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THURSDAY, March 5, 2020
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Hanes Burke takes Northeast Ward BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE
For the past 40 years, one name has been synonymous with the Winston-Salem City Council and the Northeast Ward Burke, Vivian Burke, that is. Although Mayor Pro Tempore Burke announced her retirement earlier this year, thanks to the voters of the Northeast Ward, the Burke name will remain on the Winston-Salem City Council. In Tuesday’s primary election, Barbra Hanes Burke, Vivian Burke’s daughter-in-law, defeated challengers Morticia “TeeTee” Parmon and Keith King to fill the vacant seat left by Vivian Burke. Hanes Burke, who is a longtime educator, currently serves as vice chair of the Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools Board of Education. Before that, she served as an assistant principal at Carver High School. She also helped organize the N.E.X.T Step College and
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Career Fair and a community volunteer literacy initiative geared toward improving 3rd grade reading scores. As representative for the Northeast Ward, Hanes Burke has said her priorities will be improving safety, increasing economic development, employment opportunities, and ensuring equitable access to resources. When she announced she was running for city council last December, Hanes Burke said she was eager to use her voice to bring about change in the Northeast Ward. She said, “I am eager to use my voice to continue to be a strong advocate while having an even broader impact on the community in which I live.” Once the polls closed and ballots started being tallied, it was clear early on that Hanes Burke would come away with the victory. With 20% of the precincts reporting, Hanes Burke had already won nearly 60% of the vote. A
closer look at the results shows Hanes Burke’s supporters did most of their voting during early voting. Numbers show more than 1,000 early voters chose Hanes Burke over the other two candidates, while Parmon and King received less than 500 votes during the early voting period. In the end, Hanes Burke finished with 57% of the vote. Shortly after her victory was made official, The Chronicle caught up with Burke to get her thoughts on the win. She said she was grateful to the voters of the Northeast Ward. “I am excited and truly grateful to the voters of the Northeast Ward for entrusting me with their vote. I am looking forward to serving the community,” Burke said. Although she will not have a challenger in the general election, Barbara Hanes Burke will not officially take office until after the general election in November.
Manning runs away with Democratic nomination for newly drawn 6th District THE CHRONICLE
Local Democrat Kathy Manning defeated four others in the primary election, vying for the vacant seat in the 6th District of the U.S. Congress left by Representative Mark Walker, who didn’t file for re-election. The newly drawn district includes parts of Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem. Along with Manning in the race against Derwin Montgomery, the current state house representative and executive director of the Bethesda Center, were Ed Hanes Jr., former state house representa-
tive; Rhonda Foxx, former chief of staff for Congresswoman Alma Adams; and Bruce Davis, a former Guilford County Commissioner. Manning received an astonishing 56,665 votes, which is nearly 50% of the entire votes cast. Rhonda Foxx, who finished second, received 19.8% of the votes. Montgomery, a former WinstonSalem City Councilmember, received 12% of the votes, and Hanes, who is a native of Winston-Salem, received 4% of the votes cast. A retired lawyer from Greensboro, Manning is best known for her involvement in the plan to revitalize downtown Greensboro. In 2018 she was unsuccessful in her bid to unseat Republication Ted Budd for Congress. Manning’s platform touches on a number of areas including advocating for women’s rights, improving public education, affordable healthcare,
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Kathy Manning and bringing an end to gun violence. During a watch party on Tuesday evening when it seemed the race was out of reach, Manning said the people of the 6th District want a representative who can listen and can be
the voice of the people. She said what she enjoyed most about campaigning was going to different communities, connecting with people, and learning about their needs. “The people are very interested in meeting you
and sharing their thoughts and their desires and their needs for the future,” Manning continued. “In this district, people want to talk to their representative and they want a voice that represents them and they want to know that you’re
listening.” Manning will face Republican Lee Haywood in the General Election. Haywood defeated Laura Pichardo in the primary election with 73% of the vote.
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Sanders rallies voters at WSSU BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders energized local voters and students in WinstonSalem last week when he made a campaign stop on the campus of WinstonSalem State University (WSSU). Before leading a march to the early voting location at the Anderson Center on the campus of WSSU, the senator from Vermont held a rally inside the C.E. Gaines Center. The event drew a crowd of more than 1,000 people. While addressing the mixed crowd of voters, students and local and state elected officials, Sanders opened up on his platform and his plan to unseat President Donald Trump. “Together we will defeat the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country,” Sanders continued. “We will not have four more years of a pathological liar. We will not have four more years of a corrupt racist. We will not have four more years of a
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders greets students on the cmapus of Winston-Salem State University on Thrusday, Feb. 27. Sanders is looking to become the Democratic candidate for president. looking for in a candidate, voting really is.” the Winston-Salem chapbut she wasn’t sure who Throughout the rally, ter of the Black Panther she will vote for. Sanders’ supporters and Party, said he was proud to “I’m a Sanders sup- members of his campaign be able welcome the next porter, but that doesn’t talked about why they be- president of the United mean I’ve already decided lieve Sanders is the best States to Winston-Salem. who I will vote for,” Whit- candidate to represent the Little mentioned Sanders’ field said while speaking Democratic Party. Keith record for standing against with The Chronicle. Al- Ellison, attorney general racism. though she doesn’t know for the State of Minnesota, “Bernie has been a who she will vote for, Nina Turner, co-chair of champion in the fight Whitfield said the upcom- Sanders’ campaign, and against racism all his adult ing election is very impor- local legend Dr. Larry Lit- life. Bernie was arrested tant. tle, all took to the stage. for fighting against rac“As an African AmeriLittle, who is a profes- ism,” he continued. “We can, I feel like this election sor in the social sciences have a champion we can is very important. I think department at WSSU, vote for.” 2016 really showed a lot longtime community acof people how important tivist and co-founder of
More than 1,000 people attended a rally held by Bernie Sanders on Thursday, Feb. 27. The rally was held on the campus of Winston-Salem State Univeristy. president who undermines American Democracy ... and someone who has no respect for the Constitution of the United States.” Sanders said although President Trump ran on promises to “take on the establishment,” provide healthcare for all, and create a better tax plan for all Americans, he hasn’t kept his word. “The American people want a government and an economy that works for all of us, not just the one percent,” Sanders said. Sanders said the Amer-
ican people are tired of wealth inequality and it’s time for a change. When discussing his own platform, Sanders discussed plans for free public college and early childhood education, universal Medicare, legalizing marijuana, raising the minimum wage to $15, and canceling student debt. He also discussed ending plans to address voter suppression and mass incarceration. He said, “As someone who grew up in a working class family, somebody who lived in a rent controlled apartment for all of
my childhood … this is a campaign of the working class, by the working class and for the working class.” Those who attended the rally showed up nearly two hours before it was scheduled to begin. While most made it inside for the rally, more than 100 people were left standing outside because the Gaines Center reached capacity. Madison Whitfield made it inside about 15 minutes before the rally began. Whitfield, who said she was a “Sanders Supporter,” said Sanders’ platform seemed to be aligned with what she’s
Nina Turner, co-chair of the Bernie Sanders campagin during a rally held on the campus of Winston-Salem State Univeristy last week.
Forsyth County Primary Winners Seat/Votes/Percentage
* US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 06 - DEM Kathy Manning 16,704 43.19%
Gloria D. Whisenhunt David R. Plyler
* US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 06 - REP Lee Haywood 8,174 67.62%
*CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM MAYOR - DEM Allen Joines 26,689 69.29%
* US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 10 - REP Patrick McHenry 6,576 61.38%
*CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM COUNCIL MEMBER EAST WARD - DEM Annette Scippio 1,489 40.10%
*NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 071 - DEM Evelyn Terry 7,154 64.64%
*CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH WARD - DEM DD Adams 3,079 75.54%
*NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 072 - DEM Amber M. Baker 7,571 58.54%
*CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM COUNCIL MEMBER NORTHEAST WARDDEM Barbara Hanes Burke 2,597 57.23%
*NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 075 - DEM Elisabeth Motsinger 4,801 63.91% *NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 075 - REP Donny C. Lambeth 4,687 68.04% *CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM COUNCIL MEMBER SOUTH WARD - DEM John Larson 2,397 47.46%
15,379 28.52% 15,287 28.35%
*CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM COUNCIL MEMBER SOUTH WARD - DEM John Larson 2,397 47.46% *CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM COUNCIL MEMBER SOUTHWEST WARD DEM Kevin Mundy 2,959 63.35%
*FORSYTH COUNTY CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT (UNEXPIRED) - DEM Denise Hines 24,416 50.74%
*CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM COUNCIL MEMBER WEST WARD - REP Robert C. Clark 2,598 84.02%
*FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT B - REP Richard V. Linville 15,508 28.76%
*FORSYTH COUNTY LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX For 47,701 59.72%
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It was only a matter of time - the coronavirus is now in North Carolina What you need to know to avoid infection
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
It’s been over 100 years since the world has experienced a pandemic. In 1918, the Spanish Flu infected an estimated 500 million people with an estimated 20 to 50 million deaths, including about 675,000 Americans. Compare those statistics to the current rate of infections of the coronavirus. Since the coronavirus (now called SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19) was first detected in China in early January, over 80,000 people have been sickened and nearly 3,000 have died in China alone. The virus continues to spread around the world with few countries escaping the contagion. According to the Centers for Disease Control, coronavirus has affected about 80,000 people worldwide, while the flu has affected at least 29 million people and caused 16,000 deaths in the United States this season alone. The rate of death from the coronavirus is extremely low; only about 2 percent of people who have contracted COVID-19 have died. Those who are older or who have chronic medical conditions are at higher risk of being seriously affected. There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. At the date The Chronicle went to press, North Carolina had its first case of the coronavirus in Wake County, reported to be a person who had traveled to Washington state, where several infections and deaths have been reported. What do we know about the coronavirus? According to Dr. David Priest, Novant Health senior vice president and chief safety and quality officer, it’s more likely that you will come down with the flu than the coronavirus at this time, although it is spreading within the U.S. and more cases will be identified. The most common symptoms are a fever, respiratory illness and shortness of breath. “Across Novant Health, we have standard protocols in place to ensure we are prepared to care for patients who may have come into contact with emerging infectious diseases,” said Priest. “This includes a patient travel history screening and a mask-wearing policy for certain presenting symptoms. This is a rapidly evolving situation and we are working closely with national, state and local health departments to protect our patients and team members.” The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. “During flu season, we always want to make sure we’re washing our hands, covering our mouths when we cough and not going to work or to school when we’re ill,” Priest said. Everyone should keep these things in mind to stay germ-free: *Wash your hands with soap and water frequently, or use hand sanitizer. Avoid touching your nose or face. *Avoid touching doorknobs; Use your elbow or shoulder to push doors open. *If someone is sick, they should sleep alone to avoid spreading illness to loved ones. *Avoid shaking hands or other personal contact if you are ill or with anyone else who is ill. *Do not go to work or school if you have an illness like the flu. You
coronavirus should not return until you have not had a fever for 24 hours and you have stopped taking fever-reducing medication. Health officials are not recommending people with mild respiratory or flu symptoms to overreact and immediately flock to emergency departments or urgent care centers, but instead to stay home and self-quarantine until their fever has been gone for at least 24 hours and other symptoms have decreased. Some churches have already announced adjustments to their services, such as avoiding handshakes or hugs during the “passing of the peace,” instead offering a friendly wave to fellow parishioners. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is also being proactive as they are collaborating with the Forsyth County Department of Public Health and other local and regional health organizations to plan for the possible spread of the virus. Brent Campbell, WS/FCS spokesman, said that the district’s cleaning crews “are being given instructions to do extra cleaning and disinfecting of hard surfaces.” Winston-Salem is also home to many events, including concerts, sporting events and tourist destinations that attract significant crowds. With March Madness upon us, the NCAA and ACC are both monitoring the situation as they prepare for the upcoming tournaments. The ACC issued a statement that said in part, “As part of the preparations, we remain in communication with our institutions, local and state health authorities and the NCAA. We will also continue following the guidelines outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” RiverRun International Film Festival, which begins March 27 and runs through April 5, could also be affected by the spread of the virus. Executive Director Rob Davis said that the festival is keeping a close eye on the latest developments, and that none of their international guests appearing at the festival are from areas where outbreaks are currently taking place. Joshua Swift, Forsyth County Public Health Director said, “The Forsyth County Department of Public Health is working with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), other local health departments and health care providers as well as community partners, including the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management Office, to prepare for any future potential local cases.”
