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Thousands converge on W-S ready for a ‘marvastic’ experience at the NBTF

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Every two years since 1989, the North Carolina Black Repertory Company (NBRC) and the City of Winston-Salem roll out the red carpet and invite creatives and lovers of live theatre from across the globe to the City of Arts and Innovation, for a week long ‘marvtastic’ celebration of Black arts during the National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF).

Due to the pandemic, the festival was postponed last year, but this year the festival is back!

According to officials, the festival, which runs from Aug. 1-6, will have more than a $13 million impact on the economy of Winston-Salem.

This year’s festival is headlined by celebrity co-chairs Lisa Arrindell and Petri Hawkins Byrd and will feature more than two dozen different productions.

According to officials, more than 60,000 people are expected to attend the festival. in addition to dozens of celebrities from stage, screen and television.

The festivities kicked off on Monday, Aug. 1, with the starstudded opening night gala. The event, which is traditionally held at Benton Convention Center, also serves as an awards ceremony where directors, playwrights, actors and others are recognized for their contributions to theatre.

The 2022 award recipients are: Ben Vereen, Sydney Poitier Lifetime Achievement Award; Charles Dumas, Living Legend Award; Stephen McKinley Henderson, Living Legend Award; Vivian Reed, Living Legend Award; Dr. Lundeana M. Thomas, Living Legend Award; Dr. Indira Etwaroo, Larry Leon Hamlin Producer Award; Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lloyd Richards Director Award; and Laurence Holder, August Wilson Playwright Award. The Theatre Longevity Award was presented to the Black Ensemble Theater from Chicago and The Ensemble Theatre from Houston.

Additional award recipients are: Sarita P. Fellows, Outstanding Achievement in Costume;

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The National Black Theatre Festival’s gala event kicks off a week full of excitement.

Lawrence E. Moten III, Outstanding Achievement in Scenic Design; Alan C. Edward, Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design; Lark Hackshow, Outstanding Achievement in Stage Management; Dr. Eric J. Sadler, Theatre Arts & Humanitarian Award; and Truliant Federal Credit Union, Marvtastic Philanthropy Award.

The Mable P. Robinson Emerging Artist Award was presented to Jordan Hall, Daydra

Smith, Nia McClinton, Marleena Garris, Peter Ong’olo and Gabrielle Solomon. Melda Beaty was presented the Sylvia SprinkleHamlin Rolling World Premier Award. Woodie King Jr, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Lillias White received Special Recognition Awards.

In addition to more than 130 theatrical productions, there are several other events going on throughout the week of the festival. There is literally some-

thing for the entire family to enjoy. There will be more than 30 staged readings, Midnight Poetry Jam sessions, Therapeutic Power of Theatre workshops, NBTF Film Fest, an International Vendors Market, a Storytellers Festival, a National Youth Talent Showcase, International Colloquium, and much more.

For the first time the festival will also include several virtual events.

For additional information

and a schedule of events, visit www.nbtf.org or call the NBTF office at 336-723-2266, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

There is also an app, Nat’l Black Theatre Festival, available for free download for both iPhone and Android devices that has up-to-date festival information, schedules, venues, ticket information and more.

WSPD Chief Catrina Thompson announces retirement Last week Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson announced that she will be retiring from the department in December.

Thompson has spent her entire career with the Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD). A native of Detroit, she joined the local police department in 1994. She has served in the Patrol Division, Recruiting Unit, Training Division and the Criminal Investigations Division. She also served as one of the departmental commanders of the Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Team, before she was named WSPD’s 15th chief 2017.

“Serving as Winston- Police Chief Catrina Thompson announces retirement.

Salem chief of police is agency and believe in its support this noble profesone of the greatest hon- mission. My commitment sion.” ors of my public safety to law enforcement will In a press release iscareer,” Thompson said. always be strong as I truly sued on Friday, July 29, “I will always love this respect, appreciate and City Manager Lee Garrity

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“Our city has been blessed to have a police chief who earned the trust of the citizens and allowed Winston-Salem to weather the sorts of incidents that can set police and community relations on edge,” Garrity said. “Our next police chief will have some big shoes to fill.”

The city will retain an executive search firm to conduct a national search for the next police chief, in consultation with the mayor, members of the city council, police employees and community leaders.

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Local filmmaker has dreams come true at National Black Theatre Festival

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

When you see people sporting purple and black attire on the streets of WinstonSalem, you know it’s time for the National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF). The festival will hold their 17th biennial event from Aug. 1-6. Rodney Williams is a long-time fan of the NBTF and will have his short film debut at this year’s event.

Williams’ film, “The Writers Grief,” is the first project he has produced into an actual film. He wrote, produced and directed the short. As a frequent visitor to the festival, he is excited to have his work be a part of the weeklong event.

“The film follows a writer who is dealing with the loss of his wife,” Williams said about the movie’s plot. “She has passed away and it’s really a film that has him wrestle with the idea of what grief is and how to move forward with it.

“So, this entity comes to visit him and it walks him through what life is all about and kind of gets him on the right track of turning his life around so he can be more productive.”

Williams has been an actor since 2017 and has worked on several projects including “Sincerely, Camille,” which aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

He says he was tired of auditioning for things and hoping for opportunities, so he decided to take the leap and make his own film “My friend Patrick told me ‘you can’t write what you don’t care about’ and for this film in particular, I remember Jordan Peele once said, ‘write the film that no one else is writing.’

“I was a bit of a novice, but I already know how art feels as an actor when you look at a script and say ‘ooooh, that’s good.’ So, I started writing that script.

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Williams started writing the short film around Christmas time of 2021. He went through six drafts of the script before he was happy with the finished product.

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Lack of workforce housing is crisis that demands a holistic effort - now

BY JOHN RAILEY

The City of WinstonSalem has set a goal of creating 750 units of affordable, or workforce, housing annually for the next ten years. But the leading builder of affordable single-family housing for homeowners in the city, Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, has produced only 430 units of workforce housing since the local Habitat affiliPhoto courtesy of Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County. ate started 37 years ago, a rate of about 12 houses per Habitat volunteers at work. year. years, he said in an email, homes between $100k and That number is not a “we will have to concen- $200k were bought by inbad reflection on Habitat, trate on multifamily proj- vestors headquartered outwhich works hard against ects,” adding that means of-state (all dollar values complex challenges. The rental and homeownership adjusted for inflation). number does, however, units. The city has spent Simultaneously, few speak volumes about the just over $14 million so local builders do workmountainous climb the far this year in support of See Housing on A8 city and Forsyth County the building of 215 rental face in confronting this units of affordable housing issue, which has too long at a cost to the city of just lacked a concerted, com- over $65,000 per unit, acmunity-wide effort: co- cording to data compiled operation among the city, by Assistant City Manager county and builders in pri- Aaron King. vate business.

CSEM concentrates on “We’re in a crisis,” homeownership for prosaid Kelly Mitter, the chief moting upward economic operating officer of the lo- mobility. cal Habitat affiliate. “It’s The other day, Mitter a crucial matter of scaling took me on a tour of some up.” of Habitat’s work. The At Winston-Salem economic challenge, he State University’s Center said, is frustratingly simfor the Study of Economic ple: It costs Habitat about Mobility (CSEM), Direc- $100,000 to build a house. tor Craig Richardson and Ten houses annually, the Research Manager Zach pace COVID has slowed Blizard have been study- his agency to, costs about ing the issue through the $1 million, money cobbled lens of the Forsyth County together from private doHomeownership program, nations and state and fedwhich has in the past two eral grants. decades placed almost a COVID, with its inthousand families, often crease on building mafirst-time homebuyers, in terials and stress on the houses built by private pocketbooks of donors, contractors. But the pro- is one part of the Perfect gram has a waiting list of Storm raging on workalmost 100 clients who force housing. Another is have completed the pro- out-of-town investors who gram and are awaiting af- have charged in, buying up fordable houses. houses in East Winston, How can this urgent where Habitat concensupply-side problem ever trates its work, and turning be solved, before we start them into rental houses. losing firefighters, police, CSEM Research Manteachers, biotech staff, ager Blizard has found restaurant employees and that: other bedrocks of our *Between 2001 to workforce to other cities, 2010, out-of-state, large lowering our overall qual- investors purchased, on Visit foodlion.com/catering ity of life and inhibiting average, 58 properties anor stop by the deli at your our ability to recruit new nually in Forsyth County; local store. companies? Mitter, who that number leapt up to moved here from Califor- 273 annually between nia a decade ago, said we 2011 to 2020, and continsure do not want to land in ues to climb. a situation that the state’s *Between 2001 and urban area faces, where 2020, large investors from many essential workers Texas and California purcommute hours each day – chased approximately if they stay in urban jobs.

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Shooting for the film started in March 2022. After two weeks of work, they were able to complete the nine-minute short, which excited Williams.

“I am not a parent yet, but I imagine it’s how a parent feels when they hold their newborn,” Williams said about finishing his first short film. “It showed me ‘hey, you can do this, and it is attainable.

It’s going to take an insane amount of work, but you can do it.’”

Williams feels he can succeed in all areas of film; from acting, producing, directing and writing.

He says it’s hard to choose just one aspect of film, but if he had to, he would choose acting and directing.

Growing up, Williams was a fan of the arts but didn’t feel that it was something he would have access to. He went all the way through high school and college before finally

taking the leap to becoming an actor.

After putting in the work to write, produce and direct his own film, Williams was eager to have his film shown. Once he was given a slot at this year’s festival, it made all the hard work worthwhile.

“I felt relieved because everything that could go wrong with the film did,” he said about his film being shown at the festival.

“From having to get other set locations, to people having to drop out unexpectedly, to the audio at one point in time being atrocious. So when I actually found out I got in, I was absolutely relieved, and I knew it was time to celebrate.”

Williams’ film will be shown at 11:15 and 11:45 a.m. on Aug. 2 and Aug 4 in studio 2 at the a/perture cinema in downtown. It will also be shown on Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. at the Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin building.

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The social crisis, Black folks and the economy

BY JOHN E. WARREN, PUBLISHER THE SAN DIEGO VOICE & VIEWPOINT

It appears that we continue to live in Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” He wrote these words: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

Where you fit in between “the best of times” and “the worst of times” really depends on who you are today in America. For African Americans, too many of us are still experiencing the worst of times, and things will not get better unless we decide to make them so. While America is excited about abortions and gun violence, we have been victims of the latter, with civil rights violations and voter suppression being more important than abortions to most of us. The speed with which the President moved with an Executive Order to assist the abortion issue and his mentioning of overturning the Filibuster Rule were both absent on the Voting Rights and Civil Rights issues.

