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A prominent WinstonSalem attorney who routinely serves as an estate guardian and public administrator through the Forsyth Clerk of Superior Court’s office is being accused of committing “… felony theft by fraud …” for taking over $44,000 he allegedly had no legal

authority to do so.

As part of its continuing series of articles about allegations of a continuing “pattern and practice” of fraud and mismanagement at the Clerk’s office involving the assets and properties of elderly AfricanAmerican Forsyth County residents, The Chronicle has secured and reviewed a copy of a motion filed in Forsyth County Superior Court on Nov. 24 in the

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matter of the estate of Steven W. Epperson.

The motion, filed by Winston-Salem attorney

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Reginald D. Alston on behalf of Epperson’s siblings, Susan and Kelvin Epperson, seeks a court order to “immediately” remove attorney Bryan C. Thompson “… from acting as guardian of the Estate of Steven W. Epperson and to allow Susan Epperson to resume as Guardian of …” her brother’s estate.

According to the motion, there are no court documents on file proving

that attorney Thompson – who has been prominent in many of the cases The Chronicle has reviewed and reported on in recent weeks – was ever legally appointed as estate guardian to Steven Epperson prior to April 2010, and yet there is a witnessed court document showing that Thompson received $44,180.68 on behalf of Epperson as his “guardian” on Nov. 15,

2009.

The motion not only seeks Thompson’s “immediate removal” and Susan Epperson’s reinstatement as guardian of the estate, as indicated before, but also, “… such other and further award as the court deems justified,” meaning damages may be warranted.

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Mabel Robinson is dancing in new direction

Mabel Robinson directs the cast in a climatic end to the song "Come and Go With Me to my Father's House" during a rehearsal for the musical “The Glory of Gospel” in May. Robinson was the writer, choreographer, and artistic director of the musical.

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N.C. Black Rep artistic director leaving full time to enjoy life

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY FOR THE CHRONICLE

Mabel Robinson was smiling after the beginning of the end last week. She had just directed the opening performance of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company’s version of “Black Nativity.” It would be her last opening performance as artistic director with the company.

In 1984, Robinson came to Winston-Salem to teach at the N.C. School of the Arts and has since retired. She found an opportunity to give back to the community and to sharpen her skills as a director/choreographer/play-

wright with the N.C. Black Rep. The award-winner will take her final bow as artistic director with the company at the end of this year. She said she felt it was time and wanted to retire while she was still young enough to enjoy life to the fullest.

“Thank you NCBRC for an opportunity to elevate and present professional black theatre to the broader community and to help develop the creative abilities of our local artists,” Robinson said in a statement.

She told The Chronicle that it has not been easy to be a black professional in the performing arts.

For more than 40 years, Robinson has worked in music, dance and theatre venues while gaining over 70 awards in theatre.

Robinson said that when she first started in theatre,

When dozens of black ministers met with controversial tycoon and leading Republican candidate Donald Trump last week – a group the Trump campaign expected a collective endorsement from – rhetorical alarm bells went off throughout the African-American community.

Bishop Sir Walter Mack, a black minister in Winston-Salem, wrote to The Chronicle in a Letter to the Editor: “Preachers, let’s look out for the people we serve and not ourselves. Trump has publicly disrespected every minority group from Latinos to those with special needs, to the Black Lives Matter movement.”

“Mr. Trump routinely uses overtly and racist language on the campaign trail,” an open letter published on Ebony.com by over one hundred black religious leaders and scholars opposed to the Trump meeting said. “Most recently, he admitted his supporters were justified for punching and kicking a black protester who had attended a Trump rally with the intent to remind the crowd that “Black Lives Matter.” Trump followed this action by tweeting inaccurate statistics about crime prevalence rates in black communities — insinuating that Black people are more violent than other groups.”

“Trump’s racially inaccurate, insensitive and incendiary rhetoric should give those charged with the care of the spirits and souls of black people great pause,” the open letter continued.

While a few conservative ministers indeed exited that meeting with Trump Nov. 30 singing his praises, there was no collective endorsement. Instead, according to published reports, the outspoken real estate mogul and reality TV star of “The Apprentice” was peppered during the meeting with questions about his harsh, and many say racist, statements about Mexicans being “rapists,” most Muslims being terrorists, and protests by black college students about racism on their predominately –white campuses being “disgusting.”

“I told him, you should apologize and repent — we’re called to own up to our bad behavior,” Bishop Victor Couzens, one of the 40 or 50 ministers who attended, told ThinkProgress.org. “That’s when his staff interrupted and said, ‘Why should he,’ why this, why that. He let his people answer for him. He didn’t seem to mind that.”

Ever the spin-meister, Trump told the press after

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The stakes are high for next year’s election as candidates for president, U.S. congress, N.C. General Assembly, county commissioners, the mayor and all city council seats are on the ballot.

So far it’s been mostly incumbents who have filed. As of press time, every member of the City Council has now filed for re-election in 2016 except Molly Leight, who said she will not run for

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another term, and Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke, who said she does plan to run for her 11th term representing the Northeast Ward.

Interim Forsyth Board of Elections (BOE) Director Lamar Joyner said he’s expecting a large turnout.

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(Left) “Family” discusses their situation during poverty simulation.

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Poverty simulation exercise opens eyes

Carol Davis, participant, talks to Corey Miller about getting a job during the poverty simulation. In his real job, Miller is Director of Philanthropy for Crisis Control Ministry.

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initely an added component of education,” said Ellison.

Forsyth County Republican Party is also continuously registering people to vote, with drives at churches and a movement to register high school seniors who’ve turned 18. Party Chair Mark Baker, said he’s also making sure everyone knows about voter ID requirements, which he supports as a way to protect against voter fraud, which

he says is a serious issue, regardless of how rare it is.

He believes voters will adapt to the new requirement.

“I think in the long run it’s going to be a good

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thing,” he said about the new ID requirement.

While there’ll be no shortage of registration drives in the coming months, eligible voters can easily register on their own. They can print the registration form off the BOE website, www.forsyth.cc/Elections.

They can also pick up registration forms at libraries and county offices. Joyner said many voter registrations come from the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, which lets people register to vote when they renew their driver’s license.

The requirements for registration are: U.S. citizenship, being at least 18 years old by the next general election, having resided in the county at least 30 days by election day. Also, a person must not be currently serving a felony sentence. Those previously convicted of a felony who have fully served their sentences, including probation or parole, are eligible with no special document required.

The Chronicle apologizes for some errors made in a story written by Tevin Stinson and printed in The Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 3. The article, on page A1, has the headline “Parents, others question low-performing schools label.” The article stated Ivory Davis as a teacher’s assistant at Ashely Elementary School. The correct name of the teacher’s assistant is Davis Ivory and the correct school is Kimberley Park Elementary School. The Chronicle regrets any misunderstanding that may have resulted from this error. The Editor

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18 percent of the county’s population and 23 percent of the city’s population. lucy Shaffer-Doherty, the public relations & marketing coordinator for Crisis Control, pointed out, anyone – particularly those living paycheck to paycheck – could find themselves in such trying circumstances.

Blackburn said that, when people talk afterward about the experiences they had during a simulation, they often use such words as “stressed,” “mad,” “angry,” and “hopeless.”

People talked about the need to explore ways in which the school system could do more to help people in such circumstances.

“Maybe we need to rethink our own bureaucracy,” said Superintendent

Beverly Emory. “The system could be more friendly.”

Tracey Semcer, a Forsyth County Public Health employee who was helping with the simulation, said that it’s clear that people in education already knew a lot about what people in poverty are dealing with.

Cone, who is the principal at Paisley IB Magnet School, walked out of the Education Building afterward and said that the experience left him feeling both overwhelmed and better informed.

For one, when people come into school angry, he better understands that, although their anger may appear to be directed at him, it might really be a reflection of the frustration

they’re feeling from countless trying circumstances in their lives.

“On another level, it about made me cry,” Cone said.

The exercise also gave him an understanding of how people in such circumstances help each other.

After portraying someone who had dropped out of high school, he said, he now wants to do more to help those trying to go back and earn their degree.

Schools that would like to schedule a simulation for staff members should get in touch with Bill Blackburn at bblackburn@crisiscontrol.org or call 336-7247875 extension 1021.

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tion officials prepared for the election, get ourselves prepared, get all the polling locations secured and ready to go,” he said.

By state law, voters must register to vote 25 days before the election they want to vote in, which makes the registration deadline for the primaries Feb. 19. Candidate filing is open until Dec. 21.

Joyner said Forsyth BOE is on schedule as far as getting poll workers for the precincts. Early voting plans haven’t yet been voted on by the Forsyth BOE, but it’s expected to be discussed during its next meeting on Dec. 17. Early voting plans must be submitted to the State Board of Elections by Jan. 15.

The N.C. NAACP is doing a statewide voter registration drive until Feb. 19.

The N.C. NAACP is also one of several groups that is legally challenging changes in voting laws, such as ending out-ofprecinct voting and shorter early voting periods, arguing that they create a burden for voters, especially minorities. The case was heard last year in federal court, but has yet to be ruled on. A separate part of that case involving the state’s new voter ID requirement had a hearing in October and has a tentative court date of January.

Plaintiffs are seeking an injunction to stop the ID requirement from going into effect for the 2016 election.

Both political parties are actively trying to get people registered locally.

Forsyth Democratic Party Chair Eric Ellison said that Democrats are using a computerized system to find people who are eligible to vote but aren’t registered. He said he’s also trying to sure make everyone knows about the voter ID requirement.

“It’s not just registering people to vote. There’s def-

more than just the poverty was the frustration with the system,” said Principal Judy Jones of Caleb’s Creek Elementary.

Bill Blackburn, the director of training for Crisis Control, said that it could be easy to think of it all as a game but that, for many people, it’s not a game. It’s the life they’re living.

“My children come to school hungry, in some cases angry,” Principal Bea Veto of Easton Elementary said. “There is no excuse that, in our country, we have hungry children. The indignity many suffer is inhumane at best.”

Estimates are that 68,000 people in Forsyth County – 55,000 of them living in Winston-Salem – are living in poverty. That’s

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Principal Gary Cone was a 19-year-old single mother who had dropped out of high school, and Principal Judy Jones was an 85-year-old man who was homeless.

Principals and management team members in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools became children and adults in families struggling to get by.

It was all part of an exercise facilitated by Crisis Control Ministry to give people a better sense of the challenges of living in poverty.

“The basic needs are difficult to address,” said Jackie Pierson, school system’s program manager for

library media services. “I think it opens your eyes to the great needs we have right here in WinstonSalem.”

They were assigned a character. Some adults became children for the exercise, some men became women and women became men.

Depending on who they were, that might mean they ended up spending long hours waiting to talk to a social services worker only to find that the office was closing and they were going to have to come back the next day and start the process all over. It might mean choosing to send a sick child to school because they couldn’t afford to stay home and miss work.

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Bledsoe delivered the keynote address at the 2015 Branded For Knowledge Basketball Classic Community Awards Banquet on Monday, Dec. 7 at the Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center.

“I’m a firm believer in this thing called a dream,” he said. “The moment you begin to dream big and understand your potential, you can achieve big.”

At the young age of 17, Bledsoe h a s accomBrown plished m o r e than most teenagers could only imagine.

When he was 12 years old, the teen from St. Louis, Mo. started his own information technology consulting business with a dream and just $100. In two short years Bledsoe had 150 contractors working for him.

Since then Bledsoe’s company has grown, the scope of services his company provides is vast, and includes brand development consulting for a number of well-known stars such as Steve Harvey and Jordin Sparks.

Bledsoe said growing up in a single parent home, he had no choice but to dream big.

“In life our dream is our destination, it’s where we want to end up,” he continued. “Often in the circumstances I grew up in, you can adopt a poverty mentality. That mentality that says ‘I’ve been here and I’ll be here,’ but I was determined to reach my dreams.”

Branded For Knowledge Inc. (BFK) is a local clothing apparel company founded on five basic principles: knowledge, pride, power, strength and success. The ultimate desire of BFK is to educate individuals on the importance of creating their own “brand” identity while encouraging them to become strong, responsible and productive.

With that in mind, the Branded For Knowledge Basketball Classic came to life, welcoming freshmen boys from various high schools to learn the importance of teamwork and strengthen their individual levels of confidence while competing in a positive atmosphere.

BFK chief executive officer Bobby Kimbrough Jr. said he wanted the tournament to stand out among

the many other tournaments that are held in the area. Kimbrough mentioned the sportsmanship shown by the teams is what makes it different from the others. “ I k n o w Kimbrough there are a lot of basketball tournaments held in this area, such as the Frank Spencer and Mary Garber, but my goal was to make the Branded For Knowledge Classic bigger than all of those,” he said.

The level of sportsmanship and dedication from each team is what makes this tournament stand out.”

During the banquet, Kimbrough presented a number of awards to deserving members of the community for their hard work and dedication to improvLucas ing the quality of life of others.

Founder and publisher of The Chronicle, Ernie Pitt, was presented with a distinguished service award during the event..

Kimbrough mentioned he often stops at The Chronicle just to get Pitt’s opinions on a number of subjects.

“I find myself stopping

by The Chronicle a lot just to sit and talk to Mr. Pitt,” he said. “I’ve known him for a long time and he has always been there for me when I needed him.”

Other community leaders who received awards during the banquet include Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke, Dr. Larry Little, Bill McClain, Bishop Sheldon McCarter, David Shannon, Rusty LaRue, Kevin Gates, and Dr. Angella Hauser.

Moses “Mo Lucas and Simpson “Skip” Brown were presented with legends awards during the ceremony as well.

