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Citizens group lobbying for bonds CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT Forward Together Winston-Salem has been launched to encourage residents to pass the five bond referendum items voters will be asked to consider this fall. Three community vol unteers are co-chairing the effort: Steve Strawsburg, Sarah Smith and Walteria Spaulding. "No matter where someone lives in the city, they will benefit from these bonds," said Spaulding. a longtime community servant who heads the Music Ministry at Union Baptist Church. "The projects to be fund ed are prioritized by urgency of need and include improvements to roads, parks and green ways, sidewalks, hous ing, public safety and job creation all across the city." The group cites that the City of Winston Salem. according to recent estimates, faces more than $709 million in capital projects that current revenues are insufficient to fund. The five separate bonds total ing $139 million, reflect the priorities set by City Council, input from resi dents during public meet ings and recommenda tions of a volunteer citi zen committee that reviewed the city's needs in 2011. They include funds for new business development, street repair and neighborhood upgrades. If voters approve all the measures, there will be a 2.5 cent city tax hike, meaning a family with a home valued at about $127,000 would pay $32 more a year. For more information about Forward Together Winston-Salem, go to WinstonSalemBonds .com. Spaulding Voters from page A I Democrat Mary Dickinson said she was relieved by the ruling but isn't changing her strate gy. She's challenging Republican Debra Conrad for the 74th District N.C. House seat. A longtime Democratic Party volun teer, she's a veteran at can vasing local communities for other candidates. Now she and her team are going door-to-door in neighbor hoods, including her own. on her own behalf. Registration forms are always at hand during these canvassing outings. Dickinson is predict ing that 2014 won't be a 2010 repeat for Denis. She says people are fired up. "My side of the coin is never happy," she said. "It's when there's a high voter turnout that we win. I'm always supporting people voting, and I don't care what their affiliation is. If there's high voter turnout, my side will win." GOP candidates are working hard to get out their voters too. Republican John Davenport, the current Board of Education vice chair. is one of six candi dates running for three at large seats on the School Submitted Photo Mary Dickinson poses with Roderick Brice, whom she while canvassing in the Vienna Precinct. Board. He currently repre sents District 1 and thinks the work he has done on the board is his greatest u?1\/ant<>np 11.? ic uu ? (iuui^,v . i iv i?' a frequent pres ence at schools and prides him self on being available to the public. Davenport is still using tradi tional election methods - mail ers, billboards, vard signs ? to / c gel his name before vot ers. He is hoping for high voter turnout, especially among African Americans, who he says have struggled too hard for the right to simply ignore it. He wants voters ttf t.'ikt1 timp to learn about can didates and approach them with an open mind. "1 don't think you want to give your vote away," he said. "You real ly want to think about it and know who you're voting for and make sure you're voting for a person and not just a set of ideas someone has given you." Franco Voter turnout is also important for candidates in the non-partisan judi cial races. Attorney Valene Franco is. running against Assistant Forsyth County District Attorney Ted Kazakos for the newly created 21st District judi cial seat. Franco has a social media presence and her signs are an omnipresence around the city, but she's still making a big push with door-to-door voter registration. "The farther that you get down the ballot, the more impact that candi date has on your daily life," said said. "... A midterm election is just as important as, if not more important, than one when where the president is on the ballot." Residents must have voter registration forms at the Forsyth County Board of Elections (which is in the Forsyth County Government Center at Z01 N. Chestnut St.) by the end of the business day tomor row (Friday, Oct. JO). Forms are also available online at http ://www.co forsyth .nc .u s! elections!. IN MEMORIAM CROWDER Mrs. Lena Belle Thomas Crowder was married to the late Raymond Crowder and CfAtM til-it IIWIII IIIHI union was one devoted daughter, Rayonette J. Crowder. Eight min isters partici pated in her home going service. Rev. I r a McCullough * i-? ana tsev. Francis Williams, Mt. Zion pulpit associates; Dr. Telika McCoy Wiggan, Mt. Peace Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., Dr. Bonnie Laney, Ministries of Transformation Church in Lexington, N.C., Elder Robert Edmond, Kimberly Park Holiness Church, Rev. Damian Anderson, asso ciate minister. United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, Dr. Sir Walter Mack, Jr. Union Baptist Church and Dr. Serenus T. Church, Sr. minister at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, who delivered the eulogy. Other tributes were from Dr. Vivian Burke, Mayor Pro Tempore, Lowman Pauling, neighbor, David Ader, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, Dr. Linda Bowman Hopkins, former student; God-sons Eric Johnson and Clifton Brown; God daughters, Aminah Faal Sonko from the Gambia, West Africa; Lolita Douthit-Higgins, Donna Hargrave and Katrice Finney; and her sisters Jeannette T. Lewis and Flonnie T. Anderson and extended family Pat and Warren Renwick and Marjorie Plowden. Miisiral tributes included songs by Spirit of W e n t z Memorial United Church of Christ and their direc tor, Dr. Constance 11.1/ CL.. ivicrvuy. one was a life member of NWOA, Inc. Her legacy includes church, family, friends, education, career, civic, social, local, national and international accom plishments. She was referred to as a woman of virtue - Proverbs 31:10 and wore an outfit befitting her style and grace. Lena took her final ride on a horse-drawn carriage from her beloved church to her resting place. Her family and friends saluted her one more time with the cele bratory release of gold and white balloons. Rayonette Crowder wishes to thank the com munity, family and friends with special thanks to the Mt. Zion Baptist Church family and Russell Funeral Services. Lena Crowder was an ordinary woman with an extraordinary life. Lovingly submitted The family EVERY MEMBER HAS A VOICE. TOGETHER THEY WORK IN HARMONY. 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