Katie Dorsett to Speak at Girls' Club Tuesday Katie Dorsett. the first African ; American female to hold a state ' Cabinet post in. North Carolina will .be' speaking at the Salvation Army Girls' Club "Women Working for Girls" Luncheon on Tuesday, Nov, 30 at The Adam's Mark Hotel. The Girl's Club will be presenting ten local women the coveted "Strong Smart and Bold Award" for out ; standing commitment to women ; and children of our community. ' As Secretary of Administration, ? Dorsett controls the business opera tions of state government, with a ? budget of $96 million and over - 1,000 employees. Her department houses several advocacy groups: the Human Relation Commission, the Governor's Advocacy Council for Women and the Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office. The department also contains the Divi sion of Veterans Affairs and the Agency for Public Telecommunica tions which' produces public service ? telecasts, such as OPEN/net. Dorsctt is a retired associate professor in the School of Business and Economics at North Carolina A&T State University for 32 years. She received a bachelor of science degree in business from Indiana" University, and a doctorate in edu cation from the University of North -Carolina at Greensboro in curricu fum and instruction. Dorsett served on the Greens boro Citv Council from 1983 to 1 986, becoming the first bTacTT woman elected to the council. Between 1986 and 1992. she 'served on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. In 1990 she was reelected for a second four-year term and was slated to become chairman when the governor lapped her to served as secretary of admin istration. As a commissioner. Dorsett supported suctrprojects-as the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Program; the expansion of the Parks and Recreation Com mission to broaden minority repre Katie Dorsett sentation; and watershed protection for Guilford Counts- residents: She also .served on the Guilford County Board of Health and the boards of the North Carolina Asso ciation of County Commissioners qiid the National Association of Counties. The women receiving the award are Judge Loretta Biggs. Eunice Dudley. Kay McEntire, Eve lyn Riley. Dorthy Graham-Wheeler, Betty Deal. Lynn Eisenburg. Joyce Neeley. Louise Smith and Linda Yokley. Ear lunche.on jickets call 788-6563. Goodwill Industries to Expand Community Speakers Bureau Goodwill Industries of North west Nor th Carol inaTl n c . will expand the focus of the Goodwill Speakers Bureau as part of the agency's continuing effort to edu cated the community about people wjth disabilities and other special needs. The Speakers Bureau will offer new information on Goodwill Industries. ADA (the American with Disabilities Act), skills train ing programs- including data pro cessing and nurse assistant training, evaluation procedures, and profes sional guidelines on working with people with special needs. The Speakers Bureau, composed of Goodwill staff. Business Advisory Council members, and the Board of Directors, is available to commu nity businesses, schools, churches, civic organizations, and volunteer groups in northwestern North Car olina. Goodwill Industries of North west North Carolina. Inc. provides job-training programs for people with disabilities and other special needs. Groups interested in schedul ing a speaker may call 724-3621. Monday-Friday 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Video and print resource material is also available to the community. Sawtooth Presents Holiday Shopping Winston-Salem's Sawtooth Center for Visual Art will turn into a Winter Wonderland on Friday, Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Saturday. Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Deck the Sawtooth Halls, a downtown holiday shop ping event will feature creative hand made gifts, food and specially items, holiday decorations, gift cer tificates for classes and gift baskets assembled to the buyers' specifica tions. The shopping events will be open on Friday evening. Dec. 3 concurrent with the Tree Lighting Ceremony, the Sixth and Trade Art District Gallery Crawl, and other Downtown holiday events. Pro ceeds from the event will benefit the Sawtooth Center for Visual Art's education programs. Winners Monday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. ? Carl Russell Recreation Center Pint Place ? Inez Geralds and Reginald McCau ley Second Place ??