The Branded For Knowledge Basketball Classic is set to tip off on December 12 at Glenn High School. Participating schools include Glenn, Mt. Tabor, Parkland, East Forsyth, NW Guilford, Reagan, RJ Reynolds and Atkins.

The theme of this year’s tournament is “Action is the foundation for future success. Carpe Diem … Seize the Day!” A number of student athletes said they are excited for the start of the tournament because they get the chance compete against other local schools while making new friends at the same time.

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Circles Winston-Salem is working to help those living in poverty by connecting them with middle- class allies and working to address systemic issues.

Last year, Circles Winston-Salem started its first class of “Circle Leaders,” the term used for low- income individuals because they know the most about the barriers that keep them in poverty. After 13 weeks of training, circle leaders are matched with middle-class allies, who support them and help them find ways to improve their situations. The local program, which operates out of the Shalom Project at Green Street United Methodist Church, is part of a nationwide Circles effort that began in 1992.

So far, 26 Circles Leaders have graduated from the Circles classes and are still in the 18-month program. Circles Coach Carol Wilson said that Circle Leaders are starting to find employment and raise their incomes. She said they’re starting to deal with the “cliff effect,” in which lowincome individuals lose government benefits as their incomes rise.

“We’re doing what Circles does, which is address things as they arise and moving forward,” said Wilson.

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lizing program paticipants and holding Big View meetings, which tries to get those outside the program to help. To address an issue some had with criminal records preventing them from getting employment, there was a criminal records expungement clinic held at Green Street Church that helped more than 70 people. There was also a big concern over the bus stop near the church being eliminated under new proposed Winston-Salem Transit Authority bus routes. Those in the program attended WSTA comment meetings and wrote letters on the issue. According to the WSTA, the proposed routes have been altered to now include service to Green Street Church.

Crishanna Cannon is 21 years old and has been in the program since February.

She’s been working two to four low-wage jobs for the last few years, along with raising her 16 month-old daughter. She said

Giving Tuesday helps local causes

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

Money to help those in need, scholarship funds for college students and computers for young students are just some of the local successes coming out of this year’s Giving Tuesday.

Giving Tuesday is the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which this year was Dec. 1, and is a social media initiative started in 2012 by 92nd Street Y, a non-profit cultural center in New York City, as a way to encourage giving after the shopping rush of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

GivingTuesday.org estimates that globally over 1 million donations were given on Tuesday, totaling $116.7 million. The hashtag #givingtuesday had 1.3 million mentions on social media.

Winston-Salem State University participated as did nonprofits as varied as well as the North Carolina NAACP, Democracy North Carolina, Carolina Public Press, American Lung Association and New Winston Museum all had a push to get donations on Giving Tuesday. The Winston-Salem Salvation Army Commander Major James Alison got more than $10,000 in kettle donations. Bell ringers with red Salvation Army kettles positioned at the entrances of major stores like Walmart or at the entrance of Hanes Mall are a signature fundraiser for the organization during the holiday shopping season.

He said he was grateful that Giving Tuesday provided an extra boost to the Salvation Army’s fundraising efforts.

“Black Friday, Cyber Monday you’re buying for family and friends,” he

said. “On giving Tuesday it Shepherd Center Executive gives you the opportunity Director Ruth Woosley.

While some used to share your resources with those who find them- Giving Tuesday for general selves in need, whose life fundraising, others like El Pastor Latino and whose situation is not Buen Community Services, used as good as yours.”

It was the Shalom it for specific projects. El Project’s first year partici- Buen Pastor raised $3,600 pating in Giving Tuesday, to buy six laptops and a giving it a big push on its printer to be used by the 25 Facebook page. The non- middle and high school students in its profit located at tutoring proGreen Street gram.

United Methodist O t h e r Church provides organizations services to help saw a trementhose in need like dous increase a clothing closet, in what they free medical clinic raised over last and food pantry. year’s Giving Shalom Project Tuesday.

E x e c u t i v e Robinson Experiment in Director Lynn Self Reliance, Brown said that they’d gotten several which provides a variety of online donations and services to help the eco$4,500 through the mail as nomically disadvantaged, raised $1,784 and collected of last Thursday.

“I think it’s a terrific five non-perishable food concept and probably will items last year on Giving continue to grow in popu- Tuesday. This year ESR larity, but I think it’s still raised $5,300 and collected probably in the incubation 57 non-perishable food phase in terms of people items.

Winston-Salem State really being aware of it and finding ways to participate University saw a five fold increase for it’s Giving in it,” he said.

He said he estimates the Tuesday campaign, “Put a Shalom Project may be Bow on it,” surpassing its able to raise at least goal of $20,000. WSSU $10,000 during its year-end had 564 donors give fundraising. He said a com- $35,100 that will go to bination of the giving spirit scholarships at the univerof the season and taxpayers sity.

“WSSU supporters wanting tax write-offs for the year make December stepped up in a major way,” the perfect month for non- said WSSU Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson in a profits to raise money.

The Shepherd’s Center news release. “Their genof Kernersville, which erosity demonstrates to stuserves the elderly and dis- dents how much we care abled, also kicked off its about their success. I’m so yearend campaign with pleased we were able to far Giving Tuesday, raising exceed our goal. These gifts enable some deserv$6,000.

“While only reaching ing WSSU students to $6,000 of the $15,000 goal complete their education for GivingTuesday, the day and begin contributing in was a great way to kick off important ways to our sociThe Shepherd’s Center’s ety.”

Year End campaign,” said

City Hall Holiday Music Series underway SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Traditional and contemporary holiday music performed by local school choruses is being presented during the sixth annual City Hall Holiday Music Series, to be held the week of Dec. 7.

Participating choruses this year are Reagan High School, Thursday; and Salem College, Friday. Earlier in the week, Kimberley Park Elementary School performed Monday; Glenn High, Tuesday; and East Forsyth High School, Wednesday.

Mayor Allen Joines is inviting city residents and downtown workers to hear the choruses from noon to 1 p.m. in the lobby of City Hall, 101 N. Main St.

Crishanna Cannon (center) talks about her new job during a sharing activity at the start of last week’s Circles meeting held at Green Street United Methodist Church. she’s formed a bond with her two allies, anger from being unable to find work who are helping motivate and support her. despite having a master’s degree.

Cannon spoke at a Winston-Salem “They helped me get my attitude in Women’s Fund luncheon last month about check,” she said. her experience with Circles.

She’s now a part-time Circles “Circles has helped me a lot because I Coordinator, recruiting allies and resources have become more motivated,” she told for the program, and is now starting her attendees. “I’m better at managing my own business, selling pocketbooks and money and have set goals for myself.” eventually costumes she makes herself.S Cannon said education has been a big She said that it’s a slow climb out of poverbarrier in getting a higher paying job and ty as she’s had to pay off her past due bills,T she plans to go back to Forsyth Technical deferred taxes and other expenses thatE Community College in January. She pilled up when she had no income. SheS dropped out of after a semester while try- said being able to actually buy the thingsS E ing to work three jobs. She plans to major she needs feels good. in Office Administration. She is also now “I feel part of the world again,” she l starting a higher paying temp job. said.

Denise Terry began the program last People interested in being Circle alliesg year during a long stretch of employment can attend the weekly Circles meetings after losing her job as a social worker. She held Thursdays at Green Street Church,i said her two allies, along with giving her 639 South Green St. Dinner is served 6 advice and referring her to resources, p.m. and the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. helped her deal with her depression and Photos by Todd Luck

Nominations sought for Young Dreamers Awards SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

The Human Relations Commission is accepting nominations for the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Young Dreamers Awards.

Nominations are open to the public and must be received by Dec. 11.

The Young Dreamers Awards honor two young adult leaders who have made a tangible difference in the lives of those who may have otherwise been overlooked, ignored, or

disadvantaged. The awards will recognize a man and a woman.

Nominees must be Winston-Salem residents between the ages of 18 and 40 who have done outstanding work in the Winston-Salem community that is in the spirit of how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lived and encouraged others to live.

There must be a tangible result from their civic or community work.

Nominees cannot already

hold supervisory or management positions in their organization. The members of the Human Relations Commission will choose the winners.

Nomination forms are available online at www.CityofWS.org or by calling CityLink at 311 or 727-8000. All nomination forms must be submitted to the Human Relations Department. For more information, call CityLink 311.

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The Carolina Cruisers Motorcycle Club delivered 27 Thanksgiving boxes to families that were listed with the Experiment in Self-Reliance (ESR), Piedmont Health Services Sickle Cell Agency, the Department of Social Services (DSS) and Winston-Salem State University’s Early Childhood Development program.

This is an annual project of the Carolina Cruisers. In light of the current economic climate, they expanded their giving this year from 22 to 27 Thanksgiving boxes.

The Carolina Cruisers Motorcycle Club was organized in September 2006 and has a membership of 43, making

it the largest motorcycle club in the city, with both male and female bikers. Their main goal is to help people in the community.

Some of the annual projects of the club are: supplying the Happy Hill and Piedmont Circle reunions with hot dogs and drinks; collecting school supplies during the Boston Roundup; helping to sponsor the Carl Russell Recreation Center at Christmastime with toys for its Peace Toys for War Toys give-away; providing annual health screenings at its clubhouse on Liberty Street; and making monetary donations to “Biking For The Band” at Carver High School, the Tiny Indians Football Team,

Burke/Joines Scholarship will pay full tuition for deserving high school senior

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Mayor Allen Joines and Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian H. Burke announced next month they will kick off a joint scholarship program that will sponsor inner city high school students to attend Forsyth Technical Community College.

Following a press conference Thursday, Dec. 3 Burke, who is the mastermind of the program said, “The program is designed to assist those who have the will, but not the means to attend college.

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“The effort is essentially a employment initiative,” she continued. “A lot of taxpayers aren’t getting the jobs that are here because they don’t have the qualifications, this program will allow them to get the qualifications to find a good-paying job.”

The Burke/Joines Scholarship, will pay full tuition for up to six semesters for a resident of public housing or, who have a household income at, or below the poverty level.

Applicants must also be a senior at a WinstonSalem Forsyth County high

school or be able to complete a GED course before starting at Forsyth Tech.

The first scholarship will be funded by Joines and Burke. They hope to raise money from local businesses to support four additional scholarships for the term starting in the fall of 2016.

Scholarship recipients will have to maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in an approved course of study, participate in internships while at Forsyth Tech and agree to meet with a mentor who will monitor and guide the

of the company’s founder and original artistic director Larry Leon Hamlin in 2007. She had been with the theatre company as a choreographer, director, and playwright previously.

This year’s run of Langston Hughes “Black Nativity” musical, which she choreographed and directed, will be her last in that capacity. She also starred in the role as Mary in the original run of “Black Nativity.”

Robinson said she initially went to see the play, and as the original cast member who was to play Mary did not show for some reason, a member of the cast who knew her asked if she could step in and play Mary for the night. She did such an amazing job she won the part outright.

She said that even though she has worn many hats in the world of entertainment over the years, there is not one she will miss particularly because she will miss them all in some way, shape, or form.

Robinson is a native of Savannah, Georgia and moved to New York as a youth with her family. She was introduced to dance at a young age as an alternative to being a “turnkey kid.” She is a graduate of the NYC High School of the Performing Arts and

the Julliard School of music.

Her career spans many formats such as Broadway, opera houses and television.

Robinson also appeared in the movie “The Wiz” and “Cotton Comes to Harlem.”

She said her plans for the future are to continue to work with the North Carolina Black Repertory Company in a lesser role; she will leave the daily tasks to someone else. She also wants to travel and continue to involve more youth in the theatre. She concluded by saying that this is not the end of her career because as an artist, you never truly stop working.

Sylvia SprinkleHamlin, president of the boardof directors for the N.C. Black Rep stated, “We have been blessed to have an artistic director with Mabel’s unique background in virtually every area of the performing arts.

Our many successes over the years, including the growing prominence of the National Black Theatre Festival, would not have been possible without Mabel’s hard work and dedication to the company.

We hope that she has a rewarding and Marvtastic retirement.”

The audience viewing “Black Nativity” on Friday, Dec. 4, takes a break during intermission.

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blacks had to be two or three times better than their white counterparts in order to win roles. But as the years progressed, roles became easier because of regression of racial prejudices and blacks writing their own plays and opening their own companies.

She went on to say that in the late ’80s to early ’90s, that trend seemed to come to a halt.

As a way to stem the trend, within the Black Rep she launched the Teen Theatre Ensemble, which gives local teens the opportunity to work with theatre professionals to develop their talents and explore the many options available for professional careers in the performing arts industry.

The youth are currently writing an original script with the help of industry professional Samm-Art Williams, who wrote for the “Fresh Prince of BelAir” TV show and was executive producer for the “Martin” TV show as well as a veteran of the theatre stage. She hopes this will entice more youth to join the realm of black theatre.

Robinson has been at the helm since the passing

student.

Recipients must also agree to make a concentrated effort to obtain employment after they complete their studies.

Although the application process has not yet been finalized a number of students and parents seemed interested in the program when told about it.

“I would defiantly be interested in that program,” said Tyquan Williams a student at Carver High School. “I have a while before I’m a senior but it’s good to know that I do have that option.”

A number of parents

Second Harvest Food Bank, and Senior Services.

The Carolina Cruisers have sponsored charity rides to benefit people in need as part of supporting the community. In 2012 they received an award from New Bethel Baptist Church for their community service. They were also recognized this year by the City of Winston-Salem for their involvement and work in the community.

The Carolina Cruisers are a group of caring and compassionate people who happen to be motorcycle enthusiasts. Carolina Cruisers Mission: to serve people in need within the community. mentioned a scholarship would be a huge weight lifted off their shoulders.

