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Now that Congress is back in session, there are plenty of issues that lawmakers must address, including raising the national debt ceiling; financial relief for Texas after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey; and paying for that wall President Trump still insists Mexico will ultimately underwrite, one way or another.

But amid that spoken agenda is intense behind-the-scenes strategizing on the part of the 49-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to have Republican President Donald J. Trump impeached.

“When members return to Congress in September, the CBC will have a robust discussion on #Impeachment,” an Aug. 22

Rep. G.K. Butterfield tweet from the CBC announced.

Impeaching a U.S. president is the process in which a legislative body (constitutionally the U.S. House) formally lev-

Rep. Alma Adams els serious charges (indictments) against a sitting commander-in-chief. It is the first step toward the removal of a president from office. If a president is to be removed

(or effectively convicted of said charges), then the U.S. Senate votes accordingly.

The most recent president to be impeached was Bill Clinton in December 1998, but the Senate acquitted Clinton in February 1999.

While things went sour fast between the CBC and President Trump shortly after he took office in January, it was Trump’s moral equivocation between armed white supremacists and mostly unarmed counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12 – a violent confrontation which resulted in the alleged murder of a counter-protester with a car driven by a neo-Nazi – that convinced members of the CBC, along with

Triad product Giddens seeks more black fans See Impeach on A4

BY TIMOTHY COX SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

NEWPORT, Rhode Island – Musician Rhiannon Giddens, a native of Greensboro, achieved international acclaim in 2010 with a Grammy Award – yet she remains somewhat miffed as to why her music has yet to catch-on with more African-Americans.

Along with her quartet, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the self-described “string band” actually formed on the premise of espousing the fact that African-Americans were the original purveyors of indigenous American music styles known as bluegrass and folk.

On New Year’s Eve 2016, she returned to the Triad in Winston-Salem for a sold-out, solo concert with the

New police chief launches High Five Fridays

Police Chief Catrina Thompson welcomes students with a high five at Kimberley Park Elementary School last week. On Friday, Sep. 1, Thompson and more than a dozen officers launched an initiative called High Five Fridays.

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Thompson spends first day connecting with youth

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Shortly after she was named chief of the WinstonSalem Police Department, Catrina Thompson told The Chronicle one of her goals would be to cultivate the relationship between the department and local youth in the community, and she didn’t waste any time doing just that.

On her first official day on the job, Chief Thompson, and more than a dozen officers, greeted students with

hugs, high fives and words of encouragement when they launched High Five Fridays at Kimberley Park Elementary School. Thompson said the initiative is just one way she plans to develop a healthy relationship with youth in the community.

Throughout the school year, she plans to make stops at other schools in the area.

“What better time to start than now,” Thompson said after welcoming students at the school last Friday morning.

“We want these children to know that we are here for them. They are the future leaders in this community, so it is important they know that they have our support.”

Thompson said she decided to kick off the initiative at

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Now, she has been nominated for a Country Music Association (CMA) award for Musical Event Of The Year for “Kill A Word” by Eric Church and featuring her.

Church grew up in Granite Falls, N.C. (“The 51st Annual CMA Awards” airs live Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. on ABC-TV.) Her 2017 album, “Freedom Highway,” features songs based on slave narratives from the 1800s, AfricanAmerican experiences of the last century, and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. One song is called "At

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Ministers’ Conference plans action on devalued property in W-S

The Ministers’ Conference plans action on devalued property in the city.

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The Minister's Conference of WinstonSalem and Vicinity's (MCWSV) social justice committee has long fought to address issues that plague the Triad community. In conjunction with the local branch of the NAACP, the MCWSV held a press conference last Thursday in support of the residents whose properties they believe have been devalued by the county Tax Administration.

The press conference, which was held at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, was held to notify the public of the difference of opinion the conference and NAACP have toward county Tax Assessor John Burgiss.

The major point of concern for the organizers was that the properties in question were all in the eastern portion of the city between Waughtown and Liberty streets where African-Americans are the largest demographic. They also raised concerns that statistics show that 70 percent of the county saw a rise in property value, while the areas in questions did not.

“Our contention is that the devaluation of those properties has little to do with the market and is driven by systemic and institutional racism instead,” said Dr. Dennis

Leach Sr., senior pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church and MCWSV social justice committee member.

Leach went on to speak about an appeal filed by the City Council to the

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MCWSV has been involved with this fight dating back to 2012. They stated the difference this time around is that since their concerns are not being addressed, further action will be taken beyond filing appeals.

Leach stated that the U.S. Department of Housing and Development (HUD) has taken over the investigation.

Alvin Carlisle, president of the local NAACP chapter, stated that the chapter is in “full support and full partnership” with the ministers’ conference in its efforts to create a plan or strategy to reverse the policy that has led to the devaluation of properties that are located primarily in the

ties.”

Bishop Todd Fulton, chairman of the MCWSV social justice committee, brought in hundreds of appeals from the affected communities to show how many individuals are concerned about their property values. He stated that it is in the county's best interest to re-evaluate how taxes are calculated in those communities.

Fulton, Leach and Carlisle stated the people in these neighborhoods are deeply concerned about the direction things are going with their properties. Some have expressed the displeasure with the fact the value of their homes are now lower than

“Our contention is that the devaluation of those properties has little to do with the market and is driven by systemic and institutional racism instead.”

–Dr. Dennis Leach Sr., senior pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church

Forsyth County Board of Equalization regarding the “questionable practices,” which resulted with the Board of Equalization informing the City Council that its “hands were tied” by a state statue called the Schedule of Values.

According to the conference, the people in these various communities have been dealing with the devaluing of their property for quite some time. The

“black community.”

“At the NAACP, one of our passions is that we fight against economic discrimination,” said Carlisle. “We fully feel that these policies that have been set forth tend to lead toward greater economic discrimination among African-Americans. There is already a lack of investment in primarily African-American communities and we feel like these policies only serve to drain the wealth even more in these communi-

what they purchased them for, which prohibits them from the potential of selling their homes if they wanted to.

At the time of the press conference, there had been no correspondence from Burgiss or the Board of Equalization on the matters at hand. The conference has been in contact with a civil rights attorney pending any unfavorable results from the HUD investigation.

Commissioners to vote on incentives for Johnson Controls

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

Incentives for Johnson Controls Inc. will be among the items for consideration at the county commissioners’ next formal meeting on Sept. 14.

Johnson Controls, which is part of an international company, is considering expanding its Walkertown facility, which makes automotive batteries. The commissioners will hold a public hearing

before they vote on incentives not to exceed $465,717, which is half of the taxes brought in by the expansion, over a five-year period if the company can meet certain conditions.

“This would be based on them reaching their goals for their investment and for their jobs,” said County Community Development Director Dan Kornelis.

The facility currently has 413 full-time employees. The proposed expan-

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$229,064 in State Criminal Alien Assistance Program grant funds to improvements at the Forsyth County Detention Center, including upgrading cameras, fixing radio dead spots and adding technology to detect cell phones.

The federal grant helps with costs incurred for undocumented immigrants who are incarcerated on criminal charges. *Selecting Jordan Consultants to provide landscape architecture and

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civil engineering services not to exceed $68,000 for five playground replacements and one new playground at county parks that’s part of the 2016 parks bond. *Selecting Allied Engineering for surveying and civil engineering services not to exceed $70,000 for an addition to the multiuse trail at Tanglewood Park that will add nearly two miles of paved trails in another 2016 parks bond project.

*Renewing the Forsyth County Public Library’s participation in NC Cardinal, a project of the State Library that allows libraries across the state to have a single, shared library.

Currently, it includes 161 locations in 40 counties, with 6.4 million items.

The annual cost of the service is $19,677.20.

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sion adds 60 full-time or full-time equivalent jobs that pay almost $19 an hour on average. Johnson Controls plans to invest $33 million in machinery and equipment and $5 million in building improvements.

Johnson Controls is also considering expanding facilities in Ohio, Missouri and Mexico.

Among the many other items commissioners are scheduled to vote on: *Appropriating

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The Children’s Library is located on the first floor of the Central Library on Fifth Street. The newly renovated library reopened on Thursday, Aug. 31.

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(Left) Along with more than 200,000 books, the newly renovated Central Library also has more than 100 public computers.

Hundreds gathered on Fifth Street last week for the grand reopening of the Forsyth County Central Library.

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The Forsyth County Central Library is back and better than ever.

After closing its doors for nearly two years, last Thursday hundreds of people attended the grand reopening of the library, located on Fifth Street.

Residents both young and old gathered on the sidewalk nearly an hour before the ceremonial ribbon was scheduled to be cut outside the library, which closed in October 2014 to begin renovations. The project, which cost $28 million, added more than 20,000 square feet to the original structure and helped push the county’s largest library into the future.

Along with more than 250,000 books and other literature, the finished product includes: an auditorium with more than 200 seats, an instructional kitchen, children’s story and craft rooms, an area for teens, more than 100 public computers, a makerspace, and an audio production room that is scheduled to be complete in coming months.

Other features include a café, several meeting spaces, and a rooftop terrace on the third floor that provides a unique view of the city.

During a ceremony held outside the library, David Plyler, chairman of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners, said he would put the Central Library up against any library in the state. He said, “What you have now is the most interesting library I’ve ever been to. I would say this is probably the most up-to-date, highly technical library in the state of North Carolina. That’s something we should really be proud of.”

Commissioner Don Martin, who also serves as the vice chairman of the Board of Commissioners, said the county was fortunate to have several organizations and people come forward willing to make monetary donations to the project. He said the county received more than $400,000 in grants and gifts.

Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin, director of the Forsyth County Library, said she was excited to finally open the doors on the building that will serve as the community’s “living room.”

She said, “We are excited to finally be providing a 21st century building which will serve as a civic space encompassing the role of a public library, community living room and a cultural center.”

Once the doors of the library were officially opened, residents rushed in to explore. Some went straight to the books, while others, armed with camera phones, recorded everything they saw for friends and loved ones who couldn’t make the grand opening.

City native Diane Fitzhugh found a comfy spot beside an electronic fireplace on the top floor. She said she was amazed by the work done on the library.

“This gives us a glimpse of what the future of libraries can be. It’s exciting to be here today and be a part of history,” Fitzhugh said.

While taking a photo of a painting of the late Maya Angelou hanging on a wall, Darris Fleming, who was a regular at the Central Library before it closed in 2014, said the two-year wait was worth it.

“I think this is beautiful. I know it took a while to finish, but I think this was something that needed to be done,” Fleming said.

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many Democrat and Republican colleagues, that neither Trump, nor key officials in his administration, possessed the moral standing to lead the nation.

And several days later, when the president doubled-down on his position by calling white nationalists “fine people,” the outrage from the CBC could not be contained.

“You can make an argument based on pure competency and fitness to serve, and that’s the conversation the caucus will have,” CBC Chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond (DLA), told reporters during a teleconference two weeks ago, noting that the CBC was also committed to ridding white supremacists from the federal government, and certainly from the Trump administration.

“I never thought I would see the day when the president of the United States would openly defend white supremacists,” Rep. Richmond later said in a statement. “I call on my colleagues on both

sides of the aisle to hold this president accountable.”

North Carolina’s two black congresspeople were also outraged, and joined the CBC chair in saying so.

“President Trump has tragically become the divisive demagogue we feared he would be,” said U.S. Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC12) in an Aug. 16 statement, in which she also called Trump’s comments “erratic and despicable.”

“Upon election, he took a sacred oath to represent every American, regardless of race, religion, or creed yet sadly President Trump has failed at this most basic responsibility. Instead of being a steady leader in a time of national crisis, he has recklessly turned to the podium to once again make a mockery of the Presidency and of the citizens he swore to serve.”

“We can no longer justify or tolerate these actions,” Rep. Adams continued. “I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do what this President has failed to do. It is time for us to stand united and resolute in our efforts to fight racism, big-

otry and hate. In the absence of a true leader, Congress must step up and defend our progress, unify our nation, and hold this administration accountable.”

Rep. Adams’ Tar Heel colleague, Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1), the immediate past chairman of the CBC, was equally disturbed.

