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Enough is enough!

Judge alarmed at surge in violent juvenile crime

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

People continue to speak out about the rise in violence throughout the city of Winston-Salem. No one seems to know why there is this sudden rise, or a concrete way to fix it, but what is for certain is the community wants a plan in place to combat the threat, especially one that impacts the youth.

Forsyth County Judge Denise Hartsfield is one of those community residents who has not been pleased by what she has seen on television, but even more disappointed by what she has seen in her courtroom.

According to Hartsfield, a juvenile court judge, the number of violent juvenile cases has skyrocketed this year as compared to previous years and she is eager for a change in the path the city is heading toward.

“I wanted to sit down and just express my feelings as it related particularly to youth violence, because the upsurge in cases we have seen is totally amazing,” said Hartsfield.

“If I just looked at today, my juvenile docket today had 13 cases on it and 11 of them were violent offenses.”

Hartsfield says there has been a noticeable rise in violent offenses in the juvenile court since March. She says there have been almost as many youth firearm-related complaints so far this year as there were the previous two years combined.

“The increase is just amazing,” she said. “We have 48 cases now, compared to 25 for the previous year, and this is just August. So, if we keep averaging those numbers, we will easily be around 80 or 90 by the end of the year and that’s totally ridiculous.

“I really attribute it to a cultural change, a serious

Judge Denise Hartsfield is fed up with the amount of juvenile violence in the city. culture change,” she said about what was contributing to the rise in violence.

“I would like to think at some point that it may be because school went virtual in March and kids had a lot more freedom to do things. I could put it on COVID, but I really don’t know, and that’s why I wanted to speak out. I want to find out what’s causing this cultural change in our community. We are beginning to look like Chicago, we are beginning to look like Richmond, California in the 80s, we are beginning to look like communities that have had this problem for some time now.”

One of the biggest issues Hartsfield has is how certain individuals blame others for the youth violence problems in the city.

She feels too many people are passing the buck when it comes to addressing the solutions.

“Everybody thinks that it’s everybody else’s

problem,” she continued. “They think it’s the church’s problem, they think it’s the school’s problem, they think it’s the court’s problem, they think it’s the parent’s problem. Everybody can pass the buck to everybody, but the reality of this is by the time I meet these kids, the damage has already been done, so my options are very little.

“There is really nothing I can do when you get to this point except to try and create some sort of reality that says you are here and you have these charges, what’s next?”

Hartsfield says she is aware of the fear that some in the community have about retribution from violent offenders if they tell authorities what they see.

She says we have to overcome that fear and stand up for what is right.

“The only way to get to the root of this problem, as far as I’m concerned, is that we as a community

have to stand up and start reporting what we saw and trying to make this group and culture understand that this is not acceptable behavior for our city,” said Hartsfield. “You are not going to tear up our city, you are not going to kill up our city or shoot up each other because we are not going to have it.

“We are going to start reporting people we see with guns; we are going to start reporting activity that is outside of our homes that is not right. We have to start identifying people.

Yeah, I know it’s scary, but at the end of the day, that is what is going to have to happen, because by the time it gets here, it’s too late.”

Hartsfield says she received her biggest wakeup call when she watched a YouTube video at a hearing. In the video, she watched how a young man waved an AK-47 around while in the drive-thru of a fast food restaurant and the

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young lady at the window was not phased. Hartsfield says she was shocked at how calm, relaxed and desensitized the youth were around such a dangerous weapon.

Hartsfield said the video really scared her about how some of the youth think brandishing a weapon of that sort is a normal way of life. She says she does not have all the answers, but is actively looking to collaborate with like-minded individuals to find one.

“I don’t have the answers, but I want my voice out there to say that I am seeking it,” she said. “I want to know I am looking for all good people who are willing to come forward and help with this issue.

I am looking for all good people who are willing and bold enough and love this community enough to be able to report things when we see it.

“We have to affirmatively do that or we are

going to lose a whole generation of people, not to war, not to COVID, not to crack, but to gun violence.”

Following the deaths of several unarmed Black men and women earlier this year, Hartfield says she was engaged in a conversation with someone who told her that they didn’t know why everyone was screaming Black Lives Matter when we are killing each other. She said she became upset initially, but once she thought about the question in depth, her opinion changed.

“We need to be affirmative that these police killings are senseless, but we need to be equally as affirmative to the fact that us killing each other is equally as offensive, maybe more offensive,” she went on to say.

As the only African American juvenile judge and a Winston-Salem native, Hartsfield said she is troubled and feels a different sense of responsibility toward the city.

“I feel a special hurt, I feel a special sense of helplessness to some degree, because it is very troubling that week after week these types of offenses continue to come and the majority look like me,” she said.

“We have to do more than chant ‘stop the violence’.”

In her 18 years as a judge in the county, Hartsfield says this is the worst year for juvenile violent crimes she has witnessed.

She says there have been small rises in crime throughout her career, but never with this much consistency.

“My hope is built on the fact that we can do better as a community and we need to start now, because we are already about 20 dead children too late,” she said somberly.

FCSO makes policy changes, prone restraint continues that led to death of John Neville Since the death of John Neville, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) has made several policy changes, but the prone restraint that led to Neville’s death has not been banned.

According to Major Robert Slater, FCSO

detention bureau commander, there have been several changes to the department’s Use of Force policy since Neville died from asphyxia after he was restrained by five officers while using the prone restraint and basically left hogtied, lying face down on a mattress.

Around 3:24 a.m. on

Dec. 2, 2019, Neville suffered a seizure while he was asleep and fell from the top bunk in his cell onto the concrete floor. After seeing him lying on the floor shaking as if he was having a seizure, Neville’s cellmate pushed a panic button and shortly after that, detention officers and the on-call nurse arrived.

They found Neville “disoriented and confused” and decided to move Neville into an observation cell so the on-duty nurse could determine what was wrong.

While he was in the observation cell, officers used a prone restraint to try to get Neville to calm down. As he was being

restrained by officers, Neville told officers “Help me” and “I can’t breathe” more than 50 times. In response, officers tell Neville to relax. At one point, one officer can be heard saying, “If you can talk, you can breathe,” and at another point, “You can See Neville on A8

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Board of Education approves $2.5 million security contracts

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Despite calls from the community to use the funding for other needs, the local board of education has approved $2.5 million security contracts with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO), Kernersville Police Department (KPD), and North State Company Police.

The SRO (School Resource Officer) contracts that were approved during a virtual meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 25, includes $1,866,790 for 20 officers from the FCSO and $588,153 for six officers from the KPD. When schools return to in-person learning, SROs from the Sheriff’s Office will be assigned to the middle and high schools in Forsyth County, not in Kernersville. And the SRO’s from the KPD will be assigned to the remaining middle and high schools.

The contract with North State Company Police is for $58,011 for one company police officer who will be responsible for providing “support security” with focus on administrative sites and elementary schools.

In past years, the bulk of the SRO duties were handled by the Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD), but to fill many of the vacancies on patrol, the WSPD decided not to renew the contract for the 2020-2021 school year. According to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) Deputy Superintendent Tricia McManus, the contract with the FCSO is $1.2 million less than the previous contract with the WSPD. “All together I think we saved about $1.5 million in the SRO contracts this school year,” she said. Until students return to in-person learning, SROs will be assigned to meal pickup sites and remote learning centers throughout the district.

“As you know our students are not in school right now so they are actually supporting us by providing coverage at meal pick-up sites, remote learning sites,

and Wi-Fi bus locations,” McManus said. “The purpose of this is to provide an extra layer of security for our families that are utilizing and taking advantage of these resources. But more importantly than that … it’s allowing them to build and strengthen relationships with our students, our families, and the community while they’re out in the field.”

Although the cost is less, the contract with the FCSO will increase the number of SROs. During the public comment portion of the meeting, several speakers urged the board to use the funding for other needs, such as increasing the number of nurses and mental health experts in schools across the district.

Katie Sonnen-Lee, vice president of Action4Equity, a grassroots organization geared toward ensuring equity for every student in the district, said the money should be used to support students and families that need it most. She said in our state more than 45% of juvenile cases are referred by schools, and in Forsyth County, those number are even higher and in most cases the student is Black.

“What if we spent that money on childcare support for the community during this time? Health care? Providing desperately needed services for exceptional children … or more support for families who are struggling to make it through this in a myriad of ways?” Sonnen-Lee asked. “We have to take a long hard look at whether our discipline and SRO system is fixing problems or creating them.”

To address concerns from the community and board members about increased policing of students, Superintendent Dr. Angela P. Hairston agreed to sit down with the FCSO and KPD to discuss changes that can be made to reconstruct the role of law enforcement in schools.

When it came time to vote on the contracts, the SRO contracts passed unanimously. The contract for North State Company Place passed 7-2 6-3.

Forsyth County Public Library System launches ‘Books, Buttons and Bright Smiles’ project SUBMITTED ARTICLE

When Jessica Hassler, a library supervisor in the children’s department at the Forsyth County Public Library system, realized that wearing face masks was making it more difficult to create a friendly atmosphere in the Library, she came up with the idea of creating three-inch but-

and will be rolling it out to the public from Aug. 24 to Nov. 28.

During library operating hours, customers can have their pictures taken and made into buttons like those the librarians are wearing. The Library hopes that the community will embrace the effort and wear the buttons in public as well as at the Library.

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Anyone can participate in the button project. Customers are invited to come into their favorite FCPL branch, fill out a registration form and smile for the camera. They’ll receive their buttons in the mail within seven to ten business days. Random buttons will also have a sticker inviting people to return to the Library to receive a Salemtowne and the greater Winston-Salem community share a deep connection going back to our Moravian roots. Since 1887, Salemtowne has provided care & services to older adults. Today, Salemtowne is the ideal setting for an enriched retirement.

Salemtowne and its residents play a vital role in the WinstonSalem community as patrons for the arts, supporters of the community through volunteerism, as well as partners and benefactors of education.

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Here are some of the buttons created by the Forsyth County Public Library system. tons to wear that showed librarians’ smiling faces.

“I find myself smiling reassuringly at strangers as we edge past in the grocery aisle, only to realize that my mask has covered all friendly intent from sight,” she said. “The button was the result of a brainstorm on how to make the Library a little more welcoming as we’ve opened to the public.”

Hassler worked with other Librarians on a project they’re calling, “Books, Buttons & Bright Smiles,”

County residents are also discovering new ways that the Library system can support them during the pandemic, Director Brian D. Hart said.

“In addition to Books, Buttons and Bright Smiles, we’re providing access to print and digital reading materials, and a host of online databases that can assist residents with needs ranging from homework help for students to marketing plans and funding opportunities for entrepreneurs,” he said.

free book. These are books that have been donated and are suited to a range of ages.

Photos for the buttons will be taken outside when weather permits, or inside while practicing social distancing. The Library will not keep the photos or use them in any way.

After receiving their buttons, customers are encouraged to post their pictures wearing their buttons on social media, using the hashtag #SMILEWITHFCPL.

Stay involved and find deeper meaning in your retirement at Salemtowne. Learn more by calling one of our representatives at 336.714.2157 or email us at marketing@salemtowne.org.

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August 27, 2020

Unaffiliated candidates speak on controversial decision made by Forsyth County Board of Elections

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

For the first time since it was determined that their names will not appear on the ballot in November, the three candidates looking to run for seats on the Winston-Salem City Council - Paula McCoy, Michael Banner, and Tony Burton - came together early this week to discuss the petition process and how they plan to move forward with their campaigns.

McCoy, Banner, and Burton were all trying to run as unaffiliated candidates, which means to appear on the ballot they must get a certain number of signatures from registered voters in the Ward they are looking to represent. But last week Tim Tsujii, director of the Forsyth County Board of Elections, informed all three candidates that they didn’t have enough valid signatures.

McCoy, who is the former executive director of Northwest Child Development Corporation and Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods (NBN), is looking to run for the seat in the Northeast Ward and was originally told that she had enough signatures to appear on the ballot, but all that changed earlier this month. Just minutes before the deadline on Aug. 5, McCoy received word that at least three of her signatures came from people who don’t live in the Northeast Ward.

According to Tsujii, the software used by the board of elections to verify the signatures didn’t have the capability to determine in which ward someone lived, but they didn’t know that at the time. During the board of elections meeting last week, Tsujii said after rechecking all of the signatures, it was determined that McCoy only turned

in 265 valid signatures. To appear on the ballot she needed 281.

