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rSl'- ! Sf often M Gospel Fest fflHjHjP | earns JrK voter rights honor linked concert I forum at to health 14 120712 1 **3W*****5-DIGIT 27101 -SeePage B12 n l wiru Carolina Room ^ ^ F^3iW^ablic Library The Chro^<cle Volume 3?, Number* -WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, October McCorkle lauded for breaking college's color line BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE Fifty years ago, James McCorkle stepped onto the cam pus of Guilford College and forever changed the course of the school's history. Last week, the Winston-Salem native and retired educator returned to his alma mater to celebrate the 5Uth anniversary ot his enrollment, which racially integrated the school. The Sept. 25 event, held outdoors on the quad, served as the kick off for a year's slate of activities dedicated to reflect upon the diversity journey of Guilford, a small, private school founded by Quakers in 1837. McCoikle spoke at the event, which also included African drumming, spo ken word performances and speeches by other Rotable black alumni. Drew McCorkle became the school s first African American student when he arrived in August 1962, but he wasn't the only black face on campus. That same year, Guilford welcomed two students from Kenya. "I was treated fine. There were no problems in particu lar," recalled the 68 year-old."... I was met by a group of peo ple, including my roommates - they sort of walked me around the campus. There was no fanfare or anything. It was a quiet entrance." McCorkle, an Atkins High School graduate who was a National Merit Scholar and president of the Student Council, said he never would have considered attending Guilford if it hadn't been for the gentle nudging of an Atkins guidance counselor, who convinced him that Guilford was where he See McCorkle on A7 1_^ Photo by LayU Garms Janus McCorkle is a Winston-Salem native. Center provides horseback therapy BY LAYLA UARM5 THE CHRONICLE On the ground, four year-old Ethan Lee sometimes faces challenges. But when he's on the back of a horse at Riverwood Therapeutic Riding Center, Ethan - who suffers from a mild form of autism - is on top of the world. "He's doing very well on the horse," said his mother, Pam Stovall-Lee, who has been bringing him to weekly therapeutic riding classes at the Tobaccoville facility since Hubbard August. "He anticipates it and counts the days down until he can come." Stovall-Lee, a computer science instructor at Forsyth Technical Community College, said her son has a "near obsession" with horses. His flair for all things equestrian, combined with the therapeutic elements of the program at Riverwood, made it an ideal fit for Ethan. "I feel like he's a natural horse man," she said. "He's happy, and I'm hoping that in the long term that this could teach him patience, care and empathy for animals, which he doesn't have. That kind of thing isn't easy for a child like hiH!|but he's very into it, and I knew from his long term love of hors es that he would be. It's very satisfying to see him happy." Ethan is among the children and adults who have benefitted from pro grams at Riverwood since it opened in 1995. The center currently serves more than 100 clients a week with classes in Therapeutic Riding, which serves stu dents with physical, cognitive, social and/or emotional needs; Hippotherapy, where students work one on one with a trained physical therapist to improve speech, mobility, balance and self awareness; 'and Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP)/Equine Assisted Learning (EAL), which uses experi mental methods that incorporate horses to help promote personal growth and learning. Riverwood also offers riding See Riverwood on All ' ^ I M? I ? ?llllll? ? Photos by Layb Garms Ethan Lee, 4, grins front atop a Riverwood horse as volunteers Melenie Lankau and her daughter Julia (right) look on. ?? ? i Photos by Todd Luck Legal Aid Triad Regional Director Hazel Mack speaks. Legal Aid marks 50 years of advocacy BY TODD LUCK ? / THE CHRONICLE Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) celebrated its 50th anniversary last Thursday in the city where it began. Winston-Salem's Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts host ed the anniversary celebration, which drew legal profession als from across the state. The agency provides free legal serv ices to low income clients in a variety of civil issues, includ ing domestic violence, foreclosures and evictions and employment law. Each year, LANC helps 25,000 people. "If all the people in Forsyth County who have benefitted from the services of Legal Aid were to come this evening, we'd have to move this event to the Wake Forest stadium," said Judge Denise Hartsfieid, a former Legal Aid lawyer who emceed the celebra tion. The legal aid move ment have grown over the years, and offices have opend in other N.C. cities. The LANC network now pfovides legal services to all of the state's 100 coun ties. Many former and current Legal Aid employees reminisced about the agency's his tory, which began in Managing Attorney Yvette Stackhouse (left) with paralegal Linda Graham, who chaired the anniversary event. 1962, when lawyers from the local Junior Bar Association started the Legal Aid Society of Forsyth County. Over the years, the agency expanded to serve surrounding counties and was renamed the Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina before it merged with Winston Salem Legal Aid, a separate non-profit legal assistance agency, in 2007. ? Lennie Gerber, a former Legal Aid Society managing attorney, recalled being the agency's only female when she arrived in 1977. When she left in 1991, most of the staff was female, she said. Hazel Mack, who has worked at Legal Aid for 24 years and is now the Triad regional director, told attendees that her background is similar to those of the clients she serves. "I understood what it's like to be locked out, what it's like to be poor, what it's like not to have access to justice," said See Le|al Aid on A5 l BPI supporters wined and dined Photo hy Martin lacker GEMS participant Jalyn-Rose Clark tells her story to a delighted crowd of BPI officials and supporters. BYLAYLAGARMS TUB CHRONICLE Members of the Black Philanthropy Initiative of the Winston-Salem Foundation touted past successes and solicited future support Tuesday at its annual fundraiser, which this year was themed, "Pulling from our Roots." The affair, which drew about 160 people to the Spring House Restaurant Kitchen & Bar on Spring Street, is one of the chief fundraisers for the initiative, which provides financial support to var ious projects and agencies that focus on financial literacy, parenting and educa tion, according to Advisory Committee See BPI on A10 Headed to the Voting Booth Photo by Kevin Walker Phyllis Walker, a volunteer from St. Paul UMC, helps David Jackson and his wife, Tonya, register to vote Sunday during The Chronicle's Gospel Fest. Walker collected registration forms from more than 20 people during the three hour-long event. ? ? ??? assured mebggbsmsgt kd|BK9??? storage ?MMOI-b of Winston-Salem, LLC ^
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