“I was disappointed that President Trump waited two days before specifically condemning the Charlottesville terror attack and the violence perpetrated by white supremacist groups,” Butterfield said in an Aug. 15 statement. “His failure to not immediately and powerfully condemn these terror groups by name was a clear message that he is supportive of or indifferent to their cause based on ideology or politics, either of which is unacceptable for an American president.”

Members of the CBC had met with Trump in March after he was inaugurated, but in June, they decided to cancel a followup meeting, saying that not only did they not see any evidence that he had

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acted on any of the important issues they had initially discussed, but that there was evidence of White House policies that would “affirmatively hurt Black communities.”

One such example was a followup conference the president is planning to have with the presidents and chancellors of historically black colleges and universities soon. The first was held last February.

Both representatives Richmond, and Adams, who is the co-chair of the HBCU Bi-partisan Caucus in Congress, asked Trump to cancel that gathering in the aftermath of his controversial comments about Charlottesville.

Richmond said the president’s remarks showed he has little concern for the welfare of black students or their communities.

“Not only do I think it should be postponed, it shouldn’t have been happening in the first place,” Richmond told reporters.

“This White House isn’t serious about improving our HBCUs … They brought all those HBCU presidents to town, they

took a picture in the Oval Office, and then they did nothing.”

Adams said: “I call on the President and [Education] Secretary DeVos to postpone this year’s conference until a serious effort has been made to advance issues important to HBCUs and their students.”

Apparently, due to a large number of cancelled appearances by HBCU officials, the conference, while is still scheduled, has been “downsized,” published reports say.

There were Democratic Party calls for President Trump to be shown the door long before Chairman Richmond and the CBC joined the fray. Both Texas Rep. Al Green and California Rep. Maxine Waters (who recently spoke to the Durham Committee of the Affairs of Black People) have called for the impeachment of Trump (Green has actually drafted articles of impeachment on charges of obstruction), based largely on allegations of campaign collusion with the Russians stemming from the 2016 presidential campaign. An

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Kimberley Park because of the relationship she has with Principal Amber Baker, who has been at the school since 2007. While watching her students interact with local police, Baker seemed to be just as excited as the children.

“It’s great to see the students overcome that initial apprehension. At first you can tell some of the students didn’t know how to react, but it didn’t take long for them to open up,” said Baker. “I think this initiative started by Chief Thompson will be huge in this community. I am grateful that she decided to Rhiannon­Giddens­and­backup­band­perform­a­flawless­mix­of­blues,­folk,­soul and­country on­Newport­Jazz­Festival­stage,­Friday,­Aug.­4.

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At the recently held Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, Giddens, one of the fest’s headliners, performed the Aretha Franklin classic, “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man.” Her racially diverse audience was quietly spellbound with the young singer’s effortless rendition of one of the “Queen of Soul’s” classics recording during her 1960s heyday with Atlantic Records.

Ironically, during a recent interview, Giddens revealed that during her live tours, her audiences are typically void of

degree from Oberlin University (Ohio) as an opera major.

In a CBS interview, she explained that she would eventually forgo the opera career, after being exposed to so many various musical styles.

After meeting her eventual Chocolate Drops and Sankofa Strings bandmates at a string festival in Boone, N.C., Giddens and company began researching black cultural connections to folk music in North Carolina. Her road led to Joe Thompson, a Nevan, N.C., fiddler whose family roots were tied to pre-slavery folk and blues.

Giddens and her musician mates realized the unique

Child fame and Durham native Pastor Shirley Caesar.

These days, Giddens continues to tour nationally, and her background in Celtic music has garnered a fan base in Ireland, her husband’s native country.

The couple are parents of a daughter and a son.

Like her 1960s idols Odetta, Nina and Dylan, Giddens is an avid supporter of Americans who need assistance. She personally supports the Rev. William Barber’s N.C. NAACP-led “Moral Mondays” civil rights movement in North Carolina, and has performed for some of his events.

While she’s hopeful

"It’s true. My fan base is mostly white.

I’ve been doing this for 10 years, but I don't get much love from the black press.”

African-Americans.

"It’s true. My fan base is mostly white. I’ve been doing this for 10 years, but I don't get much love from the black press,” she revealed. “I’ve been trying to break in, but it has been very difficult.”

Having attended the historically relevant, Greensboro-based James B. Dudley High School, a school named for the historically black North Carolina A&T State University former president, Giddens in no way has to prove her blackness.

Perhaps, it’s her proclivity to play more unique musical instruments like the fiddle, violin and banjo that shies more blacks away from her style of soul.

After two years at mostly black Dudley High, she matriculated to North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics High School and eventually graduated with a music

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opportunity to absorb from the elderly gent and “sat at his feet to learn the roots music” until Thompson’s death in 2012. He was 93.

In addition to Thompson, Giddens’ influences also include the folk, politically inspired stylings of the “Queen of Civil Rights” Odetta Gordon; Bob Dylan; and North Carolina native Nina Simone.

In describing her own very unique vocal style, she puts it simply: “A cross between Aretha Franklin and Dolly Parton.”

In April 2015, she was invited to the White House

by President Barack Obama to help celebrate the American Gospel music legacy. There, she shared stages with Aretha, legendary producer TBone Burnett, Bishop Rance Allen, Lyle Lovett, Tom Jones, Tamela Mann, Emmylou Harris, Michelle Williams of Destiny’s

about an eventual increase in black support, she fondly recalls an interview with PBS-TV personality Tavis Smiley.

“I’ve been on Tavis Smiley’s show. It's up and down. Of course, I'd like to see more blacks at my shows, especially since [my music] is part of the black culture. It's a Creole base – a mixture of banjos, fiddlers, country music, Jimmie Rogers [the yodeler] all these American genres are a Creole – a mixture with a black foundation,” she explained.

Find Rhiannon Giddens’ music through her website www.rhiannongiddens.com, which points to her performances on YouTube and music through iTunes. Go to her Facebook page at RhiannonGiddensMusic.

ongoing U.S. Justice Dept. investigation is still probing those allegations.

“Am I concerned about high crimes and misdemeanors?

Absolutely,” CBC Chairman Richmond told reporters two weeks ago. “Am I concerned about this president’s fitness to serve? Absolutely.”

When asked last week if they agreed with their CBC chairman about the need for President Trump’s impeachment, Rep. Adams said, “Like many people, I, too, am beginning to question if this President has the moral compass and capacity to lead.

And Rep. Butterfield added, “It seems like a daily occurrence that Democrats, Republicans and the entire world are shocked by the President’s impulsive, divisive and dangerous behavior. “ “As investigations move forward regarding the Trump Administration’s ties to the Russian government,” Rep. Butterfield continued, “the evidence of unlawful collusion and the need for removal of this President appear to increase by the day.” start right her at Kimberley Park.”

Catrina Thompson was sworn in as the 15th chief of the Winston-Salem Police Department on Thursday, Aug. 31. Before being named chief, Thompson served as assistant chief. She has also served in the Patrol Division, Recruiting Unit, Training Division and the Criminal Investigations Division. Thompson has spent her entire 23-year law enforcement career in the city. As chief, Thompson will manage a department with more than 570 officers and 173 civilian positions and an annual budget of $74.5 million.

Low M/WBE participation project sparks county debate T H E C H R ON I C LE

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

A winning bid that had only 0.4 percent Minority/Woman Business Enterprise (M/WBE) participation sparked a debate among county commissioners on if their efforts for minority inclusion are enough.

The bid was approved during the commissioners’ Thursday, Aug. 31, meeting for MWM Construction Inc. to do renovations on the kitchen at the county detention center for a $1,133,000 base bid. The bid only involved 0.4 percent M/WBE subcontractor participation, well below the county’s 10 percent requirement. The county’s M/WBE committee, which is composed of high-ranking county staff, found the company’s good-faith efforts to be adequate.

County Commissioner Everette Witherspoon once again asked if those standards were too low.

“It just seems like there’s a lot of times when these companies don’t meet the 10 percent M/WBE and then they go back to the committee and it’s approved,” said Witherspoon.

Good-faith efforts are scored on bidders meeting various guidelines that equal at least 50 points. In

this case, MWM received points for breaking down the work into economically feasible units for minority participation, contacting M/WBE businesses, making the construction plan and specifications available for review, attending a county pre-bid meeting and negotiating with minority businesses and not rejecting them without a sound, documented reason. County staff said that 97 M/WBE companies were contacted by MWM and received follow ups, but only three responded.

Witherspoon said that the requirements should be above 50 points, to encourage bidders to offer assistance to M/WBE businesses with things like bonding, insurance, loans and equipment.

County Attorney Davida Martin, who is also on the county M/WBE committee, explained the M/WBE standards are set by state statute. Raising them would require a local act to be passed by the General Assembly.

This is what the City of Winston-Salem did. The city requires bidders to meet 115 points to qualify for a good-faith effort, which is reviewed by a staff committee as well as an appointed citizens committee. M/WBE participation goals vary between projects, depending on the

United Way seeks $100,000 for Hurricane Harvey victims

BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

The United Way of Forsyth is hoping to raise $100,000 to help those devastated by Hurricane Harvey.

The local United Way has already pledged to donate $100,000 out of its emergency fund to the hurricane relief efforts. The nonprofit hopes the public will step up to match that generosity by donating at crowdrise.com (search for “Forsyth 4 Houston”). The potential $200,000 will be split between United Way of Greater Houston and the American Red Cross.

Harvey made landfall on Aug. 25 with an unprecedented 50 inches of rain dumping 27 trillion

gallons of water on Texas and Louisiana, causing catastrophic flooding.

“It compels us to want to do something to help,” said Cindy Gordineer, United Way Forsyth County president and CEO, at a press conference announcing the campiagn last week.

At least 47 people died from the storm and more than 72,000 people have been rescued. In Harris County, which contains Houston, 136,000 structures were flooded. John Hughes, executive director of the Piedmont Triad Red Cross, said the storm was “nothing like any of us have seen or experienced in our lifetime.”

“People’s lives have been impacted by the disaster,” he said “It will continue for many years to come.”

The Red Cross was on

the ground in Texas a week before the storm hit to set up shelters. Aside from shelter, the Red Cross also provides food, necessities, medical needs and counseling to those displaced by the hurricane, many of whom have nothing more than the wet

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clothes on their backs. The local Red Cross’ Emergency Response Vehicle is in the area delivering food. More than a dozen Red Cross volunteers from the Triad participated in hurricane relief.

The United Way will work on longterm recovery, helping people rebuild their homes that have been ruined or destroyed by the hurricane and the flooding.

To show their support, Mayor Allen Joines and County Commissioner Chair Dave Plyler attended last week’s announcement and encouraged their constituents to give.

“I urge our citizens in the greater Winston-Salem area to step up and help us reach that $200,000 goal and really show that we are a compassionate city,” said Joines.

Plyler said even though there’s deep divisions in the nation, this is one cause that everyone can get behind.

“Even though we argue and fight like most families do … when trouble comes, we come together and trouble is in Houston, it’s in Texas,” said Plyler.

The fundraiser will run through Sept. 21.

availability of M/WBE businesses for that type of work, with a minimum goal of 10 percent. The city has an M/WBE program with two staff members that set those goals, do subcontractor outreach for city projects, monitor subcontractor use during projects, help city departments identify M/WBE businesses for procurement needs and work with contractors to help them find M/WBE subcontractors and meet the city’s standards. City Business Inclusion Manager Tiesha Hinton said that the M/WBE program benefits the community.

“It creates jobs, job opportunities and economic growth, especially in underserved populations,”

she said.

Though M/WBE participation varies greatly by year, depending on when construction projects are completed, the city participation rates tend to be higher with 20 percent M/WBE participation on city projects last fiscal year compared to the county’s 9.27 percent.

At last week’s meeting, County Manager Dudley Watts said they’ll consider contracting with the city for M/WBE services in next year’s budget.