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Pop-up museum gives locals a chance to learn their history Imagine having a museum dedicated to the contributions and sacrifices made by African Americans right here in Winston-Salem. A place where young people and older persons alike could learn about people like George Black, Simon G. Atkins, Carl Matthews, Maize Woodruff, and others who paved the way for black people here in our community. Thanks to the collaborative efforts of WinstonSalem/Forsyth County Schools, Action4Equity, and Triad Cultural Arts, Inc., last month that museum came to life. The three
from within the district gave a presentation on the various focus areas. Malishai Woodbury, WS/FCS School Board chair, said the pop-up museum was a way to bring black history to the community. She said when she started planning for the exhibit, she wanted to empower the students within the school district by showing them a part of the their history. Woodbury said she then approached Winston-Salem City Councilmember James Taylor, who is publisher of The Chronicle, with the idea and he suggested it be held at Reynolds Park, one of the most utilized recreation centers in the county, known for its youth bas-
entities came together to create Heritage365, which had its debut during Black History Month. The community partnership hosted a pop-up history museum at the William Roscoe Anderson Jr. Community Center (Reynolds Park) titled “My Black Culture.” Other organizations such as The Winston-Salem Foundation, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Millennium Fund and others provided funding for the exhibit. The exhibit, which was set up inside the computer lab at the recreation center, featured large printouts detailing the accomplishments of black people in the areas of Church & Spirituality, Local Black Activism, Entrepreneurship, and Education. Along with the exhibit, each Saturday throughout the month of February a guest speaker and teacher
ketball leagues that attract hundreds of children to the center throughout the year. “We saw this as a way to bring history to the community, so we were intentional about finding a place where the community comes,” Woodbury continued. “Essentially the idea was to make available the information that I believe empowers a community, and that’s their history.” Woodbury said the push from the community to make African American History a mandatory course is what ignited the idea for the museum. She said, “It was their advocacy that made us think outside the box. “If it had not been for the will of this community to say we need to celebrate our history every day, we wouldn’t even be this far with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools making sure that every high
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Dothula Baron (left) tells students from Parkland High School about the history of the Big 4, and the Big 4 Alumni Association last weekend. school now must offer Af- sociation is an organizarican American History.” tion formed to preserve the When discussing her history of the first black involvement with the high schools in the area. exhibit, Kellie Easton, Following the presentaa local activist with Ac- tion, students from Parktion4Equity, a grassroots land’s Mandela Society organization created to had the opportunity to ask uplift underperforming Dark and Baron questions. schools, said it felt good Before Dark and Barto connect the younger on wrapped up their pregeneration with those who sentation, Cheryl Harry, have the knowledge of the founder and CEO of Triad past. Easton said, “It feels Cultural Arts, Inc., who good to be able to involve put the exhibit together, the people who still have encouraged the students a memory of a lot of the and others in attendance things that happened.“ to celebrate black history On the last day of the throughout the year, not exhibit, city natives Linda just in the month of FebDark and Dothula Baron ruary. gave a presentation on “Black History Month the first African American is only one month, but high schools in the county, Black History is year Atkins, Carver, Anderson round,” Harry said. “Celand Paisley, the schools ebrate Black History, your are widely known as the history, throughout the Big 4. year, don’t just limit it to Three local organizations came together to host a Black History pop-up museum at the William Roscoe The Big 4 Alumni As- one month.” Anderson Jr. Community Center (Reynolds Park) through the month of February.
The pop-up museum held at the William Roscoe Anderson Jr. Community Center featured exhibits dedicated to African Americans who made major contributions to this community. This exhibit is dedicated to George Black, who was a brick maker.
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Dr. Melicia Whitt-Glover teams up with Busta Brown to host a health-related radio show BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE
Your health matters! When my doctor told me seven years ago that my health mattered, I wished I had taken her more seriously. Lend me your eyes just for a few minutes and allow me to share a true story about the doctor’s visit that changed my life. I went in for a routine checkup and overall, the results were good. My prostate, kidneys, liver, heart, blood pressure, all looked great. But my A1C levels were above normal. “You’re at a level that can be reversed, if you eat healthier and work out. Mr. Brown, you have to take this seriously or you will become a diabetic,” my doctor said. And the first thought that came to mind was, “I’m too skinny to be a diabetic,” so I didn’t take it seriously at all. She went on to say, “I know you want to be around to see your kids become adults and play with your grandkids, so take this seriously. Your health matters.” She followed that with even more bad news, and to be honest, I didn’t take that seriously, either. “Your cholesterol levels are pretty high, Mr. Brown, and you absolutely must get it under control as soon as possible.” I’m a father of a 7-year-old that admires me beyond measure. He mimics everything I do. If I’m sick, he pretends to be sick. “Daddy, I think I have a cold too.” That little dude loves his daddy.
Melicia C. Whitt-Glover, Ph.D., and Busta Brown My other children are under 20 and I have two grandchildren. So you would think I would have taken my doctor’s professional advice to heart, but I didn’t. I even avoided going back to visit for years. When I finally made it back to see my doctor, she asked, “Where have you been, Mr. Brown, and how are you feeling?” It was clear that she was very disappointed, so I just sat there like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar. I confessed, “I’ve been very depressed, doc, and I don’t have much energy to do much of anything.” We had a very productive conversation, which led to a referral to a therapist. On my next visit, I received
the news that I was expecting: I’m a type 2 diabetic, with very high cholesterol. “Mr. Brown, you must begin taking my advice seriously. You could lose your legs, a foot or feet, or even worse.” Of course, I knew what “even worse meant.” I also found out that diabetes triggered my depression as well. My fiancé and I immediately looked up healthy cooking, and even snacks for those days when I’m on the go. But, I’m one of those guys that needs constant reminding. Then one day I received another phone call, and it was also a game changer. “Hey, Busta, this is Dr. Whitt-Glover.” Melicia C.
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Whitt-Glover is the executive director for the Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health Disparities at Winston-Salem State University. Melicia continued with why she called: “The University asked me to do a radio show about health and you’re the first person that came to mind to co-host the show with me.” And there it was, the constant reminder I needed. Dr. Whitt-Glover is president and CEO of Gramercy Research Group in Winston-Salem. Their mission is to positively impact and improve the lives of individuals and communities by addressing health and related issues. She’s one of the Twin City’s
most brilliant and phenomenal women. I’m truly honored to be her co-host and if I must say, you’re going to be in safe hands with Dr. Whitt-Glover, because she’s the queen of research. No one does it better. She’s all about facts and stats, and most importantly, she loves people. Winston-Salem State University made a wise choice in choosing Melicia as host for the radio show. “We decided to do this show because we wanted to make sure we could meet people where they are. Some people get their health information from the Internet, some from books, some from other people, and some from the doctor. We wanted to make sure we could reach as many people as possible because when you know better, you do better.” A show such as this is very much needed and will definitely be a game changer for the black community. So, I asked the wife and mother of two, why did she choose me as her co-host? “We wanted to do this show with you because we met several years ago through a mutual friend, Mr. Bill McClain, when you were working on your diabetes awareness concert. We clicked immediately and we’ve had a million and one ideas for getting health information out to people.” Four years ago, Dr. Whitt-Glover did a weekly segment on health tips on my morning radio show in Greensboro. “I was surprised at the number of people who told
me they heard the health tips. The idea for a longer show was always something we’d talked about, so it was exciting to get the opportunity through Winston-Salem State University’s own WSNC 90.5.” She gave the university a well-deserved shoutout: “The faculty, staff, and students at WSSU, past and present, have done amazing things in the community related to improving health and we often go unnoticed because we’re mostly on the grind and not bragging. WSSU paved the way for many health professionals who would not otherwise have had a chance to be educated. WSSU also did, and continues, to provide health services to people in the community who couldn’t get service elsewhere. We’re doing a lot and we need to let the world know.” Doc and I were brainstorming about a name for our show. She looked to the sky, and then closed her eyes for a few seconds. When they opened, she smiled and said, “I’ve got it! Let’s call it Your Health Matters.” I thought wow! Because I never told her about my doctor’s visit sevem years ago. The show title is that constant reminder that I prayed for and that we all need. Look at God! “Your Health Matters” airs Mondays at 7 p.m. on WSNC.90.5. It’s good to be back! Spread the word.
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Guest Editorial Learn and teach your children about anger
If you can name it, you can tame it. Anger is an emotion and should not be ignored. Teaching children how to handle anger is better than telling them they are not angry and ignoring their hurts. Here is an example in preschool: One toddler takes the other toddler’s toy that he was playing with and he starts crying and yelling, “Give that back to me.” The teacher hears this and says, “Now, now, you must learn to share. Stop crying and play with something else.” At this point the teacher teaches the toddler to ignore his hurt and pain, to move on and get over it. As this toddler becomes older, he continues to learn to stuff and suppress his hurt and pain. Some of the behavioral symptoms can be: breaking things, causing property damage, disregard of other’s property, verbal and/or physical aggression, road rage, frequent fights, etc. As, time passes, he has learned ways to handle his anger inappropriately, by possibly becoming a bully and/or a very angry boy who turns into a very angry man. As a teenager or adult, he may be diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder (IED). Uncontrolled anger can lead to other disorders such as: attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), oppositional defiance (ODD), anxiety, depression, bipolar, along with some personality disorders. As a result of anger, the individual will experience some physical symptoms such as tightness, tension, pressure in the head or chest. After an anger episode, the individual may experience tiredness, tremors, racing thoughts, inability to focus or concentrate, poor performance in school or at work, or become easily frustrated, moody, irritable, sad and possibly exhibit blind rage. Learning to deal with the above signs and symptoms can help toddlers avoid a difficult life. If a toddler goes without learning how to control their anger, it can lead to requiring medication and or therapeutic interventions for years to come. The toddler must first recognize when someone does something to cause bad or inappropriate feelings. By addressing those negative feelings with a trusted guardian, parent or friend, they learn to verbalize their feelings and are in touch with their emotions rather than wondering about the physical response. Don’t ignore the negative feelings; talk about what he/she is feeling. Slow down their racing thoughts and action by having them take slow deep breaths and communicate what is happening. They can begin to visualize the incident and figure out how they want things to turn out. Dealing with anger can easily be rectified earlier rather than later. Either way, anger can be controlled; it will just take longer in adults because they have developed entrenched behavioral patterns. Here is a tip for children and adults. If you can name it, you can tame it. Feelings are noticed in your body before you verbalize them, but once you say, “I’m angry” and notice the feelings associated with that emotion, they subside more readily than when they are not acknowledged. Knowing that you cannot change anyone but yourself, you have to take charge and learn techniques to quiet the storm that is raging inside. The choice is yours. Stop, think and breathe. This will give you an opportunity to think about your story. And remember, you are the star and the director of this production called life. Dr. Linda McNair, The Buckeye Review Newspaper
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10 ways to make the change you want Rivera Sun Guest Columnist As the editor of Nonviolence News, I collect 30-50 stories of nonviolence in action each week. Each story offers us a takeaway lesson for our own work for change. These lessons offer us best practices and pro-tips from our fellow human beings who are working for change around the world. We can learn from their successes and their setbacks. We can let their brilliance inspire us and we can stand on their giant shoulders as we strive to make a difference in our own way. Nonviolence is one of humankind’s greatest achievements - and it’s just getting started. It’s up to us to take it further, use it more skillfully, and discover how nonviolence can help us be -and make the change we wish to see in the world. Here are 10 pointers for changemakers from this week’s news: 1. The ripple effect of the L.A. teachers’ strike In the wake of last year’s strike by Los Angeles teachers, random searches of students are coming to an end district wide — landing a blow against racism and racial profiling in schools. The L.A. teachers’ strike was a successful campaign for a set of economic justice goals, but its impact continues, showing how powerful strikes can have an on-going effect. Sometimes, this is true even when campaigns don’t succeed in achieving their stated goals. The 2011 Occupy protests didn’t end inequality, but they did break the issue through mass consciousness in an unprecedented way that continues to affect everything from wages to presidential campaigns. 2. #NotAgainSU students show why making (and revising) demands is important Amidst hate crimes, Syracuse University students are pressing for major changes in the institu-
