Juneteenth picnic planned
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Winston-Salem's third annual
Juneteenth celebration will take
place on Saturday. June 16. at the
Winston Lake Family YMC'A.
Juneteenth, the oldest African
American holiday, is a celebration to
commemorate the end of slavery.
"Until you remember (the strug
gles of slavery) with a holiday like
Juneteenth, people will continue to
be ashamed of the past." said Dr.
Anthony Parent, an associate pro
fessor of history at Wake Forest
University. Juneteenth, and its tradi
tion of cultural celebration and fam
ily, has experienced a renewal and is
now being celebrated around the
country in many African-American
communities.
The Juneteenth celebration will
open at 1 p.m. with a parade and
continue with an expansive list of
daylong activities until 6 p.m. The
co-sponsors of the event are radio
station FM 97. Juneteenth is a cele
bration that brings families and
friends together. It's an ideal match
for the station. This is the third year
that 97.1 has been sponsor.
Festival organizers are excited
about this year's event. A very strong
interest has been shown in the June
teenth celebration.
Events will include gospel and
jazz performances, inspirational
messages, poetry and dramatic pre
sentations, storytelling, skits and
African dance. The Medina Market
will feature African-American crafts
and an array of food vendors with
everything from ribs to homemade
ice cream. In the children's area.
African masks and crafts will be cre
ated.
Program participants include
N.C. Rep. Larry Womble and Alder
maiiNelson Malloy.
Entertainment will include Car
lotta Samuels
Fleming, ?
Jackie Sin
ctaire and
Zakiyyah
Samuels of
Expressions,
Otesha Cre
ative Arts I
Ensemble, I
the Winston I
Lake YMCA ?
BOSS Drum
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Womble
mers the
Charles Green Band, the Union
Baptist Church Gospel Jazz Ensem
ble and several community and
church groups Rhythm and blues
recording artist Tony Terry will close
out the event beginning at 5 p.m.
Festival attendees are encouraged to
bring blankets and lawn chairs for
seating.
The Winston Lake Family
YMCA also will hold an open house
from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. to offer the
community an opportunity to use
the facility for one day at no charge.
Facilities include Nautilus room,
indoor swimming pool, basketball
courts racquetball courts indoor
track, sauna, steam and whirlpool.
Aerobic classes will be offered on the
hour, beginning at 9:15 am with
Power Step, Cardio Blast, Tone and
Trim, and ending with Power Step at
1:15 p.m.
The enslaved in Galveston,
Texas, became the last people in the
nation to learn that they had been
freed. On June 19,1865. Major Gen
eral Gordon Granger read General
Order 3 to the people of Galveston,
which stated, "The people of Texas
are informed that, in accordance
with a proclamation from the Exec
utive of the United Sates. ALL
SLAVES AftE FREE..."
With that announcement, many
communities' celebrations began to
happen all around the state as blacks
celebrated their freedom and reunit
ed with family members. M'iny left
to find family members that they
had been separated from, and did
their celebrating once they found
them. The celebration of June 19 as
Emancipation Day spread from
Texas to the neighboring states of
Louisiana, Arkansas and Okla
homa. As African Americans
migrated, the celebrations spread
across the country. In 1988, the U.S.
Senate approved a resolution, co
sponsored by then-Majority Leader
Trent Lott, to encourage states to
recognize June 19 as Juneteenth
Independence Day.
The Emancipation Proclamation
will be read at the opening of June
teenth. There has always been con
troversy about whether the emanci
pation actually freed the enslaved.
"The Emancipation Proclama
tion is an event more than any
thing," Parent stated in a recent arti
cle. "In and of itself, it didn't free the
slaves, but it was a great symbol of
emancipation."
Frederick Douglass, who cele
brated independence on New Year's
Day, called Jan. 1 "the most memo
rable day in American annals." He
added. "The Fourth of July was
great, but the first of January, when
we consider it in all its relations and
bearings, is incomparably greater."
For more information, call the
Winston Lake Family YMCA at
724-9205.
Submitted Photo
Maurice Horsey of the Winston Lake Y poses with guests at last year's event.
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Step One has new substance
abuse program for older adults
BY PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
Step One Substance Abuse Ser
vices has a new addiction treatment
program for low-income older
adults.
The program is for three months
of outpatient treatment, which
includes individual, group and fami
ly counseling; education on the sci
ence of addiction; and work with
age-specific issues such as medica
tion misuse, grief and physical
changes.
Services will be free to people at
or below the federal poverty level.
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
funding will pay for program start
up and implementation. The total
grant award is $195,000. The grant
will be paid over three years on the
basis of $65,000 in 2001, $65,000 in
2002 and $65,000 in 2003.
The 2002 Report by the Nation
al Council on Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence says, "According to a
consensus panel assembled by the
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), nearly 6 million
Americans over age 60 have become
seriously dependent on alcohol or
prescription drugs, or both togeth
See Step One on A9
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Nearly 6 million Americans over age 60 have become seriously
dependent on alcohol or prescription drugs or both together.
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RELIGION B4
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HEALTH C3
ENTERTAINMENT ~ C7
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" The individual who can do
something that the world wants done
will, in the end, make his way
regardless of his race"
- Booker T. Washington, 1901
Fathers
we salute you!
You have a vital role
in the lives of your children!
To thrive, a child needs protection,
security and encouragement that a
father offers.
Mothers and fathers provide a
balance to child rearing that is
important to children.
We encourage all fathers to:
? Take an active role with your children,
spend time with each of them.
? Give your full attention when you
are together. Look for ways to enjoy
your child. ;
? Be a father, not a baby-sitter or
"best buddy."
? Work as a team with the mother.
Try to avoid disagreements in front
of children.
? Regardless of your work load, share
rite responsibilities of raising your
child. Work will continue throughout
your life; the years of childhood are
soon gone.
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? W-S/Forsyth Schools Bulldln9 Bri9h,er Futures
? W-S Urban League 725-6011
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We sponsor programs and services
for children birth-five and their families.