Commissioner Fleming ElAmin voted for the renovation bid contingent on using construction management at risk in future projects. This method means the contractor will be responsible for cost

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overrun for the project and recruits M/WBE businesses after winning the bid in order to ensure it receives maximum payment. The newly completed Central Library used this method and is estimated to have had more than 30 percent M/WBE participation.

Last week’s vote for the bid was counted as unanimous during the meeting but Witherspoon, who was under the weather, said afterward he intended to vote against it.

Also during the meeting: *Commissioners approved a lease for Forsyth Tech’s future Aviation Career Development Center at Smith Reynolds Airport for 23 cents per square foot or

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just under $30,000 a year.

The center will be built with money from the 2016 Forsyth Tech bond. *Commissioners also approved $47.6 million for construction and completion of a Lowrance-Paisley replacement school. This is part of the 2016 school bond projects and has 21 percent MBWE participation during construction. *An ordinance allowing restaurants in unincorporated areas of the county to sell alcohol on Sundays starting at 10 a.m. was also approved. It’s similar to one that just went into effect in Winston-Salem and is estimated impact about a dozen restaurants in the unincorporated areas.

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The Chronicle is dedicated to serving the residents of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County by giving voice to the voiceless, speaking truth to power, standing for integrity and encouraging open communication and lively debate throughout the community.

Advice is just in time to greet Irma

We celebrated Labor Day on Monday. Students are back in school. Now, Irma might be paying us a visit.

September is North Carolina Preparedness Month, when hurricane season rises to the top of the list of things to think about. As peak hurricane season approaches, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Office of Emergency Management is reminding residents and businesses to update their emergency plans and supply kits.

Harvey, as in Hurricane Harvey, is a reminder that that’s a good idea. Hurricane Irma appears to be even stronger than Harvey, and look what happened in Texas.

Advance preparation is the key, says Emergency Management Director Melton Sadler. “You cannot predict when weather-related or man-made emergencies will occur, but you can plan now on how to respond when disasters strike. Following a few simple steps can save lives.”

Specifically, Sadler said, families and businesses should assemble emergency supply kits, then make and rehearse plans for where to go and what to do if a disaster strikes. The plan should include details about where to meet, how to get in touch with one another, evacuation plans, what to do with pets and how to notify employers/employees after an emergency.

The kit should contain enough non-perishable food, a manual can opener, and a gallon of water per person per day to last three to seven days. Other essential items include: *Copies of insurance papers and identification sealed in a watertight plastic bag *Flashlight and extra batteries *Cell phone charger or power pack *First-aid kit and book *Weather radio and batteries *Supply of prescription medicines *Sleeping bag or blankets *Changes of clothes *Wrench or pliers to turn off water *Hygiene items such as toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, deodorant and anti-bacterial wipes or gel *Cash and change *Extra house and car keys *Pet supplies including food, water, leashes, bedding, muzzle and vaccination records *Books, games or playing cards “Items for your emergency supply kit can be found around the house,” Sadler said. “Having an emergency supply kit will help you after an emergency because first responders may not be able to reach you quickly. And important papers readily accessible will speed up the recovery process because you can more quickly process insurance claims.”

More information on hurricanes and overall emergency preparedness can be found on the ReadyNC mobile app and online at ReadyForsyth.org. Emergency Management also posts updated information on its ReadyForsyth Facebook page.

Remember Hurricane Matthew? People are still reeling from his visit last year. So heed the warnings in case Irma pays us a visit.

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Congratulations to our new Chief Thompson To the Editor:

On behalf of all the officers and members, and the community of faith, we, the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem & Vicinity, pause in time to say congratulations to the new Police Chief of Winston Salem, Chief Catrina A. Thompson!

It is a time of celebration and collaboration.

The Minister's Conference has been very fortunate to have had a great working relationship with the previous chief, Barry Rountree, and consider it our opportunity in time to continue working for the common good of all citizens with Chief Catrina A. Thompson!

When trust and mutual respect are the interwoven fibers of an authentic relationship, the opportunities for positive outcomes are inevitable and unlimited. Police and community are necessary elements in effective partnerships toward the work of reducing crime and improving public safety. We all deserve to live and co-exist in a safe and healthy

Assistant Chief Catrina A. Thompson speaks at a news conference announcing her appointment as chief of the Winston-Salem Police Department on Aug. 25. society. the betterment of the community we In closing, we do not know what all serve. tomorrow holds but we do know who Because of Calvary … holds tomorrow. Having a pre-established relationship and mutual trust Rev. Dr. Lamonte Williams, serve as the conduit for the mandate President set forth by our Heavenly Father in Minister's Conference of Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us Winston Salem & Vicinity reason together, saith the LORD.” We continue to look forward to being at the table of discussion for City of Winston-Salem photo

Small businesses must approach economic cycles with consistency Algenon Cash

Guest Columnist

The economy is highly cyclical and can be outright uncertain, which may cause many challenges for small business owners. Unlike large corporations, small business may not always have available resources on hand to deal with necessary corrective action for every trend and emerging issue. And even the most well experienced business owners may encounter new circumstances and barriers that complicate their ability to interpret business cycles.

Any great entrepreneur knows they will never be able to predict the future, but a number of steps can be implemented to help small businesses endure terrible times, while remaining in position to achieve success during growth cycles.

Always monitor your

company’s financial status

Most bankers have deep experience with up and down economic cycles, so they can be a wealth of knowledge when you’re faced with issues more specific to your industry. Some business owners require a line of credit to help support business operations during a down cycle, while others may have the necessary liquidity to finance losses from cash flow – either way, a talented banker can provide valuable advice.

I typically favor keeping the corporate balance sheet debt fee, but there are select industries where that may be next to impossible – for example, in manufacturing, you may need upfront capital to pay for goods and services prior to the end product reaching market.

Keep a close watch on your receivables

Many small business owners are poor bill collectors, which can result in further pressure on the company’s cash flow during good and bad times.

Follow-up with whoever owes your company money and hold them accountable to whatever credit terms that were agreed upon when entering the relationship.

Some customers may experience legitimate issues with paying on time, so you need to learn the fine art of being firm while remaining open to negotiation. The most important thing is to never accommodate customer requests that may negatively impact your company’s financial position – focus on winwin outcomes.

Maintain a low fixed expense operation

The majority of business owners that struggle only do so because they don’t understand their numbers, so it’s critical that you monitor profitability on a weekly basis.

Many entrepreneurs go through all the pain of drafting a business plan, but then leave it on the shelf – it’s a good idea to review it weekly to make valuable adjustments and keep your goals on track.

Also be sure that all money spent is truly

enhancing the business and not being wasted. My mentor taught me that running a business is the equivalent of counting pennies, if you do a good job all year, those pennies add up to a profit.

Let the world know about your business

Many entrepreneurs mistakenly consider marketing a luxury or something that should only be done when capital is abundant. The real inconvenient truth is that marketing is absolutely critical to a successful business and required during any business cycle. You must communicate with customers and prospects continuously to build awareness for your business, sustain your customer base and facilitate any future growth.

Algenon Cash is the managing director of Wharton Gladden & Company, an investment banking firm, he is also a national spokesperson for the oil and natural gas industry. Reach him at acash@whartongladden.c om.

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Embrace racial healing to change hearts and minds La June

Mongomery Guest Columnist

Prior to the displays of hatred and the tragic loss of Heather Heyer, a young woman who seemingly embraced the virtues of healing, a transformation was taking place in Charlottesville, Virginia.

This college town, where roughly 80 percent of the residents are white, culminated a lawful process in February when its City Council voted to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee from a city park.

Passionate acts came from opposing sides, as opponents filed suit to stop the removal and the city changed the name of Lee Park to Emancipation Park.

But there was honest dialogue and truth-telling, the ingredients for healing.

Neighbors learned more about one another, their culture and motivations.

But the progress was derailed.

The protesters who converged in Charlottesville were largely white men often per-

tionally, respectfully and patiently uncover shared truths, as Charlottesville residents had begun to do

ceived as privileged in our society, and among their slogans was "We will not be replaced" by immigrants, blacks, Jews, or homosexuals. Instead of feeling empowered, they were threatened and seemed in pain. Their hearts and minds needed healing.

But racial healing doesn't begin until you inten-

before the violence and turmoil. Shared truths are not simply the removal of physical symbols, like monuments. While it may begin to change narratives, it doesn't reach the level of healing that jettisons racism from the land or creates equitable communities. Racism has persevered because remedies ranging from public

accommodation laws to Supreme Court rulings are limited in scope and reach: They fail to change hearts and minds.

A new approach is needed that penetrates the full consciousness of our society, draws in all communities and focuses on racial healing and truthtelling.

At the W. K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), we promote racial healing because it moves people to act from their hearts. Real change happens when people work together and build relationships. Rarely does it occur when it is forced upon communities by laws and rulings. Last January, WKKF coordinated an annual National Day of Racial Healing, which inspired civic, religious, community and philanthropic organizations to collaborate on activities to facilitate racial healing.

But we can't wait until next January to embrace racial healing.

Today, with the threat of unrest billowing through communities, our country needs to heal. All sides must air their pasts, fears,

colleges, most employers continue to source their talent from the “usual suspects” — the same group of select colleges we all know — effectively ignoring deep pools of talented students attending other lesser-known or ranked schools.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has designed a solution for employers seeking highly-talented diverse college graduates.

We work with our corporate partners to identify, develop and deploy diverse talent, tapping into pools of talent found on the campuses of our 47 publicly supported Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs).

Through this process, TMCF builds targeted, sustainable and diverse talent pipelines from HBCUs into corporate America and other major employers.

Indeed, according to

the National Science Foundation (NSF), of the top 25 undergraduate institutions whose graduates went on to complete STEM doctorates (2,280), 12 HBCUs out-produced prestigious institutions (“the usual suspects”) by 64 percent, and 30 percent of African-American STEM doctoral recipients were HBCU undergraduates.

For the past 30 years, TMCF has built deep relationships with our member-schools, which allows us to efficiently find and develop the right students for specific positions.

TMCF uses predictive analytics to ensure that qualified talent have both the knowledge, acculturation, and other “soft skills” for them to be successful in a given partner’s workplace culture. Next, we develop those students through a variety of school-to-work profession-

al and career development interventions. Finally, once our talent begins work with our partners as either fulltime employees or interns, we monitor and provide additional support to ensure they transition properly. As a result, more than 80 national and global corporations and government agencies partner with TMCF to identify, develop and deploy diverse talent for specific positions and functions.

Through our solutionsfocused programs, TMCF is partnering with leading technology companies to help address that industry’s diversity gap. Together with our partners, TMCF has created both short- and long-tailed initiatives to build sustainable pipelines of diverse talent over time.

Iconic American employers like Wells Fargo, Walmart, The Hershey Company and The Kellogg Company as well as mis-

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and anxieties, and articulate their visions for a future where all children can thrive.

After centuries of racial hierarchy, all sides have been wounded: Whenever a policy or decision gives privileges to some and not others or perpetuates injustices, the collective community suffers, and part of our common humanity is lost. It leaves some wounded and unable to work toward our collective interest.

To be sure, racial healing is predicated not just on an emotional encounter, such as saying, 'you're sorry,' rather it's predicated on a truth-telling. But who's truth? We all have our own truth and we need collective conversations to help us in reaching a common truth and a vision for the future, based on what we decide together.

What is inspiring is the healing that is happening around the country. Earlier this year, 200 people gathered at the Chicago Theological Seminary for an extraordinary day of racial healing. People of all races, genders, religions and ethnicities, gathered in healing circles to share their "truths" on the racism they endured or consciously or unconsciously unleashed on others. The healing circles were sanctuaries for truth-telling, and helped people see one another, acknowledge differences and begin to build authentic relationships.

WKKF, through our Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT)

framework, is supporting racial healing in the 14 places where the TRHT is being implemented. Since 2010, when our America Healing initiative launched, WKKF has actively promoted racial healing and supported racial healing practitioners who are available to help communities, concluding that: *Racial healing accelerates human capacity for resilience, truly embracing one another and reconnecting many people who previously had their identities denied back to their roots, culture, language and rituals. *The focus of racial healing is our "collective humanity," and lifting up that which unites us rather than that which divides us, while discovering, respecting and indeed honoring our unique experiences. *Racial healing will facilitate narrative change, which will help everyone in communities articulate the truth about their collective histories and be exposed to full, complete and accurate representations of themselves and their communities.