Nevertheless, it is now our turn to correct all this.

Just as our votes made Joe Biden president and sent two U.S. senators to the Senate from the State of Georgia, it is now our turn to rally in every state that the Trump people are trying to “steal” in the coming elections. We must vote out their supporters.

This means that no matter what the social issues that emerge, we must stay focused on who is seeking to get elected and whether they will commit to overturning the Filibuster Rule in the Senate.

While some say we need two more U.S. Senators so that we can break the chokehold of Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema, who vote with the Republicans on all issues, we must examine all the Senate races and throw our support into every state race where we find a candidate who will commit to our agenda. Remember, only one third of the Senate is up for election each election cycle. Just as in Georgia, we can make a difference.

Trump and the Conservative Right are counting on a low voter turnout in November, just four months away.

From the voter turnout in most primaries so far, they have been right.

Let’s remember that we, as Black people, are responsible for the Voting Rights Act, and the Civil Rights Act. We elected Obama twice and Biden once.

We are not apathetic. We are just tired. But we cannot stop to rest. As Robert Frost wrote, “The woods are dark and deep, but I have miles to go before I sleep.”

Voter registration and voter turnout in all 50 states must become our number one priority, at all costs. More important than abortions, homelessness, high gas prices and bad Supreme Court decisions. Let registration begin and let’s track the numbers week by week. As Rev. Ben Chavis, president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association has said, “We want 10 million new registered voters by November 2022.”

Let’s make this the “best of times” in spite of what appears to be the “worst of times.”

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The power of the truth Ben Jealous

Guest Columnist The truth has power. That is why an army of politicians, lawyers, political schemers, media personalities, and admirers of former President Donald Trump have tried so hard to keep Americans from learning the truth about his effort to overturn the 2022 election.

Fortunately, he failed to overturn the election.

And he and the corrupt members of his inner circle have failed to keep the truth hidden.

The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on our country - and the criminal conspiracy that led up to it - is an important exercise in truth telling. The committee finished its first round of televised hearings in July and expects to pick up again in September.

We have learned a lot thanks to the work of committee members and staff, principled members of Trump’s own administration, and journalists whose work has shed light on things Trump and his cronies desperately tried to keep hidden.

Donald Trump wanted to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. He

wanted it so badly that he tried to bully his loyal vice president into making a power-abusing end run around the Constitution.

He wanted it so badly that he worked his supporters into a rage with endless lies about the election being stolen.

He called these enraged supporters to Washington, D.C., to interfere with a key step in the peaceful transfer of power. He sent them to the Capitol knowing that many were armed.

And for hours, while members of the Capitol Police were being brutalized, and members of Congress and Vice President Pence’s security detail were calling loved ones, not sure they would live through the attack, Trump did nothing.

Well, to be more accurate, he did nothing to stop the rampage. He did plenty of harmful things.

He did watch the violence on television. He did pour gasoline on the fire by denouncing Pence while the attack was under way.

He did take calls from fearful members of Congress only to dismiss their pleas for help. He did reject direct appeals from his own daughter to call off the attack. He did tell his chief of staff that he didn’t think the mob chanting “hang Mike Pence” was doing anything wrong. He thought Pence deserved it for choosing the Constitution over Trump’s desire to keep his grip on power.

Only when it was becoming clear that the attack would fail to stop Congress from affirming Joe Biden’s victory did Trump grudgingly tell his troops to withdraw.

But even that was a tactical retreat. His attack on our democracy hasn’t stopped. Or even slowed down.

Trump continues to lie about the election being stolen from him. His enablers in right-wing media and far-right social media networks spread the lie even further. MAGA activists harass election officials. State legislators use that lie to justify laws that make it harder for people Trump sees as his enemies to vote.

Even worse, they are trying to get more Trump loyalists and Big Lie believers into positions where they will have the power to succeed at what Trump and his team tried to do this time around: overturn the election results in key states. Trumpists and election deniers are running for office as local election officials, state legislators, and secretaries of state, where they will have power to interfere with how elections are run and votes are counted.

And potentially even worse than that, they are also enlisting the far-right Supreme Court majority that Trump cemented with three justices who were pre=approved by the far

right-wing legal movement. They have agreed to consider a fringe legal theory pushed by the hard right.

If the court’s new activist far-right majority embraces this legal theory, it would let state legislators violate state constitutions and ignore and override the will of the voters. And it would be impossible for courts to step in as a check on anti-democratic abuses of power. This is a battle plan for authoritarian rule.

It may be hard for many people to believe just how extreme Trump’s movement and his political supporters have become, and just how much of a threat to democracy they pose as we approach this year’s congressional elections. The January 6 committee has done democracy a big favor by dragging important truths into the light of day. We can’t turn away from them. To preserve our country and our freedoms, we must recognize that they are threatened.

And we must act to protect them.

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. A New York Times best-selling author, his next book, “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free,” will be published by Harper Collins in December 2022.

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Minds and hearts change when there is enough death.

Corruption and killing in America.

Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist There are some issues in America that cause us concern and consternation.

They make us take sides on the issue. Usually, there is no middle ground. You are either for or against, yes or no.

We debate these problems and we present compelling information to support our position.

Sometimes our position on something is so strong that we can change the minds of other people.

There are a few issues that have us pushing each other in different directions.

For example, COVID-19 has been with us for a while now. Many of us at the beginning did not pay

much attention to it. We thought it was a temporary virus and would soon leave us.

We were wrong. All wrong.

COVID-19 has ravaged our communities, taking thousands of lives.

Now, because of it, more people have taken the vaccine and are wearing masks.

January 6, 2021, is a day that will live unceremoniously in our history books. The carnage and upheaval that occurred at the Capitol was unprecedented. It had never happened before, and we hope will never happen again.

Those that stormed the Capitol believed that the 2020 election was stolen.

They believed that the former president was still the president.

They were wrong. All wrong.

Joe Biden was elected as the president of the

United States of America.

Now more people believe it.

However, there are still significant numbers of people who believe the Big Lie. These same folks, including elected officials, downplayed the January 6th insurrection.

The January 6th Select Committee was created to investigate exactly what happened and who was behind it. It is my opinion that with each hearing, we are finding out more about what happened and who was behind it.

Men and women in the former president’s cabinet and inner circle have testified about that fateful day.

All fingers are pointing to the former president as the instigator and motivating force behind January 6th.

The Committee will reconvene in the coming weeks with more witnesses who will come clean about their involvement

and how they were influenced by him. The slow and methodical walk to justice and the truth has started. As a result, more people will see the full and stain-filled picture of what took place on that day.

The pressing issue of guns continues to haunt us.

America has watched as men and women, boys and girls, have been killed with automatic weapons.

Background checks and stricter gun laws have become widespread topics of conversation, yet with only limited results.

Why do we the people need assault weapons for our everyday use? People in almost every state have been victimized by assault rifles.

According to reports, some of the largest rifle manufacturers are Smith and Wesson, Springfield, Henry Rac Holding and Diamondback firearms.

These companies control

over 50% of the market. In 2020, 2.8 million rifles, including assault rifles, were purchased by the public.

A Gallup Poll showed in 2021 that Americans said self-defense was the primary reason for gun ownership.

Reports also say that gun-makers made more than one billion dollars from selling AR-15 style guns in the past 10 years.

Some gun-producers market them to suggest it is masculine to own them.

Representative Carolyn Maloney, Democrat from New York said, “Those sales tactics are deeply disturbing, exploitative and reckless. In short, the gun industry is profiting off the blood of innocent Americans.”

Gun producers blame the shooters. Many of us blame the gun producers.

Put a moratorium on producing AR-15 rifles. It will have a profound effect on

the senseless killings in this country.

To keep producing these weapons is wrong.

All wrong.

I am reminded of the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He said, “I have tried to be honest. To be honest is to confront the truth. However unpleasant and inconvenient the truth may be, I believe we must expose and face it if we are to achieve a better quality of American life.”

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

Five reasons why Nancy Pelosi should have postponed a trip to Taiwan Mel Gurtov Guest Columnist

House Leader Nancy Pelosi seemed intent on visiting Taiwan. That might not seem like a big deal to Americans, but these are dangerous times in U.S.-China relations.

That makes a Taiwan trip very risky. Here’s why: First, U.S.-China ten-

sions over Taiwan are running high. Both sides are responsible for that.

President Biden has done his part by consistently misstating the U.S. commitment to Taiwan - there is no security treaty, Mr. President - and by authorizing increased military assistance to Taiwan. To the Chinese, these steps look like a U.S. effort to erode its official policy of “One China” and move closer to China’s red line: Taiwanese independence.

Meanwhile, China’s air force patrols are more regularly intruding in Taiwan’s air defense zone, on

occasion causing Taiwan’s air force to scramble.

A military incident that could spark serious fighting becomes more likely with each passing week.

Second, Xi Jinping is expected to be given another term as party leader at a national congress this fall. A high-level trip to Taiwan by a key U.S. political figure in advance of that party congress could be seen as a personal provocation, particularly since Xi wants to be seen as the leader who will complete China’s national unification by “recovering” Taiwan. He may feel com-

pelled to act.

Third, China has already issued warnings of “severe consequences” in the event Pelosi went to Taiwan. We can speculate as to what that might mean, but Pelosi’s trip should not be the occasion for finding out.

Fourth, the Ukraine war has led to much speculation about China’s intentions regarding Taiwan. Up to now, Xi has reiterated the longstanding Chinese view that peaceful reunification is preferable to war, so long as Taiwan doesn’t embrace independence. Pelosi’s trip, the

first by a Congressional leader in 25 years, might be viewed in Beijing as the final straw in showing that U.S. policy is abandoning One China.

Fifth, one may question the value of Pelosi’s trip. If her going to Taiwan to show U.S. support, or if she more specifically wants is to demonstrate that Democrats are as supportive of Taiwan as Republicans, she could have done that at other times.

A top administration defense official said the other day: “It is only a matter of time before there is a major incident or ac-

cident in the region” because the People’s Republic of China has “escalated tensions with its neighbors at a pace unseen before.”

As usual, the official had nothing to say about U.S. behavior that is escalating tensions.

Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan might do just that.

Mel Gurtov, syndicated

by PeaceVoice, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State University and blogs at In the Human Interest.

Language!

Dr. Tom H. Hastings

Guest Columnist The 14-year-old girl fumes at the dinner table.

