Carver High School to hold its inaugural
Academic Hall of Fame Banquet
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Carver High School will
celebrate its academic his
tory during its inaugural
Academic Hall of Fame
Banquet on Saturday,
March 21. Fifteen alumnae
of Carver Nation and staff
members of Carver High
School will be inducted
into the 2020 Academic
Hall of Fame at the Salem
Lake Marina. Entertain
ment will be provided by
Case Closed Band. The
committee chairperson of
the Hall of Fame is De
Wayne Tillman, assisted
by Tonya Withers, director
of student services. Till
man is proud to be a part of
this esteemed celebration.
“Carver High School
has historically had an
outstanding reputation
for producing commu
nity leaders. Although
this school has won many
athletic accolades, Carver
Nation has a fine slate of
alumnae to be proud of,”
said Tillman, also an ad
ministrator at Carver.
Withers was quite im
pressed with the caliber of
alumnae who have been
nominated for the first in
duction ceremony. “We
have students who have
become entrepreneurs,
some who have become
champions in the medical
field, others in the area of
higher education, arts and
entertainment, and some
have distinguished them
selves in their retirement
years,” said Withers.
“We want to show that
Carver High School not
only succeeded at athlet
ics, we have a proven track
record that Yellowjackets
are making a big impact
in our communities and in
other parts of the country,”
said Dr. Montague-Davis,
principal.
Among the inductees
are:
*Judge L. Todd Burke,
Resident Superior Court
Judge, 21st Judicial Dis
trict
*Kimberly Campbell,
instructional facilitator,
Carver High School
*Dr. Karrie Gibson-
Dixon, chancellor of Eliz
abeth City State University
*Christopher Jeffords,
Spanish instructor at Carv
er High School
*Kay Landry, retired
educator/student servic
es director, Carver High
School
*Dr. Darian LaNeave,
resident, SUNY Buffalo
School of Medicine, De
partment of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
*Dr. Harold L. Martin,
Sr., chancellor of North
Carolina A & T State Uni
versity
*Micheal Lawrence,
manager, Sherwin Wil
liams, licensed realtor with
Keller Williams Realty
*Annie Moye, retired
educator, English and
Theatre Arts, Carver High
School
*Dr. Daya Patton, di
rector of Student Services,
Paisley IB Magnet School,
owner of DMP Consulting
Service
*Rev. Dr. Felecia Pig
gott-Long, English and
Theatre Arts instructor,
Carver High School, and
creative director for The
Imani Players
*Dr. Kenneth Siming-
ton, retired as interim su
perintendent of Winston-
Salem/Forsyth County
Schools
*Brittany Strachan,
quality engineer at Red
Hat
*Sharon Strachan, re
tired educator, mathemat
ics
*Devonte Wells,
dance instructor, Carver
High School and Mineral
Springs Middle, The Art
ist Circle creative director
and regional actor.
Tickets can be pur
chased in the Carver High
School Main Office from
Ms. Jackie Coe. Only cash,
money orders or checks
will be accepted for pay
ment.
Members of the Hall of
Fame committee include:
Maurice Brown, Kim
berly Campbell, La Tarra
Darling, Patricia Horne,
Ashlie Martin, Jana Mi
nor-Oliver, Melvin Palm
er, Heather Peterson, Fele
cia Piggott-Long, Chundra
Sansbury, Cecelia Tolliver,
and Tonya Withers.
Governor Cooper declares state of emergency to respond to
coronavirus COVID-19
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RALEIGH - Gover
nor Roy Cooper took the
next step in the state’s
coronavirus COVID-19
preparedness plan on
March 10 and issued an
executive order declaring
a state of emergency. The
declaration activates the
Emergency Operations
Center to help agencies
coordinate from one loca
tion and makes it easier to
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purchase needed medical
supplies, protect consum
ers from price gouging,
and increase county health
departments’ access to
state funds.
In addition to Governor
Cooper’s emergency dec
laration, the North Caro
lina Department of Health
and Human Services (NC
DHHS) is making several
recommendations to slow
the spread of COVID-19
and reduce the number of
people infected.
“The health and safety
ofNorth Carolinians is our
top priority. We are taking
the necessary steps to en
sure that North Carolina
is prepared and respond
ing to this virus, and this
order helps us do that,”
said Governor Cooper.
“Though we are still in the
early stages in North Caro
lina, time is a valuable re
source and we must work
together to slow the spread
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while we can.”
Key provisions in the
order are similar to those
enacted in a natural di
saster. The order will help
with the cost burdens and
supplies that may be diffi
cult for providers and pub
lic health to access due to
increased demand. It also
increases the state public
health department’s role
in supporting local health
departments, which have
been tasked with monitor
ing quarantines, tracing
exposure and administer
ing testing.
Today’s updated NC
DHHS recommendations
are based on guidance from
the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC), current actions by
other states, and the most
up-to-date epidemiologic
information available to
protect the public’s health.
Many of the recommenda
tions are targeted at pro-
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Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order declaring
N.C. a state of emergency on March 10. The order was
issued in response to coronavirus.
tecting people at high risk
of severe illness, which
includes adults over 65
years, those with under
lying health conditions
including heart disease,
lung disease, or diabetes,
or with weakened immune
systems.
Additional recommen
dations are being made
for residents of the Tri
angle region. On March 9
NC DHHS confirmed five
new cases of CO VID-19 in
Wake County, increasing
the total in the county to
six and statewide to seven.
“We all play a role
in keeping our commu
nities safe and healthy.
These precautions can
help us slow the spread of
this virus and protect our
more vulnerable neigh
bors,” said DHHS Secre
tary Mandy Cohen, M.D.
“Let’s be guided by com
passion and reason and
work to support each other
as a community.”
The following recom
mendations pertain to per
sons and establishments
STATEWIDE.
HIGH-RISK PER
SONS
NC DHHS recom
mends that people at high
risk of severe illness from
COVID-19 avoid large
groups of people as much
as possible. This includes
gatherings such as con
cert venues, conventions,
church services, sporting
events, and crowded social
events. People at high risk
should also avoid cruise
travel and non-essential air
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