WSSU to hold its 'Centennial
Women's Luncheon' March 21
A Centennial Women's Lun
cheon honoring the contributions
of women to Winston-Salem State
University will be held at 12:30
; p.m., Saturday, March 21, in the
C.E. Gaines Center on campus.
The guest speaker is Lorraine
Hairston Morton of Evanston, Illi
; nois. She is a 1938 graduate of
; what was then known as Winston
Salem Teachers College.
Mrs. Morton, a Winston
; Salem native who grew up on
Cameron Avenue in East Winston,
has had a long and distinguished
career as an educator and a com
munity leader.
After graduating from Win
ston-Salem Teachers College, she
; taught the elementary and middle
grades in Burlington and Greens
\ boro and became an instructor at
Tuskegee Institute's laboratory
; school for education majors.
Mrs, Morton moved to
Evanston, an affluent and an over
whelmingly white suburb of Chica
go, in 1953 and proceeded to break
new ground in race relations when
she became the first black to teach
summer school after spending the
regular school year at Foster, an
all-black elementary school.
She was assigned two years
later to Nichols Junior High
School, where she again became a
"first" ? this time as the first
black academic teacher in the all
white school. Mrs. Morton went on
to be elected president of the
Junior High School Association of
Illinois, which was to whites only
until she joined and brought other
blacks with her.
j| A specialist in language arts
And social studies, Mrs. Morton
?vas designated chairman of
Nichols' language arts department
and subsequently was named chair
man over all language arts pro
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EVENTS CALENDAR
TUESDAY, MARCH 17
? The Forsyth County Tourism Development Authority will meet at 5
p.m. at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), 750
Marguerite Drive. The March 24 meeting has been cancelled. The
new time for the Full Authority meetings is 5 p.m.
? The Annual Piedmont Senior Games Fun Walk will be held at
Hanes Mall, North Center Court from 8-10 am. For more informa
tion, caU 727-2505,
? Janice Nelligan of STEP ONE will conduct a workshop on Parent
ing for Success at the monthly meeting of the Citizens Coalition for a
Better Tomorrow at 6 p.m. in the Lakeside Apartments Community
Center, 307 Lakeview Boulevard. The course is free and open to the
public.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
? The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at Parkland High
School, Brewer Road, WS, from 8 a.m.-l p.m.
? Kate Me whin ney of the Wake Forest University School of Law will
present a "Legal Clinic for the Elderly," from 8:45-11:30 a.m. at the
Neighborhood Government Services Office, 2301 Patterson Ave.
Please call 748-7218 for an appointment.
? Tim Gauss of the City-County Planning Board will present "Zoning
and Rezoning Laws and Requirements^ at 11 a.m. at the Neighbor
at 12 p.m. in the Neighborhood Government Services Office, 2301
Patterson Ave.
? Mary Beth Fuller of the City of WS Special Populations and Pro
grams Unit will present "County Reintegration Program and How It
May Assist Your Neighborhood^ at 2 pjx>. in the Neighborhood Gov- -
ernment Services Office, 2301 Patterson Ave,
? A Comprehensive Grant Partnership Process Meeting for Residents
of Sunrise Towers will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Sunrise Towers.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
? A Comprehensive Grant Partnerehip Process Meeting for Residents
of Happy Hill Gardens will be held at 2:30 pjn. in the Happy Hill
Community Center.
? A public forum on Sickle Ceil Disease will be held at 7 p.m. at
Temple Holiness Apostolic Church, 2218 E. 22nd Street. James
Rogers, a public health sickle cell educator/counselor for the NC
Sickle Cell Syndrome Program, and area sickle cell disease patients
are the featured speakers. Refreshments will be served. Few more
information, call 761-2390, 919-993-6866 irfterep.m. weekdays; 1
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
? Yoga is being offered at the YWCA, 1201 Glade Street, from 10-11
ajn., 11 a.m.-12 noon, 5:30-6:30 pjn. The ccfct is $30 per session for
members and $45 per session for non-members. For more informa
tion, contact Heather Moricle at 722-5138.
? Eligible athletes who wish to train for Special Olympics Track &
Field Events are invited to join training sessions to be held on Satur
days at Wake Forest University Track from 10 a.m.12 p.m. The train
ing program, now in session, wiU continue until April 25. For more
information, call 727-2505.
? Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful is tooking for groups and individu
als to form litter teams for the Thinl Annual Triad Bag- A-Thon on
April 4, If you wish to clean up some litter, call 727-8013.
? Scoliosis screening in the public s&hoois are being conducted now
through March 20 for girls in the si xih and eighth g&des aid boys in
cess is free.
? Applications are now available for the statewide pageant for mar
ried women, Mrs. North Carolina America Pageant This is the offi
cial preliminary to the Mrs. America Pageant Entrants will judged
on beauty, pose, and personality in the categories of interview, swim
suit, and evening gown. There is no talent competition and age is not
a factor though contestants must be at least 18 years of age. Bach
must be married for a minimum of six months, and be a N.C. resident
' for at least six months. Applicatkms are due immediately. For more
information, contact the Mrs. North Carolina Pageant at 710 Timber
Lane, Wilmington, N.C. 28405, or call 919-395-5999 or 919-256
4554.