When discussing the signatures and her dealings with the board of elections during The Chronicle Live on Aug. 24, McCoy said she was told that she was only one name short of the 281 needed to appear on the ballot and asked if she could have time to get a valid signature. Although she was told ‘Yes,’ McCoy said when she submitted the name to the county attorney, she was told that the rules had changed.

“I was informed that the rules had changed. I now had 15 days in order to recertify all of my petitions,” McCoy said.

Banner and Burton both needed 301 signatures to appear on the ballot. Banner, a local activist and urban farmer, said he already had more than 600 signatures when he was told about the rule change. After going back and checking Banner’s petitions, his number of valid signatures dropped to 243. “They said due to this technicality, they were going to have to also go back and check my signatures,” Banner continued. “The whole time I was under the impression that I was done. I was really a victim of a circumstance.”

Burton, who currently serves as the human resources manager for the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, said he submitted 542 signatures but only 209 were valid according to the board of elections.

All three candidates said they had dozens of signatures removed because the signature on the petition didn’t match the signature on their registration form.

Although the Forsyth County Board of Elections has admitted to errors on their part concerning the petition process, there is no appeal process in place

Local judges matter

BY WHIT DAVIS

My name is Whit Davis and I am your Democratic candidate for District Court Judge, Seat 8, in November. For the last seven years, I’ve worked as an assistant public defender, representing the people of Forsyth County in matters ranging from speeding tickets to seconddegree murder. I want to be your next District Court Judge because I believe local judges who have represented the communities that they serve can better relate to the people who come before them, can exercise greater em-

Whit Davis pathy and compassion in the cases that they hear, and can render better and fairer decisions, and thus can make a more positive impact on the community from the bench. And that is my goal, to improve my community.

Forsyth County is my community. I grew up in Winston-Salem and graduated from Reynolds High School. After graduating from Duke University, I

worked for a couple of years as an environmental scientist, and then attended Tulane Law School in New Orleans. After graduating from Tulane, I returned to Winston-Salem to practice law. I worked in private practice for two years before taking my current job at the Public Defender’s Office.

In addition to my job serving the people of Forsyth County, I also serve on the boards of directors of several non-profit organizations dedicated to protecting children from abuse and neglect. Both of my parents spent their careers helping children

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in Forsyth County learn and grow, and I think I developed my special concern for children’s welfare from them. My mother worked as an art teacher for 25 years at several Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, including Kimberley Park, DiggsLatham, and Whitaker before retiring, and my father worked as a child clinical See Judges on A8

and so there is no recourse for McCoy, Banner, or Burton, but they were told they can make the push as a write-in candidate.

Several elected officials including Forsyth County Commissioner Fleming El-Amin have encouraged the community to demand recourse by reaching out to his colleagues on the board of commissioners.

El-Amin, who served on the local board of elections for several years before being appointed to the board of commissioners in 2017 after the death of Walter Marshall, wrote, “Since the local BOE made the error using the wrong software, they should have extended the time for all petitioners to be given additional time to submit additional names.

They should not have relied on the State to direct actions.”

McCoy, who has vowed to have the most

aggressive write-in campaign we’ve seen, said her biggest issue with the whole process is that the candidates are being punished for something that wasn’t their fault.

“The sad part about this is that this board of elections has taken no responsibility for this when this was no fault of ours,” she said. “This was their fault. This was their faulty equipment, their faulty software … For some reason it wasn’t on the right setting is what they said.

Someone should have known about this beforehand and we should’ve been informed, but should not have been penalized for somebody else’s mistake.”

To view the open discussion with Paula McCoy, Michael Banner, and Tony Burton in its entirety, visit “The Chronicle” on Facebook and go to the video tab.

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Congress must do the right thing

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Women’s Equality Day The year 2020 has opened up a lot of unexpected problems around the globe. Full of tribulations, it seems as if the terror will not cease. The economy is spiraling out of control, loved ones are dying, and it seems as if there is no light at the end of the tunnel.

While it is easy to say that 2020 has been the worst year yet for so many people, we must recognize that 2020 has also been the year of reawakening. We are realizing the terrors that are still awake and alive and the path to justice is becoming a unified objective for the people of this country. The growing influence of social media acts as a journalistic platform to expose the world’s troubles that we have not conquered. And so, because of that, the young people of today are more educated than ever before. Systemic oppression still festers through our laws and policies, but we have a chance to change this through our willingness to be educated on matters and being an activist and ally for others. 2020 is serving as a time for self-reflection and understating the importance that history can have on our future.

The topic of equality is a major theme circulating through the usage of memes and other types of informational posts on social media platforms. On August 26, Women’s Equality Day will most likely be commemorated heavily in the virtual world, especially since people use social media as a form of their own activism.

Women’s Equality Day is important because it memorializes and commemorates the establishment of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote. With the election coming up and the frequent virtual conversations about equality, Women’s Equality Day will definitely be a historical moment this year due to the context of this intense election and COVID-19. That is why it is important that we acknowledge this day and the struggles of those who came before us to get us to where we are now.

While it may seem obvious that Women’s Equality Day should be deemed as important, we must actually take time to celebrate it with integrity.

In 2018, 16 million women were not registered to vote. That was only two years ago. Voting is an American right. And we must celebrate this day by encouraging other women to vote. Our grandmothers, great grandmothers and other matriarchal figures fought for this moment in history and we must honor them by exercising our rights. For this holiday, it is essential that we use our voice to advocate for the importance of voting.

Election Day is coming fast and every second takes us closer and closer to Nov. 3.

My generation is the future, but we cannot act “woke” and blast Women’s Equality Day on our Instagram stories without actually doing the work that the women before us paved the way for us to do. Since we are the gatekeepers of social media, we must use our platforms to encourage more women to vote. And that, in itself, is enough to celebrate for Women’s Equality Day. United we must stand. If we act divisive, we unintentionally disregard their work and accomplishments at the expense for our freedom.

Sydney Goggans is a student at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga. She currently majors in English and has an interest in how the media we consume influence culture.

In her free time, she enjoys reading current affairs and attending local cultural events.

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The last few months have been hard and continue to be devastating for people in our community who have lost loved ones, their ability to earn a living, or even both. But difficult times often bring out the best in people. We’ve seen this come to life at Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina.

The support of National Guard members, deployed in the early days of the pandemic, was critical to our food bank’s ability to strengthen our work and implement new strategies to reach those in need, giving us extra hands to change the way we work that protected the safety of our staff, food assistance partners, volunteers, and people coming to our network for help.

The North Carolina National Guard members deployed to Second Harvest Food Bank were called away from their families to help fight a very real adversary – exploding food insecurity. Many people may be surprised that this is a challenge that many of our soldiers face themselves.

Approximately 7% of active duty military families face food insecurity and 9% have sought food assistance at a food pantry during the past year.

Our nation has an obligation to ensure that the individuals who protect our country have the resources to consistently and reliably access adequate nutritious food to feed themselves and their families.

When COVID-19 hit and many

schools closed, far too many children (and their parents) experienced worry and concern over whether there would be enough to eat, as access to the National Free- and ReducedPrice Lunch program was disrupted.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed leadership by allowing Second Harvest Food Bank and other emergency food assistance organizations flexibility to safely provide meals for children where they could be reached – whether through drive throughs at schools, churches, recreation centers, or other community sites closer to children’s homes.

This leadership is needed again, as most students will not be at school five days a week this fall. Second Harvest Food Bank is asking the USDA to act with urgency to extend all child nutrition waivers to the end of this school year. Without these flexibilities from USDA, all of us should be deeply concerned about whether and how the more than 50% of children who participate in federal nutrition programs in schools will access the food they need to support their ability to learn.

Our nation has a moral obligation and vested interest in ensuring that our children – all children – can reliably access the food they need to stay healthy, to learn, and to reach their potential.

Recent administrative actions fall well short of what will be necessary to help the families coming to our partner food pantries for food assistance. We understand that con-

gressional and administration leaders will not be coming back to the negotiating table until September. This delay is undoubtedly creating hardship for many area families, as they face smaller unemployment checks, a growing number of unpaid bills, and an uncertain timeline for additional assistance.

We need your help to ensure that our military families and our children have adequate access to the nutritious food they need. Please contact your members of Congress today and ask them to: (1) Include the Basic Needs Allowance in the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill to assist these service members and their families; and (2) Contact USDA and request the child nutrition waivers authorized in the Families First Coronavirus Relief Bill be extended through this school year.

Honoring those who serve our country by giving them the resources to care for their basic needs should not even be a question we have to ask – let’s correct this situation now.

Making sure that all children can access the good nutrition vital to their health and wellbeing is the right thing. And it is the smart thing, because their success will impact our collective future and success of our nation.

Eric A. Aft is the chief executive officer of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina.

Research finds female bus riders bear brunt of long commuting times – and points to solutions John Ralley Guest Columnist New research on the city bus system from Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) finds that female riders commuting to work pay a higher overall economic price than their male counterparts. The research points to a surprising option: The city and/or businesses might be well served economically to subsidize the use of Uber, the popular ride-hailing app, for workers now using city buses. That option would be less expensive, in the long run, than relying only on buses with long commuting times to transport residents to their workplaces.

Public transportation, like almost every other public system, has struggled under the weight of the pandemic and had its existing problems ag-

gravated. The WinstonSalem Transit Authority (WSTA), which runs the city bus system, has met the challenges, in part, by temporarily waiving fees for riders. It is a needed Band-Aid, but long-term solutions are crucial.

Since soon after its inception three years ago, CSEM research has helped lead the public dialogue on those solutions, starting with a 2018 study it commissioned that found that WSTA riders commuting to work spend an average of more than 11 hours a week on buses.

CSEM’s work continued by commissioning Diana Greene’s documentary film “Bus Stop Jobs,” and more recently, through cooperative efforts with The Winston-Salem Foundation and Forsyth Technical Community College.

CSEM continues the push with a July 2020 paper by CSEM Research Manager Zach Blizard, “Commuting on a Bus or with an Uber: The High Cost for Females From Commuting on the Public Bus in Forsyth County, N.C.” https:// www.wssu.edu/academ-

ics/colleges-and-departments/college-of-arts-sciences-business-education/ center-for-study-of-economic-mobility/our-research/_ files/documents/bus-oruber---ada-compliant.pdf.

Brittany Marshall, who spent the last several years commuting to work on WSTA buses and is the subject of “Bus Stop Jobs,” says the research is crucial. “The way the bus system is set up now, it is not accessible,” she said. This spring and summer, she got her driver’s license and bought a car, after a long struggle. She continues to speak out for reform for all the people she knows who have no alternative to get to work but WSTA. Donna Woodson, the head of WSTA, is exploring that reform.

Blizard’s paper, based on research he did with CSEM Director Craig Richardson, expands on the 2018 report.

Studies find evidence that gender roles tend to be slightly more traditional in low-income families. Blizard writes that “females more typically shoulder a

‘double burden’ of family and work, as compared to males. As a result, females in the labor market may prize flexibility in hours, closeness to shopping areas and other non-monetary benefits. Hence, they are likely to take cuts in their wages as a tradeoff for these benefits.”

The paper figures commuting hours and hourly wages, arguing that the “commuter tax” is costly in terms of lost work hours, causing the average female rider to lose out on $113.29 weekly. If the same rider used an Uber, however, she would only lose out on $24.62 weekly. “Using an Uber might be the better commuting option in terms of minimizing economic costs,” Blizard writes. “This is undoubtedly a surprising and counterintuitive finding, since paying for an Uber is expensive. However, as we have seen, the cost of lost time can be even more expensive.”

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Can we return character and empathy to the White House?

Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

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It has already been concluded and verified that America is in trouble.

We are at a virtual crossroads in our history and must determine which road we will travel.

Now, it seems as if we are travelling in a forest with our eyes closed. Our sense of direction and humanity has been lost. Chaos, callousness and confusion are words that are branding our days. What has happened to us?

We know what has happened, at least most of us do. We have a White

House that makes many of us feel like we are in an outhouse. The policies and insensitivities of the current administration have made us physically and emotionally sick.

However, with this dire picture being our reality these days, I believe there is help and hope on the way.

The Democratic National Convention was held last week. It was virtual and literally coast to coast.

There were, in my opinion, many highlights to this convention as it may have laid the foundation for conventions to come. Absent were the crowds and the sign waving. Present were strong uninterrupted speeches and how technology can be used to get a message across to the people.

