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Mural pays tribute to memory of young rapper

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Nearly one year to the date of his untimely passing, a mural has been created to honor the life of Winston-Salem rapper Sauxe Paxk TB. Sauxe Paxk TB started rapping when he was seven years old and although he was still developing his style at the time of his death, his tracks “Out The Way” and “Motion” were beginning to make waves.

The mural, which was completed last week, has already had dozens of people to stop by to get a photo beside the tribute to Sauxe Paxk TB. On Instagram more than 7,000 people from across the country have “liked” the image of the mural.

Rashaun Rucker’s art chosen for exhibit at WFU THE CHRONICLE

Award winning photographer and artist Rashaun Rucker has had his work shown across the country, at the Smithsonian, celebrities’ homes, colleges and universities, and in countless exhibitions and galleries. Now, for the first time since he was a student at East Forsyth High School, Rucker’s work is on display right here in his hometown of Winston-Salem. Rucker’s piece “Tapestry to my Soul” is a part of Wake Forest University’s Means of Identification exhibition

which is on display at the Hanes Gallery.

“Tapestry of my Soul” is a print of several images quilted together that relate to Rucker’s upbringing, family, and other people and things that were influential in his life. The piece is part of a larger exhibit completed by Rucker earlier this year entitled “Up From the Red Clay,” a multimedia exhibition consisting of over 20 new works.

Rucker said there is a lengthy vetting process when colleges and universities acquire pieces and he was ecstatic when he found out everything was finalized.

“They probably had like 100 artists and they narrowed it down … so I was excited, but I wasn’t overjoyed until I knew it was a real thing and that it was going to happen,” Rucker said.

“I was overjoyed that it was going to be in Winston-Salem, my hometown, because I don’t have any work in my hometown. All my work is in

Rashaun Rucker talks about his piece “Tapestry of my Soul”.

New York, Miami, Detroit, some in LA … I don’t have any work in North Carolina and I probably haven’t shown any work since I was a student at East Forsyth.”

Rucker said it was important for him to have his work shown in his hometown to give young people in the community something to aspire to be.

“I wanted it to be in my hometown for young artists, students, everyone to

see it because sometimes representation is important; sometimes you need that to really believe you can do something,” he said.

“As a kid growing up on 22nd Street, I would have loved to have seen that for myself, because I needed those types of things to push me further.

My hope is that there’s a young artist in WinstonSalem that comes to see the exhibit and they’re in-

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spired to go further.”

After graduating from East Forsyth, Rucker took his talents to N.C. Central University (NCCU), where his love for art continued to grow. NCCU is also where Rucker started to venture into photography and photojournalism.

He said his sophomore year he was persuaded to sit in on a photography class.

“There was a photography professor on campus

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who wanted me to take his class, but I didn’t want to take any extra classes. I told him I didn’t want to take it and he said ‘Why don’t you just come sit in on the class,’” Rucker continued. “He said, ‘Just come to class and do the assignments and you won’t get a grade but you will learn.’”

Rucker sat in on the photography class and at the conclusion of the course he was offered an internship at the WinstonSalem Journal and the legend of Rashaun Rucker started to grow from there.

After graduating from NCCU and serving as an intern at the Journal, Rucker took a full-time position as a photojournalist at the Detroit Free Press.

For his photography, prints, and drawings over the years, Rucker has won more than 50 national and state awards. In 2008 Rucker became the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year.

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Whole Man Ministries to honor local veterans on Veterans Day

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Whole Man Ministries will honor Veterans Day today with the reveal of a veteran’s home they are working on located at 1349 Thurmond St. in Winston-Salem. They will have several veterans in attendance, along with a retired colonel who will deliver a speech.

“We are going to honor a few of the veterans that we have in the other homes,” said Bishop Barry Washington, senior pastor of Whole Man Ministries.

“We are just going to try and reveal this property here and allow some to come and walk through it.

“It is not complete right now, but it is on Veterans Day and we kind of wanted to give everybody an opportunity to see how it looks. We will have a colonel and he will probably give a 10-minute speech on veterans and the things that they have to go through.”

Because the home is still under construction, Washington is also using this event as a fundraiser to secure the necessary money to complete the project as soon as possible.

Washington and Whole Man Ministries have provided housing for several veterans over the years.

They have made an intentional effort to help eradicate the city’s veteran homeless population, one veteran at a time.

“It seems like they are forgotten,” he said. “To serve the country, to lay it all on the line, including their life, and then come home and not have a place to lay their head is not acceptable for the country.

“I know there are some that may fall through the cracks as a result of post traumatic stress. Some may fall through the cracks as a result of alcohol or drug activity, but a lot of it still correlates with serving in the military. A lot of it is the stress of what they saw when they were deployed and then they come back and not know how to deal with it. We have to help the veterans and that’s why we don’t want them on the streets.”

Washington also partnered with Bryan Peterson, owner of Superior Manufacturing, who donated funds to the project and is willing to hire retired veterans so they can have steady employment.

Several organizations have partnered with Whole Man home.

“He gave a donation of I think $2,000 towards the project and I had met him a while back when he mentioned he wanted to partner,” Washington said about how he connected with Peterson. “Because of the pandemic and everything that is going on, he couldn’t get out there and volunteer himself, nor could he volunteer any of his staff.

“Initially he wanted to do something like that, but he gave funds towards the project and wanted to offer his service by perhaps hiring a couple of veterans.

He has several positions

available if they seek to pursue that.”

Peterson has similar feelings towards veterans as Washington. He wanted to do whatever he could to assist homeless veterans to get back on their feet by finding employment and housing.

“When I first met Pastor Washington, I was so impressed with him,” said Peterson on why he partnered with Washington.

“Just everything about him, his honesty, his dedication, and this is such an important cause. In my mind, none of our veterans should be homeless.”

part of the man, the emotional part of the man, you are serving the whole man.

So, in order to serve the whole man, you are going to have to get outside the walls. What that means is that we have to minister to the whole person. There are other needs for the person besides the spiritual needs. I look at it as a direct command from the Lord.”

Washington has also partnered with organizations such as the Wells Fargo Charitable Foundation, Submitted photo Truist Foundation, The Ministries to help renovate Winston-Salem Foundation, Black Philanthropy, Washington gets a lot Bondage Breakers Minisof joy out of helping othtries, Knollwood Baptist ers. He wanted Whole Church, and Kenny Bench.

Man Ministries to be a Washington says he is church of the community thankful for all the organiand helping veterans is zations that have assisted one of the ways he accomwith helping with the projplishes that. ect on Thurmond Street.

“It’s priceless when “These are some of you are able to help somethe partners that have body get up, somebody helped with this particular walk, somebody move property,” he said. “Good forward,” he said. “I say people are out there and that because people really say they want to be a part don’t need a handout, they of this and want to help in need a hand up. It brings any way they can. We have joy to me. been thankful and grateful “When you are serving for that.” the whole man, you are not only serving the spiritual part of man, the physical

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Black inventor of entrepreneurship board game to be featured on The History Channel special Nationwide (BlackNews.com) - Elliott Eddie, the inventor and founder of The Entrepreneur Game, an award-winning board game, will be featured on a History Channel special later this month. As a modern-day history maker, his game is the world’s first and only STEM accredited board game that teaches business and entrepreneurship.

In addition to the History Channel feature, Elliott will also be inducted into the Black Inventor’s Hall of Fame’s “Black Inventor’s Got Game” in spring 2022. He has also been featured in Newsweek Magazine’s “Best in STEM 2021” and was awarded the Virginia Department of Education’s “Creating Excellence Award.”

The Entrepreneur Game is educational entertainment that the whole family can enjoy, intended for players ages 12 and up. With 2-6 players, the journey begins around a classic-style board game.

Each player is the founder and CEO of his or her own home-based or brick-andmortar business. The objective of the game is to grow the business into an empire, through marketing, budgeting, investing, decision-making, negotiating deals, and a host of other 21st Century skills - all while avoiding bankruptcy or figuring out how to bounce back from bankruptcy. When all the players reach the “finish” spot, whoever has the most in cash and non-cash assets wins. And if you become a millionaire, everyone in the game has to say your name and say, “You are an incredible entrepreneur.

Please teach me your wisdom.” And they have to say it because it’s in the rules.

The Entrepreneur Game is the critical piece missing from most children’s education. The Entrepreneur Game enhances players’ confidence, critical thinking skills, decisionmaking skills, marketing, investing, communication, budgeting, and problemsolving skills. This STEM accredited educational

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That same year he also won an Emmy for documentary photography. He has also served as a Maynard Fellow at Harvard University and a Hearst Visiting Professional in the journalism department at UNC Chapel Hill. Rucker’s work has also been featured in the HBO series “Native Son” and “Random Acts of Flyness.” Currently, Rucker serves as a Mellow Resident at the University of Michigan.

