September 17, 2020

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THURSDAY, September 17, 2020

Winston-Salem legend Art Blevins loses battle with cancer

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Known for his kind heart and giving nature, Art Blevins impacted the lives of countless children throughout his nearly 40 years of service in the Parks and Recreation Department. After a brief fight with pancreatic cancer, Blevins passed away last week in hospice care at the age of 62.

Blevins spent time in several recreation centers during his tenure with the city, but is best known for his time at the Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center, where the gymnasium is named in his honor. He was beloved by everyone he met and had a heart for giving that was unmatched.

“It was a little overwhelming, not that it wasn’t totally unexpected, but I think you continue to hold out hope until the end and then when you finally get that news, you are overcome with a rush of emotions,” said Gary Lash, district recreation supervisor for the Parks and Recreation Department.

Lash recalled the conversations he had with Blevins when he was first diagnosed with cancer in May of this year.

“When he called and told me, we basically just cried together on the phone; it was kind of devastating,” Lash said of the conversation. “He helped me get through a lot during my illness last year and I felt it was my turn to return the favor.”

During his time with the city, Blevins positively impacted the lives of thousands of children.

His wisdom, kind words and selfless acts of kindness are routinely brought up when people speak of Blevins.

“Given the fact he lived in

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Art Blevins the neighborhood I grew up in, we were around each other a lot,” said Ameer Watkins, who was coached by Blevins at the South Fork Community Center.

“He was just the kind of person with a wealth of knowledge and was willing to give it to you at any time.

“He would pick us up, drop us off and even feed us. When I got to high school, he used to stick my newspaper clippings in my mailbox and tell us how proud of us he was. As a high school coach, now I see, looking back, that’s the type of person you want your kids to be introduced to before they get to you on the next level.”

Watkins said it touched him when he heard Blevins had cancer due to the fact he lost his

mother at a young age to the disease. He said Blevins was always a fighter and was hopeful he would pull through, but once he heard of Blevins’ passing, he had to take a few minutes to compose himself at work.

Even a brief encounter with Blevins would leave a lasting impression. Jamaal Fowler, a Winston-Salem native, says he met Blevins on a few occasions and could see immediately why he was so beloved by the community.

“He was always nice and always had great things to say about everyone,” said Fowler.

“When he came to games, he always supported whichever team that was playing. Even when they messed up, he still kept encouraging them. I never heard

him say a negative word about anyone and in today’s climate you will not find too many people like that. It’s not just Winston-Salem, but the world lost a great one.”

Blevins was not only well respected by the kids he coached, but also by his peers. Ben Piggott, former senior supervisor at the Carl H. Russell Sr. Community Center, worked closely with Blevins for nearly four decades and had nothing but high praise for Blevins.

“Art loved children and he never looked at it as a job, it was a ministry for him,” said Piggott.

“We always talked about the kids and what we could do to improve the life of a child.”

Piggott and Blevins retired around the same time and stayed

in touch through phone calls and text messages.

“Art will always be in my heart for the rest of my life,” Piggott continued. “When I heard that he passed, I was driving and I had to pull over on the side of the road, because it hit me hard.

Art loved people and he will always be missed. I am just really glad he was able to see the gym named after him. Art Blevins will always be an icon and a great role model.

“He will always be my brother and he will always live within me, because we related so much together. I just thank God he was my brother and it was an honor and a pleasure to walk down that aisle with Art when we retired together, but Art’s spirit is still here.”

Prepare now to vote in November Here’s a must-do list to prepare for the election

You’ve heard it over and over: make sure you vote on November 3! But voting is not just a oneday deal. There’s work to do now to get ready. Here are a few items for every voter’s to-do list: 1. Check the N.C. State Board of Elections website, NCSBE.gov, to make sure you are “Active” and that your address is correct. (Find VOTER/ABSENTEE LOOKUP under VOTER TOOLS.) If you have moved since the last election, even across the street, you may have a new assigned polling place and

your ballot will be different from the one you would have had at your previous address. If you show up at the voting place for your new address but haven’t updated your registration, you will be asked to cast a provisional ballot.

To look yourself up in the Board of Elections’ database, you can go to the NCSBE website, as above, or Google search NC VOTER LOOKUP, click on VOTER SEARCH, enter your first and last names, click SEARCH, and click on the name and address that matches your information. This will take you to a page with your personal voter information including your status as ACTIVE or INACTIVE. If you are listed as INACTIVE or are not in the database, you will need to submit a new NC Voter Registration Application to the Board of Elections.

You have several options how to do this: *You can obtain an official Voter Registration form from the Forsyth

County Board of Elections office or other source, complete it with your new and old addresses, sign it, and mail, fax, scan email, or hand carry it to the Forsyth County Board of Elections. You must do this at least 25 days before Election Day (Oct. 9). *If you miss the 25day deadline, you can go to any of the Forsyth County early voting sites and complete a Voter Registration form. To update your registration (or to register for the first time) and vote at the same time,

you will need documentation with your name and new address such as your driver’s license, a utility bill, or bank statement. *If you have an N.C. driver’s license, you can use the Division of Motor Vehicles website to update your voter registration or even register for the first time. Google search REGISTER TO VOTE NC ONLINE, click OFFICIAL NCDMV VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION-NCDOT, and follow the links to use this free service.

*If you can’t use any of the above methods to update your registration, you can send a letter to the county Board of Elections advising them of your new and old address. Be sure to sign the letter and include your phone number so an election’s official can call you if there are any questions.

2. Learn where the early-voting sites will be.

During early voting from Oct. 15 through Oct. 31, you can vote at any earlyvoting site in the county regardless of your assigned

polling place. The Forsyth County Board’s plan is for 17 sites for the November General Election. If the State Board of Elections approves the plan, earlyvoting sites will be open from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. weekdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on two Saturdays, Oct. 17 and Oct. 24; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31; and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on two Sundays, Oct. 18 and 25.

3. Review a sample ballot to become knowledgeable of the candidates in the races. Google search NC VOTER LOOKUP and follow the same steps noted above to find your personal voter information. Click on SAMPLE BALLOTS that will indicate candidates for races in your specific precinct.

4. Don’t ignore the “down ballot” candidates.

Get to know ALL of the candidates in order make smart choices according to your values and interests. While the major media outlets will provide See Voting on A3

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CSEM joins county in win-win study of homeownership program

BY JOHN RAILEY

Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) and the county of Forsyth have come together to study the county’s Homeownership Program, which promotes homeownership among low- to moderate-income residents by subsidizing down payments for qualified homebuyers, mainly first-time ones. The venture is a win-win for the county and CSEM: The county gets a professional, in-depth study of its program at no charge, and the center gets a unique opportunity to study a program that deals with a bedrock of economic mobility: homeownership.

As of 2018, more than 800 participants had been through the program. In initial interviews with CSEM, five participants credited the program with increasing their economic mobility. Instead of throwing money away on rent, Devvon Mack of Rural Hall said she is now investing in her home and building equity wealth. “I just feel like I can do anything, buying real estate or investing,” she said. “It’s made me confident in myself.”

The program (https:// www.co.forsyth.nc.us/ Housing/assets/documents/AHOP_HOME. pdf) has given her and four other participants interviewed for this story a well-earned jumpstart to the middle-class.

The program, funded federally through the county, state and local organizations to participants who put up at least $1,000 each of their own money toward downpayments, comes under the Forsyth County Community and Economic Development department.

Dan Kornelis, the department director, welcomes the study. “Forsyth County, with its many partners, has provided downpayment assistance to over 800 households over the last 20 years, especially

in the last decade, through our loan officer for the program, Bianca Green,” he said. “Within the next few months, it is expected that the total investment milestone of $100,000,000 will be reached for homes purchased through the county’s program. It should also be noted that all these home purchases were made by families that had incomes at or less than 80% of the median household income, based on family size.

“Over the years, the county has captured an abundance of data regarding the demographics of these homebuyers and has recently partnered with CSEM to analyze this trove of data to gain a better understanding of how these families have been impacted by their home purchase. Information we plan to realize as a result includes the effect of homeownership on the families’ ability to create wealth; the difference in home appreciation dependent on location and the date of purchase; and if racial and economic diversity of neighborhoods affect the increase/decrease of properties over time.”

Craig Richardson, the CSEM director, said that the fact that Kornelis has opened the program’s files to CSEM speaks volumes about Kornelis’ leadership of the program and his willingness to evaluate and enhance it – and perhaps set a model for other municipalities. CSEM will mine the data and, in reporting its findings to the public, only name participants with their agreement.

“The program is a potentially powerful opportunity for low-income residents to climb the socioeconomic ladder through two vectors: first, the purchase of a house may allow for wealth to build; second, the program allows residents to move to their most favored location within the county, thus giving them better choices around neighborhoods,

Bianca Green schools, access to jobs, retail shops and health care,” Richardson said. “While there is anecdotal evidence of success stories, the county has not had the resources to rigorously measure program outcomes.

Finding out these answers has deep implications for Forsyth County with its historically poor outcomes for those attempting to escaping poverty - most notably for people of color.”

The nascent study is led by CSEM Research Manager Zach Blizard.

Blizard and Ben Lewis, former CSEM research analyst, explored the files of 30 participants and posted an initial paper on the CSEM website: “What is the Success of Forsyth County’s Affordable Home Ownership Program? Initial Results from 30 Participants.” (https://www. wssu.edu/academics/ colleges-and-departments/ college-of-arts-sciencesbusiness-education/centerfor-study-of-economicmobility/our-research/_files/ documents/forsyth-county-housing-initiative-report-ada-comp.pdf.)

Now, CSEM will look at nearly all of the program participants. The larger sample will allow researchers to use more robust analytical techniques.

Whether the initial find-

Bank$hot gives HBCU students a chance to win big for their schools

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Bankshot Basketball, home of the first all digital HORSE competition, is giving students currently attending HBCU’s (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) a chance show off their skills for the opportunity to win $20,000.

The Bank$hot HBCU Challenge is a high stakes competition where students across the country will have the chance to take home $10,000 and win an additional $10,000 for their school’s SGA (Student Government Association). The competition is the brainchild of Russell Morgan, Bank$hot’s director of operations, and his team at Showcase Sports Syndicate (SSS), an organization that hosts various sports leagues.

In 2019, SSS held the inaugural season of the Showcase Premier Basketball League, a local semi-pro league that features athletes with developmental disabilities. After a successful inaugural season, the league was gearing up for the 2020 season when cases of COVID-19 began to spread across the country and they were forced to cancel the season.

A few weeks later, Russell and his team began brainstorming ways to reallocate funds for the lost season and the Bank$hot HBCU Classic was born.

“We are public servants by trade and by heart,” Russell said when discussing the competition. He said as a graduate of Morehouse College, it feels good to be able to give back to the HBCU community. With the pandemic forcing most colleges and universities to cancel homecoming celebrations, Russell said the competition was designed to fill some of that void.

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ings persist remains to be seen.

Interviews for this story with five of the program participants provide a start at better understanding the program.

One of the five welcomed the program because of the high cost of health care for a family member. Most have had job challenges and are working their way up the economic ladder. Most of the five bought houses at costs of more than $140,000. The five range in age from 32 to 52. Most are Black, and most are single parents. All but one, Devvon Mack, bought houses in Winston-Salem.

Most heard about the program through family or friends.

Most of the participants interviewed received financial literacy training to qualify for downpayments. Most said they had initial low credit scores but raised them as they participated in the program.

Some said the tax values of their homes had increased.

They also reported more confidence in their path to upward economic mobility. One talked of leaving behind deplorable conditions in an apartment complex. Most talked about the emotional wellbeing they have experienced from

home ownership.

Arteria Logan of Winston-Salem, a secretary at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, said she had spent most of her life in apartments and home ownership changed her life. “I learned about yardwork and things of that nature,” she said. “Everything was just like a fun first to me.”

She lives in the house with her youngest son, daughter and a grandchild.

Jacqualyn Hurst, who is retired and lives with her husband, who works at Sam’s Club, said the program made “an extreme difference in my life. It took me out of a WinstonSalem apartment complex that was roach-infested and dirty. It was a horrible experience. The landlords there would not fix anything. I came from a threebedroom apartment to over 2,000 square feet of space.

It completely changed my lifestyle.”

Devvon Mack , who works in accounting with IBM and has two children, said, “It has changed my life considerably, just giving my kids a better life, putting them in a better environment, just being surrounded by great people in the suburbs. It’s just a great feeling. Before, I was in a small apartment in Winston-Salem. “ By the program requirements, Mack said, she took a class in homeownership and got coaching on the home-buying process. “There were no surprises, and everything was clear. Without the program, I may not have made it through the process. Buying a house is an emotional rollercoaster.

People get really stressed out. They start the process, then stop.”

Program participants said Bianca Green is very helpful. Kornelis said.

“She is awesome. She’s what makes it work. She lives and breathes the program, working with clients nights and weekends to suit their schedules.”

The program granted Mack $20,000 for her

downpayment, she said, and she bought a house for $143,000 in 2018.

The house now has an appraised value of $184,000, she said, due to development in the surrounding Rural Hall area. She said she has also added on to the house.

Logan said her house also cost $143,000, and she received $28,000 from the program for her downpayment. Hurst said she received $30,000 for a downpayment on the house for which she paid $165,000.

Now, CSEM will survey many more program participants, gathering stories and crunching data to determine the effectiveness of the program and the lessons on economic mobility that can be learned from it. For example, Blizard and Lewis write that “data will be later used to rank each market area. Ranking the Forsyth County market areas will supply a way to determine if an individual or family moved to a ‘better’ neighborhood by seeing if each participant moved from a lower-ranked market area to a better one.”

Kornelis said, “This CSEM study should help reveal if homeownership is a viable activity that can bring increased prosperity to low- and moderate-income families, and how we can best prepare households to not only purchase, but retain ownership and maximize the long-term increase in their investment.”

Richardson, the CSEM director, said, “The lessons learned from this program could potentially transfer to other counties and cities grappling with the same types of economic mobility challenges. They are found in a broad swath across the American South.”

John Railey, raileyjb@ gmail.com, is the writerin-residence for CSEM, www.wssu.edu/csem.

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“There are some challenges that have been noted in the Black community and the HBCU community ... so us being able to be a small part of the answers to some of the issues is rewarding,” he continued. “It’s bigger than just the student, it’s filling in the gap. You know, there’s no football season, there aren’t any homecomings, a lot things people are used to and look forward to ... and there’s a big question mark there this year, and we designed Bank$hot to fill in a bit of that gap.

To add a place where people could connect in some sort of way.”

The “$20,000 HBCU Classic” will be open to more than 100 colleges and universities in 20 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Bank$hot will select 16 different students to compete in an old fashion game of HORSE. Sort of like the game, “Simon Says,” once it’s decided who is the leader or who goes first, that person can take a shot from anywhere on the court. The shot can be as easy as a layup off the glass, or as difficult as a MJ Fade-away or Kareem See HBCU on A6

A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape..but a woman of of strength kneels in prayer to keep her soul in shape.

A strong woman isn't afraid of anything but a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of her fears.

A strong woman won't let anyone get the best of her - but a woman of strength gives the best of her to everyone.

A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same in the future - but a woman of strength realizes life's mistakes can also be God's blessing and capitalizes on them.

A strong woman walks sure footedly but a woman of strength knows God will catch her when she falls.

A strong woman wears the look of confidence on her face but a woman of strength wears grace.

A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey - but a woman of strength has faith that it is the journey that will make her become strong.

You all are truly missed.

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District leaders weighing options for new Brunson

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Despite concerns from district leaders, more than 65% of parents, students and others with vested interest in the future of the new Brunson Elementary School want the school to be built at the Patterson Avenue site, which qualifies as a brownfield site with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ).

Funding for a new Brunson was included in the 2016 Education Bonds by voters. Colon Moore, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools’ director of facility planning and construction, said after initially eyeing nearly 30 sites at the beginning of the process, they were able to cut the list down to three options: merging Brunson and Cook Literacy Model School at the current Cook site, rebuild at the current Brunson site, or build the school on unused industrial property formally owned by Thomasville Furniture Company located between Patterson and Ivy Avenue near Northwest Blvd.

After testing was completed at all three sites in 2019, it was determined that none of the sites had anything that was unexpected for an urban site and all three were approved as possible sites for the school. Following further testing, the Patterson Avenue site was added to the NCDEQ’s list of brownfield sites.

A brownfield site is an abandoned, idled or underused property where the threat of environmental contamination has hindered its redevelopment.

The N.C. Brownfields Program, which is administered by the Division of Waste Management, is the state’s effort to break this barrier to the redevelopment of these sites.

The Brownfields Property Reuse Act of 1997 sets forth funding and other

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information, occasionally slanted, and advertising about the major races, you may have to dig to find information about some of the “down-ballot” candidates even though the positions they are seeking have great bearing on our lives.

For example, the state legislative races sometimes get lost in the glare of the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and statewide races. Even though their jobs are always vitally important in many ways, the men and women we elect to the N.C. Legislature this time will have an especially critical duty: drawing the district lines for the 13 (or more, depending on Census results) representatives from our state to the U.S. House of Representatives for an entire upcoming decade.

Certainly, this deserves strong consideration, along with state taxes, Medicaid expansion, public education funding in the time of COVID, and environmental laws as we decide who to send to the N.C. Legislature.

City council members, county commissioners, school board members, and other local elected officials make decisions that affect our lives daily about textbooks, sidewalks, parks, property tax rates, speed limits, teacher pay, building permits, zoning, trash pickup, volunteer fire department support, locations for new schools, police and sheriff’s department funding, and a host of other issues.

Judges’ races often get

assistance to help prospective developers to put the sites back to use.

A survey conducted by the district showed an overwhelming number of parents, teachers, students, and others from throughout the community preferred that the school be built at the Patterson site.

Of the 598 people surveyed, 67% preferred that the school be built at the Patterson Avenue site.

Currently there are two schools in N.C. operating on sites in the Brownfields Program. One is located in Raleigh and the other, Carter G. Woodson, is located on Goldfloss Street here in Winston-Salem.

In 2015 it was discovered concentrations of tetrachoroethylene or PCE and trichloroethylene or TCE, that exceeded screening levels set by the state. It was later determined that students and staff were not being exposed to the contamination.

Superintendent Dr. Angela Hairston made it clear that they didn’t want the school to be built at the Patterson site. She said it would only take a few parents to complain about the site for it to become an issue of concern for the district. Hairston made a recommendation for the board to approve going with another option that would combine Brunson and Cook at the current Cook location, which was tabled for a future discussion.

About 25% said they wanted Brunson to be rebuilt at its current site at 155 Hawthorne Road. The issue with the current site is a creek that runs nearby the center that often causes flooding. The current Brunson site is likely to require Army Corp of Engineering approval for stream impacts based upon current design and will cost significantly more than the other two sites.

Only about 8% wanted the two schools to merge.

Although Brunson

and Cook are currently less than 1.5 miles apart, it is important to note that about 42% of the households in Brunson’s district make more than $50,000 a year. In the Cook district, about 87% of households make less than $50,000. Brunson is a magnet school that brings in students from across the district and offers several HAG (Highly Academically Gifted) programs.

Cook is a Title I school, in year three of a new education model that also called for a new principal and the entire teaching staff. When discussing the future of Brunson, Dr. Hairston said more than 100 students currently living in the Cook attendance zone, live within half a mile of the proposed Patterson site. She said putting the school on Patterson could also cause issues for other

elementary schools in the area.

“When you look at that, the question became when you build a new site on Patterson ... one of the downfalls is it places you in proximity to Kimberley Park, Cook and Ashley,” Hairston continued. “And so the question becomes, what do you do with those under-enrolled schools?”

With merger of the two schools, Hairston said the plan would be to mirror the merger of Lawrence Middle and Paisley IB Magnet Schools, just few blocks away from Cook. During the board of education meeting on Tuesday, Sept.

8, board member Elisabeth Motsinger raised concerns about one school taking over the other. “It scares me ... I feel like it’s very easy for Cook to disappear in a merger of that sort.”

Board member Bar-

bara Burke suggested that Brunson and Cook be merged at the proposed Patterson site. She said although it wasn’t recommended to merge the schools at the Patterson site, she believes it would be a great opportunity for the students who attend Cook.

“If we do move in the direction of the Patterson location, I would like to suggest, propose, recommend that we combine Cook and Brunson at the Patterson location,” Burke

said. “I believe it would be a great opportunity for students who attend Cook to be inside a brand new environment also.”

The merger of the two schools can only be approved by the WS/FCS Board of Education. The districts can’t move forward into the design phase until a location is chosen.

The project is expected to take about 24 months to complete and early plans call for the school to open by start of 2023-2024 school year.

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little attention from media outlets. The Judicial Voter Guide 2020 will be sent to all registered voters in the next several weeks by the state Board of Elections.

This non-partisan guide provides basic information about judicial candidates’ experience and qualifications, along with statements from the candidates about themselves.

One source of information about all candidates not to overlook is their websites. Since candidates are asking us to hire them, their websites are like job seekers’ resumes which reflect them in the best possible light as to experience, professional achievements, personal information, and what they hope to accomplish.

Finally, two other excellent resources that strive to avoid bias are VOTE411.ORG, from the League of Women Voters, and BALLOTPEDIA. ORG. In addition to essential comparative information about candidates, the Ballotpedia resource also provides specific data about campaign contributions and spending.

Whether we decide to vote in person on Election Day, at an early-voting site, or by absentee ballot, it’s up to each of us to do the prep work now.

Howard Pearre conducts training sessions for volunteers to assist with voter registration. He is a member of Winston-Salem Writers and recently received an honorable mention for his short story, “September, 1957,” at the 2020 International Human Rights Arts Festival.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ‘45’ has to go To The Editor: Generally, I don’t do this kind of thing. But the events and revelations of this past week have left me no choice but to enter the fray.

Forget being Republican, Democrat, Independent, non-affiliated, or what-the-hell ever!

Forget being Black, White, Native American, Hispanic, Gay, Straight, “I don’t know”, or what-the-hell ever!

Here we all are being led by a man who has admitted that he does not give a damn about any of us. What “45” does care about is getting re-elected.

Just for the record, he lied (to us) about when he knew how dangerous COVID-19 was and what the impact would be in our country. We know what the fallout from that lie has been: more than 190,000 dead (still counting); the economy in shambles; millions unemployed; parents afraid to send their children to school and teachers afraid to go teach them; and to date, NO PLAN to get us out of the chaos he helped to create.

Oh, the list goes on and on of his myriad lies, misdeeds and atrocities (still counting). You know. And, you know that I know you know that “45” has to go. He lied to us and keeps lying to us.

I’ll be back when I calm down, if ever.

WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED AMERICA?

Support for Terri LeGrand for the NC Senate District 31 To The Editor: For equity, service and community, let’s support Terri LeGrand’s (2020) candidacy for the N.C. Senate District 31. Over many years, I have been blessed to know (and often see) Terri’s tremendous justice work. As the Social Action chair of our church, Terri worked with marginalized community groups and others toward the goal of educational equity and excellence for all.

Realizing that environmental and climate-related devastation dramatically affects all, but especially those marginalized, Terri co-founded both Piedmont Earth Day Fair and Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA). After receiving world-class (Al Gore led Climate Reality) training, Terri recently prepared and presented extensive trainings throughout the triad. Also, Terri is deeply concerned about the overall wellbeing of all North Carolinians and will tirelessly work for healthcare, jobs, public schools, equity, and mutual respect. Listening deeply to everyone is one of Terri’s paramount priorities.

Finally, both Terri LeGrand (NC Senate District 31) and excellent candidate Dan Besse (NC House District 74) have been recently endorsed by Barack Obama.

JimNorris Winston Salem, NC

‘Trouble with the Truth’ To The Editor: Terri LeGrand’s opponent and dark money groups are desperate and have recently made false statements about her position on public safety. I have known Terri for 14 years and believe her when she says that she does not support defunding the police. She never said that and Joyce Krawiec’s trouble with the truth shows how desperate she is to save herself from likely defeat for Senate Seat 31 this fall.

Terri LeGrand believes that we should improve our systems of public safety to ensure we are protecting all of our citizens. The majority of Americans agree that we need to work across the aisle to improve law enforcement agencies. Policing is a critical service and key component of safe communities. We need to provide police with the right resources so that they can effectively do their jobs.

Terri believes that a key to improving public safety is looking at our complementary services. Improving community support systems, such as services for mental illness and substance abuse disorders, will reduce calls that put the police and citizens at risk. Increasing affordable housing has been shown in other cities to significantly reduce crime. Criminal justice and prison reform, with an emphasis on rehabilitation and preparation for reintegration into society and the workforce, will further reduce crime. Terri supports addressing the unique needs of female prisoners, looking into halting transfers of child offenders to adult facilities, and providing adequate religious resources for prisoners. We need to follow the recommendations of the NC Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, which correctly recommended that law enforcement agencies adopt reasonable use-of-force policies, which at a minimum prohibit neck holds. We need fair and equitable hiring practices and world-class officer training.

These are complex and difficult issues, but an elected leader who fails to understand that is not the leader we need to keep us safe. Unlike Joyce Krawiec, Terri LeGrand has done her homework and will not cover her weaknesses with lies.

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Mr. T uses tactics to scare people about voting in November Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist

Do you remember Chicken Little and the phrase “The sky is falling!”? This cautionary tale was about scaring people and getting them anxious about the future.

We have all experienced the Chicken Little effect in our lifetime that could have been brought on by our family, friends or co-workers. At points, negative attitudes surrounded us and they zapped our strength.

Now in our midst since

the last presidential election comes Chicken Little and his doom-and-gloom forecast. Throughout the president’s time in office, he has provided dire straits about a variety of issues.

His denials are sweeping, and his wrongdoing has no end.

He has not denounced racism in any way. All that he does is fan the flames of racism and fuel his target audience with lies and misstatements. Sadly, they believe him. Protestors are called rioters and hoodlums. In his words, there are good people on both sides. How can a white supremacist be a good person?

We now have over 193,000 people in the United States of America who have passed away from the coronavirus.

These six-plus months have been like no other, at least in my lifetime. Masks are now a part of our everyday apparel. It is like that popular credit card, as we do not leave home without them.

Strangely, masks have become fashion statements. I have seen many kinds that have a variety of phrases on them. I wear my “good trouble” mask in honor of our late Congressman John Lewis.

Dr. Johnathan Reiner, professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University, estimates that 150,000 people would be alive today had we used masks much earlier in this pandemic.

With the pandemic on the prowl and nearly1,000 people dying each day, ac-

cording to some reports, the president says we have turned the corner on this illness. He made this assessment at a political rally held recently in Minnesota. How can that be?

A recent Pew research poll says that 68% of Americans see healthcare as their top priority.

The president is devious, deceptive and demonlike.

One of his current rants is to scare people about voting in this year’s election. He believes that mailin voting is bogus and that the post office will not be able to handle it. That is nonsense! A recent report says that Postmaster General Louis De Joy pressured some of his staff to make campaign contributions for Mr. T’s re-elec-

tion. Are you surprised? I am not.

The president’s cronies are crooked and corrupt.

I am sick of Mr. T! Come on, November, get here so that we can vote him out of office. America needs a new voice and a new vision. We have had no voice and no vision for four years. A change must come and will come if we vote in record numbers in the upcoming election.

Professional sports teams are trying to do their part. Since being in the bubble in Orlando, Fla., NBA players have placed phrases and names of victims on their jerseys and shoes. Minnesota Wild forward Matt Dumba said, “The world woke up to the existence of systemic racism and how deeply rooted

it is.” We see it and feel it every day. I believe at long last that a change is coming.

So now is the time for each of us to make a concerted and intentional effort to stand up for what is right in America. Our votes will allow us to take the necessary stand. Fear will not stop us.

Our votes will stop him.

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

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

Standing up to Trump … and Biden ROBERT C. KOEHLER

Guest Columnist When I ponder the likelihood of looming electoral chaos — uncounted votes, a defeated president who won’t leave office, the possible termination of American democracy (coming soon!)

— I can’t avoid putting it into a larger context.

We’ve always been, at best, a partial democracy, skewed in favor of the wealthy and powerful (and white). Furthermore, a destructive force has been growing in this country that has a global impact and is far larger than Donald Trump. This force — militarism, war — has been, at least in my lifetime, pretty much immune from the checks and balances of American democracy and has been growing increasingly out of control, regardless who’s in office, during the 21st century.

It’s been met, at best, with a shrug, by the media and most politicians: set aside as a matter to be dealt with

later.

I believe the time to deal with both issues is now.

This is because both require a populist intrusion into the norms of power: humanity in the streets, humanity in the face of power, refusing to accept such blatant gaming and dismissal of actual democracy. What must emerge is the Civil Rights Movement 2.0, i.e., the Human Rights Movement.

Consider, just for starters, the findings of a report recently released

by Brown University’s Costs of War Project. At least 37 million people, and maybe as many as 59 million people, have been displaced by the U.S. war on terror that has been foisted on various countries since 2001, according to the report, and the death toll stands at 801,000. The estimated cost of these ongoing conflicts is $6.4 trillion.

The justifications for these ongoing wars don’t begin to address the global trauma they inflict on people. “Any number,” the report points out, “is limited in what it can convey about displacement’s damage. The people behind the

numbers can be difficult to see, and numbers cannot communicate how it might feel to lose one’s home, belongings, community, and much more. Displacement has caused incalculable harm to individuals, families, towns, cities, regions, and entire countries physically, socially, emotionally, and economically.”

I bring this up because I don’t believe it makes sense to talk about a looming danger to American democracy without putting this danger into the context of how much our democracy has failed to uphold the values it’s supposed to represent. Apparently democratic governments can dehumanize and murder people with the same indifference that authoritarian governments do.

Trying to save democracy without addressing this phenomenon is avoidance writ large.

In no way does this mean I dismiss the danger that will likely slam this country full force in less than two months. Mix a pandemic with the strange absurdity of an Electoral College with a president who “always wins” no matter what with a politi-

cal party utterly committed to defending its hold on the levers of power and what you get is an open doorway to Authoritarian America.

There are numerous election-theft scenarios out there. For instance, Frances Fox Piven and Deepak Bhargava, writing at The Intercept, note: “To steal the election, we suspect (Trump) will adapt the standard playbook of authoritarians everywhere: cast doubt on the election results by filing numerous lawsuits and launching coordinated federal and state investigations, including into foreign interference; call on militia groups to intimidate election officials and instigate violence; rely on fringe social media to generate untraceable rumors, and on Fox News to amplify these messages as fact; and create a climate of confusion and chaos.”

Basically, they assert, Trump is willing to start a civil war to stay in power.

He has both government troops (unless they refuse to obey orders) and gunowning white supremacists at his command. He also has the ability to tweet endless discord; an Electoral College that can de-

tach election results from the popular vote; a defunded U.S. Postal Service that might not be able to deliver all the mail-in ballots by election deadlines; and a Democratic opposition that has a history of giving up easily and, unlike the Republicans, very little, if any, interest in working with a revved-up base.

Piven and Bhargava write: “Getting Democrats to use the full extent of their power will not be easy. It will take a mass movement on a scale we have not yet seen, and the mobilization will need to be sustained for weeks and possibly months. Intense pressure from millions of people — that rivals the intensity of the Trump base — will be needed to stiffen the spines of national and state Democratic leaders.”

In a crazy sense, Trump’s unwillingness to concede or acknowledge defeat could wind up pushing real democracy forward, by forcing citizens to vote not just with their ballots, but with their bodies and souls: to be full participants in the democratic process, in creating the country and determining its direction.

At one point the Inter-

cept article makes the strategic point that it should be relatively easy to convince corporate Republicans to determine that keeping Trump in power isn’t worth the price, considering that, “truth be told, Biden should not scare the elite.” Biden’s centrist corporate agenda isn’t particularly at odds with their interests.

Uhh … that’s true.

And so the public action — the people power — needs to put as much pressure on Biden as it does on the Republicans. The U.S. trillion-dollar annual military budget needs to defend itself before the whole country. So do the endless wars. Only direct democracy has the will to stand up for the victims of these wars — the millions and millions of displaced — and demand that the wars stop, no matter who is president.

Robert C. Koehler (koehlercw@gmail.com), syndicated by PeaceVoice, is a Chicago award-winning journalist and editor.

He is the author of “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.”

Trump’s China Diversion Mel Gurtov Guest Columnist The Trump administration’s orchestrated attack on China is commonly assumed to stem from upset over China’s human rights violations and its aggressive behavior in the South China Sea and along the border with India. Where once Trump was fulsome in praise of Xi Jinping’s leadership, now official statements on China are uniformly critical and alarmist.

With Secretary of State Mike Pompeo taking the lead, the criticism has escalated to the ideological level. Pompeo condemns not “China” but the Chinese Communist Party, using Cold War-era talking points that are reminiscent of the 1950s-1960s, when some U.S. experts on the

Soviet Union explained its behavior as due to Marxism-Leninism rather than national interest calculations.

But I suspect that behind the new level of China bashing lurks another motive: to divert Americans’ attention from Russia’s disinformation campaign, which is intensifying as the election nears.

Donald Trump never bought the 2017 National Security Council’s designation of both Russia and China as America’s chief security threats. Nor, as is well known, has he ever accepted the intelligence community’s findings— most recently amplified by a bipartisan Senate intelligence committee report and Michael Schmidt’s book, “Donald v. the United States”—that Russian entities colluded with the Trump presidential campaign in 2016 to promote his election. (“The country’s greatest intelligence failure since 9/11,” Schmidt writes.)

On the other hand,

Trump has been after China on trade issues since the late 1980s. So long as the possibility existed of a major trade deal with China that Trump could proclaim a big win, he was willing to treat Xi Jinping the same way he treated Putin—as a dear friend doing his best in difficult circumstances.

With the onset of the coronavirus and the disruption to the trade deal, Trump unleashed the voices around him hostile to China, from Peter Navarro and Pompeo to Senators Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz.

Thus began the lengthy list of anti-China measures— restrictions on technology transactions, closure of the U.S. consulate in Wuhan; designation of the U.S. office of the Confucius Institutes as an official Chinese mission; pressure on Chinese students and visiting scholars to return home; harassment of American scientists of Chinese descent as well as Chinese scientists collaborating with Americans; termination of the Peace

Corps and public health cooperation with China; limitations on Chinese journalists and news organizations; sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong and involved with military projects in the South China Sea; and (successful) threats to withdraw defense department funds from any U.S. university that hosts a Confucius Institute. Most of these steps have prompted Chinese counteractions, bringing the relationship to its lowest point in more than 50 years.

Nothing of the sort has happened in U.S. relations with Russia. The administration has haphazardly implemented sanctions voted by Congress, thus failing to resolve Russian support of breakaway forces in Ukraine’s east.

Meantime, the Putin regime carries out state terrorism with another brazen Novichok attack, this time on his main political opponent, Aleksei Navalny. Neither Trump nor any of his minions has said a

word about the attack, just as they have said nothing about any other Putin assault on regime critics, or about the apparent Russian bounty for U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Nor has Trump said anything about Russian interference in the U.S. electoral process, interference that is well documented and constant in social media.

But of course the interference is for his benefit, for a price we can only guess.

Were Trump’s tax returns ever revealed, they would almost certainly show why Trump goes the extra mile to avoid any criticism of Putin’s authoritarian regime. Trump has long been compromised by his Russia financial entanglements. He has essentially become a Russian tool, a reliable agent of Russian policy—a “traitor,” according to his niece, Mary Trump—yet we hear nothing from the White House or from supposedly anticommunist Republicans in Congress. With China, these same people can’t

impose enough sanctions, can’t cry out with enough moral anguish, can’t warn enough about the strategic menace China poses—all while Russia gets a pass again and again.

U.S. officials should certainly take China, as well as its corporate enablers, to task for its treatment of Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, and internal critics. But those officials should also recognize— as has the intelligence community—that it is the Russians, not the Chinese, who are interfering with elections in the U.S. as well as in Europe, and therefore the Russians who are the most serious threat to U.S. national security.

And since those officials won’t do that, they must be replaced with people who will.

Mel Gurtov, syndicated

by PeaceVoice, is professor emeritus of political science at Portland State University and blogs at In the Human Interest.

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Ironic Naomi Osaka and Black awareness on a stained tennis whiteness

BY ENGLISH BRADSHAW

Arthur Ashe won five Grand Slam titles from 1968 to 1977. This includes three single titles and two doubles titles. He won the U.S. men’s single crown in 1968 and was 31 years old in 1975 (seemingly well past his prime) when he whiplashed the brash 22- year-old Jimmy Connors - the defending Wimbledon champion - to win the Wimbledon finals.

Seventeen year-old Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open in 1999 by defeating Martina Hingis and has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time behind Margaret Court and ranked first in the list of the highestpaid women athletes.

Naomi Osaka was only a year old when Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam title in 1999.

Nineteen years later, Osaka beat Williams at the U.S. Open final to win her first Grand Slam. And now, at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Complex, the 22-year-old ace has beaten her legendary rival once again - the 38 year old and mother of a three year old - this time for bragging rights as the highest-paid female athlete in the world.

This is not a discourse on “firsts,” but check out the ironies that history has presented to us. Singularly, biracial Naomi Osaka - the young, extremely articulate, humble-focused, and with her clear soft-throated awareness - used her run to the U.S. Open finals to draw attention to police brutality and racism. With her youthful gracefulness and deference to the prevailing angst against this white privileged institution, she donned seven face masks - one for each round of the U.S. Open with the names of Black people killed in violent interactions with either police or others allegedly motivated by racism. The face masks bore the names of Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Philando Castile and Tamir Rice.

Significantly, in her finals match Saturday, she wore the seventh and last mask name, Tamir Rice –

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hook from the half court line with your eyes closed.

If the shot is made, other participants have to make the exact same shot. For every failed attempt to follow the leader, that participant will receive a letter starting with “H” and the first participant that spells “HORSE” is eliminated.

The 16 students chosen will be split into four groups and compete in a single elimination tournament until a winner is crowned. The winner will instantly receive $5,000 to their CashApp account and the other $5,000 will be put toward their tuition.

And as mentioned earlier, another $10,000 will be donated to their school’s SGA. According to Promise Mangum, director of digital media, on the day of the competition, contestants will be responsible for hosting Zoom meetings with the camera positioned 10-15 feet away from the basket. Each round of the tournament will be shown live on YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook Live ev-

the now almost mystical and forgotten case - of the 12-year-old African American boy killed by police in Cleveland on November 22, 2014. Tamir Rice was carrying a toy Airsoft gun and was shot and killed almost immediately after arriving on the scene

by Timothy Loehmann, a 26-year-old police officer.

Yet, in Kenosha, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old white boy brandishing an AR15 automatic rifle equipped with a 30-round magazine, after killing two protesters, was waved along by police saying he has “just killed somebody” as he walked away from the scene and went home to spend a peaceful night.

The families of some of the victims Osaka chose to represent with her facemasks have shared their support for her statement.

Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton thanked her and told her to “continue to do well, continue to kick butt at the U.S. Open.” Ahmaud Arbery’s father said: “Naomi, I just want to tell you thank you for the support for my family and God bless you for what you’re doing.”

And, with youthful genuflection, the 22-year old said, “It means a lot, they’re so strong. I’m not sure what I would be able to do if I was in their position. I feel like I’m a vessel at this point to spread awareness. It’s not going to dull the pain, but hopefully I can help with anything that they need.”

To those outside the tennis world, Osaka is a relatively fresh face with a great backstory. With her being youthful and bicultural, she is now emerging as a global sports marketing icon. During the past 12 months, Forbes reports, she has earned $37.4 million from prize money and endorsements - $1.4 million more than Serena, setting an all-time earnings record for a female athlete in a single year. Maria Sharapova previously held the record with $29.7 million in 2015. Osaka now ranks No. 29 among the 100 highest-paid athletes, while Williams is No. 33.

This is the first time since 2016 that two women have made the ranks of the 100 highest-paid athletes.

And so, the ironies continue. Osaka’s ascenery Friday throughout the month of October (Oct. 2-Oct. 30).

Mangum said what makes the competition so exciting is the big unknown of HORSE. He said earlier in the summer when they hosted similar competitions, several times he saw participants make some tough shots, only to lose because they couldn’t hit a free throw.

“It’s a very tough game,” Mangum said.

“There’s times through the summer when people had a tried-and-true free throw and missed it and they lost out on 500 bucks, lost out 200 bucks, it literally has come down to that.”

Registration for the $20,000 HBCU Classic is free. Players must be a legal U.S. resident, go to an HBCU, and not be under any sports contract. Unfortunately, the competition can’t accept NCAA players or those planning to become one within the next 12 months due to contract issues.

For more information or to register, visit http:// www.thehbcuclassic.info/.

sion puts another end to a decisive winning streak for Serena, who has been the world’s highest-paid female athlete each of the past four years, with annual pre-tax income ranging from $18 million to $29 million. Serena has collected almost $300 million during her career from endorsers.

How did this happen so rapidly? Osaka’s win over Serena at the 2018 U.S. Open, jump-started her career as the most marketable female athlete on the planet. Her rise was a perfect convergence of several factors. She first proved herself on the court with back-to-back Grand Slam titles at the 2018 U.S. Open and the 2019 Australian Open. That, plus her heritage - a Japanese mother and a HaitianAmerican father - helped separate her from the pack.

Also, at only 20 when she won her Open title, she had a cool and engaging personality.

The ironies continue: Given the current times and circumstances we find ourselves in the struggle for the cessation of white supremacy in America, the solo participant to bring awareness to these issues on this mega-world platform (to my attention) was the small and thunderous voice of Naomi Osaka. Ironically, Naomi was born in Osaka, Japan, a city that received eight days of incessant bombing by the U.S. during WWII, killing more than 10,000 people. When she was three, she and her family moved to the U.S., settling on Long Island.

Perhaps the greatest irony is this: Naomi Osaka is no longer a United States

citizen. According to Japanese law, Osaka had to decide when she reached her 22nd birthday which country’s citizenship she would possess. She could not hold dual citizenship and represent Japan in the 2020 Olympics. And, inasmuch as she being of mixed race with a father from outside of Japan, she wanted to draw attention to Japan’s insularity, she chose to give up her U.S. citizenship and represent her ancestor’s country of Japan.

And so now Naomi Osaka has set the table for Black American icons and

future players to step up and continue her resolve to break down these pristine and privileged walls of racism of this institution, both locally and globally, and hopefully her cohorts alongside her will pick up the gauntlet and carry it into the future.

CoCo Gauff? Madison Keys? Frances Tiafoe?

Sloan Stephens? Alexandra Stevenson?

Dr. Bradshaw taught Political Science and African American Studies and established the Ethnic Studies Program at the University of Hawaii

where he received his undergraduate degree in political science and Master’s degree in American Studies. He taught African American Studies at the Phillip Brooks House at Harvard University where attended Harvard Graduate School of Education and the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Dr. Bradshaw also taught Political Science and African American Studies at Tuskegee University and received his Doctorate at the University of Amsterdam.

Arthur “Coach Art” Blevins

Arthur “Coach Art” Blevins, 62, passed away peacefully Friday morning after a short but tough battle with pancreatic cancer. While the cancer may have taken his body, his spirit never gave up the fight. He was an angel among men, so we know that God was eagerly awaiting his arrival.

Cit Tennessee, Blevins spent the majority of his life in Winston-Salem. After graduating Born in Johnson City, from Parkland High School in 1976, he began his nearly 40-year career with the Winston-Salem Parks and Recreation department, starting at Forest Park Summer Playground in 1978. He then moved to Skyland Recreation Center (1979-82), Rupert Bell Park (1983-84), South Fork (1985-1992), and finally Hanes Hosiery Community Center (1992-2017), where the gymnasium is named in his honor.

Over the years, Blevins coached and mentored thousands of children and teens throughout the city. From creating and hosting the annual “Hang the Net” celebrity shootout every summer; to coaching basketball, baseball, and flag football teams; to taking his players to unlimited pizza night at Cici’s Pizza, he went above and beyond in everything that he did for his “kids.” He taught them that competition wasn’t all about winning - it was about showing respect, trying your hardest, and being a good teammate -- all while having fun.

In addition to coaching some of the most competitive teams the state had ever seen, Blevins continuously went above and beyond to serve his community. He always made sure every child who came up to “the Hosiery” had a meal to eat and a shirt to wear. Even after his retirement in 2017, Blevins spent his free time taking youth to Wake Forest sporting events through the Coach’s Kids Program and buying Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas presents for those in need. His official time with the city may have ended in 2017, but his service to this community continued well past that.

Blevins received many awards for his work throughout Winston-Salem, including being named the City of Winston-Salem Employee of the Year in 1993 and the Winston-Salem Journal’s “Our Community Hero Award” in 2002. He was also inducted into the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, and the inaugural class for Parkland High School’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. While the accolades are numerous and the recognition well-deserved, he always insisted he didn’t deserve it. He lived by the Golden Rule of treating other people how he wanted to be treated, and he demonstrated this in every aspect of his life.

Blevins was preceded in death by his stepfather, Kenneth Ferris Sr. and his father-in-law, Richard M. Gooley. He is survived by his incredible wife of nearly 30 years, Ruth Anne, whom he lovingly referred to as his “Trish”; beloved daughter, Kayla Stewart and wonderful son-in-law Bobby Stewart; mother, Ann Ferris; mother-in-law Mary Anne Gooley; brothers Kenneth Ferris Jr. (Joanna) and Joel Ferris; sister Mary Lou Greene (Ronnie); sisters-in-law Mary Beth Yates (Tim) and Susan King (Greg Sr.). Also surviving him are his nieces and nephews, Matt Yates (Sarah); Andrew Yates (Victoria); Phillip Yates; Steffie King; John Yates; J (Devin); and Dylan Greene; and his great-niece and great-nephews, Sara Cole Greene (Lauren); Greg King Jr. Yates; Grayson and Austin Yates; and Jackson King. His four-legged companions Gio and Ty, and his grandkitty Zeke, are already missing his presence, as we all are.

Due to the pandemic, there are no services planned at this time. At a later date, when it is safe to gather, there will be a larger-than-life celebration for the larger-than-life man who blessed this world for 62 incredible years.

The family would like to extend their gratitude to Dr. Michael McCormack Jr. and staff at the Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center for all they did to support Art during his illness. They would also like to thank the wonderful staff at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home for showing such kindness and compassion for Art and the family during his final days.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Art’s memory. And, in the spirit of Coach Art, take some time this week to do something nice for someone else. Be kind. Call a friend. Make a poster. Tell someone you love them. Leave the world a better place than when you found it - Art Blevins certainly did. Online condolences may be made to www.hayworth-miller.com.

THURSDAY, September 17, 2020

Also Religion, Community News, and Classifieds Timothy Ramsey Sports Columnist

Same ole game The game of baseball has been called the “national pastime” for as long as I can remember. In the early to mid 20th century, it was the most popular sport in the country and resonated with all populations. In 2020, that can no longer be said as baseball ranks third behind football and basketball in popularity in the United States when it comes to professional sports. If they don’t change and bring more excitement to the game, there is a strong chance the sport’s popularity will continue to decline.

Unlike the other major sports leagues, Major League Baseball has primarily stayed the same for as long as I have been alive. The only changes that come to mind in the last 50 years have been instant replay, interleague play, and the introduction of the designated hitter in the American League. Every other league has made significant changes during that time, so to only have a handful of changes probably isn’t enough.

For example, the NBA introduced the three-point line, made changes to defensive rules to allow better offensive flow, and brought in instant replay.

The NFL ushered in a two-point conversion, moved the goal posts to the endline, added a second wild card team, and made a change in overtime rules, just to name a few. Even the NHL has made impactful changes to their sport. Helmets were made mandatory, allowed replay to assist referees, and adjustments to the overtime rules.

I know the baseball purist will say that the lack of significant rule changes in the sport of baseball is what makes the sport unique and special. I agree that the game has great heritage, but the lack of changes could be the downfall for the sport.

Growing up, I remember watching Baltimore Orioles’ games on television with my father and grandfather, because they were the closest baseball team to D.C. at the time.

I did not like watching those games that much, because it just seemed so slow to me and not much action going on. My dad and grandfather would try to explain the game and the strategy behind it, but for me, I would have rather been watching a football or basketball game, to be honest.

The slow pace really bored me. I also hated the fact the other team could See Baseball on B4

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ty athletes has been pushed back until the spring, the young men around the county are still putting in the work as they prepare for the season. Last Fri-

day, several teams from around the county gathered at BB&T Soccer Park for some 7-on-7 exhibition games.

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This year’s sports calendar for Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools is going to test the mental toughness and endurance of multi sport athletes.

With many sports piggybacking on one another, those playing more than one sport will have little time to prepare.

Caden Davis is one of those athletes that is having to adjust to the new normal of sports during this pandemic. Davis is the starting quarterback of the football team and starting point guard of the basketball team for the R.J. Reynolds Demons and is gearing up for a recordsetting season to cap off his high school career.

“I was really happy and relieved to finally get some clarification on what was going on since we were hearing a bunch of rumors,” said Davis about hearing there would be sports in the county this year. “I am happy that we

Caden Davis are having both seasons, I just don’t like how short the seasons are.”

In years past, Davis would be in full football mode now, but this year he will have to hit the hardwood before strapping up the pads for football.

He said it’s an adjustment he is prepared for due to the work he put in during the summer months and

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knows with a condensed season, he has to perform well every game.

“For football, I was really throwing a lot during the early parts of the pandemic and once they announced football workouts were coming back, I was getting bigger lifting weights, so I had to lay off the lifting,” he said. “I just figured I should get back in

the gym at some point, because I heard we would be playing in the spring. I got out there with the team and we were running, which helped me get back into shape.”

Davis said basketball and football workouts are going on simultaneously.

He works out for each sport twice a week with his teammates in preparation for the upcoming seasons.

Davis says he is not really affected by the change because he feels he is one of the best players in the county in both sports.

“It really didn’t switch up anything for me, because I am going to have the same mindset regardless, which is kill everything,” said Davis about his approach to the year.

“But honestly, I think this will be a little bit better for me, because I have always played the first part of basketball season in football shape.

“Football shape is way different than basketball shape, so I think playing basketball before football

and having so much time to get ready for basketball, I will be in basketball shape for basketball and still be in basketball shape for football.”

According to Davis, he has never played a football season in “tip top” shape where he is able to run all over the field and not wear down. He has big plans individually and collectively for both football and basketball, so being in the best shape is imperative.

Davis wants to win the conference in basketball and possible eclipse the 1,000-point barrier, but will sacrifice any individual award for more team success, he said. In football, Davis wants to rebuild off a down year the Demons endured last season.

As one of the best dual sport athletes in the county, Davis says his confidence level remains high regardless of the circumstances.

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Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday

New book shows evolution of evangelical worldviews, giving insight into this important voting block

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School Lesson

Love Versus Guilt Scriptures: Genesis 42:6-25 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Explain why Joseph’s brothers interpreted their misfortune as punishment for their sins; *Sense the need for wholeness in their personal relationships; *Identify ways to accept God’s forgiveness and strive to offer grace to those who mistreat us.

Background: Our lesson starts during the second seven years of Pharaoh’s dream. Joseph’s very first dream – the one that got him in trouble with his brothers - is now being fulfilled. The dreams that Joseph had interpreted for others had all come to pass. Joseph is now managing the period of famine. Canaan was a part of the drylands and as such was heavily affected by the famine. Egypt was the granary of the ancient world and many countries, including Canaan, journeyed there to try and buy food in times of famine. This bit of history is recorded in Egyptian texts and depicted in Egyptian graphic art.

Lesson: We open with Joseph being identified as the vizier or governor of the land, second only to Pharaoh and “… it was he who dispensed rations to all the people of the land” (verse 6). Here also is where Joseph’s dream comes to life. His brothers came and bowed before him, just as his dream had predicted, and Joseph immediately recognized them as his brothers and as in the dream.

Being dressed as an Egyptian with hair and makeup as was customary, coupled with the passage of more than 20 years, his brothers were at a disadvantage to recognize him (verses 7-8). Spontaneously, Joseph treated his brothers as spies and they in their defense referred to themselves as “your servants” three times, as his dream had predicted as well. During the course of conversation using an interpreter, Joseph learns that Benjamin is at home with his father Jacob and he himself is considered dead. Joseph also deduces that Jacob now favors Benjamin as the youngest son and the only reminder of Rachel, who died during Benjamin’s birth. Joseph now has two motivators for his treatment of his brothers as spies.

He may now get his brothers to bring Benjamin to see him to know whether they treated his younger brother as they did him and the obvious reason, to punish his brothers for how they treated him years ago. To set this in motion, Joseph tells them to have one brother go home and bring Benjamin as a test to them telling the truth about not being spies. For good measure, Joseph locks the brothers up for three days (verses 14-17).

On the day of their release, Joseph changes his original plan – “Do this and ye shall live, for I am a Godfearing man” (verse 18). Referring to their own description of themselves, Joseph dictates – “If you are honest men … bring me your youngest brother, that your words may be verified and that you may not die” (verse 20).

Talking to themselves in Hebrew, unaware that Joseph would understand their conversation, they interpret their current situation as punishment for how they treated Joseph years ago. Rueben speaks up reminding them, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do no wrong to the boy’? But you paid no heed. Now comes the reckoning for his blood” (verse 22).

Hearing the conversation of his brothers moved Joseph to tears, but did not change his plan, though it may have affected whom he held as hostage until the brothers returned. The oldest brother would be the logical choice, but because of (and I’m assuming here along with other religious scholars) Reuben’s attempt to save Joseph, he kept Simeon, second oldest. For impact, Joseph had Simeon bound in their presence.

In the last verse as Joseph sends his brothers off with “rations for your starving households” (verse 19), he gives orders to “return each one’s money to his sack,” (verse 25). The Hebrew Bible says in notation “Joseph’s returning their silver symbolizes all that transpired in the chapter; the brothers are getting what they gave.” (The UMI Annual Commentary 2020-2021, The Wiersbe Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, The Jewish Study Bible, The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: What would you do if you had the opportunity to pay back someone who hurt you?

Application: We all have occasions to be hurt and mistreated and it may be by someone who should love us and vice versa. But we must do as Joseph and forgive.

Joseph pointed out that his actions were because he was a God-fearing man. As Christians, or more importantly as Saints of God, we must show humility, forgive and make amends. Being guided by the Holy Spirit, we must be quick to forgive. Read Matthew 18:15-17.

ELLINGHAM, Wash - “Dual Citizens: Politics and American Evangelicalism,” edited by Colson Center Managing Editor Timothy D. Padgett, uses select articles and editorials from Christianity Today, the flagship periodical of evangelicalism in the 20th century, to examine how Western Evangelicals have responded to the most pressing cultural and political issues over the last 60 years.

“Edited volumes come and go— mostly go. But not this one,” said Grant Wacker, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor at Duke Divinity School. “It will stand for years as a standard reference for understanding the inner texture of one of the largest and most influential Christian traditions of modern times.”

Available Sept. 9 from Lexham Press, this new and timely resource not only serves to inform the wider culture of the diversity of viewpoints within the Evangelical community ahead of the presidential election, but is also the guidebook to which journalists, scholars and thought leaders will refer for years to come in seeking to understand the Evangelical viewpoint.

“While these articles were written in different times, the fundamental characteristics of human nature and the eternal decrees of God are as true now as they were a half-century or two thousand years ago,” said Padgett. “Questions over the role of the state, the Christian’s responsibility in society, conflicts both domestic and foreign, and the moral crises facing the church—all of these remain as central to our political lives today as they did at the height of the Cold War.” “Dual Citizens” addresses the following issues through the featured Christianity Today articles: Opinions on past U.S. presidents, their policies and power limits; The Religious right, Evangelical left, and how believers view issues differently while maintaining their core faith; Communism and foreign policy, including how Christians apply principles of human dignity to others; Domestic affairs, especially as it relates to the civil rights and pro-life movements; and God and country, which

explores how the contingent good of the nation is distinguished from the ultimate good that comes from God. Delving into each of these fundamental concerns, “Dual Citizens explores the complex tension navigated by the Evangelical movement which sought to live according to biblical values in an increasingly secular society, how that tension asserts itself on pertinent voter issues and shows how neither political party has a monopoly on the Christian viewpoint.

“While so much attention is put on the loudest and most self-aggrandizing evangelical voices, it is Christianity Today that actually has the mandate to speak for American evan-

gelicals on issues of import to Christians,” said Michael Wear, author of ‘Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America.’ “‘Dual Citizens’ collects some of the most cogent writing that CT has published over the years. This book is valuable to everyone interested in how evangelicals have thought about public issues and how they have acted in the public square.”

To learn more about “Dual Citizens” which released Sept. 9, visit, https://lexhampress.com/product/189066/dual-citizens-politicsand-american-evangelicalism.

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Friedberg Moravian Church in Winston Salem is sporting a pair of beautiful new organ pipes that were recently installed, the first GLASS organ pipes in the world in a congregational setting. The twin pipes are the groundbreaking innovation of Xaver Wilhelmy, who has also cared for the pipe organ at Friedberg for the last 20 years. One pipe is in honor of Bill Ebert and the other is in honor of Jerry Tolley, parishioners who have served Friedberg behind the scenes for many years.

These two glass pipes replace two 37-year-old faceted pipes that recently began to collapse under their own weight. One could be restored, but the

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Friedberg Moravian Church’s organ gets two new and innovative glass pipes. second was beyond repair; therefore, it was time to replace them. The Steiner Pipe Organ, built in Louis-

ville, Kentucky, has a number of remarkable features, so the new Wilhelmy glass organ pipes are right at

home in this context. The handmade pipes are 5 feet 7 inches tall, polygonal, were created using robust stained glass techniques, and are part of the Principle 8 organ stop. Wilhelmy created them using clear textured and iridescent art glass and mirrored glass for a gently reflective look that is very much in keeping with the instrument’s understated elegant casework.

For more information on glass organ pipes, visit geshenke.com. To learn about the history of glass organ pipes, visit flagpipes.com. And visit the Xaver Wilhelmy page on Wikipedia for more biographical information.

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*Please call ahead to make sure your event is still happening. We will post cancellations/postponements announcements when received.

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

NOW Zoom services New Birth Worship Center (NBWC) in East Bend has gone virtual. Please join Dr. James L. E. Hunt, Senior Pastor on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. on Zoom webinar. The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789021891 or Dial-In: 1 301 715 8592 ID Mtg. #: 84789021891.

In addition, Sunday School is taught by Deacon James Henry at 9 a.m. via telephone conference call #: 1 917 900 1022 ID#: 868433#.

All are welcome to join us for Zoom (virtual) Bible Study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Our Pastor, Dr. Hunt, will be the teacher. The Zoom Link: https://us02web. zoom.us/j/89195349778 or Dial-In Mtg #: 1 301 715 8592 ID#: 89195349778#.

For additional information, please call 336-6993583 or visit www.newbirthworshipcenter.org or visit our Facebook page.

Sept. 20 First Waughtown Baptist Church Live Stream Senior Pastor Dennis W. Bishop will continue the series on “Where We Can or Should Evangelize.” This week’s topic is “What Is Your Stumbling Block?” Service will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept, 20. Please join us on Facebook Live, https://www.facebook.com/FirstWaughtown/ or the First Waughtown website, https:// www.firstwaughtown.org and click on MEDIA. Sept. 20 150th church anniversary Lloyd Presbyterian Church will celebrate their 150th anniversary on Sept. 20 at 11:30 with a homecoming

worship service. There will be a lunch served on the grounds after worship. All are welcomed. Lloyd is the second oldest historically African American church in Winston Salem, located at 748 North Chestnut St. Sept. 24 Zoom webinar Social Justice and Activism in a Pandemic, a Zoom webinar, will be presented by Dr. Jack S. Monell, associate professor & program coordinator of Justice Studies at Winston-Salem State University, on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 12:15-1:15 p.m. To register, please email kathyausen@gmail.com.

How to submit items to the Religion calendar: The deadline is Sunday at 11:59 p.m. to have all calendar items submitted for that week’s paper. Send your calendar items to news@wschronicle.com. You can also drop them off, Monday through Friday before 5 p.m., or mail your items to Winston-Salem Chronicle, 1300 E. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101; or send them via our website, www.wschronicle.com.

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Community Calendar Please call ahead to make sure your event is still happening. We will post cancellations/postponements announcements when received.

NOW – Volunteer Center of the Triad The Volunteer Center of the Triad is responding to COVID-19 by bringing the volunteer community together. We have designated a portion of our website - www.volunteercentertriad.org - to assist our non-profit community as their needs arise around the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you are interested in volunteering, visit www. volunteercentertriad.org, click COVID-19 Response and search volunteer opportunities available.

NOW - Oct. 4 – Artist support grants The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County is seeking applications for its new Artist Support Grants program (formerly the Regional Artist Project Grant), which will help artists in a five-county region further their professional and artistic development. Committed, gifted individual artists and collaborative groups in Forsyth, Davidson, Davie, Guilford and Randolph counties are eligible to apply. Deadline for applications is Sunday, Oct. 4, by midnight.

Grants will range from $500 - $2,000. Guidelines, application and online information sessions are available at www.intothearts.org.

NOW - Oct. 28 – Powerful Tools for Caregivers Registration is now underway for a virtual Powerful Tools for Caregivers class. This is a 7-week course for anyone caring for a loved one who is frail or ill. Classes will take place by Zoom on Wednesdays, 2 -3:30 p.m., Sept. 16 – Oct. 28. There is no charge, but donations are accepted. Registration is required. To register or get information, call Carol Ann Harris at The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 336-7480217. Class size is limited, so early registration is suggested.

Sept. 17-19 – Outdoor performance Theatre Alliance will perform an outdoor production of The Doyle and Debbie Show.

After failed marriages and tabloid scandals, Doyle Mayfield recruits a new singing partner – also his third Debbie – in an attempt to regain his former stardom. But when Debbie’s star starts to rise, the comeback becomes a setback for this has-been legend. Featuring original songs – “When You’re Screwin’ Other Women (Think of Me),” “Barefoot and Pregnant,” and “ABCs of Love,” this brilliant parody is a hysterical tribute to country music and its beloved iconic duos. Gray Smith and Jay Pierce are starring in the show. All performances will be outside at Theatre Alliance’s original venue: 1047 W. Northwest Blvd, with free parking. Seating begins 30 minutes prior to showtime. All performances are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.

Lawn Seating: Maximum 25 attendees ($25 per guest—must bring own chair, blanket, tent, umbrellas, etc) Reservations via https://www.theatrealliance.ws/. Show dates are: Thursday – Saturday, Sept. 17-19.

Sept. 21 – Free forklift training for veterans If you are a veteran and a participant in Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina’s Veterans Services Program, you are eligible to enroll in certified forklift training classes for free. The next forklift class starts Sept.

21 and runs for seven days.

Instruction will focus on safe and proper operations of powered industrial trucks and safety in the workplace. Upon completion, students will receive an Operators Permit and Certificate of Completion.

For more information, contact Goodwill Veterans Services at 336-724-3621 ext. 1235. Space is limited.

Sept. 22 – Medicare workshop The Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem in conjunction with the Kernersville Senior Enrichment Center is offering a virtual Welcome to Medicare workshop for individuals turning 65 (as well as those who already have Medicare) to learn about the different insurance options available. The session will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 3 - 4:30 p.m. through computer and telephone access. The session is provided at no cost. Because space is limited, reservations are required. Contact the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217 or Info@ shepherdscenter.org for more information or to reserve a seat.

Sept. 22 – Virtual relief for caregivers (registration deadline) It’s All About You goes virtual. On Thursday, Sept.

24, 1:30-2:30 p.m., family caregivers are invited to join other caregivers for an hour of relaxation for a virtual tour of the Himalayan Hideaway Salt Cave. Let yourself be transported to Nepal as you learn about the salt cave experience and the benefits of salt-laden air. The first 10 caregivers who sign up and attend will receive a gift certificate for a private session at the Himalayan Hideaway on Robinhood Road.

Deadline for registration is Sept. 22. For more information or to register, call 336-748-0217.

Sept. 23, Oct. 21, Nov. 12 & Dec. 16 – Read to Right Wrong The Forsyth County Public Library system is holding a series of community conversations around complex subjects to launch its new Read To Right Wrong initiative. Read To Right Wrong (RTRW) is an effort to provide information around the many topics that the community is wrestling with, through programs, reading recommendations, outreach efforts and more. *Wed., Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. Policing Matters *Wed., Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. Racial Equity in Housing *Thur., Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. Food Disparities in Forsyth County *Wed., Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. Health Equity Sept. 24 – Virtual Story Slam The Willingham Story Slam @ MUSE WinstonSalem, a recently launched local storytelling community, will host its first virtual event on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 7-9 p.m. We all know the world today is not as most of us envisioned it; the theme of this program will give storytellers a chance to expound upon these issues, riffing on the prompt “The Masks We Wear.” Advanced registration for our free community event will be required for both storytellers and observers. Donations are welcome.

Tickets available at: https://www.eventbrite. com/e/the-willingham-story-slam-muse-winston-salem-the-masks-we-weartickets-117772162709.

Oct. 20 – Virtual conversation Wake Forest’s Face to Face Speaker Forum will host Peggy Noonan and Eugene Robinson for a virtual conversation on Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Pre-programming will begin at 7 p.m.

The event is free for Face to Face Speaker Forum season subscribers and students, faculty and staff at Wake Forest, as well as students and faculty in the Winston-Salem area. Visit go.wfu.edu/facetoface to register for this event.

Tickets for general audience are $10.

Oct. 12 - 21 – Virtual author event Marking the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, and acknowledging that not all American women secured the right to vote in 1920, The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem and MUSE Winston-Salem invite readers to join the Unsung Suffragists Book Club for a community reading experience of “Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All,” by Martha S. Jones. Participants should acquire and read the book on their own. Beginning the week of Oct. 12, registered participants can participate in one of several moderated small-group discussions via Zoom. Then on Oct. 21 at 4 p.m., Dr. Jones will join for a virtual author’s event, offering brief remarks and engaging in a discussion with readers.

Readers must register at https://www.wsfoundation.org/wf-book-club, to sign up for a discussion session and register to receive an access link for the Oct. 21 virtual author event. Participants are encouraged to order the book online through Bookmarks at https:// www.bookmarksnc.org/ book/9781541618619 and can use discount code 20VANGUARD for 20% off.

Here are online Bookmarks events for the month of September Contact: info@bookmarksnc.org URL for info on all events: https://www. bookmarksnc.org/calendar Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.

Reader Meet Writer: Margaret Kimberley Reader Meet Writer is an event series hosted and produced by SIBA, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. This event will feature author Margaret Kimberley and her book “Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents.” Free to attend but registration is required.

Info@bookmarksnc.org.

Sept. 20 at 4 p.m.

LGBTQ Book Club Join us to discuss “God in Pink” by Hassan Namir.

All are welcome. Email info@bookmarksnc.org to register.

Sept. 21 at 6 p.m.

Middle Grade Book Club Join us to discuss “Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky” by Kwame Mbalia. All are welcome. Email youth@ bookmarksnc.org to register.

Sept. 22 at 7 p.m.

Charlie Lovett Book Launch Join us for WinstonSalem author Charlie Lovett’s book launch of “Escaping Dreamland,” a novel steeped in nostalgia of childhood literature and an immersive experience of New York through time.

This event will take place virtually on Crowdcast and will be broadcast live from Bookmarks. An in person book signing experience will take place earlier in the day. This is a paywhat-you-can event. For details, visit bookmarksnc. org. All books purchased will be signed or personalized by Lovett.

Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m.

Romance Book Club Join us to discuss “You Had Me at Hola” by Alexis Daria. Meet the author at this virtual event on Zoom. Email beth@bookmarksnc.org to register.

All book club members receive a 20% book club discount on selected titles.

Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.

Bookmarks Presents Natalie Zina Walschots in Conversation with Becky Chambers Bookmarks is excited to present Natalie Zina Walschots on virtual tour for her new novel,

“Hench.” Natalie will be in conversation with past festival author Becky Chambers. To register, go to https://www.crowdcast. io/e/hench.

Sept. 28 at 7 p.m.

Book Trivia Join us for our monthly book trivia with Caleb!

Email caleb@bookmarksnc.org to register.

Sept. 26 at 6 p.m.

New Adventures Book Club Want to try something new, but aren’t sure where to start? Many readers are looking for a comfortable book to help them ease into a new genre or new type of reading. Our New Adventures Book Club will help introduce readers to new genres each month by selecting welcoming “first reads” into new genres. This will be a virtual book club and following the initial meeting, the books will be selected by the whole group. This book club will be led by Bookmarks’ Bookseller Cat. This month, we will be discussing “The Alienist” by Caleb Carr. To register, visit https://www. bookmarksnc.org/event/ new-adventures-bookclub-2.

Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m.

Bookmarks Book Club Join us to discuss “God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy. Email jamie@bookmarksnc.org.

Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.

Ron Rash & Wiley Cash in Conversation Originally scheduled for our 2020 Festival of Books & Authors, we’re excited to produce this event virtually! Ron Rash’s new book, “In the Valley” is a collection of stories and a novella based on his previous bestseller “Serena.” Wiley Cash’s books include “The Last Ballad,” “This Dark Road to Mercy,” and his bestselling debut “A Land More Kind Than Home.”

This is a pay-what-youcan event. Signed copies of In the Valley are available. Information at bookmarksnc.org.

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Sept. 30 at 6 p.m.

Well-Read Black Girl Book Club Bookmarks is proud to host the Winston-Salem chapter of the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club.

Our Well-Read Black Girl Book Club discussions will always be hosted by women of color, but people of all colors and genders who would like to reflect upon the reading and writing of women of color are welcome. This month, we will be discussing “Luster” by Raven Leilani.

Register at https://www. bookmarksnc.org/wrbg.

Sept. 30 at 7 p.m.

Penguin Parapaloo-

Hear from eight authors with new books recently released or coming soon from Penguin Publishers. Bookmarks’ Parapalooza! Events feature authors reading one carefully chosen paragraph from their newest book. Attendees get to hear a sample from each book and ask questions of each author. This event is free to attend but requires registration. Email info@ bookmarksnc.org.

C A N C E L E D EVENTS: Oct. 14 – Charity Golf Tournament - Canceled

Due to the on-going COVID 19 pandemic disruption, Jim Shaw’s Ace Aviation Academy of Winston Salem will regretfully postpone the planned Oct 14 Charity Golf Tournament fundraising event that was to be held this year at Maple Chase Golf & Country Club.

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essentially neutralize your best player by walking him, which I thought was unfair. I thought by now the game of baseball would have evolved a little more to make the game more exciting.

I will give baseball credit and admit that I do like the seven inning double headers during this shortened season, as well as placing a runner on second base to start extra innings. These are the type of changes that inject some life into the game. They also place a little more urgency on getting wins and create more offense.

To begin competing with the NFL and NBA, baseball must speed up the game. Through the first two weeks of this season, the average length of a nine-inning game in MLB is 3:07. This is up two minutes from 2019 and up 11 minutes since 2015. Looks like the sport is headed in the wrong direction when it comes to length of games.

I think one of the biggest issues when it comes to condensing time is the long period between pitch-

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seasons in both sports.

“Me personally, I know I am one of the best, I feel like I am the best; I am not going to say anyone is better than me,” he continued.

“I feel like I am one of the best going into any game, so I have to prove that because I know everyone doesn’t think that.

“Because I am a dual sport athlete, people try to take away from what I can do in one or the other. During football season, people try to downplay how I play quarterback because I play basketball and the same thing with basketball.

This is my last chance to put myself out there.”

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es. It seems that the batter must adjust every single piece of equipment they have after every pitch.

When you are watching the game on television, it seems like an eternity between pitches. I think if baseball found a way to cut the games down a half hour or so, it would make for a more watchable product.

To watch a game in person versus watching the game on television is a totally different experience. Baseball is one of the few sports that is without a doubt better to watch in person, because everything seems to be moving faster. Yes, it’s great to go to an NFL stadium or NBA arena, but those sports are almost as good watching at home, with all of the different camera angles that make sure you don’t miss any of the action. Baseball, on the other hand, primarily has one angle, which is behind the pitcher looking into the catcher until the ball is put into play.

One of the main reasons baseball has fallen to number three in major sports is the fact they have lost many of their African American fans. For much of the 20th century, base-

ball was one of the top sports African Americans enjoyed. Even into the 1990s, baseball still was an attraction for African Americans due to stars in the sport that looked like them. Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Bonds, Albert Belle, Frank Thomas, Tony Gwynn, Derek Jeter and a host of others were prominent stars throughout the decade.

Nowadays, there are a few Black stars in the sport, but none are really household names like we had 25 years ago. During those days, several players had signature shoe deals and nationally televised commercial campaigns. I think baseball should invest more into bringing more African American youths back into the sport to jumpstart more interest from that community.

I don’t want baseball to change fundamentally, because it is a great sport.

My hope is that it will come up with some rule changes and additions that allow the sport to change with the times. Maybe this will be the way for baseball to be the national pastime once again.

Davis doesn’t have a favorite sport and enjoys playing both basketball and football. He says he has enjoyed more team success in basketball, but has had a lot of individual success on the football field.

“Normally all through the summer I play AAU basketball, so it really wasn’t that much time to prepare for football,” he said. “This summer, I feel like I accomplished a lot and I finally grew into being a quarterback this year.”

A big decision is on the horizon for Davis as far as choosing which sport he wants to play on the next level. He has received some attention from a

few colleges and hopes he finds the right place that will allow him to play both of the sports he loves.

“I have talked to a couple of schools about the possibility, but right now I don’t know which one it will be,” Davis said about his chances of playing basketball and football on the next level.

As of right now, Davis does not have a dream school. He says he likes to take a realistic approach to the recruiting process, so he wants to leave his options open to any opportunity. His hope is that his play on the court and the field also helps some of his teammates get to the next level as well.

Marquis Barnett appointed city’s human resources director SUBMITTED ARTICLE

City Manager Lee Garrity has announced the appointment of Marquis H. Barnett as the city’s human resources director. Barnett succeeds Carmen Caruth, who retired at the end of May. He will assume his duties Sept. 28.

Barnett has more than 12 years of human resources experience and has served as the assistant human resources director for the City of High Point since October 2016. Prior to that he was a human resources analyst with the City of Winston-Salem.

“After conducting a thorough national search, Marquis clearly distinguished himself as the right person to be our next human resources director,” Garrity said. “The energy, enthusiasm and innovative mind-set that he has exhibited at every stage of his career will be of great benefit to our employees, and we are happy that he is coming back to work for us.”

Barnett said, “I am honored to have the opportunity to collaborate with city employees again, and I thank Manager Garrity for the faith he has put into me to help enhance

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Marquis Barnett the city’s commitment to continuous learning and improvement.”

Barnett has a bachelor’s degree from Howard University, a master’s degree in human resource development from Villanova University, and a doctorate in leadership and learning in organizations from Vanderbilt University.

Barnett is an adjunct professor in UNC-Greensboro’s master of public affairs program and is a senior certified professional with the Society for

Human Resource Management and the International Public Management Association. He currently chairs the board of directors for the Winston-Salem Urban League and serves as treasurer of the N.C. chapter of the International Public Management Association.

He is a certified conflict and dispute mediator and a graduate of Leadership High Point.

Barnett and his wife, Deniece, have two children. His salary will be $134,568 annually.

Forsyth Technical Community College presents Andrea Drum Kepple with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Last month, the Forsyth Tech Board of Trustees presented Andrea Drum Kepple with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine – one of the most prestigious awards conferred by the Governor of North Carolina.

The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is awarded to persons for exemplary service to the State of North Carolina and their communities that is above and beyond the call of duty, and who have made a significant impact and strengthened North Carolina.

“Although I have only served with Andrea Kepple for two years, I am personally grateful for the privilege of serving this College, our students, and our communities alongside her,” said Janet Spriggs, president of Forsyth Tech.

“Mrs. Kepple, on behalf of the staff and faculty of Forsyth Tech, thank you for your service, and thank you for being both sweet and spicy – it makes every interaction and every meeting with you so much fun!”

Kepple was honored in front of the board of trustees, along with her son Nick Kepple, close friends and with a video greeting from her daughter, Dana, son-in-law Paul, and granddaughter Rose Pietromonacom, from Se-

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Andrea Drum Kepple and her son Nick Kepple following her presentation with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by the Forsyth Tech Board of Trustees. attle, Wash.

“I’m thrilled with this award, it is truly an honor, said Mrs. Kepple. “You’ve been a wonderful board and I thank you so much.

My late husband received two Order of the Long Leaf Pine awards, one from Gov. James Martin and one from Gov. James Holshouser. Now I will have one to place on the wall beside his.”

A lifelong educator, Kepple spent her 30-year career teaching grade school, middle school, high school and college students. “I’ve always thought of teaching as a higher calling,” she says.

When her husband, stockbroker David Kepple, passed away in 1998, Mrs. Kepple created the C. David Kepple Memorial Faculty Award. The award isn’t designed to pay for the completion of a degree; it’s meant to give

faculty the opportunity to expand their horizons.

“This award is open to faculty members who wish to enhance their time in the classroom.”

“This is a bittersweet day for all of us who have had the privilege of serving on this board with Andrea,” said Ann Bennett Phillips, board chair. “We are happy to be here to celebrate Andrea, her service to the college, and also to her community, but at the same time, we are sorry that she will no longer be serving as trustee for the college she loves and has supported so faithfully for so long.”

Over the past 20 years, Kepple not only served on the board of trustees, but she also represented the trustees on the Foundation Board of Directors and on the Stokes County Advisory Board from 2008 until 2020.

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Specific to Planning Committee Work: Each committee is assigned a specific topic to research, design and support implementation. The project manager will meet with each of the stakeholders (committee chairs) to understand and oversee the requirements of each individual topic and track each committees progress to contribute toward the project's completion. An important task will be to track key milestones to ensure every committee stays on schedule and completes requirements as there will be dependencies to completing the overarching goal of long-lasting change in the community.

Top Project Management Skills 1. Communication and Active Listening The PM must have strong communication skills to effectively share the vision, goals, ideas and issues of the overall project and each of the committees sub-projects. Active listening skills allow the PM to fully understand the perspective of the person they are speaking to and empathize with them.

2. Leadership, Adaptability and Motivation The PM will oversee and coordinate tasks as well as motivate and encourage the team and define the road map to successfully complete each individual committee topic and the overall objective. They must adapt to any trends or changes and lead the entire committee in the right direction while keeping the team happy and motivated through positive reinforcement especially when deadlines are approaching.

3. Organization and Time Management PM skills include the ability to multitask, prioritize tasks, group individual committee projects and document everything for easy access and future reference. They must be able to create a project timeline for each committee and the project as a whole and maintain those deadlines throughout the project lifecycle.

4. Team Management, Negotiation and Conflict Management The PM must be effective at negotiating terms with all committee chairs/members, delegate responsibilities, manage interpersonal conflicts, fix stalled committees, address internal or external setbacks and align everyone with the overall strategic goals.

5. Risk management and Problem Solving The PM must be able to ask the committee difficult questions and continually confirm timelines, decisions and dependencies. They should help analyze potential risks and strategies to mitigate them. The PM must have strong problem-solving skills, be able to gather information, weigh the pros and cons and then facilitate the best solution.

6. Budget Management The PM is responsible for creating the budget and control it throughout the completion of the project including tracking the costs on a spreadsheet and advising when and when not to spend.

7. Technologically Savvy!Technical Writer Being tech-savvy and having hands-on experience with the latest project tracking technology will help the PM increase the committee's productivity. Technical writing capabilities will be useful if individual committee plans will utilize technology.

8. Reporting Skills PM needs reporting skills to coordinate with managers, clients and team members to set expectations, objectives and convey information regarding deliverables.

9. Research Skills Research skills allow the PM to fill any gaps in knowledge that may allow them to complete the project more efficiently or more successfully.

10. Interpersonal Skills PM interpersonal skills should include self-confidence, relationship management and collaboration skills.

11. Policy/Topic Knowledge Ideally, the PM would have policy and or personal knowledge of racial inequities in a variety of topics including health, safety, environmental, education, poverty, criminal justice, food insecurity, etc.

Request for Project Proposals 1. Project Overview In cooperation and collaboration with the Winston Salem community, create and execute a comprehensive overall action plan that addresses criminal justice, food insecurity, housing, economic/workforce development, education, health & wellness, civic responsibility and a data repository with the purpose of eliminating racial inequity and poverty.

2. Background A planning workgroup of community resources with various backgrounds have agreed to collaborate for the purpose of researching and proposing community wide solutions to address the top priorities as initiated by the Poverty Thought Task Force report. The identification and suggested solutions will be presented to the community to determine priorities and to investors to support costs associated with implementation.

The Goals of Your Project 1. To create actionable steps for implementing short and or long range plans to address criminal justice, food insecurity, housing, economic/workforce development, education, health & wellness, civic responsibility and a data repository that includes a timeline and budget.

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3. To present/share the overall action plan for addressing criminal justice, food insecurity, housing, economic/workforce development, education, health & wellness, civic responsibility and a data repository via a community event (Summit/Charrette) that allows for easy access, ability to collect input on priorities and suggestions from attendees.

4. Identify and quantify the financial resources needed to execute agreed upon action steps that require investment.

5. Lead and guide the implementation of agreed upon action steps that address the topics identified as barriers and opportunities to overcoming poverty and racial inequity.

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3. Present actionable steps for each topic to the planning workgroup/key stakeholders for consensus and then to a broader audience from the community via an event (Summit/Charrette ).

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2. Milestone: Community Event (Summit/Charrette) to communicate the overall proposed action steps and solicit feedback.

3. Four to Five Months: Overall action plan incorporates revisions from event (Summit/Charrette) based on community input and committees make recommendations to planning committee for next steps.

4. Implementation: execute agreed upon Phase 1 action steps 5. Prepare and schedule any/all future action steps.

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- Key stakeholders cannot come to a consensus and/or exit from the project.

- Community residents do not participate due to fatigue, hopelessness and distrust.

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The 80th Eastern Region Anniversary Conference of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., almost did not take place. COVID-19 forced the anniversary committee to question whether conducting a conference was prudent out of concern for the wellbeing of its members. Additionally, states ordered hospitality venues to limit seating capacity or close altogether.

This promptly put a halt to the April 23-26 original dates of the annual meeting, which was to be held in Wilmington, Del. The Eastern Region extends from Connecticut to North Carolina, serving over 800 members.

Dr. Patsy O. Squire was not going to be deterred by circumstances that seemed beyond her control. This would be her first conference as the Eastern Regional Director, and this was her meeting to over-

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see. So, she got to work reimagining how a conference could happen. Embracing the technology and platforms available to hold virtual meetings and conduct the business of the organization, the conference became the Virtual 80th Anniversary Conference.

President Glenda Sinclair and Beta Tau Chapter of Salisbury, Md. hosted the conference. The women educators did not have to leave the comfort of their

homes and more than 413 members registered and attended for two full days on July 24 and 25, 2020.

Members participated in excellent virtual professional development workshops, a Literacy Luncheon, awards ceremony, Founders’ Tea, and the region crowned the first ever Ms. NSPDK. Attending the conference were the National President of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Dr. Etta F. Carter, and guest past National President Ann D. Black and the National Executive Council. The theme for the conference was “Putting the Pieces Together: Sisterhood, Education and Cultural Relevance.”

Professional development workshops included: Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Resilience and Loneliness, Starting Your Own Business, Want to Write a Book?, Book Club Selection, “An American

Old Salem Museums & Gardens and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts launch digital series: Exploratorium SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Old Salem Museums & Gardens and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) announce the premiere of the second season of the innovative “Old Salem Exploratorium” digital series for students in grades K–12.

Initially created to serve students and educators as an emergency resource during the early days of remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Old Salem Exploratorium series quickly achieved tremendous success with thousands of viewers from at least 30 states joining online to learn from life in historic Salem, North Carolina.

Exploratorium uses the stories of the people living in and visiting 18thand19th-century Salem, N.C.—Moravians, Africans and African Americans, and Indigenous peoples—to explore topics in science, math, reading, social studies, and the arts. For example, students engage with Old Salem’s education coordinators to learn about the geometry used in building a plank-

back chair or observe chemical reactions in the forge.

“The people of Salem and the Wachovia Tract of North Carolina have left us unique tools for learning about all subjects. Lessons about these core curriculum subjects can be found within stories of how these people lived and worked,” Karen Walter, Old Salem Museums and Gardens director of learning in place, said. “Our new education coordinators, which include master teachers, are working hard and with

great enthusiasm to create new videos and accompanying teacher resources to supplement instruction taking place in homes and classrooms across the state and country. The Exploratorium resources are aligned to standards, making them a creative digital resource for students and teachers.”

The Exploratorium digital series and the accompanying teacher resources can be found on the Old Salem website: oldsalem.org/exploratorium.

The Willingham Story Slam @ MUSE Winston-Salem launches virtually on Sept. 24 Storytellers challenged to respond to the theme “The Masks We Wear”

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“The Willingham Story Slam @ MUSE Winston-Salem,” a recently launched local storytelling community, will host its first virtual event on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 7-9 p.m. Acknowledging that the world today is not as most of us envisioned it, the theme “The Masks We Wear” will give storytellers a chance to expound upon these issues.

The Willingham Story Slam @ MUSE Winston-Salem September event will build on their inaugural winter success where enthusiastic attendees shared a fun evening of music, storytelling, and poetry.

Performers and other audience members enjoyed rich stories that were both individually revealing and universally understood.

Recently, local public radio station WFDD has begun carrying a popular, nationally syndicated Story Slam show, The Moth Radio Hour. We are excited to be the local home for spoken word and Story Slam in Winston-Salem.

The September program will feature special guest storytellers, including local jazz singer Diana Tuffin. Each storyteller will share what is certain to be a unique take on the night’s prompt, “The Masks We Wear.” The evening will be emceed

by Larry Barron, aka LB the Poet, awardwining poet, host and author.

Local storytellers are welcome to join the special guests and interpret the prompt “The Masks We Wear.” The topic is certain to inspire both COVID-19 and prepandemic stories alike. A total of eight to ten individuals will be chosen to have no more than five minutes to share their true, and possibly revealing, heart-tugging, or funny stories with our audience, who will be rooting for each storyteller.

Advanced registration for this free community event will be required for both storytellers and observers. Donations are welcome. Tickets available at: https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/the-willinghamstory-slam-muse-winston-salem-themasks-we-wear-tickets-117772162709.

Marriage.”

Awards presented included local recipients Ann Moye, Beta Lambda Chapter, and Ms. NSPDK, Eastern Region, Valeria Edwards, Beta Lambda Chapter, both of WinstonSalem.

During the Literacy Luncheon, members met the Fennell Family of Atlanta, Ga. This family of entrepreneurs and young authors shared the stories behind their books that are based on vacations and family travels. The family is also in the publishing business and offers courses and seminars on writing books.

The conference was quite successful, inspirational, educational, entertaining, and fun. Beta

Chapter President Donna Mickens was elated to have 21 members in attendance at the Virtual Eastern Regional Conference.

She stated, “Having a vir-

tual conference turned out to be better than anyone dreamed.”

For additional information, visit www.nspdkeasternregion.org.