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BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The Ministers’ Conference of WinstonSalem and Vicinity (MCWSV) held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss their collective stance on the situation that transpired on Oct. 5 at Hanes Middle School involving a female student.

The conference held an initial press conference on Oct. 10 at Emmanuel Baptist Church to stand beside the student and her mother, Tameka McLean.

McLean and her daughter claimed that Hanes Middle School SRO (student resource officer) T.B. Photo by Timothy Ramsey McCormick used excesRev. Dr. John Mendez, left, Rev. Dr. Carlton A.G. Eversley and Rev. Paul Robeson Ford, members of the sive force when he Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity, gather during last week’s press conference to refute detained the student in the comments made by District Attorney Jim O'Neill. parking lot of the school.

At that initial press ing termination.

O'Neill stated that the con- John Mendez and Rev. Dr. ference, a statement was conference, members of Recently, an article was ference has changed their Carlton A.G. Eversley read that stated, “The the conference condemned published in the Winston- stance on McCormick. refuted the comments Minister's Conference of the actions of McCormick Salem Journal in which Later that week, Rev. Paul made by O'Neill.

Winston-Salem refutes the and were calling for severe District Attorney Jim Robeson Ford, Rev. Dr. During that press con- statement of Forsyth disciplinary action, includ-

County District Attorney Jim O'Neill that we have changed our position in regards to the firing of officer McCormick.

On October 10, we made it clear that when officer McCormick threw Ms. Rockell Baldwin [the student] to the ground, handcuffed her behind her back and had her face pressed into the turf, he lost his right to continue employment by the WinstonSalem Police Department.”

“Race is central to this case. We do not believe that McCormick would have treated any white girl this way. We look forward to viewing the body cam footage, scheduled to be released tomorrow. We do not believe any antecedent words or actions by Ms. Baldwin, warranted or justified officer McCormick's actions.”

There was footage floating around on social

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H.A.R.R.Y highlights local veterans

Girls promoting H.A.R.R.Y Veterans Community Outreach Services participated in the Veterans Day Parade in Winston-Salem on Saturday, Nov. 10.

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BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

On Saturday, Nov. 10, supporters and volunteers at H.A.R.R.Y Veterans Community Outreach Services did their part to give thanks to the men and women who served in the various branches of the military during their annual Veterans Day Celebration.

Following the Veterans Day Parade held downtown, dozens of veterans made their way to the H.A.R.R.Y headquarters on Peter's Creek Parkway where they were treated to food and gift bags. The bags included several items such as blankets, first aid kits, socks, shoes, clothes,

alarm clocks, notebooks and much more.

Founded in 2008 to honor the life and legacy of exMarine Harry Smith, H.A.R.R.Y is one of the few organizations in the area designed to advocate for the wellbeing of veterans. The mission of the nonprofit organization is to provide a network that is responsive to the health, social, and economic wellbeing of veterans and their families.

As the Veterans filed into the building, they were greeted by smiling faces from people who took the day off to give back. Many of the volunteers were from veteran’s families who understand the plight of many of the

During their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 13, the Clemmons-Lewisville Chamber of Commerce launched a scholarship unlike any other in honor of a young man whose’s life was cut short.

The scholarship is named after a 17-year old student at West Forsyth High School who died from an accidental overdose from a first-time experience with opioids. While reflecting on their son’s life, Brad and Shauna Hunter talked about leaving a legacy in Hunter’s name and how

John Golden, board president of the LewisvilleChamber of Commerce and president and CEO Sandi Scannelli take a photo with a check presented to the Chamber for the Mason H. Hunter Vocational Education Scholarship on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

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he frequently talked about dreams of becoming a chef or pursing a career in the military or law enforcement.

“Shauna and I never thought one of our children

McDaniel preparing to lead county’s District A

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Long before the recent influx of African-American women making noise in politics across the country, here in Forsyth County women like Maize Woodruff, Earline Parmon and Vivian Burke were blazing a trail and set-

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ting an example for girls of color across the county.

On Dec. 3, another name will join those ranks when Tonya McDaniel is sworn in as the third black woman to serve as a County Commissioner.

McDaniel, a WinstonSalem native and graduate of

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to run because District A needed a "vision for constituency." She said for too long District A has been at a disadvantage and she felt it was time for a win.

"So I figured I would be the catalyst behind that push," McDaniel said.

McDaniel is considered a

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BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Every year on Veterans Day individuals and organizations across the country celebrate the men and women who serve in the various branches of the military by going to parades, listening to speeches, or just enjoying the day off. Not often do Americans spotlight the issues that thousands of veterans deal with on a daily basis such as PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). But on Monday, Nov. 12, the Winston-Salem Urban League (WSUL) did just that when they hosted a Veterans Day Mental Health luncheon.

The event held at the WSUL event center on Trade Street was designed to honor veterans from across the Triad for their service, as well as to bring awareness to the issues many of them face. Before lunch was served, veterans also had the opportunity to connect with various vendors that provide services to veterans.

Following lunch, the keynote address was delivered by retired Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Tim W. Bell. Bell, who served as a member of the military security police and spent time working in the

Pentagon in Washington D.C., said Veterans Day should serve as a reminder to us and veterans that once the uniform comes off, our nation is morally indebted to veterans and their families, particularly those who have been physically or psychologically disabled as a result of their service.

“We recognize veterans who paid the price, but we also need to realize that, that cost continues; it didn’t just stop when they hang up their uniform, and unfortunately many vets are still paying that price today,” continued Bell. “… All wounds are not visible due to military service and combat. There is a high rate of veterans experiencing traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder. Veterans face the same shortage of affordable housing and options of living wage jobs as all Americans, but because they have those additional factors they have to deal with, it exacerbates those challenges.”

As he continued his address, Bell encouraged the dozens of veterans in attendance to return to the mindset of “I got your back.” He said, “Now is the time when we must remember that we are our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper. We need to

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In honor of Veterans Day, the Winston-Salem Urban League sponsored a free luncheon for veterans on Monday, Nov. 12.

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return to the mindsets of ‘I got your back’ and ‘no man left behind.’

“No man left behind is not merely a slogan or a motto. It’s a commitment, a sacred promise. No man left behind means we would always go back for our dead and wounded. Well I’m here today to tell you that no veteran man or woman should be left behind or forgotten once they come home.”

Although he admits there is work to be done, Bell said the healing process can begin with a simple “Thank You.” “We owe them a debt that can never be repaid, but there is so much power in those two words. Those two words can be amazing and they can lift a person’s spirit.

So the next time you see another veteran, say ‘thank you,’” he said. “No veteran

should ever have a reason to doubt America’s gratitude for his or her service.

Our veterans will never forget what they’ve done for our country and neither should we.”

Following his address, several other individuals who work or volunteer at organizations that provide services for veterans spoke briefly about the services they offer. Organizations represented were: the local Veterans Administration, HUD-VASH Housing Program for Veterans, H.A.R.R.Y. Veterans Community Outreach, Disabled American Veterans, United Health Centers, Whole Man Ministries Homes for our Heroes, Goodwill, the National Association for Black Veterans and the Urban League’s Veterans Support Services.

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H.A.R.R.Y volunteer Jamie Transou hands out a gift bag during the organization’s annual Veterans Day celebration on Saturday, Nov. 10.

KRISTA TIPPETT H.A.R.R.Y Veterans Community Outreach Services was represented the in the Veterans Day Parade in Winston-Salem on Saturday, Nov. 10.

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Many people showed support for the Veterans Day Parade in Winston-Salem on Saturday, Nov. 10.

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men and women they were greeting.

“This organization has been a godsend because it gives us an opportunity to do something meaningful,” said Cynthia Bradshaw, whose husband, James, served in the U.S. Army.

Bradshaw, who lost her husband about a year ago, said she didn’t even know organizations like H.A.R.R.Y existed and when she found out about it through a neighbor, she immediately jumped at the opportunity to get involved. She said, “This organization is giving back to those who actually fought for us and for me to be a part of that, I just love it.”

Jamie Transou, who has been a volunteer at H.A.R.R.Y for a few years and recently lost her brother, Army veteran Harry Transou, said she decided to come

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on Saturday to honor his memory.

“It has just been a blessing that I’m able to come and help. My brother was a big volunteer and in some ways I’m here today to honor him,” said Transou.

“Knowing that they served just like I did coming here today was no problem.”

When asked what Veterans Day meant to her, retired Army Major Katherine Austin-Bohanon said the day is about remembering veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect our county and uplifting those who are still with us. She said she is thankful for organizations like H.A.R.R.Y who try to “restore” veterans in any way they can.

“To me Veterans Day is about celebrating those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country,” she continued. “… It hurts me so much to see veterans who are broken and in a state of despair. It takes organizations like H.A.R.R.Y to help restore them.”

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BUSTA’S PERSON OF THE WEEK

Turning heartbreak into triumph

Will C. Rivers is leading his recruitment class.

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this past Monday we celebrated our veterans. thank you for your service to our great country. today i’d like to celebrate 29-year-old will C. rivers of winston-Salem. his story is one that will truly inspire you. will’s military service started on Jan. 28, 2008, and included two tours of duty. “i served in helmand, afghanistan, and received two meritorious promotions, one in boot camp and the other post-deployment for actions performed in afghanistan in 2009. after the second tour of duty, i realized the toll the deployments were taking on my mother, who was severely stricken with health issues. i decided to get out for the sake of caring for my mother.”

Sadly, after rivers came home, like a lot of our veterans, he unfortunately had a rough time finding a job. his grandmother and mother always taught him that there’s power in prayer, so he began praying for a

Will C. Rivers is receiving the Vivian Burke Character Award.

job. God came through. “i eventually got a job at Dicks Sporting Goods and wilco hess. a customer who came through my line at both stores in the same day offered me a job at B/e aerospace. i worked there for three years and during that time my mother passed away, as well as both grandmothers.” will’s faith was tested both by losing his mother and grandmothers and by his frustration with the lack of care the hospital provided. “i joined the winston-Salem Fire Department and promised to never put a patient or their family through what my family went through during our crisis.” while in training, he became the class president and won the Vivian Burke Character award. after will was assigned to his permanent fire station, he wanted to do more, so he applied and was hired as an eMt with nuCare. “i worked at nuCare for four months and realized that there was still another way i can give back. i do that now by working as an armed public

Will C. Rivers is in full battle rattle on a mission in Helmand Provence, Afghanistan.

safety corporal for novant health Forsyth Medical Center.” he also is a student at Davidson County Community College. i asked will what role his mother played in the phenomenal young man he’s turned out to be. “we didn’t have the best upbringing, we literally were splitting beans down the middle, it was rough. we had to go without water, lights and stuff, but we’re still here. My mom was resilient in everything that she was, regardless how bad it got, we never had to worry about anything.” rivers said he and his siblings are blessed to have had a mother like theirs. She taught them well, “i got a sister that owns a business, one brother that is multi-talented in pretty much everything, another brother that held the same job from 16 and now 25. none of us are in jail or selling drugs, we’re doing well.” he said his mother didn’t have it easy. “i remember when my mother had her first heart attack, and she lost her job and was waiting on her disability to come in.

at four o’clock in the morning while she thought we were still asleep, we heard her crushing soda cans just to get enough money to pay the rent.” rivers is another testimony of: it’s not what you go through, but how you choose to rise above it. the winston-Salem native said his mom left him and his siblings the blueprint on how to survive. “all we have to do now is build the house.” will C. rivers’ story is very inspiring and leaves no excuse for failure nor for giving up hope. his story is also a testament of the power of prayer and faith.

