Bike- and pedestrian-friendly
festival coming downtown
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The organizers of Walk & Roll Winston-Salem," a new bike- and pedestrian-friend
ly festival with music, food and activities, are inviting people of all ages and abilities, to
"play in the street on Sunday, May 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Wake Forest Innovation
Quarter.
The public or charter elementary school with the most registered participants will win
$400 in physical education equipment.
Research Parkway and the adjoining portions of Third Street will be closed for walk
ing, cycling, skateboarding or skating. People in wheelchairs or using walkers are
encouraged to participate, too.
A stage will be set up near the roundabout and will feature the Downtown School
drummers, the D-Unity dance team from Konnoak Elementary, the Salsa Winston-Salem
dancers, and Wheel Power & Company from Whitaker Elementary School.
A kids' area will have a bounce castle, bike decorating, helmet fittings, and a Bike
Rodeo where kids can practice their safe cycling skills. A helmet will be given to any
child who does not have one. At 2 p.m., younger children can show off their decorated
bikes in the trike and training wheel parade.
/ui activities area wui otter Hula-Hoops, jump ropes, corn hole, a SkiWorks gyro
scope, a pedal-powered energy generator, food trucks and more.
In addition to biking along Research Parkway, cyclists can participate in 10- or 30
mile organized bike rides. All activities except for the food vendors are free.
Walk & Roll Winston-Salem is an outgrowth of the previous Cycling Sunday and
Cycling Fun Day events, says Matthew Burczyk, the city's bicycle and pedestrian coor
dinator.
"Our goal was to broaden the appeal of Cycling Fun Day," he said. "We want every
one to feel comfortable, whether they walk, or cycle or skate. We want them all to
attend."
Walk & Roll Winston-Salem is sponsored by the city Bicycle & Pedestrian Program,
Winston-Salem Recreation & Parks, the Forsyth County Public Health Department,
Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, Active Routes to School Region 3, and the Winston
Salem Cycling Classic.
For more information go to C ityofWS .org!Bike Month.
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Council Member Adams updates
North Ward residents
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City Council Member Denise D.
Adams met with residents in the outlying
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Tuesday, April 21 to brief
them on a wide range of top
ics, including economic
development, the status of
bond projects, pending revi
sions to WSTA bus routes
and more.
A second meeting, for her
constituents in city neighbor
hoods (south of Bethabara
Park Boulevard), will be at 6
p.m. tdnight (Thursdav. April
30) at the Hanes Hosiery
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Reynolds Blvd. and will cover many of
the same topics.
At the April 21 presentation, Police
Chief Barry Rountree went into great
detail about the police department's
deployment of body cameras. It covered
such issues as which officers are being
assigned cameras, when they are to be
used and how the video is to be handled
and stored. Rountree is scheduled to pres
ent this information again tonight.
Tina Carson-Wilkins with the
Winston-Salem Transit Authority briefed
residents about proposed changes in bus
routes that would affect the North Ward.
As part of the change, WSTA would add
circulators in the areas
around Hanes Mall,
Bethabara and the Forsyth
County Health
Department.
Assistant City
Manager Derwick Paige
spoke about various eco
nomic development proj
ects in the ward, including
renovation of the old
Hanes Weeks plant on
Hanes Mill Road for
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Industries and the status of
a RUCA (Revitalizing
Urban Commercial Areas) project in the
ward at the intersection of Polo and
Cherry streets.
The meeting also gave details on bond
projects coming to the North Ward,
including a new facility for Police District
1 on North Point Boulevard, improve
ments to Polo Road between University
Parkway and Indiana Avenue, sidewalk
and street-resurfacing projects, and
improvements to Kimberley Park and the
Piney Grove and Brown & Douglas recre
ation centers.
Adams
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| Community Calendar |
Meeting with
immigrants
The second public
meeting for the Building
Integrated Communities
(BIC) project will be today
(Thursday, April 30), from
6 to 7:30 pm. at Goodwill
Industries, 2701 University
Parkway, 27105. Foreign
bom people and communi
ties can tell the city of
Winston-Salem more about
the needs of local immi
grants. Let organizers
know if anyone needs an
interpreter for a language
that is not Spanish. Call
336-734-1226.
Book sale
The Shepherd's Center
of Greater Winston-Salem
will hold its 28th Annual
Used Book Sale on today
(Thursday, April 30) and
Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m, and on Saturday,
May 2 from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m. Parking and admis
sion are free. The sale will
be held in the Education
Building at the Winston
Salem Fairgrounds.
Entrance for parking is
through Gate 5 from
Deacon Blvd. There is no
admission or parking fee.
For more information con
tact the Shepherd's Center
at 336-748-0217 or visit
www.shepherdscenter.org.
Global Love Day
The Yoga Gallery of
Healing Arts (534 N.
Liberty St. ) will present
Global Love Day - First
Friday Gallery Hop at the
Yoga Gallery, 5:30-9 p.m.
May 1. For more informa
tion, email lynn@artsofyo
ga.com, visit www.yoga
gallery.net or call 336
406-7082.