She got a D in math on her report card and notice of that was sent directly to her mother's phone.

The mother naturally shared that with her partner and he laid down new rules restricting the girl's use of her phone until her grades improved.

"This sucks!" exclaims the girl.

"Language!" said the mother, her hand raised palm out, like a stop sign.

Indeed, perception is reality and language is a weapon, used for the good or for ill. Did the girl deserve such censorship?

Hard to say, right, with such a minor infraction?

But at the very least, can we agree that words matter?

I am old. I make my living with words, with teaching them, writing them, editing them when written by others, and in trying to transform the most harmful of them into a better process between people. I have seen a great deal of linguistic evolution and there are days when I confess I just have to laugh. We humans are simply excellent at redirecting our worst impulses into a

new light of approbation via language manipulation.

Notice on a local social media notice board: "I need to rehome a German Shepherd."

Hahaha.

Rehome.

Translation: I have a dog that is a disaster. Want him?

I hosted an evening with an upcoming author and researcher a few years ago. I fit 18 people into my living room to hear her present her research and the findings that were the heart of her brilliant new scholarly book.

A friend I invited took it upon himself to bring along someone I had not invited. I kind of knocked myself out preparing fancy

appetizers, including some very pricey Washington organic cherries, select Irish and Swiss cheeses, etc. The guest I didn't invite lingered and eventually said to me, "I'd be happy to offer to take the remaining items as rescue food."

Rescue food? Seriously? "Um, no thanks," I replied, "I'll manage." It wasn't as if I had steam table pans full of untouched food that should really go to feed street people (I've actually done this when organizing larger conferences and it's a sensible practice). In this case it was as if I should give my food to someone who came uninvited into my home. Yeah, no.

Let us beware of lan-

guage evolving in ways that permit distortion and manipulation. Let us watch ourselves so we don't cloak hurtful and humiliating statements in the garb of being woke. Let us please focus on calling in others instead of calling them out.

If we get really good at a Calling In culture, you just watch. We can make America great again. But this time, great as in inclusive. Great as in compassionate. Great as in healing the traumas of the past. Great as in helping us engage in civil discourse at every level.

In this era of climate chaos overlaid with great communication challenges, I'd propose that, "It's

not the heat, it's the humility." Please, let us use our speech well and our listening even better. Our future, the future of our young ones, especially as many are now predicting a second U.S. civil war, literally depends on this.

Dr. Tom H. Hastings is coördinator of conflict resolution BA/BS degree programs and certificates at Portland State University, PeaceVoice senior editor, and on occasion an expert witness for the defense of civil resisters in court.

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North Carolina pageant queen first Native American to hold title

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

On March 21, 2022, Aja Ivey celebrated being clean and sober from drugs and alcohol for five years.

Now she’s on an amazing journey and there ain’t no stopping her now.

This past January, Aja became Mrs. Fayetteville Plus America. On March 11, I was one of the judges at the Hawthorne Inn Conference Center in WinstonSalem, that witnessed Aja receiving her crown as the inaugural Mrs. N.C. Plus America. On July 2 the inaugural moments continued at the Omni Hotel in Houston, Texas. It was the first time in the history of the Miss Plus America pageant system that three N.C. Mrs. division delegates earned a spot as one of the top five in the finalist competition.

N.C. Mrs. Plus America, Aja Ivey, was crowned as the first Native American to become Mrs. Plus America Elite. “I was in disbelief and amazement!

When that robe was placed on my shoulders in front of all of my peers who were clapping and genuinely happy for me … it was breathtaking and humbling,” said an emotional Aja. Mrs. Plus America Elite is the NATIONAL title, and it is awarded to the queen with the highest score in the entire pageant.

The wife and mother of one is beautiful both inside and out.

Because of her unwavering faith in God, she gives of herself without expectations. Aja runs two charities in Robeson County, North Carolina, and also hosts events for

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Aja Ivey, Mrs. Plus America Elite 2022-23, Shamale Crawford, Mrs. N.C. Plus America 2022-23, and Dr. Stephanie B Hurt, N.C, Plus America Pageant executive director. the homeless and victims and ignored because of of addiction. “I collect looks. Some people feel gifts for children strand- that because we’re plused in the hospital every sized women, we don’t Christmas holiday. After take care of ourselves. winning the Elite title, I The truth is we take great have decided I just need to care of ourselves. We’re do more. So, I’m challeng- not celebrating obesity or ing myself to have a com- large women. We’re celmunity service event every ebrating the capabilities of single month.” a plus-size woman.”

I personally love pagAs a young lady, Aja eants and fashion shows developed an eating disthat spotlight plus-size order due to insecurities. women. Yet, I believe it’s “I used to believe if I was time for all pageants such bigger than a size 6, I was as Miss America, Miss too fat and ugly. But now USA, etc., to take the fo- I have more confidence cus off the body and face about who I am than I did and focus solely on the 20 years ago,” shared the woman. I asked Aja to beautiful reigning Mrs. share her thoughts as well. Plus America Elite 2022“A lot of amazing people 2023. that are making a huge dif“A lot of the other ference in their communities are over-shadowed See Queen on A8

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Protest calls for boycott of Ego Beauty Supply

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

While addressing the crowd of protestors outside Ego Beauty Supply on Waughtown Street last Saturday, Effrainguan Muhammad, a student minister with the local Nation of Islam, didn’t mix words when delivering his message to the owners of the establishment.

“Our message is short and simple. Keep your God damned hands off our Black women,” Muhammad said. The protest, which was organized by Hate Out of Winston, was held in response to videos posted on social media that show the store’s owner and a female employee getting into a physical altercation with a Black customer.

Here’s what we know about the incident: On July 16, at around 10:30 a.m., Terrica Hughes, a professional stylist who has a salon in Clemmons, approached the counter to make a purchase, but when she tried to pay, the transaction couldn’t be completed according to the employee working the register.

Hughes waited for the error to be corrected and says she used her banking app to show

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Effrainguan Muhamad (Left) and Terrica Hughes (Right) during the protest of Ego Beauty Supply. the owner, Hasan Kanan, that the transaction for $31.17 had cleared. But that wasn’t enough for Kanan. Instead, Hughes said she was accused of stealing and Kanan even tried to make her pay again.

Hughes said after waiting about 30 minutes, she tried to grab the items and walk out the store. The video clip posted on social media begins a few seconds before Hughes tried to leave the store. The clip shows Kanan grabbing Hughes and pushing

her back to the counter. A female employee also grabs Hughes in the video and takes her bag.

After Hughes’ video reached more than 100 shares on social media and the “#weareterrica” hashtag started to spread, Ego Beauty Supply released a statement on Facebook. In the statement which included somewhat of a backhanded apology and has since been deleted, they said Hughes’ video didn’t tell the whole story.

The statement read, “The sto-

ry that came out isn’t the whole truth, did not show everything and did not explain that other side of the situation.”

A few days later Ego Beauty Supply released a second statement which was deemed to be the store's “Official Statement.”

Darlene Steele, a member of Hate Out of Winston, said she was outraged when she saw the video. She said the protest and the boycott of all Ego stores is about protecting “... Black women, Black economics, and respecting the Black community.” In addition to the store on Waughtown, there are two other Ego Beauty Supply stores in Winston-Salem.

“I was outraged and hurt that the owner dared to put his hands on her physically,” Steele said.

“Black women have endured enough over the years. We are tired. Enough is Enough. We are Done!”

In addition to the boycott of all Ego Beauty Supply stores, Hate of Winston is also demanding: employees not pursue any charges against Hughes, an apology to Hughes and the Black community, donate 5% of the total annual sales to a reputable Black-led organization for a pe-

riod of three years, immediately enact a policy that unequivocally states that they do not escalate nor physically assault or place their hands on any Ego customer, and a one-time donation to Hughes’ business as a gesture of goodwill and to validate the sincerity of the apology.

Miranda Jones, founder of Hate Out of Winston, said while discussing the incident with Hasan Mohammad, Kanan’s son, over the phone for nearly an hour on July 21, he never said Hughes’ card was declined or that she stole from the store, but he did admit several times that his father made a mistake.

“This narrative about Terrica doing something wrong is false,” said Jones while addressing the crowd through a bullhorn during the protest.

“They want to float this narrative because we have been conditioned to blame Black people for our condition. We have been conditioned to blame the Black woman for her condition, particularly when she’s attacked, and demeaned, and disrespected.”

Jones said the boycott is just phase one of the protest. They See Ego on A8

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delegates in the pageant focus on health and wellness, because that is a top priority for us as well.

We are women that are just as beautiful and do extraordinary things as well,” shared Shamale H. Crawford. She added, “Last week during church service, they made an announcement about my reign as Mrs. N.C. Plus America. After service this lady stopped me and said, ‘You do that?’ I said yes. I told her I’m also a mom, a wife, and manager for one of the top 50 leading corporations in the country.

So yes, I do all of that.”

While Shamale was speaking, I sat in awe of her confidence and resilience. Yet, I was heartbroken about how the media

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are looking to partner with locally Black-owned businesses to provide hair care products. Hate Out of Winston has already forged a partnership with House of J. Lorraine, a Black-owned beauty supply store located in Salisbury, and Other Suns, which is located at 414 N. Laura Wall Blvd.

Representatives from Ego Beauty Supply declined to comment about the incident when asked

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continues to control the narrative of how beautiful and handsome is supposed to look. But it doesn’t control Aja nor Shamale. You go ladies! Shamale Crawford is the 1st place runner up and People’s Choice winner in the 2022 Miss Plus America Pageant.

This Saturday, August 6, during an intimate ceremony, Shamale will be crowned as the new 2022 Mrs. N.C. Plus America.

I would be remiss not to mention N.C. Plus America Pageant Executive Director Dr. Stephanie B Hurt. She fought long and hard to bring the inaugural N.C. Plus America Pageant to Winston-Salem. “With this being the City of Arts, it made sense to start it here. I wanted to make sure I did it successfully, because there were no conversations about

this plus-sized system in North Carolina. I work with a lot of beautiful plussize women in my plays, who have platforms, doing amazing things, and they need to be noticed. They have advocacies because of their triumphs in certain areas. That’s the purpose of the crowns,” said Dr. Hurt.

The N.C. Plus America registration is now open for the 2023 pageant season Aug. 1 – Dec. 15, 2022. For more information on how to register, visit the website at www. ncplusamerica.com.