Go to our youtube channel winstonsalem Chronicle to see the rest of my interview with will. he talks about his up- and-coming business for youth, a very heart-warming story about some Scriptures he found in his mother’s chest of drawers that helped guide him and gave him strength through days when he wanted to give up, and more. also ladies, he shares why the wSPD doesn’t have a calendar – it gave me a good laugh.

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Dr. Essie McKoy displays her book at the Central Library’s authors’ event on Saturday, Nov. 10.

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The Forsyth County Central Library on Fifth Street hosted its first authors’ event in five years on Saturday, Nov. 10.

According to Lara Luck, the Collection Development Manager and event organizer, there were 25 authors in attendance and several authors had to be turned away due to lack of space.

Dr. Essie McKoy had her book, “The Heart of School Transformation,” on her table beside her display banner. Now a retired educator after 30 years as a middle school and special education teacher, assistant principal and principal, Dr. McKoy has written a book that tells of her journey in education and how to create success with practical strategies for educators, leaders, and parents.

McKoy has the accomplishments to back up the strategies she suggests in

her book. She was the principal at Hall-Woodward Elementary when it was rated a no-growth school and in seven and a half years, it increased 14 points to become a Piedmont Signature School. She went to Petree Elementary, an improvement grant school that went from a minus 3.32 to a plus 2.24 in two years, also becoming a Piedmont Signature School. At PhiloHill Magnet Academy, she helped it go from a minus 8.99 to a minus 4.27, a reduction of 4.72 points.

She said that it usually takes three to five years to transform a school and with the dedication of the teachers, administrators, parents and community.

McKoy says that she is a “holistic leader,” noting that “social, emotional, psychological, physiological, environmental and academic issues impact the whole child and the whole school.”

She stresses that it

takes the entire community working together to transform a school. At the schools she led, she included things such as a community garden, backpack program, hip-hop sports, parents’ involvement, GED classes for parents, wraparound classes, clothing and food pantries and resources for parents, which helped the students and the school improve.

There were yoga classes in kindergarten that helped students reduce stress, become calmer and be able to focus.

Even though McKoy is retired from the local school system, she continues to teach at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, working on teacher development.

She also does national speaking engagements and is working on a second book that is due out in 2019.

Her advice to educators is to “serve with passion, believe in what you do, and

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Twenty-five authors offered their books for sale at the Central Library’s authors’ event on Saturday, Nov. 10. have a servant-leadership father for emotional supattitude.” For more infor- port until he dies in a car mation or to purchase her accident. Her popular and book, visit www.dressiespeaks.com.

Also at the author’s event was Bianca Orellana, who has published her first book of fiction, “We Are Eternal.” A graduate of Carver High School and UNC-Charlotte with a major in English and minors in Journalism and Spanish, Orellana is a library assistant at the Kernersville Public Library. After college graduation, she worked for a Author Bianca Orellana newspaper and magazine, but found reporting to be privileged classmate “too rigid.” She said, “I receives her dad’s heart in always wanted to write a a life-saving transplant love story that was a little operation, causing their different.” lives to become irrevocaShe continued, “I love bly connected. Orellana telling stories with charac- said she started writing this ters with complex person- book before her child was alities and bring them born and finished it after together.” his first birthday. Her book Orellana’s book is is available on Amazon or about a young woman with Kindle or on her website, an alcoholic mother who www.biancaorellana.com. has been able to lean on her She will also be signing

books at the Holiday Bazaar at Gallilee Missionary Baptist Church on Dec. 2 after the 8 and 11 a.m. services.

Lara Luck said the event was a success for the authors, not only in book sales. “We wanted to allow authors to network with each other and talk about the trials and triumphs of writing,” she said. “One purpose of the authors event was to help new, selfpublished authors find an audience,” said Luck “What better place than the library, the community’s meeting place.”

The library carries many books by local authors and Luck said when submitting a book for acceptance, it helps if it has been reviewed, especially if it’s self-published.

For information on submitting a book to be included in the library’s collection, visit their website at www.forsyth.cc/library/.

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Margaret Forney of Classy Ebony Bells of Lenoir, left; Judy Lilly of Charleston, S.C., Chucktown Cherubs; and Mary Hood of Classy Ebony Bells enjoy the Harlem Nights event at the N.C. Red Hats convention on Friday, Nov. 9.

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Debra Lee Granich, left, CEO of the Red Hat Society, Fullerton , California, is with Mayor Allen Joines and Queen Pearline Howard of the Ladies of Distinction Red Hats chapter, at the N.C. convention on Friday, Nov. 9, at the Best Western Plus on University Parkway.

The Red Hats held their North Carolina “funvention” Nov. 9-11 in Winston-Salem.

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The Best Western Plus was a sea of purple and red when the Red Hats held their North Carolina “fun-vention” Nov. 9-11 in Winston-Salem. Beginning with a welcome from Mayor Allen Joines and the reading of a proclamation naming Nov. 9 as Red Hats Society Day in WinstonSalem, the weekend was filled with activities including a Harlem Nights dinner, Family Feud game and a Masquerade party on Saturday, and ending with a “Bra Brunch” on Sunday morning.

The Red Hats Society, an international social organization for women age 50 and over, celebrated their 20th anniversary in April 2018. The idea for the organization was the brainchild of Sue Ellen Cooper from Fullerton, California, when she gave a red hat to a friend for her 55th birthday.

She was inspired by a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple with a red hat

that doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me.”

Twenty years and 30 countries later, the society boasts nearly 40,000 members.

Pearline Howard, queen of the Ladies of Distinction and host chapter, said that the convention had to be moved to this weekend when Hurricane Florence affected the ability of many members to attend on the original date. Over 125 Red Hatters from N.C., S.C., Maryland, D.C., Florida, Alabama and Connecticut attended, including special guest CEO Debra Lee Granich from “hat-quarters” in Fullerton, California.

The Red Hat Society is a familyowned for-profit business.

Speaking to the group prior to dinner on Friday, Granich said that facing the challenge of changing the event’s date and plans is a perfect example of what Red Hatters do: “When life gives you lemons, you make lemon meringue pie.”

Speaking about the mission of Red Hats, Granich said that members are “helping each other through the aging

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process.” She continued, “It is a different world now [than when the society started] and we are out to be a leader of change, not a follower of change.” One goal of the staff at headquarters is embracing and teaching members about technology, such as the new Red Hats app. She noted that the reputation of Red Hats is well known and related a story of meeting a man on the plane as she was coming to North Carolina. He asked her if she was a member of Red Hats. When she said she was the CEO, he said, “I want to thank you for bringing joy to so many people’s lives.”

Pearline Howard said that the Ladies of Distinction, which was started by Josephine Jones on Jan. 5, 2000, with 14 ladies, has grown to 35 members. It is obvious that they enjoy having a good time and planning outrageous activities, such as the “Bra Breakfast,” where attendees decorate their hats to carry out the theme.

Not only were local and N.C. chapters represented at the convention, but many

women traveled from out of state to attend. Jeanette Elsea came from Wolcott, Connecticut, where she is in the Ladies in Red chapter. She said she came to the convention last year and had so much fun that she had to come back this year.

Ambassador Queen Margaret Forney is with Classy Ebony Bells of Lenoir. She said that she had just lost her husband when she met a woman in a store who was shopping for a red hat. She told her about the Red Hats and Forney immediately went home and looked up Red Hats online. She started her own chapter in 2004 and it now has 14 members. She said, “It has been a tremendous experience to be in Red Hats.”

According to their website, the Red Hat Society is “a playgroup for women created to connect like-minded women, make new friends and enrich lives through the power of fun and friendship.”

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The N.C. Department of Transportation originally announced that the twoyear closing of Business 40 would begin on Nov. 11. It changed that date to Nov. 17. “Sorry,” NCDOT says, the date will not change again because of the current wet weather.

On the NCDOT Facebook page for the Business 40 construction project, it announced on Tuesday, Nov. 13: “To answer all the questions we have received

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today about the weather and road closure .... There is no change. Business 40 will close, as scheduled, on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 6 a.m.

That is this coming Saturday. The extended forecast shows five clear days. This good news will allow the contractor to move forward.”

The Facebook page offers a birds-eye view into the construction process.

NCDOT officials are using the site as an educational tool for adults and students. Topics will include physics, technology, chem-

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media platforms showing Baldwin being handcuffed in the parking lot of the school, shot by a bystander. That video does not show what transpired prior to Baldwin being taken to the ground.

Last week, body cam footage taken by officer McCormick was finally released to the public. It shows McCormick giving multiple orders for Baldwin to stop leaving school grounds and return to the school. Baldwin refused, which prompted McCormick to take Baldwin into custody.

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In 2012, McDaniel served as the campaign manager for Sen. Earline Parmon. She also credits Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke, Rep. Logan Burke and Maize Woodruff, the first black woman to serve as a County Commissioner, for paving the way for her as well.

"Previous to working with Dr. Parmon, I have to pay homage to Dr. Vivian Burke and Rep. Logan Burke because if it wasn't for them seeing the vision that District A needed to have representation that represented the constituency, I wouldn't be here. So I would start with them. And when I worked with Earline, she would always talk about Maize Woodruff, and although I never got to meet her, I feel like I got to know her through Earline," said McDaniel. “…So I kind of feel like I'm working in the spirit of Mrs. Parmon and Mrs. Woodruff as the third African-American female here in Forsyth County to serve as a commissioner."

During her time working with Senator Parmon, McDaniel said she learned the importance of doing the grassroots work to connect with the people. She said, "Not only do you need the votes of the people you have to be connected to the people. They need to see your face. "...I told my constituents to stay close. I don't know everything but I'm open to learn," she con-

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When discussing some of the challenges in District A, which includes more than 70,000 voters, equity within the school system was a major point of emphasis for McDaniel. She also discussed ensuring teachers

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McDaniel also discussed her excitement to work with Sheriff-elect Bobby Kimbrough, who defeated longtime incumbent Bill Schatzman in the primary election last week.

Since losing her own son to gun violence, McDaniel has been an advocate for gun safety.

She said during his campaign, Kimbrough said a lot about community safety, and she supports his efforts.

"I'm determined to ensure that funding will happen for Ashley [Academy for Cultural and Global Studies] and I'm determined to ensure our Board of Education has access to funding," continued McDaniel.

McDaniel will be sworn in during the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday, Dec. 3 at the Forsyth County Government Center, 201 N. Chestnut St.

would be memorialized with a scholarship but we’re forever grateful to so many,” Hunter said during the luncheon. “The Mason Hunter Vocational Scholarship will bring positive opportunities to students at West Forsyth for years to come.”

After several discussions with John Golden, board president of the Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber, the Mason H. Hunter Vocational Education Scholarship was born. This scholarship is unique: Along with funding to pay for tuition, books, and other tangible needs for school, recipients will also be partnered with a business mentor who will guide the student’s path to career through encouragement and career coaching.

