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Residents mark historic address Volume 43, Number 19

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OBAMA’S LAST STATE OF THE UNION

President’s final State of the Union talk focuses on future

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Americans across the nation were glued to their TVs Tuesday night when President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union address.

At the local level, The WinstonSalem Urban League’s Young Professionals organization held a watch party to celebrate the historic occasion.

Urban League Chief Executive Officer James Perry said he felt it was important to host the event.

“This is a historic moment,” he said. “We wanted to mark this memPresident Obama orable evening by inviting the community to fellowship while listening to what the president would say in his final address.”

During his hourlong speech, Obama addressed a number of issues, including economic inequality, education, global warming, voting rights and national security, among others. Although his time as president is coming to See Address on A8

Citizens thoughtfully listen to President Barack Obama deliver his final State of he Union address at a watch party hosted by the Urban League Young Professionals Organization.

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New president Campaigns gear up lays out plan Volunteers open Candidate Rey for the future James Perry

Volunteers Glenda Wharton, Brian Coletta, Heather Jones, Sam Little and Rebekah Ricardo get set up for last week’s phone bank. Also pictured in the background is Angela Savitri.

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campaign office tells Democrats for Bernie Sanders Burr can be beat

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

Volunteers supporting the Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign opened up a local office last week on Waughtown Street.

Early last week a “barnstorming” event was held that drew a standing room only crowd of more than 130 people to the office at 95 Waughtown Street. Opened with no campaign money, the office is paid for and manned by See Sanders on A2

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In 2011 Chris Rey ran for office for the first time, facing off against an incumbent mayor of Spring Lake with 31 years in public office, ten of them as mayor. He achieved not just an upset but a landslide, getting 76 percent of the vote.

Rey told Forsyth County Senior Democrats during their meeting at Golden Corral on Dec 7 that was a feat

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When James Perry relocated to the city last year from New Orleans, he decided he wanted to get involved with an organization that is making the lives of the less fortunate better.

“I knew I wanted to work with an organization that had a track record of improving the lives of those in the community who are suffering from poverty and other issues.” said Perry. “After doing my research I decided the Winston-Salem Urban League was the best place for me.

Last month following, a nationwide search, Perry was named president and chief executive of the organization

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local volunteers. Sanders, a 74-year-old Vermont senator, has become known for drawing large crowds at his events and for the enthusiasm of his supporters. He’s raised more money than any presidential candidate except Hillary Clinton, who he’s competing against for the Democratic nomination.

On Friday, Jan. 8, the office held its first phone bank, as volunteers called primary states like Iowa and South Carolina trying to mobilize voters for Sanders. The smell of fresh paint hung in the air as volunteers had just finished cleaning and painting the walls. Space heaters were the only source of warmth since the heating system wasn’t working yet.

Volunteers brought in their own laptops or mobile devices and phones to call voters using the campaign’s online tools.

“It’s very much a grassroots effort and that means that supporters are donating their time, money and supplies,” said volunteer Rebekah Ricardo. “We’re willing to do that because of how much we want

Bernie to win and how strongly we feel about the good he can do for this country.”

Sam Little was among the volunteers at the phone bank. The 27-year-old said Sanders support of things like free college tuition make him appealing to young people. She said that she feels that Sanders support will grow among African-Americans like her. She pointed out that Sanders is not only a longtime civil rights activist but has also been consistently active on the issue of economic inequality, which was among the major causes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I think he’s not as well known to minorities as Hillary Clinton, but if they learn who he is and what his policies are, they’ll see that he’s more beneficial to them,” she said.

Sanders was arrested in 1962 while protesting segregation at the University of Chicago and participated in the 1963 March on Washington. He’s spoken out against mass incarceration and the death penalty his entire career. In 1988, he endorsed civil rights leader Jesse Jackson for president.

Larry Little, a Winston-

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Salem State University professor and longtime local activist, stopped by to see the office during the phone bank. He is a longtime supporter of Sanders, because of the senator’s devotion to things like civil rights and economic justice. He too said Clinton’s dominance among black voters comes from familiarity. Those who don’t follow politics closely wouldn’t know about Sanders’ history, but he said but he’ll be trying to change that locally, by stirring up support in the black community for Sanders.

“There are a lot of us who follow these things carefully, we just have to take his message out there,” said Larry Little, who is Sam Little’s father.

Volunteer Angela Savitri, who switched her party affiliation from unaffiliated to Democrat so she could vote for Sanders in the primary, also said she had many reasons to like Sanders, including his support for getting big money out of politics, paid parental leave, economic parity and environmental issues.

“He is the only candidate in my lifetime who cares more about humanitarian values than solely

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economic ones,” said Savitri, who is 38.

While these positions may be shared by Sanders’ primary opponents like Clinton, it’s Sanders consistency throughout his career on those issues that makes him unique, said

Spring Lake Mayor Chris Rey tells Forsyth County Senior Democrats why he should get Democratic nomination for Senate.

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he’d like to repeat, but this time against incumbent Republican Senator Richard Burr.

“This campaign is about believing,” Rey told attendees.

“I want you to believe, number one, that Richard Burr can be beat, make no mistake about it, he can be beat.”

Rey is running in the Democratic primary against two opponents for the chance to take on Burr, a two-term Republican incumbent. Rey, who grew up in and around Spring Lake, became the youngest mayor in the town’s history when he was elected at 34 years old. Spring Lake had an estimated population of 13,037 in 2013.

It’s a small, rural town, oftentimes unknown to people in other parts of the state, Rey said that he believes that to be an asset, not a weakness, of his campaign, allowing him to connect with voters.

“The majority of the folks I connect with, even though a lot of them may live in these big cities, just about everyone who came up and spoke to me this morning is from a small town,” said Rey, who’s been reelected unopposed twice.

Rey said he’d left Spring Lake years ago but found that it had become a town “in transition and not in the right way” and that inspired him to come back to run for mayor.

Spring Lake was badly in need of jobs, economic development and infrastructure improvements. The town was also recovering from a police scandal that caused its

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police force, which has less than 30 sworn officers, to lose its authority in 2009, with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office taking over law enforcement in the town.

He said the town has transformed over the last four years. The reformed police department got its full authority back in 2013 and has implemented body cameras.

He said that economic development has improved as he’s attended many ribbon cuttings and ground breakings.

However, Spring Lake still has serious economic challenges. The town is next to Fort Bragg and its economy is dependent on those who work at the base. Job cuts at the base, caused by the across-the-board government cuts of the 2013 sequester,

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hurt the local economy. Rey said that Burr’s vote for the sequester helped spur him to run for Senate.

“How do you vote against the interests of your state?” Rey said.

The sequester was part of the bi-partisan 2011 Budget Control Act, which created automatic cuts if a congressional “super committee” could not agree on a way to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over ten years, which it failed to do. Burr has said that voting for the act was a “big regret” of

Signs for Bernie Sanders stand along the wall of his new campaign office on Waughtown Street.

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Savitiri. He also doesn’t have an affiliated Super PAC, unlike Clinton and most presidential candidates, which she believes will make him less beholden to big money special interests.

Sanders is supported by a Super PAC that’s not

Spring Lake Mayor Chris Rey chats with attendees after the meeting.

Rey’s mayoral career is just part of the biography he touted. He’s an Army veteran who was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and was awarded the Bronze Star.

After his time in the military, he

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affiliated with his campaign, called National Nurses United for Patient Protection. Unlike other Super PACs, it is funded by union dues, not contributions from wealthy donors.

Sanders has repeatedly said he will not raise money for any Super PAC.

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investing in public education, taking care of veterans and their families, closing the gender pay gap and helping those in the lower and middle class.

During Q&A, former County Commissioner Beaufort Bailey asked Rey how he would work with the “sorry conservatives in the Senate” if he won the seat. Rey responded that his time as mayor prepared him to work across the aisle and get results.

“As a mayor of a city, it doesn’t matter if you’re a Republican or Democrat, I had to get things done,” Rey said.

Mildred Griffin, a regular at the Senior Democrats meetings, said she was impressed by Rey. “He’s dynamic, I just love him,” she said. “He has a lot of experience in leadership.”

Senior Democrat Chair Fred Terry, the husband of N.C. Rep Evelyn Terry who also attended the meeting, said that next month Senior Democrats will be hearing from one of Rey’s primary opponents, Kevin Griffin, a Pfafftown native who is CEO of a staffing firm in Durham.

“The vote in Forsyth County is critical for any candidate running for statewide office,” said Fred Terry.

Deborah Ross, a former Democratic N.C. representative, is also running for the seat and is the early favorite in the polls.

interned for Representative John Lewis.

Rey said he learned a lot from Lewis and made an impression on the Georgia lawmaker and civil rights leader.

“He said to me, ‘Young brother, you’re going to run for office one day,’” Rey recounted, doing his best impression of Lewis. “And I told him I was never, ever going to run for office one day. He was like, ‘No, no you will and when you do, I will be there for you.’”

Lewis was true to his word and made appearances for Rey in his mayoral campaigns. Rey is a member of the National Guard and has also worked on cyber securi- The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernest ty policy for the Department H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is published of Defense. He is executive every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing director of Cumberland Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. HealthNET, a non-profit 27101. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. organization that connects Annual subscription price is $30.72. the uninsured with healthcare in Cumberland County. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle, P.O. Box 1636 Rey said that among his Winston-Salem, NC 27102-1636 priorities if elected would be

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It was announced on Dec. 1, the 60th anniversary of the day civil rights icon Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of a Montgomery, Ala. bus.

And it is with that spirit, says N.C. NAACP President Rev. Dr. William Barber, that the “It’s Our Time, It’s our Vote” campaign will move forward in 2016, registering record numbers of North Carolinians to vote and mobilizing them to the polls.

The campaign, led by the N.C. NAACP and the Forward Together Movement, has been underway now for just over a month. A few weeks ago, black newspapers represented by the N.C. Black Publishers Association and the National Newspaper Publishers Association joined forces with the NAACP in North Carolina in the major 2016 voter mobilization effort, and to promote the upcoming 10th annual Moral March on Raleigh/HK on J People’s Assembly on Saturday, Feb. 13 in Raleigh.

More than 80,000 people from across the state and nation participated last year.

Rev. Barber says there are over 180 coalition partners representing groups from civil and economic to environmental and educational rights advocacy involved in the nonpartisan campaign.

The NC Council of Churches has also joined forces in the GOTV (Get Out The Vote) effort. Leaders in North Carolina’s Hispanic community are also members of the coalition.

Per the N.C. NAACP, over 120 adult, youth and college branches statewide are involved. The overall training for the campaign is being conducted by the state civil rights organization and Democracy North Carolina, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy advocacy group.

“Our goal is long-term, issue-based voter registration, voter education, voter mobilization, and voter protection,” said Rev. Barber.

The “It’s Our Time” campaign is just one prong of the N.C. NAACP’s voting rights battle. Ever since the NC Legislature passed the 2013 Voter ID law that effectively rolled back previous voting rights expansions, the N.C. NAACP and its partners have gone to state and federal courts to challenge its constitutionality.

“We have called for an injunction against the implementation of the voter ID [law], because even though we have won

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a lot of concessions from the state and forced them to change the original [law] that they had through our protests and legal action, it is still quite confusing … misinformation has gone out into the community ...,” Rev. Barber says.

“We’re still headed to court because of the constitutionality of the law itself, because we already know from the Texas case that voter ID on its face is unconstitutional.

The courts have pretty much said that.”

Rev. Barber also indicted that the N.C. NAACP will be appealing the 2011 redistricting case after the N.C. Supreme Court in December upheld the skewed voting districts the Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly created that “stacked and packed” black voters into limited districts so that they could dominate close races with white Democrats.

The N.C. NAACP is also waiting on the ruling from the federal judge in Winston-Salem involving s a m e - d a y registration/early voting heard last July. Same day registration and early voting are still in effect until that ruling because the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction maintaining it.

Meanwhile, Jan. 25 is when the N.C. NAACP will be back in court to argue the unconstitutionality of voter photo identification. Last June state lawmakers softened the requirement of using only a government-issued photo ID while voting, realizing that they could lose in court.

Per grassroots organization, Rev. Barber says there will be a mass “Souls to the Polls” campaign, though not necessarily on Sundays since not all counties will have Sunday early voting this year. There will be a mass media campaign, intensive training for NAACP branch members, faith leaders and other members of the coalition.

“Our goal, in coalition, is to raise at a minimum of ten percent of the 281,000 unregistered black population of North Carolina,” Rev. Barber said, adding that that’s in addition to a broader target of voter registration beyond the African-American community. The effort has also set a goal with the denominational leadership – inclusive of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish faiths – of having 3,000 faith communities to work with the “Souls to the Polls” program, which would include registering particular denominations, doing religious studies and preaching around the theme of civic engagement that is

nonpartisan and issuebased.

In anticipation of a lot of Election Day confusion at the polls, there will also be GOTV and voter protection training in all parts of the state for 1500 grassroots leaders in 90 counties, Rev. Barber says, beginning this month.