Rucker said when people see his piece in the Hanes Art Gallery, he hopes it makes them proud of where they’re from and that they give loved ones

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Elliott will also be inducted into the Black Inventor’s Hall of Fame’s “Black Inventor’s Got Game” in spring 2022 for inventing The Entrepreneur Game. game serves as a gateway for children and adults to learn about money, innovation, and entrepreneurship, using 21st Century skills to gainfully maneuver on the road to success, financial freedom, and legacy.

Because of the loss of more than 1 million minority-owned small businesses due to the pandemic, Elliott has decided to host the Ultimate Entrepreneur Competition to help entrepreneurs build successful businesses that are able to withstand faltering economies. He comments, “The Entrepreneur Game is investing in our children’s and our community’s future by creating an entrepreneur movement and hosting this one-of-akind event to invest into active and aspiring entrepreneurs, both young and mature.”

The competition will be held in Richmond, Virginia, on Nov. 20, and is giving away over $1,500 in cash and prizes. The competition is free and open to the public, and there’s no cost for registration. Eventually, the competition will premiere around the country in various cities and states. Companies and organizations of all types are invited to participate.

For more details about The Entrepreneur Game, visit EducationalGameStore.com or find it on Amazon.

Also, follow the game on Facebook and Instagram. their flowers while they can still smell them.

“One of the reasons I did that body of work was to celebrate the people. We always in the Black community give people their flowers while they can smell them,” Rucker said.

“I want people to look at and be proud of where they’re from as well, and celebrate the people who shaped them.”

“Tapestry of my Soul” and the entire “Means of Identification” exhibit, will be on display at the Hanes Art Gallery, 1834 Wake Forest Road, until Dec. 10. For more information, visit https://hanesgallery.wfu.edu/ and click on the “Exhibitions” tab.

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Inaugural HBCU Roundball Classic brings Big 10 and HBCU basketball teams together for competition and anti-racism conversations WASHINGTON, D.C. – Coaches Vs. Racism (CVR) is a 501c3 national non-profit leading the charge to end systemic racism in sports. They are mobilizing coaches in the pro ranks as well as collegiate and amateur levels across the country to create an action-filled, educational and grassroots approach to inspire cultural and societal change in the world of sports.

CVR has teamed with the Big 10, college coaches, historical Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and professional sports teams to promote awareness of social injustice, economic divide, equality, reform, and systemic racism (SEERS). Together, the groups aim to create a positive sports environment for all players by using education, conversation, and community to build equality and understanding. The non-profit will work with coaches to ensure all players have access to the tools and resources necessary to develop student and professional athletes to their full potential and level the playing field.

As part of their mission, Coaches Vs. Racism has created the HBCU Roundball Classic, bringing Big 10 schools, major universities, and HBCU teams together for high-profile competitions. The games seek to amplify awareness of incredible athletic talent from both schools and will place an emphasis on HBCUs who traditionally lack resources and equipment and are routinely overlooked by professional talent scouts.

“Our focus is to shine the spotlight on systemic racism as a root cause of the inherent disparities that exist in the sports,” said Darryl Woods, executive director of Coaches Vs. Racism. “Economic inequality continues to exist today in our elementary and high schools, colleges and universities and is detrimental to our youth.

By working together, and using our collective passion for sports, we hope Coaches Vs. Racism will spark productive conversations to change the narrative about race in sports and serve as a revolutionary voice for change in our society.”

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COMMENTARY: IT HAD BETTER BE A HOAX

‘My Truth’

Cheryl Smith Guest Columnist I love teaching! When I was eight years old, my friends were playing “house” and “doctor.” I was in another room with my sister, two younger cousins, and any neighborhood child I could round up on our street in Newark, New Jersey, and we were playing “school.” Of course, I was the teacher.

I was good too. They listened and learned. Little did I know that I would eventually end up in a classroom as a college professor.

It would be an understatement to say I was dismayed upon hearing about a challenge on social media that involved students filming themselves physically assaulting teachers.

All I could think of was how underpaid teachers are and how there are some adults who live for and love being in the classroom, despite being underpaid and sometimes under-appreciated because of incompetent leadership.

I thought about the teach-

ers who use their salaries to help their students.

Then too, there are the teachers who are more of a parent to students than the ones whose DNA is a match. And there are the teachers who are social workers, counselors, personal shoppers, tutors, UberEats, disciplinarians and more. Admittedly as children, there’s an expectation that there is a level of stupidity that all will experience. As I heard more and more about the “Slap a Teacher” challenge, I tried to imagine what my reaction would have been had someone’s child hit me. Sure, every generation thinks that the next generation is crazier, but with the advent of social media and camera phones, well, it’s easier today to have receipts in the form of inappropriate photos, messages and videos.

Denial was easier for previous generations, but today the proof is there and for generations to come; you are GUILTY. And speaking of guilty, I thought about a student hitting me and all I could hear was a judge, saying “guilty” and then the loud clanging of the cell door behind me as I pondered receiving the stiffest penalty for opening a can of

Whoop You know WHAT! I also thought about the parents who have let their children become coocoo for Cocoa Puffs.

Sure, some children are going to act out when their parents are not around, but today it appears there’s no end to the drama, no stopping point, no voice of reason. I contend that part of the reason is that so many young people are being taught that there are no boundaries, just as there are no standards. As one student told me, “My momma said I don’t have to respect anyone if I feel like they are disrespecting me!”

Which brings me to my truth. Everyone needs to decide what type of person they are going to be and what they decide should not be based upon how they are treated. If any child that participates in some of these stupid challenges has a conscience, they are going to have some serious regrets in the future. So, I sighed with relief when I received reports that the Slap a Teacher Challenge was a hoax.

Sure, there have been reports of violence against teachers and the social media site has been quick to disassociate from any acts of violence. With all the

other stupid gimmicks, I still wouldn’t be surprised if someone tried a stunt that could have a dramatic and devastating outcome.

So, parents, talk to your children. Have a candid talk about acceptable behavior. Yeah, I know there will be the ones who are hell bent on being rebellious. We just don’t need you contributing to the foolishness because just like parents are held accountable for their children’s truancy, you need to be held accountable for letting your children grow up not knowing that there are consequences and repercussions for their actions.

The results won’t be funny because one day, they may run up on the WRONG PERSON! Cheryl Smith is the publisher of I Messenger Media, which includes the publications: Texas Metro News, Garland Journal and I Messenger.

She also hosts a radio talk show, Cheryl’s World, on Blog Talk Radio and is the current secretary of the National Association of Black Journalists and regional president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.

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Colin Powell gained respect and admiration throughout the world Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

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“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings nor lose the common touch...”

That excerpt is a part of the time-honored poem, “If” by Rudyard Kipling.

I believe this poem fits the life and times of Colin Powell. This four-star general passed away from COVID-19 complications on Oct. 18 at the age of 84.

He was vaccinated.

To say that General Powell lived an enriched and successful life is an understatement. His con-

tributions to this nation will live on forever. While Secretary Powell was an American hero, he was also a world ambassador.

Integrity, high ideals and standards were more than just lofty words to him. He lived them on an everyday basis.

His homegoing celebration was held last Friday at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. His funeral was attended by former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state and first lady, was also in attendance.

So family, friends and dignitaries were there to say one last and final farewell to this world leader.

Colin Powell’s son,

Michael, in eulogizing his dad, said, “Colin Powell was a great leader because he was a great follower.

He knew you could not ask your troops to do anything you were unwilling to do yourself.”

He added, “His zest for life was driven by his endless passion for people. He was genuinely interested in everyone he met.”

Colin Powell was of Jamaican heritage. I proudly share this Jamaican heritage with him.

His work ethic was undeniable and contagious. It was universally known he made others around him better. It was often said that he went out of his way to make sure that Army privates felt valued and needed.

General Powell never

let politics get in the way of doing his job. He supported both Democrats and Republicans. He advocated and believed in the power of people and not in the fleeting power of political parties. His vote was not taken for granted by either party.

Over his lifetime, Secretary Powell held many military positions. He was the first African American Secretary of State and also served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Madeleine Albright in her eulogy said, “On policy, the general and I didn’t always reach the same conclusions. And in fact, he would later recount that one of my comments almost gave him an aneurysm. But over the past quarter century we also be-

came very close friends.”

It is my belief Colin Powell was always able to provide rational suggestions and solutions to complex problems. His wise counsel to presidents made for fewer problems and stronger positions for this country in the world.

The history books will remember General Colin Powell as a statesman and a diplomat. These titles were well earned.

There are untold numbers of military personnel who see him as a role model. They have made an excellent choice.

In the coming months and years, there will be many commemorations in honor of Colin Luther Powell. Schools, colleges and social justice centers will bear his name. Schol-

arships and endowments will have his name attached to them.

His name will be revered and held in high esteem.

Our hearts are heavy, yet we are thankful and eternally grateful that Colin L. Powell passed this way. His labor was not in vain.

America will miss him.

James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University, where he was allconference for four years.