tion’s approach to diversity and inclusivity. An earlier campaign created and achieved 9 out of 12 demands. After that success, they revised some of the remaining demands, added a new set, and launched a new occupation of buildings. The checklist of demands shows clearly how direct action is succeeding, where the university is dragging its feet, and what work remains to be done. Demands can be powerful - as these students are proving. 3. Climate Victory Gardens embody the power of constructive program Gandhi would appreciate the thousands of people who are fighting climate change one backyard garden at a time. It’s a constructive program - a type of action that everyone can do, builds strength and community, and addresses the problem all at the same time. Constructive programs, like the 2,000 Climate Victory Gardens, have the added benefit of involving people who might not otherwise get involved in the movement. Plus, you get fresh veggies. What’s not to love? 4. Sunrise activists tell us to quit playing by the rules More than 150 middle and high school students from across the United States gathered to demand that senators “stand up or step aside” on the climate crisis. “We’re done playing by the rules,” they say. Their boldness reminds us that when the rules of the game are meant to make some people the perpetual winners and others the losers, it’s time to quit playing by the rules - and perhaps it’s time to change the game entirely. Nonviolent action puts the ball in our court and gives us a whole different way to push for change than through conventional channels. 5. Spain’s women’s soccer shows us the power of organizing for everyone Following the players’ strike in November, female soccer players in Spain have won the league’s first ever collective bargaining agreement and league-wide contracts. Their story shows the power of organizing
for - and with - everyone instead of petitioning for individual pay raises. It’s a team sport, after all. 6. Extinction rebellion’s “Lawngate” shows how property destruction can backfire The notorious climate emergency rebels stirred up controversy by digging up the lawn of Cambridge University. The press dubbed the blowback as “Lawngate.” Was “Lawngate” nonviolent direct action or vandalism? Did it serve the climate justice movement or backfire on Extinction Rebellion? Property destruction is often controversial, both inside movements and among the general population. When considering its worth as part of an action, it’s important to consider how it will be perceived by your society. Will the reaction serve your cause or detract from it? Did the property destroyed have a negative image that would make the public sympathetic, or was the action taken seen as simply inchoate destruction? 7. Red-state Utah’s Climate Crisis Plan proves speaking beyond the choir matters: In a surprising shift, Utah Republicans are supporting a plan that aims to reduce emissions over air quality concerns and global warming. “If we don’t think about it, who will?” they say. How did that happen? By talking “common cents,” economic sustainability of ski slopes, and clean air quality. When we’re organizing for change, it’s helpful to speak the language of the people we want to change, not our own framings and phrasings. After all, we’re convinced it’s the other people we’ve got to persuade to make a shift. 8. Colombian National Strike Committee’s renewed protests teaches us to go beyond single actions Colombians have been campaigning for change for months. They’ve used a wide variety of tactics, mobilized rotating sectors of the populace, and launched several waves of mass action. Why? Because single marches or one-up demonstrations aren’t enough. Real
change comes from sustained, creative, strategic sets of actions designed to achieve specific goals, and then keep building. 9. Sudan reminds us to protect those who refuse to hurt protesters Sudan recently had a successful nonviolent revolution. The victory did not come without sacrifice – more than 100 people were killed in just one of the violent crackdowns by the regime. Recently, they’ve been campaigning to protect soldiers who were fired for refusing to hurt the people. Why does this matter? Because it’s helpful to build allies with the very people who are ordered to crack down on your movement. And, it’s important to make sure that soldiers who refuse to hurt their people are rewarded, not punished. It sends an important message to their fellow soldiers, leaders, and others about the society’s expectations around mass movements. 10. Anti-Gentrification fight demonstrates why collecting solutions helps Half the battle is finding a better option. The effort to halt and end gentrification recently shared a set of best practices for fighting gentrification, including everything from Community Land Trusts to Tenant Buy Options. The list highlights success stories, offers solutions to entrenched injustices, and comes in handy when you need to come up with an alternative for your community These are just 10 of the 50+ stories in this week’s issue of Nonviolence News. There’s a lot to learn from our fellow human beings’ efforts toward peace and justice. If we pay attention, stay alert, and take notes, we might find our own work for change grows in power, strength, and wisdom. Rivera Sun, syndicated by PeaceVoice, has written numerous books, including “The Dandelion Insurrection.” She is the editor of Nonviolence News and a nationwide trainer in strategy for nonviolent campaigns.
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Will Bernie Sanders be able to sustain free? Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.
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I am a fan of free! Whenever I can get something for free, I am usually the first person in line. Some years ago, a major pizza chain was giving away free crazy bread with each pizza order. Unfortunately, that didn’t last very long. It could have been that the company saw that free was not going to fit into their long-term economic plan. One of the Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders, is a proponent of free! During both of his presidential
bids, he has been an advocate of free healthcare for all. He references the Canadian system as a model for what our system might look like. Of course, during his last run, Hillary Clinton was the candidate and therefore his healthcare idea fell short. Now with new energy and an emerging presence, Senator Bernie Sanders is leading the field of Democratic candidates. As I listen to him, he comes across in multiple personas. First, he is a convincing fellow and aspirational for the American people. When he talks about free healthcare and our moral right to have it, it is easy to believe him. He has crowds, especially young people, in such a frenzy that the price points and costs never really enter the picture. Senator Sanders also
sounds a bit mean. He has a kind of “I’m going to beat your brains out” mentality. In the long run, how will that mindset sit with American voters? After all, we don’t want a mean sounding president of the United States of America. When I was a young boy growing up in North Carolina, we would go to the fair each year. At the fair, there was always a guy trying to sell us something. That’s Bernie! He is trying to convince us that he can become the next president. He talks nonstop and has all the answers without hesitating. Now, in addition to free healthcare, Bernie Sanders is telling us that student loans will be forgiven, and that college education will be free. Just a few years ago, one of the lyrics to a Hip Hop song was “blow the whistle.”
Well, Bernie Sanders is really blowing the whistle. Is this the whistle of hope or the whistle of temporary insanity? Senator Sanders describes himself as a Democratic Socialist. In everyday terms, that means sharing everything and that almost everything is free. Here are some perspectives on his ideas, at least from where I stand. First off, Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat. He identifies himself as an Independent from Vermont. Is he aligned with the Democratic Party because the Republican Party wouldn’t accept him? Can you imagine a Republican Socialist? Many believe that the Democratic Party is misguided by having Bernie Sanders in it. My position is if he wants to run as a Democrat, he should be-
come a Democrat. If you are not all in, then you are all out. How can you be partially in and partially out? Our nation is especially troubled now with who is in the White House. Remember, he wasn’t always a Republican. Senator Sanders’ proposals are far reaching. Who is going to pay for free college, free healthcare and for the forgiveness of student loans? His generic answer has been Wall Street. My consumer answer is really? Recently, at a CNN town hall meeting, he said that a part of his plan was for us to pay a small tax. Will that strategy work over a long period of time? Bernie Sanders has a lot of supporters. The question is whether America is ready for these radical transitions and transformations. Impor-
tant primaries coming up will give us a temperature reading as to the viability of his programs. Just days ago a Yahoo poll said Joe Biden has the best chance of defeating the president. This is good news for the Biden camp. Going forward in the weeks ahead, we will get a clearer picture of exactly who the Democratic candidate will be. Fasten your seatbelt, we are in for a bumpy ride. James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D., is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University, where he was all-conference for four years. He is a retired college administrator and can be reached at ewers. jr56@yahoo.com.
Bernie’s assault on our cliché of greatness ROBERT C. KOEHLER
Guest Columnist “Excuse me, occasionally it might be a good idea to be honest about American foreign policy.” I don’t think I’ve heard that much honesty from a mainstream party presidential candidate in virtually half a century. And suddenly this race begins to matter in a way that seems like … oh my God, a return of democracy? Suddenly I don’t feel utterly marginalized as a voter, as an American, left with nothing but cynical despair as I wait to learn which “lesser evil” the Dems will serve up for me as a candidate. The words are those of Bernie Sanders, of course, standing up to the redbaiting the moderators and some of the other candidates were slinging at him during the latest debate, trying their best to bring him down. He went on: “That includes the fact that America has overthrown [democratic] governments all over the world — in Chile, in Guatemala, in Iran.” Well, yeah, but … we’re still the greatest country on the planet,
right? I get why the corporate media hates Sanders and wants to get rid of him ASAP. The American political center (as it likes to call itself) has done a helluva job marginalizing the truth-wielding, anti-war, pro-empathy, pro-sanity wing of the American population ever since the early ’70s, in the wake of George McGovern’s shattering defeat by Nixon. Never again! The taming of the liberal agenda cleared the way for the Reagan domestic counter-revolution and the U.S. military’s recovery from Vietnam Syndrome and public distaste for war. But now that all this is settled and endless, profit-spewing war is quiet background noise. Along comes Bernie Sanders, giving voice to ideas and realities that have long been declared taboo in American political discourse, certainly at the level of presidential politics. Could real change — what I like to think of as evolution — actually start claiming political traction again? Sanders is leading in the polls and has won the early state caucuses and primaries, but there’s no telling if he’ll succeed in actually claiming the Democratic nomination or, my God, defeating the orange-haired one, much less pushing a progressive,
peace- and environmentconscious agenda through Congress. But this much seems apparent right now: He’s beating — and, I hope, deconstructing — the centrist media. These highly paid bouncers are so used to defining the political limits of the American spectator democracy — i.e., establishing the nature of reality (it’s a big horse race) — they are ever more contemptuous of someone like Sanders, not to mention the constituency for whom he speaks. A glaring example of this contempt was Chris Matthews’ idiotic blather on MSNBC last week, in the wake of Sanders’ big win in the Nevada caucus, managing in a twisted analogy to compare this victory to the Nazi invasion of France in 1940. Well, it turns out Matthews hit himself in the head with his own hardball. His profoundly offensive analogy immediately generated a #FireChrisMatthews hashtag and he was forced to spew an apology in order to keep his job. “Senator Sanders,” he said two days later on his show “Hardball,” “I’m sorry for comparing anything from that tragic era in which so many suffered, especially the Jewish people, to an elected result in which you were
a well-deserved winner. This is going to be a hardfought, heated campaign of ideas.” The apology was accepted by the Sanders campaign, whose manager said, “We hope to get fairer coverage going forward.” And maybe they actually will! But what’s worth pondering for a moment is the atmosphere behind the scenes at MSNBC, and throughout the corporate media, prior to Matthews’ remark. Sanders had relatives murdered in the Holocaust, for God’s sake, but how could such a stupid comment form in a pundit’s consciousness as a newsworthy observation about any candidate’s victory? The anti-Sanders, and therefore anti-progressive, atmosphere at MSNBC must have been wide open and uncontained. And indeed, consider one of the primary lines of attack on Sanders, the democratic socialist, by the corporate media: redbaiting. Red-baiting is a throwback to the unrestrained Cold War era, in the early ’50s — the McCarthy era, the HUAC era — when a grotesquely hypocritical moral righteousness gained sufficient governmental power to limit Americans’ freedom of speech and thought by poisoning certain political positions with the label
“communist.” Has this era returned? Sanders has been lambasted recently for such sins as saying something good about Fidel Castro, telling Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes”: “It’s unfair to simply say everything is bad. When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing? Even though Fidel Castro did it?” Pundits have been trying desperately to tear Sanders to shreds over this outrage (and seem to have no memory of the mob-linked Fulgencio Batista, the Cuban leader overthrown by the Castro revolution). The media has also made a point of reporting that Sanders has been briefed by U.S. intelligence that the Russians are attempting to help his campaign, seemingly because he’s the candidate least likely to defeat Trump. While the briefing occurred over a month ago, it only became news, reported by the Washington Post, the day before the Nevada caucus. Sanders’ response: “I don’t care, frankly, who Putin wants to be president. My message to Putin is clear: Stay out of American elections, and as president I will make sure that you do.” And then there was the
New York Times, throwing such poison seeds into the wind as “his support for the Sandinistas” — as though there weren’t legitimate reasons to support them and extreme controversy during the Reagan years about U.S. support for the anti-Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua, known as the contras. And in the same paragraph, the Times seems to summon the ghost of Joseph McCarthy, informing America that Sanders had a “honeymoon in the Soviet Union.” Can you imagine electing a president so arrogant he actually claims the right to think for himself and challenge U.S. foreign policy, past and present? A president who honeymooned under the Soviet moon? As the media is pointing out, the cliché we deeply cherish — we’re good, they’re bad — is under assault in 2020. R o b e r t Koehler (koehlercw@ gmail.com), syndicated by PeaceVoice, is a Chicago award-winning journalist and editor. He is the author of “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.”