There will be monitors at the polls to ensure legal procedures are adhered to.

There will be more Moral Monday demonstrations on the road, going into counties where many of the extreme legislators come from. Rev. Barber says many of the citizens in these districts reject the repressive policies of the Legislature, and the N.C. NAACP has been able to start new, predominatelywhite chapters in these areas.

A large number of young people will be hired this summer for the “Freedom Summer Fellowship Program,” where the work of Freedom Summer 1964 will not only be remembered, but reenacted.

Several hundred thousand robo-calls to voters will be made before the general election of 2016, and 50 Moral Marches to the polls will be held before both the March 15 primaries and the Nov. 4 general election.

Rev. Barber said the upcoming 10th annual Moral March on Raleigh/HK on J People’s Assembly on Saturday, Feb. 13 in Raleigh will also promote the theme, “It’s Our Time, It’s Our Vote.”

“It’s going to be livestreamed across the state and nation. We will have people who have been impacted by repressive policies [to stop the vote],” Rev. Barber said, adding that the uncle of Andrew Goodman, one of the three 1960’s civil rights workers killed by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi, will be a special marshal at the march.

After the march, Rev. Barber says they will take the campaign on the road across the state and a 2016 voter guide will also be released, focusing on where the candidates have taken stands on the issues.

Local branches and coalition partners will hold town halls to help better educate their communities on what the key issues are.

“Healthcare is on the ballot; public education is on the ballot; environmental justice, living wages and collective bargaining are all also on the ballot,” Rev. Barber said.

“Black lives are on the ballot. We see this election not just in terms of the personalities, but the critical public policy issues that we’ll all be affected by on

community understands how important voting is.

“Others have had the time to vote on policy. It’s our time now to judge them at the ballot box,” said Barber. “We aren’t just building for 2016; we are building an infrastructure that will last a long time, beyond this election.”

The N.C. NAACP on Tuesday, Jan. 12, held a press conference in Durham to provide an update on the organization’s lawsuit that challenges the state’s restrictive voter ID requirement.

“North Carolina’s voter ID requirement is one of the many provisions of the state’s massive voter suppression law, H.B. 589,” the organization said in a statement. “Knowing the ID requirement would not

pass constitutional review, the legislature modified the law just weeks before the July 2015 trial challenging H.B. 589. The trial proceeded regarding the law’s other provisions, though the photo ID requirement will not be addressed in court until Jan. 25 [in federal court in WinstonSalem]. Under the modified ID requirement, voters who do not have one of the limited forms of accepted ID due to a ‘reasonable impediment’ can sign a declaration confirming their identity.”

At Tuesday’s press conference, the NC NAACP reported on the continued legal challenge to this requirement and urged voters to make their voices heard at the polls in March “despite the obstacles.”

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Over 100 members of the N.C. NAACP and its Forward Together Moral Movement gathered at Goler Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church on Saturday, Jan. 9, to receive training on how to register voters and learn more about the upcoming election.

The training sessions were part of the N.C. NAACP’s fight for voting rights, better known as “Our Time, Our Vote.”

The campaign is a collaboration with Democracy N.C. and is designed to promote voter education, engagement and empowerment.

During a press conference held before the training session, the N.C. NAACP president, the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber said it is important that the

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N.C. NAACP President Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II speaks during a press conference on Saturday, Jan. 9, in Winston-Salem at Goler Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church.

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Citizens concerned about health issues linked to underground chemicals (L to R) Environmental toxicologist Will Service and director of stormwater and erosions control Keith Huff update the community on the groundwater testing that was completed in the area.

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Concerned citizens lined the walls of a conference room at Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center last Wednesday, with a number of questions for city officials about the groundwater contamination near Hanes and Lowrance Middle Schools.

“We need answers,” said Brandon Williams who lives near the schools located on Indiana Ave. “More needs to be done to keep the community informed,” he said. “We only know what we hear on

the news or read in the paper. They should be in direct contact with the entire community.”

Last year the WinstonSalem/Forsyth County School Board decided to close the two schools after parents and students began to question the health risk linked to the chemicals found underneath the school and surrounding neighborhood.

Now citizens who live in the area say they need to know more about the contaminated area and if they are at risk inside their own homes. A number of taxpayers said they wanted

Public art gets a city-county commission

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

Winston-Salem and Forsyth County will soon be taking steps toward creating a City-County Public Art Commission to help foster local public art.

Forsyth County Commissioners approved a city-county inter-local agreement for the commission on Monday. The City Council approved the agreement last month. The Public Art Commission will include artists, civic Beal and business leaders, and community members passionate about public art. The commission will have a budget from the city that will be used for public art projects in Forsyth County and will be assisted by City-County Planning staff.

“There’s been a big interest in public art over the years and it’s actually been difficult to implement projects just because

more homes to be tested for contaminates as well.

Director of storm water and erosions control Keith Huff said the city has tested a number of homes in the area and intends to test more homes in the future.

“We have tested inside and underneath a number of houses in the area. We will be testing more houses in the coming weeks, but we need permission from homeowners to do so,” said Huff. “We want to make sure everyone is safe.”

According to Huff, seven homes have been tested in the area for tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and

Citizens from the Hanes-Lowrance neighborhood gathered at Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center last Wednesday to get more information on groundwater contamination discovered in the area last year.

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trochloroethylene (TCE), the two most concerning chemicals found in the area. Both chemicals have been linked directlyto cancer.

During the test, experts obtained ground samples from underneath a number of homes and tested the air quality inside a number of others believed to be in the affected area.

Huff said none of the homes tested positive for PCE and only one home tested positive for TCE. Environmental toxicologist Will Service said the amount of TCE present in the home that tested posi-

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there’s been no dedicated group to do it,” said K e l l y Bennett, a project planner with the City-County Planning Board, who added that most major cities in the state already have a public art commission or advisory board.

One common issue with public art, according to the city-county public art plan, is that often artists or art groups have a challenge finding space to put public art.

The commission can ease that process by finding city or county property for such projects. Public art will be done all over the city and county, not just in downtown where it’s most often found. The public art may be on public or private property and may be art in the public realm or art paid for by public funds.

According to the public art plan, the commission should reflect Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in race, ethnicity and

The City’s finance committee approved a plan on Monday, Dec. 11, to increase police and fire pay that’s expected to pass the full City Council next week.

The finance committee approved a plan that would raise the minimum pay for sworn police officers and certified firefighters by 7.5 percent on Feb. 1, with those paid below that getting an adjustment so their salaries meet the new minimum. In addition, there would be a two percent annual supplemental raise on Feb. 1 for those with at least one year of tenure that, pending approval in future budgets, would continue to happen annually in January. This is in addition to normal merit raises in July. All members of the City Council were in attendance and expressed sup-

port for the plan, which is expected to pass unanimously before the council on Tuesday.

The plan addresses retention issues with police officers and firefighters as they leave for other departments that pay more.

Winston-Salem is behind other Triad and other North Carolina cities with populations over 100,000 in police and fire pay.

“If we’re losing the brightest and best, we’re not being responsible when it comes to public safety,” said City Council Member James Taylor, who chairs the Public Safety Committee.

Derwin Montgomery was among the council members who said he supported the plan, but also wanted to look at pay for other city employees and benefits as well, such as 401k contribution. A 2014 analysis found that 80 percent of positions in the city

Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke said she understands the citizens’ frustration.

Burke mentioned she would personally ensure more homes are tested in the area and the community is kept up to date with any changes that may occur.

“I totally understand the frustration of the community members,” she said. “Many of these people have been living here for years and they deserve answers.

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by African-American artist Vandorn Hinnant, which was commissioned by the City to honor its centennial, stands in Corpening Plaza.

demographics. County Commissioners will choose three to five appointees from nominations made by the towns that approved the public art plan. The mayor will choose six appointees, which will be approved by City Council, from applicants in Winston-Salem.

Bennett said that a variety of members in the local art community were consulted in crafting the public art plan, like mural artist Marianne DiNapoli-Mylet, Arts Council President Jim Sparrow, Delta Arts Director Nadiyah Quander, and Endia Beal, director of the Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem State University.

Beal, who is also an artist known for her photography, said that she felt that the commission will be diverse and include

City finance committee approves police/fire pay raises

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tive would not cause any health issues because the amount present was so small.

“The risk was extremely low in that one finding,” he said. “A one-in-a-million cancer risk.”

Service mentioned large amounts of both chemicals have also been linked to a number of complications with the human liver. The chemicals only pose health risk when released into the air.

According to Service, the chemicals do not pose any risk when present in the ground.

During the meeting

paid less than similar jobs in other markets in the state. With the exception of police officers, WinstonSalem does not contribute to an employee’s 401k.

Contributing to an employee’s 401k is a common practice for cities and towns.

“I’m not in any way lowering the concern on police and fire, but just raising the concern for the rest of the employees that we have because of the fact that they are not organized like police and fire are,” said Montgomery.

Captain Danny Watts was among two officers that spoke about police pay before the City Council last year, bringing attention to the issue. He was among several officers in attendance at the meeting.

Watts, who at the time was in charge of recruiting for the Winston-Salem Police Department, said he was glad the City Council is

diverse artists in its projects.

“There’ll be a variety of perspectives coming from various cultural backgrounds to really create an inclusive way in which individuals can showcase their talents,” she said.

Beal said AfricanAmerican artists are well represented in local public art. She said Winston-Salem State University has the largest collection of public art in the city in its sculpture garden on campus. She also said Corpening Plaza in downtown Winston-Salem is home to a sculpture called “Together We Rise” by African-American artist Vandorn Hinnant, which was commissioned by the City to honor its centennial.

Bennett said that the new commission will help make projects like that one easier, since the City Council had to create a panel just to choose the design for the centennial art. The commission is expected to begin work later this year. Applications for the commission are currently being developed, which will be on the city and county websites.

taking action. “ We ’ r e still going to be a little below a lot of the other departments, Watts Montgomery so there are going to be departments that offer going to cause even more more pay, officers will people to walk out the door have those opportunities, than retaining them,” said but I think the people who Pollard. want to be in WinstonHe also said benefits, Salem …. as far as living like 401k and a greater here and have roots here, contribution on health this is going to help them insurance need, to be dealt stay,” said Watts, who was with. Health insurance has recently promoted to head been going up annually by the WSPD Professional about 5 percent for city Standards Division. employees, which Pollard David Pollard, presi- said has been making the dent of the Winston-Salem small merit raises in the Professional Fire Fighters past few years feel negligiAssociation, said he was ble for many firefighters. also glad that it was being The money for the addressed, but has heard police/fire pay plan comes many complaints among out of the general fund. The firefighters about compres- City can cover it because it sion. had more revenue than “This compression is

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expected from sources like property taxes, registered motor vehicles, and an increase in sales tax collection, which are expected to continue in future years.

City Manager Lee Garrity told the City Council that to do more than the regular market and merit increases for non-public safety city employees in the 2016/2017 budget would require looking at taxes and other revenue sources. A draft of the budget is scheduled to be presented to the finance committee in March and approved by the City Council in June for implementation in July.

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Below: Members of the youth choir at Solid Rock Baptist Church perform during the talent show at Parkland High School on Saturday, Jan. 9. The annual event is hosted by the local chapter of Phi Delta Kappa.

Phi Delta Kappa honors Flonnie Anderson during talent show

Flonnie Anderson addresses the crowd during the annual talent show hosted by the local chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. on Saturday, Jan. 9 at Parkland High School. Anderson received an award for her 34 years of service to the school system.

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For the past five years, the local chapter of Phi Delta Kappa Inc., a professional organization of women in the field of education, has held a talent show to display the many talents of students in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.

With a theme of Soulful Sounds, this year’s event was bigger than ever.

And it honored long-time drama teacher Flonnie Anderson.

Chapter President Patsy Squire said the sorority holds the talent show every year to display how much talent is in the schools in this area.

“Our schools are filled with talented boys and girls,” she said. “A few years ago we decided we would hold this event so

others can see how talented they really are.”

Throughout the evening, students from a number of schools sung songs and performed dance routines with hopes of taking home the first prize of $100. Second place received $50 and third place received $25.

Although the event was very competitive, Squire mentioned the event is about having good, wholesome fun in a safe environment.

“This night is all about fun,” she said.

“Although we do keep the competitive edge by awarding winners with money, we make sure everyone involved leaves with a smile on their faces and new friends.”

A number of parents thanked the organization for putting the event together.

Adrianna Moore, whose daughter par-

ticipated in the talent show, said during a time when children are out committing adult crimes in their spare time, events like the talent show are very much needed.

“School-age children need more events like this,” said Adriana Moore. “If children had more events like this to attend, they would get into less trouble.”

During the event, the members of the sorority took a moment to honor long-time drama teacher Flonnie Anderson with an award for her hard work and dedication to improving the lives of hundreds of students over the years.

Squire said she felt the need to honor Anderson because she has touched so many lives in the area and continues to do so today.

“We believe in giving people their flowers while they are still here to smell

them,” she said. “Mrs. Anderson has set an amazing example for teachers and students across this city.”