He is a retired college administrator. He can be reached at overtimefergie.2020@yahoo.com

The beloved lies about America Oscar H. Blayton

Guest Columnist

White supremacists love their narratives of America. They spoon feed it to their children and force feed it to people of color.

When Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics for “The Star-Spangled Banner” in1814, stating that America was the “land of the free and home of the brave,” he crafted a stirring image of goodness and virtue. Who wouldn’t love and admire such a homeland?

But these high-minded sentiments were written by a racist and proponent of chattel slavery for Black Americans. Most disturbingly, the third verse of this song that would become America’s national anthem, proposed a particularly horrible fate for the once enslaved African Americans who were then fighting for the British in the War of 1812.

“No refuge could save the hireling and slave

From the terror or flight, or the gloom of the graves.”

These words were a clear call to slaughter people of color who dared to challenge the authority of white Americans.

America was never the land of the free. Just ask the descendants of the multitudes of the enslaved who had every manner of inhumane abuses handed to them. Or just ask the families of innocent and unarmed Black and brown men and women who have been gunned down in great numbers across America by police in recent years.

This is the factual history that is woven into our culture, and this is the reality with which we live every day.

But now there is a movement afoot by white supremacists to gaslight not only Americans of color, but the entire world that these injustices do not exist, and never did exist.

One particularly blatant example was the political maneuver by Virginia’s Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin when he claimed that he would ban Toni Morrison’s book “Beloved” from Virginia’s public schools. This attack by Youngkin on a

book, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 and was written by the 1993 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was clearly intended to be a loud dog whistle to the white supremacists whose votes he was courting. Youngkin’s campaign dug up a controversy from more than eight years ago to successfully whip his supporters into a frenzy of grievance politics that would drive them to the polls.

The truth of this matter is that while the pretext for attacking Toni Morrison’s book was its explicit references to sexual activity, it was not the sex that sent white supremacists into a rage, but the agonizingly embarrassing description of how enslaved Black people were treated in “the land of the free and the home of the brave.”

There are too many currents in “Beloved” to give a full account of the book here. But the core of the story’s horror is based upon a true account of the actions of an escaped slave, Margaret Garner.

Rather than allow her children to be returned to the abomination of slavery by slave catchers who had tracked them down, Gar-

ner attempted to kill them all, but succeeded only in killing her two-year-old daughter.

All of Garner’s children had been fathered by white men, including her owner’s brother, who had raped her during her years of enslavement. This revelation in “Beloved” rips the flesh from the mythical America of goodness and virtue. White fragility cannot abide a book that so unsparingly brings this type of evil to light with such glaring intensity. It pains the worshipers of the false god of white supremacy to see that its feet are made of clay.

Another attempt to keep the fiction of a noble America alive is the 1836 Project in Texas. Described by historians and educators as “propaganda that seeks to erase the role of slavery as a driving factor in the Texas Revolution,” the 1836 Project was a reaction to the New York Times’ 1619 Project, whose introductory essay, written by Nikole HannahJones, garnered the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

While the 1619 Project laid bare the provable facts of slavery and racism in America’s past, the 1836 Project is a racist construct built of myth and under-

girded by fantasy. The ridiculousness of the 1836 Project is easily exposed by the most cursory reading of the 1836 Constitution of the Republic of Texas.

After Sam Houston’s army defeated the forces of Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna and halted the northward march of the Mexican army to abolish slavery in Texas, the mostly European-American Texans formed a republic and installed a constitution.

Section 9 of the 1836 constitution of Texas read in part: “All persons of color who were slaves for life previous to their emigration to Texas, and who are now held in bondage, shall remain in the like state of servitude, provide (sic) the said slave shall be the bona fide property of the person so holding said slave as aforesaid.”

“Congress shall pass no laws to prohibit emigrants from the United States of America from bringing their slaves into the Republic with them, and holding them by the same tenure by which such slaves were held in the United States. “[N]or shall Congress have power to emancipate slaves; nor shall any slave-holder be allowed to emancipate his or her slave or slaves, without the con-

sent of Congress, unless he or she shall send his or her slave or slaves without the limits of the Republic.

“No free person of African descent, either in whole or in part, shall be permitted to reside permanently in the Republic, without the consent of Congress.”

All this attention was given to the issue of slavery because Mexico had outlawed slavery in 1829 and the war surrounding the Battle of the Alamo was brought about because Texans refused to free their slaves. These are immutable historical facts, and unless Texas destroys all copies of its 1836 Constitution, the racism of Texas’ founding fathers is there for everyone to see.

It is not America that white supremacists love; it is the fiction about this country that is dear to their hearts. And we must never accept their beloved lies as our truths.

Oscar H. Blayton is a former Marine Corps combat pilot and human rights activist who practices law in Virginia. His earlier commentaries may be found at https://oblayton1.medium.com/.

Keeping our access to healthcare Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis,

Guest Columnist

Over the past year and a half, New Jerseyans of all backgrounds have struggled to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and economic insecurity.

Friends and family got sick, and tragically, some passed away from the COVID-19 virus. Data collected in June and July shows an estimated 1.5 million New Jerseyans are having difficulty covering the most basic household expenses like food, rent or mortgage, medical bills, car payments, or student loans. Worse yet, hundreds

of thousands of our community members rely on unemployment benefits to support themselves and their families.

Like crises before, the most impacted in our state are Black Americans and Hispanics. Black and Hispanic residents in New Jersey have been the most vulnerable to COVID-19, serving as critical frontline and essential workers.

The healthcare system has long been inequitable – low-income individuals, people of color, and those without means, time, or money to travel to a physical facility, face significant challenges in getting the care they need. This situation worsened as the world shut down last year.

Early in the pandemic, Governor Murphy quickly signed Public Health Emergency orders, expanding

access to telehealth services. This helped people with chronic conditions get the medical care they needed. The COVID-19 pandemic proved that telehealth could provide relief to an overburdened health system. This had a large impact on medically underserved communities who were now able to access healthcare at a location that suited their needs without risking exposure to COVID-19.

But now it looks like the governor might be on the path to taking this access to healthcare away. If he does, Governor Murphy will be the first state executive in the country to limit access to virtual care, despite saying he wants to increase access and promote equity.

Even before the pandemic, it was clear that

telehealth could have a positive impact on Black Americans and Hispanics.

The ability to easily see a provider to manage chronic conditions or when something comes up, saves lives and saves money.

Seeing a medical provider in person can take an average of two hours away from other responsibilities and can be a large burden to hourly employees and childcare providers, among others. Keeping telehealth accessible can reduce frustrating interactions with the healthcare system and decrease the time patients need to spend away from work and their families.

Despite the proven power of telehealth to increase healthcare access in our community, Governor Murphy has refused to sign legislation into law that

would make these services permanent in New Jersey.

At a time of significant surges in COVID-19 cases and deaths, now is not the time to consider limiting this lifeline. Rather, this is the right time to learn from the past year and a half and permanently expand healthcare access to those who need it most.

To their credit, the New Jersey Senate and House recently acted so patients could keep seeing their providers in a way that works best for them.

The bill, A4179/S2559, requires that doctors and nurses are paid fairly regardless of how they deliver care, just as they have done throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It also ensures that patients can keep seeing providers with the types of telehealth visits that work best for them.

Without access to meaningful healthcare through telehealth, our communities will continue to be devastated by this pandemic. The time is now for Governor Murphy to act in the best interests of the community he claims to serve and sign this telehealth bill into law, ensuring access to healthcare remains protected for medically-underserved, and historically excluded populations.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). Dr. Chavis can be contacted at dr.bchavis@nnpa.org.

Follow Dr. Chavis on Twitter @DrBenChavis.

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Part Two:

Antonio McCoy’s financial advice for new entrepreneurs

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Last week we published part one of the conversation with business growth coach Antonio McCoy. He dropped so much information during that conversation that we chose to split up the conversation into two parts.

McCoy does not mind giving away some of his trade secrets. He says if it helps someone, especially someone of color, then he has accomplished his goal. Here is part two of the conversation with Mr. McCoy. Question: When you assist a new business with marketing, how do you gauge how long it will take to get them to the place they want to be?

Answer: If I put an ad in the newspaper, it may take me more than one edition. For instance, if I buy an ad with The Chronicle, in a month I am going to do four issues. So, I need to be out there for four issues and after I am out there four issues, it will be a lag because people go through that stage in their mind where they see the name of your business. The second time they recognize the name, because they saw it last week. The third time they say, “Oh, you know what, there’s that business again, let me research that business,” to the point where they say “You know what, I’m willing to sit down with someone to learn more about this business to the point where I do business with this business.”

There is a progression, if you will, from the mental standpoint to where the frequency has to be there and 90 days is typically the cycle that it takes for someone to go through those stages in their mind from where they see the name of a business they know nothing about, to the point where they look on Facebook or Google to learn more about that business. It’s just a progression, so 90 days is ideally what I would say is the expectation.