When discussing the scholarship during the meeting, Golden said the scholarship was one of those things that was just meant to be. He said the scholarship committee and the board is 100 percent committed to continuing the scholarship.

“At the end of the day, it’s all about hope. When you don’t have something to look forward to, a goal to strive toward or obtain, hope vanishes and that’s often when bad things happen,” Golden said.

Sandi Scannelli, president and CEO of the Chamber, said the scholarship is an opportunity for a student to have the full wrap around care of the employer community. She said what’s so cool about that is that it provides students an opportunity to be taken into a peer group of employers right here in their own community.

“I think this scholarship increases our chances of keeping youth here, and that is what makes it so unique,” said Scannelli. “Oftentime employers have problems finding workers with the skills that they need, so to have employers be able to guide the training that is going on, that’s wonderful.”

To kick off things for the scholarship, the ClemmonsLewisville Chamber of Commerce was presented a check in the amount of $12,290. The first recipient of the Mason H. Hunter Vocational Scholarship will be announced in the spring.

For more information on the scholarship visit www.clemmonsfoundation.org.

istry, mathematics, geology, history, art and engineering. The page is available to anyone who has a Facebook account. The address is https://www.facebook.com /business40nc/.

Also, PART (Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation) and WSTA (Winston-Salem Transit Authority) are offering transportation solutions to the Business 40 closure.

The chief component of PART’s efforts is its new and expanded Express Bus Services between Winston-

Salem and surrounding areas including Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, and West Forsyth and Surry counties. These four routes will feature more mid-day runs and increased service during peak hours to accommodate a rise in passengers.

To learn more about the additional efforts and services PART is providing, or to register for one of the programs, visit www.partnc.org.

The Winston-Salem Transit Authority is offer-

During Tuesday's conference meeting, members collectively discussed the matter and how they should move going forward. A decision was made to release a statement to the press addressing their stance on the issue after many of the members had the chance to view the body camera footage.

The statement reads; “We acknowledge that it has been determined by the Winston-Salem Police Department that Officer McCormick acted in accordance with existing policy and procedure. We do not contest this finding. We call for the re-examination of policy and procedure that facilitates the school-to-prison pipeline and the criminalization of black and brown young people. We

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ing alternatives to driving through the traffic created when Downtown Business 40 closes down.

Business 40 will be shut down from Peters Creek Parkway to Highway 52 starting Saturday. A portion of the highway between Main Street and U.S. 52 is expected to reopen by summer 2019 and the whole project is scheduled for completion in late 2020.

This is expected to create traffic congestion as drivers take detours through city streets.

The City of WinstonSalem received a $7.3 million NC DOT grant to help enhance its bus services during the closure. These enhancements began on Oct. 29.

To learn more about the additional efforts and services WSTA is providing, visit wstransit.com/.

Find out more about the highway closure by visiting the NCDOT Business 40 Website at www.business40nc.com.

know that our young people are frequently targeted for violence by authorities in power over them due to biases in how policies and procedures are enforced. We are committed to caring for all of our young children, especially those who are often marginalized by societal prejudices and structures of oppression. We will work with all community partners who are committed to the same goals.”

In the days leading up to Tuesday's meeting, there seemed to be members standing on both sides of the issue. Some were calling for McCormick to be fired, while others stated they wished to view the body camera footage before forming an opinion. Now a consensus has been reached.

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After elections, we can keep hope alive GUEST EDITORIAL

As waves go, this was closer to Wrightsville than Waikiki. But there is hope.

Voters on Tuesday gave America and North Carolina hope, not for Democratic policies, but for a taste of balance, for some checks on unchecked power, for baby steps back to a day when our politics didn't seem so hopelessly out of control.

By taking away Republicans' command of the U.S. House and breaking N.C. Republicans' grip on veto-proof majorities in the legislature, voters sent a message: We as a country had gone too far. So they created conditions in which no one party can steamroll everyone in its path, as Republicans have done in recent years, especially in Raleigh.

To be sure, that could be a recipe for gridlock.

But it also could promote collaboration and conversation. Imbued with new relevance, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's looming veto will perhaps prompt legislative Republicans to rein themselves in – and even take Democrats' temperature on legislation before passing it.

We are too cynical (or realistic?) to believe that the Nov. 6 results will mend our dysfunctional state and national politics. But they could help. And they should yield better policy, including continued health care coverage for pre-existing conditions at the federal level and more responsible budgets with bigger investments in education at the state level.

The results were also encouraging in another way. Last Tuesday's election up and down the ballot was in large part a referendum on President Donald Trump. CNN exit polls showed that 65 percent of voters cast their congressional vote with Trump in mind. A big Republican night would have cemented the status of the last two years – that we are a divided nation. An angry nation. A nation where the majority endorses the lies and hate and poisonous politics in which the president traffics.

Instead, voters forcefully rejected much of that.

We are still a divided nation, of course, but on last Tuesday, a majority stood up and repudiated Trump's rhetoric and policies. Perhaps that slap from voters will persuade some Republicans to let go of their politically motivated fealty to Trump and return to the Republican party of Eisenhower or Reagan that many voters long for.

Tuesday's results feel big right now. But the 2020 election started Wednesday, Nov. 7. Elections are a running subtotal more than a final bill, and as well as Democrats performed, the results were in line with several other midterm elections of the past 60 years. Many presidents have suffered large midterm losses before winning a second term just two years later, including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan.

Republicans will regroup, and 2020 will be the ultimate referendum on Trump. With gridlock probable in Washington over the next two years, Democrats will surely need more than the ``Trump is awful'' message that was enough this time.

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Our vote: making history, taking a stance Karen Bass

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The midterm election was nothing short of historic and yet again, our community is leading the United States of America toward progress.

According to a CNN exit poll, 90 percent of African-Americans voted for a Democrat in Congressional races across the country last Tuesday, propelling the Democratic party to our first majority in the House of Representatives since 2009. In Georgia, 97 percent of Black women who voted, voted for Stacey Abrams to become the state’s first Black female governor.

It wasn’t just our desire to make history in Georgia that drew us to Stacey’s campaign. It was our collective understanding that a vote for Stacey Abrams was a vote to raise the voices of Georgians who have been suppressed for far too long. It was a vote for a new Georgia, and in turn, a new America.

But all progress is fought for. Like Stacey said on election night, there are people that tried very hard to keep certain voices quiet. I firmly believe that if this election had happened in a country with a developing democracy and

there existed a similar scenario – one in which one of the candidates was in charge of overseeing the very election he was running in – the United States would rush to monitor the election to shine a light on this obvious conflict of interest.

Such a contradiction by itself is worthy of scrutiny, especially if that scenario is playing out in a country, or a state, with a rich history of voter suppression on the basis of race.

But what happened in Georgia wasn’t just about job titles. This was about the misinformation that Stacey’s opponent peddled throughout the campaign and how he took advantage of his taxpayer-funded position to help run his campaign.

On the Sunday before the election, Stacey’s opponent, equipped with no evidence at all, announced that Democrats were under investigation for attempting to hack Georgia’s voter registration files.

Just over a week ago, a federal judge ruled that Georgia would be forced to change parts of its “exact match” protocol, a voting requirement that came under scrutiny leading up to the election when it was revealed that more than 65 percent of the voter registrants whose applications were rendered “pending” as a result of the law were AfricanAmerican.

This coupled with remarks from President

Donald Trump threatening that any “illegal voting” would be met with “maximum criminal penalties” less than 24 hours before the first polls opened only further revealed a coherent strategy of voter intimidation.

But what’s redeeming about the democratic process is that voices will be heard one way or another. Once again, our community led the way toward progressive change in Florida and Louisiana, rebuking Jim Crow-era laws designed to strip our constitutional right to vote.

In Florida, we voted to restore the voting eligibility of millions of Floridians with past felony convictions. As a result, more than 1.4 million Floridians who were not allowed to vote in this past election will be able to in the next one. As of 2016, there were more than 400,000 Black people unable to vote due to felonies.

Imagine the impact these voters will have in 2020.

In Louisiana, we passed a proposition eliminating another JimCrow-era law that allowed juries to convict someone without a unanimous decision.

Researchers claim this is a back door created to make it easier to put Black folks in jail in the South.

That law is no more.

This is the change we bring when we vote.

Taking back control of the House of Representatives is one

thing but making history while doing it is another.

The United States House of Representatives will have more than 100 women members of Congress for the first time ever.

It will have two Latina Congresswomen from Texas for the first time ever.

It will have an AfricanAmerican Congresswoman from Massachusetts and Connecticut for the first time ever.

It will have two Native American Congresswomen for the first time ever.It will also have two Muslim Congresswomen for the first time ever.

This will also be the first time that there will be a check on this President and his administration.

This is the change we bring when we vote.

We now have a House of Representatives that will focus on restoring our voting rights and putting justice back into the criminal justice system.

It’s time to make the history we’ve always desired. We now have a House of Representatives that will fight for the people.

Karen Bass is a community organizer from South Los Angeles who became the first ever African American woman to serve as Speaker of any state assembly in 2008. She was recently re-elected to a fifth term in Congress.

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What does a flipped school board mean for us?

Ricky Johnson Jr. Guest Columnist

The results from the 2018 WinstonSalem/Forsyth County Schools Board elections produced unforeseen results. The Winston Salem Forsyth County School Board of Education is majority Democrat until elections are held again in 2022.

Or is it?

This could possibly be the first time that the school board has not been majority Republican. Since the school board shifted from a five-member board to a nine-member board in 1998, the board has been dominated by Republicans.

Newly elected school board members Deanna Kaplan (D) and Andrea Bramer (D) will join Elisabeth Motsinger (D) to

fill the three At-Large seats. Malishai Woodbury and Barbara Burke will fill the two District One seats.

That means five Democrats that will serve as the majority of the school board.

This flip poses major questions: Will the candidates put their campaign promises into action?

Additionally, what does this mean for marginalized and poor students within the district’s failing schools? What will change as far as the issues (behavioral incidents, teacher pay, mold-infested school where black and brown children attend, lack of textbooks, etc.) that have plagued the district for so many years? Will those who vowed to infuse the curriculum with a mandatory African-American studies class do so or will they fold to the chagrin of their supporters? Or will they appease the ardent naysayer constituents?

Many of the candidates put an emphasis on equity

during their campaigns.

Now that they are in the positions, the voters want to know how will they use their platform to ensure that resources are distributed around the school district in an equitable way.

How will this newly elected board address the fundamental issues of the school district? How will they determine what’s fundamental?

Talk, especially political campaign talk, is a

cheap commodity. Now that the school board is majority Democrats who have pushed equity as a priority, will they now address issues like those plaguing Ashley Elementary School without having to be pressured by the community and social media? Will they take a different stance or should the voters who elected them expect the same response as the previous Republican majority

The midterms are over, but the shootings continue

W e are livJames B. ing in Ewers Jr. times of the new normal.

Guest Yes, we Columnist h a v e certainly had a lot of newsworthy events in my lifetime. Political, social justice and sporting events have all made their way into our living rooms via all media outlets. They have left an imprint on the way in which we live.

