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From Pride to Juneteenth, downtown was alive with celebrations last weekend

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

There was a lot going on downtown last weekend. Hundreds of people lined Fourth Street Saturday morning for the annual Pride Parade and hundreds more attended the 1Love Festival, which held events at the Stevens Center and The Ramkat.

But the biggest event of the weekend by far was the annual Juneteenth Festival hosted by Triad Cultural Arts Inc. More than 6,000 people attended the festival held at Bailey Park and Biotech Place in Innovation Quarter.

Juneteenth is the celebration of the country’s longest-running observance of the abolition of slavery. On June 19, 1865, soldiers rode into Galveston, Texas, to announce that slavery had been officially abolished, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Here in WinstonSalem Triad Cultural Arts Inc. has played host to the Juneteenth Festival for the past 18 years.

The festival had something for everyone to enjoy - arts and crafts, live music, yoga for children and adults, interactive displays, food trucks, and other vendors. Winston-Salem State University’s Rams Know H.O.W. mobile health clinic was on hand providing free health screenings.

During the festival The Chronicle asked several people what Juneteenth meant to them.

Here are some of their responses: Philicia Carter-Blue: “Juneteenth is a time to come together and celebrate our culture’s freedom from slavery.

It’s also a time to remember what our ancestors went through and acknowledge that they didn’t get

Photos by Tevin Stinson

More than 6,000 people attended the Juneteenth Festival held at Bailey Park and Biotech Place in Innovation Quarter on Saturday, June 18. an opportunity to accomplish any of their dreams. It reminds us to carry on the torch, fight for our rights, and most importantly, live your dreams .As a small business consultant, it’s a beautiful thing to see Black business owners have the opportunity to establish their business and have the same rights as every other race.”

Dr. Felicia Piggott-Anderson: “Juneteenth means we fought and won. And we recognize that

God made a way for us … and that our freedom was paid for with our blood, sweat and tears and we don’t take it for granted; we’re going to celebrate it.”

Evageline Prince: “To me Juneteenth is telling our story. Telling our grandkids and great-grandkids exactly what our history is because we don’t want other people telling our kids and our grandkids what our history is; we need to tell them ourselves. We need to show

up and show out for our holiday.

Monday is a national holiday and the people who have that day off should recognize who we are as a people.”

Carolyn Parker: “Juneteenth means the heritage of our people. It is so important that we know what our heritage is, where we came from, where we are presently, and what we need to be doing to make the future a better place for Black and brown people and

our organization, the Friends of Malloy Jordan East Winston Heritage Center, is trying to do that. We’re the only minority library in the Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Library System.”

Dojer James: “To me Juneteenth is our opportunity to come together and celebrate what we have overcome. There is still a lot of work to be done, but we have overcome a lot and it’s important that we celebrate that.”

Triad Cultural Arts crowns first Queen Juneteenth THE CHRONICLE

After months of attending workshops and other events to prepare them for life after high school, last Friday the 13 contestants vying for the title of Queen Juneteenth and a four-year

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Zuri Sweatt was crowned Triad Cultural Arts’ first Queen Juneteenth.

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scholarship to the HBCU of their choice, came together one more time to see who would walk away with the crown.

While Triad Cultural Arts, Inc. has been hosting the local Juneteenth Celebration for over 18 years, this is the inaugural year for the Queen Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant.

Cheryl Harry, founder and CEO of Triad Cultural Arts, said the idea for the pageant was brought to her by Dr. Stephanie Hurt, founder of the Royal Curtain Drama Guild.

Harry said adding the pageant to the annual celebration is about growth and getting young people involved.“I think it was an evolution … We wanted to

take it to another level,” said Harry while discussing the pageant. “There was a desire to get more young people involved in the Juneteenth Celebration … and we thought this was an excellent way to do it and we’re very glad to be a part of this.”

Dr. Hurt said the pageant was created as a way to encourage and admirably spotlight young Black women in the local community.

“It gives them a push to reach for their greatness and to believe they can achieve,” Hurt said.

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Learn how to ‘Stop the Bleed’ and save lives At a time when mass shootings and other violent crimes are at an all-time high, the Our Opportunity Opportunity 2 Love + Heal Coalition, a local organization working toward comprehensive solutions to end gun

program was initiated by a federal interagency workgroup convened by the National Security Council staff and The White House. The purpose of the campaign is to build national resilience by better preparing the public to save lives by raising awareness of basic actions to stop life threatening

violence, is hosting a workshop to help citizens prepare for such a situation and possibly help save a life.

The coalition will partner with the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Stop The Bleed program, to bring a workshop to the community on Thursday, June 23.

According to the FBI, active shooter incidents in the U.S. have experienced a 52% increase from 2020 – 2021 and uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death from trauma.

The Stop the Bleed

bleeding following everyday emergencies and man-made and natural disasters. Since its inception, Stop the Bleed has trained nearly 2 million people worldwide on how to stop bleeding in a severely injured person.

The workshop is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. at Sprague Street Community Center, 1350 E. Sprague Street. The event is open to anyone at least 12 years old and free dinner will be served to the first 50 attendees.

Our Opportunity Opportunity 2 Love + Heal Coalition (formerly the Women’s Gun Violence Prevention Coalition), is

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exhilarating experience of my natural life,” Hurt said. “I never would’ve imagined 10 years ago that theatre would journey into pageant life.”

In the end it was Zuri Sweatt who was crowned Queen Juneteenth and awarded the four-year tuition scholarship. Sweatt, who is a junior at West Forsyth, is the daughter of James and Ulysesa Sweatt. Her top three HBCU choices are NC A&T, Howard and WSSU. First runner-up was awarded to Kinley Copeland, a junior at Reagan High School; second runner-up was awarded to Kianna Andrews, a junior at Parkland High School; third runner-up was awarded to Teoni Ingram who attends Glenn High School; and fourth runnerup was awarded to Shaniyae Simmons who attends Carter G. Woodson.

Other young women who made up the inaugural Queen Juneteenth Court are Leah Funchess, Destiny Vaughans, Cha’Nijah Carter, Cheyenne Brunson, Cameron Brock, Deja Whitehurst, Jacqueline Hauser, and Ja’Nayziah Marsh-Glyph.

For more information on the Queen Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant visit https://triadculturalarts. org/index.php/queen-juneteenth-scholarship/.

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higher, plan to attend a historically Black college or university (HBCU), have an interest in leadership, have a desire to serve in the community, and be of good character.

As part of their pageant process, the young women participated in community service, fundraising, and attended weekend workshops. The workshops focused on several different topics and themes including, social and emotional learning, planning for an HBCU experience, social justice, leadership and financial freedom, and etiquette and style.

Contestants were judged on how they performed during the workshops and during the pageant, which was comprised of the Business Look Competition and the Evening Gown Competition. Contestants also had the opportunity to show off their acting skills during the pageant by participating in a theatrical performance that gave some background on the pageant.

Before the winners were announced, Dr. Hurt said she enjoyed every moment she spent working with the Queen Juneteenth contestants.

“This has been the most

a movement dedicated to cementing a better future for all, with a mission to organize, galvanize, educate and mobilize through communitydriven solutions to end gun violence in WinstonSalem.

For more information about the coalition or the Stop the Bleed workshop, visit https://www.oo2lh. org or Our Opportunity Opportunity 2 Love + Heal Coalition on Facebook.

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The New Cool Movement: Being the change they want to see

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

Every third Saturday residents in Kernersville line up in their vehicles while volunteers stock their trunks with free food, fruit, veggies, drinks, toiletries, pampers, and other necessities. The free food drive originally started when Bishop Todd Fulton first saw a need in his church, Mt. Moriah Outreach. “We asked the members to bring $5 and $10 gift cards,” said Bishop Fulton. He realized that wasn’t enough, so the church partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank.

