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Carver-Parkland set to renew fierce rivalry FOOTBALL

Mustangs will host Yellow Jackets in arguably the best rivalry in the city

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Everyone has his or her own opinion on what is the best high school football rivalry in the area. Some may say East-Glenn others think Mt. Tabor-West, but over the years no rivalry in Forsyth County lives up to the hype of Carver vs. Parkland in the early 2000s.

This season will be the first time since 2012 that the Yellow Jackets and Mustangs face off on the gridiron.

The Mustangs and Yellow Jackets are set to kick off

this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Deaton Thompson Stadium, 2052 Old Salisbury Road.

Before Caver became a member of the Western Piedmont 2A Conference in 2013, both schools were two of the best teams in the Piedmont Triad 3-A Conference.

Parkland is now a member of the Central Piedmont 4-A Conference.

Germane Crowell During the early 2000s, both Carver and Parkland were known throughout the state as football powerhouses. Both teams were always pre-season picks to finish near the top of the conference.

Up until 2008 The CarverParkland matchup was so big that the game had to be played at Bowman Gray Stadium. No other high school matchup in the city has every needed such a venue.

Separated by less than 10 miles, the two schools have a rivalry that goes past the gridiron. The CarverParkland rivalry is one that even has Martin Samek alumni from the schools talking about Friday’s matchup.

India Reeves, a graduate of Carver High School, said See Rivalry on A2

THEN AND NOW

A New Orleans family tries to make their way through floodwaters in the downtown area of the Crescent City on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. The water continues to rise after Hurricane Katrina pounded the area on Monday. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Remembering the tragedy and charity after Katrina

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Communities all over the country responded, and Winston-Salem was no exception.

Katrina killed more than 1,800 people and caused a record $108 billion in property damage. Its storm surges caused levee breaches that flooded the city of New Orleans, killing 700 people. The nation was shocked by images of New Orleanians stranded on rooftops and the 26,000 people trapped in the Louisiana SuperDome who waited days for supplies and evacuation.

Shortly after the storm, Dr. John Mendez, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Winston-Salem and longtime activist, went down to survey the damage in New Orleans.

“It’s not anything I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been in plen-

Gulfport, Miss. shortly after Katrina hit.

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For many African-Americans who watched their city submerged in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico for nearly a week in 2005, Landrieu’s message rings hollow.

Donya Richardson, a 41-year-old retail employee, moved from New Orleans to Atlanta in advance of the storm. She returned to her old neighborhood three times – each time leaving in tears.

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Blank Space Project takes over Kimberly Park garden Students from Wake Forest University came out on Tuesday, Aug. 18 to help bring the Kimberly Park Community Garden back to life. The garden is located at 1701 Cherry St.

Students and volunteers help bring community garden back to life

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Earlier this year, after listening to community members in the Kimberly Park area, Blank Space Project (BSP) began a initiative to help maintain the community garden that was planted in the Boston Thurmond area.

The Blank Space Project (BSP) started as a local think tank that supports grassroots ideas. The purpose of the project is to revitalize communities by including community members in the problem-solving process while also fostering creativity.

BSP works with communities to develop sustainable design projects that change the way neighborhoods look and feel.

Jessica Wilson, co-founder of the Blank Space Project, said they got started

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she will be in the stands representing the Yellow Jackets even though she is now a teacher at Parkland.

“Even though I do work at Parkland now, I will be sitting on the Carver side during the game,” said Reeves. “I will always be a Yellow Jacket.”

Reeves said she isn’t sure why the rivalry is so strong, but at Carver you are just taught to dislike Parkland.

“As a Carver student, you are just taught to hate Parkland, and they are taught to hate us. It’s just how it goes,” Reeves laughed.

Although the game will not be played inside Bowman Gray Stadium,

on the garden after members of the community voiced their opinions on the upkeep of the garden.

Before BSP took over the garden in May, the garden had not been tended to for close to three years “After seeing the vacant garden and hearing some of the complaints from some of the residents, we thought we could bring some life back to this corner.” Wilson said.

“Someone needed to jump in and initiate the beginning stages of the garden,” said Wilson. “We saw the possibilities and started pulling together our resources.”

Although the garden was started as a project for the students at Kimberly Park Elementary School, a sustainability project was never set into place, which is when BSP stepped in. After a number of conversations with Amber Baker, principal at Kimberly Park, Wilson and BSP got to work bringing the garden back to life.

Earlier last week (Aug. 18), a number of incoming freshman from Wake Forest helped to tend the garden. The students seemed eager to learn and get to work on

Carver Athletic Director Michael Winbush is confident the game will draw a large crowd.

“I’m expecting a large crowd when we face off against Parkland,” said Winbush. “We had a big crowd when we played Dudley as well.”

Parkland head coach Martin Samek knows how big the game is for the city and is trying to keep his team focused on taking the season one game at a time.

“I know how big the match up use to be for the city, and I know it will be a big game for both teams, but most importantly, I’m trying to keep the team focused and take the season one game at a time.”

The Mustangs are coming off a 29-7 victory over Northeast Guilford in the first game of the season.

Local portrait artist honors playwright Garland Lee Thompson Sr.

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The National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF) honored the late Garland Lee Thompson Sr., a playwright, who died in November 2014. He was an integral part of the festival.

Winston-Salem artist Leo Rucker has painted a likeness of Thompson, who was a longtime supporter and good friend the late NBTF founder Larry Leon Hamlin. His tribute and homegoing event at the NBTF, Act III, was held on Aug. 6, at the Marriott hotel in downtown Winston-Salem, where Rucker unveiled his honorary artwork.

Rucker's project began immediately after a conversation with Aduke Aremu, producer, playwright and radio host. Upon their initial meeting at St. Phillips African Moravian Church in Old Salem Museum and Gardens in December

2014, Rucker then began to work through the thought process of how the composition of the painting would reveal itself.

During the NBTF event, Garland Thompson Jr. expressed that the likeness really captures who his father was outside of what people saw in his everyday life. The many friends and peers who attended the event agreed.

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Carver will be looking to regain its footing after falling 42-7 to Dudley at home last Friday.

Germane Crowell, head coach at Carver, is hoping to use the matchup with Parkland to gain momentum for the rest of the season.

“If we get momentum early in the season, I think we have what it takes to make a playoff run,” said Crowell. “We aren’t looking past anybody.”

Last season, the Yellow Jackets finished with a 9-4 record while the Mustangs couldn’t manage to put a mark in the win column finishing 0-11.

“I know both teams will come in prepared. The team who is the most disciplined will come out victorious,” Crowell said.

Leo Rucker’s painting of Garland Lee Thompson Sr. is shown.

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Community volunteer James Anderson works on the Kimberly Park Community Garden on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

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improving the community.

Carl McPhail, a freshman from Charlotte, said he had done similar work in his hometown but wanted to make an impact in Winston-Salem while he worked toward a degree in business.

“I heard about the garden through a program called SPARK on campus,” said McPhail. “As a freshman, I really wanted to get out and learn more about WinstonSalem and work in the community.”

Although many students had never even stepped foot in a garden before, according to Wilson they were all quick learners and really made an impact in the garden.

“The thing about it is they all were willing to learn,” said Wilson. “None of them were afraid to get dirty, and they came right in and got to work.”

Not all of the volunteers were new to gardening, James Anderson said he has been gardening for over 50 years and said he was proud to see the young people getting out and working.

“It gives me a good feeling to see these

young people coming together like this,” said Anderson. “When I was growing up, things like this were unheard of. I’m just glad I could be a part of something that helps this community.”

Anderson, a native of Mississippi, said he volunteered with the garden because his late brother was one of the community members who helped plant the garden.

“My brother helped to plant this garden before he passed away,” said Anderson. “I wanted to come out and help the students in any way I could. I know it is what my brother would have wanted.”

The community garden is at 1701 Cherry Street, across the street from Kimberly Park Elementary School.

The Blank Space Project has a number of other community events planned for communities in the Winston-Salem area.

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Adams, school board discuss early childhood education issues

U.S. Rep. Alma Adams speaks with local educators and students during an open roundtable discussion at Mudpies Early Childhood Learning Center.

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BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

U.S. Rep. Alma Adams sat down with members of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board and other educators in WinstonSalem on Wednesday, Aug. 19, to discuss the importance of early childhood education.

Adams, a former educator, expressed her displeasure with what is happening with education in the state and said she is doing all she can to improve the situation. “There is a lot going on in Congress right now that should concern you,� said Adams. “A lot of what is going on I am not pleased with.� “That is why I wanted to come here today to hear your opinions so that we can come up with other plans to attack the issues in our school systems.�

The round table discus-

sion took place at Mudpies Early Learning Center and allowed school board members, teachers, educators, and students from the area a chance to voice their concerns about the school system before the upcoming school year.

Before the start of the roundtable discussion, Adams toured the Mudpies facility. After the tour, she said she was very impressed with what she saw inside the learning center, located on East Seventh Street in downtown Winston-Salem. “I don’t know what I expected. I had never seen the facility before, but I must admit that I am very impressed,� said Adams. “If I had little children, clearly I would be bringing them over here.�

Adams, who serves on the education and workforce committees in Washington, D.C., went on to talk about how important

Congresswoman Alma Adams invited members of the WS/FCS School Board, teachers, students and educators to roundtable discussion on Wednesday, August 19.

“I don’t know what I expected. I had never seen the facility before, but I must admit that I am very impressed.� – U.S. Rep. Alma Adams

early childhood learning is to the development of students.

While working with the education committee, Adams said she has been working to gain the reauthorization of ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act), which emphasizes equal access to education for all.

It is well documented that in recent years the state has asked its teachers to do more with less. Over the last decade, teacher salaries fell farther in North Carolina than any other state.

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“It is shameful that we don’t pay our teachers what they deserve,� said Adams. “We need our best people working with our youngest students to build that foundation.�

Tony Burton, chief executive director of Mudpies, said it is hard to maintain faculty when they don’t have the funds to pay. “It’s hard to keep faculty members when we can only afford to pay them minimum wage,� said Burton. “In this field, you must have a four-year degree. There is no reason why I should have to pay

them less than they deserve.�

School board members talked about early education centers that are not doing what they should to develop children. Deanna Taylor said it is important that these early “learning centers� be held accountable. “We aren’t holding these facilities that are calling themselves learning centers to their word,� said Taylor. “Accountability is a big issue. We have to make sure they are doing what they say they’re doing.�

A number of students from the area also got a chance to voice their opinions on the importance of early childhood education and development.

LaSonya Killian, a junior at Carver High School, said it is important that a strong foundation is built to prepare students for their futures. “If we set the founda-

tion by the time these students get to high school, there won’t be a question on if they want to go to college. They will already know and be on the right path.� LaSonya said.

Rodney Ellis, president of the North Carolina Association of Educators, thanked C Adams for putting the roundtable together to improve the future of the students in the area. “Congresswoman Adams is the first person to ever bring these groups of people together to talk about the issues we have. I applaud her for that.�

After the roundtable discussion, Adams talked about the importance of listening to those who are in the classrooms and working with the students every day to better understand the issues they face. “To fully understand the people you are serving you have to walk the walk,� Adams said.

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The Triad’s first Multicultural Bridal Fair and Fashion Show will be held at The enterprise Conference and Banquet Center on Saturday, Sept. 12 from noon to 5 p.m. at 1922 S. Martin luther King Jr. Drive.

This event, called “elegance,” is free and open to the public. The theme is “Building an inclusive community while celebrating love and the union of families.”

“The goal of this event is to bring people of all backgrounds from all parts of our city together to learn how diverse cultures celebrate love and the union of families,” says event organizers, Patricia Degraffinreaidt and rosa Gilmore. event supporter the rev. Willard Bass, director of The Freedom Tree at the institute for Dismantling racism, said, “This event supports our vision for an

inclusive community and encourages us to be social in a way that helps us learn about each other.” one of the event highlights will be a fashion show of elegantly crafted gowns and menswear presented by local businesses. it will feature African, latin American and Asian wedding attire.

“The hispanic league is honored to support this event. it aligns with our goal of building bridges through community inclusion, which we believe will assist in lighting the path toward multicultural understanding," said Mari Jo Turner, executive director.

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Corporation. S.G. Atkins Community Development Corporation is a nonprofit organization, with a mission to promote community economic development and encourage neighborhood leadership. other named sponsors include The Freedom Tree of the institute for Dismantling racism and The hispanic league. vendor slots are available for cake designers, caterers, florists, jewelry retailers, limousine service, travel agencies and wedding planners.

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Goodwill Career and Prosperity Center wants to spread the word: We’re here

By Tevin STinSon The ChroniCle

Since 2011 the Goodwill Career and Prosperity Center has been dedicated to improving the quality of life of those in the east Winston community. on Friday, Aug. 14, the center held an informational session to educate the community on services provided at the center as well as give school supplies away for school-aged children.

Bryant King, director of the center, at 1253 n. liberty St., said many people in the community don’t know about the center and what it does. “it’s a surprise that so many people in the community don’t know what we do or what this center is. Some people look at the unknown and never take the time to find out what something is,” King said. “i had one guy come in and tell me that he thought this was a car wash,” laughed King. “So that’s the whole purpose of this event, just trying to bring more attention to this center.”

The Goodwill Career and Prosperity Center offers information on job openings in the area, resume preparation, career coaching, linkedin profile setup and job skills training. The center also provides programs for those looking to further their education.

A number of participants in the program have earned their high school diplomas from the Adult

high School Access Center that can be completed online.

A few participants are even working on their bachelor’s degrees through online programs at the center. raphaela hawkins, who has participated in a number of programs at the center, said the center has really helped her plan for her future.

“The programs and services they provide here are really amazing,” said hawkins. “i had a little set back, but the center has helped me get back on track.”

The walls of the center are boards filled with information about upcoming workshops, job fairs and seminars. The center also has a “hot jobs” section that is updated every week with new jobs in the area. information about scholarships for the trade classes provided by Goodwill are also available at the center.

Project re-entry is another program provided at the center. The program is a community based collaboration of organizations and agencies that provides a coordinated system of pre- and past release services for individuals who have recently completed an active prison sentence.