I typically don’t do less than a six-month engagement, but the only way you can accelerate it is through a strategic alliance. So if it’s a caterer, I might ask how many wedding planners do you know, how many DJ’s do you know, how many photographers do you know, because all of those guys are at weddings, they’re at retirement parties, they’re at baby showers; all things that need to be catered. That’s the only way I know how to speed up those 90 days.

We begin to access the network and if we don’t have those folks in your network, then we have to come up with a compelling reason for those folks to want to partner with you. Sometimes that compelling reason is, I’ll give you 10% or 20% of what I make.

Question: What type of personal satisfaction does it give you once you are able to get a business to the level they were looking for when you initially started working with them?

Antonio McCoy

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Answer: I like the fact that I have expanded their knowledge. It gives me great satisfaction to help them understand that there is a new way to make money they haven’t even considered. So, for instance, I was talking to a college president about creating a leadership program for the college and the first thing that was presented to me was to put me on the payroll and I said no, I don’t want to be on payroll. I said I am not trying to be a job, I love being an entrepreneur, but let’s talk about some licensing where I can license the leadership program to you and you make as much money as you want to make and you pay me a fee for using it. She said, “I haven’t even thought about that.”

Even though I am doing it, every entrepreneur has that opportunity. If they have documented what they’ve done with me to grow, they can license that to other people in their industry if they have documented it step by step and charge people for access to it. So now you’re making money while you sleep.

In most cases with my clients that I work with, I show them how to grow, so they’re making enough money in their growth from when I started with them, what they pay me I am pretty much free. I have got a client that has been with me for seven years, so sometimes to be honest with you, the relationship doesn’t end. They don’t want to make a business decision without me. To be honest with you, a good coach should be able to generate seven times their fees. If I show them how to do that, they are keeping six times what I helped them generate and I

don’t cost them money now.

Most small business owners know how to do whatever it is they do well. Because of that, they are good technicians, but they don’t know how to think strategically around how to grow the business and that’s what I do for them. I ask them the questions as it relates to the growth of the business that they have not thought about.

If they have gone from being a solopreneur to now having three employees, now they have got to be the technician in some cases and now they have to manage three employees and they are going to miss something; I am there to make sure they don’t. So, they typically don’t want to let me go, because I cover the blind spots.

Question: Since making the transition to working with more executives rather than entrepreneurs, who do you prefer working with?

Answer: I would say it’s the same, but it’s different.

When you work with business owners, the score is kept different. So, in other words, if I say a coach that you work with should be able to generate seven times their fees, that’s easier to quantify on somebody’s P&L (profit and loss statement) if they are a small business. If they are an executive, it’s different to quantify in that it may be quantified in the fact that before they started working with me, they weren’t able to sleep, or they were having health issues, because they were so stressed out due to what was going on with work.

So if I can give them relief in that area to show them how they need to develop their people so they can delegate more tasks off to them and that way they are participating in tasks that are at their pay grade or above, then what they’re paying me is quantified through the relief they are having through sleep and the lack of stress.

Now they are having more fulfilment with their career, because they are doing what they should be doing.

Sometimes it’s quantifiable in different ways as well.

I’ll be honest with you; I have been working with an organization where I am coaching seven leaders in that organization and all of the leaders that I have coached have gotten promoted. So, in some cases the quantification comes with them being promoted and getting an increase in their salary, so there’s a lot of satisfaction that comes from that.

Question: Are you surprised by what entrepreneurs know, versus what they should know?

Answer: I am not surprised, because most small business owners start a business to create an income and that’s a false assumption. You’re creating a business to create an appreciable asset that someday you can sell.

That’s why the database is so important. If you’re starting a small business to create an income, you’d be better off See McCoy on A7

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Innovative ‘Do School’ brings collaboration to raising economic mobility

BY JOHN RAILEY

Jerry Anderson’s new initiative ties to “Our Place, Our Space,” a move he helps lead to spur economic development in East Winston and surrounding areas. In April 2019, at a social mobility conference sponsored

by Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM), Anderson spoke of Our Place, Our Space, saying in his booming baritone that a new collaborative effort was needed to complement it. “I believe we can build collaborations that don’t look anything like collaborations that we used in the past.”

Now Anderson’s vision is coming to fruition.

He has started, with a wide range of partners, The Do School, an innovative approach to skills training in the construction industry, crafted for marginalized residents of low-wealth neighborhoods.

Participants will take part in a 20-week training program that will prepare them for jobs in the industry and, simultaneously, rehab East Winston houses for sale, revitalizing the area and providing houses for first-time homeowners and others. The many partners include CSEM, Frank L. Blum Construction, Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, and Jim Wolfston, the founder and president of CollegeNET, a national group based in Portland, Oregon that supports greater affordability and access to higher education.

Wolfston heard Anderson speak at the 2019 conference at WSSU and invited him out to Portland for further discussions.

Wolfston, who sits on the

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getting a job, it’s less stress and better hours. If you’re starting a business to grow as much as possible so that someone will come along and buy it from you for a multiple of what your gross revenue is, then that’s the right idea.

It’s not about starting a small business to create an income. I understand you need to do that, but what you should be doing is thinking about maximizing the growth of your

board of nonprofit The Do School, said that Anderson is “defining and actualizing The Do School as a three-way recursion for the benefit of students and the community. The recursion works as follows: Do School facilitates individuals as they rebuild themselves and their skills as they rebuild houses and, thereby, rebuild communities. The effect of rebuilding the community thus reinforces and inspires further ‘calls’ to other individuals to jump into that recursion.”

Anderson lives and breathes this work. He is an entrepreneur who has long worked to break down barriers to economic mobility in East Winston.

“There’s difficulty getting employment,” he said.

“Often it is because of the wreckage of their past. I personally know that story.”

The Do School has purchased its first property and will purchase more.

It will renovate distressed properties, a training “lab” for construction work, then sell them as affordable housing to support the school. Sustainability is key, Anderson said.

Willette Mosby-Reynolds, who has long experience with Habitat, serves as the project manager for The Do School. And most important, board chairman John Lenham, the project manager for Windsor Construction, has provided solid leadership, Anderson said.

Anderson said they started Nov. 2 with four participants with training at Habitat for Humanity, then will move on to their learning lab at Underwood Avenue, a pilot program.

Wolfston said: “Unlike a traditional university curriculum that inculcates

business, so someone, either a competitor or someone who wants to operate in that space, would want to come buy it, because it’s cheaper to buy an existing business that’s already doing well or floundering than starting from scratch.

It’s an appreciable asset.

Start it to sell it.

Question: What do you think is the biggest mistake new entrepreneurs make?

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Community participation in cleaning out The Do School’s “live learning lab” in preparation for the first participants. Michele Mitchell of Piedmont Federal Savings Bank and Do School board member Clement Little (in the hooded sweatshirt) worked with community members on the project. general principles and fundamental skills that are then later applied by the student upon graduation, The Do School is premised on a pedagogic strategy of ‘specific to general.’ Do School starts with a specific need and opportunity: Let's rebuild a house. All participants begin their work on the project by establishing an inventory of tasks and tools. All participants then develop and execute a plan of action.

“As work, mistakes, and rework happen, personal skills, knowledge, satisfaction, and wisdom develop. Participating students and faculty thus leverage and carry forward the personal and collective skills, satisfaction, and confidence from meeting the specific challenge into general principles and wisdom. This is, of course, very much like what we try to do every day as we solve problems in our jobs and in our personal lives.”

Bill Ball, another board member and the CFO of Frank L. Blum

Construction, said: “While I know that Frank Blum will participate with The Do School in the form of monetary contributions, I’m convinced that Blum’s impact can be felt much more greatly as we collaborate with our other partners to help support The Do School. I have already approached several of our key subcontractor partners – electrical, HVAC and drywall subcontractors – and in every case these FLB partners have been eager to do whatever they can to help The Do School – volunteering their own time, resources and expertise. I’m confident this type of collaboration is the key to making The Do School work, and in making the difference in our community we hope to make.”

Andersons said, “We’re off to a very good start.”

In part, he credits CSEM Associate Director Alvin Atkinson, who supported his work early on, securing him a CSEM award for economic mobility. “Alvin gave me a place at the table,” Anderson said. “He

need to sit down with someone that can tell you what you need to do to be as successful as quickly as possible. What you didn’t hear from me is that you need a website, what you didn’t hear from me is that you need to have a Facebook page. What you did hear from me is that you need to get your messaging straight and have a low risk way for people to do business with you. In other words, if you have a way that people can experience whatever it is your product or service is and can see it

does everything you said it would do, they would do one of three things. One, they will buy from you; two, they will rant and rave to their family and friends about you; and three, they will go on social media and sing your praises.

Reach Antonio McCoy on LinkedIn at https:// www.linkedin.com/in/antoniomccoy/.

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and CSEM Director Craig Richardson allowed space for me to say some things that are outside the mainstream.”

