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Vol XXXVI No. 22 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, January 28, 2010
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County
battling
gang
activity
Prevention will be
large part of effort
BY TODD LL'CK
THE CHRONICLE
The city's first-ever Gang
Awareness Week is aimed at
the prevention, intervention
and suppression of pang activi
ty.
Events, including work
shops for law enforcement offi
cials and town hall-style meet
ings for the public, began on
Monday and will continue
Quick
through
tomorrow.
Gangs arc a
real and
growing
problem in
F or s y t h
County,
according
to Solomon
Quick, the
Winston
Salem
Ponce Department s gang
coordinator specialist and the
organizer of the week's activi
ties. He said there are presently
more than MX) known gang
members in the county who
belong to 37 different gangs.
"We as a community must
understand that if we ever hope
to solve our gang problem, we
have to embrace our young
people." said Quick "I tend to
look at gangs, or our young
people's involvement with
gangs, as their needs not being
met - their social needs not
being met. that sense of
belonging, that protection of a
family."
Quick said youth need the
discipline. guidance and
involvement of caring adults to
steer them away from gang life.
This sentiment was echoed
at Gang Awareness Week's first
youth summit held Monday at
Goler Enrichment Center.
Middle and high school stu
dents w ho are part of the city 's
Youth Crime Watch program
participated in a forum. The
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Ashley students stand near a table filled with sweet treats on Tuesday.
sweets for. suFFewNc;
Second graders hold bake sale to help Haiti
BY LAY I. A FARMER
I HI CHRONIC! I
Students at Ashley IB
Magnet Elementary Sehool
lent their support to the
ongoing relief effort in the
earthquake-ravaged nation
of Haiti Tuesday , as part of a
week-long project devel
oped by Thi Cain, a teacher
and grade level chair, and
other second-grade teachers.
Students from Cain's
second grade class donned
paper chefs hats and
makeshift uniforms and
hawked baked goods,
lemonade and pins to their
peers and Ashley staff mem
bers The money the stu
dents raise from the donated
goods will be given to the
Red Cross. Cain said.
Cain's father, Pastor
Floyd Jackson of Bculah
Tabernacle Holiness Church,
helped her launch the cam
paign with a $100 donation
Cain also created pins with
the Steppin Up for Haiti
(i us Reid, a third grade teacher, and Isidra (iarcia make
their selections.
logo to be sold at the bake
sale.
"It's kind of a last minute
vision." she said of the proj
ect. "We knew that the chil
dren would like sweets, and
I thought the pins were a
way that people could shOfa
their support all week long."
Cain's students have foj
lowed the events subsequent
to the tragic Jan 12 disaster
closely.
"We've been learning
that there was an earthquake
and we're trying to raise
money for them because
they have no food or water."
eight year-old Malcolm
Webb said of the quake vic
tim?*.
Students from each sec
ond grade class will take
turns acti-ng as bake sale
servers before Steppin l!p
for Haiti wraps up on Jan
29. Cain said the hands-on
experience of managing
monev and providing servic
es for customers comple
ments what they are alreadv
learning in class.
"I'm proud of them." she
said of the students "I'm
happv that we could do this
for a good cause, as well as
teach the students the cur
riculum thev must know for
second grade."
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Packages of food, toiletries
and information were passed
out by volunteer counters.
Count
gauges
homeless
problem
BY LAV LA FARMER
THI CHRONK I I
Teams of local volunteers
were slated to hit the streets
Wednesdav night and earlv
Thursdav morning, in hopes
of finding and counting everv
homeless person in the citv
Community volunteers
arc
grouped
with repre
sentatn i'v
from vari
ous serv
i c e
provider
agencies
and home
I e s s
liaisons
for the
annual
Hairs ton
Point in Time tPIT) count,
led by the Ten Year Plan to
End Chronic Homelessness
<TYP)
The teams will canvass
the community, visiting
places where homeless peo
ple arc known to sleep Team
members conduct bnet inter
Views that probe the circum
stances that led to each indi
vidual's homelessness and
deliver care packages that
include essential items such
as gloves, sweatshirts, blan
kets and toiletries Those
who sleep in shelters will
also be included in the tally
The count is mandated by
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Honoring Service
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Winston-Salem State University Chancellor Donald Reaves (far left) and Wake Forest
University Provost Jill Tiefenthaler (far right) present Building the Dream Awards on
MLK Day to public servants Jonathan Jackson (second from left) a WSSU junior; Ana
Maria Wahl, a WFU professor; and Mustafah Abdullah, a senior at WFU. WSSU
Professor Dr. N'krumah Lewis also earned one of the honors.
Remarkable Medicine, Remarkable Talent
Forsyth Medical physician displays his other talent
BY LAYLA FARMER
THfc CHRONICI.I
Visitors to Forsyth Medical Center's
Sara Lee Center for Women's Health
were treated to a live performance b\
one of the center's own last week.
Physician Theodore Igbinigie. an
internist with Novant Inpatient Care
Specialists._j-egaled colleagues and
passers-by with the rich, soothing
melodies of his electric kev board. one
of eight instruments ihe self-taught
musician and vocalist has mastered
"This is what I enjoy doing." com
mented the London-born Igbinigie. who
grew up in Nigeria. "I enjoy playing for
people; I want them to feel the music
the same way I feel it "
A medical center employee for the
last five years. Igbinigie performed
Sec Doctor <>n A2 ')r Theodore Igbinigie performs.
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