The mission of the program is to improve the reintegration of former offenders, reduce criminal justice costs and increase public safety through the establishment of a pre- to post release transitional planning system.

Just one year after the center opened, the state

planned to close the center because of lack of funds. instead of just letting it happen, King typed a support letter and rallied those in the community to sign the letter to keep the center open. “i wouldn’t allow them to tell me that they built this center and shut it down,” said King. “Word got out, and the community got behind it and the center is still here and we’re still going strong.”

For more information on the Goodwill Career and Prosperity Center on north liberty Street, contact Bryant King at 336724-1299. other Career and Prosperity Centers are located at 585 Waughtown St. and 2701 University Parkway.

Forsyth Tech groundbreaking ceremony officially launches construction on new Stokes County center

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More than 80 people turned out for a groundbreaking ceremony hosted by Forsyth Tech to celebrate the commencement of construction on the college’s new Stokes County Center at 1165 Dodgetown road in the Meadows community near Walnut Cove.

The Center represents the college’s first permanent facility in Stokes County. on hand to offer remarks were Dr. Gary Green, president of Forsyth Tech; ed Welch, Chair of Forsyth Tech’s Board of Trustees; ronda Jones, Chair of the Stokes County Commissioners; and Ann Watts, director of Stokes County operations for Forsyth Tech.

Attendees included county commissioners, the county manager, members of the board of education, the school superintendent, representatives from the offices of Sen. richard Burr and U.S. rep. Mark Walker, State rep. Bryan holloway, members of Forsyth Tech’s Board of Trustees and Foundation Board, as well as students from the Stokes early College program.

Watts expressed her excitement for the center, saying, “it’s been over 30 years in the making, and i could not be more proud.”

“We are embarking on a new era in Stokes County,” said Jones. “education is imperative to our economy, and we could not ask for a better place or better people to move this county forward.”

Following the remarks, Green, along with 10 of the invited guests, pushed ceremonial shovels into the ground and tossed dirt to officially mark the groundbreaking of the Stokes County Center on July 27.

The new 20,000-square-foot center, which was designed by the architecture firm of Walter robbs Callahan & Pierce, has been designed to meet the educational needs of Stokes County’s growing population. it will offer expanded space for adult and early college students, a lab for the nursing program, facilities for eMT training and state-of-the-art science and computer labs. Plans are also in place to create within the center an agriculture and agritourism program, tapping into the unique farming opportunities available in Stokes County.

Blue ridge enterprises is overseeing construction of the center, which is expected to open in fall 2016.

Forsyth Tech received $6 million from Stokes County for construction of the center.

Members of the community gather outside the Goodwill Career and Prosperity Center located at 1253 N. Liberty Street for the information session and school supply giveaway.

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This marker dedicated to the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther Party is near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fifth Street.

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Former Black Panther Party leader Little speaks out on petition to have marker removed

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Last month, an online petition was started to have the marker honoring the Winston-Salem chapter of the Black panther party (Bpp) removed.

The Winston-Salem chapter was the first Bpp in the South and was known for its many community service programs, including a free breakfast program for children, an ambulance service and medical screenings.

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During an interview, Dr. Larry Little, who was the leader of the local branch during the height of its popularity, was quick to point out that pearce isn’t from this area and doesn’t understand what the Bpp did for the community. “he isn’t even from here,” said Little. “he doesn’t understand the impact we had on this city, not just with africanamericans, but the entire city. We were about equal rights for all, not just black people. he doesn’t understand that.”

Little went on to mention that the new Black panther party doesn’t have

anything to do with the marker or the original Black panther party.

“The new Black panther party is a totally different organization, with no ties to the original Black panther party,” Little said.

“We went to court to try to stop them from using our name, but because they added “new,” there was nothing we could do.”

During the first week, the petition gained over 100 signatures. That number quickly grew to over 3,000 in less than a month. although the petition almost reached its goal of 5,000 signatures, Little is confident that the marker

will never be removed. “it’s not going anywhere,” said Little. “The marker is a historic monument.”

The marker honoring the Bpp is protected under a law that protects historic monuments, which renders the petition useless. as of Tuesday, aug. 25, the petition had 3,931 signatures. an update left on aug. 2 states that pearce has downloaded the signatures in case they are needed. pearce could not be reached for comment.

Little said that people should do more research on the Black panther party to

understand what they were about. “a lot of people don’t understand what we stood for, when the city honored us with the marker, that was the biggest crowd ever for a marker unveiling,” Little said.

The petition can be viewed at change.org, a freemium petition tool that has over 100 million users.

The marker honoring the Winston-Salem chapter of the Black panther party is located at the northeast corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and east Fifth Street.

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N.C. fails on ACA, falls behind GUEST EDIITORIAL

The percentage of people without health insurance nationally has dropped into single digits, in large part due to the Affordable Care Act. The same cannot be said for North Carolina, where leaders stubbornly refuse to help implement the act.

The number of uninsured fell to 29 million, or 9.2 percent of the population, in the first three months of 2015, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. That represents a decrease of 7 million people from the previous year.

Among working-age people (ages 18 to 64), the number uninsured decreased by about one-third, to 25.5 million, from 39.6 million in 2013. Among those under 18, the number fell to 3.4 million, from 4.8 million in 2013.

The new report is not broken down by states, but there's no reason to believe North Carolina does not continue to have one of the nation's highest percentages of uninsured. In 2014, more than 17 percent of North Carolinians under age 65 were uninsured.

Only six states had higher percentages.

Part of the national improvement undoubtedly is due to economic conditions, with people being hired by firms that already were providing health insurance. But it would be absurd to think the ACA did not play a role. The number of uninsured has dropped by nearly 16 million since the law's major provisions went into effect.

The improvement spans all age, income and ethnic classifications. The most significant gains were made by those with incomes under or just above the poverty level. There also was significant improvement among Hispanics, historically the group with the highest uninsured rate.

In North Carolina, however, the improvement has been marginal. The percentage of uninsured fell only 2.6 percentage points, from 19.9 to 17.3, between 2013 and 2014. The health center considers this to be ``no significant change.''

That's no surprise. Since Republicans gained complete control of state government in 2012, the state has turned its back on the ACA. First, North Carolina refused to set up a state insurance exchange, forcing the federal government to take over that role.

Even so, more than half a million people have obtained coverage through the federal exchange.

Could that figure have been higher had the state devised its own exchange and marketed it aggressively? We'll never know for sure, but we suspect the answer is ``Yes.'' And then there's Medicaid. Under the ACA, states were urged to increase the income limit for Medicaid from 100 percent to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $32,915 for a family of four. The federal government pays all the additional cost at first, with the federal share eventually dropping to 90 percent.

North Carolina refused to go along. As a result, another half million people are without health insurance. The cost of caring for them is absorbed by health providers who recoup their costs by charging more to their other patients. In other words, if you're insured you will wind up paying costs that should be paid by the federal government.

State leaders insist they cannot expand Medicaid until the state Medicaid system is fixed. Never mind that the system now is financially stable, or that healthinsurance.org says ``the state already had an excellent Medicaid managed care program, Community Care of North Carolina.'' Legislators continue to insist the system is not working.

The state Senate would turn management over in part to commercial managed-care companies. The House doesn't like that idea. Neither house shows any interest in expansion.

That's too bad. The Affordable Care Act is here to stay, and it is working. North Carolina should do its part, so its people will benefit.

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Eliminate food deserts in the state

To the Editor:

There are more than 340 food deserts across 80 counties in North Carolina. These deserts are defined as communities with limited resources of fresh, healthy and affordable food.

Food deserts affect the overall health of North Carolina citizens, young and old. This makes it difficult for people with limited mobility or no transportation to get the nutritional food they need to be healthy.

The University of North Carolina at Wilmington’s Department of Sociology and Criminology noted that North Carolina has the fifth-highest rate of food insecurity in the United States. Communities with limited access to fresh produce and other healthy food see higher rates of dia-

betes, obesity, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

Supermarkets certainly offer nutritious food for many, but not every community has a supermarket.

That’s where community partnerships and legislative action can help.

We need to work together to get healthy food to low-income areas or to people with limited mobility through food banks, farmers markets, farm stands and corner stores.

Strong legislation like that Hanes sponsored by my c o l l e a g u e Representative Yvonne Holley (DWake) helps strengthen these efforts and promote broad partnership.

The scourge of hunger and food insecurity can be cured by creating sources of healthy food in every lowincome neighborhood and giving opportunities to people to provide for

themselves.

This bill addresses food insecurity and has helped drive awareness and discussion about solutions. The initiative to help mom-and-pop convenience stores sell fresh, nutritious food aids businesses and farmers and can improve public health. North Carolina companies have taken the initiative to provide some of the funds we desperately need for refrigeration and fresh, healthy food to help eliminate food deserts.

Access is critical. It’s time for us to work together to take these nutritional basics to the poor. I encourage all North Carolinians to volunteer at their local food banks, donate food or money, and call their state representatives. Every action will draw us closer to our ultimate goal: The elimination food deserts in our state.

Rep. Edward F. Hanes Jr. North Carolina General Assembly District 72

Perfect timing for ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Tevin Stinson

Chronicle Columnist

For the second straight week, “Straight Outta Compton” has owned the box office. During the first two weeks, the film has generated over $100 million. The biopic details the lives of the five members of the legendary rap group N.W.A. The group started in 1986 in Compton, California, during a time when drug trafficking was at an all time high and African-Americans were being stopped and searched because of the way they looked or dressed.

Group members Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DJ Yella, MC Ren and the late EazyE wanted to fight back against police brutality and racial profiling not by force but through their songs and lyrics.

During a time when the “Black Live Matters” movement is taking over the country, the film “Straight Outta Compton”’s timing couldn’t have been any better. N.W.A was one of the first rap groups to speak about police brutality and racial discrimination.

A number of songs by the group were banned including “F--The Police,” a song meant to tell the public how the police treat AfricanAmericans in this country.

In some cities, the group was arrested for performing the song, including in Detroit.

Before going on stage at the Joe Louis arena, police told the members of the rap group that if they

“Before N.W.A took that chance at talking about what was going on in their neighborhoods, rap music was more about being happy and having a good time.”

performed the song, they would be arrested. The group played the song any

way because they wanted the public to see how real their lyrics were.

Subsequently, all members of the group and even their manager were arrested for inciting a riot.

Before N.W.A took that chance at talking about what was going on in their neighborhoods, rap music was more about being happy and having a good time. O’Shea Jackson Jr., who played his father Ice Cube in the film, said to a reporter that N.W.A rapped about what they saw when they walked out the house in the morning.

Most of the people who were against N.W.A didn’t understand what it was like growing up as a AfricanAmerican male in Compton during the ’80s and are the type of people who don’t understand the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

Rap music has always been an outlet for AfricanAmericans to have a voice to tell how they feel. Way before the Black Lives Matter movement, N.W.A showed us that our lives matter. By standing up against a system that was created to suppress African- Americans, they were willing to risk their own lives and careers to tell the truth.

Who will be our truth tellers? During a time in which African-Americans are being gunned down in the streets during routine traffic stops, artists and performers should be doing more to speak out against what we see on the news everyday. N.W.A showed us the type of impact we can make if we stand up against social and racial discrimination in 1986, but who will take that torch in 2015?

Tevin Stinson is a Chronicle reporter.

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Restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 “Some of the protecMarc tions that had b e e n Morial enshrined in the Voting Guest Rights Act Columnist itself have been weakened as a consequence of court decisions and interpretations of the law. State legislatures have instituted procedures and practices that, although on the surface may appear neutral, have the effect of discouraging people from voting … And if, in fact, those practices, those trends, those tendencies are allowed to continue unanswered, then over time the hard-won battles of 50 years ago erode, and our democracy erodes.” – President Barack Obama, Aug. 6

On the eve of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a federal appeals court in New Orleans struck down a strict Texas voter identification law. In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel found that the law violated the federal Voting Rights Act and had a disproportionate and discriminatory impact on Blacks and Hispanics in the state.

The law – which requires forms of identification that many poor people and people in communities of color either do not have or have great difficulty accessing – made it far more difficult for these groups, including college students and the elderly, to exercise their constitutional right as citizens to vote.

The importance of the ruling has not been lost on advocates battling on the frontlines to expand our nation’s access to the ballot and thwart legislative attempts at voter suppression. It was a small victory in the larger enterprise of many Republicancontrolled states efforts to limit voters’ rights. It was a reminder of why the land-

President Lyndon B. Johnson shakes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s hand as he hands him one of the pens used to sign the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

mark civil rights legislation signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson 50 years ago remains an important weapon in the fight to expand access to the polls. And it underscored why Congress needs to make restoring the Voting Rights Act a political priority.

The aftermath of the Supreme Court’s regrettable 2013 decision in Shelby County vs. Holder to gut Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act – which established which states had to get advance approval from the federal government before making any changes to their election laws – ushered in a wave of tough voter suppression laws. Texas does not stand alone in its

zeal to make it harder for Americans to vote. Wisconsin and North Carolina have passed similar voter identification laws – and the restrictive measures don’t just end there. Eliminating same-day registration, shortening early voting, doing away with online voting registration and aggressively purging voters from the voter registration rolls are some of the other tactics legislators are using to deny eligible voters access to the polls. These lawmakers justify their restrictive policies with allegations of voter fraud – a claim that experts have proven to be unfounded time and again.

The myth of widespread voter identification fraud appears to be nothing more

Where are the caring adults?

Marian Wright Edelman

Guest Columnist

What’s on the minds of many high school students these days – the start of a new school year, getting a driver’s license, worrying whether they’ll make the team, perhaps daydreaming about college and sweating over SAT exams?

But that’s not what three Black male high school students told a Children’s Defense Fund audience this summer they’re thinking and worrying about.

Aijalon “AJ” Morris is beginning his senior year at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School in Nashville, Tennessee, said: “I have no friends that I grew up with. I have lost

five this year and I have lost three to prison … I was in fifth grade and I lost my [first] friend. He got killed. Seventh grade, my friend killed somebody, and he’s in jail for life …

From my freshman year to now, I have been to 12 to 13 funerals. And I grew up with everybody that I went to those funerals with, and now they’re gone. It’s hard to cope with it. It’s hard to – sometimes I cry all night, you know, and I ask God why.”

