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_ ??i m , . m Belews Street area gets place in history -See Page Bl ^SfVbcates push sound schooling -See Page A3 The Chronicle Volume41,Number9 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November 6, 2014 Photo by Todd l.uck Dave Moore (left) stands with Charles Hall outside of Southside Rides. SOAR aims to help former inmates BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE Taylor The city has made a $100,000 investment in Successful Outcomes After Release (SOAR), a program that mostly focuses on helping ex-offenders find gainful employment. Half of the funds will be used to launch a temporary jobs program that will begin next spring.The other half has been used to give grants to programs and agencies that assist the formerly incarcerated. Southeast Ward City Council member James Taylor has championed and spearheaded SOAR, which he said was inspired by resi dents' suggestions at the "Stop the Violence Rally" he held in February. Many said the answer to ending violence is giving those with criminal records the opportunity to make a living legally. Taylor said the program is a good investment. "I want this thing to get as big as it can get because, again, we're reducing crime and pro viding opportunities for those who need it the most," said Taylor, who also led the charge to bring YouthBuild, which helps young people earn a GED while receiving construction train ing, to Winston-Salem last year. SOAR funds are already being used to effect change. The Southside Rides Foundation has been granted a $10,000 grant. Dave Moore founded Southside Rides in 2004, after his own drug-related stint in prison, to teach ex-offenders and wayward youth the lucrative auto-body repair trade. He teaches and inspires at his Waughtown Street area shop and during the classes he leads at the Forsyth Correctional Center, a prison off Cherry Street. Moore's program has been praised for changing the fortunes of many young men, but adulation has not translated into funding. He said he will use the SOAR grant to pay stipends to students who work on cars at his shop, where customers who allow supervised students to perform their repairs receive dis counted rates. Southside Rides alumni say the city made a See SOAR on A9 WSSl' Photo by Garrett (ianits At the check presentation are (from left) Kirby Thompson, Evelyn Terry, Earline Parmon, Jamaal Womble, Larry Womble and Donald Reaves. Paying rr Forward Larry Womble makes hefty donation to start WSSU scholarship in honor of his parents and grandparents BY CHANEL DAVIS THE CHRONICLE Former State Rep. Larry Womble presented his alma mater with a $25,000 check last week to create a scholarship named for his grandparents and parents. The Henry and Viola Gwyn, Dorothy Gwyn and Owen Luchion Womble Endowed Scholarship Fund will provide need-based awards to local students majoring in Elementary Education. Womble hopes the money will provide opportunities for those who thought higher education was impossible. "For many of our students, this is their first time going to a higher learning institute. For many, they could he the first in their families." he said. "Many of them don't have the resources that others have, sp it is up to us as alumnus to try to bridge the gap, because if it wasn't for Winston-Salem State. I would not have achieved many of things that I have." Chancellor Donald Reaves accepted the gift in his office on Wednesday, Oct ?<> Womble said he wanted education to be the scholarship's focus because of WSSU's well-known link to the field: it was the first historically black college in the nation to offer a degree in elementary education. Womble also worked in edu cation for years, starting as a teacher and retiring as an assis tant'principal. "Thank you for your gift, generosity and support that you have provided to this institution year in and year out," Reaves told Womble, who graduate from WSSU in 1963. With his son and friends by his side, Womble said he will contribute often to the scholarship fund; he would like to see See Womble on A7 Mom joining MS fitness program started by son I BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE ? See MSFit on A8 Brain Murrill with his mom. Patsy. MSFit will soon offer free exercise classes at the Gateway YWCA to help those with multiple sclerosis improve their lives. The new program, which begins in January, will also provide free nutrition and wellness classes to people battling MS, a disease that causes a variety of physical and psychological setbacks as it attacks the central nervous system. Brain Murrill's creation of the pro gram was inspired by his mother Patsy, who has lived with MS since 1995. He led an information session about MSFit at the YWCA on Oct. 20. Those who enroll in the free program will receive member ships at the sprawling facility. "Once a person participates in MSFit, they have access to the benefits of the YWCA, not just the actual (MSFit) class es ... a full membership," he said. "They will have a home in MSFit for programs that cater to their specific needs." Big 4 alumni pack worship service BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE C HRONICLE The crowd was standing-room-only last Thursday evening at St. John C.M.E. The church was so packed that when the gospel-singing and preaching started, the hand-clapping and amens could be heard from the parking lot. The worship service has become a central part of the annual Big 4, a weeklong reunion and celebration of the city's histori cally black high schools. The service's attendance numbers rival See Bin * on A2 Rev. 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