C OMMUNITY
Page e Your stories , your voices JUNE 16> 2
Community
Calendar
AKA Clothing Sale
The Phi Omega Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Inc., will hold a Clothing
Consignment Sale on Saturday,
June 28 from 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. at
the Ivy Arms Community Center,
5 East 2nd St. Items for sale will
include women, men and chil
dren's clothing, accessories,
shoes and purses.
AA available to those in need
ALCOHOLICS ANONY
MOUS (AA) offers information
and support for alcoholics and
their families through group dis
cussion meetings offered on a
daily basis at a variety of conven
ient times and locations. For a
schedule, visit www.w-saa.oig or
call Alcoholics Anonymous
Hodine at 336-725-6031.
Community Bowling
Piedmont Nursing Group and
Goler Metropolitan AME Zion
Church will sponsor the Silver &
Green Community Bowling Day
on July 12, from 1 1 a.m. - 2 pjn.
at the Creekside Bowling Lanes,
1450 Trade Mart Blvd. This
event will be held every second
Saturday of each month along
with a canned and non-perish
able food drive. Attendees will
enjoy free games of bowling and
fellow-shipping. Sponsorships
and donations are welcome. For
more information, call 336-497
4708.
Family Reunion
The descendants of John
Wesley and Luanda B. Pledger
will be celebrating their 70th
family reunion on Saturday, July
12 from 5 -9 pjn. The reunion
will be held at Brown and
Douglas Neighborhood
Recreation Center, 4725 Indiana
Ave. All family members and
friends are invited. For more
information, call Willie Downs at
336-788-4355 or Charlotte B.
Vincent at 336-924-5038.
LEAP program accepting
applications
? Kennedy Learning Center is
accepting applications for 2008
2009. There are limited 6-7, 7-8,
and 8-9 Leap slots available.
Students must have been retained
and be over the age for his or her
current grade. Students must
apply to LEAP and participate in
a parent/ student interview with
KLC personnel. Students most
likely to be successful are those
who are proficient in reading and
math with few behavior or atten
dance problems. KLC is at 1000
Highland Avenue. Call 336- 727
2085 for more information.
Happy Hill Reunion
The1 William C. Sims, Sr.
Recreation Center's 15th Annual
Happy Hill Reunion will be held
July 11 at 7 p.m. and July 12
from 1 1 a.m. - 6 p jn. It will fea
ture horseshoe tournaments,
bingo, swimming, a youth talent
show, live entertainment, a car,
truck and motorcycle show ($5
entry fee), a historic display table
and venders (vending fee $50).
Attendees should bring lawn
chairs. This event is sponsored
by Winston-Salem Recreation &
Parks Department and the
Housing Authority of Wiaston
Salem. For additional informa
tion, please contact Ben Piggott
at 336-727-2837 <ft William
"Rock Bitting at (336) 784-8475.
A Feast of Freedom
Juneteenth
Celebration
brings out
thousands
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Thousands gathered
Saturday to celebrate freedom
with a day of food, music and
fun.
The masses gathered
Saturday for the annual
Juneteenth Celebration in
Rupert Bell Park.
Juneteenth celebrates the
ending of slavery in the United
States. It's celebrated around
June 19, which is the date in
1865 that slaves in Texas
became the last in the nation to
learn of the Emancipation
Proclamation, which cleared
the way for the eventual abol
ishment of slavery.
Cheryl Harry has organ
ized Juneteenth events in
Winston-Salem for the past
several years through her non
profit, TYiad Cultural Arts. She
believes that the holiday is a
good way to pay homage to
those who struggled in slav
ery.
"It's a major milestone in
American history that does not
need to be forgotten," said
Harry.
Tents with dozens of ven
dors covered the park - ven
dors that sold everything from
watermelons, to artwork.
Vendor Pat Fortune sold hand
made crafts. She's been
involved with Juneteenth
events since they became pop
ular in the Triad in the 1990s.
She says all African
Americans should be proud of
Juneteenth, which she calls
"our own holiday that cele
brates freedom."
Her admiration of the holi
day led her to pen the play,
"Juneteenth: A New
Beginning," which was per
formed Saturday. The play
portrays the last day of slavery
in Galveston, Texas. She
called Juneteenth a significant
event for African Americans.
"It's been our mission to
educate African Americans
and others about what this hol
iday means." said Fortune of
her play.
Other booths offered not
products for sale, but informa
tion and services. Attendee^
could register to vote at one
booth, and get their blood
pressure checked at another.
Liada Hopson and Denise
McCoy manned a booth pro
moting the free tutoring serv
ices offered by The Center for
Accelerated Learning.
Attendees were not only
educated, but entertained. The
See Juneteenth on Bll
Some of the actors that appeared in " Juneteenth : A New Beginning."
Photos by Todd Luck
Sasha Morfaw performs.
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Kids take part in youth activities .
Longtime Juneteenth supporter State Rep. Larry Womble
chats with community icon Darryl Hunt, right.
Mary Samuels poses with her granddaughter.
Tony Dove and Evolution entertain the masses on Saturday.
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