E’Darrius Smith, a budding and talented artist, is also a rising senior at PearlCohn. “I had a good friend that I grew up with … He ended up dying because he was robbed and he tried to fight back and they ended up shooting him in the chest. So they ended up killing him. And when I found this out, you know, I almost cried, but at the same time [you’ve] seen so many classmates and so

many people … you just sort of say, ‘Man, I sort of knew that was going to happen.’”

In middle school, AJ was a star athlete. By eighth grade he was already receiving offers to play football in college but after he was sidelined by injuries his sophomore year, everything changed.

“I lost hope. I stopped going to school. And during those times I was going through a lot with my family. I was homeless. I didn’t have anything to wear, didn’t have anything to wear to school, you know, nothing like that. I didn’t even know where I was going to get my next meal. And everything was gone.” No one seemed to care. “I remember a whole month – a whole month we ate bread. We ate toast for a whole month.”

Jermaine Simmons, a junior at Pearl-Cohn: “We live in the worst conditions

where nobody helps you.

And we live in a condition where you’ve got to watch your back every 30 seconds. You know, you don’t know when you’re going to get robbed, you don’t know [when] you’re going to get shot, you don’t know [when] you’re going to get stabbed … For some of us that is our reality.”

These three teens are very lucky that they have a mentor in the Rev. Damien Durr, a gifted teacherpreacher, they can rely on.

Damien is a member of the Children’s Defense Fund’s Nashville organizing team but also is a social and emotional counselor at Pearl-Cohn High with a special focus on helping Black male students stay out of the cradle-to-prison pipeline. AJ now dreams of becoming a kinesiologist, Jermaine – a social studies teacher, and E’Darrius – a freelance artist, one of whose fine paintings I look

than a political fraud orchestrated by officials eager to shift political fortunes to their party.

There is no right more fundamental to our democracy than the right to vote. We, as a nation, must ensure that all Americans who can vote have the opportunity to vote.

The seemingly obvious idea that a democracy functions at its best when the largest number of its citizens are afforded the opportunity to determine who will lead it – and how it will be led – is under a modern-day legislative assault. If our elected officials truly do believe that all votes matter, Congress must commit to stemming the tide of suppression and get to the work of fully restoring voter protections in the Voting Rights Act. The National Urban League stands with President Barack Obama and the civil rights and voting rights advocates calling for the full restoration of the Voting Rights Act and the reinstatement of the voter protections dismantled under the Supreme Court’s disastrous 2013 decision.

And we would do well to remember that this fight goes beyond maneuvers in the halls of Congress. As President Obama said during his remarks at the White House commemoration of the golden anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, “Far more people disenfranchise themselves than any law does, by not participating, by not getting involved.” The number of Americans who participated in the 2014 midterm elections was reportedly the lowest it’s been since World War II. We cannot clamor for the right to vote only to turn around and ignore our civic duty. We owe that much and more to those who fought and bled and died to secure the right to vote because it is not enough to gain the right, we must employ, maintain and protect it as well.

Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

at every day when I step out of CDF’s national headquarters elevator.

Where are the other neighborhood, community, school, and faith congregation mentors and role models? And where are those calling for common sense gun laws so that walking down the streets or to school is not like a showdown at the OK Corral?

Where are the outreach workers from community agencies to knock on doors from time to time and see who’s there and what children’s needs might be?

The violence, poverty, and trauma these young people face would be unthinkable for anybody – and yet we leave countless children to cope with death and fear daily and often all alone. What are our responsibilities to our children and youths to offer them respect and hope and education and jobs and open up rather than close doors to a positive future?

E’Darrius said Damien Durr has been an invaluable mentor because he taught him he can’t wallow

in self-pity about the circumstances he comes from – he must rise up.

But countless other youths need but lack a Damien in their lives to help them overcome the overwhelming odds threatening to drag them down.

They need parents and grandparents. They need caring teachers and principals and social workers and health care workers. They need faith communities whose doors are open to compete with the drug and gun dealers. They need positive alternatives to the streets and the gangs and sadly too often to the police and law enforcement agencies entrusted to protect them. They need positive role models who have experienced many of their struggles and show them that they can overcome them with perseverance.

and observed nature. We lived near a large wooded lot growing up and my dad typically got up early and stood in front of the sliding glass door with his cup of coffee and observed the various wildlife that congregated in the back yard.

He was very peaceful and still. It seemed almost meditative and you felt the need to quietly tip toe past him so you didn’t disturb this peaceful interlude.

Nearly every day he took his dog for a morning walk in the wooded lot.

When I’d join him we didn’t do a lot of chit chatting. Just walking and taking in the cool crisp morning and the smell of the pine needles crunching beneath our feet. There is a great gift of stress management I received in learning how to be still and quiet, especially in the non-stop loud world we live in today.

Dads, you have a great opportunity to teach your kids by your actions. It doesn’t have to be monumental. It’s the simple things they’ll learn like eating veggies each day, tak-

ing a walk, or enjoying a fun physically active game.

Your actions are what they’ll remember the most and adopt into their own lives.

Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children’s Defense Fund.

For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org.

Children learn by watching adults, so live healthy Meri Raffetto

Guest Columnist

As a mother of 5-year old triplets I’m starting to see exactly how children learn healthy habits. It doesn’t always come from talking at them or trying to explain by reading child friendly stories or using carrot shaped puppets to get the message out about developing healthy habits.

They learn from observing our behavior.

Our generation seems a bit different than our parents’ in that we make life busier than it needs to be, pushing out time for exercise, relaxation and eating properly. A recent study published July 21 in the American Journal of Men’s Health tracked 10,000 men from adolescence to adulthood and found that men are gaining weight after becoming first time fathers while non fathers are losing

weight in the same time frame.

Whether the weight gain is coming from a decrease in time to exercise, eating off your kids’ plate or living a stress filled existence, the thing is… your kids are watching your actions and it’s making an impact on their own choices. As the old saying goes, “actions speak louder than words.” Instead of just focusing on telling children how to eat or stay active I believe it’s time to look inward and see if we’re setting our kids up for success. What do they witness on a daily basis from our own actions?

What did we learn from our parent’s actions?

The above questions made me reflect on my own childhood and the lessons I learned from simply observing my dad and I’m happy to report they were some good ones.

He never used the term exercise; he just enjoyed certain activities. My dad was always active. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved any type of fishing whether it was lake, river,

ocean fishing or even ice fishing … he did it all. He also was known to play golf and play handball.

Some of these activities are slow moving but the point is I always witnessed him enjoying being active.

What I took from this was that movement can simply be enjoyable and not a chore we have to do to stay healthy.

He didn’t label foods healthy; he just enjoyed and ate them. We didn’t hear the message that we needed to eat vegetables or the opposite, that vegetables aren’t tasty. We watched my dad eat veg-

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etables and thoroughly enjoy them. Every single night of my childhood whether we had spaghetti, hamburgers or pizza we always had a salad with oil and vinegar dressing. Most often that salad was accompanied by an additional vegetable serving. My dad simply enjoyed his vegetables and needless to say it rubbed off on us kids. All four of his children enjoy vegetables and it seems very normal to us to have several servings with our dinner.

He didn’t speak of stress management; he simply took a morning walk

Meri Raffetto is a Registered Dietitian and founder of Real Living Nutrition Services, an online weight loss and wellness program inspired by the Mediterranean Diet.

She’s the author of the Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Dummies, the Glycemic Index Cookbook for Dummies and Glycemic Index Diet for Dummies. Meri is also a member of Men’s Health Network Board of Advisors.

Men's Health Network (MHN) is a national organization whose mission is to reach men and their families where they live, work, play, and pray with health awareness messages and tools, screening programs, educational materials, advocacy opportunities and patient navigation.

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She lived with her then 6-year-old daughter in the Ninth Ward, one of the low-lying, predominantly African-American areas hardest hit by the Category 5 storm that claimed 1,833 lives and left 705 people missing. The levees, built to contain a Category 3 hurricane, collapsed, and 80 percent of the city drowned under its enormity.

“I went back about a month after everything settled down. I cried because the neighborhood was a wreck. I mean, a wreck,” she said. “The destruction seemed unreal. It looked like a bulldozer just came through and tore up everything in sight. There was nothing left to salvage. I broke down because I had a life in that place.”

Richardson returned in 2011. “I was excited because downtown looked the same, if not better,” she said. “You would have never guessed Katrina came through there. Then I got to the Ninth Ward and my heart just sank. It wasn’t as bad as that first time, but it still looked like a hurricane had been through there. It made me cry.”

She returned again in spring. “I was praying to see rebuilt houses, more

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ty of war zones, but I think this was worse than that,” he said.

The rescue and relief efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were widely critiqued as being inadequate. The difficulty in getting relief to those struck by Katrina inspired some Winston-Salem residents to make their own relief trips to the Gulf Coast. The weekend after Katrina hit, the local black community filled a bus with supplies, which attempted to go to the Big Easy. It made it as far a Baton Rogue, where it was able to give its supplies to a shelter.

Mendez said the response was “negligent” and showed a “lack of caring” for the largely black population that had been stranded in New Orleans.

“One of the things that Katrina woke the nation up to was the fact that people actually lived and suffered and were impoverished in this country,” he said.

Mendez said that his trip let him know what help was needed, such as water, first aid and volunteers for both the cleanup and the massive rebuilding efforts.

He said many churches helped in the effort. The Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity helped with relief and also protested the response to Katrina.

Though the federal response did have difficulties, like in every storm, it did help many when they needed it.

The North Carolina-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (NC-1 DMAT), comprised of 35 members, including doctors, paramedics and other medical specialists, helped at Gulfport Memorial Hospital, which was facing a surge of patients and operating on generator power after Katrina hit Gulfport, Mississippi. The team, made of medical professionals from around the area who are called up to

families – signs that real change had been made. But I saw only a little. Not enough. So many houses are just ruined and still ruined. But in other places in New Orleans, places that were hit just as hard, you can never tell anything happened.”

Richardson is not alone in her observations. A wide gap exists along racial lines about attitudes regarding New Orleans’ recovery, according to a survey by Louisiana State University, with 41 percent of whites said living in New Orleans improved since the hurricane clean up, while less than 20 percent of AfricanAmericans feel things are better.

‘We are unique’

"We don't talk the way anybody else talks, we don't dance the way anybody else [dances],” Landrieu said while touring Atlanta. “They don't eat the way we eat. They don't hug the way we hug. They don't love the [same] way.

It's just different. And it's wonderful. I love Houston.

Houston's one of the great cities in the world. I love Atlanta. But you know what? New Orleans does not want to be Houston or Atlanta. What we want to be is the best version of our real selves, because we are unique."

Unique does not mean

respond to emergencies, set up five tents that acted as a completely self-sufficient overflow emergency room with its own generator power. The team saw 1,200 patients in 10 days.

“We saw a lot patients and did a lot of good,” said Elizabeth Newsome, NC1DMAT team commander.

DMAT teams were under FEMA at the time and are now under the Department of Health and Human Services.

Newsome said that there have been many lessons learned and improvements made in emergency response since then.

DMAT teams now respond faster and have more efficient tailored responses to disasters.

One thing that made Katrina unique was the 1 million Gulf Coast residents displaced by the disaster that dispersed across the nation. FEMA sent some evacuees to other states. None where sent to the Triad, but many ended up there on their own.

More than 500 evacuees came to Winston-Salem.

Susan Smith, Red Cross of Western North Carolina senior disaster program manager, said some came because they had friends or families in the area. Others were familiar with or had been to North Carolina before or heard the area was a good place for evacuees.

They often came with only what they could fit in their car or carry on a bus.

To help evacuees, WinstonSalem created Project Welcome. Evacuees were directed to head to the Red Cross location on Coliseum Drive, where they would be evaluated and connected with needed resources.

Smith said Red Cross offices across the country were working overtime.

Locally, volunteers where being trained and mobilized to not just to go to the Gulf Coast to do relief work, but to also respond to the flow of evacuees.

She said some evacuees stayed only until they were given the OK to go back and check on their homes.

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better for many AfricaAmericans living in the Ninth Ward, where homeowners either walked away from their destroyed properties or relocated to Houston, Atlanta and other cities. Many failed to receive enough insurance money, if any, to repair the vast destruction.

The city did receive $70 billion in federal aid for $150 billion in damages, but a tour of the city revealed what neighborhoods were left on the sidelines.

“When you have that kind of gap [in monetary aid],” Landrieu conceded, “not everyone gets everything all the time.”

The mayor pointed to the refurbishing of the Mercedes Benz Super Dome – where 30,000 mostly African-Americans endured six days of unseemly conditions as the city drowned – and the many rebuilt neighborhoods and the overall growth in population of the city as evidence of progress.

“Y’all can come on home,” Landrieu said while touring Houston.

“But come home to what?” Anderson asked.

“New Orleans is in my heart, in my blood. That will never change. But it’s not like it was the best place for jobs before the hurricane. And with our neighborhoods – not to say

Louisiana evacuee Rendell Bartholomew steps off the supply bus that returned to Winston-Salem from Baton Rogue, Louisiana.

He was the only evacuee who took volunteers up on a trip out of the Gulf Coast after they dropped off supplies. He was met by his brother-in-law, who drove him to Virginia to stay with family.

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Others stayed months or years, some even relocating to the area. Regardless, the needs they had when they came required a multitude of agencies working together to help them.

“It was caring hands and hearts coming together and really embracing these evacuees,” said Smith.

One of those agencies was Experiment in SelfReliance, which found housing for evacuees. ESR

Floodwaters drowned parts of New Orleans 10 years ago after Hurrican Katrina hit.

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won two Emmys.

On his tour, in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Landrieu called New Orleans "one of the world's most remarkable stories of tragedy and triumph, resurrection and redemption."

New Orleans will celebrate the city’s rebirth on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with parades featuring Mardi Gras Indians, and brass bands marching through Uptown and downtown

that we have to live where we always lived – but our neighborhoods just haven’t gotten the attention it deserves.”

