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THURSDAY, June 30, 2022

Stint in federal prison leads student to divinity school

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

The end of the semester is always an exciting time for college students. Stress from final exams has passed, and you get a few weeks to bask in the glory, or lowness, of the past semester’s work. For Ramon Durham, who recently finished his first semester at Wake Forest University School of Divinity where he’s working toward his master’s, the end of the grading period was a success. He finished with three As and two Bs which was good enough for a 3.82 GPA. The end of the semester also marked another significant point in Durham’s life: five years since he walked away from a federal prison.

Durham, who is a native of Homestead, Pennsylvania, said he grew up going to church, but when he got to high school he started to follow the wrong crowd.

“I grew up in the church and I’ll say around 15 I started feeling like my life was boring,” said Durham while reflecting on his childhood. “At that time I was just trying to figure out and understand what it meant to be a man and I was getting my information on what it meant to be a man by looking toward the streets.”

While still trying to figure that out, Durham said, he turned to drinking and smoking.

He said being intoxicated gave him a false sense of freedom.

“In the process of trying to figure out who I was I decided

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Ramon Durham, who served two years in federal prison, is now working on a master’s degree at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. to drink and smoke marijuana … and it captured me because I felt free. Although it was false, it was a freedom that I never experienced before,” Durham said. “It also caused me to not care. All the things that I cared about previously, the weights that were on my shoulders as a young 15-year-old trying to find his way, all that went out the window. I thought I had found the solution to all my problems.”

Although he was experimenting with weed and alcohol, Durham did graduate

from high school and go on to attend Howard University.

Attending the prestigious HBCU was something Durham dreamed of doing since he was in the 6th grade. And a trip his sophomore year of high school solidified his decision. He also credits Spike Lee’s “School Daze,” the “Bayou Classic,” and the hit TV-show “A Different World” for sparking his interest in HBCUs. “I wanted to attend Howard since like middle school and in the 10th grade I was in a college prep program called Upward

Bound and we went to D.C. that summer and we visited Howard and Georgetown,” Durham said.

“It was just something about Howard that I was just drawn to.

Then it was the people who went there like the Phylicia Rashads, P. Diddy went there, Taraji P. Henson went there, Debbie Allen … just all the names that came out of Howard, I wanted to be one of those names.”

Like many college students, Durham’s first semester was filled with a lot of partying.

While sitting in a bar on his 18th

birthday, Durham said he had an awakening, an epiphany that told him to get closer to God. “I had accepted Christ as my savior and got baptized because I grew up in church, but I will say at that time I committed my life to God. There’s a difference between accepting and making a commitment to live my life for God,” Durham said.

Durham said he let go of the negative influences and changed his way of life for about two years before a bad experience pushed him away and back to his old way of life. “I had a bad experience and I walked away from church,” he said.

“That’s why I said I had two different experiences at Howard.

I had two sets of friends. I had all Christian friends at one point who weren’t into all that and I had another set of friends who I partied with … that’s a big reason why I ended up having to stay in school four more years, because I started partying.”

Even with the ups and downs of his college experience at Howard, Durham did graduate in 2003 After enjoying the D.C. lifestyle for about a year, Durham returned to Homestead in January 2004. He said his initial plan was to stay there for a year, then move back to D.C. “After I went home I felt sucked into that lifestyle of late night and early mornings,” he said. Unable to find a job, Durham started selling drugs to support himself.

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Joycelyn Johnson, longtime city council member, dead at 73 The city of WinstonSalem lost another icon when it was announced that longtime city council member Joycelyn Johnson died last week.

Johnson served four terms on the council

from 1993 to 2009 as the representative for the East Ward. During her tenure on the council, Johnson also served as chair of the Public Works committee and pushed for improved working conditions for the city’s sanitation division.

For her hard work and dedication to the citizens of Winston-Salem, in 2018 the city’s public works facility located on Lowery Street was renamed the Jocelyn Johnson Municipal Service Facility.

On the day the sign was unveiled, Johnson thanked her supporters.

“It’s all about you. For all the things that you think I’ve done, it’s because of all of you,” Johnson said. “Regardless of the thickness of the forests

we’ve been in, whether it was with housing, community and economic development or health care, you all have been a part of it. This is your day just as much as it is mine.”

Johnson also spearheaded several other projects across the city. She is credited for rejuvenating the area along Patterson Avenue, Old Greensboro Road, New Walkertown Road, Dreamland Park and the Fourteenth Street Community. She also led business analysis for New Walkertown Road, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Liberty Street, and Lowery Street.

As news of Johnson’s passing started to surface on social media, Mayor Allen Joines made the

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following statement: “On behalf of the citizens of Winston-Salem, I extend my deepest sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of former Council Member Joycelyn Johnson.

Joycelyn Johnson was a dedicated public servant who worked hard for not only the citizens of the East Ward, but also for the good of the entire community,” Joines continued.

“On a personal level, I was able to work with Ms. Johnson as a member of the city staff and then as a fellow elected official. I was always appreciative of her kind and gentle manner, while respectful of her fierce advocacy for programs she felt were needed.”

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Youth Empowerment Program panel offers advice on common issues to students SUBMITTED ARTICLE

If you find yourself in a violent situation, do not fight back. Instead, get away if at all possible.

That’s the advice Winston-Salem Assistant Police Chief William Penn gave students at a school violence discussion on June 7 in the Carver High School auditorium. The program, sponsored by the Youth Empowerment Program of Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, focused on the most common issues faced

Penn said. Guns are everywhere, and people may choose to use them to solve conflicts violently. A split-second decision can be the difference between life and death. “Sometimes getting out of the situation is going to save your life.”

Social media only adds to school violence because it allows arguments and threats to continue and worsen, Penn said. Another problem, he added, is the “no snitching” culture.

“When you have guns in your school, please, kids, you have to know

He cautioned students that they could be charged with sex offenses for sharing pornographic photos and videos on their phones and social media.

“These are the types of crimes that will follow you a very long time. There are civil ramifications for that, too. You can be sued.

Your parents can be sued.

Seriously, if someone sends you something like

that, they are not doing you any favors. They’re putting you in a bind.”

The school violence discussion followed an evening of award presentations and a celebration of the end of the school year for 18 YEP participants.

Teaching students ages 12-17 how to deal with life situations is a vital component of the YEP program, said DeShea Blake, training educator

for Habitat Forsyth and director of YEP. During the school year, YEP offers ageappropriate activities about topics such as career choices, financial literacy and car maintenance.

YEP participants also do community service and have taken field trips to the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro, a Harlem Globetrotters game, and

the MarineQuest program affiliated with UNCWilmington. The program is free to participants, and students can join at any time.

This summer, YEP will offer a coding/ robotics camp and separate leadership camps for boys and for girls. For more information about the camps and YEP, contact Blake at TrainingEd@ habitatforsyth.org.

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From left to right: Brian “B Daht” McLaughlin, emcee of the panel discussion; Asst. Chief William Penn; and DeShea Blake, training education coordinator and director of the Youth Empowerment Program for Habitat Forsyth. by students in the WinstonSalem/Forsyth County school system, which are assaults and weapons on campus.

The way he advises his own son has changed dramatically in the last five years, Penn said.

“When I was being raised, my dad said if someone hits you, you hit back,” Penn said. “I have an 18-year-old son, and in the last five years, I had to sit back down with him and we had to change our strategy. I tell my son that if he’s in a situation and he’s backed in a corner, he needs to do what it takes to get out of that situation.”

In the United States today, there are 120 guns for every 100 people,

nothing good will come of that,” Penn said. “If you know of somebody with a gun in your school, there’s a Crimestoppers number where you don’t have to give up who you are, and you will get $500. … You’re doing it for your community. You’re doing it for the person sitting next to you. You HAVE to report that. I don’t know how we’ve allowed someone to tell us no snitching is the answer, and then by not snitching, we have a lower quality of life. How does that make sense?”

There are other situations in which one bad decision can lead to a long detour into the criminal justice system, Penn said.

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BUSTA’S COMMUNITY EVENT OF THE WEEK

‘A Princess Is Coming’ to Blum Park in Winston-Salem this Saturday

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

This Saturday at Blum Park in Winston-Salem, some of the city’s unsung heroes will be celebrated.

It’s the inaugural “A Princess Is Coming” Community Day and Altruistic Achievement Awards.

“Our honoree of the year, Nakeisha Mitchell, would spend her last 20 dollars to feed kids in our community. She would open her place to anyone that needed room, or let them sleep on her couch.

She never said no to anyone that needed her help,” said founder and visionary Ikulture Chandler.

Nine phenomenal women in the Twin

more than an honor to me.

I get to stand in the gap for mamas who have birthed, lost, and are still fighting.

I have the pleasure of standing on behalf of them to receive a crown; their crown. Being able to remind them that God sees value in them, so valuable that He created them to carry a miracle!”

The qualifications for an Altruistic Achievement Award are women who demonstrate a selfless concern for the well-being of others. “One of our honorees was told she does too much for others, but it didn’t stop her. It inspired her to do even more,” said Ikulture.

One day, God sent Chandler an amazing vision that she arrived

This coming Saturday the spotlight will be on strong women. The next event will spotlight the strong Black and brown men. “As a little girl, I’ve seen so many positive Black men that kept our communities safe. I will always remember the ones that would see us misbehaving and say, ‘I see you! I’m gonna tell your mama.’ And then they would give us words of wisdom. These men protected the elders as well, and we need to get back to that. So, I want to honor them next,” she said.

The honorees for the inaugural A Princess Is Coming Altruistic Achievement Awardees were all handpicked by the founder. Next year the

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caught his first drug charge. He said he was leaving a club one night with a friend when he was pulled over by the police, and that year he planned to stay in Homestead quickly turned into 15.

“After that, it was just like case after case, after case after case,” he said.

Durham said he was charged with at least one crime every year he was in Homestead until he was sentenced to two years in federal prison in 2015. He said although he was 23 years old at that time, he was still trying to figure out what it meant to be a man.

“Now that I know myself, I see that I was making decisions that were antithetical to who I am. I’m not a drug dealer, I’m not a street person at all, but I started to pick up characteristics and traits of the people and the environment that I was in,” Durham said.