My phenomenal Ladies of the Week are Aja Ivey, Mrs. Plus America Elite 2022-23, Mrs. N.C. Plus America 2022-23, and Dr. Stephanie B Hurt, N.C. Plus America Pageant executive director.

on Saturday following the protest and earlier this week when contacted by phone.

Hughes said what happened to her wasn’t a single isolated incident. She mentioned although Black women are responsible for helping beauty supply stores like Ego state afloat, discrimination against Black women in beauty supply stores and nail salons happens far too often.

According to a report published by Black Enterprise, Black shoppers spend $473 million on hair

care every year, which is nine times more than white shoppers. Yet they own less than one percent of the market share.

“This issue is bigger than me, we are pressing an issue that is very prevalent in the Black community,” Hughes continued.

“This business is a billion dollar industry and we are fueling this business and supporting these businesses and keeping their pockets heavy.”

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force housing because of the high expenses and the money to be made building houses for people of better resources, Mitter said. The sources of workforce housing – raw land, acquisition of infill lots (vacant lots in subdivisions and neighborhoods) and rehabilitation of existing housing – can all carry heavy costs.

On June 28, the Winston-Salem City Council adopted an Affordable Housing Program to encourage affordable housing that codifies new rules for the sale of city-owned land, made possible by action from state legislators from Forsyth County, the Winston-Salem Chronicle reported.

More is needed. Other North Carolina cities, Mitter said, such as Durham, have established small property tax increases for affordable housing, such as an extra penny.

Winston-Salem and Forsyth County could ease regulations to ease development costs to encourage workforce housing, Mitter said. They could also provide subsidies to help

developers with infrastructure and other costs.

Mitter said the county could increase the use of foreclosure for in-fill properties.

The municipalities could ease density requirements, allowing more multi-family building, Mitter said.

Russ Smith, a CSEM research fellow and the faculty lead for the Spatial Justice Studio at the Center for Design Innovation (@CDI), said that is important. “We cannot continue to be so rigid in the allocation of space by economic status,” he said.

“Neighborhoods need to have a mix of housing choices.”

Many lots suitable for workforce housing have city and county tax liens on them so they cannot be built on. The state does not allow property tax liens to be forgiven, Mitter said,

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but the city and county could provide subsidies to help developers pay off those liens.

Joines said low-interest subsidized loans, as well as using city-owned land as equity, will be part of the city’s effort.

Smith said: “Without deliberate actions by the public, private and nonprofit sectors, the goal of adding affordable housing locally will be difficult to reach. Affordable/workforce housing must be seen as a public good that will only enhance our community. New and innovative solutions that are not beholden to profitability will be crucial to addressing this issue since the private sector has not been able to fill the gap.”

John Railey, raileyjb@ gmail.com, is the writerin-residence for CSEM, www.wssu.edu/csem.

THURSDAY, August 4, 2022

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Area signal callers have a place to get a leg up on the competition

Timothy Ramsey Sports Columnist

The hate for Lamar Jackson is at an all-time high There have been detractors when it comes to Lamar Jackson and how good he is or can be. Now that his contract has been one of the main storylines for this offseason, everyone is coming out with their own opinion about the MVP winning quarterback.

Jackson is next in line to receive a big contract, but for some reason the Baltimore Ravens have been somewhat hesitant to offer him top dollar.

Jackson does not have an agent and represents himself, so he and the Ravens have not come to an agreeable number as of yet.

Kyler Murray, Deshaun Watson, Josh Allen, Dak Prescott and Patrick Mahomes all recently got paid by their respective teams. Jackson is definitely on par with several of those quarterbacks and deserves his money for the production he has already shown in his four years.

Because Jackson and the Ravens have not agreed to terms on a contract, there have been plenty of analysts and anonymous coaches who have given their two cents on negotiations and most of it has been negative.

Jackson is entering his fifth season in the league and is not your conventional drop-back passer.

His style of play is not appealing to everyone and many people like to point to his style as the reason why they feel he won’t be as successful as traditional pocket passers.

In an article published by Mike Sando of The Athletic, an anonymous NFL defensive coordinator had an interesting take.

“If he has to pass to win the game, they ain’t winning the game. He’s so unique as an athlete and he’s a really good football player, but I don’t give a s&*@ if he wins the league MVP 12 times, I don’t think he’ll ever be one as a quarterback.

He’ll be one as a football player, but not as a quarterback. So many games come down to two-minutes, and that is why they have a hard time advancing even when they are good on defense. Playoffs are tight. You have to be able to throw the ball, and he is just so inconsistent throwing the ball. It is hit or miss.”

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“Phase one is just learning the technique of it and really trying to understand what I am asking for. The reason why I have four different phases is because phase one is just teaching you the basic fundamentals. At the end of that phase, you take a test and you have to be 70% or higher and the reason why I made it 70% or higher is because my completion percentage when I was at Reynolds when I was a senior was 69% or something

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It is said that quarterback is the toughest position to play in sports. As a former star quarterback for Reynolds High School and former wide receivers’ coach, Craven Knotts Jr. noticed the need for some advanced training at the quarterback position, so he decided to put his skills to use and do it himself by starting C93 Quarterback Academy.

“It’s been on my mind for the past three years and something finally told me to just go ahead and just do it right away,” Knotts said about starting his QB academy. “I just saw the quarterback play around this area and there are not a lot of QBs from this area or from the state of North Carolina that are tearing it up at the next level.

“You’ve got Sam Howell, you still got some kids at Coastal Carolina, but not a lot of kids are tearing it up in the Triad.”

Knotts started his academy with just one kid named Ahmad Francis less than two months ago.

Since then, business has continued to grow steadily.

He says another reason for him starting the business is because there is a change in training quarterbacks from being linear to being rotational.

Knotts has spoken with several Division I offensive coordinators who have all stated they don’t want quarterbacks that aren’t mechanically sound, because they don’t have the time to fix it on that level.

Craven not only honed his skills on the football field, but being a standout baseball player also helped as well.

“What made it easier for me was playing baseball since I was four years old, so when I first started seeing the rotational teaching, I really studied guys like Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Patrick Ma-

13 passes for 225 yards and four touchdowns in just the first half of the game. He also threw 29 touchdowns and ran for five more as a senior and those marks have not been touched since he graduated.

“I may be short in stature, but I was coached well from the time I was 12 up until my senior year in high school and plus I was a student of the game,” he continued. “It’s a lot of NFL coaches out there that have probably never picked up a

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Craven Knotts Jr. has created a quarterback academy to teach young players the nuances of the game to make them better on the field. homes,” he said. “Baseball made it an easier transition because I was already a rotational player to begin with.”

For Knotts, he uses several key elements to help ensure the success of the kids in his academy.

One of the major components of his training starts with his athletes using “ground force” to get more force on their throws.

“I am teaching them a better way to actually throw the ball, use ground force, be rotational and have a quick release, all at the same time,” he said about his training.

Not coaching was a difficult decision for Knotts; however, he felt it was time to make that jump.

What really swayed him into making his decision was seeing some of the

quarterback play at an allstar game he was coaching in.

Although he has only been training his kids for a few weeks, Knotts can already see the improvement in several of his clients. As a trainer and coach, that is exactly what he is looking for. He says he knows they will not grasp all of the concepts immediately; he is just hoping for continued improvement after every session.

“It actually puts a smile on my face because anytime you are coaching or you’re teaching and you can see it happen, you are kind of like proud of yourself a little bit,” Knotts said. “The thing about my academy, what a lot of people don’t know, is I have four phases to my academy.

Knotts has a unique four phase system to improve players’ performance. like that, so I made it 70.”

Knotts says he does not like to brag but he is more than qualified to train quarterbacks to prepare them for the next level because of his experience on the field and the way he has studied the position. He fondly remembers a game against Davie County where he completed 10 of

football a day in their life and they are NFL coaches.

“Regardless of how they got on, they’ve never played a down of football, but they are out here coaching the best football players. I just think if you have a passion for it and it’s in you to coach and actually give back and See Football on B6

AAMPED, local Alphas help young men prepare for the future

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

For some the transition from middle school to high school can be a challenge. With a new school, teachers, and classmates, on top of a new schedule and responsibilities, it’s easy to see why. To help ease that transition, last week Crosby Scholars’ AAMPED (AfricanAmerican Males Pursuing Educational Dreams) program partnered with the local chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Alpha Pi Lambda Chapter) to host a week-long leadership camp for young men who will be headed to high school this fall.

Nathaniel Barber, a member of the Alpha Pi Lambda Chapter, said one of the main pillars of the fraternity is community service, so when their brother Richard Watts, coordinator for the AAMPED program, reached out, it was a no-brainer.

“One of the main things that we do is community service and this is our way of reaching into the community to try to help these young men as they come

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DeWayne Hall with State Employees Credit Union. leads a workshop on financial literacy and budgeting during the AAMPED Leadership Camp. to high school,” he said.

“Even though I’m retired, I try to give back because there’s still young people who can benefit from what you can share with them.”

Throughout the week while learning about the ins and outs of high school, participants also got a taste of what a high school classroom will be like.

Each day there was time set aside for math, reading, or science.

There were also several guest speakers throughout the week that focused on different topics such as: fi-

nancial literacy, college access, leadership, and several other topics. Some of the guests throughout the week included Attorney Harold Eustache, Fred Evans, Dr. Louis Finney, Ron Davis, DeWayne Hall, and Senator Paul Lowe.

Barber, who was an educator for more than 40 years, said he enjoyed spending time with the young men throughout the week. He also mentioned how receptive the young men were to new information.

“I’ve noticed these

young men seem to really trust what the adults are trying to say and they’re willing to ask questions.

It’s always a good thing when young people are asking questions because that means they want to know more.”

When discussing the camp, Jaleel Smith, who will be attending WinstonSalem Preparatory Academy next school year, said he feels confident that the camp has prepared him for high school and college as well.

“If I wasn’t here right

now, I wouldn’t be learning about college access, college housing and everything I need to know to be prepared,” Smith said.

Quincy Jones, who will be attending Parkland High School in the fall, said what he enjoyed most about the camp was the robotics activity they did earlier in the week. Jones admitted at first he didn’t want to attend the camp when his mother first told him about it, but he’s glad he did.

“At first I didn’t really want to come because I was already at another camp, but my mom made me do it. Then the first day here I really liked it,” Jones continued. “I really liked the robotics because it’s my dream to become an engineer.”

Crosby’s AAMPED started in 2016 to address negative stereotypes and help young African American men in our community continue their education after high school. The program is open to middle and high school students who are current members of Crosby Scholars. For more information, visit www. crosbyscholars.org or call 336-725-5371.