“We were able to move food by the pallet.”

Last year Mt. Moriah Outreach gave out 700 pounds of food. “This is the real work of God, and we’re blessed to be able to do this.” Fulton added, “I have been a part of the food bank since I was a teenager and I have enjoyed every minute of this journey. We have given to our community for several years and I am proud of what we do every month.

“Proverbs 22:6 says, ‘Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.’ In 2021, God led me to do exactly what the word said. Under the umbrella of my nonprofit, The Next Level of the Triad, Inc., I started a youth organization called The New Cool Movement.

Whenever we see or hear about an opportunity to make a difference in the Triad communities, we’re there. This past Saturday Mt. Moriah Outreach was New Cool Movement’s destiny. We assisted their members with prepping and serving.”

“The feeling of giving back to the community and giving our brothers and sisters a loving hand up is always a blessing. Just getting to see the smiles of others and being the reason behind that smile is such a great feeling. But this is just the beginning of our journey on changing the image of cool,” shared the organization’s president, Jeremiah Jett.

“I designed the organization to change the image of COOL for students in the Triad, with our eyes and mind set on changing the world. The images on social media have played a huge role with shaping the music, fashion and behavior of our youth. So, we use powerful messages on social media platforms, such as our YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok channels, to record youth engaging in community service work,” said Jett.

“I love what we do! It’s a blessing to be a blessing, so when we began this great work, it truly enlightened my soul and opened my eyes to the hunger crisis in our country. I always show up with an opened up heart and ready to keep helping people,” said New Cool member Jaydah Wom. “This is the first time I’ve done something like this. It feels good doing something for others without expecting something in

New Cool Movement youth organization return,” said new member Neveah Payne. She recently graduated as her senior class valedictorian.

“I feel super important, dad. I love that I matter to someone other than you and mom. Everywhere we go, adults seem to love seeing young people doing cool stuff like this,” said our youngest member, Nate Brown, my nineyear-old son.

Founding member Jonathan Wilcox shared, “This experience of giving back to the community was yet again so moving.

We helped fill up bags of fresh, prepared fruits and food cans, as well as tea and water. It felt amazing connecting with our brothers and sisters in the Kernersville community and Mt. Moriah Outreach members as well. I can’t wait to do this again.”

The New Cool Movement ages range from 9 – 18, and you can never age out. We’re preparing our high school graduates who relocate out of state to continue the movement. “No matter where we go, it’s imperative that we continue this work,” shared Jonathan.

We also support lowwealth parents to help provide the necessities that children need for school, such as new clothes, shoes, books, and school supplies that parents cannot afford to provide. We coordinate with the parents and surprise the child with gift certificates to purchase their needed items, “That’s a need in every city in this country,” said Jett.

Our ultimate goal is to purchase a radio station as a point of education for our youth. The station will be run by youth, as well as on-air personalities. This will also be used as an initiative in social change and entrepreneurship.

Most radio stations’ personalities are between 30 and 40 years old, so their topics and music aren’t appropriate for youth. Because of this, our 5 to 17-year-old kids are becoming young adults before their time, and that’s too much weight to carry for a child. Our radio station will allow them to give themselves permission to have fun being children again.

2022 will be the organization’s inaugural New Cool Awards. We will award $1,000 to graduating seniors who come

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from inner-city communities. “As president of New Cool, I feel it’s important to also support graduating seniors without the high GPAs. Now that community college is free, $1,000 will go a long way.”

For more info, to make a donation, have us come out to volunteer, or get your children involved, send us an email at newcoolmovement@gmail. com.

The New Cool Movement will aspire to inspire before we expire, because goodness and knowledge are the only investments that never fail.

It allows youth to keep true to their dreams without compromise.

My Organization of the Week is The New Cool Movement.

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Black women voters aged 50 and over will be deciding factor in next election

BY STACY M. BROWN

New research by AARP in partnership with pollsters Celinda Lake, Christine Matthews, Kristen Soltis Anderson, and Margie Omero, found that only 17% of Black women have made up their mind about who they will vote for in the 2022 election. According to a news release, roughly half (53%) of these voters say they will not make their decisions until weeks or just days before the midterm election.

“Black women 50 and over are worried about pocketbook issues, the future of the nation, and feeling left behind by their elected officials,” Nancy LeaMond, AARP chief advocacy and engagement officer, said in the news release.

“The vast majority of these women haven’t made up their minds about how they’ll vote in November.

Candidates would be wise to listen to their opinions and concerns.”

According to an AARP survey, Black women 50 and over are more likely to be optimistic about the economy and their personal financial situation than women 50 and over of other races and ethnicities. The majority (56%) say the economy is working well for them personally, compared to 52% of 50-plus women overall who say the economy is not working well for them. However, they still have significant concerns. *Nearly two-thirds (63%) say rising prices are the most important thing to them personally when thinking about the economy, and (81%) are concerned about their income keeping up with rising costs. *Black women 50 and over are also worried about Social Security being there when they retire (75%) and having enough saved for retirement (22%). *Political division in the country is also a concern among Black women voters aged 50 and over, and they are unimpressed with the job elected officials are doing on a range of issues, including their dominant concern of rising prices. *Significant majorities give elected officials D/F grades on issues, including prices rising faster than income (80%), the wage gap between the rich and poor (77%), crime (76%), race relations (72%), and the costs of healthcare and prescription drugs (70%).

A recent focus group hosted by AARP with Black women 50 and over also shows they are very worried about the economy and feel unheard. Most see the country as in trouble, and many are concerned about financial pressures, age discrimination, and the dangers facing younger generations, like racial profiling.

Nearly every Black woman said they feel ignored by politicians today, and many described themselves as “invisible” at work and in public life.

The AARP national survey was conducted by phone and online from February 18 to March 3, 2022, using NORC’s Foresight 50+ Panel, supplemented with interviews from non-probability panels.

The final poll included 1,836 voters aged 50 and over who are likely to vote in 2022, with samples of Black voters, Hispanic/Latino voters, Asian American/ Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voters, as well as American Indian/Alaska Native voters.

The survey results represent a sample of 984 women voters age 50 and over with 171 Black women. Study margin of error: +/- 3.29%.

The focus group was conducted May 24, 2022, by a bipartisan team of pollsters: GBAO, Echelon Insights, Lake Research Partners, and Bellwether Research. The group included nine participants, all Black women aged 50 and over.

Qualitative research findings are directional and not projectable onto the population at large.

Stacy M. Brown is the NNPA Newswire senior national correspondent. Reach him at @StacyBrownMedia.

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Senator Warnock: ‘A vote is a kind of a prayer’ Howard Pearre

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Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia appeared on MSNBC commentator Lawrence O’Donnell’s show earlier this month and said casting a vote is like sending up a prayer.

O’Donnell’s news peg for inviting Senator Warnock onto his June 15 show was the Congressional hearings into the January 6, 2021, insurrection of the Capitol. O’Donnell started the conversation with a question about the former president’s efforts to “find” enough ballots to change Georgia from a Biden state to a Trump state. Warnock, who also serves as a prominent Baptist minister, didn’t answer that question directly.

Instead, he took the opportunity to echo some of the profound words with which he had mesmerized his fellow senators in his very first address to the U.S. Senate shortly after he won the seat on January 5, 2021, the day before the Capitol insurrection. Here is part of what he said: “Even as difficult as these days are … we have no right to give up. We have no right to give into the forces of cynicism and divisions that are trying to take hold of our democracy. We’ve seen dark and difficult days before, but the scripture tells us that the light shines in the darkness. It’s not that the dark-

ness won’t come. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness overcometh it not.”

He continued, “Democracy is not a noun; it’s a verb. We’ve got to fight for our democracy, which is the highest expression of our collective humanity as an American people.