Anderson taught in the WinstonSalem/Forsyth County Schools for 34 years before retiring in 1989. During here tenure with the school system, Anderson taught drama classes at Atkins, Anderson, and Parkland High Schools.

In 1970 Anderson became the first teacher to direct a production that featured both white and black students following the integration of schools in the late 60s.

“I am honored to be recognized by such an important organization,” said Anderson after receiving her award.

“I have received a number of awards over the years, but this one is special.”

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Kim Porter speaks to protesters gathered outside Winston-Salem City Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2015.

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Lately there has been a good deal of talk about poverty. A nonprofit asked for money to fight poverty in its year-end appeal for funds, for example.

Mayor Allen Joines, who is running for re-election, has said he has formed a 21-member panel to fight it.

Recently, in a discussion among people who help people in poverty, an interesting phenomenon came to light. This phenomenon seems to be a key element for people who are in poverty. It’s a cycle of poverty.

This concerns the working poor. When people are not making enough money to make ends meet, they seek help from social services. Food stamps and welfare help these people make ends meet. But when the people are fortunate enough to make a little more money that puts them over a threshold, those social services are cut. The people are worse off than they were before they received more money in wages. So, there is no incentive for people to make more money to make ends meet.

Social services are governed by laws, mostly state laws. Rob Schofield, in his Forum column, talks about how North Carolina legislators and Governor McCrory have cut those services drastically over several years. In the meantime, the number of jobs available in the state has not grown to meet the number of people who are seeking jobs.

This makes it harder for people, especially those in poverty, to move up to jobs with livable wages.

A livable wage would help bring people out of poverty. It is such an important issue that Council Member Derwin Montgomery advocated a $15-anhour wage for city workers after a protest supporting a livable wage showed up on the steps of City Hall in November.

A livable wage is needed for all kinds of workers.

The key is having people in elected offices who will make the laws governing social services and livable wages favorable toward people who need help.

This year, citizens have the chance to put people into office who can change lives for the better. The N.C. General Assembly is full of people now who don’t seem to have compassion for its poorest residents. As Rob Schofield says: “The plain and unavoidable truth is that state leaders did precious little in 2015 (or 2011, ‘12, ‘13 or ’14, for that matter) to improve the lives of average North Carolinians.”

Kim Porter, a community organizer for N.C. Waste Awareness and Reduction Network who led the rally in November, said: “Our elected leaders must work for working people, immigrants and people of color. We’re going to make our voices heard in this election.”

Feb. 19 is the deadline to register to vote in the March 15 primary. Education is the key to selecting candidates who can change the direction in which we are going. Start now determining who those candidates are so that Winston-Salem and North Carolina can reverse the downward direction lawmakers have been taking us. Make your voices heard.

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CBC commends Obama's efforts to make us safer To the Editor:

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and co-chairs of the CBC Gun Violence Task Force, Reps.

Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s executive actions to reduce gun violence: Gun violence has taken its toll on communities across America, and has particularly had a disproportionate impact within the African-American community and urban areas across the country. We have long witnessed the impact of horrific events that have unnecessarily taken the lives of countless individuals and it is time for sensible gun laws to help lessen the burdens that such violence has created. Over the past decade, more than 100,000 people have been killed as a result of gun violence and many of these incidents could have been prevented. Today’s executive action to reduce gun violence is a step in the right direction and members of the Congressional Black Caucus commend President Obama on the resolve to keep communities safe and keep guns out of the hands of individuals who never should have had access or the ability to purchase a weapon in the first place.

CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield, NC-01 I applaud President Obama’s bold executive actions taken today [Jan. 5]. These policies will have an immediate impact by keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous individuals and preventing gun trafficking, while also protecting the Second Amendment rights of responsible, law-abiding citizens. While President Obama’s executive actions are crucial steps in reducing the senseless gun violence plaguing our nation, they do not absolve Congress of its responsibility to act. There are gaps in existing gun laws that leave us all vulnerable to gun violence, holes that only Congress can plug.

With over 30 Americans being killed by a gun every single day, inaction is not an option. Congress has a moral

obligation to address the public health epidemic of gun violence in America, and the CBC Gun Violence Task Force will keep pushing to pass reasonable and responsible gun safety laws to save lives.

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, IL-02

I strongly support the President’s proposal to address gun violence by providing for new ATF and FBI resources and staff as well as support for mental health programs and reviews. Nothing in the president’s proposal restricts our Second Amendment right to bear arms or our right to privacy. It does, however, address several loopholes that bad apple gun dealers have been able to exploit for far too long. It also addresses the appalling lack of access to information related to people who have been legally determined unfit to purchase firearms. This includes felons, those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, and people who have been found to be a risk to themselves and others and prohibited from possessing a firearm for mental health reasons.

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Rep. Adams lauds Obama’s action on gun violence To the Editor:

[Studies show that every day when background checks are used, more than 170 felons, 50 domestic abusers, and nearly 20 fugitives are prevented from buying a gun. Currently, background checks are not required for those purchasing a gun from a gun show, through the Internet, or through a classified ad.

U.S. Rep. Alma S. Adams (NC-12) applauded President Obama’s announcement to take executive action to prevent gun violence in America.]

Far too many innocent lives have been taken at the hands of guns. I applaud President Obama for this historic step to curb gun violence in our country. The president’s action not only helps strengthen the background check system but fuels research to make guns safer, expands mental health services and helps to keep ille-

gal guns off the streets.

I have long advocated for increased gun safety measures and introduced several pieces of legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly aimed at preventing gun violence. This is why now, as a member of Congress, I believe we can’t continue to stand idly by. We must bolster the president’s efforts by passing solid legislation to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill, while also protecting gun rights for law abiding citizens.

President Obama’s executive action on gun violence: * Provides new guidance on existing federal laws, clarifying that any individual in the business of selling firearms must obtain a license through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and conduct background checks on prospective gun purchasers; * Increases funding to hire more ATF agents, provide resources for tracking illegal online firearms trafficking and strengthen domestic violence outreach efforts; * Invests in resources to expand access to mental health care; * Removes barriers that prevent the reporting of mental health information to the background check system; and * Directs the Departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security to conduct or sponsor research into new technology to make firearms safer.

U.S. Rep. Alma S. Adams (NC-12) Washington, D.C. [More than 30,000 people die from gun violence each year. Adams is a cosponsor of H.R. 1217, the Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015, bipartisan legislation to expand the existing background check system to cover all commercial firearm sales, including those at gun shows, over the Internet or in classified ads while providing reasonable exceptions for family and friend transfers. She has also cosponsored the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015, the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act, as well as a resolution to create the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention.]

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Recently, Gov. Pat McCrory issued video Guest statement in he Columnist which proffered a scattershot array of claims about where the state stands at the start of 2016 and the performance of his administration.

You can go to http://governor.nc.gov/press-release/governor-mccrory-reflects-2015 to watch it.

As usual, the gist of Governor McCrory’s pitch was that North Carolina is in the midst of a rousing economic “comeback” that’s been spurred by his administration’s policies.

According to the governor, the state is overflowing with new jobs and is one of the top performing states in the nationforputting people to work.

A statement that accompanied his video claimed that North Carolina has “added over 230,000 private sector jobs,” “paid off $2.8 billion federal debt,” “led the drive for the $2 billion Connect NC bond referendum to invest in universities, community colleges, parks, National Guard facilities, and water and sewer infrastructure” and “modernized the tax code to put more dollars in the paychecks of North Carolinians, spur job creation and

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to save families and business owners $4.4 billion over the first five years of tax reform.”

Unfortunately, these cherry-picked factoids tell only a small and misleading portion of the real story. The truth of the matter is that while North Carolina certainly has participated in the national economic recovery, things are anything but rosy for a huge swath of the population.

As N.C. Budget and Tax Center economist Patrick McHugh pointed out recently, if one counts all of the people who have left the labor market over the last several years because there are not enough jobs to go around, unemployment in North Carolina is likely still north of 10 percent.

What’s more, as McHugh also notes, McCrory’s claim that North Carolina has secured its supposedly lofty position by aggressively slashing taxes and public spending is similarly off-base. As he notes, “states like California and Massachusetts that focus more on investing than cutting have seen stronger recoveries than North Carolina or our neighbors to the south.”

And while placing some kind of a bond package to fund state infrastructure before voters this year is probably a good idea, McCrory’s claims about paying off “$2.8 billion in federal debt“ and putting more money in the paychecks of average people by cutting taxes are both wildly off-base.

The debt payoff was, of course, accomplished by imposing what were likely the

largest and most devastating cuts to unemployment insurance benefits and eligibility in modern American history. In other words, McCrory is claiming credit for inflicting unprecedented pain on the incomes of hundreds of thousands of struggling North Carolinians and the businesses (grocery stores, gas stations etc.) that they would have patronized with more cash in their pockets.

Meanwhile, the tax cut claims are similarly outrageous. As has been explained by multiple experts in recent months, the vast majority of the billions in tax cuts enacted by state leaders in recent years will inure to the benefit of wealthy individuals and profitable corporations.

Despite the governor’s cheery attempts at spin, the plain and unavoidable truth is that state leaders did precious little in 2015 (or 2011, ‘12, ‘13 or ’14, for that matter) to improve the lives of average North Carolinians.

The governor claims that education spending is up, but one need look no further than the stories of thousands upon thousands of North Carolina public school teachers working multiple jobs in an effort to make ends meet in light of their abysmal salaries to see that this is not the case.

In a similar vein, compare McCrory’s claims of pride in the state’s environmental protection work (a statement back-dropped in the video by images of beautiful natural scenes) with the long list of destructive

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acts that the state has actually taken in recent years to dismantle environmental protection efforts.

In other words, try as he will to make lemonade out of the lemons his administration and the General Assembly have churned out, there’s simply no getting past the fact that North Carolina’s overall health and well-being have been on a downward trend for several years – a drift greatly exacerbated in 2015.

At a point in our history during which we could well be leading the rest of the Southeast, and indeed the nation, on a path toward sustainable prosperity, North Carolina is, on the whole, a drabber, shabbier and more divided state that is racing to repeal much of the progress of the 20th century.

And sadly, at this point, the prospects for 2016 remain similarly grim.

Rob Schofield, director of research at N.C. Policy Watch, has three decades of experience as a lawyer, lobbyist, writer, commentator and trainer. At N.C. Policy Watch, Rob writes and edits frequent opinion pieces and blog posts, speaks to various civic groups, appears regularly on TV and radio and helps build and develop movements for change. Contact him at rob@ncpolicywatch.com or 919-8612065.

Keep the faith for African-American males James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist The year 2015 was a challenging year for African-American males.

We were shot, killed and seriously injured at record rates according to some reports.

There were national cases which caught our attention and made headline news. The relationship between black men and the police has soured to a point where we must be careful and cautious about our every move.

Many African-American men like me have often said that when we leave home in the morning, there is no guarantee that we will return home in the evening.

The Black Lives Matter Movement has created such a stir that presidential hopefuls like Bernie

Sanders are talking about it and making it a part of their campaign. Other candidates debunk the wisdom of the movement and attach no importance to it.

If you live in a major urban area, you see the murder rate among African-American males spiraling out of control.

While an argument can be made about strained relationships between law enforcement and black men, the overwhelming majority of these murders happen because of us.

We as black men are killing and maiming other black men. This is a fact that is painful yet indisputable; however this black-on-black crime epidemic seemingly does not get our full attention.

Where is our outrage as black people when black children bring guns to school in their book bags?

Why is there not equal disgust when rival black gangs indiscriminately shoot into unsuspecting crowds of innocent people?

As I read newspaper

stories and Internet accounts about these senseless acts of violence, I often wonder if we as black people have simply become immune to violence.

Have we reached a low point in our culture where we now try to justify black men shooting each other?

Yet when a police officer shoots a black man, some of us are the first to march and scream and holler.

Yes, it is patently wrong for a police officer to shoot an unsuspecting black teenager or to place a chokehold on a black man that results in his death.

Well, 2016 is officially here and as black people, we must stop this violence upon ourselves.

Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a black Congressman from New York many years ago used as his signature expression, “Keep the faith, baby.” So it is that we must keep the faith in 2016.

Let us keep the faith that black parents can recommit themselves to

U.S. must lead climate efforts by pricing carbon A f t e r Mark decades of c o n t e n t i o u s Reynolds and often acrimonious Guest negotiations, Columnist the nations of the world have come together with an agreement that places our civilization on a path toward avoiding the worst effects of climate change.

The Paris accord is one of those rare moments when every nation acknowledges that, for the good of all, we must act as one.

“It was a wonderful surprise that after the incredible disappointment of Copenhagen, these 195 countries could come to an agreement more ambitious than anyone imagined,” said Jim Yong Kim, the World Bank president. “This never happens.”

The ambition Kim refers to is the goal of not only staying under 2 degrees Celsius [35.6 degrees Fahrenheit] of warming since the Industrial Revolution, but working toward limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius [34.7 degrees Fahrenheit]. The lower target is viewed as essential for the survival of low-lying island nations already disappearing from sea-level rise and for avoiding some of the worst consequences of climate change – worsening storms, food shortages, mass migrations.

