September 29, 2022

New business aims to help other businesses succeed

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

If you are a young entrepreneur or just looking to get your business off the ground, this is the event for you. Give it to the People® (GITTP) is a new business that is throwing a launch party on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 101 S. Elm St. in Greensboro from 2 to 4 p.m., to introduce themselves to the people of the Triad.

GITTP is owned and operated by Chisa Pennix-Brown and Montro Brown. The Browns are “mental wealth curators” and during the launch party they will elaborate more on the services they provide to help grow your business.

GITTP started as a podcast prior to the COVID-19 pandemic to highlight Black and womenowned businesses, as well as nonprofit organizations. The Browns interviewed owners in their studio, but once the pandemic started they had to shut things down.

“The concept was still there, so we did it live and we did it online for a while, but we knew that at some point in time, once everything cleared back up, that we wanted to be able to reopen a studio, but we also wanted to make it a little more accessible for people,” Pennix-Brown said about the business.

“So, we decided to do some events that were microgatherings and make them where they were small events that were 30 or less people with the idea of keeping it COVID safe, but also the intimacy of just having a small group of people led to

better connections, led to people doing business with each other, and also led to a better sense of community with the people that were involved with the events that we did. So, my husband and I decided to turn it into an actual business last year.

With things returning back to pre-pandemic form, the Browns also chose to open up a studio. The difference with this studio is that they wanted to focus on curated conferences.

“In the new facility, we have our own little studio where people can record their podcasts if they want. They can also

record their content because what we have been seeing is that a lot of people want to do their presentations and they want to have something that looks more professional,” she said about the new space.

“They also want to do things where they are going to teach other people certain skills, or they want to have retreats or they want to have meetings and a lot of people may work from home or may not have somebody to help them with being able to pull off an event like that. We decided that with the curated conference, we would help co-

sponsor all of the events, so this way people get the opportunity to have somebody that’s already in with the marketing, already in the business community, and ready to help them grow with a small audience and they can get bigger later on.”

For the launch party, PennixBrown is hoping that people come out to see what they have to offer to the local business community.

“We are transitioning from one company and going to another and we wanted to make a clear distinction that this is for Give it to the People,” she

continued. “The workshops that we will be putting on focus on mental wealth, which is what we like to call our way of doing things. Basically, the things are getting your mind right and getting your money right.

“Part of the biggest difference with Give it to the People is that we are not only focused on entrepreneurs. We look at the types of events that are constantly offered in other cities, other states or even other countries that are not happening here and our goal is to bring those types of things here to Greensboro. Bringing that and just allowing people to just get into what we are doing and then also see that they can be creative with their own events are the things we want to stress with the launch.”

During the launch, the plan is to have people mix and mingle upon arriving to the space. There will be a ribbon cutting and a tour of the studio. Following the tour, there will be a Q & A session to answer any questions people may have. There will be food and drinks available as well.

“We are not making it so that it’s an all-day thing,” she said about the length of the event. “It’s enough time to mix and mingle, to meet some new people, and find out about our events. And if they want to sign up, we will have specials that day for people that attended.”

For more information about Give it to the People or the launch party, please visit www. GiveItToThePeople.com.

Metropolitan Village will be new home for Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Metropolitan Village, a mixed-use development in the heart of East Winston, took a step closer to becoming reality last week when city officials joined the congregation from United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church (UMMBC) and others with vested interest in the

$65 million project, for a groundbreaking ceremony.

Phase One of the development is expected to be completed in 2024 and to include 325 residential units, as well as retail space, common and private workspaces. Development of the site will be handled by Liberty Atlantic, which is based in Charlotte.

Jaron Norman, CEO of Liberty Atlantic, thanked the staff and congregation of UMMBC for having the vision of a mixed use development.

“I have to start by recognizing the great staff and congregation of United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church,” he continued. “I want to thank the church leadership for the vision and mission necessary to bring so many people together for a common goal. It always starts with a vision and a mission.”

During the groundbreaking ceremony, it was also announced that Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist will also have space in the new development, including the new headquarters for the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, which focuses on interdisciplinary community-engaged research, health education and training, and social justice initiatives.

Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag, chief executive of Baptist, chief academic officer of Atrium, said every community deserves access to the highest quality healthcare and the partnership with UMMBC and Liberty Atlantic is just the start to a healthier, more equitable East Winston.

“We do see our mission to improve health for all come to life through this incredible

partnership,” Freischlag said. “Every community deserves access to the highest quality care and today’s groundbreaking marks just the beginning of a healthier, stronger, more inclusive, and more equitable future for East

Winston-Salem.”

Rev. Alvin T. Armstead, pastor of UMMBC, said,

“We strongly believe that investing in the redevelopment of this area is about so much more than just new buildings

and living spaces and hoping change will come.

“We have an obligation to use this as an opportunity to tangibly improve the mental, physical, spiritual and financial lives of the people in our community.”

Photo by Miles Darden Blu Cherry Photography Chisa Pennix-Brown and Montro Brown are starting a new venture in the Triad area to help business owners.

Photo by Tevin Stinson Local officials turn out for Metropolitan Village groundbreaking.

BY FELECIA PIGGOTT-LONG, PH.D.

Friends, family members and art enthusiasts crowded the Southern Idiom Gallery at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 26, for the opening reception of WaveWorks, featuring interdisciplinary artist Jaeson Pitt. This audiovisual project is an ongoing series of collages and musical compositions associated with his electronic music alias WorldSSS.

“I’ve been working on WaveWorks since 2015. It’s inspired by waves as we know them as a force in

2000, Pitt gained awards and recognition for his natural ability and his desire to be engaged in his craft. His mother, Elaine Pitt, nurtured his talent by exposing him to various art museums, galleries and diverse art practices.

Before he was in high school, he landed a job at the Arts Council of Winston-Salem’s Artiva Program. There Pitt worked with a group of young muralists who painted murals depicting ideas regarding the millennium. He developed more artistic interests when he worked with photographer Michael Cunningham and studied art and design at North Carolina State University,

and art enthusiast, was very impressed with Pitt’s color combinations.

“I appreciate the depths of color. For some reason, I love triangles in art, and I see several triangles among the colorful, clean lines,” Younger said.

Latresha Davis proudly displayed her tennis shoes that Pitt designed. They were black and white

with splashes of colorful vibrations.

“He goes beyond just visual art. He designs lamp shades, pillows, bookbags, luggage, and so many other useful items,” Davis said.

In this project, Pitt seeks to capture the depths of linear waveforms as a two-dimensional vibe. By using traditional art and

design elements, such as line, texture, value, color, shape, and form, and the addition of numbers, Pitt attempts to depict energy as abstracted waves and waveforms that capture light, time, emotions, thought, and experiences, as omnipresent moving and static objects that are constantly in flux.

Pitt’s interdisciplinary

methodology incorporates ideologies for film, fine arts, design, and music making in connection with improvisation, synthesis, composition, arrangement, pitch, timbre, drum programming, layering, layout, rhythm and mathematics.

Pitt can be reached by social media at worldsss on Instagram.

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the ocean. Also frequency and vibrations. Tying in music, spirituality, and energy and bringing life and art together as a force,” Pitt said. “Music is a form of energy that ties in with the art. It eventuates art. Music deals with frequencies and vibrations which I recreate in physical form on paper through WaveWorks!”

Pitt has done several exhibits, but he considers this exhibit at SECCA very special for various reasons.

“I grew up in WinstonSalem, and it has always been a dream of mine to be showcased at SECCA,” Pitt said. “Being featured as a fine arts artist is confirmation that I’m on my purpose, and hard work and dedication does eventually pay off.”

Pitt, known to family and friends as “Jae,” has been working as an artist throughout his life. Now 40 years old, Pitt began his art journey with drawing for long hours in his bedroom or at his parent’s business after school. At first, his major goal was to master comics, pop culture icons and sports heroes. Later, he dallied with painting and making ceramics, playing with the potentials of fiber and learning dark-room photography from local art spots like the Sawtooth Center in downtown Winston-Salem.

Having attended Moore Alternative School, Summit School, and R. J. Reynolds High School, where he graduated in

where he specialized in textile design through a new honors program named for Annie Albers, renowned textile artist.

When he returned to Winston-Salem, he worked at the family business, The Chronicle, with graphic design, layout, advertising, photography, editing, and writing. He enrolled at Winston-Salem State University to focus on a degree in computer arts and taught visual art at a charter school and a public school. These experiences prepared him for his current exhibition.

This collection comes from his art and design studio label, WorldSpectacular. The mediums Pitt employs for this exhibition include collaged works on paper, audio recordings which comprise an aural and visual abstraction, or portrayal of the artist’s interpretations of energy > frequencies > vibrations > sound > and music.

His father, Ernie Pitt, was fascinated when he discovered that Jaeson was using newsprint as a major medium in this exhibit.

“I kept looking at the colored paper that the art was contrasting with. The unique color of the paper let me know that Jaeson was using newsprint for his foundation. As a newspaper publisher for so many years, I was very impressed with his selection of materials,” Ernie Pitt said.

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Hear Her campaign addresses health inequities among pregnant and postpartum people

BY WANDA BARFIELD, MD, MPH, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, CDC

Valencia, one of the women featured in the Hear Her campaign, talked about her experience with a pregnancy-related complication. During her first pregnancy, Valencia struggled with headaches and dizziness. When she reported worsening symptoms, she felt like no one took her seriously. “I didn’t know who to talk to and wasn’t sure how to speak up for myself,” she recalled. It was her primary care provider who finally helped her get the care she needed.

Valencia is among the many people who face serious health complications during and after pregnancy. CDC launched Hear Her to raise awareness of the potentially life-threatening warning signs during and in the year after pregnancy.

Too many people die from pregnancy-related complications each year. Tragically, four in five of these deaths could be prevented. There are considerable racial disparities when it comes to pregnancy-related deaths. Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women are two to three times more likely to die of pregnancyrelated causes than white women.

A number of factors contribute to the maternal mortality rate among Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women. Structural racism and implicit bias can play a role in the disparity. For example, delayed prenatal care initiation is associated with personal experiences of bias and racism. Protective factors also do not seem to convey the same risk reduction for some minority populations. We see persistent disparities in maternal mortality, regardless of educational attainment. In addition, access to quality care can be an issue. For example, it has been found that hospitals that disproportionately cared for Black women at delivery had increased poor outcomes for both Black and white women in those hospitals.

To address racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality, CDC supports the work of Maternal Mortality Review Committees around the country to get quality data about the circumstances surrounding a pregnancyrelated death, including the documentation of bias, discrimination, and racism. These data are used by committees to make recommendations to prevent future pregnancy-related deaths and are also used by CDC to better understand maternal mortality across the nation.

A better understanding of pregnancy-related deaths can lead to identifying the initiatives that will have the most impact. Standardized quality care can ensure the right care in the right places at the right time for women. And high-quality care doesn’t end at delivery. It should extend into the postpartum period up to a year after delivery, when about a third of pregnancy-related deaths occur.