E Pluribus Unum - out of many, one. All of the things that we care about happen within the framework of our democracy. People have to have a voice.

“I sometimes say that a vote is a kind of prayer for the kind of world we desire for ourselves and for our children. Our prayers are stronger when we pray together. So we have to keep the faith, keep trying to make the way out of noway.”

O’Donnell commented, “One thing that I realize as you say that … is prayers are not answered immediately. They’re not answered instantly. Prayer is a patient process.”

Senator Warnock continued, “Absolutely. Here again I think about John Lewis … I had the honor of presiding over his funeral at my church where I still preach every Sunday, Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr. King preached. I presided over John Lewis’ funeral while I was running for the Senate, and as I was preparing for that, I was watching the footage of him crossing that Edmond Pettus Bridge in the American struggle for the basic right to vote, and I asked myself: What was John Lewis thinking?

Young man with a trench coat on, knapsack on, crossing this bridge, police

officers with billy clubs on the other side of the bridge.

“I don’t know what he was thinking, but here’s what I know. He was not thinking that at the end of his life he’d have a grand funeral, and there’d be three American presidents there on both sides of the aisle. He wasn’t thinking that he’d be the recipient of a Presidential Medal of Freedom. I think he was just trying to stay alive that day in order to fight the next day. And somehow, and by some stroke of destiny mingled with human sacrifice and determination, he was able to bend the moral arc of the universe toward justice.”

Democracy - A Verb, Not A Noun On Nov. 8, 2022, we North Carolinians also will have an opportunity to send up prayers and bend the moral arc of the universe toward justice.

But doing so will require preparation as well as action steps.

Preparation will include checking to assure you are properly registered with a correct address and other information entered into the State Board of Elections website, educating yourself about absentee voting and requesting an absentee ballot if that is your plan, learning when early voting will be held and where, and if your plan is to vote on Election Day, planning how to do this.

To check on your registration enter NC VOTER LOOKUP into Google and click on VOTER SEARCH. Put in your name and click ENTER. Usually, you then will need to select the name

with the middle name and county. Clicking there will take you to a page with your personal voting information: precinct and the races you will vote in. You also can view a personalized sample ballot.

If your address is not listed correctly, you’ll need to update that by sending the correct information to the Forsyth County Board of Elections using a Voter Registration Application that you can download, print, and send into the Forsyth County Board of Elections.

You can also make address corrections by voting at a one-stop early voting site. If you have a NC drivers license you can make corrections online or even register for the first time. To begin the online process, Google NCSBE ONLINE REGISTRATION, select COMPLETE YOUR REGISTRATION ONLINE THROUGH THE DMV/NCSBE, and follow the steps.

Whether we’re collectively able to bend the moral arc of the universe toward justice will depend on each of us making the effort to send in that absentee ballot, vote early, or get to our assigned precincts to fulfill our patriotic duty of voting.

Howard Pearre retired after a career as a counselor and manager with N.C. Vocational Rehabilitation and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. He has led training workshops on voter registration and is a board member with Winston-Salem Writers.

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Mass shootings have taken America to a new low in its democracy Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

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Shootings of any kind are bad. They shame us, they embarrass us, and they injure us. Oftentimes, they kill us.

Guns have the consequences of life and death.

During these days and times, they are causing too many deaths. It seems someone is being killed almost daily because of gun violence.

Our society is suffering mightily because of it.

Families once whole are now being torn apart because of this cycle of doom and gloom.

Using guns instead of thoughtful ways of talking has become how we settle disagreements.

Plainly stated, we shoot each other instead of talking to each other. We are spiraling down each day. Is this the way of the future?

Critics of gun control are still waging a battle against reasonable proposals and solutions. They point to mental health as to why gun violence is out of control. Their position is to point to every mass shooting and say mental illness is the cause.

Many of us in the public square disagree with this line of thinking.

Did Dylann Roof suffer from mental illness when he shot those nine Black people in Charleston, South Carolina? Let us remember they were attending a church service.

Did Payton S. Gendron have some type of mental strife when he killed ten Black people in Buffalo, New York? They were shopping at a grocery store.

What about hate as a reason for these shootings?

According to reports, 19.86% of adults in America are experiencing some type of mental illness. This means approximately 50 million people have mental health challenges.

I, along with many others, believe it is irresponsible to say that every time a person gets injured or killed, that the shooter has a mental illness. It is wrong to use mental illness as the only reason for these shootings.

When Black men are killed by law enforcement officers, are we to assume that they have a mental

health problem?

I don’t make that assumption. What assumption do you make?

Despite this rash of senseless shootings and killings, there may be hope and help on the horizon. Recently, a bipartisan group of 10 Democratic senators and 10 Republican senators brokered an agreement on school safety and gun measures. Reports say that the proposal will be strong enough to counteract the filibuster. It will need 60 votes to do so.

Chris Murphy, Democratic senator from Connecticut, said on Twitter, “We have a deal. Today a bipartisan group of 20 senators (10 D and 10 R) is announcing a breakthrough agreement on gun violence - the first in 30 years - that will save lives.”

There are some major

components to this proposed piece of legislation.

For example, there will be additional vetting for people who want to buy guns and there will be monies available for school-based mental health programs.

This regulation will stem the tide of those who want to purchase guns, as before there were little to minimal background checks.

It is my opinion that this budding piece of legislation will put a stop to the overreach of the NRA (National Rifle Association). Some say they are the nation’s most powerful lobbying group. Gun advocacy and safety groups are pushing for this legislation to be enacted. For many of them, this has been a long time coming.

The student-led movement, March for Our Lives and one of the co-found-

ers, David Hogg said, “In a less broken society, we would be able to require background checks every single time someone wants to buy a gun, and we would ban assault rifles outright. But even if one life is saved or one attempted mass shooting is prevented because of these regulations, we believe that it is worth fighting for.”

I do, too.

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

Co-opted: The UN’s misguided mission to Xinjiang Mel Gurtov Guest Columnist

A Genocidal Policy The top UN human rights official recently traveled to Xinjiang province in China, hoping to persuade Beijing’s leaders to stop the internment of approximately 1.5 million Uyghurs and other Chinese Muslims in one of the world’s greatest humanrights catastrophes.

It was a thoroughly misguided mission.

Call it a cultural genocide, a crime against humanity, or (as I prefer) a genocide, the repression in Xinjiang Province is a well-documented Chinese government policy authorized by the specific order of President and communist party leader Xi Jinping.

On top of all the previous evidence of crimes against the Uyghurs, such as the testimony and documents presented late last year at the Uyghur

Tribunal in London, we now have something unprecedented: hacked data, known as the “Xinjiang police files,” that contains images of more than 5,000 imprisoned Uyghurs, police spreadsheets, and confidential documents from two counties in Xinjiang.

The data, from internal police networks, proves that so-called reeducation camps are in fact internment centers, and that top Chinese leaders are directly responsible for creating them as part of a mass campaign to eradicate the Uyghur culture.

The photographs also give us a look at the conditions that prisoners face in the centers.

As Dr. Adrian Zenz, a leading authority on the camps, says, “We have images of actual police drills showing how police are handcuffing detainees, shackling them, marching them off, and then even putting them into the ominous tiger chair for interrogation.”

A Failed Mission Michelle Bachelet, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, has been sitting for many months on a report on Chinese policy

in Xinjiang. Many observers, especially people in Uyghur overseas communities and human rights organizations, have eagerly anticipated her report.

Rather than release it, Bachelet spent six days in China, including two in Xinjiang, at the invitation of Xi Jinping’s government. Though initially her office suggested the trip was an investigation, at its end she denied that, saying its chief purpose was “direct discussions … with a view to supporting China in fulfilling its obligations under international human rights law.”

