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When President obama, republican Majority Leader Senator Mitch Mcconnell (ky.) and others briefly met at the White house Tuesday to discuss the political logjam casting a shadow on the president nominating a replacement for the late u.S. Supreme court Justice Antonin Scalia, one thing was made very clear – obama intends to carry out his constitutional duty to nominate a qualified candidate before he leaves office next January, whether Mcconnell and the Senate take up that nomination or not.

The republicans present reaffirmed their vow not to even consider it before the next president takes office, hoping that it will be a republican.

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if the president nominated either a moderate or progressive to fill the ultra-conservative Scalia’s shoes, it would tip the ideological balance of the ScoTuS to the left, thus breaking the current four-four liberal to conservative tie, something that republicans do not want.

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Cook administrators and parents unite to improve school

A group of parents make a list of changes they would like to be included in a new federal education model that will focus on literacy at Cook Elementary School next school year.

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Justice Scalia’s right-wing leanings assured conservatives that they had at least one solid champion on the court. in the wake of his death several weeks ago, they do not want to hand obama any advantages.

Among black leadership, though, the growing consensus of who the president should nominate to the high court is clear – u.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. “i would love to see him appoint Loretta Lynch,” u.S. rep. elijah cummings (d-Md), senior member of the congressional Black caucus, told The hill newspaper.

“She’s already been vetted. She meets the criteria that he’s laid out. She would certainly be my recommendation.” even north carolina’s black leadership agrees.

“She would be a powerful nominee,” says n.c. nAAcP President rev. William Barber. her credentials are phenomenal. She is from the South, a black woman, and someone who has already been confirmed.”

The Greensboro native, 56, endured a prolonged fivemonth confirmation battle in 2015 before Mcconnell and his republican u.S. Senate majority finally confirmed her

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After years of posting test scores in the bottom five percent among elementary schools in the entire state, cook elementary School will see a number of radical changes ahead of the 2016-2017 school year.

Aside from changing the name of the school to cook Literacy Model School, the school located on 11th Street just off Thurmond Street will also have a new principal, staff members and instructional design. According to Winston-Salem/Forsyth county School officials, the changeover is part of a federal education model they have adopted called restart. during a meeting held last month to announce the changes, a number of parents voiced their issues with the proposed changes. While a number of parents took issue with the lack of communication, many more asked questions about current teachers who have built relationships

with students over the years. keisha Wisley said there are teachers at the school who have built strong relationships with the students and the fact that they have to leave just isn’t right. “i know something has to be done, but i don’t think replacing staff members who have created bonds with these students is the answer,” said Wisley. “it isn’t fair to them or the students.”

Superintendent Beverly emory said that although the new model calls for an entirely new staff, teachers and faculty members who are currently at the school can re-apply for their positions. however, she did explain that because of the literacy model and its requirements, it’s unlikely everyone would be brought back. emory also mentioned the new model will attract more teachers who have shown they have the ability to accelerate reading and help children who have fallen behind.

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carl Wesley Matthews, the leader of the local lunch counter protest in 1960 that became the state’s first victory for the sit-in movement, passed away on Friday, Feb. 26.

A service for Matthews will be held today (Thursday, March 3) at noon at russell Funeral home, 822 carl russell Ave. Matthews, 84, started the sit-in at the downtown kress store that led to the desegregation of lunch counters in Winston-Salem. The graduate of Winston-Salem Teachers college (now WinstonSalem State university) started his sit-in on Feb.8, just one week after the four students from nc A&T university started their sit-in at the Greensboro Woolworth. “i knew from the time that i heard about the gentlemen in Greensboro sitting down, i knew from that moment that i would offer some support for them, that i would be a pinch hitter,” said Matthews in a 1996 teleMatthews vision interview for the local AAP show. during the same interview, he said he discussed doing a sit-in with five of his co-workers at a local trucking company, but by the time he started the sit-in, it was just him.

Though alone with white patrons threatening him, he later said he was not afraid, saying he felt the presence of a higher power and kept repeating the 23rd and 27th Psalm. But he was not alone for long, as he was joined by students from Winston-Salem Teachers college the next day and for the rest of the 107-day protest. “i knew he needed some help,” said Victor Johnson Jr., one of the students who joined him.

Johnson, now a school board member, knew Matthews from the neighborhood. he described Matthews as being outspoken, adamant and even cocky.

Students from Atkins high School also participated in the sit-in, as did white students from Wake Forest college

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last April. Observers say in the likelihood that Senate Republicans stick to their promise to not even give President Obama’s nominee a hearing, they would run a tremendous political risk of not only besmirching Attorney General Lynch two years in a row, but also angering the black Democratic voting base during a presidential election year.

Indeed, black female Democrats, the party’s most active base, would certainly be fired up about supporting one of their own to again make history.

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“We know replacing the staff is an issue for a number of people,” she said. “That is why we are encouraging those teachers who have been committed to the students and this community to re-apply.”

Since the initial meeting was held to announce the changes at Cook, the lines of communication between administrators and parents have been much improved. A number of open discussions have been held over the past weeks to get a feel for what the parents would like the new program at the school to look like.

During a meeting on Monday, Feb. 29, dozens of parents got into groups and made lists of what they would like to see changed or improved. While a number of parents called for an improved after-school program, more educational field trips, and improved parent outreach, increased community involvement is one that made its way onto every list.

“It takes a village to raise a child,” said Vincent Neal, a parent and former student at Cook.

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tycoon Donald Trump is emerging as the likely GOP presidential nominee, observers say McConnell and Senate Republicans would not only run the risk of a black voter backlash when they could least afford it, but could also cripple their goal of holding onto their Senate majority in November, putting vulnerable GOP senators at risk in states where Obama won in 2008.

Even veteran SCOTUS watchers, like Tom Goldstein, who writes the widely read SCOTUSBlog.com, actually changed his earlier prediction of another likely Obama High Court candidate, and recently ruminat“Back when I went here, this was a great school and the community was a big part of that,” he continued. “For Cook to succeed and continue to grow, we have to tap into the resources outside the walls of the school. I think that will make a big difference.”

For the first time, parents will also have input about the new principal who will take over for interim principal/executive director Constance Hash, who came out of retirement late last year.

According to reports, a group composed of administrators, teachers and a parent will review the applicants for the position that is expected to be filled later this month.

Emory also mentioned a design team made up of 10 to 12 parents will also be set into place following the hiring of the new principal to ensure the voices of the parents continue to be heard.

“This is exactly what we envisioned when we decided to go with this model, parents and administrators working together,” she said. “If we all believe and work together, I’m confident we can make this work.”

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ed on the considerable political benefit a Loretta Lynch nomination would bring.

“The stakes could not be higher: the appointment could flip the Supreme Court’s ideological balance for decades,” Goldstein wrote recently. “Second, gain as much political benefit as possible and exact as heavy a political toll as possible on Republicans, particularly in the presidential election. Precisely because of the seat’s importance, this is the rare time that a material number of voters may seriously think about the Court in deciding whether to vote at all and who to vote for.”

Other observers believe

that while Lynch would certainly be the best known SCOTUS nominee President Obama could forward to the U.S. Senate, there are other black female judicial candidates whose stellar records of accomplishment would also produce an outstanding and history-making first African-American female associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

But given her exemplary record as U.S. Attorney General thus far, observers say Loretta Lynch would be the president’s most powerful choice.

“The United States Supreme Court and our nation would be well served with a nomination

of Attorney General Loretta Lynch to replace Justice Scalia on that court,” says attorney Irving Joyner, law professor at the North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham. “Her credentials are outstanding and she has been an outstanding attorney general during the time that she has been in that position.”

Born in Greensboro, Lynch was raised in Durham by retired pastor Rev. Lorenzo Lynch Sr. and his wife during the height of the civil rights movement. Lynch graduated Harvard Law School, and successfully served as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New

York for several years before being nominated to succeed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in 2014.

“Given her past outstanding service, her demonstrated knowledge of the law and excellent judicial temperament, she will make an outstanding Justice on the Supreme Court and be an intellectual force similar to the late Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall,” continued Professor Joyner. “I would strongly urge President Obama to nominate this outstanding AfricanAmerican for service on the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Keisha Wisley discusses some changes she would like to be made at Cook Elementary during a meeting with members of the board of education on Monday, Feb. 29.

eight weeks in 1996, said that the historic sit-in victory became a “scale model” for the national civil rights (now Wake Forest movement. Despite that, he University). On Feb 23, said Matthews got little 1960 11 black students and recognition for it in the 10 white students were decades following the sitarrested for trespassing in. Sharif said he was during a sit-in at the local among those who successWoolworth’s lunch counter. fully advocated for a state Mayor Marshall Kurfees historic marker for the sitappointed a “Goodwill in. On Feb. 23, 2000, Committee” of 10 black Matthews attended a dediand 10 white citizens to cation of the state historic devise a way to end the marker and other events protests, which resulted in held for the 40th annivera desegregation agreement sary of the sit-ins. for lunch counters in “He was a great man,” Winston-Salem. said Sharif. “Not too many On May 25, 1960 are going to make the sacriWomble Matthews returned to the fices that he made … for Kress lunch counter and ent, also led efforts to someone to make the sacriwas the first Africandesegregate Greyhound fices he made at the age he American served there. He buses and the city’s court- made them, that’s what said after he was finished, houses. He was also active makes a great human the waitress threw the glass politically, registering a being.” he drank out of into a trashWomble, who chaired can. the sit-in anniversary, said Former N.C. Rep. he had talked with Larry Womble was also Matthews in recent weeks among the Winston-Salem about getting a statue or Teachers College students bust of him erected, which in the sit-in. Womble, who he still hopes to do. was the Student Matthews had three Government Association daughters, three grandchilpresident at the time, also dren and four great-grandknew Matthews from the neighborhood and got to children. His grandson Kali know him more during the Webster said his family sit-ins. He said he considwould miss him greatly and ers him a local civil rights that they’re sorry that he Johnson hero. passed before he achieved “He was always dedirecord number of black his dream of getting nationcated, very sincere, very voters in the 1960s and al recognition for his sit-in committed to the cause and Chronicle file photo leading the local campaign accomplishments like the the plight of equality and for Shirley Chisholm, the Greensboro Four and other Carl Matthews, center, trying to address discrimiwith other sit-in particifirst African-American to civil rights icons. nation and racism in this pants at the state hisrun for president. city,” said Womble.

"That was his dream, toric marker for the sitAAP Host Karim Allah “Without him, I doubt we Sharif, who interviewed and that wasn’t realized in in. SEE REMEMwould have made the sucMatthews on his show for his lifetime, but hopefully BRANCE ON PAGE A7. cess and the progress in the one day it will be realized,” Exerts of the AAP interviews with Carl Matthews can be found on YouTube on the AAPmagazineonline channel.

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speed in which we accomplished it. He was a fantastic person.”

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A lawsuit alleging an estate guardian and the Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office defrauded $1.4 million from the estate of a deceased retired nurse has been officially dismissed, The Chronicle has learned.

In a Feb. 29 court order issued by Forsyth Superior Court Judge John O. Craig III this week, based on a Feb. 19 hearing, the lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of Mary Ellen Thompson against attorney Bryan C. Thompson (no relation), who served as estate guardian upon appointment by the Forsyth Clerk’s office, was dismissed because “… the complaint fails to state a claim against defendant Thompson upon which relief can be granted and that the motion to dismiss therefore should be allowed …”

As The Chronicle first reported last October when the lawsuit was originally filed against the Forsyth Clerk’s Office, two insurance companies and several local attorneys, including attorney Thompson, it alleged that Thompson had someone in the Forsyth Clerk’s Office to “… sign a guardianship appointment in his favor on May 1, 2007 without giving notice to Mary Thompson and her next of kin as it is required …” by state statutes. The suit

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further claimed that because evidence of incompetency was not initially presented, as legally required, attorney Thompson knew that his “… guardianship appointment in his favor was fictitious … [and] used it to fraudulently obtain possession and control over the assets of Mary Thompson in May of 2007.”

The N.C. Court of Appeals in February 2014 found that “… all of attorney Thompson’s actions regarding the estate of Mary Thompson …were without legal authority” because none of the orders issued by the Forsyth Clerk’s Office were properly file-stamped or legally entered into the court record.

The result, claimed plaintiff’s attorney Reginald D. Alston for the Mary Thompson estate, is that attorney Bryan Thompson allegedly squandered much of the assets and proceeds from Mary Thompson’s properties in a “… pattern and practice of fraudulent acts.”

But last December, in her 32-page answer, attorney Thompson’s lawyer, attorney Molly Whitlatch of Greensboro, countered that Thompson committed no wrongdoing, and further claimed that the lawsuit by Mary Thompson’s estate was full of “frivolous and baseless” allegations.

Whitlatch denied that attorney Thompson did anything improper or took any of Mary Thompson’s assets for his

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own use. “Plaintiff (then estate administrator Calvin Brannon) and his counsel knew or should have known that the assets were worth a fraction of [$1.4 million], and have made misleading allegations implying that defendants took such assets for their own benefit when in fact, the assets were used for the benefit of Mary Thompson.”

Whitlatch added that attorney Thompson “acted in good faith in carrying out duties under the Orders …,” effectively saying that he did nothing wrong, and relied on the directives of the Clerk’s office.

Whitlatch asked the court to sanction Mary Thompson’s estate as a result, charging that many of its claims of fraud were deliberately misleading.

But in Monday’s order, the court disagreed, saying, “… that while the Court ultimately determined that the claims were without merit, the Court did not find that the plaintiff interposed the claims maliciously, frivolously, or for any improper purpose such as harassment or needless expense or delay, and the Court thereby concludes that sanctions are not warranted.”