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I first heard that comment on SportsCenter, I had to go and find the quote online to make sure I heard it correctly. That was the most biased and inaccurate statement I have heard from a so-called coach in the NFL. This comment is downright insulting to Jackson’s talent, honestly.

Jackson is a player who has succeeded on all levels. He won a Heisman trophy at Louisville. Upon entering the league, he was successful very quickly. In only his second year, he won the MVP award and led the league in passing touchdowns. Yes, he had a down year last season dealing with injuries, but I believe that he will rebound this season very well.

Not only was he dealing with his own injuries, Jackson also lost his top two running backs for the year before the season even got started. He also didn’t have the most talented receiving corps to work with either. Hollywood Brown, who is now with the Arizona Cardinals, and Mark Andrews were his only consistent targets.

People love to lean on the fact that “running quarterbacks,” which are more often than not Black, don’t win Super Bowls. They point to Randall Cunningham, Michael Vick, Vince Young, Cam Newton, Donovan McNabb, Steve McNair and others as examples. None of the previously mentioned quarterbacks ever won a Super Bowl; however, a few of them did go to the big game and almost won

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Jackson took the high road when commenting about what the anonymous coach had to say about him. He spoke with the media last Thursday and simply stated: “It’s anonymous, so I don’t really care. He’s anonymous for a reason.”

Baltimore Ravens’ coach John Harbaugh was asked about the quote last week during training camp. He defended his star quarterback against what the anonymous defensive coordinator said.

“I don’t know who this guy named anonymous is,” Harbaugh said. “I haven’t met him yet. I don’t even know why we report on what he has to say. It is what it is. It’s just bologna.

It’s just nothing. It’s a big nothing burger.”

That’s great to hear from Coach Harbaugh. I am glad to see him defending his quarterback, even though Jackson and the team are knee deep in contract negotiations. It’s just sad that a quarterback that has done so much in just four years still has to validate himself in the league.

I am beginning to hate hearing that a running quarterback will never consistently win in the postseason. I beg to differ. People said the same thing about jump shooting teams in the NBA and before the Golden State Warriors, they were correct.

Now everyone in the NBA is tripping over themselves to find a similar formula as the Warriors have changed the way the game is played.

I think Jackson, or some other quarterback like him, can do the same

thing for the NFL. All it will take is the right combination of talent on the field and coaching. I am not sure that combination is in Baltimore right now, but it’s only a matter of time before someone figures it out and then everyone will try and emulate that.

Jackson is not the best passer in the game right now, but he still has room for improvement. He doesn’t have to become the best passer to achieve the goal of winning the Super Bowl, he just has to become good enough to make the defense respect that part of his game even more. Once that consistency is there, the league is going to be in trouble because the Ravens have already tailored their offensive system in favor of Jackson’s skill set.

I hate throwing out the race card but the obvious attacks on Black quarterbacks like Jackson, Mahomes, Murray and even Prescott are getting a bit out of control. It’s funny that you don’t hear the same criticism about their white counterparts. When quarterbacks like Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Daniel Jones or Trevor Lawrence struggled, there was some criticism, but not to the level that some of these Black quarterbacks have to deal with.

It’s getting a bit old that we are still dealing with these same stereotypes in 2022 and I’m sure that anonymous defensive coordinator is not the only one that feels that way.

Flora Pledger and Lillie Hamlin in Five Row, circa 1930

Angelou and Bearden: Forty Years Later August 16 · 5:30 p.m. · Free

Now on Display

HISTORIC HOUSE EXHIBITION This exhibition examines the lives of the Black women and men who helped shape Reynolda as it evolved from a Jim Crow era working estate into an American art museum. Through art, letters, photographs, and audiovisual recordings, Still I Rise: The Black Experience at Reynolda examines Reynolda’s complicated past in a space designed for reflection and healing.

This exhibition has been made possible in part by the Winston-Salem (NC) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In this collaborative program with Special Collections and Archives of Wake Forest University and Delta Arts Center, Reynolda will screen the 1982 recording of Romare Bearden and Maya Angelou’s conversation about what it meant to be a Black artist.

A panel discussion about the enduring impact of Black artists will follow the film.

This program has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

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Elder Richard Wayne

Sunday School Lesson

A New Home Scriptures: Revelation 21:1-8 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Examine the unique genre of “apocalypse” that characterizes Revelation in order to discern how to understand its message; *Contemplate the creation of a new heaven and a new earth for the hope that this vision holds for the faithful; *Embrace the peace of God that begins in this life with Jesus and continues in God’s new creation.

Background: We simply say Revelation, but the actual title of John’s book is “The Revelation of Jesus Christ.” The Greek meaning of “revelation” is “an uncovering,” “an unveiling” or “a disclosure.” The book of Revelation unveils Jesus Christ in glory. What is alluded to in the rest of Scripture, becomes clearly visible through Revelation given to Jesus by God the Father, and communicated to the Apostle John by an angel.

There are at least three points that are clear in the message of Revelation: 1) Christ is coming back and will judge humanity; 2) the powers of evil are doomed before Christ; 3) God promises a wonderful future for all who believe in Christ and the new creation that will last forever will come with Christ at His second coming.

Lesson: The Presentation (Revelation 21:1-2). As the lesson begins, John has already seen the devil and Satan bound for 1,000 years, the saints reign with Christ 1,000 years. He has been shown the Satanic rebellion crushed and the Great White Throne of judgment leading to the second death, the lake of fire. At this point the whole universe has been destroyed, and God creates a new universe to be the eternal dwelling place of the redeemed. “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth …” (verse 1). “And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, … (verse 2).

New Jerusalem is framed as the capital city of heaven, a place of perfect holiness. John sees it coming down out of heaven indicating it already existed, but it descended from on high into the new heaven and new earth. “… made ready as a bride adorned for her husband” (verse 2). The whole city, occupied by all saints, is called the bride. God presents the church as a “bride.”

The Proclamation (verses 3-4), “… Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, … God Himself will be among them” (verse 3). The tabernacle in the Old Testament represented the dwelling place of God on earth. This tabernacle of God is the reality of His presence. “… He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; …” (verse 4). Whatever in the past caused tears will no longer be.

The proclamation emphasizes there will be nothing sad, disappointing, deficient, or wrong in heaven because of God’s comfort.

The Promises (verses 5-8). “… Behold, I am making all things new.” (verse 5a). God Himself is speaking directly from His throne concerning the consummation of His work of renewal and redemption. He says all things are new and they will stay new. Nothing will wear out or decay – there will be no aging. “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” (verse 5b). God always speaks the truth. “It is done.” Jesus was present for the creation of the world and He will be present for the end of the world, because all things have been resolved or summed up in Him, who will reign over the universe for eternity. “… I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end” (verse 6a). God is responsible for both the beginning and the end of everything that has ever existed. From the beginning to the end, God is eternal, God is in charge, God is gracious and loving, God is just and GOD WINS. “I will give … the spring See Word on B4

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Johnathan Stowe will lead his first congregation

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

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On Aug. 14th, Pastor Johnathan Stowe will deliver his first sermon as pastor-elect of Westside Missionary Baptist Church in Robbins, North Carolina. Stowe has been around the ministry since being born, but his calling came later as others saw it in him before he did himself.

“My father is a bishop, so I grew up in the church.

If you go all the way back to my mother, they say my mother was shouting with me in the womb, so that’s what they always said,” Stowe said about growing up in church. “Growing up in church, I always was a part of the ministry with my dad, with the choir, Sunday school, or whatever department.

“As I kind of grew up and got married, it was around 2012 when I first mentioned to my mom and wife that I felt like I was called to the ministry. Under my pastor now, Cory Graves, he actually approached me about the ministry before I mentioned anything to him, so it’s almost like he saw it in me.”

Stowe gave his initial sermon in 2013 and immediately felt that the ministry was the right calling for him. He says many people told him that they knew he would become a pastor, but for him it was his personal relationship with God that really spoke to him.

“He started speaking to me and telling me that I had a heart for His people, so when I finally listened

to the voice of God, that’s when things kind of moved in that direction,” Stowe said about his walk in the faith. “I’ve always been in the church for the most part, but that was around that time when I actually answered that call.”

Initially Stowe had no desire to become a senior pastor of a church. His goal was simply to have a better connection with God. “A lot of people who weren’t physically in the church would call me pastor and I would tell them that I am not a pastor,” he said. “It never really was on my brain to lead God’s people as a pastor at that time. I just wanted to learn more about God, learn more about myself and be a servant to God’s people.”

Stowe took that relationship with God wherever he was. As an employee of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools as a math teacher and basketball coach, he says his faith helped him in both roles.

“A minister is really a servant. That’s what I ended up doing at Carver in academics and athletics,” he went on to say. “I looked at that as a ministry when I ended up going to Carver because I had taught at GTCC for six years before then. I remember praying to God asking him to increase my territory and then my job was discontinued at GTCC and I ended up at Carver and the rest is history.”

Stowe’s uncle, Pastor Leon Oglesby, was the senior pastor at Westside Missionary for over 15

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Johnathan Stowe, with his wife and daughter years prior to him passing away last year. Stowe and his family would routinely visit the church and he would minister to the congregation.

“His wife, my aunt, and his children asked me to preach a sermon for his eulogy during his service,” he stated. “After that they had called me to come down and help guide them through that process of not having a pastor. I went down there a couple of Sundays and after a while they opened the position and then me and my wife prayed about it and I applied, and it went from there.”

During the interview process, Stowe spent many Sundays at Westside preaching and leading the Sunday school, which al-

lowed him the opportunity to get to know the people of the congregation and form a great rapport with them.

“Me and my wife would talk about it and I would tell her on the ride down there that this really feels like home,” he said.

“Every time we would ride down there, it just became easier. The church we come from, White Oak Grove in Greensboro, is 45 minutes away, so it’s only 15 minutes longer for the commute.

“Every time we would go, me and my wife would talk, listen to music, or have bonding time. Every time we went down there, it was a good service and we got a good feel for the See Minister on B6

Forsyth County Missionary Union members attend state convention SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The Woman’s Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Convention of NC, Inc. held its 138th Annual Session the week of July 25-27 in Supply, North Carolina. The host church was Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Supply, whose pastor is Rev. Jaymus Stanley.

Our theme - Building on the Foundation of God’s Love: Missions, Evangelism, Stewardship (Neh. 6:1-3) - guided our Annual Session as we converged at the beach for worship and fellowship to strengthen ourselves as Repairers of the Breach (Isaiah 58:12).