When discussing his time in prison, Durham said it was a time of reflection. He related his own journey to the parable of the Prodigal Son, who squandered away all his gifts and shamed his family but was welcomed back with open arms.

“I always say that jail was the time for me that I came to myself. While I was in there I really had the time to sit and reflect on my life,” he continued.

“I began to trace my steps from elementary school to middle school, to high school to when I took that first drink to my freshman year at Howard and to what made me walk away from God and why I stayed away so long.”

While praying and asking God questions, Durham said he also

started to write out a vision for his life, which included earning his master’s and Ph.D. in divinity and becoming a professor at a big name college or university. Shortly after he was released from prison in 2017, Durham enrolled in an online program to earn his master’s but he didn’t think the program would prepare him for the Ph.D. he desired.

Looking to find an on-campus program that would meet his needs, Durham reached out to the only person he knew in the field, a family friend, Dr. Melva Sampson, who is a professor at Wake Forest School of Divinity.

“She was the only person I knew who was doing what I wanted to do and we’re from the same neighborhood. So she became my vocational mentor for the online courses I was taking and then she started talking to me about Wake Forest and as she was doing that, she was helping me find my own voice and confidence in myself again,” Durham said.

With the help from Dr. Sampson, Durham started applying to schools to continue his studies.

In addition to Wake, he also applied to Princeton Theological Seminary and one other big name school.

But in the end he chose Wake, who also offered him a full scholarship.

“I submitted my application in January 2021, within a week of receiving my application I was accepted and I ended up getting a full scholarship,” Durham said. “When I got the letter I started to cry because I knew I always wanted to go back to a college campus, but I didn’t know how that would come to be because I didn’t have the money to do that, so

A3 it was just amazing to me and it showed me that God wasn’t moved by where I had been or none of my mistakes. God wasn’t moved by finances, none of that.

“He literally moved everything to align me to be here and then provided the resources for me to be here.”

Since enrolling at Wake Forest School of Divinity, Durham has started a blog called “Road to Demaskus,” where he talks about his journey to Wake and the progress he’s making toward his master’s. “With Road to Demaskus, my goal ultimately was to provide a space where I would be able to share my insecurities, to share my fears and become vulnerable because that’s part of being a man, and then through that allow other people to do the same.”

In addition to earning his master’s and Ph.D., Durham also wants to create a nonprofit that helps individuals adapt after returning home from prison. He said he wants to be a voice for the voiceless.

“As a professor I want to be in a position to provide a seat at the table for someone who has been in a similar situation as me,” Durham said. “I want to be able to open up the door for someone getting out of prison that wants to go back to school. The sad part is the only thing offered to prisoners as far as employment usually is labor work … I want to be able to create a pathway to education or going to school where getting a Ph.D. or a master’s is an option.”

To follow Durham’s journey, follow his personal blog “Road to Demaskus” on Facebook.

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City will be recognized with the Altruistic Achievement Awards for their selfless service to their communities.

“We’re honoring women that not only helped kids in the projects, but also in the school system as well. They sacrificed their time and families to be an extended parent to kids in the schools. These women created a safe space for their students. That’s an amazing gift that’s often overlooked, and we’re going to honor them for that,” said Chandler, who is the reigning Mrs. North Carolina International 2022.

Honoree of the year Nakeisha Mitchell shared, “Being honored will be an amazing experience.

I've never had anyone to acknowledge all the good I've done for others throughout the years. I remember the times when I had no one else and I felt so alone. It made me realize that everyone needs someone. So, I try to be that friend who is always there for others.”

Honoree Ladacia Stone added, “Being crowned at The Princess is Coming is

into the inner cities riding in a horse and carriage, to honor women. “The vision was very clear, so I said, I’m going to recreate this.

That’s what I’m doing this coming Saturday.”

A Princess Is Coming Community Day Altruistic Achievement Awards will also crown little girls as princesses. Ikulture said that most little girls dream of being a princess, so the best way to reach a child is through their imagination.

“We don’t want to take those dreams away from them. The crowns will encourage them to love themselves from the inside and out, teach them what true beauty is. Their location does not define their intelligence.”

The Winston-Salem native was extremely passionate as she shared her thoughts on the role the media plays on how Black and brown youth see themselves. “The world has spoken down about us for so long that our children are beginning to believe it. I’m doing this event to show the strengths in our Black and brown communities.”

community will choose the honorees.

The celebration will have something for everyone.

Well-known and respected activist and speaker Terrance Hawkins will speak to men about their role in the community.

Hip-hop artist AJ will perform music from his latest CD. “Through his music he embodies the heart of the Black and brown communities. His music is very positive,” shared Ikulture. Also performing is dance group Total Distraction. “These are boys and girls in our communities and they’re going to bring the energy and the fire to get the crowd going. I want people to leave knowing how important it is to support local events like this so they don’t have to spend money to have a positive experience and great time.

“If they walk away feeling inspired, loved and safe, that is it for me.”

My Community Event of the Week is A Princess Is Coming Community Day and Altruistic Achievement Awards. This Saturday, July 2, 2-4 p.m. at Blum Park, 2401 Ivy Ave. in Winston-Salem.

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The Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law requiring demonstration of need to carry

BY STACY M. BROWN

In a 6-3 decision that ultimately will lead to more people legally carrying guns in America’s larger cities, the U.S. Supreme Court, on Thursday, June 23, struck down a New York law gun-rights advocates called restrictive.

The conservative majority ruled unconstitutional a New York law requiring individuals to demonstrate a need to carry a gun before obtaining a license to carry in public.

The justices said the law violated the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

“The Constitution protects an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority.

The decision comes as the nation regularly struggles with mass shootings, including recent incidents in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.

In Buffalo, a self-proclaimed white supremacist shot and killed 10 African Americans at a supermarket. In Uvalde, 19 third-and-fourth-grade students and two teachers were murdered by a gunman who blasted his way into a classroom at Robb Elementary School.

The court’s ruling is expected to impact more than 25% of the U.S. population.

“Since the start of this year, there have been 277 reported mass shootings – an average of more than one per day,” Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in a dissenting opinion.

“Gun violence has now surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents,” Breyer continued. “Many states have tried to address some of the dangers of gun violence just described by passing laws that limit, in various ways, who may purchase, carry, or use firearms of different kinds.”

New Jersey, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Hawaii have laws nearly identical to the New York law. Gun rights advocates are sure to now challenge those statutes.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called the ruling “shocking,” opining that the court “stripped away the rights of the state with a decision that’s frightful in its scope.”

Hochul said the decision set the nation back centuries.

“The Court today severely burdens States’ efforts to do so,” Breyer wrote further.

“It invokes the Second Amendment to strike down a New York law regulating the public carriage of concealed handguns. In my view, that decision rests upon several serious mistakes.”

Read the full ruling at https://www.supremecourt. gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf.

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

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Trump’s lies destroyed lives Ben Jealous

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“Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?”

Those are the words of Ruby Freeman, a Black woman and election worker in Georgia during the 2020 election. She and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, were falsely accused by Rudy Giuliani of rigging the election against Donald Trump.

Their lives were virtually destroyed by the Trump team’s lies.

Thanks to the public hearings being held by the House committee investigating Trump’s effort to overturn the election, Americans got to hear about the racist threats that rained down on the two women after they were falsely accused.

Trump supporters drove Freeman out of her home in fear for her life - and invaded the home of Moss’s grandmother. They testified that they still avoid even going to the grocery store for fear of being harassed by Trump supporters.

These are just some of the harms done by Donald Trump’s endless lying about the election he lost.

In the case of Freeman and Moss, two people performing an essential public service had their privacy shredded and their lives turned upside down. Other election workers were singled out, lied about, and harassed.

The hearing reminded us of the alarm sounded by Gabriel Sterling, an election official in Georgia, against

Trump supporters’ “Stop the Steal” frenzy. A young computer technician was getting death threats based on false claims circulating among Trump’s supporters. “Someone’s going to get hurt, someone’s going to get shot, someone’s going to get killed,” he warned.

“It has to stop,” Sterling demanded. But it did not stop. Trump has never stopped lying about losing the election.

Others who testified about the consequences of Trump’s lies were high-ranking Republican officeholders. By now, most of us knew about the phone call Trump made to demand that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “find” the number of votes needed to throw the election to Trump. At the public hearing, we learned more about the threats and harassment experienced by Raffensperger and his family when he refused to break the law on Trump’s behalf. Some Trump supporters broke into his widowed daughter-in-law’s house.

Rusty Bowers, Speaker of the Arizona House, testified that Trump and Trump’s attorneys urged him to abuse the power of his office to overthrow the election, while failing to provide him with any evidence of widespread voter fraud. Giuliani appealed to the fact that they were both Republicans. But Bowers refused to violate his oath to the Constitution.

In return for his courage and integrity, Bowers and his neighbors were harassed outside his home by Trump supporters, including at least one carrying a gun, while Bowers’ dying daughter was inside.

During his powerful testimony, Bowers cited his faith and read a passage from his personal journal in which he had written, “I do not want to be a winner by cheating.”

Trump, of course, was desperate to

be a “winner” and was trying to bully election officials into cheating on his behalf.

The January 6 committee’s public hearings are proving to be an invaluable public service. Getting the truth is the first step in holding people responsible for the attack on our country - including Trump accountable. Trump was repeatedly told that his claims were false. But he kept lying and inflaming his supporters to anger and violence without any regard for the country or the people he was hurting.

There’s another benefit to the hearings. In our partisan and polarized times, I believe it has been a gift to the country to highlight the testimony of so many Republicans.

These were people who voted for and worked for Trump, but whose commitment to the country and Constitution were more important to them than their desire to keep Trump in power.

Their example is a reminder to all of us that we can and must find ways to work with our political opponents for the good of the country. I may have very different views on most political issues than Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the January 6 committee, but I admire her willingness to withstand the intense pressure being brought against her by less courageous and less principled Republican leaders.

In our deeply polarized country, when common ground seems increasingly difficult to find, a commitment to the peaceful transfer of power to the president elected by the voters is a good place to start.

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. A New York Times best-selling author, his next book, “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free,” will be published by Harper Collins in December 2022.

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Will the January 6th hearings result in men and women going to prison?

Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist

If I had to hazard a guess, I would probably say no. Will these hearings change the minds of some people about what happened on January 6th?

