Covington weds Yountz
special to the chronicle
KaTina DiEtte Covington
and Jason Denard Yountz were
married July 5, at St. Andrews
United Methodist Church by
the Rev. Beverly Milligan, the
brides sister.
KaTina is the daughter of
Judy Covington and the late
Robert Crump. Hep stepfather
is James Blakely. Her grandfa
ther is Mitchell
Covington. Jason is
the son of Larry
and Cassandra
Shelf. He is the
grandson of Clara
Yountz and the late
Veroble Yountz Jr.
who reared him.
He is employed
with the Winston
Salem Chronicle.
The couple has five
children, Jalisa,
Jazlynn, Mitchell,
Quiton, and Anto
nia.
Shantel Kim
brough and Angela
Bullard were the
Matrons of Honor.
Jacqueline Johnson
was the Maid of
Honor. The brides
maids were Tangela
Carr, Tanisha Bai
ley, Shonn Speas,
Sharabi Faaruwq,
Vettie Walker,
Shundra Plater,
Shawanna Lyons,
and Afria Lyons.
The Best Man was
Steven Dunlap. The
Groomsmen were
Kenard Shelf,
Wayne Mont
gomery, James
Jones, Sherman
Oliver, Dwane
Johnson, Hason
Wright, Shawn
Penn, and Marcus
Sleigh.
Antonia Covington, Paris
Asbury and Imani Fuaruwq
were the flower girls. Mitchell
Covington was the ring bearer
and Harold Blakely was the
Bible carrier. Harold Weather
spoon was the Bell Ringer and
Qushard Plater was the Baton
Carrier.
Hostesses were Stephanie
Plater, Loretta Adams, Aretta
Smith and Ceteria Crawford.
KaTina DiCtte Covington and Jason Denard Yountz
Ushers were Richard Good,
Thomas Blakely, and Rashad
Smith. Master of Ceremony
was Rev. Harold Blakely.
After the wedding a recep
tion was held at the M. C.
Benton Convention Center.
For their honeymoon, the
couple will be traveling to
Nassau, Casa De Campo, and
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Grant
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the key causes of turnover
including: physically and
emotionally demanding work;
high injury rates: low wages
and oftpn few benefits; limited
opportunity for career
advancement: and insufficient
input into care provided to
patients or clients.
The North Carolina Foun
dation for Advanced Health
Programs, Inc. will oversee
North Carolina's $1.2 million,
demonstration project. The
project seeks to develop, pilot,
and implement a uniform set
of expectations and criteria
for statewide use, on a volun
tary basis, across home care,
adult care homes and nursing
facilities. The guidelines will
address issues such as: work
place culture; effective care
teams; staff empowerment;
effective supervisory coach
ing; staff development and
career ladder opportunities:
and peer mentoring. Organiza
tions meeting the criteria will
receive a special licensure
designation.
The statewide Partner
Team for North Carolina's
Better Jobs, Better Care proj
ect, in addition to the North
Carolina Foundation for .
Advanced Health Programs,
includes: the North Carolina
Department of Health and
Human Services; the UNC
Institute on Aging; the North
Carolina Assisted Living
Association; the Association
for Home: and Hospice Care
of North Carolina; the North
Carolina Association, Long
Term Care Facilities: the
North Carolina Health Care
Facilities Association; the
North Carolina Association of
Non-Profit Homes for the
Aging; North Carolina
Friends of Residents in Long
Term Care, the Direct Care
Workers Association of North
Carolina; and Medical Review
of North Carolina. Three addi
tional direct care workers and
three front-line supervisors
will also serve on the Partner
Team.
The Better Jobs Care
national program is managed
by the Institute for the Future
of Aging Services housed at
the American Association of
Homes and Services for the
Aging.
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what your kids are going to
eat. "You need to set the stan
dard of healthy eating at
home," she said. "A great side
effect is that you eat healthier
too!"
2. Have fruits and vegeta
bles cut and ready to eat.
"Children are not going to go
to the effort of washing and
cutting them up for them
selves," Vitolins said. "Take
f the extra time in the morning
to prepare fresh fruits and
vegetables for your children to
snack on. Let your children
know where they are in the
refrigerator and see what hap
pens."
3. Allow your child to
select a new "healthy" food to
try. "Many times children
won't try healthy foods
because they aren't part of the
process of selecting them,"
she said.
But kids are getting fatter
even When eating only healthy
1foods, because they are not
moving enough to burn the
calories they consume.
"Extra calories from any
foods (healthy or unhealthy)
mean extra pounds," Vitolins
said.
What is a parent to do?
1. Reward good behavior
- with trips to the park rather
t than snacks.
2. Engage your entire fam
ily in regular physical activity.
Start by taking walks after
l dinner.
3. Set limits on the amount
- of television your family^,
watches. If you turn off the
television, your children prob
ably will go outside and play,
4. Limit computer games
and tii^ on the Internet.