In an effort to Save Our Children, our key-

Gets You,” explained how children are exposed to violence and suggested the tools that can help.

President Ellender LeMay’s address, “Go Tell the Story,” acknowledged God is Love and principles for success. One of our young adults was awarded a scholarship by way of Dunamis Development, LLC founded by Dr. Sherri Arnold-Graham, to attend the LEAP/ Leadership and Motivational Camp Submitted photo The Woman’s Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary at UCLA. Our Youth Session focused on health, Convention of NC, Inc. was held July 25-27. good hygiene and nutrition note speaker was world state of affairs of our youth to help ward off diseases. renowned Dr. Sharon (sexual abuse, trafficking, Our Young Adults sponCooper, MD, FAAP of court cases, crime, murder, sored a meet and greet felDevelopmental and Fo- shootings, revenge, violent lowship meal. rensic Pediatrics, P.A. who deaths, etc.). Her subject, shared information on the “What You See Is What

RELIGION CALENDAR

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

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

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

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

Aug. 7 First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, Senior Pastor of First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC), will deliver the morning message for Communion Sunday. Front doors will open at 9:15 a.m. for screening, devotion, and announce-

ments prior to the 10 a.m. service. Completed waiver forms and masks that cover the nose and mouth are required. The form can be submitted electronically on the FWBC website – www.firstwaughtown.org -- click on RE-ENTRY 2022, and printed copies will be available in the lobby prior to service. Other in-person protocols and information about 6 p.m. virtual Sunday School are accessible via the FWBC homepage RE-ENTRY link.

Persons who prefer to worship virtually can find the service on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com (First Waughtown); Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/ FirstWaughtown/; and the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown.org. (NOTE: Services are posted on a one-week delay.)

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 NOW Volunteers needed Samaritan Ministries needs volunteers to help with lunch and dinner seven days a week 365 days a year. The lunch shift for volunteers is from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sundays. The dinner shift is from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every night. For more information about Samaritan Ministries and to sign up to volunteer, please visit samaritanforsyth.org. Samaritan Ministries is located at 414 East Northwest Boulevard near downtown Winston-Salem.

Aug. 6 Celebration of cultures Join Historic Bethabara Park as we explore the connections between Indigenous peoples and the early Moravians on Saturday, August 6, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. A park guide will lead two informative tours regarding Indigenous peoples to 1800; and the Felt and Soul Puppet Theater will perform throughout the day. Admission is free. For more information, please visit historicbethabara.org or call (336) 924-8191.

Aug. 10 & 20 Movie in the park series Recreation and Parks will offer a free showing of “Luca” on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at Bolton Pool, 1590 Bolton St. The movie series is being sponsored

by Recreation and Parks, Community Development and the Winston-Salem Fire & Police departments. For more information send an email to WePLAYevents@cityofws. org.

Also, the WePLAY Movies in the Park series will show “Sing 2” on Aug. 20 at Crawford Park, 4226 Oak Ridge Drive.

Aug. 13 School supply drive The Forsyth County GOP “School Supply Drive.” Drop off will be Sat., August 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 300 Jonestown Rd., Suite 10, Winston Salem.

Aug. 13 Saucy Salsa contest The Fairgrounds Farmers Market is seeking entrants for its annual “Saucy Salsa” contest at 10 a.m. Aug. 13. Contestants can enter in the “Hot” or “Mild” categories. Salsas must be submitted the morning of the contest.

The Saucy Salsa contest is open to all nonprofessional chefs 18 and older. All entries must be homemade and only one entry per category is allowed per person. The salsas will be judged by local salsa connoisseurs. Complete contest rules, judging criteria and the entry form are posted at WSfairgrounds.com/saucy-salsacontest.

Aug. 12 Citizen Fire Academy application deadline The purpose of the Winston-Salem Fire De-

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of the water of life without costs” (verse 6b). This is the water that Jesus spoke of – lasting spiritual water for those whose souls are parched by sin – those who earnestly seek – salvation is free. God promises that the ones who overcome – will inherit - “… I will be his God and he will be My son” (verse 7). Those who overcome by faith in Jesus will enjoy a new relationship with God in the fullness of the new creation.

Concluding in verse 8, God calls out those who will be outcasts from the new heaven and the new earth. Those who rejected

partment Citizens Fire Academy is not to train an individual to be a firefighter, but to produce informed citizens and build long-lasting relationships with residents in our community.

The Citizens Fire Academy is free and is open to residents 18 and older. Participants will be selected through an application process and must commit to attending all eight classes. Class size is limited.

Applications must be received by Aug. 12. A link to the application is posted at CityofWSFire.org. For additional information contact Theresa Knops at 336-407-1343 or theresak@cityofwsfire.org.

Aug. 17 4 on 4th Winston-Salem Writers and Bookmarks will present several authors who will read from their works at the 4 on 4th event on Wednesday, August 17 at 7 p.m. The theme for August is “Stories from the South.” This free in-person event offers a chance to meet local authors and hear about their books.

Bookmarks is located at 634 W. Fourth St. #110, Winston-Salem. You can learn more about the event at https://www.bookmarksnc.org/4on4th_August2022.

Aug. 19, Sept. 2, 14 Cinema Under the Stars Reynolda House Museum of American Art is excited to announce the line-up for the 2022 season of Cinema Under the Stars. The films showcased this season have been curated by a/perture cinema and evoke the imagery and expression of Reynolda’s fall exhibition, Chrome Dreams and Infinite Reflections: American Photorealism.

Cinema Under the Stars kicks off Friday, August 19, with Spike Lee’s “Crooklyn,” the semiautobiographical film that follows the joys and heartbreaks of Troy Carmichael and her family as they navigate life in Brooklyn, New York during the summer of 1973. On Friday, September 2, the spotlighted film is “The Apartment,” the 1960 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.

The season concludes on Friday, September 14, with “La La Land.” Released in 2016, this colorful, whimsical and musical film chronicles the highs and lows of struggling artists in Los Angeles.

Beer and wine will be available for purchase on the grounds beginning at 7:30 p.m. and the movie will begin at sunset, around 8:30 p.m. Guests are encouraged to bring their own chair and/or blanket. In case of inclement weather, the showing will move indoors with limited seating.

Aug. 22 Medicare workshop The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem is offering a virtual workshop for individuals turn-

Jesus and make themselves apostate are specifically prohibited from the inheritance, instead “their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” The first death is only physical, the second death is spiritual and eternal. (The UMI Annual Commentary 2021-2022, The Modern Life Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, The Jesus Bible, The New Interpreters Study Bible, The Tony Evans Study Bible, and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: What do you think the environment would be like with no seas? (verse 1)

ing 65 (as well as those who already have Medicare) to learn about the different insurance options available. The session will be held on Monday, August 22, from 3 - 4:30 p.m. virtually through Zoom.

The session is provided at no cost. Because space is limited, reservations are required. Contact the Shepherd’s Center at 336748-0217 or Info@shepherdscenter.org for more information or to reserve a seat.

Aug. 26-27 10-Minute Play Festival Winston-Salem Writers is pleased to announce the winning entries in its 2022 10-Minute Play competition. The following six plays have been selected for performance: “Clearing the Air” by Lynn Hall and “The Short Timers” by Ed Robson, both of WinstonSalem; “The Cleansing Act” by Jonathan Stephens of Greensboro; “Baling Wire and Desperation” by Larry Bliss of Raleigh; “The Brooch” by Lawson Caldwell of Charlotte; and “Dick and Jane Get Old”

by Lela Chesson of Rocky Mount.

Performances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, August 26 and 27, at 7:30 p.m. in The Mountcastle Forum in the Milton Rhodes Center, 251 N. Spruce Street, WinstonSalem.

Sept. 6 Retirement workshop registration deadline Your Next Chapter: A Workshop for Those Contemplating Retirement is a three-session workshop being offered by the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem. The workshop is for anyone who is contemplating retirement or is recently retired. The dates for the workshop are September 13, 20 and 27, 2022 from 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Workshop limited to 18 participants. Reservations are required by September 6. Registration fee of $25 for the workshop covers the cost of resource materials and refreshments.

If you have questions, or wish more information on the workshop, contact the Shepherd’s Center at 336748-0217 or Info@Shepherdscenter.org.

Oct. 1 Oktoberfest Historic Körner’s Folly, 413 South Main Street, presents the Kernersville Oktoberfest, Saturday, October 1, from 3-6 p.m. This year will be the 12th annual fundraising event in the spirit of a German Oktoberfest, featuring tastings of local beers and foodie favorites. Tickets went on sale July 20!

Tickets include selfguided tour of the house, beer, wine, and food samples, as well as a Körner’s Folly souvenir tasting glass. Early Bird Tickets are $35 and will be sold through September 2; After September 2, Ticket price will increase to $40.

For more information, visit www.kornersfolly.org or call (336) 996-7922.

Currently three-fourths of the earth’s surface is water.

Application: As Christians, we know that God offers the ultimate new beginning, which is salvation through Jesus Christ. This week, pray for your unsaved loved ones and acquaintances. Pray that God will reveal to them their need for salvation. (UMI).

FYI: Forsyth County Sunday School Union will meet “virtually” every third Sunday, at 3:00 with teaching and programs.

You may join using the following “Zoom” credentials: ID 819 7872 9662, Passcode 787444, Phone: 1-301-715-8592.

WOMEN- AND MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES

Toyota Battery Plant Project— Small Business Incubator Launch Creating Contracting Opportunities Together AUGUST 17, 2022 | 1–3 P.M. Join NCDOT, Toyota and Ames Construction to discuss contracting opportunities available during construction of Toyota’s first hybrid battery manufacturing plant in North Carolina.

5938 Julian Airport Road Liberty, NC 27298 SCAN TO REGISTER or contact the NCDOT Business Opportunity and Workforce Development Office at 984-236-1234 or bowd@ncdot.gov.

Contracting opportunities and bid packages are available now!

lenders engage in small business lending and provide support to underserved businesses. The state has partnered with the North Carolina Rural Center to administer the program which aims to support communities in their efforts to revitalize central business districts, strengthen neighborhoods, foster small business recovery, and support economic growth.

SSBCI funding is expected to catalyze up to $10 of private investment for every $1 of SSBCI capital funding, amplifying the effects of this funding and providing small business owners with the resources they need to sustainably grow and thrive.

State governments submitted plans to the Treasury for how they will use their SSBCI allocation to provide funding to small businesses, including through venture capital programs, loan participation programs, loan guarantee programs, collateral support programs, and capital access programs.