In a public recounting, she complimented the Chinese leadership for its cooperation, lauded its social and economic achievements, and assured one and all that she had raised troubling human-rights issues with senior Chinese officials.

Considering Bachelet’s background as a victim of torture in the Pinochet era in Chile, she was surely aware that visiting a country under authoritarian rule is a potential trap. She had no real control over such a trip’s most important item: the agenda.

Indeed, Bachelet reported she was “unable to assess the full scale” of the so-called vocational education centers in Xinjiang - that is, the internment facilities - but was “assured” they had been “dismantled.” She spoke with civil society groups, jurists, and legal authorities - all no doubt handpicked to reflect the views of the party-state.

She also said she had raised a number of concerning issues with the Chinese government, such as “allegations of the use of force and ill treatment” of prisoners and “the application of counter-terrorism and de-radicalisation measures” to Chinese Muslims. She “encouraged” the Chinese government to ensure that those measures conformed with international human rights law. (China has signed but not ratified the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as she pointed out.)

And she did offer a few critical remarks on humanrights issues in Tibet and Hong Kong.

In all, her trip turned out to be a propaganda coup for Beijing. The visit was a classic Potemkin vil-

lage experience in which the authorities kept Bachelet away from the victims of abuse and presented a false front to hide actual conditions. Of course she could not “assess the full scale” of the internment camps. Nor did she have any way to look into other aspects of Chinese policy, such as forced labor, separation of families, and deployment of prison labor to other provinces.

With little to say about the scope of the repression, she could not challenge China’s official narrative that justifies its abuses in the name of counter-terrorism. Even though the Chinese supposedly agreed to maintain a dialogue on the Uyghurs, rest assured any such dialogue will be just as one-sided if it occurs at all.

No Excuse One might excuse Ms. Bachelet’s decision to go to China on the grounds that she could present the world community’s concerns about the Uyghurs directly to China’s leaders. She did so, but not in a way that has any hope of improving life for the Uyghurs, whether in or out of internment.

As the representative of the world community, and apparently a candidate for UN secretary general though following this trip, she decided not to seek a second term as HCR leader - she should not have put herself in position to be used by a regime that is eminently successful at hiding what it doesn’t want outsiders, or even its own people, to see.

Besides, what could possibly be learned in two days of a guided tour in Xinjiang? Imagine accepting an invitation from Vladimir Putin to evaluate war crimes in Ukraine by spending two days in Crimea.

This trip was an embarrassment both personal and institutional, symbolized by a presentation to Bachelet of a book of Xi’s thoughts on protecting human rights at the end of her visit. She should have given the Chinese the Xinjiang police files in return.

Before she retires, she should release the report on Chinese policy.

Mel Gurtov, syndicated

by PeaceVoice, is professor emeritus of political science at Portland State University and blogs at In the Human Interest.

Now that we know we can, will we?

Eric Aft

Guest Columnist

Fallout from the ongoing pandemic, the resulting economic challenges, and world events are being felt by all of us. However, as is often the case, our most vulnerable families and children are the ones whose lives continue to be hardest hit by these challenges.

It doesn’t need to be that way.

Many families had only just begun to achieve some measure of stability in their circumstances, managing through debt, loss, on-going challenges

with childcare, and more, when the grip of inflation began to take hold, adding to their burdens. Unfortunately, this summer will bring another blow to many of these families when government nutrition assistance policies result in less food being available and accessible for our region’s children.

With federal child nutrition waivers in place in 2020 and 2021, Second Harvest Food Bank, along with our partner food assistance agencies, local schools, and other community groups, learned what we can accomplish when we have flexibility to work together creatively to reach more children. As examples, we could deliver meals in rural communities instead of requiring children to come together at a specific loca-

tion, and we could allow children to bring home multiple meals to share with siblings rather than making the whole family come to a central meal site to “prove” that more than one child resides in the household. Together, with previous barriers out of the way, we had been able to reach more children and give them the good nutrition they need every day.

In 2020 at the height of COVID, in collaboration with 72 partners, Second Harvest Food Bank provided over 566,000 healthy, prepared meals for children. With the pending expiration of federal child nutrition waivers, twothirds of these partners will no longer be operating their community-based programs. With child nutrition waivers set to expire on June 30, 2022, we will

see a return to a significant “summer meal gap,” a return to a reality where so many children won’t have access to a summer meal program and too many of our youngest community members will go without.

Before federal child nutrition waivers, only 17% of children in North Carolina who were eligible for free or reduced-price school meals were able to access meals through the summer meal programs.

In North Carolina, Share Our Strength-No Kid Hungry estimates that over 250,000 children will lose access to meals this summer if the child nutrition waivers are not extended.

For years, Second Harvest Food Bank and our like-minded allies in the work of hunger-relief have advocated for more program flexibility to reach

more children during outof-school times. Now that we know we can further reduce child hunger, will we? Congress has the power to do just this - and make a huge difference for millions of kids and families across the country. Our elected representatives (and let’s remember, they represent us!) must invest in and expand proven tools and programs to get more meals to more kids and families.

If you believe as we do that every child deserves to eat, every meal, every day, I ask you to make your voice heard.

Feeding America, of which Second Harvest Food Bank is a member, is making it easy for you to tell Congress: End Child Hunger Now! You can sign your name to our letter to Congress by using

this link: bit.ly/3HaIgMD. Through this summer, as always, Second Harvest Food Bank will do all within our power to nourish children today, tomorrow, and into the next school year. A generous group of Second Harvest supporters, hoping to inspire gifts of support to this mission work, are matching all gifts dollarfor-dollar that are made to our Food Bank through the end of June.

You can learn more about this, as well as our many volunteer opportunities, at SecondHarvestNWNC.org.

Eric Aft is the chief executive officer of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC.

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Jordan Mack-Perry graduated from Mt. Tabor High School - Class of 2022. Jordan plans to attend Forsyth Technical Community College and then transfer to a four-year college. He has an entrepreneurial mind.

“We are PROUD of you, Jordan, and can’t wait to see where God propels you!”

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William Penn III graduated from high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts School of Music. William’s high school accomplishments include National Honor Society, National Music Honor Society, 2021 N.C. Governor’s School West Orchestra, among other music ensembles.

William’s extracurricular activities include the following: 2nd Degree Black Belt Tae Kwon Do, Eagle Scout Troop 912, Atkins High School chess team, placing 2nd in the state for his rating section in 2020, and Atkins High School environmental debate team.

William will be attending UNCG’s Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program and will be in the Lloyd International Honors College.

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Timothy Ramsey Sports Columnist

Stop whining!

I have had all I can take from these NBA players this season. There have always been players who complain to the referees about calls, but it seems like players nowadays complain about every single little thing and that is really annoying to watch.

During the NBA finals, it seems like every dead ball there is a player complaining to the refs about something. It bothers me that players from both the Warriors and the Celtics are whining this much to the refs. If I am going to be honest, the Celtics have been guilty of this much more than the Warriors and their coach, Ime Udoka, somewhat agreed.

“I think we’re complaining at times too much throughout the game,” Udoka said via Joe Vardon of The Athletic. “Late game may not be any different than first, second or third quarter. Something we need to block out and be better at overall.”

To expand on what Udoka said, I don’t think Boston is complaining too much at times; I feel they are complaining too much all the time. I feel that complaining is taking them out of their game and could be part of the reason they lost game five of the series. Worrying too much about referee calls has to take away from your mental focus of the game.

After Golden State took a 3-2 lead in the series, Klay Thompson addressed the referees to reporters saying, “I don’t think we focus on it too much, to be honest. We have a next-play mentality. We’re just worried about getting a great shot up in those moments, not what the other team is talking about.