Communities must heal so they can grow. Let's heal and build sustainable progress neighbor by neighbor, community by community to transform America so all children can have a brighter future.

sion-critical federal agencies like the Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) all partner with TMCF to identify and develop diverse talent for their companies’ needs, and they overwhelmingly report satisfaction with the results.

As an extension of our talent development competency, we have recently joined the newly announced CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion initiative, a coalition of corporate CEOs joining efforts to address the challenge of creating diverse workforces. TMCF offers both expertise and a deep pool of talent to help coalition members succeed in their targeted recruitment and development of diverse talent. With CEOs taking leadership roles to increase diversity in executive-track careers, TMCF

is encouraged that executive-track workforces will become diverse over time.

As an organization that partners with businesses to create pipelines of diverse talent, we understand that addressing diversity over the long run requires sustained commitment and support, and TMCF is uniquely positioned to work with corporations to efficiently move beyond the “usual suspects” to engage a deeper pool of talent because America’s HBCUs can be part of the solution.

La June Montgomery Tabron is president & CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Fund deepens corporate diversity recruitment Johnny C. Taylor Jr.

Guest Columnist

While “Diversity” is not a new term for the business world, it appears to be experiencing a resurgence of sorts lately.

Every major corporation seems to be looking for employees from underrepresented groups —some, because they think these diverse perspectives will improve their corporate culture and make them better corporate citizens, while others believe it is simply “smart business” as they vie for future customers in an increasingly diverse country.

But in all its attempts to make progress when it comes to recruiting future executives from America’s

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. is the president & CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community.

Prior to joining TMCF, he spent years as a corporate executive and attorney.

Follow him on Twitter at @JohnnyCTaylorJr.

Nutrition helps the brain, especially in children School’s back in session and the foods children eat supply the raw materials to construct their brains and ultimately supply their brainpower. So it is very Guest important that we are able to Columnist supply our children with foods rich in phytonutrients, like vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and fats (the good kind).

What a person eats throughout life affects the levels of neurotransmitters and regulates how well we think and feel. Neurotransmitters are the brain signals that send messages throughout our bodies. Essentially, they are our communicators.

By maximizing nutritional factors that favor normal brain development, we maximize our intelligence potential. Nutritious eating influences intelligence. This also helps protect children's emotional well-being.

Depression, attention deficit, hyperactivity and many other disorders are directly linked to early-life nutrition.

The younger the brain, the more sensitive it is to negative nutritional influences. The brain requires adequate nutrition to be a properly working machine.

Surprisingly, the brain is mostly made of fat and because of this, it must have the right ratio of omega-6 and omega-3 fats. These fats are built into the structure of the brain. Sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax seeds, and walnuts are great brain food sources. They are best eaten raw to ensure you are supplied with the rich, full potential of fats. Avocados, olives and fish (like sardines, anchovies and salmon) are also rich sources of omega fats.

There are many ways to enhance your child's health in

Elisha Covington

Vegetables, fruits and fish are good for brain health.

the kitchen for this school year and beyond: *Stock your home with a variety of produce, like raw vegetables, fresh fruits, raw nuts and seeds. These make great snacks that don't require cooking. *Replace animal-based foods with foods made from plants, like bean burgers, vegetable soups and desserts made with fruits. *If you do consume animal-based products, try using only lean, white-meat poultry and eggs a few times a week. "Meatless Monday" meal ideas are a great way to incorporate at least one meal per week that isn't made with meat. Quinoa, beans and legumes are a great protein source and provide great fiber.

*Limit salt, sugar, and white flour consumption. *If consuming dairy foods, reduce dairy consumption in general and instead incorporate the use of alternatives like fortified non-GMO soy milk and nut milks. Dairy cheese should be limited as well. *Serve a cooked vegetable dish every night. A quick and easy (and favorite) way I like to incorporate a meatless meal during the week is by making a vegetable soup Photo from thebridgeline.org made with beans, vegetables and pasta or any grain, like brown rice or barley. I make a large pot that can be eaten for a couple of days, or freeze the leftovers for later use. We don't mind leftovers in my household.

Healthy eating habits start at home because children tend to follow our lead. Eat as a family as much as possible. It supports children to maintain a healthy mind and body throughout the years to come. We owe it to them.

Elisha Covington is an avid reader and a mother of a vivacious six year old. She is an advocate for eating on a budget without compromising healthy food choices. She’s passionate about how and why people have unique relationships to food and wellness and how these relationships are impacted by their environments.

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BUSTA’S PERSON OF THE WEEK

Left to right: WSOC Charlotte News Anchor Erica Bryant and Matt Murphy speaking at Phillip O’Berry High School to the STEM Class. Below Matt Murphy is shown on a “Racing on a Mission in 2017” promotion.

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His race has just begun

By BuSta Brown the ChroniCle

17-year-old Matt Murphy iV has the resume of a well-accomplished adult. he’s a racecar driver. Murphy began racing dragsters at the age of 6 under the tutelage of his grandfather, Clarence “Mr. C” Millner, a former winner in the modified 470 stock car division. Matt has raced various types of vehicles. Successfully, as a youth, he raced junior dragsters, go-karts and Bandoleros. now, as a teenager, he races late models in the naSCar whelen all american Series. he raced about three years in the Pro all Star Series (PaSS) finishing 3rd in points, his second year in the series.

Matt is currently testing the car for future and greater opportunities in the naSCar arena. although Matt loves racing, he ventures into other things like working on car motors, building houses and anything that requires him to

use his hands. he is Ceo of Matt’s enterprise, an inspirational speaker and inspires and motivates youth, 7-15 years of age, and parents by sharing his racing experience and story. he speaks in front of thousands at events such as the Ciaa basketball tournament, national Black theatre Festival and numerous schools, churches and other community related events.

Founder of Project Share (Sacrificing hands are real examples), Matt focuses on providing resources to create a desired lifestyle for homeless youth. he also volunteers for Goodwill industries in their gardens that provide food for the on-campus restaurant in Charlotte. a book has been written and inspired by Matt's story, which centers on a diverse group of peers with various lifestyles and focuses on building selfesteem and confidence. the book has been used as a resource for elementary schools in Charlotte.

Matt is in the graduat-

ing class of 2018 at hickory Grove Baptist Christian School in Charlotte, and he’s planning for college to further his education in agriculture. Murphy is very passionate about providing healthy and organic food to the world. the high school senior was elected student of the month each school year since kindergarten through elementary school and is a recipient of the Generosity award at school. to connect with Matt Murphy, contact laShanda Millner at 704-458-8868.

Book signings, short salk question and answer sessions and Matt Murphy Motorsports tour (winston-Salem) are available.

How does this awesome young man stay humble?

Meet his family during my interview on the Winstonsalem Chronicle YouTube Channel. Click on the YouTube icon at www.wschronicle.com or go straight to YouTube.

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Glenn climbs to 2-0 with victory over Carver Glenn wide receiver Daniel Napper, No. 5 in orange, carries his defender for more yards in their game against Carver last Wednesday.

Photos by Timothy Ramsey

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The Glenn Bobcats are off to a good start in their 2017 campaign. After defeating Walkertown 42-0 Week One, they followed up with a 27-6 victory over the Carver Yellowjackets last Thursday.

Throughout the entire first half of play, this was an evenly matched game. With Carver having many of their skill position players going both ways, fatigue played a major role in the Bobcats domination in the second half, which propelled them to victory.

Carver quarterback Jakiem Blackburn, No. 9 in gray, attempts to scramble out of the pocket past Antonio Grey of Glenn.

The first quarter of the game was very uneventful for both offenses, which is to be expected early in the season.

The second quarter looked to mirror the first until Antonio Grey of Glenn returned a punt to the 31 yard line of Carver late in the second.

Taking full advantage of their golden field position, Glenn quarterback Aronson Cook hooked up with sophomore wide receiver Daniel Napper for a leaping catch in the end zone. After taking possession deep in their territory, Glenn decided to run a couple of plays instead of kneeling on the ball to run out the clock, which resulted in a fumble. The ball was picked up by Carver and run in

for a touchdown to bring them within one point at 7-6 going into the half.

“Defense really carried us in the first half and if it wasn't for that late fumble late in the first half they would have pitched a shutout, said Glenn head coach Stephen Herring. “Our defense played a heck of a game no doubt.”

The feeling was mutual on Carver's sideline about their defensive performance during the first half. Carver head coach Dee Moye says they have more work to do

Mt. Tabor bounces back

See Victory on B2

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Two weeks ago Mt. Tabor took a drubbing 42-13 at the hands of East Forsyth. Spartan head coach Mike Lovelace said he knew his young players would respond well in their next game. His team did just that as they defeated West Forsyth by the score of 13-0.

In 2016, the matchup between the Titans and the Spartans was the most highly anticipated game of the year.

That game went down to the final seconds where Mt. Tabor scooped up a fumble and ran it all the way back for the winning score.

West Forsyth, coming off a decisive victory against the Carver Yellowjackets, looked to keep the momentum going against the Spartans, but the Spartans had other ideas. Two touchdowns that were called back because of penalties really hurt the Titans’ efforts.

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Jared Eure, West Forsyth head coach, said based off of the success they enjoyed last season and the big win in Week One, spirits were high heading into the Mt. Tabor game. He says he knows Mt. Tabor routinely keeps a pretty good JV team, so he knew anything could happen.

“Our expectations are to go undefeated every year but after last week, that can't happen, so now we have to try and look to go 9-1 and finish the season strong,” said Eure.

“Our expectations are always high for our kids.”

Historically, the games between the two schools have been well played on both sides because of the enormous level of talent on both sidelines. For Eure, he says even though he knew the Spartans fell to East Forsyth last week, they could not overlook them.

“Mt. Tabor is always good and they are always well coached,” Eure went on to say. “It's always a tough game like last year when it came down to a fumble that they ran back for a touchdown, which led to them being 10-0 and us being 9-1.”

“You can't look at how bad they got beat the week before because we don't know what happened in that game. We can only judge how they play against us because it's a rivalry game, so we throw the records out the See Bounces on B2

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Brian McIntyre, No. 23 in gold, gets brought to the ground by a swarm of West Forsyth defenders.

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Recently retired Art Blevins presents the championship trophy to Pacers head coach Richard Singletary.

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Art Blevins recently retired from Hanes Hosiery Recreation Center after nearly 40 years in the WinstonSalem Recreation and Parks Department. He returned to the center for the championship game of the newly minted “Coach Art's All-Star Summer League” on Aug. 22.

Blevins presented Richard Singletary with the championship trophy after Singletary led the Pacers to a 56-39 win over the Nuggets. Singletary, who grew up under Blevins at the Hosiery, has been volunteering for years at the center.

“It was great to be back at home at the Hosiery for the day,” said Blevins. “This is my heart and I miss my kids and the center but I am so happy to see the league still going on.”

“I am so proud of Richard because he grew up here playing for me when he was 14 years old and now he is

36 years old and volunteering,” Blevins continued.

Richard is like my son or little brother and I am very proud of him.”

DC Hudson and Isaiah Conrad of the Pacers were too much for the Nuggets to handle as they led the team to the 2017 Coach Art’s All-Star Summer League Championship. Jaurice Watson, Jason Russell, Emanuel Moore, DJ Barkley and Jalen Barkley also played well for the Pacers.

Hanes Hosiery recreation leaders, Patrice Johnson and Jeremiah Hawks, renamed the basketball league to honor the newly retired Blevins. Johnson and Hawks said “This was a tribute and honor to Coach Art and his legacy for over 38 years of service to the community.”

Along with having the league named after him at the center, the city will also honor Blevins later this year by naming the Hanes Hosiery gym the “Art Blevins gym.”

Blevins said he is “truly humbled, blessed and See Blevins on B2

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Glenn wide receiver Antonio Grey, No. 4 orange, bobbles the catch while being chased by Gavin Johnson, No. 11 and Raheim Miller, No. 30.