Mayor Allen Joines said education is a key factor to ending the cycle of poverty, and a number of other social issues.

“This effort plays into a number of social issues that we are working on right now such as homelessness, poverty and crime,” he continued. “I’m very excited about this program.”

“These scholarships will have a multiplying effect when you realize they can set the recipients apart and their future children on a new path.”

Executive vice president and chief operating officer for Forsyth Tech Rachel Desmarais said, she was thrilled to continue the school’s relationship with Mayor Pro Tempore Burke.

“She is a longtime supporter of students and education. We are excited to begin this venture,” she said. As we all know, education is the key, enabling people to come to Forsyth Tech to get those relevant job skills is very important.

For more information on the Burke/Joines Scholarship Program contact Pam Peoples-Joyner by email at pjoyner@wspd.org.

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We can’t repeat discrimination mistakes in U.S.

In light of the recent mass shootings in Paris and San Bernardino, California, President Obama addressed the nation on Sunday, Dec. 6, about keeping the American people safe. He outlined four ways the U.S. government is working to protect Americans.

He also spoke about some things that shouldn’t be done, including this: There should be no discrimination against Muslims or any group of people.

“Here’s what else we cannot do. We cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between America and Islam. That, too, is what groups like ISIL want.”

It was striking that the president spoke one day before the 74th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. The attack propelled the United States into World War II. It also led government officials to persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt to authorize internment camps for Japanese-American citizens. People who had productive lives in the United States were suddenly treated as enemies of the state because of their heritage. Families lost at least four years of their lives because of this mistake and the United States lost the contributions they were making in society. Decades later, President Ronald Reagan authorized paying millions of dollars to the families of those who were Obama affected by President Roosevelt’s move.

Before that, a whole race of people was made slaves just because of their heritage. Proud, productive people from Africa were stripped of the lives they knew and brought to America to work for private citizens who wanted to make money. The U.S. government sanctioned the move. The United States has a history of treading over people for its own gain.

We must not repeat the discrimination mistakes of the past.

President Obama said: “It is the responsibility of all Americans — of every faith — to reject discrimination. It is our responsibility to reject religious tests on who we admit into this country. It’s our responsibility to reject proposals that Muslim Americans should somehow be treated differently.

Because when we travel down that road, we lose.

That kind of divisiveness, that betrayal of our values plays into the hands of groups like ISIL. Muslim Americans are our friends and our neighbors, our co-workers, our sports heroes — and, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. We have to remember that.”

In the 1950s, during the Cold War, many Americans were falsely accused of being Communists, in essence called traitors. One U.S. senator led the charge. Joseph McCarthy kept at it until his tactics and inability to substantiate his claims led the U.S. Senate to censure him.

Today, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is taking up the demagogue mantel, saying the United States should stop all Muslims from entering the country until U.S. government officials determine where the hatred of the United Stated is coming from. He earlier talked about interning Muslims in the United States.

We must not repeat the discrimination mistakes of the past.

People from all races practice Islam. How do you determine who is a Muslim? Not all Muslims come from the Middle East, and there is no guarantee that terrorists will be prevented from entering the United States under any procedure to prevent them from doing so.

President Obama said it best: “Let’s not forget that freedom is more powerful than fear; that we have always met challenges — whether war or depression, natural disasters or terrorist attacks — by coming together around our common ideals as one nation, as one people. So long as we stay true to that tradition, I have no doubt America will prevail.”

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Burr’s votes harm plenty of people in middle class To the Editor:

The Republican effort to take away healthcare for millions of Americans and defund Planned Parenthood is expected to “come back and bite” them next fall, and Richard Burr is high on the list of Senators whose reelection prospects grew dimmer as he voted against thousands of North Carolinians who rely on the health services he sought to dismantle.

Burr also opposed a measure to close the terrorist gun loophole, which would have prevented anyone listed on the terrorist watch list from buying firearms, and said no to middle class tax relief among other things.

‘If this is what the Republicans have in mind when they say ‘‘we’re back to work,’’ then for the sake of women and families across the country, please take a break,’ said Lauren Passalacqua, DSCC [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] National Press Secretary. ‘… Richard Burr made it clear that he prioritizes special interests and corporations over women’s healthcare, the safety of our communities and pretty much anything else that would help the middle class.’

Here’s a recap of his most damaging votes:

Defund Planned Parenthood VOTED: YES Defunding Planned Parenthood would hurt North Carolina’s 9 Planned Parenthood centers and more than 31,000 patients who rely on the clinics for basic health services like breast exams, Pap tests and contraception. When given the opportunity to strike the provision defunding Planned Parenthood, Burr voted no.

Close the Terrorist Gun Loophole VOTED: NO The amendment would have prevented terrorists or suspected terrorists from buying a gun or explosives.

Middle Class VOTED: NO The amendment would have provided new tax cut for working families to keep more of what they earn and also help pay for child care.

Increase Veteran’s Access to Care & Improve VA Facilities VOTED: NO The amendment would have increased funding for veterans care, VA construction and hiring.

Protect Pregnant Women, Domestic Violence Victims & Cancer Patients from Tax Increases VOTED: NO The amendment would have protected a tax credit passed as a part of the ACA, protecting tax increases for vulnerable patients, including pregnant women, victims of domestic violence, people with cancer and Alzheimer’s, and stroke survivors.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Washington, D.C.

CBC applauds the decision to investigate Chicago Police

To the Editor: CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield [N.C.-1] released the following statement following the decision of Attorney General Loretta Lynch to initiate the Department of Justice’s pattern-or-practice investigation into the Chicago Police Department: The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has asserted for years that AfricanLynch Americans are treated unfairly and disproportionally in the criminal justice system.

The multiple shooting incidents involving police in Chicago and across the country serve as further proof that bias and excessive use of

force by law enforcement are real in the African- American community.

Last week, led by Congressman Bobby L. Rush (IL-01), the CBC sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch to initiate a patternor-practice investigation into the discriminatory policing by the Chicago Police Department. These incidents are not isolated and reflect a pervasive pattern of racial bias in policing. Today’s [Dec. 7] announcement from Attorney General Lynch is an opportunity to restore the trust of the American public in our criminal justice system and put an end to racial and discriminatory profiling by law enforcement once and for all.

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Staff surprises Rep. Adams at her 1 year anniversary To the Editor:

The people of the 12th District went unrepresented for 11 months, so I knew I had to get right to work when I was elected and sworn in on Nov. 12, 2014. Nov. 12, 2015, marked the end of my first year in office, and my staff surprised Adams me with a celebration.

Thank you to everyone who has made this year a success.

I'm proud to serve more than 775,000 people in North Carolina's 12th District.

U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, N.C. District 12 Washington, D.C.

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Where is the America I used to know?

James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist The holiday season is upon us. Shopping carts are full with both purchase and layaway items. You remember layaway, don’t you?

Thanksgiving gave us time to spend with family and friends. Some of us ate too much and watched way too much football. Little kids were treated to watching Charlie Brown and Snoopy on television.

College students are back in school now but the Christmas break is in sight.

Elementary, middle and high school students are trying their best to sit still for an entire day. Their teachers are providing instruction each day despite the Yuletide spirit being in the air.

All of us are familiar with all or parts of the aforementioned scenarios because that is the America we know. Yet there is a disturbing part of America that has reared its ugly head and making an attempt to steal our joy.

A few weeks ago, a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, claimed the lives of three people, including a law enforcement officer.

Presidential candidates on both sides weighed in with their thoughts.

Bernie Sanders, Independent senator from Vermont running as a Democrat, said, “I strongly support Planned

tion issue triggered this shooting. I believe they did. For some years now gun control and abortion have become everyone’s hot button issues. If you want a heated exchange, just start talking about either of these issues and you will surely get one.

At the heart of both issues is personal choice and rights. Proponents of guns say stricter gun laws take away individual rights. Those in favor of abortions say it is a woman’s body and therefore her right to choose.

Whatever our opinion is about these issues should not result in guns being brandished and lives being lost.

Our sadness and mourning for the Colorado

Springs victims was brutally interrupted by a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.

This shooting occurred on Dec. 2, and 14 people lost their lives. More than a dozen people were injured in a shooting that took place during a holiday party at a social service center. At the social service center were adults with special needs having holiday fun.

The shooters have been identified as a husband and wife. They were radicalized terrorists.

Interestingly, this incident occurred just five days after the Colorado Springs shooting.

In San Bernardino, Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said, “A man and a woman in the

Indeed, in the report’s fewer protections of the introduction, NC Policy environment, drastic cuts to Watch Executive Director the public education budget Chris Fitzsimon goes back to restrictions in voting to an October 2011 meeting rights, the report denotes that then state House all of the areas where conSpeaker Thom Tillis had at servative policies over the a Mars Hill restaurant that past five years, mostly tarwas videotaped where he geting the poor, have had a devastating promised “… impact. that one of his R o b goals was to Schofield, direc’divide and contor of Research quer’ people on for N.C. Policy public assisWatch, helped to tance.” edit the report and Tillis, now a wrote the concluU.S. senator, sion. He says anyexplained that he one seeking an wanted to get accurate picture of people with disTillis where North abilities to “look down” at others on public Carolina stands now versus assistance, low-income five years ago needs to read families whom he deemed “Altered State.”

“The folks who are unworthy of public support. Fitzsimon continued. driving this train are deter“It was a revealing moment mined to roll back the for the new Republican clock,” Schofield says.

Though he says majority in Raleigh, laying bare one of their goals, to “Altered States” is “a lot of unravel the social safety bad news,” Schofield says net in pursuit of their aim to he tried to ensure that there shrink the government they were areas of hope that disdain and slash taxes on were also highlighted. Still, corporations and the when areas like median wealthy. income being much lower “It is part of an agenda for families than five years they have pursued without ago pop up, it’s hard to pause in the last five encourage that those chalyears,” Fitzsimon added, lenges can be overcome.

The result is that North “and the damage to North Carolina has been remark- Carolina has dramatically able and stunning to moved from the middle of behold.” the pack in terms of all 50 From the slashing of states in areas like per pupil the social safety net to spending and unemploy-

ment benefits, to literally near the bottom with less progressive states like Alabama and Mississippi.

With the numerous tax cuts employed since 2011 when the Republicans took over the N.C. General Assembly, the state is operating with less revenue, especially with the rich paying, on average, $15,000 less in taxes.

If there is one thing Schofield says should stay with readers regarding the changes that have already taken place, it is that there is no sign that any changes are slowing down, meaning that more is on the way.

“The damage that has taken place over the past five years has been enormous,” says Rick Glazier, executive director of the N.C. Justice Center and former Democratic state lawmaker. “But if we’re going to turn things around in the years to come and put North Carolina back on the path to progress, it’s imperative that people understand where things stand. This report does a great job of bringing home the nature of the challenges we face.”

From now until the middle of December, a new article will be issued each morning online from the “Altered State” report. Go to http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/category/altere d-state/ for more.

Parenthood and the work it’s doing. I hope people realize that bitter rhetoric can have unintended consequences.”

Ted Cruz, Republican senator from Texas said, “Praying for the loved ones of those killed, those injured and first responders who bravely got the situation under control in Colorado Springs.”

Unfortunately, some of us have such strong, and, yes, unreasonable positions on issues that we resort to violence. The families of those killed and wounded did not have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Instead they were traumatized and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy.

Some would opine that the gun issue and the abor-

Five years of GOP rule cripples state, report shows

BY CASH MICHAELS FOR THE CHRONICLE

After five years of Republican governance in North Carolina, a new report from a nonpartisan government watchdog group says the state has been “altered and weakened,” definitively reversing its prior progressive course, and has actually fallen behind in the areas of education, social programs and public policy investment.

In effect, North Carolina’s rich have greatly benefited from numerous tax cuts at the expense of the state’s poor who, statistics show, are slipping deeper and deeper into poverty, especially with the elimination of several social safety net programs like the Earned Income Tax Credit and cuts to unemployment benefits.

The multi-part report titled “Altered State,” is produced by the editorial staff of NC Policy Watch, a progressive nonprofit project of the N.C. Justice Center in Raleigh. It consists of eight news stories and several commentaries that take an in-depth and concise analysis of the drastic changes in several public policy areas that have resulted in North Carolina becoming one of the most conservative states in the nation.

SUV with assault rifles, handguns and assault-style clothing were killed.”

Upon inspection of their home an assortment of weapons was found.

One question that is being raised is how could the killers get their hands on so many guns?

I believe it speaks to how easy it is to get guns in America today.

President Barack Obama in an address from the Oval Office on Sunday called upon Congress to make it harder to buy guns and to have stronger background checks. Opponents of the President say this is not the answer. Another point that gun lobbyists use is that guns kill people.

But who pulls the trigger?

These two incidents

serve as a sobering backdrop to what happened in France and Africa where lives were lost because of guns and terrorism.

So what is next? Have we as Americans become immune to mass killings in our own country? Do we simply watch and wait until it happens again and give out more heartfelt sympathies and anguish?

As important is, have we given up hope? I hope not.

We can’t celebrate being American and live in America if we see violence as an everyday occurrence.

Recently, one college president, Jerry Falwell Jr. of Liberty University in Virginia, encouraged his students to carry guns.

Many of us know that is not the answer.

Maybe hearts and minds must reach rock bottom in our hurt, anger and sadness before we will do something about it.

I believe we have reached rock bottom.

For those of us who believe in the power of prayer, we must continue to pray for a world-wide deliverance and healing.

We know God will do His part. The question is will we do our part?

James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem and played college tennis at Johnson C Smith University where he was all-conference for four years.