Many pregnant and postpartum people may feel ignored or dismissed when sharing their concerns, which may make them hesitant to ask questions or speak up. Not fully listening may cause healthcare providers to miss warning signs that require urgent care. Hear Her encourages partners, friends, family, and healthcare professionals to really listen when a person says something doesn’t feel right. Acting quickly could save their life.

For more information, visit cdc.gov/HearHer.

Wanda Barfield, MD, MPH, FAAP, is the Director of the Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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The cruelty of exploiting vulnerable people for political advantage

Ben Jealous Guest Columnist

There is always a new low for Trump Republicans. And that is pretty frightening.

Take the latest exercise in lawlessness, dishonesty, and cruelty from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. He chartered a plane to send dozens of mostly Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, an island community off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. He clearly was gleeful about the idea of sticking it to liberals and gloating about it on rightwing media.

It wasn’t even an original idea. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had already been putting migrants on buses to cities like Washington, D.C., where they have been dropped off in front of Fox News and outside the Vice President’s residence - a giveaway that the purpose is publicity.

The news of the DeSantis flight made it clear that he was exploiting vulnerable people for his own political advantage. And the more we learn, the worse it gets.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of people deceived into taking the flight says the migrants were approached in San Antonio by people pretending to offer humanitarian assistance.

They were promised that jobs, housing, and other assistance were waiting for them if they were willing to get on a plane.

None of it was true. These vulnerable people were reportedly told lies about where they were going, and given brochures with false information about help that would be waiting for them. Even worse, they may have unknowingly threatened their asylum claims by making it likely that they would miss court appointments scheduled far from where they had been flown.

DeSantis and his henchmen hadn’t contacted government officials or nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts. It was a photo op. It was definitely political. And it was possibly illegal. The sheriff in Bexar County, Texas, has opened a criminal investigation into the false pretenses under which people were lured onto the planes. A lawsuit has been filed on the migrants’ behalf.

White House Press Secretary Karine JeanPierre slammed DeSantis for “alerting Fox News and not city or state officials about a plan to abandon children fleeing communism,” calling it “a cruel, premeditated political stunt.”

Of course, it’s not the first time that dishonorable politicians have exploited vulnerable people. In fact, racist white Southerners who were resisting segregation in the early 1960s did almost the same

thing to Black Americans 60 years ago.

The Washington Post recently highlighted that history. A group of segregationists organized “Reverse Freedom Rides” in 1962 as retaliation for the Freedom Rides that carried civil rights activists throughout the South in 1961. According to the Post, “The plot was organized by white supremacist Citizens’ Councils in Arkansas, who bought radio ads and made fliers advertising the ‘opportunity’ to African Americans.” One Arkansas woman and nine of her children were dropped off on Cape Cod near the Kennedy family’s compound because she had been falsely told that Kennedy was going to greet them.

Sounds awfully familiar, doesn’t it?

Last year, journalist Adam Serwer published a book called “The Cruelty is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America.” Serwer has made the point that Trump is a symptom, not the cause, of a cruel streak in American politics.

There is a long history of backlash against progress, going back to the postReconstruction period in which white supremacists used violence to reverse the enfranchisement of Black people.

DeSantis’s scheme to deceive, manipulate, and harm vulnerable people seeking asylum in our country is evidence that the cruelty wielded by Trump and embraced by

so many of his followers will continue to poison our politics if Trump or DeSantis or someone of their ilk is the Republican presidential nominee in 2024.

Recognizing this truth is important to understanding the work we have ahead of us. We must also recognize that the cruelty in our past and our present is not our whole story.

Our story also includes good people in Hyannis in the 1960s and in Martha’s Vineyard this year who responded by mobilizing to welcome and support the arrivals. It includes the people of all colors and faiths who have repeatedly built movements to expand civil rights and promote human dignity, and who have given their time and treasure to elect political leaders who appeal to our national ideals rather than trash them.

We should be outraged at the cruelty displayed by some of our leaders. Let us also be motivated, and optimistic, that we can outorganize and overcome them.

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. A New York Times best-selling author, his next book, “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free,” will be published by Harper Collins in December 2022.

Arrogance, self-adulation have backed the former president into a corner; optics don’t look good

or maybe I should say the quest for it, have caused him problems galore.

The political landscape is ripe for comment and critique. Almost every day, something happens to make you pause and wonder if it will ever stop.

It is my thinking that these rumblings will always be with us.

One of the political occurrences that keeps on giving is what is happening with the former president of the United States of America. If it’s not one thing, it’s another with him.

His ascent to the presidency has only brought more attention to his checkered past and now his questionable future. Money and power,

Like many in America, Mr. Trump is in the 4th quarter of his life and the two-minute warning is approaching. I just wonder how he sleeps at night given what is hanging over his head. I listened to him on Fox News recently and he’s in a totally different reality. Contrary to popular opinion, he believes he is above the law. Donald Trump thinks that the rule of law does not apply to him.

The State of New York has come after him. New York State Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and the Trump Organization for financial fraud. They inflated their profits to gain certain economic advantages and benefits. It appears that he wasn’t as rich as he said he was.

Attorney General James said, “The statements of financial condition were greatly exaggerated, grossly inflated, objectively false and therefore fraudulent and illegal.”

She added, “And as a result of that, we are seeking relief, and Mr. Trump, the Trump Organization, his family, they should all be held accountable.”

Will this result in the former president being convicted and going to prison?

Carl Tobias, law professor at the University of Richmond said, “Even for Trump, people don’t like him, but do they want to put him away? What kind of punishment would be appropriate? So, it’s just all around more difficult.”

Can we imagine Mr. Trump spending time in a federal prison and ordering a diet soda from his room?

That is almost laughable and full of satire. Because he is self-serving and a narcissist, there are people who want to see him do some time.

He has hired lawyers to defend his positions which many believe are frail and puny. Will he win this court battle? We will just have to wait and see.

On another Trumpinfused problem, the classified documents taken by him to his home are causing him a problem. Of course, his lawyers are saying that he declassified them but have offered no proof.

Raymond Dearie, senior federal judge said, “My view of it is you can’t have your cake and eat it. I can’t allow litigation strategy to dictate the outcome of my recommendations to Judge Cannon.”

Aileen Cannon is the U.S. District Court judge

who chose Judge Dearie as the special master.

In my opinion, the former president believes that because he lies, that he can get his lawyers to do the same. Not so.

The lawyers representing him will not perjure themselves. That would result in them losing their license to practice law.

The Department of Justice is continuing its probe of what many believe was an illegal activity.

Mr. Trump is tied up and tangled up and the truth is not in him. His troubles are going downhill faster than a skier.

Don’t forget the January 6th hearings which will resume in the coming weeks. It is widely speculated that the former president is the reason for the attack on the Capitol.

It is my thinking that Mr. Trump has hit a ground zero political trifecta.

His money is wrong, his

Casting a discerning eye on political theater

Andrew Moss Guest Columnist

The term “political theater” has taken on some pointedly negative connotations in recent days. When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis flew two planeloads of migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 14, critics condemned the action as “political theater.”

When a group of Venezuelan migrants flown to the island filed a class-action lawsuit against the governor and Florida’s transportation secretary, claiming that they were misled and that their rights were violated, Mr. DeSantis lashed back, calling the lawsuit an act of “political theater.”

By itself, the term “political theater” carries no moral valence. Whatever valence it does carry derives from a performance’s adherence to truthfulness and from the alignment of its messaging with the methods used to put it together. When acts of nonviolent civil disobedience incorporate dramatic dimensions (actors, scenes, conflict, audience) to communicate political messages, they can certainly be considered as forms of political theater.

M.K. Gandhi’s 1930 salt march,

for example, which dramatized the oppression of British colonial rule and the particular injustice of the British salt tax, has been cited as a superb example of political drama in which symbolic action inspired nationwide resistance and, later, nonviolent actions undertaken in countless venues around the world.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. understood well the power of dramatic action. Writing from a Birmingham jail cell in 1963, he explained that the goal of the Birmingham demonstrations was “to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.” The key word here, of course, is “dramatize.”

Forty-seven years after Dr. King wrote his jail-cell letter, five young immigrants, three of whom were undocumented, sat down in May 2010, in the Tucson offices of Senator John McCain to demand that he renew his support for legislation that would provide a pathway to citizenship. (McCain had turned his back on the bill, the Dream Act, while engaging in a primary election battle with an immigration hardliner). Dressed in high school graduation caps and gowns, the protestors risked arrest and, for the three undocumented individuals involved, possible deportation. Ultimately, no immigration agents showed up to apprehend them.

The young immigrants’ action was clear political theater. Wearing caps and gowns to symbolize the reality that

America is their home, they dramatized the fact that they were raised and schooled here. By virtue of the risks they took, they showed that they were now “undocumented and unafraid” to confront the shameful truth of the nation’s unjust treatment. They had been denied such basic rights as drivers’ licenses, work permits, and college scholarships – and the opportunities granted to their American-born peers and classmates – to develop themselves fully as contributing members of their communities.

In other actions, including a 1500mile, four-month “walk of dreams” from Miami to Washington, D.C., “comingout” ceremonies inspired by LGBTQ protests, and additional sit-ins with caps and gowns, young and undocumented immigrants maintained a clear alignment between their messaging and the methods they used to organize and broadcast it. They didn’t coerce or deceive others in order to recruit participants. Young people joined the movement of their own volition, demonstrating courage in risking possible deportation and separation from loved ones and their communities.

When the Dream Act was narrowly defeated in the Senate in December 2010, the organizers of the movement pivoted and began applying pressure on President Barack Obama to assume the initiative.

For a week in June 2012, for example, two protesters were able to shut down his Denver campaign offices with a hunger strike.

The pressure paid off, and President Obama soon created DACA (Deferred

judgment is wrong, and his tampering is wrong.

Do you remember the television show, Cops?

The theme song was “Bad Boys” written by Ian Lewis. Some of the lyrics were, “Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Watcha gonna do when they come for you.”

Is that a fitting song for what is happening now?

James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D., is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University, where he was all-conference for four years. He is a retired college administrator. He can be reached at overtimefergie.2020@ yahoo.com.

Action for Childhood Arrivals) by executive action. Though the program did not offer a path to citizenship and has subsequently been buffeted by political winds, it has nevertheless provided temporary protections from deportation for hundreds of thousands of young people brought here as children – allowing them to work, get college scholarships, pursue professional careers, and open businesses.

This is political theater in action. When you contrast it with the internal deportation that Mr. DeSantis engineered, you see the latter’s corruption in clearer, colder terms. It’s not simply a matter of the deception foisted on the migrants (they had no idea they were being sent to Martha’s Vineyard); it’s also a matter of the fundamental falsehood underlying the drama: the idea that immigrants constitute a threat to America, not a human resource needed now more than ever.

This is not to say that political and economic upheaval around the world, along with climate change, aren’t creating enormous pressures on the border. But it’s one thing to engage in responsible political discourse about a global problem affecting us, another to score points in a shabby excuse for a political drama.

Andrew Moss, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is an emeritus professor (English, Nonviolence Studies) at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Taking aim at the Second Amendment

Dr. Tom H. Hastings Guest

It is long past time to repeal the Second Amendment.