While attorney Thompson’s motion for dismissal of the suit was upheld, his motion for attorneys’ fees from the estate was also dismissed.

Shirley Agee talks about how receiving SNAP benefits has added value to her lifestyle during a news conference held at City Hall on Tuesday, March 1.

Winston-Salem Urban League President and CEO James Perry looks on.

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BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

The Winston-Salem Urban League has partnered with the National Council on Aging (NCOA) to offer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to seniors in the area who are in need.

NCOA is designed to help people ages 60 and over meet the challenges of aging. Through innovative community programs and services, online help and advocacy, NCOA partners with nonprofit organizations to improve the health and economic security of 10 million older adults by 2020.

Urban League president and CEO James Perry said that in order to make a change in this community, something has to be done about poverty and hunger. Last year the non-profit organization decided they would make ending hunger a priority. That’s when the organization joined forces with NCOA to make sure at least 500 SNAP vouchers were made available for seniors and people with disabilities.

“We set it up to make sure those vouchers were available for residents throughout this community and the state,” Perry said.

During a news conference held in the City Hall Council Chamber, Perry and Mayor Allen Joines announced an upcoming enrollment fair designed to help seniors age 60 and up find out if they qualify for federal assistance with their grocery bill.

According to Perry, the funds for vouchers will no longer be available after next month.

“This program is going to sunset at the end of April and we still have vouchers available,” he continued. “We know there are seniors and people with disabilities in this community who are hungry and that is what this is all about, reaching out to those in need.”

Mayor Joines said after learning about the potential help that could be going away, he wanted to make as many residents aware as possible. Joines mentioned the Urban League’s efforts also fit well with the city’s plan to end poverty.

A number of seniors who have benefited from SNAP or food stamps spoke during the news conference as well.

Shirley Agee said she learned about SNAP benefits shortly after enrolling in the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) at the Urban League.

Agee said the vouchers have added value to her lifestyle.

“Having this benefit has proven to be a great advantage to me by helping to obtain nutritious and healthy meals.”

Veteran Glen Avery, who served in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years, said although he receives a stipend through SCSEP, before finding out about the SNAP program, it was still difficult to support his daily needs and purchase nutritious foods.

“I was really happy to learn that I was eligible for SNAP,” said Avery. “I am now able to purchase more nutritious food which affects my overall health and quality of life.”

“I would encourage all seniors on limited income to enroll in SNAP.” The SNAP/EBT Enrollment Fair will be on Friday, March 4 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center located at 500 Reynolds Boulevard.

For more information on the fair and additional benefits offered during the even,t contact the Winston-Salem Urban League at 336-725-5614.

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Industries for the Blind gets new buses for its youth programs A4 MARCH 3, 2016

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind (IFB) dedicated two new buses that will let more students who are blind and visually impaired use its services on Thursday, Feb 25.

The new buses will transport students to Tracy’s Little Red Schoolhouse.

The schoolhouse is part of IFB’s A Brighter Path Foundation and houses Student E n r i c h m e n t Experience (SEE) after school and summer programs for Vavra youth who are blind or visually impaired.

Each bus seats up to 14 students and will let the program provide transportation for its young participants. The funding for the buses was provided by Miracles in Sight, the second largest eye bank in the country.

Miracles in Sight Executive Director Dean Vavra said that it will let more students take advantage of the SEE programs.

“There’s plenty of seats available in this schoolhouse, just not enough buses to get the kids there,” said Vavra. “That is changing today.”

Among the speakers at last week’s event was Shareff Stewart, a junior at Reynolds High School who is blind. He was among eight students who took part in the program when it began in 2007. He said it was a week filled with activities like arts and crafts, life skills and learning about each other. The program has grown and the red schoolhouse was built to house it in 2012.

Stewart is now a technology assistant at the Little Red School house, teaching computer skills to others, like how to browse the Internet. He said the buses will help his students get to his class.

“I really love supporting these kids because of the support IFB gave me,” he said.

Stewart thanked the teachers at SEE for helping students “see the world in their own way.” He said he’s learned many things from the program like doing laundry and cooking.

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“I enjoy being blind, every day is an adventure,” said Stewart, who plans to go to college and eventually become a teacher for the visually impaired.

Students in the blind or visually impaired program at Sherwood Forest Elementary attended the event, enjoying some time in the Little Red Schoolhouse before taking one of the new buses back to Sherwood. Among the students who are also regulars in the SEE program, was Elisha Simmons.

The fourth grader, who is blind, played the Stewart piano in a classroom at the schoolhouse after the bus dedication. He said he was glad that the buses will help kids like him get to SEE. He said the program was fun and he’d recommend it to any children who are blind or visually impaired.

“I like seeing the people here and going to places and going to cooking and playing on the playground,” said Elisha.

Jenny Viars, the youth program manager for A Brighter Path, said that the buses will solve transportation problems that have prevented some students from coming to SEE programs.

“We’re able to provide minimal transportation for a very small group of kids; having these buses is going to allow us to expand,” she said.

SEE has an after school program three days a week and a three week summer camp that includes learning things like cooking, yoga, music, computers, braille and independent living skills. There are also field trips, which the buses will be used for, like planned outings to the Winston-Salem Symphony and the Twin City Stage for a Wizard of Oz performance, where students will use wireless headphones to listen to live descriptions of what’s happening on the stage. All SEE programs are free and are funded by donations and grants. For more information about SEE, or to register a child in the program, contact Viars at 336- 245-5669 or email jvairs@wsifb.com.

City officials break ground for new park

The former site of Vulcan Materials near Reynolds Park Rd. will be the home of Quarry Park, which is expected to include several picnic areas and an amphitheater.

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

The former Vulcan quarry just off Reynolds Park Rd. took a giant step toward the future last Friday when a groundbreaking ceremony was held for phase one of the new Quarry Park.

According to city leaders, the finished product will include an amphitheater, a disc golf course, and several picnic shelters. The park will also include additions to the greenway connector system that will provide citizens in the Waughtown area access to the William R. Anderson Jr. Recreation Center located at 2450 Reynolds Park Rd. Phase one of the project will cost the city $5 million, which is part of $30.85 million parks and recreation bond that was approved by voters in 2014. The first phase is expected to include the construction of parking areas and bathrooms.

Vulcam Materials, a company that used to obtain rock for construction at the site, ceased operation in the early 1980 and the city took over the 228-acre site in 1997.

Since the early 1990s the quarry has been filling with water. Although not many citizens have seen the site, those who have

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believe the crystal blue water surrounded by steep jagged cliffs and rocks would make the perfect location for a park.

Winston-Salem resident Allison Joyner said as a child she and a few friends would make trips through the woods just to get a glimpse at the natural wonder.

“It’s really hard to believe something like that is right here in Winston-Salem,” she said. “I can’t wait to see it when everything is done.”

City council member James Taylor said it is time to unveil the picturesque scene, not only to those in the community, but to the world.

“This is one of the best kept secrets in our community,” Taylor said. “As a native of Winston-Salem, it means a lot to me to be able to unlock this hidden treasure for the citizens.”

The first phase of construction is expected to be completed by early 2017.

Phase two will include recreation areas and an amphitheater, but the city does not yet have funds in place for those projects.

Director of Parks and Recreation Tim Grant said the site of the future park is a jewel that city officials plan to turn into a diamond.

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The new buses, parked outside of Tracy’s Little Red Schoolhouse, are a new way to transport students who are blind or visually impaired to the programs there.

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Elisha Simmons plays the piano with Zaire Jegede at Tracy’s Little Red Schoolhouse.

Author discusses liberation movements Visit Our New Website www.WSChronicle.com

BY tEViN StiNSoN thE ChroNiCLE

the fight for black liberation in the black community has seen a multitude of transformations over the years.

When compared with the early movements of the 60s and 70s, it appears to be vastly different from the Black Lives Matter movement of today, but the goal remains the same:-Social and economic equitability for the African American community. that is the message historian, political activist and author Barbara ransby delivered during a lecture at the porter Bynum Welcome Center on the campus of Wake Forest University tuesday, Feb. 23. She said the same shouts of “Black power” from the dusty roads of Mississippi in the summer of 1966, when a campaign was started to register black voters, echoed through the decades and into our place in time.

“All of the movements have addressed the way racial hierarchy is embedded into the DNA of American capitalism, and the currency that privilege represents.” ransby is the author of the award-winning biography on civil rights activist Ella Baker entitled, “Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A radical Democratic Vision.” ransby currently serves as a distinguished professor at the University of illinois at Chicago in the Departments of African-American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies and history.

During her hour long lecture, ransby told more than 75 students in attendance that although there are patterns in history that provide lessons that can be learned and applied to our own time, it is important that the different movements over the years showed variety.

“Each generation must discover its mission,” she said.

“Although we should apply the lessons from previous movements, that doesn’t exempt us from naming the

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moment we are in.” ransby also discussed other movements including the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC), the Civil rights Movement, and the Black Ransby panther party. She said although each of the movements had a significant leader, it is the work of those behind the scenes that made each movement important. ransby said she is now seeing that same work behind the scenes with the Black Lives Matter movement. “the kind of work that Ella Baker did behind the scenes is what has to be done for movements to sustain,” said ransby. “We have a lot of that with Black Lives Matter; that is one of the many reasons i think the movement will continue to grow.” ransby’s visit to WFU was hosted by the Anna Julia Cooper Center, an interdisciplinary center that supports, generates and communicates innovative research at the intersections of gender, race and place-in-order. the center is led by presidential Endowed professor in politics and international Affairs Melissa harris-perry. harris-perry said ransby’s voice adds to what has been an extraordinary year of meaningful engagement at Wake Forest. She also said ransby’s work as an educator, author and political activist has been a true inspiration for herself and many others. “the Anna Julia Cooper lecture has welcomed some of the nation’s preeminent researchers in recent years,” said harris-perry. “Barbara ransby’s scholarship resides at the powerful intersection of activism and the academy, calling on both the more rigorous intellectual traditions and the most impactful organizing histories of black people in America.”

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More than 200 young men from high schools in Forsyth County participated in the annual Black Male Symposium held on the campus of Winston-Salem S t a t e University.

WSSU’s Black Male Symposium examines issues related Davis to black male upward mobility and progress to uplift black males, prepare them to be leaders and see them through the graduation process. in past years, featured speakers have included Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Mark Lamont hill, Spike Lee, and a host of others. instead of a keynote speaker, this year’s event featured the play “We Shall overcome” under the

direction of Garrett Davis of Forget Me Not productions. the show centers around the adversity experienced by youth in the African-American community in the 1960s and how their struggles contributed to social changes leading to equality in education which provided guidance and hope for students today as they encounter situations of injustice and intolerance.

Davis, who has been directing and producing plays for more than 21 years, said his latest production is not just a play, but a movement. Before the start of the play, Davis encouraged the auditorium filled with mostly juniors and seniors to take their education seriously, respect authority figures, and stand up and fight for what they believe is right. “it’s okay to fight for what is right, it’s okay to

stand up and protest, but you have to know what to fight for,” said Davis. “the biggest issue with young brothers and sisters is that they don’t like to do things that make them uncomfortable. You have to get out of that comfort zone; only then will you be able to make a difference.”

Following the play, a number of students said they learned a lot about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Freedom riders, and the impact the youth had on the civil rights movement.

Walkertown high School senior Marcus Williams said although a lot has changed over the years, he also sees a lot of the same things happening today. “the play really opened my eyes to what life was like back then,” said Williams. “i’m glad i got the opportunity to come here today [on thursday, Feb. 18]. i really learned a lot.”

Maurice “Mo” Green honored with NCAE Excellence in Equity Award SpECiAL to thE ChroNiCLE

GrEENSBoro – Maurice “Mo” Green, incoming executive director of the Z. Smith reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem, is the 2016 recipient of the North Carolina Association of Educators’ (NCAE) Excellence in Equity Award.

Each year, NCAE honors one or more individuals or groups for their longterm dedication, commitment, and energy toward the goal of making North Carolina a more equitable community. Green, who has been recognized for his many contributions to public education, was presented the award on Feb. 25 by NCAE Vice president Mark Jewell at the Guilford County School Board meeting.

Green is the outgoing superintendent of Guilford County Schools, the third largest school district in North Carolina. he oversaw 217 schools with more

Green than 72,000 students and 10,000 employees. During his tenure, graduation rates increased to 89.3 percent (exceeding the state average of 85.4 percent) and the dropout rate fell to a new low from 2.07 percent to 1.97 percent in 2013-14, well below the state average of 2.28 percent. recently, Green was instrumental in bringing the “Say Yes to Education” project to Guilford County.

“Say Yes” is a non-profit organization that partners with communities to promote the goal of giving every public high school graduate access to college

and other post-secondary scholarships. Students in and around the cities of Greensboro and high point will be able to attend any of the 16 public universities in North Carolina, as well as a host of private colleges and universities across the country.

Before joining Guilford County Schools in 2008, Green served as the general counsel for CharlotteMecklenburg Schools. he also held the positions of chief operating officer and deputy superintendent. prior to that, he was a partner in the law firm Smith, helms, Mulliss & Moore LLp in Charlotte. the recipient of numerous accolades, Green is a graduate of Duke University, where he earned both a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics and a law degree.

NCAE is the state’s largest education advocacy organization for public school employees and represents active, retired, and student members.

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Tweet it: We’re making Black History

Although Black History month is over, we still should be studying Black History.

Acknowledging individuals is fine, but we need to study Black History with emphasis on the history.

We need to study strides African-Americans have made over the course of time. That could help us now, as we make Black History.

