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‘What are you willing to sacrifice?’

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Dr. Bellamy delivers MLK Jr. prayer breakfast address, Rev. Covington urges community to put action to words

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What are you willing to sacrifice?

That was the question Dr. Wes Bellamy raised at the Benton Convention Center during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 21. "i want you to understand that we are in very serious times. We are not in a time in which we can play around, mince our words, or pretend as if things will be okay if we keep on keeping on with a smile on our faces, things are going to work out. it's not going to do so if we do not work," Bellamy continued. "...So i hope that we are here with our lunch pails packed and hard hats on because it is time to work not play."

A native of Atlanta, Ga. a graduate of South Carolina State University, and virginia State University, where he earned his masters and doctorate, those who know Dr. Bellamy well describe him as an educator who works to ensure that young people have the knowledge to move forward. As the youngest person ever elected to the Charlottesville, va.

City Council, Bellamy's primary focus has been improving the lives of those who lack resources through various programs and initiatives. he is also credited for helping lead the City of Charlottesville through the deadly race riots in 2017.

The riots broke out on August 11, 2017, when white nationalists opposed to the removal of a Confederate statue clashed with counter-protestors.

Bellamy said while many people thought the Charlottesville Riots was an isolated incident, there are many other places throughout the country just like Charlottesville where individuals are willing to take extreme measures to stop change.

As he stood before the diverse crowd of nearly 1,000 people from all walks of life during the annual King Day celebration hosted by The Chronicle and the

Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and vicinity (MCWSv), Bellamy challenged everyone to make the necessary sacrifices to fight for equity in our communities and ensure Dr. King’s legacy and message continues. he said on that August day, David Duke and members of the Ku Klux Klan showed up with guns, machetes and knives to fight people holding posters. he said on that day, hundreds of counterprotestors decided to make a sacrifice and face the white nationalists without fear. “… Because what they believed was theirs, their city was changing, they literally drove a vehicle through a group of peaceful protestors and killed someone,” he continued.

“Rest in Power to sister heather heyer. Sacrifice.

She gave her life while walking and standing up for what’s right. What will

you give?

“That is only a question that you can answer.”

After issuing his challenge, Bellamy said while the fight to bring about change on a grand scale is

change in our own lives and communities. he said we all have a different role to play in this movement. he said, “… But before you can play any role, you’re going to have to

us are willing to sacrifice our names in the paper or being acknowledged on Facebook or Twitter or instagram to do the real work behind the scenes. i wonder what we are will-

Dr. Wes Bellamy, city councilman in Charlottesville, VA, was the keynote speaker at the prayer breakfast on Jan. 21.

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important, it is equally important that we make sacrifices to bring about

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Following his address, Pastor Tembila Covington,

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President of the Ministers’ Conference of WinstonSalem and vicinity, urged the community to put Bellamy’s words into action. She said Bellamy’s address goes hand in hand with the Ministers’ Conference theme for the year, “Why We Can’t Wait.” “… Why we can’t wait is because never is not an option. Why we can’t wait is because we need to keep the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream alive. Why we can’t wait is because we need to keep our dream alive,” continued Covington. “…Why we can’t wait is we need to believe as individuals and collaboratively that we are catalyst for change, even in this day. “… As Fannie Lou hamer said, we need to take our power back. Sick and tired of being sick and tired is not enough and so we do not wait because never is not an option.”

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Kamala Harris is Right Choice to ‘Save our Country’ t H e C H R on i C Le

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that democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris announced her candidacy for president on dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day is no coincidence.

For her supporters and those who know her well, Harris has long been a fighter for freedom, justice and equality and she’s often invoked the spirit of dr.

King in talking about the america’s needs today. “i think we all know when dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked about the dream, it wasn’t about being asleep,” Harris said during the recent Congressional Black Caucus Foundation annual Legislative Conference. “it was about being awake.” on a day to honor King, and in a brief video from her campaign that was released on social media Monday morning at the same time that she appeared on aBC’s “Good Morning america,” Harris called on her supporters to join with her to “claim our future.”

“Justice. decency. equality. Freedom. democracy. these aren’t just words. they’re the values we as americans cherish. and they’re all on the line now,” Harris said in the video, teasing her official kickoff in her birthplace of oakland next Sunday. “the future of our country depends on you and millions of others lifting our voices to fight for our american values,” said Harris, the first african-american woman, and the third woman overall, to announce her candidacy for the 2020 election.

Sen. elizabeth warren (d-Mass.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (d-ny) have also announced that they will run.

Harris said she’s running to “lift those voices, to bring our voices together.” “on dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day, the national newspaper Publishers association (nnPa) salutes the outstanding courage and leadership of Sen. Kamala Harris as she upholds and embodies the spirit and courage of Rev. dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. by announcing her candidacy for President of the United States,” said nnPa president and Ceo dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. nnPa Chair, and the editor and publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago and Gary, indiana, dorothy R. Leavell, also applauded Harris’ announce-

ment. “i am excited that Kamala Harris has entered the presidential race for 2020 and look forward to her mounting a vigorous campaign,” Leavell said.

“She is imminently qualified, having come through the ranks of politics in the Bay area and has served admirably in the United States Senate these last two years.

Just last March (2018), under the leadership of amelia ward, who serves as Chairman of the national newspaper Publishers association Foundation and is the publisher of the San Francisco Sun Reporter, Harris was honored as our ‘newsmaker of the year,’” Leavell said.

She continued: “She has a close relationship with the Black Press and respects its commitment

as the government shutdown enters an unprecedented fifth week, some are calling for drastic measures to end the stalemate that has 800,000 government employees either working without pay or altogether furloughed and unable to put food on the table. in a recent column, Charles ellison, a political strategist and host of the radio program, “Reality Check” on wURd Radio, said Congressional Republicans could help reopen the government by simply corralling enough votes in both the House and Senate to arrive at the two-thirds majority needed to override any Presidential veto of the federal budget.

But Congressional Republicans – led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) — refuse to do that.

McConnel claims that not only is he awaiting a deal between Congressional democrats and the white

as an institution of the black community.

She is energetic, smart and works hard to be prepared for the duties she undertakes. we are certain that she will be a formidable candidate and wish her the best in the campaign.” “it is quite appropriate that on the day that the nation honors dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a fresh and vibrant new face announces her run for the presidency,” said Rosetta Miller Perry, Publisher of the tennessee tribune newspaper.

“California Senator Kamala Harris is everything the current holder of the office isn’t,” Perry continued. “She is honest, a

House, but he also needs approval from the president before taking action. which brings to mind three questions: 1) w h y haven’t Congressional democrats sued C o n g r e s s i o n a l Republicans?

2) Could states do that instead?

3) why are Members of Congress still getting paid? “i don’t know if suing will get us anywhere in any type of manner,” said delaware County, Pennsylvania democratic Chair Colleen Guiney. “i’m not sure if it’s an option but democrats in Congress have seven bills to reopen the government, but McConnell is refusing to consider any of the bills. the Senate should respect the will of the people,” Guiney said.

U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (d-Pennsylvania) said she and other democrats have worked tirelessly to find and offer solutions to reopen the government as thousands of federal employees have gone without pay and are

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struggling to pay their bills and feed their families. “what i fear is this administration and our Republican colleagues in the Senate have forgotten is that this is the people’s house,” Scanlon said. “we have an obligation to work for them. Refusing to uphold that commitment, that promise, is a slap in the face to the american people,” she said.

Former Pennsylvania Republican Rep. alex Charlton said his guess is that if Congressional democrats did sue C o n g r e s s i o n a l Republicans it would be the “nuclear option.” “it would significantly delay any progress towards an actual resolution,” he said.

Unlike the federal government, a state-level government shutdown in Pennsylvania is unlikely because a court decision mandates that state employees must be paid as long as the state is still collecting tax revenue, Charlton added. “the Republican legislature has been diligent in ensuring that the state’s

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Meanwhile, amelia ward the nnPa Foundation Chair, who also counts as a personal friend of Harris, said her fellow Bay area resident is a great choice to put the country back on solid footing.

“Senator Kamala Harris has long been a champion for the people of the San Francisco Bay area and the state of California. the Sun-Reporter has supported her since her successful run for San Francisco district attorney in 2003, and also her campaigns for California attorney General and U.S. Senator,” ward said. “as a junior Senator, Harris hit the ground running in washington d.C. becoming an instant force and outspoken critic of President trump and his

Kamala Harris announced her candidacy for President of the United States on Jan. 21, 2019.

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champion of equality and opportunity, and someone who will stand up and fight against the forces of hatred and bigotry.

Her candidacy is a breath of fresh air in an environment spoiled by the toxic and incompetent individual whose administration is running the country.” according to Cnn, Harris’ campaign will be headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland – giving aides an east Coast hub in a racially diverse city that has struggled with wide income disparities – and oakland, where Harris was born to immigrant parents who came to the U.S. to advance their academic careers.

Harris chose to announce on Monday to honor the legacies of two of her heroes.

Forty-seven years ago this week,

Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to ever run for president, launched her campaign. and dr. King has been a role model for Harris throughout her life as a result of what she views as his “aspirational fight for progress.”

Harris chose yellow and red for her campaign logo in a nod to Chisholm's bid for president with its red and yellow campaign buttons, Cnn reported.

Her signs will carry her campaign theme “Kamala Harris for the people,” the words that she spoke each time she rose in the courtroom as a prosecutor. expenses do not outpace its revenue. any increase beyond that would require tax increases, which the citizens of Pennsylvania do not want,” he said. as to why federal lawmakers continue to draw a paycheck despite the shutdown, Charlton said the salaries of U.S. senators and representatives are paid by the treasury and are set by Congress itself.

“Members of Congress

are paid under legislation that is separate from the appropriations bill that funds most of the government. the tax dollars that members of Congress are paid with do not come from the same budget used to pay other federal employees,” Charlton said.

G. terry Madonna, a professor of Public affairs and director of the Center for Politics and Public affairs at Franklin and Marshall College, said there’s no basis for a lawsuit.

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regime. the nnPa – the Black Press of america – honored her last March when the organization’s Foundation awarded her our prestigious newsmaker of the year award,” she said. ward continued: “now is the time for a national leader like Senator Harris to come forward to help save our country. i believe that now as a candidate for President of the United States, she has the opportunity to connect with americans across this country and emerge as the people’s choice to put our country back on track.”

“it’s a legislative function not a judiciary one,” Madonna said.

“Folks injured by the shutdown might sue but the courts would get involved in the separation of powers doctrine. that’s been in the courts now, but a federal judge refused to rule on the charge,” he said.

More pointedly, Professor Garrett epps who’s a professor of law at

the University of Baltimore, said the Constitution would not allow members of Congress to be sued for any vote or failure to vote in Congress because the Speech or debate Clause would cover that. “i also know that this shutdown only affects onequarter of the federal budget so quite a few employees are still being paid like members of Congress,” epps said.

Further, it’s Congress’ job and they make the rules so there’s no legal penalty if they don’t reopen the government, said Justin Levitt, a Constitutional law scholar and professor at Loyola Law School. “the Constitution allows Congress to fund government, and everybody assumes that federal officials would want federal activity. But it doesn’t require Congress to fund

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the government,” Levitt said.

“So there’s nothing to be gained by a lawsuit. it would fail,” he said, noting that there’s currently a federal lawsuit by federal officials who aren’t getting paid, saying that it violates the 13th amendment to force them to come to work unpaid.

However, “the courts so far have said that because those officials could quit and get another See Shutdown on A3

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job, they don’t win either.  At least so far,� levitt said.

Also, another reason members of Congress continue to receive their pay despite the shutdown is that 75 percent of the government had already been funded prior to the shutdown, levitt said. “Some members have refused their salary or donated their salary, but not everybody. Ultimately, the pressure here is going to be political, rather than legal. enough people get ticked off, and then this shutdown ends,� levitt said.

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Finally, Michael J. Gerhart who’s the Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional law at the University of north Carolina School of law in Chapel hill, said the shutdown is all governed by politics. “That is, McConnell remains politically accountable for his decisions, just as Trump and the Democrats are politically accountable for theirs,� Gerhart said. “McConnell has the power under Senate rules to block votes on legislative matters he does not wish to bring to a vote, and there is no legal basis on which Democrats could challenge his decision.�

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Fraternity donates to Bennett College SPeCiAl To The ChroniCle

GreenSBoro – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, inc., the nation’s oldest AfricanAmerican fraternity, donated $31,000 to Bennett College on Jan. 19 to aid the institution in its quest to raise a minimum of $5 million by Feb. 1. “Alpha Phi Alpha is honored to present to you a check for $30,000,�

General President everett B. Ward, Ph.D., told Bennett President Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins inside the institution’s Global learning Center. “in addition, Alpha men

College “is a phenomenal asset to the community� that deserves to be supported. he presented Dawkins with a check for $1,000 from members of the Greensboro chapter. “on behalf of Bennett College’s Board of Trustees, our faculty, staff and students, thank you to the men of Alpha Phi Alpha for recognizing and standing with Bennett College,� Dawkins said.

After the check ceremony, which included about a dozen members of Alpha Phi Alpha, Ward, who is president of St. Augustine’s University in raleigh, said he hopes

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around the world are going to make contributions to Bennett College. God bless you and the women of Bennett College and know that the men of Alpha Phi Alpha support you.â&#x20AC;?