President Obama was not exaggerating when he hailed the Paris agreement as “a turning point for the world,” saying that it “establishes the enduring framework the world needs to solve the climate crisis."

Leadership from the United States is needed to marshal global efforts against carbon pollution. Right now, unfortunately, that leadership is less than inspiring.

Forced by a recalcitrant Congress to take matters into his own hands, President

being parents to their children and not their friends.

Let us keep the faith in trying to help young black men find their way in life.

It is my opinion that being black, male and being between the ages of 18-30 bring on unwanted challenges.

This age group, I have observed, has a certain swagger. Yet too many in this age range have the wrong type of swagger.

They have the swagger of not listening to good old school advice. They have the swagger of not having a job. They have the swagger of thinking that using violence to solve disputes and problems is the only answer.

Let those of us who know the swagger of success help these young brothers to change their social paradigm.

Let us show them through our volunteerism and taking care of our families that we have the swagger of social responsibility.

Let us show them that getting an education, going

into the military or getting a job with training will help them with the swagger of taking charge of their lives.

Let us be good listeners and give them support as they develop their swagger of self-confidence.

As this New Year begins, we must come to the defense and save our black children. As Marvin Gaye sang many years ago, “We must save the babies.”

We must help them to take school more seriously.

We must teach them to obey school rules so that teachers can impart knowledge and wisdom. The old axiom, children represent our future, is as true today as it was in my day.

Schools can’t be places where children talk back to teachers and see that there are no consequences for their actions.

As parents and grandparents we cannot send unruly and disrespectful children to school.

As black men and women, we must make a difference in the lives of these young black boys.

Obama initiated the Clean Power Plan, which uses Environmental Protection Agency regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions at power plants. The EPA rules have met with stiff opposition from congressional Republicans. But instead of just saying “no” to the Clean Power Plan,

“Instead of just saying ‘no’ to the Clean Power Plan, Republicans could offer a market-based alternative that would eliminate the need for EPA regulations.”

Republicans could offer a market-based alternative that would eliminate the need for EPA regulations. By placing a fee on carbon and returning the revenue to American households, we can incentivize a clean-energy economy without increasing the size of government. Meanwhile, applying border tariffs to imports from nations that lack an equivalent price on carbon will protect American businesses and provide the incentive for all nations to establish a price on carbon.

A study released last year from Regional Economic Models Inc. (REMI), confirms that this solution, known as

If you are white, you too can make a difference in the lives of these young people. Reach out and they will reach back - caring not color will win them over.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

Keep the faith.

James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem and played college tennis at Johnson C Smith University where he was all-conference for four years. He is the President Emeritus of The Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio and a retired college administrator. He can be reached at ewers.jr56@yahoo.com

Carbon Fee and Dividend, would achieve the necessary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while also benefitting the economy. REMI analyzed a fee on fossil fuels, starting at $10 per ton of CO2 [carbon dioxide] and rising $10 per ton annually.

After 20 years, CO2 emissions would fall 50 percent and 2.8 million jobs would be added, primarily because of the stimulus of recycling the carbon fee revenue back into the economy.

Those who scoff at the notion of Republicans considering legislation to price carbon may have missed a couple of recent developments: North Dakota Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer recently floated the idea of swapping out EPA climate regulations with a carbon tax.

Twelve House Republicans have sponsored a resolution acknowledging the threat of climate change and calling upon Congress to work on solutions.

Leadership from the U.S. in the form of a market-based climate solution can ensure that the promises of Paris are kept.

Mark Reynolds is executive director of Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.

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Students visit The Chronicle for up-close look Fourth- and fifth-grade students affiliated with the Winston-Salem Jack and Jill Chapter are shown in a section of the newsroom at The Chronicle. Publisher Emeritus Ernie Pitt and Managing Editor Donna Rogers are in the background.

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a group of nine fourthand fifth-grade students affiliated with the WinstonSalem Jack and Jill Chapter saw the success of a local decades-old african-american newspaper this week.

Jack and Jill of america is a membership organization of mothers dedicated to nurturing future african-american leaders. the visit to the Chronicle with entrepreneur and Publisher emeritus ernie Pitt was designed to inspire the children by exposing them to people in their own community who are similar to

them culturally and who have succeeded in ways they can only dream of. the children visited the Chronicle’s office and spent time with Pitt personally. they heard the story of how he came to start the only african-american news publication in Winston-Salem still in publication. the children were also able to learn more about the media industry, which is something they are usually only exposed to as consumers.

Donna Rogers, managing editor, gave the students a tour of the newsroom and discussed the many facets of journalism as a career. She told the

students that she began her career in journalism in the seventh grade, with the publications at her school. the students asked thoughtful questions, such as: “how does the Chronicle help the black people?”

Pitt answered: “We love who we are, we love our kids, and we want others to see what’s going on.” he also explained that the newspaper tells people who are in power that it’s not right to mistreat those who don’t have that power.

When recapping what they took away from their visit, Mark oliver remembered Pitt saying: “Don’t be afraid to do whatever it takes to get to your dream.”

lauren oliver and Bailey Buckhannon both chimed in that they learned “that the Chronicle focuses on positive news stories about african-americans instead of the negative stuff we might usually see.”

Jordan Shegog and Conner lessane recalled Pitt’s wise words: “hard work pays off. if you hate what you’re doing every day, maybe you’re doing the wrong thing.” a few parents also were present during the visit. the event was organized by Pam oliver, who currently serves as Jack and Jill Chapter program chair.

She noted: “it was an honor to have an opportu-

nity for our children to meet Mr. Pitt and to see the inspiration they received by talking with someone who has achieved so much.

We hope to offer a similar experience for youth in our community later this year when we partner with community agencies to organize a Career fair. Many children have a limited knowledge of what their career options could be later in life. We hope that by exposing them to a diverse selection of careers early in life, they will be motivated to continue achieving in school and to keep their options open as they progress through life.”

Jack and Jill of america is dedicated to

nurturing future africanamerican leaders by strengthening children through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropy and civic duty. locally, the members of the Winston-Salem Chapter participate in cultural, educational, social and spiritual programming that will strengthen the family unit and benefit the african-american community through service and outreach.

Pam Oliver contributed to the report.

President and CEO of the Winston-Salem Urban League James Perry welcomes people to the watch party held at Carolina’s Vineyards and Hops.

The event was held to celebrate the final State of the Union address by President Barack Obama.

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over 50 years. “the Urban league is organized with a foundation that makes it particularly important,” he said. “i like to think of it as the professional civil rights organization.”

Unlike the Urban league, which maintains a paid staff, most civil rights organizations do their work on a volunteer basis. Perry mentioned, “although those organizations get incredible things done, they can only be as effective as the free time of their members allow. “equity and achievement are not things you can obtain in your spare time,” he continued. “that’s the

thing that makes the Urban league unique. We actually pay people to make sure there is equity and the community is empowered.”

Before relocating to Winston-Salem last year, Perry served as chief executive of the Greater new orleans fair housing action Center for 10 years.

During his tenure, he managed to lead the center through the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.

During a recent sitdown with the Chronicle, Perry said the position he held in new orleans fully prepared him for some of the issues he may face as president of the Urban league. according to Perry, his new position requires a true leader who can bring people together, as well as

someone who can make sure financial books are in order. Both characteristics Perry displayed during his tenure in louisiana. although he hasn’t held the position for a full month, Perry already has a number of plans in place that he believes will allow the organization to reach more citizens in the area.

Perry mentioned although a number of seniors know about the services provided by the organization, many citizens between the ages of 20 and 40 need to be introduced to the many programs offered by the Urban league. “one goal i have is to make sure the younger generations understand that the Urban league can deliver on their behalf,” Perry said.

While the nonprofit

a close, obama said he wanted to spend his final months in office working toward a better future. “i don’t want to just talk about next year,” he said. “i want to focus on the next five years, the next 10 years and beyond. i want to focus on our future.” the president went on

currently has a program designed to help high school students find summer jobs, in the coming months they will also offer a similar program for young adults looking for employment or who are looking to start their own businesses. the newly appointed president has a plan to make up for less funding in the coming months as well. last month the forsyth County United Way announced it will begin targeting its funding toward programs designed to tackle specific issues of health, education, financial stability and reducing poverty. as a result, the Urban league is one of many local organizations that will receive less money from the non-profit, mov-

to mention that he will dedicate his remaining time in office fixing a broken immigration system, protecting children from gun violence and raising the minimum wage. “all these things still matter to hardworking families. they are still the right things to do, and i will not let up until they are done.” following the address to the nation, a number of people said the president’s

ing from about $430,000 to $100,000 for the 2016-17 period, for workforce development. Perry said under his watch, the Urban league will engage in new activities designed to raise funds and allow the organization to be more self-sufficient. “this is the direction the Urban league needs to go in no matter what happens with our funding,” he said. “nonprofit has to learn to be somewhat self-sufficient and not rely solely on funding from others.”

Perry said his wife, MSnBC host and Wake forest University Professor Melissa harris-Perry, fully backed his decision to step into his current role at the Urban league. he mentioned she allowed him space to pursue what

speech was exactly what the people needed to hear.

Sonjy Daniels of Winston-Salem said the speech was very relevant to the times. She also praised the president for addressing issues that were important to the people in the inner cities.

“With this being his last address, i think he handled it with grace and class,” she said.

makes him happy.

"My wife has been extremely supportive," he said. "She knew it would take some time for me to get to know the community and figure out what i would enjoy."

the couple has two daughters, ages 1 and 14.

When asked how he wants to be remembered by the people when his tenure as president is over, Perry said it isn’t about his own legacy, but the legacy of the organization. “there are a lot of things i want to happen during my tenure,” he stated. “But, my main goal is to make this chapter of the Urban league the best in the nation.”

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Appetizers will include butterbean hummus Tyson and Sweet Potatoes co-owner on sweet potato biscuit chips, Carolina crab dip and front-of-the-house manager Vivian with benne crackers, and salmon croquettes with Joiner will be guests of honor and make remoulade. comments and answer questions from Tyson and Joiner describe their award-windiners about cooking with soul and their ning brand of cooking as “unique, southernsuccessful restaurant venture in inspired uptown, down- home cooking.” It conWinston-Salem where they were piotinues to draw accolades and invitations for the neers in the city’s fledgling Arts District. two to make special appearances and participate “Chicago is a big leap for us, and we in book signings throughout the Southeast. are excited to be able to share our recipes Fehribach knows something about soul, also. and talk about cooking with soul with He has studied southern cooking, researched old folks who are not quite as familiar with recipes and consistently offers diners at Big southern, down-home cooking as our Jones southern-inspired dishes. diners here,” Tyson said.

“When we met, I immediately felt a culinary kinship,” Tyson said. Tyson, whose own fried “We are delighted and honored to be chicken has drawn accolades, pointed out that invited,” said Joiner. “Big Jones was Bon Appetit magazine declared Fehribach’s named Best New Restaurant in Chicago fried chicken “Best Fried Chicken North of the in 2009 and our friend Chef Paul was where he prepared a luncheon based on recipes from his Mason Dixon Line.” nominated for the Beard Foundation Best Chef in the Big Jones Cookbook.

“That’s saying something,” she said.

Great Lakes title three years running – 2013, 2014, 2015.”

The menu at the Jan. 20 dinner at Big Jones, located at Fehribach visited Winston-Salem about a year ago 5347 North Clark Street in the Andersonville neighbor-

“We are delighted and honored to be invited.”

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Atkins working to develop, maintain consistency JV BASKETBALL

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BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE FOR THE CHRONICLE

So far, the JV basketball season hasn't given Atkins a whole lot to smile about.

Entering the second week of January, the Camels were 3-8 and looking to establish some continuity game in and game out.

Atkins has taken its bumps and bruises in three losses to Class 2-A Lexington.

Even so, there's reason for optimism for the remainder of the season. The Camels battled Northwest 1-A Conference rival Mount Airy from start to finish, but still ended up losing 62-58.

Coach Ben Phillis is confident that the Camels can hold their own in the Northwest 1-A Conference this season.

This team's best moments came in December when it produced a couple of convincing wins over Class 2-A Carver.

Revived Reagan cruises to victory over Parkland

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Point guard Shammond Dockery leads the fast break for Reagan.

26-17

On a night when its top scorer encountered difficulties, Reagan benefited from some much-needed offensive diversity. The end result was a 66-45 victory over Parkland in JV basketball last Tuesday.

This win provides strong evidence that the Raiders have charted a new path since the start of the season. After stumbling out of the blocks with a 0-3 record, they won six of their next eight games.

Coach Jeff Noe feels good about the team's performance at the start of the new year. “This was the first game we've played since Christmas break and I'm excited

For Bobcats, the team’s growing pains continue

BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE FOR THE CHRONICLE

Those victories show what Atkins is capable of. Now it's a matter of putting together consistent perform-

ances to get the desired results.

