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The Chronicle
Community Focus
Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point
sbction C 1974- Celebrating 25 Years - 1999 July 15'
Family Day Registration
Advance registration
begins this week for The
Chronicle's Sixth Annual
"Family Day"/ 25th
Anniversary Celebration.
Food, games and fun will
be the main course for this
momentous event that will
take place Saturday,
August 28. Registration
forms are available at The
Chronicle, 617 North Lib
erty Street in Winston
i Salem. For more informa
tion call 722-8624.
N.C. A&T Welcomes
New Chancellor
Community members
are invited to join A&T
students, faculty, staff,
alumni and friends for a
"Changing of the Guard"
ceremony Thursday, July
15, is at noon on the steps
of the Dudley Building on
* the campus. Retiring A&T
Chancellor Edward Fort
will symbolically pass on
the torch to Chancellor
Elect James Renick, who
comes from the University
of Michigan at Dearborn.
Celebration Of Children
The Black Child Devel
opment Institute of
Gteensboro will sponsor
' its 11th annual communi
tywide event celebrating
the achievements of chil
dren and youths on Mon
day, July 19. The name of
the program is Celebration
of Children: A Day in the
Park and* will take place
from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the
Greensboro Parks and
Recreation Barber Park.
The celebration will feature
activities such as story
telling, entertainment,
games, food and prizes for
youths and information
booths for local agencies'
serving children and
youths. For more informa
tion call Veronica Evans at
230-2138.
V
Church Conference
The 1999 Church of
God Apostolic Church
^ Growth Conference will
take place starting Mon
day, July 19, and ending
July 23 in Winston-Salem
at the Benton Convention
Center. Workshop classes,
a youth explosion and kids
crusade are the featured
events. Special musical
guests include Evangelist
Beverly Crawford and Men
of Standard and others.
Bishop C.O. Reid is the
general overseer and Win
ston-Salem's own Bishop
J.C. Hash, pastor of St.
Peters World Outreach
Center will be one of the
guest speakers. For more
information call 650-1904
or 650-0200.
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By FELECIA P. MCMILLAN
COMMUNITY COORESPONDENT
"Keep the face open so you
can hit it!" "Let the racket
work." "Bring it around easy,
smooth."
These are some of the
f pointers that members of the
Kimberly Park Tennis Club
offered to children who came
out to participate in the group's
six-week tennis clinic.
During the clinic, which will
end Aug.' 28, youths ages 5-18
will have the opportunity to
learn to play tennis? The club is
focusing on the junior develop
ment program, which allows
minority children to develop
into state-. Southern- and even
national-level tennis players.
Participants often have the
opportunity to receive an edu
cational scholarship to college
or even develop a professional
tennis career.
Kayla Carter is only 7 years
old, but according to tennis
coach Charles Kennedy, she
has already hit 1 million tennis
balls with the Kimberly Park
Tennis Club. She has been hit
ting tennis' balls since she was.^5
years old, and she doesn't plan
to stop now. She began playing
with the Kimberly Park Tennis
Club, a group that seeks to
destroy the myth that tennis is
not for African Americans.
For Kayla, a third-grader at
the Quality Education Insti
tute, playing tennis has inspired,
her to set lofty goals.
"My goal is to play in Wim
bledon," Kayla said.
Kayla is a third-generation
tennis player. Her mother, Sta
cie Carter, was a member of the
Junior Tennis League of the
Kimberly Park Tennis Club
who went to college on a tennis
scholarship. Although Kayla's
mother is now a prosecutor in
Dunn County, she still swings a
racket regularly.
Kayla's grandmother Katie
Carter is also a tennis player
and serves as the coordinator
of the KPTC/JTR David L.
Lash Memorial Spring Classic
Junior Open.
"Kayla is a well-developed
junior," said Arnice Wall, pres
ident of KPTC. "In fact, she
won the Kiwanis tournament
last year. As you can see, we are
a true family organization. We
involve the mothers, fathers
and the children on the courts.
Tennis is very family-oriented,
and we want more African
American children to be
exposed to the sport regardless
of their background."
The tournament is spon
sored twice a year, in March
and Qctober, by the Kimberly
Park Tennis Club. The club is
looking for sponsors to assist
with these tournaments by pur
chasing T-shirts and refresh
ments, providing volunteers,
transportation and equipment.
During the winter months,
the clinics are sponsored at the
Indoor Tennis Center on the
campus of Wake Forest Uni
versity, where Harold Moore
serves as the director. He
assists the club with getting the
courts at a subsidized price and
supports the program finan
cially as well. Moore attended
NCCU on a tennis scholarship
and now owns Harold Moore
Professional Tennis Services.
"Tennis has opened many
doors for me, and it was a
means for my personal devel
opment," he said. "1 try every
avenue possible to expose kids
to the sport."
The mission of the KPTC is
to introduce more African
American children to tennis as
a competitive sport. However,
Wall has found that playing the
sport often involves a change
of lifestyle.
"Our children need to get 1
used to being outside. They
need to build up their stamina.
Many of them stay inside and
watch television or play video
games, and it is hard for them
to get conditioned to the heat,"
Wall said. "Parents can help by
having their kids go walking
with them for a couple of hours
or playing catch with them out
side. In order to play tennis,
they must come outside."
The club attempts to pro
vide continuous time on the
court so that students can
become competitive players.
They have played in tourna
ments in various cities:
Lewisville. Ky.; Augusta. Ga.;
Columbus. S.C.; Atlanta; Char
lotte; Greensboro and
DurHam.
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Cmntmr, coach Katio Carter shares a cup of water with Jasmine Huff. KPTC President Arnice Wall, right, encouraged the students to bring
a personal water thermos to the clinic.
Coach Chariot Kennedy demonstrates tho appropriate vray to
iwlng tho tennis racket for o perfect stroke.
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