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LjL. If Alderman Joycelyn Johnson, Art MiUigan, HAWS Executive Director, and Fred Bazemore the housing man? ager of Johnson Square Apartments, stand next to the complex's sign. * 10th Street Apartments Renamed For Johnson By JOtL\ HINTON Chroniclc Senior Staff Writer The residents of Tenth Street Apartments have renamed their complex as Johnson Square Apartments in tribute to East Ward Alderman Joycelyn John son. Johnson accepted the honor at a recent ceremony at the apartment complex, where resi dents and community leaders praised her for contributing to their community. "You could not name these apartments after any better than Joycelyn Johnson," said the Rev. Carlton Ev.ersley, the pastor of Dellabrook Presbyterian Church. "She is committed and con cerned about human beings." Art Milligan Jr., the execu tive director of the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem, said that residents led the effort to rename their apartments, which are owned by HAWS but are not federal public housing. - "The residents wanted to rename the apartments after Joycelyn Johnson," Milligan said. "We just helped them to do that." According to city records, no other apartment complex in Winston-Salem is named after a current or past member of the ? Board of Alderman. Milligan said that Johnson often works behind the scenes tcf improve her community and rarely seeks public attention for her efforts. For example, Johnson help several residents to safety during a recent fire at Sunrise Towers on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Johnson said that she appreci ated the honor. "We have to empower the A Dangerous Mind! Pridgen./. Amos, a sophomore at Reynolds High School, recently won the MCA Records "Dangerous Minds" contest after she sub' mitted a 200-word essay. Her essay was "What is a Dangerous Mind." Amos won a free trip to Los Angeles, where she ate lunch with the rap artist, Coolio. i Tenth Anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 1995 marked the tenth anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This month is dedicated ? to educating women about breast cancer and the importance of early detection and treatment. "African-American woman have a higher breast cancer mor tal it> rate than any other ethnic group in the country" reports Zora Kramer Brown-Founder and Chairperson-of the Breast Cancer Resource Committee in Washington, D.C. We must educate the community about breast cancer issues. Early detection and treatment is what saves lives The three key ele . ments to prevention is perform ing monthly breast self-exami nation. having a clinical breast exam by a trained professional and getting a routine mammo gram as advised by a physician or health professional. The Woman wise Program is offered to income eligible women 50 years old and older. In this program a qualified nurse teaches breast self-exam and performs a clinical breast exam and pap smear. A mammogram is performed by a certified tech nologist. If you can not afford a mammogram or pap smear please call 727-2890 ext. 3640 for more information. Women must be empowered to take charge of their health. Women can not let fear stand in their way. If anyone is interested in volunteering to talk to women in their community about the importance of breast and cervi cal cancer screening, call Jackie Boggs, RN - Woman wise Coor dinator at Forsyth County Health Department - 727-2890 ext 3640. neighborhood,*' she said. "We must work to keep it this way.? / HAWS employees spruced up the grounds and buildings of the old Tenth Street Apartments. Many flowers had been planted, and fresh paint dons the apart ments. / "We were pleased with the end result," said the Rev. Shel don McCarter, a pastor of the nearby Avenue Christian Church. By RUDOLPH V. BOONE SR nUke Family<.iv3 p,in. b* the last < Family YMCA^All bridge j - meeting of the year, so we players are welcome to these cm Duplicate -fexpect the ipipport of all unit |?unes* IBfembers ofotocJubig Marjorie committees.The^unitfs 4n addition to your owb. We "Mama's making cornbread *r?ss,n9 q tonight." STOVE TOP Cornbread Stuffing Mix. v. ".V?" Jm co* % M I ^ ^ in ^ ^ ? n ?;?> ' & r If'r *% 5V* aV'"< vK f'' V ?#,; s J ? ^ ?W |M ? 15 MINUU STUFFING MIX Serve Stove Top tonight and SAVE 350. The box says stuffing. The taste says dressing
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