“Now that we're getting into the conference part of our schedule, I feel like we can pretty much compete against everybody on any given night,” said coach Ben Phillis of Atkins. “But how well we play in each game will depend on whether or not we're all there mentally. When we force turnovers, we get out [in transition] for easy buckets. That's what we've been able to do in the games we've won.”

The Camels are propelled by a strong backcourt, which figures to get better with more game experience. Jon Haggler is the

about the energy we came out with,” he said. “We played good defense and for the most part, kept them out of the middle.

“Plus, we did a good job of sharing the ball. Over half of our points in the first half came off assists. We teach our guys to play together, be unified and share in each others' glory. We did a lot of that tonight.”

Reagan took control of the game from the opening tip and slowly pulled away to take a 26-17 lead at the half. Shammond Dockery topped the Raiders with 11 points, Jalen Deatherage chipped in with 10 and Zac Pascual finished with nine points.

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Wins and losses don't necessarily paint an accurate picture of the progress Glenn is making in JV basketball. The Bobcats opened the month of January with a 71-62 loss to Charlotte Mallard Creek last Thursday.

In the aftermath of defeat, there were some noteworthy signs that by season's end, this team could drastically enhance its chances of finishing above the .500 mark. As of Jan. 7, Glenn had a 4-7 record.

“We look a lot better now than we did at the start of the season,” said coach Richard Daniels. “There were a couple of problems [against Mallard Creek]. We had so many turnovers at the beginning of the game. Plus, we didn't put forth enough effort. We just have to play with more energy for all four quarters.”

The major issue for the Bobcats was dealing with the Mallard Creek's relentless fullcourt defensive pressure. Aside from the multitude of floor errors, which the Mavericks converted into fast-break points, Glenn got very few shot attempts. But as one-sided as the game was at that point, the Bobcats managed to stay relatively close and trailed 37See Bobcats on B2

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trigger at point guard and he gets ample assistance from partner Trey Baker. Thomas Hudson provides added depth.

“Guard play has been our strength and at the same time, it's been our weakness, too,” said Phillis. “There are times when we execute our offense with sharp cuts to the basket and crisp passes and we get high-percentage shots.

But on the next possession, we'll make bad passes, which result in turnovers. We have to be strong with the ball and make good decisions.”

Although Atkins doesn't have much inside size, there's more than enough firepower on the roster, especially from the 3-point range. Eleven of the 12 players on the varsity roster have proven themselves as capable outside shooters.

Atkins picked up its first conference victory of the season in a 62-26 beat-down of Walkertown last Friday. The Camels turned the game into a rout in the first quarter and built what proved to be an insurmountable 29-3 lead at the half. Haggler led all scorers with 19 points. Saeed Muhammad and Baker contributed 11 points apiece.

“I'm happy to get the win,” said Phillis. “Our guys need the confidence boost as we go deeper into conference play.”

Phillis understands that his team has to show immediate improvement in two key areas in order to make its presence felt in the conference. The ability to effectively rebound, while reducing turnovers, he explained, will go a long way in helping the Camels contend.

“Rebounds and turnovers, those are the key items for us,” he said. “It's mandatory that we box-out and do a good job of getting on the boards. We've got to be more physical down low and minimize our turnovers.”

Atkins forward Reese Sicut looks to pass to a teammate.

Parkland's Chris Brown drives the baseline against Reagan's Tyler Carmer (34) as Tanner Nelson (50) closes in.

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in spite of minimal production from Ryan Ayers, who led the team in scoring over the past three weeks. Ayers, who averaged 17 points a game during that span, was held to one point for the game.

“I could tell right away that they had scouted us,” said Noe. “They ran a boxand-one on Ryan in the first half and for most of the third quarter. By doing so,

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28 at intermission.

To its credit, Glenn refused to buckle under pressure. Paul Carlton, Elijah Scales, Miguel Morton and Bryson BellSt. John took turns providing offense to keep the Bobcats in contention.

Over the final minutes of the third quarter, Glenn closed the gap for four points on a put-back by Christian Herbin (40-36) and again on Bell-St. John's 3pointer (47-43 with 1:02 remaining). But every time Glenn would make a push, the Mavericks held steady and closed the quarter with 51-43 lead.

The Bobcats put together one final surge late in the fourth quarter. Micah Bennett, Morton and Scales led the way to trim the deficit to 63-56 with 2:34 left to play. Even in defeat, it wasn't a bad performance against a skilled Mallard Creek squad that was 12-1 for the season.

Leading the way for Glenn was Carlton and Scales, who finished with 14 points apiece. Mallard Creek got superb play from its backcourt tandem of Demitrious Dixon and Elliot Glenn, who scored 19 and 18 points respectively.

At this juncture, there's no doubt that the Bobcats have much work to do in order to become a factor in the Piedmont Triad 4-A Conference. There were too many instances in the fourth quarter against Mallard Creek when botched defensive assignments led to uncontested baskets from point-blank range.

“Defensively, everybody has to do a

they took him out of the game. With that being the case, everybody had to step up and they did. Knowing that 12 of the 13 players on our roster scored is pretty cool.”

Although the Mustangs struggled, they managed to stay in contention for most of the first half. Micah Williams hit a jumper to pull Parkland to within six points of the lead (22-16) with four minutes left in the second quarter. But from that point on, Reagan gradually pulled away to build a comfortable cushion.

The one plus for Parkland was Damien Thacker's defense on Ayers. With Thacker shadowing Ayers on every possession, it took away from what he normally contributes at the offensive end.

Thacker, an on-target outside shooter, finished with eight points.

It also didn't help the cause that Daniel Leal, the Mustangs other scoring threat, played limited minutes. This was Leal's first game back after being sidelined for three weeks with a back injury.

Micah Williams and Leal scored 10

points apiece to lead Parkland.

“We just couldn't get our rhythm going,” said coach James Williams of Parkland. “For some reason, we couldn't finish opportunities on offense. And on defense, we gave up a lot of easy baskets.

“Reagan's leading scorer only had one point, so that just goes to show that we weren't ready to play defense on the other four guys. We definitely weren't at our best, but there will be other days to play.

Once we get our normal rotation back, I think we'll be fine.”

better job of knowing where their man is [on the floor],” said Daniels. “We can't afford to have those mental lapses like we

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Glenn point guard Miguel Morton drives past Mallard Creek's Elliot Glenn (left) and Demitrios Dixon (right).

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did at the start of the fourth quarter. That's when they got it going and that's what determined the outcome of the game.”

“On the other hand, I saw some good things, We're more patient running our offense. Once we get a better understanding of how to break the press and be more consistent in sharing the ball, I believe we're going to be all right.”

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there's a rich sports heritage at parkland high School. But up to now, there has never been an avenue for the Mustangs to honor the career achievements of their top athletes, coaches and administrators in a formal setting. that's no longer the case. parkland has established a Sports hall of Fame for the first time in the 50-year history of the school. induction ceremonies are set for Sept. 1. the first class of honorees will be recognized at parkland's home football game against Winston-Salem prep on Sept. 2. "i don't know why it's taken so long for this to come to pass," said linwood Jerald, parkland's athletics director. "the program has gone through some ups and downs

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over the past 50 years. But the organizing committee has put in a lot of work since last spring, and we're going to make this happen. these are some exciting times for parkland athletics." nominations are now being accepted for the hall of Fame. all nominations must be accompanied by hardcopy documentation in order to be considered by members of the hall of Fame's selection committee. to start the nomination process, go to the WinstonSalem/Forsyth County Schools web site at http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us Click on "Select a School" and look for the "high School" tab, then choose parkland. once you're on the school's site, click on the "athletics" tab and go to "parkland high School Sports hall of Fame" in the drop-down menu. to complete the process, download the nomination

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Send all nomination packets to: linwood Gerald, athletics director parkland high School 1600 Brewer Road Winston-Salem, nC 27127 For additional information, call the school at 336-771-4700.

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Black College nines' has released its preseason hBCU all-american team, and the Winston-Salem State University Rams have three preseason selections.

WSSU starting pitcher Sam Burton, and relief pitcher eric Corlett were selected to the first team, while outfielder Jayson Baytop was selected to the second team 2016 preseason all-american list.

Sam Burton went 6-1 in 2015, with a 2.37 eRa in 76.0 innings pitched. he allowed just 45 hits and 20 earned runs, while leading the team in strikeouts with 71. eric Corlett went 6-2 last season out of the bullpen in 23 appearances with an eRa

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of 5.81. he pitched 48.0 innings, striking out 50 batters.

Jason Baytop, a St. augustine's transfer, finished second in the Ciaa in batting last season, hitting .421, with 67 hits, 13 doubles, five triple and four home runs. he was also second in the Ciaa in stolen bases with 21.

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the Winston-Salem State University Department of athletics is proud to announce 110 student-athletes named to the WSSU Fall Dean’s list. the Ciaa Football Champion Rams led the way with 30 student-athletes on the list, while baseball finished second with 18 student-athletes. WSSU cheerleading had 14 members, Ciaa Women’s Cross-Country Champion, indoor and outdoor track had 13 members and Ciaa Volleyball Champions Rams had 11 members.

Students are eligible to be named to the Dean’s list at the end of each semester based on a student's status as a full-time student (12 semester hours and above). Dean’s list honors are awarded only to those students who earn a scholastic grade point average of 3.0 or higher in 12 or more credit hours of graded coursework at WSSU in an

academic semester, with no grade below C and no incomplete (i) grades on the report. “in order to be a student-athlete, it takes dedication and time management in the classroom and on the fields of competition. WSSU athletics takes much pride in providing the athletes the resources and tools necessary to succeed,” says Director of athletics tonia Walker.

“We are thankful for the strong partnership of the UCall (University College and lifelong learning) staff and their time and effort to monitor and guide our studentathletes academically. this type of academic success speaks to the coaches and athletic staff who are constantly supporting their teams in the classroom and being a part of positive encouragement for their Winston-Salem State University education,” added Walker.

See the list at http://www.wssurams.com/general/Deans_list_2015.

thabiti Davis chosen for nCaa and nFl Coaches academy SpeCial to the ChRoniCle

Winston-Salem State University wide receivers coach thabiti Davis has been selected to participate in the 2016 nCaa and nFl Coach academy, Feb. 19-21 in tampa, Fla. Davis finished his first season as wide receiver coach for WSSU with the Rams claiming the 2015 Ciaa Football Championship.

Davis is definitely no stranger to the city of Winston- Salem, as he had a successful career at Wake Forest University (199496). During his career, Davis was a standout atlantic Coast Conference (aCC) receiver under the guidance of head coach Jim

Caldwell. in 1996 he ranked third in the conference in receiving with 60 receptions and was named to the all-aCC team by the Football news for his efforts.

Following his stellar collegiate career, Davis enjoyed a strong professional career that included stints with the new York Giants (2000-01), Barcelona (1999) and Berlin (2000) of nFl europe, and spent five seasons as a wide receiver/linebacker in the arena Football league.

Upon realizing that he could not play forever, Davis started transition player Development (tpD) in 2005. tpD is a company that strives to deliver a continuum of consistent serv-

ices designed to enhance a productive relationship between physical conditioning and athletic development. Davis created an avenue for educating and training athletes to be well rounded in physical conditioning and sport specific athletic preparation. this endeavor paved the way for his transition to the other side of the whistle. the nCaa and nFl Coaches academy provides current, full-time intercollegiate football coaches at nCaa member institutions, some of whom are former nFl athletes, to expand their knowledge and insight into the world of intercollegiate football coaching.

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Winston-Salem State freshman William Crandell finished with a career high 18 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Rams would fall 84-67 to the Chowan hawks on Saturday, Jan. 9, at the helms Center on the Chowan University campus.

With the loss, Winston-Salem state falls to 6-8 overall and 0-3 in the Ciaa, while Chowan improves to 113 overall, and 4-0 in the Ciaa. the Chowan hawks started on fire and quickly ran out to a 10-point lead at 14-4. a Demone harrison 3-pointer cut into the hawks lead, but Chowan kept their foot on the gas and would head into the locker room at the half with a commanding 41-26 lead at the break. the second half would prove to be much of the same, as the Rams struggled to consistently put anything together offensively, and Chowan would push their lead up to as many as 23 points at 62-39 with 9:30 minutes left to play.

Chowan maintained a lead of 17 or more points for the remainder of the contest before securing the 84-67 victory. the Rams were led in scoring by William Crandell, who finished with a career high 18 points, to go with his seven rebounds and assists, while Carlos Rankins added 12 points, two rebounds, two steals and an assist. Jerome Simmons added eight points, two rebounds, one assist and one steal, and terrell leach and Rayvon harris each chipped in seven points. harris also pulled down four rebounds.

Chowan was led by Kortez Smith who pumped in a game high 26 points, followed by andrew lopez, who added 25 points. Joe Goodwin and Carlos arroyo each chipped in nine points, with Goodwin pulling down seven rebounds and lopez grabbing five boards. Josh Mellette added seven rebounds.

Winston-Salem State will wrap up this three game road trip on Monday night when the Rams travel to elizabeth City State. tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. the Rams defeated elizabeth City State 73-68 in overtime on november 21 in a non-conference tilt played at the Ce Gaines Center on the WSSU campus.