He is the President Emeritus of The Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio and a retired college administrator. He can be reached at ewers.jr56@yahoo.com.

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ments, Steven Epperson was legally determined to be incompetent in July 1982 and his father, John W. Epperson, was then appointed guardian of his person, managing whatever personal areas involving health and well-being.

By February 2004, according to an April 15, 2010 court order, John Epperson had died, so Steven’s sister, Susan, was appointed his guardian of person. A few months later in June 2004, Susan was then also appointed guardian of Steven’s estate, thus allowing her to manage his financial affairs.

Reportedly, Steven had a 1/14th interest in the sale

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the black ministers meeting that there was “great love” in the room, and he’ll continue to talk tough because that’s what has sustained him at the top of GOP presidential candidate polls since the summer.

Indeed, instead of softening his hard right tone or apologizing for his over-the-top statements, Trump has doubled-down on his divisive rhetoric to the delight of predominately white, right-wing audiences at his many rallies throughout the early 2016 primary states, and the South.

Last Friday evening, Trump appeared at Raleigh’s Dorton Arena, and while he filled the horse show headquarters with a capacity 8,000 crowd , there were also protesters both out outside the facility, and inside. The demonstrators inside interrupted Trump’s 45-minute address at least ten times, forcing law enforcement to remove at least 25 protesters.

This week, Trump caused universal outrage when he said he wanted “a complete and total shut-

of real estate that his deceased father apparently owned, and was “… due about $44,000.00 in distribution … ” For reasons the court order does not detail, Susan was “… discharged” as estate guardian on Nov. 2, 2004, and there was no “supporting documentation … found in the court file” confirming it or explaining why, according to the new motion.

In fact, almost five years later, when asst. clerk Paula Todd sent a “Notice of Hearing” to Steven Epperson’s family members regarding their father’s estate on Sept. 16, 2009, she addressed one of the notices to “Steve Epperson, c/o Susan Epperson, Guardian ….”

down” of Muslims coming to the United States until national leaders “get a handle” on terrorism. Even members of the Republican Party, embarrassed that Trump’s lead is growing in most major GOP polls, excoriated Trump for being divisive, if not racist.

"That is sheer ignorance that he is putting out,” said Bishop Todd Fulton, president of the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity, on Tuesday. “He is creating more racism throughout the country and the world. Although the Ministers’ Conference does not plan to hold a rally against Trump because he hasn't planned to visit Winston-Salem, the conference will educate the community on how Trump is dividing the nation in the coming months as well as protest the ministers who support Trump. " “Trump is unhinged,” blasted rival Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush.

Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina called Trump a “racebaiter” on CNN. Even GOP US House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said Tuesday that Trump’s

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If Susan Epperson had indeed been removed as estate guardian almost five years earlier, then how could that happen, the new motion inherently asks.

But the alleged fraud goes even deeper.

A “Final Receipt” from the Forsyth Clerk’s office dated Nov. 15, 2009 – just two months later - for “cash” in the value of $44,180.68 listed as the “ p e r s o n a l representative/trustee” for John W. Epperson’s estate responsible for distributing the funds as “Bryan C. Thompson.”

And the “undersigned beneficiary” receiving that money was also “Bryan C. Thompson, Guardian of Steven W. Epperson,” the document The Chronicle

remarks about Muslims “are not who we are as a party.”

Without question, Donald Trump’s record of racial intolerance is a long one, dating back to the 1970s when he was under U.S. Justice Department investigation for discriminating against blacks trying to rent apartments in his buildings. Trump later settled that case.

In 1989, Trump took out a full-page ad in the New York Times, calling the alleged Central Park Five, accused of brutally raping and beating a white female jogger, a band of “roving … wild criminals.” It was later discovered that N.Y. police had framed the five black teenagers for the crime they didn’t commit.

And of course, several years ago Trump challenged President Obama to prove that he wasn’t born in Kenya, charging that the president’s birth certificate was a fraud, he was not an American citizen and Obama was not worthy of the office. The president responded by getting the original birth document from Hawaii, where he was born, and called Trump a

reviewed showed.

Attorney Thompson listed himself as both the one authorizing the funds as the alleged legal representative of the father’s estate, and the person receiving it as the alleged legal estate guardian for the son, Steven, even though there was no court documentation proving that status.

Thompson’s signature is not on the court receipt from the Clerk’s Office, but a signature next to the typewritten name of witness “Amanda H. Jones” is.

That Clerk’s office receipt was not file stamped, meaning legally, according to previously noted state appellate court opinion, it was invalid and

“carnival barker” in the process.

It is no secret that the Republican establishment can’t stand Trump, and would like to derail his candidacy if it could.

Trump is averaging 24 percent of G O P voters polled, consistently leadi n g establishment candiTrump dates l i k e former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Here in North Carolina, where Republicans hope to tighten their grip on majorities in the state Legislature and congressional delegation, as well as the Governor’s Mansion, there is concern that if Trump remains popular and seemingly invincible going into the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries come January, he could possibly

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not properly entered into the court record.

It is not until April 15, 2010, court documents show, that attorney Bryan Thompson was allegedly appointed by the assistant clerk Todd as “Successor Guardian of the Estate” for Steven Epperson.

The Epperson siblings’ motion alleges that attorney Thompson “… committed a felony theft by fraud in withdrawing in excess of $44,000 from an estate in which he is acting as fiduciary and without legal authority taking possession of that money, based upon the fraudulent assertion of guardianship of Steve Epperson at least six months prior to his appointment.”

The motion also alleges

sweep the South straight through to North Carolina’s primary on March 15.

Trump is very popular with Southern whites, given his distinctly blue-collar blunt way of assuring that he’ll defeat ISIS, improve the economy and return America to “winning.”

Establishment Republicans don’t want an uncontrollable presidential nominee going into the November 2016 fall elections, but more importantly, they’re deeply concerned that Trump is so polarizing, his very presence on the top of the ticket could hurt down ballot statewide and local GOP candidates, especially if the Democratic presidential nominee is Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton is currently polling very strong with AfricanAmericans nationally, and especially in the South, though not nearly as strong as President Obama did when he first ran in 2008.

Still, part of the Trump and the GOP strategy is to start early in softening Clinton’s massive black support (her Democratic opponent, Sen.

that assistant clerk Todd did not give the family “… proper notice … prior to issuing an order appointing …” Thompson as estate guardian, and that “failure to notify [the family] … was intentional and an effort to cover up Bryan Thompson’s felony theft.”

Attorney Thompson, through his attorney, has consistently maintained that in his role as estate guardian in various cases, he did nothing wrong, and followed the directives of S P the Clerk’s office.

At press time Tuesday, no hearing date had been assigned for the motion.

Bernie Sanders, is only polling in single digits in the black community).

Trump’s motive is obvious – he doesn’t want to be branded an out-andout racist because then he can’t expand his support base if he wins GOP nomination. The Republican Party’s motive is just as transparent – grab at least 10 or more percent of the black vote in the general election next fall, plus continue to batter the former U.S. Secretary of State for alleged failures in American foreign policy.

Either way, observers say expect Donald Trump to make more overtures to conservative and Republican black leaders, especially when his campaign continues to focus on Southern primary states like South Carolina and North Carolina.

Trump’s goal – to create as much confusion as possible in the black community so that he can grab more black support than any other GOP candidate.

According to Trump, if he could do that, it would make his campaign “huge.”

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Alisha Byrd, left, and Dr. Nicole SherrillCorry are shown with some of the pocketbooks donated by SherrillCorry.

Gift of pocketbooks lifts spirit of homeless and abused women

Some of the pocketbooks that have been donated to Pocketbooks with a Purpose are shown.

WSSU grad, department partner for project

BY LAURIE D. WILLIS SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

SALISBURY – The way Alisha Byrd sees it, you never know what’s going to lift someone’s spirits – especially someone who’s been verbally, mentally or physically abused.

So Byrd, a Salisbury native who’s authored two books and founded Gemstones Academy, is collecting gently used pocketbooks for battered women.

Her plan is to fill them with toiletry items and distribute them to shelters in Rowan and surrounding counties.

“I saw a posting on Facebook that suggested people fill pocketbooks with toiletry items and hand them to homeless women on the street,” Byrd said. “I took that information and decided to create an initiative I think will be more meaningful, and I’m calling it ‘Pocketbooks with a Purpose.’

“Pocketbooks with a Purpose isn’t just about homeless women, but it is also about women who’ve been abused and whose self-esteem has been shattered,” Byrd continued. “Many of them are looking for love, answers, support, encouragement, respect, confidence, freedom, joy, peace, strength and protection. By no means can I offer them all of those things, but I can offer them a pocketbook filled with neces-

sary items to let them know someone cares.”

Byrd is a graduate of Winston-Salem State University and has an MBA from Strayer University. She’s partnered with officials at Family Crisis Center in Salisbury and at Winston-Salem State University’s Department of Interpersonal Violence Prevention for her initiative.

“I’m excited they think it’s a worthwhile endeavor,” Byrd said. “I’m grateful to them for working with me to ensure the pocketbooks are given to women who need them.”

Byrd’s been collecting pocketbooks since October and has amassed more than 100 bags. Gemstones students are helping her collect them.

Founded in 2015, Gemstones Academy is for boys and girls in 5th through 12th grades and stresses integrity, leadership, responsibility and scholarship while exposing them to community service projects and individuals who’ve become successful despite the odds.

“I’m not setting a deadline on donations because I want to give away pocketbooks year-round,” Byrd said. “However, I plan to give the bulk of them away the week before Christmas.”

Leigh Ellington of Salisbury learned about Pocketbooks with a Purpose on Byrd’s Facebook page. The women have been friends for a long time.

“I wanted to pitch in to help Alisha,” Ellington said. “I think what she’s doing is great.”

When people donate items, they some-

times give old merchandise or things of little value. But Ellington, human resources director for Salisbury-based Sharp Transit, did just the opposite: She donated a peachcolored Coach bag, a light-brown Michael Kors bag and money.

“I’d had them for only six months,” Ellington said of the expensive designer bags. “I did it because I’d like to see somebody in need have a brand new pocketbook. Helping people is a passion of mine just like it is Alisha’s. Women love pocketbooks and shoes, and receiving pocketbooks with toiletries will put smiles on their faces.”

So far, pocketbooks have come from Byrd’s family members and friends, parents of her Gemstones students and members of her church, Dorsett Chapel United Church of Christ in Spencer. Byrd is grateful for the pocketbooks but said now she’s in need of toiletries.

“Sometimes when women leave abusive situations, they leave with only the clothes on their backs,” she said. “They don’t think about necessary items they should take, but instead focus solely on getting out. When the dust settles and they end up at a shelter or at the home of a relative, friend or co-worker, that’s when they realize they need toiletry items.”

Byrd knows pocketbooks and toiletries can’t erase the pain of abuse, but she’s hoping the bags and useful items will help raise the recipients’ self-esteem. And Christmas, she said, is the perfect time to buoy someone’s spirits.

“What Ms. Byrd is doing is wonder-

ful,” said Donna Miller, executive director of Esther House in Stanly County, a domestic violence/sexual assault center that provides shelter and other services.

“The women who come to us seeking help in many cases have been told no one cares about them, and they’ve been isolated. I’m sure this initiative will brighten many days and turn frowns into smiles.”

Miller said facilities like hers typically see an increase in calls during the holidays, and Byrd’s kindness will have a positive impact.

Byrd said her goal is simple: bring joy to others as her maternal grandmother Minnie Byrd taught her to do.

“Spending Christmas in a shelter away from those you love has to be a desolate feeling,” Byrd said. “I want to share the pocketbooks and toiletries with women who’ve been abused because everybody deserves happiness, particularly at Christmas. I’m glad God put Pocketbooks with a Purpose on my heart, and I’m grateful to Leigh Ellington, Vanessa Chunn, Kisha Lilly, Le Kishja Mabry, Anitra Kelly, Dr. Nicole Sherrill-Corry and others who’ve contributed pocketbooks. I just hope we’ll accumulate enough toiletry items to fill them all.”

Want to donate? Pocketbooks, toiletries or monetary donations can be dropped off at 121 West Council Street, Suite 202, in downtown Salisbury or mailed to Post Office Box 484, Salisbury, N.C. 28145. Byrd can be reached at 704762-1445.

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Nathan Wilkins (Left) helps to prepare a healthy meal during the Cooking Matters class on Tuesday, Dec. 1.

Wilkins said he started attending the class to learn how to lead a healthier lifestyle.

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Cooking Matters (Right) coordinator Felecia Bennett-Giles chops fresh herbs during a recent Cooking Matters session. The class is designed to educate the African-American community on healthy eeating.

Poor diet linked to illnesses among blacks

Obesity and poor diet linked to cancer and hypertension, recent research shows

By Tevin STinSOn The ChrOniCle

This holiday season while we overindulge our favorite dishes and desserts, we must consider the impact on our health. Many social interactions during the holidays are centered around food.

Unfortunately for the African-American community, soul food is not the healthiest of choices.

As obesity and chronic disease soar in many cultures around the world, AfricanAmericans seem to be the hardest hit; 47.8 percent of African-Americans are obese, compared to 32.6 percent of whites.

Overweight and obesity rates also tend to be higher among African-American children, with obesity rates increasing faster at earlier ages and with high rates of severe obesity as well.

Along with the weight disparities come other issues as well. Black people are twice as likely as white people to have a stroke and to be diagnosed with diabetes.

Many believe it is time for AfricanAmericans to stop eating foods that have been known to cause hypertension, many of which have been staples in the community for years, such as processed meats, red

SeCU Family house wins high Five award SPeCiAl TO

The SeCU Family house’s education Program was awarded handsOn northwest north Carolina’s sixth annual high Five award on nov.

