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Speak Life team members (from left) Anthony Irvin, Judson Fraley and
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Speaking Life
New HIV/ AIDS advocacy
groups takes form
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BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
In North Carolina, being young is a risk factor for
contracting HIV.
Those within the 13-35 age bracket accounted for
more than 41 percent of all new HIV cases in the state
in 2008. according to a recent NC HIV/STD
Surveillance Report.
African-Americans also showed a disproportion
ately high infection rate, making up over 57 percent of
all new cases. Judson Fraley aims to change that.
Fraley founded Speak Life Inc. last spring to reach
out and touch those who are most affected by the dis
ease. Speak Life leaders say the organization will
serve as a "one- stop shop" for those w ith HIV/AIDS -
a resource to connect them w ith one another, emotion
al support and local service pro\iders.
A former assistant director of Student Activities at
UNC School of the Arts. Fraley was inspired to form
Speak Life after a friend was diagnosed with HIV. The
despair that his friend felt made an impression on him.
said Fraley. an Altus. Okla. -native who has se\eral
friends that are living with the disease.
"1 went to bed that night saying 'Somebody's got to
do something." and woke up the next morning with a
passion to be the solution." related the 28 year-old.
Sec Life on A 9
Students, symphony create perfect harmony
Collaboration will send thousands of books to Africa
BY LAYLA FARMER
I HI CHRONIC! t
For five decades, the Winston-Salem
Symphony has partnered with Winston
Salem/Forsyth County Schools to introduce
youngsters to the world ofN'ym'phonic
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music.
Small ensembles
of Symphony musi
cians visit each school
in the county at least
once a school year,
and a full-fledged
symphony orchestra
concert is staged
exclusively for local
students annually.
Assistant
Conductor Matthew
Troy, who leads the annual orchestra eon
certs, says he wanted to do something spe
cial in 2010, in celebration of the 50th
anniversary of the Symphony's partnership
with the schools.
"I decided to change the theme of the
program to storytelling and music, and the
connection between literature and music led
to a literacy theme." related the 30-year-old.
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Assistant Conductor Matthew Troy.
"... and it kind of took on a life of its own."
After searching the Internet for ideas.
Troy stumbled upon the African Librarv
Project, an organization that promotes liter
acy by partnering with American volunteers
to collect new and gently used books to
establish libraries in schools and villages in
Africa.
Alter meeting with school system lead
ers. Troy set out on the ambitious goal of
collecting 1 .000 books from each elemen
tary school in the county to be shipped to
partner schools in Botswana.
"1 think it's incredible that they as an
entire school system are also on board with
this," he declared. "It's just exciting."
The African theme w ill even be incorpo
rated into this year's Symphony shows for
students, slated for March 3 and March 4
Troy will lead the Symphony Orchestra in a
concerto inspired by" African drums.
African dancers are also slated to perform.
"It was just one of those things where it
felt like it was meant to be." Troy said of
the project. "It's really a fantastic way to
bring everything full circle for the students,
stressing the importance of literacy and
reading."
In the classroom, many of the teachers
m the various schools are also wea\ ing
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Ph?>U? b> I^vm Farmer
Candidate Jerry Herron was joined at the Hoard
of Elections on Monday by his wife, Le'Ondra.
The Race
is On!
Candidates file to run for
office in 2010
BY 1-AYLA f-ARMh.R
I HI CHKONKi I
We know that the earls bird gets the worm:
but the votes?
Those v. ho were the first to file for the 20 10
election season on Monda\ certainly hope so
The filing v. indow for candidates opened at
noon anu win close ui noon on
Feb. 26. Many incumbents
wasted no time filing tor re
election. State Rep Larry
Womble <D>. who will seek his
ninth term; State Rep. tafline
Parmon (D). pursuing her fifth
term representing N'.C.'s 72nd
District; and State Sen. Linda
Garrou (D), going for her sev
enth term, 'were among the first
at the Forsyth County Board ol
Elections. As was State Rep.
Larry Brown (R). who filed for
his fourth term in the VC.
House.
"I have always been inter
ested in serving the people."
said Brown, who represents the
73rd District, which includes
Walkertown and Belews Creek.
".. I just want to utilize my
experience to help my con
stituents in Raleigh."
Honham
Sherilt Hill Schat/man came out to submit his
intent to run for what he calls, "The best |ob I've
ever had."
If elected for a third term. Schat/man pTomis
es to put a greater emphasis on youtfx violence
and gangs: domestic violence, and the county's
registered sev offenders' program. 1'he Sheriff 's
Office, which will finish a three-year accredit a
tion process in the spring, has done well on his
watch. Schat/man says
"We're quicker, we're more efficient, we're
more effective." he stated, "Our performance is
board and peer review recognized We have
addressed the best practice models in law
enforcement."
Sc'v 2010 on MO
Jackson claims victory in battle to breathe
COPD had all
but crippled her
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
As Doris Jackson walked
briskly on a treadmill on
Monday, it was hard to
believe that a little more than
?a year ago. she couldn't
move even a few steps with
out being winded.
Doctors diagnosed her
condition as COPD (chronic
obstructive pulmonary dis
ease) caused by chronic
bronchitis. The condition -
the fourth leading cause of
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Doris Jackson walks on a treadmill with her husband.
Douglas by her side.
death in the United Stales
makes breathing so difficult
that any type of physical
activity and even talking
is a struggle.
Jackson knows that strug
gle all too well. There was a
time when was attached to an
oxygen tank from the time
she woke up until bedtime,
even when she ate meals Her
home was filled with large
machines designed to help
her breathe and fill her
portable oxygen tanks
'"I V as on how , many
machineV'" Jackson asked
her husband. Douglas, with a
laugh
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l.oca! kids celebrate the 1 00th birthday of Rov Scouts
of America on Monday with cake and camaraderie.
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