- Ullie Cuthrell md Ruth Washington Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.tn. ? Winston Lake Family YlHgral The Triad Bridge Unit heli its annual meeting with its president Richard M. Bowling presiding/ Reports were heard from several Committees. Plans for the 'Grade "AM Tournament in February, 1994 were reported. Also, plans for one or more bridge classes were announced. At this point, enroll ment in bridge classes will be held at the Dudley's Cosmetology Uni versity on Wednesday, Dee. 1 at the 2 p.m. A minimum of ten stu dents is required for each class (Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced). Following the meeting of the *' Triad Bridge Unit a delicious meal was enjoyed by all Mavis H. Lloyd chaired the planning committee, \ assisted by Renita Thompkins . Segers (co-chairperson) and other club members. Olivia B. thomp kins, president of the Winston Salem Duplicate Bridge Club presided over a short meeting of the club. The club history was given by Bessie Allen (founder), following be special presentations. Ruby B. Walker and Rudolph Boone were awarded certificates for having the best attendance record during the year(38 our of 41 games played). Renita T. Segers was presented a certificate for earning "Player of the Year'* and haying teamed up with her mother, Olivia Thompkins to sam "Pair of the Year'* for the club. Olivia was the runner-up for the individual honor. A Grade "C" game was played Svith Charles W. Gadson directing. Teh tables of players participated hi the smoothly raft Winner* ? V* V'*?j, ?>, , 'V'7 V ** ? - 7 ?"' r , I " WBItt V' , ' i, ~ i v flight MAM (over 600 master poiflta): 1st Place: Harokl Minus m and Arthur Totten (Greensboro), Renita T. Segers and la B.?i I ?? 3/4 Place Tie: Biixabeth O. Moore and Gwen dolyn Hall (Greensboro), 3/4 Place Tie: Treana Adkins and Richard H. jwling, and 5th Place: Jamesena Watkins and Yvonne Johnson. Flight ^:Wlifer 100 master I): l it Place: Renita T. Segers id 01ivla B? Thompkins, 2nd dine Cary , Sandra BroWn, Llssie Hatton, Marjorie Lester, Waldo Lester* Ruby Walker, Juanita Wynecoff, Irma Gad son, Charles Oadson and Monica Lett. The fol lowing local players brought back trophies or script: Sandra Brown, Lessie Hatton and Charles Gadson. Many local players earned master points. Any specifics that werafcfo out Will be published in a subse quent column. The tournament #as relatively small for a Grade MA? Vlii those who paiticipated had a great time. Congratulations and Thanks [Bridge News By RUDOLPH V. BOONE SR. Place: Sara Baker and William Booker (Greensboro), 3rd Place: Lillie S. Cuthrell and Mavis H. Lloyd. That evening was delightful, impressive, meanmgiui ana reward ing to all. We missed the unit mem* bets from Burlington, as well as some local members who was not present As usual, thft event was a highlight of the year for members of die Triad area. *#? In terms of a report of the Metrolina (Charlotte) Grade"A" Tournament, this information is strictly unofficial. The writerof this column did not participate in this event and received unofficial infor mation from several individuals wno utu anena 100 parucipttc. iik following local flayers made the tHp to Charlotte and played during portions or all of the three -day event: Floyd NeaL Elizabeth Lewis, Geneva Hilt Biltte Matthews, Ruth Washington, Inez Gemalds. Owl to the local players for their win nings and supporting the Metrolina Duplicate Bridge Club. Congratulation to Pauline Caldwell for her Winnings at the recent oecttonai tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was given the trip-by her son for winning the 1993 Calvin Reuben Memorial Trophy. She won a couple of trophies in the Las Vegas event, playing with vari ous partners. Upcoming special bridge eVents include the following: Dec. 7 ? The date City Dupli cate Bridge Club's Annual Christ mas Party and Grade "C* game at the Church of The Redeemer, en Market Street, Greensboro. Dec. 17 ? Nationwide Super Open Pair, sponsored by the Triad Bridge Unite at the Dudley's Cos metology University. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and the game begins at 7:30 p.m. All bridge player are invitedf COMMUNITY BRIEFS Forsyth County Council Receives Grant Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Council on the Status of Women will receive a grant of S55.QOO to provide services to displaced home makers. It is one of 15 agencies that will receive grants ranging from S5.000 to $55,000 each from the N.C. Council for Women. The grant were made possible by an appropriation of S375.000 by the 1993 General Assembly to establish pilot model programs across the state to assist displaced homemakers. A Group Honored The Kate B. Reynolds Charita * ble Trust of Winston-Salem has* been honored for its pioneering work in helping to reduce North Carolina's rate of infant mortality and morbidity. . . The Governor's Commission on Reducing the Rate of Infant Mor tality on Wednesday presented an awardto the Trust. It was the only private foundation to be recognized. In presenting the award. Gov. Jim Hunt, speaking for the Commis | sion, said that North Carolina has reduced its infant mortality rate by 22 percent ? from 12.6 infants per thousand births to 9.9 per thou sand? since 1989 when the