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. . _ _ ? 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. AMERICAN

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