The way the delegates voted for Joe Biden from their home states was flawless and a thing of beauty.

The backdrops from each state showed America’s geographical and cultural diversity.

Rousing speeches during the convention created a consistent tone and tenor that better days are ahead. Former President Bill Clinton called the White House a storm center. Hillary Clinton, who ran against the current president, said, “If Trump is re-elected, things will get worse. If we are strong together, we will heal together.”

Since he was elected, we have been living in the divided states of America.

Mr. T has systematically made us enemies to one another. Looking out for each other is a thing of the

past.

Don’t you want that feeling of caring and concern for your neighbor back? I do and I know you do, too.

Unfortunately, we have people in high places that lie, cheat and steal.

They create scenarios that are based upon fabrications and falsehoods. Men and women who are in that house walk in lockstep with him. The truth is not in them. It never was and it never will be.

Kamala Harris said, “There is no vaccine for racism.”

The November elections are getting closer. A main theme throughout the convention was that we must get a plan to vote.

We must be intentional in our voting, no matter the method that we use.

The most important

point is that we must vote!

Tears, fears and death have happened because of fighting for our right to vote. We cannot let our ancestors’ torture and torment simply be a part of history.

Do not fall into the trap of thinking that our votes do not count and will not count. The enemy wants us to think that way. This time, we will not be hoodwinked and bamboozled.

We know what the polls say; however, we cannot fall victim to them again. We must vote.

Former President Barack Obama said, “The Trump administration will tear our democracy down to win.” Coming before we know it will be November 3. Let us hope on that night that Joe Biden will be declared President of the United States of

America.

Joe Biden used the words of Ella Baker, human rights activist, in his Democratic acceptance speech. He said, “Give light and people will find a way.” He added, “This is our moment. We will overcome this season of darkness.”

I believe him. I hope you do, too.

James B. Ewers Jr. is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University where he was allconference for four years.

He is a retired college administrator and can be reached at overtimefergie.2020@yahoo.com.

Respecting the dignity of every human being: Reflections on John Lewis Jack PaydenTravers

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“You’re an embarrassment!” he shouted as he came across the street. “To your race” is the part of the phrase he implied but didn’t add.

My wife and I have been vigiling each afternoon on a busy street corner, one-and-a-half blocks from our home in Winston-Salem, for the past two months. It is our attempt to “get in the way” and to “find some good trouble,” in the words of the late John Lewis.

After the death of George Floyd, we attended two Black Lives Matter protests in our city, yet quickly realized that social distancing and protesting in large groups don’t work for those of us in the category of folks considered “at risk” during the COVID-19 epidemic.

I don’t know the name of the man who was so infuriated at me for holding a “Black Lives Matter” placard and my wife for bearing one which read “Dismantle Racism: Work for Justice & Peace, Respect the Dignity of Every Human Being.” He ranted at us as we tried to talk with him, but he kept shouting and was just returning to his car when another car driven by a young African American man pulled in between in an effort to protect us.

The situation could have escalated but we asked the young man not to get involved, so he just sat in his car, a visible

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and/or municipal funding, might be a sensible alternative, and notes that this could potentially benefit male riders as well.

Municipalities in Florida, Indiana, California, Iowa and South Carolina are trying this. The Charlotte transit system has started a pilot program with Uber’s

barrier between the two philosophies. The upset white man drove away after a few more rants. Our daily vigils continue and the support of our fellow Winston-Salemites is apparent in the large number of honks and the waves we receive each day. Not that all the fingers are a thumbs up, but the obscene gestures are few and far between.

Does it matter? Are we making any difference? We occasionally have white drivers shout at us “All lives matter!” We agree with them, by the way, as would Congressman Lewis. I have a bookmark inscribed with the words of Gene Testimony Hall: “Let’s be clear, We said Black Lives Matter.

We never said Only Black Lives Matter. That was the Media, Not us. In truth, we know that All Lives Matter. We’ve supported your lives throughout history.

Now we need your help with Black Lives Matter, for Black lives are in danger.”

I know the truth of that statement each day when I read our local daily paper.

Last week two 14-yearolds died outside on a lawn, victims of a drive-by shooting. I have a litany I pray on the vigil line that goes “Say their names: Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor …”

The news is replete with tributes to Rep. Lewis these days, as well it should be. But I have found many of the stories missing a vital component: his forthrightness in addressing the connections between racism, excessive materialism, and militarism in American society.

Lewis believed heart and

soul in nonviolence to confront these “triple evils” named by Dr. King. He believed that love was the answer. In the words from my wife’s protest sign and the Baptismal Covenant of the Episcopal liturgy: Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being? John Lewis certainly replied: “I will, with God’s help.”

I can’t but think of the interconnectedness of events of late. Is it coincidence that the Federal Building, around which protests in Portland, Ore., are taking place each evening, is named in honor of the late Senator Mark Hatfield, and that he and Congressman Lewis were the sponsors in their respective chambers of the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act? That is how I met John Lewis. I was the director and federal lobbyist of the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund, and John Lewis, Representative of the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia, was the Congressional sponsor of our bill. Each session of Congress he would reintroduce the Peace Tax Fund Act. Ironically, this bill, first introduced on “Tax Day,” April 15, 1972, is as old as my 1972 marriage to Christine, my vigil partner, which took place at the headquarters of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an organization of religious pacifists. This legislation was originally sponsored by Rep. Ron Dellums (D-CA, 19711998), who worked with FOR on legislation opposing the war in Vietnam.

This bill would establish a Peace Tax Fund into

which those of us who are conscientiously opposed to war and the militarism of our society would pay our taxes each year. The money in the Fund could not be allocated for military purposes. Thus, the Peace Tax Fund could not be used to pay for nuclear weapons, wars in other nations, the militarization of our police forces, the military recruiting of our youth, etc. American taxpayers who oppose war as foreign policy could legally redirect our tax dollars to education, health care, social needs, infrastructure projects, etc. Christine and I have also, since 1972, resisted through protest, tax resistance, and the courts, the right of our government to use our tax dollars as weapons of war.

At times the Peace Tax Fund bill has had upwards of 50 representatives and senators as co-sponsors.

But for the last decade Rep. Lewis was the sole sponsor. Just this year Rep. James P. McGovern (D-MA) joined Congressman Lewis and became a co-sponsor of H.R. 4169.

There hasn’t been a Senate sponsor since Mark Hatfield retired in 1997.

Due to funding issues and compassion fatigue, there came a time, a few years back, when the National Campaign’s board of directors was considering dissolution of the organization. They were tired after decades of lobbying and discouraged by decreasing sponsorship of the bill. It was John Lewis who convinced the directors that this bill was such a significant piece of legislation that the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund needed to be revitalized, especially during an

era when few Americans considered the right of conscientious objection to war. The Congressman’s website had a banner headline that emphasized our bill and spoke of the right of conscientious objection to war.

Lewis was known as the “Conscience of the Congress” because he spoke out, sat-in, and stood up for the rights of all regardless of race, gender preference, or philosophy. His office door was open to all and Georgia peanuts and ice-cold water were there for the taking.

Like John Lewis, I believe in nonviolent direct action as a way of speaking truth to power. My arrests number in the double digits, yet that still represents less than half of the 40 times Rep. Lewis was handcuffed and carted off to jail. I have never suffered the beatings he underwent during the civil rights era. Lewis called on us, if we really wanted to change society, to adopt love as a way of life. “This sense of love, this sense of peace, the capacity for compassion, is something you carry inside yourself every waking minute of the day. It shapes your response to a curt cashier or a driver cutting you off in traffic.” Of his beatings he wrote: “It can be nothing more than a sad and sorry thing without the presence on the part of the sufferer of a graceful heart, a heart that holds no malice toward the inflictors of his or her suffering.”

One of his last acts of civil disobedience was a 2016 sit-in on the floor of Congress seeking the right to vote on gun control legislation. We know of him largely because of

competitor, Lyft, with encouraging initial results, according to the paper.

As another alternative, the paper notes that other cities have reformed their bus routes, transforming from the conventional hub-and-spoke model used here, to ones better suited to get riders to their workplaces in a timely fashion.

Woodson, the WSTA head, said in an email, “We have not discussed providing Uber passes or the revamping of routes so to speak. We have been in discussion about our route structure. … One common concern from the community was the new route structure caused several riders to lose jobs. This was and still is a concern

for me as a transit manager. Public transit needs to provide access to employment, education, medical, grocery, retail and all the essentials we need to provide quality of life.”

That is a good start, as was WSTA’s temporarily waiving fare costs in response to the pandemic.

Sarina Jarrahi Horner, a Forsyth Country Day

School student who consulted with CSEM Director Richardson, had pushed for that. That was a crucial short-term fix.

As Richardson noted recently, however, the cost of the fare pales in comparison to the long hours commuting to work, time that female riders could spend in job advancement, and helping their children

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his civil rights activism, but his commitment to liberation and social justice was broad and intersectional; he demonstrated against the Iraq War, was arrested with the Dreamers in 2013, and demonstrated at the Sudanese Embassy leading to two arrests for speaking against the genocide in Darfur. He stood in solidarity with the tired, the poor, the immigrant, those yearning to be free.

On his last day in Washington, D.C. before being hospitalized, he went to Black Lives Matter Plaza and spoke with the demonstrators to let them know they did not walk alone; he was with them.

May we live like John Lewis advised in a tweet in 2018: “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year; it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”

Jack Payden-Travers is a social activist who lives in Winston-Salem, where he helps raise three grandchildren, attends St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, and before the epidemic frequently travelled to Brunswick, Ga. to support the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 in their witness against nuclear weapons. He retired in 2015 as the director of the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund. In what seems like a former life, he was a college professor, served on the staff of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and was the public education associate of the Capital Punishment Project of the ACLU.

with schoolwork.

Solutions are needed.

CSEM research, with community partners, can help lead the way.

John Railey, raileyjb@ gmail.com, is the writerin- residence at CSEM. For more information, visit www.wssu.edu/csem.

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A Heart in Pieces, Made Whole

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

A four-year-old girl was innocently playing outside with her friends. This is just one of the visions that haunted her for years.

“As we played around the tree and attempted to climb the tree, this older man came to his screen door and watched for a while. He was cheering all of us to climb higher. … At one point, he told us he would give candy to whoever could climb the highest. … I had been climbing higher than most of the kids most of the day. So, I pushed myself with excited energy to climb this tree.

The kids on the ground cheered us on and it seemed like a good day. I jumped down and ran to the older man to get my candy.

He pointed to the candy on the stereo console and said I could go get it. As I entered the apartment, he grabbed my hand. I was puzzled. He told me there was more he needed to show me upstairs before I could get the candy. So, I went with him upstairs,” she wrote in her book entitled “Heart in Pieces Made Whole.”

The older man trapped the frantic and confused four-year-old, as she plotted on how to escape.

Yes, a four-year-old plotting her escape, afraid for her life!

I asked Yolanda Grier to share what came next. It took everything I had to hold back my tears as she was speaking. First, she laughed, and it was clear that her laughter was to keep from crying and that made it even harder for me as well. Her expression and spirit are now strong and confident and she began pouring her heart out like a waterfall. “It’s hard to find the words to describe that feeling, that this is not right.

But I remembered that I wanted to scream out those exact words.

I was intimidated, because I was aware of the disadvantage in size

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Yolanda L. Grier, author of “A Heart in Pieces Made Whole” and his height. I was also aware that the community knew him as a good man, but this wasn’t the man that speaks to the kids. This is a man that’s holding me in a way that I can’t run,” she said.

Four-year-old Yolanda eventually ran and got out of the bedroom, but not because he allowed it. He was in the process of positioning himself to do something that most us have only seen in horror movies or during a heartbreaking newscast. This was a moment no four-year-old will ever forget, nor should’ve ever experienced. “I’ll always remember that spirit of evil and lustful expression on his face.

What’s interesting is that he was really calm, like ‘I’m not here to harm you.’ He begins to adjust me on his knee while he was exposed and I begin to feel numb.

When he started to position himself to pull his pants all the way down, he put me on the floor and turned his back. That’s when I bolted out of his bedroom!” she said as her voice trembled.