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but was happy with his team’s effort.

“It was a tale of two halves because we started off pretty steady and it seemed like it was an even game between both teams,” Moye said. “We had some big plays on defense in the first half to where the momentum was given to us even though we were down by one point.”

Herring told his guys that the first half could not have gone any worse than it did offensively so the

only place they could go was up. He said the other team wasn't beating them but instead they were beating themselves by not executing. He told them to correct the little mistakes and everything will fall into place.

Leaning on the run game, Glenn came out of the half with a renewed vigor on offense. The power and speed combination of Keyon Sanders and Isaac Sutton was key for the second half surge for Glenn as they both scored touchdowns.

“Together they are a nice little thunder and

lightning punch,” said Herring. “Keyon is a hard runner between the tackles and Isaac is our burner around the edges. When we throw Raninra Dillworth in the mix, he will run you over and has speed to go with it, also.”

Moye says his team did not keep up the same intensity in the second half as they did in the first. With the high number of young players on the team he felt they became a little complacent with the score being so tight at the intermission.

“We have some young kids on the team and we

kind of let it slip through our fingers,” Moye said.

“You find that sometimes with young kids, which means we have more work to do. This game is four quarters and you have to play full speed all game and carry out your assignments.”

Overall Moye saw improvements in his team from their game last week against West Forsyth. He credits his defense for playing so well, forcing two interceptions and two fumbles.

He says he knows it will be a challenge to get all of the guys to buy in to what they are

trying to teach. Once that happens, he thinks both offensively and defensively they will begin to start clicking.

There were a few bright spots for the Yellowjackets during the game.

Cornerback Jaquez Sims intercepted two passes while running back/linebacker Xavier Gaddy played well on both sides of the ball. Moye says those are two of the players he leans on because of their commitment to the team.

“Jaquez hasn't had much experience at corner but was willing to step in when needed and played

well,” Moye said. “Gaddy is a specimen when you look at him. He is works really hard and gave excellent effort. I take my hat off to those guys.”

For Herring, he will use this game as an example of what his team needs to improve upon going into their game against North Forsyth next week. He says defensively they just need to maintain what they have been doing but for the offense he thinks adjustments have to be made by the players and the coaching staff to put the players in the best situation possible.

Jorden Zertuche of Mt. Tabor, No. 8 in gold, stiff arms Devares Holbrooks, No. 24 in white, in their game against West Forsyth.

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window.”

Following the loss to the Eagles the week before, Lovelace said his young players needed to make sure they stick with their defensive assignments and the rest will fall into place. Against the Titans the difference from the week prior was night and day.

Lovelace lost many of his skilled position players from the undefeated 2016 team. He says integrating the

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new players into his system would take some time so they would lean on the defense to carry the load until the offense comes around.

Defensively Eure feels as though his team played well. It was a 0-0 game midway through the third quarter until a blown coverage by the Titans allowed Mt. Tabor to get on the board first. In the fourth West Forsyth was mounting a good drive but was halted by a fumble.

“Their defense played really well and they kicked our butt honestly,” Eure continued. “They deserved to win and we did not play well. They played better than we did,

(Left) Josiah Crosby, No. 11 in gold, jumps on the fumble to give possession back to the Spartans in their game against Mt. Tabor last week.

and that's just JV football.”

For Eure he says the difficult part is getting the kids to focus mentally because the physical part is easy. He says the young guys have to understand that everyone wants to beat them because of their history of success.

Eure had high praise for Caleb Bolen and James Gordon for their play Wednesday night. Bolen had an interception and Gordon had a punt return for a touchdown that was called back. Eure called Gordon a leader on the team and says he will be looked upon to play a more prominent role on the offensive end going forward.

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touched deeply by these honors. God has truly blessed me in so many ways. The Hanes Hosiery recreation center and the kids will always be in my heart and in my life.”

Coach Blevins says he wanted to thank Johnson, Hawks, City Council member Denise “DD” Adams, Recreation and Parks director William Royston and the city of Winston-Salem. It was Adams who recommended to Royston that the gym be renamed for Blevins.

Over the years Blevins has racked up countless numbers of accolades and honors for his dedication to the city of WinstonSalem and the kids in the respective recreation centers he has been employed with. The renaming of the gym in his honor will add to a legendary career.

Art Blevins poses with the Pacers, who won the “Coach Art AllStar Summer League Championship” at Hanes Hosiery.

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She’s someone we need to know

BY BUSTA BROWN THE CHRONICLE

“Parents and teachers should talk to each other about their expectations, so that there is a clear understanding of the role each has to play to make sure our students get the support they need to succeed.”

Those are the words of Sharon D. Frazier, a name educators, parents and students in Forsyth County schools know very well. She’s an Educator and ChildFamily Advocate and the District and Title I Parent Involvement Coordinator for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.

Frazier has a program called “Parent Power,” which is held quarterly at local community centers in WinstonSalem. The program is designed to provide parents with all the information needed to support their children education. She invites educators and other Child-Family advocates to come speak with the parents and their children. Sharon said, “It’s going to take a real partnership with the communities, schools, churches, and local businesses.”

Sharon also does the “Parent Academy.” Parents can take classes to learn a job skill.

Parents and teachers are provided with relevant and specific information to help children deal with “Social-Emotional” development (EC Students).

“Social-Emotional Development affects children Frazier learning abilities, which makes it hard on both parents and teachers. Neither schools or the parents can do it alone,” she said.

During the summer, Sharon does “The Amazing Summer Escape.” “It’s a fun way to keep our students learning during the summer.” It also provides parents with information needed to prepare their children for the coming semester.

One year Sharon invited me to emcee “The Amazing Summer Escape,” and it was absolutely amazing. The first floor of Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem was packed with youth and their parents. There were lots of fun and excited entertainment and live performances from local youth talent as well. It was amazing!

“I do all of this because it’s important to listen to the concerns and needs of parents and teachers, and WinstonSalem is moving in the right direction to make that happen. ‘E-F-E-C-T (Effective Family Engagement Collaborative Teams) is just one of the many programs that are in place. E-F-E-C-T is an innovative model for helping parents, families, communities, and schools leverage their mutual goals, resources, and skills to provide the best possible educational environments and opportunities for students, to continuously improve educational outcomes for high student achievement, for all students. Each E-F-E-C-T consists of one or more schools (parent/family engagement coordinators) from each level (elementary, middle and high). “Instead of one school, if six schools come together, more people will participate.”

Sharon D. Frazier served as home-school coordinator at Forest Park Elementary for 19 years and as general music/chorus teacher at Mineral Springs Middle School for two years. Sharon is passionate about advocating for and supporting students and their families. She is a graduate of Hampton University, attended graduate school at N.C. A& T State University. Sharon also studied abroad, and has toured as a singer and actress throughout the U.S. and Europe. She served for 32 years with the North Carolina Black Repertory Company and The National Black Theatre Festival as charter board member, performer and youth talent director/consultant. She continues to use artistic expression as motivation to connect and direct aspiring youth.

She has received several awards and honors, including the Winston-Salem Chronicle Community Service Award as a Curator of the Arts, the Women’s Leadership Award, National Black Theatre Festival and WinstonSalem Foundation Echo Award and National Black Theatre 30/30 Award.

Sharon is currently connecting and engaging parents and community through Parent Power, a K-12 Parent Education Series, the Amazing Summer ESCAPE Summer Learning Challenge, Peace Academy Youth Leadership Program, and several other community and faith initiatives. She hopes that her work will inspire, and positively impact the lives of children and families in schools and throughout the community. She’s definitely someone we need to know.

For more information, you can email her at sfrazierwsfcs.k12.nc.us.

Community Briefs

Golf association presents scholarships The Winston Lake Senior Golf Association scholarship awards banquet was held Monday, Aug. 7 at the Winston Lake Golf Course. The Blalock scholarships are presented each year to students who have excellent achievements in academics and community service. The scholarship is named in honor of the Blalock family, which is one of the charter members and a gold sponsor of the club. Reginald Blalock and his family was on hand to give words of encouragement to the scholarship recipients. The golf association would also like to recognize Charles Butler, scholarship chairman and the selection committee for its due diligence in the selection process. Butler and Laverne Blalock presented seven $1,000 scholarship checks to the recipients. Mr. Blalock spoke briefly about the scholarship and told the students to make us proud and stay the course to achieve success in their chosen fields. The scholarship recipients are: Terah Newsome, North Carolina Central University; Benny Monroe, N.C. A & T State University; Jasmine Gwyn, UNC-Greensboro; Shariff McQueen, North Carolina Central University; Niaja Wilds, N.C. A & T State University; Baily Jones, East Carolina University; Mackenzie Joseph, North Carolina Central University.

Foxx announces communications director Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C.-5th, on Sept. 1 announced that Anna McEntee has joined her Washington D.C., office as Communications Director.

McEntee grew up in Snellville, Georgia. She graduated from Georgia State University and received a bachelor’s degree in political science. Since then, she has worked around the country on a number of political campaigns and most recently worked at Fox News Channel in the D.C. Bureau. McEntee will serve as official spokesperson and direct the communications efforts of Foxx in North Carolina.

Community Calendar T H E C H R ON I C LE

Today, Sept. 7 – The Make America Rock Again Tour The Winston-Salem Fairgrounds will host The Make America Rock Again Tour on Thursday Sept. 7 at 7 p.m.; doors for the event will open at 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale now.

Tickets range in price from $55 for pit area to $20 advanced general admission or $27 day of general admission. For more information, visit www.wsfairgrounds.com.

Today, Sept. 7-15 – Blood Drive and Hair Cut Feel good, do good and look good this September by donating blood or platelets with the American Red Cross and get a free haircut coupon from Sport Clips Haircuts.

Blood and platelet donors of all blood types, especially type O negative and O positive, are urgently needed to replenish the blood supply following a critical summer blood shortage. Visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-7332767) to make an appointment or to see times and locations of area blood drives.

Today, Sept. 7 – Panel Discussion The Pro Humanitate Institute at Wake Forest University will host a panel discussion on race, politics and the South called “The Case of Charlottesville: Why Charlottesville Happened and What It Means for the Rest of Us” on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. in Wait Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. A livestream webcast of the panel will be available at https://livestream.com/wfu/charlottesville.

Sept. 8 – Plant Class N.C. Cooperative Extension, Forsyth County Center, 1450 Fairchild Road, Winston-Salem, will host “Select Native Plants to Enhance Your Garden” a Forks on Friday presentation on Sept. 8 from 12-1 p.m. The class is free but registration is required. Register at coopext-registration@forsyth.cc or 336703-2850, no earlier than two weeks prior to the program. Space is limited

Sept. 8-10 & 14-17 – Steele Magnolias The Little Theatre of WinstonSalem will present Steel Magnolias, opening Friday, Sept. 8, at the Arts Council Theatre, 610 Coliseum Drive in Winston-Salem. Additional performances will be held Sept. 9-10 & 14-17. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Tickets are $27.50, and discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Online tickets are now on sale and the box office opens for general sales on Monday, Aug. 28 at 12 p.m. Box office hours are Monday through Friday from noon-5:30 p.m.

Call (336) 725-4001 for tickets or purchase online at www.thelittletheatreofws.org.

Sept. 9 – 9/11 Public Safety Challenge The third annual 9/11 Public Safety Challenge, an event that combines the city’s 9/11 commemoration with a competition for high school Junior ROTC units, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 9, in the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex. The event is open to the public and admission is free. Parking is free and concessions will be available.

Sept. 9 – International Village Food and Music Festival Eudulio Solis and Friends of West End Mambo, comprising members of the popular Salsa band West End Mambo, is headlining this year’s International Village Food and Music Festival from noon to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 9, in Corpening Plaza in downtown Winston-Salem.

Admission is free. Cultures from all over the world will be showcased and celebrated. The festival will be preceded by a Naturalization Ceremony at 11 a.m. in Corpening Plaza during which 20 people will become citizens of the United States.