? The East Forsyth Senior High Class of 1982 will have its 10th year
reunion on Aug. 22, 1992. Anyone who has not contacted or been
contacted by the Reunion Committee, should call Fran at 996-6657,
Belinda at 993-4420, left at 750-0815, or mail your name, address
and phone number to East Forsyth Senior High, Class of 1982 10th
Year Reunion, P.O. Box 1481, Kemersville, N.C 27285-148K
? N.C. residents pursuing a 4-yr. coUege degree in 1992-93 may appy
for up to $1,000 in scholarship aid available from the Independent
Insurance Agents of N.C., Inc. Awards are based on need and merit
Students must be sponsored by a member of the Independent Insur
ance Agents of N.C. The application deadline is April 1, 1992. For
more information, contact Joyce Turlington at (800) 849-6556.
? If you would like help with financial management or health insur
ance tiling, call Senior Financial Care at 725-1972 for an appoint
ment. SFC is a United Way Agency.
grams in the Evanston middle
schools.
In 1982, she was appointed
alderman of Evanston's 5th Ward
and later was elected to two, four
year terms. She is a deacon at Sec
ond Baptist Church, and a life
member of the NAACP and the
Illinois Conference of Parents and
Teachers. Other affiliations include
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the
Links, the Toppers Club, the
Evanston League of Women Vot
ers, the Volunteer Exchange, the
Kiwanis Club and the National
Association of University Women.
She has been honored as
Woman of the Year by the
Evanston YWCA and is a recipient
of the Omega Psi Phi Salute to
Excellence Award. Last week, Mrs.
Morton received the Presidential
Award for Community Service
from the National Bank of Detroit,
which has a branch in Evanston.
. Tickets for the luncheon are
$25 per person and are available
Larralne H. Morton
on campus at the Blair Hall Infor
mation Desk, the Alumni House,
the Centennial Office in the Old
Nursing Building and the Ander
son Center. They may also be pur
chased by mail. Checks or money
orders, made payable to the
WSSU Centennial Commission,
should be sent to: Centennial
Office, P.O. Box 13207, Winston
Salem, N.C. 27110. Mail-order
tickets may be picked up at the
door oft March^2 L
Kimberley Park applications
being accepted thru April 10
Applicant lor ion eiiruwmm
at Kimberley Park Alternative Ele
mentary School are now being
accepted through Friday, April 10.
Enrollment is open to all stu
dents from throughout Forsyth
County. Applications are available
at any local elementary school,
Administrative Center, (1605 Miller
Street) and the Black-Phillips Com
munity Center (2301 North Patter
son Avenue).
. Kimberley Park provides the
basic curriculum developed by the
school system and also gives stu
dents the opportunity to explore
computer science, Spanish, science
laboratory, fine arts, photography,
and multi-media technology. Stu
dents who are certified as academi
cally gifted or educable mentally
handicapped are served by resource
teachers.
To meet the needs of working
parents, an extended day program is
offered at Kimberley Park until 5:45
p.m. A $60 monthly tuition fee is
charged for the extended day.
Beginning this coming yem,
Kjmberley PAfli Will rail UH a ycar
round calendar with about 45 days
of school followed by a three-week
"intercession" for remedial work and
enrichment School will begin July
20.
Kimberley Park has openings
for 48 kindergartners. Upper grade
classes are currently filled. Vacan
cies will be filled as they occur.
Students may attend from any
attendance area in Forsyth County.
Selection is by lottery based on quo
tas for each elementary attendance
area, so that the student body repre
sents the entire county.
Thirty percent of the school's
enrollment will come from the area
around the school, approximately
seven percent of the enrollment will
be reserved for minority students
who reside outside that attendance
area; and the remaining sixty-three
percent of the school's enrollment
will be reserved for majority stu
dents from any attendance area. The
resulting racial composition of the
school will be representative of the
Sysicmwiuc facial iaiio. '
Stars to shine at Women Writers Conference
internationally acclaimed writer Maya
Angelou, top North Carolina novelist Doris Betts
and Native-American Doris Leader Charge will
headline the North Carolina Women Writers
Conference on March 13- 15 in Winston-Salem.
All sessions of the conference are free and
open to the public. Registration will be from 2
p.m.-5 p.m. Friday at Salem College Main Hall.
Most events take place at the Salem College Fine
Arts Center.
Over 100 North Carolina fiction and non
fiction writers, playwrights and poets will be fea
tured on the campuses of Salem College and
Winston-Salem State University. As many as six
concurrent panels and readings will run on Satur
day and Sunday. Throughout the weekend, dra
matic performances, critical papers and visual art
exhibits will celebrate past and present achieve
ments of women writers.
"Women Writers: Making a Difference" is
the theme of the conference sponsored by the
N.C. Literary and Historical Association with
grants from the N.C. Humanities Council, the
N.C. Arts Council, the National Endowment for
the Art? and the Winston-Salem Arts Council.
Registration brochures vtflll bt mailed in January,
and organizers seek names and addresses of peo
ple interested in participating. Inquiries should
be sent to Mary C. Snotherly, 5805 Devon Cir
? cle, Raleigh, N.C. 27604.