Anderson works to involve more East Winston residents in efforts to break down barriers to economic mobility. “There are people who can really change the trajectory of our communities when they are fully involved,” Anderson said.

“It’s part and parcel of our Place, Our Space. We must be the change we want to

see. This collaborative model gives everybody a chance to operate in their lane, whatever that might be, ranging from clerical to construction.”

To learn more about The Do School, go to The Do School - Construction Training - Winston-Salem, North Carolina (thedoschool.org) John Railey, the writerin-residence for CSEM, can be reached at raileyjb@gmail.com.

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Arts Council accepting nominations for 2021 annual awards

Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County is accepting nominations for its 2021 annual awards, and members of the public have until 5 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 3, to submit a nomination. Nominations are invited and encouraged. Award recipients will be announced in midDecember and honored at a gathering to take place in early 2022.

“Every fall season, Arts Council looks forward to highlighting some of our community’s most

to be made for 2021 are below. More information and the nomination form can be found online at intothearts.org/annualawards.

Arts Council Award.

The recipient of the 2021 Arts Council Award will be an individual who has exhibited a strong commitment to volunteer service and has made a significant and lasting impact on the arts in our community.

R. Philip Hanes, Jr. Young Leader Recognition Award. The recipient of the 2021 R. Philip Hanes, Jr. Young Leader

Workplace Award. The 2021 Arts-Integrated Workplace Award will recognize a local business, non-profit or government workplace for its exemplary efforts to integrate the arts into its workplace culture and employees’ lives.

Arts Partner Award.

The 2021 Arts Partner Award will recognize an arts or cultural organization that is of high artistic quality and serves to enhance life in our community through the arts. This award pays special attention to both long-standing programs and organiza-

dedicated arts and cultural partners,” said Chase Law, president and CEO of Arts Council. “Last fiscal year, we were focused on the relief, recovery and revitalization of our community.

Thanks to our community’s support, we were able to exceed our annual fundraising goal to further our mission of lifting up the arts in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. It is our hope that by recognizing individuals and organizations that make WinstonSalem and Forsyth County a city of arts and innovation, we will inspire others to make an impact through their commitment to the arts.”

Summary descriptions of the five annual awards

Recognition Award will be an individual under 40 years of age, whose time, talent and energy have furthered the mission of supporting and promoting the arts and culture of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, leaving a legacy of service for future young leaders and for the future development of the arts in our community.

Arts Educator Excellence Award. The Arts Educator Excellence Award for 2021 will recognize an educator or teaching artist who has enriched the education of our community’s youth and inspired the next generation of artists, patrons and creative individuals.

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tions that have played a consistent role in the community and new organizations and programs that meet a previously unmet community need or focus area.

Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County is the chief advocate of the arts and cultural sector in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Arts Council’s goal is to serve as a leader in lifting up, creating awareness and providing support to grow and sustain the arts and cultural offerings throughout our region, ultimately bringing our community together and making it a great place to live, work and play.

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The Forsyth County Public Library System to reopen meeting rooms SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The Forsyth County Public Library system will reopen its meeting rooms to the public on Monday, Nov. 15, with a new reservation system.

FCPL asks customers to continue to observe county guidelines by wearing masks when using meeting rooms, regardless of their vaccination status.

The meeting rooms have been closed since March 2020, due to the pandemic shutdown. While the meeting rooms were closed, library management evaluated the best way to handle meeting room reservations post-pandemic, said Library Director Brian Hart. Many of the changes are the result of customer feedback.

“We know that our meeting space is popular with our customers,” Hart said.

“We appreciate the community’s patience as we worked through the best way to safely offer access to meeting rooms.”

Customers who want to reserve meeting rooms will need to call the location where they plan to hold their meeting.

In addition: *All first-time meeting room users at Central, Clemmons and Paddison locations are required to have meeting room training before using a meeting room. *Meeting rooms may not be used for social gatherings such as showers, birthday parties, dances or exercise classes. *To reserve a meeting room, customers must be at least 18 years old and have a FCPL library card in good standing.

Additional rules about meeting rooms are available on the library’s website.

City gives update on Crime Prevention Plan

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

In response to the recent rise in violent crime, the City of Winston-Salem is adopting a new program called Cure Violence Global, and bringing mentorship programs to recreation centers across the city.

This year in Winston-Salem there have been 34 homicides, compared to only 23 at the same point in time last year. Shootings and other violent crimes are also on the rise. According to data tracked by Princeton University’s American Violence Project, there are about 54 nonfatal shootings per-every 100,000 residents, which is higher than Charlotte (12), Raleigh (17), Durham (48), and Greensboro (35).

While giving an update of the city’s crime prevention plan last month, Assistant City Manager Patrice Toney discussed the city’s plan to adopt Cure Violence Global, a national initiative that aims to stop the spread of violence in communities by using methods and strategies associated with public health and disease control, by detecting and interrupting conflicts, identifying and treating the highest risk individuals, and changing social norms.

Toney said Cure Violence Global has been successful in Durham and Greensboro. Charlotte is also in the process of launching the program. “Locally we are considering Cure Violence and we’ve earmarked $200,000. We’ll see what kind of other resources are necessary,” Toney continued. “It is an evidence-based model, so this is why this particular program would be potentially beneficial for our community.”

To get the ball rolling on the program, city officials have organized a WinstonSalem/Forsyth County Cure Violence Task Force and a “violence community assessment” will be completed by Cure Violence Global in coming weeks.

According to Toney, funding for the assessment will be covered by the county.

“They (Cure Violence Global) will come in and look at our agencies, look at our crime data, where crime is occurring, our institutions, and then they will provide a recommendation and model for how we move forward,” Toney said.

“Keep in mind they create the model but we would utilize local partners, local nonprofits, faith-based entities, and churches to actually implement. They will offer the layout and the training, but it will be up to the local community and nonprofits to actually implement and determine the re-

sources that are needed.”

The city will also spend $250,000 to enhance recreation center programming, support conflict resolution, and develop a mentoring program. Recreation and Parks will also be adding the position of youth violence prevention manager. The new position will be held by Winston-Salem native Bryce Sherman. His goal will be to make sure Recreation and Parks meets their new programming goals. Toney said young people already respond well to Sherman, who already works for the Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks.

“He is doing an outstanding job in his current role developing their sports and athletics,” she said. “The young people respond well to him, he’s an African American male who really connects with the youth in our community.”

Councilmember and chairman of the Public Safety Committee, James Taylor, who is publisher of The Chronicle, said Sherman was an excellent choice for the position.

“Selecting Mr. Sherman was an excellent idea. He is well known and respected in the community and I think he will go a long way in helping us reach our goals and objectives,” Taylor said.

During her presentation, Toney also discussed the city’s plans to use funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to double the number of participants in the SOAR program, increase spending on pre-k and early learning initiatives, and launch a gun buyback program. She also mentioned crime prevention initiative efforts led by the Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD) such as the Citizens Police Academy and the Neighborhood Watch program.

In total, Mayor Allen Joines and the Winston-Salem City Council unanimously approved the use of $1.35 million of ARPA funding to develop the Crime Prevention Plan.

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Timothy Ramsey Sports Columnist

Sterling Sharpe: one of the best to ever play.

He should be in the NFL Hall of Fame

I know the name Sterling Sharpe does not immediately pop into everyone’s head when the discussion of greatest wide receivers of all time comes up, but if you ask me, it should. A lot of younger football fans are enamored with the modern day wideouts and their numbers, but if you look at his numbers and his impact, Sharpe should be mentioned with the greats and should be a no-brainer for the hall of fame (HOF).

Sharpe played at a time when teams were not throwing the ball around like they are today, and the rules were not slanted toward the offensive players as they are currently. If not for a devastating neck injury that ended his career way too early, Sharpe would have been a first ballot hall of famer; no doubt about it.

For me, besides Jerry Rice, Sharpe was the best wide receiver during that era. There were other good receivers in the league at the time like Tim Brown, Andre Reed, Cris Carter, Art Monk, Michael Irvin, and others. But to me, Sharpe was better than all of them outside of Rice.

Sharpe was drafted out of South Carolina in the 1988 NFL draft to Photos by Alphonso Abbott Jr. the Green Bay Packers.

He immediately made his BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY routines to impress the judges. Urged on by their parents and coaches, presence felt as a rookie. THE CHRONICLE all the teams gave 100% in an effort to be crowned the best squad in He had 55 catches for 791 their group. yards and a touchdown.

The young ladies of the AYF cheerleading teams competed in a comThose were pretty good numbers for a rookie re- petition last week. The ladies give it their all, doing various complicated ceiver in the NFL at that time.