Look at what African-Americans are doing: *In South Carolina, African-Americans came out in droves – more than 80 percent –to support Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, showing political muscle. *In North Carolina, at least nine AfricanAmericans are running for statewide offices in the Democratic primary. Ken Spaulding, who has been endorsed by The Chronicle and the Winston-Salem Journal, is running for governor. (Will AfricanAmericans in this state come out to vote like they did in South Carolina?) *President Obama, the first African-American president in the almost 240 years of the United States of America, was voted into office for two terms on the strength of African-Americans, whose forefathers mostly were slaves. Now, President Obama has the chance to appoint a U.S. Supreme Court Justice that could be an African-American woman, which would make more Black History. If that person is Loretta Lynch, that would make North Carolina history as well.

African-Americans have weathered the storms America has thrown at us. We are still here. We are facing new storms. Are we ready?

Our forefathers fought so hard to get and keep the right to vote. Why did they have to do that when the 15th Amendment gives us African-American men the right to vote and the 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote? Why are we fighting over this now, in the 21st century?

The amendments have been presented with this editorial for you to savor. We are Americans. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t make Black History. Now, go tweet that!

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John Larson understands neighborhoods; Vote for him To The Editor:

As a long-term engaged resident in the South Ward, I strongly support and endorse John Larson for City Council. John Larson has a long history at Old Salem and understands the significance of preservation.

Preservation translates into advocating the integrity of "neighborhoods" in South Winston-Salem and throughout the entire city. Having strong, healthy neighborhoods are paramount quality-of-life issues. Careful planning prevents uncontrolled commercial sprawl encroaching into residential neighborhoods causing increased unnecessary traffic, potential crime and lower property values. John Larson is a voice of reason, is community oriented, listens to constituents’ concerns, does not talk over people, does not create divisiveness, unites people together and is committed to ensuring together, we grow a vibrant, enhanced, livable community for ALL citizens. John Larson cares that quality growth with diverse industry occurs in Winston-Salem with good-paying jobs created. John Larson is available, approachable and genuinely interested that all voices are heard and valued without putting political ambition above our neighborhoods! For protecting stronger, healthier neighborhoods Please vote JOHN LARSON for Winston-Salem City Council (South Ward) in the March 15 primary.

Brian L. Allison Winston-Salem

Photo ID woes can cause hours away from work To the Editor:

Getting a photo ID may sound easy, but anyone who has ever sat for hours in the DMV should know how

United States Constitution

15th Amendment Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

19th Amendment The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

frustrating it can be.

On Dec. 31, 1989, I married and in January we filed our first tax return. The person who prepared our taxes assumed what my last name would be, but when I applied for my new Social Security card, I decided to hyphenate my maiden and married names.

Years later when we moved, I took time off work to go to the DMV to get my address changed. I noticed (too late) that my last name was not hyphenated. I requested that they reissue my driver’s license with my correct name, but was told to come b a c k a n d bring a document proving my name was hyphenated (and pay again).

The next week I again took time off work and after a lengthy wait, presented my Social Security card and was told that they didn’t accept a government-issued Social Security card as identification! I was given a form to have notarized.

Not to be deterred, I took MORE time off work to go to the bank to have the form notarized, at which time the officer asked for a photo ID – my driver’s license! I went back to the DMV for the third time. It took 12 hours off work and $20 to get a hyphen in my last name.

As for the IRS, after 26 years I have yet to get them to correct my name.

I can only imagine what people may have to go through to get a photo ID. I suggest they vote by absentee ballot.

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Voting leads to transformation and empowerment

To the Editor: The problems of gentrification, gerrymandering and voter suppression: We progressives are suffering.

We have been researched, planned, prayed over, voted on and passed by the following individuals, governing boards and elected officials in North

Carolina.

Your city council, school board, county commissioners, state representatives, state senators, U.S. representatives, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and Governor Pat McCrory turned North Carolina from a progressive educational state to the butt of jokes by late night comedians and some respected news outlets.

Most of the “shady” money shelled out to influence those extreme conservatives and “honorable” elected officers was provided by billionaires Charles and David Koch and our homeboy “little” millionaire Art Pope.

We must vote in the March 15 primary election to choose the candidate to represent us in the general election. Example: As a registered Democrat, I can only vote for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for president.

If you did not take the time to research the candidates and issues, please ask advice from someone you trust. It may be wise to ask three people and choose the one that got the most votes, then see how well that person or issue will change you and your family in a positive way. You can take a list into the voting booth, so write down the names and issues you plan to vote for.

YOU CAN’T USE YOUR CELL PHONE IN THE VOTING BOOTH. Call three or more progressive

people to go vote with you. Vote early to avoid the long lines and possible rain or emergency on Election Day. Our local black newspapers are the best places to find true information on the candidates and issues.

Please support them by buying ads, memorials and subscriptions.

Exodus 18:21 (paraphrased) But select capable men and women from all the people, men and women who fear GOD, trustworthy men and women who hate dishonest gain, and appoint them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

James J. Hankins Wilmington

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Remaking history for North Carolina’s women of color Gladys Robinson

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[Editor’s note: March is National Wo m e n ’s H i s t o r y Month.]

B l a c k H i s t o r y Month is a time to recall the struggles of people of color in our country and to celebrate accomplishments in racial, economic and social justice that bring us all closer to the vision of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness promoted by our founders.

We are reminded today, as we daily witness economic hardship, the aftermath of gun violence, mass incarceration, and rising inequality that enriches the one percent at the expense of our middle class, that these struggles are not just part of the past, but also shape the future.

No one is more impacted by the historical legacies of racism, sexism, classism and oppression than women of color, who continue to face persistent barriers and obstacles on every issue from fair pay and affordable health care to quality education and the wealth gap that we’ve seen historically. To make the kind of real progress that changes our history moving forward, we need a deliberate effort to address these issues and our approach must lead with race, class and gender.

In 2016, we need more than resolutions and political rhetoric to fix the economy and address inequality in our state; we need a plan. Now is the time for our elected leaders to make sure that they understand and are working for the people they

represent. They need to be working with colleagues and advocates to take meaningful action on the policy priorities that will help make the lives better for those who are most struggling in our current economy: women, particularly women of color, and their families.

For too long, women have been left behind in economic and workplace policies, even as they become more prominent in the economy, the workplace and in public life. Women today are half of all others, half of the workforce and increasingly leading households as sole breadwinners for their families. But although the economy has changed tremendously because of increased participation from women, our workplace policies and legislative priorities have not kept up.

Women remain unequal to men when it comes to every economic indicator. Not only have women not reached parity at work in terms of pay, leadership positions, or promotions, but women face constant attacks on their reproductive options, with little acknowledgement that if, when and how many children a woman has is a primary indicator of her economic status. In North Carolina, on average, a woman who holds a full-time job is paid $33,459 per year while a man who holds a full-time job is paid $41,950 per year. This means that women in North Carolina are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to men, amounting to a yearly gap of $8,491 between men and women who work full time in the state.

That gap is even wider for black women and Latina women. Because of North Carolina politicians refusal to fully implement the Affordable Care Act and provide women preventive health care including

birth control, women are less able to control their economic fates or to make basic decisions about their families.

Public policy can have a real impact on people’s lives. We expect our elected leaders to resolve to tackle issues that matter to families, like access to affordable childcare and paid family leave.

Parents, particularly single working mothers, have few affordable child-care options. Over 65 percent of all children have both parents in the workforce, yet the cost of child-care for families is increasing. The cost of childcare is more than rent in many places and a four-year education at a public university.

Since women more often have to take time off from work to care for children and for aging relatives, they face additional discrimination and lower earnings as a result of lost wages. About 20 percent of all women in the United States have or will provide at least part-time care to an elderly or disabled relative, family member or friend, and many will do so by sacrificing their own earning potential or retiring early. In fact, the average female caregiver loses $40,000 more in lost wages and Social Security benefits than the average male caregiver.

Although having children clearly carries real economic consequences for women and their families, attacks on women’s reproductive health care access to decide when, how and if to have children is at an all time high. More antiwoman state laws were passed last year than in the previous three years, with even more proposed for this year. Politically motivated attacks on Planned Parenthood, the leading provider of family planning

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services in the country, erodes access to reproductive health care and endangers women’s ability to determine the size of their families as well as their economic security. These attacks do the greatest damage to poor women and women of color who often face the greatest economic barriers to getting birth control and abortion and depend most on providers like Planned Parenthood for everything from contraception to preventative health care.

This year, our state legislature must move forward on the priorities of women and families rather than spending the session turning back the clock on reproductive health care, starting with the most impacted women: low-income women of color. We must insist in 2016 that every lawmaker stand with women and families by protecting reproductive health care, advancing equal pay for equal work, and passing paid leave and childcare policies that enable women to take care of their families. And, we must be clear that any politician who wants to focus on a narrow, partisan agenda to distract us from this plan is standing in the way of progress not just for women, but for the whole state.

By working together to stand with women and families in the legislative session, we can be on the right side of history by increasing equity for all women, particularly women of color. Together, we can build a North Carolina legacy worthy of celebration.

Gladys Ashe Robinson is a health services executive and a Democratic State Senator for the 28th district (Guilford County). She serves as the Deputy Minority Leader in the North Carolina General Assembly.

Clinton or Sanders: What Would Dr. King Say? Bill Turner

Guest Columnist

Most blacks who will vote in the Democrat primaries for the 2016 presidential campaign would vote for Bernie Sanders if they followed the logic of a speech Dr. Martin Luther King gave in NYC’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967. In candid and unpretentious language in a speech titled “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” Dr. King spoke about the straight correlation between income inequality at home and the inclination toward war abroad. His words were quite revolutionary and condemned widely. The policies proposed by Democrat presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders, especially his resolute focus on “a political revolution,” rebounds from the echo chamber of Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. In a little-known speech delivered a year before he was killed, Dr. King made clear that he was much more than a mesmerizing dreamer, a pragmatist, a run-of-the-mill centrist or a simple reformer, labels Sanders puts on his rival, Hillary Clinton.

Although then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had already labeled him “the most dangerous man in America,” Dr. King, speaking before a group called Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam, revealed himself as a revolutionary. “We are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us. I call for radical departures.”

Of the Vietnam War, King said - as Sanders is heard to say about the present-day tendency America has to be the world’s police - “We are a society gone mad on war, and America will never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continue to draw

men and skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube. So, I am increasingly compelled to see this war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.”

King wondered aloud about young black men who “were sent eight thousand miles away to guarantee liberties in Southeast Asia which they had not found in southwest Georgia and East Harlem.” Such a remark was revolutionary, especially to black ministers who thought the civil rights movement was a separate issue from the anti-war movement. Dr. King doubled down, calling the Vietnam War “a cruel manipulation of the poor.”

The act of liberating the community’s conscience was undertaken by Carl Matthews, and his example drew students promoting change and demonstrating goodwill – Blacks and Whites together. It is easy to forget the real danger and the palpable hatred that could be unleashed by this simple act of conscience.

One week before Carl acted, the now worldfamous Greensboro sit-in had begun with four North Carolina A&T college students.

That watershed moment is rightly memorialized with a downtown museum.

For some, Winston-Salem’s confrontation on the same issue may seem to be a footnote. Two points contradict that view: Segregation was a battle to be fought town-to-town. A change in Greensboro’s lunch counters would mean

nothing for Winston-Salem unless people in WinstonSalem insisted on a similar change here. The second point is this: it was Winston-Salem, not Greensboro, where lunch counters were first desegregated. The Winston-Salem change came on May 25, 1960; Carl returned to the lunch counter and was served, 107 days after he first sat down. This observation takes nothing away from Greensboro; it is simply to say that WinstonSalem did the right thing first – even if City fathers were reluctant.

Carl Matthews and his student followers brought our city to its senses with a simple but very dangerous demonstration of moral courage.

It is this man who embodied the best in the pursuit of social justice who we lost last week.

I met Carl nearly 20

Clinton

Like Dr. King’s reference to “Americans as strange liberators,” candidate Sanders says “The test of a great and powerful nation is not how many wars it can engage in, but how it can resolve international conflicts in a peaceful manner. I will move away from a policy of unilateral military action and regime change, and toward a policy of emphasizing diplomacy, and ensuring the decision to go to war is a last resort.”

When Sanders calls for a $15-an-hour minimum wage, he is pointing to our fellow Americans whom Dr. King called “God’s desperate, rejected, suffering, helpless and outcast children, the weak, the

voiceless, the victims of our nation.”

Sanders takes his call for revolution from the words of the late John F. Kennedy who in 1962 said, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." King repeated those words five years later, going on to challenge “those who make peaceful revolution impossible by refusing to give up the privileges and the pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investments. I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values.”

Dr. King headed toward his planned “Poor Peoples Campaign” in 1968, a year after this speech focused then on conquering what he called “the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism.”

It’s easy to celebrate Dr. King’s preaching every January; it’s another to support a politician like Sanders, who dreams as he

did. That requires revolutionary resolve. Bernie Sanders promotes policies that are logical extensions of where Dr. King was headed before he was silenced in Memphis: the gap between the very rich and everyone else, a livable minimum wage, universal health insurance, protection of the environment, and reins on corporate greed. Sanders seeks to lead a peaceful political revolution of the magnitude of Dr. King’s Dream, at the end point of which “justice will roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Somebody needs to tell Democrat voters, especially blacks, who see Secretary Clinton, not Senator Sanders, as the practical way to realize The Dream. Apparently Dr. King - in the form of Bernie Sanders - is still way ahead of his time.

years ago when my wife helped to organize a citywide event recognizing the veterans of the 1960 sit-in.

In all the years from 1960 through 2000, no one in the community had formally recognized Carl Matthews or the students of WinstonSalem State University and Wake Forest University.