There are some events like 9\11 that we can say exactly where we were when they happened. Today, these events are occurring on a more regular basis. While some have another view, the level of disregard for our neighbor is at an all-time high. Triumph and tragedy have happened in our nation before, yet f through both we have always valued one another. Our differences, both culturally and philosophically did not tear us apart but taught us tolerance.

Recently, there has been unprecedented anticipation about midterm elections. I can’t remember a time in our recent history when the hype was so heavy. More emphasis was placed on voter registration and making sure that voters had the right documents to vote. Unfortunately, in states like Georgia, Florida and

North Carolina, voter suppression tactics were at play. People in power were simply trying to find ways not to allow people to vote. Many of the people being marginalized look like me. First off, the states that I named and didn’t name ought to be ashamed and subject to fines and punishment.

Second, to try and “trump up” ways to put a mute button on one of our most fundamental rights is unconscionable.

Now the midterm elections are over. Early voting and Nov. 6 were significant to us who wanted a change in this country. Reports say that early voting records were set across the country. If you watched television, you could see the long lines as people waited patiently to cast their ballot. I voted early.

Nationally, we know that the Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives. At this point, they have picked up 26 seats with others still being decided. The Republicans still control the Senate.

Prior to the elections, there was much debate about what would happen if the Democrats took control of the House. Now they have done it.

What now?

Since the new administration took office, they have been trying to undo Obamacare. They couldn’t do it even when they had the majority.

Why? Because their constituents depended upon it. Health care will continue to be a major topic in this

America has the blues.

She has drunk to the dregs confusion, fear and Guest doubt. A lot Columnist of the staggering intoxication came as a result of our first black president.

This is the case, although it was wonderful and salutary that Barack Obama came and governed this nation. It left America disoriented, however. So many children grew up being taught the meaning of pride and American patriotism, and the idea that a black man could promote these ideas and ideals, seemed contradictory; so many d children grew up being taught that black men, and women, were antithetical to the American Dream. They were seen as the mess that was left after the horrible traves-

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new Congress. It is my opinion the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare) is here to stay.

Immigration and its challenges, especially for people of color, will take on a new fight during this period. America is a diverse country and that isn’t going to change. Empathy and a welcoming spirit must kick in with citizens who adamantly oppose immigration laws.

One of the issues that resonates with a lot of us is what happens when guns get into the hands of the wrong people. Ian David Long shot and killed 12 people late Wednesday evening in Thousand Oaks, California. According to neighbors, Long, a former Marine, was depressed. It seems to be clear that his illness stemmed from his time in the military. Questions are now being raised about how this mentally ill man gained access to a handgun.

The news these days leaves us with a range of emotions, mostly bad.

school board? *Elisabeth Motsinger stated that she did not wish to have a divided school board but wanted to have a good school board. Can Motsinger and the newly elected board members reach an agreement on how to re-examine school choice that has, to a large degree, resegregated the district without being divided? *Deanna Kaplan stated that she wants this district to be the best school district for all students. Is she willing to take a critical look into what it will take to make that happen? *Andrea Bramer faults the previous school board for turning blind eyes.

Now that she is a school board member, the voters are left to wonder how she will go about attempting to give the new board some vision on issues she felt they purposely tried not to see. *Through their experiences, especially as educators, District One candi-

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dates Malishai Woodbury and Barbara Burke both seem to have knowledge about the fundamental issues. The tasks that they will face will be how they plan to implement that knowledge as school board members to bring about change.

All the school board members are faced with many issues from improving the failing schools, to closing the achievement gap, to decreasing suspension rates for black and brown students in the district. The list is extensive.

The question is not of what the issues are, but how will the newly Democratic school board address them? How will they attempt to resolve these issues and come up with solutions?

Or will it be another four years of cheap talk and filibuster?

Ricky Johnson Jr. is an educator, community organizer and social justice activist.

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America has the blues

ty that was slavery. Americans found ways to marginalize them and convince themselves, their fellows, their children, and their grandchildren that AfricanAmericans are responsible for the disease that is poverty. Then came along a black president. America was stunned. They were shocked. They were confused.

America couldn't reconcile this man of color holding the highest office in the land with the idea that this office inferred power, honor and glory on the man who occupied it, and this occupant projected these sterling qualities onto his country.

America is suffering from the blues.

In great fear she has turned to an extremist – President Donald Trump.

What we need now is a man of great sensitivity and compassion like Abraham Lincoln to arise again and show us the way forward. It is going to require great wisdom and rare moral character to set us right. For now we have the blues. For

now we have Trump.

Men and women of color have had the blues since they arrived on these shores.

They grasped whatever was solid and sound from the first to orient themselves – the first salvation was the Gospel. As I understand, it continues to be a compass for the African-American today. In later years men and women of color who were still disoriented from the blues, turned to musical instruments and songs of love, drink, work, hard times and good times. It was all blues. White men may have turned the African-Americans' world upside down, but they steadied themselves, and settled into the blues.

I would like to continue with words of weight from a great bluesman who I have come to respect – the bluesman who appeared years after slavery. I would like to share some words from one of the greats who played and sang the blues.

Lightnin' Hopkins was born on March

15, 1912 in Canterville, Texas. He sang and played the country blues. He spent sometime on a prison farm in the mid1930s. In the 1940s and 1950s, Hopkins recorded prodigiously. In the 1960s and 1970s, Lightnin' Hopkins was presented by blues researcher Mack McCormick to a much wider audience.

Lightnin' Hopkins was not the rule.

So many blues artists have been lost to time. Here's what Hopkins had to say about the origin and integrity of the blues: "There will always be the blues, as long as the world … As long as the world stands. They trying now to talk those rock-n-roll blues. And they can't stand up.

They can't stand up. They got to fall back to that old … that old country town. You know the blues came out of the fields."

Marshall A. Mays is a writer who is a lifelong resident of Winston-Salem. He is an avid fan of the blues.

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Timothy Ramsey

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Better than the Fab Five?

The 2018-19 men's college basketball season is upon us and the Duke Blue Devils made a strong impression as the best team in the nation by beating the second-ranked Kentucky Wildcats 118 to 84 in the Champions Classic last week. People have gone so far as to say that this Duke freshman class is better than the 1991 Michigan Wolverines class, better known as the “Fab Five.”

The Blue Devils took it to the Wildcats from the opening tip of the ball game. With Duke having the top three recruits in the 2018 class in R.J. Barrett, Cam Reddish and Zion Williamson, they looked virtually unstoppable.

This is the first time in the history of the ESPN 100 that the top three recruits have all gone to the same college. Duke also has Tre Jones and Joey Baker in their class and they are also top 100 recruits as well.

To be totally honest, it pains me to laud this much praise upon the Blue Devils considering I am a die hard UNC Tar Heel fan. On the other hand, I am a sports journalist, so I have to give credit where credit is due.

This Duke team has the chance to go down as one of the best we have seen in the past 25 years, but they are not on the level of the ‘91 Wolverines. That Michigan team featured freshmen Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson and Jalen Rose. Four of the five were McDonald's AllAmericans as well.

No, that ‘91 Michigan freshman class did not win a national title and these Blue Devils may, but they did make it to the national championship game. The ‘91Wolverines actually held a one-point lead at the half, before the Christian Laettner led Duke squad overpowered them in the second half of the championship game.

Howard, Webber and Rose all spent more than a decade in the NBA and were all All-Star level players at their peak.

Jackson and King were dynamic wing players at Michigan, but never panned out in the NBA. Not only were the ‘91 Wolverines a great team, they changed the way college basketball looked and how it was played. I think this year's Duke freshman class is going to be great, but I don't think they will impact the game on that level.

The biggest difference in the proposed matchup between this freshman class at Duke versus the ‘91 Wolverines would have been post play.

Webber and Howard were dynamic scorers in the paint due to how the game was played at the time. I think they would have overwhelmed this Duke squad in the end.

I do think the one advantage Duke would have had in this game would have been Williamson. At 6 foot 8 and 275 lbs., Williamson is a force we have never seen on the court. He has a 45inch vertical leap with the agility of a two guard. He See Ramsey on B2

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Reagan JV football team ends year undefeated NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The Reagan Raiders finished the year with a perfect 9-0 record.

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The Reagan Raiders JV football team finished the 2018 campaign with an unblemished record. The Raiders finished the year at 90 and were the only unbeaten JV team in Forsyth County.

Chris McCoy, JV

head coach, says he knew this team had the talent to be good, but he didn't know they were talented enough to “run the table.”

“We had a lot of skilled guys on offense and a lot of tough guys on defense and it worked well together,” said McCoy. “They put in

a lot of work during the off-season and this was the first time in a while that we were able to keep a lot of our sophomores down on JV and they contributed a lot.”

“That's why we tell our kids all the time that hard work in the weight room pays off,” he continued.

When we put those

guys that worked hard in the off-season with a talented freshman class, it turned out to be a special group.”

This was the first time the Raiders JV team finished the season undefeated.

McCoy says it gives him and his staff great pride to accomplish such a feat.

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Chris McCoy is the head coach for the Raiders JV squad.

lenge trying to keep everyone focused, especially the last two games of the year.

You know how it goes when parents catch wind of what's going on and feel like their kid is the best thing since sliced bread,” he said jokingly.

The Raiders began the year outscoring their first

two opponents 74-6.

McCoy said he knew this team had what it takes when they defeated Mt. Tabor and East Forsyth.

“When we beat Tabor and East, we knew we had a different type of group here,” he said. “It's been five or six years

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Centering on basketball skills training

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The W. R. Anderson Community Center welcomed scores of 3- and 4-year olds to its gym last week to give them some basketball skills training.

QEA back to winning ways Photos by Alphonso Abbott Jr.

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Issac Pitts, QEA head coach, says this is the best team he has had since 2011, when they won the national championship.

Photo by Timothy Ramsey

Quality Education Academy (QEA) has set a high standard for their basketball program over the last decade. This season, QEA head coach Issac Pitts is taking a different approach with his national team to accomplish a familiar goal, winning a national championship.

The Pharaohs have won three national championships since the opening of the school, a little over a decade ago.

For this championship run, Pitts is steering away from his usual formula to implement one that involves more speed.

He put that formula to the test when QEA faced off against Legacy Charter (Greenville, S.C.) last week.

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since we have beaten East Forsyth or Mt. Tabor.

Those games were the telltale sign that we could do something, something special.”

The season could have taken a turn for the worse when starting quarterback Kam Hill went down with a season-ending injury. As a stroke of good fortune, the Raiders had been working on a new formation at practice that proved to be their saving grace.

“Someone in practice said, ‘Let's work on a set where the running back is the quarterback, because we only have one quarterback,’” he continued.

“When it happened, Coach

McGee said ‘This is your worst nightmare.’ I told him it was, but it wasn’t because we were prepared.

“I commend the receivers for sticking it out, because we went from a passing offense to a runheavy offense. With Kam at quarterback, we were able to spread it around, but when he got hurt we cut it back to only five or six passes per game.”

McCoy credits running back turned quarterback Bryson Canty for his seamless transition. He says Canty wanted to do whatever he could to make the team better.

“Bryson Canty did a great job and when he did not succeed throwing the ball, he got mad at himself.

