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Community sp _ COBBLESTONE Section b Also Sports, Religion Olid Classifieds july 3 2014 , ******s market Community Calendar City holiday schedule City offices will be closed tomorrow (Friday, July 4) for the Independence Day holi day. CityLink, the city's 24 hour citizen service call cen ter, will be open to assist citi zens. Recycling and yard waste collections will follow the normal schedule. Garbage collections for Tuesday through Thursday will be held as usual; Friday routes will be collected on Monday, July 7. For more information call CityLink 311. Business seminars The Forsyth Technical Community College Small Business Center has several free seminars planned. They include the following; "Linkedln For Small Business" (Grady Swisher Center) on Monday, July 7 from 1 - 4 p.m.; "Effective Budgeting for Grants 101" (Transportation Technology Center) on Monday, July 7 from 2-5 p.m.; "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Starting A Business" (Transportation Technology Center) on Tuesday, July 7 from 1 - 4 p.m.; and "Thinking of Starting Your Own Business" (Transportation Technology Center) on Wednesday, July 9 from 3-5 p.m. To register or for additional information, go to www.forsythtech.edu/ser vices-businesses/small-busi ness-center. Reunion The 50th consecutive reunion of the Walter and Ella Allen Gwyn family will be held the week of July 21 27 and will include a black tie gala on Saturday, July 26 at the Embassy Suites. RSVPs are needed. Contact Zoe Gwyn at 336-774-1744 for more information. Music Fest The Annual Carolina Summer Music Fest will be held at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 19. It will feature The SOS Band, DJ Kool, the OSP Band and others. For vendor info, call 336-671 2268 or visit http://carolina summermusicfest.com. Lunch & Learn A free Lunch & Learn for Caregivers is scheduled for Thursday, July 31 from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Senior Services, 2895 Shorefair Drive. Cathy Wilson, a clinical social worker with the Geriatric Outreach (GO) Program at Wake Forest Baptist Health, will talk about "Common Psychiatric Disorders and Challenging Behaviors in Older Adults." Kathy Long, director of the Williams Adult Day Center, will lead a session on "Activities and Adventures with Seniors: Making the Day Bright." Lunch will be provid ed by Heritage Woods. See Community on BJ Volunteers work at Happy Hill Cemetery last Thursday. K " V"'k" Teens tteip w cemetery Hew Life BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE More than five dozen Mormon teenagers aided in the arduous task of reverting a historic African American grave yard to some semblance of its former self. As part of a three-day youth summit that brought together young people from several Winston-Salem area Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congre gations (or wards), a team of volunteers arrived last Thursday morning at Happy Hill Cemetery ready to work; their truck load of rakes, shovels, hoes, garden clippers and weed eaters made that abundantly clear. "Service is a big part of our faith. It is what Christ did, so we try to follow his example," said Chris Hiatt, one of several adult leaders who also took part. Most large-scale Mormon youth gatherings have a community service component. Church lead w i ami i i ers solicited proposals from local nonprofits and initiatives that needed a daylong infusion of vol unteer helpers. Mrs. Maurice Pitts Johnson, who has made restoring the cemetery her mission, was over the moon when her project - Happy Hill Cemetery Friends - was selected. (A restoration project at another area cemetery was also picked. An equal number of teen volunteers worked there as well last Thursday). "I am thrilled to get this many people here," said Pitts-Johnson, whose grandfather and grand VHViM "J??U r mother, Columbus Christopher Pitts and Alice Simmons Pitts, are among the estimated 113 interred at Happy Hill Cemetery. There has been an ebb and flow of volunteers since she launched the restoration effort in 2010. The men of nearby Rising Ebenezer Baptist Church regularly cut the grass and hew overgrown foliage, but such efforts are quick ly made futile by Mother Nature. See Cemetery on B7 Travis Graham and Megan Eldredge prepare to dump a pile of leaves. Pitts-Johnson Carolyn Alvarez and Andrea Romero unearth what they think is a headstone. Jared Tousley and others remove parts of a dead tree. Alan Duke powers a weed eater. Earl Byers (seated, left) chats with Rock Bitting. Pizairia Warren rakes. Shovels lay near one of the headstones. piiinm ip n i mJffl/j 1 arttlMl^iiU lUr villi r 1 /
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