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East Ward candidates tackle crucial issues, discuss East End Master Plan

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Last weekend candidates vying to represent the residents of the East Ward came together to discuss some of the most pressing issues including gentrification, the lack of jobs and affordable housing, the future of Union Station, and the East End Master Plan, just to name a few.

With four candidates on the ballot and another running as a write-in candidate, the battle for the East Ward is arguably the most intriguing race this election season. Candidates include incumbent Annette Scippio, George Redd, Kismet Loftin-Bell, Phillip Carter, and Michael Banner, who is the write-in candidate.

Candidates speak out Scippio has represented the East Ward since late 2018 when she was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Derwin Montgomery, who went on to serve in the N.C. House of Representatives. When discussing her platform, Scippio said she is the best person for the job because she has the most experience working with the people. Before joining City

development in the East Ward. He said some parts have grown while others have lagged behind.

“Growing up right here in this community, I’ve seen a lot of change, but not enough. That’s why I’m running today,” Redd said. “Parts of the East Ward have grown and thrived while others parts have remained the same.”

Kismet Loftin-Bell, a professor at Forsyth Tech and community advocate who has served on several boards since moving to Winston-Salem 13 years ago, said she knows what it’s like to deal with some of the issues that residents of East Winston have to live with on a daily basis.

She said, “I understand what it feels like to be unemployed and underemployed, to have folks question my abilities and skills. I understand how it feels to be undermined.

I also know how it feels to be violated and have my home and cars broken into and have drug transactions right outside my front door. And wake up to gunshots, worrying because my next door neighbor had a bullet go through her home. That’s why I’m running for City Council

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Last weekend candidates running to represent the East Ward on the Winston-Salem City Council came together for a forum at the Delta Fine Arts Center. is known throughout the community for his work as an activist and community farmer, is running as an Independent writein candidate and will face off against the winner of the primary election in the General Election in November.

you look at our community, you see a community that is highly harassed by the police. We’re overcharged for rent in spaces that are not decent,” Banner continued. “When it was very clear that it was red lining, it was policy.

It’s not physical slavery but mental slavery that’s inflicted upon our people, that keeps us in a stagnant poverty state-of-mind. We have to be intentional in demanding equality for our people.

East End Master Plan One of the biggest issues discussed during the forum was the future of the neighborhoods west of U.S. Highway 52 and along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive known as the East End. Despite receiving mixed reviews from the community, in 2018 members of City Council approved the develop-

Ayers Saint Gross, is expected to serve as a guide for future investors in the East Ward. Loftin-Bell reminded those in attendance at the forum that there currently isn’t any funding for the plan. She said before looking at the plan, it is important that we address other issues in the community first. Loftin-Bell also discussed the need to push more residents toward home ownership, support programs that help homeowners already in the community, and build relationships with private entities to invest in the area.

“One of the challenges we all have to face is that folks are leaving and not coming back into the East Ward. The way we change it is one house, one building, one piece of property at a time. He who controls the land controls what happens,” Loftin-Bell said.

that is taking place so we can see the vision come to pass.”

Carter didn’t waste any time sharing his thoughts on the East End Master Plan. He said, “Let’s call it what it really is, they call it an East End Master Plan, but it’s gentrification.”

Carter said when city officials and S.G. Atkins CDC first announced plans to create a master plan, he asked that they reach out to residents and find out what they needed to do to be a part of the process and it never happened. Although there were several public meetings to get public input on the plan, Carter said more should’ve been done to reach out to residents who weren’t able to make it to the meetings and their needs.

“They said they did, but they didn’t,” Carter said. “They didn’t go out

East Ward candidate Phillip Carter makes a point during the Candidates Forum held on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Delta Fine Arts Center. for the East Ward,” LoftinBell continued. “I’m committed to putting people over politics.”

Longtime East Winston resident and community advocate Phillip Carter recently finished his second term as vice chair of the Forsyth County Democratic Party. Carter said his platform is centered around “keeping the people first.” He said if elected, one of his points of emphasis will be making sure the East Ward receives its fair share of funding from the city.

“I believe as your next East Ward Councilperson, it is my job to see that the taxes are appropriate and create legislation to better the economy, the community and the citizens of the East Ward.” Carter said.

Michael Banner, who

Banner said the lack of justice in the East Ward is what is holding the community back. If elected, Banner said he will work with his fellow City Councilmembers and other leaders to reduce poverty.

He said he would push for investment in the community and entrepreneurship through farming, agriculture, and other programs to cut down on recidivism.

Banner also discussed the need to start testing water in communities where toxic gases are known to be contaminating the land; for example, the neighborhood near Bowman Gray Stadium.

“I would like to work with City Council and those in leadership positions to take some of the sting out of poverty in our community. When

Write-in East Ward candidate Michael Banner shares his thoughts on the East End Master plan during the Candidates Forum held last weekend. ment plan designed to address community needs and make the East Winston neighborhood a “destination location.”

The master plan, developed by designers with

“Also we have to change the narrative of what’s happening. Oftentimes folks believe there is a high level of crime in the East Ward and that is a misnomer. So we have to shift the story

into the community to find out what was their income, who had disabilities, what was their education level.

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Council, Scippio served as executive director of Leadership Winston-Salem.

“I am the most qualified candidate for this position because of my life experiences,” Scippio said.

Redd currently serves as the director of program services for Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County. When sharing his reasons for running, Redd said he hasn’t seen enough

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The legend of the ‘Peanut Man’

Joe ‘Peanut Man’ Watson shares how it all started

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

If you’re from Winston-Salem, you know there are some things that are just universally accepted and understood. For example, everybody knows not to mess with Ms. Esther and or her bike. Everybody knows WSSU’s Homecoming is a celebration for the entire city, not just alumni.

And everybody knows the ‘Peanut Man.’ Webster’s defines ‘legend’ as: an extremely famous or notorious person. Although Joe ‘Peanut Man’ Watson says he doesn’t see himself as a legend, if you ask the people around the city who he has been delivering peanuts, Kool-Aid, and other treats to for over a decade, I’m sure they’ll say otherwise. “I don’t know if it’s a legend,” Watson laughed while standing inside the Peanut House last week, “but it began with my father in March of 1959.”

Last week Watson sat down with The Chronicle to discuss where the legend of the Peanut Man began and how he has been able to stay so consistent over the years. Watson said with 25 pounds of peanuts and a dream, his father, the late R.T. Watson, started the original Peanut House in Philadelphia. Watson said after being turned down for jobs because he was black, his father made the decision that he was going to start a business that would take care of his children’s

children and that’s exactly what he did.

“Fast forward to 1959, my father took 25 pounds of peanuts to Philadelphia, Pa., and got a roaster,” Watson said. “A few years later he made his way back to North Carolina and the rest is history.”

After finding his footing in Winston-Salem, R.T. Watson originally opened his business selling peanuts at a shop on Patterson Avenue. Over the years the shop moved to Trade Street and then to 30th Street in their family home, before moving to the current location, 3100 N. Patterson Ave., in 1988.

Although his father started him working in the family business at an early age, Watson said it wasn’t until he was older that he realized what his father was trying to instill in him.

He said after receiving his degree from Shaw University and working, he decided to go back to what his father taught him.

“Peanuts were in my earlier years, but it wasn’t until I was older that I learned what my father was telling me. My father tried to tell me early to focus on this, but I couldn’t see it because I didn’t understand,” Watson said.

“I didn’t say daddy was wrong, but I’m thinking I’m in media, I got a degree in Radio/Television/ Film. So I’m out working in advertising, looking at $500 checks here, $300 checks there, then I’m looking at a $1 bag of peanuts.

“But what daddy knew

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Joe “Peanut Man” Watson is carrying on a legacy passed down to him from his father, R.T. Watson. then that I didn’t know was you give me $2 or $1, I give you your peanuts, we’re done. You commit $500 in advertisement, you waiting on other people to give you money.

I didn’t understand that then. My ambition was to take off in media, just build a media empire, but life had a different calling.

I’ve done good in media, but if somebody asks, ‘Joe Watson,’ they’re like, ‘Who?’ If you say ‘Peanut Man,’ they’re like, ‘Yeah, we know the Peanut Man.” After running WSSU’s radio station for over a decade and running his own radio station, in 2001 Watson started selling peanuts full time. He said although it was a grind at first, over

the years he started to build relationships with businesses in the community and soon he became a household name, showing up with his vest filled with different types of peanuts and a cooler filled with some of the best Kool-Aid and lemonade you’ve ever tasted.

“I started grinding, anybody who would let me show up I would show up,” Watson continued.

“Those were some tough times. man, walking around with holes in my shoes, putting $4 worth of gas in my car to go make money. I mean, I did what I had to do.”

Despite the early struggles, with help from his wife of 33 years, Rob-

in, and the dream that his father left him years ago, Watson was able send both his children to college debt-free. Watson said now that he’s known throughout the city, his customers have become more like family.

“I spend my time running my mouth a little more than I should because now we’re family,” he said. “Part of being in the community is you grow up with people and it’s not about the money.

You’re going to make the money, but it’s about, “Is your son, your daughter, OK?” I still have to go and make money, it’s still my job, but I look forward to this. I’m committed to this. I don’t want to ever

get away from this because this is what got me to where I am.”

Although he may be the face of the business because he’s usually the one making the rounds across the city, Watson said the operation is still very much a family-run business. He said his brother Tim handles the business decisions, and his sister Marian runs the restaurant on North Patterson Avenue and is the glue that holds everything together.

When discussing the legend of the Peanut Man, Watson said, “The legend is really my father R.T. Watson. He is the legend our family is just standing on his legacy.”

First women to integrate WFU’s resident’s halls celebrated THE CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT

Beth Norbrey Hopkins was recently honored along with four other Wake Forest University graduates who were the first women students to integrate resident’s halls in the early 1970s. The women spoke about their experiences in a panel discussion held at WFU’s Brendle Recital Hall on Feb. 1. Hopkins, Deborah Graves McFarlane and Camille Russell Love enrolled at Wake in the fall of 1969 and graduated in 1973.

José Villalba, vice president for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, remarked,

“Despite challenges they faced during their time at Wake Forest, they persevered and went on to become successful in their chosen fields. Our institution is indebted to these women.”

“This is a historic weekend and a great time for celebration,” said Hopkins, Wake Forest’s first African American homecoming queen. “It is a time for renewal and reunification and a time for reflection. I want to emphasize my journey from the time I entered Wake Forest through the time I retired from Wake Forest, given that in 1973 I put my hands on my hips and said I would never be back,”

said Hopkins. “I’m glad I returned, and throughout my time at Wake Forest, as a student and as an educator, I made some friendships that will be sealed forever.”

After the panel discussion, Donovan Livingston, assistant dean in the office of University Collaborations, performed a spoken word piece to honor the women. The poem, “Lift Off,” about the hurdles that black people must overcome in today’s education system, was performed at a convocation of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has become a viral sensation that has been viewed more than 13 million times.

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CityNOW Book Review “Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America” by Marcia Chatelain c.2020, Liveright $28.95 / $38.95 Canada, 336 pages

BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

Your hand is in the bag again.

Those French fries you bought aren’t going to make it home, that’s for sure. You should’ve bought a double order; your burger won’t taste the same without them alongside. Sometimes, a craving hits and that kind of food saves the day; in the new book “Franchise” by Marcia Chatelain, that kind of food once changed neighborhoods.

What did you have for lunch today?

If you’re like a third of your fellow Americans, you ate lunch or some other meal at a fast-food restaurant. It wasn’t always so; a century ago, cooked ground beef was a food for the lowerand working-classes, not for the masses.

Eventually, though, the taste of a burger and fries won over just about everyone – and then came McDonald’s which, says Chatelain, “has affected the ways Americans eat, play, and work.” The restaurant also affected the Civil Rights movement – and vice versa.