I had to keep telling him that it was OK because he

was not a quarterback.

That kid just wanted to be the best that he could be wherever we put him on the field.”

When Hill went down due to injury, the staff decided to cut many of the plays out of the offense to simplify things for Canty.

McCoy says this allowed his players to play faster, because they did not have to think about what they were supposed to do, they could just react.

The biggest contributor to making the new offense click was the offensive line, says McCoy. He called the offensive line “the backbone” of the team, once Canty took over under center.

On the defensive side of the ball, McCoy says he was really proud of the job

his group did as a whole.

He feels as though his defensive line is one of, if not the best, in Forsyth County.

“The front four is concentrating so hard on getting to those offensive linemen, it allows our linebackers to run free and make plays,” he said.

McCoy said this season can give a lot of momentum for his younger guys as they step into leadership roles next year. He said he had too many players to name for their key contributions on the season, but thanked all his players for their tremendous effort on the year.

“Our freshman class was special and I hope we can retain a lot of them on JV, because we had a lot of gems,” he said. “We expect good things. An undefeated season, I don't know, but we expect good things and to be very competitive every week.”

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the score of 72-64.

“Going into the game we had not played that level of competition yet this year,” Pitts said.

“Those guys are ranked in the top 25 in the country and they have seven high major Division I recruits.”

“I understood going into this thing that they were pretty good and they were big. Going in, I said this was a test to get back to playing the QEA way, which is pressure from one end of the court to the other.”

Pitts says he knows his offense can be a weapon, but what makes this team dangerous is the fact they use their defense as a weapon as well. He feels their speed and defensive pressure makes his team very difficult to play against.

“What we want to do is run on misses, makes, free throws and out-of-bounds plays,” he said. “We want to run on every facet of the game to keep them on their heels and then when they get the ball, we want to attack you on defense to keep them bottled up and pressured.”

Pitts has embraced analytics, which is the computational analysis of data or statistics. He has found that his team has a better chance of winning by creating more possessions on

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offense and forcing turnovers on defense.

According to Pitts, this is his best team he has had since 2011. He says he has similar style players on this team as he had back then.

His current players watch film of QEA legends such as Anthony Fields and Charles McKinney so they know the standard they have to live up to.

QEA traditionally plays a tough schedule in November and December to prepare them for the games in February. Pitts says that's been the way he has always tested his team’s resolve early on in the year.

“Traditionally that's what we have always done,” Pitts said of his team’s schedule. “We always play a tough November, but what we are preparing for is February. We play a tough schedule, so I figured let's just jump out there right out of the gate.”

For the first time in many years, QEA will play a Forsyth County team during their regular season.

The Pharaohs will match up against the Spartans of Mount Tabor this afternoon. Pitts says he has a long standing relationship with the Muse family due to him playing for Tom Muse when he was in high school.

“I played for the legendary Tom Muse at Parkland, so I have had a

would have caused some problems, but not enough to win the game.

It is too early to tell exactly how good these Blue Devils will be. If the game against Kentucky is any indication, they will be very formidable. I don't think they

great relationship with the Muse family since I was 16,” he continued. “The only school that has always played me was Mount Tabor, but it was always a scrimmage. This year, Andy said they wanted to play and he wanted to do it at our place.”

“I thought that was very big of him, because we don't play Forsyth County schools and I don't know why.”

Pitts went on to talk about why his team is never invited to play in the Frank Spencer Classic during the holiday season. He said his teams always want to play, but they never get the chance.

Pitts feels his team has a good chance at winning another national title, because of the strong play he gets from his guards.

“High school basketball nowadays is centered around great guard play,” said Pitts. “Many people want a big man and I have been fortunate to have great bigs in the past, but in 2018 I decided to do it differently. We don't want a big man, we want speed, because speed kills.”

Even though wins are a top priority for QEA, Pitts says the main objective is to get his players into a college or university. He says his goal in life is to get 250 black men into college and up to this point he is almost halfway there with 120 and counting.

will go undefeated, but I don't foresee the Blue Devils losing more than 3 or 4 games all year. Once again, it pains me to admit such.

I know we will never have the chance to answer this debate, but it is fun to discuss such scenarios. The game was played totally different then, so those contrasting styles would have made for an interesting matchup.

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The 8-and-under team for the Youth Character Football League (YCFL) walked into the playoffs with an undefeated 8-0 record. The team is sporting a top five ranking in the state of North Carolina for their age group as well.

YCFL, based out of Union Baptist Church, have been climbing the ranks of the local youth football leagues for the last few years.

Jermell Barringer, head coach of 8U team, says he was confident his team would be talented, but did not know they would walk through the regular season undefeated. “We brought in a couple of kids from another organization and with the weapons YCFL already had, it was a pretty good match,� said Barringer. “The kids just bought

into our system and they believed in what we were coaching them.�

Tom Brown, director of YCFL, says the success of the 8U team comes from good coaching and the fact this group of kids have played together for a couple of years. “That camaraderie between the kids helps the coach in terms of his ability to gel a football team,� said Brown. “At the beginning of the year, you never really go beyond one game at a time. With the kids returning from the 6U level at YCFL, mixed with the kids coach Jermell brought over, you couldn't help but to expect good things.�

This is a big turnaround from the record last year's 8U team posted for YCFL. According to Brown and Barringer, the 2017 8U team only won one game. To turn around a year later and go undefeated in the regular season is amazing, they said.

Assistant coach Phillip Hairston Jr. says another contributing factor for the team’s success was the constant

communication between the coaching staff. The fact the staff was able to mesh ideas to come up with a great game plan each week was paramount in their success. “I really didn't have too many expectations, I just wanted to see my guys do well on the field,� said Hairston. “This is the first time we have had an undefeated season as coaches and the performance of the kids has been amazing.�

Heading into the playoffs, the team was beaming with confidence. Unfortunately for the 8U team, they were defeated in the first round of the playoffs by the score of 12-0. That blemish does not take away from what these young boys did on the field during the regular season, coaches say.

Coach Barringer wanted to thank assistant coaches Hairston Jr. and Tyrell Russell for their dedication this season.

College honors 1997 CIAA football team SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

The 1997 CIAA Football Championship team was inducted into Livingstone College Athletic Hall of Fame in October.

The team was led by 27-year-old quarterback Parnell Wilder, one of the best quarterbacks to be ranked in Division II. Running back Chris Williams topped 1,000 yards rushing, and running back Wilmont Perry, former NFL player, rushed for 1,924 yards and had 24 touchdowns in the season.

The team outscored the opposition 418-121 and set team records that still stand to this day. This Blue Bear powerhouse beat teams by 13 points and scored over 400 points. It led the CIAA in every major offensive and defensive category, and was the first team to win a CIAA Football Championship in 1997, the only CIAA football championship in school history.

Livingstone was selected to play in the first Pioneer Bowl in Atlanta, Ga., before falling to Kentucky State 46-42.

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From left shown are Andre Springs, Livingstone College athletic director; Coach Artis Smith of WinstonSalem, who was defense line and strength and conditioning coach; Dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins Sr., Livingstone College president; and Bryce Holmes, committee chairman.

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NOW-Nov. 17 – Book sale The Rural Hall/Stanleyville Friends of the Library are holding a book sale on the following dates at the Library, at 7125 Broad St. Rural Hall on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 4-6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

TODAY, Nov. 15 – Discussion about small businesses Meet up with the Young Professionals at Zesto Burgers to discuss, and actually support, small businesses on Nov. 15 from 6-8 p.m. at Zesto Burgers & Ice Cream, 2600 New Walkertown Road. The event is free.

Register at eventbrite.com.

The event name is YP Mixer.

TODAY, Nov. 15 – Workshop and Job Fair Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina and Veterans Services are hosting a workshop and a Job Fair, on Thursday, Nov. 15 beginning at 9 a.m. The event will be at Goodwill’s Veteran Services Program, 2701 University Parkway, Winston-Salem. For more information call (336) 7243621 Ext. 1212 or visit http://goodwillvetservices.org/.

TODAY, Nov. 15-16 – Board of Elections meetings The Forsyth County Board of Elections will hold a Supplemental Absentee Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 5 p.m. The Canvass Meeting for the Nov. 6, General Election will be held on Friday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m.

The official election results will be certified at the mandatory canvass. The meetings will be held at Forsyth County Government Center, 201 N. Chestnut St. Nov. 16 – Festival of Lights opens The 27th annual Festival of Lights at Tanglewood Park opens Friday, Nov. 16 and runs through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. The show’s operating hours are 6 -11 p.m. nightly, with the exception of Dec. 31 when Festival of Lights closes at 10 p.m.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.forsyth.cc/Park s/Tanglewood/fol/ or call (336) 703-6481.

Nov. 16 - 17 – Annual Boutique Shopping event The Junior League of Winston-Salem’s ninth annual holiday shopping market, Boutique, will be held Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17 in the Grand Pavilion Ballroom in the lower level of the Embassy Suites in downtown Winston-Salem. For more information or to purchase advance tickets to Boutique, please visit www.jlws.org/boutique.

Nov. 16 – Dec. 21 – Christmas by candlelight guided tours Tickets are on sale now for Old Salem Museums & Gardens’ popular holiday Candlelight Tours, which will begin Friday, Nov. 16 and occur periodically through Dec. 21 with multiple tour times on tour nights. Tickets are $50 per person (includes a takehome earthenware cup).

Space is limited and preregistration is required.

Visit oldsalem.org or call 1-800-441-5305 to reserve a spot.

Nov. 17 – Arts Festival Carmen Elliott is hosting an Arts Festival on Nov. 17. It is sponsored by The Arts Council of WS. The event will be from 2-6 p.m. at 4403 Country Club Road. Artist/vendor fee is $35. To secure a spot, visit

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Admission is free to the public.

Nov. 17 – RiverRun presents “Holiday Affair” RiverRun Retro presents the screening of “Holiday Affair” on Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. at a/perture cinema located at 311 West 4th St. Tickets are $12.50 at the door or online at aperturecinema.com/portfolio_page/holiday-affairnov-17.

Nov. 17 – Puppet Show Korner’s Folly will host a Thanksgiving puppet show on Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. After the show, make your own turkey puppet craft. Puppet show tickets are $5/person. Seating is limited.

Visit https://www.kornersfolly.o rg/ and click the “events” tab to purchase tickets or for more information.

Nov. 19 – Medicare workshop The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem is offering a Medicare workshop on Nov. 19 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 1700 Ebert St. The session is provided at no cost.

Because space is limited, reservations are required.

Contact the Shepherd’s Center at (336) 748-0217 for more information or to reserve a seat.

Nov. 24- 25 – “A Carolina Christmas” Cirque de la Symphonie is returning this year to deliver acrobatic artistry and family fun as part of the Winston-Salem Symphony’s beloved Triad holiday tradition; “A Carolina Christmas!” The concerts take place Saturday, Nov. 24 and Sunday, Nov. 25. Tickets start at an affordable $20 for adults, $16 for children ages 2–12 and are available in advance by calling the Symphony Box Office at 336-464-0145 or online at WSsymphony.org.