Low voter turnout drives primary election results Algenon Cash Guest Columnist The primary election season has ended with many predicted outcomes coming to pass and other results taking some by surprise. One fact that always seems to amaze observers is voter turnout in primary elections. Early results indicate 82,314 Forsyth County residents cast a ballot this past Tuesday - only 32% of all registered voters. Not only are those numbers abysmal, they are down from 2016 when
nearly 36% of all voters showed up for primary elections. I asked many local people if they planned to vote and received wide ranging feedback - including not trusting the process, not understanding who the candidates are, with some informing me they didn’t even realize an election was underway. The country is divided and voter apathy does nothing to unite us around so many common goals and objectives. Elected officials are extended authority in so many areas of life. We depend on these leaders to protect us, manage public resources, generate economic opportunities, serve the least of us, and guide the community
with a compelling vision. It’s simply mind boggling as to why more people don’t care to share in the process. Although final voting results are still under review, we do have a breakdown of early voting data that is concerning. Around 13% of African Americans voted early and just 5% of voters aged 18-24. These groups often are most vocal about issues in the community - violence, police brutality, housing, economic mobility, and transportation - however repeatedly they are the most underperforming voting bloc. Wealthy voters tend to vote more frequently. Nonvoters are more likely to be poor, young, Hispanic, or African American.
I spoke with a single 23-year-old mother of two about the challenges of raising her children with no other parent in the household. She complained about the inefficient public transit system, lack of jobs paying a decent wage, and her desire to one day be able to afford to return to a university to complete her college degree. However, when asked about voting, she decided, “No, I’m not voting, none of those people care about me and my kids.” The response may sound contrarian, but it’s not. For every ten adults eligible to vote, only about three cast a ballot in primary elections. Some voters don’t understand why primary elections are criti-
cal. In today’s hyper partisan political arena, many races don’t feature general opposition and often get decided on primary voting day when the major political parties vote to establish their candidate for the general election. The unspoken truth is that American elections are far less competitive these days as a result of gerrymandering, which packs select voters in certain districts to engineer a desired outcome. It’s hard to argue whether election results would alter if the entire population of registered voters participated, but voters must come to realize the process determines more than which candidate wins or loses. Elections matter and the
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outcomes influence which public policies elected officials champion and whose needs candidates selectively acknowledge or ignore. Undoubtedly there will be mass attention on who voted and why. But hopefully, elected officials and political pundits will consider an equally important question: who is not voting and what impact does that have? Algenon Cash is a nationally recognized speaker and the managing director of Wharton Gladden & Company, an investment banking firm. Reach him at acash@algenoncash.com.
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WS/FCS announces school leadership changes Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is making several key school leadership changes across the district. The changes are directly related to House Bill 377 which allows for Principal Recruitment Supplements and aims to help recruit proven principals to lead consistently low-performing schools. The legislation gives school districts the ability
district leadership team considered the best match for the under-performing schools that also met the state’s criteria.” WS/FCS worked with the interested and qualified principals and paired them with district schools that had a recurring School Performance Grade (SPG) of ‘F’ for five years, or have consistently been on the North Carolina Low Performing Schools list, or have been identified as schools that could be taken
academic performance is not improved. Under the reassignment plan: *Alicia Bailey moves from Cash Elementary to Petree Elementary *Angie Choplin moves from Lewisville Elementary to Ibraham Elementary *Diamond Cotton moves from Rural Hall Elementary to Kimberley Park Elementary *Joanell Gatling moves from South Fork Elementary to Ashley El-
to make leadership roles in under-performing schools more attractive. The bill makes some state funds available to increase the salary for a seasoned principal with a proven track record of leading schools to consistently perform at some of the state’s highest levels. To be eligible for the state funds, the legislation includes a limited timeframe in which the changes must be made. WS/FCS is also mirroring the legislation and using some local funds to offer similar incentives. “We informed principals in January of this state and local opportunity and several expressed an interest,” said Dr. Angela Hairston, WS/FCS auperintendent. “Those who volunteered had to have a track record of school success and be what our
over by the North Carolina Innovative School District if academic performance is not improved. “A recurring ‘F’ is simply not acceptable,” said Hairston. “I believe these under-performing schools can do better. These changes will bring fresh ideas, trusted direction and proven leadership from some of our veteran principals who know how to help schools and students grow.” Schools receiving new principals that have maintained a SPG of ‘F’ for the last five years include Ashley, Easton, and Kimberley Park. Old Town and Ibraham both dropped from SPG of ‘D’ in 2018 to an ‘F’ in 2019 and both were also identified as schools that could be taken over by the North Carolina Innovative School District if
ementary *Debra Gladstone moves from Mineral Springs Elementary and Middle to Old Town Elementary *Ramona Warren moves from Morgan Elementary to Easton Elementary The current principals at Ibraham, Ashley, Easton and Old Town are being reassigned to new administrative roles within the district. Their leadership is valued, and district leaders feel their skills will serve well in other capacities. A district search team will immediately begin the process to find new, highly qualified principals for Cash, Lewisville, Rural Hall, South Fork, Morgan, and Mineral Springs Elementary and Middle Schools. Interims are in place during the transition.
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The Black Philanthropy Initiative (BPI) announces $3,000 in grants that have been awarded with its first Impact Grants program cycle. Impact Grants are investments of up to $1,000 in local programs, projects and initiatives that support issues impacting the black community in Forsyth County. BPI recognizes that there are local groups and organizations doing im-
from organizations/groups with annual budgets of less than $150,000 doing work within the black community that aligns with one of the four main areas in BPI’s Rethinking Philanthropy report (education, jobs and wages, poverty and civic engagement). Grants were awarded to: *Building Resources in Disadvantaged Groups Through Economic & Empowerment (BRIDGE) to collaborate with Winston-
During Black History Month, BPI is grateful for this opportunity to invest in black-led organizations doing impactful work to support the local black community. BPI will have its traditional grant round focused on equity in education in the spring and a second Impact Grants cycle in summer 2020. Launched in 2007, the Black Philanthropy Initiative (BPI) serves as a model for rethinking
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pactful work within the black community that may not align with BPI’s current grant focus of advancing equity in education. BPI also acknowledges that there are local groups and organizations doing impactful work that are newer and/or have smaller budgets than their counterparts and believes it is important to invest in these groups. For its first Impact Grant cycle, video proposals were requested
Salem State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship to promote financial literacy workshops to students and entrepreneurs. *Hoops4L.Y.F.E to purchase materials for STEAM activities offered at afterschool and summer enrichment camps. *Kimberly Park Tennis Association to provide financial assistance for tennis tournament fees for youth participants.
philanthropy in Forsyth County’s black community. BPI encourages people to utilize their philanthropic strengths of time, talent, and treasure to impact meaningful change and address identified needs in the black community. For more information on The Winston-Salem Foundation and the Black Philanthropy Initiative, visit wsfoundation.org/BPI.
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NBA season better than expected Now that we are more than halfway through the NBA season, things are starting to heat up in both conferences. I knew coming into this season that we would have more parity than we have had in the last 10 years, but I wasn’t expecting this. I will have to admit, during the runs of the Miami Heat and the Golden State Warriors, I did not watch much basketball during the regular season. The main reason was because it seemed to be a foregone conclusion who was going to win, which took a lot of intrigue out of the game for me. This season, however, has been very enjoyable to watch for several reasons. First, I enjoy the fact that there are several teams that have an opportunity to win the championship. Secondly, I have enjoyed the development of the younger players in the league. This combination has made for a very entertaining product to watch and enjoy. As I have stated previously, I have never been a big fan of dynasties. Michael Jordan was my favorite basketball player growing up, but even when the Chicago Bulls were dominating the league during the 1990s, I still found myself hoping someone could dethrone them as champions. I know that sounds weird, but I am a person who enjoys seeing the underdog come out of nowhere and win, or just having multiple teams having an equal chance to win. It would not be a stretch to say that in recent years I have become bored with the NBA. The regular season did not interest me, because I pretty much knew what the outcome would be. The post season was a bore as well. The only reason why I watched the finals was to see if there was a team that could beat the Warriors, or the Heat before them. This year is much different, thankfully. I have probably watched more regular season games this year than I have in the past five seasons. On any given night, it seems that any team can be beaten, which creates a lot of intrigue. I no longer find myself just following individual players, but I am now invested in team success as well. Everyone knew that the Western Conference would be stacked. As of March 1, the second and seventh seeded teams are only separated by four games. The Lakers are predictably on top out west, but who knows what will happen over the next couple of months as we head into the playoffs. The Milwaukee Bucks are dominating the Eastern Conference and have an outside chance of winning 70 games. The Toronto Raptors, the reigning champions, are surprisingly in the second spot in the east, even after losing Kawhi Leonard. With the emergence of Jayson Tatum, the Boston Celtics are looking very formidable as well. I am still not very high on the Philadelphia 76ers because of the players they lost, combined with the lack of team cohesiveness. See NBA on B5
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The sport of cheerleading is highly competitive. Last Friday, the varsity cheerleaders
from Parkland High School showed off some of their moves during a competition in Charlotte. Here is a look at the young ladies during one of their routines.
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Young just scratching the surface BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE
Christiana Young is only a freshman at Winston-Salem Christian School (WSCS) but is already racking up accolades and honors. She was named player of the year in the Central Carolina Conference, scored over 1,000 points, and was four points away from being a state champion. Young began her career on the varsity team as an 8th grade student and went on to score nearly 800 points last season. This year, with an influx of new talent, she led the Lady Lions to a 31-4 overall record. “Playing as an 8th grader with the varsity team was a really nice experience, especially playing against older girls,” said Young. “I wasn’t nervous or anything, because when I step onto the court, I don’t care who it is against. I just play my hardest and leave everything on the court.” As the starting point guard, Young’s scoring numbers dipped, but that was mostly due to her having more help this season. “I have more help this year and they are more experienced players than
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Christiana Young has scored over 1,000 points as a freshman at Winston-Salem Christian School. we had last year,” she said. “We have a new coach and he gets us in really good shape.” The state championship game was a tough loss for Young. She feels they had a great shot at winning, but lost it in the final minutes. “It was a good game, we started getting nervous and it really started getting
to us,” she said about the championship game. “We started making a lot of turnovers and they were scoring off of our turnovers and we never adjusted. I just learned to continue to play hard to the final whistle and never give up.” As a child, basketball came easy to Young. She was in the third grade playing on a team with eighth
grade girls. Her talent was evident from early on, partly due to her high basketball IQ Young’s mother, Demetris Jeter Young, says she knew Christiana would be really good on the basketball court as a young child. She admits that she wanted Young to be into dance, but realized that was not her path. “I wanted to have a little girl so she could do dance and be prissy,” said Jeter Young. “She did cheer one year while her brother played football, but she was always trying to knock him over with her cheerleading uniform on. “When I went to sign her up for dance, she fought me so hard. We wound up leaving the Y with her being signed up for boxing. So, I noticed then that she had a love for sports. She is just competitive at everything that she does.” With Young already eclipsing the 1,000-point barrier, she thinks she has a good shot at scoring 3,000 before her high school career is over. This is head coach Rocky Brundages’ first year at the helm for the Lady Lions. He says it has been a pleasure to coach
Young this season. He says she is a hard worker with limitless potential. “She is an extremely hard worker and the biggest improvement I’ve seen in her this year is in the weight room,” said Brundage. “We put probably three and a half months of time in here in the preseason, which has really made a huge difference. “I think she scored more points last year than she did this year, but it’s a different team with a lot more talent than she had before. This is the second time in my career having a player score 1,000 points, but the first time I’ve seen a freshman accomplish that at such a young age.” Brundage feels the ceiling for Young is very high, because of her work ethic, skill, academics and her positive attitude. Brundage feels when her high school career is completed, she has a good chance to play “mid to high level D-1.” Young’s favorite subject in school is math. She has dreams of playing for several schools such as Baylor, Notre Dame, UNC Chapel Hill, Wake Forest or South Carolina. She would like to major in sports medicine while attending college.