Why?

To strengthen democracy. Without the Second Amendment, wrote Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, states and towns would be free to pass their own gun laws that wouldn’t be overturned again and again by courts citing either the Second Amendment or other precedent reliant on the Second Amendment.

To save lives. Already in 2022, as of September 25, there have been 32,643 gun deaths in America from a variety of causes, including murder, homicide, accidents, and suicides. Many of these deaths

were in places that attempted strict gun control, including a ban on assault rifles, but were successfully sued by the NRA or other gun rights groups and their local or state laws vacated by rulings prompted by the Second Amendment.

To become a civilized country. Civilized countries enact laws that actually protect their children. Unlike every single other developed or large country in the entire world, the number one cause of death for children in the U.S. is firearms. If this works for some states, let them remain the Wild West gun toting free-forall that the Second Amendment has produced. If other states or counties or cities wish to join the civilized world, take away the Second Amendment and give them the chance to do so.

To prevent Civil War 2.0. With approximately 400 million guns floating around U.S. society and an armed MAGA-

driven polarization met by an increasingly armed leftist radical wing, along with evermore virulent rhetoric and escalating numbers walking around opencarrying war weaponry in public, half of America believes that civil war is coming. Tossing out the Second Amendment would free legislatures and city councils to begin seriously ending such belligerent displays of combat weapons. Curbing gun sales in all the places that voted to do so would begin to dial down at least some of the terrible tension flaring up by the Oathkeepers and others who have called for civil war.

To give all American children a far more secure and relaxed childhood. With the many school shootings at virtually all grade levels, kids and parents are nearly as anxious every day about the dire possibilities in their own lives as kids are in countries at war. After the entirely preventable

mass slaughter in the high school in Parkland, Florida, a Pew Research survey showed the majority of children 13-17 and their parents feared that catastrophe might come to them. Now, post-Sandy Hook elementary and Robb elementary school shootings in Uvalde, Texas, we can expect younger children and their families to suffer similar or worse daily anxieties.

To stop treating America as a war zone. Repealing the Second Amendment would enable legislation to ban weapons of war, such as assault rifles, from the country. A combat weapon is not a hunting instrument and it’s not for home protection. Americans cannot own howitzers, shoulderlaunched missiles, or live grenades, all of which are designed and manufactured for militaries at war or ready for war. Assault rifles radically increase the masses of dead and wounded

in the worst cases. But they were purchased legally by many of the mass murderers from Las Vegas to Sandy Hook to Uvalde to Parkland and on and on. The war and peace researchers call any armed conflict with more than 1,000 battlefield deaths in a year a war, and more than 10,000 battlefield deaths in a year as a major war. The U.S. is by that standard already at war with itself, just not in an organized fashion. Getting organized to repeal the Second Amendment can reverse this.

It’s time. Let’s fix this. America prides itself on being a “can-do” people. We can do this.

Dr. Tom H. Hastings is Coördinator of Conflict Resolution BA/BS degree programs and certificates at Portland State University, PeaceVoice senior editor, and on occasion an expert witness for the defense of civil resisters in court.

band Con Funk Shun is bringing their Love’s Train for WSSU Homecoming

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

“Get ready WinstonSalem! The Love’s Train is coming this Friday night and you can’t escape it,” joked Michael Cooper. He’s one of the lead vocalists and also plays the rhythm guitar for one of the funkiest bands of the ‘70s and ‘80s - Con Funk Shun! The legendary Funksters scored a string of top ten hits, including their 1978 #1 smash “Ffun.” Con Funk Shun will join supergroup En Vogue, along with hip-hop legend Doug E. Fresh for The Ramily Diva/Funk Takeover Official Alumni Celebration.

Winston-Salem State University Homecoming is going to be lit this Friday, Sept. 30, at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The concert kicks off at 8 p.m. I’ve seen Con Funk Shun in the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and even six years ago with my good friend Phil Allen of WSNC, 90.5 FM. Their choreography, musicianship, vocals and stage show are still exciting and energetic. They haven’t missed a beat. They had Phil and I partying like we were still teenagers.

Con Funk Shun had the sold-out crowd singing and partying nonstop for nearly 90 minutes. When Michael Cooper said goodnight, they left the stage and then the thunderous chant began. “We want more! We want more! We want more!” We did that for

about five minutes and then the band smoothly walked back onto the stage in their cold-blooded all white suits and then went into their smash dance hits “Got to be Enough” and “Chase Me.” The crowd lost it! Lead vocalist Felton Pilate and Karl Fuller began playing their signature number one hit “Ffun” and the excited 40-year-old and up fans rushed to the stage and started getting down.

After Con Funk Shun left the stage, the crowd continued singing “Fun, Fun, Fun,” until the house lights came on and we were asked to exit by security.

Now it’s 2022 and they’re hotter than ever.

I asked Michael Cooper what we should expect

this Friday night at The Ramily Diva/Funk Takeover Official Alumni Celebration. “To be run over by a freight train. They will hear a train whistle and when they hear that whistle, it’ll be too late. You can’t get outta the way. When we hit the stage, the first thing everybody will hear is this giant diesel horn.” His sense of humor kicked in.

In his deep Barry White voice, he said, “You will hear a voice that will sound like the man is 100 feet tall, saying, ‘Excuse me, can I have your attention?

I will be your conductor of funk and the train is approaching. Not just any train, but the Love’s Train.’”

When Cooper shared

the show’s song lineup, I hollered, “Coop! Are you for real?” He replied, “Busta, we’re bringing the funk and giving the people a show like never before. We’re doing all of our hits. We’re doing everything.”

I asked the husband, father, and grandfather what is the magic that keeps their stage show exciting and energetic since 1976. “Good wives that are very supportive. I wake up every morning looking for new ways to make my wife happy.”

He and his wife Marion have been married for 36 years, with four children and seven grandchildren. He added, “Felton, Karl and I love making people laugh, cry with joy, and

feel good. We eat healthy and stay away from drugs.

You don’t need to be high to give a great show,” said Cooper. He said they owe it to the people to give them an amazing show.

I asked how they create such a funky, jazzy and yet soft rock sound. “I come from a rough part of town and Felton grew up listening to rock bands like Blood Sweat and Tears. I had the rough edge and Felton added the pop element,” he said.

Felton and Michael are not only the lead vocalists, but they also wrote most of the hits, so their paycheck was much larger than the other band members.

That caused the Vallejo, California-based band to

become funky with one another, meaning a bad funky. The arguments became more and more overwhelming, which caused a physical and nasty altercation between two of the original members. In 1986, Con Funk Shun disbanded. Felton Pilate became a successful producer and songwriter for M.C. Hammer, and Michael Cooper had a good run as a solo artist with three hit albums.

In 1993, Cooper’s manager called with some great news. “He said I have a $25,000 concert you can play on New Year’s Eve, but you gotta play it as Con Funk Shun. I called Felton, Karl and Maceo and that’s all I needed. And I restarted Con Funk Shun and we haven’t stopped since,” said an excited and pumped up Michael Cooper.

You have a chance to get on The Love’s Train this Friday, Sept. 30, at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The concert kicks off at 8 p.m. with Con Funk Shun, En Vogue, and Doug E. Fresh.

It’s The Ramily Diva/Funk Takeover Official Alumni Celebration. This is one of many stops for the Love’s Train Reboarded 40th Anniversary Tour.

For more info and tickets, call the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 888-7583322. Busta’s Band of the Week is the legendary Con Funk Shun.

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Michael Cooper, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and founding member of Con Funk Shun.

Carolina Classic to feature grounds attractions and foods

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The Carolina Classic Fair, which takes place in Winston-Salem Sept. 30 through Oct. 9, will showcase a number of new grounds attractions and food vendors for 2022. In addition, the upcoming Carolina Classic Fair will include an expanded AMB Beer Garden area and will debut Carolina Classic Hard Cider.

Grounds Attractions:

*Prehistoric

to families. The museum gives a great opportunity to see a mixture of fossils and skeletons up-close and also includes kids exploring nature with our bug specimen microscope.

The museum offers historical facts, pictures, large and small fossils, and multimedia. Kids are encouraged to touch and explore the world of natural history and science.

*Scales Tails and Teeth (alligator wrestling and reptile walk-thru)

Location: Near the Northwest gate area (Main

taught to our wrestlers by mentors of theirs when they were young. We will demonstrate how we catch alligators without any assistance like we did on Gator Boys. In addition, we will show various stunts that made alligator wrestling famous. These shows are entertaining, fun, exciting, and educational.

*Cowboy Circus with Danny Grant

Location: In front of cattle barn

In the “World’s Smallest Rodeo,” Danny

*Prehistoric dinosaur adventures bring together a unique mobile prehistoric walk-thru dinosaur museum and thrilling up-close encounter with The King of Dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Rex. Families are amazed and thrilled as they interact with a life-size dinosaur and his handler Jim “The Dino Guy.” Kids take part in the exciting Dino Kids Challenge games located outside in front of the museum. Families are welcome to take photos of their kiddos with our outdoors dinosaur theme cutout standup. We are available to special needs groups, elementary school kids’ field trips on the fair’s designated “kids’ day” programs, which include some extra fun stuff. The Prehistoric Dinosaur Fossil Museum is open all day

entrance)

The alligator demonstration is unique due to the popularity of Jimmy Riffle of the Gator Boys, who will be at the Carolina Classic Fair.

Jimmy Riffle was one of the two main characters on the show and is known to draw fans in from hours away. In addition to wrestling and the walkthru, Jimmy is available for meet and greets throughout the day. During the meet and greet, fans are able to ask questions and take pictures with Jimmy and the crew. We bring our traveling Reptile Walk-Thru Experience to your fair, festival, or other events. We feature a variety of exotic animals, as well as some animals native to Florida.

A knowledgeable crew member will be on-site to answer any questions and/ or take photos if requested.

Our alligator wrestling show is based on the techniques and methods

Grant makes his audiences feel like they’re the “Stars Of The Rodeo” including audience participation, cowboy and circus tricks, horses, bulls and clowns, music comedy and more. Danny’s stage show combines cowboy tricks and circus stunts, audience participation, comedy, music and more, to create the most energetic family show you’ve ever seen. Danny’s Strolling Show travels across the fairgrounds with his stagecoach and steers teaching fairgoers how to lasso a bull, spin a trick rope, crack a bullwhip and get lots of picture memories!

*Tanzanite African Acrobats/Zuzu Acrobats

Location: Show performance will be located in the Fairgrounds Market Place

A unique cultural experience from Africa.

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Location: Fairgrounds Market Place (Annex) –Museum; Strolling various times throughout the day with the mobile T-Rex

Sheriff’s program helps clients gain economic mobility

BY JOHN RAILEY

A program that Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough launched is helping its clients start their first steps toward upward economic mobility. “It was very helpful, it’s been a blessing to me,” said Robert Hinton, 58, who found a service industry job through the program.

