, Photos by L?yU Farmer
Rep. Watt chats with some of the young residents of the Home.
Young growers at Children's Home get visit from Watt
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
A handful of customers were
already waiting by the time the
tractor made its slow descent
down the grassy hill Tuesday
morning. They flocked to the
trailer, which was loaded down
with flowers and produce, fresh
from the Children's Home's gar
den.
The three-acre garden is part
of a long standing tradition for
the home, which will celebrate
its 100th anniversary next year.
The children tend the garden,
harvesting ripe fruits and veg
etables to be sold at the produce
^tand each Tuesday and
Thursday.
"This is part of the kids'
experience here," explained
Children's Home President
George Bryan. "It's being '
involved in tasks that are mean
ingful - they're making money
and they're also putting food on
the table."
The money raised by the
stand supports the programming
at the home, which shelters
young people who have no
. where else to turn, and the crops
make healthy meals for the chil
dren. The youth act as sales
clerks for the customers, assist
ing them with weighing and
selecting the ripest fruits.
Tuesday, the youth were
joined by a rather unlikely pro
tege. U.S. Rep. Mel Watt visit
ed the home as part of his
Trading Places program, where
he works alongside constituents
at their jobs and listens to their
concerns.
The Congressman also trad
ed places Tuesday with a doctor
at Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center and
workers at Old Salem.
"The otyective ... is to
understand the diversity of
things that are going on in the
district and what some of the
challenges are that people are
dealing with," explained Watt.
"It's a wonderful way to find out
what I need to be doing to sup
port the things that are already
going on in the Congressional
District."
Though he had never visited
The Children's Home before.
Watt settled right in, cracking
jokes with the boys who were
working the stand.
The teens, whose names
cannot be mentioned because of
privacy constraints, took well to
the legislator.
"That man is nice; he tells us
what's happening ... he tells us
about his background and stuff,"
commented one boy. "It makes
us feel appreciated, like we've
done something right for the
community."
A handful of the youth had
taken to the fields just after 7
a.m. that morning to gather the
food for the stand. One boy
remarked that he felt proud to
have a Congressman at his
home.
"It makes me feel good," he
said. "I never did know him
before today (but) I think he's
doing his job."
Regular summer hours for
the Children's Home produce
stand are Tuesdays from 10 am.
-12 pm. and Thursdays from 4 -
6 pm. All profits made from the
stand support farm program
ming.
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Fair accepting online entries
for judging
The Dixie Classic Fair is
now accepting entries online
for all judging categories for
the 2008 fair.
Online order forms, as
well as the 2008 catalog list
ing the judging categories
and information on the rules
for entering an exhibit, are
available at
www.dcfair.com/catalogpage
s.html.
The Web site also has
entry forms that can be print
ed and filled out by hand.
Entries will be accepted until
midnight, Sept. 1.
For more information,
call the Dixie Classic Fair
office at 727-2236.
Talent needed for
Broadway-like show
First In Flight .
Entertainment of Winston
Salem and The Community
Theatre of Greensboro will
hold auditions for a
"Broadway-style" show on
Aug. 9 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
at the Greensboro Cultural
Center, 200 N. Davie Street.
The auditions, by appoint
ment only, will be in the CTG
studio located on the 4th
floor.
Those auditioning must
be 17 or older and are asked
to prepare one short a cappel
la song and one short mono
logue of their choice, or be
prepared to cold-read from a
murder mystery script.
Performances and rehearsals
will be scheduled on a show
by-show basis and conflicts
can be worked around. All
roles are paid positions. To
schedule an appointment, call
336-924-7028.
Local private off to
Middle East
Army Pvt. Sydney M.
Silverhorne has been* mobi
lized and activated for
deployment overseas to an
operating base in support of
the war in Iraqi.
"Operation Iraqi
Freedom" is the official name
given to military operations
involving members of the
U.S.
armed
forces
and
coali
tion
forces
partici
pating
i n
efforts
in Iraq. Silverhome
The
mission objectives focus on
force protection, peacekeep
ing, stabilization, security
and counter-insurgency oper
ations as the Iraqi transitional
governing bodies assume full
sovereign powers to govern
the peoples of Iraq.
Silverhome, a unit supply
specialist, is normally
assigned to the 404th
Aviation Support Battalion,
4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Killeen, Texas.
She is the daughter of
Regina Williams of
Greensboro and Jeff
Silverhome of Kemersville.
Her husband, Brian, is the
son of Valerie Otey of
Norfolk, Vir.
The private is a 2004
graduate of East Forsyth
High School, Kemersville.
Time Warner customers will
get extra Olympics coverage
Time Warner Cable in
agreement with NBC
Universal (NBCU), unveiled
plans to provide its customers
with NBCU's coverage of the
2008 Beijing Olympic Games;
A complete schedule of
NBCU's Olympic coverage is
available at
NBCOlympics .com .
In addition to the more
than 1 ,200 total hours of
Olympics coverage on six
NBCU networks - NBC, USA
Network, MSNBC, CNBC,
Oxygen, and Universal HD -
Time Warner Cable will allow
customers to watch and be a
part of the Olympics in
Games with Free On Demand
and HD services, as well as
broadband content from
NBCOlympics.com via a link
from the Time Warner Cable
Road Runner website.
Customers will also enjoy two
HD sport-specific channels
for soccer and basketball.
Run wiU benefit hospital
The 12th Annual Brenner
Children's Classic Run, to
benefit Brenner Children's
Hospital, will be held on
Saturday, Sept. 6 at Reynolds
Business Center. The LeBleu
Open 5K begins at 8:30 ajn. at
the Reynolda Business Center
and follows a USA Track and
Field-certified course through
historic Graylyn Estates and
Reynolda Gardens. The Toys
R Us Fun Run is a one-mile
run for children of all ages.
The boy and girl winner, ages
13 or younger, will receive a
26" all-terrain bike. The fun
run begins at 8 a.m. in the
Reynolda Business Center
parking lot. Cost is $16 for the
5K if registered by Sept. 2 and
$10 for the fun run if regis
tered by Sept. 6.
The CommScope 5K
Challenge offers a $2,000
prize to the American male and
female runner breaking the
current North Carolina State
5K record. The Womble
Carlyle School Challenge
offers $4,000 in cash prizes to
local schools that collect the
most cash in donations and
registration fees for the event.
The grand prize of $1,500 goes
to the school registering and
collecting the most money for
Brenner Children's Hospital.
For more information or to
register, go to
www.bccrun.org.
Speciai performance by
Grammy nominated songstress
Keily Price
win ^
two tickets 1
to the taping of the 2009
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this December!
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