Community has forgotten local AAU team
By HERMAN LANE
Special to the Chrontde
The city of Winston-Salem will
host the 17-year-old National AAU
Basketball Tournament beginning
July 17. Numerous activities have
been scheduled to make sure the
event will be successful.
During this same period of
time, another team from Winston -
Salem is quietly waiting for its turn
for the national spotlight when
competition begins in San Antonio,
Texas. This team, the Winston
Salem Lakers, is the state champion
in the 13-year-old division of AAU
and has won the opportunity to
compete in the national tournament
in San Antonio, beginning July 31.
Unlike the other teams, the
Winston-Salem Lakers have not
received much support or publicity
for their achievements. Winston
Salem has several teams represent
ing the city at all levels of national
AAU competition. The Winston
Salem Lakers' major obstacle is a
lack of financial support and assis
tance from the community.
For the past three months, the
Lakers have struggled in an attempt
to raise $1,500 to cover plane fares,
meals, and a nine-day stay in San
Antonio fdr each of the IS team
players. Their fundraisers have been
announced in the paper, television,
and radio spots. The response to
these efforts have been disappoint
ing and non-lucrative, to say the
least One can only hope that the
community has not seen or heard
these attempts.
Winston-Salem is fortunate to
have these young men moving in a
positive, determined, and produc
tive direction. The community is
urged to support their efforts to
reach their goal. It is no secret that
there are forces within our commu
nity that can easily entice young
men to be lead astray from the path
of positive and productive ways.
We need to not only acknowledge
the efforts of these young men but
help them on their way. The under
taking is a big one, and they have
disciplined themselves through
practice, development of skills, and
talents to earn an invitation to the
national level of competition.
We, the members of this city,
should see to it that they get there in
style and have the luxury of concen
trating on the game instead of wor
rying and "nickel and dimeing"
their way to a national event repre
senting Winston-Salem. Presently
they are busy holding three-dollar
car washes, yard sales, and wonder
ing will they make it or not. The
resources of this city are much too
rich and plentiful for that to become
a serious concern, yet it is a haunt
in gly serious concern.
Individual donations Kave been
small but plentiful. Businesses have
turned on the "deaf ear" to the
team's requests. RJ Reynolds
Tobacco Company's donation
would have been considered sizable
if other businesses had followed
suit. Sport stores have cried the
blues, although through years of
various sport activities, these same
players have spent much of their
parents' income in such establish
ments. Letters have been sent to
many area businesses^ and only a
pitiful few have responded. Come
on Winston-Salem, we can't have it
both ways ? complaining about
boys gone wrong while ignoring
their efforts made in taking advan
tage of opportunities they have cre
ated for themselves.
Championship AAU teams in
other cities experience no such dif
ficulty. Their cities' merchants and
elected officials offer their support
They supply financial support
and/or goods, such as tennis shoes,
team warm-up suits, hats, mono
gramming, team waist packs, etc.
Charlotte sent two teams in each
division last year and wanted to
send them again this year, but the
Lakers put an end to that dream.
The Charlotte teams went with team
outfits, new team shoes, entertain
ment money, fast food coupons
galore, and with the interest and
support of their city.
The same is true of the Greens
boro teams.
We need to rally behind this
team of 13-year-olds and give them
the incentive to win now. They need
the support and the media hype
now. Thty need to get on with the
disciplined business of practicing
plays, developing strategies, and
psyching themselves up for the win.
The Metro YMCA as an organiza
tion needs to become involved by
providing some financial assistance,
particularly because this winning
team is being touted as a YMCA
team.
The Winston-Salem Lakers are
winners, who would appreciate
knowing that we are behind them.
Instill within them pride in them
selves, their city, and their commu
nity. Give them the added incentive
to bring home a national champi
onship. Without your help they may
not get there!
Donations should be sent to
P.O. Box 431, Clemmons, N.C.
27012. Questions may be forwarded
to Jacob Williams (919)784-8553 or
Herman Lane (919) 998-2740. All
contributions are tax deductible.
Jenkins completes
science program
August Jenkins of Winston
Salem recently completed the Coast
Trek Marine Science Education
Program sponsored by the Division
for Public Service at The University
of North Carolina at Wilmington.
The program offers academi
rally giftftri gfmfcntQ thf nppflrtnmty
to study the marine life of the
Atlantic coastal waters with univer
sity faculty and other experts in the
field.
Projects include setting up and
stocking a salt water aquarium with
animals and plants collected during
trips to nearby inlets, sounds, and
marshes; and conducting research
on the behavior, life cycle, and
environment of animal and plant
specimens.
August Jenkins
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
7 pan. ? The Arts Council will sponsor "Evenings in the Neighborhood" at
The Sims Recreation Center, 1201 Alder St. "Choyce" will be the featured
Rythm and Blues group.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
? Applications are now being accepted for the 4-H Electricity and New Tech
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Reidsville. The camp is open to children ages 10-14. The cost is $165 which
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? The William C. Sims Center, 1201 Alder St., will hold free mediation classes
on Wednesday and Fridays from 2-3 pjn. beginning July 15.
? The Nature Science Center will offer five new science camps for young peo
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shops are offered July 20, and 27, and will take place at the SciCamp location
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For more information, contact Allyson McCauley at 659-9020.
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? The Central YMCA of WS will offer pre -school gym for youngsters ages 2-5
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beginning in Aug. and Sept.: Youth Indoor Soccer - Aug. 1; Judo - Sept. 7;
Karate - Sept 21; and Youth Basketball Skills Clinic - Sept 21 . Call the num
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? The Northwest North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross is now
accepting applications for its annual Summer Youth Volunteer Program. The pro
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