In 1961, after Ray Kroc assumed control of the chain he created, he began flying around the country in search of places to further expand his McDonald’s restaurants. There were already two in the Chicago area and they were profitable. Though both stores were then owned by white men, one store was run by a black manager; that was fine with Kroc, as long as the place was profitable.

The idea of a restaurant that served everyone, regardless of race, intrigued African American southerners who were living under Jim Crow laws. When McDonald’s moved to their areas, segregation was in effect, but the Civil Rights movement was coming, along with protests and sit-ins. Kroc tended not to get involved, preferring that franchisees deal with situations on their own.

By spring of 1968, that was no longer tenable. White-owned restaurants were an “irritation” in black neighborhoods and after Dr. King was assassinated, resentment boiled over. Kroc decided that it was best to find black franchisees to assume ownership of such restaurants in those areas. So by the end of that year, Herman Petty of Chicago proudly opened the first black-owned McDonald’s location.

After an 18-month program, 15 HBCU students participated in The HBCU Storytellers Project, creating an empowering fourpart documentary series called “400 Years Later… ’Free-ish’.” The HBCU Storytellers Project gave students the opportunity to learn the art of filmmaking while receiving a culturally enriching educational experience. This opportunity prepares students to use film for racial healing and reconciliation.

The HBCU Storytellers Project is a unique culmination of social justice activism and meaningful cinematic arts. With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The Nate Parker Foundation Inc. made this dynamic program possible. These organizations partnered with the purpose of positioning young black storytelling at the forefront of the filmmaking industry to change culture through film.

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With a sub-title of “The Golden Arches in Black America” on the cover of this book, one might think that it would include something about nutrition. It does – but not much, and not until the end. Instead, author Marcia Chatelain uses “Franchise” to focus mostly on a history of the chain itself and its business relationship with the black community.

It’s a sixty-year account that’s tasty, but there’s not always a happy story to go along with the Happy Meal, which Chatelain explains, starting at midcentury. It’s a tale of unknowns who are usually unsung, and some that are total surprises. Chatelain also examines ofttold civil rights stories as they relate to the McDonald’s chain, showing history from a different spot at the table.

This is not your run-of-the-mill business book, nor is it an everyday history read. It’s actually a little of both, and worth a look. If you’re seeking something to learn and enjoy, “Franchise” has it in the bag.

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a prairie in Wisconsin with one man, two dogs, and 16,000 books.

throughout Virginia to historic sites in Jamestown, Port Comfort, Richmond, Charlottesville, and South Hampton, the students were encouraged to document their journey and to explore the lives of the first Africans’ arrival to the U.S. Through the student’s stories, the films explore the ripple effects of American slavery on our nation.

Throughout “400 Years Later…’Free-ish’”, a sweeping narrative of past and present racial tension is highlighted to evoke a greater understanding of the African American experience and current racial issues that still persist today. The HBCU Storytellers sparked engaging conversations with local communities to examine two provocative monuments: “The planned erection of the Emancipation Proclamation Freedom Monument on Brown’s Island which will recognize ten African American freedom fighters including controversial figure Nat Turner, and the planned removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia.” (The Nate Parker Foundation) The four-part docuseries consists of Part 1: The Sankofa Journey; Part 2: The Arrival; Part 3: Confederate Statues: Heritage or Hatred?; and Part 4: Monuments That Heal.

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Viewers of the docuseries will get to see student interviews with various Virginians of all backgrounds, from activists to elected officials, as they answer questions surrounding race relations in our country 400 years after the American slave trade.

The documentary series highly encourages community discussions in the hopes of building stronger relationships as well as shared connections and experiences. As exemplified in the docuseries, The Nate Parker Foundation believes conversation has the power to change our culture. A score of screenings and discussions are currently being held and organized across the country. The organization has created a discussion guide and four curriculum units that can be used by educators and/or community members alongside the films during screenings.

For further information on The HBCU Storytellers Project, their impactful documentary series, or to host a screening and facilitate dialogue in your community, visit nateparkerfoundation.org. The Nate Parker Foundation values activism through cinema and believes in grassroots leadership and storytelling as a vehicle for social change.

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BUSTA’S PERSON OF THE WEEK

Kenya Thornton has ‘The Cool Program’

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

Are you in an unhealthy marriage or relationship? Or, maybe you’re asking yourself, “Why am I always a side piece?” (By the way, that applies to both men and women.) If you’re in this category, you’re not alone.

“I believe 96% of adults don’t know what a healthy relationship is. So, at Community Intervention and Educational Services, we challenge their thoughts and their beliefs they’ve always had about relationships. And not just romantic relationships, but also family dynamics and how we interact with other people. Ninety-five percent of adults experienced some type of childhood trauma or abuse and it follows them into adulthood,” said Kenya Thornton.

Thornton is the agency director for Community Intervention and Educational Services, better known in the community as “The Cool Program.”

Most of their clients are court ordered, but it’s open to the public as well.

According to Thornton, clients go through an intensive 26-week course. “We challenge their behaviors on better ways to communicate with their family, partners, and at work. We teach them how to handle their frustration and how to engage their anger.

Anger is an emotion, and it’s ok to be angry, but it’s how you handle your an-

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Kenya Thornton, agency director of Community Intervention and Educational Services. ger. The first step is to acknowledge you had some trauma, like sex or mental abuse in your childhood, and the many ways it affects you as an adult.

Because you’re hurting inside, you might have road age, an abusive partner or parent. You take your frustrations out on others, because it makes you feel like you’re in control, like a bully does in school. But you’re not in control. Internally, you’re hurting,” said Kenya.

She also said our boss can come off as mean and hateful, but it’s only because they’re hurting as well. After that statement, I immediately snuck in a quick prayer for our world and local leaders, because this explains their behavior and very poor and selfish decisions. They’re human like us, and hurt like

we do. That’s why it’s very important that we no longer view mental health and therapy as something to be ashamed of.

The Cool Program is a fantastic organization to help us navigate through our frustrations and pain by educating us on how to master and learn how to pick our battles. When you visit, there’s plenty of love and support. It’s a judgment-free zone, and you’re not alone. “We have a licensed therapist that gives you expert advice, but you also have 15-16 people in a group that offers another kind of support system. This is great because you’ll always have someone you can relate to and connect with. And that allows different ideas to flow and gives different ways to challenge you,” said Thornton. They also

do couples counseling, but highly recommend that you do individual counseling first, to learn tools that help you better communicate with your partner and family.

The Cool Program also focuses on justice and advocacy in the community. “We’re in domestic violence court and district court mediation. We provide information to the defendant and give advice on how to approach their legal strategy when they go into the courtroom, because a lot of people don’t know what to do. They will plead guilty, not realizing how it will affect them. We answer questions and navigate them on where they need to be in the courtroom. Whether it’s a child support case, divorce, and so on, we have lawyers come to our facilities to give advice and answer questions, so our clients are better prepared before they enter the courtroom,” Thornton said.

In honor of a very special lady in her life, Kenya founded a nonprofit organization called Eliza Helping Hands. It focuses on victims of domestic violence and their children.

“My grandmother’s name was Eliza Edie Williams and she was a very important component in my life.

I wanted to do something that she would have been proud of, so this is a spinoff from The Cool Program. When you have people with domestic violence charges, you gonna have

a victim, so we wanted to separate that. We do court mediation, support groups for the victims, we work with safe houses and shelters, and we have a U-Haul truck on our facilities to help the victims move in quickly in situations. We also offer financial planning classes. We work to get victims back in a good place.”

They offer grief counseling to families that lost someone to gang violence and provide a very unique form of therapy for children of domestic violence, “equestrian therapy.”

“It’s basically horse therapy,” said Thornton.

“We take them out to the stable so they can connect with a horse. They’re very emotional and clever animals and they sense all of our different emotions. If

the kids are scared, they can sense that and know how to respond. Horses teach the kids confidence, especially if the child has low self-esteem. Because the horse won’t move unless you want them to move and when a child taps into that power and connection, it’s a huge confidence and self-esteem booster. The children love it.”

Kenya Thornton has a master’s degree in social work and a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

There’s a licensed therapist on site as well, so you’re in good hands with Eliza’s Helping Hands.

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Guest Editorial The Martin Luther King they love Two decades after his assassination, Martin Luther King, Jr., was highly regarded. His favorability rating was 76% among white Americans. By then, of course, we had the national holiday established in his name, quite a change from 1966, two years before his death, when his favorability rating among white Americans was only 28%. We should remember that while he lived and worked, the majority of white America reviled Martin Luther King.

Whites framed their malice toward King as something other than racism. They did not oppose MLK because he struggled for black freedom and equality.

Rather they detested him—they said—because he was a rabble-rouser, a Communist, and a lawbreaker. J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI director, called him the most dangerous man in America, and there was rejoicing at his death.

At Virginia Tech, where I currently teach, some students were saddened by King’s assassination, while others were not. There was a demonstration against lowering the American flag “for a nigger.”

Now they love him. What happened? What caused the change of heart among whites? One thing, of course, was his death. Although there was a significant amount of celebration at his assassination, with him no longer around, there was less hatred toward him, but not enough for a positive favorability rating.

Undoubtedly the whitewashing of Martin Luther King did the trick. King, the rabble-rouser, who got arrested 30 times, has been scrubbed clean. Now he is depicted as a dreamer, something opposite of the activist he was. He is widely viewed as a person who mildly promoted peace – no activism, no strife, no confrontations, no defying unjust laws.

So what? You may ask. What difference does it make that now whites love MLK where previously they hated him? It matters a lot. They love the person they made him in death—a peace-loving dreamer. If we follow this person, we do nothing. We hope for better relations. We dream of a better day, thinking that time will erase the oppression. That is what we did for decades. For some 40 years—from the mid1970s to the mid-2010s–there was no national black movement. During this time, racial progress came to a grinding halt, possibly going backward.

It is way past time to bring back our deceased icon, the real Martin Luther King, the man who was leading the Poor People’s Campaign when he was struck down, the man who vowed to close down the nation’s capitol if the government did not heed our demand to eliminate poverty and hunger in this wealthy nation, the man who continued this effort in the face of death.

If we bring back the memory of this MLK, we may be inspired to do what he asked us to do after he was gone: “Continue this movement. Do this work.”

Wornie Reed, Ph.D., professor, Sociology and Africana Studies director, Race and Social Policy Research Center, Virginia Tech Blacksburg. Va.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support for John Larson To The Editor, We have an important primary election coming up on March 3, with early voting from February 13 – February 29. I am writing in support of John Larson’s reelection to City Council for the South Ward.

When I met John, a friend told me he had been involved in the restoration of the famous shell-shaped Shell Service Station on Sprague Street. I later found out he had volunteered time to help with the restoration of Lloyd Presbyterian, the oldest historically black church still worshipping in its original building and location in the county. My own work includes teaching at a School of Divinity; that John helped preserve a building so central to Winston’s religious and cultural heritage really impressed me.

In our conversations since, I always learn something new about the history, vibrancy, and diversity of our city. I have also learned about the capacity for good people to make a positive change in their community through hard work. I have volunteered many hundreds of hours in service to Winston-Salem thanks to John’s influence and encouragement. That’s what got me ex-

cited about his campaign for City Council. Politics can be discouraging sometimes. I wanted something to be hopeful about. I wanted to see what a knowledgeable, experienced, and caring leader could do on the local level.

John Larson promised he would encourage sustainability, expand our parks, secure more resources for our neighborhoods, and support public safety. As soon as he was sworn in, John reestablished a Sustainability Committee within our city government. He developed plans and acquired funding for Washington Park, Hobby Park, and a new pocket park on Konnoak Drive. South Ward has $1.9 million going toward needed street improvements thanks to John’s intervention. He has also fought hard to ensure our first responders can build new facilities like Engine 13, purchase cutting-edge equipment, and fund pay incentives to attract and retain top talent.

