Forest Park hosts second annual Career Fair
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Feb. 26 marked the occasion
of the second annual Career
Fair at Forest Park Elementary
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School About 75 representa
tives of professions (ranging
from mayor of Winston-Salem
to judge of the U.S. Middle Dis
trict Court to community
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leader) and the five major edu
cational institutions of the city
were present to share their life
experiences with the students.
Planned to occur during Black
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History Month, this event
brought out retired educators
who are dedicated to giving to
children and committed busi
nesspersons from diverse back
grounds.
Students in kindergarten
through second grade hosted
such luminaries as Dr. Brad
Braxton of WFU; William Stur
divant of the Office of Commu
nity Safety; Dr. Rosa Jones,
retired counselor; and Miss
Greensboro, Adrienne Perry.
Beginning at 9 a.m., these class
es rotated among a stellar vari
ety of speakers who whetted
their appetites and stimulated
new dreams.
The main event began at 1
p.m. in the gym for the upper
grades, 3-5.
Different stations were dis
played for varying categories:
education, medical, ministry.
Fortune 500, private entrepre
neur, legal, etc. The students
interacted with the presenters to
obtain information about need
ed preparation and, in some
cases, to learn of dreams
deferred.
Many of the presenters fel
lowshipped among themselves
and joked about looking for
jobs. They were as enthused as
the students and all expressed a
desire to return. Several of them
committed to providing mentor
ing opportunities for the stu
dents.
Special recognition goes to
Judge James Beaty Jr., Mayor
Jack Cavanagh, attorney
Michael Grace, Vincent 0. Park
er, Daisy Chambers, Annie
Hairston and Virginia Wiseman,
among others.
Much effort had been extend
ed to ensure that the children
found role models that looked
like themselves.
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Major Jack Cavanagh, left, and Gary Kellogg, a representative of Coca-Cola.
Smoke alarms
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in the region since November, half
of them children.
This winter has produced an
unusually high number of fires.
Red Cross officials say. The recent
tragedies have led the agency to
bulk up its fire prevention and
safety programs.
The Red Cross received 1,000
smoke detectors last week donated
by the Lowes Home Safety Coun
cil, an arm of Lowes Home
Improvement. Lowes and the Win
ston-Salem Fire Department have
been invaluable partners with the
Red Cross in an ongoing effort to
outfit every house and apartment
in the area with a smoke alarm.
According Red Cross figures,
one-third of homes involved in
fires are not equipped with smoke
detectors or have detectors that do
not work.
Smoke detectors have been
proven to save lives. Conversely,
houses without detectors are likely
to suffer the greatest damage to
property and human bodies, said
Bill Mangan, director of emer
gency services for the local Red
Cross.
"One of the big problems has
been in the past that a lot of peo
ple have not had smoke detectors.
so there have been a lot fatali
ties," he said.
The smoke donated detectors
will be available free of charge to
those who qualify because of
income and physical reasons. The
Red Cross had already begun giv
ing away detectors a few hours
after Lowes officials dropped them
off.
The agency is distributing
words of advice as well. Mangan
says detectors should be placed
close to bedrooms so that they can
be heard in case of emergencies.
The Red Cross is also urging resi
dents to check their detectors fre
quently. Mangan says batteries
should be changed each time
clocks are adjusted for daylight
saving time.
Mangan says the local Red
Cross may take its fire safety mes
sage to the streets in the future.
The smoke detectors are only a
small part of the larger picture, he
said. Residents need to be educat
ed about the ways fires can start so
that proper household precautions
can be taken, Mangan said.
"(The srtioke detectors) are
only a pattjb on a much larger
problem," he said.
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To find out if you or someone
you know meets the criteria for a
free smoke detector, call (336) 724
0511. i"
CIAA
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the tourney managed to generate
about 42.000 fans the last year it
was held in Winston-Salem.
Winston-Salem hosted the
CIAA tournament for a record six
years straight. The city lost out to
Raleigh narrowly in 1998, when
bids were due from several cities.
Bids are due again and Win
ston-Salem once again wants to be
in the running for the 2003-2005
tournaments. Entrepreneur and
developer Don Angell is heading
the city' efforts to attract the tour
nament again. He is already get
ting support from people like
Harold Martin, the chancellor of
Winston-Salem State University.
the only CIAA school in the Triad.
By contrast, the Triangle, the pop
ular name for the Raleigh,
Durham, Chapel Hill area, has
three CIAA schools.
Raleigh is looking to keep the
tourney around for as long as pos
sible. CIAA fans and teams
pumped more than $8 million into
the city's economy during the last
tourney. That figure was also up
from last year, according to the
Greater Raleigh Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
"The tournament continues to
grow and Raleigh has capacity for
continued growth," said David
Heinl, president and CEO of the
Raleigh CVB. "The tournament,
the fans and everything surround
ing the event have been so benefi
cial to the area."
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