WSSU's Futuristic Math/Science Institute
reaches out to local middle school students
Fifty local middle school students have trad
ed a few extra hours of sleep on Saturday morn
ings this fall for another day in the classroom.
They are participants in the Futuristic
Math/Computer Science Institute at Winston
Salem State University.
The institute, began as a four-week program
last summer by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools, and was so successful that R J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co. provided a grant of
$22,000 so that it can continue until May 1992.
"We steer clear of traditional teaching tech
niques,n said Geneva B. Brown, program manag
er for research and development in the local
schools. Ms. Brown and former math professor
Virginia Newell collaborated in developing the
concept and the program. "Our teachers push the
kids to higher thinking and help them understand
that education is important not just for today, but
for the rest of their lives. If we help them suc
ceed and accept that success we can have a posi
tive influence on their future."
She said the students who have taken part in
the program have greater ability than their test
scores indicate. They were selected on a basis of
their IQs and their math scores. Most of them
also are from low-income neighborhoods. .
They attend four one-hour classes each Sat
urday in science, math, life skills and computer .
science. There are 15 students in each class along
with a lead teacher and assistant. Larry Fields is
the headmaster of the institute, which is held in
the RJ. Reynolds Business Center on the univer- F
? sity campus.
Instructor Stetan Williams helps Lacheka Cook on the computer at WSSU's Futuristic
Math/Computer Science Institute.
Fourth annual Guatemala Festival, Dec. 5
The 4th Annual Guatemala
Festival takes place Thursday night,
December 5, from 6 to 9 p.m. at
Parkway United Church of Christ,
2151 Silas Creek Parkway, across
from Forsyth Community College.
A wide selection of Guatemalan
crafts from Mayan Crafts, Pueblo to
People, and Native Expressions will
be sold, including clothing, personal
accessories, tableware, dolls, and
other products. Profits from the fes
tival will benefit Central American
communities, refugees, and craft
cooperatives.
A beans and rice supper,
indicative of the subsistence living
in Guatemala, will be served from 6
to 7 p.m., costing $3 for adults or $2
for children 5-12. Central American
* songs and tales will be presented at
7 p.m. by "Hermanns de Piaz,"
composed of Jon Sundell and Marty
Province, with plenty of chance for
audience participation. At 8 p.m.
* Manuel Mejia Tol, a Guatemalan
* Indian farmer and activist, will
speak and answer questions. People
are free to attend any or all of the
festival - the crafts, supper, music,
and speaker - that is convenient.
There is no admission fee.
Few Guatemalan Indians can
read or write, but their colorful,
richly textured crafts are highly val
ued. A number of craft ccwpcraiives
have developed in recent years, pro
viding greater opportunity for
craftspeople to share in the profits
and decision making ruyjolved.
Pueblo to People, a national non
profit mail order business, and
Native Expressions, a private enter
prise in Asheville, N.C., purchases
their materials from these coopera
tives with a minimal mark-up.
Mayan Crafts in Arlington, Virginia
purchases their material from
Guatemala refugees, who rely
heavily on craft sales for subsis
tence.
Manuel Mejia Tol, the speaker
at the Guatemala Festival, is a 30
year-old Quiche Indian who has
worked on the fincas, or plantations,
since he was 6 years old. He is a
board member of CERJ, the Coun
cil on Ethnic Communities, and is
currently acting as leader since the
director has fled the country
because of repeated death threats.
Twenty-six members of CERJ have
been killed thi$ year for protesting
the violence and oppression of
"Civil Patrols," in which nearly all
indigenous Guatemala men are1
forced to participate. Approximately '
140,000 jpeople have been killed or
disappeared in the civil war and
political violence waged by the
American Legion Post 220
& Auxiliary donate money
The Annual American Legion
and Auxiliary Pilgrimage Day was
recently held at the Children's
?Home in Oxford, N.C.
The Ralph R. Morgan Ameri
can Legion Post #220 and Auxiliary
donated $1,550 to the Children's
Home. The Central Children's
Home is funded by private dona
tions only.