The program, housed on the second floor of the Forsyth County Government Building next to the Register of Deeds Office, is Community Court Services. It has, according to its operators, quietly helped more than 200 clients secure jobs in the last three years. Many of the clients are released offenders and people otherwise involved in the court system. The program helps them overcome hurdles posed by WinstonSalem’s poor system of public transportation. The program aligns with the work of Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM), which has bedrock research into released offenders and public transportation.

At a panel with CSEM in June, Kimbrough said that people have to see a pathway to better futures. “It’s not rocket science,” he said. “Social issues not addressed become criminal issues.”

Susan Frye, a former Forsyth Clerk of Court who works with the sheriff’s office, said, “The reason the sheriff is so supportive of this program is to help people not to enter the judicial system or the Detention Center.”

That’s right and practical, saving human and financial costs.

Cpl. Kichas Adams

and Officer Steven Bennett lead the program, which charges no fees for its services. Walk-ins are welcome. The officers serve as much-needed navigators, guiding their clients to organizations that can help them, including the CARes Project, which helps clients buy cars at low costs.

“This is the best program I’ve ever dealt with,” said a released offender who gained a job through the program.

The office was once called the day reporting center for defendants referred for probation, child-support and other issues. Sheriff Kimbrough made the office more holistic in its outreach.

It helps its clients with temporary jobs and fulltime ones at businesses, including factories. A

few of the factories have provided shuttle services to their work, a muchneeded option that more businesses should emulate.

Bennett, a veteran, guides clients who are veterans with their issues through various agencies that can help.

Adams added:

“Sometimes parents bring teenagers in to get part time jobs after work. If we have clients that come in who don’t have their high school diploma, we partner with Forsyth Tech, which offers GEDs.”

Adams said: “We’re the behind-the-scenes type of help. I’ve always wanted to give back.”

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

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Cpl. Kichas Adams and Officer Steven Bennett in their Community Court Services office.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist becomes exclusive medical partner of Metropolitan Village Development in East Winston-Salem

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist was announced as the exclusive medical partner of the new Metropolitan Village mixed-use redevelopment effort in East Winston-Salem during a groundbreaking for the new development.

As part of the partnership, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist will partner with community leaders and Liberty Atlantic Development Partners to program 8,000 square feet of community wellness space.

In addition to space for health and wellness coaching and nurse navigators who can work directly with residents on their goals and needs, the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity will relocate their headquarters to the space to establish a health equity center in the heart of East WinstonSalem.

Metropolitan Village is an “equitable redevelopment” effort announced by United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church (UMMBC) in March of this year and includes numerous initiatives to help improve the lives of its residents. The $65 million mixeduse, mixed-income effort sits east of U.S. Highway 52 adjacent to UMMBC and will include 324 residential units. The effort is in line with the existing East End Master Plan, which has been spearheaded by the S.G. Atkins Community Development Corporation in partnership with the City of Winston-Salem.

Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag, CEO of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and chief academic officer

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of Atrium Health, was on hand to participate in the groundbreaking in celebration with community leaders from across the city.

“Every community matters,” Freischlag said. “Every community deserves access to the highest quality health care. Through research, health education and training, health promotion and literacy, and social justice programs, Metropolitan Village can become a place where we all work to reduce health disparities and improve the quality of life. We are honored to have been entrusted with this unique opportunity.”

The Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity is an institutionally sponsored center of Wake Forest University School of Medicine that promotes health equity through interdisciplinary community-engaged research, health education and training, health promotion and literacy and social justice initiatives.

“The Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity is committed to reaching communities where they are. This is accomplished by cultivating trusting relationships with families and individuals who call East Winston-Salem home,” said Goldie S. Byrd, professor of public health sciences and director of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. “An important part of building trust is becoming a part of the community we seek to serve and is why we are looking forward to moving into our new home in Metropolitan Village. Our goal is to leverage this opportunity to empower and serve this very important community by first understanding its needs and priorities and

High energy acrobatics mingled with live music and dance. Witness spectacular choreographed routines involving fast pyramid building, limbo, contortion, bottle balancing, chair stacks and hand balancing all set to African beats.

*New food vendors and AMB Beer Garden:

The popular Appalachian Mountain Brewery Beer Garden returns to the Carolina Classic this year and will feature a range of hoppy beverages from the Boone brewer. In addition to the company’s Lager, Boone Creek Blonde, Low and Hazy IPA, Hop Rain Drop and Long Leaf Pale Ale beers, guests to the beer garden will find the newly branded Carolina Classic Fair Hard Cider where “every sip is like a trip to the fair.”

The AMB Beer Garden will feature special food contests, Moos & Brews ($30 includes a beer, swag bag, and a behind the scenes tour of the dairy and beef competitions including milking demonstrations, cow judging and more), and axe throwing. October 6 is Thirsty

working collaboratively to achieve health equity.”

For the last several years Innovation Quarteran initiative of the School of Medicine - has provided the spaces and resources required to support research and development for the project.

The partnership has led to key advancements in making health-related services more affordable and accessible in underserved communities.

The Innovation Quarter was recognized last year by the Global Institute on Innovation Districts as a “Best Practice in Creating Integrated Spaces” for its approach to strategic placemaking and building a vibrant community.

“One of our most important goals for Innovation Quarter is to support and encourage inclusive and equitable community development in Winston-Salem and most especially in our surrounding neighborhoods,” said Terry L. Hales, Jr., senior vice president and executive vice chief academic officer for Wake Forest University School of Medicine. “A strong Metropolitan Village makes for a stronger Innovation Quarter by improving the mental, physical, spiritual and financial well-being of its residents, resulting in a stronger workforce.”

The investment in East Winston-Salem is another step in Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s ongoing commitment to lasting community engagement in the communities it serves, including unreimbursed care, charity care, education and research funding, community health initiatives and subsidized operations for Downtown Health Plaza, as well as Bethesda and Southside health clinics.

Thursday featuring live music from Presley Barker at the AMB Beer Garden with $5 admission with a college ID. The AMB Beer Garden also will hold Wake Forest football watch parties on Saturday, Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct. 8.

Advance discounted admission tickets and Strates Ride vouchers to the Carolina Classic Fair are available through Ticketmaster, the Fair’s website at CarolinaClassicFair.com, the Fairgrounds’ Box Office located in the Annex (414 Deacon Blvd., Monday–Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and at the new Hanes Mall store location. The Carolina Classic Fairground Box Office will offer extended hours the week of Sept. 26 (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) leading up to the Fair opening day. All online advance ticket sales will end at midnight on Sept. 29.

Online sales will be promoted via the Fair’s social media links on Facebook, TikTok, Twitter @ CClassicFair and Instagram. Advance Tickets can be purchased with no convenience charges at the Fairgrounds Box Office.

In addition, the new strategic combination with Atrium Health will continue to invest in new facilities and help expand educational programs, biomedical research, clinical trials and lifesaving treatments to help improve the health of the community and make healthcare more accessible and affordable for all.

Timothy Ramsey Sports Columnist

Another bigot gets exposed in the NBA

Phoenix Suns and Mercury majority owner Robert Sarver recently announced he is planning to sell the two franchises following racist and misogyny allegations.

Sarver has owned the Suns for 18 years, but after the allegations, suspension and fine, the writing was on the wall that he would either decide to sell the team or be forced to do so.

Sarver is the third owner in less than a decade who has sold their team following racially insensitive incidents. After players and fans showed their displeasure for the punishment against Sarver, which was a oneyear suspension and a $10 million fine, a harsher punishment was being pushed. I guess Sarver wanted to beat them to the punch.

“As a man of faith, I believe in atonement and the path to forgiveness,” Sarver said in a statement. “I expected that the commissioner’s one-year suspension would provide the time for me to focus, make amends and remove my personal controversy from the teams that I and so many fans love.

“But in our current unforgiving climate, it has become painfully clear that that is no longer possible – that whatever good I have done, or could still do, is outweighed by things I have said in the past. For those reasons, I am beginning the process of seeking buyers for the Suns and Mercury.”

There was an ESPN report that surfaced which led to the 10-month investigation into rumors that Sarver created a “toxic” work environment within the Suns’ organization. The findings of the investigation revealed that Sarver used the N-word multiple times and made inappropriate comments toward women.

“Words that I deeply regret now overshadow nearly two decades of building organizations that brought people together – and strengthened the Phoenix area –through the unifying power of professional men’s and women’s basketball,” Sarver said in the statement about his comments.

I am sorry, but I don’t believe any part of that apology by Sarver, even though the investigation determined that none of Sarver’s behavior was “motivated by racial or gender-based animus.”

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Carlton returns to play in hometown with new team

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

After a stellar four-year career at Wingate University, Jesiah Carlton had a decision to make for his last year of eligibility. Was he going to attend a school that would allow him more exposure for scouts on the next level, or choose a school that would allow him to play football, while also focusing on his post-football career? He chose the latter.

Out of his many choices, Carlton chose to play his final year of football with the Clemson Tigers and last week he traveled with the team to his hometown of Winston-Salem to play the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

“It feels amazing. I have always grown up watching Wake, since it’s right down the road from where I live and grew up at,” said Carlton. “I’ve seen Clemson come to Wake and play many times, so I have always had a sentimental value to this game. But now that I am actually a Tiger, it’s a little bit different, just for the fact that I am on the field and getting to see a different side of it.

“I’ll be in the locker room, warming up on the game field, instead of being in the stands trying to cheer somebody on. I am grateful for the opportunity to be

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Carlton chose Clemson over several other schools because of the opportunities they presented off of the football field.

back and playing in front of some of my friends and family that are from here and just the opportunity to be here.”

After looking at the schedule,

Carlton was excited to see the game against Wake would be a home game, which would give him the chance to catch up with loved ones in the city.

“We have been preparing to actually hit conference for the past couple of weeks but once I saw we were going to be at home, it kind of gave me a little more excitement to know that I’ll be able to see my friends and family and they will be able to see me because it’s kind of a far drive from where we are from to make it down to Clemson,” he said.

“Just being able to see friends, family and even people from high school hit me up saying they would be at the game, so being able to see them and try to perform in front of them is just a great experience for me.”

Carlton’s experience with Clemson is exactly what he wanted out of his last year playing college football. He had other places he could have attended that would have provided him more playing time, or even a starting position, however, he felt Clemson would be the best choice for him on and off the field.

“I had a couple of schools that I could have went to, that I knew for a fact that I would be playing, maybe even starting to try and get as much film as I could to try and get into the league,” he said about his choice. “With those schools, it would be more of a thing where

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just be strictly focused on football and that would be my Plan A and I really wouldn’t have like a great backup plan as far as getting a job after football.

coming here, they have programs that would allow us to explore our career options post football. And even if I got on the football field, you’re in front of some of the greatest coaches every day and we got NFL scouts coming in. If I actually got the chance to actually step on the field, if I perform the way I know I can, then I’ll be able to get a chance at the NFL. So, it’s kind of more of a thing of just giving myself better options for post football because I know even if you make it to the NFL, it doesn’t last long. I was just focused on having as many options as I needed to have.”

