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Vol. XXXII No. 49 THURSDAY, August 24, 2006
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Wentz event slated for Saturday
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Support for Carver High School does not
appear to be drying up.
As Carver students prepare to return to class
es tomorrow, wentz
Memorial
'Congregational
United Church of
Christ is preparing to
honor Carver stu
dents, faculty and
staff. The church is
practically Carver's
neighbor. It is also a
member of the
Greater Carver
School Road
Network for Better
Education, an associ
ation 6f churches.
Carol Montague
organizations and
individuals formed recently to support Carver as
it works to improve the "test scores of students.
Members of the network will offer things such
as afterschool tutoring and mentoring programs
for students.
On Aug. 12, the network was involved in a
back-to-school pep rally at the schofil, where
members encouraged students and their parents
to help elevate Carver. On Saturday, Wentz will
sponsor a Carver High School Scholastic
Infusion festival beginning at 9 a.m.
Recently, the academic microscope has been
.put on Carver. A state judge put the school, and
several other schools with large minority student
bodies, on a list of schools that could possibly be
shut-down because of their low test scores. The
community has rallied around Carver since then
and is vowing to fight to keep the school's doors
open and increase students' performance.
Carol Montague. Carver's principal , has wel
comed the support with open arms. She says it
will take the entire village to help her students be
the very best that they can be.
Organizers of the Wentz event say they are
solidly in the school's comer.
"The mission of our festival is to inspire,
motivate, educate, and instill a hunger and thirst
for knowledge," said the festival's organizer,
Flonnie Anderson, a retired educator and mem
ber of Wentz. "We will kickoff the festival with
a 'Walking to Excel' walk beginning at Wenfe.
This walk will serve as an initial community
awareness and support rally for our beloved
Carver High School. At 11 a.m., we will begin
our festivities at Wentz, which will include moti
vational speeches, a dramatization and end with
a free cookout and distribution of free school
supplies for Carver students and their teachers."
Wentz's relationship with Carver spans near
ly five decades. The late Dr. Carl Martin, Sr., a
member of Wentz, was an administrator and
became principal of what was then Carver
Consolidated School (grades 1-12) from the
early 1950s until his demise in 1966. His wife
and son are still active members of Wentz and
"will be participating in the festival.
Kids spend morning at the office
Big Brothers Big Sisters
recruits adults to take young
ones under their wings
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Big Brothers Big Sister* (BBBS) held its 6th annu
al "Big for a Day" last Friday, giving young people who
are waiting for a Big Brother or Big Sister the opportu
nity to spend a morning at the
office by partnering with
adults.
BBBS is a national organi
zation that hooks up children
from primarily single parent
homes with one-on-one adult
mentors. The point of "Big for
a Day" was to give children
who are on the agency's wait
ing list a chance to spend time
with a mentor and inspire more
adults to volunteer with the
Grant
agency.
The 25 adults who participated in Friday's event
each took a child to their place of employment for the
morning. The event ended with a luncheon hosted by
WXII News anchor Wanda Stark, a longtime Big
Brothers Big Sisters advocate, at the swank Womble.
Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice office at One West Fourth.
"It's about making friendships. These are all kids
from single parent homes that just need a little extra
support, encouragement, a boost in their self confi
dence," said Pamela Suber, public relations director for
the locabBBBS,
Among the participants were Winston-Salem
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Photc* by Todd Ltjck
Truliant's Tanje Robinson with Monica Johnson.
Old and New Friends
Photo by Kevin Walker
Simon Rodgers and
Shelby West hug Saturday
during the annual Boston
Round-Up celebration.
The two old school pals
were among the thousands
who came out for the
event, which brings
together neighbors from
one of the city's most his
toric African American
communities. To read
more about this year's cel
ebration, see the main
community page on CI 4.
New gallery owners welcome first featured artist
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Photo by Kevin W.lkcr
Marlon
Hubbard and
Che vara Orrin
pose with Chief
Z a c h e u s
Oloruntoba, far
right. The trio is
standing in
front of one of
the chief's
works of art.
THE CHRONICLE
Chief Zacheus Oloruntoba is guided by spirits.
They call out to him in dreams, revealing secrets about the
past, present and future. They
inspire him and navigate his
masterful hands as he creates
works of art that have been cel
ebrated the world over.
"At first I was not happy
about it," Chief Oloruntoba -
looking stately in an intricate
Jace ensemble from his native
Nigeria - said. He was describ
ing his reaction when he first
began seeing and hearing spirits
? when he was just a young boy.
He got used to the voices and
Visions, which he believes come
from his ancestors. As a teenag
er, Oloruntoba was known and
'M-SSkm
celebrated throughout Africa for
his clairvoyant dreams. These days it is mainly Oloruntoba's art
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