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Radio's Graedons at Guilford
Public radio hosts and authors Joe and Terry Graedon
will present "Quakers in the People's Pharmacy" on
Monday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 pjn. at New Garden Fnends
Meeting The program, which is free and open to the
public, is sponsored by Friends Center at Guilford
College.
The Graedons, who are members of Durham Friends
Meeting, published the first book in the People's
Pharmacy series in 1976. They host the public radio pro
gram "The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry
Graedon," heard on over 500 stations, and author a syn
dicated newspaper column by the same name. Terry
Graedon, a medical anthropologist, and Joe Graedon, a
pharmacologist, discuss issues relating to drugs, herbs,
home remedies, vitamins and related health topics, and
contend that people have the ability to make informed
decisions about health care.
For more information about this and other events
sponsored by the Friends Center, visit www.guilford.edu
or call 336-316-2445.
Friends Center at Guilford College is a collaborative
endeavor of the College and the Religious Society of
Friends to strengthen Friends and their institutions.
Country star will perform
at Rubber Duck Regatta
More than 10,000 people are expected at the March
of Dimes 26th Annual North Carolina Chili
Championship & Rubber Duck Regatta at Tanglewood
Park in Clemmons, on Saturday, Sept. 20, where at least
100 chili cooks will gather to give samples of their top
secret recipes. All proceeds benefit the March of Dimes
to help all babies be bom healthy.
Country singer-songwriter Billy Currington is head
lining this year's event. Other performers itfclude Band
or Oz and the Dallas Keese
| Band. The day-long event
promises fun for the entire fam
ily. Other events and activities
will include a Kids Korral
games, arts & crafts for sale and,
of course, the virtual Rubber
Duck Regatta, which is
designed by Out of Our Mind
Animation Studio in Winston
Salem.
"Lots of good causes have
family-friendly events, but onfy
the March of Dimes can invite
Currington
you to the family-friendly event that has become a rain
or-shine tradition in the Triad," says Teddy Burriss,
Committee Co-chair . "The best part is the opportunity to
let people know we are doing this for the babies."
Sponsorship and leadership for the Chili
Championship is provided by: Lowes Foods, Bounty,
Charmin, Crest, Pampers, Pan teen, Prilosec, Tide, Out of
our Minds Animation Studios and WTQR-FM.
The March of Dimes' aim is to reduce the rate of pre
mature births, birth defects, and other serious threats to
babies' health. The March of Dirties is investing more
than $3.5 million in research in North Carolina in 2008.
The March of Dimes NC Chapter awards $335,504 each
year in community grants to support projects that work to
reduce infant mortality and morbidity throughout the
state.
For more information, visit marchofdimes.com or
nacersano.org.
Honors go to art school graduates
Four graduates of the University of North Carolina
School of the Arts (UNCSA) have been selected as the
2008-09 Kenan Fellows at The Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
The 2008-09 William R. Kenan, Jr. Performing Arts
Fellows at KennedyCenter are:
? Jason Caballero of Houston, Texas, who has
worked for the stage operations crew at the Alliance
Theatre on "A Christmas Carol," "Sophisticated Ladies"
and "Seussical the Musical."
? Elisheba Ittoop of Cary, who was recently named
the recipient of the 2008 Rising Star Award, given to one
young designer a year through the United States Institute
of Theatre Technology (USnT).
? Samuel Kitchel of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.,
whose most recent lighting design work is the Dvorak
opera, "The Devil and Kate," which was produced by the
A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, and performed in Winston
Salem and Raleigh; and
Brahim Pettis of Clarkston, Ga? who was on the
lighting design staff of the playwrightsrand cabaret con
ferences at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in 2007.
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Latin Jazz stamp released
The U.S. Postal Service dedicated the Latin Jazz
commemorative stamp Monday at the National Postal
Museum in Washington, D.C. in celebration of the rich
legacy of Latin jazz.
