The Chronicle ^ Community Focus ' ? ? < ? ' Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point section C , 1974- Celebrating 25 Years - 1999 June 10,1999 Summer Employment For Youth Thd Employment Division of the Winston-Salem Urban League, in collaboration with the Depatment of Labor, will sponsor a "Career Blitz and Youth Employment Seminar" on Friday, June 11, at the Urban League offices starting at 8:30 a.m. Youth's between the ages 13 and 18 seeking summer employ ment will be involved in a vari ety of pre-employment wor shops. Other topics of discus sion will deal with child labor laws and ways youths can become their own boss. Several representatives from local com panies will also, be on hand to share job opportunities. Partici pants are asked to come dressed to impress with a resume in hand. For more information call 725-5614. - / WSSU Radio Station Sponsors A Dance WSNC-FM, Winston-Salem State University's listener sup ported jazz radio station, will end its fund-raising effort with "The Prom for All Ages," on Saturday, June 12, at 7 p.m. in the Benton Convention Center. The music-packed, fun-filled, swing dance event will feature the sounds of the Vintage Orchestra, a local 18-piece big band orchestra, and other mod ern musical standards. The Ben ton Convention'Center will be transformed into the perfect prom setting for dancers of all ages during this special family oriented gala. All proceeds from the event will go to tfje non profit radio station. For more information on tickets and event activities, call 750-2304. Health And Political Initiatives Forum The Black Leadership Roundtable and the Winson Salem Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will sponsor a health and political initiatives Corum for Winston Salem/Forsyth County. This event will take place Saturday, June 12,'4rom 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the' Anderson Center on the campus pf Winston-Salem State University. Congressmen Mel Watt and Richard Burr as well as local physicians from Twin City Medical Society and Wake ??Forest University Baptist Center and many others will be on hand to talk abput health and politi- . cal issues as they relate to local, state and national, perspectives. For more information call 650 0845, 724-2971 or 659-4709. Free Summer Swim Program In High Point The High Point Human Relations and Parks and Recre ation departments will sponsor * their annual free summer swim program starting the week of June 13 until Labor Day. This program provides passes for youngsters 16 years old and under of low-income families to swim one day each week at Washington Terrace Swimming Pool. Youths whose families are not receiving any social services assistance are also eligible for the program, but must bring documents to verify elgibility. Parents interested in enrolling their children in the program should contact the Human Relations Office at 211 South Hamilton Street in room 117. For more information call 883 3124. Sm Pof* CIO for moro of Ihit wook'g Community Calondar Teaching others to see Left, Regina flcock at I years of ago, relaxes on a bench in front of the Red Hook Projects, where Skock was raised in South Brooklyn. Right, Here she takes pride in the toy sewing machine her granddaughter Deonica Raid gave her for a Christmas present, a symbol of her ministry. 2 ' ^ ** ? -?-?"-** ?-? - is? *- * ..V? 'V >- *-?>*?< ? v ^ Legally blind woman regains sight through surgery A, . ' * ? By FELEC1A P. McMILLAN t? - COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT '? * * ? ' Sewing is what Regina Elcock loves to do. For 33 years she's quietly sown wedding gowns, dresses5 and choir robfcs. And while many people sew, Elcock's accomplishments are special. She has built her career despite being labeled "legally blind" at birth. During a recent presentation at Kimberly Park School job fair, Elcock displayed a triptych that described her as entrepreneur, reader, accoun tant, scientist, creator, mechanic, advertiser, mathematician, designer, banker, problem solver and seamstress. "You have to have all of these skills to minister to others with the skill of your hands. My sewing work is not a business, ? but a ministry. I walk by faith and not by sight," she said. Now after years of wearing thick glasses and contacts, Elcock can add . t ? i -t_ ? ? . I anoiner uue 10 ner mpiycn - signieu. ? Last March, the New York native underwent surgery that helped her regain her sight. She looks at her life as having three phases: the original diagnosis that she would be completely blind by puberty, the turning point ??o _ ' oF crisis and the final deliverance through the help of LASIK surgery. Dr. Gregory P. Temas performed the surgery at the TLC Winston Salem Laser Center. Her eye doctor, Dr. Grady Elliott, believed that she could benefit from LASIK surgery since it has proven to be effective over the three years it has been available. ? ' * Dr. James D. Branch, an opthamalogist in Winston-Salem, has per formed this type of surgery on various patients. He defined the LASIK procedure as a form of cosmetic surgery that can reduce or eliminate a$tig-