Cancer
screening
decrease
a concern
?See Page A3
^ai1 ' \ebrcy/ 75 cem#
bowling
tun(IfttHfaCfrojjna ^?ILf Q E
t0 Km??rZ\^?? /
u/iAster^ealem, N&?7101
" i r OW^. -? ?? --^- . f???^" .. .1 1?r ^ '- ?
The Chronicle
Volume39,Number21 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, January 17, 2013
Photos by Layla Oarms
Norma Corley shows off her Obama pride hat.
D.C.
Bound
Twin City residents excited
about taking in inauguration
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE _
Winston-Salem will be well-represented at
next week's presidential inaugural ceremonies in
Washington, D.C.
The second inauguration of President Barack
Obama is set for Jan. 21, the same day as the
national Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Several local groups are hosting bus trips to the
nation's capitol, affording Twin City residents
with a unique
opportunity
to witness
history.
City
native Pierre
Burton and
his pastor.
Rev. Paul
Lowe, are
chartering a
50-passenger
bus to take
locals to the
event. Trip
goers are
paying $90
for trans
portation to
and from the
pvpnf
Pierre Burton it headed to y j, e
Washington, D.C. next week. goa] ,s) tQ
give people
the opportunity to experience history. Some peo
ple have never been to D.C. at all," said Burton,
a member of Shiloh Baptist Church for the past
30 years.
Burton, a retired R.J. Reynolds employee,
missed President Obama's first inauguration
because of illness. He thinks this may be his last
chance to witness history.
"I don't want to miss out on it this time
around because this is probably the last time I'll
have the opportunity to see an African American
president inaugurated," said the grandfather of
one.
School guidance counselor Norma Corley
was on hand for the historic swearing in of
President Obama in 2009.
"It was wonderful," said Corley, who has
served the local school system since 1998. "It
was a lot of excitement in the air, a zillion peo
ple. and it just seemed like we were all on one
accord, not only to be a part of his swearing in.
but it was a unity among the people. It was like a
family reunion, really."
The city native is returning for Monday's
inauguration and is just as excited as last time.
"A lot of people who went on that original
See D.C. on A10
111 I
1 K 5 2
= O
1= -J o ~
IS .3 2
=r s ?
?!
i- |s|==|
Carver pins hopes on
former NFL star
i mm i ? 11 ub i
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
City native and former NFL bailer
Germane Crowe 11 is the newest head football
coach at Carver High School.
Crowell, who played six seasons for the
Detroit Lions and a single season for the
New Orleans Saints, accepted the position
Jan. 11.
"I'm feeling great," the father of four
said of his new position. "I'm definitely
excited about the opportunity to coach high
school football, but I'm more excited about
the opportunity to build strong character in
young men and use football as a vehicle to
do that."-\
Crowell is currently an exceptional chil
dren's teacher's assistant at his alma mater,
North Forsyth High School, but will be join
ing the staff at Carver within the coming
week.
"I'm very excited to work with this gen
eration of Tcids," said the University of
Virginia alumnus. "I really think that the
high school level is the level where you can
See Crowell on A8
Carver Photo
Carver
Principal
Ronald Travis
(left) welcomes
the sachool's
new head foot
ball coach,
Germane
Crowell.
Catching the Spirit
Pt?o*> by l.ayla Garnis
Members of Emmanuel Baptist Church's En Motion Mime Ministry perform during the N.C. Black Reparatory
Company's 28th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration on Tuesday. More than a dozen acts per
formed before a packed-house. More about the event will be included in our special MLK section next week.
Back to Work program retraining locals
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
City native Karen
Austin never imagined
she'd find herself in the
unemployment line.
But in April, Austin was
laid off from her job after
27 years with a local secu
rity firm. It was a devastat
ing blow for the grand
mother of eight.
"It really has been hard
on me," she said of drawing
unemployment.
Fortunately for Austin,
help was on the way. The
N.C. State Board of
Community Colleges
selected Forsyth Technical
Community College and 15
other community colleges
statewide to receive fund
ing through Back to Work,
a $5 million partnership
between the Board and the
state Department of
Commerce designed to
help the long term unem
ployed return to the work
force. Forsyth Tech
received over $711,000 to
help retrain unemployed
citizens of Forsyth and
Stokes counties through the
program, which ends June
30. 2013.
The program is a wel
come addition to the assort
ment of grant-funded pro
grams the community col
lege currently offers to the
unemployed, Anderson
said.
"It's a rarity to find
funding for short term non
credit courses," she
remarked. "It's a wonderful
infusion of funding to
allow us to help more peo
Sec Work on K2
Kimberly Mitchell Karen Austin
Some to spend MLK holiday helping others and causes
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Many will be honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
on Monday - the federal holiday in his honor - by giv
ing back to their communities.
In 1994, 11 years after the MLK holiday began -
Congress declared it a national day of service, encour
aging Americans to honor King's legacy by volunteer
ing their time for worthy causes.
Organizers of a clean-up event at Odd Fellows
See Service on A3
Photo by Todd Luck
w s S V s
Adreanna
Williams is
volunteer
ing to
honor Dr.
King.
?H^B fs
ASSURED
STORAGE
of Winston-Salem, LLC
??Hi ^
?HH fN
?
? <J\ .
BBfc1
vo