New Orleans will make headlines again during the 10th-year anniversary.

President Obama plans a visit and so does former President George W. Bush, who was roundly criticized by many, including filmmaker Spike Lee, whose 2007 documentary on the aftermath of Katrina, When The Levees Broke,

Executive Director Twana Wellman-Roebuck said ESR regularly finds housing for those in need, so it used its resources and relationships with landlords to help. She got daily updates via phone from FEMA on its housing efforts.

“Sometimes the rules you had heard the day before, the next day had changed or there was an update to it,” she said.

She said that there were weekly meetings between the different local agencies

involved, constantly finding ways to improve things, like bringing in pastors to minister to the emotional and spiritual needs of evacuees. She said the community really pulled together to help the displaced Gulf Coast residents.

“That was just an impressive time,” she said.

Mayor Allen Joines said that overall, WinstonSalem really rose to the challenge in helping those struck by Katrina.

“I was pretty proud of

New Orleans on Aug. 29.

The event is promoted as the Katrina 10 Commemorative Parade, created to be "a cultural showcase that celebrates New Orleans, its resilience and the incredible spirit of its people," said Flozell Daniels Jr., president and CEO of the Foundation for Louisiana.

But many on the eastside and in the Ninth Ward will not see reason to celebrate. They are still drowning in tears.

A bus filled with supplies leaves from Winston-Salem for the Gulf Coast the weekend after Hurricane Katrina hit. The trip was organized by a variety or organizations and leaders in the local black community.

the way our citizens, our businesses, our churches and others organizations stepped up,” he said.

Mendez said that he felt disaster response had gotten better under the current U.S. administration. One thing that hasn’t gotten better is the poverty that left many vulnerable and disadvantaged when disaster struck.

“The issue of poverty has to be addressed to avoid these kinds of crises in the future because they will happen again,” he said.

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was at the time, during that confrontation, was getting home,” he said. “Whatever medals I got, weren’t that important.”

After his tour of duty, he said a persistent recruiter convinced him to sign up for the National Guard, where he served for 22 years. Among his friends there was a sergeant named Joey Ireland, who did some digging into his records and saw the bronze star. Wallace told Ireland that the medal was “no big deal,” but over the years Ireland encouraged him to get it.

Wallace, who retired from the National Guard in 1998, has spent the last couple years trying to get his claims accepted by Veterans Affairs so he can get Veterans Administration (VA) treatment covered for things like a mental health issue he says stems from his war service. He was told he would have to prove he was in the 101st Airborne.

He turned to HARRY Veterans Outreach Services for help.

Helping veterans navigate the complexities of VA claims is a big part of HARRY, which was founded by Cait Shabazz in honor of her late brother, Marine veteran Harry Smith. Shabazz said that HARRY contacts Burr’s office for every veteran’s claim in an attempt to get complete service records for those veterans. She said she tries to get them any medals they didn’t receive.

“It lets them know their service did not go unnoticed,” said Shabazz Burr, a former ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs committee, regularly awards overdue medals to veterans.

Lost or misplaced records is very common among veterans, said Shabazz. Wallace was literally on the way out of Vietnam, when he was told some of his records had been destroyed in a fire.

However, he does believe he has all of them now.

He’s still working on his claims, trying to get the VA to accept them.

One claim the VA did accept was his Post Traumatic Stress Disease (PTSD) claim. However, Wallace said the coverage for his PTSD is taken out of his National Guard retirement benefits, reducing it from about $500 to less than $60. He said he was challenging that, too.

Shabazz said it wasn’t unusual for veterans who don’t have a high level of disability to have their VA benefits taken out of their retirement and it’s another issue HARRY will be advocating on.

“It seems like it’s just a constant battle to do everything,” said Barbara Wallace. “All these things deserved by these veterans, they have to have to fight like tooth and nail to get what they deserve.”

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Forty-five years after his service in Vietnam, Bernard Wallace was presented with medals, including a bronze star, from Sen. Richard Burr on Sunday, Aug. 16.

Wallace received his medals at his church, Carver School Road Church of Christ. He received seven medals and a flag that flew over Washington, D.C., in his honor.

H e said people a r e still telling h i m congratulations Mrs. Wallace for his belated bronze star, given for combat heroism or meritorious service. He said receiving the medals was an emotional experience.

“I was elated. I was kind of shocked,” he said.

His wife, Barbara Wallace, was looking on with pride as Burr handed him the medals. She said most congregants had only seen medal ceremonies on TV. http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/fro ntline “It was such a wonderful occasion to have Senator Burr come to the church,“ she said. “The people at the church were just ecstatic. They had never seen that before.”

Wallace is still working to get his claims accepted.

Wallace was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War and served from 1969 to 1971 in the 101st Airborne. He became a radio transmission operator (RTO) who was on the battlefield, calling in artillery attacks.

Wallace believes the bronze star came from an incident in which he helped save the life of a fellow soldier. He said a soldier on patrol named Eisenhower fell in a river and couldn’t swim. Wallace said he dove into the river after Eisenhower, who was being swept away by the current. Wallace grabbed him, but the young soldier was struggling, threatening to drown them both. A sergeant managed to grab Eisenhower and pull him out of the river as Wallace sank down underneath the water. Wallace said he swam with everything he had to get back to the surface, grabbing unto a rock and eventually back onto shore.

Wallace said he received some medals during the war, but few were ever given to him in a ceremony. It was far more common for a superior officer to just had them to him in an office. He said he was aware he’d earned a bronze star, but never received it.

He said he wasn’t thinking much about recognition at the time.

“All I was concerned

Bernard Wallace holds the Bronze Star, one of seven medals presented to by Sen. Richard Burr at Carver School Road Church of Christ on Sunday, Aug. 16.

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WSSU's Massey: a burly back with speed WSSU FOOTBALL

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A year ago, Tyree Massey was not an every-down running back at Winston-Salem State. Instead, he was a key element in a three-player rotation which totaled 1,555 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns.

Although Massey was third on the depth chart, he made the most of his opportunities – 402 yards, six touchdowns and he averaged 5.4 yards per carry. With the departure of seniors Maurice Lewis and Mustafa Greene, Massey figures to be the featured Rams runner coming out of the backfield this season.

“I'm ready for the challenge,” said Massey, a senior from Bunnlevel. “Things went real well during the off-

season. I stayed here all summer and worked out. As a result, I came to this year's training camp in real good shape and I'm ready to go.”

Look for the Rams to give opponents a healthy dose of Massey at tailback all season long. And for good reason. At 5-feet-11, 240 pounds, he's a punishing runner between the tackles.

But that's just one aspect of his game. Massey said his Massey best time in the 40-yard dash is 4.7 seconds. Yet, he looks much faster under game conditions. Aside from that, he's agile, elusive and rarely goes down after initial contact.

Realizing that his work load will increase substantially this fall, Massey was fully engaged in off-season training.

Being in peak condition, he explained, will pay off handsomely as the season progresses. Given his training regimen, he's confident that he'll have the strength and stamina to perform well in the fourth quarter.

Massey didn't always have a fullback's body. At Overhills High School in Harnett County, he was “a small guy” at 185 pounds. As a senior, he rushed for over 1,100 yards. During his time as a JUCO at Louisburg College, he gained weight, but it never had a negative impact on his speed and quickness. When he arrived at WSSU last year, it was his first time getting fully involved in a weight lifting program.

“Two summers ago, I wasn't able to stay here [Winston-Salem], so my conditioning wasn't what it needed to be,” he said. “This past summer, I followed through on everything my strength and conditioning coach [Marc

Third-quarter avalanche dooms Carver JV in loss to Dudley JV FOOTBALL

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Carver's Teryan Cherry (left in white) and Jeremy BrownMiddleton (bottom right) close in on Dudley quarterback Richard Monroe.

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Up until the early stages of the third quarter, visiting Carver hung tough in its season opener against Greensboro Dudley. Yet, there was a critical six-minute stretch in the second half which proved to be disastrous. The end result was a 36-6 loss for the Yellowjackets in JV football action last Thursday.

The final outcome was hardly a shocker.

As a Class 4-A school, Dudley has a large talent pool to draw from, which typically equates to having a greater number of athletes on the roster who are bigger, faster and

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Adonis Jones is the key figure in the defensive scheme for the Reynolds JV team.

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stronger. In too many instances, Carver, which competes in Class 2-A, was over matched, especially on the offensive and defensive lines.

“Dudley has a great program, so we knew what we were up against,” said Coach Alonzo Winfield of Carver. “When I look at them, I see us. They're just a bigger version.

Competing against teams like Dudley will only make us better as we get deeper into the season. This game was like a measuring stick for us to see where we are. Now we know exactly what we need to work on to be ready when it's time to start league play (in the Western Piedmont Conference).”

Reynolds JV enters new season with new mindset

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Reynolds is looking for redemption in junior varsity football. It's not that the Demons have been the expected “easy win” for opponents (7-12 over the past two seasons). It's more a matter of them being able to consistently play up to their capabilities.

“We've put a lot of work in to help change the program's culture and the mind-

set,” said first-year coach Rod Dunlap.

“Play fast, play smart and be physical.

That's what we expect on every down of every quarter. As long as we can limit turnovers and get the ball to our skill guys in open space, we'll be in good shape.”

Reynolds begins its season today with a home game against East Forsyth. Kickoff is 6 p.m. at Deaton-Thompson Stadium.

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The Panthers (1-0) controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, but Carver's defense played well enough to keep the score close in the first half.

Richard Monroe and Zareik Rush-Foxworth ran for one touchdown apiece and Dudley led 14-0 at intermission.

Carver made things interesting early in the third

“I saw some good things out there.”

quarter when quarterback Tyran Teal threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Phillip Legette, who ran a go route down the left side. Legette and Dudley cornerback Shamar Carter went up for the pass, and Legette wrestled the ball away from Carter around the 25-yard line and sprinted to the end zone. Legette also had a drive-killing interception in

the second quarter.

With the deficit narrowed to 14-6, it appeared that the Yellowjackets had momentum. As things turned out, though, it was only temporary. Carver was trapped deep in its own territory and Teal, the punter, was tackled for a loss before he could get off a kick. On the next play, Isaiah Daniel scored from 25 yards out and Dudley extended its lead to 22-6 with 6:01 left to play in the third quarter.

Daniel's touchdown sparked the start of a 22-0 run over the final six minutes of the quarter. The Yellowjackets never recovered from the Panthers' barrage.

Field position had a lot to do with how this game eventually played out. With the exception of the one touchdown pass, Carver (01) had difficulty moving the ball against Dudley's defense. The Yellowjackets didn't get much out of their punting game, which enabled the Panthers to start their offensive drives inside Carver's 35-yard line on several occasions.

“I saw some good things out there,” said Winfield. “Tyran is only a freshman and he'll continue to improve. I liked what I saw from Milan Ruffin and Micah Pegram. Both came in and made some plays for us once they got settled down.”

Alonzo Winfield, Carver JV coach

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Tyree Massey will handle a heavy rushing load for WSSU this season.

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Heinecke] asked me to do.

“In the weight room, it was important for me to use the proper technique and do it the right way to gain the most benefit. On the field, there was a constant emphasis to sprint all-out from start to finish on every rep. When you get in the habit of doing things the right way, it carries over to practice and it carries over to games.”

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Massey believes that serving as a back-up in 2014 will help him in his final college season. He wanted to be in the starting lineup then, but understood he would have to bide his time. As a result, he learned to value every minute of playing time.

“You wait your turn and be ready when the time comes to show what you can do,” he said. “Every play could be your last. So when you're out there, you want to give 100 percent every time because you never know what might happen.”

their offense from the spread formation with one back.

Bryant Nurse and Will Crowley are the stabilizers on an offensive line that's expected to help RJR run effectively and control tempo.

The duo of DaShawn Adams and Trejan Cannon provide a blend of power and speed coming out of the backfield. Dimaggio Wilson and Rashon Bethea are the key figures at the receiver positions.

Entering the final week of practice prior to the season's first game, the question as to who will be the starting quarterback was still unanswered.

Charlie Mensh and Mysta Goodloe bring different traits to the table, and both have played well during the pre-season. Mensh excels as a pin-point passer from the pocket. Goodloe is the more mobile of the two, but is just as accurate on throws, whether it's in the pocket or on the move. So far, it's been a dead heat between the two.

“The competition we've had at quarterback has been great,” said Dunlap. “Charlie has that ability to complete throws in tight spaces. Mysta is an exceptional runner, but he has a pass-first mentality. Even when he's improvising, he's always looking down field.”

Dunlap is confident that the Reynolds defense will more than hold its own this fall. Lineman Raymond Wilson leads the way up front for the Demons, who play a 4-2-5 as their base defense. The ringleader is linebacker Adonis Jones, whose relentless style enables him to make plays from sideline to sideline.

In the secondary, look for Jamoi Hodge to establish himself as one of the area's top defensive backs at the junior varsity level. Hodge, a freshman free safety, excels as a run-stopper. And he's equally skilled as a pass defender whose instincts allow him to make game-changing plays.

“With us coming in as a new staff, we want to build confidence, which will help us build a strong foundation for our program,” said Dunlap. “We feel like we can do that and win games, so that players will want to stay at Reynolds and not transfer to play somewhere else. This is an exciting time of year. We can't wait to see what we can do.”

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The Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD) faced off against the Winston-Salem Fire Department (WSFD) in a game of basketball on Saturday, Aug. 22.

Although the game was intense, the real winners were the boys’ basketball team at Carver High School.

Entrance into the game at Carver High was $5, with all proceeds going toward the purchase of new uniforms for the boys’ var-

sity basketball team.

Carver head coach Wil Perry came up with the idea after playing with some of the participants during open practices over the summer and last season.

“The team has played with a number of these guys before,” said Perry.

“So most of the guys are really familiar with the gym.”

Perry became head coach at Carver in 2013 when he took over for Danny Piggot, who was the head basketball coach for nine years before resigning to take over as assistant athletic director for the Yellow Jackets. Before coming to Carver, Perry was the head girls’ basketball coach at Greensboro Smith.