Sept. 9 – “Gourd-geous” Gourds Day The Fairgrounds Farmers Market is holding a “Gourd-geous” Gourds Day on Saturday, Sept. 9. From 8 a.m. to noon there will be displays of decorated gourds, gourd decorating demonstrations for adults, and gourd activities for kids. There will also be music, vendors with gourd merchandise, and free gourd seeds and growing tips.

Sept. 9 – ‘Homes for Dogs’ On Sept. 9, Coldwell Banker Triad, Realtors; Animal Adoption & Rescue Foundation (AARF); and Guilford County Animal Shelter are

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joining hundreds of Coldwell Banker offices and animal shelters around the country for the Coldwell Banker “Homes for Dogs” National Adoption Weekend.

Coldwell Banker Triad, Realtors will be hosting an event in Winston-Salem noon - 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9 at Coldwell Banker Triad, 285 South Stratford Road.

Sept. 9 – Trail celebration This year marks the 40th anniversary of North Carolina’s Mountainsto-Sea Trail (MST). In celebration of the milestone, all Mast Stores in North Carolina are donating 10 percent of the day’s sales on Sept. 9 to the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Each Mast Store in North Carolina will host volunteers and an MST information table on Sept. 9. A brochure will show the closest access to the trail from the store.To find out how you can become more involved, visit the MST website at www.MountainstoSeaTrail.org.

Sept. 9 – A.H. Anderson Class of 1968 The Anderson Class of 1968 will be meeting every second Saturday monthly at Forsyth Seaford Café’ at 6 p.m. to continue to plan for its 50th Class Reunion to be held in 2018.

For more information, please contact Laura Hayes Allen at 336-624-8516 or Reggie Moore at 336-671-7154.

Sept. 9 – Black Family Day Rebuilding the Block Initiative, Muhammad Mosque No. 34, will host its 21st Anniversary Celebration of Black Family Day. The event will be observed Saturday, Sept. 9, at 2:30 p.m. Market Square, 303 South Scales Street, Reidsville. The celebration is open to the public.

Sept. 9 – Awareness Walk There will be a “Stop the Violence” Awareness Walk on Sept.

9 beginning at noon. The walk will begin at the corner of North Cleveland Avenue and end at Russell’s Funeral Home. For more information, contact James Benjamin at Kingdommovement15@gmail.cm or 336-978-8180 or 336-978-4809.

Sept. 10 – Founder’s Day speaker Renowned educator Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, former director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art and the 14th president of Bennett College, will serve as Bennett’s Founder’s Day speaker 3 p.m. inside the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel on Sept. 10. The public is invited.

Sept. 10 – Play Auditions The Little Theatre of WinstonSalem will hold auditions for its third show of the season, A Wrinkle in Time, on Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Arts Council Theatre, 610 Coliseum Drive. Auditions will begin at 5:30 p.m.; actors should come to the lobby for check-in. No appointment is necessary and everyone is welcome to audition.

Sept. 10 – Race Relations Talk Wake Forest University will host Cheryl Greenberg, a nationally recognized historian of race in America, to address “Black-Jewish Relations: Why It Matters Now More than Ever.” The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 2 p.m. in the Kulynych Auditorium in the Byrum Welcome Center. A reception will follow.

Sept. 10-11 – Auditions Stained Glass Playhouse, 4401 Indiana Ave., will hold auditions for the upcoming comedy, “Doublewide, Texas”. They will be held Sunday and Monday, Sept. 10 and 11 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. For more information, visit stainedglassplayhouse.org/doublewide-texas/.

Sept. 11 – Medicare Workshop Compass Financial Services will offer its informational “Lunch and Learn: Medicare” workshop on Monday, Sept.

11th, at Bleu Restaurant & Bar, 3425 Frontis Street in Winston-Salem. The workshop begins at 11:15 a.m.; please arrive 15 minutes early. There is no cost for the workshop and lunch, but registration is recommended. For more information or to register, call 336-768-5111.

Sept. 14 – Sierra Club meeting The Sierra Club will have a meeting on Sept. 14 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting begins with a potluck at Single Brothers Workshop, 10 Academy Street in Old Salem. The meeting is free and open to all.

Please join us and bring a dish to share.

Sept. 14 – Artist Exhibit Opening Reception The Southeastern Center for

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Contemporary Art (SECCA) presents Entanglements, an exhibition by award-winning fiber artist Sonya Clark. Opening night reception is Thurs., Sept. 14, 6 -8 p.m. The exhibit will be on view from Sept.

14-Jan. 7, 2018.

Sept. 14-15 – Book Sale The Friends of the High Point Public Library, 901 N. Main Street, will have a used book sale on Friday, Sept. 15 and Saturday, Sept. 16. The public sale will be on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. in the Morgan Room and adjacent area, on the main floor of the library. A $3 bag sale will occur on Saturday from 3 – 4:30 p.m.

Now–Oct. 6 – Community Projects HandsOn NWNC will honor 10 years of service by organizing volunteer service projects with community partners.

Visit www.handsonnwnc.org for complete schedule of events.

Now- Oct. 5 – ‘Powerful Tools for Caregivers’ registration Registration is now underway for “Powerful Tools for Caregivers,” a 6week course for anyone caring for a loved one who is frail or ill. Classes will take place on Thursdays, Oct. 5Nov. 9, 6-8 p.m., at Trinity Elms, 7449 Fair Oaks Drive, Clemmons.

There is no charge, but donations are accepted. Registration is required. To register or get information, call Linda Lewis at 336-748-0217.

Now-Nov. 15 – Botanical Disposition art show reception, show Botanical Disposition is a collaborative show from Kathy SchermerGramm (watercolor), Trena McNabb (acrylic), Carl Galie (photography), Diane Demers-Smith (ceramic, watercolor) and, Kelsey Brown (fibers) centralized around the concept of botanicals. Each piece is either inspired by botanicals, or created using botanicals. It will be held at Sawtooth, located upstairs in the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts at 251 N. Spruce Street in downtown, Winston-Salem. A reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m., and the show runs through Nov. 15. The reception and exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information visit sawtooth.org or call 336-723-7395.

Now-Sept. 28 – Designer’s Illustration Exhibition art show reception, show W-S Fashion Week Designer Illustration is in partnership with Winston Salem Fashion Week 2017 and will kick off this year’s event showcasing the Designer’s Illustration Exhibition in the Sawtooth Corridor beginning Sept. 1 through Sept. 28. This exhibition will showcase fashion illustrations, and sketches by designers, fashion photos by local photographers and sculptures by designers and artisans in various forms of media. A reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m., and the show runs through Sept. 28. The reception and exhibit is free and open to the public.

Sawtooth is located upstairs in the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts at 251 N. Spruce Street in downtown, Winston-Salem. For more information visit sawtooth.org or call 336723-7395.

Now -Oct. 28 – 45 Years of Delta Fine Arts Reflections: Celebrating 45 Years of Delta Fine Arts will be on view at the Delta Arts Center, 2611 New Walkertown Road, Sept. 5 – Oct. 28.

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. This exhibition will celebrate the history of Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts, established in 1972 as the city's first nonprofit cultural and educational organization established by AfricanAmerican women. It will feature works commemorating the artists and collectors with whom we have worked over the past 45 years including Elizabeth Catlett, John Biggers, Lois Mailou Jones, Eugene Grisby, Ernest Crichlow, Francis "Sonny" Brown, and others.

Sept. 15 – 60th Anniversary The Twin City Alumni Chapter of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&TSU ) celebrates its 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration. The event will be held on Friday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m., at The Enterprise Center-1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, WinstonSalem. Tickets for the 60th anniversary gala are $50. For ticket information, call 336-408-8670.

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Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Circumcision Lesson Scripture: Genesis 17:1-14

By the end of this lesson, we will *Understand the provisions of the Abrahamic covenant and its sign. *Make the distinction between physical circumcision and circumcision of the heart. *Give greater attention to what we are inwardly rather than outwardly.

Background: The time is 2066 B.C. and the place is thought to be Mamre and is identified as Hebron. Because Abram believed God, God determined that Abram’s belief was equal to righteousness. In Chapter 15 of Genesis, God gave Abram a vision of his descendants, declaring to him the land they would possess as part of the covenant He was making with him. Canaan was that land and it was possessed by Israel generations later, after the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, post Red Sea event. Ishmael is 13 at the time of the lesson and Isaac has yet to be born.

Lesson: At the age of 99, God appears to Abram and introduces Himself as El-Shaddai. He reiterates His promise of progeny, of future greatness for his descendants, and for the gift of land (verses 1-2). God not only introduces Himself differently – He also changes Abram’s name and his relationship with God. Abram, “exalted father,” will now be known as Abraham, “father of many nations.” And God makes clear here that the covenant in which He is making is with Abraham and all his descendants, including Ishmael and all future descendants (verse 6-8). The covenant is to be two-sided. Abraham and his descendants must keep it by obeying God’s command to practice circumcision. This is the outward sign of the covenant (verse 9-11). At 8 days old, all male children from generation to generation must be circumcised.

(Physically at eight days, the blood coagulates sufficiently to prevent excessive loss and spiritually, the eighth day is the sign of completion and the welcoming into a sacred community of God’s people.) This covenant was to include all male members of a household whether born in, bought in or married in. This covenant also, like the rainbow, is everlasting for the Jewish people. To not be circumcised would result in “that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant,” says the Lord God Almighty (verse 14). This makes clear the distinction of circumcision of the foreskin for the Jewish covenant and circumcision of the heart as it relates to salvation. Both are valid. (The MacArthur Study Bible, The Oxford Bible Commentary, UMI, UGP)

Newly arrived minister the Rev. Dr. Carl L. Manuel is the first African-American pastor of Burkhead United Methodist Church.

Members of Burkhead United Methodist say they are excited for the new direction the Rev. Dr. Carl L. Manuel is leading them.

Local church brings in first African-American preacher

Now-Sept. 8 38th Church Anniversary New Direction Movement Cathedral will celebrate its 38th church anniversary beginning Sept. 5. Speakers are as follows: Thursday, Sept. 7, the guest speaker will be Apostle Wallace Gaither; and Friday, Sept. 8, guest speaker will be Apostle Brenda McCloud.

Sept. 8 African-American preaching UNC-Greensboro will explore the arts of AfricanAmerican preaching as part of the Atlantic World Arts Creative Symposium, Sept. 7-9. On Friday, Sept. 8, from 10-11 a.m., Dr. Jeff Titon of Brown University will deliver a keynote address in UNCG’s Elliott University Center Maple Room on the Rev. C. L. Franklin, the late father of singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin and acclaimed as the greatest African-American preacher of his time.

Dr. Titon’s keynote address is free and open to the public, and inexpensive parking is available at UNCG’s nearby Walker Avenue and Oakland Avenue parking decks (see https://parking.uncg.edu/access/ ).

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Burkhead United Methodist Church, 5250 Silas Creek Parkway, has a new senior pastor. The predominately white congregation welcomed their first AfricanAmerican pastor, the Rev. Dr. Carl Manuel Jr. recently.

Manuel, a Greensboro native, had recently been the pastor of a two-point charge in Reidsville, leading two congregations, where he was also greatly involved in the community. He seeks to be just as involved in the Winston-Salem community as he was in Reidsville.

Annual conference targets drug addiction See First on B5

The panelists of the Corner 2 Corner panel discussion tackled tough questions pertaining to the opioid epidemic.

For Your Consideration: There are benefits in circumcision of the male flesh; health, cleanliness and pride, BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE in some cases. What are the benefits of a circumcised heart? How does a proper introduction benefit those The Corner 2 Corner Drug meeting?

Dealers & Street Life Conference held at Union Baptist Church routineLife’s Application: Today, God through the New ly tackles serious issues and topics Testament and Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross asks us to trust that are damaging the community.

Him completely and forsake our old nature as a sign of Drug addiction, specifically the opithe new covenant with Him. When we believe God and oid epidemic, was the topic of discusreceive the gift of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, sion during the community forum taking on His righteousness, we are counted righteous, set held at the church on Thursday, Aug. 31. apart and receive covenant blessings (Romans 4). (The Opioids are a type of medicine UMI Annual Commentary 2017-2018) often used to relieve pain. They are most often prescribed to relieve pain from toothaches and dental procedures, surgeries and chronic conditions such as cancer. Statistics say

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Bishop Sir Walter Mack Jr.

that 91 people die daily from opioids.