Coming from a Division II school in Wingate, to one of the premier programs in college football hasn’t been too much for Carlton. There is a jump in talent level, but Carlton feels he has been up to the task. He says this is what he expected because he is a student of the game and had several friends play on

the DI level.

“The talent level is really different and I always heard the saying that when you get to college it’s not a big difference between the different divisions other than size, training and everything like that but when you really get out there with those guys every day and you’re competing with some of the top guys in the country, you get to see where the difference comes in,” he said about the difference in talent level of DI vs. DII.

Carlton has been longtime friends with fellow Clemson Tiger KJ Henry. Carlton says he spoke with Henry before making his decision and had previous knowledge of Clemson because he would routinely visit Henry while he was attending Wingate.

“Since he got there in 2018, I would always go down and visit him on the weekends to see how everything is down here, so I kind of already knew how they work,” he said.

“You know it’s more to it when you’re actually here every day putting the work in. He kind of gave me the layout but it’s kind of different when you’re doing it yourself.”

Carlton says he has been like a sponge since enrolling at Clemson, picking up all the tricks of the trade the school has to

offer on and off the field.

“I learned what it takes to win,” he said. “They really pour into us about being the best version of ourselves and just being world class men and leaders. Listening to Dabo Sweeney in meetings every day, he has a lot of knowledge that he pours into us and makes sure we comprehend. We also have a staff that’s very well experienced in whatever area we are trying to get into.

“We have a lot of great leaders and mentors that are guiding us to where we want to be. Being there every day with guys that have the same passion that I have to be a great football player, but beyond that, be the best men we could be.

It’s a great situation to be in and I am blessed to be here.”

The path to get to this point has not been an easy one Carlton says. Being a transfer DII walk-on and making the travel team wasn’t promised but he made it. He credits his support system of family and close friends that have pushed him to keep going.

He has been playing the middle and weak side linebacker positions and has played some snaps on special teams. He is awaiting his time to get on the field at the linebacker position to show what he can do.

Friday Night Fowler’s Top 15 Triad Area Teams

The Weatherization Assistance Program may be able to help!

are a government funded program that provides help to elderly, disabled, and families with children. The Weatherization Assistance Program assists income-eligible families and individuals by reducing their heating and cooling costs, as well as addressing health and safety issues in their homes through energy-efficiency measures. Weatherization services reduce the amount of energy required to heat and cool homes. You may also qualify for HARRP which is the heating and air repair or replacement program.

Mt. Tabor (5-0)

Reidsville (5-1)

Oak Grove (5-0)

Ledford (5-0)

Eastern Alamance (4-1)

Thomasville (4-1)

Mt. Airy (5-1)

Walkertown (4-1)

Salisbury (5-1)

Dudley (3-2)

Reagan (3-2)

Northern Guilford (3-2)

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Kings Mountain (5-0) 179 40

Tarboro (5-1) 265 105

New Bern (6-0)

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South Point (5-0) 200 54

Hough (4-1)

Seventy-First (5-0)

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Charlotte Catholic (4-1)

Wallace Rose-Hill (5-1)

Cleveland (5-0)

Olympic (5-0)

Lee County (6-0)

Weddington (4-1)

Independence (4-1)

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Compassion toward others

Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Faith Requires Mutual Love

Scriptures: Hebrews 13:1-3, 1Corinthians 13

By the end of this lesson, we will: *Define Christian love and discuss its implications; *Reflect on the ways we experience Christian love in our lives;

*Practice love as it is rooted in our faith in Christ.

Background: Mutual (of a feeling or action) experienced or done by each of two or more parties toward the other or others. Mutual love is what Hebrews 13:1-3 and 1 Corinthians 13 call for. Corinth in our text was a large metropolis with a diverse population. The churches of course reflected that diversity. So understandable, one of the issues stressed in the epistle to the Corinthian church was unity among themselves. Chapter 13 of 1 Corinthians known as the Love chapter, Paul writes to describe a love that was to characterize the Corinthians’ relationships with one another. In his letter Paul describes the hard work of a lifestyle of love. Emphasizing that love requires commitment, sacrifice, and service – actions that benefit both the giver and the receiver. Paul did not command the church to do anything the Lord Jesus had not already done perfectly.

Lesson: A Plea for Brotherly Love (Hebrews 13:13). “Let brotherly love continue” (verse 1). The writer is saying to the believers to keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. “Don’t forget to entertain strangers … some have unwittingly entertained angels” (verse 2). The Greek word translated angels also means “messengers.” The implication is that whether the messenger God sends is supernatural or not, we must show hospitality that may open the door to those who are on a divine mission for our good. “Remember the prisoners … those who are mistreated … “ (verse 3). We are called to care for those who are easy to forget. The prisoner and the persecuted are often forgotten because we focus on our own problems and overlook those who are worse off than us. But the principle of love says we should treat them as if we were chained to them or are suffering along with them.

Love is the Basis of Our Faith (1Corinthians 13:1-3). “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love …” (verse 1). The gift of speaking in tongues is the reference to tongues of angels. But Paul says love is superior to spiritual gifts. Love can make communication purposeful and beneficial to others, without love the gift of tongues, though it be a gift of the Spirit, it is mere noise. “And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith …” (verse 2). Paul recognized that the Corinthians missed the motive and the goal of the gifts making them their own goals. But he points out that the gifts are valueless without love. “And though I bestow all my goods … and I give my body to be burned … “ (verse 3). Paul says that acts of charity and self-sacrifice gain nothing at all, unless they are motivated and controlled by love. Tongues are good, prophecy and knowledge and faith are good, sacrifice is good. But love is so valuable, so important, that without it, every other good thing is useless. Paul is speaking of a specific form of love. He is not speaking of “eros” - sensuous or erotic love - or “storge” - love parents and children share, or general family, nor “philia” - a brotherly affection or friendship. Paul is speaking of “agape” – a commitment of will to cherish and uphold another person.

Love is the Proof of Our Gifts (verses 4-7). Love is not an ethereal notion. Love is practical and must be put into practice on a daily basis. Paul describes the characteristics of godly love for the Corinthians. He defines the quality of love by the attitudes it avoids. Paul lists these in verses 4-7; “Love and Oneself” (verse 4). Love is kind, does not envy, does not brag or parade, not conceited (“puffed up”); “Love and Relationships“ (verse 5). Love is not (“rude”), love

When we think of being compassionate toward others, our first thoughts are kindness and sympathy.

Actually, compassion goes much deeper. The dictionary defines kindness as being friendly, generous or considerate. Sympathy is having pity or sorrow for someone else’s problem. Those are nice, but not enough. In Latin, the word “compati” (root word for compassion) means to “suffer with.” Someone else’s heartbreak becomes your heartbreak. Compassion is suffering when someone else is suffering. It invests you in the situation others are facing.

The Old Testament gives us many scripture verses about a compassionate God. Here are two: “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness” (Psalm 86:15). “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him” (Psalm 103:13).

Jesus is a compassionate savior. The New Testament provides many examples of His compassion. Here are

some examples:

• Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus, even though He knew that He would raise Lazarus from the dead. (John 11:33-35)

• The blind men receive their sight. (Matthew 20:29-34)

• The healing of the lepers (Mark 1:40-42)

• The parable of the lost son (Luke 15:11-24)

• The parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)

• The feeding of the 5,000 (Matthew 14:13-21)

• Jesus wept for the people in the city of Jerusalem (Matthew 23:37-39)

Now, it is our turn. The Bible tells us to be compassionate people.

• Therefore, as God’s chosen people,

holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. (Colossians 3:12)

• Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2)

• Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as Christ God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32)

• Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. (1 Peter 3:8)

Following Jesus’ example: When Jesus lived among us, He recognized people’s needs. He had the heart to feel their pain and a mind to understand their confusion. And then,

He did something about it. The Bible tells us that when Jesus saw the crowds, He realized they had no guide or provider, no protector or comforter. They were at the mercy of the situations in which they lived. They needed God’s compassion and mercy. “When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:16).

How about us? Jesus is the “shepherd” who provides for our needs and mercifully cares for us. Following His example, we can show compassion for people in need. We suffer when they suffer. And then, we can do whatever is in our power to help them. Compassion may start with a sympathy card and being kind to someone in need, but it also includes personal involvement. We suffer with them, and then try to help them.

Question: How can you be more compassionate toward the needs and suffering of others?

Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for sending us your son, Jesus, to demonstrate your compassion to others, and to give His life for us all, on the cross. Amen.

Union Baptist Church to to hold community-wide Service of Lament

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On Sunday, Oct. 2, at 10 a.m., Union Baptist Church will hold a communitywide lamenting service for persons who have experienced the loss of loved ones over the past

the loss of our loved ones,” states Bishop Sir Walter Mack, senior pastor of Union Baptist. “We want to offer this time to gather and grieve, not only the loss of loved ones due to natural causes, but to COVID, gun violence, domestic violence and other causes.”

Persons are invited to bring pictures of their loved ones to lay on the altar.

three years. “During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were not able to come together as we would like to mourn

Funeral home directors and staff are being extended a special invitation to join us at the service. “We want to provide some restoration and honor them for their work,” states Bishop Mack. ”They have been on the front line of the enormous amount of grief our community has experienced over the past few years.”

In the week leading up to the Service of Lament, small group

sessions will be held for individuals to talk through their sorrow. Certified counselors will be available to lead the sessions that will include Dr. John Mendez, Dr. Tobias LaGrone, Dr. Fran Bates-Oates, Dr. Pamela Haith and Ms. Sandy Brown. Each person will receive a copy of the book “Good Grief” by Granger E. Westberg. The sessions

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

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

Oct. 2

First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC)

Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, Senior Pastor of First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC), will deliver the morning message and lead the congregation in partaking of Holy Communion. Front doors will open at 9:15 a.m. for screening, devotion, and announcements prior to the 10 a.m. service. Completed waiver forms and masks that cover the nose and mouth are required. The form can be submitted electronically on the FWBC website –www.firstwaughtown.org -- click on RE-ENTRY 2022, and printed copies are available in the lobby. Other inperson protocols and information about 6 p.m. virtual Sunday School are accessible via the FWBC homepage

RE-ENTRY link. Persons who prefer to worship virtually can find the service on YouTube, https://www. youtube.com (First Waughtown); Facebook, https:// www.facebook.com/FirstWaughtown/; and the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown.org.

(NOTE: Services are posted on a one-week delay.)

Oct. 2 Pastoral anniversary

On Sunday, October 2, Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate the 13th pastoral anniversary of Rev. Dr. Dennis Leach Sr. Reverend John Mendez will deliver the preached Word during the 10 a.m. worship service. Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church is located at 1400 Fitch Street. The community is invited to attend. Please call the church office at 336418-2003 if there are questions.

Oct. 2

Prophetic Prayer Encounter Bishop Marvin, Pastor Clara Cremedy and Vessels of Honor Church Ministry, 3608 Ogburn Avenue, invites you to its “One Night Only” Prophetic Prayer Encounter. The Service will be held on Friday, October 7, at 7 p.m. The guest speaker will be Prophetess Sonya W. Blair from Los Angeles, California. There will be dynamic praise and worship with Vessels of Honor Praise Team Ministry. Masks are suggested and social distancing required.

will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28, and Thursday, Sept. 29, at 6:30 p.m. Union Baptist is located at 1200 N. Trade Street. Face masks are required and COVID protocols are followed. For more information about this service, please visit the website or call the church office at 336-7249305.