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City’s Moonlight Madness 5K & Fun Run accepting registrations

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Registrations are being accepted for the fifth annual Moonlight Madness 5K & Fun Run, sponsored by the City of Winston-Salem to benefit the United Way of Forsyth County.

This year’s 5K race will be held 8 p.m. Sept. 18 at Bailey Park, at the corner of Fifth Street and Patterson Avenue in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter with a new, certified course and a top prize of a $500 gift certificate from Windsor Jewelers for the male and female winners.

The one-mile fun run will begin at 7:30 p.m. and finishers will receive a finisher’s medal.

This year’s pre- and post-race entertainment will feature a DJ and light

show. The 5K runner’s village will offer beverages, Foothills Brewing beer and Mellow Mushroom pizza.

All runners will again receive the coveted longsleeve, glow-in-the-dark race shirt.

5K registration is $30 through Aug. 31 and $35 Sept. 1 through Sept. 16, or until registration reaches 1,500 runners. Registration for the Fun Run is $15 through Sept. 16. There will be no on-site registrations the day of the race.

Companies interested in participating in the Moonlight Madness Corporate Challenge for the best team run should contact Ed McNeal at eddiejm@cityofws.org.

For registration and more information go to MoonlightMadness5k.com .

Special Olympics Forsyth County promoting fair and free physicals SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Special Olympics Forsyth County will hold an adapted sports fair and MedFest with free sports physicals and health screenings on Saturday, Aug. 29, as part of a recruiting and retention campaign for Special Olympics.

Both events will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Gateway YWCA, 1300 S. Main St., Winston-Salem.

MedFest® will provide free sports physicals to current and prospective Special Olympics athletes, as well as general health assessments and screenings to assess blood pressure, pulse, weight, body mass index, vision, hearing and more. Participants will also be able to complete a Special Olympics Athlete Participation Form on site.

Concurrent with MedFest will be a Special Olympics Sports Expo & Community Adapted Sports Fair.

Representatives for sports and activities that have been adapted for participants with disabilities will be available to discuss their programs.

Sports and activities that will be represented include baseball, wheelchair basketball, ice hockey, bocce, roller skating, tennis, volleyball, horseback riding, dance, martial arts, yoga and more, said Lisa Kiser, the coordinator for Special Olympics Forsyth County.

“We’re holding both events at the same time to provide a ‘one-stop shop’ where folks can learn more about opportunities to participate in Special Olympics and then complete the necessary paperwork and medical screenings,” Kiser said. “Not only do we want to increase participation and awareness for Special Olympics, but more importantly we want to improve their health and wellness, and also make a connection between people with intellectual disabilities and health-care providers.”

The health screenings and physicals will be performed by volunteers from local health agencies and clinical training programs. Additional support for the events is being provided by the Winston-Salem Foundation and the Family Support network.

Special Olympics Forsyth County provides year-round sports training and athletic competitions in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and share friendships.

For more information about Special Olympics Forsyth County, call CityLink 311 or go to WePLAY.ws and click on the Special Populations link.

letic director at Carver, walked around the gym during the charity game thanking those who came out to support the boys’ basketball team. Winbush said Perry approached him with the idea and he believed it was a great fundraising idea.

Before the start of the game, Perry welcomed the crowd and thanked all the volunteers for their participation in the event.

“Without the help of our many volunteers and the participation of police and fire departments none of this would have been possible.” Perry said.

“We are looking forward to the upcoming season” he said. “I feel confident in the team’s ability.”

During the charity game, it was clear both teams were a little rusty.

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During the first half, both teams had a number of turnovers and air balls, but as the game went on, both teams started to hit up.

The Police Department held a slim lead at the half but was unable to hold on the lead, and the WSFD left the gymnasium with the win.

Winbush said he is confident in Perry’s coaching ability.

“We’re getting better

each year.” Winbush said.

Last season, the Yellow Jackets finished with a 187 record, which was good enough for second in the 2A Western Piedmont Athletic League behind North Surry. The Yellow Jackets split the season series with North Surry as both teams took advantage of their home courts.

The 18 wins was a sixgame improvement from the year before when, the

team finished the 20132014 season with 12 wins and 15 losses. This year’s team will have to rely on the youth after losing six seniors from last year’s team.

The Yellow Jackets will kick off their 2015 campaign on Nov. 28, when they take on the Cougars from Southwestern Randolph.

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Tiger Woods helps ratings but not himself at Wyndham THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

With Tiger Woods in contention and looking to extend his season, the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro on Sunday, Aug. 23, produced a solid rating for CBS. The final round had a 3.9 rating – the best for a non-major on any network since NBC drew 5.7 in May 2013 for Woods' win at The Players Championship.

Woods began play Sunday, two strokes off the lead but struggled in the final round. He needed a victory to earn a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener next week. Davis Love III won by one stroke.

During their practice round together before the Wyndham Championship, Woods pumped local favorite Love for tips on how to play the course.

Looks like Love saved a few secrets for himself.

Love became the thirdoldest winner in PGA Tour history with his victory Sunday, while Woods' season came to an abrupt end.

The 51-year-old Love closed with a 6-under 64 for a one-stroke victory over Jason Gore. ``Tiger and I were talking on the putting green – one of us needed to get going and win this thing,'' Love said.

He did.

Woods had trouble getting his final round started.

The dominant storyline all week at Sedgefield Country Club was the mere presence of Woods.

He was poised to challenge Sunday, starting just two strokes off the lead.

But he only had one birdie during his first 10 holes, dropping way off the pace with a triple bogey on the par-4 11th. Woods shot a 70, finished four strokes back and ended at No. 178 in the standings, well outside the top 125.

AP Sports Writer Joedy McCreary, writing from Greensboro, contributed to this report.

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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school positions open

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools features employment opportunities for various teaching and high-need operations positions. Teachers returned to work on Aug. 17 and students started school on Aug. 24.

Teachers are needed in all levels and content areas.

High-need areas include elementary (kindergarten through grade 5), exceptional children and mathematics. Individuals interested in lateral entry licensure must have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and a 2.5 grade point average or five years relevant experience.

Operations positions available include bus drivers, HVAC technicians and general maintenance workers.

WS/FCS is also looking for part-time Child Nutrition workers to work 3 to 5.5 hours a day.

Interested individuals should contact WS/FCS Human Resources by calling 336-748-4079, emailing staffing@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or visiting www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Employment for more information.

Darlene Barber Jackson gains doctorate

Darlene Barber Jackson completed her “Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services” on June 8, from Capella University. The graduation ceremony was held on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Minneapolis Convention Center Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dr. Jackson’s research topic was titled: “Hospice Family members Descriptions of the Stressors Experienced with Family members Terminal Illnesses at Home.” Dr. Jackson says she extends gratitude to God, family and Dr. Pastor C.E. Jackson Gray and her church family. Dr. Jackson’s research results will be shared with various healthcare facilities and AARP magazine.

Dr. Jackson is a 1988 graduate of Winston-Salem State University.

Big Brothers Big Sisters to launch ‘Man Up, 90 Men In 90 Days Campaign’

Big Brothers Big Sisters will launch a Man Up “90 Men In 90 Days” campaign starting Sept. 1 through Nov. 30. The campaign is specifically designed to recruit male volunteers for the overwhelming amount of boys waiting to be matched with a mentor.

“We have over 70 boys waiting to be matched with a male mentor. On average a little boy on our wait list can wait 18 months to two years. The men in our community have the chance to exposure our kids to so much and this is a call to action for them,” stated Shawan Gabriel, President/ CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters. “What better way to impact a boy’s life than to become a mentor.”

To get involved and learn more about the Man Up “90 Men In 90 Days” campaign please contact Big Brothers Big Sisters directly at 336-724-7993 or email volunteer@bbbsnc.org. You can start a young boy on the path to success within the communities where you live and work by supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Jaime Hunt named Director of Public and Media Relations at WSSU

Jaime Hunt has been named director of public and media relations at Winston-Salem State University. An award-winning integrated marketing communications professional, Jaime Hunt brings extensive expertise to the position in online communications, marketing plan development, brand development, communications strategy, new media implementation, and media relations.

“We are excited to have Jamie join our team,” said Chancellor Elwood Robinson. “She is a dynamic and accomplished professional with a tremendous Hunt skill set that will be instrumental in communicating the distinctive vision and mission of Winston-Salem State University.”

Her most recently served as director of web strategy and interactive media at Radford University.

Previously, she served as news director and associate director of Integrated Marketing at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, public relations coordinator for Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minn., marketing coordinator/editor for CBE International, assistant editor for the Lakeshore Weekly News and publications manager for the Hiebel & Associates/Synergy Resource Group.

Hunt earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in integrated marketing from West Virginia University.

Local Writers Start New Website

Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance recently received two Winston-Salem Writers recently launched a new website to make it easier to navigate and access information. Members and nonmembers can sign up to receive a biweekly email newsletter and learn about upcoming programs and workshops. The site also contains information about writer's critique groups focusing on various genres, including fiction, script writing, poetry, children's literature, and short stories. There is also a page listing books by members.

Winston-Salem Writers sponsors two annual contests: Flying South and the 10-Minute Play. They also accept poetry submissions for the Poetry in Plain Sight project. Four poems are selected monthly to be printed on posters and placed in downtown businesses and on transit buses.

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50th Anniversary Democracy North Carolina partnered with American Civil Liberties Union of NC will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act today (Aug. 27) at 6 p.m. at the International Civil Rights Museum on 134 S. Elm St. in Greensboro.

Speakers will include Theodore Shaw, professor of law at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; and Chris Brook of ACLU. $10 donations are welcome. For more information call 336-274-9199.

Art Exhibit closing reception "We are the Music Makers," a photography/multimedia exhibit featuring the pioneers of southern music, will have its closing reception today (Aug. 27) from 6 to 8 p.m. with "We are the Music Makers" blues revue at the Delta Fine Art Center, 2611 New Walkertown Road. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 336722-2625 or visit www.deltaartscenter.org.

Big Four Ticket Sale The Big Four will be selling tickets today (Aug. 27) and every Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post #128 on 4617 Old Rural Hall Road. These tickets are for the Big Four Annual Reunion Oct. 14-17. For more information, contact Linda Rogers at 336-3313261, Judy Brown at 336767-1487 or Robert Noble at 336-764-0980.

F3 Nation workout The F3 Nation (Fitness, Fellowship and Faith) will be having their special workout session on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 7 a.m. at the Sixth, Cherry and Marshall Streets surface parking lot. They are to encourage male community leadership as they do a boot camp exercises to Rescue Mission, Crisis Control, Bethesda Center, Samaritan Inn and The Salvation Army.

Participants will return to the as above-mentioned parking lot for fellowship at 8:15 a.m. For more information, contact Steve Cavanaugh at 877-5578923 or 336-816-3582.

Poetry reading Winston-Salem Writers quarterly Poetry in Plain Sight readings will be on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Milton Rhodes Arts Center on 251 N. Spruce St. Light refreshments will be served. Event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Judie HolcombPack at 336-971-1004 or email judie@triad.rr.com.

“America’s Journey for Justice” N.C. NAACP wants all to participate in the “America’s Journey for Justice” that will come through North Carolina on Saturday, Aug. 29.

Marchers are expected to enter North Carolina from South Carolina at U.S. Highway 1 near Rockingham County at the state line. There will be a Journey for Justice Youth and Cultural Artist Teachin, 7:30 p.m. at Southern Middle School on 717 Johnson St. in Aberdeen.

On Monday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m., the Journey for Justice Voting Rights Teach-in will be at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, 1801 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh, and on Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. at various congressional offices across the state, there will be simultaneous press conferences on voting rights action. To sign up or for more information, go to www.naacpnc.org and click on the American Journey for Justice tab, or call 919-6824700.

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Carolina will have their program on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the YWCA at 1300 S. Main St. MedFest offers Special Olympics programs a fast and effective way to recruit new athletes and retain existing athletes by offering free sports physicals.

For more information and volunteer registration, contact Lisa Kiser at LISAK@cityofws.org call 336-727-2425.

PawPaw Festival On Saturday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Forsyth Cooperative Extension office will be the eighth annual NC Pawpaw Festival, presented jointly between Forsyth Cooperative Extension, MKT Real Estate Group, Master Gardener Volunteers and local growers. Take a tour through a pawpaw patch, learn about the pawpaw, watch cooking demonstrations and sample some pawpaw dishes, including ice cream, while supplies last. Vendors will be selling produce, pawpaw trees and other fruit bearing plants. Come join us in celebrating the largest native fruit to North America and a favorite of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. For more information, contact Mary Jac Brennan at 336703-2850.

‘Neighborhood Suites’ Concert Five city parks will have their last free concert by the Camel City Jazz Orchestra on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. in Winston Square Park, 310 N. Marshall St. The orchestra’s “Neighborhood Suites” series combines original big-band jazz with narratives about historic neighborhoods in WinstonSalem. For more information about the Camel City Jazz Orchestra, go to

CamelCityJazz.org.

Carolina Stars Basketball Registration Carolina Stars Basketball is now open for fall registration through Aug. 30. The organization offers a competitive fall travel league, intense training and skill development camps for boys from second through 10th grade, and girls from seventh through 10th grade. For more information, go to www.carolinastarsbasketball.com.

'Swingtime Canteen' auditions Twin City Stage will hold auditions for the musical comedy, “Swingtime Canteen,” on Monday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. at the Arts Council Theatre on 610 Coliseum Drive. No appointment is necessary.

Gene Johnson will direct the production, with music direction by Steve Bradford. There are roles available for five women, ages 20-55. Actors are asked to prepare a song and bring along sheet music in the correct key. A cappella and CD sing-alongs are also allowed. For these auditions, the director would prefer to hear songs from the era (early 1940s).

Rehearsals will begin Sept.

21. “Swingtime Canteen” performance dates will be Nov. 13-15 and 19-22. All performances will be held at the Arts Council Theatre.

For more information, call Twin City Stage at 336748-0857 extension 209 or visit the website at www.twincitystage.org.

Triad’s NOW meeting The Triad Chapter of the National Organization for Women will meet Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Z Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, Room 206.