Chuck Wallington, President of the Kappa lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, said Bennett

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other fraternities and sororities will also support Bennett College. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of our organizations are dedicated to preserving scholarship and ensuring the intelligence of the world is preserved through institutions like Bennett College.â&#x20AC;?

Alpha Phi Alpha was founded in December

most notable members are Dr. Martin luther King, Jr. ironically, the slain civil rights leader spoke at Bennett in February 1958, when no other Greensboro-area colleges or universities would host him. in a statement after the check presentation, Dawkins said the entire

Bennett family is grateful for the Alphaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial support. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bennett College is trying gallantly to raise a minimum of $5 million by Feb. 1, and gifts like the ones we received today from Alpha Phi Alpha will go a long way toward helping us achieve our goal. on a personal note, i appreciate President Ward for taking time out of his busy schedule to travel to Greensboro to hand deliver the check. i know how busy he must be as President of St. Augustineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University and that his time is valuable.â&#x20AC;? on Dec. 11, 2018, Bennett College was removed from membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Bennett immediately appealed the decision and remains accredited during the appeal process. Bennett was removed strictly for financial reasons. The College was not issued sanctions against its academics, leadership, faculty or students.

Founded in 1873 as a

coeducational institution, Bennett became women only in 1926. Spelman College in Atlanta is the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only other allwomenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hBCU. Bennett has a history of producing outstanding women leaders. For example, Dr. Dorothy lavinia Brown, a 1941 Bennett graduate, was the first African-American woman licensed surgeon in the South. Dr. Carolyn r.

Payton, a 1945 Bennett graduate, was the first woman or AfricanAmerican to head the U.S. Peace Corps. She was appointed by President Jimmy Carter. other Bennett Belles include Dr. Yvonne Johnson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;64, the first African-American mayor of the city of Greensboro, Dr. Gladys Ashe robinson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;71, Deputy Minority leader in the north Carolina General Assembly and chair of the Bennett College Board of Trustees, and Belinda J. Foster â&#x20AC;&#x2122;79, the first African-American female district attorney in the state of north Carolina.

Current Bennett students or recent graduates

are equally impressive.

Senior Tyler Binion from nashville, Tennessee, was selected among 63 students from 54 hBCUs to serve as a Competitiveness Scholar through the White house initiative on hBCUs. Senior Qaleelah Smith of Brooklyn, new York, participated in Drexel Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Global health Maternal Child health Program last summer in The Gambia in West Africa. While in Africa, Smith, an aspiring physician, helped to deliver a baby. And Shani McMichael, a 2018 Bennett graduate who enrolled in the institution with a 2.3 GPA but graduated as Valedictorian with a near-perfect 3.9 GPA, is now earning a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bennettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich legacy must be preserved,â&#x20AC;?

Dawkins said in an interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The College simply must remain in existence so it can continue serving as a beacon of hope for young women of color for generations and generations to come.â&#x20AC;?

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Remembering dr. Manderline Scales T H e C H R on i C Le

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The community was shaken to its core last weekend when news surfaced of the passing of dr. Manderline Scales. although small in stature Scales, 91, was a giant when it came to educating children here in Forsyth County.

Scales started her teaching career at the original atkins High School before becoming one of the teachers that integrated Parkland High School. Scales is also credited

for starting the first Spanish program for local high schools and WinstonSalem State university. during her three decades at WSSu, Scales also served as assistant vice Chancellor of Student affairs and Chair of the Scholarship Committee for the emancipation

Mabel Robinson feted at surprise 80th birthday party

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Mabel Robinson, dancer, director, choreographer, actress, and retired artistic director of the n.C.

black Repertory Company, was caught totally offguard at her surprise 80th birthday party Saturday evening, Jan. 19, at the urban League. She was told she was going to the

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next month isaac Cooper, a senior at Reynolds High School, will have the opportunity of a lifetime when he performs with students from around the world at Carnegie Hall. a member of the marching band, concert band and the orchestra at Reynolds, Cooper said he picked up the trumpet about five years ago and never looked back. during an interview with The Chronicle, Cooper said he initially wanted to play the saxophone but he couldn't find a teacher. but the stars aligned and he was introduced to his first trumpet instructor, brian Roberts, and the rest is history. "i was pretty skeptical at first because i wanted to

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urban League to celebrate a friend’s birthday and was greeted with applause by over 75 guests as she walked in the door. being the actress that she is, she quickly composed herself and posed in front of the Happy birthday banner to the delight of her guests. a dJ, music and dancing entertained the guests while Robinson hugged and thanked family and friends for celebrating her special day.

Robinson’s career began in new York, where she graduated from the nYC High School of the Performing arts and the Julliard School of Music.

She has appeared on broadway, television, and in the movies “The Wiz” and “Cotton Comes to Harlem.” She is well known locally for choreographing and directing Langston Hughes “black nativity” musical for several years. She retired in 2015.

The Chronicle extends happy birthday wishes to Ms. Robinson.

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association. as the news started to spread through the city last weekend, dozens took to social media to talk about Scales' legacy here in the Twin City and sent condolences to her family and friends. equilla allen wrote on Facebook: "Many Years ago, i Met The Most Fascinating Person. Someone That Would Change My Life Forever!!! dr. Manderline Scales!!! There aren't Words To Convey The depth of The Sorrow in My Heart!!! i Pray That The Peace That only God Can Provide be w/ The Scales Family during This Most difficult Time!!! Paradise awaits a new angel!!" at the time of publication funeral arrangements for dr. Manderline Scales had not been announced.

play saxophone but i figured i would just see how it would go. but over time, i learned to really enjoy it and i'm happy i made that choice." Cooper said.

When he first started playing, Cooper said he would practice six to seven hours a day. He said he would spend hours working on one note, trying to perfect his craft. Cooper’s hard work and determination earned him allCounty, all-State and even national recognition. in 2017 Cooper had the opportunity to play with students from the country during nationals in Florida.

For the opportunity to play in the 2019 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall, Cooper only had to fill out an application. The fact that

Isaac Cooper his talents had already been recognized on a national stage, he was able to skip the recommendation process. despite all the accolades he's received since picking up the trumpet, Cooper remains humble.

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Johnathan Hamiel, who has been the band teacher at Reynolds for the past three years said, "This could not have happened to a sweeter, more humble, more talented student.

"He's the person who helps other students and

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goes the extra mile, in marching band, in concert band and jazz band."

Cooper said, "i try to make it a point to not come off as pompous or being a naturalist when it comes to playing trumpet because it took a lot of practice. The

younger kids never see the years of practice i put in to get to this moment. "…Getting into Carnegie Hall is reflective of how much effort i put into it."

Cooper, his parents and Hameil will travel to new York Feb. 7-11 with the performance at Carnegie Hall scheduled for Monday, Feb. 11.

When asked what is going to be going through his mind when he walks out to perform on one of the biggest platforms in the world, Cooper said the first thing he's going to do is try to find his parents to help comfort feelings of stage fright. "after i find my parents, the next thing i'll do is look at my music because that ultimately just takes me to a different place," he said.

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pastor leak is giving our youth a voice

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“they might not sound like a tD Jakes, or what the elders want them to look and sound like, but we must give them the opportunity to be heard,” said pastor robert leak iii. i asked leak how we can bridge the gap in church and communities between the youth and adults. “their lifestyle may not look like how God used you, but the elders, local politicians and church heads must appreciate the youth testimonies, and i promise the church will grow and communities will get better,” replied leak. pastor leak is the associate pastor at Mount pleasant christian holiness church in Winston-Salem and has been the president of the easton neighborhood association since the age of 17; he’s now 30. “i matured fast after my mom transitioned into heaven.

My grandfather immediately set some rules. You had to go to church every Sunday, you had to go to school, you had to go to college, and you had to do

Fridays was prayer service and Saturdays we were cleaning up the communities. So, my childhood was tasking,” he said with pride and a smile. his grandfather, robert leak i, was the president of the easton neighborhood association, and passed the baton to him at 17. Since then it’s grown tremendously. “as a kid, i’ve seen prostitution, drug activity, and gang activity, lots of neglect and the kids had nowhere to play. God gave me a vision to organize an entirely new board and we created programs for the youth, worked with Winston-Salem parks and recreation to install a new playground, and the Sprite Bottling company resurfaced the basketball courts.” easton association was the first neighborhood in Winston-Salem to be recognized and receive a historical marker. robert has also made a difference at his home church, Mount pleasant christian holiness church. With his boots on the ground in the WinstonSalem inner cities, the youth membership has grown tremendously. he

Pastor Robert Leak III to do for them. God showed my grandfather something special in me and he gave me that push i needed.” robert said if young black men had that grandfather influence, it would make a big difference, “and i believe the community would be a better place because of that as well.”

Go to thewinstonsalem chronicle Youtube page to see the rest of this very empowering interview with this future world leader. pastor robert leak iii became the first african-american president of the new South community coalition, a coalition that is a comprised of four neighborhood associations located on the south side of Winston-Salem. he also serves on numerous boards,

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including vice chairman of WinstonSalem human relations commission, habit for humanity Board Directors, Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful, Black philanthropy initiative for the WinstonSalem Foundation, president of the new South community coalition, and president of the Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful Board of Directors, piedmont environmental alliance Board, and horizons residential care center. the Winston-Salem native is a graduate of Winston-Salem State university, class of 2016. robert is the recipient of many leadership and volunteer awards, including the WinstonSalem Foundation's echo award. robert’s favorite saying is “ trouble never lasts always.”

Pastor Leak preaching at Mount Pleasant Christian Holiness Church. community work. and i’m not mad at that because that’s how God designed my life to be. i wouldn’t change a thing.” robert didn’t have fun like other kids in his neighborhood; his fun was all business. “on Monday nights my grandfather had me at city council meetings; tuesdays i was at school board meetings; Wednesdays was Bible Study; and thursdays were easton neighborhood association meetings.

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received his calling to preach at 14.

“Society is missing more strong, young black men, so i go out into the community to listen to what they need because i was once their age and not too far from that at 30. When we teach our young men to be community leaders, when they become adults, they will pour back into those that follow them. i believe that a wise parent or adult can see inside our youth what God is going

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The beginning of a movement…

Every year we gather together to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many of us proudly eat a fine breakfast with The Chronicle, we enjoy Noon Day service with Mutter Evans, we attend services with the Ministers’ Conference and we even gather with area college students on a university campus to hear a dynamic word from the politically astute. This year however, it felt just a little bit different.

This past Monday was not simply a ritualistic holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. For the first time in years the true essence of Dr. King was in the city of WinstonSalem. We were both ignited and united by a cause that seemed greater than any one individual. The resounding message was clear. We should fight voter ID laws and other forms of regressive political policies and we cannot be satisfied with the current state of affairs in America. The people seemed to speak with one voice: that the symbols of oppression such as the Confederate monument in downtown Winston-Salem must be removed.

We learned that when good people come together we can change the course of history. When we help others, show love to our neighbors, and walk humbly to do what God has designed for us to do, our communities will

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change for the better. People of all races and creeds gathered in the true spirit of sisterly and brotherly love.

History teaches us that every major civil rights movement in this country was lead by young people. We even ceremonially recognized the dreams of our young people, and vowed to partner those dreams with the wisdom and strength of our elders in order to progressively move this city forward.

We will continue and we will win the fight in Winston-Salem to address issues such as homelessness, poverty, and gentrification. We are determined and equally resilient. Dr. King stated, “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?”

In the spirit of progress, we must sacrifice more of our time and our talents to make a difference in the lives of others; our future depends on it. This most recent celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was not just another day, it felt as if it were the beginning of a movement.

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The current administration doesn’t care about federal workers and it shows

“Can’t find no work, can’t find no job my friend. Money is tighter than it’s ever been.”

Marvin Gaye, an old school crooner, made these Guest Columnist words come alive in his hit record, “What’s Happening Brother.”

Marvin Gaye passed away on April 1, 1984, yet his melody rings true today, especially if you work for the federal government. The partial shutdown of the government is now in its 34th day (at the time of publishing) with no end in sight. Thousands of federal workers are being adversely affected by this work stoppage. Food inspectors, TSA workers, staffers in national parks and at the Smithsonian to name a few are all out of work.

The President of the United States wants to build a wall or some type of barrier at the Mexican border. He is disturbed that he can’t get his way. When the Republicans controlled both the Senate and the House, he couldn’t get legislation to pass, so now with the Democrats in control of the House, it’s really going to be rough sledding. It is my opinion that a compromise must be made sooner rather than later.

The problem is that a few in his party don’t want to barter. I believe that Senator Mitch McConnell is intimidated by Mr. T, for some reason. As a result, his leadership is becoming weak and puny. In some eyes, Senator Lindsey Graham is among just a few fearless warriors left in the Grand Old Party. The others are what I would call seasonal minions. They say yes to Mr. T even before he asks the question.

Federal workers now out of work and with ever shrinking nest eggs have resorted to going to food banks.

The news is filled with stories about federal workers seeking assistance. Rallies have taken place in cities like

Chicago, Minneapolis and Dallas. David Baker, an outof-work air traffic controller said, “It’s extremely disappointing to know that our leaders can’t get something done.” He added, “It’s hard to prioritize whether to go to the grocery store or pay your mortgage.” Like many people in America, I am upset that one man can hold the entire country hostage.

There are approximately 800,000 workers affected by this shutdown. Mr. T is mindless about how this is hurting families and children. He is clueless and insensitive when it comes to people needing money to pay for their bills and daily upkeep.