My answer to that question would be yes.

They will jump off the bandwagon of wrong and jump on the bandwagon of right. The in-your-face truth has a strange effect on people.

These hearings now in their third week have made an indelible impression on a lot of us. The culprits and cronies are even more guilty than we originally thought they were.

Their denial of the facts is both

laughable and pathetic.

As the January 6th hearings have unfolded, the former president of the United States did put pressure on government officials at all levels. Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen at the time testified that the former president wanted the Justice Department to be a part of this dishonest scheme.

The former president said, ”Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the GOP Congressmen.”

Who was corrupt in this matter? We know the answer to that question.

We have heard from many in the Republican Party that nothing illegal or illicit happened. Their constant refrain is, why are these hearings taking place? What is the big deal?

How does any reasonable person who watched this attack say that nothing transpired? Of course, the key words in the last statement are “reasonable person.”

Many outside of the political arena have also voiced their opinion on what happened.

The latest is Jack Del Rio, a professional football coach with the Washington Commanders, who recently said that the January 6th insurrection was not a “major deal.” Coach Del Rio was fined $100,000.00. His fine will be donated to the U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund.

The hypocrisy of some Republicans is both dastardly and dubious.

They say no problem, but they know there is a problem.

If everything is peachy-keen, then why did some of them run to Mr. T and ask for pardons?

According to reports, Republican Representatives Matt Gaetz of Florida, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania asked for pardons. Marjorie Taylor-Greene of Georgia is also included in this report.

Republican Representative

Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who is a member of the committee, said, “The president must not use his political influence to use the Department of Justice to his advantage.”

To some and not to all, he did try to use his political influence.

He failed.

Joe Biden is the President of the United States of America.

The former president’s vile and incendiary comments on January 6th however led to charges and jail time for many participants. Some could make a valid argument that he is responsible for their actions and subsequent consequences.

According to Time Magazine, more than 840 people have been arrested with more to come, and 185 individuals have received sentences with more awaiting trials. Those awaiting arrests and trials are anxious and nervous. In other words, “sweating bricks.” Every knock on the door could mean their January 6th reckoning.

If I was one of them, I wouldn’t make any long-range plans. If you did the crime, then you must do the time.

As the January 6th hearings continue, more people will testify, and more evidence will come out.

If you are a doubter, then just keep watching!

What will be the ramifications of the January 6th hearings?

Right now, we don’t know.

However, remember the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D., is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School in WinstonSalem 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.

Is male birth control finally at hand?

Rob Okun Guest Columnist

With the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade threatening to severely curtail women’s reproductive rights, it might seem an odd moment to report good news about male birth control. Nevertheless, researchers recently announced that male birth control trials with mice were wildly successful - 99% effective at preventing pregnancy.

The new pill, created by a team at the University of Minnesota, blocks proteins from binding to vitamin A, which is crucial to fertility and virility in mammals. In addition to the drug being virtually able to block all pregnancies, the researchers said the pill has no apparent side effects. The findings were shared in March at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society.

“Most contraceptives are designed for people with

uteruses, leaving few pregnancy prevention options for those with testes,” noted Corryn Wetzel, a freelance science journalist, writing in The Smithsonian.

The sexism behind birth control is blatant. Why do women bear most of the burden of preventing pregnancy?

Researchers have traditionally paid much more attention to birth control for women than men, male birth control researchers acknowledge - from pills to patches to intrauterine devices.

Seeing men expand birth control options - including taking more responsibility - is essential, especially now.

When male mice were given the drug orally for just four weeks, researchers found they had such a steep drop in sperm count that they became sterile. Yet, when the team stopped dosing the animals, the drug’s effects reversed: the mice bounced back to normal virility in four to six weeks.

Depending on the result of human trials, the drug could soon be the first effective form of birth control for those with testes apart from condoms or vasectomies. Why has it taken so long?

“Scientists have been trying for decades to develop an effective male oral contraceptive, but there are still no approved pills on the market,” said Md Abdullah al Noman, a chemist at the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, who worked closely on developing the drug.

Because this contraceptive is nonhormonal, it’s likely to have fewer side effects, researchers say. Earlier attempts at male birth control pills largely worked by blocking testosterone, which can lead to depression, weight gain, and decreased libido. Even when scientists super-dosed the mice with the new drug, the rodents seemed to do just fine, Noman noted.

“When we went to even 100 times higher dose than the effective dose, the compound didn’t show any toxicity,” Noman told Alex Wilkins in New Scientist. Researchers emphasize that the drug’s success in rodents doesn’t guarantee the same result in humans, which is why scientists - and activists promoting reproductive rights will be closely watching human clinical trials.

“Most female contraceptives target sex hormones such as estrogen and progesterone,” Noman explained. “Efforts have been made to develop male birth control pills by targeting the male sex hormone testosterone.”

As noted, the side effects of weight gain, depression, and increased levels of LDL, made testosterone not a good choice.

“Since men do not have to suffer the consequences of pregnancy, the threshold for side effects from birth control pills is rather low. This is a big barrier to developing a male contraceptive.

That’s why we are trying to develop non-hormonal birth control pills to avoid hormonal side effects,” Noman said.

Prof. Richard Anderson, Ph.D., a professor of clinical reproductive science who was not involved in the research, told Medical News Today, “The hormonal approach to male contraception continues to be developed, but men make millions of sperm every moment, and that needs to be completely stopped. Anderson, deputy director of Scotland’s Center for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh, added that while there have been “some very promising approaches to a

nonhormonal method … often these haven’t worked or had safety issues when the studies have moved from the lab/animal models to humans.”

Medical professionals are hopeful that the recent breakthroughs in male birth control will allow people of all genders to take control of their reproductive health. Meanwhile, another male contraceptive, a gel rubbed on the shoulder daily, is currently in clinical trials.

“Our track record as a gender for assuming birth control responsibility is not stellar,” Jesse Mills, director of the Men’s Clinic at UCLA, told Healthline, in a colossal understatement.

“Women overwhelmingly outnumber men for going through surgical sterilization procedures even though a female tubal ligation is far more invasive than a vasectomy,” said Mills. “I am eager to see what the human trials show.”

Rob Okun (rob@ v o i c e m a l e m a g a z i n e . o rg ) , syndicated by PeaceVoice, writes about politics and culture.

He is editor-publisher of Voice Male magazine.

Vow of silence (but now quite yet) Dr. Tom H. Hastings

Guest Columnist

Dear Fellow Men, Time to let women speak their minds about the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade. Men have spoken, made rules, passed laws, literally pontificated, and generally exercised dominator control over women for far, far too long.

Do you want women telling you what you must eat, drink, smoke, or what sorts of healthcare procedures you can and cannot have?

Yeah, didn’t think so.

It is women and women only who bear the burden, the pain, and sometimes the existential

threat of pregnancy. It is women and women only who should make these decisions about their own bodies, for gosh sakes.

This is not an occasion for me or any other man to tell the rest of us whether abortion should be legal or not. Men should have the grace to refrain from voicing those opinions.

Do I think abortion is a Good Thing? This is not my place to say, and if any man is doing so right now, that man is hurting traumatized women. Grow up, dude. Learn to stop feeling like everyone needs your opinion on everything at all times.

“All mortal sins must be illegal,” I hear some of you say.

Who decides what are mortal sins?

Catholics, apparently, and their examples of mortal sins include things like taking advantage of the poor and powerless, in which case Donald Trump is well and truly damned.

No other religion declares the concept of mortal sin and Catholics refer to the concept as a sin that results in death of the soul, possibly presaging an afterlife in hell.

Of course, this is by far the most Catholic of any U.S. Supreme Court- - John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Sonia Sotomayor. The only Catholic voting against overturning Roe, of course, was Sotomayor, who doesn’t let her religion govern her votes.

Arguably the most radical Catholic on the SCOTUS is Clarence Thomas, who seems to be arguing for more “mortal sins” to be stripped of any legal protections. For instance, LGBTQ rights, pursuant to the biblical sin of impurity against nature - sodomy and homosexual relations (Genesis 18:20).

Indeed, the Old Testament

is a brutal, sexist, genocidal, retributive screed. Even if Jesus putatively said he came to bring a new way, enough Catholics stick to the Old Testament to show us a Supreme Court poised to further devolve and unravel basic human and civil rights.

There are three women on the court - soon to be four after the swearing in of Ketanji Brown Jackson this summer. If the Justices were actually just, the men would have recused themselves from an opinion and let the women decide. Barrett would be in the minority, and if she had a sincere commitment to respect the separation of church and state, she would obviously choose to recuse.

As we drift toward a dystopian Handmaid’s Tale society run by men or internally oppressed anti-feminist women like Barrett, Lauren Boebert, or Marjorie Taylor Greene, men will do their children, grandchildren,

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and all their descendants a good turn by working to elevate more feminist women to leadership and decider positions.

Women won’t wait, however, and women-led people power movements will meet the male anti-feminist dominators with creative, nonviolent workarounds and are doing so already. I now silence myself in deference to what women have to say in this moment of official backsliding from freedom to oppression, but also in a moment of determined practical alternatives.

Dr. Tom H. Hastings is coördinator of conflict resolution BA/BS degree programs and certificates at Portland State University, PeaceVoice senior editor, and on occasion an expert witness for the defense of civil resisters in court.

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Design contract approved for new Ashley Elementary

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Earlier this month the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) Building and Grounds Committee approved a $862,200 contract for the local architectural firm, Walter Robbs Architecture, to design a new Ashley Elementary School.

Here’s what we know: Although Ashley served as an elementary school in the mid-1990s, the building Submitted photo was originally built in Winston-Salem City Council has approved the sale of a vacant land located near Cleveland Avenue Homes to potentially be the home of the new Ashley Elementary the 1960s and operated School. as a middle school until paying for the design of a new school was left off from supporters who had it closed in the 1980s. In new Ashley Elementary, the 2016 Education Bond, been pushing for a new 2016, voters approved but funding to build the which raised criticism Ashley for years.

In 2019, construction of a new Ashley took a step closer to becoming a reality when the WinstonSalem City Council approved the sale of vacant land located near Cleveland Avenue Homes.

As reported by The Chronicle, WS/FCS made a request to purchase 18 lots located near East 21st Street and New Hope Lane near Highway 52.