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Craig-Blakely makes his mark on the mat BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE
It’s no accident that Jemel Craig-Blakely became a conference champion, considering he hates to lose. The Central Piedmont heavyweight champion was on his way to the state wrestling meet, but was unfortunately called for a questionable foul. Now, his goal is to avenge that loss as a senior next year. Craig-Blakely is a defensive tackle for the Glenn Bobcats football team. He took up wrestling a few years ago as a way to stay in shape during the football offseason. Admittedly, he was not very good his first year, but once he gave the sport his all and received the proper coaching, his career began to take off. “At the beginning of the year, my goal was to become all conference, but I didn’t think I would do as well as I did this year,” said Craig-Blakely. “My coaches really helped me get to where I am this year.” Prior to this season, Craig-Blakely says he did nothing to prepare himself for the year, mostly because he was not planning on participating in wrestling. But due to urging from his mother, he decided to give it another shot. “I wasn’t even going to wrestle this year, but my mom forced me to by taking my phone away,” he said jokingly. “After last year, I didn’t think I was very good, and I didn’t want to go out there and lose some more.” Jemia Blakely, Jemel’s mother, said, “I wanted him to try out a second sport, a fallback sport outside of track, because he does the field events. I wanted him to use his weight to his advantage and I knew he could move
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Jemel Craig-Blakely was this year’s Central Piedmont Conference heavyweight champion in wrestling. well to be a big boy. I knew since wrestling is not a minority sport, they were going to think he wouldn’t be successful, but he was. I just wanted him to go out there and show them he could do it.” This past season, the Bobcats captured their first team conference championship in 27 years. Blakely was proud that her son was a part of that, especially since wrestling is not a sport African Americans flock to. According to CraigBlakely, he began the season slowly, but quickly turned it around and won 16 matches in a row. That winning streak allowed him to build the confidence to continue doing well on the mat. “During the streak, I just thought I could actually be good at wrestling and maybe go to college for it, if football didn’t work out,” he said. “My plan is to go to state’s next year and hopefully place
top four or better.” Even though CraigBlakely suffered a tough loss during the regional round, he says he will use that as encouragement for next season. “I was pretty mad after that loss, but then I started to think that I wasn’t supposed to make it that far this year,” he continued. “I went beyond my original goals for this year.” Another benefit of wrestling for Craig-Blakely is that it helps him with his footwork, athleticism and staying in shape for football. Being an athletic heavyweight, CraigBlakely feels that gives him an advantage over many of his opponents who are bigger and slower. After the season, several of Craig-Blakely’s friends asked him about possibly wrestling. He is happy to be an inspiration to other African Americans to try the sport.
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were purposefully chosen to honor the work in which early Moravians made significant contributions.
A Conversation with Tim Redmond and Rachel Barton Pine
Heirloom Plants of Old Salem
Building Community Through Writing and Art
Timothy Redmond, Music Director of the Winston-Salem Symphony
Eric Jackson, Head Gardener— Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina Poet Laureate
Monday, March 9 at 3 p.m.
Thursday, April 2 at 3 p.m.
Thursday, May 7 at 3 p.m.
Tim Redmond will discuss his role as new Music Director of the Winston-Salem Symphony. The presentation will feature a violin performance by the internationally renowned Rachel Barton Pine.
Eric Jackson will share his personal insights, anecdotes and stories about Old Salem Museums & Gardens’ nationally recognized historic plant collection.
Jaki Shelton Green will offer her diverse perspective about her role as ambassador for North Carolina’s rich literary tradition. This project is made possible by funding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Free and Open to the Public The Salemtowne Speaker Series will be held in the Salemtowne Community Center – Smith Saal. To register for one or all the events, please email joinus@salemtowne.org or call 336.714.2157. GPS driving directions: 190 Moravian Way Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27106
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Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson
A Prayer For Justice Scriptures: Habakkuk 1:1-4, 12-14 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Explain the justice of God in contrast to human injustice; *Aspire to the establishment of justice and fairness for all; *Celebrate God as the source and model of justice. Background: Habakkuk means one who embraces. He was a prophet of God and the book is mainly Habakkuk’s pronouncement of the Lord’s intention to punish Judah by captivity. Most significantly, the book is about living under injustice. Lesson: The lesson opens stating that the content to come is essentially Habakkuk addressing the Lord with a series of rhetorical questions. As Habakkuk prayed to the Lord about wickedness in the land, he became burdened and wondered why God just seemed not to hear. Habakkuk seems to say, I point these things out to no avail – “And You not save” (verse 2); “strife continues and contention goes on” (verse 3). Habakkuk points directly at the problem: ”Therefore judgement emerges deformed” (verse 4). The law was being ignored or twisted, and no one seemed phased by it. In verses 12 – 13, Habakkuk focuses on the character of God. He questions God and we might say he debates with God, but he does not abandon God. Habakkuk questions why God allows a sinful nation (Babylon) to devour a nation that was supposedly righteous (Judah). Why? The Babylonians were wicked sinners, but they were also idolaters who did not know the true and living God. Judah, on the other hand, claimed to know the Lord, and yet they were sinning against the very law they claimed to believe. “[why do you] remain silent when the wicked swallow those more righteous than they?” This sort of addresses that question. God was not indifferent to the sins of Judah. He had chastened His people through war, natural calamities, the preaching of the prophets, and they would not listen. Even knowing their degree of sin, Habakkuk expected that God would use a revival of sorts, but God planned exile instead. Habakkuk’s response in his mind: God has essentially made Judah fish in a pond. “You have made mankind like the fish of the sea …” (verse 14). They were now helpless people at the mercy of the Chaldeans, a ruthless nation of people who didn’t really value life. (The Jewish Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, and the UMI Annual Commentary 2019 -2020). For Your Consideration: How is God’s justice sometimes different than our sense of justice? Does God’s use of the Chaldeans damage His righteous character? Application: Believing that God is on the side of justice and righteousness, many Christians wonder about national and even international events that may affect their personal walk with God and ask, “Why doesn’t God do something about the situation right now?” But wrestling with challenges is often a way for our “faith muscles” to grow (Wiersbe Study Bible). We can always ask God for His response in prayer. When we face questions honestly and talk them through with the Lord, we grow in grace and knowledge. Our prayer should also include advocacy for justice in our community and the world. “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2Chronicles 7:14)
Is capital punishment murder? BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE
I know that all sin is equal in God’s eyes, but for me, murder is the ultimate sin, especially since man was created in the image of God. I understand in the case of self-defense or protecting loved ones, but what about the courts ruling a person should be put to death? I know that people can be guilty of some pretty heinous things and sometimes death seems to be the only recourse. I don’t see things that way. For me, to have a court system be the judge, jury and executioner, is putting too much power into one institution. I am sorry, but the only person I feel is qualified to say whether a person should live or die is God. With all of the death row convictions that I have seen over the years, that point alone says that capital punishment should not be allowed. With all of the sins we all commit on a daily basis, who are we to say that someone else does not need to live? I have had several discussions with individuals about the merits of capital punishment. I can understand both the arguments for and against it. The person I was recently discussing
the topic with, brought up scenarios and examples that if a person committed that sort of crime, they deserved the death penalty. Extreme crimes against children, elderly or women are looked upon more harshly in the eyes of many and I can understand that, but that still does not warrant taking another person’s life by execution. When I sit back and think about how the whole process works, I think about the liability of each person involved with sentencing someone to death. What responsibility does the judge, the jury and the prison personnel all bear? Is the judge more guilty because he/she was the one who allowed the death sentence to come into play? Is the jury more responsible because those 12 individuals chose that outcome for the defendant? What about the person who actually has to push the button or flip the switch to administer the execution, whether it’s gas, lethal injection or electric chair? If I were any of those people involved in that scenario, I am not sure I could chose to send a person to their death. There would be so much guilt on my heart, I am not sure I would be able to live with myself, knowing I
had a hand in taking someone’s life. When I think about crimes human beings commit against one another, restitution can be made in most occasions, while others cannot. Taking someone’s life would be one of those crimes, because obviously you can’t take that back. The bigger question I have is, what does God think about our system of capital punishment? Once again, I am no biblical scholar, but I can’t imagine He is pleased with one of His children being taken from this earth by the decision of man. I remember my grandmother used to quote Romans 12:19 to me: Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay saith the Lord, when I used to tell her someone wronged me. I took that to mean that I need not worry about getting someone back for doing something wrong to me, because God had it handled for me. I just don’t think we as human beings should have the final say in whether someone lives or dies. That should be a judgement left up to my Lord and Savior.
Longtime church member celebrates 80th birthday BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE
To have the opportunity to celebrate your 80th birthday is a monumental achievement. To have that same birthday celebrated in grand fashion by your church congregation says even more. Jannie Little, a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church for over 50 years, celebrated her 80th birthday last Saturday at the church with scores of members in attendance. Little was due for a celebration of her own after years of doing so much for others. “There are all these great memories and I always enjoyed working in the church,” said Little. “I joined the usher board under Rev. Hay and worked through until under pastor Scovins. I just like working in the church, those are my great memories.” Every birthday for Little holds a special place for her. She lost her mother at the age of 9, when her mother was only 26 years old, so she always wondered if she would make
it to that age. Once she passed the age of 26, she looked at every birthday as a special blessing. “Growing up, I didn’t think I was going to be 25, and when I hit 80, to God be the glory, I was so happy,” she said. “It’s just amazing, for me I just want God to get the glory out of my life today.” The love-filled event included singing, dancing, music and, of course, food. Planning for the day began back in the summer of 2019. Wilma Davis, one of the event organizers, was elated to assist in the planning of the celebration. “She (Little) has a story to tell and to live through everything she has lived through, and to still be here after 80 years, and the things she does for everybody, she will go beyond to help anyone,” said Davis. “She works hard for so many other people, so she is here to celebrate 80 and she has been a pillar in her family, church and community. “It’s exciting to see that everyone feels the same way about her. For every-
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Ms. Jannie Little celebrated her 80th birthday last Saturday at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church. one to come out and celebrate her and to just show her some love, because she never asks for anything in return, makes my heart happy.” Rev. Nathan Scovins, Galilee senior pastor, said he was thankful to have the opportunity to celebrate a milestone birthday for one of his most dedicated members. “It’s exciting to be a part of this and to see Jannie smile,” said Scovins. “She is a hard worker in our ministry, she volun-
RELIGION CALENDAR March 5 - April 9 Lenten Revival Services Mount Zion Baptist Church, 950 File Street, will hold Lenten Revival Services at 7 p.m. on Thursday evenings from March 5 thru April 9. The theme is “The Worthy Lamb.” Good Friday Service at noon on April 10 will feature “The Seven Last Words of Jesus.” Dr. Serenus T. Churn Sr. is the host pastor. Guest ministers are listed as follows: *Thursday, March 5, Reverend James Clyburn, Red Bank Baptist Church *Thursday, March 12, Dr. C. Anthony Jones Jr., United Cornerstone Baptist Church *Thursday, March 19, Dr. Verenander Hughes, Genesis Baptist Church, Greensboro *Thursday, March 26, Dr. Dennis Leach, Morning Star Baptist Church *Thursday, April 2, Reverend Clarence Cox, Hanes CME Church *Thursday, April 9, Dr. Paul Lowe, Shiloh Baptist Church March 8 Worship services The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of WinstonSalem, 4055 Robinhood Road, will have worship services at 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday. Riely (cq) Woosley will lead a discussion of “This I Believe” at the early service and preside at the later service featuring a panel of other members addressing that topic. At the Forum, 9:15 a.m., Keith Irwin will speak on “Artificial Intelligence: What We Shouldn’t Fear and What We Should.” For more info, see UUFWS.org. March 8 Memorial Scholarship Service
Emmanuel Baptist Church will celebrate its annual S. W. Mack, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Service at 10 a.m., March 8. The theme for the service is “The Path Moral Leadership: Faith, Courage, Integrity and Commitment.” The featured speaker for the worship service will be the Rev. Larry J. Brown, Jr. Emmanuel Baptist Church is located at 1075 Shalimar Drive. For additional information or to make contributions, contact Dr. Elva Jones at 764-2550. March 8 Pastoral anniversary New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate the 5th anniversary of their pastor, Rev. Ronald Eugene Speas on Sunday, March 8 at 3 p.m. Guests for the event will be Rev. Larry Whitley and the members of Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church of Matthews N.C. New Jerusalem is located at 1212 Dunleith Avenue. The public is cordially invited to attend. March 14-15 Women’s Day The Women of Excellence Ministry of Emmanuel kicks off its annual Woman’s Day celebration on Saturday, March 14, at 9:30 a.m. under the theme “I’m More Than Purses and Pumps.” Featuring Vendor shopping, youth and women sessions on “Self-Care: Mind, Body, and Soul,” a bonding and creativity exercise in hat designing, a brunch buffet and dessert bar, musical and dance selections, and a causal fashion show. Registration fee of $10 required for attendees. Vendors fee is $10 and some applications are still available. For more information, call the church office at 336-788-7023. The church is located at 1075 Shalimar Dr.
teers and serves and has done that since I have been pastor here. “When they were talking about it, of course I signed off and said let’s go forward, because she is worthy of being honored today.” Little has lost all of her family and does not have any children, so she looks at Galilee as her family and dedicates most of her time there. Little says that her goal is to impart wisdom from her life into the younger generation.
