for attendees to engage in thoughtful conversations regarding leadership, infrastructure and economic development opportunities to enhance local communities.

“America's First Medicinal Garden” On Thursday, April 23 at 5:30 p.m., New Winston Museum will host “America's First Medicinal Garden,” as part of the Museum’s second quarter Salon Series focusing on the role of medicine in our community. Kicking off the subject will be a discussion on the medicinal garden at Bethabara Park, which was the first of its kind in the country. The Bethabara garden is based on the oldestknown plan for a medical garden in the country and includes many unusual plants and several that are difficult — or even illegal — to grow, such as opium poppies.

Harriet McCarthy will share some of this history behind the garden and its significance in Wachovia. This event is part of New Winston Museum’s 2015 Salon Series calendar. This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact the Museum at 336-724-2842 or info@newwinston.org.

Financial Fortitude Event On Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. will host its annual Financial Fortitude Event. This year’s event will focus on the 5 Money Questions women should ask concerning life insurance, estate planning, investing, credit repair, and getting back on track financially after a divorce. The event will be at the Dr. Elva Jones Computer Science Building on the campus of Winston-Salem State University, Room 2200. Lunch will be provided. This event is free, however space is limited. Reserve your space by emailing, RecordingSecretary@wsalumnaedst.org Honoring volunteers Forsyth County Cooperative Extension is sponsoring a luncheon honoring its volunteers on Friday, April 24, at noon in the Forsyth County Agriculture Building, 1450 Fairchild Road. to Kitrinka Gordon at 336-703-2850 or by email at coop-extregistration@forsyth.cc.

Geneva Brown home-going service The home-going service for Geneva B. Brown will be held on Saturday, April 25, at the Simon G. Atkins Academic & Te c h n o l o g y High School, 3605 Old Greensboro Road. The service will begin at 4:30 p.m.

Reception to folBrown low. The event is open to the pub-

lic for this celebration of her life. For more information call 724-322-6329.

Auditions The Kookie Jar Kid Show open auditions will be held Saturday, April 25 at Club Secrets, 875 W Northwest Blvd. from noon to 3 p.m. The event encourages children ages 8-18 to come out an audition for five different categories which include singing, dancing, visual arts, spoken word and instrumentation. The Kookie Jar Kid Show was created by Aquilla Reid back in 2012. For more information on the Kookie Jar Kid Show you can reach Ms. Reid at 336-582.6039 or email her at theeclektiksunshine@gmail.com. All participants for the open auditions this Saturday must have a 1-2 minute performance ready to go and for children under age eighteen you must be accompanied by an adult. There is no entry fee, however donations are being accepted.

Meeting on Zoning Case Council Member Derwin L. Montgomery will meet with residents Tuesday, April 28, to discuss a proposal to rezone a former day care center at 939 N. Cleveland Ave. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Rupert Bell Recreation Center, 1501 Mount Zion Place. The Salvation Army wants to rezone the center to use it as a shelter for homeless families. For more information, contact Twanda Montgomery at 336-462-2341 or twandam@cityofws.org.

Book sale The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem will hold its 28th Annual Used Book Sale on Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m, and on Saturday, May 2 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Parking and Admission are free. The sale will be held in the Education Building at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds. Entrance for parking is through Gate 5 from Deacon Blvd. There is no admission or parking fee. There will be thousands of used books and other items on hand at exceptional prices. For more information contact the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217 or visit www.shepherdscenter.org.

Senior Democrats convene The North Carolina Senior Democrats will convene in Clemmons at the Village Inn on May 1 and 2 for their 37th annual convention. The Friday evening dinner features Gene Nichol, former Director of the UNC Poverty Center with entertainment by Mary Tate Graham Moon, president of Insight Out and nationally known speaker.

President Matilda Phillips, a Winston Salem resident, invites interested individuals to make reservations for the Friday event. Checks should be made to Forsyth County Senior Democrats in the amount of $30 per person. Reservations are required.

The business side of the convention on Saturday will feature Luke Hyde, Democratic Congressional District 11 Chair of Bryson City and Hayes McNeill of Winston Salem as speakers. The body will elect officers, Congressional District Representatives and will vote on suggested amendments to their constitution.

Members only are encouraged to make their reservations by Friday, April 24.

Checks for $45 ($55 at the door) made payable to NC Senior Democrats, 2300 W. Meadowview Rd. Suite 110, Greensboro, NC 27407. Contact Matilda Phillips at matphil25@yahoo.com for more information.

Black Chamber meeting The Winston Salem Black Chamber of Commerce will have its monthly meeting, Thursday, May 7, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Forsyth Technical Community College/Mazie Woodruff Campus, 4905 Lansing Drive (on the corner of Carver School Road and Lansing Drive). The meeting is open to members and prospective-members. Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m. For additional information, contact Randon Pender, 336-5752006.

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Parent-involvement coordinator named WSFCS Classified Employee of the Year

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“and the children see that.”

Correa-Vega has been invited to a national conferJavier Correa-Vega is passionate about doing everyence being held later this thing he can to help students and parents. If he can help month to talk about the parsomeone, he does so without regard to whether it’s ent-involvement bus project. included in his job description. He never passes anyone So, as it happened, he had without speaking, and he always has a smile on his face. the materials that he preThose are just some of the complimentary things that pared for that, and he did a people had to say about the Winston-Salem/Forsyth quick presentation for the County Schools’ 2015 Classified Employee of the Year. guests at the celebration.