Emphasizing the sisterhood of all women,
the conference will kick off on Friday night with
a talk by Doris Leader Charge who served as dia
logue coach for the film "Dances With Wolves."
A 60-year-old teacher at South Dakota's Sinte
Gliska College, Ms. Leader Charge is one of
only a few thousand Sioux still fluent in Lakoca.
She will speak on "Healing from History: the
Native American Woman's Experience."
; .T;, Maya Angelou ? ll' I'll
The Saturday noon keynote speaker will be
world famous author Maya Angelou who holds
the lifetime appointment as Distinguished
Reynolds Professor in American Studies at Wake
Forest University. A poet, singer and playwright
as weft as the author of a multi-volume autobiog
raphy beginning with I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings , Ms. Angelou speaks widely on the
black American experience and the human con
dition.
Closing the conference on Sunday will be
Doris Betts, honorary chairman. An award-win
ning professor of English and first woman chair
man of the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill, Ms.
Betts is known for her novels, most recently
Heading West , and short story collections. Her
stories have been published in many national
magazines, and the story "The Ugliest Pilgrim"
was made into a film for PBS^TV.
The program for the N.C. Women Writers
Conference will be divided into three sections of ~
six to ten workshops, readings and critical
papers. Noted novelist Lee Smith of N.C. State
University will begin the first session with a dis
cussion of "A Woman's Language and How She
Uses It."
Greensboro writer and UNC-Greensboro
Professor Linda Beatrice Brown will open ses
sion two with "The Courage and Faith to Keep
Going." Katherine Fulton, editor of The Inde -j
pendent magazine, will talk atoOtotitFreedoip
and Censorship" before the third session on Sun
day.
Friday's night's program will include a
staged reading by African-American poet Jaki
Shelton Green. A production of readings by
North Carolina women writers will be performed
by the Cape Fear Regional Theater on Saturday,
March 14.
Some helpful tips from the Internal Revenue
Are you puzzled about filing The EIC is available to low
for income tax this year. This is income parents who have at least
some information from the Internal one qualifying child living with
HOME ECONOMICS
By Joanne j. falls
Home Economic Extension Agent
Revenue that may be helpful.
Everyone can use a break now
and then. At tax time, single par
ents may take a tax break. If certain
qualifications are met on their fed
eral income tax returns, they aRT
eligible to use a special filing status
and certain income tax credits.
Many single parents qualify to
file their tax returns as "head of
household." This status gives a
larger standard deduction which
reduces the amount of income
being taxed. Also, depending on
the amount of taxable income,
income may be taxed at a lower
rate than that of single or married
filing-separately filers.
To file as head of household,
the parent must be unmarried, or
considered unmarried, on the last
day of the year. The parent must
pay more than half the cost of
keeping up his or her home. His or
her spouse must not have lived in
the home during the last six months
of the tax year. Also, generally his
or her child must live in that home
for more than six months of the
year. The child does not have to be
the parent's dependent unless the
child is married or a foster child.
Other breaks available to sin
gle parents come in the form of tax
credits. These credits are applied
directly against any tax owed, and
one credit ? the earned income
credit (EIC) ? may even be
refunded if no other taxes are
owed.
them. It is based on earned income,
such as wages, tips and certain non
taxable amounts. This year there
are additional amounts of credit for
those who (1) have more than one
qualifying child; (2) pay for health
insurance for their children, and/or
(3) have a qualifying child who was
born during 1991.
A second credit, which can
reduce the amount of tax owed but
cannot be refunded if it is more
than the tax, is the dependent care
credit. Generally, this credit is
available to parents who pay anoth
er to care for their children so the
parents can work.
Due to the expanded EIC, par
ents may have to make a choice
this year. If they qualify for both
the additional EIC for a child bom
during 1991 and the dependent care
credit for that same child, they will
have to decide which gives them
the greater benefit. They may take
only one of the two credits for that
child.
Parents can find more informa
tion in the instructions for Form
1040 or 1040 A and in Publication
17, Your Federal Income Tax. Both
can be ordered by calling toll-free,
1 -8OO-TAX-FORM (1-800-829
3676).
If you can't pay your taxes* you
should file your tax return on time.
The IRS says this way you will
save money because you won't
have to pay a penalty for filing late.
You should send as much money as
you can with your tax return.
Sometimes the IRS will let you
pay your taxes in installments.
Other times the IRS will ask you to
get a loan. You may need to sell
something to pay your taxes. _
One of the worst things to do is
not to file a tax return at all. That
could add a lot more to your taxes.
If you have any questions
about how to pay your taxes, you
can call the IRS. The number is 1
800-829-1040. This is a toll free
telephone number.
St. Patrick's Day Plant Sale
MARCH 17-20. ..9:00 - 5:00 DAILY
Foliage Plant Sale
All 6 inch Plants $ 8.99
All 10 inch plants. $19.99
All HANGING BASKETS $ 9.99
All plants indude a Bamboo Basket
Also ... a selected group of
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30% OFF
Sale is Cash and Carry Only!
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