He knows the importance of making sure the men and women who keep us safe are supported and safe as well.

Local voters need experienced, caring council members who are prepared to keep their promises and get things done.

That’s John Larson.

Joshua Canzona Winston-Salem

U.S. Senate won’t remove President Trump abused his power when he withheld an invitation to the White House Cash to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a $400 million military aid Guest package in order to pressure Ukraine to announce Columnist an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden On Dec. 18, 2019, and his son Hunter. Furthe House of Representa- thermore, Trump wanted tives approved articles of to promote a conspiracy impeachment against the theory that Ukraine, not 45th president of the Unit- Russia, interfered in the ed States – charging Don- 2016 presidential election. ald J. Trump with abuse of This kind of back room power and obstruction of “quid pro quo” is routine Congress. Trump, the third in foreign affairs – one forU.S. president in history eign leader may use some to be impeached, joined type of aid to negotiate a a rare club with Andrew better deal for their respecJohnson and Bill Clinton. tive country. What’s not Democrats control the routine is coercing a forHouse and passed the arti- eign country to investigate cles of impeachment along a political rival in an atparty lines with no bi-par- tempt to shift the outcome tisan support in committee of a democratic election. or the full House vote.

During the formal imHowever. Article 1, peachment inquiry, House Section 3, Clause 6 of the members interviewed 17 U.S. Constitution gives witnesses and requested the Senate the “sole Power more documents and witto try all impeachments.” ness testimony to proTwo-thirds majority of vide evidence supporting present members is re- the articles of impeachquired to convict the presi- ment. Trump instructed dent on the charges alleged administration officials in the House and remove to ignore subpoenas for him from office. testimony and docuInitially House Speak- ments. House Democrats er Nancy Pelosi delayed charged him with obstrucsending the articles of tion of Congress as a reimpeachment to the Sen- sult. ate in doubt Republican McConnell agreed to members would allow a hold a vote on whether fair impeachment trial to to subpoena witnesses or happen. The majority par- documents after opening ty in the Senate has total arguments and presentacontrol over the rules and tion of evidence in the procedures governing the Senate trial. Democrats process in their chamber. grew hopeful they could Republicans dominate persuade at least four Rethe United States Senate publican Senators to vote with 53 seats and vowed in favor of hearing witearly on to be highly criti- ness testimony and require cal of any evidence that executive branch agencies was presented by House and departments to turn impeachment manag- over relevant documents. ers. Senate Majority LeadIn a 51-49 vote, Demoer Mitch McConnell set crats failed to win the resothe tone for a partisan fight lution; they were unable to when he declared that for call key witnesses such as the impeachment trial, he former national security would be in “total coor- adviser John Bolton and dination with the White others with inside knowlHouse counsel’s office,” edge of the wrongdosaying, “I’m going to take ing. The impeachment trial my cues from the presi- set a dangerous precedent, dent’s lawyers.” becoming the first not to House impeachment hear witness testimony or managers argued Trump review any documents.

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“Refusing our request robs this country of a fair trial and sets a precedent that will be cited by future judges and presidents,” stated Representative Adam Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager.

Senator Lamar Alexander was one of the four swing votes that Democrats hoped to win over, but he dealt a crushing blow when he declared, “Trump’s conduct was inappropriate,” and that Democrats had proven the case against him – but additional witnesses would not change his view that Trump did not commit impeachable offenses.

You may recall the impeachment of Bill Clinton. On Dec. 19, 1998, the House of Representatives impeached Clinton when they passed articles of impeachment on two charges – lying under oath and obstruction of justice. However, on Feb. 12, 1999, Clinton was acquitted on both counts as neither received the necessary vote threshold required to convict and remove a sitting president from office.

Just a quick point of history: In 1999, then Senator Joe Biden argued strongly against the need to subpoena additional witnesses or seek documents to provide new evidence. Biden even went so far as to cite historical precedents from impeachment trials and asserted the idea “The Senate need not hold a full-blown trial.”

The Republican-driven Senate ultimately decided the charges brought against Trump did not warrant a removal from office. Several GOP Senators went on public record denouncing Trump’s behavior as wrong and improper, but still decided not to convict the POTUS or bar him from participating in the 2020 presidential election.

Ordinary citizens observing the process and those who don’t support Trump were dismayed with the outcome. But a political trial is not the same as a criminal tri-

al. The U.S. Constitution does not require the Senate to hear witness testimony or review documented evidenced – they simply have to listen to House managers argue their grounds for impeachment.

The world’s most deliberative body has become mired in politics and the political whims of their own party. Perhaps that may be the reason framers of the Constitution did not intend for senators to be elected.

Article 1, section 3 – “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.” Our founding fathers recognized the importance of keeping politics out of the Senate, so the fiery bills originating from the House may be calmed in the upper chamber. Of course, this provision was reversed with a constitutional amendment passed in 1913.

Considering the divisive and partisan nature of the current POTUS, Trump’s impeachment trial was relatively quiet with around three dozen protesters arrested at one large organized demonstration. And only a single protester disrupted the proceedings over a threeweek period.

Trump received more good news as the impeachment trial wound to an end – his public approval rating hit the highest level of his presidency – 49%. Undoubtedly, Speaker Pelosi feared Trump may get a boost from all the attention, but if you studied the Clinton impeachment, then you most certainly knew he would benefit from the aftermath.

Algenon Cash is a nationally recognized speaker and the managing director of Wharton Gladden & Company, an investment banking firm. Reach him at acash@algenoncash.com.

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Race problems can’t deter Black History Month Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist We live in the United States of America under a set of principles and guidelines set forth by our ancestors. Our Constitution guarantees us certain privileges and rights as citizens. Using the Constitution as a reference point, you would believe all citizens have certain protections under the law. I am one of those citizens with that belief.

However, why is it that men who look like me are marginalized each day? Why is it that black

and brown people must do more and be more and still not feel welcomed in a country they helped to build? We now can sit in the front of the bus, but at times we are still made to feel uncomfortable. We can now go into any store, yet on many occasions we are watched from the time we enter.

Recently, I went into a store and after only a few steps, I was greeted by a nervous customer service representative. She asked if she could help me and my response was that I was only looking. As I began to look, the store clerk kept a watchful eye on me. Now this happened to me just a few weeks ago and not in the 1970s or 1980s. These types of incidents are debilitating and humiliating.

Racism is unfortunately in

the fabric of American history; however, America’s history is our history.

February is Black History Month. It is a time when we honor and celebrate those men and women on whose shoulders we stand. When we think of medical innovations, we think of Dr. Charles Drew.

When we consider legal breakthroughs, we think of Thurgood Marshall.

Men and women like Dr. King, Congressmen John Lewis and Adam Clayton Powell, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and Texas lawmaker Barbara Jordan made our lives better. And, of course, Reverends Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, Joseph A. Lowery and Ralph David Abernathy are Civil Rights legends.

There isn’t enough

space to pay tribute to the countless numbers of African Americans who blazed trails at the local, state and federal levels. We can’t let this month go unrecognized and uncelebrated.

Recently Gwen Ifill, longtime PBS anchor, had a U.S. postage stamp named after her. Please go out and purchase this stamp so there will be no excuse about continuing to produce it. Let your friends intentionally ask for this stamp.

Yet to come is the stamp honoring Harriett Tubman. Let us put pressure on our leaders to release this stamp. While the movie “Harriett” is now available on DVD, we should show it to our children and grandchildren so they can appreciate their roots.

When I was young, it was Black History Week.

We found out information about Joseph Cinque, Crispus Attucks and Sojourner Truth. Cinque was a West African who led a revolt on the Spanish slave ship, the Armistad. Attucks was the first black man to die in the Revolutionary War. Truth was an abolitionist who gave a famous speech entitled, “Ain’t I A Woman?”

Black History Month has evolved over time to include many celebrations and events. Some have asked whether we still need this month. The resounding answer is yes!

In fact, we need it more now in 2020 because the forces of evil are at our doorstep. We can’t let our history be lost or deemed not important. Black boys

and girls need to be proud of our history and share it with others. For example, let us share a black history fact around the dinner table with our family members. Let them go to school sharing their history with their classmates and their teachers.

We can’t take the chance that traditional institutions will share our history. We must do it ourselves.

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

It’s time to divest from endless wars Greta Zarro Guest Columnist Just one month into a new decade, we face an ever-increasing risk of nuclear apocalypse. The U.S. government’s assassination of Iranian General Soleimani on Jan. 3 intensified the very real threat of another all-out war in the Middle East. On Jan. 23, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists accordingly reset the Doomsday Clock to just 100 short seconds to midnight - apocalypse.

We are told that war is good to protect us from the “terrorists,” but the return on the U.S. taxpayers’ $1 trillion a year investment in “defense spending” was slim to none from 2001-2014, when terror-

ism peaked. According to the Global Terrorism Index, terrorism actually increased during the socalled “war on terror,” at least up until 2014, finally slowing now in numbers of deaths, but actually increasing in terms of numbers of countries suffering terror attacks.

Countless journalists, federal intelligence analysts, and former military officials have suggested that U.S. military interventions, including the drone program, may actually cause an increase in terrorist strength and activity, generating more violence than they prevent. Researchers Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan have demonstrated statistically that, from 1900 to 2006, nonviolent resistance was twice as successful as armed resistance and resulted in more stable democracies with less chance of reverting to

civil and international violence.

War does not make us more safe; we are impoverishing ourselves by hemorrhaging taxpayer dollars on far-away wars that traumatize, wound, and kill our loved ones, along with millions of unnamed victims abroad.

Meanwhile, we’re fouling our own nest. The U.S. military is among the top three largest polluters of U.S. waterways. The military’s use of so-called “forever chemicals,” such as PFOS and PFOA, has contaminated groundwater in hundreds of communities near U.S. military bases at home and abroad.

We hear about notorious water poisoning cases like Flint, Michigan, but very little is said about the public health crisis unfolding within the U.S. military’s widespread network of over 1,000 domestic bases and 800 foreign bases.

These toxic and potentially carcinogenic PFOS and PFOA chemicals, which are used in the military’s firefighting foam, have well-documented health impacts, such as thyroid disease, reproductive disorders, developmental delays, and infertility. Beyond this unfolding water crisis, as the world’s largest institutional consumer of oil, the U.S. military is the biggest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Militarism pollutes.

While we’re poisoning our waters, we’re also draining our wallets. Thirty million Americans don’t have health insurance.

Half a million Americans sleep out on the streets every night. One in six children live in food-insecure homes. Forty-five million Americans are burdened with more than $1.6 trillion of student loan debt.

And yet we sustain a war

budget as large as the next seven largest military budgets combined if we use the U.S. military’s own figures. If we use actual figures that include nonPentagon budget military expenditures (e.g., nuclear weapons, which are paid for out of the Department of Energy budget), we learn that the actual U.S. military budget is more than double what the Pentagon’s official budget is.

Therefore, the U.S. spends more on its military than all the other militaries on Earth combined.

Our country is struggling. We hear it repeatedly throughout the 2020 presidential race, whether from the Democratic hopefuls or from Trump, many candidates harken back to talking points about the need to fix our broken and corrupt system, although admittedly their approaches to system change differ widely. Yes,

something has run amok in a country with seemingly endless trillions for a military that’s never been audited, but scarce resources for everything else.

Where do we go from here? Number one, we can withdraw our support for reckless military spending.

At World BEYOND War, we’re organizing divestment campaigns around the world to give people the tools to divest their retirement savings, their school’s university endowments, their city’s public pension funds, and more, from weapons and war.

Divestment is our way of bucking the system by saying that we won’t fund endless wars with our private or public dollars anymore.

Greta Zarro is organizing director of World BEYOND War and is syndicated by PeaceVoice.

