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COMMUNITY Sweepstakes \\ i liners Lisa and Clarence Cowan pictured with gifts they won from Summit Cable that include the color television . , ' Cowan Family Wins Holiday Sweepstakes H . \ . RONICA CLEMONS Staff Writef I Cowan had not entered jr" before. But when she ? v tu advertisement from n- Cable for "A Picture f Vi k\ i Oiristmas" sweepstakes, \ she defied u? 'taWtf thance. ' "l. r-ak ng that one chance resulted tn the Cowan family becoming the winner in the sweepstakes that awarded them with inoie than $2,500 in gifts for the a; and their two daughters, "AW were reall) surprised.' said ( kirence Cowan, h s a * bless in i' and we thank the Lord fur i! I'he jj it is includd a new coloi uHcMNi Mt, a cainciu coals i of ;he ettin'w l ami l\, shoe's aiura diiiMiV 4 V' 1 .ur r\ Anthony, who works with direct sales. at Summit Cable. said this is the first year tor-ilie sweepstakes. The corn pans decided the\ wanted to do s )inething for the commurm\ and help at least one needy fam ily have a more joyous holiday. People could enter other ? tanniies into the contest or fami iie^ may have entered them selves, which Lois Cowan did. Her name was pulled on Dec. 21 from more than 100 that had entered. Anthony said when he called Lois Cowan to tell her that hei* family had won and asked her what they needed, he didn't get an immediate reply. Cowan said she was just so excited she didn't know what to say. Rut her daughters Sierra, 3, and Samone, 17 months, had already given their Christmas wish lists to their parents. That made, Cowan's deci sion much easier. Sierra got her hicNcIc and theylboth received clothes, which their mother said thc\ needed, and an abundance of other goodies. Summit Cable employees arrived at the Cowan's home the next morning in a vehicle packed with gifts. They were placed under the tree, which at the time was empty. I Cowan said she and her hus band were not quite finished Christmas shopping and the gifts from Summit Cable came right on time. 1 ocal Girl to Perform in Pcach > Bowl Christel Harvey, daughter of William and Phvl|h varsity utanidc from West I orsyth High School, will be among 1 OS dancers of 500 NCA Performance Team members to perform in the 27th annual Peach Howl on New Year's Day. The game will be nationally televised cr . f SPN at 800 p.m. 1ST. This will be Christel's first time participating in an NCA Special Event. She will partici pate in the Peach Bowl and per form during the pre game and half time festivities of the Peach Bowl. The choreographed rou tines that will be presented cul minate five days^pf rehearsals in Atlanta, .vhere the participants meet for fhe first ti* 'p as a group. a f ? This will m Performance Team s sccond appearance in this premier colle Chris te I Harvey giate football bowl game. The NCA Performance Team, which includes members from 38 states and Canada, is under the direc tion of Kevin Jones, executive director of NCA Special Events and choreographers Cheryl Carter and Sheila Lambert. NCA Special Events is an operating division of the National Cheerleaders Associa tion. The NCA conducts sum mer camp throughout the nation, where instructors teach the latest cheerieading, dance routines and techniques to junior high, high school and college-level stu dents. This past summer more than 150,000 students partici pated in camps conducted in 48 states, Mexico and Japan. Support Our Students Program Kicks Off By VERONICA CLEMONS Chronicle Staff Writer . '_J Chrissy Starkes, a student at Pe tree Middle School, and her man and Regemaine Ross said sports and art are some of the activities they wpuld like to see in a middle school after-school program. With Forsyth County's Save Our Students grant, they may get some of those request. The Central YMCA on Glade Street was the site for the kickoff of the SOS grant which awarded Forsyth County with $200,000 to develop after school programs for middle school students. T "It's a lot of money but small money when it comes to our children," said State SOS Direc tor Joseph Canty. Grants awarded in Septem* ber at a news conference by * Governor James B. Hunt went to 52 counties. Forsyth and five otfoer counties received county grants of up to $200,000 designed to encourage them to de v e 1 op a?systemati c county wide- approach to after-school issues. Hunt will be volunteering for the progran^ himself begin ning next month. Studies show that good after school programs can make a real difference in the lives of middle school aged children. The programs give youth something to do and help deter crime which is rising. The latest crime figures show arrests for children 15 and under are up 10 percent. Other studies show that most teenage girls get pregnant between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. , Carol Yardley, the local SOS director, said the plan for Forsyth County is to have two programs in place by 1995 that will serve 125 youth. An advi Petree Middle School students Chrissy Storks, Jarvis Coleman and ?Regermaine Ross discuss their hopes for an after-school program. sory board is already in place to begin looking at types of pro grams that will be beneficial to middle school students. Supporting the program is a . collaboration of non-profit, cor porate and governmental organi zations. David Hinton, president of YMCA of Greater Winston Salem Metro Board, said it's important for the community to stick together and support the program knd the students. Canty pledged the state's support to local programs and encouraged youth to get involved. 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