Correa-Vega is the parent-involvement coordinator at Correa-Vega’s colleagues Philo-Hill Magnet Academy. Superintendent Beverly at the reception spoke highly Emory and others surprised him one morning with the of him. announcement.

“He always keeps a posiCorrea-Vega has been in school news in recent tive attitude,” said Howard months because he is one of the people working on creMay, the day porter at Philoating a parent-involvement bus that will go out into the Hill. community to serve families throughout the school sys“You never see Javier tem. without a smile,” said Jo As important as that project is, said Ken Leak, the Collins, the lead counselor. chair of the school system’s Classified Advisory John Fulton, who teaches Council, it was the day-to-day work that Correa-Vega eighth-grade social studies, does helping students and their families that convinced praised his willingness to those on the selection committee to pick him. “The comWinston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools photo serve. If you need a translamittee saw him as a genuine, good person – a big guy Javier Correa-Vega basks in the spotlight with his family — wife Ana Ortiz and their tor or someone to help with a with a heart of gold.” daughter, Dalymar Correa-Ortiz; Superintendent Beverly Emory; and Kenyatta home visit, all you have to When presented with the award, Correa-Vega said Bennett, the principal at Philo-Hill. do is send an email and he that the recognition belongs not just to him but to all the gets back quickly with an staff and students in the building. “It’s a great school – offer to help and, when you for the school system nine years ago as a teacher assistant good people,” he said later in the morning. in the ESL (English as a Second Language) Academy at see him in person, a smile on his face. “People like that are “He embodies a culture of service,” said Kenyatta few and far between,” Fulton said.

John F. Kennedy Middle School (now high school).

Bennett, the principal at Philo-Hill. “He is proof of that “He is a people person,” said Kara Brooks, the curricuHe later became the home/school coordinator at Hill every day. He hit the ground like a ball of fire and he has Middle School and was there until it merged with Philo to lum coordinator. “He goes beyond the call of duty to help been running ever since.” anybody out.” become Philo-Hill Magnet Academy.

At one time, Correa-Vega was a police officer, and Committee members who got to know Correa-Vega a Correa-Vega and Ortiz have now been married for 14 Emory said that she was impressed by his desire to trade years, and Dalymar, who is a seventh-grader, admires her bit during the selection process also spoke highly of him. in handcuffs for hands to hold when reading his nominaTo work with children, said Mary Shackleford, a father’s courage for helping others. tion. teacher assistant at Walkertown Elementary, you have to Correa-Vega drives a 1974 Volkswagen Beetle that he “We’re proud of you and what you do for your kids,” restored and painted Carolina blue. He has pictures on his love what you do. And he clearly does, she said. “He has Emory told Correa-Vega. the heart for it.” phone that he can show you if you ask.

Correa-Vega is married to Ana Ortiz, who also works Paul Luper, who is a carpenter with the school system, The parent-involvement bus project is a partnership for the school system. She is a bilingual community coorwith Konnoak Elementary School, which is nearby. Many said that, after learning all that Correa-Vega does for childinator and the assistant district coordinator for the Toyota Konnoak students go on to Philo-Hill. Shelia Burnette, dren and parents, he was thoroughly impressed. “He sold Family Literacy Program. Both Ortiz and their daughter, who is the principal at Konnoak, was among those at himself.”

Dalymar Correa-Ortiz, were on hand.

Correa-Vega said that his philosophy is simple: He Philo-Hill this morning for the celebration.

Correa-Vega and Ortiz are from Puerto Rico, where he “Javier is a leader for children and for adults,” wants to do what he can to help young people become sucwas police officer working with people under house arrest.

Burnette said. He takes every opportunity he sees to rec- cessful. “It’s all about kids,” he said.

After they moved to Winston-Salem, he worked for two ognize the work of others and to support people, she said, years as a detention officer with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department.

Correa-Vega was one of four finalists for the recognition. The other three were Buie, an administrative

Pam assistant at Parkland High School; Shareka Brown, the testing coordinator and firstand second-grade assistant at Petree Elementary School; and Tesha Green, a primary reading teacher and office assistant at Sedge Garden

Elementary School.

When Correa-Vega was

announced as one of finalists

in February, Stacie Persinger, who teaches the arts at Philo-Hill, was so atre excited that she sent out an email far and wide. With Correa-Vega, she said, you never hear him say, “I can’t.” mention that you Yousomething such as need translating into Spanish a permission slip for a field trip and “It’s done. He’s everywhere.”

Correa-Vega and Ortiz Puerto Rico. Both met in happened to be attending a

party given by mutual Ortiz had been havfriends. ing trouble with a supervisor

at work, and, to her, CorreaVega was just a guy sitting on the couch when she began talking to a friend about it.

When Ortiz got to the point in the story when she suggested that the problem might be that her supervisor, who was quite tall, wasn’t getting enough oxygen to her brain at those heights, Correa-Vega, who is 6 feet, 5 inches tall, stood up.

“I don’t think so,” he said.

“I looked at him,” Ortiz said, “and he smiled. And he said it would be nice if we went out to eat one day.”

What could she say but “sure”?

At dinner, they hit it off.

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