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The high Five award is designed to recognize and honor a nonprofit within Forsyth, Davidson, Davie, Stokes, Surry or yadkin Counties that has demonstrated an imaginative or creative way to improve program and/or service delivery, create a new program, or develop a unique or inventive method to address a particular problem or challenge.

The winner is selected through a competitive process from local nominations. The award comes with a $5,000 cash prize that can be used at the winner’s discretion.

The SeCU education Program was created in 2012 by a physician who was concerned about the failure to incorporate caregivers into medical discussions and treatment plans, a lack of appreciation for the skills and perspectives of those working in various health care disciplines, and a lack of medical student interaction with caregivers.

With that need in mind, the SeCU Family house developed and piloted the education Program, which involves collaboration between health care students and the guests who stay at the Family house.

The program also provides enhanced care and individualized services to the guests of the Family house, as well as a unique community-based teaching environment for health care students.

The SeCU Family house a 45-bedroom non-profit lodging facility that is specially designed to provide affordable, comfortable lodging for families and patients who are in Winston-Salem for treatment of long-term or chronic conditions.

those issues in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.

The class is sponsored by Cancer Services and is designed to teach members of the community how to cook healthy on a budget.

Outreach educator Felecia BennettGiles said she started Cooking Matters because so many African-Americans are affected by chronic disease. “it’s important to educate the community because so many of us suffer from diseases like diabetes and cancer,” she said. “i tell the participants if you eat healthy, you can add an extra 14 years to your life. i’m just trying to get people to eat better and think healthy.”

During a recent session held at Morning Star Baptist Church, 1400 Fitch Street, nathan Wilkins said that after much persuasion from his wife, he decided it was time to change the way he has been eating for years.

“As a diabetic, i felt it was important to learn about eating healthy,” he continued. “i want to be healthy and live as long as i can.”

Here are a few tips to remember when shopping for groceries to prepare your holiday feast, as well as grocery shopping year ‘round.

*Make a list before you go shopping and stick to your list. This will help you avoid “impulse” buying, which often means picking up unhealthy foods.

*Avoid convenience foods like frozen dinners and “instant” foods, which will cost you more than making them on your own, and are likely to be less healthy than meals you prepare.

*Try drinking water instead of sodas. not only is it healthier, it can save you money when you go out to eat.

*Don’t always plan your meals around meats. instead, let your main course be whole grains, such as rice, or beans like bean soups and refried beans in wraps.

*if you have freezer space, purchase frozen vegetables, which are fresher and often cheaper than canned vegetables.

*Choose lean protein meats such as chicken, turkey, and seafood.

*Try making your own snacks and convenience foods at home. *read labels and follow serving sizes.

*Cook once, eat twice. (Freeze foods for later meals)

*Combine exercise with healthy eating.

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meats, and pork. recent research has also proven that certain nutrients and foods increase your chance of being diagnosed with cancer.

According to the American Cancer Society, poor diet and being inactive are two key factors that can increase a person’s cancer risk.

Cancer survivor John ray said that once he stopped eating those types of foods, his health improved and he started to feel better as well.

“The African-American community as a whole has to do better,” he said. “i know many of us were raised on pork and fried foods, but it is time to leave those foods alone. They are slowly killing us.” ray also encourages the community to make regular trips to the doctor. he mentioned that if it wasn’t for a close friend forcing him to go to the doctor, he may not be alive today. “i was suffering from very bad stomach pains. i refused to go to the doctor because i didn’t think it was anything serious,” he continued. “When i finally did go, they diagnosed me with colon cancer. it was that day i realized how important going to the doctor really is.” it has been proven that lower incomes and poverty correlate strongly with an increase in obesity since less nutritious, calorie-dense foods are often less expensive than healthier foods.

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Eagles get the best of Vikings with late-game comeback BASKETBALL

BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE FOR THE CHRONICLE

If the results of the season opener is any indication, followers of East Forsyth JV basketball are in for a thrilling ride. Down by eight points with 4:38 to go in the game, the Eagles delivered down the stretch to take a 5446 road win over North Forsyth last week.

Trenton West of East Forsyth converted a pair of free throws to force a 45-45 tie with 1:48 left to play. The Eagles closed out the game with a 9-1 run – all from the foul line – as Tanis Samuels hit 7-of-8 free throws.

The game began to turn in the Eagles favor for good when coach Rodney Minor put his starters back in the game for the final minutes. Earlier in the quarter, Minor yanked his starters who had not played well for a good portion of the second half.

“I took them out so they could watch from the bench and see what was happening,” said Minor. “They didn't go after loose balls and they didn't rebound very well. So, I

Mount Tabor tabbed No. 1 seed for Lash-Chronicle tournament

BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE FOR THE CHRONICLE

Mount Tabor got the nod as the top seed for the Lash-Chronicle JV Tournament, which tips off with six first-round games on Saturday at Carver High School.

Being picked No. 1, however, doesn't mean that the Spartans are a lock to win it.

First-round winners will play in the quarterfinal round set for Dec. 19.

Two days later, the teams that survive the quarterfinals will face off in a couple of semifinals matchups. The championship game will be played on Dec. 22.

Based on early-season results, Mount Tabor (3-0 at the start of this week) is sure to face stiff challenges from several contenders in the 14-team field. No. 2 West Forsyth and No. 3 East Forsyth figure to have a final say as to which team will ulti-

mately own the championship trophy.

In addition to the 12 public schools in Forsyth County, the tournament field includes Thomasville and Lexington. Of those two out-of-town schools, fifth-seeded Lexington is the most likely pull off a few surprises. The Yellow Jackets are deep and have an abundance of quickness to flourish in a fastpaced game.

One team to keep an eye on is Winston-Salem Prep, which has won three of the last four LashChronicle tournaments.

The Phoenix, which lost its first three games, hasn't played up to its capability.

Prep enters this year's tournament as the No. 9 seed.

“We feel blessed to be picked as the No. 1 seed,” said coach Willie Harrison of Mount Tabor. “This gives us the opportunity to do some scouting and get a good look at possible

Naim Evans of the Vikings had three 3-pointers for a team high 14 points against the Eagles.

opponents.

“But just because a team is No. 1 doesn't mean that winning is automatic.

You still have to play. So, we're eager to get started and hopefully show that we deserve to be seeded No. 1 in the tournament.

We know it won't be easy.

That's why we're not overlooking any team.”

Mount Tabor has the ability to play different styles, which bodes well for tournament play. The Spartans prime strength is in the paint with the trio of Dillon Bullard, Cole Foley and Duncan Smits.

In the backcourt, Carson Anthis and Quest Aldridge provide stability and court savvy.

“We'll run whenever the opportunity presents itself,” said Harrison. “But we can also slow it down and pound the ball inside.

Across the board, this team is deep and we have several players who can

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had to change things up with a lineup of mostly freshmen.

“Once the starters returned, they did a better job of grabbing rebounds and they attacked the paint. We started getting second-chance points and we knocked down some free throws. That's what gave us the victory.”

Samuels topped the Eagles with 15 points, followed by Sayyid Dalton, who contributed 11 points. Bradley Hall finished with 10.

“In the first quarter, we started out good, but then we got lethargic,” said Minor. “We got too comfortable with a 10-point lead and we settled for too many jump shots. At one point, it seemed like North Forsyth just wanted it more than we did.”

The Vikings, with Jordan Oakes, Dawoud Evans, Marquan Matthews and Naim Evans taking turns, regrouped midway through the third quarter. Dawoud Evans hit a free throw to give North Forsyth its first lead of the game (32-31) with 3:30 remaining. Oakes and Naim Evans drilled 3-pointers to give the Vikings some cushion.

As things turned out, though, it wasn't enough.

“We have to learn how to hold a lead,” said coach Jefferey Moore of North Forsyth, whose team fell to 0-3.

“In far too many instances, we rushed shots and didn't make the best decisions. With a lead, there was no need for us to be in a hurry with our offensive possessions. It didn't help any that we were out of position for a lot of See Eagles on B2

Titans squash fourth-quarter rally to defeat Phoenix

BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE FOR THE CHRONICLE

West Forsyth imposed its will in the closing minutes to beat Winston-Salem Prep in JV basketball last Friday. The Titans scored quickly off two steals to break open a tight game and earn a 56-50 victory on their home court.

For most of the night, West Forsyth maintained control and led by as many as 12 points. Prep, in the meantime, managed to stay in contention and tied the game, 45-45 on a pair of free throws by Jalen Cranley with 3:21 remain-

ing in the fourth quarter.

Less than a minute later, Mike Montgomery hit a three-pointer from the right wing to put the Phoenix in front, 48-47.

From that point on, however, the game belonged to the two Titans players who have same-sounding last names with different spellings.

The decisive sequence started when JaQuan McMillian stole a Prep pass and fed Jaylan McMillon for a lay-up. On the Phoenix's next possession, McMillian came up with another steal and drove the length of the

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Jaylan McMillon (4) delivers at both ends of the floor for West Forsyth.

“Tonight we shared the ball and at times, we played well defensively.”

–Coach Jeffrey Williams of West Forsyth,

Photo by Craig T. Greenlee

court and scored while being fouled. He converted the free throw to complete the three-point play.

McMillon added the finishing touches with a fastbreak basket to supply West Forsyth with a 54-48 cushion with 42 seconds left to play.

“Tonight we shared the ball and at times, we played well defensively,” said coach Jeffrey Williams of West Forsyth, whose team opened the season with three straight wins. “We also got the opportunity for some of our players to further establish what their individual roles are on this

team.”

Kelvin Johnson topped the Titans with 18 points and McMillian finished with 14.

Winston-Salem Prep (0-3 at the start of this week) has gotten off to an uncharacteristically sluggish start. Even so, coach Bill Tibbs isn't about to push the panic button.

For the time being, he's missing wing player Tyren Hairston who's sidelined with a dislocated toe.

Hairston is expected to return around Dec. 15. The Phoenix did get a boost late See Titans on B2

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several players who can play multiple positions.”

In recent history, West Forsyth has fared well in the Lash-Chronicle. Over the past four years, the Titans is the only team to have won a tournament title aside from Prep (2012). West Forsyth was the tournament runner-up a year ago. This

year, the Titans appear to have the tools to make another strong push at advancing to the final round and winning.

West Forsyth won its first three games of the season with a lot of input from forward Kelvin Johnson, point guard JaQuan McMillian and wing player Jaylan McMillon, who has shown the potential to develop as a prime scoring threat and lock-down defender.

Lash-Chronicle JV Tournament First round Saturday, Dec. 12 Tournament site – Carver High School (Parentheses denotes seed number)

(14) Walkertown vs. East Forsyth (3), 11 a.m.

(13) North Forsyth vs. (4) Reynolds, 12:30 p.m.

(12) Atkins vs. (5) Lexington, 2 p.m.

(11) Glenn vs. (6) Parkland, 3:30 p.m.

(10) Reagan vs. (7) Thomasville, 5 p.m.

(9) Winston-Salem Prep vs. (8) Carver, 6:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 19 Reagan-Thomasville winner vs. (2) West Forsyth, 3:30 p.m.

Walkertown-East Forsyth winner vs. Glenn-Parkland winner, 5 p.m.

Winston-Salem Prep-Carver winner vs. (1) Mount Tabor, 6:30 p.m.

North Forsyth-Reynolds winner vs. Atkins-Lexington winner, 8 p.m.

Semifinals Monday, Dec. 21 Tip-off times – 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m.

East Forsyth's Tanis Samuels looks for an opening as Jordan Oakes of North Forsyth applies defensive pressure.

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rebounds.

“They got a lot of second and third-chance points and that made a difference. But on the plus side, they didn't give up.

They're not quitters. We just have to improve on making the right choices in different game situations.”

Naim Evans, who had three 3-pointers, led the Vikings in scoring with 14 points. Oakes contributed 12 points to the cause.

East Forsyth took control of the game from the opening tip and led 16-9 at the end of the first quarter.

Over the final minutes of the second quarter, North Forsyth climbed back into contention. Aaron Worthy buried a 3-pointer from the left wing to cut the deficit to 23-22.

The Eagles answered on the final possession of the half. Dalton sank a 30foot, bank-shot 3-pointer, to give his team a 26-22 lead at intermission.

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Coach Minor

Prep's Jalen Cranley attacks the Titans defense off the dribble.

last week when K.J. Watson was placed on the JV squad after starting the season with the varsity.

Watson is the only player on the roster who played for Tibbs last season when Winston-Salem Prep won the Lash-Chronicle JV Tournament and finished the year at 20-0. Even though Watson was more of a role player last season, he had some big moments at the Lash-Chronicle tournament MVP a year ago.

Against West Forsyth, Watson played major minutes even though he hadn't practiced with the JV team.

His presence gives the Phoenix a veteran player who's also a proven scorer.

Watson delivered a gamehigh 21 points against West Forsyth, but severe leg cramps kept him from playing the whole game.

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He suffered cramps right after the Phoenix took a momentary lead in the fourth quarter. Watson did return, but was clearly not as effective due to limited mobility because of cramping. Aside f r o m Wa t s o n , Prep got Williams double-figures scoring from Cranley, who contributed 13 points.

“Not having Watson on the floor was huge because he's such a difference maker,” said Tibbs. “He's the only player who knows the system, so it's not a problem for him to step in and produce immediately.

“This year, we're looking for him to provide leadership and be our primary scorer. When Tyren comes back, we'll be in a good sit-

uation because it will be the first time this season that we'll have our complete team together.”

