? , Photoi by Todd Luck
Kooert aethea hands out t-shirts and trophies to his students.
Still Swingin'
School Board member continues popular free summer
golf program for young people
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
School Board Member Vic
Johnson wrapped up his
Eleventh Annual Golf Clinic
last week.
For four weeks, more than
90 golf students between the
ages 8-16 practiced their
swings and techniques at the
Reynolds Park Golf Course
during the free clinic.
For some, like 6-year-old
Jaylond Smith, it was their
first golf clinic. Smith said his
favorite part is "hitting the
golf ball," which he was
always anxious to do.
For others, like 13-year
old Kierra Brown, the clinic
has become a regular summer
time event. This is her fifth
year taking part.
"I like (golf) because it's
something I can do to ease my
mind," said Kierra. "It's
something you can do to just
relax. It's not like basketball
and other sports (that are)
very stressful."
Like many students, the
clinic was Kierra's first expo
sure to golf. She likes it so
much now that she even plays
sometimes on her own, away
from the clinic.
Johnson and many of his
friends and golf buddies serve
as coaches during the clinic,
showing the youngsters the
basics of the game .This sum
mer was Hiawatha Bethea's
third year as a golf coach in
the clinic. He is always
thrilled when helping keep a
young person on the straight
and narrow.
"Anytime I can help the
kids ... of the street, I enjoy all
that," he said.
Hiawatha Bethea's broth
er, Robert Bethea, is a golf
coach at Winston-Salem State
University. Robert Bethea
also volunteers his time and
expertise at the clinic. He has
been involved with the pro
gram for the last eight years.
"It makes me younger,"
Robert Bethea said of his
involvement in the clinic.
"Having the young folks keep
me moving."
As is tradition, each par
ticipant - there are no winners
and losers - received a trophy
for taking part in the clinic.
Last week's finale also fea
tured a hot dog lunch and
guest speakers Tom
Trollinger, an avid golfer him
self and the founder and CEO
of Contract Office
Furnishings; Tim Grant,
director of the city's Parks
and Recreation Department;
and Reynolds Park Golf Pro
Andrew Kilpinen. They all
encouraged the kids to apply
the lessons they learned in
Vic Johnson's Golf Clinic has become a summer tradition.
News
Clips
DMV hires anti-theft team
leaders
The N.C. Division of Motor
Vehicles has announced that
Brian Bozard has been named
director of the DMV License
and Theft Bureau and Greg
Lockamy has been named
deputy director.
Bozard has been the acting
deputy director of the bureau
since February. He is a 30-year
veteran of law enforcement,
beginning his career in 1978
with the Halifax County
Sheriff's Office. He was a lieu
tenant detective with the
Enfield Police Department in
1989 prior to joining DMV in
1992.
Lockamy, a 28-year law
enforcement veteran, has
served for the past five years in
DMV's Office of Professional
Standards. He was named
assistant director in May. Prior
to joining DMV in 1988,
Lockamy was a member of the
Cumberland County Sheriff's
Office. He was also a telecom
municator with the N.C. State
Highway Patrol.
Bozard and Lockamy will
oversee about 440 employees
whose primary responsibilities
include investigating vehicle
theft, ' title fraud, driver
license/ID fraud, vehicle
inspection sticker fraud and
vehicle odometer fraud. The
bureau is also responsible for
enforcing the rales and regula
tions governing vehicle dealers,
vehicle safety and emissions
inspection stations, vehicle
towing and storage facilities,
and vehicle repair businesses.
The DMV License and Theft
Bureau was created in 1921 and
is the oldest law enforcement
agency in the state.
Goodwill awards Greene
Scholarships
Goodwill Industries of
Northwest North Carolina has
awarded scholarships for aca
demic achievement to the chil
dren of nine Goodwill employ
ees through the Dr. Bob H.
Greene College Scholarship
Program.
The recipients, all attending
accredited universities or insti
tutions of higher education in
the fall, are Hannah Bean of
Lexington; Sarah Briggs of
Arden; Cameon Burk of Vilas;
Eugene Galloway of Winston
Salem; Lance Haymore of
Mount Airy; Ashley Helsley of
Arden; Ryan Oliver of Fletcher;
Christine Shay of Pilot
Mountain; and Olivia Walker of
Winston-Salem.
Goodwill's Board of
Directors established the schol
arship fund in honor of Dr.
Greene's years of dedication to
Goodwill and in recognition of
his longevity of service to
North Carolina academia.
A&T students in Ghana
A group of North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical
State University students from
a world studies class are spend
ing much of this month in
Accra, Ghana, as part of a serv
ice-leaming project to promote
literacy to the country's strag
gling children.
During the spring semester,
students became engrpssed in
contemporary world issues
such as modem day slavery,
human trafficking and child
labor and decided to take
action. A&T students took their
classroom discussions , a step
further and created the
Ghanaian Child Literacy
Project. They enrolled fellow
students, family members,
church congregations and the
general public to donate books
and other educational materials
to the project. They also used
the freshman e-board to mobi
lize a campus-wide book col
lection. Together the students
collected over 1 ,200 children's
books to be distributed to two
organizations in Ghana that
educate street children (The
Street Academy and The
Catholic Action for Street
Children) and make the distri
bution next week when they
arrive in Ghana.
Students who will be travel
ing are: Akimi Sinclair. Travis
Jackson, Wayne Kimball. Jr..
Crista Greenlee, and Sargent
Nelson. They will be accompa
nied by Dr. Deborah H Barnes,
associate dean of University
Studies, and Dr. Agya Boakye
Boaten, assistant professor of
University Studies and project
coordinator. They will return
next week.
Cowling is 2008 'Holistic
Nurse of the Year'
Dr. Richard Cowling,
director of
the PhD
nursing pro
gram at The
University
of North
Carolina at
Greensboro,
has been
named 2008
Holistic
Nurse of the
Year by the
Cowling
American Holistic Nurses
Association (AHNA).
Cowling, who also edits the
Journal of Holistic Nursing, is
the first male ever to win the
award.
Cowling holds ? BS from
the University of Virginia, an
MS in Psychiatric Mental
Health Nursing from Virginia
Commonwealth University, a
PhD in Nursing from New
York University, and is certi
fied as an advanced practice
nurse in both mental health and
holistic nursing. He has served
as an educator, researcher,
administrator and practitioner
at universities in Virginia,
Ohio, South Carolina and
North Carolina. His research
and scholarship is focused on
facilitating the personal power
of women who have survived
child abuse.
Hiawatha Bethea
golf (discipline, persistence,
practice) to their real lives.
They especially emphasized
the importance of doing well
in school and going to col
lege.
Last year, a student in the
golf clinic went to college
with a golf scholarship, a fact
that makes Johnson very
proud. A city native, Johnson
said he "grew up in the recre
ation center." He started^ the
clinic as a way to give some
thing back - the way that
adults gave something to him
when he was a young man.
Johnson said he also want
ed to expose the kids to a pos
itive activity that would
encourage "less crime, more
scholars."
"Golf is a gentlemen's
game. You learn how to con
trol yourself," said Johnson.
"To play golf is within you.
Yoir can't fault anybody else.
And it teaches a lesson: if you
continue to work at something
you'll be successful."
The clinic is funded by
Network 2000, an organiza
tion of current and retired
Reynolds American employ
ees. The group raises funds
for the clinic through its annu
al golf tournament, held at the
Winston Lake Golf Course in
September.
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