Four decades without comment sends its own message. The two-day symposium, exactly 40 years after the arrests, involved city government and both universities. It woke the city up to its own history. Carl and the students were honored; a historical marker recounting their story was unveiled and stands today on Fourth Street, opposite the old county office building. A documentary film, “I’m Not my Brother’s Keeper: Leadership and Civil Rights in WinstonSalem, North Carolina,”

told the story of the students and the sit-in. It was broadcast on public television and is available in public libraries.

This loss is also personal as my family values its long-standing friendship with Carl Matthews and Sharon Rucker.

Occasional dinners, and holiday and graduation cards were reminders of how our lives entwined.

My children got to know first-hand a man who was the embodiment of morality and dignity and an exemplar of living his faith, even in the face of public resistance. What a gift for them and their generation.

The current presidential campaign and a front-runner who will not reject support from the Ku Klux Klan suggests that we are going to need another generation inspired by Carl’s courage.

When Carl stood to leave the Kress store on the first day of the sit-in he quietly recited the 23rd Psalm.

From the Blacks and Whites assembled came other voices, joining in. It concluded with a loud and multi-voiced “Amen.”

Carl’s story confirms that even in times of tension— then and now—people of faith and goodwill can build a path to brotherhood.

Dr. King observed, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” In our community, Carl Wesley Matthews should always be honored and remembered as the man who reached up and pulled that arc toward the city of Winston-Salem and social justice. Rest in Peace, my friend.

John T. Llewellyn is associate professor of communication at Wake Forest University.

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Dr. Bill Turner is a noted educator, writer and thinker who called Winston-Salem home for many years. Reach him at bill-turner@comcast.net.

Carl Wesley Matthews: A remembrance and appreciation John T. Liewelyn

Guest Columnist

Carl Wesley Matthews died Friday at the age of 84. With his passing, Winston-Salem has lost a giant of moral courage. It was Carl who sat in alone on Feb. 8, 1960 at the Kress lunch counter at Fourth and Liberty, awaiting service.

His courage was a beacon: 11 students from thenWinston Salem Teachers College joined him. The beacon shone even brighter: 10 students from then-Wake Forest College joined in. The demonstration continued; the group, now numbering more than 20, was arrested on Feb. 23 and taken to jail.

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Why everyone should vote AGAINST the bond

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Nicole Revels

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On the March 15 primary election ballot, NC residents will be asked to vote for or against a proposal to borrow 2 billion dollars in the form of a bond. I intend to vote AGAINST the bond.

A bond is not free money. It's a method of spending money now and leaving future generations of taxpayers to pick up the tab later. Many legislators are supporting the bond because it's a way for them to spend money on grandiose projects and earn

political points back home while not having to claim the expenditures as an operating budget spending increase.

The problem is that they're piling debt onto today's children. Another term for this is deferred taxation. It is a much more fiscally responsible practice to prioritize items by their importance and pay as we go.

There is no transportation nor k-12 education funding within the bond. I emphasize that fact because many voters have been misled by pro-bond marketing, which describes the measure as an “infrastructure and education” funding bill.

The bond was originally proposed as a transportation funding bill titled

“Connect NC,” but by final adoption, all road funding was stripped from the bill, a move that some legislators have dubbed a “bait and switch.”

Bond proponents tout the necessity of the water/sewer line item within the $2 billion bond package, but there is actually no specific allocation within the bond legislation for any single water/sewer project.

The plan is to place $309 million into a fund to hold onto for future allocation once a municipality applies to receive them. It makes no sense for our state to borrow money simply to store it away for potential future redistribution to municipalities, paying millions in interest in the meantime!

There's also a section

of the bill titled "reallocation," which enables legislators to change the bond money allocations after the bond is passed. Such a provision means that voters have no guarantee that what they think they're voting on is what the funding will actually be used for.

North Carolina's history with the gas tax being diverted to purposes other than roads should remind us that we need better guarantees over allocation before signing off on a blank check.

Sixty-six percent of the $2 billion will be given to the N.C. university and community college systems for new buildings and renovations. Very few details of the specific projects have been revealed.

Whether community col-

leges are renovating classrooms or building tennis courts and swimming pools with the bond money, we do not know.

Community colleges are not required to submit their specific multi-million dollar projects for which the funding will be used until after the bond is approved by voters!

The bond is an omnibus spending bill for items that should be considered individually and funded during the budget adoption process based on their own merits. The taxpayers of North Carolina will be forced to pay the $2 billion debt and interest, whether by direct tax increase or by taking money away from other future priorities in order to pay for the projects of

instead, Mr. Cooper’s office released a statement that misleads the public and evades his prosecutorial responsibilities. In response to over 150 students converging to call on A.G. Cooper to join Kalvin’s defense counsel in petitioning the Superior Court to vacate the 1997 wrongful conviction, Cooper’s spokeswoman, Noelle Talley, was quoted in the Winston-Salem Journal, saying: “We understand the community’s concerns, and we want to work with them on systemic issues in the criminal justice system,” Talley said. “But at this point in the legal processs, only a court of law can overturn Kalvin Smith’s conviction and release him from

prison.”

To admit there are “systemic issues” in our criminal justice system necessitates addressing the havoc that those “systemic issues” have wrought on specific people’s lives—on Kalvin Michael Smith’s life.

A.G. Roy Cooper has the power to review the case, to review former FBI Assistant Director Christopher Swecker’s report, and to join the defense counsel, Duke University Professor James Coleman Jr., in a motion to vacate the conviction.

A.G. Cooper is no stranger to Mr. Swecker, a former Assistant Director of the FBI; Mr. Cooper entrusted him in 2010 to audit thousands of cases

from the SBI Forensic Lab. Mr. Swecker’s investigation reported over 200 cases of malfeasance that violated the constitutional rights of defendants, and Mr. Cooper followed his recommendations.

However, in Kalvin Michael Smith’s case, Mr. Cooper has actively ignored Mr. Swecker’s review, refusing to even meet with him.

There is also precedent for what we are asking Mr. Cooper as a state prosecutor to do. In 2004, Forsyth District Attorney Tom Keith filed jointly with Darryl Hunt’s defense counsel to overturn his wrongful conviction.

Similarly, Mr. Cooper did not hesitate to intervene, investigate and exercise his

prosecutorial discretion in the 2006 Duke lacrosse case to dismiss the charges against three-wrongfully charged affluent white men. Yet Mr. Cooper remains silent about this injustice facing Kalvin Michael Smith, a workingclass black man.

We believe that prosecutorial ethics require Mr. Cooper to meet with former Assistant FBI Director Christopher Swecker and to acknowledge the truth that his review uncovered.

The truth, as the Swecker Report states, that “only a new trial that considers the full record and evidence not available, misrepresented or omitted in the original trial” will provide the full measure of justice deserved.

today.

Bond proponents claim that adopting this bond is equivalent to a household adopting a mortgage to purchase a home. That claim has no merit. The entirety of this bond is less than 10 percent of our state's annual operating budget. There's no logical comparison of this bond and our state budget to the cost of a home to a household budget.

North Carolina households have to be resourceful with our budgets, and legislators need to do the same. Vote AGAINST the $2 billion bond debt proposal.

Nicole Revels is director of NC Against the Bond, based in Louisburg, NC. The organization’s email is

Cooper’s spokesperson misleads public with statement

BY CONCERNED STUDENTS FOR KALVIN MICHAEL SMITH

On Thursday, Feb. 18, we brought students together from Wake Forest University, Winston Salem State University, and Salem College to do what Attorney General Roy Cooper has actively refused to do for the past eight years: to publicly declare our outrage at the failure of our criminal justice system in keeping Kalvin Michael Smith incarcerated.

We urged Mr. Cooper to act in the Silk Plant Forest Case, to uphold the oath of his office and to usher in the long-awaited justice that Kalvin Michael Smith, Jill Marker, and our community deserve, but

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Mr. Cooper should also meet with Winston-Salem Police Department’s Lt. Joseph Ferrelli and Sgt. Chuck Byrom, who led an 18-month review of the case which found there to be “no credible evidence” that Kalvin was at the crime scene and concluded “no confidence” in the original police investigation.

Mr. Cooper should meet with these men immediately and meet in public.

Hayden Abene from Wake Forest University, Jaylon Herbin from Winston-Salem State University and Virginia Parnell from Salem College.

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Students celebrate end of Black History Month Endia Beal, director of the Diggs Art Gallery on the campus of Winston-Salem State University, talks about famous African-American artists during the Black History celebration at Diggs-Latham Elementary School on Friday, Feb. 26.

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BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

The students and faculty members at DiggsLatham Elementary school wrapped up Black History Month in style last Friday afternoon.

During an assembly complete with dance performances, songs and renditions from honors band and orchestra students, the event was filled with fun and excitement for the students as well as the dozens of parents in attendance. “Since we have such a large population of minority students, we felt it was important to do something special for Black History month,� said Amanda Gordon, chairperson of the Black History Committee.

The celebration was the

culminating event for the school’s activities and events geared toward educating the students on the contributions of AfricanAmericans to society.

Throughout the entire month, teachers taught lessons about slavery, segregation, the Civil Rights Movement and the 1960s’ Sit-In movement.

Along with performances by the students and a number of teachers, director of the Diggs Art Gallery Endia Beal made a special guest appearance during the celebration. Beal discussed a number of famous African-American artists and the importance of preserving their work.

Beal said the majority of famous AfricanAmerican artists produced art based on things they loved. She encouraged the

students to figure out the thing they love the most and follow their dreams. “When you get older and figure out what you want to be, it’s important that you include the things you love and also your freedom of expression.� she said. “As you move forward in the world, those things will become very important.�

Principal Donna Cannon said she is proud of what the school did during Black History Month to educate the students. “This has been an incredible month of celebration and learning,� said Cannon. “I am proud to say that we are one of the few schools that takes the time to teach our students about history that is sometimes overlooked.�

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Phoenix and Camels will face off in girls’ regional final

Point guard Jada Craig is a prime factor at both ends of the floor for Prep, the defending Class 1-A state champ.

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It’s only appropriate that Winston-Salem Prep and Atkins find themselves in dueling for supremacy in Class 1-A girls’ basketball. Both teams advanced to the West Regional championship game on Saturday (game site and tip-off time had not been announced at press time).

The regional winner will advance to the state championship set for March 12 in

Prep’s boys playing their best ball at the right time

Prep point guard Justice Goodloe (10) has continued to elevate his overall level of play this season.

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This is the time of year when all teams with state championship aspirations must show themselves worthy. It’s that time to go into prove-it mode. You either win to play another day, or you lose and call it a season.

Entering the first weekend in March, Winston-Salem Prep’s boys’ are right where they want to be – headed to the Class 1-A West Regional final of the state basketball play-

From Happy Hill to Hall of Fame

BY WALI PITT THE CHRONICLE

Tory Woodbury grew up not unlike most young black males in WinstonSalem. As a youngster coming up in Happy Hill, the oldest AfricanAmerican neighborhood in the city, he like a large percentage of his peers used their passion for sports to avoid the negativity of the streets. Tory used his passion for football and nevergive-up attitude to create his own path to greatness.

He has been named a 2016 inductee into the CIAA

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Hall of Fame, enshrined in a ceremony on February 28 at the CIAA Tournament in Charlotte.

When you look back at the football career of Tory Woodbury, the one thing that sticks out the most was his never-say-die mentality toward his playing career.

As a high-school player at Glenn High School, he went virtually un-recruited and was left to decide if football was still in his future. This is a common crossroad that many young student athletes face when they finish high school. The See Fame on B2

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Jacqie McWilliams, left, CIAA Commissioner; and Dr. Ronald Carter, chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Johnson C. Smith University, right, congratulate Tory Woodbury, middle.

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Chapel Hill.

The Phoenix and Camels finished 1-2 in the Northwest Conference this season. In recent years, the two schools located in East Winston have developed an intriguing rivalry.

Prep, the defending state champ, earned its spot in the regionals by blistering South Davidson, 67-34 in the fourth round on Tuesday night. In the meantime, 12th-seeded Atkins took a 5-hour bus ride to the mountains and pulled off a shocking 48-44 upset win over Murphy Hiwassee Dam, the West Region’s No. 1 seed.

“We came out ready to play (against South Davidson),” said coach Eugene Love of WinstonSalem Prep. “We wanted to show our strengths defensively. We’re excited about getting back to the regionals. The girls have worked extremely hard all season.

We’re going to keep our minds focused on our theme: ‘It’s our time.’

That’s what we keep telling ourselves.”

Although the Phoenix won both of its regular-season games against the Camels, it was hardly a cakewalk. Prep (26-3) registered a 44-37 victory at home in early January.

Three weeks later, the Phoenix prevailed again, but just barely in a 35-34 win on Atkins’ home court.

The outcome wasn’t determined until the final seconds of play.

Atkins (21-6) is having its best season in school history. So, in spite of two losses to Prep, the Camels will not lack confidence in their quest to dethrone the champs. Aside from the narrow margins of defeat, they know that the Phoenix can be beaten because they’ve done it before. It was last season (when Prep won the state title) when Atkins split its two conference games against the Phoenix.

“There’s not a lot of pressure on us,” said swing player Dominique Claytor of Prep. “But as a team, it means a lot (to be able to put ourselves in position to win another championship). And it’s all because of the work and effort we’ve put in on and off the court. We just want to finish out our season year with a win.”

For Winston-Salem Prep, the third and fourth playoff rounds had a different kind of flow. The Phoenix struggled against East Wilkes in the third round and trailed by seven points early in the third quarter.

Point guard Jada Craig

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(19 points) and company turned up the defensive pressure to build a doubledigits lead which led to Prep’s 53-35 victory last Saturday.

