Submitted photo Front Row: Angela Evans-Everette, Scholarship Co-Chair; Inaya Mack, Kenyetta Richmond, Phi Omega President; Nia Sweatt; DaNajah O'Neal Back Row: Kalyn Younger; Jada Moore; Kiyanna Simmons; A 'Niyah Brown; and Nora P. Baker, Scholarship Co-Chair. AKA awards scholarships SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated grants several Pearl and Phi Omega Scholarship Awards annually to stu dents in the Winston Salem/Forsyth County community. Pearl Scholarships are awarded to recipients who choose to attend Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCU). Phi Omega scholarships are awarded to recipients who choose to attend any college/univer sity. The 2016 recipients received their $1000 schol arship awards on Sunday, Aug. 7, at a reception held in their honor at the W.B. Atkinson Science Building on the campus of Winston Salem State University. The recipients are as fol lows: Pearl Scholarships: ?Aniyah Brown, daughter of Anthony Tucker and Krisha Kimbrough, is a Mt. Tabor High School graduate. She is attending Hampton University in Hampton, VA. ?Jada Moore, daughter of Janet Moore, is a Reynolds High School graduate. She is attending NC A & T State University in Greensboro. ?DaNajah O'Neal, daughter of Eric O'Neal and Michelle Carter, is a Mt. Tabor High School graduate. She is attending Howard University in Washington, DC. ?Kiyanna Simmons, daughter of Krystal Simmons, is a Glenn High School graduate. She is attending North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. Phi Omega Scholarships: *Inaya Mack, daughter of Orlando and Faith Miller, is a Mt. Tabor grad uate. She is attending Appalachian State University in Boone. *Nia Sweatt, daughter of James and Ulysesa Sweatt, is a West Forsyth graduate. She is attending Howard University in Washington, DC. ?Kalyn Younger, daughter of Allan and Kelli Younger, is an Atkins High School graduate. She is attending Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated? (AKA) is an international service organization that was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1908. It is the oldest Greek -letter organization established by African-American college educated women. Alpha Kappa Alpha is comprised of more than 283,000 members in approximately 993 graduate and under graduate chapters in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Canada, Japan, Germany, South Korea and Africa. Led by International President Dorothy Buchanan Wilson, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is often hailed as "America's premier Greek letter organization for African American women." For more infor mation on Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and its pro grams, log on to www.akal908.com. Kenyetta Richmond currently serves as President of Phi Omega Chapter. Com. Cal. from page B4 Office at 1450 Fairchild Road. The sale also offers herbaceous perennials and flowering shrubs and trees. Also visit the Garden Boutique for some incredible buys on gently used garden accessories and tbols. This event is the major fundraiser for the Master Gardener Program. Proceeds help maintain the Extension Demonstration Gardens and fund the "Forks on Friday" garden lecture series held in the spring and fall. Shop early for best selection. For additional information, call 336-703-2850. Sept. 24 - Youth Theatre audition workshop The youth theatre audition workshop will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 9 ajn. - 12 noon. The location is Norvell Theater, 135 E. Fisher St., Salisbury, for ages elementary through high school. The workshop will focus on preparing students to audition for a non-musical production, specifically geared toward PPT's upcom ing production of "The Boxcar Children." Skills developed will be in acting, stage movement and auditioning techniques. If your child has ever wanted to audition for a play but just didn't know how, has audi tioned many times and just can't seem to get that role, or just wants to fine tune their audition skills, this workshop is for you. The cost is $40. To sign up, call 704-633 5471. Sept. 24 - Marvtastic Celebration A Marvtastic Celebration will be held Sept. 24, 6 to 11 p.m. at the Winston Salem Marriott Hotel. There will be a Marvtastic Bash Celebration & Slient Auction: A celebration of the Life & Legacy of Larry Leon Hamlin, NCBRC/NBTF founder. Tickets for this event are $40. Get tickets at http://www.ncblackrep.org/marvtastic-cel ebration/. Sept. 24 - Fiesta Hispanic Festival On Saturday; Sept. 24, the city is a sponsor of Fiesta, the Hispanic League's annual Hispanic cultural festival in down town Winston-Salem from 11 ajn. to 7 r p.m. Admission is free and will include Hispanic entertainment, food and mer chandise vendors. The city will have a tent with information from multiple depart ments to share with the public. For more information