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agement of a football program; coaching strategies and philosophies. as a participant at this academy, Davis will gain knowledge from a variety of workshops and interactive-discussion sessions, as well as networking with individuals that include the other participants, nCaa and nFl staff and other key resources in the industry. Keynote speakers have included arizona State

head coach todd Graham Baylor University head coach art Briles, legendary nFl coaches Dan Reeves and Dennis Green, nFl hall of Famer Mike Singletary, and tyrone Willingham, former head coach at notre Dame Stanford and the University of Washington.

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Dr. Krishauna Hines-Gaither will become Salem College’s first Director of Diversity and Inclusiveness later this year.

In an email announcing the position, Salem College President Dr. Lorraine Sterritt said Hine-Gaither was well qualified for the office.

“As Director of Diversity and Inclusiveness, Dr. Hines-Gaither will collaborate with students, faculty, and staff on programs and initiatives designed to provide exemplary learning experiences in and beyond the classroom for the College’s richly diverse student population, as well as education in diversity and inclusiveness for the entire campus community,” wrote Sterritt.

Of Salem College’s 1,100 students, 7 percent are international students and 25 percent are students of color. HinesGaither said her new position, which will begin in August, is the continuation of years of work on the campus on Hines-Gather diversity and inclusion.

“The position doesn’t imply that the work is new, but I believe it is now formalized and institutionalized with the position and I believe that’s really important,” she said.

The position came out of an assessment of the campus in 2008 that suggested having an office for diversity and inclusiveness. The college wasn’t financially able to offer the position at the time but a Committee on Community was formed, on which Hines-Gaither serves. The 30 member committee includes students, faculty, staff and administration who work toward social justice and inclusiveness. The office became part of the college’s strategic plan and was implemented under the recommendation of the Committee on Community.

Hines-Gaither is an alumnus of Salem College where she received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish. She has a master’s degree in Spanish education from Wake Forest University and a doctorate from UNC Greensboro. She is also a graduate of Middlebury College French Language School in Vermont.

She joined the faculty of Salem’s Modern Languages Department in 2004. She primarily teaches Spanish and also teaches courses on women’s studies and race and ethnicity studies. She has been an advisor to student organizations like Onua, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and Black Americans Demonstrating Unity (BADU).

She is the past president of the Foreign Language Association of N.C. and the co-founder of AfricanAmerican Linguists, an organization that promotes world languages to African-American students.

Hines-Gaither said she’s looking forward to her new position and is glad the college continues to demonstrate its commitment to inclusiveness.

“It’s part of the fabric of the institution that we honor and we value diversity,” said Hines-Gaither.

Community Briefs

Marquis Jameshio Wilds receives scholarship Marquis Jameshio Wilds was recently selected as the 2015 recipient of a scholarship from the Annie P. Rogers State Grand Assembly Order of the Golden Circle PHA. He is the son of Renee Wilds and attends Forsyth Technical Community College where he plans to major in Automotive Systems Technology.

Marquis is a 2015 graduate of R J Reynolds High School where he was a member of Crosby Scholars.

He has served the community through his involvement with the Wilds Boy Scouts of America and Men of Standard.

The Annie P. Rogers State Grand Assembly Order of the Golden Circle, under the leadership of State Grand Loyal Lady Ruler Wanda Davis, was very proud to select this deserving young man as the recipient of this award.

RAI creates subsidiary, names president Reynolds American Inc. (NySE: RAI) has created a new subsidiary, RAI Innovations Company, focused on product development, innovation and commercialization of next-generation vapor and nicotine products.

Carolyn C. Hanigan will join the RAI organization as president of RAI Innovations on Jan. 19. Hanigan has 20 years of experience in consumer packaged goods companies, including Mars Inc., Nestle, The Clorox Company and Kraft Nabisco Foods. Most recently, she was vice president of consumer marketing at Swander Pace Capital, a private-equity firm with holdings in consumer products companies.

“Product innovation has long been a hallmark of RAI’s operating companies,” said Susan M. Cameron, RAI’s president and chief operating officer. “By centralizing new-product development in these areas, we will be able to drive speed to market with new products across a range of platforms and more efficiently meet the preferences of consumers in a rapidly evolving marketplace.”

State Internship Program applications due Friday Gov. Pat McCrory invites college students in North Carolina to apply for the State of N.C. Internship Program for Summer 2016.

"The State Internship Program provides students an opportunity to develop their skills and learn about public service while gaining real workplace experience," McCrory said. "I encourage college students to take advantage of this unique internship opportunity."

The governor's youth Advocacy & Involvement Office (yAIO), within the N.C. Department of Administration, is accepting applications postmarked

by Jan. 15, 2016.

Internships will occur May 24 through July 29, 2016. To be eligible, the applicant must be a permanent North Carolina resident and attend a college, university, law school, technical institute, or community college.

Visit yAIO online for a full list of eligibility requirements. For more information, please visit the youth Advocacy & Involvement Office online or contact the program coordinator, Candace Dudley, at 919-8074407.

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N.C. Black Rep’s celebration The North Carolina Black Repertory Company will present its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration on Friday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at Arts Council Theatre, 610 Coliseum Drive. Admission is free with three non-perishable food items. The N.C. Black Rep, the first and oldest professional African-American theatre company in the state, will be hosting performances by local talent. For more information, contact 336-723-2266.

WSSU 2016 Day of Service Read-In Winston Salem State University will host its annual community service event from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16, in room 207 of the Donald J. Reaves Student Center at Winston Salem State University, 601 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The event is part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service and promotes King’s legacy of service, literacy and community empowerment to children ages 4-10. Those interested in volunteering for the event must register at http://tinyurl.com/mlkdaybuddy. Volunteers are required to attend the volunteer orientation session 6:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Jan. 14), also in room 207 of the student center.

HandsOn Northwest North Carolinais partnering with WSSU on this event. Each child will be matched up with a “service buddy,” and will participate in variety of activities focused on different topics. To register, go to http://www.handsonnwnc.org/eventRegistration.aspx?id= 280.

N.C. NAACP headed to MLK’s church in Atlanta The NC NAACP and Forward Together Movement will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, to hear the Rev. Dr. Barber preach the National King Day sermon at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. King co-pastored from 1960 until his death in 1968. A bus from Durham will transport participants to hear the sermon, as well as to visit historic museums in the area. The bus will depart 8 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 17 from Durham, NC and return 6 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19. Tickets are priced at $130 and include cost for the round trip bus fare and hotel room with a double occupancy. All payments are due. For more information about the event and registration, email ncnaacptravels@gmail.com.

36th annual Noon Hour Commemoration The 36th annual MLK Noon Hour Commemoration will be from noon to 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 18 at the North Main Hall of the Benton Convention Center, 301 West Fifth St. This year’s event will feature U.S. Rep. Alma Adams of North Carolina’s 12th District as the keynote speaker, as well as performances by the Celebration Community Choir under the direction of Merideth Reid, David Allen and Chris Farabee Jr. Also at the event, Beth N. Hopkins, Nigel D. Alston and Rodney Sumler will be honored with the MLK “Dare to Make a Difference” Award in recognition of their efforts for human and civil rights. Doors open to the public at 11 a.m. Admission is

free of charge. Mütter D. Evans, former owner and general manager of WAAA Radio, is sponsoring the event. For more information, contact Mütter D. Evans at 336-9717852ormuttermde@aol.com

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.Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Day of Service The Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. will hold its second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project from 1 to 3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 18 at the Carl Russell Recreation Center, 3521 Carver School Road. The event will feature the Seasonal Wraps Clothing Give-away, in which all types of clothing including hats, gloves, socks, scarves, coats, sweaters and other seasonal wraps, will be given to children, teens and adults.

The event will also include the Academic Resources Fair, at which representatives from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System will share information and advise parents and students on achieving academic success. Hot soup will be served. For more information on Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and its programs, visit www.aka1908.com.

Daughters of Malcolm X to speak at WFU At 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18, Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University will host Ambassador Attallah Shabazz and Ilyasah Shabazz, daughters of civil rights icons Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, as part of a major celebration to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to commemorate the 1960 sit-in demonstration at Woolworth Department Store in downtown Winston-Salem. It will be in Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road. Wait Chapel doors open at 6:15 p.m. and admission is free. The theme of this year’s program is “On Common Ground: The Future is Dependent on Us” and highlights the call for the next generation of leaders to help mend historical divides and end systemic injustice. Dean of the College Michele Gillespie will also speak. Topics will include an exploration of the connection between King and Malcolm X and a discussion on the current racial and political climate in the U.S. For more information, contact the Wake Forest Office of Multicultural Affairs

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Winston<40 social Winston<40, sponsored by the Winston-Salem Chamber, will have an event today, Thursday, Jan. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Camel City BBQ Factory, 701 N. Liberty St. The event is not just for people under age 40.

To register, go to www.winstonsalem.com and click on the events calendar.

Plumbing: leaky connections class Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County will hold a home maintenance class today, Thursday, Jan. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Habitat's Housing Education Center, 1023 West 14th St. Another session will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16. The class is open to the public and features hands-on training on how to repair leaky bath, kitchen, and washer connections. Upon completion of the class, each participant will receive a tool for at-home plumbing repairs like those demonstrated in the class.

Participants must register for the class and pay a $15 registration fee. Registration can be completed online at www.habitatforsyth.org/training-education/class-registration-form/ or by phone at 336-765-8854 x135.

UNC-TV presents Eva Clayton UNC-TV will broadcast Biographical Conversations with Eva Clayton, the first African-American woman to represent North Carolina in Congress, today, Thursday, Jan. 14 and on Jan. 21 at 10 p.m. Over the course of her lengthy career in public service, her body of work put her in the company of other notable North Carolinians who have told their life's stories in their own words as part of the Biographical Conversations series. For more information, visit video.unctv.org/show/biographical-conversations.

Puppeteer training for show Korner's Folly would like to introduce new puppeteers to its puppetry program. Interested individuals are asked to come to a puppeteer training session today, Thursday, Jan. 14, 6 p.m., at 413 S. Main St., Kernersville. The puppet show is pre-recorded, so puppeteers are only responsible for manipulating the rod puppets and are not responsible for speaking or memorizing lines. The minimum age requirement for participation as a puppeteer is 8 years old.

If you are interested in becoming a puppeteer, or would like more information, contact Education Coordinator Bobbie Wolfe at bowolfe@triad.rr.com.

Sierra Club Foothills meeting The Sierra Club will meet today, Thursday, Jan. 14 at the Single Brothers Workshop, 10 Academy St. in Old Salem. Marilyn McGee will describe the role coyotes play in the ecosystem. McGee, the state representative for Project Coyote, is a teacher at Poplar Springs Elementary School in Stokes County. The meeting begins 6:30 p.m. with a potluck meal, followed by announcements and the presentation. All are welcome to the free event. For more information, contact Cornelia Barr, 336- 409-2772 or email: cbdub@me.com.

Theatre Alliance to perform ‘Bent’ The Winston-Salem Theater Alliance will be performing “Bent” at Theatre Alliance, 1047 Northwest Blvd., starting on Friday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. Other performances are scheduled at the same time and location as follows: Friday, Jan.15; Saturday, Jan. 16; Wednesday, Jan. 20; Thursday, Jan. 21; Friday, Jan. 22; Saturday, Jan.23.

Another performance will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24.

“Bent” highlights the conflicts faced by minorities during the Holocaust and contains adult themes that may not be

suitable for young children. Tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for students/seniors. Student Rush tickets are $14 and are only available with a valid student ID shown at the door, five minutes before performances. There is also a $2 per ticket discount available for groups of 10 or more.

Tickets may be purchased in person at the Theatre Alliance Box Office on Fridays from 12:30-3 p.m., online at www.wstheatrealliance.org, or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006. For more information, contact Theatre Alliance at 336- 723-7777.

Raising dollars for scholars The Winston-Salem State University Department of Athletics is soliciting support for the inaugural BOND.SCORE.WIN! - Raising Dollars for Scholars fundraising event dedicated to the Rams male athletics programs. The event will be Jan. 16 at 9 a.m. in the Grand Pavilion Ballroom at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 460 N. Cherry St. The breakfast event calls for men to join the Rams for a morning of empowerment, unity, brotherhood and bonding around guest speaker WSSU Alumnus Stephen A. Smith, commentator of ESPN’s “First Take.”

For tickets, go to www.wssu.edu/tickets.

Kleur Essential Oils workshop Mixologist and instructor Meghan Prior will lead an essential oils workshop from 2 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16 at the Kleur Shop on Sixth Street. The workshop aims to teach participants the basics of the powerful aromatic, topical and internal uses of essential oils, the science behind them, and how to exercise their chemistries to create personalized mixtures. As part of the workshop, participants will learn how to create effective, potent and pure mixes, such as all-natural hand sanitizer, Sleepy Time Blend, and Cold and Flu Bomb. Registration is required and includes a $20 registration fee to cover the cost of supplies. To request more information or to register, contact Meghan Prior at meghan@newplanetyoga.com or 336-414-2143.