Three nights later against South Davidson, the Phoenix bolted to a 160 lead at the end of the first quarter and shifted gears to cruise control to win handily. Craig and Chrisalyn Boston scored 14 points apiece. Claytor finished with 13 and Mychala Wolfe contributed 10 points to the cause.

Atkins overcame a shaky start against Hiwassee Dam to secure its regional berth.

Late in the third quarter, point guard Tyler Mercer scored eight points and had one assist during a 14-0 run that gave Atkins a six-point cushion by the end of the quarter. Mercer was the Camels top scorer with 14 points, followed by Armani Hampton, who finished with 13.

In the third round against fourth-seeded Elkin, the Camels defense set the tone in a 47-33 road victory. The shot-blocking front line of Hampton, Saryna Carpenter and Chandler Robinson made life difficult for Elkins shooters. Taylor Blakely and Carpenter were the Camels’ leading scorers with 12 points apiece.

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Jayde Grant of Prep applies on-the-ball defensive pressure against Tess Jolly of East Wilkes.

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Coach Louis Lowery has guided the Camels to their best record in school history.

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Isaiah Penn comes off the bench to provide high-energy and intensity for the Phoenix, who are looking to go to the state championship game for the fifth year in a row.

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offs. The Phoenix, the region’s No. 5 seed, punched its ticket by imposing its will in a convincing 68-52 road victory over top-seeded Avery County on Tuesday night in a fourth-round matchup.

“Our motto for this year is: ‘tough players win,’” said coach Andrew Gould, whose team improved to 21-7. “We’re moving the ball and sharing the ball and we’re playing together as a team.

Every night, it’s always somebody different who

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pressures of recruiting can cause some to become disenfranchised with the game, assuming that because they’re not recruited by big schools or even at all, that they should end their dream of playing at the next level.

For Tory Woodbury, these hurdles only proved to be further motivation. In his Hall of Fame induction interview with Mr. Charlie Neal, Tory said, “ I didn’t have many options (after high school). I had a basketball tryout at North Carolina Central that didn’t work out, and my grandmother still wanted me to go to school and make something of myself, so I decided to stay home and attend Winston-Salem State … and I guess you could say it worked out.”

To say “it worked out” is an understatement as Woodbury would go from walking onto the team to becoming a four-year starter and team captain for three years at WSSU. During his playing career, he was a natural playmaker at quarterback with the innate ability to move the ball through the air as well as on the ground. In an exclusive interview with The Chronicle after the Hall of Fame ceremony, Tory joked that he “was

steps up to give the team what it needs.”

Prep now shifts its focus to the next round.

The Phoenix will face high-scoring Lincoln Charter in the regional championship on Saturday.

Game site and tip-off time were announced on Wednesday after The Chronicle went to press.

Saturday’s winner will play for the state championship on March 12 in Chapel Hill.

The Phoenix got the max from its inside/outside game, much to the dismay of a standing-room only crowd in Avery County’s home gym. Freshman swing player Chaz Gwyn,

Cam Newton before Cam Newton.

“That Superman thing is old, I been doing that; only thing Cam got on me is the dab,” he said while we chatted about a highlight on his Hall of Fame video in which he scored a touchdown and lifted up his jersey to reveal a Superman shirt, doing this in 1999, almost 10 years before Cam Newton adopted the gesture at Auburn University.

Similarly to the current league MVP, Tory put up historic numbers in his collegiate career at WinstonSalem State University, leaving as the school’s alltime passing leader with 4,493 yards and 38 touchdowns, and running for over 1,000 career-rushing yards.

After an All-CIAA senior season, back-to-back CIAA Championships, and back-to-back Pioneer Bowl MVPs, Tory found himself having to make a similar decision to the one he had made four years earlier. He was not a high-ranked NFL prospect and as an AfricanAmerican quarterback coming from a small division II black college at the turn of the millennium, his chances of being drafted and making an NFL roster were slim. But again Tory Woodbury was undeterred by his obstacles and decided to continue his football career against all odds.

who led all scorers with 22 points, provided all the perimeter firepower that Prep needed.

In the paint, 6-7 junior power forward Zaire Williams dominated with 20 points. Justice Goodloe scored 11 points and Kendrick Edwards finished with nine.

The Phoenix got off to a slow start and trailed 1510 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the momentum changed in Prep’s favor.

The Phoenix doubled their first-quarter offensive output to take a 31-25 lead at the half.

Winston-Salem Prep seems to be peaking at the

Through hard work and determination, Tory managed to get picked up by the Jets practice squads for the 2001-2003 seasons, as well as playing with the Buffalo Bills from 20052007. His never-give-up attitude and love of the game propelled him to keep pushing forward where others may have hung up their cleats.

Charlie Neal asked Tory during his interview what he took away from his NFL experience. Tory replied, “It’s always business first, that’s what I had to learn. Being from a small black college and a black quarterback, the odds were against me, but you know, I didn’t try to use that as an excuse. It was tough, but I just prayed and worked my butt off.”

Since the end of his playing career, Tory Woodbury has re-focused his efforts on giving back to the community and passing his knowledge of the game on younger generations. He has managed to directly affect kids who are growing up just like he did in his hometown through coaching, as well as through The Tory Woodbury Foundation, which provides school supplies, clothing, and meals for community members in need. When asked what his motivating factor for giving back to his community was, he replied, “I’ve had

right time at both ends of the floor, especially with its defense. In handing Avery County (26-4) its only home loss of the season, the Phoenix outscored the Vikings 16-9 in the final quarter to settle the issue.

“We played great defense tonight,” said Gould. “We just locked up and played tough defensively. This group is playing its best basketball of the season. That’s what’s most important at this time of year.”

A win over Lincoln Charter on Saturday will send Prep to the state championship game for the fifth straight year. Over the past eight years, the

so many mentors like (Ben) Piggott and (James) Blackburn, all those guys at the Sims center, and the Boys and Girls club. I knew I wanted to give back, because they kinda raised me when I wasn’t at home or my grandmother was at work. I would go to the Sims Center and I knew I was in good hands.”

Currently, Tory Woodbury is the Offensive Coordinator at Johnson C. Smith University, serving under the tutelage of his mentor and former coach at Winston-Salem State, Kermit Blount. Charlie Neal asked Tory about his future aspirations in coaching and he laughed as he told him, “My boss is here so I need to be careful how I answer this question … but I have aspirations of making it to the top, of being the head coach. I’ve had a chance to learn from Coach Blount for years now and when it’s the right time to spread my wings …

I’m gonna take it.”

If his past is any indication, you can bet that Tory Woodbury will be making his debut as a head coach somewhere before we know it.

Stay tuned to The Chronicle’s social media and YouTube for an exclusive video segment and interview with Tory Woodbury from the CIAA Hall of Fame.

During the late stages of the season, Chaz Gwyn has stepped up as a prime scorer for the Phoenix.

Phoenix has developed into a bona fide powerhouse at the Class 1-A level.

During that stretch, Winston-Salem Prep has won four state titles, which included a three-peat in 2012, 2013 and 2014. A year ago, the Phoenix lost for the first time in the state finals (73-70 to East Carteret).

Gould has developed a deep appreciation for this year’s squad, which has only three seniors on its roster. The Phoenix’s collective attitude about the game, he explained, gives this year’s team an identity that makes them unique.

“The best way to describe it is all for one and

one for all,” said Gould.

“Every player is most concerned about doing his part. With this group, nobody cares who gets the credit or the glory. It’s all about winning.”

Prep reached the fourth round of this year’s playoffs by making quick work of Matthews Queen’s Grant in a third round contest last Saturday. The Phoenix led 20-4 at the end of the first quarter and never looked back.

Gwyn led the way with a game-high 33 points and Daivien Williams chipped in with 14. Williams finished with 11 points.

Tory Woodbury, left, is shown with his mentor James Blackburn.

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Based on what transpired at the recently-held Class 1-A/2-A state indoor track and field championships, Winston-Salem Prep and Atkins should be in fine shape for the outdoor season.

There were no firstplace finishers among the Phoenix and Camels. But when you look at the results and take into account the format of the state indoor track for the smaller schools, the outlook for spring is positive.

That’s because the two classifications have a combined state championship meet for indoor track. For the spring outdoor season, though, the 1-A and 2-A schools have their own state championships. In several instances, Prep and Atkins had athletes who didn’t win, but their performances give strong indications of what’s to come during the outdoor season.

At the state indoor meet, 1-A athletes compete against a higher level of competition (2-A) than they do at the outdoor state, when they compete against a field comprised only of 1A schools.

Case in point: WinstonSalem Prep’s girls.

For example, Ashya Smith (8.93 seconds) won a medal and finished fourth in the 55-meter hurdles.

The three athletes who finished ahead of Smith are from Burlington Cummings, which competes in Class 2-A. As a result, Smith was highest 1-A finisher in the finals.

Headed into outdoors, Smith rates as a solid favorite to win the hurdles.

The same holds true for De’ja Reid who ended up fifth (7.50) in the 55-meter dash. Reid posted the fastest clocking of all the 1A sprinters.

In the 4x200 relay, the Phoenix (Llyric Mack,

Daziah Brooks, Reid and Smith), finished as the state indoor runner-up (1 minute, 49.95 seconds).

The only quartet that proved to be faster was state champ Cummings (1:47.19).

The results of the long jump were equally revealing. Mack (15-feet, 6 inches) and Reid (15-5 ½) placed eighth and ninth respectively, so they were not in the running for a medal. Even so, they were the top two 1-A finishers, which bodes well for the outdoor season.

Mack, by the way, added more points for Prep in the team standings with an eighth-place finish in the triple jump (33-1). As a junior at Atkins last year, Mack finished second at the 1-A state outdoor championships.

In the boys’ competition, Prep’s Joseph Littlejohn had a comingout party. In his first indoor championship, the sophomore won his first medal by placing fourth in the 55meter dash. Littlejohn ran 6.64, which was only .01 behind third-place finisher Josh Polk of Newton Grove Hobbton.

The outcome for Littlejohn was even better in the 300-meter dash.

Littlejohn ended up in third (37.08) to barely beat out Tony Davis of Atkins, who clocked 37.11. Littlejohn and Davis could be headed for a Northwest Conference showdown in the 200.

Keep an eye on the Atkins boys in the 4x400 relay. The foursome of Davis, Haywood Peebles, Maiz Lawson and Jeremy Kankula placed seventh at the state (3:43.97) and they were 3.49 seconds shy of placing among the top three (Claremont Bunker Hill was third at 3:40.48) Winston-Salem Prep’s Jacob Cobbs figures to be a factor in the long jump. At the state, Cobbs missed out

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on making the medal stand by less than an inch. He placed fifth with a leap of 20- 1 ¾. J.C. Smith of North Brunswick (20-2 ½) edged Cobbs by the narrowest of margins – ¾ of an inch.

SyKonza Evans of 2-A Carver had a productive outing at the state meet.

Evans posted a surprise third-place finish at 55 meters (7.47 seconds), which was .03 shy of second place. Entering state, Evans ranked in lower half of state’s top 10 fastest times in the 55.

Evans tied for fourth place in the long jump (164 ¾) with Zacora McKnight of High Point Andrews.

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Not only is Ashya Smith a key member of the Phoenix's sprint relay teams (4x100 and 4x200), but she's a strong favorite to win state outdoor titles in the 100meter and 300meter hurdles this spring.

Winston-Salem Prep's Llyric Mack is a proven commodity as one of the state's best in the long jump and triple jump.

Photos by Craig T. Greenlee

Tony Davis of Atkins (left) is coming off a strong indoor season in which he placed fourth in the 300meter dash at this year's Class 1-A/2-A state indoor track and field championships.

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last 4 made free throws at the end of the game. Following were Ahmad Hickman and Kejo Southerland with their 6 points combined.

The Blue Devils held in there for the entire game, but not enough to pull away with the win. Dominique Foreman with 6 points and behind him with 5 points was Darell Paige. The game was played on Monday, Feb. 1. The final score was Wolfpack 20, Blue Devils 18.

In Hanes Hosiery recreation competition ages 6-10 basketball, another exciting game between the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils was held in Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center. The night’s game had the crowd out of their seats for most of the game.

D. J. Timmons was a strong factor in the game with his big 12 points, which caused the win for the Wolfpack with his Submitted photos

Hawks 34, Celtics 32

The Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center was packed to watch Hanes Hosiery recreation competition ages 11-15-year-old boys game pitting the Hawks and the Celtics.

The comeback for the Celtics wasn’t enough to defeat the Hawks, but they kept the game close to the end.

Aaron Potter put on a show with his 14 points and 3 assists along with 6 rebounds.

Following behind him with 10 points and 8 rebounds was Timar Jackson. These two play great with each other on and off the court.

The Celtics’ big player was Josiah Banks with 15 points and 2 assists, which helped the team stay in the game. Timothy Horton had 8 points as well. The game was played Tuesday, Feb. 2.

The Celtics are shown.

Lakers 37, Heat 34

The Blue Devils are shown.

Demon Deacons 26, Tar Heels 24

The Tar Heels are shown.

In Hanes Hosiery recreation competition ages 11-15-year-old boys, the Lakers vs.

Heat matched up. It turned out to be a very close game, but the Lakers pulled away with the win.

In Hanes Hosiery recreation competition ages 6-10 basketball, Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center was again packed with family and friends for boys and girls basketball. The big matchup between the Demon Deacons and the Tar Heels led to a lot of back and forth scoring between Evan Dunlap for the Deacons and Kegin Sutherland for the Tar Heels.

Dunlap put on a big show for the fans with his 19 points and 10 rebounds. He was unstoppable around the rim. His teammate Mitrend Curry was a big help, adding 6 points.

