Volume 72 No. 3
Grimsley High School
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
December IL 1995
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The last of the three Winter Concerts will be
heldtomorrowni^at7;30pminthe Grimsley
Auditorium. Forrest Munden will be conduct
ing the concert bands. Orchestra performed
on the 7th and Choral on the 5th of this month.
S'.A.V.E. membership rose to 125 with their
recent membership drive. New members are
welcome. Dues are $2. The club earned about
$400 with the Christmas tree sale, and is now
beginning another project. S.A.V. E. has un
dertaken is a series of skits designed to educate
middle and elementary school students about
the hazards of violent behavior. If you are in
terested in helping, or becoming part of
S.A.V.E., contact Officer Robinette.
Elections will be held on Wenesday, De-
cemb er 13 for the positions of sophomore and
junior class vice-presidents. Good luck to all
running.
October's Youth of the Month, an award
given by Greensboro Parks and Recreation De
partment in recogniton of excellent scholastic
achievements, outstanding leadership, and
community service, was Haley Miller, a senior.
Erin Murphey, a senior, recieved the Decem
ber award.
Cadets, parents, and guests joined members
of the Grimsley Hi^ School Army Junior
ROTC "Whirlie" Battalion for the annual
JROTC Open House. On December 3, par
ents and invited guests were treated to C^et
Tearn displays, a Cadet Staff Briefing, refresh
ments and a drill team demonstration. On the
2nd, in the tradition of the army-navy football
game, the Whirlies challenged the Southeast
Guilford navy JROTC, defeating them 54 - 8.
student Council has just completed their
armual Thanksgiving food drive. Thanks to a
total collection of $268.08 as well as a mountain
of cans, Grimsley was able to feed five families
for Thanksgiving. Each family received a tur
key dirma-, five bags of canned goods, and a
$45 gift certificate to Si^rer K-mart. The re
maining 624 pounds of carmed food were do
nated to Greendxrro’s Urban Ministry.
WinterWcdk marches ahead
By Brian Schiller
StaffIVriter
Guilford Cormty now has the third high
est numbo" of reported AIDS cases in the
state. ADDS has become the leading cause
of death of25-44 year olds in Winston-Sa
lem and Greensboro, hi Guilford county
tiiCTe are currently more than 5,800 people
with HIV/AIDS.
Within the United
States it is estimated
that approximately
80% of the 800,000
people infected with
HIV are unaware that
they have the disease.
It is also estimated that
by the turn of the cen
tury the number of
AIDS- related cases in
the world will increase
from 4 million to 20
million.
It is statistics such
as these that necesitate
organizations created
to serve people living
witli AIDS as well as
to educate the com
munity about HIV
and AIDS. The fourth
annual Winter Walk
ganizations Winter Walk benefits the com
munity in other ways.
“It raises awareness, both in people that
participate in the walk and in people that are
solicited for money,” said Danielle Rossi, a
junior.
“It gets more people involved. More
people come to club (Lifeguards) meetings
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Katie Spencer, Karen Nikfaijani, and Jessica Brown joined hundreds of ofliers, walk
ing to raise money for AIDs education.
took place in Greensboro recently. Orga
nized by Triad Health Project (THP) and
the Greensboro Jaycees, the walk is a
fundraiser for local AIDS service organiza
tions. Walk participants raise money by
gettingpledges fium their family and friends
for the five mile walk.
Winter Walk, which first took place in
1992, has taken on a very impoi tant role in
this part of North Carolina. This year the
walk was the only fundraiserfor AIDS ser
vice orgaruzations in five counties. The
groups benefiting from the 1995 Winter
Walk are Triad Health Project, the AIDS
Advisory Council of Davidson County,
AIDS Care Service, Inc., the AIDS Task
Force, the Guilford Regional AIDS Inter
faith Network, The Center of Living: Net
work For Humanity, and The Rockingham
County HIV/AIDS Coalition.
Besides the money raised for these or-
after the walk,” said Hana Brown, a junior
who organized the Grimsley representation
at the walk this year.
This was the first year that a groiq) of
Grimsley students attended the walk together
to represent Lifeguards. Lifeguards is a club
that works on the campuses of several high
schools to try to educate students about AIDS.
Members of the club hope that they will be
ableto impart some of what they leam through
the club to other students on campus.
“Lifeguards is based on the idea that stu
dents will listen to other students more easily
than they will adults,” said Rossi.
“Life guards educates us, and makes us
teachers so that we can go out and make oth
ers more aware of AIDS,” said Ursula Harper,
ajvmior.
“Many students choose to ignore what they
know because they don’t realize how threat-
ening AIDS is,” said Harper.
“Most people think that they are educated,
but they aren’t. They don’t realize that even
tually AIDS will affect everyone,” said
Brown.
Education was a common concan of the
club members. Several were worried about
the effects of the bill that was recently passed
affecting sex education in public schools.
“The new bill will have
a direct effect on the num
ber of teens with AIDS
because the only place that
they leam about it is in
school,” said Brown.
Triad Health Project,
which has been in opera
tion since 1986, cites edu
cating people about AIDS
to prevent the transmission
of HIV as being one of its
main purposes. In the last
year THP volunteers
reached more than 78,000
people with programs
about preventing the
spread of HIV.
Triad Health Project
also works to directly
serve those living with
HIV/AIDS and theirfami-
lies. THP performs ser
vices such as transporting
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individuals to medical appointments,offering
support, and providing food for individuals
living with AIDS. The organization is also
entering a new area of service by providing
housing for people living with AIDS in apart
ments and buildings designed for that pur
pose.
The proceeds from this year’s walk will
keep THP and other organizations in opera
tion for another year. The crowd was ex
pected to grow as it has for the past several
years at the walk. The number of participants
was expected to be between 4,000-5,000, as
comparedto2,500in 1992. Thewalkisalso
growing in length, from two miles inl992 to
five miles this year. The 1995 Winter Walk
consisted of a loop that started at War Me
morial Stadium that directed walkers
around the area of downtown past sites such
as the old Woolworth’s Drugstore and
through neighboihoods such as Fisher Park.
The participants differ in what motivates
them to take part in the event.
“I did the first walk,” said Rossi, “and later
I saw the quilt (NAMES Project AIDS me
morial Quilt). The enormity of the quilt and
the individuality of the personal panels really
got to me.”
“It is something that interests me. It helps
the community as a whole,” said Brown.
The organizers of the walk stressed
that though there is no cure for HIV/
AIDS, it is preventable and they hoped
to spread that message throughout the
community through Winter Walk.