He is the leader of a group who practices narcissism every day. The president has never experienced hardship in his life and therefore doesn’t feel any economic pain.

He was born into privilege so when you and I talk about tough times, he simply can’t relate. What’s more shocking is that he doesn’t want to understand the plights of other people.

His overall insensitivity has shown its ugly self on so many fronts. Just consider his comments about the racial uprising in Charlottesville to his separating children from their families in this border dispute. He doesn’t care and won’t change from his current demeanor. He is locked into meanness and self-centeredness.

Yet we the people have an opportunity to unmask this charade that is currently trolling around in the White House. We must contact our congressional officials who we elected to let them know we are tired of this 21st century tyranny. We want better and we demand better!

This is our America.

For many consumers, the New Year brings an annual effort to file taxes early enough to help pay off big bills, replace major appliances or tuck away a Guest few bucks for the proverColumnist bial ‘rainy day’.

With a continuing federal shutdown, this year there are also an estimated 800,000 federal workers who have not had a payday since December. For these consumers, an early tax refund could cover basic living needs like housing, food, childcare and utilities.

And across the country, advertising – particularly on urban radio – tempts listeners with easy ways to get a loan against anticipated tax refunds. But just like other predatory lending products, what is advertised is not quite what consumers receive. Convenient tax-related loans almost always come with a price that takes a big bite out of consumers’ money.

The bigger the refund, the more attentive and helpful “tax preparers” will be in helping with e-filing, the electronic processing that typically results in refunds in two to three business days. Once the size of the refund is known, these preparers encourage unsuspecting consumers to take out a short-term loan like a Refund Anticipation Loan (RAL). Depository institutions like banks sell a ‘service’ known as a Refund Anticipating Check (RAC) that is most appealing to consumers who lack a bank account.

Neither product is as helpful as they appear.

RALs are usually marketed as an ‘advance’ instead of a loan. Instead of interest, many of these loans come with “fees” or a “finance charge”. Conversely, a Refund Anticipation Check or RAC is sold as a temporary bank account that exists exclusively to receive the IRS refund.

Once the refund reaches the consumer’s bank account, either a prepaid card or a check is issued by the depository institution. And once again, fees taken out of the refund reduce the amount of monies that consumers actually receive.

The biggest target for both of these products are consumers with the largest refunds, especially those who are

eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs), one of the few tax break programs available to low-to-moderate income consumers, and/or the Additional Child Tax Credit.

To be eligible for EITC, earned income and adjusted gross income can be as low as $15,270 for a single filer or head of household to as high as $54,884 for a married couple with three dependent children. This year, eligible EITC consumers could receive as much as $6,431 for families with three or more qualifying children to $519 for single filers.

Similarly, the Child Tax Credit is available to eligible filers with children under the age of 17. For each dependent child meeting the age requirement, filers receive a $2,000 credit that like EITC reduces the amount of taxes owed.

In 2017, 1.7 million RALs were sold, and another 20.5 million RACs valued at a half billion dollars were also sold, according to the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC).

“Tax-time is hard enough for most Americans, but they also face consumer protection challenges,” noted Chi Chi Wu, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. “They need to avoid incompetent and abusive preparers and decide whether to choose financial products of varying costs.”

So how much financial sense does it make to purchase an ‘advance’ or open a temporary bank account when the Internal Revenue Service can deposit the full refund into a checking account within two to three business days?

Just because a refund-advance product isn’t called a loan, or doesn’t have an interest rate, doesn’t mean it’s free, said Scott Astrada, the Center for Responsible Lending’s Director of Federal Advocacy. “Carefully read the terms and conditions and ask plenty of questions.”

Everyone who works for a living should be entitled not only to a paycheck but 100 percent of their tax refunds.

As Communications Deputy Director, Charlene Crowell works closely with all functional teams and strategic initiatives. Based in CRL’s Durham office, she is additionally responsible for managing outreach for both African-American media and key radio and TV outlets.

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The debts we owe Haitians

On Oct. 9, 1779, more than 500 Haitian soldiers Oscar H. (referred to as “Les Blayton Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue”) fought Guest alongside French troops to Columnist aid the Americans in trying to force the British out of Savannah, GA in order to open its port for the colonists’ use. The attack was unsuccessful, but it has been noted that the Haitians played a significant role in providing cover for the French soldiers who had to retreat from their positions on the battlefield.

But even though Haitians shed blood for American independence, the United States in its foreign policy has always held a deep-seated hostility towards Haiti, despite denials to the contrary.

Haiti was born of a slave revolt that began on the French half of the island of Hispaniola and resulted in a revolution costing 200,000 black lives.

When the Haitians threw off the French yoke of oppression to become the independent Republic of Haiti, France demanded recompense for the loss of its slaves.

This demand for payment was backed up by the threat of an invasion, with the French navy laying off the Haitian coast. This forced payment, totaling more than $21 billion over the years, began Haiti’s slide from being France’s wealthiest colony to one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere.

When Haiti gained its independence, Southern slaveholders in the United States were horrified by the liberation of enslaved black people by their own efforts. And in response, the U.S. government did not recognize the Black nation until 1862, when the United States was in the throes of its own brutal and bloody war over the perpetuation of slavery and the Southern states had seceded from the Union.

But recognition never meant respect. And ever since its creation, Haiti has had to battle against American hos-

tility, with the United States keeping its heel on Haiti’s economy and domestic politics. This included a U.S. invasion in 1914 that precipitated a military occupation lasting until 1934.

The U.S. military occupied Haiti again in 1994, the year Haiti’s democratically elected president, JeanBertrand Aristide, returned from exile after fleeing from a coup by the Haitian military. When Aristide was re-elected in 2000, the U.S. military, in combination with the Haitian military, forcibly removed him from the country and sent him into exile again, this time in South Africa.

It is important to point out the irony of how badly the United States has treated Haiti, given the presence of a statue standing in Savannah’s Franklin Square. This statue was erected in 2007 to honor the Haitian soldiers that came to the aid of American revolutionaries 240 years ago in 1779.

But this statue is not the first recognition of America’s debt to Haitians. In April 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had Secretary of State Cordell Hull deliver a commemorative plaque to a cathedral in Haiti that reads, “Today we pay tribute to the courage and spirit of those Haitian Volunteers who in 1779 risked their lives for the cause of American Liberty." The placement of Roosevelt’s plaque and the assistance given by the Haitians is unknown to most Americans. And even a 10foot monument standing in a busy downtown square of a major U.S. city does not bring this piece of our history to the attention of most Americans.

Haiti’s contributions to the United States are not widely known because, throughout our country’s history, America has shown itself to be hostile towards Haiti and Haitians.

On Oct. 30, 2018, the British newspaper, The Guardian, ran the headline, “Flee or hide: Haitian immigrants face difficult decisions under Trump.” This headline, curious to most Americans, has a backstory. After a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, the U.S. government offered Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to

thousands of Haitians whose lives had been destroyed.

But now, Donald J. Trump has decided that their imminent deportation is best for America. Haitians who have made new lives in this country are now on the verge of becoming “illegal aliens” by the stroke of Trump’s pen.

But a monster like Trump has neither empathy for, nor any sense of obligation to, people of color whose ancestors helped to birth and build this nation. People of color can expect no consideration from this despicable, disgusting bully who wants to “make America white again.”

The White House also is planning to terminate TPS for people of color from other countries whose conditions have necessitated our compassion and offers of refuge because hostility towards Haitians is simply a part of the pattern of widespread American hostility towards people of color. Just as ancient barbaric people created narratives that gave animals human form and characteristics in an anthropomorphic attempt to conform them to the familiar, Trump and his supporters are pursuing a europomorphic attempt to mold America into a European form that is familiar to them. In short, he is attempting to make all Americans look as much like European Americans as possible. As ancient barbarians wanted to conform their world to their own image, these present-day barbarians want to conform America to their own image.

It is up to right-thinking Americans to stand up to Trump and the cynical, cowardly senators and congressional representatives who cater to his attempts at despotism. It is time to stand up and say “No!” to the deportation of Haitians and others living in the United States with Temporary Protected Status.

We must have compassion for our fellow human beings, even if the disgusting tenant in the White House does not.

Oscar H. Blayton is a former Marine Corps combat pilot and human rights activist who practices law in Virginia.

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States.

President Barack Obama spoke of King in both his Democratic National Guest Convention nomination Columnist acceptance and victory speeches in 2008: “[King] brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln’s Memorial… to speak of his dream.”

Indeed, much of King’s legacy lives on in such arresting oral performances. They made him a global figure.

King’s preaching used the power of language to interpret the gospel in the context of black misery and Christian hope. He directed people to life-giving resources and spoke provocatively of a present and active divine interventionist who summons preachers to name reality in places where pain, oppression and neglect abound.

In other words, King used a prophetic voice in his preaching – the hopeful voice that begins in prayer and attends to human tragedy. Indeed, the best of AfricanAmerican preaching is three-dimensional – it is priestly, it is sage, it is prophetic.

So what led to the rise of the black preacher and shaped King’s prophetic voice?

In my book, “The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching,” I discuss the historical formation of the black preacher. My work on African-American prophetic preaching shows that King’s clarion calls for justice were offspring of earlier prophetic preaching that flowered as a consequence of the racism in the U.S. From slavery to the Great Migration First, let’s look at some of the social, cultural and political challenges that gave birth to the black religious leader, specifically those who assumed political roles with the community’s blessing and beyond the church proper.

In slave society, black preachers played an important role in the community: they acted as seers interpreting the significance of events; as pastors calling for unity and solidarity; and as messianic figures provoking the first stirrings of resentment against oppressors.

The religious revivalism or the Great Awakening of the 18th century brought to America a Bible-centered brand of Christianity – evangelicalism – that dominated the religious landscape by the early 19th century.

Evangelicals emphasized a “personal relationship” with God through Jesus Christ.

This new movement made Christianity more accessible, livelier, without overtaxing educational demands.

Africans converted to Christianity in large numbers during the revivals and most became Baptists and Methodists. With fewer educational restrictions placed on them, black preachers emerged in the period as preachers and teachers, despite their slave status.

Africans viewed the revivals as a way to reclaim some of the remnants of African culture in a strange new world.

They incorporated and adopted religious symbols into a new cultural system with relative ease.

Rise of the black cleric-politician Despite the development of black preachers and the significant social and religious advancements of blacks during this period of revival, Reconstruction – the process of rebuilding the South soon after the Civil War – posed numerous challenges for white slaveholders who resented the political advancement of newly freed Africans.

As independent black churches proliferated in Reconstruction America, black ministers preached to their own. Some became bivocational. It was not out of the norm to find pastors who led congregations on Sunday and held jobs as school teachers and administrators during the work week.

Others held important political positions. Altogether, 16 African-Americans served in the U.S. Congress during Reconstruction. For example, South Carolina’s House of

Representatives’ Richard Harvey Cain, who attended Wilberforce University, the first private black American university, served in the 43rd and 45th Congresses and as pastor of a series of African Methodist churches.

Others, such as former slave and Methodist minister and educator Hiram Rhoades Revels and Henry McNeal Turner, shared similar profiles. Revels was a preacher who became America’s first African-American senator.

Turner was appointed chaplain in the Union Army by President Abraham Lincoln.

To address the myriad problems and concerns of blacks in this era, black preachers discovered that congregations expected them not only to guide worship but also

change. These three pastors were particularly inventive in the way they approached their preaching task.

Baptist pastor Adam C. Powell Sr., the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ) pastor Florence S. Randolph and the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) bishop Reverdy C. Ransom spoke to human tragedy, both in and out of the black church. They brought a distinctive form of prophetic preaching that united spiritual transformation with social reform and confronted black dehumanization.

Bishop Ransom’s discontentment arose while preaching to Chicago’s “silk-stocking church” Bethel A.M.E. – the elite church – which had no desire to welcome the

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to be the community’s lead informant in the public square.

The cradle of King’s political and spiritual heritage Many other events converged as well impacting black life that would later influence King’s prophetic vision: President Woodrow Wilson declared entrance into World War I in 1914; as “boll weevils” ravaged crops in 1916 there was widespread agricultural depression ; and then there was the rise of Jim Crow laws that were to legally enforce racial segregation until 1965.

Such tide-swelling events, in multiplier effect, ushered in the largest internal movement of people on American soil, the Great “Black” Migration. Between 1916 and 1918, an average of 500 southern migrants a day departed the South. More than 1.5 million relocated to northern communities between 1916 and 1940.

A watershed, the Great Migration brought about contrasting expectations concerning the mission and identity of the African-American church. The infrastructure of Northern black churches was unprepared to deal with the migration’s distressing effects. Its suddenness and size overwhelmed preexisting operations.

The immense suffering brought on by the Great Migration and the racial hatred they had escaped drove many clergy to reflect more deeply on the meaning of freedom and oppression. Black preachers refused to believe that the Christian gospel and discrimination were compatible.

However, black preachers seldom modified their preaching strategies. Rather than establishing centers for black self-improvement (e.g., job training, home economics classes and libraries), nearly all southern preachers who came North continued to offer priestly sermons that exalted the virtues of humility, good will and patience, as they had in the South.

Setting the prophetic tradition Three clergy outliers – one a woman – initiated

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poor and jobless masses that came to the North. He left and began the Institutional Church and Social Settlement, which combined worship and social services.

