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Vol. XXVII No. 14
The Choice for African American News
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7,
Living Poetry
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ight at the Forsyth
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make sound effects
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: bird sounds, clap
shake jingle bells and
ick.
about the Under-
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bark like hound dogs
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Transit Authority and a
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artistic director of The
ool for Performing Arts,
from the studio says of
dynamic performer is not
rtain the audience, but to
with foot tapping gospel
Rllads that are skillfully
wonderful choreography.”
^Hinton said, “He goes
the personal things he goes
i day, driving the bus, wit-
jle, that kind of thing.”
Chris Young takes his turn turning a
Weatherford.
Photo by Paul Collins
"rain stick" to create sound effects during a reading by Carol
when she mentioned the slave
catchers.
For a poem about a church ser
vice and baptizing, Weatherford
had children say amen and shake a
tambourine.’’’V^en I say amen,
say amen; say it like you mean it,”
she told the audience.
For the poem “Soul Food,”
Weatherford had children give
thumbs up or rub their tummies
when she mentioned foods they
liked and thumbs down when she
mentioned foods they didn’t like.
The poem contained these
lines:
Blackeyed peas, collard greens
Dirty rice and pinto beans
Brawn sugar glaze on honey
ham
Marshmallows ... in candied
yams...
Buttermilk biscuits and corn-
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RJR foundation donates
$125,000 to local nonprofits
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Foundation announced last week
that it would donate $125,000 to local nonprofit organizations on behalf of
125 RJR employees.
The announcement came as the company prepared to celebrate its 125th
anniversary. The donations were meant to show the company’s century-old
commitment to the community, a commitment that dates back to 1891
when Richard Joshua Reynolds gave $500 to start Slater Industrial School,
which would go on to become Winston-Salem State University.
The 125 RJR employees were selected as “outstanding community vol
unteers” during a company-wide contest. One thousand dollars was donat
ed to 104 different organizations (some employees selected the same organi
zation).
The agencies ranged from organizations that help young people and the
elderly to arts organizations and groups that help the ill.
“The wonderful diversity of the agencies that our employee volunteers
selected for their gifts represent the wealth of community involvement of
our employees, “ said Vivian Turner, director of contributions and president
of the RJR Foundation. “Although we could only honor 125 employees, we
feel this donation to the communities where our employees live and work
will contribute to improving the lives of so many individuals.”
Assistant marketing director Shelley Malloy was one of the lucky
employee winners. She chose Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Forsyth County, an
organization that she has become intricately involved in since becoming a
Big Sister volunteer a year ago.
But Malloy admits that when it came time to choose a nonprofit, the
decision was not ah easy one. Malloy also works with the YMCA’s Black
Achievers Program. She has been serving as director, a volunteer position,
since the program’s previous director left for a new job earlier this year.
Her work with the Black Achievers and her time with her little sisters
take up a lot of her time, but Malloy said she would have it no other way.
“I really enjoy spending time with them. It reminds me of being back in
high school, ■ siie said.
Malloy said working with the teens has also given her a positive view of
See Foundation on AS
downtown theater has opened
Mitchell described the concert as “con
tributing to God, really. That’s what Tm
about. (The concert is about) things that
happen in my life and how God stepped in
and helped me overcome....”
“I try to deal with what most things a
majority of people (deal with), like death in
your family, things that happen in your
family life, you know, true to life things.”
The theater, which seats about 65 peo
ple, opened last month with a production
of “Winter Isn’t Over Yet,” a
comedy/drama by Nathan Ross Freeman.
“I wish you could have seen the set we built
for ‘Winter Isn’t Over.’ It would have
(blown) your mind,” Price-Hinton said.
Other productions planned and tenta
tive performance dates include:
• “Widows’ Pique,” performed by
Shirley Ann Fenner, directed by Steve
Willis, produced by Metamorphosis The
atre Project, Jan. 19, 20-21. For mature
audiences, “Widows’ Pique” is three short
stories by N.C. writers adapted for the
stage: “Condolences to Every One of Us”
by Allan Gurganus,: “A Tube of Tin Rose”
by Sandra Redding and “The Happy
Memories Club by Lee Smith.”
• “Murder Was Called for” by Robert
G. DeMers on Jan. 25, 26 and 27 and Feb.
1, 2 and 3. ‘*Murder Was Called for” (for
mature audiences) is a parody of a million
aire murdered in his study, with all the
doors and windows locked from the inside.
A famous mystery writer presides over the
resolution of this mystery despite the
encumbrances dispensed by the local
police.
• “Cafe Society” - music and original
lyrics by James Fusco; book by James
Fusco and Nathan Ross Freeman; starring
Janice Price, Chris Murrell and Cle
Thompson; musical director Joe Robin
son; Feb. 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18; for
mature audiences. Opened in 1938 Green
wich Village, Cafe Society was one of the
most unique and extraordinary fixtures of
See Theater on A9
Photo by Paul Collins
From left, Thomas A. Hinton, business manager of The Artistic Studio for Performing
Arts; Janice Price-Hinton. artistic director; Chris Bonner; Michelle Johnson and her chil
dren, Jessica Johnson and Jonathan Johnson.
duates hope to be kinder landlords
BYT KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
fochern takes a look at
j fishing an environmental
Photo by Kevin Walker
the certificate received last
praperty management class.
From its inception, the East
Winston Community Develop
ment Corp. has prided itself on
putting people before bricks and
mortar.
That philosophy was men
tioned often last week as the
CDC celebrated the success of
its first Environmental Property
Management class. In all, 12
local residents graduated from
the program, which teaches a
new type of people-friendly
property management. The pro
gram was developed by officials
at the East Winston CDC.
James Grace, the president of
the CDC and one of the archi
tects of the program, said envi
ronmental property management
involves landlords putting
resources, of all types, back into
the communities they oversee.
These resources will then, Grace
said, help tenants to feel better
about where they live and will
make them more willing to make
timely rent payments.
“Community development is
simply a marriage between peo
ple and economic development,
with people leading the way....It’s
a simple equation,” Grace said.
The graduates received
instruction over the last several
months from a teacher provided
by Forsyth Technical Communi
ty College. The CDC received a
grant from the N.C. Association
of CDCs to cover costs associat
ed with the program.
Grace hopes to offer the class
to other CDCs in the state
through the association in the
years to come.
Susan Perry-Cole' CEO of
the state association, was on
hand for the graduation. She
praised the East Winston CDC
for being what she called a
“change leader.”
“We have to get comfortable
with looking at things in new
ways,” she said. “Change is what
this new economy is all about.”
Most of the graduates
enrolled in the class with some
type of background in property
management. Many said that the
kinder, gentler approach they
learned in the class will change
the way they do business.
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Firefighter Paul Stanback is
named city Employee of the Year
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE named Employee of The Year for
2000 last week.
Paul Stanback, a firefighter Stanback was honored for his
with Engine Three of the Win- “character, dedication and com-
ston-Salem Fire Department, w'as
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