To finalize the deal, the city council had to rescind a previous deal for the sale of 24 lots to the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem (HAWS).

In 2005 the WinstonSalem City Council adopted a resolution

designating HAWS as the preferred developer for the residential lots in question and authorized the purchase of the lots at their appraised values.

In the 14 years since the resolution was approved, HAWS has not proceeded with the development of the lots.

It is unclear when the design will be complete and funding for construction for the new school is still not in place. However, the district is discussing a 2024 bond referendum that is expected to include funding for construction for a new Ashley.

Council adopts new mechanisms to promote affordable housing SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Winston-Salem City Council members laid the groundwork Tuesday to more aggressively address WinstonSalem’s affordable housing shortage by adopting an Affordable Housing Program and a Housing Justice Act. The Affordable Housing Program includes a variety of provisions that further the city’s ability to foster the creation of affordable housing. Most importantly, it codifies new rules for the sale of city-owned land that were made possible through enabling legislation sponsored by N.C. Sens. Paul Lowe and Joyce Krawiec.

Another provision in the Affordable Housing Program allows the City to require that 65% of apartments be reserved for low- and moderate-income residents when the city provides land for a housing project.

The Housing Justice Act is designed to reduce homelessness and provide equitable outcomes for city residents by prohibiting housing discrimination based on criminal convictions and sources of income. The Housing Justice Act applies to residential and housing development projects constructed, developed, rehabilitated or renovated, in whole or part, with city funds. Certain exceptions apply.

Council members ranked the need to develop long-term, sustainable funding mechanisms to foster affordable housing as their third highest strategic priority during their strategic planning workshops in March 2021.

Senate Bill 145, approved by the General Assembly in June 2021, allows the City to convey city-owned property to developers at little or no cost for the purpose of increasing the supply of housing for low- and moderate-income residents. Eliminating the cost of land can significantly reduce the overall cost of creating new housing, said Council Member Denise D. Adams, the mayor pro tempore.

“Housing is a passion of mine and our city needs as many tools in the toolbox as possible to deliver high-quality housing

for our citizens,” Adams said. “The Housing Justice Act and the passage of enabling legislation regarding the sale of city land gives us the ability to shape our city’s housing policies in a positive manner. I want to thank Senator Lowe and the members of the Forsyth County delegation for their support and assistance in addressing the affordable housing crisis we face in Winston-Salem.”

Council Member James Taylor Jr., who championed the Housing Justice Act, said, "According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, nearly 100 million adults have a criminal record of some kind, making it difficult to find quality affordable housing for their families. The Housing Justice Act removes this barrier as well as discrimination based on a person’s source of income. It was an honor to work with Mayor Pro Tem Adams and Senator Lowe to create solutions that will increase the ability of our residents to find housing they can afford.”

Adams and Taylor also praised Lowe and the other members of the local delegation to the General Assembly for getting $10 million in state American Recovery Plan Act funds designated for affordable housing in Winston-Salem.

That will be combined with $20 million in City ARPA funds that the city has designated for affordable housing.

City leaders are hopeful that another piece of legislation, which would allow the city to waive fees related to water and sewer lines in developments for low- and moderate-income residents, will also be approved by the General Assembly. Those fees can be as much as $3,000 per lot. Waiving the fees would be another significant reduction in the cost of developing affordable housing.

According to a recent City study, Winston-Salem will need about 8,433 affordable apartments and houses by 2027.

The text of the Affordable Housing Program and the Housing Justice Act can be found in sections 2-9 and 2-10 of Chapter 2 of the City Code of Ordinances.

Deadline is today for Weaver Fire reimbursement applications SUBMITTED ARTICLE

People who lived or worked within the evacuation zone during the fire at the Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant have until Thursday, June 30, to apply for reimbursement of expenses related to the evacuation. No new applications will be accepted after that date.

The Experiment in Self-Reliance Inc. is administering the reimbursement program under a contract with the city. That contract will end June 30. Any applications that have been received by that date will be processed

by ESR staff, said Twana Roebuck, ESR's executive director. However, all missing documentation needed to process an application must be turned in by July 15.

Eligible households and workers should make an appointment with ESR to file an application.

Appointments can be scheduled online at www.eisr.org or by calling ESR at 336-722-9400.

ESR is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In February the City Council allocated $1 million to assist people who incurred unforeseen expenses or lost wages when the area within one mile of the Weaver plant was evacuated during the fire, which started Jan. 31 and lasted for four days.

Funds can be used to help cover hotel expenses (four-night maximum), food, lost wages, or other expenses related to the evacuation, such as air filter replacements.

Anyone who receives reimbursement for their expenses from any other public or private source is not eligible to receive assistance through this initiative. Funding is limited to people with low or moderate income under the guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Income limits vary by household size.

Households with receipts or documentation

of past purchases will be given up to a maximum of $1000 to help with expenses, no matter the actual expenses and regardless of how many people live at that address.

Households that incur expenses of less than $1000 will be reimbursed for their actual expenses.

Households without receipts can receive up to $300.

People who work in the area but may not live in the area could potentially qualify for services if they meet additional requirements.

Eligible residents should bring a picture ID, receipts of purchases and other documentation (proof of income, letter from employer, etc.) of their expenses or lost wages.

For more information on the Weaver Relief Initiative, ESR, or other ESR programs, call 336722-9400 or visit www. eisr.org.

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The blind and visually-impaired community face challenges in employment

BY WANDA FRAZIE

I have a family member who is challenged by obstacles in the workforce and trying to find employment. I am writing this article to support his efforts and others who may find themselves frustrated and wanting to work who need help.

The unemployment rate for people who are blind and visually impaired is over 70% in the United States. There are many barriers that contribute to the challenges so many of our blind/visually impaired individuals face.

It is overwhelming to them and many others. The employment barriers range from: 1.

Lack of transportation to and from work, although there are ride services to take them to and from work, which is the case here in Winston Salem at IFB Solutions. The riders who work at IFB get rides to and from work through the Transaid System.

2. The job market has lots of jobs and posts jobs, but does not

accommodate blind persons. i.e., assistive technology training, software training, Smart Systems for the computer for office work, to name a few.

3.

Smartphone technology assistance.

Most companies want some type of degree and experience in some job positions, whereas the average blind person needs these skills in order to get hired in the workplace.

This can include life skills, adaptive support or help in surroundings to get around in the workplace. When you are blind or disabled by these barriers alone, it is very frustrating for the blind.

I hear this over and over from my son. He is doing all the right things by searching online and taking the necessary steps.

Even though able-bodied and willing to work, these challenges make it hard in the workplace environment.

The website I recently found - wsblind.org - offers life and employable skills you will need to maintain

a job, training or joining a career training program.

My question is: What can we do to make the marketplace jobs and assessments more accessible to help our blind/visually impaired community feel like someone cares about them and wants them to succeed in their endeavors?

Title 1 of The American With Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private employers, state and local government agencies and employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against individuals in the job market … but here we are. With the number of blind /visually impaired not knowing how to operate a computer or read instructions, operate machinery, navigate around the workplace, this can be challenging and very frustrating and disappointing.

Here are some resources I found that can give support to many who find themselves with a family member who is frustrated with their job search and situation.

Resources for the blind/visually impaired: www.hadley.edu.edu 1-800-323-4238 www.jobaccess,gov.au ws.blind.org (world services for the blind) nib.org (National Industries for the blind) IFB Solutions (facilities in WinstonSalem and other states) Wanda Frazier is a mother and a support member for the blind community.

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Unruly behavior ruins yet another youth sporting event For years I have been saying that there are some parents and coaches who have been ruining youth sports with their bad behavior on the sidelines and in the stands. This behavior seems to have progressed even more now that we have come out of the pandemic and I don’t think we have seen the worst of it.

Over the weekend I saw a post from a Facebook friend of mine that is a youth sports coach that stated the tournament his team was participating in had to be shut down because of the bad behavior of parents and coaches and that is a damn shame.

The football tournament was Summer Shine, which showcased some high-level youth football in tournament style play. Unfortunately for the kids, the parents and coaches were so out of control that the organizers were forced to shut the tournament down.

Because of the horrible conduct from the parents, this message was sent out from the organizers: “Due to multiple altercations during the event between coaches and parents of multiple teams, we have been directed by the North Carolina State Police, Cabarrus County, Charlotte PD, and the Superintendent of Schools to shut down the remaining tournament portions. Unfortunately, they fear that some parents and coaches will retaliate after witnessing today’s altercations and affirm the safety of the players is paramount in the decision.

We have protested this situation with all vested entities; consequently, the requests were declined on all levels. Again, it reiterated for the SAFETY OF ALL, Summer Shine 2022 is dismissed close of business today.

“For those that didn’t have any issues this weekend, we thank you for your professionalism, courtesy, and dedication extended to our youth athletes and event. We are TRULY saddened that the acts of a few have penalized the kids who have worked so hard to play in the Championship games tomorrow. All teams in Championship will have free registrations in Winter Shine Nov 2022 See Youth on B2

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BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The beauty of youth sports is seeing young men and women enjoying the love of the game. The players of the Summer Shine

football tournament (held in Charlotte this past weekend) could not finish the tournament because of unruly parents and bystanders.

Teams from Winston-Salem weren’t able to compete due the tournament’s abrupt end.

Unfortunately for kids and the fans, some

parents and coaches are ruining the experience for everyone involved with their bad behavior in the stands and on the sidelines. Let’s keep the focus on the kids because they are watching the adults and their behavior, so let’s set a good example for the kids.

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When the 2021-22 campaign came to a close last month, Wake Forest women’s tennis standouts Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth finally had a moment to breathe.

Periods of “quiet time” were hardly available through the past 10 months, as the academic year featured ample activity for the two Deacs. Playing as lettered members on the Wake Forest roster, Brylin and Killingsworth navigated through a memorable year of on-court play as the team’s No. 1 doubles group. Heads were firstly turned when the pair scored a historic program feat in October before taking full control in the spring. Being honored as All-Americans earlier this month closed the door on an exceptional season, as Brylin and Killingsworth became the fifth all-time Wake Forest duo to receive such honors.