Nov. 25 – Aretha Franklin tribute There will be an Aretha Franklin tribute, featuring Joyce Petty, on Nov. 25 at The Ramkat, at 170 W 9th St., Winston Salem. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. Visit www.theramkat.com to purchase tickets. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

Nov. 25 – Annual Christmas Concert The Twin City Choristers, an all-male choral group in WinstonSalem, will celebrate “The Birthday of A King” during its annual Christmas concert at 4 p.m. at United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, located at 450 Metropolitan Drive in Winston-Salem on Sunday, Nov. 25. For more information, go to www.thetwincitychoristers.com

Nov. 29- Dec. 4 – Semi-annual book sale The Southside Library Friends semi-annual book sale is set to run Thursday, Nov. 29 through Dec. 4 excluding Sunday.

Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All other days are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Southside Library is located at 3185 Buchanan Street.

Nov. 30 – Holiday Musical 40+ Stage Company presents Showtune – Holiday Edition, opening on Friday, Nov. 30 and running through Dec. 9 in the Mountcastle Black Box Theatre at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts.

Tickets and showtimes are available at the Arts Council box office by calling (336) 747-1414 or online atwww.rhodesartcenter.org.

Dec. 1 – Concert at The Ramkat Carolina Music Ways presents “Carolina Live! – Our Musical History” on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. at The Ramkat, located at 170 W 9th St, in downtown Winston-Salem.

Children’s tickets are $5 each and adult admission is free. Tickets can be purchased at www.theramkat.com or at the door.

Dec. 3 - 27 – Winterfest The Music Carolina 2018 WinterFest runs December 3 through December 27, 2018. Ticket prices range from $8 for students and children to $23 for adults. For more information, a comprehensive schedule, or to purchase tickets, visit www.musiccarolina.org.

Dec. 7 - 16 – “The Nutcracker” UNCSA presents “The Nutcracker” on Dec. 7-16.

The full performance schedule for the UNCSA production of “The Nutcracker” is: Dec. 7, 8, and 12-15 at 7:30 p.m.; and Dec. 8, 9, 15 and 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the Stevens Center box office and online at uncsa.edu/performances.

Dec. 7 - 19 – “Miracle on 34th St.” “Miracle on 34th St.” will be at Theatre Alliance, 1047 Northwest Blvd, on Dec. 7-19. Tickets range from $16 to $18. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://m.bpt.me/event/355 9973.

Dec. 8 – Jazzy Christmas On Saturday Dec. 8, a Jazzy Christmas will be held. Post Entertainment is presenting Marcus Anderson with special guest Toni Redd. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. at the Ramkat venue in Winston Salem. Tickets are on sale starting at $35 and can be purchased online at the Ramkat. https://www.theramkat.co

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Lesson Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

By the end of this lesson, we will *Know that we all may be weak and vulnerable at some point. *Affirm that God’s strength meets us in our human weakness. *Resolve to make time for God to refresh us when we feel weak.

Background: The place is in route to Haran outside Lutz. Jacob has been sent to Haran where his uncle Laban lives to keep him safe from Esau’s wrath and threat of death and also to find a wife from Laban’s family who will be suitable for the promise passed down through Abraham. Neither Rebekah nor Isaac wanted Jacob to marry a pagan woman as Esau did. Before his departure Isaac once again repeated the promise of blessings this time knowing it was to Jacob … that God will bless him, multiply him, and be with him in the same way He had been with Isaac and Abraham before him. Esau heard this in turn goes to Ishmael’s family – the family already refused the promise.

Lesson: On his way to Laban, Jacob rests near the city of Luz “deceit” and uses stones for pillows. As uncomfortable as this sounds, the rest given by God produced a dream. We call this dream “Jacob’s Ladder.”

Jacob dreamed of a ladder stretching from earth to heaven with angels going up and down to perform tasks assigned them by God (verses 10-12). In the dream God reveals Himself to Jacob and confirms with him the three elements of the covenant with Abraham: land, seed and blessing (verses 13-14). God adds for reassurance to Jacob a promise to guide and protect Jacob on his journey and wherever he may go (verse 15). Isaac had given the blessing, but God gave the assurance that Jacob needed and the personal relationship that both Abraham and Isaac already enjoyed. Awakening from his dream, Jacob recognizes the ladder as the “gate of heaven” (verses 17).

Jacob makes a libation offering anointing the rocks he used as a “pillow” as a “pillar” and changed the name to Bethel “house of God” – the place where God manifests Himself on earth. The name change is a vow of allegiance to the Lord and a lead-in to the name change coming for Jacob himself. Bethel is marked as a sanctuary where God could be expected to reveal Himself again (verses 18-19). Jacob, now having his personal encounter with God and hearing the promise to guide and protect in turn, he promises to worship the Lord as his God. Jacob also promises here to give God a tithe of all future produce. So, Jacob - soon to be Israel - is the founder of the Bethel sanctuary and future father of the twelve tribes (verses 20-22). (The MacArthur Study Bible, UMI and the Oxford Bible Commentary.)

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On Sunday, Nov. 4, Christ's Beloved Community held a community celebration to commemorate the opening of the church for worship.

Christ's Beloved first began as a street ministry and then grew into a bilingual food pantry on the south side of the city. After three years of meeting their southside neighbors, the food pantry morphed into a

Chantal McKinney is the founding pastor of Christ's Beloved Community.

worshipping community.

The celebration Sunday afternoon began with a community potluck lunch, followed by the worship service. The BIG CELEBRATION was the last item on the agenda. It included food, bounce houses and music for the congregation and community to enjoy.

Chantal McKinney, founding pastor, says it has been a long journey for them to come to this point.

She says their goal is to

help those in the southeast part of the city with whatever needs they can.

“We started with a team of Episcopalians from local churches and long before that I had conversations with our bishops because there was a call on my heart,” said McKinney.

“We started intentionally going into more humble areas of the city to get to know people.

“Rather than us telling

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Veteran Jian Lee Sun carries the American flag into the sanctuary of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on For Your Consideration: Has God slowed you Sunday, Nov 11. down, made you rest unexpectedly to speak to you? Are we too busy to hear from God, too consumed by our selfimposed dilemmas?

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK letin. members with their spiritual, relaFOR THE CHRONICLE Originally from New Jersey, Rev. tionship, financial and other needs, Life’s Application: If we are to hear from God, we Botte attended St. John’s University such as connecting them with comOn Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. and Wake Forest University Divinity munity resources. must make time. We should determine a time early in the morning, late in the evening, or another time that is just 11, veterans not only received a School, graduating in 2014. He was a He said he and his wife had been for you and God. Go to your secret closet, pray, read the blessing by the Rev. Dr. Hector K. minister of a small congregation in looking for a new church and when scripture, and allow God to speak to you through His Sintim, priest-in-charge at St. Walnut Cove and later a police officer they came to St. Stephen’s, they felt Word. “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto Stephen’s Episcopal Church, but also in Greensboro, but felt a deep calling they had found their church home. an inspirational message in a sermon to the military. my path.” (Psalm 119:105.)

When he began his sermon, Rev. preached by the Rev. Ralph Botte, He has been in the Reserves for Botte said that he hadn’t been in the N.C. National Guard chaplain and a six years and is currently assigned to pulpit and preached in a year, but member of St. Stephen’s. the 363rd Engineering Battalion in when he was asked to give the serVeterans from the church were Raleigh, where he counsels service See Honors on B6 honored or memorialized in the bul-

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NOW – Nov. 18 Pastor Appreciation Born Again Free Church, 741 Moravia St., will have an appreciation service for Apostle Barbara G. Adams Nov. 14-18. Weeknight services will begin at 7:15 p.m. and will be held at 741 Moravia St., The Sunday Service will be at 10 a.m. and will be at the Thomasville location, 315 Spring St. For more information please visit us at bornagainfreechurch.org.

Nov. 16-18 98th Church Anniversary Rev. Dr. Valerie Tate Everett and the St. John Christian Methodist Episcopal Church family invite everyone to attend the 98th Church Anniversary Celebration from Friday, Nov. 16 – Sunday, Nov. 18.

All events will take place at St. John C.M.E., at 350 NW Crawford Place. All anniversary services are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact the church office at (336) 725-3968.

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Nov. 17 Education/Alumni Day Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Alumni Association of Ephesus Jr. Academy of 1225 N. Cleveland Ave. will celebrate Education/Alumni Day on Nov. 17 at 11 a.m. At 4 p.m. in the afternoon, there will be a mini-concert, an Ephesus Jr. Academy Study Presentation and an educational monologue. The public is invited.

Nov. 17 Food Drive There will be a Thanksgiving Food Drive on Nov. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Needed items include/admission: at least $5 donation, turkeys and unexpired and non-perishable items only. The event will be at Masonic Center, 4537 Country Club Road. For more info, email info@keys2noexcuses.com.

Nov. 17 Free health screenings On Saturday, Nov.17 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., the Health and Wellness Ministry of Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1075 Shalimar Drive, in partnership with Novant Health, hosts free screenings. Appointments are available from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., and although the screenings are free, registration is required. Call (336) 2771880 or email CommunityWellness@novanthealth.org.

Nov. 17 133rd Anniversary Celebration The Gathering Place at Greater Galilee Church will celebrate its 133rd anniversary with a service on Nov. 17 at 10:30 a.m. This service will be held at 1355 Peachtree St. Dr. Robert L. McGowens Sr. is the pastor.

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people we are a new church and this is the ministry we are going to do, we got to know our neighbors and built relationships with them,” she continued.

“We asked them not only about their needs, but about their blessings and their gifts.”

Christ's Beloved is a multi-cultural church, centered on Jesus Christ and born of two traditional denominations. McKinney is Episcopalian and the pastoral intern, Emily Norris, is Lutheran.

Grounded in those two mainline denominations, Christ's Beloved is spiritually fed by breaking bread together, according to the church.

Betty Dillard has been with Christ's Beloved since the beginning. She said she has been in church for a long time and has noticed the congregations becoming smaller and smaller

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over the years.

“When i was young, everyone went to church, that was just something everyone did on Sunday mornings,” she said. “As i have experienced church, church meant what i could give to others. That was my personal ministry and when i met Chantal, her philosophy meshed with mine.” it was Dillard's idea for the ministry to open up a food pantry. She said she knows it is hard for people to worship while they are hungry. The church food pantry is open three days a month and serves anyone who is hungry.

“That has been one of my blessings and it will be a year old in March,” she said about the pantry. “i am looking for projects and ways to expand what we can do for the community. if we do what God wants us to do, they will come.”

According to McKinney, their entire thought process was for

mon, “my soul started to flutter, a feeling of excitement to preach again.” Rev. Botte preached on the Gospel from Mark 12:3844, about the poor widow who put in two small copper coins in the treasury. He said that this passage is often used during a church’s stewardship campaign because it showed the unselfish giving of the widow.

But Rev. Botte said there was another interpretation that could be made. The widow had choices: She could give what she had, she could have given nothing, she could have stayed away from the temple, or she could have begged outside and given those coins.

Rev. Botte said that we also have choices, to give of our money, our time, our talents. Veterans know what it’s like to give their all; their jobs and their mission

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United Cornerstone Missionary Baptist church will hold its annual Family & Friends Day on Sunday, Nov. 18 beginning at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday School and worship service at 11 a.m. Lunch will be served.