“Basketball is a very continuous game,” he added. “If you’re out there talking to the officials the whole night, you might get in your own way.”

This constant complaining is the way of the NBA now, unfortunately.

It’s not only the superstars who are doing it, role players and end-of-the-bench guys are complaining as well. Growing up in the ‘90s, I didn’t see this level of complaining from players as I do now, but not everyone agrees with me.

“Michael Jordan didn’t complain to the officials?” asked ESPN’s JJ Redick on First Take last week.

“Larry Bird didn’t complain? Come on guys. This nostalgia that you have for the ‘80s and ‘90s – like, a great era of basketball. It’s awesome, but it’s at the See NBA on B6

Photos by Alphonso Abbott Jr.

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Young hoopers from around the area came out to Quality Education

Academy for some tournament action to test their skills early on this summer. Tournaments like these are a great way for young ball players to see how they stack up against others in their age group.

Former Mt. Tabor star holds camp and discusses final collegiate season

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Longwood University guard Isaiah Wilkins held a camp at the W.R. Anderson Community Center last week for the kids of the neighborhood. Over 100 kids from the surrounding area came out to learn from the Lancers star guard.

“This was actually my father’s idea and we felt like it was a good opportunity for us to give back,” said Wilkins. “A lot of guys do these camps and they make a lot of the kids’ parents pay for them, but I know that the way the world is now, not a lot of people are just willing to just give back without gaining anything from it.

“We just looked at it as a way for us to do something for the kids that will keep them off the streets and doing other stuff that they are not supposed to be doing.”

Wilkins had the kids participate in some ball handling drills early on in the day. He then shared his personal journey throughout his collegiate career, as well as a guest speaker to inspire the children. They then moved to defensive drills and finished with some shooting drills to end the day.

year. The ultimate goal obviously is to win the conference tournament again and get back to the NCAA Tournament and hopefully get out of the first round this time.”

Wilkins’ play this past season was somewhat of a surprise for him, but with all of the hard work he has put in over the years, he felt it was time.

“I was surprised that I received all of the accolades that I did, but I expected it because it was long overdue and my love for basketball actually came back this year,” he said about last season. “I have been through adverPhoto by Timothy Ramsey sity and I have learned to Longwood University basketball player Isaiah Wilkins poses with his father Bishop fight through those things, Melvin Wilkins Jr. at Isaiah’s basketball camp held at W.R. Anderson Community and I let them keep me Center. down all of the time.

The ability to be an been following me for so better for his final season “When you see me inspiration to the next long lets me know that I of collegiate play. most of the time, I have a generation was something am doing something right “We want to get back smile on my face. Nobody that is very important to and I am going to keep do- to the same thing we were really knows what I went Wilkins. Showing the kids ing that. I am going to keep doing last year,” he said through or how I thought. I that they can make it to the making an impact on peo- about his team. “I think keep my smile on my face next level and fulfill their ple’s lives; that’s what I am this year we will be big- for the people around me dreams if they work hard going to do,” Wilkins said. ger, stronger and we have to let them know that you enough was one of the Wilkins had a breakout a new strength coach who go through stuff, but you things Wilkins wanted to season last year, especially is working with the entire can’t go through life being stress to the youngsters. during the Big South Tour- team and I know when down all the time. I looked “I was talking to a kid nament where he played we get back this week, we at it as me falling back in in a camp and apparently very well. The Lancers will hit the ground running love with basketball again; his mom works with my made their NCAA Tour- pretty hard.

I’m having fun.” mom and he knew my nament debut and lost to “We are going to look Wilkins initially was story before I even started Tennessee in the opening like a totally different team going to attend Hargrove telling it … just to hear round of play. Wilkins is and it’s going to be a more him saying that he has hoping to perform even fun year than it was last See Camp on B2

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Military Academy after his senior year to garner more attention from higher level colleges. However, he performed so well at a camp after the season that Virginia Tech offered him a scholarship. After discussing the option with his parents, he chose to play for the Hokies.

Wilkins performed well as a freshman and was expecting to have a larger role as a sophomore. His head coach left for another job and his playing time went down when the new coaching staff came in, which prompted his transfer to Wake Forest. He chose the Demons because he wanted the opportunity to still play high level basketball, along with playing close to home so his family and friends could see him play.

Wilkins was signed by former Deacons coach Danny Manning. Unfortunately for Wilkins, Manning was fired a week after signing with Wake, so he had to endure yet another new coaching staff that did not recruit him and once again he fell down the depth chart and had to work his way back up.

The pandemic derailed

Wilkins’ season as he and several teammates were affected by it. That adversely affected his playing time and his health. At his end of year meeting with the coaches, he was basically told that new head coach, Steve Forbes, was going to bring in his own players and there was no room for Wilkins on the roster.

“I was basically told ‘no matter what you do, he is going to bring his guys in; he’s going to play his guys and that’s the business part of it,’” Wilkins said about his exit interview. “It’s just a lot that goes on in the college basketball world that not many people know about.”

Following that meeting, Wilkins quickly decided to enter the transfer portal. Before he could even enter his name in the portal, Longwood University head coach Griff Aldrich contacted Wilkins about playing for the Lancers.

Other schools came calling as well, but Wilkins cut his list down to Longwood and UNC-Asheville.

“It came down to one Zoom call from each school. I did the Zoom call with UNC-Asheville first, but they didn’t have the same energy as Longwood and at the end of that call it was a no-brainer that I

The C hronicle was going to Longwood,” Wilkins stated.

Longwood finished the season 26-7 and were the champions of the Big South conference. Wilkins says he didn’t know they would have such a successful season when he first stepped foot on campus, but the connection with his teammates made the transition very easy.

Playing at Wake Forest and Virginia Tech prepared Wilkins for what he encountered at Longwood.

He had to play a versatile role with the Lancers and feels he will be better prepared for that next season.

Wilkins says he is thankful for his journey and would not change anything because that has prepared him for the position he is in now.

“I thought I was just going to stay at one school for four years and just go on with my life, but I wouldn’t trade anything I have been through for an easier path because I think everything happens for a reason,” he said about his journey through college basketball.

“You might not see it as soon as it happens, but when you believe in God and have the faith that I have, it’s unreal where it can take you.”

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Sunday School Lesson

God Offers Deliverance Scriptures: Isaiah 51:1-8 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Examine Isaiah’s example of God’s rich faithfulness in Israel’s spiritual history; *Trust God even when others speak disparagingly about our faith; *Share the goodness and deliverance of God with others.

Background: Isaiah 51:1-8 is an exhortation to the Israelites who were in despair over their Babylonian captivity. It is an oracle promising restoration to Jerusalem and more. Isaiah tells those who are faithful to God that they should remember their heritage. He explains why the nation’s current state of captivity is not a cause for hopelessness. He gives them three admonitions: 1. (verses 1-3) Listen: The Lord’s past faithfulness is a promise of future blessings, 2. (verses 4-6) Listen: The Lord’s salvation and righteousness is forever, and 3. (verses 7-8) Listen: Fear God, not man. Look beyond restored Israel for more meaning to the future blessings.

Lesson: The Offer of Deliverance (Isaiah 51:1-3).

“Listen to Me, you who pursue justice, who seek the Lord: …” (verse 1). The Lord speaks to His people, the remnant of Israel who are faithful, but discouraged.

Thus, they have trouble listening to Him. (So, Listen is repeated with each exhortation). “Look back to Abraham, your father and Sarah who brought you forth…” (verse 2). God counsels His people to look to His work in His people in days past, Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the Israel nation. They, like the remnant leaving Babylon, were few in number, yet God multiplied their descendants. “Indeed, the Lord will comfort Zion; …” (verse 3a) - the promise of future restoration was a reminder that God would remember His covenant with His people and would transform Israel’s desolation – “He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord …” (verse 3b). The remnant leaving Babylon was small and weak, but God was able to increase them into a mighty nation and also turn their ravaged land into a paradise. Though these promises did have near fulfillment in the return from Babylon’s captivity, their ultimate fulfillment will be in the regathered, blessed and saved Israel in the millennium. In both cases there will be cause for joy and songs of thanksgiving to ring.