The Latin Jazz stamp is the latest in a long history of
stamp suDjects nononng
Hispanic people, places and
events. Recognition also has
been given to American
journalist Ruben Salazar, the
1947 Mendez v. Westminster
trial and civil rights leader
Cesar Chavez. Altogether,
the Postal Service has issued
over 50 stamps celebrating
Hispanic heritage
The stamp features a bold, graphic design by San
Francisco-based artist ? and Latin jazz fan ? Michael
Bartalos. Eager to capture the upbeat, energetic and
romantic spirit that characterizes much of Latin jazz,
Bartalos has created a tropical evening scene that depicts
three musicians playing bass, piano, and conga dnims
and conveys the multicultural aspects of the music, its
percussive and improvisational nature and its rhythmic
complexity.
Malloy/Jordan leads way with Big Read events
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The Malloy/Jordan East
Winston Heritage Center Library
will offer a slate of programs
starting Monday (Sept. 15) in con
junction with the countywide Big
Read program, which this year
centers around Ray Bradbury's
"Fahrenheit 451."
In fact, Malloy/Jordan will
host more Big Read events than
any other library branch in the
county, Rhonda Scales made sure
-of that. Scales, the library's pro
gram coordinator, is known for
staying on young people about the
importance of reading.
"Do you how many people
died to get that right?" she asks
them when they say they don't
like to read.
Many of the Big Read pro
grams at Malloy/Jordan will focus
on some of the many historic bar
riers there have been placed
betweem books and readers. A
Wednesday, Sept. 17 program at
10 a.m. is titled: "What Present
Day Books Would Be Banned?"
The discussion is geared for mid
Photo by Todd Luck
The Malloyl Jordan 's Rhonda Scales.
die and high school students. The
branch will have a "Banned
Books Poster Contest," in which
students will showcase the posters
they created inspired by banned
and controversial books, such as
"Fahrenheit 451." The winners of
the contest will be announced Oct.
22.
A discussion of blacks' strug
gle to earn the right to read will be
Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. The
program, "Right to Read: From
the Plantation to Today," is also
geared for students.
M alloy /Jordan's first Big Read
event Monday, at 6:30 p.m., is
billed as "Hot & Now" with Chef
Nikki. During the cooking and
baking demonstration. Chef Nikki
Tiger in the
Desert
PRNewsFolo/The Tiger Woods Dubai
Tiger Woods and Abdulla
A I Gurg survey a piece of
land in Dubai, where
Woods is backing a 7JS00
yard, par 72 championship
quality golf course that is
expected to be up and run
ning sometime in 2009. Al
Gurg is the project director
of "The Tiger Woods
Dubai," which will also
feature a luxury boutique
hotel, restaurants and
upscale retail spots.
Local student places in global art competition
"WUWIUXaUOTIUilVK!
A lineal student has won praise and mucfyjnore in an
international 4(1 competition.
Holly Fulton, a high school senior at the U.N.C.
School of the Arts (formerly N.C. School of Arts), placed
third in the Sister Cities International 2008 Young Artists
Showcase.
She received a $300 prize and her drawing will spend
the next year on tour with Sister Cities International.
Her winning piece, done in pencil-and-watercolor, is
titled "City of the Arts," and depicts a brick wall of a
building being turned into a mural by a young artist.
"My favorite form of art is graffiti, because 1 think it's
really prominent, so I wanted to use graffiti," Fulton said.
"Then I took something that would represent each of our
sister cities and put it on the wall. And in the middle it
says 'unite.'
Winston-Salem's four sister cites are uniquely repre
sented in the mural. For Shanghai, Yang Pu District,
China, Fulton uses a dragon; a wave is included for
Nassau, Bahamas; wine grapes for Ungheni, Moldova;
and the face of an African child for Kumasi, Ghana.
Sister Cities International is an independent, non
profit association dedicated to creating and strengthening
partnerships between U.S. and international communities
to increase global cooperation, promote cultural under
standing and stimulate economic development.
Fulton submitted her piece last school year while she
was taking an advanced placement art class at the Career
Center.
Submitted Photo
Raleigh-based Orquesta GarDel *till perform Saturday.
FIESTA returns on Saturday
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
FIESTA will return to downtown Wnston-Salem on
Saturday (Sept. 13). This will be the 17th year that the
Hispanic League has staged the popular event, which
typically draws crowds in excess of 15,000.