March 15, 17-20 Men’s Revival Everyone is invited to the annual Men’s Revival at Life Changing Transformation Church Ministries. The guest speakers for this event are: *March 15 at 11 a.m. - Bishop Wade Bynum of Life Changing Transformation Church Ministries *March 15 at 4 p.m. - Dr. Michael Wood of New Bern, N.C. *March 17 – 18 at 7 p.m. - Dr. Willie G. Sanderfield, Life of Christ Ministries, Highland Park, Michigan *March 19 – 20 at 7 p.m. - Bishop Steven Copeland of Tuskegee, Alabama The church is located at 2001 N. E. 25th Street (corner of Ansonia and 25th on the hill). March 20 Concert St. Andrews United Methodist Church will sponsor a mini concert on Friday, March 20, featuring the Men of Faith of Charlotte, Male Chorus of Saints Home United Methodist Church, Joyful Noise and others. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. and is free to the public. The church is located at 1840 Butler Street. Rev. Dale P. Sneed is the pastor. March 21 Teens of Purpose The First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Teens of Purpose college/career preparatory ministry will host Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough, Jr. at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 21. Sheriff Kimbrough will discuss The Power of a Good Name: How important it is to be a person of integrity. TEENS AND PARENTS are invited and encouraged to attend. FWBC is located at 838 Moravia Street. Dr. Dennis W. Bishop is senior pastor.
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Community Calendar TODAY, Mar. 5 – Meet your farmer Have you ever wondered what local food products our local farmers are growing and producing? Meet Your Farmer CSA Sign Up Day is being held at Forsyth County Government Center, 201 N. Chestnut Street, on March 5 from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Come meet some of our local farmers, learn about on-farm agritourism events, and sign up for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box filled with fresh, locally grown produce. Parking is available in the Government Center parking deck. This is a free event. Mar. 6 – Public concert Carolina Music Ways (CMW) will present “Carolina Live! - Our Musical History” on Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m. at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), located at 750 Marguerite Drive. Doors open at 6 p.m. Perfect for audiences of all ages. General admission tickets are available for $25 and include admission to the concert as well as access to exhibitions on view in the SECCA galleries. Limited VIP tickets are available for $50 and include preferred concert seating, one drink ticket, and a limited edition handprinted concert poster. Purchase your tickets in advance at www.carolinamusicways.org/tickets. Mar. 6 - 8 – Play The North Carolina Black Repertory Company’s Teen Theatre Ensemble presents “OMG: A Cyberbullying Play” on March 6-8 at the Mountcastle Forum, Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, 251 N Spruce St. “O.M.G. A Cyberbullying Play” is perfect for the entire family. This play is a refreshing, kid-friendly comedy that illustrates the way a supportive community can rally against cyberbullying through the positive use of social media. Mar. 7 – Aviation Camp session Jim Shaw’s Ace Academy Summer Camps 2020 will be hosting droneflying information session on March 7. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Breakfast will be served. For more information about summer camps, see www. ShawAceAcademy.com or Instagram @JimShawACEAcademy or call 336-306-8145. Mar. 7 – Art Show and Sale Senior Services’ 10th Annual Art Show & Sale Benefiting Meals-onWheels will be held on March 7, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This annual fundraiser created and brought to Senior Services by two local artists who were inspired to bring together a community of their artist friends
to use their talents to make a difference in the lives of area seniors. Mar. 10 – Volunteers needed Only 48% of students in WSFC Schools are reading at proficiency level. Read Write Spell is looking for volunteers who can change the statistics by giving quality, research-based reading instruction to struggling readers in our community. An information session for people interested in learning more will be held on Tuesday, March 10, from 12 – 1 p.m. at Read Write Spell located at 875 W. 5th St. For more information or to register, email info@ readws.org or call 336779-1300. Mar. 20, 22 & 24 – Nia Franklin in “The King and I” Piedmont Opera and Arbor Acres announces that Winston-Salem native Nia Franklin (2019 Miss America) will join the cast of the production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King And I,” that will be produced at the Stevens Center of the UNCSA on March 20 (8 p.m.), 22 (2 p.m.) & 24 (7:30 p.m.). Tickets to Piedmont Opera’s performances are available at 336-725-7101 or at PiedmontOpera.org. Group pricing is available.
ries on Writing Your Manuscript from Triad Sisters in Crime at High Point Library, 1:45-4 p.m., 901 N. Main St., High Point. Stay to 5 p.m. to chat with authors and editor panelists. Apr. 28 – Community Forum Come to the FCSO Quarterly Community Forum and discuss what’s on your mind! Bring your questions and come prepared to interact with Sheriff Kimbrough and the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Command Staff. The Quarterly Community Forum will be held Tuesday, April 28, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Lewisville Branch Library located at 6490 Shallowford Road in Lewisville. You do not have to be a Lewisville resident to attend – all community members are welcome. May 17 – “Writing Your Manuscript” series “Finishing Your Manuscript: Revising, Rewriting, Beta-reading, and Reaching Your Goal,” part 4 of the public series on Writing Your Manuscript from Triad Sisters in Crime, with Rase McCray, MFA, at High Point Library, 1:45-4 p.m., 901 N. Main St., High Point. Stay to 5 p.m. to chat with authors. Ongoing
Mar. 23 – Resident Organizer application Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods (NBN) is now accepting applications for ten Resident Organizer/Neighborhood Consultant positions based in specific neighborhoods of northeast Winston-Salem. Residents Organizers will serve their immediate neighborhoods ten hours weekly while building valuable skills in community organizing and civic engagement. For a job description and information about how to apply, please visit https://tinyurl.com/ NBN-ROJobs2020. Please apply as soon as possible, but no later than March 23. Inquiries may be directed to Megan Gregory, NBN Asset-Based Community Development Coordinator, at mgregory@nbncommunity.org or 336-661-5589. Mar. 27 – Brain Injury Awareness Event Come learn more about the brain, brain injury, and community resources on March 27 from 3-7 p.m. The event will be held at Winston-Salem Foundation, 751 W. Fourth St. There will be vendors, food, music and more. For more info, contact Brain Injury Association of NC at 336-713-8582 or Kitty Barringer (kitty.barringer@bianc.net). Apr. 19 – “Writing Your Manuscript” series “Technique: Dialogue, Body Language, Reanchoring, Voice, and more,” part 3 of 4-part public se-
Every 1st Tuesday – Triad NOW meeting The Triad NOW chapter meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Parkway United Church of Christ, 2151 Silas Creek Parkway (entrance off Irving Street). Every 2nd Tuesday – Alumni membership Albert H. Anderson High School Alumni Association would like for each graduating member of Albert H. Anderson Senior High School to become a member of the Association. For more information, call Clyde A. Moore at 336-971-6196 or email at cmpreacher48@ yahoo.com. Meetings are held at New Light Baptist Church, 1535 15th Street, every 2nd Tuesday in each month at 7 p.m. Every 2nd Tuesday – Black Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting The Black Chamber of Commerce meets every 2nd Tuesday at The Enterprise Conference and Banquet Center, 1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The meetings start 6 p.m. All are welcome to attend. NOW – Volunteers needed R e a d • Wr i t e • S p e l l needs volunteers to serve as tutors to public school students and to help with Reading Parties. For more information, email emily@readws.org or call 336-723-4391 ext. 1509.
Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday – Pinochle fun and fellowship Pinochle sessions will be held on 1st and 3rd Tuesday from 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. at Sims Recreation Center, 1201 Alder St. Persons wanting to learn the game are welcome and can call ahead to get a guideline sheet. Call Maurice Johnson at 336815-8417 or the center at 336-727-2837 for more information. NOW – Cultural Arts directory Triad Cultural Arts Inc. is compiling an online Triad Cultural Arts Directory. We would like to promote regional artistic organizations and independent artists, using our website and Coming Eventz e-newsletter. Post your event in our community news section of the Coming Eblast for free. To have a graphic/ flier posted there is a fee. For more information, visit www.triadculture.org or email info@triadculturalarts.org Every third Thursday of each month – Anti-Gun & Gang Violence Meeting Winston-Salem has had numerous recent acts of senseless gun/gang violence, becoming progressively worse. We need to unify and bring peace to our neighborhoods. There will be a meeting every 3rd Thursday to address these issues. The meetings will be held at Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center, 501 Reynolds Blvd. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact Corey McCann at 336-602-9844 or email at cmccann1985@gmail. com. Every day – Donations of blankets, caps & gloves needed The Downtown Bicycle Patrol is soliciting donations of gently used or new blankets, gloves and knit caps to help the homeless this winter. The donation boxes will be placed in the lobby of the Public Safety Center, 725 N. Cherry St., in City Hall outside the Human Relations Department, 109 N. Main St. and outside the Bicycle Patrol Office at 414 N. Cherry St. across from the Marriott Hotel. The donations go toward assisting homeless people. Every Monday – Youth Program The program, “Making Proud Choices” meets every Monday from 4 - 5:30 p.m. at the Carver School Road Branch Library located at 4915 Lansing Drive. For more information, call 336-703-2910. The program will focus on helping teens set and meet goals, making right decisions in their life, keeping proper values, dealing with peer-pressure, sexuality, sharpening commu-
nication skills and building healthy relationships. Monday, Wednesday and Friday - Food and clothing giveaway Love Community Development Corporation, 3980 N. Liberty St., serves those in need of food and clothes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. JobLink is also available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for those needing resumes or who are looking for a job. For more information, call 336-306-8119. Every Tuesday – East Winston Community Leaders’ meeting A call to all community leaders, advocates, organizers and crusaders of the East Ward to join the movement to make the East Winston community better. The first event is being planned. Meetings are every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the 14th Street Recreation Center. For more information, contact M. Reid at 336-997-2519. Every Tuesday and Sunday – Yoga classes Yoga classes are now being held in the Salem Lake Marina Center assembly room on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. Classes last one hour and are led by a certified yoga instructor. The fee is $10 per class or four classes for $36. Fees should be paid at the Marina Center office and may be paid with cash, credit card or check. A limited number of mats will be available; participants who have yoga mats are encouraged to bring them. Every Thursday American Legion Post 128 fish fry A fish fry is held every Thursday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at 4817 Old Rural Hall Road to support and serve the community. The funds also support the Post. Every day – Volunteers needed for Reading Parties The Augustine Literacy Project, Read.Write. Spell (READWS) is looking for volunteers for its Reading Parties. The program needs youthful, energetic people who are willing to lead students in party games created for maximum learning and enjoyment. Reading Party is a free parent-oriented seminar that will teach simple and effective multisensory strategies to parents and their children in a fun, laid-back atmosphere. After a short training, volunteers will help 2 - 8 hours per month, mostly nights and weekends. For more information or to sign up to volunteer, contact Tonya Nealon at 336-7234391 ext. 1507 or Tonya@ readws.org.