Each year all black American
Legion Posts and Auxiliaries meet
at the Children's Home and present
their donations. Many children
would be homeless if the Central
Children's Home did not exist/
Larfy Wilsofrwas the chairman
who presided over the service. The
J. F. Webb JFROTC High School
Color Guard presented the
Advancement of the Colors.
Others taking part in the service
were: Speaker - Brigadier General
Horace Russell - Ret. USAF; Roll
-Call - Adjutant Henry Wilson -
Post #220; Special Presentations:
Clyde Brown - Post #220, Fayet
.teville; Marion Fowler - #319
Naomi Lane Unit #220, Winston
;Salem; Remarks - Mr. Michael
Alston Sr. - Executive Director of
the Central Children's Home; Taps
jn Remembrance of Fallen Com
rades - Post #166; Mrs. Harriet
Norton - Pres. Unit #166; The Rev.
Leroy Spells - Post #166, Oxford,
N.C.; Comrades - J. W. Camngton
Post #175, Durham, William
2Joyd - Post #223, Elizabeth City;
^Adjutant Leonard Dunn - Post
>#166; Grace and Benediction -
*
* ^ *
Grady Moss - Post #107, Salisbury.
The music was rendered by the
Central Ch?ldren!s Home Choir, and
the Consecrated Spiritual Choir.
An organization that would like
to make a contribution may do so at
any time of the year. Our black chil
dren's lives are very important and
we will lose them if we don't pro
vide for them. Please give gener
ously.
The American Legion Post
#220 and the Auxiliary hosted a
party for approximately 400 youth
in the community rcccntly.'<',
Dance contests, games, and
other planned activities were
enjoyed by the youth. Prizes were
awarded and extra bags of goodies
-were given. Ms. Sharon Berrow
chaired the committee. James
McWillis was commandcr.
Another event hosted by the
Post #220 Auxiliary on Sunday,
November 17, was its Annual
Membership Seasonal Tea at the
Post JHomc. Greetings were present
ed by the President Lucy Boykins
and Commandcr James McWillis.
Seasons represented were Spring -
Jr. Auxiliary Members; Summer -
Mrs. Lois Smith; Autumn - Ms.
Bianica Boykins; and Winter - Mrs.
Carrie Richardson.
Awards were given for: Atten
dance - First Place: Spring; Finance
- First Place: Summer; Best Deco
rations - First Place: Summer.
Martha G. Jones was the Mistress of
Ceremonies and Addic Jenkins was
Chairman.
Guatemalan military and security
forces over the past decade.
The Guatemala Festival is co
sponsored by the Carolina Interfaith
Task Force on Ceiltral America,
which seeks to raise awareness
among local citizens of the reality in
Central America and to improve
that reality by forging a more just
and peaceful U.S. policy toward the
region. [At a time when alt Ameri
cans are re-evaluating the legacy of
Christopher Columbus, the festival
and its speaker provide an important
opportunity to get a personal, first
hand look at the legacy as seen by
indigenous people c^f our hemi
sphere.] The other festival sponsor
is the Mission Committee of Park
way United Church of Christ, which
will prepare the meal and provide
the space to raise additional money
for its Central American fund. This
fund will go to assist a Central
American community in a self-help
project, hopefully also providing
Church members with a more per
sonal connection to the people and
[The Guatemala Festival also
provides its guests with an opportu
nity to spend holiday gift money in
a way that is both spiritually and
esthetically satisfying, while having
a good time and getting a cheap
meal to boot.]
With all the benefits of fitness ? stronger heart
and lungs, reduced stress, increased energy ?
isn't it time you started a
regular exercise program with
your children? TTie good fitness
habits they develop now could
give them a healthier, happier
lifetime ? a gift they'll g
appreciate long after their.toys
and games are gone. Just find
those physical fitness activities
you all enjoy and exercise at
least three times each week. For
yourself and those you love, start
today. Make fitness^f'^a family
affair.
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For more information
Write:
Forsyth County Council
On Physical Fitness and Health
PO Box 686
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102-0686
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The President's Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports
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Basic and bright colors. Reg. $18
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Programmable. Reg. $189, save $50
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