"Every summer our televi
sion had 'reception problems'
when I was young," Vitolins
said. "My ingenious father
told us when we were older
that he disconnected our TV
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antenna to get us outside! My
sisters and I have very fond
memories of those summers!
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Bicycle racing returns to downtown
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Bicycle racing will return
to Downtown Winston-Salem
on Friday night, Sept. 5, with
the second annual Fourth
Street Celebration Criterium.
World-class professionals will
join with the best amateurs
from throughout the South for
a night of fast-paced competi
tion.
The action will be taking
place directly behind the stage
of the regular Cingular Wire
less Fourth Street Jazz and
Blues Celebration. The All
Stars will perform their jazz,
funk fusion while the cyclists
drive through the first turn.
Friday night's events will
be four criterium-style races
(multiple laps around a closed
course), sanctioned by the
U.S. Cycling Federation. The
action will take place on a
challenging half-mile circuit
starting in front of the Cham
ber of Commerce building on
Fourth Street, going toward
town before taking a right
onto Poplar, another right onto
Holly, down to Spring Street,
and back up Fourth. The
streets will be closed to traf
fic.
Racing will get under way
at 6:15 p.m. The first race will
be a combined field of ama
teurs, category 4 and 5. (Rid
ers ate categorized from one
to five based on skill levels,
with category 1 riders being
the best). The category 3 rid
ers will compete at 6:50 in a
race that will feature the
region's up-and-coming tal
ent.
The third race will be for
the masters, licensed riders 35
and over, at 7:45 p.m.
Although the masters riders
are older, their races are often
some of the fastest, with fields
made up of former pros; past
world, national and regional
champions; and experienced
cyclists who have been racing
for more than 20 years.
Friday's main event will
be the professional race start
ing at 8:30 p.m. The event will
feature both pros and the high- J
est caliber amateurs from
around the country. The pros
will compete for a $2,000
prize list.
Carolina Masters Cycling
Club. Vic Chisholm Racing
Inc.. Paceline Bicycles Racing
Team and Downtown Win
ston-Salem Partnership are
hosting the events.
Anyone wanting to get
involved as either a co-spon
sor or as a volunteer should
contact race director Charlie
Campbell at 922-6815.
Gatorade
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up in front of the TV and com
puter and away from the play
ground and ball fields," Car
mona said. "Childhood obesity
has more than tripled over the
past 40 years, and this epidemic
will lead to an obese and there
fore unhealthy adult population
unless we do something now.
Kids should get at least 60 min
utes of physical activity a day,
and I applaud innovative public
private partnerships like. 'Get
Kids in Action' that help us
motivate kids towards that
goal."
In October 2002, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention issued results from a
1999-2000 survey, which
showed that nationwide, more
than 15 percent of children ages
6 to 19 - or nearly 9 million
children - were overweight
(BMI above 95th percentile).
That's triple what the proportion
was in 1980.
The partnership among
UNC's School of Public Health
and Department of Athletics,
and Gatorade will take a com
munity-based approach to creat
ing tools and recommendations
for increasing childhood activity
and health eating. The goal, offi
cials said, is to replicate those
strategies in communities
nationwide.
Researchers from UNC's
School of Public Health will
study four N.C. communities to
better understand how doctors
and community organizations
can work together with families
to increase activity levels among
children. The research will test
tools to help doctors identify
children at risk for obesity, pro
vide counseling to parents and
children to prevent obesity, and
offer doctors information on
community-based activity pro
grams to extend to parents.
The research also will help
community groups prioritize
I
different available programs to
identify those with the greatest I
opportu
nity ot
increas
ing activ
ity lev
els.
O n
the edu
cation
front, the
partner
ship will
create
opportu
C armona
nities to better educate doctors,
community leaders and families
on the most up-to-date
approaches for increasing chil
dren's activity and healthy eat
ing. Programs beginning next
year in North Carolina include
childhood, activity conferences,
community town hall meetings,
CD-ROMs for medical residents
and doctors, and community
youth grants.
Parents can assess their
child's risk for becoming over
weight using a UNC-developed
tool at
www.getkidsinaetion.com. The
risk assessment is based upon
scientific research and national
guidelines.
In the outreach component,
UNC's student-athletes will
meet with and mentor elemen
tary and middle school children
on increasing their activity lev
els.
"I am as passionate about
encouraging kids to get active as
I am about winning on the soc
cer field," said Hamm, who
helped UNC win four women's
soccer championships while at
UNC. "There is no more impor
tant message that athletes can
send to kids today than to get up,
get active and have fun. Being
active as a kid sets an important
precedent for being an active
and healthy adult."
"Get Kids in Action" is one
of the first such partnerships
between corporations and public
universities to address child
hood obesity.
We are pleased to announce
to our practice the addition of
DR. ERIC SADLER
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