Lady Rams get the best of Salem College ?See Pane HH Talk focuses on blacks in Turkey ?See Pane A3 I 660 West Fifth Stteet 75 cents 10P Winston-Salem, NQ //,' student ? OZT ? Poets = r)5 S compete o 7/ear.s- 5 -See Hui>r HI -? ??? . ' "OitV ? mm~ FORSYTH COUNTY" OCPA?TM?NT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Photos by Lay la Farmer A state grant paid far the new mobile testing unit. STD fight will be fought on the streets Health Department unveils new mobile unit B> I AYJ Af ARMI R I HI < HRQNjCt I Members of the lorsyth County Department of Public Health's POSSI (Preventing the Spread of STD's Everyw here) team introduced the community to their newest weapon in the war against the spread of sexuallv transmitted diseases on April 7. HIV STD Prevention Supervisor Patrice Toney led a rib bon cutting ceremony outside of the health department to eel Forsyth Health Director Dr. Tim Monroe speaks at the rihhon-cuttinf>. ebrate a new custom-built mobile STD testing unit. The vehicle, paid for by a grant from the N.C. Department of Health anil Human Services, will be used to conduct off-site HIV and syphilis tests for peo ple in the community, Toney said. "We plan to take the unit in non-traditional testing loca tions for those who never come to the Health Department (for testing)." she explained. "We want to make it as eass for people as possi ble." The unit contains a private counseling area and a place where team members can draw blood for testing, an on board refrigerator to safelv store " blood samples, and an external lelcMsion where those in line can watch educational videos while they wait to be seen. "It'll be nice." Syphillis Elimination Effort Coordinator Jennifer Nail said of the unit, which among other things will spare the team from ha\ ing to resort to coolers to keep samples at optimum temperatures. "It 'll make the idea of outreach a lot more powerful." Health Department Director Tim Monroe believes the unit will help to slow HIV and syphilis infection rates in the area. "We ha\e a challenge here in Forsyth County," Monroe said, referencing the high STD infection rates in the county. "Hopefully. this will add to our tools to address that. We really do think it'll make a difference in our community." The new unit will provide enhanced safety for the team ? See POSSE on A2 Ph I. o n g t i m e friends Turru Ellis lleft) and ktlrinka (iordon have \ tar led u new \en\ation with their Original Tre4 Adult \kate Jams. The monthly parties are drawing hundreds of attendees. How We 'Roil' ' Grown and sexy ' skate parties becoming local craze BY LAY LA FARMER 1 HE CHRONIC! I As girls. longtime friends Kitrinka Gordon and Tana Ellis say going to the local skating rink was one of the sta ples of their social lives. "1 lived to go to the (now defunct) Northside Family Skate Center in Winston-Salem every Saturday." said Ellis. "It was a place we could go that was just good, clean fun." Now. the two women, both 37. are finding that their social outings again often involve 9 pair of four-wheeled skates. Since last fall. Ellis and Gordon have hosted a series of "grown and sexy" get-togethers for the 25 and up crowd, known as the Original Tre4 Adult Skate Jam. The events have seen considerable success: more than 650 people flocked to Skate World in Kernersville to take part in a recent Jam. The parties run from 11:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. and feature skating and "old school" dance contests, complete with a deejay and an emcee. "1 knew that this was something that we really, really liked to do when we were younger, and I felt like people would vtrll want to (Jo it," Gordon said "I fell like it was a really good idea but I didn't know it would get this big,"' Gordon. a counts employee . the parties began when she and Ellis started finding did friends on the social networking site l-accbook last year They held several gatherings to re-con nect with childhood friends, including a summertime reunion at WinsUvfl Lake They began the skate parties in the lull as a nostalgic gathering where the group could get together and remi nisce V skalt >n \5 Local jobseekers plentiful at annuaT event Photos hv Todd L ucl Annie Lawson (left) and Yvette Scales (Jar right ) help jobseekers at the Arbor Acres booth. BY TODD LICK THE CHRONlCl-l Princess Walderi is among the thousands of people in the Triad looking for work She was also among the throngs on hand Tuesday the 14th Annual Employment and Resource Fair at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Annex hoping to find gainful employment - some thing that has eluded her for more than a year. Walden says not even experience - she worked in sales for three years - and education she has a master's degree are enough in this hellish economy. These days. Walden carries two resumes a pro fessional one and a watered down ( version designed for the sort of jobs Set* Job fair n A5 A Ram Throw-Down Phoi.v K\ I av!a I ariJK' WSSl"s Red Sea of Sound marching band perform \ Tuesday al the Grand Opening pep rally for the HH& T Hallpark . See full slorv . page A 10. DON'T PASS THE BUCK BUY LOCAL