To date, Treasury has approved state plans totaling more than $1.7 billion in funding to promote small business growth through SSBCI. A White House report released in June found that more Americans are starting new businesses than ever before. In 2021, Americans applied to start 5.4 million new businesses – 20% more than any other year on record. It also found that small businesses are creating more jobs than ever before, with businesses with fewer than 50 workers creating 1.9 million jobs in the first three quarters of 2021 – the highest rate of small business job creation ever recorded in a single year.

The investments being made through SSBCI are a key part of the Biden Administration’s strategy to keep this small business boom going by expanding access to capital and by providing entrepreneurs the resources they need to succeed. The work Treasury has done through the implementation process to ensure SSBCI funds reach traditionally underserved small businesses and entrepreneurs will also be critical to ensuring the small business boom not only continues but also continues to lift up communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Treasury intends to continue approving state plans on a rolling basis.

LEGAL NOTICES

M/WBE BID NOTICES M/WBE BID NOTICES

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Adminstrator of the Estate of Boyd J. Oakley (22 E 1527), also known as Boyd Jones Oakely, deceased May 30, 2022, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before October 17, 2022 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 14th day of July, 2022.

Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. An Equal

Employment Opportunity Contractor, NC

General Contractors # 7706 Will Consider All

Quotes Regardless of Race, Color, Religion, Sex, or National Origin and is Soliciting Bids for M/WBE Participation.

We would appreciate a quotation from your firm for any and all work and/or materials on the following

project:

Project Naame: Davie County - Water Supply Im-

provements

Bid Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2022 @ 2:00 PM

Please provide your proposal by: 8-17-22 @ 5:00 PM

Please provide your proposal by: 8-17-22 @ 5:00 PM

PM

We are soliciting subcontract bids for the following

Utilities/Plumbing, Concrete Work, Hazardous Material

The Chronicle July 14, 21, 28 and August 4, 2022

Precast Concrete Structures, Curb & Gutter, Site Grad-

trades. Work may include, but not limited to: Pipe Work,

Water, Electrical, Erosion Control, Traffic Control Signs,

Abatement & Disposal, Metal Building, Asphalt Paving

& Surface Restoring, Aggregate Base Course, Stone,

Seeding, Mulching, Exterior Piping & Valves, Pavement Marking, Earthwork, Hauling, Clearing & Grubbing,

ing,

Landscaping,

Metals,

Wood

&

Plastics,

Frames/Doors/Hardware, Openings, Thermal & Mois-

ture Protection, Finishes, Coatings, Painting, Demoli-

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Joseph Harvey (22 E 1449), deceased February 28, 2022, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before October 26, 2022 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

tion, General Carpentry, Rock Removal, Geo-Textile,

This the 21st day of July, 2022.

site adjacent to the existing Cooleemee WTP site (lo-

Alden Harvey Executor for Joseph Harvey, deceased 775 West 14th Street Winston-Salem, NC 27105 The Chronicle July 21, 28, and August 4, 11, 2022 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Fiduciary of the Estate of Donnell Julius (22 E 1571),deceased November 18, 2021, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before November 8, 2022 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 27th day of July, 2022.

Dominique Julius Fiduciary for Donnell Julius, deceased 2300 Ivy Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27105 The Chronicle August 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2022

EMPLOYMENT

HVAC, Fire Protection, Equipment, Specialties, Fenc-

ing/Gates, Quality Control, Topsoiling, Drainage, Rip-

Rap, Excavation, Asphalt Milling, Masonry, Stormwater,

Cast-in-Place Concrete, Concrete Forming, Bore & Jack,

Asphalt Pavement Repair, Conveying Equipment, Elec-

tronic Safety & Security, Exterior Improvements, Blast-

ing, Const. Entrances/Exits, Process Gas & Liquid

Handling, Purification & Storage Equipment, Pump Station Upgrades, Fire Suppression, Material Processing &

Handling Equipment and any incidentals and materials

necessary for construction to complete the project.

The Work is primarily located in Cooleemee, NC on a

cated at 246 Main Street, Cooleemee, NC 27014), and consists of the following:

- A 16-inch raw water transmission main extending from

the existing Primary Raw Water Pump Station to the new Cooleemee Water Treatment Plant.

-Upgrades to the existing Primary and Secondary Raw

Water Pump Stations (new pumps, piping, and electrical facilities).

-Greenfield Cooleemee Water Treatment Plant with the following facilities:

Conventional surface water treatment process facilities

(rapid mix, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration)Ultra-

violet reactors (duty/standby) for multiple barrier pathogen disinfection Dual-cell clearwell,High Service Pump Station equipped with duty/standby High Service

Pumps and a duty Backwash Supply Pump Chemical

storage and feed building Backwash equalization tank

Administration building including offices and a process laboratory Miscellaneous yard piping Standby generator

-Demolition of the existing Cooleemee WTP

-Construction of 12-inch and 16-inch water mains along

Main Street, Gladstone Street, and Hwy 601 including fittings and valves, fire hydrants, bore and jack trench-

less crossings, and erosion and sedimentation control and other miscellaneous restoration

The work performed under this Contract shall include,

but may not be limited to: the furnishing of all labor, ma-

terials, equipment and services, whether specifically mentioned or not, that is required to complete the Con-

struction of the Work of the project. All requirements of

the State of North Carolina and all pertinent administra-

tive regulations shall apply to this project as if herein written out in full. All work will be in accordance with

the Plans and Specifications

Please contact Daniel Lynch at dlynch@jrlynchand-

sons.com if you have any questions on the joblink below:

https://ftp.hazenandsawyer.com/?ShareToken=647F51A 014ECDE8B5174037B139F7653FF864504

You may view plans & specs at: JRL Office @ 314 S.

Academy St. Pilot Mtn, NC Phone: 336-368-4047 Fax:

336-368-4613

Bidding Documents may be examined online at the fol-

lowing locations: • McGraw Hill Construction / Dodge

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the positions for Traffic Maint Worker - 3487 Equip Op Light – 1399, 1678, 1104 Traffic Electronics Tech - 2510 Transportation Engr - 2643

(dodge.construction.com) Complete Bidding Documents

may be obtained from the office of the Engineer by

emailing daviecounty-wsi@hazenandsawyer.com. Electronic documents will be provided at no charge.

JRL is willing to review any responsible quote and will

negotiate terms, if appropriate. We will notify your firm

if your bid is accepted for this project. Please contact me if you have not heard from JRL by 8-25-22 and I will

inform you of the status of your bid.

If you need assistance with obtaining bonding, loan cap-

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qualified minority business in need of equipment, loan

Please visit: www.cityofws.org for job description and application process.

please see JRL Policies below or contact us and we will

for assistance. Providing assistance to an otherwise

capital, lines of credit, or joint pay agreements to secure

loans, supplies, or letters of credit, including waiving

credit that is ordinarily required. Assisting minority businesses in obtaining the same unit pricing with the bid-

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establishing credit.

JRL will not require any M/WBE subcontractor to pro-

vide bonding. We will allow you to work under our bond free of charge. We will provide joint check agree-

ments, as needed. We will also provide quick payments.

(Typically, on a weekly basis) Bonding:

It is Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. policy NOT to require

M/WBE subcontractors to provide bonding to Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. for their portion of the work. All

M/WBE subcontractors will be allowed to work under

Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc Performance & Payment Bonds to the Owner.

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We would appreciate a quotation from your firm for any and all work and/or materials on the following project: Project Name: Greensboro (Guilford County) –Water Booster Stations– Phase I

Bid Date: Thursday, August 18, 2022 @ 2:00

Boyd Anthony Oakely Adminsitrator for Boyd Jones Oakley, deceased 1045 Wilburn Lane King, NC 27021

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. An Equal Employment Opportunity Contractor, NC General Contractors # 7706 Will Consider All Quotes Regardless of Race, Color, Religion, Sex, or National Origin and is Soliciting Bids for M/WBE Participation.

Finanical Assistance:

We are soliciting subcontract bids for the following trades. Work may include, but not limited to: Asphalt, Carpentry, Clearing & Grubbing, Concrete, Doors, Drainage Structure, Electrical, Erosion Control, Excavation, Fencing, Fire Protection, Grading, Hauling, HVAC, Landscaping, Masonry, Metal Fabrication, Minor Drainage, Painting, Photo & Video, Plumbing, Plumbing Supplies, Roofing, Signage, Utilities, Traffic Control, and openings, along with any incidentals and materials necessary for construction to complete the project.

The work in this contract consists of construction of a new water booster station (Four Farms Road), demolition of an existing water booster station (Jessup Grove Road), and various process and site improvements at existing water booster stations (Regional Road, McConnell Road and US Highway 70), as described in the Specifications and shown on the Drawings.

The work performed under this Contract shall include, but may not be limited to: the furnishing of all labor, materials, equipment and services, whether specifically mentioned or not, that is required to complete the Construction of the Work of the project. All requirements of the State of North Carolina and all pertinent administrative regulations shall apply to this project as if herein written out in full.

Please contact Daniel Lynch at dlynch@jrlynchandsons.com if you have any questions on the job link below.

The following Dropbox links will provide you with the digital Plans and Specs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cezg5oa0l8olde2/2 021-007A%20Plans%20-%20Final.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/7pc50v0gl6fqtn8/2 0 21 - 0 0 7 A % 2 0 P r o j e c t % 2 0 M a n u a l % 2 0 %20Final.pdf?dl=0 You may view plans & specs at the following locations: JRL Office @ 314 S. Academy St. Pilot Mtn, NC. Also, Bidding Documents also may be examined at the following locations and All work will be in accordance with the Plans and Specifications which are on file in the office of “The City of Greensboro”, Contact Mr. Ted Barker, Engineering Division, 300 West Washington Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401, email: ted.barker@greensboro-nc.gov.

(336-433-7308) Phone (336-373-2338) Fax or email: michelle.walser@greensboro-nc.gov telephone: (336) 373-7966, fax: (336) 373-2338, JRL is willing to review any responsible quote and will negotiate terms, if appropriate. We will notify your firm if your bid is accepted for this project. Please contact Daniel Lynch @ number listed below, if you have not heard from JRL by 8-25-2022 and I will inform you of the status of your bid. If you need assistance with equipment, obtaining bonding, (J.R.L. will furnish bonds for all projects & will help you obtain the proper certification, (if you are not certified.) loan capital, lines of credit, insurance or joint pay agreements, please see JRL terms below or contact us and we will review your needs and direct you to available agencies for assistance.