Randolph and Powell synthesized their roles as preachers and social reformers. Randolph brought into her prophetic vision her tasks as preacher, missionary, organizer, suffragist and pastor. Powell became pastor at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. In that role, he led the congregation to establish a community house and nursing home to meet the political, religious and social needs of blacks.

Shaping of King’s vision The preaching tradition that these early clergy fashioned would have profound impact on King’s moral and ethical vision. They linked the vision of Jesus Christ as stated in the Bible of bringing good news to the poor, recovery of sight to the blind and proclaiming liberty to the captives, with the Hebrew prophet’s mandate of speaking truth to power.

Similar to how they responded to the complex challenges brought on by the Great Migration of the early 20th century, King brought prophetic interpretation to brutal racism, Jim Crow segregation and poverty in the 1950s and ‘60s.

Indeed, King’s prophetic vision ultimately invited his martyrdom. But through the prophetic preaching tradition already well established by his time, King brought people of every tribe, class and creed closer toward forming “God’s beloved community” – an anchor of love and hope for humankind.

The Reverend Dr. Kenyatta R. Gilbert is Associate Professor of Homiletics at the Howard University School of Divinity. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from Baylor University and both his M.Div. and Ph.D. in Practical Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.

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as the nation commemorates dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday, some may find interesting tidbits of littleknown or talked about facts and details of the slain civil rights champion. when he was born on Jan. 15, 1929, King’s name at birth was actually was Michael.

His father, a pastor at atlanta’s ebenezer Baptist

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King’s father and maternal grandfather also attended Morehouse. “although King was the son, grandson and great grandson of Baptist ministers, he initially had no desire to enter the ministry,” Hart said. another lesser-known fact about King centers on his famous “i Have a dream” speech. when he delivered that monumental and historic dissertation in washington, it wasn’t the first time. the civil rights leader first delivered that speech during the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom” on May 17, 1957. at the time, King also delivered his first national address on voting rights before a crowd estimated between 15,000 and 30,000.

King’s assassination in Memphis was not the first attempt on his life.

He narrowly escaped an attempt a decade before on Sept. 20, 1958 in Harlem where he was signing copies his new book, “Stride toward Freedom.” izola ware curry approached King and asked if he was Martin Luther King Jr. after he said yes, curry responded that, “i’ve been looking for you for five years,” and plunged a seven-inch letter opener into King’s chest. the tip of the blade came to rest alongside his aorta, and King underwent hours of emergency surgery.

Surgeons later told King that just one sneeze could have punctured the aorta and killed him.

King was in Memphis in april 1968 to support the strike of the city’s black sanitation workers, and in a speech on the night before his assassination, he told an audience at Mason temple church: “Like anybody, i would like to live a long life.

Longevity has its place. But i’m not concerned about that now … i’ve seen the Promised Land. i may not get there with you but i want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. and i’m happy tonight. i’m not worried about anything. i’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”

Less than 24 hours later on april 4,1968 at 6:01 p.m. central time as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, King was shot and killed by James earl ray.

King would have been 90 this year.

SPORTSWEEK

Timothy Ramsey

Sports Columnist

College basketball season better than expected

The start of the 201819 college basketball season has been better than advertised thus far for me.

With the Duke Blue Devils bringing in the top three recruits in the nation, the thought was they would run right through the season, but that hasn’t been the case.

Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish have been everything we expected from the talented trio from Duke, but the other teams in the nation don’t seem to fear them.

The Blue Devils are 14-2 on the year, at the time this article was written, and teams are not backing down from them which is making for a great conclusion to the regular season.

I am glad that the season has unfolded this way.

Duke still has one of the best teams in the country, but there are several other teams that could bring home the 2019 championship.

Virginia, Tennessee, Gonzaga, Michigan and Kansas are all top tier teams in the country that could win it all.

This is one of the best aspects of college basketball, the unknown. Unlike the NBA, where barring injury, the Golden State Warriors are the betting favorite to win it all, in college basketball it seems that anything is possible.

I was worried that this season would turn out to be a foregone conclusion with Duke going wire to wire, destroying everyone in their path. I just didn’t give the other schools enough credit to think they would put up such a good fight.

Surprisingly enough, so far this season, the best team that I have had the pleasure of watching is not the Duke Blue Devils, but instead the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan has defeated Villanova, Indiana and UNC, so far.

They look to be the most complete team in the nation that doesn’t seem to have many weaknesses.

The non-conference part of a team’s schedule is one part of a season, but everyone knows when conference play starts, that’s when the real season begins. Things get a bit more unpredictable during conference play due to the familiarity of the teams and especially the head coaches.

Conference play always separates the pretenders from the contenders. We should have a clear idea of the four or five teams that are championship material by the time the conference tournaments begin.

As we have seen time and time again, the NCAA tournament is probably the most unpredictable sporting event we have See Ramsey on B2

Aggies head coach speaks about first season at the helm Also More Stories, Religion and Classifieds

By TIMoThy RAMSey The ChRoNICLe

Replacing a successful coach is a hard thing to do on any level of sports. Sam Washington, first year head coach of North Carolina A&T State University, was tasked with just such a thing, as he was chosen to

record and yet another Celebration Bowl championship, their third in four years. “of course, it was gratifying and it’s a lot of people that made that possible, it wasn’t just me,” said Washington about their Celebration Bowl victory. “From administration,

for us.”

A&T came into this season ranked Number 14 in the nation on the FCS level. They also returned a lot of firepower from the year before, including 2017 MeAC Player of the year, Lamar Raynard. The expectation level for the Aggies had been raised, so

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It was good for the soul.”

As the winners of three of the last four Celebration Bowls, many people around the program and beyond are floating around the dynasty term for A&T. Washington says he tries not to listen to the outside chatter concerning the success of the program, but

In his first year as head coach of North Carolina A&T State University, Sam Washington led the Aggies to yet another Celebration Bowl victory. replace Rod Broadway to the coaching staff and Washington was expected instead just tries to focus upon his retirement. then the players putting in to keep the train moving, his guys on “what they do Washington had been that extra time and energy so to speak. and do it well.” on staff at A&T as the that it took to get us there “It sounds cliché, but “you can call it presdefensive coordinator since and then prevail. sure or whatever you like, we just have to keep every2011, so he was familiar “one of the things I but there was definitely thing simple and do what with the staff and play- was most impressed with some there and I thought we do, so that’s what we ers. With the Aggies fin- was when we lost, against we had the potential to do have to continue to do,” he ishing the 2017 campaign FAMU [Florida A&M well. Potential is a figure said. “We develop players, with an unblemished University] in particular, of speech, to actually put it we do get a few transfers record of 12-0, Washington the fact we were able to into action is what it’s all here and there, but we are had some big shoes to fill. remain positive and contin- about and I was happy we going to hang our hat on he was up to the task, as he ue to work and not linger were able to get to the development by bringing led the Aggies to a 10-2 on that loss. That was huge championship and to win. kids in and run the whole

Submitted photo

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on January 14, Carter G. Woodson’s varsity basketball team matched up against

Triad Baptist Christian Academy. The eagles outscored the Titans in every quarter except for the fourth, leading to their 61-46 victory.

gambit for five years and just try to maintain our culture.”

Before Broadway and his staff took over the program in 2011, the Aggies had not had a winning season in nine years. They immediately turned things around by going 7-4 in just their second year. The team continued to improve every year and Washington says he attributes most of that to the culture change and focus on academics they implemented as soon as they walked through the door.

“We just had to learn to do our best and the right thing, because we often say it takes the same amount of energy to do right as it does to do wrong, it’s just the will of the man,” Washington said. “We know it’s not easy because of the temptations and trying to be cool with your buddies, but that’s not what it’s all about. once you learn how to give your best every time, not just sometime and let’s see what happens and the kids bought into to that.”

The Aggies began this season right where they left off in 2017. For the third year in a row, the Aggies defeated an FBS school by beating east Carolina 2823. They continued to roll against Gardner-Webb a See Aggies on B2

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today. We just saw Virginia lose as a Number One seed last year, so nothing is guaranteed.

I can’t wait to see where all the teams are seeded in the Big Dance. I

hope this season continues to give us more unpredictable finishes and maybe even an unexpected champion that we never saw coming.

West Forsyth edges Reynolds in close game

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After coming away with the 2018 lash/Chronicle championship in the lash Bracket back in December, West Forsyth was looking to keep up their winning ways against Reynolds last week. Following a hard fought

Jake Hill, green, drives past his defender in the Titans game against Reynolds last week.

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game, that was a back and forth battle, the Titans surged to a 69-61 victory over the Demons.

The pace of the game was up tempo from the

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week later winning 45-6, but were shocked at home

by Morgan State 16-13, ending their 15-game winning streak.

Washington doesn’t feel his team got full of themselves leading into the Morgan State game. he said there were a number of factors that contributed to that loss, but also feels there are no excuses in the game of football.

“It was a lot of variable and I try not to make any excuses, but that was the week of the storm

(hurricane Florence) and we broke up and the kids went home, so we didn’t have them,” he said. “You will play like practice, if you don’t practice, you are in bad shape. We lost a lot of valuable time during that period, but I still thought we should have performed better than what we did. The key to it is playing up to your potential and we did not do that.”

The Aggies took another tough loss a few weeks later to FAMU. Washington said he told his team that they have no control over the games they have lost, but

tipoff. Both squads implemented a full court press to begin the game to speed the other team up. Ironically, both teams allowed easy fast-break opportunities, while also causing several turnovers from the press moments later. With neither team seizing control of the game, Reynolds only held a slim 14-12 lead after one quarter.

This game was really one filled with mini-runs by both sides. every time either Reynolds or West looked to take control of the game, the other team would answer with some clutch buckets of their own. Going into halftime the Titans led 38-33 behind some clutch shooting from Parker Nelson in the final minutes of the quarter.

“It was just one of those games where you just didn’t know which way it was going to go,” said Charles Thomas, Titan head coach. “They played us tough the last time we played them in the David lash tournament, so we knew it was going to be a tough game. They match up really well against us with their personnel, so it just came down to execution.”

The game continued to be a tight ballgame well into the third quarter. The Titans continued to hold a small lead until Reynolds tied the game at 44 with just over two minutes left. The Demons made a few more big shots in the last few possessions leading to a 48-46 lead, heading into the fourth quarter.

“I thought if we came out in the second half and control the first four minutes. We would have a chance. We did and got a brief lead in the third quarter, but I think the difference was they made their free throws and we did not,” said Reynolds head coach Mike McCulloch.

The major difference in the fourth quarter was that the Titans made their free throws, while the Demons missed crucial ones. The Titans built a nine-point lead at 62-53 with 3:19 left in the game. Reynolds even made a run late, closing the deficit to three at 62-59 with 1:19 to go. In the end, West hit their free throws to win.

“It just came down to us finally settling in and executing and realizing what they were doing to us on defense and adjusting to it,” said Thomas. “We talked about it, but sometimes talking about it and actually doing it are two different things. It took a while, but we finally did what we were supposed to do.

they one thing they can control the rest of the season and that’s how they will be defined.

Washington spent four years in the NFl during the early part of the 1980’s. he said that experience assists in his effort to convey what he wants to see on the field, because the players and the coaches respect his football knowledge.

“One thing I can say is the kids and the coaches respect my knowledge of the game,” he said. “I got some very fine tutelage between Tony Dungy and Dick leBeau and it doesn’t get any better than

that. My foundation is very solid and my approach is very similar to that of Tony, because I always respected and admired his relationship with his players.”

After such a successful first season, year two for Washington should bring similar results, he said. “A championship, that’s why I am here and that’s what we do, we win championships,” Washington said about his expectations for year two. “It’s going to be a tough climb, but we all have our boots on and we will strap them up and start heading towards the mountain top.”

The Titans and Demons faced off last week in one of the best JV basketball games of the season, thus far.

“We have an impressive record at 12-1, but a lot of our wins come down to us gutting them out in the end. That gives them confidence, because they never feel they are out of a game, so that’s a good thing, but I would like it to not come down to the last few minutes of every game.”

McCulloch said he just tried to keep his team in the game mentally during any stoppage in the game. “It was a hotly contested game, basically muscle on muscle,” he said. “I told them, if a call doesn’t go your way or your teammate does something you don’t like, you have to refocus and come back to the team as soon as possible.”

Nelson led all scores on the night with 23 points for the Titans. With the loss, the Demons fall to 1-1 in conference play.

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Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Devote All to Christ Scriptures: Philippians 2:1-11

By the end of this lesson, we will *Analyze the work of Christ in his people. *Follow Christ's example of humility and sacrifice. *Grow in our ability to place the needs of others before our own.

Background: Paul preached the Gospel to the city of Philippi on his second missionary journey. lydia was one of his first converts and her home was one of the first house churches in Philippi. Philippians 2 is how-to for Philippians 1. Unity and humility are the key factors to a healthy Christian community. Paul uses Christ as the example of humility. Verses 5-11 are often referred to as “the Philippian hymn.” Paul's example points to Christ's divinity and humanity, his subjection and obedience to the Father, his suffering on the cross and his resurrection to accomplish salvation for all mankind.

Lesson: Paul starts by saying that The Philippians should reflect Christ in their own lives by four characteristics: “encouragement in Christ,” “consolation in love,” “fellowship in the spirit,” and “compassion and tenderness” (verse 1). Paul continues by saying that what they really need to do is “agree wholeheartedly with each other” by loving one another and working together with one mind and one purpose (verse 2). Paul exhorts the Philippians to lay aside their personal interests and focus on the needs of others (verses 3-4).