In recent seasons, it's been rare for Prep's junior varsity to lose more than once or twice during a season, much less lose three games in a row. Even in defeat though, Tibbs is confident that his team will pull together and get a winning streak going.

“Yes, we're 0-3, but I'm happy with the progress we're making,” he said.

“When we got down like we did (against West Forsyth), I liked our effort, which is what helped us to make a comeback. When the game got close, that's when our lack of experience showed. But the good part is that all the mistakes that were made are things that we can fix. We're gearing up for the (LashChronicle) tournament.”

JaQuan McMillian of West Forsyth launches a three-pointer from the left corner in last week's game against Winston-Salem Prep.

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Daniels’ coaching dreams come true

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Richard Daniels always dreamed of becoming a head coach. Earlier this year, his dream came true when he was named the head coach of the junior varsity team at Glenn High School.

Former player transitions to coach at Glenn By tevin StinSon tHe cHRonicle

Well before he was named the Junior varsity head basketball coach at Glenn High School Richard Daniels Jr. knew coaching was in his future. “i’ve always dreamed of becoming a head coach,” said Daniels. “So when the position opened ahead of the season, i jumped at the opportunity.”

According to Daniels, varsity head coach Monty Gray approached him with the opportunity earlier this year. He said he knew it was his chance to fulfill one of his many dreams.

Before being named the head coach, Daniels was an assistant coach for the varsity team and local AAU teams. What makes Daniels stand out among other coaches in the area is his

recent playing experience.

From 2010 until 2014, Daniels was a key contributor at Johnson c. Smith University, where he played point guard for the Golden Bulls. the team competes in the collegiate interscholastic Athletic Association (ciAA) conference.

Before taking his talents to charlotte, Daniels made a name for himself as a two-sport athlete at carver High School.

During his senior season on the court, he averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. He also led the yellow Jackets to the fourth round of the state playoffs.

Following a recent practice, Daniels mentioned that being a younger coach, not far removed from his playing days, helps him connect with his players.

“Because i’m younger, i can relate more to the players and i believe they are willing to listen more as well,” he continued. “A lot of other coaches are com-

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ing from a different time period and aren’t able to adapt to their players.”

Daniels credits his ability to keep a level head as another way he is able to connect with his players.

Having a smaller coach-to-player age gap, and staying calm in tough situations may give Daniels a slight advantage but, he admits, the high school game has changed drastically since he last played. “i think it’s more of a finesse game now,” he said.

“When i was playing, you had those scrappy players who worked hard every day and there was always competition, even in practice. “the game of basketball is always changing. these days, it seems like it’s more of a show.”

Although every head coach at all levels of the sport is expected to win games, Daniels said after playing for coaches such as his father, Richard Daniels Sr., and Daniel piggot Jr., he understands that being a coach is about much more

Michael Bloomfield earns All-Region Football Honor SpeciAl to tHe cHRonicle

WeSt cHeSteR, pa. the 2015 conference commissioner's Association (ccA) Division ii All-Super Region 1 football teams have been released and Winston-Salem State University's Michael Bloomfield has been selected to the second team as a defensive lineman.

Michael Bloomfield was a first team All-ciAA selection for WSSU in 2015, leading the team with 79 tackles, 22 tackles for losses of 103 yards, 13 sacks for 73 yards, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and six quarterback hurries.

Bloomfield saved his best for his last game, as he dominated the 2015 ciAA championship game, finishing with six tackles, five tack-

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Glenn junior varsity head coach Richard Daniels is enjoying the transition from player to coach.

Daniels was a two-sport athlete at Carver High School from 2006 until 2010.

than basketball and winning games.

“Being a coach is not just about winning and losing. it’s about setting an example and impacting the lives of the student athletes,” he continued. “i had the opportunity to play for some amazing coaches who had a major impact on my life, including my dad, my AAU coaches and, of course, my high school coach. “they were all big influences on my life. i know if they can impact my life in such a major way, i can impact the lives of some kids as well, and make a difference.”

Daniel piggot Jr. is now the assistant athletic director at carver. piggot said he has no doubt Daniels will be successful as a coach. “even as a player, Richard showed he had the qualities to be a head coach at the high school level,” he continued. “He was always a leader on and off the court. it always makes me proud to see my former players go out and fulfill

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their dreams. “i know Richard will do an amazing job with the young men over at Glenn.”

After starting the season 0-2, Daniels is still looking to earn his first victory as a head coach. He is confident the team will turn things around and get on the right track before con-

ference games begin in January. “to turn this season around we just have to cut down on the mental mistakes,” he said. “that will come in time, we have a lot of talent on this team now we just have to put it all together.”

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Brenner Children’s Hospital offering annual ‘Footprint’ holiday card The 2015 annual Brenner Children’s Hospital footprint card illustrates a Christmas tree designed from infant Ruth Lupita Cristobal’s footprints. Ruth was born earlier this year weighing less than two pounds.

She is now home with family after an extensive stay in the Brenner neonatal intensive care unit. All proceeds from this card go toward Brenner Children’s Hospital.

Ten cards and envelopes are included in a set and sell for $10 a pack or $8 a pack if more than ten packs are purchased. The inside of the card reads, “Wishing you all the joys of the holiday season.”

In addition to the Brenner Children’s footprint card, another card option created by Elkin artist John Furches and titled “Candle Light” is available for purchase. Furches’ card displays a Moravian candle and snow scene that features the same holiday greeting inside as the footprint card. This is the 17th consecutive year he has donated artwork to the Brenner Children’s card project.

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African-American artists from North Carolina are invited to submit work samples by Jan. 1, 2016. Up to three digital images should be sent via email to deltainvitational2016@gmail.com (attach jpeg or tif files).

Please identify each work by name of artist, title of work, date, exact size, and medium in the body of the message. An artist statement (of 200 words maximum) must also be included. Jurors will be announced at a later date.

The criteria is as follows: all works must have been completed in the last three years; all types of two-dimensional media are acceptable, but works cannot exceed 90" x 72"; all types of three-dimensional media are acceptable, but small works (to be placed on a pedestal) cannot exceed 18" at the base; large, freestanding sculptures cannot exceed 36" at the base or be taller than 72"; all entries must be ready for hanging; and identification labels must be securely attached to the back of the work.

If selected, the work will be exhibited at the Delta Arts Center from Feb. 2 through April 30, 2016. All work must be available to be exhibited for the duration of the exhibit. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m.

All images submitted may be used for publicity.

Pauline Strong Skinner celebrates 100th birthday On December 5 Mrs. Pauline Strong Skinner “Linda” celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends from various parts of the state. Mrs. Skinner relocated from Omaha, Neb. to Charlotte in early 2000 and later moved to Winston-Salem due to health issues, where she is in the care of her nephew Elder James Vincent Little and his wife Evangelist Vanessa Little. Best wishes to Mrs. Skinner on achieving this Skinner milestone!

Habitat for Humanity Executive Director to retire Sylvia Oberle will retire as executive director and chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County in May 2016, Habitat’s board of directors has announced.

Oberle, who joined Habitat Forsyth in February 2006, has led the organization through a period of unprecedented growth, doubling the number of families served, broadening its housing products to include rehabs and repairs, and establishing a strong neighborhood revitalization focus. In addition, under Oberle’s leadership, Habitat has increased its ReStore revenue with a new flagship store on Coliseum Drive and a second store opening in Kernersville. The board will begin a national search for a new executive director, Dunnagan said. Plans call for the new director to be hired by late spring.

Wake Forest Law graduates top overall in N.C. Wake Forest University Law graduates had the highest overall bar passage rate (which includes repeaters) at 83 percent among North Carolina law schools for the North Carolina bar exam in July. That’s compared with a state overall passage rate of 58 percent, according to the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners.

Applications available for City of WinstonSalem University The city is accepting applications for the next class of “City of Winston-Salem University” to be held for 11 weeks starting Feb. 11, 2016.

Classes meet Thursday evenings for three hours.

Topics will include city governance and finance, sanitation, utilities operations, streets and transportation, public safety, planning and economic development, housing and recreation.

Participation is limited to residents who live in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and will be selected through an application process. City of WinstonSalem University is free; however, participants have the option of earning continuing education credit through Winston-Salem State University for a nominal fee of $25.

Applications must be received by 5 p.m. Dec. 31 and are available at the Marketing and Communications Department in City Hall, 101 N. Main St., Suite 336, or by calling CityLink 311. The application is also posted online at www.CityofWS.org and can be printed and mailed in, or filled out and submitted online. For more information, call CityLink 311.

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the photographer.

“I wanted to be as original to myself as possible,” said Daniels, who has capHome of the National tured unique photo series Black Theatre Festival, since 2007. “I didn’t want numerous art galleries and to use the big stage. I didn’t the oldest city symphony in want to use the bright North Carolina, Winston- lights. I didn’t use profesSalem has celebrated the sional dancers like the New arts for decades. york City Dance Project.”

Even in the art-filled Instead of using procity of Winston-Salem, fine fessional dancers, Daniels arts like photography and worked with students from performance arts like the University of North dance don’t often mix.

Carolina School of the But local photographer Arts.

O w e n s “Dancers Daniels has almost always set out to wanted to be phochange that tographed,” said with his most Paige Amicon, a recent photofourth year contemgraphic series. porary dance major “I wanted at UNCSA who to recognize helped Daniels find student talents other students for in Winston the project.

Salem,” said A m i c o n Daniels.

“I reached out to want to reflect friends and students Daniels and acknowlin the department edge the City who would be comof Arts in my work.” fortable in front of the camThe first showcase in era. In line with Daniel's the project, which will request, Amicon found include five photos, will be dancers from multiple culin the Sawtooth School of tural and dance backVisual Arts from Dec. 4-21 grounds. as part of the “Deck The “We crossed out of our Halls” fundraiser program. comfort zone, out of our Inspired by images own expectations,” said from the New york City Daniels when speaking of Dance Project, Daniels cre- the generational, racial and ated the Winston-Salem artistic performance differDance Project. The project ences at play throughout aims to capture the spirit of the shooting process. dance and demonstrate the During six photo sesnonverbal communication sions over six weeks, between the dancers and

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All dancers in the project danced to Carmina Burana: O Fortuna performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra. This dancer drew inspiration from the statue David by Michelangelo.

Daniels photographed over Amicon. “Owens under20 dancers who attend stands music and we [the UNCSA. Each dancer was dancers] understand music asked to stay true to them- in dance so we connected selves by bringing music on that.”

Many of the dancers they wanted to dance to expressed a learning curve and two costume changes.

“He would ask, ‘Is this throughout the project for her?’ and show us the pic- both Daniels and themture to keep it true to the selves. “[Owens] had to reinindividual,” said Natalie Kirk, a second year con- vent the way he shot each temporary dance major dancer because they were who participated in the so different,” said Amicon. project. “He let us be a part “For us, it was difficult to of the shot and behind the transition from dancing large to dancing with scenes as well.” movements Although Daniels has smaller no background in dance because there was a smalland has never pho- er background.”

For more information tographed dancers before, he was able to connect to about photographer Owens the students during the Daniels or the Winston Salem Dance Project visit photo sessions.

“That was the meeting http://www.owensdaniels.c point between us,” said om.

Photo by Owens Daniels

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Schools top 100 holiday cards exhibit Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has the Top 100 Holiday Cards exhibit at Delta Arts Center. The exhibit is sponsored by The Links Inc. and will be on display today (Thursday, Dec. 10) through Dec. 18. A reception will be held for students, family and friends today from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Delta Arts Center, 2611 New Walkertown Road. Admission to the Center is free and open to the public. For more information, call 336722-2625.

Human Relations, police to hold community trust talk The city Human Relations staff and commission members will facilitate a “trust talk” between representatives of the Winston-Salem Police Department and citizens from 9 a.m. to noon today, (Dec. 10) at the Polo Road Recreation Center, 1850 Polo Road, Winston-Salem.

The event is open to the public, but pre-registration is requested by calling Pam Peoples-Joyner at 336-7737962. Seating is limited. The trust talk will allow residents and police to discuss community safety, stereotypes, perceptions, building trust, and other areas of concern.

Council Member Montgomery to hold town hall meeting Council Member Derwin L. Montgomery will hold a Town Hall meeting at 6 p.m. today, (Dec. 10), to give constituents an opportunity to discuss their concerns.

Members of the city staff will attend. The meeting will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church, 916 E. 12th St. For more information, contact Carol Brooks-Fonville at 336-4622341 or carolf@cityofws.org.

Holiday open house The S.G. Atkins Community Development Corporation is having its holiday open house today (Dec. 10) from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Enterprise Center at 1922 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Canned goods or unopened toys are suggested for donations to support the Second Harvest Food Bank and Toys for Tots. For more information or to RSVP, call 336-734-6900 or email Sgatkinscdc@gmail.com.

Groundbreaking scheduled for Jamison Park City residents are invited to join Mayor Allen Joines and members of the City Council as they hold groundbreaking ceremonies today (Dec. 10) for Jamison Park.

The groundbreaking for Jamison Park will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Muddy Creek Greenway parking lot off Meadowlark Drive, just south of Meadowlark Middle School. The 36-acre park will include a picnic shelter/outdoor classroom, playground, walking trails, dogpark, maintenance facility and parking lots.

Voters approved $3 million for Jamison Park in the November 2014 bond referendum. For more information about these and other bond projects, go to 2014Bonds.CityofWS.org.

Events at Flywheel Flywheel, at 525 Vine St., Suite 210, will have free events for anyone to attend.