Are we becoming ‘The Divided States of Trumpistan’?

Wim Laven Guest Columnist With the end of the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the partisan divide is deepened and acquittal a mere formality. Mitch McConnell promised to quickly acquit Trump of the charges; he did so with no witnesses or evidence provided. It leaves me wondering what this leaves of American democracy, the Constitution, and where is the justice?

Senators took oaths— twice—to swear to defend the Constitution and also to act as unbiased jurors, but there is no evidence that Republicans took this seriously. After all, there are many questions that are unanswered, pieces of evidence to examine, and witnesses to hear from.

This is the type of acquittal that one might expect in a country like Pakistan, which routinely scores low in indices of corruption and judicial integrity. It is not reflective of blind justice or transparent democracy. With this wholesale corrupt partisan divide and the apparent establishment of a Trump

Loyalist Party, I worry about the future. What do The Divided States of Trumpistan look like?

Trump has been accused of violating the U.S. Constitution in serving his own political interests through efforts to extort political interference from Ukraine and for abusing his office in covering up his crimes. He wants to launch investigations against his political opponents, and his legal counsel suggests that anything he does to get reelected is an act of public interest.

If the Trump loyalists put their loyalty pledges ahead of their oaths to defend the Constitution and serve unbiased justice, then it seems he can get away with anything. Trump and his lawyers have argued that “legally, he really could [shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it]—and no one could do a thing about it.”

Is that what Trumpistan looks like?

I fear Trumpistan because its emperor wears no clothes. Rather than heed the advice of experts, dissent is pushed out and alienated. Blunder after blunder, the failures are persistent. There was never a doubt about the futility of Trump’s border wall project, but it could not be more laughable

than to see the discovery of another highly sophisticated tunnel system in the same week that winds blew part of the wall over and openings to allow for gully-washing floods were carved out. The great beacon of freedom—the Statue of Liberty—stands with the inscription: “Give me your tired, your poor…”

But the offer was invalidated on 1/27/2020 when the Supreme Court decided the next iteration of Trump’s class war—denying green cards to people who might, at some point, need federal assistance— was Constitutional. Forget E pluribus unum (Latin for “Out of many, one”).

If Trump knew Latin he would declare: Absque argento omnia vana— “Without money all is in vain!” Perhaps, in relief, he will opt for the Wu Tang Clan version: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! Trumpistan is the devolution of global efforts toward peace and justice. Land mines have been banned by most of the world because they are a threat to civilians long after wars end, but Trump will expand the use of land mines.

Anti-corruption laws are seen as an obstacle to completive business practices; Trump calls The Foreign Corrupt Practices

Act “horrible.” No doubt, we will make bribery great again. So much for his gaslighting claim about wanting to help clean up corruption in Ukraine.

Trumpistan is broadly dystopic. The corruption he promotes appears to have served him well. He famously bankrupts businesses and brags about it in showcasing how “brilliant” he is. He takes advantage of legal loopholes to grift and leave contractors unpaid. But it gets so much worse. In Trump’s world, teachers (like me) should have to pay bribes in order to teach; in turn, we should receive good favors for the grades we administer. Police officers could handle crimes out of court with fines paid directly to them. He is a businessman—they say— so why shouldn’t everything be for sale?

Nepotism has reared its ugly head. Lifetimes of service and expertise are not something to be valued in Trumpistan. King Trump’s Princess Ivanka makes a great senior advisor; forget her qualifications: “On the education and economic empowerment of women and their families as well as job creation and economic growth through workforce development, skills training and entrepreneur-

ship,” according to the White House website, she “founded an eponymous lifestyle brand.” Her husband Jared Kushner did not need to go to school to declare: “Palestinians have never done anything right in their sad, pathetic lives” before warning “do not screw up this opportunity” when speaking about his “solution” to the intractable conflict in the Middle East.

I am sure Trump will tell us about his “peace plan.” “They said it could not be done…” and I’ll give you the spoiler: it wasn’t. The Trump administration’s plan for apartheid will not create peace; it is obscene, and it would be comedy if not for the real-world horror it is. It is no wonder that he has desperately wanted to create a state-run media source to tell the stories the way he wants them told. There is no room for an unofficial fourth branch (the media) providing oversight on the checks and balances of the three branches of government in Trump’s world.

Maybe it is hyperbole.

We are three years and 16,000 lies into Trump’s presidency. We are at the end of a trial to remove him from office where the conclusion was foretold; his jurors have told us: he did it, it was wrong for him

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to do it, and so what? They want us to leave it to the voters with no care that his charge was for trying to cheat in the upcoming election.

Maybe Republicans will find a backbone and will push Trump’s loyalists out. Maybe citizens will unite in mass action.

Existentially threatened— our air and water are even for sale! (along with 95 other environmental roll backs) - nonviolent force may be the only chance for citizens to remove this dangerous administration and its un-American loyalists.

Or maybe the “perfect” crime has earned us the king we never wanted. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

These are challenging times indeed. Where do we stand?

Wim Laven, Ph.D., syndicated by PeaceVoice, teaches courses in political science and conflict resolution.

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vation, but I cannot stand victimization. I cannot stand when hardworking citizens who are living in that area for 30 years are just uprooted without any

that; it brings people to our city, makes our city attractive, it brings jobs. So if we at least have a seat at the table, we can control some of the narrative. If we have a seat at the table, we can stop some of the gentrification that’s going

T he C hronicle ment in the near future.

“Right now there have been major investors; you will see that this year when they are announcing what’s going to happen with a $50 million complex along Fifth Street.

You’ve already seen Pop-

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Residents listen to candidates discuss their platforms during the East Ward Candidates Forum held on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Delta Fine Arts Center. engagement from them.”

Redd said he thought the East End Master Plan was good but needs a few tweaks. He said change is happening all around the East Ward and with the plan in place, residents get a seat at the table.

“Look around. Change is happening all around us, so if we have the East End Master Plan in place, at least we have a seat at the table,” Redd continued.

“If you look at the Innovation Quarter that’s going on downtown that people complain about, we need

on.

“Everything is going to change, nothing stays the same. What we have to do is be prepared for the future.”

Scippio, who has raised questions about the East End Master Plan in the past, didn’t seem to have any reservations during the forum. She said the plan is “alive and well.”

Scippio also mentioned that several investors have already made investments in the East End and will be making announcements about coming develop-

eye’s; there’s going to be a project that’s going to affect the shopping center,” Scippio said. “It is a guide for people to come and say, ‘I want a part of that, I want to make that happen.’”

The next Candidate Forum is scheduled for today, Thursday, Feb. 6, at the NAACP Headquarters, 4130 Oak Ridge Drive.

The forum will begin at 6 p.m. and will include City Council candidates for the North and Northeast Wards.

Help us save Downtown Bodega!

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Is it time to initiate a true group economics movement and demonstrate the ability and willingness to save black businesses? We think so.

That’s why we’re working to center the voices of young black entrepreneurs. We’re asking the Winston-Salem community to show love to the Downtown Bodega because the Bodega is the symbolic heart of black entrepreneurship in Winston-Salem.

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The Bodega is a protective Poverty rates are higher space for emergent colamong blacks (30%) than laboration. As a creative in the general population. cluster, we incubate lowIn addition, even though resourced and underserved a living wage in N.C. is entrepreneurs by provid$12.39/hour for a houseing them an opportunity to hold of two parents and prove their business conone child, the minimum cept. wage is $7.25, only $2.25 WE NEED YOUR more than the poverty HELP wage of $5.00. Overall, The doors to the Bodeblacks are worse off now ga will close if we do not than they were in 2000, raise $5,000 by February losing $1,873 in median 10. income.

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Huntley, candidate for District 72, looks to make a difference at the state level

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Next month WinstonSalem native and CEO of United Health Services, Lashun Huntley, will look to add state representative to his list of accomplishments when he faces off against local educator Dr. Amber Baker in the primary election to represent District 72 in the N.C. House of Representatives.

Huntley, who is a graduate of Winston-Salem State University and Walden University, has served as chief executive officer of United Health Centers since 2010. Huntley said he was encouraged by several individuals to run for the seat left vacant

by Derwin Montgomery, who has announced his candidacy for Congress, preventing him from running for re-election in the House of Representatives.

“After praying on it over the weekend, I felt confident and comfortable; I felt I could really make a difference on the state level,” Huntley said.

Before taking the reins of United Health Centers, Huntley worked as a teacher in the local school system. He said working in the health field, he understands how policymaking works and how it can impact the community. Huntley said he understands the outcomes when it comes to making policies and laws.

“I’ve been doing that for ten years at United Health Centers, writing policies for the organization, and I do know it can change people’s lives,” said Huntley.

When discussing his platform, Huntley listed Medicaid expansion, increasing funding for education, and job creation as his top priorities. He said Medicaid expansion is at the top of his list because it will help lower healthcare costs for everyone and improve the quality of life.

As a former teacher, Huntley said he knows what it’s like to be overworked and underpaid. He mentioned being underpaid was one of the major reasons why he decided to leave teaching.

“To me, Medicaid expansion is something that’s big on my heart because everybody needs healthcare and without it, it’s hard to be productive, as a community member, as

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a father, or even as a son, it’s just difficult,” he said.

“And the same goes for education. I taught school and I know what type of salary you get. It’s hard to maintain yourself or provide for your family.”

Although he’s still fairly new to politics, Huntley said his record of bringing about change is what makes him the best candidate to represent District 72. He then went on to discuss a mentoring program he started while working as a teacher, and how he helped expand services at United Health Services.

“As long as I can remember, I’ve been involved with change,”

Huntley continued. “My mom always told me that there’s always a solution to a challenge. So in that arena of changing people’s lives, I’ve been doing that for a while. At United Health Centers, we started with one center and we grew it from one center to three centers, from three staff members to over 50 staff members. So that’s a change in people’s lives, that’s healthcare and employment. So I’ve done all those things and I will continue to do that.

“From me, the people can expect someone who is going to get the job done.

My track record speaks for itself. I’m not just a leader who talks about it, I’m a leader who gets things done.”

For more information on Huntley’s campaign, visit www.huntley4NC. com.

The 2020 primary election will be held on March 3. Early voting will begin on Feb. 13. For more information and a complete 2020 election schedule, visit http://www.forsyth. cc/Elections/.

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THURSDAY, February 6, 2020

Timothy Ramsey Sports Columnist

Reflections of Kobe On Jan. 26, the world lost one of the greatest athletes to ever grace the planet. Kobe Bean Bryant, along with eight other individuals, lost their lives in a tragic helicopter accident in Calabasas, California.

Bryant, along with his daughter Gianna and seven others, were on their way to basketball practice when the helicopter went down. The outpouring of emotions since this tragedy has been inspiring, to say the least.

I knew that Kobe was a basketball legend and revered by many, but I didn’t really understand how much he had become a cultural icon. People of all ages, races and economic backgrounds showed their love for a man most of them have never met or even seen in person.

As I thought about the tragic events of that day, the thing that hit me the hardest was not that we lost one of the best basketball players the world has ever seen, but more to what was going through Bryant’s mind as the helicopter was going down.

As a father, I could not imagine being in a situation where death was imminent and attempting to console your child. It goes without saying that that had to be the toughest moment in his life. Looking into the eyes of your child at that moment had to be gut wrenching. Fathers are supposed to be the protectors of their children, and to know that there was nothing he could do in that situation had to be the worst feeling in the world.

Bryant was unlike many other superstar players following retirement. He easily transitioned out of basketball and into his own lane that involved filmmaking and media. Who knows what else Kobe had in store for his post-basketball career. He seemed to be on his way to building an enterprise to match or surpass that of the likes of Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson. I could have seen Bryant being a coach or even owner of a franchise in the next 20 years. It’s sad that the world will never know into what his brand could have fully developed.

