National Women of Achievement Inc. holds conference inW-S m SuUlncJ pU.! Standing from left to right are: Evelyn Sanders, LaVerne Gaither, Mildred Griffin, Nancy Carpenter, Dr. Pamela Dockery-Howard, Willie Kennedy, Joan Falls, Valarie Harris and Carretha Gilliam. Seated left to right are: Diane Piggett, Gwendolyn Thompson, Debra Macbeth, Gwendolyn Clark, Shirley B. Eaton, Brenda Galloway, Doris Herrell and Jeannette T. Lewis. SPBC1ALT0 THE CHRONICLE Members of National Women of Achievement Inc.'s (NWOA) Southeast Region recently gathered at Friendship Baptist Church, 1317 N. Cherry St., for their 23rd Biennial Conference. The presiding officer was Achiever Shirley B. Eaton, Regional Director. The theme was, "Striving for Excellence in Everything We Do." NWOA, Inc. was founded by Achiever Dr. Maudest Wall Stewart of Houston, Texas in 1975. She had a dream of a lega cy for tremendous opportu nities for women to make outstanding contributions to the welfare of one anoth er, our youth, and our coun try. She shared her dream with Achievers Judge Alice A. Bonner and the now deceased Achievers Josie B. Taylor, Ozell Taylor Johnson, Eddie M. Johnson, Stella Collins, Lorene B. Lancelin and Dr. Hortense W. Dixon. Since that time, chapters have been organized throughout the United States. Members ?are known as Achievers. NWOA's purpose is: to encourage youth to strive for high morals and scholastic standards in the career fields of their choice; to provide scholar ships, support, and guid ance for youth; to inspire women to excel in their chosen profession; to influ ence the membership to become an active part in community activities; and to improve the status of women in all phases of.life. Achievers from the six chapters in the Southeast Region started the confer ence with a continental breakfast followed by the business of the day. Chapter representatives shared chapter past events which included: donations to the homeless, book and school supplies donations, spring dances for the Youth Achievers, bingo for sen iors, volunteering at the polling sites, Purse Project for women in shelters, col lege day outings for the youth and a sponsored golf tournament. Upcoming events were also shared with attendees. The Southeast Region director, Achiever Shirley B. Eaton, shared her vision for NWOA's premiere event, CONWOA, sched uled to take place July 19 23, 2017, in Winston Salem. After lunch, the guest speaker was Linda Sutton, Central Piedmont Organizer with Democracy NC, who provided startling statistics and educational insights about North Carolina's new voting law, the Souls to the Polls initia tive, and who can vote and how to vote. The day ended with planning session strategies, fun and games and picture poses. City wins 2015 Employee Safety Awards from the N.C. Department of Labor SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE City departments and facilities received 34 gold and 12 silver awards in the N.C. Department of Labor's annual safety awards program. The awards recognized city departments or city facili ties with 10 or more employees that achieved and maintained good safety records during 2015, and maintained accurate wmsmmMrai I I records for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. To qualify for an annual safety award, a city depart ment or facility must have had no fatalities during the calendar year at the site or location for which the award was given and have maintained an injury and illness rate at least 50 per cent below the national average for its particular industry group. Gold awards are based on the DART rate, a stan dardized calculation used by OSHA and other regula tory agencies to compare statistically significant data. DART stands for Days Away, Restrictions and Transfers, and is a measure of injury and ill ness per 200,000 work hours for 100 full-time equivalent employees. It measures days lost as well as days a worker is on restricted duty or trans ferred to other duties because of an injury or work-related illness. Silver awards are based on the CDAW rate, which stands for injury and illness Cases with Days Away from Work, but does not include restricted activity. Nick Webster, the city's risk administrator, said, "Although winning awards is great, and we should cel ebrate, our biggest reward should be in knowing that these awards represent many accidents and injuries that never hap pened." Receiving gold awards were: ?Black-Phillips-Smith Government Center, 2301 N. Patterson Ave. ?Bolton Street Pool and Parte, 1590 Bolton St. ?Bryce A Stuart Municipal Building, 100 E. First St. ?City Hall, 101 N. Main St. ? ?Community and Business Development Department, 100 E. First St. Suite 423 ?DOT Parking Deck Operations, 100 E. First St. Suite 307 ?DOT Traffic Maintenance, 650 Stadium Drive, Bldg. #42 ?Engineering Field Office, 1225 E. Fifth St. ?Fairgrounds, 421 W. 27th St. ?Fire Station 1, 652 Marshall St. ?Fire Station 2, 405 Somerset Drive ?Fire Station 3,2995 N. Liberty St. ?Fire Station 4, 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive ?Fire Station 5, 771 Palmer Lane ?Fire Station 6, 1717 W. Academy St. ?Fire Station 7, 100 Arbor Road ?Fire Station 8, 2417 Reynolda Road ?Fire Station 10, 4700 Country Club Road ?Fire Station 14, 5754 Shattalon Drive ?Fire Station 15, 4548 Shattalon Drive ?Fire Station 19, 4430 Glenn Hi Road ?Fire Station 20, 1305 Rural Hall-Bethania Station Road ?Historic Bethabara Park, 2147 Bethabara Road ?Manson Meads Complex, 2799 Griffith Road ?Miller Park Recreation Center, 400 Leisure Lane ?Muddy Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, 4561 Cooper Road ?Neilson Water Treatment Plant, 5725 Frye Bridge Road ?Swann Water Treatment Plant, 2800 River Ridge Road ?Thomas Water Treatment Plant, 1201 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive ?William Roscoe % Anderson Jr. Recreation Center, 2450 Reynolds Park Road ?Polo Park Recreation Center and Pool, 1850 Polo Road .?Property Maintenance, 650 Stadium Drive, Bldg. #3 ?Recreation and Parks Maintenance, 2480 Reynolds Park Road ?South Fork. Recreation Center, 4403 County Club Road ?Sprague Street Recreation Center and Pool, 1350 E. Sprague St. Receiving silver awards were: ?Alexander R. Beaty Public Safety Training and Support Center, 1200 N. Patterson Ave. ?Fire Station 9, 4685 Ogburn Ave. ?Fire Station 11, 2745 Waughtown St. ?Fire Station 12, 3620 New Walkertown Road ?Fire Station 17, 4295 Old Greensboro Road ?Fleet Services, 650 Stadium Drive, Bldg. #3 ?Hanes Mill Road Laftdfill, 325 Hanes Mill Road ?Public Safety Center. 725 N. Cherry St. ?Streets Division, 650 Stadium Drive, Bldg. #23 ?Utilities Meter Shop. 1410 S. Martin Luther King Jr Drive ? Winston Lake Goli Course, 3535 Winston Lake Road Have a Story Idea? Let us Know news@wschronicle?om IVVCDCi o ')0l'(t)3-non piafit. go? < . ?? *9* MudPies www.mudpiosnc.org .. 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