Paul uses the story of Jesus to encourage the Philippians to humility and mutual respect by looking at him. They must have the same mind as Christ (verse 5).

Christ did not selfishly cling to the outer expression of his divinity. he took the form of a servant (verses 6-7).

Jesus demonstrated humility and obedience to God, the Father (verse 8). Jesus waited for God to lift him up (verse 9). When the time came for Jesus to die, he submitted to his Father's divine will … through incarnation, suffering, crucifixion and resurrection. Jesus displayed the ultimate example of humility. now seated in power at the right hand of God, he intercedes on our behalf.

And now his name is the name that is above all others.

The entire intelligent universe is called to worship Jesus Christ as lord. This mandate includes the angels in heaven, the spirits of the redeemed, obedient believers on earth, the disobedient rebels on earth, demons and lost humanity in hell. Jesus’ glorification is “to the glory of God the Father” for his honor (verse 11). Jesus set the example we should all follow for living in a Christian community. (The UMi Annual Commentary 2018-2019, niV leadership Bible, the MacArthur study Bible and the oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: how does knowing what Christ did for the church affect how you act in church? or does it? humility for me is ________________.

Application: Reflect on your relationships with God, yourself, your faith community, and your larger community. now contemplate – humility and who God is, humility and who i am, humility and how it works and humility and what i do. Then remember as disciples and members of the body of Christ, we don't need to think of our own interests or dignity – leave it all to God. Whatever we have to suffer now, Christ is leading us to glory. “Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Jan. 26 Meeting The Forsyth County Missionary Union will meet sunday, Jan. 27 at new Bethel Baptist Church, 1016 Trade st. Winston-salem, nC. The youth and young Adults will meet 1:30 p.m. The seniors will meet at 3 p.m. Mrs. Pricilla J. Dixon is FCMU president.

Jan. 27 Worship Services The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winstonsalem, 4055 Robinhood Road, will have two worship services on sunday. At both the Awake service at 9 a.m. and the Traditional service at 11 a.m., the Rev. lisa schwartz will speak on “Flux and Flexibilty,” how to deal with fast-changing world we live in. At explorations, 9:15 a.m., norma Jean Wilkes will speak on “staying Mentally healthy in a Toxic social Climate.” At the Forum, 9:15 a.m., Wendy Woods-hartwell and Truman Dunn will lead a discussion of the #MeToo Movement and what might result from it.

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Ministers’ conference service raises money for scholarships

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for the community to continue the work Dr. King initiated, because the fight is not over. “i just felt this is the time and the hour for us to pick up and continue the work that Dr. King has done and the time is right for us to see real change,” Carlisle said of what

helping to assist more kids get into college.

During the service, a special offering is collected that will go directly to the scholarship fund. This year the conference raised $4,428 that will be added to what the conference already had in its scholarship account.

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day. “i think the service went well, i think everyone came together looking for a way to get involved with the conference and other things in the community,” said Covington. “i feel people came interested in knowing how they could get better involved and people showed up with their money to put towards the scholarships.”

Covington said she was “elated” to have as much as they already have in the scholarship account, but to reach their goal of $15,000 would be fantastic. “our goal is $15,000, but i believe we will surpass that, which means many lives are going to be

The Ministers’ Conference of Winstonsalem and Vicinity (MCWsV) held their annual Dr. Martin luther King Jr. scholarship service at st. Paul United Methodist Church on Monday, January 21. even with the subzero temperatures, the large crowd braved the weather to witness the celebration. The main purpose of the event was to raise funds for the conferences’ MlK scholarships, while also honoring those in the community who best exemplify the qualities of Dr. King.

The award winners for the night were as follows; Rev. Benjamin humphrey Jr. (Clergy Award), Rep. evelyn Terry (social Justice Award), sweet Potatoes Restaurant (Culinary Arts Award), Rev. Reginald McCaskill Photo by Timothy Ramsey (entrepreneur and Award recipients, clergy and honored guests huddle together for a group photo Business owner Award) to conclude the evening. and Rev. Dr. lamonte Williams (Past President The conference has a changed and we are going inspired his sermon Award). goal to reach $15,000 in to be able to sow into the Monday night.

Rev. Alvin Carlisle, this lives of many high school Carlisle said Dr. King scholarships senior pastor of exodus graduates.”

The importance of the scholarship fund cannot be overstated, said Covington. Throughout her time with the conference, Covington has seen hundreds of teens benefit from the scholarships and enjoys seeing the teens come back to tell their success stories.

“This is a great starter for a young person as they are headed to college, whether it’s a four-year or two-year institution, it gives them the opportunity to have a little extra cash so they can go about getPhoto by Timothy Ramsey ting books and school People braved frigid temperatures to participate in the service. supplies,” she said. “This scholarship has really Baptist Church, 2nd vice- Day is always a “great day, year. Tembila Covington, been impactful, because president of the MCWsV but a long day” and enjoys president of the MCWsV, that money goes a long and president of the local all the aspects of the cele- says they are “well on their way for them and we are nAACP chapter, delivered brations. he says he way” to reaching their goal very excited to help others the sermon during the enjoys being able to close and the service was a great the best way we can.” service. his charge was out such a great day, while way to end such a great

Antioch Baptist Church holds installation service for new pastor

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The congregation of Antioch Baptist Church wel-

Gethsemane hope Missionary Baptist Church, 4363 Carrie Avenue, will be celebrating Pastor Robert l. Dikes Jr.’s first pastoral anniversary on sunday, Jan. 27 at 3 p.m.

The guest speaker will be Pastor Darryl McConnell of Faith Baptist Church of Gibsonville, nC.

Feb. 16 Benefit Gospel concert new Gospel Tabernacle holiness Church of Winstonsalem, a beacon of light and a pillar of hope for countless hundreds down through the years, was burnt to the ground last April. Travest hunter Global Ministries, llC and Pixel Pushas are partnering to host a Benefit Gospel Concert “Music in the Village.” The concert is slated for saturday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m., and will be held at second Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 1751 new Walkertown Road.

Ongoing

Monday, Wednesday and Friday Food pantry, clothes closet every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 1-4 p.m., love Community Development Corporation, at 3980 n.

comed Rev. Frederick l. Barnes Jr. as their new senior pastor on oct. 21. This past sunday, Jan. 20, they held an installation service for Barnes at Phillips Chapel see Pastor on B4

liberty st., will serve those in need of food and clothes.

Joblink is also available Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for those needing assistance with resumes or seeking employment. For more information, call (336) 306-8119.

Sundays Free breakfast love Fellowship outreach Church, 205 e. 25th st., offers a free community breakfast at 10:30 a.m. before sunday morning Worship at 11 a.m. Family & Friends Day is every third sunday, with a free fellowship dinner served immediately following worship. Wednesday night Bible study is held weekly at 6:30 p.m. Apostle Antonio l. Johnson sr. is the pastor.

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Missionary Baptist Church.

It may seem odd to from page B3 have an installation service several months after a pastor took over, but Barnes had a purpose for the delayed event. Barnes wanted the installation date as close to Jan. 21 as possible, because on that date in 2001, he delivered his initial sermon.

Barnes spent 16 years as associate minister at Phillips Chapel, where he taught a disciple’s class in the Sunday School Ministry, as well as working with the Men’s Ministry. On Sunday afternoon, there wasn’t an open seat in the house, as both congregations packed the sanctuary for the service.

“When I saw the turnout here today, some of the people were telling me that they would not ‘bear this cold if it wasn’t you.’ It just speaks to the Christ in me and the mark I have left here at Phillips Chapel,” said Barnes.

“This church is near and dear to my heart, I’m going to always be a part of Phillips Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. I love this church, I love these people and I love this pastor (Rev. Armstrong). The Chapel is a wonderful place with a unique worship experience,” Barnes said.

The service began in grand fashion with Barnes and his wife Constance being escorted in by the deacons of the church. Also, included in the service were personal reflections, a presentation of gifts and a sermon delivered

by Rev. Chad R. Armstrong, pastor of Phillips Chapel. His sermon centered on being patient on God’s blessings.

“The sermon was awesome, released to do greater leadership, I thought it was a timely message for my life,

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All of the clergy in the building surround Barnes and lay hands on him during the service.

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my ministry and where I am now that God has held me here to allow me to prepare myself,” Barnes said. “The first call is one of preparation for what God has for you, so it was here that God allowed me to prepare myself.

Now He has released me to go out and do that great work He has assigned to my hands.”

Following the message from Armstrong, the “Act of Installation” portion of the service began. Several ceremonial acts such as the charge to the church, presentation of the Bible and presentation of the keys were included, among others.

According to Barnes, there are a few ministries that are close to his heart that he wants to instrument as the new senior pastor of Antioch Baptist.

“I want to get a male mentoring ministry in place, that’s near and dear to my heart and I know it’s really needed out here,” he said. “Also, an evangelism ministry,

that we might get out in the community and go out and reach, because it’s people out here in the world around us each and every day. So those are two of the most important things I want to do right out the gate.”

Barnes has been waiting several years to get a call from a church. He says he has had several opportunities that he thought were for him, but they did not materialize. For him to get the call from Antioch was a blessing.

“I had so many opportunities that I felt were right within my grasp, but God said ‘no, not yet,’” he continued. “When they called me, I felt like God said this is my time and where he wants me. I heard someone say something one time that ‘God will open a door and hold it open until you’re ready’, so I feel like God had this door open for me, but he was just waiting on me to get ready.”

NOW – Feb. 15 – Writing Contest The CDS Documentary Essay Prize will host a writing contest.

Submissions can be made until Feb. 15. To enter the contest or for more info, see https://documentarystudies.duke.edu/awards/do cumentary-essayprize/how-to-enter

theater companies will participate, along with county and city elected officials. The public is invited.

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Rev. Barnes enjoys his installation service with his wife Constance.

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Community Briefs

Old Salem Named AAA Members’ Choice Best Attraction in North Carolina Old Salem Museums & Gardens has been named the Best Attraction in North Carolina by members of AAA. In the September/October 2018 Issue of Go Magazine, AAA asked readers to share their favorite seafood restaurant, comfort food restaurant, festival, beach, hotel, and attraction in North and South Carolina. The results were published in the January/February 2019 issue and Old Salem Museums & Gardens was chosen as the “Best Attraction” in North Carolina.

Old Salem has undertaken key initiatives over the past few years to enhance the visitor experience.

Beginning in 2017, Old Salem has greatly improved wayfinding for visitors through sidewalk chalkboards and an expanded visitor map, both of which clarify when and where activities and experiences are taking place. In addition, Old Salem has increased the number of interpreted spots and transformed its interpretation, restaging rooms and buildings and removing barriers, inviting visitors into spaces and allowing them to directly touch and experience artifacts and reproductions. More hands-on, interactive experiences have also been made available. Since 2016, there are 280% more things to do in the Old Salem Historic District.

Additional core initiatives promoting diversity, access, equity, and innovation add to the improved visitor experience.

Old Salem just completed its 2018 holiday season, during which it experienced a record number of visitors for its holiday events including sold out holiday tours, immersive Salem Saturdays at Christmas, and the new Winter Fair, which took place during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. The Winter Fair included hands-on immersive experiences suitable for the whole family and received rave reviews.

Salvation Army Center of Hope Receives Grant From Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem The Salvation Army of Greater Winston-Salem is honored to announce the receipt of a $14,685 grant from The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem. The grant will allow The Salvation Army Center of Hope Family Residence to institute a new pilot program focused on life skills education. The Center of Hope is the only family emergency homeless shelter in Forsyth County.

The Salvation Army Center of Hope offers emergency shelter to single women, single mothers, single fathers, and parents with children. It has operated in its current location at 1255 N. Trade St. in Winston-Salem since 1992.

IFB Solutions awarded $25,000 grant from The Winston-Salem Foundation Local nonprofit IFB Solutions, the largest U.S. employer of people who are blind, received a $25,000 grant from The Winston-Salem Foundation. The grant will be used for leadership training and development as IFB completes an extensive five-year strategic plan.

Founded in Winston-Salem in 1936, IFB Solutions employs nearly 550 people in the local area with largescale manufacturing operations, a comprehensive optical lab, Community Low Vision Center and Tracy’s Little Red Schoolhouse which houses its SEE (Student Enrichment Experience) programs for children in grades K-12.

NOW – May 16 – P a r e n t Academy/Community Institute Do you need to get your GED? Do you need an introduction to computers? Do you need to learn English as a second language or to learn conversational Spanish?

Carver High School, 3545 Carver School Road, is sponsoring a Parent Academy/Community Institute in partnership with Forsyth Technical Community College every Tuesday and Thursday starting Nov. 8 until May 16, 2019 from 5:45 - 8:45 p.m.

Free childcare will be provided. All of these benefits are free. For more information contact Mr. Javier Correa-Vega at (336) 727-2987, ext.

33048.

Jan. 24 – Adult Game Day The Carver School Road Branch Library will have an Adult Game Day on Jan. 24, 11 a.m. Join us for some fun, fierce competition playing games like Chicken Dominoes, Scrabble, and Phase 10. Light refreshments are served. Carver School Road Branch Library is located at 4915 Lansing Drive. Call 336703-2910 for more information. This group is free and open to ages 18 and over. Carver School Road Branch Library is located at 4915 Lansing Drive.

Call (336) 703-2910 for more information.