She heard some relatives calling her name and felt guilty as if she had done something wrong. “I wasn’t outside playing with the other kids like I was supposed to be. So, I thought my relatives knew where I was and thought I was doing something

nasty. So, I blamed myself because I didn’t know what else to feel. I don’t remember walking home, only when I got there. …

And I just knew I was in trouble, because I felt like I had done something wrong,” Grier shared.

Afterwards, she took a few deep breaths, looked down, closed her eyes for a few seconds and then smiled into the camera. Although she was pouring her heart out and revisiting a very dark and painful moment, I was amazed how she put her feelings aside to make sure that I was OK. The first-time author demonstrated the strength I’ve only seen in women and mothers. Her smile and spirit were extremely calming and comforting for both of us, which made it much easier to continue an interview about a topic no child should ever experience and most definitely never revisit. Yolanda Grier was strong, but the strength she has today came with a cost. Due to the trauma from her childhood, she became very quiet and distant. It affected her speech as well. A family friend suggested that she see a speech therapist because no one knew what was wrong. But four-yearold Yolanda knew. Yet, at such a young age, she didn’t know how to communicate it and was also afraid no one would believe her.

So, like so many other children who were molested, she kept it inside.

At age 14, it happened again.

It was during a church event that was supposed be a day of fun and excitement for the youth.

“We were playing in the pool and the men would lift the kids up and then push us into water.

But when it was my turn, it was a lot of moving around and I wasn’t the one moving. I could feel them touching me very inappropriately. I was shocked and horrified! I knew who they were because the relationship between

the youth and youth leaders was very close. So, I was puzzled about why would they do that.

They were the adult church leaders and old enough to be my father. I got out of the water to go find my pastor, who I loved and adored. When I found him, he was talking to some other pastors, so I sat next to him. He asked if I was OK and I didn’t know what to say. I was horrified! I just made sure I stayed with him until we left,” she said.

Yolanda remained confused as to why so many older guys were always attracted to her and bold enough to make the type of advances that made her feel lost and confused. She became sad and eventually went into a deep depression. She constantly asked herself, “What’s wrong with me?” Through it all, she didn’t mention it to anyone. She assumed it was her body that was attracting the older men and began to feel very insecure. Finally, the wife of one of her church members decided to tell Yolanda how to stop the advances from the older men. Instead of holding the older men accountable, she placed the blame on the clothes teenaged Yolanda wore. “At this point I was always sad, didn’t like being around anyone, and was very uncomfortable when someone tried to hug me. I’m just trying not to be found out, as if I was causing the issue with these older men,” she said.

Teenaged Yolanda was searching for someone that she could talk to, or at least give her some advice. “I was in church one day and an older man shook my hand and then swirled his finger on the inside of my hand as I’m trying to pull it away.

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breathe because you’re talking, you’re yelling and you’re moving.” At some point, the key to remove the handcuffs breaks and an officer requests bolt cutters as Neville’s voice begins to fade.

It takes officers more than 10 minutes to get bolt cutters to work, all the while five officers are restraining Neville face down. Before leaving the cell, officers handcuffed Neville’s hands behind his back and connected to shackles on his ankles.

A few minutes later the nurse, who was watching Neville from outside the cell, let officers know that Neville wasn’t breathing and they return to the cell to remove the handcuffs and perform CPR. Neville died the next day at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The autopsy conducted by Dr. Patrick Lantz of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center shows Neville died from “complications of Hypoxic-Ischemic brain injury due to cardiopulmonary arrest due to positional and compressional asphyxia” sustained while he was in the “prone restraint.”

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than me and married. He was old! Very shortly after that, as I was going to the altar to ask God for some understanding about all of this, a woman whispers into my ear, ‘As young as you are and with a shape like that, you should be wearing a girdle.’ This is the wife of the same man that followed me around church so he could shake my hand. So, I was very confused about how to show up to church as a young woman with a mature body. I begin to wear big clothes that hid my shape. But I just wanted to show up and just be a child,” Grier said.

Yolanda Grier poured all of this and even more into her first book, “Heart in Pieces Made Whole.”

It’s an absolute must read and will help you heal in every aspect of your life.

I especially recommend it for anyone who is in a dark place because of the pain someone else caused you or the revenge you desire or wish for them to suffer.

Yolanda said, “Vengeance is the Lord’s and not mine.

I’m not looking for the men that molested me.

I’m not looking to have anyone arrested, because I love and I know that I’m amazing. I own that! We all must own that! That’s a great place to be! I release you. I forgive you, and I’m healed. As a result of that, I don’t have to be in that place of hate, pain, suffering and darkness. I have the responsibility to help others heal as well.

You can’t hold on to that pain and non-forgiveness, because you deserve to thrive. You can’t be all that God wants you to be if you’re stuck in your story.

footage showing what happened that night in the Forsyth County Jail, hundreds have called for the immediate ban of the prone restraint. Over the years in big cities and small towns across the country, many deaths have occurred due to the use of the prone restraint. Despite advice from medical experts about the dangers of the prone restraint, it still is widely used across the country.

When discussing changes made to the prone restraint, Slater noted the FCSO has made changes to how individuals are handled after being restrained, but it has not been banned.

“Resisting individuals who must be placed in a prone or face down position to be subdued, must be repositioned to an upright sitting position or on their side as soon as restraining devices (handcuffs) are applied,” Slater said. He also mentioned officers have been instructed to only use the bent leg technique or any other physical hold that puts pressure on an individual’s limbs, back, chest or neck, as a “temporary measure to gain an individual’s compliance.”

Slater said there has also been a new section added to the Use of Force Policy I wrote this book because of my obedience to God,” she said with a spirit of true freedom and peace.

I know exactly what she’s feeling because I also forgave someone that murdered my first love and the mother of my first child. My son and I both prayed for his redemption and peace. And like Yolanda, I know that anything other than forgiveness and release isn’t God’s will. Ironically, my son was four years old as well when he witnessed his mother being stabbed and beaten to death. His 41st birthday was August 19. About ten years ago he said, “Pops, I can truly say that I have complete peace in my life and I will never settle for anything less.”

Yolanda Grier’s testimony is a true confirmation of the power to truly forgive, let go and let God. And if you need strength to do so, you’ll find it in her book. The poems “I’m Healed,” “I was breaking,” “I was searching” and others will activate the spirit of release and peace that’s sitting inside of you waiting to come out.

I can’t end this story without congratulating Yolanda and her husband Kevin and wishing them a very happy 32nd anniversary! When I met Kevin, it was clear that I met Yolanda’s true love and best friend. May God continue to keep his mighty hand on your marriage.

For information on how to purchase “Heart in Pieces Made Whole,” join my phenomenal Person of the Week for her muchanticipated book launch on Sept. 1 on Facebook Live @thewell.lakeland.

You can also call 336-2594345 or visit www.yolandagrier.com.

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“That’s for the Use of Force Policy office-wide for the Sheriff’s Office,” Slater said. “So that policy not only covers the detention center, but it also covers the officers on the street.”

Sarah Poole, Cpl. Edward Roussel, Lovette Williams, Christopher Stamper, Antonio Woodley and Michelle Heughins, the five officers and the on-call nurse that night, have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death of John Neville and will appear in court.

But demands for the immediate outlawing of the prone restraint and justice for John Neville and countless other people of color who have died while in custody of law enforcement continues.

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psychologist at WinstonSalem Healthcare, primarily testing children with possible learning disabilities and behavioral issues.

Local judges matter.

If you ever have to go to court for a case, chances are you will be in District Court. District Court judges handle all aspects of divorce, such as child custody, child support, spousal support and property distribution. They also hear all misdemeanor cases, juvenile delinquency petitions, civil litigation less than $25,000, and they set bond conditions at inmates’ first appearance.

I have been representing defendants in District and Superior Courts for the last nine years, making sure each and every one of my clients receives due process and equal protection of the law. As a judge, I will treat both sides in every case I hear fairly and impartially, and apply the law without bias.

As a voter, you have a unique opportunity to

derway, and it will take all of us working together to combat them.

For more information on voting, please visit https://www.fcdpnc.org/ ready-to-vote.html.

Whit Davis is the Democratic candidate for District Court Judge, District 21, Seat 8, and is a member of the NAACP and the National Organization for Women, and is also an associate member of the African American Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic Party. For more information about the candidate, please visit www. whitdavisforjudge.com.

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. Not long ago Winston-Salem was named the hardest city in America from which to escape childhood poverty.

In the City of Arts and Innovation, approximately one in every three students qualifies for a free or reduced lunch. And many of those same children enter Kindergarten without the skills necessary for school readiness, academic progress, and success later in life.

Investing in high-quality Pre-K is a proven game changer for our youngest children.

We are The Pre-K Priority. Please join us in bringing to Forsyth County one of the most powerful forces for equalizing opportunity among children.

Because there’s no such thing as a free lunch when our most vulnerable children ultimately pay the price.

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Most underrated player Damian Lillard has been tearing up the NBA since its return in the bubble. Lillard has stepped up his game to a level that allowed the eighth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers to upset the top seeded Los Angeles Lakers in game 1 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs 100-93. Lillard’s play has led me to believe that he is playing the best basketball on the planet right now.

While playing 43 minutes, Lillard lit up the Lakers for 34 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

This should not have been a surprise for anyone that has been watching Lillard play since the league returned. In nine games inside the bubble, Lillard scored at least 30 points in six of the nine games.

He also dropped 40 or more in four of those games with a high of 61 coming against the Dallas Mavericks on August 11.

With Lillard’s hot hand and the stellar play of his supporting cast, the Blazers have a realistic chance of defeating the top-seeded Lakers. The shooting woes that the Lakers are suffering from are not helping matters either. If LeBron and AD don’t start taking over the games late, Lillard could pull one of the greatest upsets in playoff history.

“We also know it’s only going to get harder from here,” said Lillard in a post-game interview.

“They are a great team and the number one seed in the west for a reason.

So, it’s going to get harder, but I am not concerned about our mentality going forward, because I know my team.”

I don’t think many people expected Lillard to be this good when he was drafted 6th overall out of Weber State by the Trail Blazers in the 2012 NBA Draft. Lillard has progressively gotten better and better every season of his career. This year he seems to have put it all together and is showcasing his full repertoire.

Since his debut season in the league, Lillard has been a what-you-seeis-what-you-get type of player. The five-time AllStar has developed his game to the point where many can argue that outside of Steph Curry, he may be the best shooter on the planet. No disrespect to the likes of Klay Thompson or Devin Booker and others.

Lillard began his career by playing all 82 games his first three years in the league. He is rarely hurt or injured, so he has not played less than 73 games in his career, outside of this year’s shortened season. That type of consistency is abnormal in today’s game, with star players taking scheduled days off and calling it load management. This is why Dame D.O.L.L.A has begun to separate himself as a different type of superstar that is more reminiscent of the 1980s than today.

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Hoops 4 L.Y.F.E. holds community day event

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Brittany Ward has worked tirelessly over the years to expand the reach of her nonprofit Hoops 4 L.Y.F.E. Last Saturday, Aug. 22, Ward held the fifth annual community day for Hoops 4 L.Y.F.E. The day included free food and drinks, a bounce house, a roundtable to discuss community issues, and assistance for those in need of help for rent.

“We are helping the community by showing all of the resources we can provide as far as rent and utility assistance, different programming such as remote learning and our virtual academy,” said Ward.

“Today we are going to host a community conversation and if you haven’t been to a Hoops 4 L.Y.F.E community day and taken part in the community conversation, it is a real conversation where we talk about identifying problems and solutions we want to bring to the table.

“The last community day the mayor was here and we went through the same process where, after the event, we actually gave him a report of the problems and solutions that were said. I am looking for programs to be resident led, because far too many times we have programs that come from founda-

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Hoops 4 L.Y.F.E founder Brittany Ward (back left) poses with some of the kids from her program during her community day. tions and not the residents. out here,” she said. “It’s a virtual academy. “Being knowledges there is more Right now, we want to hear family day that we want to that we had an afterschool work to be done. from people who live in use to help provide unity in and summer enrichment “It’s everything, but program, we are basically I can’t wait for those first these communities about our community.”

Ward said she under- adapting to what is going doctors, lawyers or comwhat they want to see, especially in the Northeast stands the world is headed on in the school system. munity leaders to come out toward a digital platform, Also, more programs are of Hoops 4 L.Y.F.E., so my Ward.”

