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Sam McMillan tribute to Womble Carlyle's connection to
Wake Forest University.
Law firm thanks
artist legend for
unsolicited work
Sam McMillan has earned both local
and national acclaim
BY LAY LA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
It's been more than five
decades since Wake Forest
University, then Wake
Forest College, made its his
toric move from Wake
Forest, N.C. to its new home
in Winston- Salem. Since
that time, the institution has
grown exponentially,
Forest has been wonderful
to Winston. So, to have 50
years to commemorate that,
that was a special thing."
The commercial caught
the eye of one of Winston
Salem's most famous resi
dents, artist Sam McMillan
Known as the "Dot Man"
for the signature polka-dots
found in nearly every one of
his works - which range
becoming a
potent force with
in the communi
ty
In celebration
of the 50th
?anniversary of
the * university's
move to the city,
Winston-Salem
based law firm
Womble Carlyle
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from furniture, to
paintings, even
clothing - the self
taught McMillan
gained critical
acclaim for his
habit of simply
painting that
which was familiar
to him
Featured in
"Smithsonian"
created a special television
commercial, where a hand
ful of attorneys from the
firm stood on the campus
shouting, "Go I
cent of its attoi
from either the law school
or undergraduate programs
at Wake Forest, Womble
Carlyle has reason to be
Demon Deacon fans.
"We don't usually do
commercial advertising; we
just did this to just he sup
portive of Wake Forest,"
explained Attorney Linwood
Davis. "To come here,
become a university, to
grow and expand ... and
have a larger community
that could be supportive has
been a wonderful thing for
Wake Forest and Wake
With more
ui a ^ a <. i u v ,
McMillan's creations grace
the interiors of homes, busi
nesses and museums nation
wide.
"It's advertisement for
me," McMillan said of his
works, many of which he
\has donated to charities or
simply given away. "That's
what it's for."
Born in 1926, McMillan
worked for most of his adult
life as a gardner; tending the
flowers of DeWitt Chatham
Hanes for nearly two
decades.
"I never took a brush in
my hand, so ... Ms. Hanes,
she helped me get started,"
McMillan commented.
Calder Womble, Hanes'
son-in-law, is currently a
partner in the Winston
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WSSU faculty and staff listen to information ghoul e-Care.
Unforgettable
Photo b> U)la I anm-r
Waller Emery,
vice presidnt of
the Triad
Vietnam Veterans
Association,
stands near the
marker of
Forrest
Hollifield, one of
dozens outside of
Lawrence Joel
Veterans
Memorial
Coliseum.
Emery is one of
many local veter
ans who are
devoted to mak
ing sure that the
sacrifices of vet
erans and cur
rent soliders are
never forgotten.
To read more
about Monday's
Memorial Day
program at the
coliseum, see
page A13.
' Lifeline ' honors its volunteers
For 10 years agency has
helped local women
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
There's no denying that volun
teers are the impetus behind many
service-driven organizations, and
Hold Out The
Lifeline
( H O tL )
Ministry is no
different.
For more
than 10 years,
HOTL, a sub
sidiary of
Today's Woman
Health &
Wellness
Center. has
worked to improve the quality of
life for local women wjio suffer
because of poverty and or lack of
access to medical advice or educa
tion - a task made possible in part
thanks to the dedication of many
volunteers. phou* h> uyu i *mcr
See HOTL on A12 Michele Powell speaks at last week's event.
Camp
works
to deter
teen bias
BY LAY LA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
The Youth Ami -bias
Leadership League (YALL)
is offering local teens a
socially conscious alterna
tive to traditional summer
camps this year. Founded
just over two years ago, the
YALL program is a spin-off
of the Institute for
Dismantling Racism - a
commu
n i t y
wide
collabo
r a t i v e
i n i t i a -
live that
seeks to
break
down
barriers
created
ny racism ana i OS III cultural
understanding among
diverse groups in the area.
"The Winston-Salem
Foundation does Youth
Grant Makers Association
grants, the YGA grants, and
somebody said our kids
should do a grant," Amybith
Harlee, the youth director at
Green Street Church, said of
YALLs formation. "We sat
down and some of our kids
said, 'Well, we want a train
ing like what our parents
had' (through the Institute).
I was like. Well yeah, 1
can do that.'"
In honor of the group's
one-year anniversary, YALL
hosted a weekend retreat, in
20<)6. The retreat was open
to the public and focused on
the ideals of racial tolerance
and cultural understanding it
had sought to promote
throughout the year Harlee
says that the project struck a
chord with a handful of
young people who partici
pated.
"Of the 16 that came to
the retreat, we had about six
of them want to stay con
nected," she explained. "We
started meeting on a month
ly basis and talking about
how we could grow and
what we could do, and put
ting together a mission state
ment. We decided to do a
week-long camp ... instead
of doing a weekend retreat."
In ordty to create a more
comprehensive experience
for YALL campers, the
group enlisted the help of
Sec YAI.I. on AI2
Good Health gj Your hinpertips
WSSU initiative meshes Internet and wellness
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Studies show thai most people
use the Internet to play games, e
mail and shop. But there's a mas
sive amount of free, reliable health
care information on the Internet
available to anyone with a comput
er modem, that's underutilized
especially by those who need it the
most.
Professors at Winston-Salem
State University are trying to
change that and get minorities to
start looking online to leam about
what ails them E-Care We Care is a
program run by physical therapy
professor Hamdy Radwan, occupa
tional therapy processor Darlene
Perez
Rrnwn ami
nursing pro
fenor
Bobbie
Reddick. Its '
goal is to
teach those
in under
served pop
u 1 a t i on s
how to use
me internet
to gel accurate health information.
"We have a lot of web sites
?
available on the internet that contain
health care information. These web
sites can be reliable, they can give
you good jnformaUon, others are O
naffSo/ttlPjoTyiere is to prov ide the
cjminunity, the under served popu
lotion. with reliable healthcare
information that they can take and
make informed decisions when they
are faced with any health issues."
said Radwan.
The program has its own web
site, www.ecarcwecare.com, that
features information on heart dis
ease, diabetes, cancer, obesity and
STDs, including HIV and AIDS.
See c-Care on A9
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Carl H. Russell, Sr.
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