Jan. 24 – Application deadline The city is accepting applications for its Successful Outcomes After Release (SOAR) program through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24.

Participants will receive coaching and training in life skills such as goal setting, planning, interpersonal relationships, financial management, communication, job-search techniques and resume writing.

An application link and more information are posted at C i t y o f W S . o rg / S O A R .

Interested citizens can also call (336) 397-7770 or send an e-mail to faithb@cityofws.org or troys@cityofws.org.

Jan. 24 – Medicare workshop The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem is offering a workshop for individuals turning 65 (as well as those who already have Medicare) to learn about the different insurance options available, including “Original Medicare,” Medicare prescription drug programs, Medicare supplements and Medicare Advantage plans. The session will be held on Thursday, Jan. 24 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 1700 Ebert St.

Jan. 24 – WSSU’s Spring Colloquium Winston-Salem State University’s Department of History, Politics and Social Justice will present its Spring Colloquium from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, at The Enterprise Center, 1922 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The colloquium, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the department and by WSSU’s Alliance for Sustainability Community Committee.

For more information, please contact Dr. Denise Nation at nationde@wssu.edu or Dr. Jack Monell at monelljs@wssu.edu.

Jan. 24 – Lunch and Speaker series St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 520 Summit St., will host its monthly Bag Lunch and Speaker series on Jan. 24 at noon.

Sabrina Slade will share the history and current state of income disparities in our community based on factors highlighted in two reports produced by The Winston-Salem Foundation. Bring your own lunch. St. Paul’s will provide beverages. All are welcome.

Jan. 24 – Ribbon cutting North Carolina Black Repertory Company and Winston-Salem Little Theatre will have administrative offices and rehearsal spaces in the newly renovated Arts Council Extension (ACE) Building at 419 North Spruce Street. An open house and ribbon cutting will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday Jan. 24. Principals from The Arts Council and the two

Jan. 25 – Job Fair The Winston-Salem Traffic Field Operations Division will hold a job fair on Friday, Jan. 25 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Home & Garden Bldg to fill more than 20 vacancies for backhoe operators, dump truck drivers and Jet-Vac truck operators. Attendees should enter Gate 9 on 27th Street. In the event of snow, the fair will be held Feb. 1. More information, including a map and directions to the job fair location, is posted at CityofWS.org, or call CityLink 311.

Jan. 25 – Annual Meeting Join the WinstonSalem Ambassadors for the 2nd Annual Meeting and Everyday Awards celebrating an amazing 2018.

The event will be take place on Jan. 25 at 11:15 a.m. at the Winston Cup Museum, 1355 N Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. To get tickets, go to https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3562 446.

Jan. 26 – Scholarship workshop Wise, Inc. will host a scholarship workshop on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. This workshop is designed to train potential and current college students how to access scholarship money and attend college debt free. It will be held at Kimberly Park Church, 1640 SM Caesar Drive.

Jan. 26 – Meeting The East/Northeast Neighborhood Association and Ashley Precinct will hold their meeting on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. at the Rupert Bell Recreation Center. This month’s guests will be Winston Salem City Assistant Manager Evan Raleigh, City Planner Marco Andrake and the Winston Salem Police District Commander.

RSVP by call Marva Reid at (336) 997-2519. Leave a message.

Jan. 26 – Writer’s workshop Winston-Salem Writers will hold the Al Perry Memorial Writing Workshop on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 1-5 p.m. at the Rural Hall Historic

Train Depot and Railroad Museum, 8170 Depot St. Participants will stroll through a caboose, view unique historical items, and have ample time to think and create. The workshop is free to members of Winston-Salem Writers and $10 for nonmembers. The workshop is limited to 15 participants.

To register, email programs@wswriters.org.

Payment will be cash or check at the workshop.

You will receive an email confirmation.

Jan. 26 – Screening RiverRun Retro welcomes special guest filmmaker Alexandra Dean for a screening of her acclaimed documentary “Bombshell: The Life of Hedy Lamarr.” The program and screening will take place on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Hanesbrands Theatre at 209 North Spruce Street in Winston-Salem.

Jan. 31 – Book Launch The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is hosting a book launch for Wake Forest University Associate Professor of Art History Jay Curley and his new book Global Art and the Cold War on Thursday, January 31. The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at SECCA, located at 750 Marguerite Drive in Winston-Salem.

This event is free and open to the public and will include a cash bar (no bar charge for SECCA Members).

Ongoing

Every 1st Tuesday – Triad NOW meeting The Triad NOW chapter meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Parkway United Church of Christ, 2151 Silas Creek Parkway (entrance off Irving Street) Winston-Salem.

Every 2nd Tuesdays – Alumni membership Albert H. Anderson High School Alumni Association would like for each graduating member of Albert H. Anderson Senior High School to become a member of the Association. For more information, call Clyde A. Moore at (336) 971-6196 or email at cmpreacher48@yahoo.com.

Meetings are held at New Light Baptist Church, 1535 15th Street every 2nd Tuesday in each month at 7 p.m.

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the arts council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth county recently began renovation of the Milton rhodes center for the arts. Portions of the rhodes center will be closed during the construction. reynolds Place, which is now a community events venue, will be converted into a 240-seat multi-functional black box theater and will become the primary performance venue for both the north carolina Black repertory company and Little theater of Winston-Salem. the existing separated gallery, lobby and conference room spaces on the main level of the Spruce Street entrance will be opened up and integrated to create a unified and dynamic space containing an expanded arts gallery, a patrons services center and an arts gift shop featuring works by local artisans. christine Jones, the arts council’s senior vice president for facilities and chief operating officer, said the rhodes center will remain open during renovation. Maximum efforts will be made to minimize inconvenience to rhodes center occupants and visitors. the Sawtooth School, which occupies much of the second floor, will not be significantly affected

by the first floor renovation. associated artists and the hispanic League have offices on the first floor and will be relocated to new offices elsewhere at the rhodes center. Jones estimates that construction will be completed by mid to late July.

“We will segregate the construction area so Sawtooth School students and visitors can still use the main Spruce Street ‘horseshoe’ entrance with close proximity to the arts council parking lot. If they prefer, they may use the existing Marshall Street entrance,” Jones said. “We will procure temporary space for associated artists and hispanic League until their new office spaces on our campus are ready.”

Patrons of coffee Park arts, the popular coffee shop, snack bar and gathering place located near the Spruce Street entrance, will be pleased to know that its spot will not be affected. tommy Priest, owner, noted that access will not be impeded. “In fact, we have talked to arts council representatives who have agreed to let us offer “curb service” on a trial basis. Pull into the horseshoe on Spruce and we will bring your coffee to you. Little bit ‘retro,’ especially convenient for downtown folks coming to work.

and a little bit fun!” said Priest. coffee Park already has a drive-by operation in a converted airstream at 1206 reynolda road. randy eaddy, arts council President and ceo, said, “By necessity, we will have to make some adjustments, but we are not going to let that bother us. When we sold the aging, high-maintenance arts council theater on coliseum Drive, we promised the two resident companies there - Little theatre of Winston-Salem and north carolina Black repertory company - that we would provide as a replacement a highly desirable venue for them in Winston-Salem’s downtown theater District. We are making good on that promise in short order, and we have been working closely with both groups to make sure we meet their needs and expectations. they are cornerstones of our arts community and have been great partners.” the arts council has provided new administrative offices and rehearsal space for both of these organizations in its newly-renovated 419 Spruce Street building, currently known as “the arts council extension” or “ace” Building. the University of north carolina School of the arts will also stage some performances in the new rhodes center

Livingstone business professor honored for leadership and research at Las Vegas conference

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SALISBURY – Dr. colin Pillay, associate professor in business administration at Livingstone college, was awarded for his leadership and research at the Institute for Business research conference in Las Vegas in January.

For leadership, Pillay was recognized for his ongoing commitment to faculty development and in appreciation of research support provided to academic communities.

For research, he received an outstanding research award for a paper titled, “Development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem in rowan county, north carolina.” the paper was also accepted for publication in the review of Business and Finance Studies Journal.

“Dr. Pillay is a progressive thinker, who always supports with vigor the ideals of our mission, which is to prepare students for a global society,” said Dr. Jimmy r.

Jenkins Sr., Livingstone college president. “We are proud that this conference recognized his invaluable contributions and exemplary scholarship as we do here at Livingstone.”

“I have observed that in working with his students, Dr. Pillay teaches them the importance of academic excellence as well as professional behavior. he believes that both technical competence and ethical conduct are the key for students to be successful in the global economy,” said Dr. r.D. Sharma, dean of Livingstone college business department.

Pillay has served at Livingstone college since 2010. two years upon joining the faculty, he created and taught the first entrepreneurship course and subsequently created the entrepreneurship concentration Program. he has been the advisor to the Phi Beta Lambda organization since 2010. Students in this organization have attended many state and national conferences and frequently attend events sponsored by the rowan county chamber of commerce. he is also advisor to the college’s capstone business

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simulation game, which is a project of the business policy class. administered by a company called caPSIM, it is one of the two direct measures of student performance and is required by the International accreditation council for Business education, the accreditor for the School of Business. consistently, Livingstone students rank high in this competition under his leadership.

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theater while its primary theatrical venue, Performance Place, is still closed for renovations. the School of the arts already has presented productions in the arts council’s hanesbrand theater, also part of the Milton rhodes center for the arts.

“We’ll have an ongoing relationship with the School of the arts,” Jones recently told the Winston Salem Journal. “they will still have space needs for about 18 months. they’ve expressed a desire to use the new rhodes center space, so we solicited their input on the technical issues and also on what would make the new theater conducive for teaching purposes.

We’ve also been able to save money by making changes that their team recommended.”

Winston-Salem, known as a city of arts and Innovation, and Forsyth county have a robust arts community that enriches the lives of area residents every day and accounts in large part for the recognition they continue to receive as a great place to live, learn, work and play. the most recent studies available showed that Forsyth county’s nonprofit arts industry supports 5,559 full-time equivalent jobs, accounts for more than $129 million in resident household income, and generates more than $14.8 million in local and state tax revenues.

and the rowan Idea center and attends events related to entrepreneurial development in Salisbury and WinstonSalem.

Pillay graduated from the University of DurbanWestville in South africa with a Bachelor of Science in computer science. he received a Fulbright scholarship to study at Iowa State University, where he obtained a Master of Science degree in computer science. after working at exxon Production research and continental airlines, he obtained an MBa from texas a&M University in college Station and a Doctor of Business administration degree from Louisiana tech University. he taught at Southern arkansas University, St. Michael’s college and Gannon University before joining Livingstone college.

Livingstone college, founded and supported by the african Methodist episcopal Zion church, is a private historically black institution located in Salisbury, n.c.

Dr. Colin Pillay (pictured in the middle) was recognized for his ongoing commitment to faculty development and in appreciation of research support provided to academic communities.

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In 2015, Pillay led the first team of students from Livingstone college to Invertis University in India. that same year, he led the faculty team that helped Livingstone college to achieve International assembly for collegiate Business education candidacy status. he serves as the liaison between Livingstone college

through a christian-based environment suitable for learning, it provides excellent liberal arts and religious education programs for students from all ethnic backgrounds designed to develop their potential for leadership and service to a global community. For more information, visit www.livingstone.edu.

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on november 17, 2018 community care center celebrated 18 years of “Paying it Forward” with their annual fundraiser dinner and program at novant health Forsyth Medical center conference center. the Master of ceremonies was Wanda Starke, reporter and anchor, WXII 12 news. over 230 people listened to an inspiring message from nicole Lamoureux, President and ceo, national association of Free and charitable clinics (naFc). naFc is the national association representing 1,400 free and charitable clinics from across the country that are working to ensure that the medically underserved have access to affordable quality healthcare. two patients related their own stories of desperation and how they found people at community care center who cared and provided the help they needed. one former patient and a current staffer at a local non-profit told the story of her migration as a teenager from Quatemala with her family and how the clinic gave her and her family excellent care. She feels that having her current job is a direct result of her having had excellent health care at the clinic many years ago. one patient suffered from diabetes and had been homeless and he stated, “If it were not for the clinic I would probably not be alive today.” this patient is currently employed and doing well! the audience also heard testimonials from two longtime volunteers who told passionate stories of why they continue to volunteer at the center and how gratified they feel after helping patients. these stories are not unique. over the past 18 years, community care center has cared for more than 23,000 patients, providing over $140,000 million in healthcare

From left to right James Robinson, Nicole Lamoureux, Gordon Simpson, Vivian Perez Chandler, Dr. Andrea Weathers, Wanda Starke and Danny Lawrence (not pictured).

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services and medicines. Patients have come from every walk of life. Some had advanced degrees and earned large salaries before losing employment. others have always struggled to get by. regardless of background, race or ethnicity, they all have found a caring, healing environment at community care center. community care center’s mission is to provide access to compassionate, high quality health care services to medically uninsured and underserved who reside in Forsyth, Stokes or Davie counties and meet the eligibility requirements. the “Pay It Forward” vision of the 20 retired physicians who agreed to volunteer their services 18 years ago

would not have taken the clinic very far if their vision had not resonated with others- physicians and dentists still in active practice, hundreds of supporting volunteers, hospitals and those who have supported the clinic financially. community care center for Forsyth county Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and a United Way agency. It is located at 2135 new Walkertown road, Winston-Salem, n.c. 27101. Its website is www.cccforsyth.org. Patient applicants are screened on tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, without appointment, between 1 and 4 p.m. anyone interested in volunteer opportunities should contact the community care center at (336) 723-7904 ext. 106.