about Cultural Awareness Month, call City Link 311. Sept. 24 - Poker Run The Winston-Salem Jaycees will host the inaugural Band Aid for Burn Survivors Poker Run on Sept. 24. Proceeds from the event benefit the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill and the Burn Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, which are the only burn centers in North Carolina. This year's event will be hosted at 2nd & Green Tavern, 207 N. Green Street, and will make five stops: Ted's Kickin Chicken, Ole Watering Hole, Double D Burn Out Saloon, Time Out Sports Bar, and back to 2nd & Green Tavern. Registration starts at 10:30 a.m. at 2nd & Green Tavern; kick stands up at 12 p.m. Entry Fee: $15 per motorcycle, $5 per add passenger, and $20 per car. There will be live music after the Poker Run at 2nd & Green Tavern. Sept. 24 ? Poetry Workshop for Novice Writers Winston-Salem Writers and the Forsyth County Public Library have part nered with local poet Peter Venable for a workshop on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 1-4 pjn. at die Reynolda Branch Library for novice or beginning poets to learn the var ious perspectives of the craft of poetry writing. Participants will have the opportu nity to construct their own poems from prompts offered during the workshop. Participants are asked to bring pad, pen or laptop. Local poet Sam Barbee will also read selections from his newest book of poetry. To register email donna@wswrit ers.org or sign up at the Reynolda Branch circulation desk. Have an Opinion? Let us Know letters? wschronicleem Z_ ? ? CLASSIFIEDS YADKIN VALLEY SEWER AUTHORITY 500 NC HIGHWAY 208 W ELKIN.NC 28621 2015 WWTP Improvements CWSRF No. CS37Q541-06 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed Bids for the constmction of the 2015 WWTP Improvements Project will be received, by the Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority, at the office of the Authority's office, until 2:00 PM, local time on Thurs day, October 27,2016, at which time the bids received will be publically opened and read. The Project consists of: Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Im provements contract (including replace ment of 35' diameter clarifier with a new 58' diameter clarifier, new replacement lab building, new replacement mechanical bar screen, new replacement scum pump, new replacement subnatent submersible pumps, new dissolved oxygen probes, new RAS flow meter, miscellaneous site and equipment repairs, and rehabilitation of approximately 2,150 LF of 18" effluent line), and WWTP Effluent Line Rehabilitation con tract (includes rehabilitating 1,928 linear feet of 18" gravity pipe (treatment plant effluent line) by installation of cured-in place pipe).. Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items as indicated in the Bid Form. The Issuing Office for tlie Bidding Docu ments is West Consultants, PLLC; 405 South Sterling Street; Morganton, NC 28655, the contact person is Kathy Jordan, phone: (828) 522-4725, email: kjor dan@west-consultants.com. Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Docu ments at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8 AM and 5 PM, and may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office as described below. Bidding Documents also may be exam ined at: -iSqFt + bidclerk - online at www.bid clerk.com -McGraw-Hill Construction/Dodge - on line at www.construction.com/dodge -Hispanic Contractors Association of the Carolinas (HCAC/iSqFt) - Charlotte, NC and at the Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority; 500 NC Highway 268 W; Elkin, NC 28621, on Mondays through Fridays be tween the hours of 9 AM and 4 PM. Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office during the hours indi cated above. Bidding Documents are available on compact disc (as portable document format /PDF) files) for a non refundable charge of $50 including ship ping via overnight express service. Alternatively, printed Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office either via in-person pick-up or via mail, upon Issuing Office's receipt of payment for the Bidding Documents. The non-re fundable cost of printed Bidding Docu ments is $300 per set, payable to "West Consultants, PLLC". Upon Issuing Of fice's receipt of payment, printed Bidding Documents will be sent via the Issuing Of fice's delivery method of choice. An ad ditional charge will be required for special shipping services requested by a Prospec tive Bidder. The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the prospective Bidder's date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Doc uments will not be available from the Is suing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Ad denda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office. Bid security shall be furnished in accor dance with the Instructions to