When I first heard the news of his passing, memories of Bryant began to cross my mind. I thought back to the day he was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets and traded to the Lakers for Vlade Divac. That still stands as one of the greatest draft day robberies of all time.

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The Pharaohs of Quality Education Academy have established

themselves as one of the top-notch basketball programs in the Triad area. Their boys’ and girls’ teams routinely perform well against national competition and continue to send their players to the next level.

Jones sets sights on higher goal

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Arrington Jones is a junior point guard for the WinstonSalem Christian (WSC) varsity basketball team. Jones spent his first two seasons at Atkins High School, but felt WSC provided a better opportunity for his future.

Jones recently eclipsed 1,000 points in his high school career and that achievement was celebrated by his team with many of his family in attendance. Jones was unaware and thankful for the surprise, but knows there is more work to be done.

“I feel like it was a great accomplishment for me,” he said. “I don’t see myself as an elite scorer, but the fact I can reach it by getting defense stops, steals or breakaway layups says a lot. It’s a big accomplishment because many kids around here play high school basketball, but not a lot of kids reach 1,000 points in their high school career.”

It was not an accident that Jones reached this personal milestone. He has put in countless hours on the court to enhance his game. He said it was a surprise for him, because he was unaware he had reached 1,000 points.

“It’s all about putting in the work,” said Jones. “We have spent day and night in the gym, planning our workouts and planning practices, outside of school practice, just to get extra shots up. So, it’s really more of a repetition thing.”

Jones is the starting point guard for the Lions.

Jones was very complimentary when speaking about his time at Atkins. He credits the team and head coach Marlon Brim for helping to develop his game.

“It was a great opportunity for me playing for Coach Brim and the group we had coming in my freshman year,” Jones said about his time playing for the Camels. “It was a tough year for us my freshman year, but sophomore year we had five sophomore starters, but we slowly broke apart and went to different schools. It wasn’t be-

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cause Atkins was a bad place, it was because we were looking for different opportunities, because we were all good scorers.

“Coming from over there, it was really a hard thing to do, to leave that school, because that was family. I saw them more than a team, but as a family. To leave them was a personal decision, so I can better myself and my future.”

The transition to WSC was a hard one for Jones, because he was dealing with a new environment, new coach and new play-

ers. The connection with his teammates took some time to gel, but they eventually reached the point where they came together as a team.

“It was kind of hard for us to gel at first, but once we got rolling, we entered a phase where we felt unstoppable,” he continued. “Once we started sharing the ball with each other and knowing what one another could do well, we became a force.”

Basketball was not even the first love for Jones. As a youngster, Jones wanted to be a singer.

He only played basketball as a means to stay in shape for football. Once he entered middle school, he began taking basketball more seriously.

“I played every sport, but I wanted to be a singer, I wanted to be just like John Legend,” he went on to say. “I took piano lessons, I tried my best to sing and act, but basketball came in when I needed something to do when it wasn’t football season. My dad played football in the NFL, so this was my sport, but once basketball started, I was like ‘I really like this game’.

“Once I started playing, I started getting really good at it and I told my mother I just wanted to play basketball. Even though I quit football, I still love the game, but basketball is just a release valve from life itself and that’s why I love the game.”

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that coming when he was shooting air balls in the playoffs against the Utah Jazz. I thought he was trying to be Jordan so badly, but never thought he would be the player that would closely emulate the G.O.A.T. Bryant’s work ethic is legendary and will go down as one of the most dedicated athletes of all time.

I also thought of the alley-oop to Shaq in the playoffs, the battle with Allen Iverson in the Finals, the slam dunk championship, his 81-point game against the Raptors

and many more. I even had to smile when I thought about the times I shot a paper ball into the trashcan yelling “Kobe” like millions of other fans have also done.

The way Bryant’s life has been celebrated by the NBA and the players has been fantastic. The 24-second shot clock violations, the 8-second violations, the heartfelt stories shared by his peers, the personal tributes and the changes to the NBA All-Star game have all been great gestures to honor such a legend.

The thing I did not like seeing were the negative posts and comments I saw on social media. I saw sev-

The C hronicle eral posts about the Colorado alleged rape incident.

That crap almost made me sick to my stomach. None of us were there, so to make derogatory comments about him following his death shows how sick some people can be.

But I choose not to focus on the negative, but instead keep the good memories in my mind. I suggest that all his true fans do the same. Bryant’s memory will live on forever, mostly because I can’t remember an all-time great of any sport being gone so early.

I will continue to pray for his family and the families of the other victims of the crash.

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Jones prefers to make his mark on the defensive end of the floor. He believes his defensive intensity can and will create offensive opportunities on the other end. Jones wants to continue to work on his basketball IQ, to make him a better player overall.

“If I can shut down the best player, I am going to do that,” Jones said. “I am going to take the role of guarding the best player on the other team. I like to get steals and get my teammates open, so it all starts on the defensive end.”

Jones reclassified as a junior when he transferred

to WSC. He felt that was a necessary step for him to maximize his opportunities at his new school. The new environment has garnered more attention from the next level and Jones is taking his time to make the right decision.

One of the more exciting parts of his basketball journey has been the recruiting aspect, said Jones. He said it’s “one of the best feelings in the world” to receive a call or text from a coach wanting him to come to their school.

Jones grew up as a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill basketball fan. He would love the opportunity to play under

Roy Williams, but says he is looking for a school where he can thrive both academically and athletically. He has a dream of becoming a marine biologist, due to his love for animals.

Jones’ mother, Kecha Brabham, has been pleased with the new environment at WSC. She said the academics were on par with Atkins, but athletically it was a step up in competition that has allowed Jones to blossom.

Brabham and family continue to be the biggest supporters of Jones. He feels they fuel him to do better on the court and aims to please them in all aspects of his life.

It’s more than just athletics

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE Darnell Wallace is an assistant coach with the Piedmont International University ladies basketball team, but his passion is helping kids achieve their ultimate goals in athletics and academics.

Wallace, owner/operator of Sports Leadership Academy (SLA), is a Philadelphia, Pa. native, but has made his home in the Winston area since 1991 and graduated from Parkland High School. SLA is a program that was created five years ago and caters to children in a variety of ways. Their focus has been on the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) basketball program, but there are plans to branch out to other sports in the near future.

“Sports Leadership Academy has an AAU basketball program called the Carolina Zoom,” said Wal-

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lace. “We do various camps and clinics and we are looking to broaden the scope by adding football, baseball, soccer and tennis.

“The basketball program has been a hit so far, because that’s what we started with and it has been growing consistently. We started out with 13 kids and the next year it jumped to 52, to now potentially having 150 kids this year.”

SLA partners with other nonprofit organizations such as Dreamers, to assist students

academically. Wallace says the goal is to build the kids on and off the court to make them more attractive to colleges.

“We bring in the kids and build academic profiles, along with athletic profiles, and try to shop them out to different colleges,” he said. “We are just trying to get the kids different opportunities, because we care about the kid’s futures and to let them know it’s not all about basketball.

“We work with special needs individuals from Monarch and an

annual basketball game with them. I like to teach the kids to give back now and not wait until they grow up to become successful.”

Wallace feels his program is unlike any other in the area. He feels with the athletics, academic components and parental involvement, their program fully invests in the kids. He credits a lot of their success to the quality coaches he has on his staff.

SLA has been able to build their brand very quickly over the past couple of years. Wallace attributes that to the fact he has coached on several teams in different sports.

“Just getting out and coaching and constantly building these relationships out here in the community has allowed us to be able to grow at a rapid pace,” he continued. “It shocked me that we have grown at the pace we have, because we never put much out on social media or ad-

Wallace plans to expand SLA into other sports outside of basketball.

vertised.”

The program serves kids ages 5-17. Over the last few years, their teams have won countless tournaments and even have performed well on a national stage. Wallace wants to continue to build on a solid foundation that has been built thus far.

“I win by their success,” he said. “My goal is to win, but not necessarily to win hardware, but instead for the kids to have success and to build something that

hasn’t been created in a long time around here. My success is driven through their success.”

Wallace doesn’t want to keep his program local. His dream is to take it national to help serve athletes across the nation.

For more information about Sports Leadership Academy, call 336602-8666, email dwallace626@gmail.com, or visit Sports Leadership Academy Inc. on Facebook.

GETTING AHEAD

Congratulations to the first city-wide graduating class of the Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’ By World discussion group. These 42 Forsyth County residents will now be able to become leaders in a community-wide effort to identify and reduce the incidence of poverty in our area.

Abbie Miller Andrew Wray April Brown Belinda Chisholm Betsy Peterson Betty Watson Brenda Robertson Brendella Torrence Candace Mayo Carol Samuels DeBorah Evans DeBoraha Evans Deborah Wilson Delayne Willkins

Derek Holcomb Ebony Pratt Eula McIntosh James Lewis Jennifer Quinn Jonathan Cole Karen Basemore Keisha Wisley Kim McDermott Levern Leggett Lindsay Bien Aime Marci Green Mary Wright Megan Gomez

Miakenya Fair Micki Pope Myra Moore Nikita Lockhart Sharon Williams Shekema Nash Shonna Brannon Stephanie Collier Terrie Cuffie Torria Taylor Timothy Rice Wanda Wingate Willis Watts Yolanda Dickerson

Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World is a book and a 16-session curriculum that helps individuals in poverty build their resources for a more prosperous life for themselves, their families, and their communities. Getting Ahead provides people in poverty with the same information found in Bridges Out of Poverty, which was developed for professionals and others in the community working to end poverty.

Getting Ahead is open to adults who are affected by poverty and wish to be proactive advocates for their community.

To apply for the next Getting Ahead session, call 336-283-7464 apply online at https://partnershipforprosperityws.org/getting-ahead

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Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Piety That Honors God Scriptures: Matthew 6:1-8 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Understand Jesus’ teachings about not practicing one’s piety in order to be noticed by others; *Repent of making a show of religiosity in order to receive praise from others; *Practice simplicity and humility in our devotional lives.

Background: Matthew’s main audience in his writing is the Jews. He is writing to emphasize the authority of Jesus’ teaching ministry and to prove that Jesus is their Messiah. The lesson puts emphasis on the practices of the Pharisees because the Jews were familiar with them and influenced by them and their claim to be the righteousness of God. As we know, Jesus’ greatest opposition came from the Pharisees who Jesus called out as hypocrites and far from the heart of God. Righteousness is not done in order to be seen by others; right deeds must come from right intention, which involves humility, self-forgetfulness and piety, and are shown in the way you live, not how you advertise it.

Lesson: Piety is defined as devotion and reverence to religious practices and God. Piety was called into question as Jesus contrasted the practice of the Pharisees with the intentions of God. Piety was portrayed by the Pharisees as a huge display for everyone to see how devoted and obedient they perceived themselves to be and how they wanted to be perceived by others.

In verse one, Jesus specifically says that we are to give alms – “Therefore when thou doest thine alms,” when you give. do not announce it for show and admiration.

The one issuing the command to give is God and He is the rewarder for your giving. However, God does not reward hypocrisy. God is, though, omniscient and sees all we do. So Jesus advises to give inconspicuously “ … and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.” A heavenly reward is much more desirable than the praise of men (verses 2-4).

UMI, in The People, Places, and Times, says that prayer is any kind of communication from the heart of man to the ear of God. With that in mind, verses 5-8 are even clearer. Jesus says, “When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are…” Don’t pray for attention and accolades of men, which is often the intent in public prayer. Public prayer itself is not condemned, but should be done for purpose and with the right intent of heart.

Jesus teaches that prayers are not to be merely recited, nor are our words to be repeated thoughtlessly, or as if they were automatic formulas with countless repetitions of God’s name or Jesus to punctuate every sentence. In Jesus’ prayer, He never even says God’s name; He addresses Our Father. There is a real simplicity and intent in the Lord’s prayer (verse 7). When instructing prayer to be done in a “closet,” Jesus is saying that there should be a secret, private, and personal nature to our communication with God. He says, “… for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him.” God is all knowing and ever-present. (The MacArthur Study Bible, the Oxford Bible Commentary and the UMI Annual Commentary 2019 -2020).

