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The Chronicle February 25, 2021 B3 Please call ahead to make sure your event is still happening. We will post cancellations/postponements announcements when received. NOW - Volunteer Center of the Triad The Volunteer Center of the Triad is responding to CO VID-19 by bringing the volunteer community together. We have des ignated a portion of our website www.volunteer- centertriad.org to assist our non-profit community as their needs arise around the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are interested in volunteering, visit www. volunteer centertriad, org, click COVID-19 Re sponse and search volun teer opportunities avail able. Now - Feb. 28 Apply to leadership program at WFU The Wake Forest Uni versity College LAUNCH for Leadership Program is a free, nine-month college prep program for under- represented high school juniors in North Carolina that focuses on leader ship development and social consciousness. If you know of a rising high school junior in Winston- Salem, Charlotte, or the surrounding communities that might be interested in the College LAUNCH for Leadership Program, please encourage them to apply, as we are now ac cepting applications for the 2021-2022 year. You may apply at https://slate. summer.wfu.edu/apply/. Now - Feb. 28 “Freedom Sunday” streamed play The N.C Black Rep ertory Company will present a streamed film version of the play “Free dom Sunday” Feb. 12-28. Written by Cynthia Grace Robinson and directed by Jackie Alexander, the play was filmed at the Schae ¬ Sports From page Bl have,” Green continued. “Because as a player, you’re the worst person in the world when you want a different situation. But a team can say they’re trad ing you. And that man is to stay in shape, he is to stay professional. And if not, his career is on the line. At some point, this league has to protect the players from embarrass ment like that.” I find it hilarious that if a player in the NBA ex presses his desire to leave a team publicly, he can be subject to a fine from the league. On the other hand, a team can shop a player however they please. Yes, I know, the team has the rights of a player when they are under contract, but that doesn’t give a team the right to act with carte blanche. “We talk all of this stuff about ‘you can’t do this,’ ‘you can’t say that publicly,’ ‘if you say that publicly you’re fined,’” he said. “Anthony Davis got fined I think $100,000 or something like that for demanding a trade publicly, but you can say ‘Andre Drummond is get ting traded’ publicly, and ‘we’re looking to trade him’ publicly and he’s to stay professional and just deal with it? Then when Kyrie Irving says, ‘my mental health is off,’ ev eryone goes crazy about that too. Do you not think that affects someone men tally? As much as we put into this game, to be great, to come out here and be in shape, to produce for fans every single night and most importantly, to help your team win, do you not think that doesn’t affect someone mentally?” And it’s not just the NBA where you hear about situations like this. fer Center at Appalachian State University. Tickets are $15 for the virtual per formance. For more infor mation, call 336-723-2266 or visit www.ncblackrep. org. Now - March 1 Musical play “Doug- lass/Dunbar” Willingham The atre presents the musical play “Douglass/Dunbar” streaming online Feb. 15-March 1, which tells the stories of Fredrick Douglass, statesman and politician, and Paul Lau rence Dunbar, poet and icon of the Black commu nity. It features a variety of music including blues, classical and spiritual. It is written and directed by Ron Stacker Thompson of the UNCSA. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.yadkinarts.org. A link to view the perfor mance will be emailed to ticket holders by 5 p.m. on Feb. 15. Now - May 31 Textile art display Delta Arts Center is exhibiting “Raw Edg- esTextile Art,” a display of quilts and other textile pieces made by local Af rican American quilters, now through May 31. Del ta Arts Center is located at 2611 New Walkertown Road. Call 336-722-2625 to arrange an appointment to view the exhibit. Feb. 25 Historically Black high schools walk through The Big 4 Alumni As sociation invites the com munity to take a nostalgic walk through the hallowed halls of our historically Black high schools. The Black History Month Recently, Houston Tex ans’ quarterback, De- shaun Watson, expressed his desire to be traded. The team traded away his best weapon and friend and seems to be in a downward spiral. He was ripped apart by the media and fans. This is precisely what Green was referring to as the double standard. After all, the players make the leagues what they are, but they are still treated as bratty children when they speak their minds. “As players, we’re told, ‘No, you can’t say that, you can’t say this.’ But teams can?” Green went on to say. “ft goes along the same lines of when everyone wants to say ‘ah man, that young guy can’t figure it out,’ but no one wants to say the organization can’t figure it out. At some point the players must be respected in these situations, and it’s ridiculous and I’m sick of seeing it.” I applaud Green for taking such a stance when many others have stayed silent. It’s true that teams can virtually do as they wish when it comes to a player being traded, re leased, or benched; how ever, that same player is fined for not playing or for saying he wants to be traded. Many times, those players are looked at as the bad guys and the teams they play for come off as the victims, which always blows my mind. I know there are fans out there that look at professional athletes as overpaid babies when a player publicly says any thing about wanting to leave his team. A team can say and do whatever they want for the most part and the public says something like,‘the team is just making a good business move.’ Why is it understandable for a team Commemoration will air on their YouTube chan nel February 25 at 6 p.m. (You can search The Big 4 of Forsyth County in You Tube to find the channel.) The presentation features a look back to the found ing of each school and pays tribute to the admin istrators, educators and coaches who demanded excellence. For informa tion, go to https://big4fc. org/ or call 336 972-6774. March 1 Book discussion with Anne Lamott New York Times best- selling author Anne La mott will discuss her new book, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage, during a pre-recorded virtual event at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 4. Ad mission for the event is by purchase of Dusk, Night, Dawn (limited signed copies will be available). To purchase the book and register for the event go to: https://www.book- marksnc.org/event/An- neLamott. The event is sponsored by Bookmarks. March 9 Author event Authors Leesa Cross- Smith and Naima Coster will be in conversation discussing their new nov els, during a virtual event at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9. This is a pay- what-you-can event. At tendees can either make a donation to Bookmarks or purchase one or both of the featured books. Visit https://www.bookmark- snc.org/LeesaCrossSmith- NaimaCoster. Signed copies of both books are available when you join the Signed First Editions Club. The event is spon sored by Bookmarks. to want to move on from a player, but not under standable for a player to want to move on from the team? Fans get mad at the millionaires, but not at the billionaires. I’ve always been confused on why that is. I was glad to see many NBA players coming to defend Green’s com ments. Of course, there are always people who will disagree and in this case Hall of Fame player, Charles Barkley, was one of them. “I think Draymond has to really be careful,” Barkley said on “The Bill Simmons Podcast.” “All that stuff is cute when you’re winning. But when you’re in last place, it’s annoying. “I think Draymond’s got to start learning you can say what you want to when you’re the champs and you’re in first place. But when you’re in last place, you become the guy who becomes annoying.” Green could not be more off-base by his com ments. It doesn’t matter what place your team is in, to speak out about an issue like this that can af fect any and every player in the league. Barkley was basically saying if you’re not on a winning team, you can’t speak about is sues in the league. That kind of thinking is almost as bad as those who say players should just ‘shut up and dribble.’ The players from the other leagues should fol low suit in their respective sports. It’s only fair that the playing field becomes a little more even when it comes to trades, so the double standard is not so blatant. I normally don’t agree with Green, but on this topic, he is 100 per cent right in my book. Minnie From page Bl with her during her junior year she played in Florida, helping to guide her with her progress on and off the court. “She and I kept in con tact the entire time she was in Florida,” said Leak. “She would text me about her season and what she was struggling with. I just kind of stayed as close to her as I could, and I have done that with all the girls that have played with me. “With her being in Florida, I knew she was struggling with, one, she didn’t want to go back, and two, she wanted to stay here and play. I just kept giving her little tips from here, so we have a Lydia From page B2 the moment he believes. Sanctification means we are made holy by virtue of our relationship with Christ Jesus as he works through us - set apart for God’s special use. Re demption is God’s extend ed grace through Christ to sinful man to give us the benefits of wisdom, righ Bo Gilliam A Presidenl & CEO bogtruidpesfruntrolra yiihoo.com Pest Control. Termite Inspections FHA & VA Reports . Bed Bugs Senior Citizens are given a 1 time service FREE of charge, (some stipulations may occur). Telephone: 336-788-3020 Toll Free: 1 -hl 10-93(1- WASP (9277) Open and ready to help seven days a week. Return your cable equipment is convenient and easy. Every forsmall business, all in one place. 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All rights reserved. 177418012721 great relationship.” Leak stated he could see the improvements Griffin made physically by getting stronger in the year she was in Florida, but the most important improve ment she made was her emotional growth. “She was a different kid and her whole mental ity had changed,” he said. Once the announce ment was made that there was going to be a sea son, Leak looked at the books to see how many points Griffin needed to hit 1,000. It turns out she was only about 300 points away, meaning she would have to average around 30 points per game. Leak says he was also surprised by how effective Griffin was on offense this year. Against Dudley and teousness, and sanctifica tion (verses 29-30). (The UMI Annual Commentary 2020-2021, TheNew King James Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, and The Oxford Bible Commentary). For Your Consider ation: What aspects of the world does God confound, shame, and bring to noth ing? Why were women significant in Paul’s min Southwest Guilford, two strong defensive teams, Griffin scored at will against them. The head coaches from both schools told Leak that Griffin was the most complete play er they have competed against in the last five years. Griffin is only the sec ond girls’ basketball player to eclipse the 1,000-point barrier with the only other player being Cassandra Penn. Griffin says she was proud to accomplish this goal because she feels it shows the other schools in the county that they can stop looking at Parkland like they are “scrubs,” “because we are knocking on y’all door ... We big ready,” she said. istry? Application: Lydia used her house and wealth to perform the task of hospitality. Using her ex ample, evaluate how God has equipped you and giv en you the opportunity to make use of your gifts. “A man’s gift maketh room for him, and brings him before great men” (Prov erbs 18:16).
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