The Way to Deliverance (verses 4-6). “Listen to Me, My people; hear Me, My nation; Instruction will go out from Me; …” (verse 4a). God is the source of teaching, and thus God can indeed save. “And I will set My justice for a light of the peoples …” (verse 4b) Only when Christ reigns in His millennial kingdom will we see justice shine as a light of the world – to Israel and to all nations. God told Israel to look ahead for His grace.

He emphasizes the possessiveness of His love for His people. Note the use of the word “My”: My people, My nation, My righteousness, My salvation, My arms, My See God on B6

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Pastor Donald Jenkins has led the congregation at St. Paul United Methodist Church for 29 years. On Sunday, June 26, Jenkins will deliver his final sermon and retire from the ministry he has dedicated so much of his life to serving.

According to Jenkins, the reason for his retirement was his age as there is mandatory retirement for pastors in the Methodist Church. He arrived at St. Paul in July of 1993 and will leave with fond memories and a legacy that no one will soon forget.

The calling to the ministry was something that came to Jenkins later on in his life. He had other interests as a young adult, but eventually he answered the call.

“I wanted to be several things,” said Jenkins. “Early on I wanted to be a teacher first, then I wanted to be in business. So, I was in school for business, then I came out of school and went into marketing and sales.

Then there was this pull on me by God and it was internal that there

Submitted photo Pastor Donald Jenkins was something else that I was supposed to do. I was about 25 at the time, so this was not on my to-do list, this was what I was called to do.”

After answering the call to ministry, Jenkins prepared himself to become a pastor by going to school and achieving the necessary credentials.

Jenkins says he attempted to fight the call to the ministry by just heavily involving himself in the church; however, he eventually gave in.

“I resisted it for about two years and thought that I could be a member of a church and be very active by being a super saint in the church by doing all of those things, but that didn’t work,” he said. “I was doing well in marketing and sales, whereas it didn’t fall off completely, the kind of successes that I was having didn’t continue.

“And then it was just being uneasy with yourself, that you need to be doing something else. I talked to some members of the church and they knew what was going on, so they helped me clarify and I got the courage to do what I was supposed to do.”

Jenkins says he had some moments where he second-guessed his decision to become a pastor. He said those feelings didn’t last very long and he soon became settled in his spirit.

Upon arriving at St. Paul, Jenkins was hoping that it would be a good partnership between himself and the congregation. He did not enviSee UMC on B6

First Waughtown Baptist celebrates College Day SUBMITTED ARTICLE

First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) recognized 11 high school and college graduates during its College Day service Sunday, June 12. Each graduate received a congratulatory gift from the church in a drive-thru event Thursday, June 16.

The annual observance celebrated the academic achievements of the following scholars: High School Graduates: *Shamara Boston graduated from Carver High School and will attend Forsyth Technical Community College to study nursing. She is the daughter of Ms. Lisa Pugh and Mr. Broderick Boston. *Diamond Ann Brown graduated from The School for Creative Studies in Durham. She is the daughter of Ms. Valaria Brown, granddaughter of Mrs. Jean Brown, and niece of Ms. Ann Brown. *Isaiah Myers graduated from Parkland High School. Accepted by four Triad institutions, he has opted to take a gap year to explore handson job opportunities. He is the son of Ms. Louise Myers. *Terrell Robinson, Jr. graduated from Mount Tabor High School and will attend St. Augustine’s University. He is the son of Min. and Mrs. Brian (JoCelia) Cager and Mr. Terrell Robinson, Sr. *Camian Shell, Jr. graduated from Winston-Salem Christian School and plans to attend a fouryear university in the fall. He is the

son of Ms. Lanicia Carter. *Kabari Walker graduated from East Forsyth High School and will attend Morehouse College. The son of Min. Carmenita Frazier, he received the FWBC E. L. Grant Scholarship. The $1,500 award is named in memory of Pastor Emeritus Grant, the church’s fourth senior pastor. *Alasia Wilson graduated from Parkland High School and plans to attend East Carolina University to study biology. She is the daughter of Ms. Christie Robinson and Mr. Sean Wilson.

University Graduates: *Na’Kiah Dillard, daughter of Ms. Lakena Dillard and Mr. Anthony Johnson, graduated from UNCGreensboro with a bachelor’s degree in biology. *Devin Higgins received his bachelor’s degree in information technology from UNC-Pembroke.

He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis (Aretha) Williams. *Kendra Ijames graduated with a master’s degree in human resources development with a certificate in inclusion and diversity strategy from Villanova University. She is the daughter of Mrs. Carolyn Ijames and the late Mr. Alan Ijames. *Christian Martin received the bachelor’s degree in fine arts in professional theatre (acting) from North Carolina A&T State University and plans to pursue graduate study at the New York Film Academy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale (Tameca) Martin, Jr.

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Kabari Walker received the FWBC E. L. Grant Scholarship during College Day recognition.

Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, senior pastor of FWBC, delivered the morning message from 2 Chronicles 34:18, the biblical account of Josiah’s 31-year reign in Judah that began when he was just eight years old. Dr. Bishop reminded the graduates that Josiah did what was right in the sight of the Lord. He advised them that they should remember who they are, whose they are, where they come from, and those who helped them get where they are.

Graduation, he said, isn’t just for personal gain. “Reach back and help others,” he told the FWBC Class of 2022.

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

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

Each Sunday Sunday service Transformation Ministries will have service every

Sunday at 10 a.m. We are located at 4880 Burnette Drive. Masks are required.

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

June 26 First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Online Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, Senior Pastor of First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC), will deliver the morning message. Front doors will open at 9:15 a.m. for screening, devotion, and announcements prior to the 10 a.m. service. Completed waiver forms and masks that cover the nose and mouth are required. The form can be submitted electronically on the FWBC website – www. firstwaughtown.org -- click on RE-ENTRY 2022, and printed copies will be available in the lobby prior to ser-

vice. Other in-person protocols and information about 6 p.m. virtual Sunday School are accessible via the FWBC homepage RE-ENTRY link. Persons who prefer to worship virtually can find the service on YouTube, https:// www.youtube.com (First Waughtown); Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/FirstWaughtown/; and the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown. org. (NOTE: Services are posted on a one-week delay.)

June 26 Virtual tea The Forsyth County Missionary Union will have a Virtual Fellowship Tea on Sunday, June 26, at 3 p.m.

Our theme is “Fill My Cup.” The host church will be Piney Grove Baptist Church. Please send your donations to FCMU, P.O. Box 1012 Winston-Salem NC, 27102.

Please join us with your tea bag and cup. Virtual info will be sent out prior to date.

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Community Calendar June 23 Banned Book Summer series The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) will continue its “Banned Books Summer” with a discussion of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s novel “Beloved” on Thursday, June 23. Banned Books Summer is a series of informal discussions of novels and memoirs that have, for one reason or another, been challenged in public school curricula across the country. SECCA director William Carpenter will lead the discussions, which are free and open to all.

June 25 Happy Hill Cemetery cleanup The next Happy Hill Cemetery Cleanups will be Saturday, June 25, starting at 10 a.m. Individuals and club groups are welcome to help beautify the area.

Dress appropriate for the weather including sturdy shoes. Bring gloves and any yard equipment you have, clippers, rakes etc.

Location - Pitts and Willow Street, 888 Willow Street, 27127. Contact Mrs. Maurice Johnson, (336) 978-2866.