Senior Democrats
convene
The North Carolina
Senior Democrats will con
vene in Clemmons at the
Village Inn on Friday and
Saturday, May 1 and 2 for ?
their 37th annual conven
tion. Checks should be
made to Forsyth County
Senior Democrats in the
amount of $30 per person.
Reservations are required.
The business side of the
convention on Saturday
will feature Luke Hyde,
Democratic Congressional
District 11 Chair of Bryson
City and Hayes McNeill of
Winston Salem as speak
ers. Checks for $45 ($55 at
the door) made payable to
N.C. Senior Democrats,
2300 W. Meadow view Rd.
Suite 110, Greensboro, NC
27407. Contact Matilda
Phillips at
matphil25@yahoo.com for
more information.
Honor Your Mother
2015
Carl H. Russell Sr.
. Community Center pres
ents Honor Your Mother
2015 on Saturday, May 2
from noon to 3 p.m. The
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guest speaker will be
Elaine Green Luke. Special
lunch for the mothers will
be served. For more infor
mation, contact Ben
Piggott at 336-727-2580 or
Elaine Luke at 607-349
1527.
Forsyth County
Senior Democrats
Attorney Eric S. Ellison
will address the Forsyth
County Senior Democrats
on Thursday, May 7.
Ellison is chair of the
Forsyth County
Democratic Party. His topic
will be "Blueprint for a
2016 Victory." The meet
ing will begin at 9 a.m. at
the Golden Corral, 4965
University Parkway, (336
767-3505). Members and
guests wanting the break
fast buffet and/or bever
ages will be able to enter
the restaurant beginning at
8:30 a.m.
Author to speak
Raleigh-area poet &
author to discuss personal
journey with son's schizo
phrenia Thursday, May 7,
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at
Green Street United
Methodist Church located
at 639 S. Green St. The
Mental Health Association
in Forsyth County is spon
soring a re-scheduled event
featuring poetry readings
from Sonia Usatch-Kuhn.
Usatch-Kuhn's book,
"Regarding My Son." For
more information, contact
the Mental Health
Association in Forsyth
County at 336-768-3880.
The event is free and open
to the public. Copies of
"Regarding My Son" will
be available for purchase
for $14 per book.
Black Chamber
meeting
The Winston Salem
Black Chamber of
Commerce will have its
monthly meeting,
Thursday, May 7,6:30 to 8
p.m. at the Forsyth
Technical Community
College/Mazie Woodruff
Campus, 4905 Lansing
Drive (on the corner of
Carver School Road and
Lansing Drive). The meet
ing is open to members and
prospective-members.
Refreshments will be
served at 6 p.m. For addi
tional information, contact
Randon Pender, 336-575
2006.
Day Shopping Trip
The law firm of
Patterson & Associates will
be sponsoring a chartered
bus for a "Day Shopping .
Trip" to Atlanta, Georgia,
on Saturday, May 9. Cost
is $50 per person. Seats are
limited. Contact Attorney
S. Wayne Patterson at 336
714-8858 for further infor
mation.
Feeding the hungry,
homeless
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American Legion Post
128 and the Ladies
Auxiliary are inviting those
who are homeless and
without to come to the
Bethesda Center, 924 N
Patterson Ave. , on May 9
at noon. Hamburgers, hot
dogs and all the fixings that
go with it, and soda, water,
etc. will be served for free
until the food is gone.
Out of the Darkness
American Foundation
for Suicide Prevention will
host its "Out of the
Darkness: Walk to Fight
Suicide" on the Salem
College campus on
Saturday, May 2, from 9
a.m. to noon. Contact
Helen Fowowe
(helen.fowowe@salem.edu
) and Katelyn Hickman
(katelyn .hickman@ salem.e
du).
Zumba
Kernersville Family
YMCA, 1113 W. Mountain
Street, will host a fundrais
er for Brelynn Wray on
Friday, May 22, from 6 to
8 p.m. Brelynn Wray has
been invited to participate
in a unique educational
opportunity to tour Spain
and Morocco with Simon
G. Atkins Academic and
Technical High School in
June 2016. The YMCA
asks for a $5 donation.
There will be free healthy
snacks and water. For
information contact, Rhea
Witherspoon at
spoon 1219@msn.com.
Interest meeting
On May 4, Neighbors
for Better Neighborhoods
will be hosting its monthly
Monday Night Interest
meeting for residents inter
ested in applying for a
grassroots grant ranging
from $100- $5,000. NBN
grants are for any neighbor
hood association or neigh
borhood-led group interest
ed in making a change in
their community using the
gifts, skills, talents and
drive of the residents. In
order to be eligible to apply
for an NBN grassroots
grant you must attend a
Monday Night Interest
Meeting held on the 1st and
3rd Mondays of every
month starting at 6 p.m. at
Neighbors for Better
Neighborhoods office, in
the Augsburg Community
Center, 502 N. Broad St.,
upper level entrance. For
more information, contact
Dee Washington, NBN
Program Officer at dwash
ington@nbncommunity.or
g or 336-602-2519.
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