Success hasn’t happened overnight, as the process initially started just under two years ago. Those early stages contained somewhat of a coincidence, as Brylin and Killingsworth were initially not visioned to be grouped for this journey.

Inside the Wake Forest

Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth program, one can find a neat strategy implemented by the staff that involves a yin-and-yang approach.

The tactic is used to discern the most ideal doubles pairings. This isn’t far from the norm, as contrasting styles tend to complement each other once their serves go up.

“Our teams in doubles usually involve one person who is super dependable, and another who can go

make something happen quickly,” explained Killingsworth. “It is one of those ‘hammer-and-nail’ things, as our coaches like to say.”

Trying to make early decisions in the winter of 2020-21 did not come easy for Wake Forest. The presence of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the cancellation of all fall competition and modified the team’s typical day-

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to-day activities. With the spring season opener approaching, a quick revision was made in January 2021 – Brylin and Killingsworth were thrown into the fire as a tandem in first doubles.

Brylin had stepped into her junior year at the time, while Killingsworth was just getting her feet wet as a freshman.

Their first match together was a success,

breezing through a 6-1 victory over a Charlotte 49ers pairing. Less than a week later, the confidence would start to bubble a bit greater.

“So, I remember we beat a Central Florida doubles team that was ranked No. 6 in the country, during the second time we ever played together,” Brylin recalled.

“It was ironic because we weren’t supposed to be paired – there were others in mind, but some players hadn’t been able to make it back to campus due to the circumstances, or were out with injuries.

“We had a very limited lineup at that point, and our team was trying to simply figure out what we could do for the short term. Brooke and I ended up having a good weekend and everyone began to think, ‘maybe this could work out.’”

Steering a situation that merely happened by chance, talent among Brylin and Killingsworth was inevitable.

Nevertheless, tennis enthusiasts will likely acknowledge chemistry acts as a deciding factor in just how far a duo will go.

“We definitely tried to get a feel for each other early on,” noted Brylin. “I See WFU on B2

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and Summer Shine in June 2023.”

After reading this, all I could do was literally shake my head in disgust. It’s hard to fathom that there were so many problems that the authorities had to force the organizers to shut everything down in fear of further violence.

These are the same parents that are out here screaming that “it’s all about the kids” and stuff like that, but as soon as something they disagree with happens, we see this type of behavior. I wonder, do these parents ever think about the ramifications of their actions and how it affects their kids who are watching them?

Last week at Summer Shine, a friend of mine witnessed one of the physical altercations on one of the fields. He stated there was a fight on the field and as the coaches were breaking it up, a parent came onto the field and started pummeling one of the coaches right in front of everyone. My friend told me once it was over, the coach was bloody and battered.

I wonder if that parent thought about the lasting memory all of those children will have from that incident. Ten years from now, many of them will remember this incident more than any athletic achievement that they had on the field and that’s a shame. I hope that parent was arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Apparently this was only one of the situations that happened last week.

According to several people I spoke with, there were incidents at every location the tournament was being held, which is why I understand why the tournament was canceled. When it gets to the point where even law

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didn’t know Brooke too well up until that point since she was a freshman.

The first semester of that school year had a very different look on what we were able to do. We weren’t able to interact much socially, and everything was very restricted. Our team had to get used to each other without many opportunities to do so.

It was a bit of a learning process that first year, with some ups and downs.”

Killingsworth concurred with her partner’s words, as she sought to find her footing as a first-year player.

Guidance from Brylin aided in the transition being pretty smooth, jumping from high school to Power Five trenches.

“There were still shaky moments at times, but Anna was a big help,” said Killingsworth. “I leaned on her for a lot of learning and becoming confident on the college stage.”

“Personally, I feel, with any doubles team, there is always a ‘give and take,’” Brylin added on. “We consistently learn from each other. Even as an older player, I had to learn a lot of things that Brooke did.”

Figuring out tendencies and meshing skills together served the two Deacons well throughout spring 2021. Brylin and Killingsworth ultimately

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enforcement’s presence is not enough to deter bad behavior, it’s best to just cancel anything else because the end result could be very bad.

There was another violent incident that was shared from a parent on Facebook. This parent shared her story with her son saying, “Today as I’m teaching & speaking to my son about having good sportsmanship, respect and letting him know he did well and don’t beat himself up, “YALL WON.” The opponent team is beside us walking to the car to leave as well, the coach feels the need to jump in my convo with myself and my child and said y’all ain’t win sh*t and tells me my son already beating me & he will too…. So if you know me you know….

“This man tells his children that we just played against to go get my child, the whole team runs up on mason, one kid steals off, needless to say none of my son teammates were around because we be out lol but as coach’s this is what is going on fr fight because you lose it just happens too much and it’s bad! It was the most embarrassing feeling ever at that very moment to be black.”

Of course, there are two sides to every story but even if some of this is true, that coach should never be in charge of young men ever again. As a man, I find it very disheartening that any man would speak to a woman and her child in that manner and then proceed to tell his players to attack another child.

Once again, I wasn’t there and there are two sides to every story but if this is true, we are very lost as a people.

I wrote about this issue over two years ago and since then the behavior of some of these parents and coaches has gotten progressively worse. I am afraid of what will

happen next because these parents and coaches have become so bold to think they can do whatever and say whatever they want without any ramifications.

I suggest they start to adopt a zero-tolerance policy at these school games and tournaments because if you start to ban unruly parents and coaches, I guarantee we will start to see a change in behavior from others.

We can’t just allow these people to continue behaving in this manner.

When did youth sports stop being about the kids?

These parents and coaches have turned something that was supposed to be about teaching youth responsibility, sportsmanship and hard work, into something about them. I think if we eliminate those bad parents and coaches from the equation, we can get back to what makes youth sports great again.

And for those parents and coaches that are out here making a complete and utter ass out of themselves in the stands and on the sidelines, please stop it! It’s embarrassing not only to you, but also your child. Before you decide to start yelling profanity or hurling threats, or even trying to belittle other children on the court, try and think about what you are there for.

We are all there to enjoy the wonderful talents that these young people have to put on display for us parents and fans. Stop making a spectacle out of yourself and taking that attention away from the kids. If you can’t control yourself, keep your ass home, seriously.

Do better as coaches and parents because these children deserve the best from us as they give their best on the field and court of play.

led Wake Forest in doubles wins, finishing on a 13-9 clip and splitting time between the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. By the season’s end, they had played alongside each other in all but one match and held a ‘top 35’ ranking within the ITA Doubles section.

An appearance in the 2021 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships’ Round of 32 put the cap on a solid first year.

The written journey of Brylin and Killingsworth still has a few pages, as the two return to the roster for 2022-23. Brylin is using a fifth year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the 2020 season suspension, while Killingsworth will be back as an upperclassman.

With two years together under their belts, each partner knows the other’s game quite well, to say the least.

“I would describe Brooke as an all-court baseliner,” said Brylin.

“She has the power game to deliver big serves and also has a big backhand, and she can slice and volley. I would say she’s an intimidating force on the court who can hand out penetrating shots from all sides. She can basically do whatever she wants with the ball.”

“If I had to use a word for Anna’s game, it would be ‘surgical,’” Killingsworth detailed.

“She’s incredibly smart

and can anticipate very well. She usually knows where her opponent is going to hit the ball before it even happens.

It’s frustrating for them and great for me. She stays patient and waits to pull something out when needed.”

Having gained a taste of postseason play for two straight years now, the two Deacs hold firmly established goals of taking the next step in winning the NCAA crown. That, along with earning a spot in the U.S. Open, would be the pinnacle of individual success.

“I would also add being the absolute best doubles group for our team,” said Killingsworth. “If we can be a lockdown and given point, it’ll give reliability.”

Levels of competition will remain high for Wake Forest, leaning on the shoulders of an experienced core to continue paving the way against conference and NCAA foes. Rest assured, the veteran, builtin connection between Brylin and Killingsworth is a major piece within the arsenal.

“It’s always fun working with a new partner, but it is nice to have a sense of stability and being able to form an identity,” Brylin highlighted. “Our team hopes to accomplish some big things next year.”

Charlotte Hornets names Steve Clifford head coach CHARLOTTE – Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations & General Manager Mitch Kupchak announced the team has named Steve Clifford head coach. Clifford, who previously served as the team’s head coach from 2013-2018, returns to Charlotte, where his 196 wins ranks second in franchise history, sitting just 11 behind Allan Bristow.

“We are pleased to welcome Steve back to our franchise,” said

I want to thank Michael Jordan, Mitch Kupchak and Buzz Peterson for this opportunity,” said Clifford.

“This is an exciting young team with a lot of talented pieces. Charlotte is a great city and I know first-hand the passion that Hornets fans have for this franchise. I can’t wait to get back to town and start working with our players.”

In Clifford’s first season in Charlotte in 2013-14, the team went 4339, a 22-win improvement over the previous season, and finished fourth in

defensive rating after ranking 21st and 18th, respectively, in 2017-18.

Clifford’s teams are known for not committing turnovers and defensive rebounding.

In eight seasons as a head coach, his teams have never finished outside the top five in the league in fewest turnovers committed, and in seven of his eight campaigns his team finished in the top two in offensive rebounds allowed and the top five in defensive rebound percentage.

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Kupchak. “We believe that his previous experience and coaching philosophy make him the best coach for our team. Steve has a proven track record of improving defenses and is detail oriented. He has a history of maximizing players’ talent and working with them to develop and expand their skill sets.

Steve is committed to playing with the same offensive pace that our fans are accustomed to seeing the last few years.

We are confident that he will be able to help our young players continue to grow as we look to take the next step as a team.”

Clifford has more than 20 years of NBA coaching experience and more than 35 years overall, including eight seasons as a head coach with the Hornets (2013-2018) and Orlando Magic (2018-2021). He spent the 2021-22 season as a consultant for the Brooklyn Nets and Head Coach Steve Nash. Clifford has a career record of 292-345 as a head coach, including a 196-214 mark in his previous five seasons in Charlotte. His teams have made the playoffs in four of his eight seasons and finished in the top 10 in both points allowed and defensive rating on five occasions.

“I’m happy to be returning to Charlotte, and

points allowed and fifth in defensive rating after ranking 29th and 30th, respectively, one season earlier. In 2015-16, he led the Hornets to a 48-34 record and the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, posting the franchise’s best record since 1999-2000.