How Healthy Is Gentrification?

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When Detrice Belt walks around what’s left of her neighborhood and community, she is saddened because of the destruction of the place she calls home. She is deeply frustrated by the struggle she and the remaining residents at Barry Farm have been wrapped in for the past six years and is apprehensive about the health effects this facet of gentrification has had on her and her daughter.

Belt, 33, president of the Barry Farm Tenants’ Association, is one of 80 families left out of a total of 434 who lived in the historic Southeast D.C. community. She has been one of the sparks of resistance

dents have the ability or means to do so, which is why she’s so adamant about staying in place while Barry Farm is rebuilt.

“I’m anxious. They’re using fear tactics trying to force us out, but we told them that we want to stay in place,” said Belt. “We’re willing to occupy Barry Farms. People are ready.

I’m definitely still fighting.”

Belt’s solutions include ensuring that if residents have to move off the property, housing authority staff should move them into some place new faster; residents should get priority when it’s time to be resettled; and wherever possible, residents should be allowed to stay on the property while builders and

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being renovated in 20112012, tenants described being exposed to lead (which appeared during renovations); rodent infestation; damage to the units because of water leaking into apartments through the walls and ceilings; homes overrun with mold; and residents coming down with a variety of illnesses caused by lead, mold and contamination from biotoxins and other chemical agents.

Lightfoot said he and fellow tenants have sought solutions to their myriad problems through advocacy, putting pressure on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other public officials by showing up in their offices, flooding city council meetings and putting the issues they’re deal-

Area spent more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing costs. Those middle- and lower-income residents left in Washington, D.C. have limited options to move or relocate, and little money left to take care of food, medicine, utilities, transportation and other needs.

Some D.C. government programs do offer solutions and buffer residents from the health-related ill effects of gentrification.

However, it’s sometimes hard to make a direct link between gentrification and disparate health effects, and housing advocates, members of the medical community and other experts understand that if work is done to stabilize neighborhoods and larger communities, residents —

In the District of Columbia, a shortage of affordable housing, a hyper-expensive rental market, and aging and vanishing housing stock have tenants battling spiraling rents and housing costs, and have left them at increased risk of getting displaced.

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for a group of residents who are committed to staying put as D.C. city officials demolish and rebuild the 432-unit community into 1,400 residential units of mixed-income housing and retail stores. Officials have promised to set aside 300 affordable units with the remaining units available at market rate.

Apart from the stress and anxiety of possibly losing her home, Belt, a dental hygienist and owner of two pit bulls and a turtle, said she worries about what lasting health effects this entire experience will have on her daughter and herself.

“They just found lead in some units on Stevens Road. They called people and were coming to paint over the areas with lead,” she explained. “I understand that a test hasn’t been done in 20 years. They snuck into my house to paint the banisters, but someone can chip it and it’s (the lead’s) still there.”

Belt said she is aware of the health dangers to her caused by the dust and debris coming from the demolition of nearby houses, then there’s the noise of construction and the longterm and irreversible effects of lead paint exposure on residents. Belt and residents fighting against gentrification and potential health problems are intent on reducing the forced move and lowering the stress that comes with sudden change, including noise, dust and adjusting to a new cultural environment.

D.C. housing officials usually move public housing residents from their homes until renovations or rebuilding is completed.

Despite promises that residents can return once renovations are done, Belt said she’s aware that only a small percentage of resi-

search of solutions understand that they have to go beyond treating symptoms, like asthma, high blood pressure and diabetes, and get a handle on the very process of controlling gentrification.

In Oakland, Calif., housing rights advocates and residents have been protesting, engaging in civil disobedience and trying to get city and county officials to listen and enact policies designed to stem and change the effects of gentrification on lowincome, middle-class and long-time residents.

They are driven by studies that have revealed any number of negative health-related consequences among vulnerable populations wrought by gentrification, including a higher incidence of asthma, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease and shorter life expectancy; higher cancer rates; more birth defects; and greater instances of infant mortality.

exercise facilities [and] social networks.”

A 2014 report, produced by the Alameda Public Health Department and Just Cause (Causa Justa, CJJC) that provides free tenant counseling and case management for lowincome residents of Oakland and San Francisco, focused on gentrification in Oakland, Calif.

It was in response to a growing concern and a recognition of the connections between deepening health problems and disparities in health among children in Oakland and the conditions created by dilapidated housing, especially given the Bay Area’s high rents and extreme housing shortage.

Community organizers, non-profits and residents have used advocacy, political pressure and civil disobedience to bring public officials to first understand and then be willing to act on political and policy solutions to the deleterious

developers build, and then ing with directly in front of and tenants, by extension move into newly construct- these officials.

— will be healthier. ed homes.

Meanwhile, the tenants It’s only in recent years Belt is not alone in association, in an effort to that researchers, physiworrying about her health seek redress, filed a $5 mil- cians, pediatricians, acaand quality of life. lion lawsuit in D.C. demics and others have Across town, in Superior Court earlier this begun to drill down to Northeast D.C., Donta year. The tenants are seek- ascertain what, if any, Waters, Leon Lightfoot, ing financial compensation health effects might befall their families and other res- for the disruption to their displaced residents as a idents at Dahlgreen Courts lives and possible health result of gentrification.

Apartments, are fighting impacts.

These studies have been their own battles against In the District of able to move anecdotal gentrification and its Columbia, a shortage of information into empirical impact on their health. affordable housing, a data and quantify the After laboratory tests they hyper-expensive rental potential health impacts of agreed to, residents recent- market, and aging and van- gentrification. ly discovered that 40 of 42 ishing housing stock have A recent New York of them have elevated lev- tenants battling spiraling study, for example, illusels of lead, mold and bio- rents and housing costs, trates the link between gentoxins. and have left them at trification and mental The resulting health increased risk of getting health. The study had implications for his wife displaced. found that hospitalization and son alarmed longtime In 2017, according to rates for mental illness – D.C. resident Leon the U.S. Census Bureau, including schizophrenia Lightfoot. Lightfoot, a 55- the median household and mood disorders – are year-old truck driver, hus- income of white residents, two times as high in disband and father of a son who is a Howard University student, said it makes him very angry when he contemplates how he and others have been treated.

“For a whole year, this is how we lived,” said Lightfoot, who has lived in the complex since 1999.

“After the renovations in 2012, we moved back in and then six months later we saw water damage in the living room. The walls, carpet and floors had mold.

We dealt with these problems from August 2016 to July 2017. They put us up in a hotel for three days. I thought it was termites, but it was mold. Specialists came in, cut out the wall and put a white coating on submitted photo it to stop the water.

Many residents have chosen to stay in their homes during renovations despite health concerns.

“We still have problems with water and mold.

Just as critical are other effects of gentrification.

I’m very concerned for my who make up 36 percent of placed persons versus The report offers soluwife and my son. I have the District’s population, those who remain in their health effects experts say are caused by “limited tions, which, though not headaches, respiratory rose $2,568 to $127,369, neighborhood. problems and now I have while the median income This is one of the first access to or availability of specifically health-related, to use an inhaler. My wife of black residents, who U.S. studies to quantify the healthy food choices, are designed to lessen or the health and son have asthma. I’m make up or 46 percent, fell hidden mental health con- affordable healthy housing; eliminate quality schools, transportaimpacts of gentrification. so pissed off that my wife $3,631, to $37,891. sequences of gentrification choices (including These include: developing and son have to endure Meanwhile, 46 percent of tion. this.” these black residents in the Housing advocates, bicycle and walking paths), a proactive or healthy Despite the buildings Washington Metropolitan policy makers and those in See Health on B8

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M/WBE BID NOTICES ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Revised for RE-BID DATE

Sealed proposals will be received until 10:00 am on February 1, 2019, at the UNCG Campus, Gray Home Facilities Design and Construction office, 105 Gray Drive, Greensboro, NC 27412, for the construction of the Ragsdale-Mendenhall Dormitory Building and Site, at which time and place, bids will be opened and read.

There was a Pre-Bid Meeting held at 2:00 pm on December 13, 2018 at the Gray Home Facilities Design and Construction office, 105 Gray Drive, Greensboro, NC 27412. All bidders are encouraged to attend.

There are a number of Owner Preferred Alternates in the project including Door Hardware, Fan Coil Unites (FCU), select, interior Light Fixtures, HVAC controls and Cabling System Warranty. As partof the Pre-Bid Meeting, there was a Public Meeting held to identify these Owner Preferred Alternates. See Alternate Section 01 2300 in the Project Manual for a complete listing of these alternates.

All bidders are to park at the McIver Street Parking Deck.

Complete plans and specifications for this project can be obtained from Lambert Architecture + Interiors at 418 N. Marshall Street, Suite 300, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 during normal office hours after December 3, 2018.

Plan Deposit: Three Hundred, Fifty Dollars ($350.00) The state reserves the unqualified right to reject any and all proposals.

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NC Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs Kernersville State Veterans Home Request for Prequalification

Rodgers is accepting job specific trade contractor prequalification applications for the NC Department of Military & Veteran’s Affairs – Kernersville State Veterans Home project. The prequalification deadline for submission is no later than 4:00 PM on Monday, February 11, 2019.

Prequalification applications may be obtained at www.rodgersbuilders.com. Prequalification applications submitted late or incomplete will not be reviewed. Rodgers strongly encourages minority, small and women owned businesses to prequalify and participate on this project.

The NC Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs – Kernersville State Veterans Home bid packages include: 03A Complete Concrete, 04A Masonry, 05A Structural/Miscellaneous Steel, 05E Light Gauge Metal Roof Trusses, 06B Casework, 07A Roofing, 07B Waterproofing and Sealants, 07F Fiber Cement Siding, 08A Glass Assemblies, 08B Passage Doors/Frames and Hardware, 08C Service Doors, 08D Residential Windows, 09A Complete Drywall, 09C Acoustical Assemblies, 09D Hard Tile, 09E Floor Coverings - Resilient & Carpeting, 09FE Exterior Painting, 09FI Interior Painting & Wall Coverings, 10A Wall Protection, 10B Signage, 10C Lockers, 10D Operable Partitions, 10E Toilet Accessories/Fire Extinguishers and Cabinets, 10F Architectural Louvers/Flagpoles, 10G Pre-Manufactured Fire Places, 11B Food Service Equipment, 12A Window Treatments, 13C Swimming Pools, 18A Final Cleaning, 18B General Works, 21A Fire Protection, 22A Plumbing Systems, 23A Mechanical Systems, 23B Test and Balance, 26A Electrical Systems, 31A Complete Sitework, 32C Landscape and Irrigation.

Contact William Satterfield at wsatterfield@rodgersbuilders.com or by phone 704.537.6044 for further information.

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LEGAL NOTICES

Statement of Results of Special Bond Referendum on the Bond Order Authorizing the Issuance of $43,700,000 General Obligation Street and Sidewalk Bonds, Held for the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 6, 2018

WHEREAS, by direction of the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a special bond referendum was duly called and held for said City on November 6, 2018 for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City the question hereinafter set forth, and said City Council has received from the Forsyth County Board of Elections a certification of the results of said referendum, and has determined the result of said referendum to be as hereinafter stated; NOW, THEREFORE, the Mayor and the City Council hereby makes the following statement of the result of said referendum pursuant to The Local Government Bond Act:

The number of voters registered and qualified to vote at said referendum was 170,337.

The total number of voters who voted “Yes” in answer to the question,

“SHALL the order authorizing $43,700,000 of bonds plus interest to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, widening, extending, paving, resurfacing, grading and improving streets, roads and intersections; acquiring, constructing, reconstructing and improving sidewalks or walkways, curbs, gutters, drains, overpasses, underpasses and grade crossings; constructing and improving walking and bicycle trails and greenways; and providing related landscaping, lighting and traffic controls, signals and markers; and the acquisition of land, rights-of-way and easements in land required therefor, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds be approved?”

was 53,500. The total number of voters who voted “No” in answer to such question was 27,557. The question in the form submitted was approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of those who voted thereon at said referendum.

Any action or proceeding challenging the regularity or validity of this special bond referendum must be begun within 30 days after January 24, 2019.

City Council of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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M/WBE BID NOTICES The Haven Redevelopment Group, Inc, a 501 C3 based in North Carolina will receive bids for the Rehabilitation construction project Greensboro Veterans Housing located at 1322 Bothwell Street, Greensboro NC until 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time on February 22, 2019 at 900 Old Winston Road, Suite 108, Kernersville, North Carolina 27284, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid conference and site visit will be held at 10:00 A.M., February 8, 2019 starting at Kindred Hospital, Conference room located at 2401 South Side Blvd, Greensboro, NC 27406 followed by a site visit to the property.

A complete package including the proposed Contract, General Condition, Supplementary Conditions and Specifications will be available on February 1, 2019 for prospective bidders online at the following website: https://www.HRG-NC.org. Contact HRG at 336-608-9586 if you need assistance accessing the specifications.

The bid opening will be accessible to individuals with handicaps. Individuals having special requirements should contact HRG at (336)-608-9586 no later than 48 hours prior to the established pre-bid conference date.

The bidder’s attention is called to the section 3 HUD Act of 1968, as amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, and the requirements for a Section 3 Affirmative Action Plan; and the Standard Federal Equal Employment Contract Specifications set forth in the Notice Requirements for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity, Executive order 11246. The Bidder share also comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Certifications shall be submitted by the Bidder evidencing understanding and compliance with the above named requirements. Payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages set forth in the Specifications must be paid on this project.