Singers needed for ‘The Gospel According to Broadway’ The North Carolina Black Repertory Company welcomes the public to audition for its production of “The Gospel According to Broadway” 6 p.m., Monday, Jan. 18 at Arts Council Theatre, 610 Coliseum Drive. Broadway veteran Director/Choreographer Mabel Robinson and Choral Arranger/Director Chapman Roberts will host the audition. Amongst the roles currently available for auditions is the singing role of Jesus at the age of 12. All individuals who wish to audition are asked to prepare a dramatic Negro Spiritual and a strong gospel song which exhibit range, power, improvisatory skills, quick study skills, and ability to harmonize at will. All others are invited to attend the performance March 17-20 at the Arts Council Theatre, 610 Coliseum Drive. For additional information, call the North Carolina Black Repertory Company office at 336-723-2266 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Pruning class Scott Welborn, Polk County Extension Director and Horticulture Agent, will be sharing the proper pruning practices and equipment for many different types of plants from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Jan. 20 at the Arboretum Office in Tanglewood Park, 4061 Clemmons Road, Clemmons. The event is free, but registration is required. To register, email registration@forsyth.cc or call 336-703-2850.

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Twin City Choristers concert the presbyterian Men of Grace presbyterian church (USa), 3901 carver School road, will sponsor a concert by the twin city choristers 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 17. the show will be the choristers’ 20th annual Dr. Martin luther King Jr. Birthday concert. the choristers, founded in 1957 by Dr. permilla Flack Dunston, is directed by Dr. Fred D. tanner, a city native who was educated in the local system and started his music education career as a band director at area schools. prior to his retirement, he was head of the music department at Winston-Salem Sate University. he is a professional trumpeter, arranger, composer and conductor. Under his leadership, the twin city choristers have performed in several states, many cities and recored cDs. the general public is cordially invited. the Grace presbyterian Men's ministry is led by edward allen. Willie c. Gray is the vice moderator and chairman of the program committee. rev. toure' c. Marshall is the senior pastor of the church.

For more information, call Willie c. Gray at 336725-4105.

Worship service the Ministers' conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity will hold a Martin luther King Jr. Day of Worship at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 18 at Saint paul United Methodist church, 2400 Dellabrook Drive. the rev. Donald Jenkins is pastor. the theme this year is: “two americas Divided and Struggling For Genuine equality.” the guest speaker will be the rev. Dr. robert McGowens of Greater Galilee Baptist church in charlotte. Musical guests will include Willie Mason and Friends and Greater Galilee Baptist church choir.

GospelFest at Wake Forest Wake Forest University will host its annual GospelFest performance 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 17, in the Brendle recital hall of the Scales Fine arts center at Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest road. the event will feature Gospel recording artist Jonathan Mcreynolds with special guest paul Scott and one Way, in addition to the Wake Forest University Gospel choir. GospelFest is free for Wake Forest students with a valid student iD. General admissions tickets are $10. tickets are available for purchase online through eventBrite. For more information on GospelFest, contact the Wake Forest office of Multicultural affairs at 336-758-5864.

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Jan. 16 23rd Church Anniversary pastor Janice o. heath and the Greater higher Ground Ministries Family will celebrate the church’s 23rd anniversary. the late apostle John h. heath laid the foundation, and the church will be celebrating his legacy at 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 16. Special guest speaker will be the anointed Bishop Derrick Kelly from new Forth Full Gospel Fellowship in lexington, n.c. Service will be held at the church, 4175 Moat Drive. the public is invited to attend. For more information, contact us at 336-725-1125. pastor Janice o. heath, Senior pastor.

Jan. 17 Greater Tabernacle Worship Center celebrates 33rd Church Anniversary the Greater tabernacle Worship center will celebrate its 33rd anniversary 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 17 at the crystal cathedral empowerment center on 1410 attucks St. the event will take place under the leadership of apostle BJ Mccloud, who will function as host pastor for the service, and Bishop alicia patterson, who will deliver the Bread of life. For additional information, contact the Greater tabernacle Worship center at 336-777-1113.

Jan. 17 The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem hosts guest speakers the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem will hear the rev. lisa Schwartz speak on “awaking to abundance” at 9 a.m. and “a Vocation of agony” at 11 a.m., alongside Dr. Brian tague of Wake Forest University, who will discuss “the life Within: Microbiomes and endophytes.” at 9:15 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 17 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, 4055 robinhood road. For more information, visit uufws.org.

Jan. 17 Sanctuary Choir Gospel Concert the Sanctuary choir will present a gospel concert 4:00 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 17 at St. Matthew apostolic temple church of Jesus christ, 3640 new Walkertown road. elder Gregory robertson is pastor. the public is invited to attend. the theme will be “a Breakthrough praise.” Mistress of ceremony will be evangelist Sally heath Glenn. Special guests will be: Jpa & ascension, Soloist Sandra crenshaw, Focus and other groups from Winston-Salem and the surrounding area. For more information contact: Minister of Music Brother Kenny anderson at 336-345-8922, email kanderson@buddgroup.com, or church Secretary Sister Janet tucker at 336-6826241, or email marshall.tucker@att.net, call the church office at 336-724-1780, or visit www.SMatinc.org.

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Bishop Melvin Wilkins congratulates Pastor Nathaniel P.J. Williams Jr. as co-pastor Wanda J. H. Williams looks on during their anniversary celebration. The Williamses have merged their church and ministry into Christ Temple C.M.E. Church.

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pastoral anniversaries are a time when churches get to celebrate their pastor and show appreciation for the time they have spent and the lives they have touched.

For the newly christened christ temple c.M.e. church, members are not only celebrating the anniversary of their pastor, nathaniel p.J. Williams Jr., and co-pastor, Wanda J. h. Williams. but they are enjoying the merger of christ community outreach Ministry and reynolds

temple c.M.e. church, which have come together to form christ temple. according to the Williamses, who are husband and wife as well as partners in christ in the pulpit, they started in the c.M.e. church, but the lord called them away from the c.M.e. church for almost a decade, and then the lord called them back in.

During their time away, they started the christ community outreach Ministry. With the membership of reynolds temple diminishing and the Williamses getting the call to return to the c.M.e church, as well as wanting a permanent place to wor-

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St. James a.M.e. church, 1501 n. patterson ave., at the corner of 15th Street (across from the U.S. post office), will host the annual Family and Friends Day on Sunday, Jan. 17. the event is coordinated by the Family Day co-chairpersons, irene allen and trena S. Brooks.

Several families will be competing for the title of Family of the Year. an engraved plaque is placed in the sanctuary recognizing the family with the highest attendance on Family and Friends Day. the Young people’s and children’s Division (YpD), under the direction of pamela carson, will serve breakfast from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in the reverend Steven l. lyons Fellowship hall. church School, under the leadership of pearlie p. humphrey, superintendent, will be from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. all classes will be combined and instructed by Guest teacher Deacon James lomax.

Under the direction of towanna Vaneaton, minister of music, the Family and Friends Day choir will lead the congregation in inspirational music from 9:45 to 10 a.m. the preacher for the occasion is the pastor, the rev.

Steven l. lyons, who is now serving his seventh appoint-

ship, the timing was perfect for the two churches to come together and become one.

Williams also said he did not have plans to return to the c.M.e church, but he was saved in the c.M.e church, spoke in tongues in the c.M.e. church, was baptized with the holy Ghost, and shouted for the first time in the c.M.e. church. after several phone calls, he and his wife prayed about it and received a call that simply told them, “i got a place” and named reynolds temple as the

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DeVeaux, presiding prelate of the Second episcopal District. introducing the preacher will be Brandie Simmons, YpD president of the north carolina conference (a.M.e. church) and junior exercise science major at Winston-Salem State University. the Family Day litany, written by lyons in 2009, Lyons will be read by Sandra h. lomax and Brian c. henderson. refreshments will be served in the Fellowship hall after the morning service. the public is invited to attend.

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Lesson Scripture: Hosea 1:1-11 By the end of this lesson, we will *learn how God commanded hosea to marry Gomer as a model for his love for israel, despite their unfaithfulness. *reflect on the meaning of marriage and unfaithfulness and God’s desire for restoration of broken relationships. *Demonstrate faithfulness to God through a commitment to maintain faithful friendships, relationships and marriages.

Background: a focus on Jezreel in central israel, Megiddo today. Jezreel is where ahab and Jezebel had naboth murdered for his land. elijah the prophet scolded the pair and predicted their fate on that same land. King Jehu defeated ahab, he and is successors ruled for three

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generations with prosperity and were followed by six different king’s rule in a span of 25 years as punishment from God. the people, now confident of the nation’s power, start to worship idol gods like Baal, ashtoreth and Molech. the idols were thought to ensure rain for bountiful crops and allowed and even encouraged perverse sexual activities (Kings 14:2324).

Lesson: hosea, God’s prophet, is commanded by God to marry an adulterous woman named Gomer. hosea is obedient and marries as instructed. God reveals to hosea that he is using the marriage as a tool to demonstrate his relationship with israel. hosea loves Gomer as God loves israel in spite of her adulterous ways. their firstborn soon arrived and was See Lesson on B6

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

Jan. 24 Thorpe Sr. to be installed as pastor The Ministers' Conference of Winston-Salem & Vicinity reports that the Rev. Dr. Derrick Thorpe Sr. is the new pastor at First Baptist Church in Graham. Thorpe is

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named Jezreel which means “God scatters.” God uses the child’s name as a message of impending destruction for Israel. No attention is paid to the warning. Hosea and Gomer have a second child, a girl this time, and God names her “Lorahamah,” which means “not loved” or “not pitied.” This is another warning to the Israelites that their continued sinful behavior would result in a loss of God’s love and His forgiveness. Very soon after Lorahamah’s birth another son is born and is named Loammi, which means “not my people.” God uses the boy child’s birth as an indicator that He intends to fulfill His promise to separate from Israel just as they had separated themselves from Him with their disobedience. “Though the people need to be and will be punished with Assyrian rule over them, God yet promises that they will be blessed in the future. This blessing is dependent on a united Israel. Israel’s union with Judah will result in reconciliation with God and His chosen people (vv.10-11).

For Your Consideration: *Why does God name Hosea and Gomer’s children?

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place for them to go.

“Tonight we had an anniversary for our pastor and co-pastor. They do a lot for us and we just wanted to show our appreciation for them by first giving God all the glory and showing our love for them being here, and just showing how much we care for them. And I just want everyone to be blessed and stay in Christ and help one another in the name of Jesus,” said Minister Branden Clark, a young man who found Christ at

the age of 18 and looks to spread the word to other young people.

The evening’s events were filled with soulful hymns and wonderful words by members of the congregation.

Christ Temple was joined by members of New Generation Praise and Worship International Ministries and the pastor, Bishop Melvin Wilkins Jr. The bishop delivered the sermon for the anniversary. The members of Christ Temple presented the Williamses with a wonderful card, along with a three-day vacation to the

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the dean of Graduate Studies at Carolina Christian College (Director of Mountagnard Campus) in WinstonSalem and will be installed as pastor 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 24 at First Baptist Church, 420 North Maple St., Graham.

The public is invited to come celebrate him, his family and congregation for this new divine assignment.

Jan. 24 and Feb. 6 Goler Memorial AME Zion Church Go Red The Women’s Ministry of Goler Memorial AME Zion Church will host its fifth annual Go Red Fashion Show & Luncheon at noon on Saturday, Feb. 6 in the Novant Health Conference Center at Forsyth Medical Center, 3333 Silas Creek Parkway. The event is aimed to raise community awareness and education of heart disease, the number one killer of African-American women. The event also functions to increase support for the American

*How do you think the names affected the children themselves? *Do you think God’s way of showing love differs from that of today’s world? If so, how?

Life’s Application: “There are times when we fail spiritually and morally. But just as Hosea and God showed love to those who treated them unlovingly, so too the Lord continually reaches out in love to His most rebellious children (David C. Cook, Bible Lesson Commentary 201516).

Lots of marriages today end in divorce and no reconciliation. When there is too much discretion to name today, we use the term “irreconcilable differences.” In some type of way we have broken our covenant with our marriage partner and forgiveness is not forthcoming. But as saints of God we thank Him because regardless of our sin, He is still just to forgive us (1 John 1:9). And we can repent and be taken back into God’s loving arms. Lucky us! With the help of the Holy Spirit, we too can be forgiving and loving, modeling His character and deeds. “When we love as God does, we ask nothing in return, show compassion and remain faithful in our display of affection (David C. Cook, Bible Lesson Commentary 2015-16). We need not be the “unfaithful bride.”

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When speaking of why he chose to deliver the evening’s message, Wilkins said: “Pastor Williams is one of my spiritual sons, and is an awesome man, and I love him and his wife. The Lord gave me the word to let him know that this is his time for favor. He has been through a lot of transition in his ministry and we wanted to encourage him, and God is going to continue to open doors for him.”