Guest speaker will be

Shannon Gilreath, professor of law and professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. He will discuss the Equality Act of 2015 as well as ongoing efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. For more information go to www.triadnow.org.

Gardening Lecture Forsyth County Extension Master Gardener will have a lecture on ways to grow vegetables in small spaces on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 11 a.m. at the Kernersville Library in Kernersville. Bill Colvin will be the speaker. This event is free but registration is required. For more information and to register, call 336-703-2930.

Confederate flag panel Wake Forest University will host a panel discussion called “The Flag: Navigating Southern Identity, Race and Symbolism” on Wednesday, Sept. 2 from 6 to 7 p.m. in Wait Chapel on WFU’s campus. The even is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 5:45 p.m. A live-stream webcast will be available at www.go.wfu.edu/flagevent . For more information contact Katie Neal at 336758-6141.

Research Night The National MS Society will host an event called Research Night 2015: “Promising New Research and Treatments”, on Thursday, Sept. 3 at the Old Salem Visitor Center on 900 Old Salem Rd. Registration is at 6:30 p.m.

The program will begin at 7 p.m. Guest speaker will be Richard A. Sater, MD, PhD. Deadline for the registration is Sept. 1. For more information or to register, call the MS Society at 1-800-344-44867.

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Happening Now Church revival Bishop Claude C. Turner, founder and pastor of Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance, will be at the Union Bethel A.M.E. church’s revival today (Aug 27) at 7 p.m. at 1716 Richard Allen Lane (formerly Trade Street). For more information, contact Union Bethel A.M.E. at 336722-0010 or Calvary Hill Church at 336-744-2700.

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Interfaith Forum The Human Relations Commission is sponsoring an interfaith forum titled “I Have a Question About Hinduism,” today (Aug. 27) at 6 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room of the Stuart Municipal Building on 100 E. First St. The forum will also have a question and answer session. For more information call City Link 311.

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On Saturday, Aug. 22, the Holy Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship Center, 5307 Peters Creek Parkway in Winston Salem, held the first part of its annual Youth Conference with the theme “As He works, watch me work,” derived from Philippians 2:12-13.

The conference included children from the church as well as the surrounding neighborhoods, ranging from elementary to high school students.

The events of Saturday included a spelling bee, a “Let’s Make a Deal Game Show,” “106 & Park” Gospel edition, as well as a panel discussion addressing many issues youth face on a daily basis.

There was also a performance from the church Christian rap group The Tribe of Judah, which set a positive tone for the day’s events.

This years’ theme of “As He works, watch me work,” focused on the need for young people to understated the importance of working to achieve positive results and use the good that God has instilled within us, church officials said.

“God is working within us to will and do of his good pleasure,” said Darrell Jeter, a youth leader and assistant minister with the church.

Saturday’s panel discussion was thought-provoking and enabled the children to engage with the panelists on issues such as dealing with bullies at school, relationships with their parents and putting forth maximum efforts in every endeavor they encounter in everyday life.

Panelist Joseph Miller broke into tears while expressing his views on the importance of hard work to the children.

The spelling bee was called exciting, and the Christian artist shown in the “106 & Park” Gospel edition opened the young people’s eyes to an artist with a positive message and godly views.

The conference has been in existence for over a decade and has recently transitioned into a two-day event, which concluded Sunday with activities such as the youth “on fleek” for Christ Sunday service with a mock talk show, games for the children and school supplies donated by church members for the children for the new school year.

Revival Union Bethel A.M.E. Church, 1716 Richard Allen Lane (formerly Trade Street), will have its revival today (Aug. 27) and tomorrow (Aug. 28) at 7 p.m.

Bishop Claude Turner of Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance will be the guest preacher for the week. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call 336-722-0010.

Diggs Memorial seeking help with festival The Diggs Memorial United Holy Church, 125 N. Graham Ave., will have its annual Block Festival on Thursday, Sept. 24. To donate used clothing that needs to be picked up between now and Sept. 12, contact Rev. Duck at 336-546-2695. Anyone who would like to volunteer, contact Theola Jones at 336-997-6206.

Vendors should call 336-776-8029 for additional information. For talent information to contribute to the Community Stage, call 336-471-3164.

Beginning Aug. 28 Maafa Celebration Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1075 Shalimar Dr., will have a weekend-long celebration of African roots.

On Friday, Aug. 28 at 6 p.m., “Taste of Africa” will allow guests to sample foods from African countries. After the dinner, guests will experience the drama “When Courage Becomes Contagious: Remembering Selma Then and Now” by Felecia Piggott-Long. On Saturday, Aug. 29 at 8 a.m. participants will march from the church to Salem Lake.

Pollard There will be a continental breakfast served from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. From 10 a.m. to noon, a workshop will be held. Teens from the Emmanuel debate team will present poetry and speeches. At 5 p.m., many churches will come together for a prayer meeting, On Sunday, Aug. 30, there will be worship service with guest speaker Rev. Dr. Alton Pollard III. For more information contact the church at 336-788-7023.

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Human Rights Celebration St. John Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 350 NW Crawford Place, will host the Church Women United Prayer Breakfast and Human Rights Celebration on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 9 a.m. Guest speaker will be the Honorable Judge Denise Hartsfield. Donation $10. For more information, contact Jamezenna Sudler at 336-722-0542.

The Christian rap group the Tribe of Judah sets a positive tone for the Youth Conference at Holy Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship Center on Aug. 22. Tribe of Judah members (L-R) are Akeem (with glasses on), Tony and Harmony.

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Getting goodies for back to school

Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 1301 C. E. Gray Drive, held its annual Back to School Jam & School Supply Giveaway on Saturday, Aug. 22 from noon to 2 p.m. Supplies were available for grades K-12. There was a drawing for $50 that will be applied to a student’s school lunch account. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and drinks were served. Dr. Charles E. Gray is the host pastor.

Chau'Dre Gray, left, a freshman, and Amanda Tucker, a sophomore, get ready to head home after getting goodies for school at Mt. Olive Baptist Church on Aug. 22.

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Aug. 30

Choir Anniversary The Dreamland Park Baptist Church Gospel Choir and Male Chorus will celebrate in song on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 4 p.m. on 22340 Dunbar St. Featured guests are Freedom Baptist Church and Raymond O’Neal.

For more information, contact the church at 336-7226709.

Pastoral anniversary Greater Faith Holy Temple In God’s Hand Ministry, 4698 Indiana Ave., will continue Pastor Apostle Arturo Z. Kinzer Sr. and Co-Pastor Evangelist Betty J. Kinzer’s 15th pastoral anniversary. On Sunday, Aug. 30, Bishop Verna France, Bible Way True Holiness Church, will be the guest speaker.

Services will start at 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call 336-391-7205.

Family and Friends Day The Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, 1905 N. Jackson Ave., will have its Family and Friends Day on Sunday, Aug. 30 at the 11 a.m. service. Paul W.

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(Above) Ruby Gordon grabs bags for her grandsons that contain items for school at Mt. Olive Baptist Church on Aug. 22. To the left is Nic Brown, a sophomore. In front of him is Quincie Brown, who is in the fourth grade. School started Monday, Aug. 24.

(Left) Erica Sansbury, right, checks to see who else needs food while fellow volunteers serve people at Mt. Olive Baptist Church on Aug. 22.

Youth and Young Adults service The Youth and The Young Adults will be in charge of the morning service on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 11 a.m. at the New Direction Movement Cathedral on 3300 Overdale Drive. For more information, call 336-7712111.

Family and Friends Day The Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, 1905 N. Jackson Ave., will celebrate Missionary and Family and Friends Day on Sunday Aug. 30 at 11 a.m. The speaker will be Evangelist Mattie Young of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Paul W Hart is pastor. For information call 336-761-1351.

Darrell Jeter is a youth leader and assistant minister at Holy Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship Center.

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First Waughtown Baptist church (FWBc), 838 Moravia St., Winston-Salem, will host its Fifth Sunday Singing service at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, aug. 30 in the D. W. Bishop Full life center of the church.

Two singing groups, 2 chronicles and Spiritual legends of high Point, will be featured along with the Men’s chorus of First Waughtown. The service is open to the public, who is asked to bring three canned goods for donation to a local charity. a love offering will also be accepted.

Members of the singing group 2 Chronicles perform at another event.

Members of 2 chronicles include tenors anthony Godfrey and Tony Watson; minister of music/keyboardist and vocalist Ken robinson; drummer and tenor Jermaine Simmons; bass guitarist Fred Wright, Sr.; lead vocalist Pastor leroy Tyson; and al roseboro, booking agent.

The members of Spiritual legends are otis chandler, David Smith, harry Thompson, elwood Daniels and Johnny Frank Witherspoon.

The Fifth Sunday Singing is coordinated by Kenneth Speaks.

Pastor Dennis W. Bishop is senior pastor. The church phone number is 336-784-7386.

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hart is pastor. Guest speaker will be evangelist Mattie Young of Bethlehem Baptist church. all are welcome to attend. For more information, contact the church at 336-7611351.

School of Ministry The holy Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship center, 5307 Peters creek Parkway, will host School of Ministry on Sunday, aug. 30 at 4 p.m. Pastor richard c. Miller Sr., will be the facilitator. This event is to enhance more knowledge of the Bible and its principles. For more information, contact the church at 336-784-9347.

Beginning Sept. 2 Church Anniversary new Direction Movement cathedral, 3300 overdale Drive, is having its 36th church anniversary from Wednesday, Sept.

2 through Friday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Guest speakers will include Bishop andrea Miller-nash, apostle Wallace Gaither and apostle Brenda Mccloud.

For more information call 336-771-2111.

Sept. 6 Choir Anniversary St. Mark Baptist church inspirational choir will be celebrating its 41st choir anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 6 at 4 p.m. on 1100 Manly St. Special guest will be “leon and the Gospel Tornadoes" and "anthony Davis and the Gospel intruders". rev. Dr. James Fulwood is pastor.

For more information call 336-723-6396.

Sept. 12 Evening of Entertainment St. James a.M.e. church, 1501 n. Patterson ave., will have an “evening of entertainment” on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring Mr. nelson l. roberts and Band, Gospel Jazz Musician/comedian and Minister Will “eJ” Furches, Testimony Mime Ministry. Donations are $40 and $45 at the door.

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for God was waning because they had not seen the blessings promised by the prophets. First Judah remained a small insignificant part of Persia.

Secondly, their glorious future couldn’t be seen and finally God had not returned to the Temple with majesty and power.

Basically the people were in a holding pattern and began to lose hope. The lack of hope led to old behaviors cropping up.

Lesson: Malachi, the last prophet speaks out against their apathy toward God. he assures them that God will keep his word. a forerunner will precede

Dinner will be included.

This will benefit for Women’s Day on Sept. 27.

The rev. Steven l. lyons is pastor. For more information contact Kimberly howard-Green at 336-9958061, or Myrna D. Williams at 336-923-5881.

Sept. 14 Bible class The Sovereign Grace Bible institute will begin its fall classes on Sept. 14.

This will be a one-and-ahalf year certificate program. on Monday nights, ephesians and Practical lessons on the christian life will be the topics. on Tuesday nights, there will be classes on the book of romans and studies in Systematic Theology. an old Testament Survey class will be added in the third semester. classes will be held on Monday and Tuesday nights from 7 to 9 p.m. at 2712 Bon air ave. if you are interested in this type of in-depth Bible study, please call elder Warren Burrell at 336-9246001 or 336-682-6782. The final registration day will be on Sept. 11. For more information visit the website at www.sgchapel.org.

Sept. 20 Gospel concert The concert Series committee of Grace Presbyterian church located at 3901 carver School rd., will sponsor the Glenn Burleigh concert choir of Greensboro in concert on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. in the sanctuary. Will "eJ" Furches (Minister of Mime) will be the guest performer. The general public is invited to attend.

The concert is free, however there will be an offering lifted during the intermission. There will be a reception following the concert.

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Marshall is the senior pastor of Grace. For more information, contact committee chairman and Pr director rudolph V. Boone Sr., at 336-767-4087.

Sept. 25 Prayer Around the Jail on Friday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m., members of the Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries will gather around the Forsyth county him to prepare the way.

The question is raised,” can you endure his judgment when he does come?” he will refine (burn off the impurities) or cleanse like a launderer’s (fuller’s) soap. The prophet exposes their hypocrisy; they want justice but don’t practice it. What they need is mercy! They also bring lame animals for the sacrifice. are they giving God their best? Malachi takes them to court to prove God’s case. They are guilty of a long list of sins. he urges them to repent and return to God who is just in all of his dealings. Their blinders keep them from seeing their sins, thus they are robbing God. What they don’t recognize is they are hurting themselves.

Bringing tithes to the

Jail on 201 n. church St. to form a human prayer circle. The theme this year is “overcoming Guilt and Shame”. For more information, call claudette at 336-759-0063.

Ongoing Emergency food give-away christ Kingdom Building Worship center, 3894 north hampton Dr., in partnership with second harvest Food Bank of nWnc, provides to the community at large an emergency Food assistance Program on Tuesdays (2 p.m.); Wednesdays (4:30 p.m.); first and third Saturdays (10 a.m. to noon); and second and fourth Saturdays, 8 to 10 a.m.

Boutique SJ Boutique Free clothes closet is open every second, fourth and fifth Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each month at St. James a.M.e. church, 1501 n. Patterson ave. open to the public.

Volunteers needed. contact 336-995-1464.

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Food and Pantry Clothes Closet every second Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., calvary hill church of Greater Deliverance inc. invites anyone who is in need of food and clothes. The Food Pantry and clothes closet is at 4951 Manning St. Direct all question to Missionary Tammy orr at 336-744-3012.

Monthly Service Join calvary hill church of Greater Deliverance inc. from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Bethesda center, 930 north Patterson ave., providing hope through teaching and preaching presented by calvary hill’s ministerial staff. For more information contact the church at 336-744-3012.

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HIGH POINT – HopeCity, one of the fastest growing churches in the Triad, provided more than 600 boxes filled with food, 6,000 diapers, 1,550 backpacks and 150 haircuts on Saturday, Aug.22, to local families.