The Tar Heels were leading the Deacons most of the game thanks to Kegin Sutherland and the two Mitchell twins with their scoring and great hustle throughout the game. It just wasn’t enough to defeat the Deacons because of the show Dunlap put on.

He was a beast the last two minutes of the game with 6 straight back-to-back points each time down the court. The game was played Monday. Feb. 1.

Marc Nicholson had 17 points with 3 assists and Nysean had 13 points with 4 rebounds. The Heat held it there most of the game, but toward the end they started trapping Isiah Conrad and Quinton Hairston, limiting them with only 2 – 3 shot attempts.

Although the heat lost, Conrad still finished with 13 points and Hairston with 6. The game was played Tuesday, Feb. 2 in Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center.

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Miss WSSU Donita Barrett crowned Miss CiAA

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Miss Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), Dontia yavonne Barrett, was recently awarded the coveted 2016 Miss Central intercollegiate Athletic Association (CiAA) crown, along with a $1,250 scholarship at the McDonald's/CiAA Super Saturday inside the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte.

“The Miss CiAA competition was an amazing experience,” Barrett, 21, a senior psychology major from Durham said. “it was rigorously judged on a number of components, so being crowned was truly an honor, and it feels absolutely amazing when i hear students, faculty, staff, and alumni boast about how proud they are to be a ram in response to my accomplishments.”

Barrett has also repre-

sented WSSU as Miss Freshman, Miss Sophomore, Junior Class President, and was recently crowned Miss national Black College Alumni hall of Fame (nBCAhoF), an accomplishment that is a first in WSSU’s history. As Miss nBCAhoF, Barrett not only represents WSSU, but she serves as a national ambassador to 106 hBCU’s to help spread the historical relevance and impact of historically Black Colleges and Universities, while uplifting and empowering hBCU women across the nation. in the tradition of Miss WSSU, Barrett recognizes the strength that AfricanAmerican women have possessed throughout history. her winning platform has been “Power Women, eMPoWer women,” where many of her initiatives as Miss nBCAhoF promotes women’s

empowerment, community outreach, professional development, and sisterhood.

“This is what drives me to do my very best! representing my university, the CiAA, and hBCU community is such a pleasure and i plan to exceed all expectations of this position,“ Barrett said.

Barrett is the third Ms. WSSU to capture the Ms. CiAA crown since 2004 (Mignon Turner, 2004 and vanity oakes, 2014).

The Food lion Miss CiAA competition winners are given scholarships based on their GPA, community and school involvement, biography, essay and online popular vote.

The CiAA is a national Collegiate Athletic Association (nCAA) Division ii athletic conference consisting mostly of historically AfricanAmerican institutions of higher education.

juveniles in court, said she thought the presentation would help deter the young audience from getting into trouble and help them to not escalate situations with law enforcement. “it’s to help people to understand not having bad encounters with law enforcement, with Sros (student resource officers), is to everyone’s advantage,” said hartsfield.

Stephanie Jackson opened the program by asking students what they wanted to be. She said being convicted of a crime, or even just charged with one, could prevent them from achieving their goals since criminal records are considered in everything from employment to housing.

“Know your rights” has been held at several different locations including on the WFU campus and at the yWCA. There are presentations at other local high schools planned. it’s just one of many Pro Bono activities Jackson does, having accumulated 200 Pro Bono hours with the project. “i think it’s one of the best things a law student

can do and should be doing while in law school,” said Jackson.

The project lets law students provide a variety of free services to the community while under the supervision of a licensed attorney. in the lawyer on the line program, they do research to help with legal Aid cases. in Teen Court, they defend juveniles in an alternative to the court system. in the volunteer income Tax Assistance program, they provide free tax preparation services. They regularly hold clinics on preparing wills as well as advanced directives, which spell out a patient’s wishes for end-of-life care. They also advocate for the educational rights of students with learning disabilities and provide legal assistance to veterans.

The project also holds expungement clinics, which lets people expunge convictions from their record, at places like experiment in Self reliance and Green Street Methodist Church. During one held recently at Samaritan Ministries, law students saw about 150 people.

‘Know your rights’ presentation at Parkland among pro bono projects

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Parkland high students learned what their rights are during police encounters in a presentation by the Wake Forest law School Pro Bono Project last Friday.

Wake Forest University law students from the Pro Bono Project explained to Parkland students what their rights are when talking to an officer and also during detentions and arrests. The Pro Bono Project allows WFU law students to get Pro Bono hours while serving everyone from children to senior citizens. Though it’s not required of law students, nor do they receive class credit for it, 66 percent of the 550 students in the law school participate in the Pro Bono Project.

“This is an opportunity for getting in the habit of doing things for the community,” said Judge Denise hartsfield, a coordinator with the project. hartsfield was acting as supervising attorney during the “Know your rights” presentation at Parkland. hartsfield, who sees many

Upcoming Pro Bono Project events

Expungement clinics: experiment in Self Reliance 3480 Dominion St. 3-6 p.m. today, March 3

Samaritan Ministries 414 east northwest Blvd.

5-7 p.m. on March 29

Advance directives:

Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center 1-2 p.m. and 2-3 p.m. on March 11 and 25 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 2-3 p.m. and 3-4 p.m. on March 18

Downtown Health Plaza 1200 n. Martin luther King Jr. Drive

Community Calendar

Today, March 3 - Adams holding meeting on new park for North Ward Council Member Denise D. Adams will hold a meeting today, Thursday, March 3, to solicit public opinion on possible locations for a new park and water sprayground in the north Ward. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the historic Bethabara Park visitor Center, 2147 Bethabara road. For more information call hope Ann Walsh at 462-2426.

Miss WSSU Dontia Yavonne Barrett wins Miss CIAA 2016 title last week.

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1-2 p.m. and 2-3 p.m. on March 18 Shiloh Baptist Church 916 e. 12th St. 6:00-7:00 p.m. on March 17

Wills and Advanced Directives: WFU campus, Worrell hall, room 1308 12:00-4:00 p.m. on March 25

Today, March 3 - Groundbreaking for Corridor Improvements along Polo Road City residents are invited to join Mayor Allen Joines and members of the City Council today, Thursday, March 3, at 10 a.m. at the groundbreaking ceremony for the improvements to the Polo road corridor. The groundbreaking will be held in front of the Sunshine house daycare center at 600 Polo rd. The portion of Polo road between University Parkway and Cherry Street will be improved with curb and gutter, sidewalks, a sidewalk median and bike lanes; the portion of Polo road between Cherry Street and indiana Avenue will be resurfaced and restriped with bike lanes and a turn lane. voters approved $2 million for the improvements in the november 2014 bond referendum. For more information about this and other bond projects go to 2014Bonds.CityofWS.org.

March 3 – LinkedIn Clinic The Forsyth Tech Small Business Center will present a linkedin Clinic at the enterprise Center, 1922 S. Martin luther King Jr. Dr., today, March 3, from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Participants will learn how to maximize the effectiveness of their linkedin profiles, learn about groups, leverage recommendations, and more.

Allen younger will be the presenter. This is a free class. register at www.forsythtech.edu and type “SBC” on search bar, and click on events.

March 3 – Veteran’s Honor’s Day program The national Association for Black veterans, inc. (nABveTS) will hold the 4th annual veteran’s honor’s Day program today, March 3, at the enterprise Center, 1922 Martin luther King Jr. Dr., from 7 – 11 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person. For more information, call Commander Fields at 336-602-1812. This event was originally scheduled for Feb. 18.

March 3 – TEEM Film “Coal Ash Stories” TeeM Movies/Speaker nights continue today, Thursday, March 3 from 7 p.m.9 p.m. and the first Thursday of each month from September through May at Temple emanuel, 201 oakwood Drive.

After the film,”Coal Ash Stories,” the following speakers will comment: Amy Adams, Appalachian voices; rhiannon Fionn, Working Films; Kim Porter, nC WArn; and Will Scott, yadkin riverkeeper. For more information, contact Gayle Tuch at 336-407-2767 or gayle@ggtuchlaw.com; or Sally hirsh at 336-251-2658 or alnsalnjo@earthlink.net.

March 4 - #BlackLivesMatter: A Conversation with Alicia Garza Join the Winston-Salem Urban league and the Pro humanitate institute at Wake Forest University for an informal evening with activist Alicia Garza on Friday, March 4, 4 p.m., Winston-Salem Urban league, 201 W. Fifth St (enter on Trade St.). Fellowship with other community organizers and activists and hear from one of the co-creators of #BlacklivesMatter about lessons from contemporary intersectional organizing. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. rSvP is required. To rSvP, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-community-conversation-with-alicia-garza-tickets22184889602.

March 5 - Zumba and Health Fair A "Know your numbers" Zumba and health Fair will be held on Saturday, March 5 from 10 a.m. – noon at hanes hosiery recreation Center, 501 reynolds Blvd. There will be free screenings, snacks and giveaways. The event is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, inc. & WinstonSalem recreation and Parks Department.

March 5 – Parkland Magnet High School auditorium dedication Flonnie T. Anderson, a Winston-Salem educator, author, playwright, and youth inspirer, will have the Parkland Magnet high School Auditorium dedicated in her honor, Saturday, March 5, at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Mrs. Anderson is requesting that all of her former students from Atkins, Anderson, Parkland, and the Career Center high Schools, who wish to participate in a planned processional prior to the dedication, to assemble in the lobby of the auditorium at 4 p.m. For more information about this event call rudy Anderson at 336-744-0048 or email Deirdre Anderson at deandesport@yahoo.com.

March 7 – Residents’ interest meeting neighbors for Better neighborhoods will hold a Monday night interest Meeting on Monday March 7 at 6:00 p.m. at habitat For humanity, 1023 W. 14th St,. for those interested in applying for a grassroots grant ranging from $100 - $5,000. nBn grants are for any neighborhood association or neighborhood-led group interested in making a change in their community using the gifts, skills, talents and drive of the residents. Please note in order to be eligible to apply for an nBn grassroots grant, you must attend a Monday night interest Meeting held on the first Mondays of every month. There will be a representative from United Way to discuss Place Matters grant opportunities. For more information, please contact: robert e leak iii, Small Grants Coordinator, at 336-6022519 ext. 13 or email: rleaknbncommunity@gmail.com.

March 8 – Candidate Meet and Greet JoAnne "Jo" Allen, 2016 Mayoral Candidate will have a Meet and Greet at Miller Park Community Center, 400 leisure lane on Tuesday, March 8, and 14th Street Community Center, 2020 n.e.

14th St. on Tuesday, March 10. Both events will be from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Contact Ms. Coats for more information at 336745-6235.

March 9 – Veterans Claims Walk-In Clinic The national Association for Black veterans inc. is sponsoring a veterans Claims Walk-in Clinic on Wednesday, March 9, from 1 to 4 p.m. at 4130 oak ridge Drive in Winston-Salem. All veterans are asked to bring their DD214 Form as well as their current claims file if they have one, to get assistance and a full review of their claims. For more information, contact Commander Coe Fields at 336-602-1812.

Beginning March 9 – Spring Arts Extravaganza Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools will showcase student art at a Spring Arts extravaganza, Wednesday, March 9, through Wednesday, March 16, at the Milton rhodes Center for the Arts in downtown Winston-Salem. The opening reception is 5-7 p.m., Friday, March 11.

Modern Automotive’s “Artists of the Future” contest winners and certificate recipients will be announced at the opening reception. For more information, contact the Arts Council at 336-747-1417.

Groundbreaking heralds District 3 police station

By Tevin STinSon The ChroniCle

Construction on the District 3 Police Station is officially underway.

Mayor Allen Joines, Chief Barry rountree and other city officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, Feb. 25, for the new station that will be located at the corner of Somerset Drive and hillcrest Center Circle near South Stratford road.

Similar to the stations in Districts 1 and 2 that are already under construction, the District 3 station will have about 10,000 square feet and include offices, meeting rooms, showers, restrooms, a locker room and a break room. voters approved $3.96 million for the District 3 Police Station, in the november 2014 bond referendum.

During the ceremony, rountree said the addition of the sub-stations will

allow officers to better serve the community.

According to rountree, the stations will allow officers to save time when responding to calls and build relationships with the neighborhoods they serve. rountree also mentioned the substations will give people an extra sense of security.

“This will give the police a greater presence in this community and allow officers to do their jobs more effectively,” he said. “i am thankful for the residents of this community for their support. Without them, this would not have been possible.”

Mayor Allen Joines said he is pleased to be able to bring the stations into the communities.

Joines also recognized the Winston-Salem Police Department for its hard work and dedication.

“This facility is very important to improving the

relationship between residents and the police,” Joines said. residents who live in the vicinity of the new station seemed excited about the station as well. Janice Mosley said she will feel a lot safer once construction is complete. She mentioned knowing that there will be a station in her neighborhood gives her an extra sense of security.

Construction on the District 3 station is expected to be complete by 2017 as well as the District 1 station located on north Point Boulevard. The District 2 station, located on Waughtown Street, expected to open in April.

For more information on the substations or to learn about the voterapproved bonds and other projects go to www.cityofws.org/departments/bud gest/2014-bonds.

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Happening now Quarterly meeting The north carolina area of the northwestern District of the holiness church of God, inc., Quarterly meeting will convene at Mount calvary holiness church, beginning Tuesday, March 1, through Sunday, March 6. The host pastor is Ruling elder Wardlow Frazier; with overseer eugene Kirby, Jr. presiding. The theme for the session is from Matthew 18:20.

