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Business workshops
The Forsyth Technical
Community College Small
Business Center will present
"Small Business Focus:
Website
Workshop...Increasing Sales"
(today) Thursday, May 1
from 2-4 p.m. To register or
for workshop site locations,
go to
http://www.forsythtech.edu/s
erv ices-businesses/small
business-center.
Senior Art Exhibit
Fourth Street Art &
Frame, 854 W 4th St., will
open the first-ever Winston
Salem/Forsyth County Senior
Art Exhibit on Friday, May 2
from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Seniors
from across the county will
be showing and selling their
2D and 3D artwork; all pro
ceeds will go to the student
artists. The exhibit will run
from May 2 - May 10. The
event is free and open to the
public. Call 336-725-0111 or
go to www.fourthstreetar
tandframe.com for more
information.
Farm event
The Children's Home,
1001 Reynolda Rd., will hold
"A Community Day at the
Farm" from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
on Saturday, May 3. This
event will be a celebration of
the legacy of the farm as a
community treasure as well
as a volunteer drive for the
ongoing farm preservation
effort. The family-friendly
event will include farm tours,
carriage rides, live music,
lunch fare and animal meet
and greets. For more informa
tion, contact Kim
MacPherson at 336-721-7623
or kmacphersori@tchome.org
'Stuart Little'
The Children's Theatre of
Winston-Salem will present
"Stuart Little" on Saturday,
May 3 at 11 a.m. at the Arts
Council Theatre, 610
Coliseum Drive. Tickets are
$10 or $14. Call 336-748
0857 x203 for tickets or order
online at www.childrensthe
atrews.org.
Gardening conference
A N.C. Master Gardener
conference will be held May
5-7 at the Hawthorne Inn. A
number of educational ses
sions will be held. Learn
more or register at
http://www.northcarolina
mastergardener.org/.
Exhibit
Winston-Salem Delta
Fine Arts, 2611 New
Walkertown Rd., will present
artist Tracy Lindenthal's first
solo exhibition "Alien
Landscapes" from Tuesday,
May 6 - Friday, June 20. An
opening reception will be
held on Thursday, May 8
from 6-8 p.m. The reception
and exhibit are free. For
information, visit
www.deltaartscenter.org or
call 336-722-2625.
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Hundreds of students take part in the Earth Day demonstration.
Angela Claudio talks with plastic bag dress model Sayqusha Gordon.
IT'S IX
THE BAG
Project pushes students to eschew environmentally-toxic
plastic shopping bags
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
To celebrate Earth Day, Cook Elementary School students showed - in dramatic
fashion - the negative environmental impacts of a widely-used product - the plastic
shopping bags.
Hundreds of plastic bag-carrying students circled the grassy field behind the
school on Tuesday. April 22; together, they buttressed a chain made of more than
1,000 plastic shopping bags; that's the equivalent of what one American couple might
use over the course of a year, according to Angela Claudio. a Cook teacher who organ
ized the program.
Claudio wanted to show students the impact one or two people can have on the
environment and offer solutions on how everyone can become a better global citizen.
"It's my passion for us to be able to learn about recycling because a lot of times,
our socio-economic status impacts how we treat the environment, and it shouldn't be
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Kindergarteners Kennard Oglesby (front) and
Jayden Dunlap take part in the event.
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Students collected over 1,000 bags for the project.
Students prepare to take the chain outdoors.
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