In addition to school supplies and book bags, the annual free giveaway included non-perishable foods, haircuts, hygiene items, clothes and health screenings at Ledford High School and downtown High Point.

“I am always amazed what a difference a group of likeminded people can make when generosity is the heart and Submitted Photo motivation behind the group,” said Pastor Scott Newton. “I am so thankful that HopeCity can play a small part in giving Pablo Torres of High Point was one of the 150 haircut someone hope for tomorrow. We are all in this together, and recipients at the Big Give Event. we are just trying to do our small part.”

The church began planning for this year’s Big Give earlier this year, attracting new and repeat supporters and forging partnerships with like-minded organizations in the area. The Big Give is known for its free giveaways – with no questions asked about need.

Supporters for Saturday’s events included Crescent Ford, Legacy Saddlebreds, TriCounty Real Estate, Win Food Lion, YMCA of High Point, YMCA of Thomasville and Chopstix Fusion & Fun. “While providing for local families who may be in need is very important to the church, the Big Give is also about having a positive impact on the community and bringing people together,” said Brent McDowell, director of outreach ministries at HopeCity. “it’s so awesome this year that we were able to serve two different communities.”

HopeCity, founded in September 2011, is a community church affiliated with the Wesleyan faith. Under the direction of Pastor Scott Newton, the church meets in High Point’s Ledford High School. It will be moving to its new location at 759 Motsinger Road, Winston-Salem, in 2016.

Joe Bass was one of many volunteers from Food Lion who helped give out meals.

Ryan Osborne and Brooke Shue of Archdale enjoy one of the last days of summer, each receiving a new back pack.

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Josh Branson of High Point was one of 300 volunteers who served at Saturday’s Big Give Event.

Festival schedules appreciation luncheon for local pastors Pastor and best-selling author Dr. Gary Chapman to speak

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The Awakening Music Festival, which will take place Sept. 26 and 27 at downtown Wi n s t o n - S a l e m ’s BB&T Ballpark, is holding a special appreciation luncheon for local pastors and their spouses on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 11:30 a.m.

It will be at BB&T Ballpark’s Womble Carlyle Club.

The appreciation luncheon is being co-sponsored by the Awakening Music Festival, Love Out Loud, Truth Broadcasting and WBFJ radio. There is no charge for pastors and their spouses to attend.

Parking is also free.

Pastors who want to attend the luncheon are asked to reply by email at rsvp@awaketomusic.com or by calling 336-3313740.

The pastors’ luncheon will serve as a preview to the upcoming Awakening Music Festival and will feature pastor and noted inspirational speaker Dr. Gary Chapman.

Chapman and his wife have two grown children and live in Winston-Salem,

where he serves as senior associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church.

Chapman’s expertise in marriage begins with the success and failures he and his w i f e , Karolyn, have experienced in their marriage for more than Chapman 45 years.

H i s own life experiences, plus more than 35 years of pastoring and marriage counseling, led Chapman to publish his first book in the Love Language series, “The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate.”

Many of the millions of readers credit this continual New York Times bestseller with saving their marriages by showing them simple and practical ways to communicate love. Since the success of his first book Chapman has expanded his Five Love Languages series with special editions that reach out specifically to singles, men and parents of teens and young children.

Chapman speaks to thousands of couples nationwide through his weekend marriage conferences. He hosts a nationally syndicated radio program, “A Love Language Minute,” and a Saturday morning program, “Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman,” both airing on more than 400 stations.

The inaugural “Awakening Music Festival: Sing Your Heart, Loudly” will feature a diverse line-up of Christian music performers co-headlined by Kirk Franklin and MercyMe on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 4 to 10 p.m.

Jeremy Camp will headline Awakening on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 2 to 8 p.m.

Tickets to the Awakening Music Festival range from $25 to $75 per day. Individual tickets are public through Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com. Group discounts also are available. Those interested in more information about ticket sales, including group sales opportunities, should call the Winston-Salem Dash office at 336-331-3740. For more information about the Awakenings Music Festival, email info@awaketomusic.com.

Dr. Lenwood G. Davis, a retired professor of history at Winston-Salem State University, recently received Professor Emeritus status. Professor Emeritus is given to retired professors who performed distinguished service to the university.

Emeritus status entitles one to a university ID card, the same access to electronic resources as the active faculty, a university e-mail account, use of the library facilities and library electronic resources under the same conditions as the active faculty, a free parking permit for the shuttle lot, receipt of the university and alumni publications that are sent to active faculty, the same rights to campus facilities as the active faculty, the opportunity to purchase tickets to university athletic, cultural, and entertainment events at faculty rates, invitation to general faculty events, listing in university catalogs and the campus directory, and continuance of eligibility to march in formal convocations, wearing appropriate regalia.

While working at WSSU, Davis was the first AfricanAmerican male to receive the Wachovia Excellence in Teaching Award. He was chairman of the Faculty Senate and head faculty marshal. He served on several departmental committees, such as Founder’s Day, Search Committee for deans and faculty, Athletics, Awards Day, Parking, Promotion and tenure. He also served on the Investiture Committee for Chancellors: Alvin J. Davis Schexnider, Harold L. Martin, Jr. and Donald J. Reaves.

Dr. Davis was on the Editorial Board of “Winston-Salem State University Faculty Journal” and associate editor of “Winston-Salem State University Social Science Journal.” He is the author of “Winston-Salem State University (A Pictorial History)” with co-author Carter Cue, and “Simon Green Atkins and The John E. Slater Fund.” He has published six articles on Simon Green Atkins, the Founder of Winston-Salem State University.

Davis states, “Over the past several years, few retired faculty members have been awarded Professor Emeritus and I am grateful to have received such status because it is a symbol of WSSU’s acknowledgement of my many years of distinguished service to the university. Of all the departments on campus, the Social Science Department was the most liberal in working with the faculty in scheduling their classes and giving the faculty members time to research and write. For that I am grateful.”

Davis is the author of 30 books and can be found in 50 states and over 50 foreign countries (China, India, Russia, Ku Wait, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, England, Kenya, France, Spain, Egypt, Mexico, etc.) and translated in several foreign languages. He has written more than 150 articles, essays, bibliographies, and book reviews. Davis is currently working on several books, such as, “The World’s Orator: Selected Writings and Speeches of Joseph Charles Price, Founder of Livingstone College,” and “Four Early Grand Masters of Prince Hall Masons in North Carolina,” which is being written with the assistance of Benjamin H. Piggot. Davis is a recipient of The Chronicle’s Life Time Achievement Award and an award-winning author.

A delivery of backpacks is made to Whitaker Elementary. Shown are: (L-R) Lt. Tyrone Phelps, WSPD; Chief Barry Rountree, WSPD, Sharon Creasy, Whitaker Elementary principal; David Daggett, Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law; Griff Shuler, Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law; and Cpl. Scott Boak, WSPD. Photos provided by Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law

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Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law, and the WinstonSalem Police Department joined forces this year to distribute over 200 backpacks filled with school supplies to five local elementary schools on Thursday, Aug. 20. This is the first year of this program.

The backpacks were distributed to Whitaker, South Fork, Moore, Bolton and Brunson elementaries.

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Arlis Edwin Vernon, Sr, Arlis Edwin Vernon Sr., late of 1225 Mardele Lane, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of the Decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at Doughton Blancato PLLC, 633 West Fourth Street, Suite 150, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101, on or before November 30, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 27th day of August, 2015.

Betty B. Vernon Executor of the Estate of Arlis Edwin Vernon, Sr

Shown with backpacks are: (L-R) Griff Shuler, Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law; Chief Barry Rountree, WSPD; and David Daggett, Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law

The Bolton Elementary backpack delivery with (L-R) Officer Todd Burge, WPSPD, Dr. Cheryl Frazier, Bolton Elementary principal; David Daggett, Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law; April McBride, Bolton Elementary assistant principal; and Cpl. Scott Boak, WSPD.

Arts Council seeks nominations for annual awards

by this young leader has furthered the technology or finance. missions of arts and cultural entities of The Arts Council of Forsyth Winston-Salem and Forsyth County Winston-Salem, known as a "City County and Winston-Salem is request- and has left a legacy of service for of Arts and Innovation," has a robust ing nominations for its annual awards. future young leaders as well as for the arts community that enriches the lives Nominations are due by Sept. 4. future development of the cultural of area residents every day and Winners will be announced at The resources of our community. accounts in large part for the recogniArts Council’s annual meeting at 5:30 tion it continues to receive as a great p.m., Monday, Sept. 21, at the Milton The Arts Development Award: place to live, learn, work and play.

Rhodes Center for the Arts in down- The Arts Development Award recogThe Arts Council is celebrating its town Winston-Salem. The event is nizes an innovative, collaborative proj- 65th anniversary this year. It raises free, and the public is invited. ect between at least one Funded funds and advocates for the arts, sponThe Arts Council will make five Partner or member organization of The sors events in conjunction with other awards this year: Arts Council and one or more commu- arts organizations, promotes and funds nity organizations in a new project to arts education, creates cultural and • The Arts Council Award attract new arts and cultural audiences learning opportunities, develops social • The R. Philip Hanes Jr. Young to participate in events in Forsyth capital and aids economic developLeader Award County. ment.

• The Arts Development Award The Arts Council has made 76 • The Arts Knowledge-Sharing The Arts Knowledge-Sharing grants totaling $1,845,000 for 2015.

Award Award: The Arts Knowledge- Organizational Support Grants, • Arts Educator Excellence Sharing Award recognizes two current $1,615,000; Wells Fargo Arts-InAward grant recipients who collaborated to Education Grants, $100,000; Duke improve administrative operations to Energy Regional Artist Grants, An Arts Educator Excellence create greater efficiency and improve $30,000; Innovative Project Grants, Award has been added to recognize the impact in the areas of fundraising, $100,000. work of an educator or teaching artist audience development, marketing, and his or her impact on our next generation of artists, patrons and creative individuals.

Claudia Ann Goodson crystals The back of the Atlanta, Georgia, the The Arts Council invites Columbia, South gown featured covered groom’s brother; Charles of nominations from the community for the awards except for Carolina and Harold buttons and fell into a N. Atkins, II of New York, the York, New the Arts Development Award Lillard Kennedy, III of cousin; groom's and The Arts Knowledge Winston-Salem, North Bruce K. Posey of Sharing Award, which are Carolina were married Upland, California; based on self- nominations or at 5:00 p.m., July 18, the Honorable Roger those of Arts Council Funded 2015 at St. Paul’s of Gregory L. Partners. Arts Council board Episcopal Church in member Shaheen Syal will Winston-Salem.

Richmond, Virginia, chair the awards selection Robert E. Sheeder of The Celebrant was committee. Nomination forms the Right Reverend Texas; Dallas, are online at Michael B. Curry, Richard L. Williams www.intothearts.org. of Winston-Salem, Bishop of the Diocese “Amazing things are hap- of North Carolina and M. Raymond pening every day in the Presiding Bishop-Elect Marshall of WinstonWi n s t o n - S a l e m / F o r s y t h of Salem and Derry S. Episcopal the County arts community,” said Church. He was assistBigby of Silver Jim Sparrow, Arts Council ed by the Reverend Dr. Spring, Maryland. president and chief executive Hector K. Sintim of St. Program attenofficer. “One of the high Stephen’s dants were Howard Episcopal points of each annual meeting Church in WinstonL. Davis of Raleigh, is recognizing people and Salem and the Reverend North Carolina and Claudia Ann Goodson organizations that are setting John E. Shields of St. Kristopher Jones of the pace and rendering extraorSouth Columbia, Episcopal Paul’s dinary service. They make us Church in Winston- flared chapel length train. Carolina. proud, and it is our privilege to The soloists were Salem. The bride is the The bride carried a bouhonor them. Community input quet of calla lilies and Corey Leak of Raleigh, Shirley Mrs. of daughter is vital to the process, and we North Carolina and Teresa Thompson Goodson of white roses. invite nominations.” of Matron of honor was Moore-Mitchell Raleigh, North Carolina and the late Mr. Henry A. the bride’s sister, Deborah Salisbury, North Carolina.

Following are qualificaGoodson. She received a G. Jones of Raleigh, The organist was Dr. John tions for awards: Carolina. Cummins of WinstonB.A. degree in clothing North and textiles from North Bridesmaids were the Salem. The trumpeter was The Arts Council Award: Carolina A and T State bride’s sister, Roschea E. Anita Cirba of WinstonThe honoree has exhibited a Universality and retired as Goodson of Atlanta, Salem. Anne Dunn of strong commitment of service retail manager of Men’s Georgia; Danielle B. Winston-Salem was the and has made a significant in Columbia, Goodson of Atlanta, wedding director.

Warehouse impact and contribution to the were Flowers Georgia; Pat W. Kennedy South Carolina. arts in our community.

The groom is the son of Winston-Salem; Mary designed by Sherwood of Flower Shop in WinstonBraswell of Mrs. Annie Brown R. The Inaugural Arts North Salem. The wedding cake Kennedy of Winston- Greensboro, Educator Excellence Award: Salem and the late Mr. Carolina; Gwenn S. was provided by Lisa The Arts Educator Excellence Harold L. Kennedy, Jr. He Clements of Winston- Smithdeal.

Award recognizes an educator Following the ceremoor teaching artist who has received a B.A. degree in Salem; Sharon Cookenriched the education of our history with highest hon- McEwen of Columbia, ny, a reception was held in community’s youth and ors from the University of South Carolina; Carolyn the Hearn Ballroom at the inspired the next generation of North Carolina at Chapel M. Reid of Warrenton, Marriott Hotel in downartists, patrons and creative Winston-Salem.

Hill and a J.D. degree Virginia; and Phyllis W. town individuals. from the University Sanders of Columbia, Reception music was proThe recipient of the Arts vided by Envision.

Michigan Law School. He South Carolina.

Educator Excellence Award On the eve of the wedThe junior bridesis a partner in the law firm will receive a cash award of of Kennedy, Kennedy, maids were the bride’s ding, a rehearsal dinner $1,000 to support their continKennedy and Kennedy, nieces Callie A. Goodson was held at the Piedmont ued work in arts education. of Atlanta, Georgia and Club in Winston-Salem.