Clifford also helped turn around the Hornets’ offense during his first run in Charlotte. After ranking in the NBA’s bottom 10 in both points per game and offensive rating in his first two seasons, the team improved to ninth in offensive rating and 11th in points per game in 2015-16. That season the Hornets were one of only four teams to finish in the top 12 in points per game, offensive rating, points per game allowed and defensive rating. The Hornets remained in the top half of the league in both offensive categories for each of Clifford’s final two seasons, increasing their scoring average by 14.0 points per game and their offensive rating by 9.3 from 2014-15 to 201718.

In his first season in Orlando in 201819, the Magic posted a 42-40 record, a 17-win improvement over the previous season, and ranked fifth in points allowed and eighth in

NBA head coach, Clifford spent 13 seasons as an assistant coach with the New York Knicks (20002003), Houston Rockets (2003-2007), Orlando Magic (2007-2012) and Los Angeles Lakers (201213). From 2003-2013, his teams made the playoffs in nine of 10 seasons, including five straight playoff appearances, three straight Southeast Division titles and a trip to the 2009 NBA Finals during his tenure with the Magic, alongside Stan Van Gundy.

Additionally, Clifford spent 15 years coaching at the collegiate level before joining the New York Knicks.

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Pastor Mack H.L. McConnel retires after more than six decades of service

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Wood Sunday School Lesson

The Creating Word Becomes Flesh Scriptures: John 1:1-14 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Explore the meaning of the Word for the world; *Find true inspiration for life in Jesus; *Live in relationship with Creator God because of the “Light” (grace and truth) that Jesus gives.

Background: The Gospel of John is the fourth section of what is called the four-fold gospel, with four voices giving different perspectives on the life of Jesus of Nazareth. The first three, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, are known as the three synoptic gospels – they present the life of Jesus in similar format. They focus more on what Jesus taught and did; John focused more on who Jesus is and is written for the specific purpose: that we might find life by believing in Jesus as the Son of God (John 20:30, 31). In the Gospel of John, the story of Jesus is the story of the Word becomes flesh.

Lesson: Jesus is the Word (John 1:1-3). “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (verse 1). John introduces Jesus in the context of eternity, He is the “Word” – logos, in Greek means written and spoken, but also includes thought and reasoning in the mind. For the Jewish believer – who is thought to be John’s intended audience, logos refers to wisdom and ability as referenced in the Old Testament. John expresses two truths about Jesus as the Word. 1) Jesus is God and 2) Jesus has existed forever. “The same was in the beginning with God.” (verse 2). “All things were made by Him …” (verse 3).

He is the Creator and Source of all life.

Jesus is the Light (verses 4-9). “In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.” (verse 4). Life and light are qualities of the “Word” that are shared among the Godhead and are the fountainhead of spiritual life and light for all people. Jesus is the light. “And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” (verse 5). New creation involves the banishing of spiritual darkness by the light which shines in the Word.

Jesus is the Word and in Him we are new creatures.

Verses 6-8 speak of John the Baptist. “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.” (verse 6). The same came as a witness, to bear witness of the light … (verse 7). “He was not that light…” (verse 8). John the Baptist was deliberately focused on bringing people to faith in the Messiah. “… the true light …” (verse 9). The coming of Jesus Christ was the fulfillment and embodiment of the light that God has placed inside the heart of man.

Jesus Reveals God’s Character (verses 10-14). John uses verses 10-11 to describe the times of Jesus’ activity.

Jesus took on human flesh to experience life through our eyes. “He was in the world, … and the world knew Him not.” (verse 10). The world referred to here is the human world, which does not recognize or accept Jesus.

“He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.” (verse 11). This could refer to the Jewish nation, although they had Scriptures that testified of His person and coming, they still did not accept Him. “But as many See Word on B4

Pastor Mack H.L. McConnel recently stepped away as senior pastor of St. James Missionary Baptist Church here in WinstonSalem. This is not a retirement from the ministry, but instead just retiring as senior pastor in order to have a younger voice lead the church.

“I wasn’t made to retire or anything, but what got me wanting to was that most of our young people have so much stuff to participate in and they don’t really put church first like how I was brought up, so I wanted a young person in there that can relate to what they are doing,” said McConnel. “I want a young person to come in and be able to relate to them and get them the instructions they really need.

“I still think I can do quite a bit of work but the thing I really want to make sure is that everything is going well, and a younger person can do a better job with that. Things are changing a little faster than what I am used to. When I came along, everything was a drag but now it’s so fast paced.”

McConnel spent a total of 65 years in the ministry and 19 of those were at St. James. Prior to coming to St. James, he was the pastor at

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Pastor Mack H.L. McConnel recently retired after 65 years in the ministry.

Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church for 26 years. His first dream was to become a veterinarian, but he eventually went into the armed forces. Once he left military service, he began feeling the urge to join the ministry.

“I realized how badly I was in need of Christianity, which is why I got into the ministry,” he said. “I entered the ministry for the joy of it.

First, I thought because all preachers had a gravy train and I soon found out it wasn’t so.

“Most people when they get into something and when they get into

it, they think it’s easy, but they find out it’s a little bit more work to it than what it really seemed. I thought that all the preacher did was say a few words on Sunday and sat down the rest of the week, but I found out very early that you get called all hours of the night and day. But everything went well, and I have had a wonderful time.”

Originally from Chester County, South Carolina, McConnel and his family made their way to WinstonSalem when he was four years old.

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Quenching your thirst – What do you thirst for?

BY BRUCE BOYER

It was a big mistake. The day of the 2022 Kiwanis golf fundraising tournament was one of those days. It was the hottest day of the year, measuring 95 degrees.

Since my service club was hosting the tournament, I was at the course all day. As all tournaments do, we provide beverages for the golfers. Being a sweltering day, the most popular beverage at the course was bottled water. Despite doubling our supply, we were concerned that the water supply wasn’t enough for the golfers.

Throughout the day, I was very thirsty, but I didn’t want to deplete the water supply. To quench my thirst, I downed three cans of soda. The Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper felt really good and “hit the spot.” Since the water fountain inside the clubhouse wasn’t working, the soft drinks were all I had all day. (At least, that was my excuse.)

I paid for my mistake that evening. As I began to relax that evening, I had the worst leg cramps I have ever experienced in my life. I was dehydrated and didn’t know it until it was too late. I had tried to satisfy my thirst with the wrong beverage. It was a poor choice. The soft drinks did nothing to provide what my body needed.

It was a sleepless night, as the severe leg cramps stayed with me until 3 a.m. the following morning.

The sixth Beatitude says: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they will be filled” (Matthew 5:6). As we live our lives, we are hungry and thirsty for things that give us satisfaction, things that make us feel good at the time. But are they the right things? As outlined in the Beatitude, do we hunger and thirst for righteousness? Or do we try to fulfill our cravings with the wrong things?

At the golf course I was desperate for liquid refreshment to quench my immediate thirst. And so, I

gave in. I knew it was a poor choice, but I did it anyway.

In reality, I could never satisfy my thirst this way, and the soft drinks didn’t provide what my body needed. The result of my mistake was severe pain like I had never felt before. And I never want to feel it again.

The verse says we should hunger and thirst for righteousness. In the spiritual sense, righteousness is being right in the eyes of God, which includes our character (our nature), conscience (our attitude), conduct (our actions), and command (God’s Word).

Righteousness is based on God’s standards, not human standards. We read in Isaiah, For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us (Isaiah 33:22). While we can never be perfect, we can seek to be right with a forgiving God. The sixth Beatitude tells us we should crave – hunger and thirst – to be righteous with God. If we seek the Lord to be our Lord and Savior, and quest for righteous living, He will save us.

In a practical sense, the next time I am in a setting when dehydration is at risk, I am going to make better choices. Making the wrong choice got me in big trouble this time, and could never have satisfied what my body needed. This example, however, is only a human parallel to making the right spiritual choices and seeking to be right with God. I hope to make the right choices with my spiritual life which, in turn, guides my human life here on earth. The ultimate result is my quest to be right with God and to be saved.

The Lord blesses those who seek righteousness. That is what I thirst for.

Bruce Boyer lives in Kernersville and is the author of two devotional books and writes a weekly devotional email. A library of his stories is posted on https:// christianfaithstories.org/.

RELIGION CALENDAR

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.

July 3 First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, Senior Pastor of First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC), will deliver the Communion message. Front doors 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 REENTRY 2022, and printed copies will be available in the lobby prior to service. 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.)

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as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, …” (verse 12). To receive Him who is the Word of God means to acknowledge His claims, place one’s faith in Him, and thereby yield allegiance to Him. Moreover, those who believe in His name – that in the Word one sees and knows God – is given new life and existence as a child of God. In verse 13 John reminds us of the nature of the birth. Those who received Him are born of God, but not of human efforts or achievements.

This new birth is something that brings change to life.

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory,

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He says he never thought he would have spent so many years in the ministry but because he enjoyed it so much, he never left.

“I had no earthly idea and when I first went into the ministry, I said I would be in it for five or six years and that would be it,” McConnel said about being in the ministry for so long. “It was like every time I would look around, it got better and better, and more and more young people began to realize how they needed Christ and that encouraged me.”

McConnel delivered his last sermon as senior pastor of the church on May 29. He says he isn’t an overly emotional person but says that moment was

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the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth.” (verse 14). Jesus is God’s expression in human form.

He took on flesh and was born on earth to fully reveal God to humanity.

To see Him is to see God, and to know Him is to experience God’s grace and truth. John wants us to know that Jesus is our bridge between the eternal, spiritual, and supernatural, and the everyday, human, and natural. He is the divine Word of God. (The UMI Annual Commentary 2021-2022, The Modern Life Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, The Wiersbe Study Bible, The New Interpreters Study Bible, and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your

Consideration: What has the light of Christ made clear to you? Look at John, “Son of Thunder,” and John, “The Apostle of Love.”.What changed?

Application: This week ask God to reveal Himself to you in a new way. Spend time praying, reading the Word of God, and meditating on what you read. Let God’s Word permeate your spirit so that you might know God more deeply (UMI).