First Thursday of each month – Movie and Speaker Discussion TEEM (Temple Emanuel’s Environmental Movement) will have a free environmental movie and speaker series at Temple Emanuel, 201 Oakwood Drive. The series will be the third Tuesday and first Thursday of each month. For more information, contact Gayle Tuch at ggtuch@yahoo.com or call 336-766-2767. (There are no third Tuesday events during the months of June, July and Aug.) Mondays – Senior Stretch class The Salvation Army Senior Center holds Senior Stretch Exercise at the LaDeara Crest Resource Center, 2531 LaDeara Crest Lane, on Mondays at 11 a.m. The chair-based class is designed to increase balance, flexibility, range of motion and endurance. Tuesdays – Senior Tai Chi class The Salvation Army Senior Center, 2850 New Walkertown Road, holds Tai Chi for Falls Prevention (TCFP) on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Based on the Tai Chi for Arthritis program, TCFP is shown to prevent falls, improve balance and overall health, and reduce pain. TCFP consists of a series of gentle movements that can be done standing or seated. How to submit items to the community calendar: We appreciate your community news. Here’s how you can help us to process your news more efficiently: *Please give us complete information about the event, such as the sponsor and address, date, time and place of the event and contact information so that the public can contact someone for more information if needed. *Please submit items in document form in an email or Word or PDF attachment. *Submit photos as attachments to emails as jpegs at least 4 inches wide by 6 inches deep rather than sent on documents. Please send captions with photos. *Please do not send jpeg fliers only, since we cannot transfer the information on them into documents. The deadline is Sunday at 11:59 p.m. to have all calendar items submitted for that week’s paper. Send your calendar items to news@wschronicle.com. You can also drop them off, Monday through Friday before 5 p.m., or mail your items to Winston-Salem Chronicle, 1300 E. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101; or send them via our website, www.wschronicle.com.
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Another good reason to watch more games this year is the stellar play of the young stars in the NBA. Zion Williamson, Luka Doncic, Ja Morant, Trae Young, De’Aaron
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superstars calls it quits. Getting the highest seed possible will be of the utmost importance this season, because the team that has home court advantage will be in great shape over their opponents, due to how good a lot of these teams are. I can’t wait to
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see how everything plays out going into the playoffs. Every playoff team better be ready, because if they don’t bring their A game, they could get bounced in the first round. This is the NBA I have been waiting for, for quite some time.
Community Briefs Information Meeting Rescheduled for Small Business Plan Competition
The information meeting for the city’s 2020 Small Business Plan Competition has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. in the Committee Room (Room 239) of City Hall, 101 N. Main St., Winston-Salem. The original session was canceled due to the winter storm on Feb. 20. The Office of Business Inclusion and Advancement is sponsoring the competition to promote job creation and small businesses by helping entrepreneurs develop sound business plans. The two winners will each receive a $5,000 grant for start-up costs, up to $5,000 in a potential matching micro-loan and technical assistance. Eligible submissions must be for micro-businesses (five employees or less) located within the Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area. This area includes downtown and portions of the northern, southern and eastern quadrants of the city. The businesses must also create low- to moderate-income jobs or benefit low- to moderateincome residents. Staff from the office’s Business Development Division will be available to provide assistance throughout the competition. Executive summaries and business descriptions must be submitted by March 23. All submissions will be reviewed and the top finalists will have the opportunity to submit completed business plans in June. The finalists will be judged by the Small Business Loan Committee and the winner announced in August. During last year’s competition, 10 start-up business plans were selected for the finals. Proposals by Wanda Bullock for a tutoring service and Theresa Harris for a mobile food business were selected as the winners by the city’s Small Business Loan Committee. Everyone who submitted a business plan received guidance on how to improve their business plan and was eligible to apply for a small business loan. For more information go to CityofWS.org and search for Small Business Plan Competition, or call Steven Harrison at 336-747-7474.
Music Video released to honor the memory of Myron Miller In 2019, performers Dan Beckmann and Erinn Dearth were asked to do a series of shows in Normandy, France, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Though the pair wears many hats, the duo is currently most known for their singing and tap dancing patriotic performances through the USO-styled musical duo Letters From Home. Myra Miller, the leader of Footsteps Researchers, was the coordinator for the Normandy, France trip. In the planning stages, Beckmann and Dearth learned some old songs that meant something personal to the people who traveled with the group, including a song for Myra. Miller’s father was Sgt Myron H Miller who served in the 83rd infantry division. He joined Company K on July 21, 1944, near Auxais, France, as a combat infantryman. His unit helped liberate St Malo and Dinard, France, before heading to Luxembourg and the Hurtgen Forest in Germany. He was wounded on Dec. 16, 1944, in Kufferath, Germany, and spent the next three months recovering from his wounds in England. He rejoined Company K on April 25, 1945, which was just before VE Day. He finished the rest of the war as military police helping to establish order in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He returned to the USA at the end of November 1945, to his hometown of Dixon, Missouri, where, Myra recalls, he would regularly play “Red River Valley” on his harmonica. In honor of Myron Miller, Beckmann and Dearth created a music video with a new version of Red River Valley that was exclusively filmed in Bethania and Pfafftown, N.C. The video features Beckmann, Dearth, and 10-year old Triad performer Caroline Mendenhall. The video can now be accessed across the country, including on YouTube For more information on the music video, please contact Erinn Dearth or Dan Beckmann at Hi@ItsRiley.com.
Forsyth Technical Community College offers free tax preparation for qualified students and employees
In partnership with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program managed locally by the Experiment in Self-Reliance, Forsyth Tech will offer free tax preparation for students and employees whose family income is $60,000 or less. With the exception of March 16-20 (Spring Break) taxes will be prepared through April 9 in the Robert L. Strickland Building, room 2379, Forsyth Tech main campus, 2100 Silas Creek Parkway. Taxes will be prepared by appointment only. If you have any questions, please call 336-757-3664.
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The Winston-Salem Symphony appoints new Prince Hall Shriners of assistant conductor Sethos Temple No. 170 was appointed assistant awards scholarships to director of the Akron Symlocal seniors The Winston-Salem phony Chorus, Ohio, and
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Symphony has named Karen Ní Bhroin assistant conductor effective June 1. Ní Bhroin is originally from County Wexford, Ireland, and currently holds the position of graduate assistant orchestral conductor at Kent State University, Ohio, where she is pursuing her masters in orchestral conducting with Dr. Jungho Kim and will graduate with a master’s of music in May 2020. As assistant conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony, Ní Bhroin will be responsible for managing the Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras Program, including conducting the Youth Orchestra, the program’s top ensemble; acting as the cover conductor for the music director for all Karen Ni Bhroin Winston-Salem Symphony concerts, including serving for the opening concerts in as an extra set of ears in October 2019 of his inauthe hall, making notes for gural season as music direhearsal, and covering/ rector (2019–20). “I had great interacfilling in for the conductions and conversations tor as needed; conductwith Karen at the Dartinging a select number of ton Summer School, inWinston-Salem Symphony cluding a lively and interconcerts and/or portions of esting discussion centered concerts; providing artison Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite tic planning support; and of Spring,’” said Redmond. engaging with the community, including speak- “My first concert as music ing, media interviews, and director with the WinstonSalem Symphony includfundraising events. Timothy Redmond, ed ‘The Rite of Spring,’ music director of the and I thought Karen would Winston-Salem Sympho- be the perfect person to act ny, met Ní Bhroin dur- as my assistant conductor ing the summer of 2019 for that concert. She did at the Dartington Music such a great job and was so Summer School and Festi- well received by the musival in Devon, England, and cians and staff, that it soon invited her to join him as became clear she would be guest assistant conductor the perfect person to fill the Winston-Salem Sym-
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made her debut with the Akron Symphony Orchestra in 2020. In the summer of 2019, Ní Bhroin was an ssistant conductor at National Music Festival in the United States with conductor Richard Rosenberg and she also attended Dartington International Summer School Advanced Conducting program on full scholarship working with conductors Timothy Redmond and Graeme Jenkins. She was Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) Conductor in Training from 2016– 2018, working with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and RTÉ Philharmonic Choir in Dublin, Ireland. In 2017, Ní Bhroin made her debut with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conducting a lunchtime concert at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, which was broadcast live for RTÉ Lyric FM. She was a BrittenPears Young Artist Marin Alsop at Snape Maltings in the United Kingdom during 2018. She won the Orion Young Conductors’ Award at MusicFest in Aberystwyth, Wales, in 2017 with the Orion Orchestra and conductor, Toby Purser. One of three finalists in the ESB Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil, Ireland’s inaugural conducting competition in 2014, Ní Bhroin conducted the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. She is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and made her conducting debut while in the final year of her degree with the Trinity College Orchestra.
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On Saturday, Feb. 22, Sethos Temple No. 170 hosted its inaugural Scholarship Banquet at The Enterprise Conference and Banquet Center. During the banquet, Sethos Temple No. 170 awarded two $500 college scholarships to high school seniors Jayden Campbell and Cyannah Lowery. Each applicant had to complete
a 450-550 word essay, provide in detail their academic achievements, and discuss their community involvement. Youth/Education is one of the mandated programs for Prince Hall Shriners. The chairman for the scholarship banquet committee is Noble Richard Watkins. Sethos Temple No. 170 is lead by the Illustrious Potentate Thomas Poole, Sr.
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M/WBE BID NOTICES M/WBE BID NOTICES Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. An Equal Employment Opportunity Contractor, NC General Contractors # 7706 Will Consider All Quotes Regardless of Race, Color, Religion, Sex, or National Origin and is Soliciting Bids for M/WBE Participation. We would appreciate a quotation from your firm for any and all work and/or materials on the following project: Project Name: City of Greensboro (Guilford County) – Groometown Road Water Booster Station; Contract No. 2018-046A (RE-BID) Bid Date: Thursday; March 12, 2020 @ 2:00 PM Please provide your proposal by: 3-11-20 @ 5:00 PM We are soliciting subcontract bids for the following trades. Work may include, but not limited to: Utilities, Demolition, Concrete, Metal Fabrication, Plumbing, Electrical, Grading, HVAC, Coatings, Instrumentation & Controls, Hauling, Erosion Control, Seeding & Mulching, Fencing, Construction Staking/Surveying and any incidentals and materials necessary for construction to complete the project. The work in this contract consists of addition of a Water Booster Station to the existing Groometown Road Water Tank. This includes installation of two new 2.5 MGD centrifugal axial split case pumps, new valving and piping, chlorine room and tablet feed chlorinator, jib crane, suspended ceiling, HVAC system, control and power panels, 150 kW diesel stand-by generator, new power service, fence installation and sitework. The work in this contract also consists of abandonment of an existing water booster station and pipework at High Point Road Water Booster Station. The work performed under this Contract shall include, but may not be limited to: the furnishing of all labor, materials, equipment and services, whether specifically mentioned or not, that is required to complete the Construction of the Work of the project. All requirements of the State of North Carolina and all pertinent administrative regulations shall apply to this project as if herein written out in full. Please contact Daniel Lynch at dlynch@jrlynchandsons.com for a link to the project documents. You may view plans & specs at the following locations: JRL Office @ 314 S. Academy St. Pilot Mtn, NC Phone: 336-368-4047 Fax: 336-368-4613 or The City of Greensboro, Contact Mr. John Fersner, Engineering Division, 300 West Washington Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401, telephone: (336) 373-2308, fax: (336) 373-2338, or email: john.fersner@greensboro-nc.gov
BID NOTICE Senior Services, Inc., is seeking bids for a period of thirty-six (36) months – July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023 for it’s two (2) meals programs: Meals-onWheels, and Senior Lunch. These programs are partially funded under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. Caterer may bid on one or all of the following: - Meals-on-Wheels, a daily home delivered meals program - Senior Lunch, a congregate nutrition program Sealed bid proposals must be specific to and labeled for each program and submitted to Senior Services, Inc., 2895 Shorefair Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27105, by Thursday, April 9, 2020, 12:00 noon, at which time the bids will be opened. Senior Services, Inc., reserves the right to request additional information and references, to accept or reject any or all bid proposals, to waive technicalities, to accept bid proposals in whole or in part, and to award a contract which, in the opinion of Senior Services, Inc., best serves the interest of the program(s). Bid packets for each of the above programs may be obtained beginning Monday, March 9, 2020 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at Senior Services, Inc., 2895 Shorefair Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27105. Address questions to Linda Kearsley, 336-748-5932.