Today (Dec. 10) from 10:30

a.m. to 11:30 a.m. will be “Small business roundtable: performance assessment,” and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., “How to self-fund a business.” On Friday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., will be a “LinkedIn clinic,” and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., “Presentation clinic.” On Monday, Dec. 14 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. will be “Ask the marketing and sales coach,” and on Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. will be “How can the Better Business Bureau help.” For more information or to RSVP with your name and guest, contact Jen Oleniczak at jen@theengagingeduSee Calendar on B7

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Dec. 11 Goler memorial Ame Zion Church, 620 n.

Patterson Ave., is holding a Blowout holiday Sock Sale on Friday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. huge selection of packaged first quality socks. All socks are $1 a pair – Dickies, Dockers, Saucony, nautica, etc.

Special discounts for multiple quantities purchased.

Sponsored by Goler memorial Parent Body missionary Society and the Women’s ministry. All proceeds are to help with charitable work in the community. For more information, call 336-529-2928 or e-mail gphifer@roycetoo.com.

Dec. 12 Surviving the Holidays GriefShare support group will have its session, “Surviving the holidays” on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. at St. Paul United methodist Church, located at 2400 Dellabrook Road. Refreshments, “Surviving the holiday” books and other support materials will be available. For more information, call either 336-7234531 or 336-722-5517.

Dec. 12 Community clothes closet SJ’s Boutique, a community clothes closet at St. James Ame Church, will be open Saturday, Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Snacks will be distributed as long as supplies last. St. James is located at 1501 n.

Patterson Avenue across from the US Post Office. The Reverend Steven l. lyons is the Pastor. All are welcome.

Dec. 13 Christmas play The new Birth Worship Center church is having its Christmas play on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 9 a.m. at 1033 newbirth Drive in east Bend. The title is “The Key to life is Jesus.” Dr. James l.e. hunt, pastor, will speak at 10 a.m. For more information, call 336-6993583 or visit www.newbirthworshipcenter.org.

Dec. 13 Men’s day program new hope missionary Baptist Church, 1201 new hope lane, will hold the annual "men of integrity" day service on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 4 pm. The guest speaker will be elder Robbins of St. matthew Apostolic Church. The program leader is Clayton C. Rice. Bishop John C. Parks is the host pastor.

Dec. 13 Concert series The Concert Series committee of Grace Presbyterian Church will sponsor the Big 4 Choir in concert on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m. at 3901 Carver School Road. This will be the last concert of the season for the committee. Will “eJ” Furches (minister of mime) will be the guest performer. There will be a reception following the concert. The general public is invited to attend. Rudolph V. Boone Sr. is the chairman of the committee. Rev. Toure’ C. marshall is senior pastor. For more information, call 336-767-7530.

Dec. 13 Christmas concert The music ministry of mount Sinai Full Gospel Deliverance Center, 2721 manchester St., will host a concert entitled "Joyful Sounds of Christmas" on Sunday, Dec.13 at 6 p.m. The talented artists and musicians will present a harmonic experience featuring Christmas musical and dramatic renditions of varying styles. For additional information, contact the church office at 336-722-2624 or msfgdc@bellsouth.net. The Reverend yvonne h. hines is Senior Pastor.

Dec. 13 GTWC events Greater Tabernacle Worship Center, 1410 Attucks Street, will have a program presented by the Visual Arts and the music Department on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m. There will be a play sponsored by the youth of Greater Tabernacle Worship Center on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 at 4 p.m. On Tuesday, Dec. 22 there will be a fruit bag giveaway at 4 p.m. host Pastor: Apostle BJ mcCloud. For additional information contact Greater Tabernacle Worship Center at 336-777-1113.

Now to Dec. 13 Christmas bake sale St. James A.m.e. Church is taking orders for its annual Christmas Bake Sale now through Dec. 13.

Valerie’s Bakery is providing homemade sweet potato pies and tarts. Verne’s Bakery offers homemade cakes (pound, pineapple, red velvet, red velvet cheesecake, German chocolate). Orders must be placed by Dec. 13 (absolute deadline) for delivery on Dec. 19 between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Cakes must be picked up (no delivery). St. James is 1501 n. Patterson Avenue across from the U.S. postal Office. The Rev. Steven l. lyons is Pastor. For more information or to place an order, call 336-724-3865.

Dec. 16 Advent program The Choir of St. Stephen's episcopal Church, 810 n. highland Ave., will present An Advent Service of lessons, Reflections and Carols on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. Soloist Karen Berger and other guests from throughout the community will participate. A reception will follow. All are welcome to this free program. The Rev. Dr. hector Sintim is priest-in-charge.

For more information call 336-724-2614.

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emmanuel ushers in Christmas season with candlelight service SPeCiAl TO The ChROniCle

The emmanuel Baptist Church, 1075 Shalimar Dr., will hold its sixth annual Christmas Candlelight Service on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary at 1075 Shalimar Drive.

Rev. Dr. John mendez is pastor.

The sacred candlelight service refocuses the emphasis from commercialism to the true meaning of Christmas and the miracle of Christ’s birth. The candlelight service will consist of selected Bible readings and dramatizations.

The service will feature special guest vocalist elliott D. lowery, founder of the Winston-Salem Performing Arts Alliance and the Christian Theatre Alliance. lowery is a graduate of WinstonSalem State University and Jackson State University in mississippi where he received a BS and master's degree in music. he is an accomplished vocalist, choreographer and playwright and has performed extensively locally, nationally and internationally.

During his distinguished musical career, he toured with new york Stage Originals and in europe with Glory of Gospel and served as the Assistant Director for the european tour of mahalia. in television,

Guest vocalist Elliott D. Lowery

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lowery played the role of hermance in the PBS movie “Shift.” As a director and choreographer, he has directed and choreographed productions for melinda's magic Show in las Vegas, as well as performances of “Ain't misbehavin” and “Godspell.” he has written the musical “Building God’s house,” the Reuben K. mildred T. hash Story. lowery has been an educator for the past 22 years in schools in las Vegas, nev. and Bronx, new york. Currently he teaches music for the WS/FC Schools

system.

The mBVC String Quartet will also serve as special guests for the candlelight service. The group consists of four UnC School of the Arts high school students: Violet huang (viola), Bella Ward (violin), michele Zimmerman (violin), and Christina Kim (cello). They are from Chapel hill, Durham, and Fayetteville.

Praise dance will be performed by Tayllor Sherese miles, a senior at West Forsyth, where she is a member of the national Dance honor Society.

Tayllor is a member of the Positive image Performing Arts Dance Studio’s seniorcompetitive team. She was chosen to dance for the Royal expressions Ballet Company in Greensboro.

The emmanuel Drama ministry will dramatize scenes of Christ’s birth and the Tots Choir will render musical selections. The service will also feature a musical selection by the emmanuel hand Bell ministry. in the emmanuel tradition, this ceremony of music, dance, readings and dramatizations create a worship experience with an inspirational message of hope, healing, blessing and joy.

For more information, call 336788-7023.

‘Black Nativity’

“Black Nativity” shows the birth of Christ through an all-black cast.

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keeps tradition as director plans retirement

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Soulful singing, engaging dialogue and eye-popping choreography were some of the few things the crowd was blessed with Friday, Dec. 4, at the north Carolina Black Repertory Company’s rendition of langston hughes’ “Black nativity.” it has been presented by the n.C. Black Rep as Christmas tradition for the past 16 years.

This will be the last one with Artistic Director mabel Robinson calling the shots.

At the end of the year, Robinson will be retiring.

While she will still be

around the facility, she will not be around on a day-in day-out basis.

The show is a musical that illuminates the birth of Christ and showcases an all black cast. mabel Robinson, director and choreographer since the inception of the show in 2001, said she likes to change things up every year so that the show doesn’t become stale and uses the cast to elicit new ideas for the show. She also said that even though many people reprise their roles from last year, she likes to have open auditions to bring new life to the show.

One audience member said she has been coming

to the show since 2009 and really appreciates the differences in the music and choreography year after year.

The north Carolina Black Repertory Company was founded in 1979 by larry leon hamlin and was the first professional black theatre company in the state. hamlin passed away in June 2007.

The evening started with the cast running down the aisle from the rear of the auditorium to the stage and singing “hallelu Aye” which excited everyone in the audience from the onset of the show. Throughout the performance, the cast interacted with the audi-

ence, which kept everyone engaged.

The performance integrated traditional church hymns, Christmas music, and even forms of popular culture. Another audience member who came with a group of friends said she would definitely recommend this show to all of her friends and enjoyed it from start to finish.

The musical will continue with performance dates on Dec. 11,12 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 12 and 13 at 3 p.m. Call 336-723-2266 for ticket purchases and more information. Call for ticket availabilty for the Saturday, Dec. 12, 3 p.m. performance.

Acceptable Offerings

Lesson Scripture: leviticus 22:17-25, 3133 By the end of this lesson we should: *See the instructions for giving and the principles behind those instructions. *Recognize that when we comply with God’s instructions and expressed principles, we are obeying him and owning him as our God. *Want to arrange our thinking and actions so that when we do give, we will do it as he instructed, not as we think best.

Background: israel has been delivered from egypt after four hundred years of bondage, crossed the Red Sea and been given the Ten Commandments. They now have

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built the tabernacle following God’s instructions to the minutest details.

God is particular about his dwelling place. Also given are instructions for the construction of the priest’s attire. After being chosen as God’s people, they must present sacrifices that please him.

Lesson: God is giving, through moses, strict instructions concerning offerings that will be pleasing, satisfactory, agreeable and welcome, which is the meaning of acceptable, to him. Knowing there would be those who would try to offer less than required, God instructs with clarity what is acceptable.

God wants the best and he wants it whole, not in pieces or

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Brother Vernard Lowery will be elevated to a deacon and serve on the Deacon Board Ministry at Exodus United Baptist Church, 2000 Wilbur St., where Pastor Alvin E. Carlisle Jr. serves as the Senior Pastor.

A service will be held to honor Lowery on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m.

Rev. Sam Hickerson of New Light Missionary Baptist Church will be the guest speaker.

Lowery is the son of Mother Audrey Lowery and the late James Lowery in Winston-Salem and has three brothers, three sisters and four children.

Lowery is a graduate of Atkins High School class of 1970. He studied Welding and Architectural Technology at Forsyth Technical Community College.

Lowery began his career at Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1972 and retired in December 2002 after 30 years of service.

Currently, Lowery is on the Dean’s List at ITT-Tech majoring in Drafting

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and Design Technology and is expected to graduate in March 2016.

Lowery gave his life to the Lord at Emmanuel Baptist Church in 1994.

While there, he attended Sunday school and Bible study faithfully, and was a member of the Sunday School Department and Usher Board.

In August 2013, Lowery moved his membership from Emmanuel Baptist Church to Exodus United Baptist Church, where he continues to be a faithful member to the ministry. Since at Exodus, Lowery has attended Leadership class in September 2013 and received his certificate of completion in September 2014. He serves as a member of the Usher Board, Men’s Fellowship and Male Chorus. Additionally, he attends Sunday school and Bible study “faithfully to seek the knowledge of the Lord and to give God his very best,” the church said in a statement.

For more information, contact the church at 336-650-1002.

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Dec. 20 Christmas musical St. Mark Baptist Church choirs will be presenting “The Little Drummer Boy: a Christmas Musical,” on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. at 1100 Manly St. The public is invited to attend. Rev. Dr. James Fulwood is host pastor.

For more information, call 336-723-6396.

Sundays through Dec. 20 Holden evening prayer Christ and Shiloh Lutheran churches will mark the Advent season with the candlelit Holden Evening Prayer service Sundays at 7 p.m. until Dec. 20. Free hot cider and pastries shared 30 minutes beforehand at 3205 S. Main St. For more information, call 336-722-1732

Dec. 26 Movie showing WISE (Women in Spiritual Excellence) has purchased license rights from Provident Films and will sponsor a free showing of the award winning Christian movie “War Room” on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2 p.m. at Kimberly Park Holiness Church, located at 1640 Caesar Drive. “War Room,” a compelling drama with heart and humor, explores the power prayer has on marriage, family, parenting, careers and relationships. For more information, call 336-723-8001.

Jan. 23 Winter Blues The Women’s Ministry of First Christian Church located at 1130 N. Main St, Kernersville, is excited to welcome best-selling author Angie Smith to Winter Blues 2016. One of the most popular speakers and bloggers in the country, Angie Smith is the author of “Mended,” “I Will Carry You,” and “What Women Fear.” This event will take place on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 each in advance, $20 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at fccministries.com.

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Food and Pantry clothes closet Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Love Community Development Corporation, located at 3980 N. Liberty St., will serve those in need of food and clothes. JobLink is also available Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for those needing assistance with resumes or seeking employment. For more information, call 336-306-8119.

Clothes closet The Ambassador Cathedral Clothes Closet will be open on Sundays from noon to 2 p.m., and Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 1500 Harriet Tubman Drive.

Free to the public. For more information, call 336-7250901.

Noonday Express New Liberty Baptist Ministries, 5009 Voss St., will host Noon-Day Express services on Wednesdays from noon to 12:45 p.m. Guest speakers from around the city and area will encourage your hearts at midweek preach-

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sections. The acceptable offering must be perfect without spot or blemish, illness or deformity. Those bringing such would be turned away. There were requirements for both animal and grain sacrifices. God also declares contextually, “I am the Lord.”

This declaration of sovereignty makes it clear that His name and reputation are not to be profaned by an unacceptable or faulty sacrifice (Leviticus 22:31-33).

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Sunday Services Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m.

M.Y.P.U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 p.m.

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ing the Gospel of power and commitment. A lunch will be offered. The public is cordially invited to attend. The Rev. Dr. Linda Beal is the host pastor. For more information contact Tracee Spears at 336-429-0512, or Deacon Beal at 336-528-3256.