For more information or transportation, you may contact Pastor Clara Cremedy@ 336-624-9351 or email @ claracremedy@yahoo.com.

Oct. 8 Community outreach

The Senior Missionary Auxiliary of the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church will have a “Giving is a Part of Living” community outreach on Saturday, October 8, from 9 - 11 a.m. Everything is free! There’ll be clothing, houseware, books, toys, shoes and more! The church is located at 3978 Pine Hall Road, Walkertown, N.C.

Oct. 18

Fall conference and fundraiser

MY FACE, Inc. is sponsoring a Fall Conference and Fundraiser at Centenary United Methodist Church, 646 West 5th St, Oct, 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The keynote motivational speaker will be Darlene Sparks Washington, Executive Director, Portsmouth Volunteer for the Homeless. She will speak on strength through struggle, her personal story. There will be workshops and lunch will be served. Donations are $60 per person. Limited scholarships are available and gift bags for everyone. Go to www.myfaceinc.org to register or call 336-331-3320 for more information. MY FACE prepares single women to live and thrive abundantly and efficiently.

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Bishop Sir Walter Mack

Dr. John Mendez

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Volunteers needed Samaritan Ministries needs volunteers to help with lunch and dinner seven days a week 365 days a year. The lunch shift for volunteers is from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sundays. The dinner shift is from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every night. For more information about Samaritan Ministries and to sign up to volunteer, please visit samaritanforsyth. org. Samaritan Ministries is located at 414 East Northwest Boulevard near downtown WinstonSalem.

Oct. 1 Oktoberfest

Historic Körner’s Folly, 413 South Main Street, presents the Kernersville Oktoberfest, Saturday, October 1, from 3-6 p.m. This year will be the 12th annual fundraising event in the spirit of a German Oktoberfest, featuring tastings of local beers and foodie favorites. Tickets include self-guided tour of the house, beer, wine, and food samples, as well as a Körner’s Folly souvenir tasting glass. Ticket price will is $40. For more information, visit www. kornersfolly.org or call (336) 996-7922.

Oct. 5 Annual Fair Food Drive

For the 18th year,

the Carolina Classic Fair has partnered with Crisis Control Ministry to hold a community food drive sponsored by Pinnacle Financial Partners. All day on Wednesday, October 5, Crisis Control volunteers will be present at all gates to accept food donations and hand out fair tickets. Fair attendees who donate five non-perishable food items will receive one free ticket to the fair for that day only. Suggested items are canned fruit, rice, dried or canned beans, pasta, and anything else that is shelf stable and not in glass jars. There is no limit on the number of free tickets attendees may receive.

Oct. 14

Fiction contest

The annual NC State Fiction Contest is a free literary competition open to all North Carolina residents, including outof-state and international students who are enrolled at North Carolina universities. It remains one of the largest free-toenter fiction contests in the South. The postmark deadline is October 14. For more information and guidelines, visit go.ncsu. edu/fictioncontest.

Oct. 15 – Dec. 7 Medicare open enrollment sessions

The Annual Medicare Open Enrollment period will take place from October 15 to December 7, 2022.

Annual enrollment assistance will be provided by volunteer and staff of the Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem, the Forsyth County coordinating site for the North Carolina Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP). One hour appointments will be offered during the period subject to the availability of counselors.

Appointments must be made by calling the Shepherd’s Center at 336748-0217 during weekdays from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Oct. 24 Medicare workshop

The Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem is offering a virtual workshop for individuals turning 65 (as well as those who already have Medicare) to learn about the different insurance options available.

The session will be held virtually via Zoom on Monday, October 24, from 3 - 4:30 p.m. through computer and telephone access. The session is provided at no cost. Because space is limited, reservations are required.

Contact the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217 orInfo@shepherdscenter. org for more information or to reserve a seat.

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does not serve its needs at the expense of others’ (“seek its own”), love does not take offense easily (“provoked”), love does not keep track of wrongs suffered (“no evil”); “Love and Sins” (verse 6) Love does not celebrate sin (“rejoice in iniquity”), love delights in every correct thought, word, or act (“rejoices in the truth”); “Love and Sinners” (verse 7). Love keeps all things in confidence (“bears all things”), love knows what God can do (“believes all things”), love is optimistic (“hopes all things”), love survives under any condition (“endures all things”). Paul wanted the Corinthians to understand that giftedness is not the measure of maturity, the display of love is.

Love is Permanent (verse 8-13). Paul is trying to dispel the Corinthians’ pride in temporary supernatural gifts. “Love never fails …” (verse 8). All other Christian qualities, even genuine gifts of the Spirit, are provisional and imperfect.

Paul emphasizes that love is superior to gifts.

“For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come …” (verses 9-10). Because when we experience the joyous intimacy of God’s presence, spiritual gifts will have come to an end because we will no longer need them. But not love –love never ends. “When I was a child … but when I became a man …” (verses 10-11). Paul is saying that if we are spiritually mature, we will not over emphasize spiritual gifts, especially at the expense of love. Love is enduring and what it produces will endure. “For now, we see in the mirror dimly, but then face to face …” (verse 12a.). When we fully see Jesus, the need for gifts will vanish and so the gifts will pass away. Paul uses “face to face” to describe an unhindered fellowship

with God. There will be no more barriers to our relationship with God.

“Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I am known” (verse 12b.). God knows everything about us, but in heaven, we will know God as perfectly as we can. We will know fully reality as God meant for us to know it. All will be made clear. “And now abide faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love” (verse 13). The abiding qualities, which already have a firm purchase on eternal truths, are faith, hope and love. But love is the greatest of these as a reflection of God’s own character. Love is superior to spiritual gifts and enables us to understand and use spiritual gifts rightly. It is that love which will characterize our eternal relationship with God – because “God is love” (1John 4:8). (The UMI Annual Commentary 2021-2022, The Modern Life Study Bible, The Tony Evans Study Bible, The Message// Remix: Pause, The New Interpreters Study Bible, The Wiersbe Study Bible and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: Why is love critical as you wait for “that which is perfect” to come? What does it mean to truly love someone?

Application: Take some time and pray and ask God to reveal to you areas where you may have failed to demonstrate love toward others. Then ask God what you can do to remedy the situation. Also, ask Him how to show love to those who don’t show it to you. (UMI)

FYI: Forsyth County Sunday School Union will meet “virtually” every third Sunday, at 3 p.m. with teaching and programs. You may join using the following “Zoom” credentials: ID 819 7872 9662, Passcode 787444, Phone: 1-301715-8592.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of Article 6 of Chapter 160D of the General Statutes of North Carolina, that the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber at City Hall, Room 230, 101 N. Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC at 7:00 p.m. on October 3, 2022, on the following proposed amendments to the Official Zoning Map of the City of Win ston-Salem, North Carolina:

1. Site Plan Amendment of City of Winston-Salem for changes to include a proposed MSE wall for a landfill in a GI-S zoning district: property is located at the southwestern terminus of Recycle Way; prop erty consists of ± 231 acres and is PINs 6819-70-0969, 6819-71-7086, 6819-81-3363, 6819-80-4665, 6818-67-4135, and portions of 6818-681376, 6818-79-6621, 6818-78-4213, and 6818-77-4332 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps and on a site plan on file in the office of the City-County Planning Board (Zoning Docket W-3539).

2. Zoning petition of Vestmill Property Owner, LLC, Myra Mize, Fallie Myers Shoaf Family Trust, Elizabeth Burke, and Allan Stewart from RS9

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE FORSYTH COUNTY

COURT DIVISON 22 CVD 2964

Dominque Fortune Plaintiff, V. Victor D. Fortune Defendant

To: Victor D. Fortune

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above titled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

ABSOLUTE DIVORCE

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than October 27, 2022 and upon your fail ure to do so the party seeking against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This is the day of September 15, 2022

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE FORSYTH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT DIVISION

IN THE MATTER OF: 21 JT 231 NAVAEH COOPER DOB: 08-25-21

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: John Doe - father of the juvenile

TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking re lief against you have been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of Termination of your Parental Rights with respect to the above-referenced child pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.

You are required to make a written answer to the Pe tition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petitions with in the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Petition, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the above-referenced juvenile.

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

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is located on the north and south sides of Vest Mill

at its western terminus; property consists of ± 15.71 acres and is PINs 6814-07-3892, 6804-98-7350, 6814-07-1504, 6814-07-4623, 6804-977578, 6804-97-9911, and 6804-97-8660 as shown on the Forsyth Coun ty Tax Maps and on a site plan on file in the office of the City-County Planning Board (Zoning Docket W-3540).

3. Zoning petition of City of Winston-Salem to establish Winston-Sa lem LI-S (Manufacturing A; Manufacturing B; and Warehousing) zoning on property annexed by the City; property is located on the west side of Millennium Drive, west of Temple School Road; proper ty consists of ± 2.98 acres and is PIN 6864-42-7553 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps and on a site plan on file in the office of the City-County Planning Board (Zoning Docket W-3543).

4. Zoning petition of Hatcher Associates Inc from RS9 to NB-S (Res idential Building, Single Family; Offices; and Services A); property is located at north side of Old Hollow Road, west of Germanton Road; property consists of ± 0.977 acre(s) and is PIN 6829-92-5350 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax Maps Maps and on a site plan on file in the office of the City-County Planning Board (Zoning Docket W-3544).

5. Zoning petition of Coe Revocable Living Trust, Betty R Coe, and Steve H Coe from RS9 to HB-S (Academic Biomedical Research Facil ity; Arts and Craft Studio; Banking and Financial Services; Car Wash; Child Care, Drop-In; Food or Drug Store; Furniture and Home Furnish ings Store; Motor Vehicle, Repair and Maintenance; Museum or Art Gallery; Offices; Park and Shuttle Lot; Parking, Commercial; Police or Fire Station; Restaurant (With Drive-Through Service); Restaurant (Without Drive-Through Service); Retail Store; Services A; Services B; Testing and Research Lab; Utilities; and Veterinary Services); property is located at west side of University Parkway, across from Car Fare Drive; property consists of ± 0.57 acre(s) and is PINs 6829-20-7995 and 6829-20-8806 as shown on the Forsyth County Tax

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE WINSTON-SALEM CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, that the City Council of the City of Winston-Salem will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber, Room 230 at City Hall, Winston-Salem, North Carolina at 7:00 p.m., on Octo ber 3, 2022, to consider the following:

National Register of Historic Places Designation of Down town Winston-Salem Historic District, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

All parties in interest and citizens are invited to attend said hearings at which time they shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning the foregoing proposed designations.

At the end of each public hearing, the City Council may con tinue the matter, deny the proposed designation, or grant the proposed designation in whole or in part.