The week’s agenda includes: elder calvin Smith of Miracle Temple holiness church; elder Robert R edmond of Kimberly Park holiness church; Ruling elder Wardlow Frazier of Mount calvary holiness church, Bishop James ijames of Mount Zion holiness church (Mocksville); and Sunday, overseer eugene Kirby of Bethlehem holiness church and Miracle Temple holiness church. a Bible discussion and business meeting will begin at 12 noon on Saturday, March 5, at Mount calvary holiness church. Reports are to be submitted at this time.

Weeknight services starts at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday service begins at 4 p.m.

Happening now Spiritual Revival Month Greater higher Ground Ministries, 4175 Moat Drive, where Janice o. heath is senior pastor, is having a Spiritual Renewal Month during March.

Donation: $10. The following will be speakers: Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m., Bishop Todd Fulton from Mt. Moriah outreach center; Sunday, March 6, at 4 p.m., Bishop nathan anderson from Greater Meyers chapel Pentecostal Fellowship Ministries, charlotte; Wednesday, March 9, at 7 p.m., Bishop Melvin Wilkins Jr. from new Generation Praise and Worship international Ministries; Sunday, March 13, at 6 p.m. Prophet nate' Jefferson from all nations church, columbia, S.c.; Wednesday, March 16, at 7 p.m., Pastor Quentin Gunter from Danner's chapel FBh church, north Wilkesboro; Saturday, March 19, at 9 a.m. Prayer Breakfast Speaker: apostle andria Weeks from Greater Works church of Deliverance Ministries. For more information and to reserve your seat at the Prayer Breakfast, call the administration office at 336-725-1125 and leave a message. The late apostle John h. heath is founder.

March 4 Worship Celebration/Bible Study church Women United will hold a worship celebration/Bible study on Friday, March 4, at 11 a.m. at hickory Grove a.M.e. Zion church, 3791 harper Road, clemmons. The Bible study will be presented

by Rev. Belinda harris and the host country for WDP 2016 is cuba. our offering will go to World Day of Prayer. For more information, cantact Mallie Graham at 336-924-9409.

March 5 Documentary on Saturday, March 5, at 1 p.m. at the Robert e. elberson Fine arts center, in the Shirley Recital hall, at Salem college. clay cane, the producer and director of the documentary “holler if You hear Me: Black and Gay in The church” will provide an insightful discussion of the film and a short Q&a session. light refreshments will be served. This event is a part of the ileaD Speaker Series at Salem college.

RSVP by 11:30 p.m. March 4.

March 5 Fish Fry Dinner center Grove a.M.e. Zion church, 7001 Zion church Rd., Tobaccoville, will sponsor a Fish Fry Dinner on Saturday, March 5 from 11a.m. to 4 p.m.

The dinner will include fish, slaw, baked beans and dessert. The cost is $7.00 . For more information, call 336-983-2737.

March 5 Dinner sale new hope a.M.e. Zion church at 7000 Shallowford Road in lewisville will have a barbecue or chicken dinner plate sale on Saturday March 5 from 11 a.m.to 6 p.m. for eat in or takeout. The price for each plate is $9. The dinner is sponsored by the Stewardess Board. Rev. Dairl l. Scott Sr. is the pastor. For further information contact 336-945-9083 or 336-407-6415

March 6 Intergenerational service The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, 4055 Robinhood Road, will have an intergenerational service led by Pam lepley, director of religious education, at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, March 6. at the 9:15 a.m. Forum Jonathan halsey and our own anne Garvey, will discuss the work of the Winston-Salem Foundation. More information is at uufws.org.

March 6 Family Faith Night First christian church invites the community to join us for Family Faith night on Sunday, March 6, from 4 - 5:30 p.m. at First christian church, 1130 n.

Main St, Kernersville, in the children's Worship center. each family in attendance will receive a special surprise for the food part of the evening! Bring the kids, invite a neighbor and enjoy some time together. For more information, visit www.fccministries.com or call 996-7388.

March 7 Choir concert The Winston-Salem State University choir will appear in concert at Mount Zion Baptist church, 950 File St., on Monday, March 7 at 7 p.m. The concert, which is free to the public, is sponsored by graduates of WSSU who are current members of Mount Zion.

For further information call the church office at 336722-2325. Dr. Serenus T. churn Sr. is the pastor at Mount Zion Baptist church.

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Red Dress Tea attracts 250

The women of Solid Rock Baptist Church participated in the Red Dress Tea on Sunday, Feb. 21 at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center’s Conference Center on Silas Creek Parkway.

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More than 250 women from 10 black churches in Winston-Salem came together on Sunday, Feb. 21, for an afternoon of sisterhood, heart health and sharing. in celebration of american heart Month and the eighth year that Winston-Salem has gone red, novant health, the office of Mayor allen Joines, and the american heart association invited women from different Winston-Salem congregations to come together to learn about how they can prevent heart disease. These women were charged to bring heart health information back to their con-

gregations.

This free event included a women’s heart health question-andanswer panel with physicians from various disciplines; a sampling of different teas and heart-healthy appetizer; door prizes; and a true spirit of Winston-Salem sisters helping each other to love their hearts.

This event was part of the “Go Red For Women” initiative in Forsyth county in partnership with novant health, the Greater Triad Go Red For Women Wellness Partner.

The churches represented were: *United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist church

*First Baptist church *St. Peter's church & World outreach center *Goler Memorial aMe Zion *Morning Star Missionary Baptist church *emmanuel Baptist church *Phillips chapel Missionary Baptist church *Solid Rock Missionary Baptist church *exodus United Baptist church *Saint James Missionary Baptist church

Pastor McConnel gives his account of life during the 1930's and 40's during St. James Missionary’s Black History Month celebration on Saturday, February 27

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St. James Baptist enlightens audience on Black History

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With Black history Month coming to an end, St. James Missionary Baptist church located at 3606 ogburn ave. held a celebration that highlighted african-american history from the 1920s to now. accounts from each decade were given to show the progression of the african-american community.

Traditional soul food was served so all could see how those in the past were fed and how those same foods and recipes are used to this day.

Powerful Faith Lesson Scripture: Mark 9:14-29 By the end of this lesson, we will *Recall the disciples’ attempt to heal a demonpossessed child and Jesus’ later success in doing so *contemplate what faith it takes to use the power of Jesus christ to minister to others *Believe our prayers have real power

“Because it is Black history month, what we are doing is trying to show the members where they come from,” says church first lady Mazarene Mcconnel. “We asked members to speak about how they lived and what they experienced during that time and how that’s different from what we are doing now to see how blessed we are and how far we have come as a race.”

Mother charlie Bell leviner started off the day by recounting stories of her childhood during the 1920s, of how people survived off the land and rarely went to the

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Background: Jesus has just led Peter, James and John up a mountain for the transfiguration where he is transformed, his garments are whiter than white, and he speaks with Moses and elijah.

Why did Jesus speak with Moses and elijah you may ask?

“They appeared because Moses represented the law and elijah represented the prophets. (David c. cook, Bible lesson commentary2015-16). Their coming together

Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

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with Jesus spotlights him as the fulfillment of the entire old Testament revelation. God again speaks saying, ”This is my beloved son. hear him” (niV vs.9:7). The event ends with Jesus instructing Peter, James and John to not talk about what happened until his death and resurrection. They leave and join the others.

Lesson: coming down from the Transfiguration Jesus is greeted with a commotion involving the disciples and a large crowd. in that crowd were scholars of the Mosaic law. Jesus asks what prompted the debate with the scholars that was so heated.

The explanation comes from the parent of a demon-possessed boy. he explains that his son is demon possessed

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doctor, but instead relied on home remedies to overcome illnesses such as the common cold. She also touched on how most blacks were field workers and sharecroppers at that time and how segregation affected the black community.

Pastor Mack H.L. McConnel and others gave their memories of the ‘30s through the ’70s, of the struggle African Americans encountered during World War II, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement.

The education of the youth also became more and more important during that time. First Lady McConnel spoke about the voting rights struggle during the 1950s and ‘60s with the advent of poll and literacy taxes. Carrie Barswelll, sister of Pastor McConnel, even touched on the time where a cross was burned in their front yard as chil-

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and he asked the disciples to expel the spirit. He tells how the spirit prevented the boy from speaking and how it caused spasms, foaming at the mouth and often threw him violently to the ground and also caused the loss of consciousness.

The disciples felt they could cast out the demon but failed. This led to the heated exchange that Jesus walked into.

Jesus comments, “Unbelieving generation.” (vs9:19). This is thought by some to mean all humankind or the people of that time and is thought by others to specifically reference the lack of faith of His disciples. Jesus’ disappointment with the nine is evident …”How long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you?” (vs9:19).

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The 1980s through today’s times were highlighted first by Nicole Parsons, who touched on how the genre of Hip Hop started in New York City and permeated throughout the country and popular culture as well. During the ‘80s, most of the American states adopted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday. Also during that era, the Cosby Show was the most popular

Jesus asks for the boy to be brought to him and they bring him. When the spirits in the boy sees Jesus, they react by putting the boy into convulsions.

Jesus then asks the father “How long has he been like this?” The father explains from childhood and tells of how the spirit had tried to kill the boy with fire and water. He then asks for Jesus “if you can?”

(9vs9:22). Of course Jesus responds positively …. ”Everything is possible for him who believes.” (vs9:23). The father is experiencing a mixture of faith and doubt and asks Jesus to help with the doubt he is experiencing.

Recognizing the sincerity of the father, Jesus commands the “deaf and mute spirit” to come out and never return. (Please note the never return). The spirit obeys and leaves the boy looking like a corpse. Jesus takes the hand of the boy and lifts him up and the

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television program on air and showed America what an affluent AfricanAmerican family looks like. Church member Stuart Eaton explained how ‘90s rap music continued to ascend to higher levels with artists such as Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Nas, and the Notorious B.I.G., and how the music reached all demographics, not just blacks.

The Chronicle’s own Shayna Smith spoke about

boy stands. The crowd is left astonished.

When they are alone with Jesus, the disciples ask Him why they couldn’t expel the spirit and Jesus answers, you need prayer and fasting. We know that Jesus prayed while the disciples slept and we know He fasted before starting His ministry.

For Your Consideration: What role does faith have in our efforts to minister to others?

Life’s Application: Just as Jesus spoke to the father in the story and to the disciples, the question is not of His power but of our faith. Faith matters.

The lesson is a reminder for us to examine our views of God, His power and our faith. Pray for God’s help.

Jesus didn’t give up on the disciples and He won’t give up on us. “Help my unbelief.” (vs9:24).

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the new millennium and emphasized the diversity she has grown up with in her generation.

She addressed how this generation has taken the venom out of the “N” word and how it is somewhat become acceptable use for some outside of our race in certain instances. She also spoke about how we have come together as a race with the “Black Lives Matter” movement and how that has helped us as a people.

To conclude the evening, Minister William Robinson touched on the Willie Lynch letter, which was a step-by-step tutorial in how to make a slave and how that thought process was meant to last for generations, which is why it still affects the black community to this day. He went on to say we as a people need to address our mentality of dependency and believe that God has instilled in us the power to succeed.

“I remember the impact of the struggle during the ‘60s and the impact of racism on our people during that time,” said Robinson. “It’s a matter of

us having the education and the knowledge of where we come from and because this generation does have a sense of entitlement, they are reaping the benefits without knowing the struggle it took to achieve those rights. When are we going to wake up to realize the system was not created to help you, it was created to keep you enslaved?”

“I came from a generation where we felt we had a purpose and we were not like the young people of today. It seems as though they don’t have any direction. We wanted to let them know we had it hard and let them see how far God has brought us,” said First

Lady McConnel of why they decided to have this event.

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U.S. House passes bill to name post office after Angelou

The following Links members attended the workshop. They are: (L:R) On the first row: Patricia Hickman, Chair, Services to Youth Committee; and Dr. Connie Johnson. On the second row: LaJoi Wilson-Moore, Sonny Haynes and Candice Wooten Brown.On the third row: Davida Martin, Pamela DockeryHoward, Stephanie Hill-Palmer.On the fourth row: Lisa Caldwell, Donna Oldham and Kathy Stitts.

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WASHINGTON, D.C . — U.S. Rep. Alma S. Adams’ (NC12) legislation to name a Winston-Salem post office after Dr. Maya Angelou passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives with a vote of 371 to 9 on March 1.

The legislation, H.R. 3735, would rename the Center City post office at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston-Salem to that of the Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office. Winston-Salem was Angelou’s primary residence and final resting place.

She called Winston-Salem home for more than 30 years.

Adams introduced the legislation in October and it passed out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in December. Aside from several of Adams’ amendments that have passed the U.S. House of Representatives, this is Adams’ first bill to pass the full House. It now heads to the Senate for a vote.

The legislation is co-sponsored by every member of the North Carolina congressional delegation.

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Students get community help with the ACT North Forsyth student Lauren Scales

North Forsyth student Nigel Tumbler

Winston-Salem Prep student Josh Gould

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is an assistant principal at Jefferson Middle School.

Doing well on the ACT also increases the likelihood of a student receiving scholarships, she said.

Kenneth Simington, the school system’s chief academic officer, noted that, along with closing the achievement gap, the workshop could help the school system reach its goal of improving the graduation rate.

Over the years, the number of schools participating has grown. This year, students came from Atkins Academic & Technology High School, Carver High School, Glenn High School, Parkland High School, Walkertown High School and WinstonSalem Preparatory Academy.

“I’m excited that we had more students to participate and more schools,” said Constance Johnson, The Links member who coordinated the workshop.

Johnson's husband and school board member, Vic Johnson, stopped by.

Principal Richard Watts of Winston-Salem Prep joined his students at the workshop. Staff members on hand from other schools also included Maria Watkins, the director of student services at Walkertown; Amy Samek, the director of student services at Parkland; Sonya Withers, the director of student services at North Forsyth; Tonya Withers, the director of student services at Carver; and Candace Shaw, the career development coordinator at Atkins.