Ward wanted to em- so that was the main rea- going to roll out for home- work is not done and I have phasize that this was a son she wanted to include schooled students, because yet to see the fruits of my family event designed for the virtual academy into a lot of my students are labor, so to speak,” Ward opting out of the school said about her nonprofit. everyone from the oldest her program.

“As the world and edu- system.” to the youngest in the famWard is excited about cation is evolving, proily to come out and enjoy.

“We have a DJ and we grams have to evolve as expanding her footprint will have a dance group well,” she said about the in the community, but ac-

Men’s basketball announces 8 newcomers for the 2020-21 recruiting class BANNER ELK – Lees-McRae Head Men’s Basketball Coach Steve Hardin announced the addition of eight newcomers for his 2020-21 recruiting class. The new incoming class of Bobcats include: Anthony Allen (Charlotte), GabeBryant (Spartanburg, S.C.), Justice Dorsey (Murphy), Jamarius Hairston (Salisbury), Jalen Joiner (Elizabethtown, Ky.), Austin Longworth (Elkin), Justin Nichelson (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Brian Sims Jr. (Trussville, Ala..).

“The goal for this recruiting class was to bring in a mix of talented high-character studentathletes,” said Hardin.

“Every player in this class was highly recruited in the region. We are blessed to bring in some exciting, talented freshmen and elite transfers who have experience winning on the floor. This class will make an immediate impact on our campus and in the William’s Gymnasium.

We are excited to add these student-athletes and their families to the Dunk Mountain Brotherhood!”

Anthony Allen (Charlotte/Independence High School), freshman, guard, 6-0: From the coaches: “Anthony was highly recruited in our region. He had multiple NCAA Division I and Division II offers. He was our first commitment of this class, which is always special.

Anthony is a proven winner and can create his own offense to go along with adding grit to our team. He is a great fit for our “Fear-

of junior college. He accomplished every individual award possible in one season as a junior college player. He is also a conference champion and helped lead Davidson Community College to the NJCAA Tournament.

Jamarius brings toughness and experience to our team, in addition to thriving in the classroom. He is a great fit for our “fire” system and we are excited to bring him to Lees-McRae.” Hairston comes to Lees-McRae as a transfer from Davidson Community College, where he was Submitted photo Lees-McRae welcomes eight new athletes to their men’s basketball team for 2020-21 the nation’s 13th-highest season. scorer at 20.2 point-pergame. The NJCAA Diviat Dorman High School, “Justice is a smart kid and less, Intense, Relentless Effort (Fire)” system and Atlanta Stars and Gardner- his high basketball IQ, as sion II First Team Allwe are excited to bring him Webb University. Dunk a point guard, will bring American and Region 10 Mountain was Gabe’s first toughness to our team. He Player of the Year and First to Lees-McRae.” Allen comes to Lees- offer in high school, so it is is a high achiever in the Team member shot 50% McRae from Indepen- great to have him call Ban- classroom, which makes from the floor, 40% from dence High School, where ner Elk home to finish his him a great fit for our “fire” behind the arc, and 82% he averaged 16 points-per- career. His is a great fit for system. We are excited to from the charity stripe to game on 53% shooting the “fire” system and we have him join the Dunk go along with 6 rebounds and 3 assists-per-game. from the floor and 35% are excited to add him to Mountain family.”

Jalen Joiner (ElizaDorsey comes to Banfrom behind the 3-point our program.”

Bryant joins the Bob- ner Elk from Murphy High bethtown, Ky./Piedmont line en route to leading his team to three conference cats as a transfer from School as a dual-sport Classical High School), titles and a North Carolina NCAA Division I Gardner- athlete who will also be freshman, guard, 6-5: From the coaches: State Championship title. Webb University, where competing for the Bobcats’ The All-District and All- he played in 17 games track and field program. “Jalen brings versatility to Conference honoree was for the Runnin’ Bulldogs The prototypical stat-sheet our team with his energy also named the most valu- after closing out his high filler, Dorsey averaged and athleticism. Jalen is a able player of the annual school career at Dorman nearly 10 points, five as- smart, tough player, who is Independence High School High School, which was sists, five rebounds, two a proven winner with trehighlighted by a pair of blocks and three steals- mendous potential. He is a Christmas Tournament.

Gabe Bryant (Spar- South Carolina Class 5A per-game to go along with great fit for our “fire” systanburg, S.C./Dorman State Championship titles. excelling in the classroom. tem. Dunk Mountain was High School/Gardner- Known for his motor and Dorsey finished with a 4.2 his first offer and he was Webb University), sopho- above-the-rim play, Bryant GPA to earn magna cum also a highly recruited kid joins Dunk Mountain as a laude status as well as be- in our region. We are exmore, center, 6-9: From the coaches: “I former All-State honoree ing a member of the Na- cited to bring him to Banhave recruited Gabe since and top-five senior recruit tional Beta Club and the ner Elk.” Joiner joins the Bobhis sophomore year in high following the senior sea- National Honor Society.

Jamarius Hairston cats from Piedmont Classchool. Gabe brings size, son where he averaged athleticism and winning 12 points-per-game and 8 (Salisbury/Davidson Com- sical High School as a All-Confermunity College), junior, three-time pedigree to our team. Gabe rebounds-per-game. ence, two-time All-State Justice Dorsey (Mur- guard, 6-4: has a high motor and is a From the coaches: “Ja- honoree who reached the tough competitor, which is phy/Murphy High School), marius was a highly-reevident due to the cham- freshman, guard, 5-8: See Recruiting on B4 From the coaches: cruited athlete coming out pionships he helped win

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On civil disobedience

Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Two Kinds of Wisdom Scriptures: James 3:13-18; 5:7-12 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Describe the value of acting with wisdom from above and patience in the midst of trials; *Turn from actions that have been done out of earthly wisdom and lack of patience; *Embrace wisdom from God and seek to demonstrate it.

Background: James is often referred to as the wisdom book of the New Testament and is compared to the book of Proverbs. In this week’s lesson, James offers us two kinds of wisdom to which we are to apply our hearts. The choice he gives is between Heavenly versus Earthly/Demonic wisdom. There is an importance of the heavenly for the Christian.

Lesson: Heavenly Versus Earthly Wisdom (James 3:13-18). James begins by asking essentially who thinks themselves to be wise? He then describes the effects of wisdom that is earthly and that from above. Earthly wisdom, James says, is “sensual and devilish” works through envy and creates all manor of discord (verses 15-16). Heavenly wisdom or “the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentile, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits without partiality, and without hypocrisy” (verse 17). James’ description of peace is akin to the characteristics of love in Corinthians and the fruit of the spirit in Galatians. They all come from above and James teaches that Christians should look to heaven for all that they need. The major difference in the two kinds of wisdom then is – wisdom that caters to the flesh accomplishes the work of the devil and the wisdom from above yields the fruit of righteousness. The wisdom of a Christian should come from God – His Word.

Be Patient and Persevering (James 5:7-12). James uses the early and late rain and the harvest to point out that God is faithful to His promise. The harvest can also be seen as God’s judgement – in the future that will be given to each person by his own standards (verses 7-9).

James refers to the prophets as examples of patience and its rewards. He specifically used Job, but I would say to think of Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel also. Even with all of the suffering and hardships, God delivered them and those who were not delivered or died for the faith received a special reward reserved for those who are true to God (verses 10-11). James ends by saying, don’t boast beyond what you yourself can back up. “Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.” A firm yes or no will suffice in most cases and help to prevent misunderstandings or embarrassment (verse 12). (The UMI Annual Commentary 2019-2020, The New Interpreter’s Study Bible, the Wiersbe Study Bible, the Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: Who do you regard as a person of wisdom and why?

Application: James says the tongue will speak out of what fills the heart. Submit your conversation to the test. Ask yourself: Am I seeking and encouraging wisdom from above or wisdom from below? Are my conversations pure? Do they flow with mercy? Do they yield good fruit? The tamed tongue will pursue not earthly wisdom, but heavenly wisdom.

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BY REV. DR. JEFF HOOD TEXAS METRO NEWS

His huge fist repeatedly struck her face. This wasn’t the first time her boyfriend beat her up … but this was definitely the worst. Hours later, she awoke with blood caked between her face and the floor. Seeing that her boyfriend was asleep, she quietly ran out the door. Due to multiple warrants, she was too scared to call the police. So, she ran to the only place she knew to go.

Seeing the steeple in the distance, she ran harder.

For many years, her church was known as a place that would help victims of domestic violence. It was her only hope.

Once she got on the lawn, she raced to the side door. There was always someone there. Running up, she missed the sign.

Over and over again, she banged on the door. Nobody came. Backing up, she realized that there was a sign, “Churches are not considered essential based on the recent COVID-19 order … so we have been forced to suspend all social services until the order is lifted.”

He was sitting at home watching television. The phone rang. On the other end of the line was a voice he did not know. After identifying himself as a local police officer, the voice proceeded to tell him that his son was shot and killed

earlier that night. Devastated, the man called his pastor. After hearing the anguish in his voice, the pastor raced over to his parishioner’s house.

Not long after he got off of the exit, he was pulled over. Unable to understand what he had done wrong, he rolled down the window. The officer asked where he was going. After his explanation, the pastor thought he was just going to be able to go. Instead, the officer went back to his car. After a few minutes, the officer came back with a citation. Immediately, the pastor demanded to know the reason for this ticket.

The officer didn’t hesitate, “Ministers are not considered essential workers under the recent COVID-19 order.”

She needed food. The church was closed. He needed emergency counseling. The church was closed. He needed help with his bills. The church was closed. She needed somewhere to sleep. The church was closed. He needed to take a shower.

The church was closed.

She just needed help. The church was closed. He just needed help. The church was closed.

The church is the largest provider of social services in our country. Dallas County and various other counties have discouraged/inhibited such work.

Repeatedly, churches and their ministers are not included in the definitions of what is essential to our society. The language is all about businesses. While

there is room given for churches to meet “virtually,” churches can’t do the vast majority of their work over a computer screen.

More lives will be lost if the church stops being the church. I can’t accept this.

We must love our neighbors. We must stand up for the marginalized and oppressed. We must.

To do anything else would not be the church. When someone asks for the help of churches, I encourage you to help them … no matter what any authority says. Civil disobedience might be the hallmark of our faith at this point.

Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood studied at Brite Divinity School.

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Senior Pastor Mark Spell and Co-Pastor Lillian Spell are proud to announce the grand opening of Shekinah Glory Christian Church of Winston-Salem, at 5095 Lansing Dr., on Aug. 23 at 5 p.m.

The new Winston-Salem church is equipped and ready to create food banks, health fairs and other commu-

nity partnerships.

The Community Life Center of Winston-Salem, the newly renovated 20,000 sq. ft., multifunctional facility, will be able to accommodate a wide range of activities to serve the community as well as the church.

“We have big plans for this facility, plans to bring major events and opportunities to Eastern Winston-Salem,” said Pastor Spell.

Proclaimed as “a blessing from God and a beacon of hope,” the pastors and staff are eager to offer a hearty community welcome that includes inspirational music, spirited fellowship and to introduce new community initiatives. CDC guidelines will be followed.

For more information, follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

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*Please call ahead to make sure your event is still happening. We will post cancellations/postponements announcements when received.

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

NOW Zoom services New Birth Worship Center (NBWC) in East Bend has gone virtual. Please join Dr. James L. E. Hunt, Senior Pastor on Sunday Mornings at 10 a.m. on Zoom webinar. The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789021891 or Dial-In: 1 301 715 8592 ID Mtg. #: 84789021891.

In addition, Sunday School is taught by Deacon James Henry at 9 a.m. via telephone conference call #: 1 917 900 1022 ID#: 868433#.

All are welcome to join us for Zoom (virtual) Bible Study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Our Pastor, Dr. Hunt, will be the teacher. The Zoom Link: https://us02web. zoom.us/j/89195349778 or Dial-In Mtg #: 1 301 715 8592 ID#: 89195349778#.

For additional information, please call 336-6993583 or visitwww.newbirthworshipcenter.org or visit our Facebook page.

Aug. 27 United Methodist Women podcast United Methodist Women announced a special recording of its Faith Talks podcast to discuss voter suppression and strategies for preparing women of faith and their communities to vote. The live recording of the podcast will be on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. The event is open and interested parties can register here: https:// us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6eFp6Z--RyFRHc3c96__g.