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

BY ORDER OF THE WINSTON-SALEM CITY COUNCIL SANDRA KEENEY, CITY CLERK

All requests for appropriate and necessary auxiliary aids and services must be made within a reasonable time prior to the hearing to Angela I. Carmon, the City’s ADA Coordinator at 747-7404 or TDD 727-8319.

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If you are indigent and not already represented by ap pointed counsel, you are entitled to appointed coun sel and provisional counsel has been appointed upon your request subject to the Courts review at the first hearing after this service.

The hearing on the Petition alleging to Terminate Pa rental Rights is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 10:30 a.m., Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 23rd day of September, 2022

Theresa A. Boucher

Deputy County Attorney Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highand Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3901

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualifed as Executor of the Estate of Teretha Millner (22 E 001605), also known as Teretha Beaty Millner, Teretha B. Millner, deceased February 15, 2021, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to No tify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before November 28, 2022 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 29th day of September, 2022.

John Beaty Executor for Teretha Millner, deceased 2740 Reynolds Park Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27107

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That just doesn’t make sense to me based on what I read from the investigation and other things that I have read.

There are stories that have been seen from current and former Suns employees that speak contrary to what Sarver wrote in his apology. One story detailed instances of when Sarver said the N-word, such as when he said he hired Lindsey Hunter as head coach in 2013 over Dan Majerle because “these [N-words] need a [N-word].” That is the type of language you hear from someone that is used to and comfortable with using the N-word on a regular basis.

Sarver also acted inappropriately toward employees. There were “instances of inequitable conduct toward female employees,” which included “sex-related comments,” the league said in a statement. He was also reportedly engaged in “inappropriate physical conduct toward male employees.” If these reports are true, Sarver seems like a man drunk with power that felt he could do whatever he pleased inside of the two organizations.

I respect players like LeBron James, Chris Paul and Draymond Green for coming out and expressing their feelings on how Sarver should have been punished more severely, which I agree with wholeheartedly. What I can’t stand is how certain

people like to use situations like this to make it seem like they are fighting for the community, when in reality they have ulterior motives for doing so.

Rev. Al Sharpton gave his two cents on the matter saying, “For the better part of the last year, I have refused to allow Robert Sarver’s despicable behavior to be swept under the rug. The racist old boys’ club in professional sports is officially closed. A new era is upon us where it is intolerable to view Black players like property. Sarver’s decision today is the first step in the long road toward justice for the Suns and Mercury – the staff, the players, and the fans. It is now imperative that the NBA, both teams, the corporate sponsors, and the new owner, whomever they may be, follow through on the commitment to root out racism, misogyny and hate.”

This type of grandstanding really bothers me. Sharpton is acting like he has been on the ground working for justice since the beginning of the investigation. While he did call for PayPal to part ways with Sarver last month, he is jumping in on the tail end of the situation to grab some headlines. And honestly, there are a few more important issues that Sharpton could lend his voice to, but I guess those haven’t grabbed enough press for him to become involved yet. Thank goodness for James, Paul and Green who routinely are the

first to speak out about injustices in and out of the NBA landscape. They are the ones who need to be applauded.

I couldn’t disagree with Sharpton any more strongly. The “good old boys’ club” is still in existence and is as strong as ever. Just because a few have been outed for their racist and misogynistic behavior, that doesn’t mean the rest of the owners that may feel the same way will change their ways. This just means they will be more careful about what they say when they are out in public.

Until we start to see some Black majority owners in the NBA and the NFL, this good old boys’ club will continue to exist. With both of those leagues being over 70% Black, it’s a wonder that there hasn’t been one Black majority owner. Hopefully there can start to be more representation in ownership that reflects what we see on the field and court.

This situation with Sarver is reminiscent of the Donald Sterling incident several years ago. Sarver and Sterling just happened to be caught in the act, there is no telling how many other owners and executives use similar language as Sarver. I think if there were more minority owners in the club, we would encounter less of these situations.

I’ll be interested to see who this new ownership group is.

Senior Games/SilverArts reminds crafters, artists and writers it’s time to get to work!

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

It seems like just last month that Senior Games 2022 was finally scored, tallied and filed away. Oh, yeah … it WAS just last month! At a recent meeting of the SilverArts committee, it was decided to take a page

been created after March 10, 2021, to qualify, and you must be age 50 by December 31. 2023.

Mark your calendar now for January 20, 2023, 10 a.m. – noon, for the Senior Games/SilverArts kickoff to be held at the Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center. Come visit sponsor booths, learn about the

March and April all SilverArts entries will be on display at the downtown Central Library. Come see all the handcrafts, photography, art and literary entries from our very talented seniors.

May 19 will be the Performing Arts competition. Do you sing, dance, play a musical

from the retailers’ holiday marketing handbook and give our crafters and artists a little nudge about starting their projects early for the 2023 competitions.

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s may still be ahead of us, but the Senior Games kickoff in January will be here before you know it.

Knowing that it takes some time to create those beautiful afghans, crocheted items, pottery, photography, art and literary pieces, here’s the schedule for the 2023 Senior Games/SilverArts. Remember, entries to SilverArts must have

various competitions you can enter, try your hand at a few of the games, such as corn hole or pickle ball, and possibly win some great door prizes. You can also pick up your registration form to enter the 2023 games and have any questions answered that you may have. Bring a friend and challenge each other to bring home a medal.

March 10 is the deadline to enter the literary competition. Poetry, short story, essay and memoir/life experience are accepted. Entries are bound into a notebook for sale afterward.

instrument, or perform dramatic or humorous skits? Has anyone ever told you, “You should do stand-up comedy?” You’ve got plenty of time to hone those performing skills to get ready to compete in this exciting evening of entertainment.

Forsyth County has some of the most talented older adults outside of New York City or Hollywood. Start preparing today to compete in the 2023 Senior Games/SilverArts!

For more information, visit www.WePlay.WS and click on Programs and Activities, and then Seniors.

Fest Fest

Sponsored by

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

When Serena Mumford, the supervisor of the Brown and Douglas Active Adult Recreation Center, decided to host a Senior Soiree at the Marina at Salem Lake, she knew she was stepping out on faith. Would anyone buy a ticket to come? A few days after the announcement was made, ticket sales were slim. Serena waited a couple days and checked again and to her amazement they were sold out! There was no doubt that older adults were ready to rock and roll!

The Marina’s meeting room is a beautiful space with large windows and doors opening onto a patio overlooking the lake. The Soiree, held on September 17, was a perfect end of a summer’s day with mild weather and blue skies. Several sponsors had tables set up at the entrance to the event. Humana, who not only supports local senior events but corporately sponsors the state and national Senior Games/SilverArts, had a table to introduce their Medicare Advantage programs. Joe Thomas, Humana rep, said, “We like to help seniors and be part of the community, to be a resource to help seniors have a better life.”

Cigna also had a table to hand out information about their Medicare program. Kevin

Older adults rock out at Senior Soiree

asked if he planned to dance later on, he replied, “I love to dance and I have the best partner in the world!” Indeed, they proved that during the line dances when they had no trouble keeping up with the slides, kicks and turns. You could tell they were enjoying every minute on the dance floor.

Edith Joyner remarked that she had nothing special to do that evening, so she decided to come out. She was glad she did: “It has been a good outlet for me.”

JoAnn Agnew, dressed to impress in a beautiful flowing deep purple outfit, agreed that she was glad to be there. “This has been awesome! The building

is so pretty and seeing people, especially seniors, has been great!”

Smiling throughout the entire evening, you could tell that Serena was pleased with how the event went. From dinner to dancing to door prizes, it rose to its name of a soiree. Serena said, “I am so happy to have everyone here and I’m looking forward to making this an annual event.” Then she hinted, “Or maybe semi-annual. I’m thinking about doing it again next spring.”

There are a lot of seniors who would eagerly add, “Amen, sister,” to that!

Shockley, Cigna rep, said, “We do about four or five events a year to help older people in the community with their Medicare needs.”

Angela Maxie of Maxie Insurance Consulting and Sales was on hand to discuss Medicare, as well as other life and health insurance options. Dedicated Senior Medical Center’s Kenan Carter and Heather Beck had a table to announce the opening of two new healthcare centers that will be located in the Northside and Southside areas of WinstonSalem that will serve seniors age 65 and older.

One of the most popular sponsors was the Capture photo booth that took pictures of attendees and printed out high quality photos while you waited. Porche Thompson made sure that

everyone looked like a model when she was through helping them pose for their portrait.

Over 85 older adults filled the room at the Marina, lining up to get plates of the delicious dinner provided by Twin City Catering. While everyone was dining, DJ Lemon-Lyme of 5 Star Quality professional disc jockeys played music to get the party started. He mentioned that he has been spinning tunes for parties and special events for over 25 years.

Among the attendees at the event were Rev. Curvy Buford and his wife, Yveline. Yveline said she coordinates the weekly seniors lunch program held three days a week at Brown and Douglas through Senior Services and she invited some of her participants to enjoy an evening out. When Rev. Buford was

October Senior Events Calendar:

Events or meetings:

*Medicare Open Enrollment period will take place from Oct. 15-Dec. 7. Enrollment assistance will be provided by volunteers and staff at the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, the Forsyth County coordinating site for the North Carolina Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP). One hour appointments will be offered during the period subject to the availability of counselors. Appointments must be made by calling the Shepherd’s Center at 336748-0217 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

*Senior Day at the Carolina Classic Fair, Tuesday., Oct. 4. Gates open at 9 a.m. Activities for seniors all day, including musical entertainment from 4-7 p.m. at the Clock Tower stage.

*Open Mic, hosted by Winston-Salem Writers, (first Tuesday of each month). The next Open Mic is Oct. 4, registration at 6:45 p.m., readings begin at 7 p.m., via Zoom. This event offers beginning and experienced writers an opportunity to read five to seven minutes of their work to a friendly audience. All genres accepted including, fiction, nonfiction, poetry and essays. Audience members welcome! To participate in the Zoom Open Mic, visit www.wswriters.org and click on the current newsletter to get the link or email Judie Holcomb-Pack at judiehp@triad. rr.com.

*AARP chapter meeting will meet on Oct. 11 (second Tuesday of each month) at Senior Services, 2895 Shorefair Drive. For information about the local AARP chapter, email Alberta Powell at powellalberta0@gmail.com. Open to all seniors age 50 and above with an AARP membership.

*Aging Well series presented by Wake Forest Baptist Sticht Center for Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Prevention, (the second Tuesday of each month) will be held on Oct. 11 at 5:30 p.m. virtually online. The webinar includes a cooking segment by a local chef, a tour of a local place of interest, and an educational session on a health topic. To register and receive the link to access the program, email bhealth@wakehealth.edu .

*”Behind the Scenes” Community Open House hosted by The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. until noon at the Hanesbrands Theatre, 209 N. Spruce St. Visitors will get a look at the many elements that go into bring a show to stage, including lighting and sound, props, set design and costumes. Admission is free and there will be a drawing for tickets to upcoming shows. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, visit www. LTofWS.org or call 336-725-4001.