They are also responsible for more annual deaths than car accidents.

The panel discussion featured individuals from all different vantage points of the epidemic. The panelist included lawyer Kerri Sigler; Judge

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Sept. 9 Music Appreciation Day The Mass Choirs of St. James A.M.E. will hold their first annual Music Appreciation Day Sept. 9 at 6:30 p.m.

Headlining the program will be The Napper Singers. Other choirs joining in the celebration are the First Waughtown Baptist Church Combined Choir, and the Cathedral of Praise Worship Center Choir. Also appearing on the program will be the New Jerusalem Baptist Church Dance Ministry. The public is invited. St. James is at 1501 N. Patterson Ave. at the corner of 15th Street. The Reverend Dr. Steven L. Lyons is the pastor.

Sept. 9 Grief Share St. Paul United Methodist Church, 2400 Dellabrook Road, Winston-Salem, sponsors “Grief Share”. This is a support group for persons experiencing grief due to the death of someone close to them. Each session is self-contained, meaning one does not have to attend the sessions in sequence. “Is This Normal?” is the topic on Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. For additional information, call 336-723-4531 or 336-722-5517.

Lawrence Fine; Fire Battalion Chief Fred Gethers; Forsyth County EMS Tara Tucker; Winston-Salem Police Department Lt. William Penn; Rev. Dr. Lamonte Williams, president of the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity; Counselor Mark Covington Jr. of George Washington University; and opioid survivor Colin Miller.

Bishop Sir Walter Mack Jr. was the moderator for the panel. He pitched questions toward each panelist to gauge their different perspectives on the epidemic. He says he wanted to hold the discussion because of how far reaching this epidemic has become.

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Sept. 10 Gospel Explosion The Men Of FCBC present a free gospel concert on Sept.

10 at 4 p.m. (Doors open at 3:30 p.m.) The event will take place at First Calvary Baptist Church, 401 N Woodland Ave, Winston-Salem, where the pastor is Derwin L. Montgomery.

Sept. 10 Pastoral Anniversary United Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, 2745 Patria Street, will hold their 10th Pastoral Anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. with guest speaker Rev. Michelle Jones, Friendship Baptist, Charlotte and 3 p.m. with guest Speaker Rev. Dr. Kia Hood of Union Baptist Church, WinstonSalem. For information, call 336-671-8836.

Sept. 10 Service in the Park Saint James Missionary Baptist Church will be having a Service in the Park service on Sept. 10 beginning at 11 a.m.

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He started his pastoral journey in the Presbyterian Church and then moved to the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was teaching at Bennett College in Greensboro when a district superintendent of the United Methodist Church asked him if he would be interested in becoming a United Methodist. He was apprehensive at first, but after contemplating the decision, he accepted.

“I love the ministry. I love working with people,

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“So many times when we think about drug users, we think about people who are just on the street,” said Mack. “What we are discovering is that there are attorneys, executives and pastors who are addicted to pain medication, so what better time to address the issue than now. The more we educate and enlighten, the more we can begin to hold each other accountable.”

Sigler and Fine addressed how opioid addiction has impacted the court system from the defense attorney and judge perspectives, respectively, along with the importance of the return of the drug

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especially young people,” Manuel said. “The school system is one thing I will get involved with here in town along with working with the university students at both WinstonSalem State University and Wake Forest.”

He said this is his first time leading a predominately white congregation.

Since his arrival, he has received nothing but open arms from the members of the congregation.

“This is my first crossracial appointment and I am the first AfricanAmerican pastor here since the church was founded back in the 1800s,” he said.

treatment court.

“When the court was here last time, the statistics showed that it costs $27,000 to keep an offender in jail for a year but it only cost $6,000 to keep that same offender in drug treatment court for a year,” says Sigler. “It only cost $1,200 to keep them on regular probation, which has shown to not be intensive enough to solve the addiction problem.”

“Drug treatment court wasn't the absolute cheapest option, but in terms of the options that work, it was absolutely the best benefit,” she went on to say. “The idea that they cut the program to save money made no sense because you chose the option that was four times

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The service will be held at Oak Summit Park, 355 Oak Summit Road, Winston-Salem. Free food & games will be provided for all.

Sept. 10 Praise and Worship Service Bishop Marvin, Pastor Clara Cremedy and Vessels Of Honor Church Ministries, 3608 Ogburn Ave., will host “An Evening of Praise, Worship and Appreciation Service” on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. The program will feature Minister Mike featuring F.O.C.U.S., Minister Phiphine Moore, Elder Robert Hairston and

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“I must say that everyone has been extremely nice and I haven't witnessed or experienced any sort of prejudice among any of the members.

“They really have gone overboard with the welcome wagon,” he continued. “When I got here, there were so many greeting cards as well as nearly 50 gift cards to different restaurants around the city.

They had a Fourth of July cookout for me, and I am happy to be here.”

Thus far he has noticed that there is a difference in worship style from this church and an AfricanAmerican church. He says

more expensive.”

Penn, who also worked undercover during the crack cocaine epidemic, says there is no difference between the crack cocaine and opioid epidemics. He feels those who are addicted to the drug should be treated while those selling and benefiting financially from the drug deserve to be in jail.

“Both are equally destructive; the difference with crack cocaine was the violence, turf wars and the fighting over the money,” he said. “With opioids, it's a depressant where if you take too much of it your heart will stop, so one drug is more physical while the other is more societal.”

From the faith perspective, Williams says, “ The

Vessels of Honor Praise Team. Admission is free; a freewill offering will be received. For information, contact Pastor Clara Cremedy @ claracremedy@yahoo.com or call 336-6249351.

Sept. 11-15 Annual Prayer and Life Clinic National Prayer Warriors will return to Wells Memorial Church of God in Christ (COGIC), 1001 E. Washington Street in Greensboro, to celebrate the 31st annual Prayer & Life Clinic, Sept. 11-15. At 6 a.m., Monday morning. Sept. 11, saints will pray focusing on the economy, environment, peace, safety and spiritual revival for local, state, national, and international communities at the church. 9/11

he somewhat misses the music and worship style of the African-American church because that's what he was used to but also enjoys the style at Burkhead as well.

“The style is different and it is somewhat quiet with little response from the people but they always tell me how much they enjoy it and tell me different points I have made during my sermon,” he continued. “I feel that the Spirit is here even though the African-American church is more vocal.”

Betty Bewley, Burkhead member since 1979, says many members

Church needs to push to that uncomfortable place of conversation. We must also be able to push to bring those to the forefront to acknowledge that there is a diabolical tension in our community. It's an uncomfortable conversation, but we know from a legal perspective there are so many AfricanAmericans who are doing the same thing their white counterparts are doing but are labeled differently.

When blacks were overdosing, there was no epidemic, but now with soccer moms and affluent people overdosing, now it's an epidemic.”

Miller, addiction survivor, says the toughest part of recovery was the lack of resources. He feels

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of the congregation are ecstatic to have Manuel lead their church.

“I was very pleased to have him come here,” Bewley said. “We had a couple of rough years prior to him coming. He is the first male pastor we have had in 17 years, and people were excited to have him.”

Burkhead is very active in the community and Manuel wants to expand that reach. Currently the church is collecting funds for hurricane relief in the Houston area, they make food for H.O.P.E. (Helping Our People Eat) twice a month and once a month they make a meal for Open

you have to meet people where they are to give them options for recovery if they are seeking such.

He said he wanted to help get others off of drugs because there were people that helped him during his recovery.

“They will spend money to throw you in jail but when you want treatment without having insurance, it's just not there,” Miller said. “The window of opportunity for recovery when you're addicted to something is not very big.”

Over the time he was using drugs, Miller says, he was resuscitated on six different occasions. He says when you are addicted, the thought of having your heart stop wasn't what made him want to stop.

will be highlighted with special prayers for peace, tolerance and love during the clinic. A daily prayer will be at 8 a.m. and following the 7 p.m. evening service; the Ithiel Clemmons Institute Workshops are at 9 a.m. The public is invited. For more information, call 336.392.4003.

You may also visit www.wellsmemorialcogic.org.

Sept. 13-15 Church Revival Faith Unity Missionary Church will hold its revival Wednesday through Friday, Sept.

13-15 beginning at 7 p.m., nightly. The Rev. Richard K. Watts, Jr., Pastor of Rickard’s Chapel AME Zion Church of North Wilkesboro will be the guest preacher each

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Arms, an outreach of the United Methodist Church in southeast WinstonSalem. Individually, the members also are involved with personal community service efforts all around the area.

Manuel said he did notice the congregation of Burkhead was older than most churches. He says he plans to reach out to the local universities and school system to try and bring in a younger demographic to the church. He also wants to work with the local ministers’ conference as he did in Reidsville.

For him it was the wear and tear that he was putting on his body along with seeing friends die that motivated him to stop.

Covington says he feels the crack cocaine and opioid epidemics are definitely looked upon differently because of the communities they are afflicting.

“I think they are looked upon differently based on race,” he said. “I think it is a racial issue mainly because of the fact we see who it’s affecting. Now that it is affecting people in white collar jobs, we are starting to see people caring. Opioids have always been a problem, but now that it’s hitting a certain demographic, it's coming to light.”

night. The church is located in the chapel of the Masonic Lodge Prince Hall at 1025 E. 14th Street, Winston-Salem. For more information, contact the church at 336-771-0023 or email at faithunitymc@yahoo.com.

Sept. 17 Church Anniversary and Homecoming Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 1800 N. Liberty Street, will observe its 46th Church Anniversary and Homecoming on Sunday, Sept.17. The guest speaker for this momentous event will be Pastor Edward L. Taylor and the members of Solely for Christ Ministries at 11 a.m.

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Brown Elementary when it was used as a school.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO: 17 JA 158 IN THE MATTER OF: DAMIAN GUYNN DOB: 07-19-13

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

Brown Elementary after it was gutted by fire last year.

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Former Brown Elementary being demolished

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Demolition began last week on the former Brown Elementary school. The school, located at 12th Street and Highland Avenue, was first built in 1914 for black students during segregation and closed in 1984. Housing Authority of Winston-Salem (HAWS) acquired the building in 2014 and it was gutted by a fire last year. HAWS plans to build 120 units of multi-family senior housing on the site.

The school was named for its longtime principal, Robert Washington Brown, who was also a founding partner of the Winston Mutual Life Insurance Company. HAWS plans to memorialize the school’s history in some manner on the property.

NCDOT TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING SEPT. 19 REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUSINESS 40 IMPROVEMENTS FROM WEST OF FOURTH STREET TO EAST OF CHURCH STREET IN FORSYTH COUNTY

STIP Project No. U-2827B

The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to provide an update regarding the Business 40 Improvement Project that will reconstruct and streamline a 1.2-mile section of Business 40 from west of 4th Street to east of Church Street.

Two sessions will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at the Old Salem Visitors Center, located at 900 Old Salem Road in Winston-Salem: First Session: 12 – 2 p.m.

Second Session: 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

The same information will be presented at both sessions.

The meeting will focus on the reconstruction of the Peters Creek Parkway interchange, which will begin in October of this year. The full 20-month closure of Business 40 from Peters Creek Parkway to U.S. 52 will begin in the Fall of 2018, after the completion of Peters Creek Parkway interchange.

The public may attend at any time during the hours mentioned above. NCDOT representatives will be available to discuss the project and answer any questions regarding the construction sequence, closure timeline and traffic management plans.

Additional information on the Business 40 project, including project maps, is also available online at: www.business40nc.com

For additional information, contact Michael Penney, NCDOT Design-Build Project Manager by phone: (919) 707-6619 or via email at mpenney@ncdot.gov; or contact the project team via email:Cbusiness40@business40nc.com NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Jamille Robbins, Environmental Analysis Unit via e-mail at jarobbins@ncdot.gov or by phone (919) 707-6085 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who speak Spanish and do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas que hablan español y no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: Unknown/unnamed – father of the juvenile

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

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

TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of the Juvenile Petition filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services on May 3, 2017 with respect to the above-referenced juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-101(15) and 7B-101(9).