Bonding: It is Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. policy NOT to require M/WBE subcontractors to provide bonding to Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. for their portion of the work. All M/WBE subcontractors will be allowed to work under Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc Performance & Payment Bonds to the Owner.

Financial Assistance: Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. will provide Joint Check Agreements to all M/WBE subcontractors. Please request a Joint Check Agreement in writing. We will work with you and the material vendor to develop a Joint Check Agreement to satisfy all parties.

Quick Payments: It is Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. policy to provide Quick Payments to all M/WBE subcontractors. Jimmy R Lynch & Sons, Inc will provide payment to all M/WBE subcontractors on a weekly basis if the work for which payment is being requested is complete and accepted by the City of Greensboro JRL encourages 2nd tier M/WBE Subcontracting opportunities. We encourage our subcontractors to utilize 2nd and 3rd tier M/WBE Subcontractors.

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WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on July 29 the approval of North Carolina’s application for funding under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) for up to $201.9 million.

President Biden’s American Rescue Plan reauthorized and expanded SSBCI, which was originally established in 2010 and was highly successful in increasing access to capital for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

The new SSBCI builds on this successful model by providing nearly $10 billion to states, the District of Columbia, territories, and Tribal governments to increase access to capital and promote entrepreneurship, especially in traditionally underserved communities as they emerge from the pandemic.

Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo announced the approval of North Carolina’s plan alongside North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Machelle Baker Sanders at the North Carolina Rural Center. The North Carolina Rural Center administers funding for small businesses from local and federal sources, including from the SSBCI program. As part of the announcement, Deputy Secretary Adeyemo and Secretary Sanders participated in a roundtable discussion with small businesses and financial institutions that participated in the first round of SSBCI. “This historic investment in entrepreneurship, small business growth, and innovation funded by the American Rescue Plan will help reduce barriers to capital access for traditionally underserved communities across the state,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo. “I was glad to have an opportunity to hear from North Carolina small business owners and financial institutions during my visit today and look forward to seeing the impact these funds have in promoting equitable economic growth in North Carolina.”

North Carolina, approved for up to $201.9 million, will operate three different programs, including a loan participation program to which it has allocated $160 million.

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Northeast Ward Council Member Barbara Hanes Burke is hosting a meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, to update community members on the results of strategies recently implemented to reduce gun violence. The meeting will be held at the Carl H. Russell Community Center, 3521 Carver School Road, Winston-Salem. All interested city residents are invited to attend.

This meeting is a follow-up to the town hall meeting on gun violence that Burke held May 25.

At that meeting, community members suggested strategies for reducing gun violence. Updates on the strategies implemented through July 31 will be provided.

After the updates, community members will have the opportunity to ask questions and make comments pertain-

ing to the data and information shared.

At the town hall meeting on May 25, Burke shared that this would not be a “one and done meeting, and there will be a follow up.” Burke stated, “This meeting is an opportunity to report the impact on the implementation of strategies to address gun violence.”

Presenters will include Burke; Police Chief Catrina Thompson; Assistant Police Chief Wilson Weaver II; Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough; Superintendent Tricia McManus of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools; Pam Peoples-Joyner, a community relations specialist with the Winston-Salem Police Department; Susan Frye, a community outreach specialist with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office; and staff members of the Winston-Salem Recreation & Parks.

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Settling differences: The why and how of voting

BY HOWARD PEARRE

“We settle our differences at the ballot box.

Sometimes my choice prevails, sometimes yours does.”

This is what U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, chairman of the House Select Committee on the January 6 attack, said.

“We cast our votes. We count the votes. If something seems off with the results, we can challenge them in court, and then we accept the results. When you're on the losing side, that doesn't mean you have to be happy about it.

And in the United States, there's plenty you can do and say so. You can protest. You can organize.

You can get ready for the next election to try to make sure your side has a better chance the next time the people settle their differences at the ballot box.”

These were the words Rep. Thompson used to open the seventh televised public hearing on July 12.

Election Day Nov. 8 will be a day we settle our differences.

If you want to get a head start, here are some steps to take. Today is not too early.

Check Registration Check your registration status to assure you will be able to vote without a hassle. Google NC VOTER SEARCH and click on VOTER SEARCH-NC SBE. This will take you to a website where you can easily check your (or any other voter’s) registration status (“active,” “inactive,” or “name not listed”) and check to assure your address is correct. If it’s not, you may run into problems voting.

While you’re at that site you can also check where you are assigned to vote and pull up a sample ballot for your specific precinct. If your status is “active,” your listed address is current, and your name is listed correctly, you are good to go.

If your status is “inactive,” if your name is not in the database, if you have recently moved to or within Forsyth County, or if you have changed your

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you’ve also done good things on the field regardless if you played in college, high school or professionally, I just think it’s how you carry yourself at the end of the day and also what you’ve done on the field. I just want to show people I do know what I am talking about. I played the position, did pretty well at the position, and I am teaching this new style of quarterback techniques that college coaches are

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people.”

Stowe says he really wants to upgrade the church’s virtual ministry.

Being a rural congregation, they don’t have WiFi. Another goal of his is to immediately connect with the youth because that was one of his callings at White Oak. Music is another passion for Stowe as well.

Working in the school system gives Stowe a unique perspective when dealing with the youth in the church. He feels he knows how to connect with them at their level and hopes that helps in bringing them back to the church.

There were no expectations for Stowe when it came to the senior pastor position. He just felt he would be a good fit and left the rest in God’s hands.

“Honestly, I was shocked. There were other candidates. Even though I had a positive outlook and felt I had connected myself with the church family, I was just really anxious about what would happen, but when it did, I was just shocked,” Stowe said

name, you will need to submit an updated Voter Registration Application to the Forsyth County Board of Elections.

If you have an N.C. drivers license, you can submit a new or updated registration online. The Division of Motor Vehicles’ website can be used to update a voter registration or register for the first time. Google REGISTER TO VOTE ONLINE NC, select OFFICIAL NCDMV: VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION, select GET STARTED, select CONTINUE TO MY NCDMV SERVICES, select CONTINUE AS GUEST and select SUBMIT A VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION to use this free service.

If you’d rather handle this with paper, you can get a form from the board of elections office. Or, you can Google NC VOTER REGISTRATION FORM, select VOTER REGISTRATION FORM - NCSBE, and print an application after filling in the information. Mail it or hand carry it to the Forsyth County Board of Elections’ office at the Forsyth County Government Center, 201 North Chestnut Street, WinstonSalem, NC 27101.

Request Absentee Ballot North Carolina law allows any registered voter to vote by mail without specifying a reason. Google and select DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTE BY MAIL/ NCSBE. You can use the “NC Absentee Ballot Request portal” to file your request online.

Or, you can complete and print out the “Absentee Ballot Request Form for 2022” from the website and mail it to the Forsyth County Board of Elections. The board will send out absentee ballots, with instructions and an official return envelope, starting Sept. 9. If you don’t have access to the internet, you can call the board of elections at 336-703-2800 to ask that a ballot request form be mailed to you, or you can visit a public library and request that one

be printed for you.

Early Voting Another way to get a head start is to prepare to vote early. For the Nov. 8 election, early voting will be available from Oct. 20 through Nov. 5 at 12 locations including Brown and Douglas Community Center, Mazie Woodruff Center, Southside Branch Library, and the WSSU Anderson Center. You are allowed to vote early at any of the early voting locations in your home county without regard to your address. Also, if for some reason you still are unregistered, or if you need to correct your address or your name, you can take care of these issues at the same time at an early voting site. To do this and vote at the same time, you will need to provide documentation related to the change such as your driver's license, a utility bill with your address, or a current college/university photo identification card paired with proof of campus habitation.

November 8 If your choice is to vote on Election Day, Nov. 8, the polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. If you choose this option, you must vote at your assigned polling place. If you have moved but not updated your registration with your new address, you may have to vote with a provisional ballot which then would have to be approved or denied by a special board of elections team.

November 8 is when we settle our differences.

Registering and voting is how. Get ready.

For more information about voting, refer to the NC Board of Elections webpage NCSBE.GOV. Howard Pearre retired after a career as a counselor and manager with N.C. Vocational Rehabilitation and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. He has led training workshops on voter registration and is a board member with Winston-Salem Writers.

looking for.”

C93 is a unique name that Knotts came up with for his academy. He has an interesting story as to how the name came about.

“Ninety-three to me is a mindset. When you go to the pump, outside of diesel gas, the numbers you see are 87, 89 and 93 and 93 is the best gas you can obviously put in your car, so I just feel like to me when my kids step on the field, you know who they are,” he said. “Just like how I felt my senior year, there’s a newspaper article from The Chronicle and it had

Jeremy Peterson on the front of it and it said ‘Will Craven Knotts fill Jeremy Peterson’s shoes’… so from that day the next person after me is going to have to fill my shoes.

“I am trying to give my guys the same mindset.

You may not be the biggest, you may not be the tallest, you may not be the fastest, you may not be the strongest, but I am teaching them to be the best quarterback they can be and to be themselves.”

about his feelings when he was named senior pastor at Westside.

“It was a sigh of relief and we just praised. My mom started praising and I was with all my family at a wedding when I found out. I told everybody and everyone was just happy and rejoicing. It was just a feeling of knowing that God had ordained over the years and it finally came to fruition.”

Stowe was very appreciative of his time and lessons learned while he was a member of White Oak Grove. He says when he was married to his wife in 2010, they were attending his father’s church, but he and his wife felt they needed a new beginning with another congregation. They visited several churches around the Triad area and White Oak was the best fit for them.

“After we got married, we decided to make a married couple decision,” he said. “We tried to find our own church that we would have together, so we ended up visiting and visiting and we went over to Greensboro and visited White Oak Grove a few Sundays and we ended up joining.

“I ended up getting to

know some people there, singing in the choir and singing on the praise team.

That’s where it started and then my pastor approached me about the calling on my life, which startled me a little bit because I never really told anybody. So, when he mentioned that, that’s when everything started coming together and he started grooming me for this exact moment right now. He always had a saying that he doesn’t have associate ministers just to pat him on the back or say ‘amen pastor,’ but he really tries to groom us and allow us to go out and compel men to come to Christ the same way that he does every Sunday.”

According to Stowe, oftentimes his ministry would branch over into his life in the school system.

He says there were many times a kid or a co-worker would ask him to pray for them or ask him about scripture. He feels being in the ministry helped form his faith and that God put him there for a reason.

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