Aug. 29 Back-to-school giveaway Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church, 149 Wheeler

Street, will be hosting a Summer Snack and School Supplies giveaway on Saturday, Aug. 29, beginning at 10 a.m. This event is free and open to the public. The snacks and school supplies are on a first come, first serve basis. William J. Purvis Sr. is the pastor. For additional information, call the church office at 336-724-3106.

Aug. 30 First Waughtown Baptist Church Live Stream Senior Pastor Dr. Dennis W. Bishop will deliver the sermon online at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 30. Please join us on Facebook Live, https://www.facebook.com/FirstWaughtown/ or the First Waughtown website, https:// www.firstwaughtown.org and click on MEDIA. How to submit items to the Religion calendar: The deadline is Sunday at 11:59 p.m. to have all calendar items submitted for that week’s paper. Send your calendar items to news@wschronicle.com. You can also drop them off, Monday through Friday before 5 p.m., or mail your items to Winston-Salem Chronicle, 1300 E. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101; or send them via our website, www.wschronicle.com.

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Community Calendar Please call ahead to make sure your event is still happening. We will post cancellations/postponements announcements when received.

NOW – Volunteer Center of the Triad The Volunteer Center of the Triad is responding to COVID-19 by bringing the volunteer community together. We have designated a portion of our website - www.volunteercentertriad.org - to assist our non-profit community as their needs arise around the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you are interested in volunteering, visit www. volunteercentertriad.org, click COVID-19 Response and search volunteer opportunities available.

NOW – Girl Scouts on Facebook Live Every Monday through Friday at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. and on Saturdays at 11 a.m., Girl Scouts and anyone who is interested can tune into Facebook Live workshops with topics ranging anywhere from STEM and gardening to life skills and family game night. They even host a weekly campfire on Thursday evenings.

To receive information for these newly forming troops, families can visit www.BeAGirlScout.org/ connect. There will be specific troop times for each girl grade level.

For more information about virtual Girl Scout opportunities or to learn more about Girl Scouting in your community, please visit www.girlscoutsp2p. org. Questions about virtual programming can also be directed to info@ girlscoutsp2p.org or 800672-2148.

NOW - Oct. 4 – Artist support grants The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County is seeking applications for its new Artist Support Grants program (formerly the Regional Artist Project Grant),

which will help artists in a five-county region further their professional and artistic development. Committed, gifted individual artists and collaborative groups in Forsyth, Davidson, Davie, Guilford and Randolph counties are eligible to apply. Deadline for applications is Sunday, Oct. 4, by midnight.

Grants will range from $500 - $2,000.

Guidelines, application and online information sessions are available at www.intothearts.org.

There will be an information session held online to assist with the application process and to address any questions. Artists are asked to RSVP to jmedley@intothearts.org. Respondents will be sent the link to attend. A recorded information session will be available online for those who cannot attend.

Aug. 27 – RiverRun to screen The RiverRun International Film Festival will screen the film “John Lewis: Good Trouble” in partnership with the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro at the Marketplace DriveIn in Winston-Salem on Thursday, Aug. 27. Marketplace Cinemas is located at 2095 Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem. Gates will open at 7:30 p.m. with the screening beginning at dusk around 8:45 p.m. Tickets are $20 per car/$30 per car for VIP parking, and are available for purchase by visiting https://mpcwsdrivein.simpletix.com.

Aug. 29 – 16th annual Shmedfast Shmedfest, a familyfriendly music event benefitting Crisis Control Ministry, will be held virtually all day on Saturday, Aug.

29. Follow Shmedfest on Facebook to tune in for great music, dance challenges, giveaways, and stories of impact from Crisis Control Ministry.

In addition, this year there is a new fitness challenge event called The Shmed, a fundraiser organized by F3 WinstonSalem held at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds.

Bring your tent and camp out overnight with F3.

The Shmed will be live streamed, so you can register and work out from the comfort of your own home too. The Shmed includes four 45-minute workouts over a 24-hour period at 6 p.m., 2 a.m., 10 a.m., and 5 p.m. There will also be a 5,000-rep challenge and prizes for the winners!

To register for The Shmed, go online to https://secure.qgiv.com/ event/the_shmed/.

The Shmed has a registration fee to cover the cost of your t-shirt and provide a family with a food order from Crisis Control Ministry. Shmedfest is free, but donations are encouraged!

You can donate online at www.crisiscontrol.org.

Aug. 29 – Voter registration drive In honor of Congressman John Lewis, who was a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., The Brothers of the Delta Sigma Chapter will host three John Lewis Voter’s Registration Drives this year. The first voter’s registration drive will happen Aug. 29 from 12-2 p.m. at Ta’Nisha Monique Cupcakes, 1318 N Liberty St. Sept. 16 - Oct. 28 – Powerful Tools for Caregivers Registration is now underway for a virtual Powerful Tools for Caregivers class. This is a 7-week

course for anyone caring for a loved one who is frail or ill. Classes will take place by Zoom on Wednesdays, 2 -3:30 p.m., Sept. 16 – Oct. 28. There is no charge, but donations are accepted. Registration is required. To register or get information, call Carol Ann Harris at The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 336-7480217. Class size is limited, so early registration is suggested.

Sept. 23, Oct. 21, Nov. 12 & Dec. 16 – Read to Right Wrong The Forsyth County Public Library system is holding a series of community conversations around complex subjects to launch its new Read To Right Wrong initiative.

Read To Right Wrongs (RTRW) is an effort to provide information around the many topics that the community is wrestling with, through programs, reading recommendations, outreach efforts and more. *Wed., Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. Policing Matters *Wed., Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. Racial Equity in Housing *Thur., Nov. 12 7 p.m.

Food Disparities in Forsyth County *Wed., Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. Health Equity Here are online Bookmarks events for the month of August Contact: info@bookmarksnc.org URL for info on all events: https://www. bookmarksnc.org/calendar August 27 at 7 p.m.

Bookmarks Presents Jill McCorkle Our July Signed First Editions Club pick is Hieroglyphics, the new novel

by North Carolina author Jill McCorkle. We will be discussing the book with

Jill virtually on Zoom.

This is a pay-what-youcan event. For details, visit bookmarksnc.org/calendar.

August 28 at 6 p.m.

Well-Read Black Girl Book Club -Virtual Meeting Bookmarks is proud to host the Winston-Salem chapter of the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club.

Discussions will always be hosted by women of color, but people of all colors and gender identities who would like to reflect on the reading and writing of women of color are welcome. This month we will be discussing “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett. Information at bookmarksnc.org/wrbg.

August 29, all-day event Independent Bookstore Day Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country, usually on the last Saturday of April. Due to COVID-19 this year, the celebration has been rescheduled to August. This will be a day-long celebration at Bookmarks. Join us for activities, trivia, and giveaways. Presented with support from Marley Drug August 31 at 7 p.m.

Book Trivia Join us for our monthly book trivia with Caleb virtually! Email caleb@ bookmarksnc.org to register.

Canceled events: Aug. 27-29 – Used book sale - Canceled The Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem’s 33rd Annual Used Book Sale scheduled for Aug. 27-Aug. 29 at the fairgrounds has been canceled.

2020 Summer Music Series - Canceled The Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership has canceled the 2020 Summer Music Series that consists of Downtown Jazz on Friday nights and Summer on Liberty on Saturday nights. We plan on returning to the event in the summer of 2021.

How to submit items to the community calendar: We appreciate your community news. Here’s how you can help us to process your news more efficiently: *Please give us complete information about the event, such as the sponsor and address, date, time and place of the event and contact information so that the public can contact someone for more information if needed. *Please submit items in document form in an email or Word or PDF attachment. *Submit photos as attachments to emails as jpegs at least 4 inches wide by 6 inches deep rather than sent on documents. Please send captions with photos. *Please do not send jpeg fliers only, since we cannot transfer the information on them into documents.

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Send your calendar items to news@wschronicle.com. You can also drop them off, Monday through Friday before 5 p.m., or mail your items to Winston-Salem Chronicle, 1300 E. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101; or send them via our website, www.wschronicle.com.

Eat Out. Take Out. Help Out.

Dine out for a good cause on Tuesday, September 8, at restaurants donating what they are able to Crisis Control Ministry. Find participating restaurants at hopedujour.org.

Winston-Salem Restaurants 6th & Vine Alma Mexicana Arigato Japanese Steak & Seafood B.L.L. Rotisserie Factory Bagel Station, Oakwood Dr. Bagel Station, N. Peacehaven Rd. Baked Just So The Basil Leaf Thai & Sushi Bernardin’s Restaurant Bib’s Downtown Bleu Restaurant & Bar Bobo’s Deli & Grill Burke Street Pizza, Burke St. Burke Street Pizza, Robinhood Rd. Café Arthur’s Café Gelato, Reynolda Rd. Café Gelato, Hawthorne Rd. Cagney’s Kitchen Camel City BBQ Factory Camino Bakery, Brookstown Camino Bakery, W. Fourth St. Camino Bakery, WF Baptist Canteen Market & Bistro Carmine Italian Restaurant The Carriage House Restaurant The Carving Board Cin Cin Burger Bar Cloverdale Kitchen Coppola’s Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant Cowboy Brazilian Steakhouse Dewey’s Bakery, Reynolda Rd Dewey’s Bakery, Thruway Di Lisio’s Italian Restaurant Diamondback Grill

Downtown Deli Duck Donuts East Coast Wings & Grill, Country Club Elizabeth’s Pizza, Silas Creek Pkwy Elizabeth’s Pizza, University Pkwy Fiddlin’ Fish Brewing Company The Flour Box Tea Rooms Foothills Brewing Footnote Forsyth Seafood Market & Café Fratellis Italian Steakhouse Goody’s Restaurant Grecian Corner HakkaChow Hero House, Inc. Honky Tonk Smokehouse The Katharine Brasserie & Bar Kilwins Kimono Japanese Restaurant & Sushi La Carreta Mexican Rest., Peacehaven Rd. La Carreta Mexican Rest., Robinhood Rd. Lighthouse Grill Little Richard‘s BBQ, Stratford Rd. Local 27101 Los Toritos Mexican Cuisine Mama Zoe Michael’s Mayberry Ice Cream Rest., W. 4th St. Mayberry Ice Cream Rest., Miller St. Mellow Mushroom Midtown Cafe & Dessertery Milner’s American Southern Miss Ora’s Kitchen Mozelle’s The Old Fourth Street Filling Station

O’So Eats P.B.’s Takeout The Porch Kitchen and Cantina Providence Restaurant Quiet Pint Tavern River Birch Lodge Rooster’s, A Noble Grille Ryan’s Restaurant Salem Kitchen The Sherwood Silvia’s Honey Tree Sixty Six Grill and Taphouse Sweet Potatoes-A Restaurant Szechuan Palace Tart Sweets TJ’s Deli & Grill Tre Nonne Italian Restaurant Village Tavern, Hanes Mall Blvd.

Village Tavern, Reynolda Village Vincenzo’s Italian Restaurant Waldo’s Wings Washington & Perk Provisions West End Café Whitaker Square Gourmet Pizza Yamas Mediterranean Street Food Young Cardinal Café

Kernersville Restaurants Amalfi’s Italian Restaurant Big Burger Spot Cagney’s of Kernersville Cake & All Things Yummy Captain Tom’s Seafood & Oyster Bar Deli on Main Don Juan’s Mexican Restaurant KB Catering Ledo Pizza Low Price Mart & The Grill Mae’s Vintage Village Outwest Steakhouse Plaza Restaurant Prissy Polly’s BBQ Sixty Six Grill and Taphouse

Clemmons Restaurants 2520 Tavern Little Richard’s BBQ Mossy’s Eats, Ales & Spirits Pete’s Family Restaurant Pie Guys’ Pizza and More Ronni’s Three Bulls American Steakhouse Villa Grill

Restaurants in bold have been participating for 15 years or more.

Lewisville/Pfafftown Restaurants Pig-N-Out Barbecue Southern Family Restaurant Rural Hall Restaurants Coronet Seafood Mayflower Seafood Restaurant II Walkertown Restaurants Little Richard’s BBQ

Can’t eat out on September 8?

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For me, the biggest reason that Lillard does not receive the acclaim I feel he deserves is because he plays in a small market team in Portland.

If Lillard were putting up these kinds of numbers and highlights for the New York Knicks or Boston

Lillard decided to re-sign with the Blazers instead of exploring other destinations and possibly forming a super team with other stars in the league.