For Your Consideration: In what ways are we hypocrites or pretenders? If “Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him,” why pray?

Application: The giving of “alms” is defined as giving to help others. Pay attention to those around you who may be in need of some sort. If then you meet that need, don’t broadcast it, tell no one and let your reward be heaven sent and not the earthly praise of men.

Be intentional about prayer. Set aside time to really communicate with God, not only for your physical needs, but to develop an intimate relationship with the One who loves and knows you so that you are comfortable calling Him ‘Father.’ “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.” (1 John 3:1)

Church is not a fashion show like it used to be

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Everyone knows what your “Sunday Best” means. Ever since I was a child, it was what you put on before heading off to the church on Sunday mornings.

Over the past few years, I have seen a shift in the dress code for many churches I have visited. It has become slightly more relaxed, or even done away with in many church congregations. Not all churches, however, are following this new wave.

When I was younger, everyone from the infant child to the church elder was dressed to the nines in their best outfits on Sunday mornings. It was sort of a fashion show every week, but now many churches have relaxed their standards of this tradition.

I have been in several churches that have shifted

to a more toned-down dress code. I have even been to a few where jeans and button up shirts are the norm. I think this is in an effort to attract more of the younger generation to come to the church.

We have all heard some one say “come as you are” when referencing how one should dress when they come to church. Even though the Bible does not specifically use those words, we all know what it means.

I personally like the more laid-back atmosphere that many of these churches are implementing. I think it takes away some of the pressure some people feel. I know for a fact that some people don’t attend service because they don’t have the proper clothing they feel they need. I have also overheard conversations about what people are wearing that could also turn people off from attending. With a

more relaxed dress code, people will feel more comfortable, because they look and dress like everyone else.

We all know some people in the church can be judgmental about the attire certain people wear in the church. I think if wearing jeans and sneakers is normal, people won’t feel compelled to not attend because they don’t have the proper attire.

I spoke with a young pastor in the area about the subject when I visited his church a while back. He stated that he wanted his congregation to feel comfortable when they come to worship. He also said he didn’t want people to feel like they could not come if they did not have a “church dress” or a suit and tie. He closed by saying he knew the young people like to come with jeans, khakis, a buttonup or polo shirt, so why should he try and change

what they normally wear?

Those statements really resonated with me, because I see that this young pastor really gets it. I am a firm believer in change. Change in inevitable, so why are so many of us trying to hold onto the past with such a firm grasp, instead of embracing the new norm? I am not saying there is anything wrong with dressing up by any means, but some people don’t have the means to afford that type of clothing, but almost everyone has jeans and a polo shirt.

My hope is that more churches adopt a more relaxed environment, because I don’t think the Lord is really concerned about whether we have on jeans or slacks. I think He is more concerned about our dedication to him and living more like He did. At least I hope so.

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San Francisco’s Jordan Matthews and Kansas City’s Stefen Wisniewski are on board with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) to reach coaches and athletes through Bible distribution and FCA Huddles. Even though the ministry is based in Kansas City, FCA had ties to both sides of the field for Super Bowl LIV. Two players in Sunday night’s Super Bowl— Jordan Matthews, wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, and Stefen Wisniewski, guard for the Kansas City Chiefs—have ties to FCA and were involved with the ministry during their days as teammates on the Philadelphia Eagles squad.

Matthews has often discussed his faith as

it relates to professional sports.

“In a performancebased culture like the NFL, there’s nothing more powerful than knowing you’re already approved in Jesus Christ,” Matthews told FCA in the days leading up to the matchup in Miami.

“The Super Bowl is the biggest game in the country and yet God is so much bigger. No matter what happens on that field, we already have the victory.”

And back in 2017, Wisniewski told FCA Magazine that he intentionally brings Jesus into his sport by praying before every game.

“I really feel that gives me a great sense of peace,” he said. “During competition, just saying a short prayer to reset my mind on God. Always making sure to thank Him after the

game for watching over me and for all that He did for me during that game.”

Matthews was part of an impactful group that was active for FCA. He and teammates Nick Foles, Carson Wentz and others co-led eight-week FCA Huddles for students and athletes in inner-city Philadelphia. At the gatherings, they shared how the Eagles’ weekly Bible study during the season strengthened their bond on the field and in their relationships with Christ. The players also wanted to make sure each athlete who attended the Huddle went home with a Bible.

Matthews has continued his faith walk in a big way in San Francisco. According to Baptist Press, he is already widely regarded as one of the team’s spiritual pillars, leads the team

Bible study, and is one of the “go-to guys” for spiritual counsel.

“We’ve got to realize as Christians that we’re going to be the Bible that people read,” Matthews said during Super Bowl Opening Night Jan. 27 at Marlins Park. “We’ve got to be able to share our faith with people whenever the opportunity comes.”

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes congratulates both teams on their successful seasons, and especially the Kansas City Chiefs for their 31-20 win.

For more information about the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, visit FCA’s website at www. fca.org, its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fcafans or its Twitter feed @ fcanews.

RELIGION CALENDAR Feb. 8 “Grief Care” St. Paul United Methodist Church sponsors “Grief Care,” a support group for persons experiencing grief due to the death of someone close to them. Sessions are free, each is self-contained, meaning one does not have to attend the sessions in sequence. “What Do I Live For Now?” is the topic on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 10 a.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 2400 Dellabrook Road.

For additional information, call 336-723-4531 or 336815-1554.

Feb. 8 “The Amazing Quilt Work” St. James AME Church, 1501 N. Patterson Ave., is hosting “Stitching Together Inspiration and Hope—The Amazing Quilt Work of the Youth” of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. The program showcases the work of imprisoned young men. The program will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8, from noon until 4:30 p.m.

Feb. 9 Men’s Day On Sunday, Feb. 9, St. James AME Church will host Men’s Day at the 10 a.m. worship service. The day will begin with Sunday School at 8:45 a.m. with Deacon James Lomax teaching. The speaker for the day will be Dr. Nigel Alston, a nationally known speaker and teacher. The Rev. Shelton T. Miles is the pastor. The church is located at 1501 N. Patterson Ave.

Feb. 9 Worship services The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4055 Robinhood Road, will have a guest minister, the Rev. John Saxon, speak at both the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. services Sunday, Feb. 9. At the Forum, 9:15 a.m., Molly Diggins, retired director of the N.C. chapter of the Sierra Club, will reflect on her 22 years in that post and expectations about the future of the environment in our state.

For information, see UUFWS.org.

Feb. 9, 12, 16 & 23 13th church anniversary Fresh Fire Worship Center Inc., 1538 Waughtown St., will celebrate its 13th church anniversary on Feb. 9, 12, 16 and 23. Join on any of these dates to help celebrate the theme “Revelation Of the Light.” Services are as follows: *Feb. 9 at 4 p.m., Pastor Rochelle Richardson of Restoration Christian Fellowship *Feb. 12 at 7 p.m., Apostle Gloria Samuels of Great Commission Community Church *Feb.16 at 4 p.m., Pastor Deon Clark of Equation Church of Greensboro *Feb. 23 at 4 p.m., Apostle Derrick Kelly of Kingdom Impact of Lexington Ongoing Monday, Wednesday and Friday Food pantry, clothes closet

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 1-4 p.m., Love Community Development Corporation, 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.

Sundays Free breakfast Love Fellowship Outreach Church, 205 E. 25th St., offers a free community breakfast at 10:30 a.m. before Sunday morning worship at 11 a.m. Family & Friends Day is every third Sunday, with a free fellowship dinner served immediately following worship. Wednesday Night Bible Study is held weekly at 6:30 p.m. Apostle Antonio L. Johnson Sr. is the pastor.

Saturdays Join the H.O.P.E. Project at Mt Olive Baptist Church on Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. to enjoy free lunches for kids. Parents will receive vegetables. All kids in the East Winston area are welcome. Be a part of a movement making sure that fewer children are hungry in our community. Mt. Olive is at 1301 C.E. Gray. Call 336-7211959 for any questions or concerns. Also visit hopews. org to learn more about the H.O.P.E Project. The pastor is Dr. Charles E. Gray.

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Community Calendar Feb. 7 – Registration deadline It’s All About You! On Tuesday, Feb. 11, 11 a.m. 2:30 p.m., family caregivers who could use a break are invited to join other caregivers for a relaxing outing, which will include lunch at a downtown restaurant and a tour of the Black Mountain Chocolate Factory.

Transportation is provided from Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street. No cost (donations accepted). Limited respite care available with advance registration.

Space is limited. Deadline for registration is Feb. 7.

For more information or to register, call Linda Lewis at 336-748-0217.

Feb. 7 – Grand Games registration deadline Registration is open for the Grand Games.

Grandparents, greatgrandparents and even great-great-grandparents are invited to participate with their grandchildren in the Grand Games, to be held Saturday, Feb. 8, at Miller Park Recreation Center, 400 Leisure Lane. The games will be held at 2 p.m., which is a change from previous years. There’s no charge, but teams must register by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7.

To register or for more information, call Chuck Vestal at 336-727-2325 or send an email to chuckv@ cityofws.org.

Feb. 7 - 16 – Musical comedy The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem will present the musical comedy, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,” Feb. 7-16 at the Reynolds Place Theatre, 251 N. Spruce St. Feb. 8 – Veterans Coffee Nike Roach M.S. from Sixth Sense Health and Wellness Center and retired Marine Jessie Almanza will host an educational coffee meeting to support Gulf War veterans. The event will take place on Feb. 8 at New Beginnings Church, 4555 Shattalon Drive, from 8:30-10:30 am.

Feb. 8-9 – Moveable Feast Bookmarks and Salemtowne Retirement Community are proud to present the eighth annual Movable Feast, which will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8 and Sunday, Feb. 9.

Tickets range from $45 per person to opportunities to purchase a table for eight and are available for purchase at bpt.me/4415172.

This popular event sells out each year and is an exciting opportunity for readers to interact with 21 authors, get books signed, and enjoy food and drinks.

Movable Feast can be likened to “speed dating with authors,” with each table of guests having the opportunity to hear from authors, ask questions, and enjoy conversation as the authors move around the room in a timed rotation.

Feb. 8, 15, 22 & 29 – Auditions For the five Saturdays in February, Royal Curtain Drama Guild Production Company will be holding auditions for the cast of

the 2020 shows. Auditions will be held at The Salem Chapel, 610 Coliseum Drive, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 5 – 7 p.m. each Saturday. You may schedule your audition online or show up on audition dates.

The audition consists of cold script reading, prepared one-minute monologue, one-minute song of your choice and a short choreographed dance step.

For more details, visit www.rcdgproductions. com.

Feb. 11 – Black Chamber meeting To commemorate Black History Month, the Winston-Salem Black Chamber of Commerce (WSBCC) will recognize the 22 local small businesses that have been selected as Community Business of the Month by the Winston-Salem Urban League. President Randon Pender will also present “Moments in History of the WSBCC.” The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 6:30 p.m., at the Enterprise Center, 1922 MLK Jr. Dr. Visitors welcome.

Feb. 11 – Volunteers needed R E A D W S (Read•Write•Spell) needs volunteers to serve as tutors to public school students. An information session for people interested in learning more about the program will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 12 – 1 p.m. This event will take place at READWS, located at 875 W. Fifth Street.

For more information or to register, email info@ readws.org or call 336779-1300.

Feb. 15 - 16 – Pops concert series The Winston-Salem Symphony will present a Pops concert series featuring the music of legendary film score composer John Williams on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m.

The concert, entitled “John Williams: Star Wars and Beyond,” will take place at Reynolds Auditorium, 301 N. Hawthorne Road.