FYI: Forsyth County Sunday School Union will meet “virtually” every third Sunday, at 3 p.m. with teaching and programs. You may join using the following “Zoom” credentials: ID 819 7872 9662, Passcode 787444, Phone: 1-301715-8592.

“bittersweet” for him.

There was a celebration held in his honor the day before his last sermon, which he also enjoyed.

He was surrounded by family and friends and was celebrated by everyone.

When he thinks back on his career, McConnel said he will miss the calls he gets from members of his congregation wanting instruction about the gospel. He enjoyed being a teacher and giving people a better understanding of the scripture.

“Anytime this is brought up, I can always think about those that accepted Christ and I think about the ones that I missed,” he stated.

The first thing on McConnel’s agenda is to do some traveling with

his wife. He says he didn’t expect to live this long and wants to enjoy the time he has left with his family and friends. He has plans to continue preaching every now and then because he loves the ministry so much.

“I am just looking forward to being with my wife and traveling a little bit,” McConnel said about retirement. “I want to preach a little bit and enjoy the grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and the great-great-grandchildren, so that’s what I am looking forward to.”

McConnel says the Lord has opened up doors that he never imagined would be opened. He says the Lord has led him down a great path and he has enjoyed the journey thus far.

Community Calendar 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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Saturday, August 6, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. A park guide will lead two informative tours regarding Indigenous peoples to 1800; and the Felt and Soul Puppet Theater will perform throughout the day. Admission is free. For more information, please visit historicbethabara.org or call (336) 924-8191.

Aug. 19, Sept. 2, 14 Cinema Under the Stars Reynolda House Museum of American Art is excited to announce the line-up for the 2022 season of Cinema Under the Stars.

The films showcased this season have been curated by a/perture cinema and evoke the imagery and expression of Reynolda’s fall exhibition, Chrome Dreams and Infinite Reflections: American Photorealism.

Cinema Under the Stars kicks off Friday, August 19, with Spike Lee’s “Crooklyn,” the semi-autobiographical film that follows the joys and heartbreaks of Troy Carmichael and her family as they navigate life in Brooklyn, New York during the summer of 1973.

On Friday, September 2, the spotlighted film is “The Apartment,” the 1960 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.

The season concludes on Friday, September 14, with “La La Land.”

Released in 2016, this colorful, whimsical and musical film chronicles the highs and lows of struggling artists in Los Angeles.

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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.

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Looking back and moving forward: Sandra Adams reflects on the start of Meals-on-Wheels

BY JOEL MCIVER

This year, Senior Services’ Meals-onWheels program is celebrating 60 years of providing meals in our community!

In 1962 Sandra Adams was one of the earliest volunteers for the then-fledgling Mealson-Wheels program.

Sandra is a former Senior Services board member and chair, current Senior Services Foundation board member, Sandra Adams and long-time agency wait a minute now. I was a supporter. But in 1962, freshman at Wake Forest she never would have in 1962!” guessed how much the Adams joined a student program would grow and group to get involved in impact the Forsyth County community action during community. her first semester. “We’d “The thing that has go out to the prison on the excited me most about Cherry Street extension Meals-on-Wheels turning or visit at the County 60 is the realization that Home, as it was known I was there almost at the at the time. I loved doing beginning, though I didn’t all those things,” Adams know it,” said Adams. said. One day as she and Adams says she loves other students were getting those “wait-a-minute ready to go on a visit to moments” and had a big the prison, the person who one several years ago when was going to take them – she first became a member because “girls couldn’t of the Senior Services drive at Wake Forest then,” Board of Directors. It says Adams - informed happened during her board the students that they had orientation. As she looked received an emergency at pictures on the wall, the call for assistance. Some new board members were women down in the kitchen being told about how old at the Wake Forest Church Senior Services was and were making meals that how its oldest program – needed to be delivered and Meals-on-Wheels - was they were overwhelmed. started in 1962 by a group “They asked if any of of women at Wake Forest us were willing to go to Baptist church. “I was like, the church instead of the

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prison to help out. Now, I think I may have been following a boy who said he would go, if I remember correctly – I hope I’m not.”

Either way, she went to the kitchen to lend a hand and there she found several women scurrying around the church kitchen.

Adams said, “I don’t remember a whole lot, but I remember they had us peeling potatoes – a lot of potatoes! We were at the sink peeling, and they were running around loading food into a station wagon.”

Fast forward about five decades, back to the orientation, “They’re telling us about how Meals-on-Wheels started, and I look at the picture and see a picture of this women named Helen Pritchard and I think to myself, that is the woman who got us in the kitchen peeling the potatoes, who had us loading the meals

[into the station wagon].

I saw that picture and thought, unbelievable.”

Adams thinks she only delivered meals once, but she helped prepare many meals and peeled countless potatoes!

There was another “wait-a-minute moment”: Decades after her freshman year in 1962, while Adams was the head of Summit School, she happened to notice the name Helen Pritchard on a list of grandparents. “I thought, ‘She’s a Summit grandmother! I have her grandchildren here at Summit? Wait a minute!’

I have one regret - that I never went to her and said, ‘I know you don’t remember me, but I was one of the kids in the kitchen peeling potatoes’ and thanked her for what she’s done for this community.”

Reflecting on that and the start of the Meals-onWheels program, Adams continued. “The world is small and there are just so many chance meetings in life. I just think about her. I wasn’t part of the planning for what those women were doing, but I can just still see them in that kitchen, excited about what they were doing, wondering if they could ever get this in the trunk of the car or get the food there - it was kind of tense there for a little while.

Never, never, I don’t think,

would any of those women have ever dreamed what would happen what with that small beginning of that great idea!

“I am thrilled that this many years later, what she started in that kitchen and what I was one onethousandth of a part of continues at a level that she could never have dreamed.

That’s why I’m excited.”

Adams is grateful for people who look out for others the way Helen Pritchard and the women in the Wake Forest Church did. “I think we’re all products of people looking out for us. Not just saying, ‘thoughts and prayers’ – which are important, but she was so far beyond that!

People like her who put action into their thoughts and prayers.” Adams says that she is humbled by what Senior Services does for this community. “I don’t think we even know how many people’s lives are better off because of people like Helen and the thousands of others that have followed her and keep her work alive.”

When looking forward to the new things on the horizon for Senior Services, including a new Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness that broke ground in April, Adams feels almost like the impossible dream is happening. “When I think about what we are getting ready to do here, the vision

that people have had about bringing children and older people together, bringing health services, bringing music, bringing happiness, I think it’s the most exciting time ever in Senior Services history.”

Looking back, she doesn’t think those women who started it were doing it in hopes of starting something exciting and big or thinking of creating a national model. “They couldn’t have seen that.

They were doing it for the here and now … there were hungry people in this town. They knew it and they couldn’t stand the thought of people being hungry right here in our own community. They weren’t thinking years down the road. They were thinking we want to get food to the people who need it right now.”

As their Meals-onWheels program has grown into what is now Senior Services, Adams is thrilled with the direction the nonprofit is moving.

“We’ve moved forward as an organization, but those seeds led to this. We’ve had a chance to dream and to go way down the road and to think about possibilities.

There’s no telling what’s about to happen as a result of what we’re doing here … replication in other places in the nation .. making See Sandra on B7

July Senior Events Calendar:

Events or meetings: *Salem Band Stars and Stripes Concert, July 4, 7:30 p.m. Combined concert with guest Winston-Salem Pops. Pre-concert music at 6:45 p.m. Salem Square, Old Salem. Bring a chair, blanket, or picnic and enjoy this free community concert. *Open Mic, hosted by Winston-Salem Writers, (first Tuesday of each month).

The next Open Mic is July 5, registration at 6:45 p.m., readings begin at 7 p.m., via Zoom. This event offers beginning and experienced writers an opportunity to read five-seven minutes of their work to a friendly audience. Audience members welcome! To participate in the Zoom Open Mic, visit www.wswriters.org and click on the July newsletter to get the link or email Judie Holcomb-Pack at judiehp@ triad.rr.com. *AARP chapter meeting will not be held July – August. It will return in September in person on Sept. 13 at Senior Services, 2895 Shorefair Drive. For information about the local AARP chapter, email Alberta Powell at powellalberta0@gmail.com.

Open to all seniors age 50 and above with an AARP membership. *Aging Well series presented by Wake Forest Baptist Sticht Center for Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Prevention, (the second Tuesday of each month) will be held on July 13 at 5:30 p.m. virtually online. To register and receive the link to access the program, email bhealth@wakehealth.edu . *Salem Band Trombone Mania! Concert, July 19, 7:30 p.m., with Commissioned Composition, trombone soloist Erik Salzwedel and Community Trombone Ensemble . Pre-concert music at 6:45 p.m., Salem Square, Old Salem. Bring a chair, blanket, or picnic and enjoy this free community concert. *Adult Children of Aging Parents meeting, (third Tuesday), will be held July 19 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1623251384697687. All are welcome, but the focus will be on the needs of adult children who are caring for their aging parents. For more information, visit www.ACAPcommunity.org and look for Winston-Salem under the “Find your chapter” tab, or join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1623251384697687.

Senior centers, recreation and community centers and other organizations: Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 1700 Ebert Street: Some of the ongoing Shepherd’s Center activities are listed below. Call the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217 for information. Contact Kristin Larson at klarson@shepherdscenter.org to register and for Zoom meeting information. More of their programs, including those on off-campus sites, can be found on their website at www.shepherdscenter.org. *Mondays 10-11 a.m., line dancing for fun and fitness with Brenda Holcomb. $7 per class. Meets on the upper level. Please arrive by 9:15 a.m. as class begins promptly at 9:30 a.m. *Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m., Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention with Wanda Patterson. $2 donation. *Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m., The Shepherd Center Singers. Donations accepted. Please contact Carmina Jenks at pegjen2@gmail.com to join. *Wednesdays, Fellowship and Games, 1:30-4 p.m., meets on the lower level. *Wednesdays, 1:30-4:00 p.m., Artistic Expressions. Bring your art/craft projects to work on; some coloring supplies available. *Way Back Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. with Paul McCraw, a local historian and retired history teacher, who will discuss local and world history and relate it to today’s events. Via Zoom. *Thursdays, 12-1 p.m., Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, forms I and II with Wanda Patterson. $2 donation. *Thursdays at 1 p.m., Game Day with Fay and Kristin. We play different games every week, such as Boggle, Scattergories, Trivia, Pictionary and more. Come join the fun! We ask that you please arrive by 1 p.m.; once the game begins you will not be able to join. Via Zoom. *Thursdays, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m., Chess with Paul Sluder. *Thursdays at 3 p.m., Thinking Outside the Box Discussion Group. Meets in person on lower level.