The public is invited to attend.

Nov. 18 Annual Women’s Day The Annual Women’s Day of Goler Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church will be observed during the Worship Service Sunday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. The Rev. Johnny L. Ruff is the pastor of Goler Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church, located at 1435 East Fourth St.

Nov. 18 15th Pastoral anniversary The Rev. Renée Gilliard Griffin will mark her 15th anniversary as pastor of Wentz Memorial Congregational United Church of Christ, 3435 Carver School Road, on

the church to mirror the demographics of the community. Since their area is made up mostly of minorities, they wanted the church to reflect that as well.

Christ's Beloved is now worshipping in the former Christ Lutheran Church at 3205 S. Main St. McKinney says they totally renovated the church with their own members, because it needed updating.

McKinney and Dillard say their first service recently on Sunday was a total success. They said the BiG CELEBRATioN afterward was the icing on the cake, so to speak.

“We just wanted to celebrate all that we have been through,” said McKinney.

The plan going forward is to serve a lunch prior to every Sunday service.

They feel that if they continue to reach out to the community, the people will come and grow the congregation.

come before everything else, including family. They all come with a will to serve and may even have to give their lives.

Jesus gave his life for us. Rev. Botte asked the congregation to ponder the question: What are you willing to give your all to?

After the service, veterans were honored at a luncheon in the parish hall.

Several veterans told stories of their time in service, many of them humorous. There was one veteran from World War ii and several from the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. one veteran got a big laugh when he commented, “The two best days i ever had were in the Army: the day i went in and the day i got out.”

Rev. Botte mentioned that today’s military personnel, especially those in the Reserve, need the support of the community. “Ask them what they need,” he suggested, “and grow the awareness of the needs of service members.”

Sunday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m.

will celebrate the 61st anniversary of the Pastor’s Aide on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. Guest speaker will be Bishop Sir Walter Mack Jr., senior pastor of Union Baptist Church. The public is invited to attend. Rev. Randell A. Cain Jr. is the host pastor. For more information call (336) 725-7390.

Nov. 18 Worship Services Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of WinstonSalem, 4055 Robinhood Road, will have worship services on Nov. 18. The Awake service will be at 9 a.m. and the Explorations and At the Forum services will be at 9:15 a.m. At 11 Nov. 21 a.m., there will be a tradiPre-Thanksgiving tional service.

See services UUFWS.org for more info.

The Gathering Place at Greater Galilee Church, Nov. 18 1355 Peachtree Street in Thanksgiving service Winston-Salem will hold The Woman's Pre-Thanksgiving Services Missionary of The High on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 7 Point Educational and p.m. Pastor Daryl Young Missionary Department and Mt. Carmel Baptist will have its annual Church of Winston-Salem Thanksgiving Fellowship is the special guest.

Service at Morning Star Baptist Church, 1400 Fitch Nov. 22 St. Winston-Salem.

Thanksgiving Day Saturday, Nov. 17 at 10 service a.m. The churches are Holy Trinity Full asked to bring the items for Gospel Fellowship Center, the Hurricane Boxes.

5307 Peters Creek Parkway, will have its Nov. 18 annual Thanksgiving Day 61st anniversary service on Thursday, Nov. Zion Memorial 22 at 10 a.m. For additional Missionary Baptist Church, information, call (336) 784101 North Dunleith Ave., 9347.

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The crowd was treated to soulful music throughout the BIG CELEBRATION.

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The Rev. Ralph Botte, N.C. National Guard chaplain, delivers the sermon at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11.

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The Ephesus Seventhday Adventist (SDA) Church and Pastor Allen Baldwin will host the Ephesus Junior Academy (EJA) Annual Alumni Day on Saturday, Nov. 17.

Alumni anxiously await this event each year, as it is a time for old friends to meet, greet, fellowship, reminisce over their glory days as powerful young people at Ephesus, and to give back.

They share details about challenges, experiences, and successful outcomes for which they were prepared as a result of the education received at the Academy.

Harvey Staplefoote, alumni president, announced that Alumnus Elder Damien Gardner will deliver the 11 a.m. Sabbath worship message. Elder Gardner grew up in

Gardner Winston-Salem, where he attended Ephesus Junior Academy for preschool and kindergarten and then again for fourth through seventh grades under the tutelage of Elder Bravett Lyles, then principal and now EJA School Board chair. He graduated from Wiley Middle School and was a Crosby Scholar at his alma mater, R.J. Reynolds High School.

At the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C., Elder Gardner

received Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and international Affairs, with a concentration in Conflict and Security, and a minor in Religion, concentration in Conflict and Security, and a minor in Religion, concentration in islam.

Elder Gardner then served as an officer in the Uniformed Division of the Secret Service at the end of President George W. Bush’s administration, assigned to the White House.

Elder Gardner was ordained in 2009 as a minister at First Seventh-day Adventist Church in Northwest Washington, D.C. Assisted by his wife, Rachelle odom Gardner, he currently serves at the Woodbridge Seventh-day Adventist Church in Woodbridge, Virginia, where Elder Lola MooreJohnston is the pastor.

Crisis Control Ministry holiday card sales to benefit local community T H E C H R ON I C LE

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The sale of 2018 Crisis Control Ministry Holiday Honor Cards is underway, marking more than 22 years that the local organization has offered cards that make a positive difference in the community.

“People love our holiday cards because they’re a meaningful alternative gift that honors the recipient and also benefits Crisis Control’s work with economically vulnerable people in Forsyth county,” said Margaret Elliott, Executive Director of Crisis Control Ministry.

For a minimum donation of $5 per card, Crisis Control Holiday Honor Cards can be sent by the purchaser themselves, or be signed and sent by

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Crisis Control volunteers.

All proceeds from these cards directly benefit Crisis Control. Donations are tax deductible. Two design options are available – one by graphic artist Beth Jones and one by wellknown local artist William Mangum.

For 31 years, Mangum’s Honor Card program has raised over $6 million for various organizations that assist individuals and families across the state including Crisis Control Ministry here in Forsyth County.

For more information and to purchase holiday honor cards from Crisis Control Ministry, please visit ccmcard.org or contact Vicki Jones at )336) 201-5290 or vjones@crisiscontrol.org.

Festival of Lights begins this weekend SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

The 27th annual Festival of Lights at Tanglewood Park opens Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 and runs through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. The show’s operating hours are 6 p.m.-11 p.m. nightly, with the exception of Dec. 31st when Festival of Lights closes at 10 p.m.. Forsyth County Parks and Recreation is excited to have Lowes Foods returning as the title sponsor for the 2018-2019 season.

This year, Festival of Lights is proud to introduce several new light displays. Festival of Lights patrons can also enjoy original compositions from the UNC School of the Arts Music Technology students showcased through our interactive musical displays. We encourage visitors to tune their radios to 99.5 WMAG through Dec. 25 to hear holiday music as they drive through Festival of Lights.

For the most enjoyable experience, visit Festival of Lights Monday-Thursday evenings early in the season.

Friday-Sunday evenings as well as the days just before Christmas are very busy and extremely long wait times should be expected.

S’moresville, operated by Lowes Foods, will continue the marshmallow roasting tradition at the Gift Village, right outside the Gift Shop. Lowes will sell roasting sticks with marshmallows and s’mores kits on-site. Visitors to S’moresville may not bring their own sticks or food items for roasting. Other family friendly activities will be held at S’moresville on select nights throughout the show.

S’moresville will close each evening at 10 p.m. and will be closed the entire evening of Dec. 25th.

The Gift Village is anchored by the Gift Shop located inside the Red Barn. The Gift Shop will have holiday crafts, wood workings, seasonal treats, and other fine gifts for sale made by local artisans. The Gift Shop will be open each night of the show and will close at 11 p.m.

Sundays- Thursdays and 12 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with the exception of Dec. 31st when it will close at 10 p.m..

Due to unfortunate circumstances, Santa and Mrs. Claus are unable to attend Festival of Lights this season.

Tanglewood Farms is now taking reservations for horse-drawn carriage rides and tractor- pulled hayrides.

Reservations are required and can be made by calling (336) 766-9540.

There will be several Festival of Lights special events this season:

*The Festival of Lights Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday, Nov. 18th. Lunch will be served at 11a.m. with a 12 p.m. shotgun start on the newly renovated Championship course. The entry fee is $60 per person or $50 for Tanglewood members. *Running of the Lights is Monday, Dec. 31. Start off the New Year with a race through Festival of Lights at midnight.

Nightly ticket prices are as follows: *Family (cars, vans and trucks): $15 -Commercial (vans, limos and mini-buses): $35 *Motorcoaches and buses: $100 Festival of Lights also offers Discount Nights! On the following nights only, receive reduced pricing: *Monday, Nov. 19 *Tuesday, Nov. 20 *Monday, Nov. 26 -Tuesday, Nov. 27

The reduced pricing is Family (cars, vans and trucks): $5 -Commercial {vans, limos and mini-buses}: $15 Motorcoaches and buses: $65 Stay at Tanglewood and enjoy the lights for free.

Guests of the Manor House and RV campground receive free admission to Festival of Lights. Call 336.703.6494 for reservations.

Festival of Lights attracts an estimate of over a quarter million visitors annually.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.forsyth.cc/Parks/Tanglewood/fol/ or call 336.703.6481.

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Members of Unchain Winston came to the Forsyth County commissioners meeting earlier this month to tout the Houses for Hounds program. The collaboration provides free dog houses for low income residents, including this barrel dog house they brought with them. Since it started 20 years ago, it’s distributed more than 300 dog houses. Application information for the program can be found under “Special Programs” at www.forsyth.cc/AnimalControl or by calling (336)-7032480.

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The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Forsyth County’s largest private foundation and one of the largest in the state, Nov. 1 announced a dramatic change in its grantmaking strategy to focus on measurable outcomes rather than issues. The Trust believes this shift will enable it to more effectively support the people and communities it serves.

“We are committed to supporting promising and proven programs that can be scaled up, to projects that activate systems change, and to promoting equity to ensure all people and communities have full access to opportunity and the supports they need to succeed,” said Dr. Laura Gerald, president of the Trust.

Grantmaking will now take place on a rolling,

rather than fixed, schedule.

Strategy and grant information is available on the Trust’s website.

The Trust is committed to paying out $10 million in grants in Forsyth County in 2018 and 2019, and $29 million in grants across the state.

Throughout the state, the Trust invests in equitable access to health care and equitable health outcomes in areas with great need. The Trust’s Healthy Places initiative serves community-led projects in seven rural counties, tackling critical health topics such as obesity reduction, substance misuse, access to care, and adverse childhood experiences. In addition, the Trust is the largest foundation supporting ACA Open Enrollment efforts. It has made a $10 million commitment to North Carolina organizations that are helping resi-

dents sign up.

In Forsyth County, where the Trust is based, its Great Expectations initiative works to ensure that children in Forsyth County enter kindergarten ready to learn and leave set for success in school and life.

Goals include: improving birth outcomes so all children get off to a good start, increasing access to quality childcare through universal pre-K, and improving traditional preschool and home-based childcare.

