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The Chronicle
Volume40,Number 19 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, January 2, 2014
WSSU Photo by Garrett Garrm
The Enterprise Conference & Banquet Center is
located at 1922 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Center
becomes
premier
social venue
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
Established event and
entertainment venues in the
city are facing competition
in East Winston.
The Enterprise
Conference & Banquet
Center on South Martin
l uther King Jr. Drive is
. juickiy becom
ing a preferred
venue for
churches, organ
izations and con
ferences.
National Black
Theatre Festival
Executive
Producer Sylvia
Sprinkle-Hamlin
has already host
ed two events at
the newly reno
vated facility -
an appreciation
breakfast for
NBTF volunteer
coordinators and
a fundraiser
banquet for her
church, St.
Stephen's
Episcopal.
"I've been
recommending
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people, because it's really
great." said Sprinkle
Hamlin. who also serves as
director of the Forsyth
County Public Library sys
tem. "Usually, it's hard to
find, a facility in the east
side of town, so I was inter
ested to come and tour it,
and I was really impressed.
They have really good cus
tomer service."
After patronizing tradi
tional event venues down
town for years, Sprinkle
Hamlin said she is thrilled
to be able to support a busi
ness in the black communi
ty and still create the high
caliber events she is known
for.
"The Marriott is nice,
but just to do something in
your own community and
to support that organization
1 think is.very, important,"
she said. "...1 support the
community because the
community has supported
us over the
years, so it's my
way of giving
back in any way
I can."
The
Conference &
Banquet Center,
which officially
opened in
October, occu
pies space in the
? old Boys &
Girls Club facil
ity, which is
anchored by the
Simon Green
Atkins
Community
Development
Corporation.
The 4,700-plus
square-foot
facility boasts
all the comforts
of an established
?. i r
eveni center, witn a iocus
on "community hospitali
ty" that Event Manager
Patricia Degraffinreaidt
says is unmatched.
"This facility offers
everything that you can get
at a convention center or a
Marriott," she remarked.
. .We have what it takes to
give any company, any
church anything that they
would want to have here.
We have the ability, the
expertise, we have the pro
fessional staff."
The CDC, which is
See Center on A2
Sprinkle-Hamlin
Clements
Local student becomes face
of Immigration campaign
BY LAYLA GARMS
[HE CHRONICLE
?
Lexington resident Valeria
Sotelo has done everything right.
The 21-year-old worked hard
during her time at Lexington
Senior High School, maintaining
the good grades and high level of
on-campus involvement neces
sary to earn admission to Salem
College, where she is studying
early elementary education.
"Since I was little and people
asked me, 'What do you want to
do when you grow up?'t'Teacher*
was always the first thing that
came to mind," related Sotelo, a
first generation high school grad
uate. "I guess I've just had so
many teachers that have impacted
me and changed my life, I just
hoped that someday I could do
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Junior Valeria Sotelo on the campus of Salem College.
Celebrating Ktifenzaa
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Photo by Todd I .uck
Patricia Oliver, a Triad Cultural Arts Board member, lights a candle on the kinara at the Delta Arts Center
on the second night of Kwanzaa. Read more about the Friday, Dec. 27 Kwanzaa celebration on page Bl.
|Agency's efforts geUttention from D.C.
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
The Housing Authority of Winston
Salem's innovative approach to public
housing is turning heads, not only in the
local community, but across the natiorf.
HAWS CEO Larry Woods said he was
shocked to learn late last month that U.S.
Rep. Virginia Foxx was singing the praises
of Woods and his agency on the floor of
the United States House of
Representatives.
"Under Larry's leadership, the
Housing Authority of Winston-Salem is
transforming the template for North
Carolina's housing programs," Foxx told
her colleagues. "... Larry and his team's
forward-thinking approach to public hous
ing has changed the lives of many North
Carolinians."
Woods, who has led the agency since
2006, said he was humbled by Foxx's
inclination to hold HAWS up as a shining
See HAWS on A3 1
Photo by l.ayl? Garnis
VS. Rep. Virginia Foxx presents a plaque to Larry Woods.
Trainers offer New Year's transformation tips
Photo b> Todd Luck
Trainer Alonzo
Brown says that
consistency and
variety are keys
to a successful
exercise pro
gram.
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONIC I E
-
New Year's fitness resolutions are so common
that trainers and health professionals prepare for ai\
influx of clients every January.
Katina Rice, a licensed Zumba instructor, says
that of the multitude of newbies that will flock to her
classes in the next several weeks, only some will ful
fill their resolutions, while others won't. The differ
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