June 25 City Fireworks The Winston-Salem Recreation & Parks Department is sponsoring a fireworks display the night of Saturday, June 25, to celebrate the start of summer. The fireworks will begin at about 9 p.m. and will be launched from the high ground in the Quarry at Grant Park. The fireworks should be visible from vantage points throughout the city. Viewing locations closest to the display include on-street parking on Reynolds Park Road and the parking lots at Reynolds Park, Reynolds Park Golf Course and the William R. Anderson

Jr. Community Center.

June 27 Medicare workshop The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem is offering a virtual workshop for individuals turning 65 (as well as those who already have Medicare) to learn about the different insurance options available, including “Original Medicare,” Medicare prescription drug programs, Medicare supplements and Medicare Advantage plans.

The session will be held on Monday, June 27, from 3-4:30 p.m. virtually.

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

July 1 Scholarship deadline The Winston-Salem Foundation is now accepting applications for its scholarship program for the 2022-2023 academic year. July 1 is the deadline for financial need-based scholarships.

Most scholarships are accessed through our online One-Stop Scholarship Application. Students are automatically considered for the scholarships for which they are eligible—with just one application.

For more information and to access the application portal, visit wsfoundation.org/students.

July 16, Aug. 10 & Aug. 20 Movie in the park series The WePLAY Movies in the Park series will show “Encanto” on July 16 at Sedge Garden Park, 401 Robbins Road, and “Sing 2” on Aug. 20 at Crawford Park, 4226 Oak Ridge Drive.

Also this year, Recreation and Parks will offer a free showing of “Luca” on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at Bolton Pool, 1590 Bolton St. The movie series is being sponsored by Recreation and Parks, Community Development and the Winston-Salem Fire & Police departments. For more information send an email to WePLAYevents@ cityofws.org.

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Having qualifed as Administratrix of the Estate of Gerri Cooley (21 E 147), deceased March 2, 2020, 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 September 26, 2022 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 23rd day of June, 2022.

Gavet Smallwood Administratrix for Gerri Cooley, deceased 1709 Greenfield St. Winston-Salem, NC 27127

The Chronicle June 23, 30, and July 7, 14, 2022 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE FORSYTH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 21 JT 125 IN THE MATTER OF: KIRK GIBSON DOB: 07-27-21 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Wendy Burgess - Mother of the Juvenile John Doe- father of the Juvenile TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you have been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of Termination of your Parental Rights with respect to the above-referenced child pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.

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

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

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

The hearing on the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 in Courtroom 4-J of the Forsyth County Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 1st day of June, 2022 Theresa A. Bocher Deputy County Attorney Attorney for the Forsty County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 The Chronicle June 9, 16, 23, 2022

Vogue Tower Partners VII, LLC is proposing to construct a 185-foot tall monopole telecommunications structure at 5705 Shattalon Drive, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina (N36° 10’ 11.0”; W80° 16’ 59.8”).

Vogue Tower Partners VII, LLC invites comments from any interested party on the impact the proposed undertaking may have on any districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering, or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under National Historic Preservation Act Section 106. Comments may be sent to Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Annamarie Howell, 1375 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004 or via email to publicnotice@eca-usa.com. Ms. Howell can be reached at (770) 667-2040 x 136 during normal business hours. Comments must be received within 30 days of the date of this notice. In addition, any interested party may also request further environmental review of the proposed action under the FCC’s National Environmental Policy Act rules, 47 CFR §1.1307, by notifying the FCC of the specific reasons that the action may have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. This request must only raise environmental concerns and can be filed online using the FCC pleadings system at www.fcc.gov or mailed to FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554 within 30 days of the date that notice of this proposed action is published on the FCC’s website. Refer to File No. A1216563 when submitting the request and to view the specific information about the proposed action. 22-001673/ JJG

RICCO MCQUEEN, Plaintiff, vs.

ROBERT CHEEK, Defendant.

COMPLAINT JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Plaintiff, Rico Jermaine McQueen, complaining of the Defendant, alleges and says: 1. Plaintiff is an adult citizen and resident of Jamestown, Guilford County, North Carolina 2. Plaintiff is informed, believes and therefore alleges that Defendant Robert Cordella Cheek an adult citizen and resident of Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina 3. On or about April 11, 2019 at approximately 10:06 p.m., Plaintiff was the passenger 2004 Ford passenger vehicle, VIN# 1FTWW32PX4ED74077 operated by Kevin Pressley, (hereinafter Pressley’s vehicle”), which vehicle he was operating in a general northerly direction on State Road #1332 in Jamestown, Guilford County, North Carolina.

4. At the aforesaid time and place, Defendant was the operator of a 2011 Dodge passenger vehicle VIN# 2D4RN7DGXBR698671 (“Defendant’s vehicle”), which vehicle he was operating in a general northerly direction on State Road #1332 in Jamestown, Guilford County, North Carolina.

CLAIM FOR RELIEF 5. That paragraphs 1 through 4 herein above are adopted and incorporated by reference.

6.At the aforementioned time and place the Defendant operated his vehicle in a careless, negligent and unlawful manner, in that he, among other things, failed to slow and/or stop his vehicle to avoid colliding with Pressley’s vehicle, but instead violently collided with the rear end of the Pressley’s vehicle, thereby injuring Plaintiff, as more particularly alleged herein.

7. Pressley’s vehicle was at a complete stop within his proper lane of travel, when the Defendant improperly failed to reduce speed causing the Defendant to collide in the rear of Pressley’s vehicle. Defendant was charged with failure to reduce speed with Citation number 1635G48.

8. As a result of the aforesaid collision, Plaintiff sustained severe, painful injuries to his person, including, but not limited to, the following: a. Sprained ligaments of the thorasic spine; b. Cervicalgia (neck pains); and c. Post-traumatic headaches.

9. As a direct result of the injuries sustained in this accident, Plaintiff underwent the following procedures, including but not limited to: a. Electronic muscle simulation; b. Manual therapy c. Chiropractic manipulations; d. Spinal adjustments; and e. Therapeutic exercises 10. Plaintiff is informed, believes and therefore alleges that due to injuries sustained in the aforesaid collision he continues to suffer from pain, discomfort and mental anquish.

11. As a result of the aforesaid injuries and damages, Plaintiff has become obligated for the payment of large sums of money for doctor bills and other medical attention and treatment and may become obligated for payments for future medical attention and treatment. Plaintiff lost wages because of his inability to take on certain jobs due to his injuries.

12. Defendant owed a duty to Plaintiff and other members of the general traveling public to operate his vehicle properly and he breached this duty and was negligent in causing the collision described herein.

13. That all of the aforesaid injuries and damages of the Plaintiff were directly and proximately caused by the negligence of the Defendant which negligence consisted of the following acts and omissions: a. Defendant failed to keep a reasonable and proper lookout in his direction of travel: b. Defendant failed to maintain the vehicle he was operating under reasonable and proper control; c. Defendant failed to apply his brakes in time to avoid the collision; d. Defendant failed to stop his vehicle in time to avoid the collision; e. Defendant failed to take proper evasive action and failed to stop his vehicle, and as a result, engaged in an unsafe movement, in violation of North Carolina General Statue 20-1549a); f. Although he had ample opportunity to do so, and although he saw or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have seen that it was necessary for him to take action to avoid a collision the Defendant, nevertheless, took no action whatsoever and/or took inadequate action to bring his vehicle under control and avoid a collision; and g. Defendant failed to otherwise exercise the same degree of care and caution that a reasonable and prudent person would, and should have, under the same or similar circumstances.

14. The collision described herein with Pressley’s vehicle was proximately caused by the negligence of the Defendant.

15. The collision described herein above, and the resultant injuries and damages sustained by Plaintiff are a direct and proximate result of the negligence of the Defendant.