Tickets begin at $24 and are selling fast. They are available in advance by calling the Symphony Box Office at 336-464-0145 or online atwssymphony.org.

Feb. 16 – “Writing Your Manuscipt” Murder We Write presents a new monthly four-part series on “Writing Your Manuscript” Sunday, Feb. 16 from 2 4 p.m., High Point Public Library, 291 North Main Street. Part one: Character, Setting and POV. Exploring the process from idea to finished manuscript, we begin with large-scale building blocks of writing: the development of characters and settings, which readers will want to discover. This series is free to writers and readers of all ages and presented by multiple award-winning authors.

Feb. 24 – Alzheimer’s forum The Alzheimer’s Association – Western Carolina Chapter will be hosting the Forsyth County Alzheimer’s Community Forum

on Thursday, Feb. 20, to hear from local area residents. Check-in will open 11:15 a.m., and the event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Forsyth County Central Library, 660 W. Fifth Street.

Lunch will be provided by Homestead Hills. There is no cost to attend, but registration is requested at tinyurl.com/ALZForsythForum or by calling 800272-3900.

Feb. 24 – Poetry contest deadline The annual N.C. State Poetry Contest is a free literary competition open to all North Carolina residents (including out-ofstate and international students who are enrolled in North Carolina universities). It remains one of the largest free-to-enter poetry contests in the South.

This year’s guest judge is award-winning poet Anders Carlson-Wee and features a grand prize of $500. The postmark deadline is Feb. 24. For more information, visit go.ncsu. edu/poetrycontest.

Feb. 25 – Welcome to Medicare The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem and the Forsyth County Library is offering a workshop for individuals turning 65. The session will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 25, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Reynolda Manor Branch Library, 2839 Fairlawn Drive. The session is provided at no cost.

Because space is limited, reservations are required.

Contact the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217 for more information or to reserve a seat.

Mar. 3 – April 7 – Powerful Tools for Caregivers Registration is now underway for Powerful Tools for Caregivers, a 6-week course for anyone caring for a loved one who is frail or ill. Classes will take place on Tuesdays, March 3-April 7, 2 - 4:30 p.m. at Arbor Acres Retirement Community, 1240 Arbor Road. There is no charge, but donations are accepted.

Registration is required.

To register or get information, call Linda Lewis at The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 336-748-0217. Class fills quickly, so early registration is suggested Mar. 6 – Public concert Carolina Music Ways (CMW) will present “Carolina Live! - Our Musical History” on Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m. at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), located at 750 Marguerite Drive. Doors open at 6 p.m. Perfect for audiences of all ages. General admission tickets are available for $25 and include admission to the concert as well as access to exhibitions on view in the SECCA galleries. Limited VIP tickets are available for $50 and include preferred concert seating, one drink ticket, and a limited edition handprinted concert poster.

Purchase your tickets in advance at www.carolinamusicways.org/tickets.

Mar. 20, 22 & 24 –

Nia Franklin in “The King and I” Piedmont Opera and Arbor Acres announces that Winston-Salem native Nia Franklin (2019 Miss America) will join the cast of the production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King And I,” that will be produced at the Stevens Center of the UNCSA on March 20 (8 p.m.), 22 (2 p.m.) & 24 (7:30 p.m.).

Tickets to Piedmont Opera’s performances are available at 336-725-7101 or at PiedmontOpera.org.

Group pricing is available.

Ongoing Every 1st Tuesday – Triad NOW meeting The Triad NOW chapter meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Parkway United Church of Christ, 2151 Silas Creek Parkway (entrance off Irving Street).

Every 2nd Tuesday – Alumni membership Albert H. Anderson High School Alumni Association would like for each graduating member of Albert H. Anderson Senior High School to become a member of the Association. For more information, call Clyde A. Moore at 336-971-6196 or email at cmpreacher48@ yahoo.com. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at New Light Baptist Church, 1535 15th Street.

Every 2nd Tuesday – Black Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting The Black Chamber of Commerce will meet every 2nd Tuesday at The Enterprise Conference and Banquet Center, 1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The meetings start 6 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday – Pinochle fun and fellowship Pinochle sessions will be held on 1st and 3rd Tuesday from 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. at Sims Recreation Center, 1201 Alder St. Persons wanting to learn the game are welcome and can call ahead to get a guideline sheet. Call Maurice Johnson at 336815-8417 or the center at 336-727-2837 for more information.

NOW – Cultural Arts directory Triad Cultural Arts Inc. is compiling an online Triad Cultural Arts Directory.

We would like to promote regional artistic organizations and independent artists, using our website and Coming Eventz e-newsletter. Post your event in our community news section of the Coming Eblast for free. To have a graphic/ flier posted there is a fee.

For more information, visit www.triadculture.org or email info@triadculturalarts.org Every third Thursday of each month – Anti-Gun & Gang Violence Meeting Winston-Salem has had numerous recent acts of senseless gun/gang violence, becoming progressively worse. We need to unify and bring peace to

our neighborhoods. There will be a meeting every 3rd Thursday to address these issues. The meetings will be held at Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center, 501 Reynolds Blvd. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact Corey McCann at 336-602-9844 or email at cmccann1985@gmail. com.

Every day – Donations of blankets, caps & gloves needed The Downtown Bicycle Patrol is soliciting donations of gently used or new blankets, gloves and knit caps to help the homeless this winter. The donation boxes will be placed in the lobby of the Public Safety Center, 725 N. Cherry St., in City Hall outside the Human Relations Department, 109 N. Main St., and outside the Bicycle Patrol Office at 414 N. Cherry St. across from the Marriott Hotel.

The donations go toward assisting homeless people.

Every Monday – Youth Program The program, “Making Proud Choices” meets every Monday from 4 - 5:30 p.m. at the Carver School Road Branch Library located at 4915 Lansing Drive. For more information, call 336-703-2910.

The program will focus on helping teens set and meet goals, making right decisions in their life, keeping proper values, dealing with peer-pressure, sexuality, sharpening communication skills and building healthy relationships.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday - Food and clothing giveaway Love Community Development Corporation, 3980 N. Liberty St., serves those in need of food and clothes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 - 4 p.m. JobLink is also available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for those needing resumes or who are looking for a job. For more information, call 336-306-8119.

Every Tuesday – East Winston Community Leaders’ meeting A call to all community leaders, advocates, organizers and crusaders of the East Ward to join the movement to make the East Winston community better. The first event is being planned. Meetings are every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the 14th Street Recreation Center. For more information, contact M. Reid at 336-997-2519.

Every Tuesday and Sunday – Yoga classes Yoga classes are now being held in the Salem Lake Marina Center assembly room on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. Classes last one hour and are led by a certified yoga instructor. The fee is $10 per class or four classes for $36. Fees should be paid at the Marina Center office and may be paid with cash, credit card or check. A limited number of mats will be available; participants who have yoga mats are encouraged to bring them.

Every Thursday American Legion Post 128 fish fry A fish fry is held every Thursday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at 4817 Old Rural Hall Road to support and serve the community.

The funds also support the Post.

First Thursday of each month – Movie and Speaker Discussion TEEM (Temple Emanuel’s Environmental Movement) will have a free environmental movie and speaker series at Temple Emanuel, 201 Oakwood Drive. The series will be the third Tuesday and first Thursday of each month. For more information, contact Gayle Tuch at ggtuch@yahoo.com or call 336-766-2767. (There are no third Tuesday events during the months of June, July and Aug.) Mondays – Senior Stretch class The Salvation Army Senior Center holds Senior Stretch Exercise at the LaDeara Crest Resource Center, 2531 LaDeara Crest Lane, on Mondays at 11 a.m. The chair-based class is designed to increase balance, flexibility, range of motion and endurance.

Tuesdays – Senior Tai Chi class The Salvation Army Senior Center, 2850 New Walkertown Road, holds Tai Chi for Falls Prevention (TCFP) on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Based on the Tai Chi for Arthritis program, TCFP is shown to prevent falls, improve balance and overall health, and reduce pain. TCFP consists of a series of gentle movements that can be done standing or seated.

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WS/FCS names new Atkins High School principal, other district leaders SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Dr. Angela Hairston, superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, has named Dr. Jesse Pratt as instructional superintendent, Lauren Richards as chief operating officer for Opera-

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tions, Stephanie Ward as program manager for Elementary Language Arts, and Dr. Chris Nichols as Atkins High School principal.

years as principal in Guilford County serving at Dudley High School, Middle College at NC A&T State University, and Allen Middle School. From 2001 to 2003, he served as the assistant principal at Southeast Middle School in Kernersville.

Pratt has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Appalachian State University and a doctor of education degree from High Point University. Pratt replaces Trish Gainey who retired in 2019. His start date has yet to be determined.

Lauren Richards currently serves as the executive director of Child Nutrition for Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools.

She has been in that role since 2013. Prior to that, Richards spent three years in Guilford County as an operations supervisor.

From 2006 to 2010, she served in a variety of roles for the ARAMARK Corporation including assistant director, retail manager and catering manager.

Richards has a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She replaces Wayne Loflin who is retiring. She will begin in February.

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Dr. Jesse Pratt

Since 2018 Jesse Pratt has served as the assistant superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Services for Thomasville City Schools. Prior to that, Pratt served as the academic improvement officer and regional superintendent for Indianapolis Public Schools for three years. Earlier in his career, Pratt spent more than 12

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Dr. Chris Nichols has served as the principal at the WS/FCS Career Cen-

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Stephanie Ward ter since 2014. Prior to that he was principal at Forbush High School in Yadkin County for four years. For 10 years, Nichols was an assistant principal spending time at both Parkland High School and Paisley IB Magnet School.

Dr. Nichols started his educational career as a math teacher. Nichols has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Appalachian State University and his Ed.D. in Educational Administration from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He replaces Joe Childers who passed away unexpectedly in December. Nichols will start his new role on March 1.

Stephanie Ward has served as the district curriculum coordinator for Davidson County Schools since July of 2019. Prior to that she spent seven years as the AIG instructional program specialist for Davidson County.

Earlier in her career, she served as the elementary lead teacher and as a classroom teacher at Wallburg Elementary. Ward has a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and a master’s degree from Gardner-Webb University. She will begin her new role in February.

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WS/FCS receives $300,000 N.C. School Safety Equipment Grant SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has been notified by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that the district is the recipient of a $300,000 School Safety Equipment Grant. The money will be used to enhance school safety equipment at schools across the district.

Upon the Board of Education’s acceptance of the funds, WS/FCS plans to use the money to replace and update AiPhone Intercom and entry systems at all elementary schools.

The updated systems in-

clude additional security cameras that can be integrated into the existing camera software.

The district will also use the funds to add additional electrified latching systems to exterior service doors at all 70 kitchens across the district. These entry devices will also include cameras.

Remaining funds will be used to update and integrate the cameras on existing intercom and entry devices located at middle schools and other administrative sites.

Combined, these projects allow WS/FCS to utilize consistent technology

across all elementary and middle school campuses as well as administrative sites.

Darrell Walker, WS/ FCS assistant superintendent for Operations, says, “This really allows us to have a standard, secure entry platform across the district. This will incredibly enhance our ability to monitor all campuses from one central location.

We will also be able to visually monitor service entrances and other doors that we could not before.”

The district hopes to have all the new equipment in place by mid-June.

Summit School receives major gift to fund teacher professional development SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Zanne and Bud Baker of Winston-Salem have made a generous gift to Summit School and have committed to endow the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CEI), to ensure that teachers at the school will continue the 86-year tradition of exemplary progressive education.