Men helping men be men All men young and old are invited to fellowship with Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance Inc., 4951 Manning St., during Men Helping Men Be Men every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more information, contact 336-744-3012.

Food program First Baptist Church Children’s Center, 501 West Fifth St., is participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals will be available at no separate charge to enrolled participants.

Children who are TANF recipients or who are members of SNAP or FDPIR households or are Head Start participants are automatically eligible to receive free meal benefits. Adult participants who are members of food stamp or FDPIR households or who are SSI or Medicaid participants are automatically eligible to receive free meal benefits. For more information, call 336-723-7071.

Emergency food give-away Christ Kingdom Building Worship Center, 3894 North Hampton Drive, 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.).

Food Pantry and 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 questions to Missionary Tammy Orr at 336744-3012.

Providing hope through teaching 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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we owe God a sacrifice. We all know that God no longer requires animal or grain sacrifices. As New Testament believers, we are now under grace because Christ made the ultimate sacrifice with His death on the cross. Blood requirement met. Then what do we owe as a sacrifice? Romans 12:1-2 tells us that our bodies are now a “living sacrifice” that is made perfect for God thru Christ. Because of that shed blood we are able to live holy and acceptable by being OBEDIENT to God’s Word.

We are to be transformed by the Holy Spirit and not conformed to our worldly surroundings. We must give God our best in our time, talent and treasures. We have been perfectly prepared for sanctification thru Christ.

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LITTLE

James E. Little, Sr. was born in Winston Salem, NC to the late Charlie and Almira Friday Little. He was a veteran of the US Navy, a retiree of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co., and a member of Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church.

He departed this earthly life Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.

In addition to his parents he was predeceased by three siblings.

Surviving are seven children, Ronald, Rosalyn, Rickey, and Roy Little, James Little,

HENDERSON

Marion Douglas Henderson, Jr., passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center after a prolonged illness and is at peace in the arms of Jesus.

He was born on October 28, 1933 to the late Grace L o g g i n s Henderson and M a r i o n D o u g l a s Henderson, Sr. He was a faithful member of Goler Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, where Rev. Dr. George Banks is the pastor. He served on the Usher Board (President); the Steward Board and assisted with the Kids Café and feeding the homeless.

He enjoyed traveling, visiting countries around the world and worked as

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Jr. (Sebrina), Timothy Little, and Gregory Little (Gynell); nine grandchildren; three great grandchildren; two sisters, Patricia Picart (Erdie) and Charlene Tillery; two brothers, Nathaniel L i t t l e (Rebecca) and Alvin L i t t l e (Joann); other relatives and friends.

The family will r e c e i v e friends 11:30 am Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 at Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church with funeral services following at 12 Noon.

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a motorman for the New York City Transit Authority until his retirement.

He is survived by a sister, Evelyn Hogan of New York City; his lifelong companion, Marjorie Walker of New York City; a host of nieces, nephews, several God children; a sister-in-law, A l e a s e Loggins; other family members, numerous friends and a faithful caregiver Paulette Moore.

He was preceded in death by his step-mother, Dora Henderson and brother, David Loggins.

The family is honoring the request by Mr. Henderson that services not be held and arrangements entrusted to Affordable Cremations of Winston-Salem.

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Charity basketball game The Winston-Salem Fire Department will take on the Winston-Salem Police Department for the first Peace Toys for War Toys charity basketball game on Friday, Dec. 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Carl H. Russell Center at 3521 Carver School Road. Admission is a toy for the donation box. For more information, call Ben Piggott or a staff member at 336-727-2580.

Earl Snipes retires from Bank of North Carolina The community is invited to attend a celebration held in honor of Earl Snipes on Friday, Dec. 11, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Lexington branch of the Bank, 115 E. Center Street. After 33 years in the financial services industry, Snipes, Davidson County Executive with Bank of North Carolina, has announced his retirement. With a focus in the Davidson and Guilford counties, Snipes has made a positive impact on many business and charitable organizations within the communities that he has served. His member and board involvement includes Lexington Kiwanis Club, Thomasville Rotary Club, Thomasville YMCA, Thomasville Chamber of Commerce, and United Way of Davidson County.

Small business expo There will be a Positive Image Performing Arts (PIPA) Organization & Small Business Expo at PIPA, 1243 N. Patterson Ave., on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Set up time is 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. No setups allowed later than 12:30 p.m. Vendors are responsible for tables, chairs or other items. Friends and customers are welcome at the event, as well as promoting on social media. Payments for the expo are due no later than today (Dec. 10). $5 cash payments are due at the office during office hours. Online payments can be made via PayPal.com using the pipartsws@gmail.com email address. To pay on PayPal, the cost is $7. Office hours for making $5 payments are Monday-Thursday 6:15 p.m. – 8 p.m.

African-American outreach The Susan G. Komen NWNC will have an AfricanAmerican Outreach orientation on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at 1106 Burke St. The event is open to everyone to come learn how to spread the word about breast health. For questions or more information, contact Ebony Pratt at 336-721-0037 or email epratt@komennorthwestnc.org.

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Carver High club helps community CRIMESTOPPERS and learns about life

Members of the Carver High School Diamond Club for Success show off the Thanksgiving basket they put together. Club sponsor Felecia Piggott-Long is in the middle, with glasses.

Photo provided by Felecia Piggott-Long

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Carver High School has some “diamonds” who are working in the community.

Members of the Diamond Club for Success donated toward a food basket, which was donated to a needy family for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The basket contained fresh collard greens, a turkey, dressing, macaroni and cheese, white potatoes, sweet potatoes and other items. Members of the Phi Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority also donated toward the basket. Club members believed it was crucial to contribute to a needy family for the holidays.

Co-President LaSonya Killian said, “It is important to give to the less fortunate because you never know when you might be in that situation. Some people can’t help their situation, and they may have no one in their corner. You may never know when you may hit rock bottom and need someone.”

Co-President Mashyia Graham said, “Everybody does not have what we may have. It is nice to give to people in need. … When you give, blessings can return to you. I need all the blessings I can get.”

During the month of October, the club focused on Breast Cancer Awareness by distributing candy facts about breast cancer. They also invited three speakers to speak to the club members: Sarah Mendez, first lady of Emmanuel Baptist Church; Charlene Sessoms, the parent of Brian and Brandon Sessoms, Carver students; and Julia Puckett, instructional coach at Carver.

More than 40 Diamond Club members attended the panel discussion.

“The breast cancer awareness activities were

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE MATTER OF: SHAYLA MARIE BUTLER DOB: 10-30-14

TO: Nicole Marie Butler, mother of the juvenile Nathaniel Eaton – putative father of the juvenile “Reb” or “Rev” Last Name Unknown – putative father of the juvenile John Doe – putative father of the juvenile

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

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

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

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

The hearing on the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 2016 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 7th day of December, 2015 Theresa A. Boucher Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF FORSYTH IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 15-CVD-3922

RE: RODRIGUEZ ARELLANES v. ANDRADE DIAZ

TO: JUAN GABRIEL ANDRADE DIAZ, father of Fatima Paola Andrade Rodriguez Castillo, a female child, born on April 13, 1999, in Mexico.

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action by Veronica Rodriguez Arellanes in the District Court Division of Forsyth County, 200 N Main St, Winston Salem, North Carolina. The nature of the relief being sought is the permanent sole legal and physical custody of the minor child. The minor child was born on April 13, 1999 in Honduras to Veronica Rodriguez Arellanes, a Hispanic female.

TAKE NOTICE that you are required to make defense to such pleading, no later than forty (40) days after the first publication of this notice on December 3rd, 2015.

If you fail to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 3rd day of December, 2015.

Lynna Moen N.C. Bar No.: 43985 Attorney for Plaintiff/Mother Moen Legal Counsel 1828 E. 7th St., Suite 104 Charlotte, NC 28204 Telephone: (704) 457-9557 Fax: (704) 919-5769

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IN THE MATTER OF: ANDREW NAVARRETE CISNEROS DOB: 02-23-06 YANIRA AMPARO LOPEZ CISNEROS DOB: 03-16-04 YAJAIRA LOPEZ CISNEROS DOB: 05-29-01 YALISMAR MENDOZA CISNEROS DOB: 08-14-99

TO: Cristy Noyola Cisneros aka Cristi Noyola Cisneros – mother of the juveniles Leo Dan Navarrete-Figeroa – father of Andrew Navarrete Cisneros Hermilio Mendoza – father of Yalismar Mendoza Cisneros Lazaro Miguel Lopez De La Paz – father of Yajaira Lopez Cisneros & father of Yanira Amaparo Lopez Cisneros

TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of the Juvenile Petitions filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services alleging Andrew Navarrete Cisneros, Yanira Amparo Lopez Cisneros, Yajaira Lopez Cisneros and Yalismar Mendoza Cisneros to be neglected juveniles as pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-101(15).

You are required to make a written answer to the Petitions alleging to adjudicate neglect within thirty (30) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petitions within the 30 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Petitions, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the above-referenced juveniles.

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

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

The hearing on the Petitions alleging to adjudicate Neglect is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 18th day of November, 2015 Theresa A. Boucher Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900

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Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Mae Ella Fuller Lowrance also known as, Mae Ella Lowrance and Mae E. Lowrance, deceased, of Forsyth County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Mae Ella Fuller Lowrance also known as, Mae Ella Lowrance and Mae E. Lowrance, to present said claims to the undersigned, in the care of Renita Thompkins Linville, P. O. Box 20802, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 271200802, on or before the 26th February 2016, 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 26th day of November 2015.

JOJEAN EARLEY EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MAE ELLA FULLER LOWRANCE also known as, MAE ELLA LOWRANCE and MAE E. LOWRANCE

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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The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Wayne Smith, Sr.., deceased, late of Wake County, North Carolina, does hereby make notification to all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned’s attorney on or before March 3rd, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned’s attorney.

This 3rd day of December, 2015.

Scott J. Rizzo The Rizzo Law Firm, PLLC Attorney for Administrator for the Estate of Kenneth Wayne Smith, Sr..

15720 Brixham Hill Avenue, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC, 28277

Deborah Ann Weaver Smith, Administrator for the Estate of Kenneth Wayne Smith, Sr..

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

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

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

NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK 15 SP 1445

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF PROCEEDING

LELAND SMITH JR. and ERIN BROTHERS SMITH

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

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

FOR THE ADOPTION OF:

TILTON GREGORY SMITH

To: GEORGE TORRES A.K.A. ROMEO TORRES To: THE UNKNOWN FATHER OF A MALE CHILD, RESPONDENT TAKE NOTICE THAT a petition has been filed for the adoption of a male child born on or about the 6th day of February, 2015, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Kristen Leigh Anderson (a Caucasian woman, then 20 years of age, small-boned, red hair, blue eyes). It is believed that the child’s biological father may be “George Torres” a.k.a. “Romeo Torres”. You must either file a written response before the Clerk of Superior Court of the county named above or otherwise make defense to such petition within forty (40) days after December 3rd, 2015, exclusive of such date, to participate in and to receive further notice of the proceeding, including notice of the time and place of any hearing. Upon your failure to respond to the petition within the time prescribed, the petitioners will apply to the court for an order that your consent to the adoption is not required and for a decree of adoption which will terminate any parental rights you may have with respect to the child.

Brinton D. Wright Attorney for Petitioners Post Office Box 39266 Greensboro, North Carolina 27438 Telephone: (336) 373-1500

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TECHNICIAN TOWN OF KERNERSVILLE

The Central Maintenance Division is searching for an applicant to perform mechanical repairs on equipment ranging from light automobiles and trucks to heavy construction and public safety equipment. HS diploma and formal specialized training in automotive or diesel mechanics or equivalent combination of education and exp. ASE Certification preferred. Valid NC-Class(B) CDL, NC Inspector’s Certification and air conditioning/recycling certification preferred. The Town offers a progressive pay plan with a competitive benefits package.

App Deadline: Open Until Filled. Hiring Range: $13.85 - $20.50 per hr. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

All applicants must complete Town of Kernersville Application which may be obtained from www.toknc.com or Town Hall (336)992-0306, 134 E. Mountain St., Kernersville, NC, from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Mon.-Fri. EEO Employer.

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

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

The Carter G. Woodson School is seeking instructional coaches for their k-5 setting.

Minimum 2 years college education required Send resumes to 437 Goldfloss via email: Attention: Ruth Hopkins (rhopkins@cgwsoc.org) Call 336-723-6838, contact Ruth Hopkins

TOWN OF KERNERSVILLE PARK MAINTENANCE WORKER (FULL-TIME)

Performs a variety of semi-skilled and manual labor tasks in the maintenance of parks and recreational facilities. Duties include the custodial cleaning of parks and facilities, mowing and upkeep of grounds, equipment and facility repairs, landscaping of bed and pruning of trees in park and public right of ways, as well as occupational customer service. Position also serves in an event support role. Performs some carpentry, plumbing and minor electrical work. Must have valid NCDL with good driving record. Must be able to perform heavy work exerting up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects. Ability and visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and equipment. STARTING PAY: $10.85/hr. App Deadline: 5pm, Tues., 12/29/15. The Town offers a progressive pay plan as well as competitive benefits.

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. All applicants must complete Town of Kernersville Application which may be obtained from www.toknc.com or Town Hall (336)992-0306, 134 E. Mountain St., Kernersville, NC, from 8:30 AM-5:00 PM Mon.-Fri. EEO Employer.

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ST. PETER'S HERITAGE PLACE APARTMENTS 3727 Old Lexington Road Winston Salem, NC 27107 A Community For Seniors 62 and older One bedroom units conveniently Located in Winston Salem.

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