On multiple occasions, Lillard has spoken out about why he refuses to join a super team. After his 61-point explosion against the Mavs in the bubble, Lillard said, “The grass ain’t always greener. For

seems to be the opposite of how many superstars in the NBA approach their careers nowadays, because team loyalty is no longer a phrase that many players deem important anymore.

I am hoping the Blazers can pull off the impossible and find a way to beat the Lakers and bring another championship to Portland. I am not a fan of the team, but I am a fan of

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1,000-point plateau en route to leading his team to four North Carolina State Championships and a National Championship title.

In addition to his success on the court, Joiner excelled in the classroom as well, as he was a member of the National Beta Club and the Scholar StudentAthlete Club.

eraging 19 points and 10 rebounds-per game.

Justin Nichelson (Boynton Beach, Fla./Santaluces High School/Palm Beach Atlantic), sophomore, guard/forward, 6-6: From the coaches: “Justin is a skilled and versatile player, who brings experience and leadership to our team.

He is a proven winner and helped guide the Palm Beach Atlantic program

Clayton State and will bring leadership qualities, toughness and competitiveness to our team. Brian can defend 94 feet and uses his extreme athleticism to be able to guard multiple positions. He is also a high achiever in the classroom, which makes him a great fit for our “fire” system.

We are excited to bring him to Banner Elk.” Sims Jr. joins the Bobcats as a transfer from

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Damian Lillard Celtics, he would be more of a household name.

I applaud Lillard for choosing to stay with Portland when he had multiple opportunities to leave in the past. In 2015 and 2019,

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Lees-McRae’s newcomers will bring a mix of talent to the men’s basketball team. me, I feel like we can build something and get it done in Portland. I really believe that. I don’t just say it to say it.”

This type of mentality has to be commended. This

Lillard and how he carries himself and goes about his business. I hope America gets the opportunity to see how good Lillard is and he finally get the rightful credit he deserves.

Career and College Promise offers high school students a head start on college credits tuition free SUBMITTED ARTICLE

As this school year begins, all Winston-Salem/Forsyth County high school students will be taking classes online for at least the first nine weeks of the semester. Through the Career and College Promise, if they choose, they can also gain free college credit by enrolling in courses at Forsyth Tech.

One student who recently completed the dual enrollment program, Onolunosen (Ono) Abhulimen, graduated this spring from Mount Tabor High School and Forsyth Technical Community College with her associate in science degree. She was among approximately 59,000 high school students across N.C last year who took these courses, saving both time and money toward a college degree.

Abhulimen decided to enter the dual enrollment program as she said, “because of my zeal to broaden my intellectual curiosity in more advanced subjects while experiencing a higher education environment. While extremely challenging, the dual enrollment program has given me the template that will become valuable in navigating my next stage on a full journey in higher education. I certainly felt it was the best way for me to prepare myself for the next level.”

Starting the dual enrollment program two years ago as a junior, Abhulimen took six Forsyth Tech classes in her first semester while also taking three classes at Mount Tabor. Plus, she was a starter on the varsity basketball team and was pioneering the Science Olympiad club at the same time, while balancing other volunteer activities.

To say she was busy is an understatement. Abhulimen said, “During that time period I learned a lot about time management, prioritization, commitment and determination. There was no luxury for procrastination as deadlines were stacked on many deliverables. While the work was challenging, I absolutely looked forward to the varied experiences in the two school environments on a daily basis.”

Weighted the same as Advanced Placement courses, college transfer courses are equivalent for grade point averages on high school transcripts. By the time students graduate from high school, some students earn enough credits for a community college degree or credential.

“Through our Career and College Promise Program, high school students can enroll tuition-free in college courses taught largely online this fall to maintain a safe environment and get a head start on their college and workforce preparation,” said Forsyth Tech President Janet Spriggs. “In this innovative dual enrollment program, we partner with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and the Stokes County Schools as an alternative for students. As families are looking for educational opportunities, Career and College Promise is one way to keep students moving toward their future careers.”

Abhulimen took every advantage to move her career forward. With her passion for science, technology, engineering and math, she would ultimately like to become either a pediatrician or neonatologist. “Medicine became my core interest because it resonated with my heart for service and captures all the applied elements of the fundamental sciences,” said Abhulimen.

She already has a foundation on which to build her medical career. For the last three summers, Abhulimen has logged hundreds of hours shadowing or volunteering at Novant Health and Wake Forest

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Ono Abhulimen prepared for virtual graduation from Mount Tabor High School and Forsyth Tech.

Baptist Medical Center and was inspired by the work of the neonatologists and pediatricians that dedicated themselves to newborns and children.

Abhulimen is passionate about becoming a medical doctor because it goes beyond showing up and doing your job. “I believe wholeheartedly that there is more value and satisfaction from the selflessness and commitment of a physician,” said Abhulimen. “No level of value can be placed on the impact of the compassion, diligence and empathy that comes from saving a life and bringing comfort to the loved ones of the patient.”

As a future medical doctor, Abhulimen wants to leave a legacy of making a difference in addressing health disparities.

She quoted Martin Luther King Jr. who once said, “Of all the forms of injustice, inequality in healthcare is the most cruel and inhumane.”

She credits her parents for the deep belief that her name would guide her path to do her utmost for humanity. Her first name, Onolunosen, means “Those who do good things will reap good things in return.” Her last name, Abhulimen, means “victory is mine.”

While COVID-19 forced Abhulimen to miss several senior events, like the prom, awards day, graduation and beach week, she quickly refocused her plans to do something productive this summer.

She took an emergency medical service course to earn her Emergency Medical Technician certification. She plans to attend East Carolina University this fall as a premed major.

While Abhulimen chose the College Transfer pathway designed for students planning to continue their educational career beyond high school to eventually achieve an associate or bachelor’s degree at a community college or university, there is also a Career and Technical pathway offered to earn course credits toward an entry-level job credential, certificate or diploma through Career and College Promise.

While the fall semester is underway now at Forsyth Tech and many classes have begun, the college has additional classes that will begin on September 9 and again on October 14. Interested students should act quickly to secure a spot in college classes.

The Career and College Promise program is offered to any high school junior or senior who meets the state’s eligibility requirement. If you would like more information about the program at Forsyth Tech, go to forsythtech.edu and click Career and College Promise or call Educational Partnerships at 336-734-7466, or email edupartnerships@forsythtech.edu.

Austin Longworth (Elkin/Elkin High School), freshman, forward, 6-3: From the coaches: “Austin brings toughness and unselfishness to our team. He played high school basketball for my former assistant coach Marcus Wilmoth at Elkin.

Austin was an outstanding football player as well and he brings the football mentality to his rebounding on the court. To average a double-double at any level is impressive. He is a great fit for the “fire” system and we are excited to add him to the program.”

Longworth comes to Banner Elk as a three-time All-Conference honoree from Elkin High School.

The dual-sport athlete joins Dunk Mountain after earning Defensive Player of the Year honors on the gridiron as well as being the runner-up for the Conference Player of the Year on the court, after av-

to the NCAA tournament last year. Justin is a high achiever in the classroom and a perfect fit for our “fire” system. We are excited to add him to our team.”

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Brian Sims Jr. (Trussville, Ala./Ramsay High School/Clayton State), junior, guard, 5-10: From the coaches: “Brian is a transfer from

NCAA Division II Clayton State University, where he was a dual athlete and earned First Team AllPeach Belt Conference in track & field, All-Academic Peach Belt for basketball, and was a member of the Peach Belt Honor Roll. Prior to his career in Morrow, Ga., Sims Jr. was member of the 6A AllArea and All-Birmingham teams while averaging 15.4 points-per-game at Ramsay High School. In addition to his success on the court, he was a member of the National Honor Society, National Business Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta.

For more information on Lees-McRae athletics, follow the Bobcats on Twitter (@LMCBobcats), Facebook (Lees-McRae Athletics) and on Instagram (leesmcraeathletics).

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The Federal Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC, Sec�on 5�0�) grant program The Federal Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals �ith Disabili�es (Sec�on 5�10) grant program A Coordinated Approach to Mee�ng Transporta�on Needs for �ow Income, Disabled and the Elderly in the Winston‐Salem Urban Area The Federal Transit Administra�on has announced that the Winston‐Salem Urban Area will receive federal transporta�on funds to assist eligible agencies in mee�ng the transporta�on needs of low‐income, disabled and elderly popula�ons in the area. The Request for Projects (RFP) process will accept proposals for funding un‐ der the Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC, Sec�on 5�0�) grant program and/or the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals �ith Disabili�es (Sec�on 5�10) grant program.

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Review by External Sub‐Commi�ee Approval by the Winston‐Salem Urban Area’s Transporta‐ �on Advisory Commi�ee (TAC) Applica�on submission to FTA Execu�on of Sub‐Recipient Contracts

Applica�ons and instruc�ons for submi�ng proposals will be made available on the Winston‐Salem Department of Transporta�on (WSDOT) website at www.dot.cityofws.org. All applica�ons must be received by close of business day on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 (5:00 p.m.). Applica�ons received a�er this date and �me �ill not be considered. Proposals may be e‐mailed to: Chloe Bea�y, Transporta�on Project Planner Intern Winston‐Salem Metropolitan Planning Organi�a�on E‐mail: chloeb@cityofws.org Telephone: 336‐747‐6868 The Winston‐Salem DOT in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d‐4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regula�ons, Department of Transporta�on, Sub�tle A, O�ce of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimina�on in Federally‐assisted programs of the Department of Transporta�on issued pursuant to such Act, hereby no�fies all service providers that it will a�rma�vely ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this adver�sement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full oppor‐ tunity to submit proposals in response to this invita�on and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or na�onal origin in considera�on for an award.

Public no�ce of public par�cipa�on ac�vi�es and �me established for public review of and comments on the TIP will sa�sfy the program of projects (POP) requirements. Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory prac�ce regarding the Winston‐Salem Urban Area MPO program has a right to file a formal complaint with Kelly Garvin, Title VI Coordinator, City of Winston‐Salem, P.O. Box 2511, Winston‐ Salem, NC 27102, within 180 days following the date of the alleged discrimina�on occurrence.

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2. Zoning petition of The Commons of Forsyth County, Inc., to amend and change from MU-S and RS9 to MU-S (TwoPhase) (Residential Building, Single-Family; Residential Building, Duplex; Residential Building, Multifamily; Residential Building, Twin Home; Residential Building, Townhouse; Planned Residential Development; Life Care Conununity; Offices; Services, A; School, Vocational or Professional; Child Day Care Center; Church or Religious Institution, Conununity; Church or Religious Institution, Neighborhood; and Family Group Home A): the zoning classification and the Official Zoning Map of the property located on the west side of Old Greensboro Road at its intersection with US 158/ Reidsville Road; property consists ofÂą 16.70 acres and is PINs 6846-83-8183, 6846-83-6045, and 684682-9834 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-3452).

3. Zoning petition of Jamais Arriere, LLC, to amend and change from RS9 to RM8-S (Residential Building, Multifamily; Residential Building, Duplex; Residential Building, Twin Home; and Residential Building, Townhouse): the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the west side of University Parkway, north of Sun View Road; property consists ofÂą 5.34 acres and is a portion of PIN 6829-22-2057 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-3453).

4. An ordinance amendment proposed by Planning and Development Services staff amending Sections 3.2.13 and 5.1.5 of the Unified Development Ordinances to clarify approval procedures for Special Use Pennits (UDO-CC2).

5. An ordinance amendment proposed by Planning and Development Services staff introducing graphics to the UDO to illustrate certain dimensional requirements. (UDO-CC3).

6. Public hearing on the Smith Reynolds Airport/Whitaker Park Strategic Area Plan. The plan area is generally bounded on the north by Lansing Drive, by Carver School Road to the east, by 25th Street and Bowen Boulevard to the south, and on the west North Cherry Street.

All parties in interest and citizens are invited to attend said hearing (virtually) at which time they shall have an opportunity to be heard in favor of or in opposition to the foregoing proposed changes. If you would like to speak during the public hearing, please visit www.cityofws.org/ccvirtual. If you have questions regarding public hearing participation, please call (336)727-2224.

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

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August 27, 2020

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Advance care planning gives your family the gift of peace of mind

BY SHARENA CONNER

Consider this scenario: Three siblings (sisters) receive news that their mother has had a heart attack and has been admitted into the hospital with major blockages in her heart. The doctor presented the three women with two possible outcomes: The first was surgery to insert stints and repair other damages to their mother’s heart.