Throughout his sevenyear career, Sharpe was a five-time pro bowler and Stevenson doesn’t think his an All-Pro three times. BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY team was overconfident during In his last season, he had THE CHRONICLE the East Forsyth game; instead he an astonishing 18 touchFor the second year in a row, downs. He even led the feels some of his players were tryleague in receptions, the Glenn Bobcats are champions ing to play ‘hero ball’ and win the touchdowns and yards of the Central Piedmont 4A Congame all by themselves. in 1992, making him the ference, finishing with a 7-2 record “They were doing stuff they sixth player in league his- in the regular season. The Bobcats hadn’t done all year, instead of tory to accomplish the “tri- won their first-round playoff game just taking what the other team ple crown” of receiving at was giving us,” he said. “I think that point. Yes, I know he against Providence 7-3 and will we had like six or seven personal played with Brett Favre take on Myers Park of Charlotte in for the last three years of the second round tomorrow night. fouls and then we had turnovers Bobcat coach Antwon Stevenhis career, but he did make that we hadn’t made in the previtwo pro bowls prior to Fa- son had high hopes for his squad ous four or five games, so those vre’s arrival. this season based on the positives two things combined were really Sharpe was the do- he saw during the spring season the turning point in the game. it-all type of receiver. He and the weapons he had coming “Our defense played great for was fast enough to run back. With a full offseason under the most part. It was 14-2 with deep routes, quick enough like seven minutes left in the third to get separation out of their belts, the bar was set high by quarter and then we turned the breaks, tough enough to the coaching staff for the players go over the middle, and and they have lived up to expectaball over, they got a pick six, and arguably had the best tions. it kind of steamrolled from there. hands in the league. I “We had pretty high aspirations But even with that being said, we know he only played for and expectations because we had a were down two scores with about seven years, but if you put lot of seniors in this group,” said Submitted photo his seven years up against Stevenson about his team. “They Antwon Stevenson has led the Glenn Bobcats’ football team to back- six or seven minutes left and we were able to put two drives togethany hall of fame receiver’s to-back conference championships. er, along with a two-point converbest seven years, it would have been through the tough times in 2020 with the COVID and playrank among the best.

“As far as going into the sum- any and every game,” Stevenson sion, to tie the game up and go into What frustrates me the ing in the spring and winning the mer, the kids were just coming said about the game. “We have overtime.” most is that his 20 years of conference, but playoffs not going off the season and with that being gotten past the ‘old Glenn’ for lack The Bobcats didn’t hang their eligibility as a modern-era the way we wanted them to. We said, some of them were burnt out. of a better term, so our expecta- heads following that tough loss to candidate expired this year had a lot of motivation going into It was a few guys that didn’t even tions in every game is to win, no East. They bounced back the next when he wasn’t among the the summer workouts.” week with a blowout win against come back around until the end of matter who we are playing.

130 on the preliminary list Playing in the spring was a July and there were some ques“You could point to a lot of Davie County 62-28, to give them for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021. I double-edged sword for Steven- tions whether or not some were different things and if one of those some positive momentum heading am not sure how he has son and the Bobcats. He says there even going to play. We have about things go our way, I think we come into the playoffs. never been a semifinalist were some benefits, but also there three or four linemen that didn’t out victorious, but what that did “We just let the past be the or finalist for the HOF. To were some negatives as well. was humble us a lot going into past, we had to move onto the next even play.” be honest, that is a total “It hurt in some aspects and it Glenn got off to a hot start to that last game of the regular sea- game,” Stevenson said. “I told slap in the face of Sharpe helped in others,” he said. “I think the season, winning six of their son and now into the playoffs. We them after the game, we can’t aland the things he accom- what helped us and what made us first seven games. Heading into were riding high and had already low this game to beat us twice and plished in his career. better this year is with the guys the cross-town rivalry matchup won five or six games in a row, so going into the next week, we didn’t I am not the only one leaving and early enrolling in colwith East Forsyth, confidence was going into that game and then un- want to have a hangover from the who feels Sharpe has been slighted. Former Green lege, we were able to get some of high, and Stevenson knew what fortunately losing that game kind disappointing loss against East.

“We just had to move on. I feel Bay general manager Ron the younger guys on the field and was at stake for that game. of put things back into perspective get them a lot more experience last before going into the playoffs.”

“We expected to win, just like See Bobcats on B6 See NFL on B2 year.

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Yellowjackets are poised for a rebound season on the court

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The Carver Yellowjackets’ varsity basketball team had a rough time last spring, finishing with an 0-12 record on the season.

Head coach Johnathan Stowe is heading into his third year as head coach and feels this year could be a breakout season for his team.

This season, Carver has moved classifications down to the 1A level. With one of the largest freshman classes and many of their underclassmen staying at home, there are high hopes for the Yellowjackets this season.

“We had a pretty good preseason and we have a few more students than we have had in the past, even though we moved down to 1A,” said Stowe. “We actually had about 40 kids come out for basketball, so we actually had to make cuts this year and normally that’s not the case.”

Stowe says his team has more length than they did last year, from the point guard to the center position. In the past, they have not had that luxury.

They also returned several players from last year that will add valuable experience to the team.

“We got a couple of returners that should help us be successful,” Stowe said about his team. “One is Lovell Johnson; he was All-Conference Honorable Mention last year in the Western Piedmont 2A. He

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is a senior and should be our leading scorer.

“We also have a couple guys on the wing that should help him out. Jermaine May, he was actually one of the JV All-City guys a couple years ago, and our point guard is Jason Russell, who transferred from Shining Light Academy. Hopefully those three guys will be able to push us this year.”

For Stowe, last season was a tough year and it included some tough losses in games they had a chance to win. Even though his team did not win a game, there were a lot of younger players on the team who were able to get time on the court that will benefit them this season.

“We had a lot of close games,” said Stowe. “We pretty much led over half of our games at halftime, we just kind of lost it in the second half. I think with us having more kids and older kids this year, we are going to have a lot more experience, especially in the fourth quarter.

“More than anything, last year helped us as a

coaching staff become closer, because we have been through the fire and we have been through some real tough losses. It was just a learning experience all the way around, from the coaches to the kids.”

With the experience he has coming back, the incoming freshmen and the couple transfer students on the team, Stowe is encouraged about his team’s outlook this season. He has high goals for his team this season.

“I anticipate we will fight for the conference title,” he said. “We know that Winston-Salem Prep is going to be in the mix, we know that Bishop McGuinness is going to be in the mix, and we see ourselves being right in there with them. I see us really competing for the conference this year.

“I also want to see our guys being more responsible off the court and what I mean by that is you’ll probably see us in the community more this year. We have a lot more See Carver on B6

Points For Points Against 1. Grimsley (11-0) 486 168 2. Salisbury (10-0) 567 33 3. Reidsville (10-0) 455 95 4. E. Surry (10-0) 489 88 5. Mt. Airy (11-0) 574 18 6. E. Forsyth (9-1) 513 135 7. Eastern Randolph (9-0) 343 59 8. Dudley (10-0) 575 61 9. Cummings (9-1-1) 396 188 10. Glenn (8-2) 376 172 11. Eastern Alamance (8-1) 337 141 12. Thomasville (8-2) 468 115 13. Ledford (8-3) 345 211 14. Williams (7-4) 300 188 15. North Rowan (7-3) 393 295

Honorable Mention: Northern Guilford (9-2), Reagan (7-4), Oak Grove (7-4), Starmount (7-4), Providence Grove (8-3)

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Wolf, who was elected into the HOF in 2015, spoke about Sharpe on the “Eye Test for Two” podcast.

“I think what made him so special was he was really tough and really dedicated to the game in his way,” Wolf said. “He was not intimidated by anything - or anybody - or any situation. He’s a perfect football player. I don’t know what else to add to that.

“He could do everything you would want a receiver to do. He would go anywhere to catch a ball. He would go in and catch it, he would go out and catch it. He would run hooks, run outs, run ups.

He was just an exceptional football player.”

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because of injury, yet they have made it into the HOF. I would definitely say that Sharpe is on par with those two. I can’t quite comprehend why those players are in and Sharpe isn’t.

Wolf also touched on this topic during the interview as well.

“What they need to know is that you have to consider who he played for,” he said. “He played for a lousy Green Bay Packers’ team until Mike Holmgren and I got there and kind of changed the fortunes. But he’s the reason for the change.

“In 1992, with that collection of players that we had, Mike Holmgren and his staff were able to go 9-7 and have a winning record – which was remarkable. But the real reason for that was Brett Favre and Sterling Sharpe.

“I’m sure every defensive coordinator that got ready to play the Packers

said, ‘All we have to do is take Sharpe away and we’ll beat them.’ Well, you know what? They never took him away. He led the league in receptions.

“He was just a tremendous football player. Hard to believe that he was as good as he was, considering what he had around him as a team.”

Sharpe is the ultimate “what if” for me. The guy could literally do it all at the position. My only hope now is that the veterans committee does the right thing by voting Sharpe into the HOF, because if that does not happen, he will be the biggest snub to never get in.

If he was playing in today’s game, he would be the best in the league right now, BAR NONE. Don’t debate me.