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NOTICE OF REVIEW AND PUBLIC
- The 2020-2021 Annual Plan reflects the third year
Having qualified as Fiduciary of the Estate of Eva Nell Hale (20 E 333), also known as Eva Nell Johnson Hale, Eva Johnson Hale deceased January 10, 2020 Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before May 29, 2020 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Consolidated Plan (CP). The CP is the process of
This the 25th day of February, 2020.
COMMENT PERIODCONSOLIDATED PLAN WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH HOUSING CONSORTIUM
Notice is hereby given by the City of Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County regarding the availability of
documents for review and comment pertaining to the draft 2020-2021 Annual Consolidated Housing and
Community Development Plan for submission to the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as follows:
TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you have been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of Termination of your Parental Rights with respect to the above-referenced juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.
implementation of the 2019-2023 Five-Year
You are required to make a written answer to the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petition within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Petition, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the above-referenced juvenile.
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Any counsel appointed previously to represent you and not released by the Court shall continue to represent you. If you are indigent and not already represented by appointed counsel, you are entitled to appointed counsel and provisional counsel has been appointed upon your request subject to the Courts review at the first hearing after this service. The hearing on the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., on Monday, April 20, 2020 in Courtroom 1-D of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case. This the 17th day of February, 2020 Theresa A. Boucher Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900
Having qualified as the Administrator of the Estate of Estate of Ernest Earl Foster, Jr., deceased, late of Forsyth County, North Carolina, the undersigned do hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned in care of Christopher J.C. Jones, Esq., Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4003, on or before the 13th day of May, 2020, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
planning and applying for federal funds that are provided to communities on an entitlement basis: Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment
Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant
(ESG) funds. The CP is a combined plan of the City and
County as the Winston-Salem/Forsyth Housing under the HOME program.
- 2020-2021 Annual Plan implementation includes pro-
posed expenditures from Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2020
appropriations of $2,211,290 CDBG, $1,323,652 HOME and $191,617 ESG, Housing Finance fund
balance, Continuum of Care, carryover G.O. bond funds,
and projected program income revenues with a projected total from all fund sources of up to approximately $9
million. A portion of the
projected total includes unexpended resources from
prior year funds that have been allocated to projects and
activities to be implemented during the 2020-2021 program year.
- Proposed program activities to be undertaken are
single-family and multi-family housing rehabilitation,
including removal of architectural barriers and control
of lead-based paint; emergency repair
assistance for owner-occupants; new construction of
single-family homes; mortgage financing for first-time home buyers; rental assistance; small business loans;
business and construction training; public services and
facilities that specifically address
housing and economic self-sufficiency; and program administration.
- The Housing Authority of the City of Winston-Salem (HAWS) and the City of Winston-Salem are finalists for
a HUD 2019 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant. The City is committing $500,000 in CDBG funds
per year for five years. Funds would be used in an area
bounded by E. 25th St., Patterson Ave., E. 3rd St., and
Cleveland Ave., File St., Dunleith Ave. and Jackson Ave.
Funds may be used for single-family and multifamily
housing, small business development, streets and infrastructure.
- The final CP will be submitted to HUD by May 15,
2020, following public review and comment beginning April 9, 2020 and ending May 8, 2020 and review and
approval by the City Council at the April 20, 2020 City Council meeting.
Notice of Public Hearing
The proposed 2020-2021 Annual Plan will be
presented for a public hearing review at the following
time and location:
Date: Thursday, March 19, 2020 Time: 6:00 P. M.
Place: City Council Committee Room 2nd Floor City Hall
101 North Main Street In the Event of inclement weather:
Snow Date: Monday, March 23, 2020 Time: 6:000 P.M.
Place: 5th Floor Public Meeting Room Stuart Muncipal Building
This the 13th day of February, 2020. Bianca P. Spell, Administrator of the Estate of Ernest Earl Foster, Jr. The Chronicle February 20, 27, and March 5, 12, 2020 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY In the Superior Court 20 CVS 253
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JRL is willing to review any responsible quote and will negotiate terms, if appropriate. We will notify your firm if your bid is accepted for this project. Please contact me if you have not heard from JRL by 3-19-20 and I will inform you of the status of your bid. JRL will not require any M/WBE subcontractor to provide bonding. We will allow you to work under our bond free of charge. We will provide joint check agreements, as needed. We will also provide quick payments. (Typically on a weekly basis)
LEGAL NOTICES
City of Winston-Salem Plaintiff, v Piedmont Motor Sales, Inc. and County of Forsyth, Defendants. Take Notice that a pleading seeking relief against you, PIEDMONT MOTOR SALES, INC., has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: The condemnation and appropriation of a permanent sewer easement and temporary construction easement for the North Mill Creek Outfall Replacement Project No. 717777, being in Oldtown Township, Forsyth County, North Carolina, and being the following tract of land: Being known and designated as PIN # 681747-3741 acquired by Piedmont Motor Sales, Inc. by deed and recorded on June 3, 1966 in Deed Book 925 at Pate 336 of the Forsyth County Registry You are hereby required to make defense to such pleading not later than June 19, 2020 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.
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For necessary auxiliary aids, services and
information, call Mellin Parker at (336) 734-1310. Per-
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Notice of Public Review Document Locations
Copies of the draft 2020-2021 Annual Plan
summary will be provided at the public hearing. The
draft 2020-2021 Annual Plan will be available for public review and comment beginning Thursday, April 9, 2020
through 5:00 PM on May 8, 2021. Comments can be submitted by email to Mellin Parker at mellinp@city-
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The Chronicle February 27, and March, 5, 12, 19, 2020 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, COUNTY OF HORRY, Civil Action Numbers: 2019-CP-2607141, South Bay Lakes VI Homeowner’s Association, Inc., Plaintiff, vs. Jamie M Chandler and Jennifer G. Chandler; Defendants SUMMONS TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office at 1271 Glenns Bay Road (physical address only), P.O. Box 14737 (mailing address), Surfside Beach, South Carolina 29587, and to file your answer in the office of the Clerk of Court for Horry County, all within thirty (30) days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint and a judgment will be rendered against you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff in this Action will move for an Order of Reference or that the Court may issue a general order of reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53, of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. MOORE, JOHNSON & SARANITI LAW FIRM, P.A., Attorneys for the Plaintiff, Elizabeth J. Saraniti (SC Bar #: 16150), P.O. Box 14737, Surfside Beach, SC 29587-4737, (843) 650-9757; (843) 650-9747 (fax) The Chronicle February 20, 27, and March 5, 2020 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Fiduciary of the Estate of Makaila Cheyenne Moses (20 E 280), deceased May 20, 2019 Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before May 29, 2020 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 4th day of February, 2020. Dara Annette Wilkins Fiduciary for Makaila Cheyenne Moses, deceased 3710-K Ashlawn Court Winston-Salem, NC 27106 The Chronicle February 27, and March 5, 12, 19, 2020
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ESR hosts 5th annual Winter Wonderland event SUBMITTED ARTICLE
 Experiment in SelfReliance (ESR) hosted its fifth annual Winter Wonderland fundraiser event at the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter on Sunday, Feb. 16, to honor donors, celebrate the winter season, and commemorate 55 years of service to the Winston-Salem community. The Winter Wonderland fundraiser was an opportunity to raise funds for ESR’s programs and services, as well as a time of fellowship and thanksgiving for donors, partners and friends. Participants were able to connect with staff, clients and community partners while learn-
members of the Louise G. Wilson Legacy Society. ESR honored retired director of the Forsyth County Library, Sylvia SprinkleHamlin, for her service to the community and support of ESR. Also honored was the late Ward Miller, who served as the co-chair of the Louise G. Wilson Legacy Society with ESR. The proclamation, read by Mayor Allen Joines, helped commemorate ESR’s 55 years of service, and specifically named February “Community Action Month.� ESR, the only Community Action Agency in Forsyth County and one of 34 in North Carolina, started serving the community in 1964 after President Lyndon B.
With Five,� to encourage people to donate to the organization with a “five� theme. This year’s entertainment featured Mia Thompson Music with sound by Mr. Bill Productions. Participants were able to bid on silent auction items throughout the evening. Event sponsors included Truist, Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union, Truliant Federal Credit Union, Reynolds American, and the Innovation Quarter. ESR is a nonprofit Community Action Agency that focuses on empowering people with low to moderate income to become self-reliant. The nonprofit has a history of community collaboration
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ESR Executive Director Twana W. Roebuck and ESR Board Member Sherrod Wood recognize the late Ward Miller for his service to ESR and the community. The award was accepted on his behalf by Vicki Miller, wife of the late Ward Miller. ing about the impact of ESR’s services. The event celebrated ESR’s successes in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County through music, dancing, and the recognition of key contributors by individual speakers. Speakers for the event included Mayor Allen Joines, who delivered a proclamation from the City of Winston-Salem; Judge Denise Hartsfield, who served as the Mistress of Ceremony; a Self-Sufficiency program graduate who spoke on her success story; and members of ESR’s board, who honored former and current
Johnson declared war on poverty. Community partners, members, and funders from the past five decades joined the festivities in celebration of service. “It was incredible to see our community come out to celebrate ESR with us. We are so thankful for our sponsors, donors, and volunteers who have helped develop ESR over the past 55 years,� said Twana Roebuck, ESR’s executive director. ESR promoted their 55th anniversary and five years of Winter Wonderland with the theme “Come Alive and Thrive
with organizations such as Crisis Control Ministry, Habitat for Humanity, and the Winston-Salem Foundation. ESR’s programs help provide housing, teach clients to save, budget and improve credit scores, provide assistance for education, and help clients build assets like homeownership, as well as free tax preparation. All clients must be working. For more information on ESR’s services or the Come Alive and Thrive with Five campaign, visit ESR’s website at www. eisr.org or call 336-7229400.
Salem president announces departure
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 Sandra J. Doran, the president of Salem Academy and College, announced today that she is concluding her tenure at the end of the academic year. She has accepted the presidency of Bay Path University in Longmeadow, Mass. Named as interim president of Salem in April 2018, Doran was charged by the Board of Trustees to achieve financial sustainability and to position Salem for growth, according to Dara Folan, chairman of Salem’s board of trustees. In a video message to Salem’s students, faculty, staff, alumnae and donors, Doran said, “I am making this move with mixed emotions: Salem is a splendid institution, founded before our country was a country and enriched by the talents, accomplishments and loyalty of its alumnae. The city of Winston- Sandra J. Doran Salem and leaders around the state have been incred- longer-term president of ibly supportive of our mis- Salem,� Doran said. “Sandy helped transsion. And Steve and I have made many dear friends form our institution by here. At the same time, I leading the successful Step am happy to have a new Up for Salem campaign professional challenge, at that exceeded its $10 million goal and led the liftanother women’s college. “In addition, Salem’s ing of Salem’s financial extensive strategic plan- probation by the Southern ning process is nearing Association of Colleges conclusion, and we will and Schools Commission soon be ready for the on Colleges (SACSCOC) next phase—implementa- earlier than anticipated,� tion. That means, too, that said Folan. “Under Sandy’s we are ready for new leadership. Because my charge leadership, Salem has was always to be a tran- strengthened its position sitional leader, I decided as a vibrant part of the the time was right for me educational ecosystem,� to open the way for a new, added Folan. “The Board of Trustees and the Salem
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community are deeply grateful for Sandy’s intellect, passion, tireless service, and charismatic leadership. Her greatest legacy is that she is leaving Salem well positioned for its next exciting chapter. Now we have the unique opportunity to find the right person to make our strategic plans a reality.� Folan said that the search process for Doran’s successor will begin soon. “The institution will seek candidates who embrace Salem’s history and are enthusiastic about its future strategic direction,� he said.
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