However, the possible side effects were severe memory loss, or they could lose their mother. The second scenario was a heart transplant (which was not likely to happen due to their mother’s age and the long wait list). These were extremely difficult decisions and the siblings were not in agreement on their mother’s plan for her heart or what her wishes were in the event she did not make it through the surgery. Fortunately, the mother had completed an Advance Care Plan and assigned her oldest granddaughter with the task of fulfilling her wishes for her care or in the

event of her death. The mother, while being of sound mind, decided to not have the surgery because losing her memory was far greater a loss than living out the rest of her days comfortable with her family that she loved so much. When the time came, the oldest granddaughter followed her grandmother’s wishes exactly as she had written on her Advance Care Plan. In the end, the daughters were able to focus on their mother without the stress of making difficult decisions or plans during and after their mother’s end-of-life journey.

The purpose of me sharing this true story is to encourage and promote the importance of completing an Advance Care Plan (Living Will/Healthcare Power of Attorney). I understand that the conversation about death and dying in the African American culture can be difficult at times due to our religious beliefs (“God will take care of us” … and I believe that to be true) or the extreme mistrust we continue to have with our medical providers (Yes,

there have been horrible things done to minorities in the name of science).

However, the conversation about our end-of-life journey needs to be fluid and consistent among us, now more than ever.

We all hope to one day be in a place that is far greater than we can imagine, but we also need to provide peace and comfort for the family and close friends we may be leaving behind on this earth. Our spouse, siblings, children, grandchildren, and maybe even great-grandchildren, will have a sense of security knowing that “you,” their loved one, has completed an Advance Care Plan.

When an ACP (Advance Care Plan) is in place, it also allows family and friends to be more supportive and focus on the precious time you have with each other.

Amid COVID-19, it is imperative that we all have our documents in order, that we have the conversations with our families and close friends about our wishes when the time comes for us to take that journey.

Meals-on-Wheels continues despite pandemic

Please note that due to recommendations for social distancing and with North Carolina still in Phase 2 of business re-opening during the COVID-19 pandemic, most meetings and events have been postponed or moved to online. Below are calendar items that we are aware of at this time.

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Paige Ballus, Senior Services’ volunteer coordinator, loads boxes of frozen meals to be delivered by Mealson-Wheels volunteers. they ring the participant’s doorbell or call from a distance and place the meals outside the participant’s door, then wait at a safe distance to ensure the delivery is received. Volunteers are required to wear face masks during their routes and also to use hand sanitizer between each delivery.

“We all miss those hugs, but we can still see the smiling faces of seniors receiving their food,” said one Meals-on-Wheels volunteer. This contactless delivery will remain in effect as long as the pandemic and spread of coronavirus remains, even after we transition back to Monday through Friday, daily deliveries.

Senior Services hopes to renew their hot meal deliveries once it is safe to do so. When that happens, there will be an enormous need for new volunteers.

“Even with our incredible existing volunteer force, who we know are ready to come back as soon as it is safe to do so, Senior Services currently has 153 route openings each month. We’ll need volunteers signed up to fill those openings before daily deliveries can resume, even if the pandemic ended tomorrow,” said Beck.

Senior Services has already begun recruiting volunteers in preparation for the time when older adults can once again count on warm smiles and hot meals delivered daily to their doors. Signing up now to volunteer will help the program plan for its reopening in the coming months.

If you are interested in becoming a Senior Services Meals-on-Wheels volunteer, please contact Holly Beck at hbeck@seniorservicesinc.org or call 336-721-3411. When it is

Sharena Conner is a native of Winston-Salem and has worked in the healthcare system for many years. She is passionate about educating others on Advance Care Planning. Sharena has one daughter, Stephanie, who lives in Charlotte. Sharena enjoys working out, reading, and horseback riding.

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Senior Services’ Meals-on-Wheels program has been providing meals and safety checks to older adults since 1962.

This year there are about 1,200 Forsyth County seniors participating in the program and relying on the agency for nutritional support, a brief friendly visit and wellness check each weekday.

Their need for this service is as critical as ever while they, along with our entire community, face the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like virtually every business and nonprofit in the country, the coronavirus has forced Senior Services to change the way it operates to meet those needs. Instead of a daily hot meal personally delivered by an army of volunteers each weekday, a skeleton crew of dedicated staff and volunteers now delivers a five-pack of frozen meals once per week.

The virus has also reduced the number of face-to-face engagements participants have with volunteers. “We know Mealson-Wheels’ recipients miss the daily in-person interaction with volunteers, and to be honest, the volunteers miss it just as much. However, we’re committed to doing our part in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and reducing the risks to seniors and volunteers,” said Holly Beck, Senior Services volunteer manager. “Cutting back on in-person contact is one of the best ways we have of doing that.”

Volunteers and staff still provide each participant with a telephone safety check multiple times per week to make sure people are doing okay, to connect them with resources when needed, and to try to combat social isolation which we know may set in as we continue to keep our distance from each other.

In an effort to keep the volunteers who continue to deliver frozen meals safe, the Meals-on-Wheels staff have transitioned to a contactless pick-up and delivery method. Volunteers now remain in their cars when they report to Senior Services to pick up their meals for delivery.

Staff members load the frozen meal boxes directly into their cars. When volunteers deliver the meals,

Whether it is one person or five that you trust to carry out your wishes, make completing your Advance Care Plan a priority.

There are a few local agencies that can help you complete these documents for free and provide resources for information on end-of-life care. Please contact Tina Ketchie Stearns via email tina@itsabouthowyoulive.com, by phone at 336655-0200, or visit her website at www. itsabouthowyoulive.com. The ACP documents can be obtained atTrellis Supportive Care by contacting 1-888-876-3663 or visiting the website www.gotplans123. org.

safe to restart hot meal deliveries, they will be delivered Monday through Friday, between 10 a.m. and 12 noon. Routes generally take no more than 90 minutes and can be done once a week, once a month, or any frequency in-between that fits your schedule.

For more information and to get the latest on how Senior Services Mealson-Wheels and other programs are adapting their operations to keep seniors, volunteers and staff safe during the pandemic, visit seniorservicesinc.org.

*Powerful Tools for Caregivers, registration is now underway for the seven-week class held on Wednesdays Sept. 16-Oct. 28 via Zoom. This class is for anyone caring for a loved one who is frail or ill. There is no charge, but donations are accepted. Registration is required and class size is limited and fills up quickly. To register or get information, call Carol Ann Harris at The Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem, 336-748-0217. *Classes and activities at The Shepherd’s Center, 1700 Ebert St., have been canceled until further notice.

Transportation for some medical visits including cancer treatments is still being arranged. Call 336-748-0217 for information or visit www.shepherdscenter.org. *Friday Social Club every Friday, 2-3:30 p.m., at the Shepherd’s Center, 1700 Ebert St. Free and via Zoom. Call 336-748-0217 for more information on

how to access Zoom. *Aging Adult Nutrition, a virtual community event on Sept. 2, 10-11 a.m., presented by Age-Friendly Forsyth and AARP NC. Virtual presentation featuring registered dietitian Alice Smith. To register, email agefriendlyforsyth@gmail.com or call 336-7011700, ext. 103. *Open Mic, hosted by WinstonSalem Writers, (first Tuesday of each month), Sept. 1, 6:45-8:30 p.m., via Zoom. Free event that offers beginning and experienced writers an opportunity to read five minutes of their work to a friendly audience. For information and link to Zoom, visit www.wswriters.org and click on the newsletter. *Adult Children of Aging Parents meeting, (third Tuesday), Sept. 15, 5:30-7:00 p.m., via Zoom. All are welcome, but the focus will be on the needs of adult children who are caring for their aging parents. For more information on how to access the Zoom meeting, visit www. http://acapwinston-salem.org/.

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

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August 27, 2020

Should you request an absentee ballot?

You can change your mind!

BY HOWARD PEARRE

As we near Election Day this year, the main question on most seniors’ minds other than who will get our votes, is how we will vote.

With COVID-19 continuing to ravage the country, an essential question most of us are asking ourselves is: do we plan to vote in person and risk exposure to the virus, or vote by absentee ballot to avoid possible exposure? And, in light of possible problems with the post office, if we make the safe choice and vote absentee, will our ballots actually make it to the elections board in time to be counted?

Here are some points Howard Pearre to consider about absentee voting as we weigh our op- the county board of elections and the possible con- tions office no later than 5 p.m. Oct. 27. The board of sequences: 1. In North Carolina, elections will begin sendany registered voter is al- ing absentee ballots to votlowed to use the absen- ers who requested them tee ballot system without starting Sept. 4.

2. If you request and needing an excuse or reason. You don’t have to be receive an absentee ballot out of the country or even but don’t send it in, you out of town. It’s just a can change your mind.

You can still vote in perchoice.

The official Absentee son on Election Day at Ballot Request form is your assigned precinct or available online at the N.C. at an early-voting site. You State Board of Elections’ would simply destroy the website (NCSBE.gov). If absentee ballot that was you have a computer and sent to you. But once you a printer, you can print send in an absentee ballot, out the form and instruc- it will be counted and you tions. If not, you can call won’t be able to change the Forsyth County Board your mind.

3. If you decide to go of Elections at 336-703ahead and send in the ab2800 and ask that a form be mailed to you. Your sentee ballot, you can request can be made now, check to make sure it was but it must be received by received and counted after

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several days. Do a Google search for NC VOTER LOOKUP and click VOTER SEARCH. That will take you to an on-line State Board of Elections form. Usually all that is required is to fill in your first and last name to get a list of those names and their cities. Clicking on the one that matches your information will produce your voting data including your voting place, your party affiliation, the various jurisdictions you are in, etc.

Click on VOTING HISTORY. This won’t tell you who you voted for, but will say if you voted in a specific primary or election. Several days after you send in your absentee ballot, your voting history should indicate that you have voted in the 2020

General Election, even though Election Day, Nov. 3, may still be weeks away.

When you receive your ballot, it will come with an official envelope and instructions. In the presence of a witness, indicate your choices on the ballot and sign it. The witness only has to attest it was you who completed the ballot.

They shouldn’t see your selections. This year, only one witness is required to sign the ballot envelope.

He or she must be at least 18 years old and can be your spouse.

You can return the ballot by mail, hand deliver it to one of the early voting sites, or take it to the Board of Elections by 5 p.m. on Election Day. Mailing the ballot will require one first class stamp.

4. Finally, the most obvious point is that absentee ballots should be sent to the board of elections as soon as possible. With reports about possible mail delays, putting this off could be playing into the hands of those who would be just as happy if we simply don’t vote by any method.

Exercise your Constitutional right – vote!

Howard Pearre conducts training sessions for volunteers to assist with voter registration. He is a member of Winston-Salem Writers and recently received an honorable mention for his short story, “September, 1957,” at the 2020 International Human Rights Arts Festival.

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Seniors’ apartment complex holds coloring contest for residents

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK

Like most seniors’ communities. Hunt Park Senior Apartments has been affected by the stay-safe-at-home recommendation and residents have had little contact with their neighbors since the pandemic began. In the past, residents socialized in the sitting room and played Bingo or watched TV in the community room. Now, most interaction happens while picking up their mail while wearing a facial covering.

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Scott Hooper, art judge, presents Walmart gift card to winner Vera Singletary.

Recognizing the need for an activity to boost spirits and creativity, Hunt Park held a coloring contest. Residents received three different coloring pages, along with a box of four crayons – red, green, blue and yellow – in a ziplock bag hung on their doorknobs. They had two weeks to choose a picture and color it, using only the four crayons they were provided. Entries were submitted in a box on a table in the lobby.

At the designated day and time, all entries received were taped to the windows of the sitting room. Scott Hooper, a local artist and a member of Associated Artists, carefully viewed each entry and finally chose one grand prize winner of a gift card to Walmart. Prizes were also given to second and third-place winners and honorable mentions and WTOB radio donated several can koozies and pens for the winners.

Hooper mentioned how different everyone colored their pictures, some outlining details, others using two colors to make a different color, and some coloring the background as well as the picture. Obviously, there are many creative and talented seniors at Hunt Park!

Winners were: 1st place – Vera Singletary 2nd place – Winnie Mae Liles 3rd place – “Twena” Bercena Lucas Honorable mentions: Cheryl Hodge Pamela Johnson Sondra Weiner

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