LLP in Winston-Salem. of Music was provided by Goins A. The bride was escort- Tai The 2015 R. Philip the David Pankey Trio of ed by her brother Craig T. Alexandria, Virginia.

Hanes, Jr. Young Leader Serving as best man Charlotte, North Carolina.

Goodson of Atlanta, Recognition Award: The After a honeymoon was the groom’s twin Georgia. honoree is 40 years of age or L. trip to France and Harvey The bridal gown was brother, younger and has exemplified an ivory, fitted Alençon Kennedy of Winston- Monaco, the couple will volunteer dedication, contribulace gown detailed with Salem. Groomsmen were live in Winston-Salem. tions and leadership. The time, pearl beading Swarovski Michael D. Kennedy of talent and energy demonstrated SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Thomas J. Doughton, Attorney DOUGHTON BLANCATO PLLC 633 West Fourth Street, Suite 150 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101

The Chronicle August 27, September 3, 10, and 17, 2015 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE WINSTON-SALEM CITY COUNCIL ON PETITIONS FOR ZONING CHANGES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, that the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber at City Hall, Room 230, 101 N. Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 on the following proposed amendment to the Official Zoning Map of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina: 1. Petition of William Spencer to amend and change from GB to E, the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the west side of North Chestnut Street between Ninth Street and North Liberty Street; property consists of ±1.1 acres and is PIN#s 6835-29-6319, 6499, and 7328 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps - Zoning Docket W-3269.

2. Petition of Mike Kelley for property owned by First Assembly of God, Inc. and Pilot Mountain Baptist Association to amend and change from LO-S and IPS Two Phase to RM-12-S (Residential Building, Townhouse; Residential Building, Multifamily; Residential Building, Duplex; Residential Building, Twin Home; Planned Residential Development; Residential Building, Single Family; and Boarding and Rooming House), the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the east side of Queensbury Road, north of Country Club Road; property consists of ±11.13 acres and is PIN#s 6827-23-5629, 6827-23-2462, and 6827-23-3066 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps and on a site plan on file in the office of the CityCounty Planning Board - Zoning Docket W-3271.

3. Proposal of City-County Planning and Development Services to amend Chapter B of the Unified Development Ordinances to amend parking, stacking and loading areas, and landscaping and tree preservation standards in accordance with Legacy 2030 Update recommendations – UDO-261.

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

During the public hearing the City Council may hear other proposals to amend the zoning of the above-described property or any portion thereof.

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

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

All requests for appropriate and necessary auxiliary aids and services must be made, within a reasonable time prior to the hearing, to Angela Carmon at 7477404 or to T.D.D. 727-8319.

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

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WILLIAM JEFFERY CARTER, Plaintiff, vs.

ALL VALLEY ACCEPTANCE COMPANY aka ALL VALLEY ACCEPTANCE CORP, and STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: ALL VALLEY ACCEPTANCE COMPANY aka ALL VALLEY ACCEPTANCE CORP TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

THE PLAINTIFF, WILLIAM JEFFERY CARTER, HAS FILED A COMPLAINT SEEKING CANCELLATION OF A LIEN ON A MOBILE HOME. You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than the 22nd day of September, 2015, said date being forty (40) days from the first publication of this notice, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

This the 7th day of August, 2015.

MARTIN & VAN HOY, LLP

BY: TAMARA A. FLEMING STATE BAR NO. 13493 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF TEN COURT SQUARE MOCKSVILLE, NC 27028 (336) 751-2171

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Lula Mae Leake, Lula Mae Leake, late of Salemtowne, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of the Decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at Doughton Blancato PLLC, 633 West Fourth Street, Suite 150, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101, on or before November 30, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 27th day of August, 2015.

Lou Ann Pacula Executor of the Estate of Lula Mae Leake

Thomas J. Doughton, Attorney DOUGHTON BLANCATO PLLC 633 West Fourth Street, Suite 150 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101

The Chronicle August 27, September 3, 10, and 17, 2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Rosa Lee Covington, also known as, Rosa L. Covington and Rosa Covington, deceased, of Forsyth County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Rosa Lee Covington also known as, Rosa L. Covington and Rosa Covington, to present said claims to the undersigned, in the care of Renita Thompkins Linville, P. O. Box 20802, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27120-0802, on or before the 6th day of November 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment.

This the 6th day of August 2015.

SADIE MCQUEEN EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF ROSA LEE COVINGTON, ALSO KNOW AS, ROSA L. COVINGTON AND ROSA COVINGTON

Renita Thompkins Linville Attorney at Law 205 West Third Street P. O. Box 20802 Winston-Salem, NC 27120-0802 (336) 725-0998 (Office) (336) 725-1980 (Fax)

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M/WBe BiD nOTiceS M/WBe BiD nOTiceS M/WBe BiD nOTiceS M/WBE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

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

C203580-Wilkes Co. NC-268 From Multi-Lanes East of NC-18 to SR1966 Grade, Drain, Pave & Structures

Bid Date: September 15, 2015—Sub Quotes due by 12:00 Noon

Contact: Jason Blackwell Jason.blackwell@jrvannoy.com 1608 Hwy 221 North— PO Box 635 Jefferson, NC 28640 Phone: 336-846-7191 Fax: 336-846-7112 We have adopted several policies and procedures to encourage the participation of M/WBE firms on our projects, so if you are interested in this project but discouraged by any of its requirements, please contact us. We have special joint pay agreements and even an expedited payment policy for M/WBE firms, and we encourage to you to contact us to discuss how these procedures can help you on this project. If the bonding, letter of credit or insurance requirements set forth in the bid documents would otherwise prevent you from soliciting a quote please contact us and we will discuss ways that we may be able to help you meet these requirements. Likewise, if you are discouraged from submitting a quote on this project because you think you may have trouble obtaining the necessary equipment, supplies, materials, or any other related assistance or services that may be necessary to complete the work, please contact us and we will discuss ways that we may be able to help you overcome these obstacles. We adopted these policies to encourage the participation of M/W BE firms like yours, and we encourage your company to explore and take advantage of them; so please feel free to give us a call in these regards A meeting has been scheduled for September 3rd at 10:00 a.m. at 1608 Hwy 221 N. Jefferson, NC for anyone who is interested to ask questions, obtain plans, etc.

Work Includes and we will be accepting quotes for but not limited to: Clear & Grub, Haul, Excavation, Temp. Shoring, Pipe, Removal Exist. Asph., Pipe Culverts, Milling, Pave, Stone, Pipe Removal, Masonry Drain. Struct, Curb & Gutter, Shldr Berm Gutter, Misc. Conc.

Items, Monolit. Conc. Islands, GR, Fence, Rip Rap, TC, Signs, Conc. Barrier, Pavement Markings, Utiliteis-Water Line, Sanitary Gravity Sewer, Manholes, Trenchless Installation, EC Items, Temp Silt Fence, Signals-Signal Cable, Vehicle Signal Head, Messenger Cable, Etc, Culvert Excav., Class A Conc.(Culvert), Reinforc. Steel (Culvert), MSE Retaining Wall, Precast Gravity Retain. Walls, Drilled Piers, Unclass. Struct. Excav., Reinf. Conc. Deck Slab, Grooving Bridge Floors, Class A Conc. (Bridge), Bridge Approach Slabs, Reinforc. Steel (Bridge), Prestressed Conc. Girders, Steel Piles, Two Bar Metal Rail, Conc.

Barrier Rail, Rip Rap, Conc. Parapet, Elastomeric Bearings, Misc. Bridge Items, Etc. Please see proposal for complete listing of bid items. Bid items can be subdivided into economically feasible units to facilitate M/WBE Participation. We ask that all Non-M/WBE Subs & Suppliers also utilize M/WBE Subs & Suppliers to increase our overall M/WBE Participation on this project.

Be sure to check our website periodically for addenda.

Plans may be obtained/viewed: https://connect.ncdot.gov/letting/Pages/d efault.aspx www.jrvannoy.com Subcontractor Plan Room Vannoy Construction-1608 Hwy 221 North-Jefferson, NC, WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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New Student Center Project Package A – New Student Center Bid Advertisement

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID: Sealed proposals will be received by DH Griffin/Balfour Beatty/C2 Contractors for the NCA&T New Student Center Project – Package A New Student Center on October 8, 2015, October 13, 2015 and October 15, 2015; at 2:00 PM for the following Bid Packages: 1A Elevator Operation; 1B Truck and Traffic Control; 1C Fencing; 1D Post Construction Cleaning; 2A Excavation/Site Work/Asphalt and Concrete Paving; 2B Site Utilities; 2F Landscaping; 2G Hardscape; 3A Concrete; 4A Masonry; 5A Steel; 5B Glass and Stainless Handrails; 5C Metal Pan Stairs; 6A Millwork; 6B FRP/GRG; 7A Roofing; 7B Fireproofing; 7C Waterproofing/Caulking; 7D Metal Panels; 7E Firestopping; 7G Phenolic and Cement Panels; 7H Plaza Waterproofing and Paver System; 8A Doors and Hardware; 8B Coiling Doors, Grilles and Dock Equipment; 8C Aluminum, Storefront and Glazing; 8E Fire Doors/Shutters; 9A Drywall; 9B Tiling; 9C Ceiling Systems; 9D Resilient Flooring and Carpet; 9E Painting; 9F Terrazzo Flooring; 9G Resinous Flooring; 9H Fabric and Sound Wall Systems; 10A Toilet Partitions and Accessories; 10B Visual Display Boards; 10C Lockers; 10D Fire Extinguishers and Cabinets; 10G Folding Panel Partitions; 10H Projector Screens and Mounts; 10J Signage; 11A Food Service Equipment; 11B Chick-Fil-A Fit Out; 11C Mein Bowl Fit Out; 11D Einsteins Fit Out; 12A Drapery and Window Shade Systems; 14A Elevators; 15A Fire Protection; 15B Plumbing; 15C Mechanical & Controls; 15E Test and Balance; 16A Electrical and Fire Alarm; 16B Telecommunications Bids will be received and opened publicly in Craig Hall Room 132; 624 N Benbow Rd, Greensboro, NC 27405.

Bids will not be accepted from bidders that are not pre-qualified. Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on September 2, 2015 at 2:00 pm in Smith Hall, Room 2014, 402 Laurel St, Greensboro, NC 27405. Attendees will need to comply with all NC A&T State University visitor parking regulations found here: http://www.ncat.edu/divisions/businessand-finance/aux-services/parking/students-info.html. A current listing of all prequalified bidders in each bid package can be publically obtained at (https:// bbcus.egnyte.com/fl/IbYVYhugzt). For any questions in regards with the website please contact Raymondo Brady at 704441-3756. The CM and Owner reserve the right to add pre-qualified bidders. All interested parties are advised that the prequalified bidders list will be finalized via the issuance of an addendum no less than 10 days prior to bid and will be made available at the above listed website address. Bid Documents will be available after September 2, 2015. Contact Raymondo Brady at rbrady@balfourbeattyus.com or (704) 441-3756 to obtain a CD or website access of complete plans, specifications, contract documents, and a list of all pre-qualified bidders. Hard copies of documents can be purchased directly from Duncan Parnell by contacting Customer Service at (336) 855-1211 or (888) 688-7961. Bid documents will be available for review at Balfour Beatty Construction Company located at 406 S. McDowell Street, Suite 200, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 and 1930 Camden Drive, Charlotte, NC during normal business hours and in the following plan rooms: Associated General Contractors– Carolinas Branch and MMCA Office / Training Center 2848 Queen City Dr. Suite B Charlotte, NC 28208. All Bidders are strongly encouraged to include opportunities for Minority Business participation wherever possible in their respective bid submission. Minority Business is a part of this contract and must comply with the State of North Carolina General Statutes. The CM and Owner reserve the right to reject any and all proposals. Should you require additional direction, contact Raymondo Brady at rbrady@balfourbeattyus.com or (704) 441-3756.

HUB Outreach Meeting: Meeting will be held on September 2, 2015 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in Smith Hall Room 2014 on the NCA&T Campus.

Advertisement for Proposed Alternate Bids for Preferred Products: After the Pre-Bid Meeting on September 2, 2015 and at the same location, a meeting will be held at 3:30 pm to review the Owner Preferred Products for the above project.

The following items will be discussed: waterproofing, brick, electric meters, door hardware, irrigation, roofing materials and ceilings.

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D/M/WBE SOLICITATION

CARL ROSE & SONS, INC. IS SOLICITING, MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES TO FURNISH QUOTATION FOR WORK ON THE FOLLOWING NCDOT PROJECT:

Bid Date: Sept. 15, 2015

Project: Wilkes County Contract number: C203580

TYPE WORK: Hauling, grading, drainage, concrete, milling, utilities, guardrail, fencing, erosion control, signage, striping, waterline utility, seeding & mulching, signals, surveying, structures & walls, curb & gutter, concrete flat work, misc.

Plans and proposals are available at 217 Asphalt Trail, Elkin, NC 28621 and online at NCDOT website. Interested firms can contact Dale Rose, Dean Rose or Joel Greene for information and assistance. We may be available to assist interested M/W/DBEs in obtaining any required insurance, bonding, letter of credit, equipment, supplies, materials, and any other related assistance that may be required by these contracts. Contact by phone: 336-835-7506, fax: 336-8352501, mailing address: PO Box 786 Elkin, NC 28621 or email: carlrosepaving@yahoo.com. Please have quote into our office Sept. 11, 2015 by 4:00 PM. The Chronicle August 27 and September 3, 2015

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The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

Senior Recreation Center Supervisor Please visit: www.cityofws.org for job description and application process.

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

Senior Traffic Signal Technician Please visit: www.cityofws.org for job description and application process.

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

Equipment Operator/Light (DOT) Please visit: www.cityofws.org for job description and application process.

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

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

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

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

Equipment Operator/Heavy (DOT)

Senior Crew Coordinator

Senior Crew Coordinators

Sanitation Equipment Operator/Sr.

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

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

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

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

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Utilities Supervisor

Community Assistance Liaison

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for Senior Engineering Technician Distribution

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

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