No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 90 days subsequent to the opening of bids, without the consent of Haven Redevelopment Group, Inc.

The Haven Redevelopment Group reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

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LEGAL NOTICES

Statement of Results of Special Bond Referendum on the Bond Order Authorizing the Issuance of $31,000,000 General Obligation Parks and Recreation Bonds, Held for the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 6, 2018

WHEREAS, by direction of the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a special bond referendum was duly called and held for said City on November 6, 2018 for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City the question hereinafter set forth, and said City Council has received from the Forsyth County Board of Elections a certification of the results of said referendum, and has determined the result of said referendum to be as hereinafter stated; NOW, THEREFORE, the Mayor and the City Council hereby makes the following statement of the result of said referendum pursuant to The Local Government Bond Act: The number of voters registered and qualified to vote at said referendum was 170,337.

The total number of voters who voted “Yes” in answer to the question,

“SHALL the order authorizing $31,000,000 of bonds plus interest to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating and improving parks and recreation facilities and the acquisition of any necessary furnishing and equipment, land, rights-of-way and easements in land required therefor, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds be approved?”

was 52,491. The total number of voters who voted “No” in answer to such question was 28,561. The question in the form submitted was approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of those who voted thereon at said referendum.

Any action or proceeding challenging the regularity or validity of this special bond referendum must be begun within 30 days after January 24, 2019.

City Council of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The Chronicle January 24, 2018

Statement of Results of Special Bond Referendum on the Bond Order Authorizing the Issuance of $21,100,000 General Obligation Public Safety Facilities Bonds, Held for the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 6, 2018

WHEREAS, by direction of the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a special bond referendum was duly called and held for said City on November 6, 2018 for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City the question hereinafter set forth, and said City Council has received from the Forsyth County Board of Elections a certification of the results of said referendum, and has determined the result of said referendum to be as hereinafter stated; NOW, THEREFORE, the Mayor and the City Council hereby makes the following statement of the result of said referendum pursuant to The Local Government Bond Act: The number of voters registered and qualified to vote at said referendum was 170,337.

The total number of voters who voted “Yes” in answer to the question,

“SHALL the order authorizing $21,100,000 of bonds plus interest to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing and improving certain public safety facilities and equipment, including a public safety radio communication system, a public safety training complex and fire station facilities and renovations and including the acquisition of equipment therefor and the acquisition of land or rights-of-way in land required therefor, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds be approved?”

was 52,421. The total number of voters who voted “No” in answer to such question was 28,310. The question in the form submitted was approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of those who voted thereon at said referendum.

Any action or proceeding challenging the regularity or validity of this special bond referendum must be begun within 30 days after January 24, 2019.

City Council of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The Chronicle January 24, 2018

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Statement of Results of Special Bond Referendum on the Bond Order Authorizing the Issuance of $11,700,000 General Obligation Housing Bonds, Held for the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 6, 2018

WHEREAS, by direction of the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a special bond referendum was duly called and held for said City on November 6, 2018 for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City the question hereinafter set forth, and said City Council has received from the Forsyth County Board of Elections a certification of the results of said referendum, and has determined the result of said referendum to be as hereinafter stated; NOW, THEREFORE, the Mayor and the City Council hereby makes the following statement of the result of said referendum pursuant to The Local Government Bond Act: The number of voters registered and qualified to vote at said referendum was 170,337.

The total number of voters who voted “Yes” in answer to the question,

“SHALL the order authorizing $11,700,000 of bonds plus interest to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing and rehabilitating multifamily housing for persons of low and moderate income and accomplishing the renewal of urban residential neighborhoods, including the acquisition of land or rights-of-way in land required therefor, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds be approved?”

was 50,087. The total number of voters who voted “No” in answer to such question was 31,083. The question in the form submitted was approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of those who voted thereon at said referendum.

Any action or proceeding challenging the regularity or validity of this special bond referendum must be begun within 30 days after January 24, 2019.

City Council of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The Chronicle January 24, 2018

Statement of Results of Special Bond Referendum on the Bond Order Authorizing the Issuance of $14,500,000 General Obligation Economic Development Bonds, Held for the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 6, 2018

WHEREAS, by direction of the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a special bond referendum was duly called and held for said City on November 6, 2018 for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City the question hereinafter set forth, and said City Council has received from the Forsyth County Board of Elections a certification of the results of said referendum, and has determined the result of said referendum to be as hereinafter stated; NOW, THEREFORE, the Mayor and the City Council hereby makes the following statement of the result of said referendum pursuant to The Local Government Bond Act: The number of voters registered and qualified to vote at said referendum was 170,337.

The total number of voters who voted “Yes” in answer to the question,

“SHALL the order authorizing $14,500,000 of bonds plus interest to pay the costs of acquiring land or rights-ofway in land for economic development projects in the City, including blight reduction along the Liberty Street Corridor, constructing improvements on such land to facilitate its use for economic development purposes or making grants or loans to small business owners in targeted commercial areas, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds be approved?”

was 47,181. The total number of voters who voted “No” in answer to such question was 33,585. The question in the form submitted was approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of those who voted thereon at said referendum.

Any action or proceeding challenging the regularity or validity of this special bond referendum must be begun within 30 days after January 24, 2019.

City Council of the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The Chronicle January 24, 2018

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: (1) Samantha Bates, Mother of Daniel Bates (2) Daniel Rhynehardt, putative Father of Daniel Bates (3) Unknown and unnamed Father of the minor child Daniel Bates TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of the Juvenile Petition filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services on October 15, 2018 with respect to the above-referenced juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-101(15).

You are required to make a written answer to the Juvenile Petition within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Juvenile Petition within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Juvenile Petition.

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

If you are indigent and not already represented by counsel, you are entitled to appointed counsel and said counsel will be appointed upon your request subject to the Court’s review at the first hearing after this service.

A non-secure custody hearing on the Juvenile Petition is scheduled for 3:15 p.m., on Monday, February 11, 2019 in Courtroom 1-D of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear said case.

An adjudication hearing on the Juvenile Petition is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., on Friday, March 15, 2019 in Courtroom 1-D of the Hall of Justice in WinstonSalem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear said case.

This the 17th day of January, 2019

By: Erica Glass, Assistant County Attorney, Forsyth County Attorney’s Office 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27101 The Chronicle January 24, 31, and February 7, 2019 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Fiduciary of the Estate of Annie C. Dew (19 E 70), also known as Annie Clark Dew, Annie Morris Clark Dew deceased December 2, 2018 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 January 10, 2019 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 January, 2019.

Charles Edward Gray Fiduciary for Annie C. Dew, deceased 3840 Carver School Road Winston-Salem, NC 27105

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housing inspection program; tenant protections to counter dramatic increases in housing costs; lowering the risk of instability, eviction and harassment from landlords; overcrowded housing; living in poor housing and neighborhood conditions; preserving housing at all affordability levels; prioritizing funding for rehabilitation and repair of existing housing stock; creating greater alignment and coordination between local government, health providers, and community-based organizations to address gaps in data.

Shelterforce, an independent nonprofit publication that sometimes challenges those in the community development field, offers a number of solutions aimed at preventing gentrification. in a story titled, ‘”7 Policies that Could Prevent Gentrification,” solutions include: aggressively building middle-income housing; reducing or freezing property taxes to protect long-time residents; and prohibiting large-scale luxury development in at-risk neighborhoods. other solutions are enacting and strengthening rent control laws and developing Community land Trusts.

Those involved with or tracking gentrification assert that community land trusts (ClTs) are a critical element in the palette of options available for cities seeking neighbor-

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hood stability through affordable housing. They say obtaining public land for a land trust is a way to address issues of environmental justice and displacement by creating open spaces, community gardens and much-needed affordable housing. “i think community land trusts have to be the wave of the future,” said dominic moulden, resource organizer of the housing advocacy organization, one d.C. (organizing Neighborhood equity). “Rent spikes are making it so that regular people can’t live in or afford them. With community land trusts, people living in certain areas control public and private land. you can get grants from the government to pay the taxes and local residents control the land.”

“People are doing this around the world – Burlington, Portland, maine, the united Workers in Baltimore, Boston, and the New Columbia land Trust and the 11th Street land Trust here in d.C.” While moulden and david Bowers, a longtime housing advocate, said ClTs are viable and necessary solutions to counter gentrification, Bowers, who has been working with government officials, foundations, developers and others for more than a decade, said he has seen some promising projects from philanthropic organizations, but he still doesn’t see the political will needed by elected officials to confront and significantly address the myriad problems gentrification has wrought. in his many conversations and interactions with government officials, Bowers said the type of movement to

effect real change has been absent.

“We need to stop having million-dollar conversations about billion-dollar problems,” he said. “i haven’t seen a fundamental shift over the last few years. on the government side there is a commitment to hold the line budgetwise. The policy and investment are not there. What we have seen is no sense of urgency by elected officials to solve problems within a defined amount of time and no intentionality.”

But Bowers said there is a significant movement, where people who had not been involved before have stepped up. He cited the case of kaiser Permanente whose officials recently announced plans to invest $200 million to develop affordable housing nationwide.

“They are not a housing group or lender, but they recognize the connection between health and housing,” said Bowers, vice president and Washington impact market leader for enterprise Community Partners, inc. “it’s not just a government thing. Foundations who care about the racial equity gap in terms of health and wellness have an opportunity to have a significant impact on providing affordable housing at a time when housing stocks continue to dwindle.”

Chair volleyball exploding as seniors’ newest sport

This article was produced as a project for the university of Southern California Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship.

By Judie HolComB-PACk THe CHRoNiCle

over 125 seniors came out for the Piedmont Plus Senior Games/SilverArts kickoff on Friday, Jan. 18, at Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center, but the biggest draw was the new sport of chair volleyball.

Teams from the Salvation Army Senior Center, Arbor Acres Retirement Community, and Sims Recreation Center demonstrated the difficulty – and fun – of playing volleyball in a chair using a beach ball.

The main rule is the four legs of the chair and the player’s two feet must remain on the floor at all times. When the game got spirited and competitive, that rule became difficult to keep as players stretched Seniors enjoy a rousing game of chair volleyball at the up or leaned over to toss Community had a similar next week 15 people the ball back over the net. experience. He asked Suzy showed up and it grew Although it seems like it Vaile, Fitness from there. Now they have would be an easy sport, Center/Wellness Arts two nets and about 24 peoplayers quickly worked up director, to “just try it,” ple play every week. Vaile a sweat as they competed and the first week eight or said, “This brings people for bragging rights. ten people showed up. The together who are not usual-

Teams compete during chair volleyball game at Senior Games kickoff on Jan. 18

Robin Pardelia, community outreach liaison for the Salvation Army, said that kelly Stallato, senior programs director, learned about chair volleyball and thought it would be a good addition to the programs at their center. The first game at the center, staff had to play to get enough people to fill two teams. But the word quickly spread and now they have two courts set up and they stay packed. “it’s competitive, but everyone encourages each other and they cheer each other on. it’s great fun!”

Chuck Vestal, who coordinates the Senior Games and organized the kickoff, said that Arbor Acres Retirement

Frann Griffin, Ms. Senior North Carolina, and Sarah Brooks talk with Antonius Skipper, a gerontology professor at WSSU, at the Senior Games kickoff on Jan. 18.

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Senior Games kickoff on Jan. 18. ly together. i had one resi- sporting competitions or dent tell me, ‘i felt good for the SilverArts, which the rest of the day after includes crafts, photograplaying and laughing.’” phy, painting, and literary Vaile said they have one competitions, to pick up resident who is 100 years entry forms, talk with other old and plays, so anybody participants, or learn more if they’re first-timers.

Jessie Garrett, a recreation center director, welcomed participant Ronnie Nations back for the fourth year of competing in track and field events. Nations said, “it is really good camaraderie and a really good time. you feel like you’re a part of something.” ms. Senior North Carolina, Frann Griffin, greeted attendees at the kickoff as part of her ceremonial duties as queen.

Her mother, Sarah Brooks, is a former ms. Senior North Carolina and participates in Senior Games at the age of 91. They encouraged seniors to get

Photo by Jude Holocoomb-Pack

can play this sport.

Vestal said that several other local Senior Games will be including chair volleyball this year, including High Point and Burlington, although it won’t be part of the State Games - yet. it is a cost-effective sport since it only needs a $60 net and a beach ball. Chair volleyball is played on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. at the Salvation Army Center on New Walkertown Road, the 14th Street Rec Center on Wednesdays at 11 a.m., and the William Sims Rec Center on Thursdays at 11 a.m. everyone is invited to come out and play.

The Senior Games kickoff is an opportunity for those interested in participating in either the

Photo by Jude Holocoomb-Pack

involved and stay active.

Vestal says he is excited to see so much interest in chair volleyball and hopes more people will come out to play. “Not only is it fun, it is introducing new people to Senior Games.” To view the rules for chair volleyball or for more information about Senior Games, visit www.WePlay.WS and click on the Seniors’ link.

Volleyball Tournament

There will be a chair volleyball tournament held on Tuesday, Jan. 29, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Salvation Army, 2850 New Walkertown Road.

The tournament is open for adults age 50 or better and teams of six players.

For more information or to register, contact Chuck Vestal at (336) 727-2325.