FIESTA is a glorious celebration of Hispanic culture
and all of its diversity. There will be live music on three
performance stages; shows and activities for children;
and more than a dozen vendors will be on hand to serve
mouth-watering traditional favorites and to sell other
merchandise;
The music has always been a centerpiece of FIESTA,
and that won't change this year. Already, several popular
acts have been booked.
Among them are Raleigh-based Orquesta Gar Del,
which has won over a legion of fans with its Latin jazz
fusion and salsa oldies.
Popular band Flamazo Tropical will be playing clas
sic and original cumbia and nortefio styles of music from
its latest CDs. Andean music artist, Ameri-Kantu and the
Guadalupano Folkloric Ballet will also perform. The
Children's Area will have its own stage with activities
and presentations, as well as scheduled acoustic music
and dance shows.
" Since its beginnings nearly 20 years ago in
Corpening Plaza, FIESTA has been the flagship event of
The Hispanic League, a non-profit organization with the
mission of promoting multicultural understanding and
increased educational opportunities for Hispanic chil
dren. The funds raised at the event provide scholarships
for deserving Hispanic college students in the Triad
The event will stretch several blocks, starting from
the intersection of 4th and Poplar streets. Admission is
$2 and free for children.
will show attendees how to pre
pare her signature "Chili Lime
Chocolate Cake with Avocado
Buttercream Frosting."
This year's Forsyth County
Public Library's Big Read will
feature five-weeks of debates,
community forums, panel discus
sions, free films, an essay contest,
community displays and art proj
ects at library branches and other
county venues. The Big Read offi
cially kicks off this Saturday at
the daylong Bookmarks Festival
in Historic Bethabara Park.
Next month, a highlight will
be the screening on the award
winning documentary "Engine
Four," which recounts the story of
Winston-Salem's first integrated
fire station. The Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
program will take place at the
Central Library downtown. It will
also feature Mayor Pro Tempore
Dr. Vivian H. Burke, Fire Chief
John W. Gist and Deputy Fire
Chief John Lucas.
For a full slate of Big Read
events, go ? to
wwwforsyth .cc/ library.
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A&Ts Soman
claims top
Liberian
Image Award
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
A N.C. A&T State
University professor was
among those honored late last
month with a Liberia Image
Award.
The ceremony, held in the
Bethesda Theatre in Bethesda,
Md., paid tribute to Liberians
whose contributions have
inspired creativity in the
Liberian Community and
uplifted the image of the West
African nation. Dr. Syrulwa L.
Soman ,
an asso
c i a t e
professor
in the
depart
ment of
construc
t i o n
manage
ment and
occupa
t i o n a 1
safety
Somah
ana neann, received tne presti
gious Lifetime Achievement
Award for his continued com
mitment towards promoting
Liberia's history and present
day achievements.
North Carolina and several
states along the East Coast are
home to thousands of Liberian
Americans. The awards were
established by Stomper
Productions Entertainment,
Leisure Entertainment Group,
Pearl of Africa and AMP
Worldwide Consultant to pro
mote Liberia's culture and her
itage by acknowledging and
honoring the achievement of
individuals, groups and organi
zations for their efforts to pre
serve the arts and cultures of
Liberia.
Other honorees included
Humanitarian Award Winner
Morris Koffa, head of Liberia
Environmental Watch;
Excellence in Journalism
Winner Kwame Clements,
managing editor of "The
African World;" Excellence in
Music Winner Gebah Swaray, a
master guitarist, composer,
arranger and producer;
Excellence in Movies Winner
Van Vicker, an actor who has
appeared in several African
films; and Young Achievers
Winner Kimmie Weeks, an
acclaimed activist.
Dr. Somah received his
Bachelor of Science degree in
Occupational Safety and Health
from the State Uiflversity of
New York in 1990; a Master's
of Science in Liberal Studies
from the Liberal College
University of Oklahoma in
Norman, Okla. in 1999; and a
Ph.D. in Policy Studies in
Environmental and
Occupational Health from the
Union Institute ana University
in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1994.
Before coming to A&T, he
worked at Guilford Technical
College and at the Cumberland
Diagnostic and Treatment
Center of the New York Health
and Hospital Corporations.