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

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IN THE MATTER OF: MILAGROS SHEILA CASHER DOB: 04-20-05

TO: Tony Guynn – father of the juvenile

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

A crew works on the demolition of the former Brown Elementary last week.

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO: 17 JA 100

The adjudication hearing on the Juvenile Petition is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., on Monday, September 18, 2017 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in WinstonSalem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 5th day of September, 2017 By: Erica Glass, Assistant County Attorney, Forsyth County Attorney’s Office 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27101

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO: 17 JA 101 IN THE MATTER OF: ANDRES MAXIMO FLORES DOB: 09-25-03

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: Andres Emilio – father of the child Andres Maximo Flores

TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of the Juvenile Petition filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services on May 17, 2017 with respect to the above-referenced juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-101(15) and 7B-101(9).

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

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

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

The adjudication hearing on the Juvenile Petition is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., on Monday, September 18, 2017 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in WinstonSalem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 5th day of September, 2017 By:Erica Glass, Assistant County Attorney, Forsyth County Attorney’s Office 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27101

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TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of the Juvenile Petition filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services on May 17, 2017 with respect to the above-referenced juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-101(15) and 7B-101(9).

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

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

The adjudication hearing on the Juvenile Petition is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., on Monday, September 18, 2017 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in WinstonSalem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 5th day of September, 2017 By: Erica Glass, Assistant County Attorney, Forsyth County Attorney’s Office 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27101

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Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Bertha W. Clinkscales (17E 1635), also known as Bertha Lee Williams Clinkscales and Bertha Williams Clinkscales, deceased June 16, 2017, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before November 19, 2017 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 17th day of August, 2017.

Marilyn M. Jackson Co-Executor for Bertha W. Clinkscales, deceased 4493 Tise Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27105

Roslyn M. Foote Co-Executor for Bertha W. Clinkscales, deceased 663 Motor Road Winston-Salem, NC: 27105 The Chronicle August 17, 24, 31 and September 7, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE

WINSTON-SALEM TRANSIT AUTHORITY’S FY 2017-2019 DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GOAL

Pursuant to U. S. Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Regulation, 49 CFR, Part 26, dated February 1999 and effective September 1999, this serves as the WinstonSalem Transit Authority’s (WSTA) notification and public comment period on its proposed FY 2017-2019 DBE Goal.

WSTA’s FY 2017-2019 DBE Goal is 7.27%. The proposed goal and its rationale are available for inspection during normal business hours (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM) Monday – Friday at WSTA’s facility located at 1060 North Trade Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101.

Written comments may also be submitted at the above address and/or phone comments can be exchanged by calling (336) 727-2648. Please refer all written and verbal comments to Art Barnes, General Manager. Comments will be received until Monday, October 16, 2017 at 5:00 pm.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 17 J 142

IN THE MATTER OF: JEREMIAH BATES DOB: 06-19-17

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF ]PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: Samantha Bates – mother of the juvenile John Doe – putative father of the juvenile

TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of the Juvenile Petition filed by the Forsyth County Department of Social Services alleging Jeremiah Bates to be a neglected and dependent juvenile as pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-101(15) and 7B101(9).

You are required to make a written answer to the Petition alleging to adjudicate neglect and dependent within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petition within 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 represent you.

If you are indigent and not already represented by appointed counsel, you are entitled to appointed counsel 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 adjudicate Neglect and Dependency is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., on Friday, September 29, 2017 in 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 15th day of August, 2017 Theresa A. Boucher Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GUILFORD COUNTY IN THE DISTRICT COURT 17-CVD-391 COMPLAINT FOR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE

Patricia Gninahin V. Tini Gninahin

TAKE NOTICE that pleadings seeking relief against you have been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief sought is as follows: The Plaintiff in the above-entitled action has filed an action for Absolute Divorce. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than the 2nd day of October, said date being 40 days from the first date of publication of this notice, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This the 21st day of August 2017.

Patricia Gninahin, PRO SE Plaintiff, 2807 Earlham Place, HIGH POINT, NC 27263 Telephone: 336-847-2791

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 14 JT 192 14 JT 193

IN THE MATTER OF DANNY ALAN SWAIM DOB: 02-21-09

MATTHEW CADEN SWAIM DOB: 12-03-07

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: Danny Joe Swaim father of the juveniles Erika Brooke Osborne – mother of the juveniles

TAKE NOTICE that Juvenile Motions seeking relief against you has 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 juveniles pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.

You are required to make a written answer to the Motions 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 Motions within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Motions, the Movant will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the above-referenced juveniles.

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

If you are indigent and not already represented by appointed counsel, you are entitled to appointed counsel 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 Motions alleging to Terminate Parental Rights are scheduled for 9:00 a.m., on Friday, November 3, 2017 in 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 17th day of August, 2017 Theresa A. Boucher Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PUBLIC NOTICE

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Housing Consortium has prepared its Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) consisting of the Community Development Block Grant, HOME, and Emergency Solutions Grant annual performance reports for FY 2016-2017. Copies will be available for public review and comment beginning September 7, 2017 through 5:00 PM on September 21, 2017. Comments can be submitted by email to Mellin Parker at mellinp@citywofws.org (CAPER Comments in subject line) or mailed to Mellin Parker, CAPER Comments, Community Development Department, City of Winston-Salem, P.O. Box 2511, WinstonSalem, NC 27102. The draft may be viewed at http://cityofws.org/departments/community-and-business-development/planning/reports or at the following locations: City of Winston-Salem Community Development Department – Stuart Municipal Building, Suite 423, 100 E. First Street

City Secretary's Office - Room 140, City Hall, 101 N. Main Street Forsyth County Housing and Community Development – 201 N. Chestnut Street, 4th Floor Forsyth County Public Library – all branches

The City of Winston-Salem does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion, or disability in its employment opportunities, programs, or services.

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FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2017-CP-26-04136 SUMMONS

JIMMY A. RICHARDSON, II, SOLICITOR FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ON BEHALF OF MYRTLE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, Petitioner, vs.

SIX HUNDRED THREE AND 00/100 DOLLARS, ($603.00) U.S. CURRENCY, Respondent Property, SHAMMOHD BALLAH, Respondent.

TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT AND ANYONE CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED RESPONDENT PROPERTY:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices at 1200 Main Street, Post Office Box 530, Conway, South Carolina 29528-0530, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or to otherwise responsively plead to the Complaint, or to otherwise appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

James R. Battle (SCBar No. 73604) BATTLE LAW FIRM, LLC Attorney for the Petitioner PO Box 530 Conway, South Carolina 29528 843) 248-4321 Telephone (843) 248-4512 Fax Email: jbattle@battlelawsc.com August 17, 2017 Conway, SC

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Demolition Approval Notice

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Property Located at:

433 W. 26th St Winston-Salem, North Carolina, known as Tax Block2563(s) Lot(s)047 on City County Tax Map File No. 2014021490

You are hereby advised that on August 21, 2017, the Winston-Salem City Council adopted an Ordinance ordering the repair or demolition of the above reference dwelling within ninety (15) days from said date.

Because you have failed to demolish said dwelling within the prescribed time period, the city will proceed to demolish said dwelling pursuant to the ordinance adopted by the Council. You are hereby advised to remove any and all articles of personal property, fixtures or appurtenances found in or attached to the aforementioned dwelling within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this notice. If you fail to remove said items, they shall be deemed abandoned and shall be subject to sale by the City in accordance with Section 10203(g) of the City Code. The dwelling will then be demolished and the cost of the demolition, less the proceeds from the sale, will be placed against the property.

This notice applies to all next of kin of the property owner(s) of the address at 433 W. 26th St including known or unknown heirs, devisees, successors, transferees, legal representatives, (deceased) or any other assigns whether in being or not in being, or en ventre sa mere, including those under mental disability, in the military service, minors, the spouse of each, if any, the beneficiaries or trustees of each, if any, all other persons, firms, or corporations, active or dissolved, foreign or domestic, who now have, or might in any contingency have, or claim, or may hereafter claim, any right, title or interest or estate this property.

Sharon B. Richmond Housing Conservation Administrator Date Issued: 9/5/2017

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Title: Coordinator of Academic Technology (Computer User Support Specialist)

Duties: 1. Oversee all aspects of the Learning Management System (currently Blackboard). a. Create and update all online courses b. Assess online classes in comparison with the PIU Course Design Rubric, following best practices in online education

c. Provide initial orientation and ongoing training to faculty and students in the academic technologies used at Piedmont

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d. Direct the help desk for students who use the platform.

e. Serve as a liaison between faculty and online students f. Master Blackboard Collaborate integrated classrooms

g. Troubleshoot and maintain institutional online learning systems

h. Actively participate in and contribute to faculty meetings

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2. Oversee and program LDAP and IdP information for Single Sign On, Azure, and Google Apps.

3. Support Moodle classes currently offered as part of an approved teach-out program for a partnering institution.

4. Supervise the LMS Assistant

Requirements: Because PIU is predominantly a ministry-training educational institution, a successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

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1. Competence in the fields of technology, education, and theology. a. Technology:

i. Blackboard, Moodle, and Canvas LMS software.

ii. Video conferencing software like Collaborate, BigBlueButton, WebEx, etc iii. Webpage creation and editing software: Adobe Dreamweaver b. Education:

i. Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training software.

ii. Being able to provide the needed data for institutional effectiveness including gathering and synthesizing evaluation assessments.

iii. Be able to teach and assist faculty in implementing pedagogical frameworks such as UDL (Universal Design for Learning), UbD (Understanding by Design), JiTT (Just In Time Teaching), and CoI/HECI (Community of Inquiry, especially in higher education).

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for an

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The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for a Maintenance Worker - 3624

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c. Theology:

i. Be familiar with the vocabulary and theological terminology.

ii. Be able to assist and advise our faculty on content delivery issues when converting course content to an online setting.

iii. Sensitivity to biblical representation and adherence to the institution’s doctrinal stances and statement of faith.

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2. A master’s degree in instructional technology or Biblical Studies.

3. Training and experience in setting up new technologies as well as maintaining them.

The City of Winston-Salem is looking to fill the position for a

This position is an administrative faculty role at Piedmont and the candidate will be required to meet the standards set by the institution for all faculty.

Rehabilitation Construction Advisor (TURN) - 800043

Hours: 40 hours per week with flexible 24/7 access as needed to support our faculty and students in other time zones.

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Salary: $38,000 per year

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Spring/Wachovia Hill Apartments Managed by Community Management Corp.

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

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T H E C H R ON I C LE

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

1892

125 th ANNIVERSARY

2017

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Free and open to the public Be inspired by the rich history and culture that continues to shape WSSU. Through narration, dance, music and spoken word, we take you back 125 years to witness the mentors, benefactors, and familial relationships that shaped Dr. Simon Green Atkins, a brilliant man who had an audacious dream to create a university that would educate the children and grandchildren of recently freed slaves with the same excellence and ideals as Ivy League schools.

The performance will conclude with a personal and uplifting message from WSSU Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson.

A birthday party featuring cake, music and other festivities will follow at 12:30 p.m. outside of K.R. Williams.

L general L A B T FOO ASON admission SE TS $85 E K g C I T parkin 5 $8

VOLLEYBALL SEPT. 8 l 7 P.M. WSSU vs. Catawba

SEPT. 13 l 7 P.M. WSSU vs. Concord

ALL-ACCESS CARD: $160

FOOTBALL

Admission to home football, basketball, baseball and the ACE Awards. This card is not valid for Championship Games or CIAA Tournament.

Hall of Fame Ceremony: Sept. 8 l 7 PM For more information visit wssurams.com

SEPT. 9 l 4 P.M. Hall of Fame game

WSSU vs. Bowie State University

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Grammy Award Nominated

SWV

Beâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;la Dona Band

The S.O.S. Band

R A M S

10.27.2017

M U S I C

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