com mission was formed by the Gov. Martin. ADeBethizy Honored of Biological R&D at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CoT, has been named the 1993-94 Executive of the Year of the Winston-Salem Chapter, Profes sional Secretaries International. Jo ? A. Peay, Senior Administrative Assistant, nominated him for the award. Mae Jackson. CPS, President of the Winston-Salem was Chair man of the event. DeBethizy received his Ph.D. in Toxicology from Utah State Uni versity in 1982. He joined R.J. Reynolds in 1985. Among his pro fessional affiliations: Diplomat, American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology; Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacol ogy/Toxicology, Wake Forest Uni versity; and ^djunct Assistant Pro fessor of Toxicology, Integrated Toxicology Program, Duke Univer sity. He is a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in King and is Sunday School teacher to the junior high class. He is also very involved in the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association. AQuit Smoking Class The Forsyth Unit of the Ameri can Cancer Society will be holding Fresh Start quit smoking classes on Tuesday beginning Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at Parkway Presbyterian Church, 1000 Yorkshire Road. The fee is SI 5. For more information or registration, call 768-1224. ? Laser Show SciWorks will be presenting laser light shows at its Hanes Mall location through Dec. 27. The Sci Works Laser Light Theater will be presenting the shows every hobr on the hour during mall operating hours. Tickets are $1 for SciWork members and $2 for non-members and are available only at the Laser Light Theatre ticket desk at Hanes Mall. The Laser Light Theatre is located on the upper level of Hanes Mall near Sears. SciWorks is located at 400 West Hanes Mill Road off US Route 52 and is acces sible by the SciWorks-WSTA bus. Route 10-B. for additional informa tion about laser shows, tickets or to schedi^le a group call 767-6730. - A Board Meeting The Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina, Inc.. will meet on i i Monday, Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m., at the offices of The Legal Aid Society, 216 W. Fourth Street. The public is cordially invited to attend The Legal Aid Society provides civil legal assistance to residents of Forsyth, Stokes, Yadkin, Davie and Iredell Counties who cannot afford the services of private counsel. It is supported by the Legal Services Corporation, the United Way, 10LTA, the North Carolina General Assembly, private foundations, and contributions. For further information, please - contact Kay B. House at 725-9166. _ A Southern Sightings The Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art (SECCA) will be presenting Jane Comfort and Com pany on Sunday, Dec. 5 as part of its Southern Sightings and beyond series. Jane Comfort and Company will be performing her dance/theatre piece Faith Healing. Jane Comfort's repertory offers vividly drawn por traits of men and women on the edge of brilliance, madness, love and tragedy. "Her precise choreog raphy evidences a minimalist under standing of space and a dramatist's ability to transform space into place." Artforum. "Faith Healing" is an original piece which takes the line ?f Tennessee Williams* The Glass Menagerie as its point of departure. Comfort's unique exami nation of the work centers on the musicality and rhythm of language, the telling psychology of move ment, and the visualization of fan tasy. The performance will take place in SECCA 's McChesney Scott Dunn Auditorium and will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for SECCA members, students, senior adults and $12 for the general public. Main galleries will be open at 6:45 p.m. for viewing of Accounts Southeast: David Helm and Personal Narra tives: Women Photographers of Color exhibitions. For more infor mation call 725-1904. BUILDING TOMORROW TOGETHER^SUPPUER^ "Providing customers with real value is a reflection of our values." Anthony L. Snoddy, President Exemplar Manufacturing Company Ypsilanti, Michigan "It starts with our name, which has to do with setting the standard and the model for others to follow. In our company that means team work, being open to new ideas from within and out side, plain old hard work and never forgetting that we're consumers, too." Anthony Snoddy's philosophy typifies what General Motors looks for in all our suppliers... and in our selves. That's why we have contracted his company to supply all GM divisions with metal fasteners and preci sion ground pins for our transmissions. At General Motors, we are convinced that working with quality suppliers like Exemplar helps us offer our customers cars and trucks that reflect their values ?1993 Motors Corporehon Chevrolet Fbntiac Oldsmobile Buick Cadillac GMC Truck MMlVl ?-?