Bidders. Bidders for the WWTP Improvements contract must hold a valid North Carolina General Contractors license with a classi fication of "PU-Water Purification and Sewage Disposal" or "Unclassified." Bid ders for the WWTP Effluent Line Reha bilitation contract must hold a valid North Carolina General Contractors license with a classification of "PU-Water and Sewer Lines" or "Unclassified." A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held Tuesday, October ll,2016at2:00 PM at the Authority's office building. The conference will include information to as sist bidders in soliciting Minority Business Enterprises. t-~ The Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority en courages small, minority, female, and local contractors to bid on this project. The Authority is an equal opportunity em ployer and encourages others to provide equal employment opportunities. Owner: Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority By: Nicole Johnston Title: Executive Director Witness: Brad Haynes Date: September 19,2016 The Chronicle September 22,29 and October 6,2016 M/WBE Bid Notices WBE's subcontractors! Hickory Construc tion Company is seeking subcontractor and supplier proposals for the restoration of the Union Station Restoration & Reno vation project in Winston Salem. The Bid Date is Thursday September 23, 2016 ? 2.00 PM. The work consists of renovation of the transportation facility. The renova tions will include lease space for retail and other uses. The restoration will be de signed to accommodate a future expansion for regional and long distance passenger rail service. The renovation of Union Station would re store each of its three floors. The top floor would be reserved for transit uses, while the middle and bottom floors would be used for retail, office space, or related uses. Need subs for the following divisions: se lective demolition; concrete; masonry work; metals; thermal & moisture protec tion; doors and openings; finishes; special ties; hydraulic elevators; fire protection systems; plumbing; mechanical; electrical; earthwork; paving; fence; planting; water/sewer storm drainage. Plans and specifications may be viewed at the City/County purchasing department. Room 324, city Hall Building, 101 N Main St., Winston-Salem, Nc 336-727 2983; iSqFt Plan Room, 4300 W. Lake Forest Drive, Ste 502 Cincinnati, OH 45242, 800-364-2059, www.iSqFt.com and call for appointment to few at Hickory Construction Company @ 828-322-9234 or email Chuck Moss, estimator atc moss@hickory-construction.com; All MWBE subcontractors are encouraged to submit a quote for any portion of the work included. The Chronicle September 8, and 15,22, 2016 Request for Proposals for CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS The City of Winston-Salem seeks propos als for an agency to be responsible for pro vision of Permanent Supportive Housing Services to households that are formerly homeless living with a disability and are currently residing in independent housing. Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m., October 14,2016. The full Request for Proposals with detailed information is available at http://www.cityofws.org/Departments/ Community-and-Business-Develop ment/Planning/Homelessness. For more information, contact Mellin Parker at (336) 734-1310ormellinp@cityofws.org. The Chronicle September 22,2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Colistia Glenn, deceased, of Forsyth County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Es tate of Colistia Glenn, to present said claims to the undersigned, in the care of Renita Thompkins Linville, P.O. Box 20802, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27120-0802, on or before the 1st day of December 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations in debted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment. This the 1st day of September 2016. GEORGE S. GLENN EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF COLISTIA GLENN Renita Thompkins Linville Attorney at Law 205 West Third Street P.O. Box 20802 Winston-Salem, NC 27120-0802 (336) 725-0998 (Office) (336) 725-1980 (Fax) The Chronicle September 1,8,15, and 22,2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Roy Howard Lumbert (16 E 1378), deceased December 25, 2014, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the under signed on or before December 17,2016 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recov ery. All persons indebted to the said dece dent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 15th day of September, 2016. Keith Lumbert Administrator CTA for Roy Howard Lumbert. deceased 1770 Crossfield Ridge Lane Winston Salem, NC 27127 The Chronicle September 15,22,29, October 6,2016 i J mm Kl Bl !?] HJM BlJ P] ni cn [y? |?l Han |?P] ?ill Byfl Wmmmmjrn t<l] ?

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