The Trust is committed to fostering an inclusive economy in Forsyth County and has announced a funding opportunity to strengthen the safety net, to ensure no one is left behind. The Trust has long supported safety net organizations in Forsyth County to ensure people have access to basic human needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter. The Trust

is supporting research and strategy development for its inclusive economy efforts, with updates to be announced over time.

“There’s much to be

done to achieve Mrs. Reynolds’ goal of improving the quality of life and health of residents throughout North Carolina.

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more tools and flexibility to achieve her mission and truly invest in impact,” says Dr. Gerald.

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Wake Forest Law wins 2018 NBTA Tournament of Champions For the first time in history, Wake Forest School of Law won the 2018 National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) Tournament of Champions (TOC). The winning team of thirdyear students, which was coached by Wake Forest alumnus Mark Boynton, included Ashley DiMuzio, Mark Parent, Tracea Rice, and Virginia Stanton. The competition is an invitation-only trial advocacy tournament that selects the 16 highest ranked trial advocacy programs in the country to compete for the champion's title. Wake Forest entered the tournament with a No. 1 TOC ranking for its collective team performances since 2016, a standing that would propel the Demon Deacons to meet Berkeley, Harvard, and others on their path to the final round. “We faced challenging preliminary rounds against the talented Georgetown, Harvard, and Chicago-Kent teams,” says Coach Mark Boynton. “When we met the perennial powerhouse Berkeley in the semifinals, they were allowed to elect which side of the trial they would take since they were the No. 1 seed — and we still managed to defeat them.”

State Broadband Office launches Broadband Grant Program Eric Boyette, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (DIT) and State Chief Information Officer, announced the launch of the state’s new Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant Program. The GREAT Grant Program is a $10 million grant program authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly and administered by NC DIT’s B r o a d b a n d Infrastructure Office.

The program allows internet service providers and electric membership cooperatives to compete for funding to lower financial barriers that prevent broadband expansion in rural communities. “We are excited about what this can do for Tier One counties in North Carolina,” said Secretary Boyette. “We expect to see some great ideas for meaningful broadband expansion in these areas. This is an important step toward ensuring that our children are equipped to complete homework assignments and that small business owners are poised for growth.”

The GREAT Grant Program was established by Session Law 2018-5. Eligible areas are census blocks or portions of census blocks in Tier One counties that lack access to a service providing a minimum of 10 Megabits per second

download and 1 Megabit per second upload speeds. The state classifies the 40 most economically distressed counties in the state as Tier One counties. To learn more, visit the GREAT Grant Program webpage.

England named N.C. Librarian of the Year Lisa England, Media Coordinator at Morgan Elementary in Clemmons, is the North Carolina Media Coordinator of the Year.

The North Carolina School Library Media Association is giving England the honor.

Described as someone who wants every child to connect with a book, England is being recognized for creativity in her work. She dresses up, plays musical games, created “mobile libraries” in her school, and has done many things to establish a media center that is inviting and exciting.

The award comes with $1,000 for library supplies. It is awarded annually to someone employed in a North Carolina public or private school. A team of media coordinators looks at the individual’s work and recognizes them for outstanding performance in the school library/media center.

Winston-Salem dentist elected president of N.C. Dental Society Dr. Tony Porter, a Winston-Salem dentist, has been elected president of the 3,800-member North Carolina Dental Society for 2019. Dr. Porter graduated from UNC School of Dentistry in 1990.

After graduating, he attended an Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Dr. Porter and his family returned to WinstonSalem in 1994. Upon returning, he opened his dental office and has been practicing at the same location for 24 years. Dr. Porter has remained dedicated to the dental field through various leadership roles in several professional associations.

He has served as an officer and as President of the Forsyth County Dental Society and the Second District of the North Carolina Dental Society. He is also active in the North Carolina Dental Society where he is currently President-Elect while also serving as a committee member for the NC MOM clinics. He is also the Former Chair of the NCDS BOT, Member International College of Dentists.

Additionally, Dr. Porter was a committee member for the UNC Dental Alumni Association and an examiner for the Council of Interstate Testing Agencies. Dr. Porter is a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the International College of D e n t i s t s .

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Sealed proposals will be received by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, NC, in the office of Facilities Design and Construction, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, (Gray Home Management House, 105 Gray Drive, Greensboro, NC 27412), up to 3:00 pm November 27, 2018 and immediately thereafter publicly opened and read for the furnishing of labor, material and equipment entering into the construction of UNC-GREENSBORO

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at which time and place bids will be opened and read.

Complete plans, specifications and contract documents will be open for inspection in the offices of Sigma Engineered Solutions PC (2100 Gateway Centre Blvd, Suite 100 Morrisville NC 27560, (Phone 919-840-9300), and in the plan rooms of the Associated General Contractors, Carolinas Branch, Raleigh, NC, in the local North Carolina offices of McGraw-Hill Dodge Corporation, in the Eastern Regional Office of Reed Construction Data in Norcross, GA, and East Coast Digital – Minority Plan Room Provider NCIMED Plan & Resource Center, 114 West Parrish Street, 6th Floor, Durham, NC 27701, 919-9568889 or 919-287-3036 or may be obtained by those qualified as prime bidders, upon deposit of Two Hundred Fifty dollars ($250) in cash or certified check. The full plan deposit will be returned to those bidders provided all documents are returned in good, usable condition within ten (10) days after the bid date.

In accordance with GS133-3, Section 64.

(C) and State Construction Office procedures, the following preferred brand items are being considered as Alternates by the owner for this project: A. EST-3 Fire Alarm System as manufacturered by Edwards Systems

Justification of any approvals will be made available to the public in writing no later than seven (7) days prior to bid date.

The state reserves the unqualified right to reject any and all proposals.

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Project Name: Winston-Salem (Forsyth County) Idols Road Regional Lift Station (Re-Bid) Bid Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 @ 2:00 PM

Please Submit Quote the Day Prior to Bid Opening: 11-26-18

Work includes the following trades: Materials, Paving, Water, Sewer, Earthwork, Electrical, Pump Station, Hauling, Erosion Control, Seeding, Clearing & Grubbing, Instrumentation & Mechanical and any incidentals and materials necessary for construction to complete the project.

The Work to be performed under these Contract Documents for the Idols Road Regional Lift Station Project includes, but is not limited to, the following: TriPlex Regional Wastewater Pump Station, approximately 1,000 LF of 30-inch gravity sewer, approximately 1,200 LF of 20inch force main along with related site work, access drive, electrical and controls, and ancillary items.

Please contact Daniel Lynch at dlynch@jrlynchandsons.com with any questions about the project documents.

Additionally, project documents are available for viewing at our office located at 307 S Academy St., Pilot Mountain, NC 27041.

Bidding documents also may be examined at the following locations: Office of the City/County Purchasing Dept. Room 324, City Hall Building @ 101 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (336-747-6829) Monday through Friday between hours of 9 AM and 4 PM by appointment/ Jerry Bates (336-747-6939) jerryjb@cityofws.org

Also, at ConstructConnect, 2825 Edwards Road, Suite 800, Cincinnati, OH 45209 (800-364-2059) ext. 8221 or at the Issuing Office- HIGHFILL @ 380 Knollwood Street, Suite 734, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, contact Nikki Jackson, Phone: 336-443-2286, email: njackson@hiepc.com Monday through Friday between hours of 9 AM and 4 PM by appointment.

JRL is willing to review any responsible quote and will negotiate terms, if appropriate. We will notify your firm if your bid is accepted for this project. Please contact me if you have not heard from JRL by 10-25-18 and I will inform you of the status of your bid. If you need assistance with obtaining bonding, loan capital, lines of credit, insurance or joint pay agreements, please see JRL terms below or contact us and we will review your needs and direct you to available agencies for assistance.

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All M/WBE subcontractors will be allowed to work under Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. Performance & Payment Bonds to the Owner.

Financial Assistance: Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. will provide Joint Check Agreements to all M/WBE subcontractors. Please request a Joint Check agreement in writing if needed and Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. will work with you and the material vendor to develop a Joint Check Agreement to satisfy all parties.

Quick Payments: It is Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. policy to provide Quick Payments if needed to all M/WBE subcontractors. Jimmy R Lynch & Sons, Inc. will provide payment to all M/WBE subcontractors on a weekly and/or monthly basis if the work for which payment is being requested is complete and accepted by the City of Winston-Salem

JRL encourages 2nd tier MBE/WBE Subcontracting opportunities. We encourage our subcontractors to utilize 2nd and 3rd tier MBE/WBE Subcontractors.

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NOTICE TO SUBCONTRACTOR BIDDER REQUEST For The North Carolina A&T State University Engineering Research & Innovation Complex Package 2A Early Bid

Balfour Beatty Construction, in association with C2 Contractors, is requesting for principal trade and specialty contractors to submit bids for the furnishing of labor, material, and equipment for the North Carolina A&T State University Engineering Research & Innovation Complex (ERIC) Package 2A – Early Bid. Balfour Beatty Construction, in association with C2 Contractors has been selected as the Construction Maager at Risk for the project and will receive sealed bid proposals from prqualified bidders only, and will contract with the principal and specialty contractors for the execution of the work .

The Engineering Research & Innovation Complex (ERIC) consists of construction of a new 130,000 sf four story engineering facility. Package 2A – Early Bid, consists of specialty contractors for the following early bid packages: 0301 Building Concrete, 0501 Structural and Misc Steel, 1401 Elevators.

The bid due date is December 6, 2018 at 2:00pm. The bids will be opened immediately following at NCA&T Old Sebatian Health Center Building, Coference Room, located at 205 Nocho Street, Greensboro NC 27411. Submittals for pre-qualification forms may be hand delivered, mailed, or sumitted electronically. Prequalifications are due Monday, November 26, 2018. Balfour Beatty in Association with C2 Contractors reserves the right to accept additional prequalification applications up to 7 days prior to bid opening. The CM and Owner reserve the right to reject any and all Pre-qualifications. Contracting method will be through Competitive Public Bid in accordance with Chapter 143 of the NC General Statues. For further information or questions, please contact Elizabeth Holdorf at 336-829-0841, or by email at Eholdorf@balfourbeattyus.com.

Electronic files of the complete plans and specifications for this project are avaiable upon request. Please contact Elizabeth Holdorf.

Contractors interested in bidding are requested to attend the pre-bid meeting, which will be held on Thursday November 15 at 1:00 PM at the NCA&T Old Sebastian Health Center Building, Conference Room, located at 205 Nocho Street, Greensboro NC 27411. The meeting will address project specific questions, issues, bidding procedures and bid forms and will be followed by a site tour.

HUB Outreach Meeting: Meeting will be held on November 15, 2018 from 2:00pm to 3:00 pm at the NCA&T Old Sebastian Health Center Building, Conference Room, located at 205 Nocho Street, Greensboro NC 27411.

Balfour Beatty in Association with C2 Contractors has an affirmative policy of fostering, promoting and conducting business with Historically Underutilized Businesses. HUB contractors are highly encouraged to participate in the bidprocess. All Bidders are strongly encouraged to include opportunities for HUB participation wherever possible in their respective bid submission. Historically Underutilized Businesses is a part of this contract and must comply with the State of North Carolina General Statues.

North Carolina A&T State University reserves the unqualified right to reject any and all proposals.

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