The new gift will grow the CEI endowment to $1.4 million and fund numerous opportunities for Summit School teachers to expand their talents and skills across the full spectrum of education. The Bakers are honoring the founder of the CEI and Head of School, Michael Ebeling. In dedicating their gift, Zanne Baker said, “The Michael J. Ebeling Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning will remind future teachers and children that once, someone believed that ‘the single biggest variable in a student’s success is the quality of the classroom teacher.’ Dr. Ebeling’s commitment to redefining professional development for all educators in the community is the vision that inspired our gift. We are pleased to invest in Summit in this way.”

Zanne Baker holds a fundamental belief that learning, as the result of ex-

ceptional teaching, should be the focus of school. “It’s not whether a teacher has the right props. What’s more important to their learning is that they feel included in the process. Forget the agenda and make the child the agenda.”

The endowment will ensure funding for studying and applying current research, science and best practices in learning and teaching; developing curriculum and refining pedagogy in all grade levels and areas of study, including literacy, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics), the social-emotional development of children, and the neuroscience of learning. The endowment will also enable the CEI to offer workshops, conferences and seminars for educators from schools throughout Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools, this region, and the nation.

Michael Ebeling, head of school, states, “This gift is transformational for Summit School and for the world to which our graduates will contribute. This gift is an expression of loving humanity by cultivating in children a passion and capacity for lifelong learning. Ultimately it is our children who benefit from expert classroom teachers.”

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Girl Scouts donate 4,744 bags of goods to Goodwill SUBMITTED ARTICLE

COLFAX - Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont, in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina, Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina and Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont, partnered together in their annual service project, Good Turn for Goodwill, during the month of October.

For 18 years, local Girl Scouts have collected gently used clothing, toys, books and household items to benefit their local Goodwill stores and donation

centers. The program also supports employment and training programs through Goodwill that allows people in the community looking for jobs to gain independence and financial stability. Several troops also use the project as an opportunity to tour Goodwill facilities and see behind the scenes of the how the organization operates.

During October 2019, 2,000 Girl Scouts from 287 troops from across western and central North Carolina donated 4,744 bags of goods, an increase in donations by over 1,100 bags from last year.

Girl Scouts Caroli-

nas Peaks to Piedmont, a United Way agency, is one of 111 councils nationwide chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA to deliver Girl Scout program within specific geographic boundaries. The local council serves nearly 12,000 girls and 6,000 adult volunteers in 40 counties and maintains three camp properties and four service centers offering unique experiences for girls and adults. For more information on how to join, volunteer, reconnect or donate to GSCP2P, call 800-672-2148 or visit www.girlscoutsp2p.org.

Young wins drone at aviation camp

On Feb. 1, Alissa Young (far right) won the drone at the Jim Shaw ACE Academy camp. She is pictured with Jim Shaw (owner) and Caroline Rice who has been a participant of the camp for the last few years.

The academy will host a number of sessions this year to get youth interested in the field of aviation. The next ACE Academy Aviation Breakfast and Drone flying event is schedule for March 7 at 8 a.m. at North State Aviation, 4001 Liberty St. A drone will be given away at each session. For more information call 336-306-8145 or visit www. shawaceacademy.com.

Local magnet schools receive recognitions SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Reynolds High School has once again been named a National Magnet School of Excellence. North Forsyth High School and Atkins Academic & Technology High School have been named a National Magnet School of Distinction. The honorable titles come from Magnet Schools of America, the national association for magnet and theme-based schools.

Reynolds was named a Nationally Certified Magnet School by Magnet Schools of America (MSA) in 2017. Being named a Magnet School of Excellence is an award offered only to a select group of magnet schools across the country and this is the second year in a row Reynolds has received this honor. Reynolds has served as a model of progressive education since the school opened in 1923.

In 2008 Reynolds started its magnet program for visual and performing arts.

More than 600 students take part in the magnet program and more than 1,800 are involved in the overall arts-related experiences within the school.

Reynolds offers more than 60 visual and performing arts courses.

Reynolds principal Dr. Leslie Alexander says, “It is exciting and quite an honor to again receive this award. The national certification and award process is based on the Magnet School Standards of Excellence and those standards really define Reynolds. Two years in a row provides our team with validation that our work continues to align with those pillars of diversity, innovative curriculum and professional development, academic excellence, high

quality instructional systems, and family and community partnerships. Being recognized two years in a row as a role model in the ways we do our work is truly a statement about the incredible team we have at Reynolds.”

North Forsyth High School is a Health Science magnet school, which focuses on introducing students to specialized classes and integrated content alongside opportunities to learn about careers in health sciences. North Forsyth is home to an Academy of Health Sciences in partnership with the National Academy Foundation (NAF), a nonprofit organization that works to help high schools provide skilled workers in several fields. Students explore fields such as nursing, nursing specialties, biomedicine, and forensics.

Principal Melita Wise says, “We spend a lot of time working to give students a well-rounded sense of the possibilities and opportunities for careers within these fields. Since beginning this magnet school journey in 2017, we’ve worked hard to provide unique opportunities unlike others in this district. It is so satisfying to know our peers in education, from across the country, have looked at what we are doing and feel we should be recognized on this level.”

Atkins Academic & Technology High School is a STEM magnet school which focuses learning on science, technology, engineering and math. Those principles are integrated throughout the curriculum.

Atkins has a special blend of academic rigor, specialized curricula, diversity, and scholastic excellence.

As a magnet school, Atkins does more than just

give students a broader educational opportunity.

With the availability of exclusive technology course strands and various hightech equipment, Atkins gives all students an equal chance to do well and succeed.

Christina Forney, program manager for WS/ FCS Magnet Programs, says, “It is no secret to us that Atkins is a special place. Being awarded this distinction by Magnet Schools of America confirms for us that what is happening for students at Atkins is impactful, rigorous, and valuable in preparing them for success in the future.”

When asked about having three schools recognized, Forney says, “It’s an honor. A panel of educators evaluates these programs very closely. They are judged on the ability to demonstrate diversity, academic achievement, and partnership with the community. It should reinforce for our community that we have some incredible magnet programs giving our students opportunities that are unmatched in other places.”

To receive the national awards, all three schools had to submit a detailed application. A panel of educators scored the applications. These schools are judged on their demonstrated ability to raise student academic achievement, promote racial and socioeconomic diversity, provide integrated curricula and instruction, and create strong family and community partnerships that enhance the school’s magnet theme. The schools will be recognized in April at the national awards ceremony at the Magnet Schools of America’s National Conference in Nevada.

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Beverly Anita Walker Administrator for Helen Otis Spann Conner, deceased 5964 Stanleyville Drive Rural Hall, NC 27045 The Chronicle January. 16, 23, 30 and Febuary 6, 2020 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY In the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, Before the Clerk Mirna Maribel Cruz v. Jose Manuel Duenez Rodriguez, 18 CVD2380 (Forsyth County) TO MR. Rodriguez: Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: ABSOLUTE DIVORCE You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than March 9, 2020, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 14th day of January 2020.

Jessica G. Armentrout Attorney for Plaintiff Greenwood Law 119 Brookstown Ave. #300 Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Phone: 336.661.8788 The Chronicle January 23, 30, and February 6, 2020 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY In the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, Before the Clerk Maria Eva Ramos Gaitan v. Jose Silvestre Lemus Gaitan, 20 CVD 445 (Forsyth County) TO Mr. Lemus Gaitan Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: ABSOLUTE DIVORCE You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than March 2, 2020, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 30th day of January 2020.

Jessica G. Armentrout Attorney for Plaintiff Greenwood Law 119 Brookstown Ave. #300 Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Phone: 336.661.8788

IN THE MATTER OF: 19 J 235 LAUREN MARIA JOHSON DOB: 12-26-19 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Kim Johnson - mother 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 the Juvenile Petition filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services alleging Lauren Maria Johnson to be a neglected and dependent juvenile as pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-101(15) and 7B-101(9).

You are required to make a written answer to the Petition alleging to adjudicate neglect and dependency within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petition within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Petition, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for adjudication to the above-referenced juvenile.

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 adjudicate Neglect and Dependency is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., on Friday, March 27, 2020 in Courtroom 1-D of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

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BY PUBLICATION TO: John Doe-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 the Juvenile Petition filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services alleging Anthony Douglas Jones to be a neglected and dependent juvenile as pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-101(15) and 7B-101(9).

You are required to make a written answer to the Petition alleging to adjudicate neglect and dependency within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petition within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Petition, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for adjudication to the above-referenced juvenile.

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 adjudicate Neglect and Dependency is scheduled for 11:45 a.m., on Monday, March 23, 2020 in Courtroom 1-D of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 29th day of January, 2020 Theresa A. Bocher Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (336) 703-3901 The Chronicle February 6, 13, 20, 2020

IN THE MATTER OF: 19 JT 002 19 JT 003 OLIVIA AALIYAH JOHNSON DOB: 10-28-18 TRAVIS DERON PARKER, JR. DOB: 05-11-16 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Kim Karen Johnson - mother of juveniles John A. Doe - father of Travis Deron Parker Jr. John B. Doe - father of Olivia Aaliyah Johnson TAKE NOTICE that Juvenile Petitions seeking relief against you have 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 juveniles pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.

You are required to make a written answer to the Petitions 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 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 Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 in Courtroom 1-D of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 30th day of January, 2020

An Invitation to Provide Invocations Before Meeting of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners The religious leaders or chosen leaders of any assembly that periodically and regularly meets in Forsyth County for the purpose of worshiping or discussing their religious perspectives are invited to offer an invocation before a meeting of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners.

Those interested may submit their information at http://www.forsyth.cc/commissioners/invocations.aspx or by contacting the Clerk to the Board by email at sloopam@forsyth.cc or U.S. Mail and provide your name, phone number and email address.

The Board generally meets at 2:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of every month except the month of December, in which it meets on the first and third Monday.

This opportunity is voluntary, and speakers are free to offer an invocation according to the principles of their own conscience. The Board requests that the prayer opportunity not be exploited as an effort to convert others to the particular faith of the invocational speaker, threaten damnation, nor to disparage any faith or belief different than that of the invocational speaker.

Ashleigh M. Sloop Clerk to the Board Forsyth County Government Center 201 N. Chestnut Street Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 sloopam@forsyth.cc The Chronicle February 6, 2020

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ENDORSEMENTS Election Day

Early Voting February 13th - 29th

March 3

Fmr. Winston-Salem Mayor

Fmr. High Point Mayor

Martha Woods

Bernita Sims

State Representative

State Representative

Allison Dahle

Raymond Smith

Forsyth County Commissioner

Fleming El-Amin

Winston-Salem City Council Member

Winston-Salem City Council Member

Jeff MacIntosh

James Taylor

Winston-Salem/Forsyth Co. School Board Chair

Malishai Woodbury

State Representative

Carolyn Logan

State Representative

State Representative

Zach Hawkins

James Gailliard

Winston-Salem City Council Member

Dan Besse

Fmr. Winston-Salem City Council Member

Dr. Virginia Newell

State Representative

Nasif Majeed

Fmr. Pastor Emmanuel Baptist Church Dr. John Mendez

State Representative

Fmr. Winston-Salem/Forsyth Co. School Board Member

Fmr. State Rep.

Victor Johnson

Kandie Smith

Larry W. Womble

Winston-Salem/Forsyth Co. School Board Member

Fmr. Greensboro City Council Member

Fmr. Winston-Salem/Forsyth Co.

School Board Member

Winston-Salem City Council Member

Elisabeth Motsinger

Jamal Foxx

Deanna Taylor

John Larson

“He has consistently fought for everyday people as a member of the City Council where he chaired the Community Development Housing and General Government Committee. As chair, he led the efforts to address the backlog of housing inspections, invest in the creation of affordable housing and confront systemic poverty.

Derwin has continued this fight in the state house, advocating for criminal justice reform and larger investments in education.

He may be the youngest person in the race, but he has one of the longest and the most diverse record of elected and community service. He is prepared to serve the people of the 6th Congressional District.”

- Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines