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THURSDAY, September 24, 2020

Fall Football Returns

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BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

We are starting to get a chill in the air, which is definitely football weather. They are not professionals yet, but the little guys who play youth football are gearing up for their season. The Kernersville Warriors, the new kids on the block for Pop Warner football in the area, are looking to make a name for themselves and show what their organization can do.

City Council makes Juneteenth official The Winston-Salem City Council approved a resolution recognizing Juneteenth as an official holiday.

Juneteenth is the

oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday marks the day (June 19, 1865) Union Soldiers in Galveston, Texas, announced the end of the Civil War and that slaves had been freed. In

response to the modern day lynching of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed while being detained by police in Minneapolis, Minn., citizens across the country have called for Juneteenth to be recognized as a

national holiday.

Although Juneteenth hasn’t been acknowledged as a national holiday, several municipalities across the country have decided to recognize the day, also known as Black Independence Day,

as a paid holiday. And on Monday, Sept. 21, Winston-Salem became the latest to do so when the City Council unanimously passed the resolution during a virtual meeting.

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Winston-Salem native Jelani Favors receives high praise for his book ‘Shelter in a Time of Storm’

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

For his first published book, “Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism,” Jelani Favors, a native of Winston-Salem, is receiving some high praise.

Favors, who is a graduate of Glenn High School, is the 2020 recipient of the Lillian Smith Book Award, and the Stone Book Award.

“Shelter in a Time of Storm,” which was published in 2019, examines the role historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) played in cultivating student activists, including several who would go on to lead the civil rights and Black Power movements.

When discussing his inspiration for the book, Favors, who is a history professor at Clayton University, said his parents, who are both history buffs and graduates of North Carolina A&T, always instilled in him the importance of being connected to his historical roots. So naturally when it came time for him to decide what college he would attend and his major, he chose to attend an HBCU (North Carolina Central before transferring to North Carolina A&T)

and decided to major in history.

“It’s just something that has always interested me and it’s something I always excelled at, so when I got to school at A&T, I decided to continue in the family tradition and major in history,” Favors said.

Favors also credits Forsyth County Commissioner Fleming El-Amin for sparking his interest in African American history. As a sophomore at Glenn, Favors decided to take an African American history course that was taught

by El-Amin, who was a teacher at the school at the time. Favors said the class was phenomenal and prepared him for college level learning. He said ElAmin introduced him to authors like J.A. Rogers and countless other Black authors and scholars.

“I look back on it today and it’s really fascinating,” Favors continued. “For one, just how Mr. El-Amin pulled that off because this is the early 1990s and the idea of teaching African American history at a school located in Kernersville, North Carolina, wasn’t very popular but he pushed for it and made it happen. Mr. El Amin really approached that class as a college

teacher. The material that he was assigning to us was the type of material you would assign college students.

“I tell him all the time how he was a major mentor and figure in my life and that class was a major catalyst and springboard for me.”

Favors began laying the foundation for “Shelter in a Time of Storm” while in graduate school at Ohio

State University (OSU).

“My graduate advisor encouraged me to take a second look at the role of Black education in the lives of African Americans.

To take a second look at Black institutions and the role that they have played in helping to shape that movement, and so I did,” he said. After speaking with his advisor, Favors decided to write his master’s thesis on the sit-

ins at N.C. A&T and the environment that helped produce it. From there, he took a course called The History of Black Education at OSU. He said the course helped expand his thesis into what would become the book.

“That course really opened up my eyes to not only the legacy that Black education and Black institutions have played, but also the holes that still needed to be filled in terms of the research and the scholarship,” Favors continued. “That class, The History of Black Education, taught by Dr. Beverly Gordon, really served as a springboard for ultimately my dissertation ... and from there my dissertation advisor, Dr. Hassan Jefferies, was the one who really encouraged me to tell a broader story of Black colleges and write a book that finally filled in that hole in terms of the roles Black colleges played in producing activism in Black America.”

Favors’ printed work, which was published in 2019, chronicles the development and significance of five different HBCUs: Cheyney State University, Tougaloo College, Bennett College, Alabama State University, Jackson State University, Southern

University, and North Carolina A&T. This past May, “Shelter in a Time of Storm” was the recipient of the Lillian Smith Book Award. This award has been given out since 1966 and has honored past authors such as Alice Walker, Alex Haley, and the Honorable John Lewis to name a few.

And earlier this month it was announced that “Shelter in a Time of Storm” is this year’s recipient of the Stone Book Award presented annually by the Museum of African American History in Boston. An awards ceremony for the MAAH’s Stone Book Award will be held on Oct. 15. Favors said he is happy that the book has done so well in such a short period of time. He said just being mentioned with most well known authors of all time is humbling.

“To follow in the footsteps of people like Alice Walker, Alex Haley, John Lewis, Pauli Murray, these are titans in the field. Following in their footsteps is not only comforting and humbling, but it kind of confirms that this long journey that I took to get this book out and to produce it, that it all really paid off,” Favors said.

As high school seniors face an uncertain pandemic year, ‘HBCU Week’ brings Black students on-the-spot college acceptances SUBMITTED ARTICLE

NEW YORK, PRNewswire -- Many high school seniors, particularly students of color, have several reasons to feel uncertain about the future: a raging pandemic, a sputtering economy, and cries for racial equity and social justice this past summer.

But this week thousands of seniors will likely see a clear path to college as HBCU Week goes virtual for the first time, bringing the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) experience and instant college acceptance to laptops everywhere.

HBCU Week will present high schoolers with a one-stop chance to get accepted at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) and secure a scholarship before completing the first month of high school.

Many will then be able to finish high school worry-free without the struggle of navigating a complex admissions process.

“This year’s virtual HBCU Week will be a template for change for Black and brown students,” said Ashley Christopher, founder and CEO of the HBCU Week Foundation.

“Our week of virtual events will expose students to an authentic HBCU experience. Students will attend panels on topics such as financial health, female empowerment and becoming changemakers. We round it off with our virtual college fair, where they can meet one-onone with admissions officers and corporate partners, apply for internships, and potentially get on-the-spot acceptance and scholarships, all without leaving home.”

There was a record number of attendees for the 2019 College Fair event during last year’s HBCU week.

HBCU Week’s virtual events include a game night, a number of panels, and a live broadcast of ESPN “First Take.” The HBCU College Fair takes place Sept.

25-26.

A graduate of two HBCUs— Howard University and the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law—Ashley Christopher started HBCU Week with the simple idea of connecting 200 Wilmingtonarea high school students with five HBCU admissions officers.

In just three years, HBCU Week grew 3,000%, reaching 6,000 students with over 2,000 onthe-spot acceptances and $5 million in scholarships while collaborating with HBCUs and corporate partners.

“HBCUs not only open minds, they open opportunities,” Christopher said. “With HBCU Week, we’re exposing students to a proud history and legacy,

and we want every student that comes through our virtual doors to walk away understanding that they can do and be anything coming from an HBCU.” This year’s HBCU Week comes on the heels of an extraordinary summer of activism, when millions took to the streets in protest, and demands for racial equity and social justice grew insistent, and not just in America.

Many Black students, mindful of societal inequities, realize they live in a world that was not built for them. What they may not know, however, is that some of the best and the brightest in the Black community launched their careers after attending HBCUs, including Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Oprah Winfrey, TaNehisi Coates, Marian Wright Edelman, Kamala Harris, and Chadwick Boseman.

“HBCUs offer Black and brown students the chance to thrive and appreciate their value all while gaining an excellent education as we can see from the people that have graduated from these institutions,” ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said. National ambassador for HBCU Week 2020, he is an alumnus of Winston-Salem State University.

“When you go to an HBCU and you see people who have similar cultural backgrounds, you no longer feel alone,” he added. “And when you see your peers excel, you become convinced that you can too.

The HBCU experience offers students real advantages both during college and into their careers.”

There are 104 HBCUs nationwide. They represent 3% of U.S. colleges and universities, but are responsible for 25% of all African American science,

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technology, engineering, and mathematics degrees, and 14% of African American engineering degrees. Most HBCU students are Black or brown, but students of all races are admitted. White, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and Native American students make up 22% of total enrollments.

HBCU Week’s corporate partners include JP Morgan Chase & Co., Chemours, the National Football League, Capital One, DuPont, Gucci Changemakers and many more. There are a variety of scholarships and internships available. Attendance at the 2020 HBCU Week Virtual College Fair is required for eligibility.

To learn more about HBCU Week and to register for the events, visit hbcuweek.org.

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More than just a trim

BY CAROLINE HAMRICK THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

On the outside, barbershops and beauty salons may look like a place to just get your hair done. But on the inside, it’s so much more.

Barbershops and beauty salons have become pillars of the community, bringing people together

from The Hot Seat Studio Salon in Greensboro has his own story of heart disease within his family.

His mother suffered from congestive heart failure, inspiring him to make serious lifestyle changes in an effort to protect his own heart health. Not only did he bring his vital health numbers down, but he lost 70 pounds through healthy lifestyle changes.

ways clients can prevent heart disease and stroke by managing their risk factors.

Heart disease risk factors are highest among African American populations, and some of the most common risk factors are high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes. The prevalence of high blood pressure in African Americans is the highest in the world.

Research suggests that African Americans may carry a gene that makes them more salt sensitive, increasing the risk of high blood pressure. Among non-Hispanic Blacks age 20 or older, 63% of men and 77% of women are overweight or obese.

Diabetes is treatable and preventable, but many people don’t recognize the early warning signs or they avoid treatment out of fear of complications.

Barbershops and salons have always been pillars of African American communities.

By implementing Hair, Heart & Health with local salons, the program strives to decrease the percentage of heart disease and stroke in under-resourced communities, inform residents on preventative ways to combat heart disease and stroke, and make a positive health impact in the Triad.

The Hair, Heart & Health program is being initiated into eight local barbershops and salons across the Triad.

In Winston-Salem, Gentlemen’s Grooming Lounge, Blend Masters, Bailey’s Hair Creations, and Monique Michelle the Studio beauty salon are participating.

Activities to-date have included training the barbers/stylists on warning

signs of a heart attack, stroke 101, healthy eating, tobacco-free communities, and local health resources, virtual meetings to discuss and determine pivot activities amid COVID-19, distribution of reimbursement packages including PPE to 18 barbers/stylists April – June, and connecting barbers to community resources, stimulus package information & presenters/speakers to update on the stimulus package and barbicide certification trainings for reopening shops.

Amid COVID-19, the barbers and stylists have participated in bi-weekly virtual meetings to assist with COVID-19 response, unemployment benefits, small business grants/ loans, payroll protection program & other resources. All participants received reimbursement

& resource packages for their work assisting to further the project during the pandemic by taking the lead on determining best ways to reach clients in a safe and effective manner.

Currently, the shop owners have developed an “ASK ME?” campaign to co-brand masks that will create health dialogue between barbers, stylists and clients for increasing awareness among more than 500 clients about heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, and the importance of individuals and communities most at risk for COVID-19 to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Through the Hair, Heart and Health program, barbershops and beauty salons could one day provide a hotspot for community, social, family and health conversations.

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Along with hair tips, some local barbershops and salons in the Triad are offering health stations in their facilities. for generations.

Imagine if your regular visit to your stylist not only helped your hair and your soul, but your health.

Hair, Heart & Health is an initiative in the Triad that could do just that. Launched earlier this spring by the American Heart Association and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, local participating barbershops and salons in the Triad will feature a blood pressure station, heart health information, and ways to reduce risk factors.

Mr. Charlz Henry

More often than not, barbers and hairstylists serve in the dual roles of both therapist and hairdresser. Their clients are like family and together, they share a history. When health issues arise in conversation, it’s important that accurate information is being shared. The shop owners and stylists participating in the Hair, Heart & Health initiative are being trained by the American Heart Association and community partners to be health ambassadors. They are being trained to know the warning signs of heart attack and stroke and the

Police promotions announced SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Police Chief Catrina Thompson announced today the promotion of 18 police officers and five non-sworn employees, including the promotion of Lieutenant Jose E. Gomez to captain. A promotion ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, and will be livestreamed over the city’s YouTube channel to allow family members and friends to participate virtually.

Gomez has served 21 years in the Police Department. During his career he has served in the Patrol Division, the Criminal Investigations Division, the Special Investigations Division, the Street Crimes Unit and the Special Weapons and Tactics Team, the Professional Standards Division, and the Office of the Chief of Police. He has a bachelor’s degree from Garner-Webb University, a master’s degree in public administration from Appalachian State University, is a graduate of the N.C. State University Administrative Officers Management Program, and has an Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate from the N.C. Criminal Justice, Education and Training Standards Commission.

Also promoted are: *To lieutenant: Sergeants Jeffrey Azar,

George E. Jenkins and Crystal S. Prichard. *To sergeant: Corporals Joshua D. Caffey, Patrick A. Davenport, Jennifer L. Dobey, James B. Gerald, Shena M. Nelson, Joshua A. Sheets, Lauren A. Veal, David D. Walsh and Randall D. White. *To corporal: Police officers William T. Burge, Jaqueline W. Guest, Benjamin M. Harrison, Tanya R. Purdie and Shaun D. Wagoner. *To forensic services division supervisor: Forensic Services Assistant Supervisor Erin E. Warren. *To forensic services squad supervisor: Forensics Services Technician Samantha A. Story. *To communications training coordinator: Senior Public Safety Communications Operator Martha A. Hix. *To senior crime analyst: Crime Analysts Brenna Fiutak and Nicki Tamer.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933-2020

Guest Editorial

Acknowledging the life and legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg The International Civil Rights Center & Museum recognizes Ginsburg’s impactful work and indelible legacy

The future Supreme Court Associate Justice Ginsburg taught at Rutgers University Law School and then at Columbia University, where she became its first female tenured professor. She served as the director of the Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union during the 1970s, during which she argued six landmark cases on gender equality before the U.S. Supreme Court. She was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1980 and to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993 by President Clinton, making her the second woman to serve on the bench of the highest court in the land.

With her opinion in Craig v. Boren, a case where discrimination against men was challenged (requiring males to be 21 years old before they can legally drink alcohol as compared to the threshold of 18 years for women), Justice Ginsburg invented the judicial test of “intermediate scrutiny.” This provides a constitutional requirement for a higher level of justification for laws distinguishing rights based on gender.

The test has endured as the judicially appropriate standard, increasing the tools available for judicial determinations of equal protection of the law.

In 1999 she won the American Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Award for her contributions to gender equality and civil rights. She was one of the six justices to uphold a critical component of the 2010 Affordable Care Act – often referred to as Obamacare – in King v. Burwell. The decision allows the federal government to continue providing subsidies to Americans who purchase health care through “exchanges,” regardless of whether they are state or federally operated.

Ginsburg, who was long lauded as a voice of reason and a guiding light by which others could set their moral compasses, has left an enduring mark on America’s judicial landscape.

The nation has lost a tireless and resolute champion of justice.

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Facts do matter To The Editor:

I must respond to Gus Preschle’s recent letter to the editor. Terri Legrand is denying that she has favored defunding the police. There is evidence to the contrary. In a Talk with Terri episode, Hate Out Winston director and Terri discussed that “defund the police” was not popular and the strategy and message needed to be “reallocate funds” to other social programs. In an interview with the Kernersville News, Terri said she did not want to defund police. When pressed, she admitted to supporting “reallocating funds” from the police budget. I’d like to know how that is not “defunding.” By any other name it is still the same result.

There is a reason why law enforcement agencies are supporting and endorsing Senator Joyce Krawiec. She is a strong advocate for law enforcement and keeping our communities safe. She wholeheartedly supports adequate funding for law enforcement and understands the difficult job they have.

I find it interesting that Preschle refers to dark money.

That takes nerve when Legrand has boasted about how much more money she has raised than Krawiec. Mostly from other states. I’ve also received the negative mail and seen the negative ads against Krawiec from “Legrand’s Dark Money groups.”

Politics are a rough and tumble sport, but facts do still matter.

JoLynn Tobar Winston Salem

Adding fuel to the fire of our pandemics Dr. Julianne Malveux

Guest Columnist Nero, the Roman Emperor who legendarily fiddled while Rome burned is a symbol for an irresponsible, ineffective, and callous leader who shows indifference to people in crisis. The great Rome fire took place in the first century AD. The fiddle wasn’t invented until the eleventh century, so it is unlikely that the hedonistic emperor played the fiddle while his city was burning. More likely, he was engaged in some trivial or sybaritic act, regardless of the crisis.

Our 45th President puts Nero to shame. Our country is burning, with COVID cases rising, racial tensions rising. The President is pouring fuel on an already-flaming fire with his callous indifference, ineffective leadership, and irresponsible proclamations. He has so utterly failed to provide a national plan to combat corona that Republican governors have called him out. Notably, Maryland governor Larry Hogan, who chairs the National Governor’s Association,

excoriated Mr. Trump in a July 16 Washington Post op-ed noting that our President seemed “more concerned about boosting the stock market or his reelection plans.” That’s fiddling while Rome burns.

Forty-five fanned the flames of fear and uncertainty about COVID-19 with false comments about the virus.

First, he said it was going to go away, and that it was no more severe than the flu. Then he suggested a drug, hydroxychloroquine, that has proven to be ineffective.

Then he “jokingly” suggested Lysol or bleach to cure the virus. He has prioritized the economy over human lives, urging governors to open their states up for commerce, even as the number of COVID cases has risen. Still, he and his Education Secretary are urging the full reopening of schools for full-time in-person instruction, even though the numbers suggest otherwise. They are saying the schools that fail to meet their demands will forfeit federal dollars—fuel to the fire.

Since the economy closed in late March, there has been plenty of time to develop a coordinated response to COVID 19, develop a back-to-school plan, and get school

districts the additional resources they need to serve our nation’s young people effectively. Instead, he says he is leaving it to the states, just like he left the acquisition of personal protective equipment to the states. Why doesn’t he do his job instead of playing golf?

Fiddling while Rome burns, the President and his daughter Ivanka, are auditioning as shills for Goya Foods. The President photographed in the Oval Office with an assortment of Goya Foods and a maniacal grin. The First Daughter posted a picture of herself, holding a can of black beans. More than 200,000 people are dead, and the first family is hawking beans!

The President’s comments on both masks and race are incendiary. It is irresponsible to make face coverings a matter of individual choice while COVID infections are rising. Politicizing masks causes tension among citizens who share public space. In Tulsa, Rev. Robert Turner has rallied for reparations every Wednesday for the past two years. On July 15, a rabid anti-mask white mob surrounded him, poured water on him, called him “boy,” and assaulted him.

Confederate flag-loving

Trump has empowered these racists to behave horribly.

And the President’s idiocy on the Confederate flag suggests he does not know history. His refusal to utter the words “Black Lives Matter” reminds us (but we already knew) that he doesn’t think Black Lives Matter. His request that NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace apologize for reacting when he found a noose in his area was spacious. His response to a CBS interviewer who asked him about Black people’s police shooting was to note that white people are shot by police, too. “More white people, by the way,” the deflectorin-chief said. Black people are 2.8 times as likely to be killed as whites, but perhaps the President does not understand the concept of disproportionality.

Since the President refuses to develop a national plan to address the corona pandemic, even as the death toll increases, let him hawk beans. He is far more adept at that task than he is at running the country.

Dr. Julianne Malveux is a D.C.-based economist and author. She can be reached at dr.j@ juliannemalveux.com.

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Will police departments accept the liability of bad cops?

Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist

The police shooting Black men and Black women has become commonplace. There is no end to these tragedies in sight. Our America has become a shooting gallery with those of us who pay a skin tax as the targets.

Is there no safe place for Black people to be?

Back in the day, our homes were our castles. They were places where we had fun, lots to eat and were safe. We took all three of these for granted.

Not today, especially if you are Black like me.

Sadly, but true, the police

will shoot us inside of our homes, too.

Breonna Taylor, an African American woman, was shot and killed inside of her home by the Louisville Metro Police Department. She was shot eight times by law enforcement.

This criminal act by the police occurred on March 13. Attorney Benjamin Crump filed a lawsuit on April 27.

The lawsuit accuses the police of wrongful death, excessive force and gross negligence. The city of Louisville has reached a 12 million-dollar settlement with the family of Breonna Taylor. In addition, the city council has passed legislation to ban noknock warrants.

The no-knock warrant was used when the three police officers killed Breonna Taylor.

The city council also passed legislation that mandates the police to wear body cameras when serving search warrants and to turn on the camera five minutes before beginning the operation.

The mayor of Louisville, Greg Fischer, said he would sign the legislation.

The no-knock law ban is named Breonna’s Law. Attorney Crump said, “She was in her home doing absolutely nothing wrong.” Unfortunately, we as African Americans can be doing everything right and still get killed. Just ask the family of Botham Jean.

Laws are needed to stop the widespread killing of us. However, this statement carries no weight when the laws are not enforced or on the books. It can be debated that police are going around unchecked and

uncontrolled. This must stop! Banning chokeholds and outlawing no-knock warrants may be a start to a problem that has festered like an open wound for far too long.

In the minds of many, mine included, the police and/or legislators are instituting new laws after Black people have been killed. This reactionary type of policing is not going to work in the long run. Using a band-aid when surgery is required is not the answer.

Laws are made by human beings. When they are outdated or are causing death and collateral damage, it is time to change them.

Breonna Taylor’s killing and George Floyd’s killing forced laws to change.

The question is, why does another Black person have to be killed for a law

to be changed?

One of my good friends is a police officer and we were talking about what is happening in police departments across America. As a Black police officer, he thinks like any organization, there are some rotten apples within police departments. He says they just have not been exposed yet.

I believe his assessment is correct. Eventually, they will be identified and fired.

A pressing question at the inquiry desk is how long can police departments take this ongoing criticism and heat? Bad police are giving entire police departments a bad reputation.

For example, I would strongly suggest that the overwhelming majority of the police officers in Minneapolis and Louisville are good,

hardworking men and women. They are serving their communities well and doing what is right.

Police departments must find a way to push bad cops out of their departments. Right now, they are getting too much negative attention because of a few bad seeds.

Breaking News: Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18. She was 87 years old and will be greatly missed.

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 all-conference for four years. He is a retired college administrator and can be reached at overtimefergie.2020@ yahoo.com.

Real patriotic education: Leave it better than you found it Wim Laven Guest Columnist We do not need a Patriotic Education Commission like Trump proposes; we need to fund programs like Camp Keep (Keen Environmental Education Program) and Youth in Yosemite.

We help make patriotic Americans when we teach young people the importance of conserving and preserving our natural resources for the good of everyone—especially future generations.

Trump’s goals of whitewashing over the worst parts of our history only serve to continue ugly practices of selfish behavior and continued ignorance.

Part of education is reviewing poor practices and repairs.

It’s called learning from mistakes.

When Donald Trump flubbed the pronunciation of Yosemite National Park, I felt sad for him. I thought it was unfair that he was being judged for what looked like little more than a bad job of sounding out the syllables: Yo-Semite.

I grew up just down the hill from Yosemite— in the San Joaquin (pronounced “hwa-keen”) Valley—I have watched people struggle with mispronouncing words my whole life. Immigrant parents, like my mother, can find real challenges; English was her fourth or fifth language. I think we could cut everyone some slack and be better for it.

Mostly I felt sad for Donald Trump because I knew, in his mispronunciation, that he had never visited my favorite place on earth. I just returned from a trip, maybe my 50th, where my niece turned 12 in the park and I got to show three people around for the first time. Despite ongoing

fires, the Mariposa Grove and some closed trails, we all shared in the magic of our national treasure.

I wish someone would have taken Donald Trump to Yosemite when he turned 12, maybe as a school field trip. Perhaps he would have gotten lifechanging lessons on rights and responsibilities from the campsite and campfire rules.

The campsite rule - leave it better than you found it - can be challenging. I remember telling my father: “It’s not fair that we have to clean up someone else’s mess.”

But he patiently explained to me that our beautiful campgrounds would not be beautiful if we did not take care of them. We spent lots of time in nature, and I learned my lessons about common good.

The campfire rule: never leave a fire unattended. Campfires are a responsibility; do not start one if you cannot take care of it, and do not

assume that everything will be OK. My friend’s mother, trying to cook hotdogs some 20 years ago, accidently started the 150,000-acre McNally fire.

When sentenced she said: “The sequoias have been a major part of my life since I was 2 years old, and I would never intentionally destroy them. Some of the happiest memories I have are of camping in those mountains. Now those memories are clouded by horror, guilt and shame.”

The campfire rule has taught me that the consequences for our actions can be much greater than we realize. I wonder, if someone took Donald Trump to Yosemite when he was 12, might he have learned about these obligations while toasting marshmallows to make s’mores? Would he deny the life-saving benefits of wearing a mask during the global pandemic of COVID-19 if he’d learned lessons about the common

good? Would he have left the first few cases of the virus unattended?

When Donald Trump refuses to wear masks and when his administration refuses social distancing and other preventive measures, he is leaving the campfire unattended. Like a wildfire, the coronavirus has spread and the United States leads the world in both cases and mortalities (likely to hit 200,000 by the end of the week).

Sadly, many people getting sick, suffering, and dying have gone to great lengths to protect themselves, but have been impacted due to the refusal of others to take basic steps in protecting public health.

I don’t know if anyone ever “roughed it” with a 12-year-old Donald, to spend a day in awe of the Upper and Lower Yosemite falls, or hiking the mist trail to Nevada and Vernal falls. In the presence of the sublime in nature, I could gaze into the water or the glowing coals

of the campfire endlessly.

Then fall asleep under the stars pondering questions about the meaning of life and feeling small in the vastness of life and joyous in the connection to it all.

It just does not seem like people who question and threaten public safety have ever picked up after someone else, just to leave it better than they found it.

An ancient Greek proverb says: “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.”

Instead, it seems, Trump believes a society becomes great when it lies about its past, present, and future. I truly worry about the danger of such thinking. We’ve already witnessed wildfires sparked by gender reveal parties. What’s next?

Wim Laven, Ph.D., syndicated by PeaceVoice, teaches courses in political science and conflict resolution.

Suffering continues while more COVID-19 aid remains stymied in Congress CHARLENE CROWELL

Guest Columnist As of mid-September, at least 197,000 people died from COVID-19 according to Johns Hopkins University.

Beyond these fatalities, the number of COVID-related cases diagnosed reached 6.5 million people and continues to rise.

Beyond the health effects, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of Aug. 31, over 80% of adults with post-high school education plans either cancelled or significantly changed those plans this fall. Further, a significant number of consumers are housing challenged, with one-third of adults anticipating either eviction or foreclosure in the next two months, and over 36% of adults continuing to telework due to the

pandemic.

Since late July, consumers and small businesses have hoped for a renewed federal commitment for COVID-19 aid, but no successful compromise on two vastly different aid proposals has yet to emerge. A failed Sept. 10 vote in the U.S. Senate’s majority-sponsored proposal leaves the Housepassed aid package as the only legislative option to have been approved by a chamber.

In a news conference held later that same day, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi noted an earlier offer to compromise on the scale of aid. That offer proposed to cut the cost of the House-passed version to $2.2 trillion and asked the Senate to increase the size of its proposal.

“Let’s not have a skinny bill when we have a massive problem,” said Speaker Pelosi.

“Congress needs to respond in a way that meets the nation’s very

real and urgent needs,” added Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Charles Schumer, after the upper chamber’s roll call vote.

In the meantime, as the pandemic claims more lives every day, too many people can’t find work, especially Black and brown workers who are bearing the brunt of this economic and public health crisis.

The Senate proposal known as the HEALS Act, emphasized cost breaks for businesses instead of consumer relief.

For instance, it would have shielded employers from liability lawsuits under federal accommodations law if related to COVID-19 risk and the lack of requested workplace accommodations. Another proposal would have temporarily doubled business deductions to 100% for business meals through Dec. 31, 2020. It provided for increased funds for the Paycheck Protection Program, but

contained few consumer protection provisions and no rental assistance or relief for student borrowers. Though it provided $105 billion in aid for K-12 schools and postsecondary institutions, this earmark included monies for private schools and reserved funds for schools that re-open.

“This bill is an inadequate response to our current economic fallout and public health crisis,” said Ashley Harrington, federal advocacy director and senior policy counsel with the Center for Responsible Lending. “More than five months have passed since Congress approved a substantive, bipartisan bill to help families stay afloat during this pandemic. Low-income families, particularly families of color who have yet to recover from the Great Recession, have been hit the hardest by this pandemic and the economic fallout. Without a comprehensive response,

renters will continue to live with anxiety under threat of eviction, student borrowers will suffocate under crushing debt, and small business owners will close their doors permanently, which will distress local economies.”

By contrast, the House version, known as the $3.4 trillion HEROES Act, passed the House with a 208-199 vote on May 15 and advocates broad and comprehensive support for consumers and small businesses to include: *$100 billion in new emergency rental assistance; *$75 billion for homeowner assistance; *$11.5 billion in homeless grants; and *$1 billion to expand Section 8 housing vouchers.

The House measure would also forbid negative credit reporting and debt collection. Another key provision would require the Federal Reserve to make low-cost, deferrable loans to small

businesses, nonprofits, and public universities, as well as provide a broad assortment of new and renewed assistance targeted to essential workers, first responders, minority-owned and other small businesses, and the homeless. It also provides extended payment relief for student loan borrowers, including debt cancellation for some borrowers.

“Inaction and subpar responses to this pandemic is dangerous, irresponsible, and unacceptable,” concluded Harrington.

“Each day that passes without a comprehensive bill will cause irreparable harm to families who are living on the margins and struggling to get by.”

Charlene Crowell is a senior fellow with the Center for Responsible Lending.

She can be reached at charlene.crowell@ responsiblelending.org.

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BUSTA’S PERSON OF THE WEEK

‘I’ve always had the heart to help the underserved populations.’

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

Bottom Up Outreach Center has several programs that it provides to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness, and youth populations. They provide services under the N.C. Innovations waiver that assists individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

This is a Medicaid waiver program, which offers an array of services and support options, designed to assist individuals of

environments. This could lead to increased gang activity or behavioral problems with aggression, hopelessness, lack of social interaction, and other problems. This population is also at an increased risk of police and court system involvement, in which many times situations are escalated due to each side of the police versus the individual not knowing how to interact and deal with each other. “The Man Academy wants to collaborate with the city and other private sectors to help bring together police and judges to sit down and

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Joseph Whaley, president and CEO of Bottom Up Outreach Center all ages to remain in their community and to live as independently as possible.

Joseph Whaley added, “We also have several private pay programs, addressing many of the underserved populations.

There are many challenges that our community faces, especially those living in poverty and dealing with social and racial injustices. Many of these individuals are dealing with disabilities, like autism, and other mental illnesses which could be onset due to environments such as violence, domestic abuse, drugs, etc.”

Bottom Up Outreach Center created the Man Academy to address and assist this population.

There are many times that individuals are dealing with these mental illnesses of PTSD, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, and more, and have no idea they are suffering from it in these

have conversations and training on how to deal with the mental illness and disabled population,” said Joseph Whaley, CEO and president of Bottom Up Outreach Center.

I asked Whaley to share information about the other amazing programs at Bottom Up Outreach Center. “Fit To Shine is a fitness program catered to individuals with and without disabilities. We have individualized and specially modified training and movement programs for different fitness levels of the individuals in the program. We have certified personal trainers and nutritionists leading the workouts specific to the individual. And our Shine Up program addresses our homeless population with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental illnesses.

Many were forced into homelessness by aging out of clinical programs

Juneteenth

holiday that is about the emancipation of African Americans in America and in this city Cinco De Mayo is celebrated for the emancipation of Mexicans against another ethnic group. I believe we need to clearly write down what our expectations are when we grant paid holidays.”

Mayor Pro Tem Denise “DD” Adams said she believed African Americans deserve a holiday. She said with other cities already making the change, she doesn’t see why it shouldn’t be done here in Winston-Salem.

Adams, who represents the North Ward, said the council has the power to approve the resolution and figure out the details later.

“I struggle to understand why it is that when it comes to Black stuff or African American things or events or situations, we struggle with that,” Adams continued. “I can understand discussion, disagreement or whatever, but it always bothers me when it comes to something that’s not for the majority, we stumble

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original resolution passed unanimously, Councilwoman Annette Scippio proposed an alternate resolution that called for city staff to go back to the drawing board and do more research. Scippio, who represents the East Ward, said the original resolution would take away a floating holiday from city employees that is traditionally used for Christmas Eve. She also raised concerns about what calendar date would be observed and the need for the city to adopt a policy on paid holidays.

“This as proposed is not an added benefit, but it takes away what our employees have become accustomed to,” Scippio continued.

“Without rushing it through, I think we need to be more thoughtful about the effects on our employees and how we see it as a benefit to them. Secondly, we need a policy with criteria around paid holidays.

This is one

and homes, and being discharged from hospitals with no place to go.”

Millions of people in the U.S. are affected by mental illness each year and many of them who were shot and killed by police were Black men and boys. With that said, this topic should no longer continue to be taboo in the Black community, nor should we be ashamed of it. I get depressed and see a therapist once a month. In my childhood community, I’ve witnessed plenty of men physically abusing women as if they were fighting men. I’ve also witnessed shootings and an abundance of drug use, and it’s caused me to have serious anxiety and depression. Thank God I wasn’t ashamed to seek therapy; because of that I’m healed. And I’m able to be the father I never had to my sons, and to be a teacher and youth mentor.

So, I personally love what Joseph Whaley is doing with his organization.

According to Joseph Whaley, so many of our youth that are in gangs are dealing with mental illness as well. “Mental illness is an epidemic, man, and it’s not getting any of the energy and resources that’s needed.

It’s a very overlooked population. They’re at the top of the homeless list.

One in four individuals that are African American has a disability, and one in nine has a mental illness.

Those are huge numbers!

I started Bottom Up Outreach Center because I noticed Black youth with mental illness wasn’t getting fair and equal treatment or resources as other youth. I’m hoping to connect and sit at the table with the powers that be and show them that our programs are working, and then work together to help our communities,” said Joseph.

He credits his wife Shanquilla for her unwavering support, while also holding things down at home with their three children. “I couldn’t have done any of this without her. My wife and kids are my everything.”

My Person of the Week is the phenomenal Joseph Whaley. If you or someone you know that can benefit from Bottom Up Outreach Center programs, send them an email at marketing@ bottomupoutreach.com or call 336-529-6070. with that, we struggle with it.

“This is in respect of the fact of what America did to a race of people.

We deserve a holiday, an acknowledgement day.”

Scippio’s alternate resolution failed 3 to 5.

It is important to note that Cinco De Mayo is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican Army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Mexican Independence Day is celebrated annually on Sept. 16.

Since 2004, here in Winston-Salem Triad Cultural Arts Inc., which is led by Cheryl Harry, has played host to the city’s largest Juneteenth celebration.

The celebration held at various venues over the years regularly includes free seminars, workshops, live performances, food, guest speakers and much more.

For more information on the local Juneteenth Celebration, visit https:// t r i a d c u l t u r a l a r t s . o rg / index.php/juneteenthfestival/.

THURSDAY, September 24, 2020

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

Time’s up Milwaukee For the second year in a row, the Milwaukee Bucks were bounced from the playoffs before they reached their preseason goal. With high championship aspirations to begin the year, it was a letdown for the Bucks to go home in the semifinal round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Another early exit from the playoffs now puts all eyes on Giannis Antetokounmpo and what his next move will be.

Everyone was expecting the Bucks to represent the eastern conference in the NBA Finals this year. The Bucks came into the playoffs with the best record in the league and looked to continue their momentum in the bubble.

Unfortunately for the Bucks, once the restart began, they did not look like the same dominant team from earlier this year.

Giannis is slated to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2020-2021 season and is eligible for a super-max extension that is expected to be worth around $254 million over five years.

The question is whether he will resign with the Bucks or look to go elsewhere to make a run at a championship. He can make more money with the Bucks, but at this point in his career, he may be more concerned with winning rings.

It was reported late last week that Giannis unfollowed all his teammates and the Bucks on Instagram.

Antetokounmpo has been the subject of trade rumors and it looks like if the Bucks don’t make a dramatic roster move, they may have to exercise that option to ensure they get something in return for Antetokounmpo.

Bucks ownership and Giannis met last week to discuss the future of the franchise. The Bucks were eliminated in five games by the Miami Heat in the second round of the playoffs. After the game, Antetokounmpo said he would not request a trade.

“Some see a wall and go in [another direction]. I plow through it,” he said.

“We just have to get better as a team individually, and get right back at it next season.”

While Giannis is saying all the right things, internally he must be feeling disappointed with how he and his team finished the season. Their shortcomings as a team were exposed by the Heat See Milwaukee on B4

Muggsy Bogues speaks on life and the game of basketball

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues spent nine years of his 14-year career as a member of the Charlotte Hornets. The Charlotte Hornets, in collaboration with Truliant Federal Credit Union, organized a Zoom call with Bogues as he spoke about his path on and off the basketball court.

Bogues, a Baltimore, Maryland native, played several sports growing up, but always had a special love for the game of basketball. While shorter than just about every player on the court, Bogues made a name for himself with his uncanny ability to steal the ball. His ability to “mug” his opponents defensively helped lead to his nickname.

“Growing up in the inner city, we were very active,” said Bogues.

That was our Xbox and PS4 back then, being outdoors. We were on the court, we played football and I wrestled, but it was always something about basketball that made me gravitate towards it, mainly because of people telling me I shouldn’t play because of my size and that always got under my skin and I always wanted to prove people wrong.”

Bogues never looked at his lack of height as a detriment because he knew at a young age, he was not going to be tall.

“I never really focused on trying to be taller, I just accepted who I was and I just learned the game to where I could be impactful, instead of a liability,” he said about his height.

Bogues enjoyed a very successful high school career, playing alongside

Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues future NBA players such as David Wingate, Reggie Williams and Reggie Lewis, which enabled him to earn a scholarship to Wake Forest University in 1983. He said WinstonSalem was nothing like he had ever seen in Baltimore.

“Being from the inner city, my environment was predominately Black culture and it was a culture shock going to WinstonSalem and being in a small city in a private school surrounded by a lot of white folks, which I wasn’t accustomed to,” he said.

“It was the best decision in the world for me because it gave me an opportunity

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to grow. It gave me the opportunity to see a different part of the world.

“I learned at a great university, which was Wake Forest, and the institution really taught me how to be a man. My whole world just changed once I decided to go to Wake Forest and I am grateful that I made that decision.”

The opportunity to play in the ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) was a big draw for Bogues. At that time, the conference boasted big names such as Michael Jordan, Len Bias, Ralph Sampson, Sam Perkins and Mark

Price, just to name a few.

The chance to measure his skills against some of the best players in the nation was too good to pass up for Bogues.

“Wake came at me and rolled out the red carpet and said I had the opportunity to play, especially my freshman year,” Bogues said.

“The academic component really stood out to me, but the main reason was my parents could just turn on the TV and just watch it, without having to travel, and they knew every Saturday they could watch their baby play basketball.”

Playing against that tough competition in the ACC really prepared Bogues for the rigors of the NBA, he said. He said every night in ACC play, you were guaranteed to play against a tough guard, so he had to bring his A game every time he laced up.

Bogues always had the confidence to know he was capable of playing in the NBA. Once he was selected to represent the USA in the 1986 Goodwill Games in Spain, he was able to showcase his skills in front of NBA, which bolstered his draft position a year later.

“Coming back from winning the gold medal, I think it put some of the pro scouts on notice that I was for real,” he continued.

“I was projected to go late first round, to where I wound up going twelfth overall.”

One of the first things Bogues noticed once he entered the NBA was the skill level that every player had.

“Once I got there, it was a man’s game and no longer a boy’s game,” Bogues continued. “I

came in, in the late 80s, so it was a wake-up call for me during my first game, in the locker room watching the guys pop a beer at halftime and smoke a cigarette, which I wasn’t prepared for.”

Bogues was drafted by the Washington Bullets, now the Wizards, and was happy to play professional ball so close to home. After playing well as a rookie, he was drafted sixth overall in the 1988 expansion draft by the Charlotte Hornets.

He was shocked at the news, but says the move to Charlotte was “a match made in heaven.”

“From the very first game, seeing the support of 24,000 fans screaming, knowing we lost by 40 points and they give us a standing ovation, you knew you were in a special place,” Bogues said with a smile. “From that moment on, I always considered Charlotte my home and I have been here for 30 years.”

Throughout his time in Charlotte, Bogues never thought he would have made the lasting impression on the city that he has. He also spoke fondly of the relationship he built with former Hornet Dell Curry over the years.

After leaving the game of basketball, Bogues had a couple of stints in the coaching realm, which included the Charlotte Sting, a former franchise in the WNBA. He has also written an autobiography, “In the Land of Giants,” which touches on his struggle of growing up in the inner city and achieving success in the NBA. He now spends a great deal of time and energy building his Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation.

Questions arise amid firing of Parkland basketball coach

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The Parkland Mustangs’ basketball team is headed in a new direction after the firing of head coach Travis HolcombFaye. Holcomb-Faye spent four years leading the Mustangs, with last year being his most successful with a 22-5 record and a Piedmont Triad 3-A tournament championship.

Holcomb-Faye worked in the exceptional children’s department at Parkland, as well as being the head basketball coach.

According to HolcombFaye, as the school year began at Parkland, he didn’t believe all of the employees were properly following the COVID-19 safety guidelines at the school.

Holcomb-Faye suffers from a medical disorder that causes seizures and says he was in disbelief of the disregard for safety protocols from some of his former co-workers. He says he felt compelled to say something about his concerns once when he was involved in a meeting where he says several people were not wearing masks and not properly socially distancing.

“That day we had a meeting and there were eight or nine of us in the room for a meeting, including Mr. Hardy, our principal, and two

Travis Holcomb-Faye assistant principals,” said Holcomb-Faye. “It’s a small conference room and we were all sitting next to each other with no social distancing and he (Hardy) didn’t have a mask on and I had seen him at other meetings around the school with multiple people without a mask on, so that concerned me.”

With his medical issue to worry about, HolcombFaye said he was concerned about the number of people he saw not wearing masks, the lack of hand sanitizing stations, and the lack of protocols the school had in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“I was just concerned about some of the safety protocols going on at the school, so while we were in this meeting, when he finished speaking, I

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mentioned my concerns to him,” he said. “He kind of brushed me off and told me to just go and do our assignments for the day.”

Upon returning the next day, Holcomb-Faye says he continued to witness individuals together in groups without masks and that prompted HolcombFaye to speak with one of his assistant principals.

The assistant principal instructed him to go to Human Resources if there was a serious problem.

Holcomb-Faye says he did not initially go to HR, but instead chose to bear through and continue working. The following week, he says things reached their boiling point and HolcombFaye decided to speak with another assistant principal in the school

who accompanied him to another meeting with the principal, where he expressed his concerns once again.

Holcomb-Faye says during the meeting he informed the principal that he was setting a bad example for other employees by not wearing his mask at all times.

According to HolcombFaye, that is when the meeting became somewhat contentious and he was eventually told to leave the office and return to work.

The next move for Holcomb-Faye was not to return to work, but instead to make a call to HR. He informed HR of his concerns and requested a transfer to another school and was granted his transfer.

He says two weeks after his transfer he received a text from Parkland Athletic Director Linwood Jerald asking him to come to Parkland for a meeting with Jerald and Hardy.

“I still wanted to be the basketball coach and we had begun planning things for the upcoming basketball season,” he continued. “Before I could pull my chair out, Mr. Hardy said we are going to move the basketball program in a new direction. He said I needed to resign, and I said I am not resigning because I am not leaving my kids, so if you want me gone, you are

going to have to fire me.”

Holcomb-Faye says he was not given a valid explanation for his firing outside of the school wanting to “move the program in a different direction.” He believes he was fired because he contacted Human Resources about his concerns, along with asking for a transfer from Parkland.

“Basically, I feel like I was forced to leave because I had to put my health first,” he went on to say.

“I believe I was fired from basketball, not because of my performance with the basketball program, but because I called HR and told them Parkland wasn’t following safety protocols with COVID-19.”

The Chronicle reached out to Parkland High School administrators for comment, but they did not return our calls.

Holcomb-Faye says he will miss working with his players and the community engagement they were involved with. He wanted to thank all of the fans and supporters of the program for all of their contributions to the basketball program.

Holcomb-Faye did not stay on the market very long. He received several offers to join coaching staffs around the area, but has chosen to join the staff at Winston-Salem Prep for the upcoming season.

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RELIGION

Local ministry continues to serve those in need

Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

God’s Plan Revealed Scriptures: Genesis 451:15 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Understand how Joseph viewed his past mistreatment at the hands of his brothers; *Recognize how God is at work in difficult circumstances; *Respond to mistreatment not with vengeance but with creative, transforming initiatives.

Background: It seems that Joseph’s whole intent is to find out if his brothers have changed at all. They have returned from Canaan with Benjamin. Joseph knew that his father now held on to Benjamin and that he, Benjamin, was now a replacement for Joseph. Benjamin is referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Joseph’s stand in, and Joseph’s alter ego. Judah says of his father “ … since his life is bound up in the lad’s life, when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die” (44:30-31). Joseph taunts his brothers by lining them up in birth order for dinner and favoring Benjamin. He then sends them off to journey home, but entraps them with the sole purpose of keeping Benjamin in Egypt. (Read chapters 43 and 44) Lesson: At the return of the brothers with Benjamin, Joseph makes himself known after hearing Judah make a plea for Benjamin to save their father’s life. Joseph is now convinced of the change in his brothers since the same brother who had him sold into slavery is now offering himself as a slave in his brother’s place for the sake of their father (verses 1-3). Joseph reminds his brothers of their great sin (verse 4). But in verses 5-8 he explains that it wasn’t their actions, but God arranged things so that the disaster of his captivity and incarceration were not the last word. The last word is the word of life not death. “ … it was to save life that God sent me ahead of you” (verse 5). Joseph recognizes and submits to the sovereignty of God. God’s plan is sometimes hidden from us. His plan here is to preserve the remnant of Israel. God’s providential rule over the affairs of life, both good and bad, is still in effect today.

God is not in control, because He is not a controlling God, but He is indeed in charge.

Joseph instructs his brothers to bring his father.

Joseph’s intent now, because of his good fortune, is to bring the family together in safety and abundance. Say to my father, “Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me tarry not.” (verse 9). Note that Joseph is always mindful to give God the credit. Joseph chooses the best for his family and is supported by Pharaoh. Following Joseph’s directions, Jacob and his family migrate to Egypt and spend the remaining five years of famine in Goshen where the land was fertile. Joseph vows to care for his father and all he possesses. Joseph was especially glad to see Benjamin, his only full brother. There were lots of emotions shown first between Joseph and Benjamin and then with the other brothers. Joseph held no grudges and had forgiven them. Over 22 years Joseph had learned to appreciate the sovereignty of God. (The UMI Annual Commentary 2020-2021, The MacArthur Study Bible, The Jewish Study Bible, The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: What can we do to remember that God is sovereign? Is there a danger in holding one person so close to your heart that your life is wrapped up in them?

Application: As brothers and sisters in Christ, when we interact with our families and others, we should adopt the attitude of Joseph. We should be kind to others always. The ability to respond to situations as victors rather than victims depends on our ability to recognize the hand of God in every situation. We accomplish this by incorporating prayer, Bible study, and any other spiritual discipline into our daily lives. Set specific times to spend with God and thank Him for guiding you through life’s challenges. “… all things work together for good (Romans 8:28).

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The Potter’s House has been a staple in East Winston for over two decades. The ministry serves the community with food, clothing and biblical teachings. With the passing of co-founder Rev. John Young in May, his wife and co-founder, Pansy, is looking to continue his legacy with her work with the Potter’s House.

The Youngs have provided ministry in the area since 1991, but started the Potter’s House ministry in 1998. Their initial goal was to assist five or six children, but ended up with a total of 17. They started out of their own home, but two years later they found a location on the 1200 block of 25th Street that fit their needs.

“We stayed over there for 10 years and during that time we had all types of programs going on,” said Pansy Young. “It was a safe place where we kept people overnight and in 2008 the city told us we could no longer do ministry there, so we moved out.”

After the Youngs were forced to move out of their location, they set up shop at 1236 E. 25 St. and continued their work in the community.

“We continued on doing the ministry, even from that location,” she said.

“We continued teaching our children, offering field trips and offering them new and exciting experiences to them and the families. It was just an exciting thing to be able to witness to the people here in the community.”

One of the biggest contributions the Potter’s House has made to the community has been their community lunch program. The Youngs felt that no one should be denied a meal, especially when there are resources in the community to help, so they stepped up to the

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Pansy Young (left) poses with Potter’s House Executive Director Anthony Bonner during their community lunch last Saturday. plate.

Potter’s House provides the community lunch every third Saturday of the month, but Young also provides meals daily from their location at 1215 E. 25 St. The meals have become something the community looks forward to and relies upon.

“I don’t think people realize how many people need things like this,” Sharonda McNeil said about the community lunches. “Some of us just need a little help every now and then, so to have somebody who is always willing to help is a blessing.”

The Youngs started their ministry to help the children in the community, but quickly realized they needed to include the entire family. Young feels if the city continues to put resources into the kids and families, the area would be a better place for all.

Young said she loves to see how the “Potter’s House kids” turn out as they mature into adults.

One of the many success stories for The Potter’s House is Andrew Dinkins.

Dinkins started at the Potter’s House at the age of six and is now a successful business owner and family man.

“I was one of the first kids at The Potter’s House and John and Pansy Young have been in my life almost all of my life; they are just like my parents,” said

Dinkins. “I definitely feel I turned out to be who I am today because of them, both of them. The Potter’s House has made a true impact, not just for me, but also my children as well.

“They have always been a blessing and throughout my life I just want to make sure that we carry John’s and Pansy’s legacy on, because they have made a true impact and the world needs to know about it. It’s a lot of things they have done in

second executive director of the program and I look forward to the challenges we have and hit them head on to really make an impact on our community,” said Bonner.

Bonner says he never heard of The Potter’s House prior to his first visit, but said he felt the “love in the room” as soon as he walked in. He says the organization has a big heart for people and the community.

Volunteers also make up a big part of the organization as well.

According to Young, they would not be able to maintain all of their ministries if not for all of the willing volunteers that come out to donate their time.

“They do whatever needs to be done, so God has blessed us with people that continue to give us their time and dedication,” Young said about the volunteers. “The government hasn’t helped us do anything, the city didn’t help us do anything,

Volunteers prepare meals for the community for the free lunch program. the community that people just don’t know about.”

Dinkins says he did not have a father in the house, but Mr. Young served as a positive father figure for him.

Anthony Bonner, The Potter’s House executive director, says the goal is to keep the Young’s vision alive and to keep all of the programs and ministries going well into the future.

“I am blessed to be the

God did it all and he had willing vessels that were willing to come out to help.”

Outside of feeding the community, The Potter’s House also provides personal hygiene items and clothing to the community as well. Young says she knows God is in her community and that is the reason why she is still here.

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Two churches with one mission: to feed the hungry, cloth the naked, and minister to the brokenhearted.

This will be Whole Man Ministries’ fifth Community Drive-Thru Feeding. But this time they will have accompanying them a partnering church to cover more ground and feed more families.

Dr. Steve Corts, pastor of Center Grove Church, has joined Bishop Barry Washington of Whole Man Ministries to provide food, facemasks, toys, and household goods to those who need it most on Sept. 26 from 11 a.m.2 p.m., located on the campus of Whole Man Ministries Church, 3916 Old Lexington Road.

“God has called us to greater works in this hour,”

said Bishop Washington.

“I was grateful to receive the call from Dr. Corts regarding this partnership.

He, like myself, has seen the unusual circumstances facing families today and wanted to do something to help. Whole Man Ministries Church, a predominantly Black church, and Center Grove

Church, a predominantly white church, coming together to serve the community is exactly what the community needs.

“Whole Man Ministries has always been about pushing the envelope for Jesus. We are committed to working with our white brothers and sisters to do this great work, for we understand what it means when we say, “We are better together,” especially in these racially divisive times,” said Pastor Camilla Washington.

“Whole Man Ministries is committed to our community, as well as doing our best to change the climate of our great community,” said Bishop Washington.

“Center Grove has committed their finances and sweat equity to partner with us to do this great work. Center Grove, led by Dr. Corts, has come

out of the shadows of “talking about how we can help our Black brothers and sisters, to actually doing it, in partnership with Whole Man Ministries,” said Bishop Washington.

Bishop Barry Washington’s hope and prayer is that more predominantly white churches will be vocal and step up and carry the mantle to disenfranchise the evil racial degradation of a particular people.

Whole Man Ministries is expecting to feed upwards of a thousand people.

All are invited and asked to remain in their vehicles while members from both churches serve them food boxes, provide facemasks if needed, and offer various goods like Amazon boxes, etc. Whole Man Ministries continues to be a beacon of light in the community.

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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 Thursday and Saturday 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 visitwww.newbirthworshipcenter.org or visit our Facebook page.

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 pm. To register, please email kathyausen@gmail.com.

Sept. 27 First Waughtown Baptist Church Live Stream Senior Pastor Dennis W. Bishop will continue the series on “Where We Can or Should Evangelize.” The topic will be “The Fire of Compassion in Evangelizing.”

Service will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 27. 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. 27 The Forsyth County Missionary Union’s 110th anniversary The Forsyth County Missionary Union’s 110th anniversary will be held Sunday, Sept. 27, at 3 p.m., virtually. A program will be sent in advance. Each church is asked to make a donation to help ongoing mission work. Canned goods project is underway at all of the Union Churches. Crisis Control will welcome the canned goods Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Be safe, wear your mask, practice social distance, and check on people who live alone. We need each other.

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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 nonprofit 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, 336-748-0217.

Class size is limited, so early registration is suggested.

Sept. 24 – Virtual Story Slam 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 pm. 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/thewillingham-story-slammuse-winston-salemthe-masks-we-weartickets-117772162709.

Sept. 25-26 – WinstonSalem Fashion annual showcase Join us for the Sixth Annual Winston-Salem Fashion Week, presented

by Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, as we go virtual to continue to bring you all things fashion throughout the Triad and state.

The two-day showcase will premiere on Sept. 25 and 26 via web and will feature seven talented designers from across the state, two emerging designers and five designers

participating in Goodwill’s “Diva, Dapper on a Dime” event. The concept of the “Diva, Dapper on a Dime” program is that designers receive a gift card from Goodwill, shop and complete a collection with items found from the store. Tickets for the showcase range from $15$30. For more information, a complete list of events, or tickets, visit www. wsfashionweek.com.

register at https://www. w s f o u n d a t i o n . o rg / w f 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.

Oct. 2 – Registration deadline for Neighborhood Trust Talk Neighborhood Trust Talks: Human Relations Approach to Police and Community Dialogue is an opportunity to provide citizen input directly to police officers in a trusting, open environment, featuring local neighborhood association presidents.

The virtual event will take place on Oct. 15 from 6 - 8 p.m. Limited space available; first come first serve. Please call Dr. Pam Peoples-Joyner at 336-7737962 or e-mail pjoyner@ wspd.org. Register by Oct. 2 to receive the Zoom link.

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., 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

Oct. 3 – “Blackonomics” On Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Thirsty will host a free event, “Blackonomics.”

Blackonomics” is an outdoor, educational and small vendor’s fair to be held on the corner of 14th Street and Claremont in Winston Salem. The goal of this event is to continue fostering collaboration and strengthening relationships among the African American residents of the north and southeast communities of the city.

Let’s be mindful that COVID-19 is still active.

Please wear your mask and keep a safe distance from others. A hand-washing station and hand sanitizer will be provided for everyone.

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. Preprogramming 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 WinstonSalem 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 smallgroup 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

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. 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. 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 meetings, 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-adventuresbook-club-2.

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.

Sept. 28 at 7 p.m.

Book Trivia Join us for our monthly book trivia with Caleb! Email caleb@ bookmarksnc.org to register.

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. 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 Parapalooza!

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, 2020 Charity Golf Tournament fundraising event to be held this year at Maple Chase Golf & Country Club.

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COVID-19 Response Fund for Forsyth County announces third and final grant cycle SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Officials from United Way of Forsyth County and The WinstonSalem Foundation have announced the third and final phase of grant funding from the COVID-19 Response Fund for Forsyth County.

Donations will continue to be accepted to the fund through September 30.

Since the fund’s establishment in March, it has rapidly deployed resources to communitybased organizations on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak in Forsyth County. Grants have been made in three phases by evaluating the funds available, community needs, and government response. Todate, the fund has raised almost $4.5 million from corporations, groups, individuals, and local government, and a total of 76 local nonprofits have received critical funding totaling almost $3.7 million.

Scott Wierman, president of The WinstonSalem Foundation, notes “We are fortunate to have had such a strong

community of donors who supported this fund from day one. The immediate outpouring of support meant that we could help nonprofits move quickly to provide critical services to those most impacted, even before government response was available.”

The final phase of responsive grants will fund local organizations to assist with the immediate needs of economically vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19.

Organizations may apply for grant support in one of two program areas:

• Assistance for economically vulnerable populations (specifically housing, utility, and food expenses) Maximum request amount: $50,000 for

operating grants and/ or $100,000 for direct financial assistance to individuals • Vi r t u a l learning assistance for public school students Maximum request amount: $50,000 Grants will be made to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or charitable organizations able to receive tax-deductible contributions, such as schools, faith-based organizations, and other public entities. Grants will not be made to individuals or small businesses.

Organizations that received funding in past phases of the COVID-19 Response Fund for Forsyth County are eligible to apply again during this final phase.

Organizations

can apply online at wsfoundation.org/covid19-grants. The deadline for grant applications is October 9 at 5:00 p,m.

United Way of Forsyth County President and CEO Cindy Gordineer adds, “Our organizations were honored to create and administer this critical fund for Forsyth County, and we are committed to working together in the future to tackle local challenges. We recognize that COVID-19 will continue to impact our community and going forward, through our grant making and other investments, our organizations will remain focused on helping our community’s most vulnerable populations not only live - but thrive.”

Foundation awards $575,603 in Community Grants SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The Winston-Salem Foundation announces 33 Community Grants totaling $575,603 to local nonprofits that will touch the lives of many living in Forsyth County.

This support is made possible by donors to the Foundation’s unrestricted funds, flexible funds, and the Next Century Fund.

For more information about Community Grants and future deadlines, visit wsfoundation.org/ nonprofits-communitygroups.

C A P A C I T Y BUILDING GRANTS Governance / Leadership / Professional Development: *Bookmarks – $25,000 for a full-time communications specialist *Community Design Studio of WS – $4,500 to support development and implementation of a strategic plan *Enrichment Center – $20,000 for professional development, succession planning, and staff training *SHARE W-S – $7,500 for staff and board professional development Learning / Adaptation / Evaluation: *Bethesda Center for the Homeless – $25,000 for a director of operations *Cancer Services – $18,500 for strategic planning Technical Skills: *Associates in Christian Counseling – $24,000 for development and marketing planning *Brain Injury Association of NC – $25,000 for a marketing coordinator *City with Dwellings – $21,306 for development and implementation of a marketing strategy *Crossnore School and Children’s Home – $25,000 for information technology software improvements *Down Syndrome Association of Greater W-S – $25,000 for coordinator position *Eliza’s Helping Hands – $6,300 for a grantwriter for a third year *Forsyth Humane Society – $25,000 for a development coordinator position *Horizons Residential Care Center – $25,000 to support curriculum and technical skill development

*Piedmont Triad Film Commission – $10,000 for technology improvements and marketing activities *Salvation Army – $6,000 for technological improvements for seasonal activities for a second year *Science of WinstonSalem – $2,500 for development and implementation of strategic planning FOCUS AREA GRANTS Building an Inclusive Economy: *Goler Community D e v e l o p m e n t Corporation – $65,000 for community development projects *Piedmont Business Capital – $25,000 to expand lending services and technical assistance into Forsyth County for a second year *Piedmont Business Capital – $25,000 to support loan loss reserves *Simon Green Atkins Community Development Corporation – $15,232 for the Enterprise Center beautification project SMALL GRANTS *Applied Family Services of WinstonSalem – $1,000 for curricula and associated materials for program participants *Hope to Thrive – $1,000 for virtual technology *My FACE – $1,000 for personal hygiene and basic supplies for program participants * N e i g h b o r h o o d ’s Hands – $1,000 for supplies and hygiene items to distribute to the residents of the Cleveland Neighborhood Community *Triad Cultural Arts – $1,000 to support virtual Cultural Heritage Tours O T H E R COMMUNITY GRANTS *Children’s Law Center of Central NC – $20,000 for a part-time development associate for a second year *Forsyth Promise – $50,000 to support the Forsyth County Cradle to Career Partnership *greeNest – $17,500 for an executive director for a second year *NC Cooperative Extension, Forsyth County – $8,000 for improvements to the Arboretum at Tanglewood *Novant Health Foundation, Forsyth – $17,150 for a pediatric

behavioral health therapist for a third year * P i e d m o n t Craftsmen – $18,000 for a development relations coordinator for a second year

*Wake Forest University Health Sciences – $14,115 for a dementia education coordinator for a third year

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and those issues must be addressed by the team this offseason.

One of the biggest issues plaguing the Bucks is their lack of playmaking ability outside of Antetokounmpo. Khris Middleton is the other AllStar on the Bucks and is the wingman to Giannis.

Far too often Middleton disappears from games at the biggest moments.

After watching the Bucks very closely for the last two years, Middleton does not seem to be an adequate number two option for the Bucks. The goal this offseason should be to add another AllStar caliber wing player that will take some of the pressure off Middleton.

Antetokounmpo seems to be the type of player that is content with playing in a smaller market, but Milwaukee can’t go cheap and not go for it all right now. Much of the league’s star power is in the western conference, so now is the time to maximize their opportunities.

There are a few notable players that will more than likely be available this offseason and the Bucks must pull out the red carpet to make sure they secure one of these players. Brandon Ingram or Danillo Gallinari would be two great options to fill

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that wing scoring void.

Another area I think the Bucks could use an upgrade would be at the point guard position. Fred Van Vleet or Mike Conley Jr. would be good options, because Eric Bledsoe does not seem be the right point guard for this team. The Bucks could also look for trade options to possibly acquire Chris Paul from the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Regardless of how much it costs, Milwaukee must show Giannis they are willing to do whatever they can to bring in the necessary talent they need to win. That may mean that the Bucks will have to go over the luxury tax threshold to do so, but at this point they should exhaust all measures to make sure they keep Antetokounmpo happy, because if he leaves, the Bucks will go back into obscurity.

I would hate for Antetokounmpo to leave Milwaukee and possibly form or join another super team. I like the fact we have some sense of parity in the NBA, but if he joins a contender, the league will be boring once again, similar to when Kevin Durant joined the Warriors. For everyone’s sake, let’s hope the Bucks can keep Giannis and continue fighting for a championship in Milwaukee.

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YADKIN VALLEY PAVING, INC. 121 CLOVERLEAF DRIVE WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27103

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE WINSTON-SALEM CITY COUNCIL ON PETITION FOR ZONING CHANGES

ATTENTION M/WBE CONTRACTORS Yadkin Valley Paving, Inc. is Seeking quotations for various trades for BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM. Please contract Patrick Tucker at Yadkin Valley Paving Inc. Phone number 336-765-7900

The Chronicle September 24, 2020 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Meadowlark Drive Widening Project CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143-129 and143128, sealed bid proposals endorsed "Meadowlark Drive Widening Project" will be received by the City/County Purchasing Department at the front door entrance of City Hall, IOI North Main Street, Suite 324, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 until 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Consideration will be given only to Contractors who submit evidence that they are properly licensed, as required by Chapter 87 of the North Carolina General Statutes, to bid and perform the work described herein as the general contractor and must have proper licenses under the state laws governing their respective trades at the time of bid opening. The City reserves the right to waive any informality in the bidding and to reject any or all proposals. Bidders are required to be prequalified with NCDOT for their specific discipline. Contractors wishing to become prequalified may obtain information through the NCDOT website at: http://www.nc dot.gov/business/.

A pre-bid teleconference to discuss scope of work, schedule, and the City of Winston-Salem's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, as it relates to construction of the project, will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Prime bidders and subcontractors are strongly encouraged to attend this conference.

Plans and Specifications will be available electronically on or after September 16, 2020, by contacting Jerry Bates by email jerryjb@cityofws.org. Technical questions relating to the Bidding Documents shall be submitted in writing and sent electronically to Alan Temple at: alant@cityofws.org. The End of Question Period is 12:00 p.m., October 6, 2020. Instructions for submitting bids may be obtained by contacting Jerry Bates at jerryjb@cityofws.org (preferred) or phone 336/747-6936.

NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of MARK GRAY APPERSON, deceased, of Forsyth County, North Carolina, hereby notify all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to present them to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of December, 2020, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 17th day of September, 2020.

RoxeAnne Apperson, Administrator Estate of Mark Gray Apperson 20 E 1392, Forsyth County Charles Winfree, Resident Process Agent Law Offices of Adams & Winfree 100 South Elm Street, Suite 430 Greensboro, NC 27401 Telephone: (336) 273-8998

The Chronicle September 17, 24 and October 1, 8, 2020 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Fiduciary of the Estate of Donald Foster, Sr. (20 E 1324), also known as Donald Foster, deceased April 27, 2020, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before December 18th, 2020 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 17th day of October, 2020.

Benjamin Foster Fiduciary for Donald Foster, Sr., deceased 619 Motor Road Winston-Salem, NC 27105 The Chronicle September 17, 24, and October 1, 8, 2020

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: (1) The Mother Melissa Chapel Hyatt of the minor child Peyton Jeremiah Rich.

TAKE NOTICE that a Motion to Terminate Parental Rights seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The above-mentioned minor child was adjudicated to be a neglected and dependent child on October 23, 2017. The nature of the relief being sought is a termination of parental rights of the Motion to Terminate Parental Rights filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services on June 22, 2020 with respect to the above-referenced the minor child pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1102.

The Mother Melissa Chapel Hyatt of the minor child Peyton Jeremiah Rich is required to file an answer to the Motion to Terminate Parental Rights within forty (40) days after the date of notice. If the Mother Melissa Chapel Hyatt fails to make a defense of the Motion to Terminate Parental Rights within the 40-day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Motion, the Movant (Forsyth County Department of Social Services) will be requesting the Court to terminate the parental rights of the Mother Melissa Chapel Hyatt to Peyton Jeremiah Rich.

If the Mother Melissa Chapel Hyatt is indigent and not already represented by an attorney, then the Mother Melissa Chapel Hyatt may be entitled to a court-appointed attorney and said attorney could be appointed upon a request subject to the Court’s review at the termination of parental rights hearing after this publication notice has run for one day a week for three consecutive weeks in the WinstonSalem Chronicle.

The termination of parental rights hearing regarding the parental rights of the unknown unnamed father is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 in Courtroom 1-D of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

Erica Glass, Assistant County Attorney, Forsyth County Attorney’s Office 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27101 The Chronicle September 24, and October 1, 8, 2020

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1 Bedroom Units conveniently located in Winston Salem, 62 yrs of age or older Handicapped and/or disabled. Section 8 assistance available. Income restrictions apply. Call 336-251-1060. 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. on Mon and Fri, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Wed. Equal Housing Opportunity

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1. Zoning petition of City of WinstonSalem to amend and change from Forsyth County MU-S (Two-Phase) to WinstonSalem MU-S (Two-Phase): the zoning classification and Official Zoning Map of the property located on the South side of Mizpah Church Road; property consists of ± 150.6 acres and is PIN 6809-96-6493 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps (Zoning Docket W-3454).

2. An Ordinance amendment proposed by Planning and Development Services staff amending Chapter 5 and Chapter 11 of the Unified Development Ordinance to revise uses allowed in the Limted Industrial (LI) and General Industrial (GI) zoning districts; to revise the outdoor storage area requirements of the use Manufacturing B; and to revise the definitions of Manufacturing A and Manufacturing B for Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.

(U-DO-CC4) 3. An Ordinance amendment proposed by Planning and Development Services staff amdending section 3.2.2 of the Unified Development Ordinance, pertaining to Certificates of Appropriateness. (UDOCC5) 4. Public Hearing for the Downtown Winston-Salem Streetscape Master Plan.

All parties in interest and citizens are invited to attend said hearing (virtually) at which time they shall have an opportunity to be heard in favor of or in opposition of the foregoing proposed changes. If you would like to speak during the public hearing, please visit www.cityofws.org/ccvirtual. If you have questions regarding public hearing participation, please call (336) 727-2224.

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

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

Written comments will be accepted on the public hearing itemns until 7:00 p.m. October 6, 2020. Written comments may be sent to the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 2511 Winston-Salem, 27102, or by email to sandark@cityofws.org.

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

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, that the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem will hold a virtual public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on October 5, 2020, on the following proposed amendments to the Offical Zoning Map of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina:

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S eptember 24, 2020

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Pointer Study hopes to show healthy lifestyle changes can lead to less memory loss as we age

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

Do you ever read about health statistics and wonder, how do they know that? These statistics are often the result of controlled studies involving many people who volunteer to help researchers learn more about such things as how the food we eat affects how we age.

Local pastor Ed Allen is part of such a study, and you can participate, too!

Wake Forest Baptist Health is one of five study sites across the United States that is conducting the U.S. Pointer study.

Elizabeth Chmelo, MS, is the program manager for the Pointer study and said that the study hopes to replicate the results of a Finnish study that showed promising results in memory health. The study is being funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and hopes to show that a healthy lifestyle can protect memory loss in older adults.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 6080% of dementia cases.

Often called “the silent epidemic,” Alzheimer’s disease is more prevalent among African Americans than among whites, with estimates ranging from 14% to almost 100% higher. That is one reason studies such as the Pointer study are reaching out to minority populations to participate.

Dr. Lamonte Williams is the grassroots community organizer for Wake Health’s Pointer study and has been talking to church and community groups to explain the purpose of the study and help enroll participants. “Pointer is a community-based study,” said Williams. “I want to be out there, not in here,” he stated, but added that the pandemic has caused him to adjust his strategies for connecting with the community.

The study began in January 2019 with the goal to enroll 400 participants, but was paused in March when the COVID-19 pandemic and the stayat-home order was issued

by Gov. Cooper. Chmelo said they had to quickly review safety guidelines and change recruitment strategies to create a safe environment for both staff and participants.

By mid-July they were ready to restart the study and continue engaging with participants using procedures that adhere to CDC guidelines.

Another team member, Carlo Davids, a recent Wake Forest University grad, is the study’s interventionist, which is a similar role to a health coach. He has also had to change the way he interacts with study participants.

Photo by Judie Holcomb-Pack

Elizabeth Chmelo, MS, program manager, and Dr. Lamonte Williams discuss the Pointer Study with participant Ed Allen.

He has created virtual training sessions and has partnered with the YMCA on their outdoor classes.

He helps participants develop exercise programs to lead to a healthier lifestyle. Participants stay in their assigned groups for two years and Davids said he has already seen friendships grow within the groups. One participant told him, “This is the only social contact I have.”

Williams noted that the U.S. Pointer study is intentional in seeking diversity of participants with a goal of 30% of participants being from minority populations.

Participants agree to a two-year commitment to the study and are randomly placed (like flipping a coin) into one of two healthy lifestyle groups – either a “structured” or a “self-guided” group. Both groups are encouraged to engage in physical exercise, a healthy diet, mental and social activities, and regular health monitoring.

Participants in one group receive information, tools, and support to help them design a lifestyle program that best fits their own individual needs and schedules. Participants in the other group receive the same information, but will complete a more structured lifestyle program. The goal is to test whether changing to one of the two different healthy lifestyle programs can protect memory and thinking as we age.

Participants must be age 60-79 years old, are not regular exercisers, and may have other risks for memory loss in the future, such as a family history of memory problems or slightly high blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar.

In discussing the often reluctance of minority participation, Williams said, “We have consent forms and guardrails and reviewers to protect participants.” He also noted that participants can withdraw at any time without any reason or recourse. Federal laws protect study participants from having their names or any personal information shared.

He added, “If anyone in your family has struggled with memory loss, this is a great way to affect the next generation.”

Dr. Williams is committed to helping the U.S. Pointer study be

successful. He said, “My reputation is stellar and I am not going to do anything that would affect my reputation.” He believes this study will help show the need for everyone to take an active part in their health outcomes. “It is a wonderful way to improve your health and your memory.”

Allen mentioned the tests that he underwent when he began the study looked at things such as walking, balance, overall health and memory assessment. He is also participating in an ancillary study where he wears a watch that the program provided that measures his activity levels during the day and sleep patterns at night.

Why does he participate? Allen said, “I love Baptist Hospital and these are good people.”

Then he added, “If you love yourself, you will be a part of this.”

If you are interested in learning more about the U.S. Pointer study, please contact 1-833-361-7591 or email pointerstudy@ wakehealth.edu. If you or your church or civic group would be interested in hosting an outreach event for the study, please contact Dr. Lamonte Williams at 919-394-6180.

October Senior Events Calendar: Please note that due to recommendations for social distancing and with North Carolina still in Phase 2.1 of business reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic, most meetings and events have been postponed or moved to online. Below are calendar items that we are aware of at this time. *Classes and activities at The Shepherd’s Center, 1700 Ebert St., have been canceled until further notice. Transportation for some medical visits including cancer treatments is still being arranged.

Call 336-748-0217 for information or visit www.shepherdscenter.org. *Friday Social Club every Friday, 2-3:30 p.m., at the Shepherd’s Center, 1700 Ebert St. Free and via Zoom. Call 336-748-0217 for more information on how to access Zoom. *Living Healthy at Home, a program of the Area Agency on Aging of Piedmont Triad Regional Council, is accepting registrations. This nocost program includes a mailed tool kit containing “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions” book, “Relaxation for Mind and Body” CD, and an exercise CD. The program topics include nutrition, exercise, medication use, communication and more. One hour weekly phone meetings with an instructor in small groups will be held for six weeks. To register, call MaryLou White 336497-5610 or email agewell@ptrc.org. *Ten-Minute Play Festival – virtually! The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem and Winston-Salem Writers has teamed up to present the annual 10-Minute Play Festival composed of the seven winning plays from their annual competition. A different play will be featured each evening from Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 7-7:30 p.m. on the Little Theatre’s Facebook

page at https://www.facebook. com/LittleTheatreofWS. Free, but donations appreciated. *Open Mic, hosted by WinstonSalem Writers, (first Tuesday of each month), Oct. 6, 6:45-8:30 p.m., via Zoom. Free event that offers beginning and experienced writers an opportunity to read five minutes of their work to a friendly audience. For information and link to Zoom, visit www.wswriters.org and click on the newsletter or email Judie HolcombPack, Open Mic coordinator, at judiehp@triad.rr.com. *Aging Well series presented by Wake Forest Baptist Sticht Center for Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Prevention, will return as a virtual series beginning Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 5:30 p.m. For more information or learn how to access the program, call 336-713-2378.4 *Early Voting Begins at selected locations through Forsyth County.

Polls will be open from 7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. If you are voting by mailin ballot, you can drop off your completed ballot at any polling location. Social distancing and facemasks are required. Please vote! *Adult Children of Aging Parents meeting, (third Tuesday), Oct. 20, 5:30-7:00 p.m., via Zoom. All are welcome, but the focus will be on the needs of adult children who are caring for their aging parents. For more information on how to access the Zoom meeting, visit www. http:// acapwinston-salem.org/.

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The little things go a long way

S eptember 24, 2020

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Understanding Medicare options to help make confident decisions

BY STEPHANIE NTIM

Senior Services’ Home Care department is dedicated to providing quality, professional, and compassionate care to older adults who experience difficulty addressing the activities of daily life – such as bathing, dressing, eating, and preparing meals, and who need assistance to remain in their homes, Submitted photo living independently, with Pam Williams combs the hair of a Senior Services home dignity and purpose. Pam care client.

Williams has been a part of Senior Services’ Home visiting them, so they were enough to stop and get her Care team, delivering that looking forward to the that chicken because she type of special care for the home aide coming out to couldn’t go out and get visit. [And] also getting it herself. Every Friday, past 20 years.

Over her tenure as a their baths, having a light she looked forward to certified nursing assistant meal prepared, having getting that KFC. She (CNA) in the Home Care their linen changed. It’s would always tell me, ‘I program, Pam has touched just little things like know you just brought many lives – going home that that make a huge [chicken] this Friday, but to home assisting with difference in a person’s it’s probably going to be personal care needs, life when they are not able gone by Saturday.’ It’s simple things like that that building friendships, and to do it anymore.”

Her commitment to make a difference.” providing the support The coronavirus that keeps seniors in their serving as an in-home aide reflects the mission pandemic has brought homes. She has become an ideal example of how of Senior Services Inc. new challenges to Pam’s one person can make a to care for older adults work. However, she says tremendous impact on the and help them live in everyone has managed their homes for as long as to adapt and follow the lives of others. for Disease After serving part- possible. “When we come Centers into their homes, we don’t Control guidelines.

Before time for a year and a half, Pam was encouraged by come in to take over. We each home visit, Pam former Senior Services help that person stay in checks her temperature Home Care Director, their home because as they and calls her participants to Rosemary Niles, to join get older, their abilities ask if they have been sick the team as a full-time become limited. A lot of or if anyone is sick in their aide and eventually as a times, they feel like their homes. Everyone has been scheduler for all the home only option is to live in a cooperating because, as care aides - a position nursing home, so to have Pam noted, “It’s all about she held for two years. an organization like Senior the protection because the She ultimately returned Services come in and help participants still want to to the field because she that participant to stay get service, and we want enjoyed working directly in their home–it makes a to be able to provide that with participants and big difference. And you much-needed service for found purpose in helping simply do not find that them.”

Pam’s work is of them live their lives to the with other agencies.”

Reflecting on one of incalculable value because fullest and overcome any her fondest memories in of her commitment to challenges to doing that.

Pam attributes her 20- the Home Care program, caring for participants so mentioned a they can live their life to year stint as a Home Care Pam aide to the relationships participant who asked her the fullest. By showing she cultivated with to stop by KFC and get a participants how they can participants during her bucket of chicken. And maintain their daily living, home care visits. “A lot every Friday, Pam did just Pam is truly the epitome of of the participants,” she that. “That brought her so what it means to help older said, “were lonely and much joy,” Pam said, “to adults live with dignity. didn’t have a lot of family know that someone cared

Whether you are turning 65 years old and new to Medicare, or have been eligible for years, it can be overwhelming to try and decipher what options are best for your health care situation. Understanding the Medicare program and all of its benefits will give you peace of mind about your health insurance coverage decisions so you can focus on enjoying your retirement years.

Medicare is a federal government program that provides health insurance for people who are 65 or older or people under the age of 65 with certain disabilities or health conditions. The program is divided into four parts: Part A – Provides coverage for inpatient and hospital care.

Part B – Provides coverage for doctors and outpatient services.

Part C (Medicare Advantage Plans) – Typically covers Parts A, B, and D with one bundled insurance policy for all Medicare coverage.

Part D (Prescription Drug Plans) – Provides coverage for the cost of your medications.

Many people automatically get “original” Medicare (Parts A & B) when they become eligible, and most others will have the option to enroll when they turn 65. However, even if you enroll in both Parts A and B, it’s important to know that original Medicare doesn’t cover everything. The good news is that you can substitute your original Medicare coverage with a Medicare Advantage plan for more comprehensive coverage, or add on to your original Medicare with a Medicare Supplement and a Prescription Drug plan.

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are offered by private health insurance companies that work with Medicare to provide your Part A and Part B benefits and are usually bundled with a prescription drug plan. Some MA plans offer extra coverage for dental, vision, and hearing services. Often these plans are offered with $0 premiums and have varying benefit levels to best fit your individual situation.

Here in N.C., some of the large insurance carriers offering MA plans include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare.

Cameron Farmer

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Medicare Supplement plans are also an option to cover the gaps left by original Medicare. These plans do not replace your original Medicare coverage, but offer assistance for the portion not covered by Medicare. In addition, original Medicare does not include prescription drug coverage, but you can also purchase a prescription drug plan.

Confused? Have no fear! There are agents in Winston-Salem that can assist you in evaluating your situation to make sure your questions are answered. They provide consultations at no cost to you (ever!) and are happy to help. Medicare’s annual open enrollment period begins Oct. 15 and continues until Dec. 7. If you are already enrolled in Medicare, you can make changes to your plan during this time.

Before making important decisions about your Medicare coverage, it is wise to take the time to review your options and consult with a knowledgeable agent.

Cameron Farmer is a licensed agent with Savers Health. Cameron has lived in Winston-Salem for more than 20 years and graduated from Wake Forest University. If you have questions or need more information, reach Cameron at Savers Health at 336-831-9121 or visit www.SaversHealth.com.

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S eptember 24, 2020

The C hronicle

SEPTEMBER 2020

OUR MISSION

Helping seniors in Forsyth County

Evening for Alzheimer’s Care – How to Get Involved

remain in their own homes for as long as possible, living with dignity.

OUR PROGRAMS Elizabeth and Tab Williams Adult Day Center Meals-on-Wheels Help Line Home Care Living-at-Home Senior Lunch Elder Care Choices

CONTACT US Senior Services 2895 Shorefair Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27105 seniorservicesinc.org 336-725-0907

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each Monday. Submit your questions to agewise@ seniorservicesinc.org.

D O N ATE O R VO LUNTEER TO DAY!

Senior Services is gearing up for the 20th annual Evening for Alzheimer’s Care supporting the work at our Williams Adult Day Center. Due to the pandemic, this year’s event will be completely virtual, free, and open to the public – there are three unique ways to get involved over the next several weeks. As always, your support will help us to care for families navigating an Alzheimer’s, dementia, or other memory loss diagnosis. Visit seniorservicesinc.org/efac2020 for more information.

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I am finding it hard to prepare meals. How do I sign up for Meals-On-Wheels?

I am no longer driving. Who can help me get to my doctor appointments?

Contact the Senior Services’ Help Line to receive information, resources, and referrals to help you or your older loved one navigate aging services and remain in their homes.

Aging Resource Specialists are available to provide phone and email consultation and support.

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Employee Spotlight: Pam Williams, “The Little Things Make a Huge Difference…”

Pam Williams has delivered compassionate care to older adults as a certified nursing assistant in Senior Services’ Home Care program for 20 years! She says it’s the little things that make a huge difference in the lives of the people she serves. Read more about how she has brought joy to many during her long career at seniorservicesinc.org.

Change a Life in 90 Minutes or Less!

We are making plans to resume daily, hot delivery when it becomes safe to do so. To help in that effort, Senior Services is recruiting now for volunteers willing to help deliver meals to older adults in Forsyth County when the time comes.

Please help us spread the word! New safety procedures will be in place and virtual orientation is available. Remember routes take no more than 90 minutes to complete and are available any day Monday through Friday between 9:45 am and noon that fits with your schedule. Volunteers can sign up to serve once a week, once a month, or anything in-between. Email Holly at hbeck@seniorservicesinc.org, leave a message at 336-721-3411, or visit seniorservicesinc.org/volunteer to learn more.

Find local events of interest to seniors by visiting seniorservicesinc.org/events.

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