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BY DR. FROSWA BOOKER-DREW

Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Praise for God’s Eternal Reign Scriptures: Revelation 11:15-19 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Define the nature of God’s reign for eternity; *Reflect on how God’s eternal reign affects our faith; *Engage in activities that reflect the sovereignty of God in healthy, powerful and transforming ways.

Background: The Book of Revelation has seven sets of seven reveals within its telling. The seven messages to the churches, seven seals, seven trumpets, seven symbolic histories, seven bowls, seven measures of judgment and seven visions. The lesson starts with the seventh trumpet being blown. Each trumpet heralds a different event leading to the arrival of God’s eternal kingdom. The seventh trumpet heralds the end itself, and the actual coming of God’s kingdom on earth. The last three trumpets each introduce a “woe” – Revelation 8:13.

Lesson: The Worship (Revelation 11:15-18). The seventh trumpet reveals a heavenly worship scene in which the final coming of the kingdom is announced and celebrated. The celebration is preceded by Christ opening the seven seals leading to the introduction of the seven trumpets. Each trumpet is a herald of an act that would affect the earth in its preparation for the “kingdoms of the earth” to become the “kingdoms of Christ.”

Basically, they all announce impending judgment: first trumpet, vegetation is struck. Second trumpet, the seas are struck. Third trumpet, the waters are struck. Fourth trumpet, the heavens are struck. Fifth trumpet, locusts are released from the Bottomless Pit (first woe). Sixth trumpet introduces the Angels from the Euphrates, the two witnesses are introduced, killed and resurrected (second woe). Seventh trumpet proclaims the kingdom and introduces the Seven Bowls (third woe). “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.”

The second coming of Christ will be a great blessing for believers, but will be God’s most severe judgment of the earth. The “kingdoms of this world” will be overthrown by the coming kingdom of Christ, who will “reign for ever and ever” (verse 15). The 24 elders are overcomers who represent the church and have a place prepared for them by Christ. They worship the Lord at this particular time because what He promised is now accomplished.

The level of praise by the 24 sets the standard for all.

They begin with thanksgiving; they give honor and they submit themselves as subject to God’s judgment (verses 16 -17).

“And the nations were angry” with God. They are angry because God comes to rule. The world wants anything but the reign of God. Their hostility caused them See Praise on B6

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I’m so looking forward to my weekends. During the State Fair of Texas, my colleagues and I work seven days a week for almost a month. I don’t think you realize how precious something is until you have less of it, or it’s gone. Long work hours can leave you tired, irritable, and yearning for sleep. Although it’s temporary and something I was prepared for, it doesn’t remove what you experience physically, mentally, and emotionally.

I think that’s the case for our lives. I think we realize that life will be hard and filled with challenges.

We know that with our heads, but when it happens our hearts, emotions and even our bodies don’t often align.

We know the pain we endure is temporary, but at the moment the pain supersedes everything. It is so easy to complain and whine about our circumstances because of how we feel versus what we know to be true. We know God is able and yet,

we will doubt God’s ability to make things happen for us. We know that God is the Creator of heaven and earth and yet, we act as if God is not in control.

We know that God cares for us but when something happens to us that is not what we expected, we believe that God forgot about us or is punishing us. It’s easy to begin to place more confidence in ourselves than in God. When I focus solely on what is in front of me, I can miss all the things that are going on around me.

I can find myself sad about a situation without seeing God’s goodness and the multiple blessings around me. Trusting my limited vision has set me up for disappointment. The Bible tells us that there are consequences solely depending on our-

selves and our limited vision. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.”

(Proverbs 3:5-8) When we trust God’s plan, put God first, we can rest in knowing that God will make things work

out, not because of our wisdom but knowing that God’s plan is greater than our own.

When we trust in ourselves, it’s easy to make bad decisions and even do things that go against God and what’s best for ourselves. The challenge of being tired and weary is that we don’t always make the best choices. What would happen when we know that we are tired and worn out, if we went to God instead of doubting, complaining, or taking things into our own hands to solve?

The part of this scripture that isn’t emphasized is that there is a healing and rest that takes place when we trust God. I don’t think we equate trusting God to rest and healing.

Doubt is often the result of disappointments that happen repeatedly, causing anxiety.

Can I really trust God with taking care of this for me? Just as there is a physical exhaustion, we can become mentally and emotionally exhausted, affecting our relationship with others and with God. God knows the importance of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual rest. It is a matter of trusting God to be our source of replenishment when our tanks are low and we can’t go further.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) Trust and rest go together. We must believe that God is able to do this for us, but it is contingent upon our willingness to surrender. “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” (Psalm 91:1-2) Trusting God is necessary for our rest.

This has been such a difficult season for so many of us. We can not allow the pain of the past to rob us of the possibilities of our purpose.

If God repeatedly shares the importance of rest, there are lessons for us to know that it is a part of our journey if we truly want to experience God’s best for our lives. “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.”

(Hebrews 4:9-10). Want God’s best?

Trust God and rest.

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

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

Each Sunday Sunday service Transformation Ministries will have service every Sunday at 10 a.m. We are located at 4880 Burnette Drive. Masks are required.

Nov. 14 First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Online Senior Pastor Dr. Dennis W. Bishop will resume The

Vivid Covenant series at 10 a.m. Sunday, November 14.

The foundational scriptures for the series are Genesis 1:28 (The Cultural Mandate) and Matthew 28:19-20 (The Great Commission). This week’s message will focus on Preparation (Luke 22:24-27), how the believer prepares for something greater through service. You can find the service on these sites: YouTube, https:// www.youtube.com (First Waughtown); Facebook Live, https://www.facebook.com/FirstWaughtown/; and the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown. org.

Nov. 14 Family & Friends and Missionary Day The Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, 1905 N Jackson Ave., will celebrate the 16th pastoral anniversary of our beloved pastor on Sunday, Nov. 14, at our 11 a.m. worship hour. We will adhere to COVID-19 guidelines. Please wear a mask; everyone is invited to this special service.

Nov. 14 Now open for in-person worship New Birth Worship Center (NBWC) invites you to a new birth worship experience of being equipped, encouraged, and empowered by the word of God that comes forth in spirit and in truth based on the principles and foundation of Scripture. On Sunday, Nov. 14, NBWC will safely reopen our church doors for IN-PERSON worship service. Sunday School is at 9 a.m., praise & worship at 9:45 a.m., and morning worship service at 10 a.m. We will continue Bible Study on Wednesdays

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Rev. Dr. James L.E. Hunt, Senior Pastor. The address is 1033 Newbirth Dr., East Bend. Everyone is welcome!

For additional information, please call 336.699.3583 or visit www.newbirthworshipcenter.org.

Nov. 20 GriefShare, Surviving the Holidays When you are grieving a loved one’s death, the holiday season can be especially painful. The St. Paul United Methodist Church’s GriefShare seminar helps participants discover: how to deal with hard-hitting emotions; what to do about traditions; how to survive social events; and how to find hope, comfort, and strength for the future. The seminar features practical suggestions and reassurance through video interviews with counselors, grief experts, and other people who have experienced the holidays after their loved one’s death.

“Surviving The Holidays” will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. via Zoom. All are welcome to attend. To register for the seminar, receive the required Surviving the Holidays Survival Guide, and receive the Zoom link, please call St. Paul Church at 336-723-4531.

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Community Calendar Each Wednesday Marketing Outside of the Box HUSTLE WinstonSalem is hosting a November session of Marketing Outside the Box: Facing Facebook for Business.

This series will cover Facebook’s business suite, optimizing your business page, hosting groups, and the creator studio. Join us if these are areas you want to explore to help your business grow. Every Wednesday from 12:301:30p.m. Register by going to www.hustlews.org/ events-programs. Contact hustlewsinfo@gmail.com.

NOW – Dec. 7 Medicare enrollment sessions Annual enrollment assistance will be provided by volunteer and staff of the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, the Forsyth County coordinating site for the North Carolina Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP). Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, Medicare beneficiaries in Forsyth County will be assisted locally as much as possible through telephone or other virtual means during the Annual Enrollment period. Appointments must be made by calling the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217

during weekdays from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

NOW – Jan. 2, 2022 Writing contest The Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize honors Harriet Jacobs and Thomas Jones, two pioneering AfricanAmerican writers from North Carolina, and seeks to convey the rich and varied existence of Black North Carolinians. The contest is administered by the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication of the winning entry in The Carolina Quarterly.

To submit online, go to https://ncwriters.submittable.com/submit.

Submittable will collect your entry fee via credit card ($10 NCWN members / $20 nonmembers). (If submitting online, do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect and record your name and contact information.)

Entries will not be returned. The winner will be announced in February.

For additional information, visit www.ncwriters. org.

Nov. 13 Cemetery cleanup Weather permitting, cleanup at the Happy Hill

Cemetery will be held on the 2nd Saturday, Nov. 13.

The usual 4th Saturday morning cleanup will not be held. The cleanup will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Willow and Pitts Street, 888 Willow St. Dress appropriate for the weather, long pants and sturdy shoes.