“I hope they get a better understanding of what to expect when they take the ACT,” Shaw said.

Members of the Winston-Salem State faculty were there as volunteers. Margaret Poston, who has taught at the university for 38 years, said she was delighted to participate.

“I like teaching, and I like helping students,” Poston said. “And I want them to succeed.”

After breakfast, students headed off to take a series of classes. By the end of the day, they would

have taken classes that focused on such test topics as biology, reading comprehension and math.

In each of the classes, Winston-Salem State faculty members talked about such strategies as ways to eliminate clearly wrong answers so that you can concentrate on choosing between a smaller number of possibly correct answers.

As Lauryn Scales, who is a junior at North Forsyth, headed to her next class, she said that the tips she was taking away from the workshop included strategies for eliminating clearly wrong answers as well as the importance of studying vocabulary beforehand and of answering every the question since there is no penalty for a wrong answer.

You can also find more general test preparation tips such as that at ACT. You can find Free Rice at Free Rice.com.

The Winston-Salem State faculty members who participated in the workshop were: Stephanie DanceBarnes, associate professor of biological sciences; Cheraton Love, dean of first-year Students and advising services, University College and Lifelong Learning (UCaLL) and lecturer of biological sciences; Mark Hunnell, assistant professor of mathematics; LaVie Leasure, associate professor and chair, Department of Liberal Studies; Frank Ingram, associate professor and chair, Department of Mathematics.

WSSU faculty also participating were Margaret Poston, associate director of quantitative initiatives, University College and Lifelong Learning (UCaLL) and lecturer of mathematics; Pamela Simmons, associate professor of English and director of the writing in the Major Program; Mesia Steed, assistant professor of biological sciences and faculty-in-residence; Angela Steinberg, reading specialist, University College and Lifelong Learning (UCaLL).

On a Saturday morning, Josh Gould could have slept in. Instead, he chose to get up and head over to Carver High School to join more than 100 other high school students taking a course designed to help them do well on the ACT test.

“It’s a great opportunity to prepare myself,” said Gould, who is a junior at Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy. “It’s an opportunity to my advantage.”

Before the workshop began, Gould said that he was looking forward to becoming more familiar with the format of the ACT and to learning strategies for answering questions.

Other students offered similar reasons for being there.

“I want to do well on the ACT so I can make it into a good college,” said Nigel Tramber, who is a junior at North Forsyth High School.

In recent years, the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Links, an international organization of women dedicated to serving their communities, and Winston-Salem State University have organized an annual workshop designed to help students perform as well as they can on the ACT, a test that many colleges consider when deciding whether to accept a student.

In welcoming the students to the workshop, Doria Kathy Stitts, a member of The Links who is the associate provost and dean of University College and Lifelong Learning at Winston-Salem State, said, “I am so excited about this program. We want to see you go into college and be successful.”

Along with helping individual students do well, another goal of the program is to help Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools reach its goal of closing the achievement gap among students of different backgrounds, said Lajoi Wilson-Moore, a member of The Links who

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Students learn about the sport of fencing Featured (Left to Right): Zoey Gray, 8; Jordan Lewis, 7; Lauren Patridge, 7; Zoe Farewell, 8; Zoe Simmons, 7; Jasmine Gladman, 9; (in back Cameron Paschall); Rediet Kelly, 8; Camden Dobson, 7; Miles Oliver, 7; Thomas Thompson, 7.

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The Winston-Salem Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, had a fencing activity for its Playmates at the Rural Hall Public Library on February 1.

The Playmates (from 1st-3rd grade) were instructed by Cameron Paschall of the Greensboro Fencers Club on the sport of fencing.

The Playmates learned about the special uniform worn by fencers, handled the fencing equipment and were instructed in basic fencing moves.

Jack and Jill of America, Inc. is a membership organization of mothers with children ages 2-19 dedicated to nurturing future African-American leaders by strengthening children through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic

giving and civic duty.

The Winston-Salem Chapter of Jack and Jill was founded in June 1951.

The mission of the W-S Chapter is to participate in cultural, educational, social and spiritual programming that strengthens the family unit; to be involved in community outreach; and to increase participation on a regional and national level.

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Local band receives donation following national contest

Members of the Carver High School Marching Band, school administrators, and other supporters of the music department stand with State Farm agent Kristen Martin who presented the band with a $2,500 check for winning third place finish in the “Get Your High School To a Better State,” contest.

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The Carver High School Marching Band has been named a third-place winner in the “Get Your High School to a Better State” contest.

Sponsored by State Farm and the Steve Harvey Morning Show, the national contest is designed to provide funds for high schools who are in need.

To enter the contest, an essay of 200 words or less had to be submitted explaining how the nominated school would use the grand prize of $10,000. Longtime supporter Gilda Smith submitted the essay for Carver.

Smith said after hearing about the contest on the radio, she decided to give it a shot. In her essay, Smith said the

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band would use the funds to increase student participation and buy new field show equipment such as flags, streamers, hoops and banners.

Although they were not able to bring home the grand prize, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, local State Farm agent Christine Martine presented the marching band a check for $2,500.

Band director Juan Eckard said he was overjoyed when he got the news. Eckard mentioned the donation will go a long way in making the band bigger and stronger.

“Our numbers have been getting thin in recent years, but I am confident that we will continue to grow stronger and represent the school and this community in a positive way.”

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Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes (NCGS) 143-128 and 143-129, sealed Bids for the construction of the Cedar Trails Greenway Project will be received by the City/County Purchasing Department, Room 16, City Hall Building, 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 until 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at which time, all Bids that have been duly received will be publically opened and read aloud.

Bidders are hereby notified that they must be properly licensed as required by Chapter 87 of the North Carolina General Statutes.

This project provides for the construction of a greenway connection from Cedar Trail to the existing Muddy Creek Greenway, in Winston-Salem Forsyth County North Carolina. The project involves the construction of a 10 ft. wide asphalt greenway with grassed shoulders. Construction activities include clearing, grading, drainage, and paving of the facility and pedestrian bridges across Muddy Creek and a tributary to Muddy Creek.

Bidders are required to be prequalified with NCDOT for their specific discipline. Contractors wishing to become prequalified may obtain information through the NCDOT website at: http://www.ncdot.gov/business/.

A pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 AM local time on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at City Hall Building, Room 16, 101 North Main St, WinstonSalem, North Carolina 27101, to discuss scope of work, schedule, and the DBE goals as it relates to construction of the project.

Prime bidders and subcontractors are strongly encouraged to attend this conference

Plans and Specifications will be provided electronically by request on or after Monday, February 29, 2016, by contacting Jerry Bates at jerryjb@cityofws.org or 336-747-6939.

Bidding Documents may be examined on or after Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the following locations: A. Office of the City/County Purchasing Department, Room 324, City Hall Building, 101 North Main Street, WinstonSalem, North Carolina 27101, Monday through Friday, (336) 727-2983.

B. ISqFt Plan Room, 4500 W. Lake Forest Drive, Suite 502, Cincinnati, OH 45242, (800) 364-2059.

Compliance with the City of WinstonSalem’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program is required on this project.

Subcontracting goals of 4% have been established for this project. Please refer to the Special Instructions to Bidders contained in the Bidding Documents.

Instructions for submitting bids may be obtained by contacting Jerry Bates, City/County Purchasing Department, Room 324, City Hall Building, 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, or email (preferred): jerryjb@cityofws.org or phone (336) 7476939.

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All suppliers and subcontractors, including Minority and Women’s Owned Businesses, in the building trades are cordially invited to submit bids on the following project: Renovations to Fire Station #7 100 Arbor Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27104 and Fire Station #9 4685 Ogburn Avenue, Winston-Salem, NC 27105 Bid Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 12 noon

Plans and Specifications are available by emailing request to pat@jgcoram.com.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE WINSTON-SALEM CITY COUNCIL ON PETITIONS FOR ZONING CHANGES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, that the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber at City Hall, Room 230, 101 N. Main Street, WinstonSalem, NC at 7:00 p.m. on March 14, 2016 on the following proposed amendment to the Official Zoning Map of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina: 1. Petition of Mercy Rahma Inc. to amend and change from HB-L to HB-L, the zoning classification and official zoning map of the property located on the east side of Chestnut Street and west side of Patterson Avenue south of Glenn Avenue; property consists of ±3.76 acres and is PIN# 683623-9575 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps - Zoning Docket W-3284.

2. Petition of the City of Winston-Salem to amend and change from HB and RM5 to PB-L, the zoning classification and official zoning map of the property locatedon the southwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Excelsior Street; property consists of ±2.35 acres and is PIN# 6835-75-0208 and 6835-65-7234 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps Zoning Docket W-3289.

3. Petition of Northchase II, LLC and Jaynecayne, LLC to amend and change from HB-S to HB-L, the zoning classification and official zoning map of the property locatedlocated on the east side of University Parkway, between Home Road and North Cherry Street; property consists of ±2.44 acres and is PIN# 6828-30-0800 and 6828-30-0659 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps - Zoning Docket W-3290.

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

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

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

All requests for appropriate and necessary auxiliary aids and services must be made, within a reasonable time prior to the hearing, to Angela Carmon at 747-7404 or to T.D.D. 727-8319.

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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION IN THE MATTER OF: DAKODA ALLEN SMITH DOB: 04-04-99

TO: Patricia Johnson, mother of the juvenile Stanley Smith, father of the juvenile Floyd Stanley Smith, father of the juvenile

TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of Termination of your Parental Rights with respect to the above-referenced juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.

You are required to make a written answer to the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights within thirty (30) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petitions within the 30 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Petition, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the above-referenced juvenile.

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

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

The hearing on the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 11, 2016 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION IN THE MATTER OF: AMBER SKY TRIVETTE DOB: 04-23-07 ALBERTA STAR TRIVETTE DOB: 11-12-02

TO: Patricia Johnson, mother of the juveniles Dexter Trivette, father of the juveniles

TAKE NOTICE that Juvenile Petitions seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of Termination of your Parental Rights with respect to the above-referenced juveniles pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.

You are required to make a written answer to the Petitions alleging to Terminate Parental Rights within thirty (30) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petitions within the 30 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 juveniles.

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

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

The hearing on the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 11, 2016 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 19th day of February, 2016 Theresa A. Boucher Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900

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The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

Rehabilitation Construction Advisor (Community/Business & Development) Please visit: www.cityofws.org for job description and application process.

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for

Electrical Inspector (Planning) Please visit: www.cityofws.org for job description and application process.

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for I.S. Supervisor (Information Systems)

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICE OF REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CONSOLIDATED 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 2016-2017 Annual Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as follows:

The 2016-2017 Annual Plan reflects the fourth year implementation of the 2014-2018 Five-Year Consolidated Plan (CP). The CP is the process of 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 WinstonSalem/Forsyth Housing Consortium and is a prerequisite to Consortium funding under the HOME program.

2016-2017 Annual Plan implementation includes proposed expenditures from Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2016 appropriations of CDBG ($1,996,684), HOME (943,509) and ESG ($177,368), Continuum of Care, carryover G.O. bond and Housing Finance funds, and projected program income revenues with a projected total from all fund sources of up to approximately $8 million. A portion of the projected total includes available resources, derived from unexpended prior year funds, which have been allocated to projects and activities to be implemented during the 2016-2017 program year.

Program activities to be undertaken are single-family housing rehabilitation, including removal of architectural barriers and control of lead-based paint; emergency repair assistance for owner-occupants; historic preservation; new construction of single-family and multi-family units; mortgage financing for firsttime home buyers, with or without rehabilitation; rental assistance; small business loans; contractor and construction training; and public services and facilities that specifically address housing and economic self-sufficiency. Funds are also budgeted for program administration and Section 108 loan repayment.

The final CP will be submitted to HUD by May 15, 2016 following public review and comment beginning April 7, 2016 and review and approval by the City Council at the April 18, 2016 City Council meeting.

Notice of Public Hearing

The proposed 2016-2017 Annual Plan will be presented for a public hearing review at the following time and location: Date: Time: Place:

Thursday, March 17, 2016 7:00 P. M. City Council Committee Room, 2nd Floor City Hall 101 North Main Street Notice of Public Review Document Locations

Copies of the draft 2016-2017 Annual Plan summary will be provided at the public hearing. The draft 2016-2017 Annual Plan will be available for review on April 7th on the City’s website at the following address: http://www.cityofws.org/departments/ community-and-business-development/planning/reports , and at the following locations during regular business hours:

City of Winston-Salem Community and Business Development – address below City Secretary's Office - Room 140, City Hall, 101 N. Main Street Forsyth County Housing and Community Development – 201 N. Chestnut St. Forsyth County Library Branches: Malloy Jordan East Winston Heritage Center - 1110 East Seventh Street Reynolda Manor Library - 2839 Fairlawn Drive Southside Library - 3185 Buchanan Street Mazie Woodruff Center Library - 4915 Lansing Drive

All requests for appropriate and necessary auxiliary aids and services for the public hearing or more information should be directed to Vanessa Banner, (336) 734-1251. Persons requiring TDD service may call (336) 727-8319. Written comments received by May 5, 2016, at the address below, will be responded to, and incorporated into the document submitted to HUD. Consolidated Plan Comments Community and Business Development Department City of Winston-Salem P.O. Box 2511 (office at 100 East First Street, Suite 423) Winston-Salem, NC 27102 Fax (336) 727-2878 Email mellinp@cityofws.org

The City of Winston-Salem does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion, or disability in its employment opportunities, programs, or service.

The Chronicle March 3, 2016

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