16. Plaintiff’s injuries and damages are further of such an amount that the District Court division is the proper forum for the trial of this civil action, in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 7A-243 WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully prays the Court for judgement against the Defendant as follows: 1. That Plaintiff have and recover from the Defendant and amount greater than Ten Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($10,000.00) to be determined at the trial of this matter for Plaintiff’s personal injuries and damages for medical expenses; pain and suffering, discomfort and such other compensable matters as may be proven at trial; 2. That Plaintiff’s injuries and damages are further of such an amount that the Superior Court divison is the proper forum for the trial of this civil action, in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 7A-243; 3. That the cost of this action be taxed against the Defendant; 4. That the Plaintiff have a trial by jury on all triable issues raised by the pleadings; 5. That Plaintiff’s recoveries bear prejudgement interest at the highest rate allowed by law; and 6. For such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

LEGAL NOTICES Diamond Towers V, LLC is proposing to construct a 140foot overall height monopole telecommunications structure at 1850 North Line Road, Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (30° 26’ 02.6” N, 91° 13’ 53.7” W).

Diamond Towers V, LLC invites comments from any interested party on the impact the proposed undertaking may have on any districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering, or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Comments may be sent to Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Annamarie Howell, 1375 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004 or via email to publicnotice@eca-usa.com. Ms. Howell can be reached at (770) 667-2040 x 405 during normal business hours. Comments must be received within 30 days of the date of this notice.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualifed as Administrator of the Estate of Tammy Rena Qualls (22 E 1144), deceased May 3, 2021, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before September 26, 2022 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 23rd day of June, 2022.

Haley Rebekah Marks Administrator for Tammy Rena Qualls, deceased 5842 Fayetteville Rd. Suite 113 Durham, NC 27713 The Chronicle June 23, 30, and July 7, 14, 2022

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God

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powerful arm, My salvation, My righteous rule.

This is the grace of God, doing for His people what they did not deserve and what they could not do for themselves. “And the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but My salvation shall be forever, and My righteousness shall not be abolished.” (verse 6). Listen: God’s character (My righteousness) or His mind about us (My salvation) will not change.

An Everlasting Deliverance (verse 7-8). “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, … do not fear the reproach of men …” (verse 7). Knowing the permanence of righteousness and salvation of the Lord, and the passing

NBA

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expense of our generation of players, and it has been for the last 15 years. And it’s annoying. You know it’s true.”

No, JJ, it’s not true.

Players in the ‘80s and ‘90s did complain to the refs; however, it was not on the level of today’s players. I also think players of that era talked to the referees to make them aware of what the opposing team was doing rather than complaining about every single whistle like today’s players are. And with all of the flopping that goes on in every NBA game, who knows what is a foul and what isn’t. Basketball isn’t acting, but many of these players act as if they have been hit by a sledge hammer just to draw a foul call and it’s wack.

I think all that complaining by today’s players has trickled down to the youth level because they see their idols doing it so much on televi-

UMC

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sion himself being with the church for nearly 30 years.

“I was hoping that this would work out and the fit with the congregation and me would be a good fit and that I would be able to be long term,” Jenkins said about his feelings when he arrived at St. Paul. “I had not anticipated staying only four or five years and if it fit, I was looking for long term.”

Jenkins has seen several generations of families grow up in the church during his tenure. Seeing so many of the members of the church mature and then have families of their own is a blessing for Jenkins.

“I think that that’s part of the joy of long-term ministry is that you get to see those things,” Jenkins said about being at a church for a long period.

“I think in addition to that, you get to see people’s lives changed.

“I think the thing I hear a lot that I think shows that I have done what I believe I am supposed to and that is they say ‘We know more about the Bible, we know more about God, we know more about the faith than we had before. That you are a teacher and you have taught us in sermons and in Sunday school and Bible studies and we know more.’ That is for me the highest compliment and

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nature of the wicked, we should listen to God, and not be afraid of men. “But my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.” (verse 8). Israel’s enemies will perish, but the Lord’s salvation will be permanent. This is something to listen to.

(The UMI Annual Commentary 2021-2022, The Jewish Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, The Wiersbe Study Bible and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: Look at the way moths and worms work and destroy so they will live.

Application: God said “Listen” three times in Isaiah 51:1-8 because His people had trouble listening to Him. Maybe you have that same trouble.

Here are five ways to lis-

ten to God. 1. In silence, we need to be quiet to listen.

2. Through Scripture, “The Word of God is living and effective.” (Hebrews 4:12) 3. Through your conscience, when we examine our conscience, we listen for God’s voice.

4. Through the beauty of nature, every creature bears the mark of the Creator.

5. Through other persons, “Person signifies what is most perfect in all nature.” (St. Thomas Aquinas).

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sion. Because I am a youth basketball official, I have firsthand knowledge of the level of complaining these young players do each game. It’s only natural for them to not only emulate the moves they see the players make, but also how they react to calls from the refs.

It’s getting out of control on the youth level as well. It seems kids now cry and complain about any contact that is made by a defender and the defensive players complain about being called for fouls as well.

Referees are getting it from both sides. The main culprit is many of the players don’t know the rules of the game, but they also feel more comfortable than ever to complain and yell at referees.

The part that many won’t believe is that it’s the boys that are doing 90% percent of the complaining. Girls don’t complain nearly as much as the boys do and oftentimes they play more physical than the boys. I seriously

think the boys watch the NBA players and think they can do the same thing on the high school level.

Honestly, I don’t understand it. Growing up in the ‘90s and playing basketball in the park or open gyms, there was fouling but most of the guys just played through the minimal contact. It’s basketball, so of course you are going to get touched on your wrist, or make contact while driving to the basket, but you play through it. I hate to say it, but today’s players are just Soft, with a capital S. I hate to say it but it’s only going to get worse from here. LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Luka Doncic, Draymond Green and others have made flopping and complaining an artform in today’s NBA, so kids are going to continue to imitate that.

And I know it has nothing to do with this column, but Draymond Green is NOT a hall of famer. It’s my column and I can write what I want, so sue me.

makes me feel like I have done what I have been called to do.”

Throughout his time in Winston-Salem, Jenkins has become one of the most respected pastors in the Triad area. His willingness to help those in the congregation and assist other pastors in their time of need is something he is very proud of.

“I have sought to carry myself in such a way that you won’t hear any mess about me in the community,” he said about how important his reputation is to him. “I have not been as active with some of the ministerial groups, although whenever they needed me, I was there, or whenever they needed St. Paul, it was offered, and we never charge people to come and use our church.

“I take pride in the fact that my congregation knows and I hope the community knows that I have tried to live with integrity and you won’t hear mess about me; messing with the people, messing with the money, poor character or things like that.”

There are many things that Jenkins will miss about the church, he said.

He is trying to prepare himself emotionally for his final Sunday.

“The people,” Jenkins responded when asked what he will miss most from the church. “I have served as their shepherd

and I have been involved in their lives for 29 years.

I like being called Pastor Jenkins because that’s who I am. I have served as their shepherd and I will miss it.”

Jenkins does not have any immediate plans on what he will do after retirement. He says he will take a few months off to relax and get settled in his new home. He and his family will stay in Winston-Salem, however, because he has “loved every minute” of his time in the city.

Jenkins says it will be tough to take the pulpit for his final service. He says he will have people close to him praying for him during the service to help him keep his composure.

“I will prepare for it the best I can, and I hope nothing happens that I wasn’t expecting, like letting the emotions flow out,” he said. “After all of these years, I have cared for the congregation.

“I have been with them in hospitals, I have been with them at funerals, I have been with them at weddings, I have been with them when they had marital issues and I have been with them during the fun times.

That’s 29 years of that kind of stuff and I have never let anything else take priority, other than my family.”

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