Bring gloves, a form if needed and any lawn equipment you may have.

For more info, contact Mrs. Maurice Johnson, (336) 978-2866 or jmauricepj@aol.com.

Nov. 14 Girls on the Run of the Greater Piedmont Girls on the Run of the Greater Piedmont will host its 5K event on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at Salisbury Community Park. Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program that uses fun running games and dynamic discussions to teach life skills to girls in third to eighth grade. During the 8-week program, girls participate in lessons that foster confidence, build peer connections and encourage community service while they prepare for an endof-season celebratory 5K event. For more information or questions, please contact Lindsay Peiffer at lindsay.peiffer@girlsontherun.org.

Nov. 19 Opening reception The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is proud to present Black@Intersection: Contemporary Black Voices in Art, a special group exhibition organized

by Bessie Award nominee and UNC-Greensboro professor Duane Cyrus. The exhibition opens in SECCA’s Main Gallery on November 19 and will remain on view through April 17, 2022.

An opening reception will be held from 5–8 p.m. on Friday, November 19.

Admission is free, with a suggested $10 donation.

Learn more at secca.org/ blackatintersection.

Nov. 22 Medicare workshop The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem is offering a virtual workshop for individuals turning 65 (as well as those who already have Medicare) to learn about the different insurance options available, including “Original Medicare,” Medicare prescription drug programs, Medicare supplements and Medicare Advantage plans. The session will be held on Monday, Nov. 22, from 3 - 4:30 p.m. through computer and telephone access.

Nov. 27 Parade registration deadline The Holiday Season is just around the corner.

Mark your calendars now for the 31st Annual Winston-Salem Jaycees Holiday Parade on Saturday, December 4, at 5 p.m. in downtown Winston-Salem.

Registration for the Winston-Salem Jaycees Holiday Parade is open but time is running out!

The deadline to register is Nov. 27 or when all slots are filled.

Dec. 4 Christmas tour Be immersed in Christmases past on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 1:30-4:30 p.m., during Historic Bethabara Park’s A Christmas Tour Through Time.

Pre-registered guests will enjoy seeing, hearing and tasting how the early Moravians celebrated Christmas, as they explore various locations throughout the park.

Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. To reserve your spot, please contact Diana Overbey at (336) 397-7587 or dianao@cityofws.org.

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like we had a lot of football left to play, so we couldn’t drop our heads because of that. Of course, that rivalry is big, and we were the talk of the city from the beginning of the year. Us and East was going to be the game of the year in a lot of people’s minds. Just being able to get that game out of the way, even though we didn’t get the win, was good for us.”

Heading into the playoffs, there was some chatter about Winston-Salem schools not being able to match up physically with a lot of the Charlotte area schools because of the numbers. Stevenson remembered the playoff loss to Butler last season and reminded his team that they didn’t want their season to end in a similar fashion.

“The Butler game last year in the spring, I felt like Butler just played harder than us and that was disappointing,” he said.

“We talk about coaching and other things and sometimes it comes down to Jimmy’s and Joe’s, but to me that wasn’t the case in the Butler game, they just played harder than us.

“They came in expecting to win and we came in hoping to win in that game. I had to change some things practice-wise and weightlifting-wise and just mentality-wise for the guys. We just had to change some things and that was really one of the reasons why I wanted to schedule

Carver

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leadership this year, so the coaches won’t have to do as much handholding as we have in the past. For any coach, the first two years, you are just trying to lay the foundation, so most of the guys have been there for two or three years pretty much know what we expect, so it’s just up to us to execute.`` Stowe says one of the things that contributed to how last season turned out was the lack of practice and time spent with his team. Now that they were able to have a full offseason program, he knows his players will be better prepared for the year.

“We basically had no preseason workouts in the gym, we had no exhibitions, we had no preseason jamborees,” he said about last year. “This year, we actually had about 20 to 25 kids this summer that we were able to play in two jamborees and get some game action. In the fall we

Praise

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to attempt to fight against Christ. God’s punishment is equal to their crime.

Those who destroy the earth are themselves destroyed. God’s faithfulness to His creation requires that He destroy its destroyers in order to preserve it.

The 24 let us know too that - “… and the time came for the dead to be judged … the saints and those who fear Your name …”

- the final outpouring of God’s wrath includes two parts: rewards for believers and condemnation for unbelievers (verse 18).

The Wonder (verse 19).

“And the temple of God was opened in Heaven…”

John is allowed in the beginning of the chapter to see a temple on earth and now he is witnessing one in heaven. The focus of his

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the Chambers game early in the year. In that game, we felt like if our quarterback doesn’t go down on the third play of the game, we felt like we could have easily won that game. It was 0-0 at halftime. Just a totally different mentality, and that mentality is there will never be another team that plays harder than us.”

Glenn plays Myers Park tomorrow night. Stevenson knows the challenging task ahead of him, but reminds his players daily that they can play with any team in the state.

He feels if they stick to their game plan, they have a good chance of moving on to the next round.

“You are talking about a school with 3,330 or 3,400 students, compared to us with about 1,600,” he continued. “They are going to come in with the expectations that we are just a little old team from Forsyth County and they’re the mecca of North Carolina 4A football, per se, in Charlotte.

“We are used to that now, especially after playing Chambers and then playing Providence last week. We will be ready to go, and I am sure they will be ready to go as well.

As long as we don’t have those personal fouls and we don’t try to play hero ball and turn the ball over, I definitely like our chances.”

Stevenson says there are several players who have exceeded expectations this year. He feels those guys, among others, have helped get the Bobcats to this point in the

season.

“I think Chaney Fitzgerald has exceeded expectations,” he said.

“He had a pretty good spring and I don’t think many saw him putting up the numbers he has put up here in the fall season. He has definitely upgraded his recruiting profile.

“Also, Tyshon Holland had his knee scoped in the summer and for him to come back as a third-year starter playing the way he has on the offensive line has been tremendous. Albert Redd has done what Albert Redd has always done since he has set foot on campus. AJ Cloverdale has really taken his game to another level and I think he is one of the best players in the state. I think he will be the next Power 5 kid coming out of Glenn High School.”

Stevenson has continually fielded one of the better teams in the city, year in and year out. He credits his coaching staff and the work the kids put in for their continued success.

He is still hunting for that state championship and feels they are heading in the right direction to make it happen.

“If you’re not developing a program trying to get to the point where you’re winning state titles, I really don’t know what you’re doing,” he stated. “Every year that’s our goal. We want to go undefeated in non-conference, win the conference, and then be the last team standing when we get to the playoffs.”

have had a continuation of those same numbers in our fall preseason workouts.

It’s just a whole lot more on-the-court work that we are able to see this year.”

Stowe has been on the Yellowjackets’ staff for six years, but with this being his third year as the head man, he is more comfortable in his role. He says he trusts his staff and player leaders on the team to get the job done the way he wants to.

“I was telling my wife the other day that this is the first time I have ever come home and not been stressed out, not worried about who’s not coming to practice,” he said. “The guys are already holding each other accountable.

I am not doing anything; I am pretty much just the CEO now and that just lets me know I have a good staff and I have good players that are all locked in.

It’s really a good feeling and I am really excited about this year.”

Upon taking over as head coach, Stowe says he

did not have any expectations when it came to wins and losses, but instead wanted to build his program on respect, responsibility, and relationship.

His other focus was to make sure all his players graduate and become good citizens in the community.

The Yellowjackets’ football team had somewhat of a resurgence and Stowe is expecting something similar for the basketball team. He says there is somewhat of a culture change at the school that has been brewing in an attempt to return to the days of old when Carver enjoyed so much success athletically.

“It’s something that we have really pushed towards and part of our school improvement plan as a whole,” said Stowe.

“It’s the Carver way. I believe that it’s an organic change from people working in the building that love the kids.

attention is on the ark of God’s covenant, the symbol of God’s presence with His people. “and there were lightning, and voices, and thundering, and an earthquake, and great hail.” While the thunder and lightning are reminiscent of when God’s presence was on Mt. Sinai, the phenomena at the opening of the temple represent the events that occur as part of the Seventh Bowl in chapter 16 and are the climax of the seventh trumpet. It represents the last of God’s wrath “… and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, it is done.

(16:17).

Because heaven is the source of vengeance, judgment also comes out of God’s Holy of Holies. God is not confined to heaven or restricted to earth. The kingdom of God will fully

come on earth as it is in Heaven, because God is almighty, eternal and all powerful. He alone is God. (The UMI Annual Commentary 2021-2022, The Wiersbe Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, The King James Study Bible, The Jesus Study Bible and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: When have you seen evidence of God’s miraculous power in your life?

Application: Believers await a time at the end of this age when evil will no longer exist, and the faithfulness of Christ’s followers will be rewarded.

Until that day, we must work to make God’s will be done on earth as it is in His heavenly kingdom.

Begin by seeking new ways and reasons to worship God. (UMI).