Mary Alice Warren Community Center, 7632 Warren Park Drive, Lewisville:

The classes below are presented by Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem: *Writing Stories from your Life: Every second Monday, 10 a.m.-12 noon.

Closed group.

For additional classes held at this center, visit https://lewisvillenc.net/MAWCC and click on Classes Offered.

Brown & Douglas Active Adult Center, 4725 Indiana Avenue: Various activities for seniors. Contact Serena Mumford at 336-661-4998 or email serenam@cityofws.org for more information. *Praize Kraze, Mondays, 6:30 p.m. *Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, TechWise. Get help with all your digital devices. Call Serena for appointment. *Mondays and Wednesdays, 9-10 a.m., yoga. *Mondays and Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., Hebrew dance class *Tuesdays, noon, Active Living Every Day *Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m., chair exercises. *Tuesdays, 12 noon, Cooking Matters *Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Basketball Shoot Around *Tuesdays, 2 p.m., Tai Chi *Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Chair volleyball *Thursdays, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., Nature Walk & Talk *Thursdays, 5 p.m., T.O.P.S. weight loss class *Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., Let’s Jam with Jamita step aerobics *Fridays, 1 p.m., Game Day - Corn hole, golf putting, various games Salvation Army Senior Center, 2850 New Walkertown Road: *Tuesdays, 10 a.m., line dancing *Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m., chair yoga *Tuesdays, 11 a.m., chair volleyball *Wednesdays, 11 a.m., drumming exercise *Wednesdays, 12 p.m., spiritual development *Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m., REACHE Program *Thursdays, 10 a.m., hand bells music *Thursdays, 11 a.m., educational program *Thursdays, 12 p.m., Lunch (please sign up by calling Captain Raquel Lorenzo at 336-499-1196) Carver School Road Public Library, 4915 Lansing Drive: *First Tuesday Get Together, July 5, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., arts, crafts and seasonal cards, hosted by Sandra Smith. *Adult games the last Thursday of each month, July 28, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Come play cards, board games and dominos and make new friends!

Humana Neighborhood Center, 1045 Hanes Mall Blvd. Call 336-293-0122 to register as space is limited. *Friday, July 1, 10-11 a.m., 4th of July social. Center closing at noon for holiday. *Tuesday, July 5, 12, 19 & 26, 10-11 a.m., Get help with your technology *Thursday, July 7, 10 a.m.-noon, “Diabetes Superfoods” and cooking demo *Friday, July 8, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., popcorn and a movie, “Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” *Monday, July 11, 10-11 a.m., Ask an Agent about Medicare Parts A & B *Wednesday, July 13, 10-11 a.m., Fruit and Veggie Bingo! *Thursday, July 14, 10-11 a.m., Simple Sleep Changes for Brain Health *Thursday, July 14, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m, Decluttering Your Home *Thursday, July 21, 10-11 a.m., Birthday celebration! *Friday, July 22, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Popcorn and a movie, “Tesla” (2020) *Thursday, July 28, 10-11 a.m., Fruit & Veggie Bingo! *Friday, July 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Popcorn and a movie, “Percy vs. Goliath” (2021) If you have an item for the Seniors Calendar, please email news@wschronicle. com and put Seniors Calendar in the subject line. Items must be submitted by the 20th of the preceding month for the next month’s issue.

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5 key tips when buying organic foods

BY JILL DAVIS, MS, CWPM HUMANA HEALTH EDUCATOR

Organic foods can cause a bit of a dilemma when you are grocery shopping. On one side of the aisle, you have a conventional apple, and on the other side, you have an organic apple. Both options are firm, shiny and

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According to the Mayo Clinic, “organic” refers to the way farmers grow and process fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy products and meat. In the United States, organic crops must be grown without using synthetic (man-made)

class: *Avoid the Dirty Dozen™: Certain fruits and vegetables, such as strawberries, spinach, kale, nectarines, apples, grapes, peaches, cherries, pears, tomatoes, celery and potatoes, have high pesticide residues, even after they’ve been carefully washed or peeled. *Look for the Clean Fifteen™: Certain fruits and vegetables have few, if any, pesticide residue, such as avocados, sweet corn, pineapples, frozen sweet peas, onions, papayas, eggplants, asparagus, kiwis, cabbages, cauliflower, cantaloupes, broccoli, mushrooms and honeydew. *Don’t Discount

Dairy: When it comes to dairy products, including eggs, a key component of being organic is that the livestock raised for these products must have access to the outdoors and eat organic feed. Additionally, these animals may not be given antibiotics, growth hormones or any animal by-products. The same holds true for organic meat, so when reading labels, keep an eye out for terms like free range, cagefree or grass fed. *Look at the Label: The USDA oversees an organic certification program that requires all organic foods to meet stringent government standards related to how organic foods are grown,

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For a food manufacturer to label a food as “organic,” the product must be USDA certified, allowing the manufacturer to display an official USDA organic seal. Don’t be confused if you see the word “natural” – the term does not refer to how the food’s ingredients were grown, but instead means that the food contains no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. *Buying on a Budget: If you want to buy organic but need to watch your wallet, aim to purchase what is in season and shop around. For example, supermarkets offer their own organic store brands, and, depending

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For information on upcoming health and wellness classes offered at the Humana Neighborhood Center in Winston-Salem, call 336-293-0122, or visit the center located at 1045 Hanes Mall Blvd. in Winston-Salem to pick up a monthly calendar of events that are open to the public at no cost.

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pesticides, bioengineered genes (GMOs), petroleumbased fertilizers and sewage sludge-based fertilizers.

To help you be a smarter shopper, here are the five tips shared at the Sandra, an educator, philanthropist, and volunteer, got her desire to serve from her parents.

Her father was a doctor who became a minister and her mother earned a master’s degree in religious education. They led a joyful life of service, they loved what they did, and taught Sandra and her brother that real joy came from serving others.

Joel McIver is vice president for community engagement for Senior Services.

w/ Rental Assistance & Section 8 Assistance Available Income Restrictions Apply Spring Hill

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St. Peter’s Heritage Place

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Alder’s Point 590 Mock St. 336.725.9021 Garden space, community room, computer lab, resident activities, laundry room, 24 hour on-call maintenance, exercise room, and beauty salon

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201 Park Ridge Cir. 336.765.4354 Community room, computer lab, resident activities, laundry room, 24 hour on-call maintenance, pool tables, and hot tub

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Beauty Flourishes Here

I United Methodist Retirement Community

N OUR FULLY EQUIPPED STUDIO, artist Steven loves to share

his experience and guidance with fellow residents as they tap into

their creative spirits. At Arbor Acres, our residents celebrate the endless

variations and possibilities of beauty. What is beautiful to you?

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news & notes I N FORMATION AN D U PDATES FROM SEN IOR SERVIC ES | J U N E 2022

The Celebration Continues!

It takes an entire community to meet the needs of older adults.

We appreciate all the people who serve day in and day out as champions and supporters of the Senior Services mission. These community leaders (from the left to right, Cathy Pace, President & CEO of Allegacy Federal Credit Union and Ashley Kohlrus, Executive Vice President/Chief Operations and Digital Officer at Allegacy Federal Credit Union, Dr. Franklin Watkins, Gerontologist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, and Michelle Butt General Manager of WXII Television Station) recently helped celebrate Meals-on-Wheels 60th anniversary by signing on to be “Service Champions” in our Meals-on-Wheels program. They learned more about the program and delivered hot, nutritious meals to seniors in our community. Read more about why they chose to get involved and find out how your group or organization can get involved at seniorservicesinc.org.

Birthday Milestones

Find Help at the Williams Adult Day Center

When memory loss occurs, many families avoid socialization and become more isolated. In Forsyth County people navigating Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia have a better choice.

The award-winning Elizabeth and Tab Williams Adult Day Center provides a safe, fun, and structured day program that brings meaning and friendship to each participant in a nurturing environment.

On-site nurses and care staff are prepared to help with a variety of needs. Call the Williams Adult Day Center, 336-724-2155, to learn more or to arrange a free trial visit for your loved one.

Did you know that Senior Services has 14 participants who will turn 100 or more years old this year? We were thrilled to help two Senior Services participants celebrate milestone birthdays in May! Miss Annie J. became a new member of the 100-year club and Miss Annie M. (pictured) happily marked her 101st revolution around the sun! We are honored to provide care and support to both and were so excited to mark this special occasion with them!

We Are Stronger Together There is strength in numbers. There is power in joining together as a community to continue the remarkable mission of serving older adults in Forsyth County.

Your financial support helps us sustain seniors through programs that keep them at home, living with dignity and aging with purpose! As we approach the end of our fiscal year, we humbly request you consider making a gift in any amount to support older adults in our community. Make a secure online donation at seniorservicesinc.org by June 30 to help finish strong!

Get Ready for Christmas in July!

Please plan to support our 11th annual Christmas in July item drive. With the help of our partners at Piedmont Federal Savings Bank, we’ll be collecting vitally needed health, hygiene, and household items to help older adults in our programs remain at home for as long as possible. Beginning in July, drop your donations at Senior Services, 2895 Shorefair Drive, Monday—Friday, 8:00 am—4:00 pm or at any Forsyth County Piedmont Federal Savings Bank branch.

IT’S CHRISTMAS This year we’re even kicking things off a few days early IN JULY! with a special donation event at Incendiary Brewing Company on June 29, from 5:00 pm—7:00 pm.

Thank you!

ask us The AgeWise Q&A is published each Monday—send questions to agewise@seniorservicesinc.org our services meals-on-wheels | home care living-at-home | williams adult day center senior lunch | help line | elder care choices

our goal helping seniors remain at home living with dignity and aging with purpose Join us by donating or volunteering today!

contact us 2895 Shorefair Drive | Winston-Salem, NC 27105 | 336-725-0907 | seniorservicesinc.org

too many local seniors are alone, hungry and struggling to meet basic needs. your gift will change their lives.