Pastor Williams said they will have the official merger celebration on the second Sunday in February,

which coincidentally falls on Valentine’s Day. Pastor Omar L. Dykes and St. John C.M.E Church in Winston Salem will join Christ Temple to celebrate the occasion.

Pastor Williams went on to say that with the new church, he wants to merge the traditional ways of the church with what the new millennial generation has to bring to the table because in a few years they will be the ones who will be leading the church.

The two churches have embraced the change and look forward to bringing in new members.

Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Campaign. For more details, persons interested in attending or serving as sponsors for this year’s event are asked to call 336-7648629, 336-817-2569 or 336-766-0752 by Sunday, Jan. 24.

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Food and pantry, clothes closet Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 1-3 p.m., Love Community Development Corporation, located at 3980 North 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.

Hattie Fulwood crowned Queen for a Night

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The Interdenominational Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows of Winston-Salem and Vicinity crown was won by Hattie Fulwood, who is the wife of Dr. James Fulwood, pastor of St. Mark Baptist Church.

The North Carolina State Queen, Pauline Moore, wife of Dr. Green Moore, presented the crown. Fulwood will compete for the state title with other minister’s wives from cities in North Carolina in April 2016.

The wives meet every first Tuesday in the month at St. Mark Baptist Church. Membership is open for pastor’s wives, associate minister’s wives and evangelist’s wives of various denominations.

For more information call Mattie Walker at 336-7618168.

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Friends of Winston Salem members shown (L-R) are Sharon Marshall, Linda Lindsay, Winnie Speas, Sharon Pratt, Sandy Porter, Carrie Fitzgerald, Shirley Bishop, and Elaine Bevels.

Absent members are: Carolyn Hayes, Kay Hawkins, Priscilla JacksonWiggins, Kim McKenzieBanks, Mamie Nesbitt, Daisy Walker and Sylvia White

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Women’s club supports scholarships, other causes SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Friends of Winston Salem supports the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emancipation Association as it gives scholarships. The club attended the 2016 annual celebration of Emancipation at Morning Star Baptist Church on Jan. 1.

FRIENDS, a community based organization, has supported the scholarship program for over 20 years.

FRIENDS was established in April 1992 when two very close friends, Elaine Bevels and Sandy Porter, thought that there were a lot of intelligent and caring AfricanAmerican women who could make a difference in the community.

They called a select group of their friends together at Bevels’ home to discuss their concept of helping themselves and the community. Out of that meeting, the social/community club FRIENDS was born.

In addition to the support of the Emancipation Association Scholarship Fund, FRIENDS supports the Cherry Hill Apartments for Seniors, Elizabeth & Tab William Adult Day Center, Project Hope, women and children in need and many other areas of need.

It is under the current leadership of President Sharon Pratt. The board consists of 15

Big Brothers Big Sisters recognizes January as National Mentor Month SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

January is National Mentor Month and for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the theme is: “It All Starts With A Little.” National Mentor Month is an opportunity to bring more awareness to the importance of mentoring and how it can impact a child’s life.

On Friday, Jan. 15, Mayor Allen Joines will make a proclamation declaring it National Mentor Day and some mentors will share their stories.

“Mentoring is powerful, and can help change the direction of a child’s life,” said Shawan Gabriel, president/ CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

ter, and mentors are there to help and encourage them in a unique and positive way. As we focus on engaging more of the community in volunteering as mentors, we will share a simple message: “All It Takes Is A Little.”

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Sisters Services Inc. serves Forsyth and Davie County working with more than 500 children each year. To get involved and learn more about becoming a mentor, contact Big Brothers Big Sisters at 336-724-7993 or email volunteer@bbbsnc.org.

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Of the 42 projects approved in the bond referendum, 33 are completed, under construction or scheduled to be under contract by the end of June. These 33 projects include $23.7 million worth of recreation projects, $21 million in public safety projects, and more than $23 million in street and sidewalk projects. It also includes $2.85 million approved for housing projects and $1.58 million approved for economic development projects.

PROJECT / STATUS 1. Jamison Parkk / Ground broken 2. Sedge Garden Community Centter gym / Ground broken 3. Piney Grove / Under constructionn 4. Bowen Parkk / Contract awarded Dec. 2015 5 Quarry Park/Waughtown Greennway Connectorr / Projected contract awar 5. a d Jan. Jan 2016 6. Winston Lakke Aquatic Facility / Projected contract award Feb. 2016 7. The Gathering Place at Fairview Parkk / Projected contract award Mar. 22016 8. Salem Lake Marina / Projected contract award Feb. 2016 9. Water Spraygrounds (Sedge Garden, d Rupert Bell, Little Creek Park, Hathaway Park, Reynolds Park) / Projected contract awards March - April 2016 10. Winston Lakke Golf Course / Projjected contract award April 2016 11. Kimberley Parkk / Projected contrract award May 2016 12. Miller Parkk / Projected contract award June 2016 13. Blum Park / Projected under consstruction June 2016 14. Hobby Parkk / Projected cunder constr o uction May 2016 15. Carver Tennis Courts / Completed e

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GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BOND PROJECTS Use the ffeedback eedback fform orm at CityofWS.org/2014bonds or call the Citizen Feedback line at 734-1400.

In addition, two other major capital projects will also soon be underway: renovations to the Benton Convention Center, and restoration of the historic Union Station. These projects are financed f dw withh $35.8 $ million ll in limited obliggation bonds.

Street Resur facing. Voters approved $115.25 million in bonds, which is being sprread over the four contracts listed below.

- Contract 1, streets citywide / Com mpleted - Contract 2, streets citywide / Com mpleted - Contract 3A, streets citywide / Projec o ted contract award March 2016 - Contract 3B, streets citywide / Projec o ted contract award March 2016 Sidewalks. Voters approved $10 million in bonds. The projects listed below accouunt for $1.82 million of this. Additional sidew walk projects are in the planning stages.

- Cole Road, Reynolds Park Road / Ground broken - Cherokee Lane, 25th Street / Contr t acts awarded Dec. 2015 - Bryansplace Drive, Chandler Streeet, Gerald Street, Old Town Drive, Old Vineeyard Road, Yorkshire Road, Robinhood Road / Projected contract awards Jan - March 2016 23. Polo Road Corridor Improvemennts / Projected contract award Jan. 2016 24. Concrete Base Street Rehabilitaation (Canterbury Trail, Fairfax Drive, Pinne Valley Road, Windsor Road) / Projected contract award March 2016 B ke, Pedestrian and Child Pedestrian Saffety Projects. Voters approved $1.8 million in bonds Bik for bicycle & pedestrian project matchingg funds and $2 million in bonds ffor or child pedestrian safety p ojects. The projects listed below accounnt for $282,000 of this. pr Waugh g town Street (2 pprojec j ts), Cam meron Ave., Hutton St., Peacehaven Roadd / Projec j ted contract awards Jan. & March 20166

H HOUSING Housing/Neighborhood Developmennt. Voters approved $6 million in bonds.

The projects listed below account for for $2.85 85 million of this 25. Pepper Building / City loan approved by City Council 26. 757 North Apartments / City loan approved by City Council

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Special signs at construction sites identify the 2014 bond projects.

CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM Mayor: Allen Joines City Council: Vivian H. Burke, Mayor Pro Tempore,Northeast Ward; Denise D. Adams, North Ward; Dan Besse, Southwest Ward; Robert C. Clark, West Ward; Molly Leight, South Ward; Jeff MacIntosh, Northwest Ward; Derwin L. Montgomery, East Ward; James Taylor Jr., Southeast Ward City Manager: Lee Garrity

RRUCA Phase Ph III. (Revitalizing (R italizing Urban Com mmercial i l Areas)) Votters approvedd $2 million illion on in i bonds. One p oposal totaling $554,779 has been apprroved. Two other proposals are pending. pr Economic Development Sites/Infrasttructure. Voters approved $20 million in bonds.

The projects listed below account for for $1.03 03 million of this.

27 Enterprise Drive (Union Cross Bussiness Park) / City assistance approved by City Council 28. Spec Building (Union Cross Busineess Park) / City assistance approved by Citty Council

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

Town of West Jefferson East Second Streetscape Improvements Ashe County, NC

Bid Date: January 28, 2016 @ 2:00 PM—Sub Quotes due by 12:00 PM

Contact: Jason Blackwell Jason.blackwell@jrvannoy.com 1608 Hwy 221 North—PO Box 635 Jefferson, NC 28640 Phone: 336-846-7191 Fax: 336-846-7112 We have adopted several policies and procedures to encourage the participation of D/M/ WBE firms on our projects, so if you are interested in this project but discouraged by any of its requirements, please contact us. We have special joint pay agreements and even an expedited payment policy for D/MWBE firms, and we encourage to you to contact us to discuss how these procedures can help you on this project. If the bonding, letter of credit or insurance requirements set forth in the bid documents would otherwise prevent you from soliciting a quote please contact us and we will discuss ways that we may be able to help you meet these requirements. Likewise, if you are discouraged from submitting a quote on this project because you think you may have trouble obtaining the necessary equipment, supplies, materials, or any other related assistance or services that may be necessary to complete the work, please contact us and we will discuss ways that we may be able to help you overcome these obstacles. We adopted these policies to encourage the participation of D/M/WBE firms like yours, and we encourage your company to explore and take advantage of them; so please feel free to give us a call in these regards A meeting has been scheduled for Jan. 21st at 10:00 a.m. at 1608 Hwy 221 N. Jefferson, NC for anyone who is interested to ask questions, obtain plans, etc.

Work Includes and we will be accepting quotes for but not limited to: Const. Survey, Grading, Removal of Exist. Asph. & Concrete Pavement, RC Pipe Culverts, ABC, Asphalt, Frame w/grate, Valley Grate, Integral Curb, Curb & Gutter, Conc. Valley Gutter, Conc. Walk, Ramp & Drive, Tactile Pavers, Temp. TC, Thermoplastic Pavement Markings, removal of Pavement Marking, Traffic Signal Removal, Etc Please see proposal for complete listing of bid items. Bid items can be subdivided into economically feasible units to facilitate D/M/WBE Participation. We ask that all Non-D/M/WBE Subs & Suppliers also utilize D/M/WBE Subs & Suppliers to increase our overall D/M/WBE Participation on this project.

Be sure to check our website periodically for addenda.

Plans may be obtained/viewed: www.jrvannoy.com Subcontractor Plan Room Vannoy Construction-1608 Hwy 221 North-Jefferson, NC West Jefferson Town Hall Associated General Contractors www.cagc.org Hispanic Contractors of the Carolinas www.isqft.com WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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State Utility Contractors, Inc. solicits subcontract proposals for the following work:

Erosion Control, Asphalt Paving Repairs, Seeding & Mulching, Material Hauling, Concrete Repair, Project Signs, Rock Excavation, Traffic Control, Pavement Markings,Survey, Traffic Signals, Material Supply for the E. Lindsay Street 12” Waterline Improvement Project in Greensboro, NC.

The bid date for this project is January 21, 2016. Minority businesses are encouraged to submit proposals for this work. If additional information is needed, please contact Justin Collins at (704) 289-6400.

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Minority and Women’s Owned Businesses, in the building trades are cordially invited to submit bids on the following project: Union Station Phase I Restoration and Renovation 1001 Salem Lake Road Winston-Salem, NC Bid Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2016 at 12 noon

A link to the Plans and Specifications are available by emailing a request to: pat@jgcoram.com.

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Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Marion D. Henderson, Jr. also known as, Marion Douglas Henderson, Jr., Marion D. Henderson and Marion Henderson, deceased, of Forsyth County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Marion D. Henderson, Jr. also known as, Marion Douglas Henderson, Jr., Marion D. Henderson and Marion Henderson, to present said claims to the undersigned, in the care of Renita Thompkins Linville, P. O. Box 20802, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27120-0802, on or before the 24th March 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

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

This the 24th day of December 2015.

MARJORIE G. WALKER AND SHONTA LEWIS FLEMING CO-EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF MARION D. HENDERSON, JR. also known as, MARION DOUGLAS HENDERSON JR., MARION D. HENDERSON AND MARION HENDERSON

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

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Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Harry Glenn Davis, Sr. (15 E 415), also known as H. Glenn Davis and Glenn Davis, deceased November 24, 2015, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before March 23, 2016 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 24rd day of December, 2015.

Geraldine F. Davis, Executor for Harry Glenn Davis, Sr., deceased 1739 Greymar Drive Walkertown, NC 27051

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE WINSTON-SALEM CITY COUNCIL ON PETITIONS FOR ZONING CHANGES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, that the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber at City Hall, Room 230, 101 N. Main Street, WinstonSalem, NC at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 on the following proposed amendments to the Official Zoning Map of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina:

1. Special use permit request of Zion Memorial Missionary Baptist Church for Expansion of Institutional Parking in Residential Zoning: property is located on the east side of Dunleith Avenue, north of East First Street; property consists of +/0.16 acre and is PIN # 6835-76-6318 shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps and on the site plan on file in the office of the City- County Planning Board –Zoning Docket W-3282.

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

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

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

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