*Free admission to Reynolda House,

Oct. 15, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Inspired by the 1970s vehicles featured in the exhibition “Chrome Dreams and Infinite Reflections: American Photorealism,” guests will enjoy a pop-up display of vintage cars provided by The Winston Cup Museum. For more information, visit Reynolds.org/visit/calendar-on-thehouse/.

*Adult Children of Aging Parents meeting, (third Tuesday), will be held Oct. 18 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1623251384697687. All are welcome, but the focus will be on the needs of adult children who are caring for their aging parents. For more information, visit www.ACAPcommunity.org and look for Winston-Salem under the “Find your chapter” tab, or join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1623251384697687.

*Salem Band Fall Concert, Sept. 25, 3 p.m. in Hanes Auditorium, Elberson Fine Arts Center, on the campus of Salem College. Join Salem Band for an afternoon of your favorite classics from the popular Looney Tunes cartoons! Music by Brahma, Johann Strauss, Franz Liszt, and more. Hear Barber of Seville, Dance of the Comedians, Blue Danube Waltz and other selections to accompany some of the most popular cartoon episodes. Free!

*40+ Stage Company opens its 2022-2023 season with “Rhonda’s Rites of Passage,” an original work by local playwright Grace Ellis, on Friday, Sept. 30, in the Mountcastle Forum at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. The show will run for two weekends, Oct. 1, 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. and a Sunday matinee on Oct. 2 and 9 at 2 p.m. For ticket information, visit intothearts.org/events-info or call the box office at 336-747-1414. Tickets are also available at the door.

Senior centers, recreation and community centers and other organizations:

Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 1700 Ebert Street:

Some of the ongoing Shepherd’s Center activities are listed below. Call the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217 for information. Contact Kristin Larson at klarson@shepherdscenter.org to register and for Zoom meeting information. More of their programs, including those on off-campus sites, can be found on their website at www.shepherdscenter.org.

*Mondays 10-11 a.m., line dancing for fun and fitness with Brenda Holcomb. $7 per class. Meets on the upper level. Please arrive by 9:15 a.m. as class begins promptly at 9:30 a.m.

*Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m., Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention with Wanda Patterson. $2 donation.

*Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m., The Shepherd Center Singers. Donations accepted. Please contact Carmina Jenks at pegjen2@ gmail.com to join.

*Wednesdays, Fellowship and Games, 1:30-4 p.m., meets on the lower level.

*Wednesdays, 1:30-4:00 p.m., Artistic Expressions. Bring your art/craft projects to work on; some coloring supplies available.

*Way Back Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. with Paul McCraw, a local historian and retired history teacher, who will discuss local and world history and relate it to today’s events. Via Zoom.

*Thursdays, 12-1 p.m., Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, forms I and II with Wanda Patterson. $2 donation.

*Thursdays at 1 p.m., Game Day with Fay and Kristin. We play different games every week, such as Boggle, Scattergories, Trivia, Pictionary and more. Come join the fun! We ask that you please arrive by 1 p.m.; once the game begins you will not be able to join. Via Zoom.

*Thursdays, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m., Chess with Paul Sluder.

*Thursdays at 3 p.m., Thinking Outside the Box Discussion Group. Meets in person on lower level.

Mary Alice Warren Community Center, 7632 Warren Park Drive, Lewisville:

The classes below are presented by Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem:

*Writing Stories from your LifeEvery second Monday from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

For additional classes held at this center, visit https://lewisvillenc.net/ MAWCC and click on Classes Offered.

Brown & Douglas Active Adult Center, 4725 Indiana Avenue:

Various activities for seniors. Contact Serena Mumford at 336-661-4998 or email serenam@cityofws.org for more information.

*Praize Kraze, Mondays, 6:30 p.m.

*Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, TechWise. Get help with all your digital devices. Call Serena for appointment.

*Mondays and Wednesdays, 9-10 a.m., yoga.

*Mondays and Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., Hebrew dance class

*Tuesdays, noon, Active Living Every Day

*Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m., chair exercises.

*Tuesdays, 12 noon, Cooking Matters

*Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Basketball Shoot

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*Tuesdays, 2 p.m., Tai Chi

*Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Chair volleyball

*Thursdays, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., Nature

*Thursdays, 5 p.m., T.O.P.S. weight loss class

*Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., Let’s Jam with Jamita step aerobics

*Fridays, 1 p.m., Game Day - Corn hole, golf putting, various games

Salvation Army Senior Center, 2850 New Walkertown Road:

*Tuesdays, 10 a.m., line dancing

*Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m., chair yoga

*Tuesdays, 11 a.m., chair volleyball

*Wednesdays, 11 a.m., drumming exercise

*Wednesdays, 12 p.m., spiritual development

*Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m., REACHE Program

*Thursdays, 10 a.m., hand bells music

*Thursdays, 11 a.m., educational program

*Thursdays, 12 p.m., Lunch (please sign up by calling Captain Raquel Lorenzo at 336-499-1196)

Carver School Road Public Library, 4915 Lansing Drive:

*First Tuesday Get Together, Sept. 6, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., arts, crafts and seasonal cards, hosted by Sandra Smith.

*Adult games the last Thursday of each month, Sept. 29, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Come play cards, board games and dominos and make new friends!

Humana Neighborhood Center, 1045 Hanes Mall Blvd. Call 336-2930122 to register as space is limited.

(Note: the Center will be closed Sept. 5, 12, 13 and 14)

*Tuesday, Sept. 6, 10-11 a.m., Get help with your technology

*Wednesday, Sept. 7, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., popcorn and a movie.

*Thursday, Sept. 8, 10 – 11 a.m., Fullthemed Bingo

*Thursday, Sept. 15, 10-11 a.m., Birthday Celebration

*Tuesday, Sept. 20, 10-11 a.m., Get help with your technology

*Wednesday, Sept.21, 10-11 a.m., popcorn and a movie.

*Thursday, Sept. 22, 10-11 a.m., Train Your Brain

*Thursday, Sept. 22, 11 a.m. – noon –Boost Your Digestion

*Wednesday, Sept. 28, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., popcorn and a movie.

*Thursday, Sept 29, 10-11 a.m., Fall Festival activities

If you have an item for the Seniors Calendar, please email news@ wschronicle.com and put Seniors Calendar in the subject line. Items must be submitted by the 20th of the preceding month for the next month’s issue.

Photos by Judie Holcomb-Pack

There’s nothing like a line dance to get a party started.

Attendees enjoyed a delicious dinner provided by Twin City Catering.

A Good Laugh

or do to pass the time?

Local

More and more newspapers are reducing comics from a full page to half a page and making the print smaller. Smaller print is counter-intuitive as loyal readers are older, with failing eyesight and read large print books. Teeny print is for teeny boppers who don’t even read the paper.

Having the comics reduced has really screwed up my morning ritual because now with half a page of comics, I’m done reading before I’m done eating. Sure, I could put the muffin back, but I don’t want to. First, I would read the obits and cheer I wasn’t in them. Then I would read the advice column and scream at the girl complaining about her boyfriend. “Kick him to the curb!” I enthusiastically comment.

Last, I would read the comics and laugh till I was done eating my muffin. It was like synchronized swimming. Read, laugh, eat. It’s what God intended us to do in the morning.

Now what will I read

Read the sports? I don’t think so. Set my intention for the day? My intention used to be to read the paper and laugh at the comics and eat my muffin. Talk to my husband? I don’t think so; I yell enough at the girl in the advice column.

Over the years my husband and I have shared laughter over comics that seemed to have been written about us. Reading one we would exclaim, “That’s you,” or “You do that,” convinced a hidden camera was in our house.

When you see yourself and can laugh, it’s a good thing. When you start your day with a laugh, it’s a good thing. Someone should remind the newspaper people of this because when I see myself without my muffin, it’s not a good thing. And it’s not funny.

Cindy Argiento is a freelance columnist, public speaker and playwright. To contact, book her as a speaker, or read about her play, “Stanley and Alice,” visit www.cindyargiento. com.

Research study on community mobility wants to hear from you

Occupational therapy students at WinstonSalem State University are conducting a research study on community mobile needs and they are looking for input from older adults. Participants will be interviewed to discuss their experiences

related to community mobility. Fall risk screening and a CarFit event will also be offered.

Participants should be 60 years or older. Please contact Megan Edwards Collins at edwardsme@ wssu.edu or call 336-7503178 for more information or to participate.

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK

play to kick off 40+ Stage Company’s season

The 40+ Stage Company has a goal to produce at least one play each season by a local playwright. The 2022-23 season actually has two –“Rhoda’s Rites of Passage” by Grace Ellis and “Whittler’s Bench” by David Ratcliff. Both playwrights are members of Winston-Salem Writers. All performances this season will be held in the Mountcastle Theatre in the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, 251 N. Spruce Street. Tickets are available at the box office by calling 336-747-1414 or online at www.intothearts.org and clicking on Events, Campus Events.

According to their website, “Rhonda’s Rites of Passage” is a hilarious comedy about Rhonda, a sassy, bright, and an unfulfilled actress who at age 45, after a long marriage and raising a family, she decides to go to New York to revive the career she abandoned 20 years earlier. Needless to say, her family is not happy with her decision as they like things just as they are. Will Rhonda make it in the Big Apple or will her career bomb before she even gets started? You’ll have to come to the play to find out. The play runs Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 2 and 9 at 2 p.m.

The second play on their schedule is “Whittler’s Bench” by

David Ratcliff. As promoted on their website, this is a “folksy tale of friendship, ghosts, and community. The old guys in Ratcliff's drama may be relegated to a park bench as the world passes them by, but when a crisis presents a challenge, they rise to the occasion and intervene.” This play will be presented Nov. 11-12, 18-19 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 13 and 20 at 2 p.m.

With a nod to Black History Month, the third play in their season is the well-known “A Raisin in the Sun,” by Lorraine Hansberry. This modern American classic and New York Drama Critics Circle award winner is a searing exploration of racism, discrimination, and assimilation. This play runs Feb. 1718, 24-25 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 19 and 26 at 2 p.m.

To close out the 2022-23 season, 40+ Stage will present “Levitation” by Timothy Mason. First produced by the famed Circle Repertory Company of New York City, Mason's play is a poignant story of relationships, loss, and the transitory nature of life.

This season begins 40+ Stage

Company’s seventh season. According to Artistic Director Mark Pirolo in announcing their new season, “Despite the loss of an entire year to the pandemic, we have come back in our sixth season stronger than ever. The success of our last several productions has shown that there is a place in our theatrical community for exploring challenging lesser known titles as well as exciting new original works.”

What is even more exciting for this company is the announcement that 40+ Stage will be part of the new multimillion dollar intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness being built by Senior Services of WinstonSalem and Forsyth County. Slated to be completed in fall 2023, the center will have a performance space which will become the new home venue for 40+ Stage Company. The new center will be located near the current Senior Services offices at 2895 Shorefair Drive. To view a rendering and tour of the plans for the new center, go to https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=_ChzCY2UVA.

It’s been a long dry spell for live theatre in our community. Now it’s back! Don’t miss these opportunities to enjoy great productions and support local theatre.

For more information, visit www.40plusstage.com.

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