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The Chronicle
Volume45,Number 15 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, December 20, 2018
E. Winston McDonald’s
turns techy
Changes will create 15 new jobs at
store on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE '
Earlier this week, the McDonald's at the comer of
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Cleveland Avenue
reopened with a brand new look and method for ordering
food, both designed to give customers a glimpse at the
future of fast food.
For the past two to three weeks, contractors have
been working on the restaurant located in the heart of
East Winston, replacing and renovating lighting, digital
menus, counter space, furniture and much more. The ren
ovations are part of McDonald's "Experience of the
Future" (EOTF) initiative to modernize nearly 1,000
locations across the country before 2020.
When discussing the decision to modernize, store
owner Ron Bailey said this aligned perfectly with the
development downtown and coming development along
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. He mentioned growth
•Photo by Tevin Stinson
Earlier this week the
McDonald's at the cor
ner of Martin Luther
King Jr. Drive and
Cleveland Avenue
reopened with a new
look and ordering
kiosks to make service
quicker and more per
sonable.
See Techy on A2
Photos by Garrett Garms
Educators take
leadership of
school board
Malishai Woodbury is the first
African-American to chair the school
board
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
In their first meeting as a collective body, the new
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of
Education made history when they voted to elect Malishai
Woodbury as board chair, the first African-American to
Lonnie Holley grew up in the Deep South during segregation. His work depicting a huge noose reflects
that. It is presented at SECCA during the opening reception on Dec. 13.
In-depth viewing required
for Lonnie Holley’s exhibit
hold the position. ■
During the meeting held
new members including
Woodbury, Barbara Hanes
Burke, Deanna Kaplan,
Andrea Bramer, and Leah
Crowley, and incumbent
members Dana Caudill
Jones, Lori Goins-Clark,
Lida Calvert-Hayes and
Elisabeth Motsinger were
sworn in by Senior
Resident Superior Court
Judge Todd L. Burke.
When it came time to
submit nominations for
on Thursday, Dec. 13, five
Woodbury
BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK
FOR THE CHRONICLE
There are art exhibits where you
can easily move among the paintings
and sculptures and feel like you
understand what you’ve seen ... and
then there’s the Lonnie Holley exhibit
at SECCA.
“Somewhere in a Dream I got
Lost” is SECCA’s newest installation
of works by Lonnie Holley. Each
work of art demands an in-depth
viewing, almost like you need to
breathe in his work to understand it. It
is both simple and complicated, much
like Lonnie Holley, who has filled his
68 years with art, music and travel.
Holley’s complicated life began
with his birth in Birmingham,
Alabama. He started working at a
young age picking up trash at a drive-
in movie theater and washing dishes,
and lived in one foster home, and then
another. At the age of 29, he began his
art career, practicing “the art of
See Exhibit on A2
board chair, only two names were submitted. Republican
Leah Crowley nominated Woodbury, who is a Democrat.
Motsinger, who is a Democrat and longest serving mem
ber on the board, nominated Caudill Jones, who is a
Republican and previously served as chair.
A native of the city and a 1992 graduate of Carver
High School, Woodbury is a project coordinator for
Guilford County Schools. Over the years, she has made a
name for herself through the local school system fighting
for students who need it most with organizations like the
See Board on A2
Businesses host
first East Winston
tree lighting
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
The corner of E. Fifth Street and Laura
Wall Boulevard was filled with holiday
cheer last Saturday afternoon, Dec. 15, as
dozens of residents, business owners and
others with vested interest in the commu
nity gathered for the first-ever East
Winston Tree Lighting Ceremony.
An expansion of an annual event host
ed by Other Suns, an event space located
on Laura Wall Blvd.,.where children get to
visit with Santa; this year businesses and
nonprofits in the East Winston community
came together to make the event even big
ger.
Along with the chance to tell Santa
what they wanted for Christmas, children
had the opportunity to create their own
ornaments to hang on the 14-foot tree.
While creating the ornaments, children
and others from the East Winston commu
nity enjoyed hot chocolate and carols
See Tree on A2
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