Community
Calendar
Healthy eating classes
The community is invited
to a five-Week, two-Tiour
class on "Eating Healthy on
a Budget" beginning Satur
day, Jan. 17 at the St. Mark
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Building on 14th and Cleve
land Avenue. The event is
being done in conjunction
with NC Cooperative Exten
sion. Participants will learn
to make healthy drink
choices, the benefits of eat
ing more fruits and'vegeta
bles and of physical activity.
Call 336-767-6145 and
leave your name, address,
and telephone number to reg
ister, or you may mail your
information to St. Mark
Lutheran Church, 1151 E.
14th Street, Winston-Salem.
NC 27105.
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Mourning women's
support group
"Broken Hearts, Better
Days," a support group for
-women ( 1 8+) who mourn the
murder of a loved one . meets"
the second and fourth Tues
day of every month from 7 -
8:30 p.m. at Green Street
United Methodist Church,
639 South Green St. For
more information, call Paula
Hawkins at 749-4691 or go^
to www.vigilsforhealing.prg.
Leonard to preach
Dr. Bill -J.
Leonard, church history pro
fessor at Wake Forest Uni
versity, will preach at the
9:45 a.m. service at First
Baptist Church on Highland
Avenue on Thursday. Jan. 1
to begin a year long celebra
tion of the church's 1 30th an
niversary. Founded in 1879.
the congregation is the oldest
African American Baptist
church in Winston-Salem .
Talent Hunt seeks -
applicants
The Psi Phi Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi is seeking
applications for its Annual
Talent Hunt. Eligible appli
cants must be student vocal
ists or instrumentalists in
grades 9 through 1 2 perform
ing cJassjCalorsemi-classi
cal music, the Talent Hunt
will be held on Feb 8, 2009
at 3 pjh. at the Anderson
Center's Dillard Auditoriurti
on the campus of Winston
Salem -State University. Ap
plications must be submitted
by Jan 26, 2009
For more information,'
contact Co-Chairman Shej
wood T. Davis Sr., at
bishop I ?aof.com or 336
655-8109.
Substance abuse djelp
If you or a family mem
ber is struggling with sub
stance abuse HELP is a
phone call away The Twin
City Area Narcotics Anony
mous Helpline catr be
reached at 800-365 1035 or
online at www.tcana.org
For meeting schedules and
additional information for
this 12-step Recovery Pro
gram, please call the number
or visit the Web site.
Members of the Othesha Creative Arts Ensemble perform last week.
Award winner Fleming El-Amin.
Award winner Mel W hite.
Spoken word artists from Othesha perforin.
Mimes from the Royal Curtairi Drama Ciuild perform.
I Program participants march into the roam.
Unity in Motion
Locals attend first night if Kwanzaa celebration
BY TODD LUCK /
THE CHRONICLE . ? ' .
The city's annual Kwanzaa festivities kicked off last Friday night at the Winston-Salem
Urban League's downtown headquarters. Attendees enjoyed music, dance and fellowship.
Starting the weeklong cultural celebration at the Urban League is a long-standing tradition.
The Urban League Young Professionals, Triad Cultural Arts and the National Association for
Black Veterans sponsored the event. Johnathan Sadler, president of the Young Professionals,
hosted the eveining. (
"I'm originally trom
Winston-Salem, and as long as
I can remember we've always
cotne to the Urban League the
first day after Christmas to
celebrate the community-wide
Kwanzaa." said Sadler.
Kwanzaa- was- started by
activist Maulana Karenga
more than 40 years ago-. It's a
time of reaffirmation 'for
African-Americans that incor
porates many African tradi
tions. Each night of the holi
day celebration focuSes on a.
(Jilterent A mean value tnat -r a . . , , ? . . _
strengthens tllcitfTnfoimity. Youn* t'sh,rt vendors Zen and S*rMS
' " Umhjav or unity, was cele- - ?
Krated the opening night and was stressed by the many prominent community leaders in atten
dance. including Mayor Allen Jojnes and N.C. Rep. Larry Womble.
Awards were presented to those, who have created-unky in the community. Mel White was
honored for his research and documentation, of local African-American history Fieming El
See Kwanzaa on B9
Former Urban l.eague President I) Wylie leads a chant.
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