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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
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friends Turru
Ellis lleft) and
ktlrinka (iordon
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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 A 10
Princess Walden
From Victim to Advocate
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Jamie \abozny speaks at WFV.
Plaintiff in landmark school bulking case shares
insight at Wake Law School
BY LAYLA FARMER
1 Ml CHRONIC ! I
Jamie Nabozny spent much of his middle and high school years in
Asmano. wise., uouging nis classmates spithalls and
the myriad objects they hatefully hurled at him in the
hallways. '
The abuse led him to contemplate suicide on sever
al occasions, said Nabo/ny. who says he was teased and
bullied because he is gay.
Today, that experience and the actions Nabo/ny
eventually took as a result - have made him a bona tide
hero in the eyes of many, a beacon of personal strength
for gay youth who face discrimination everywhere
Nabo/ny was the plaintiff in the 1 W6 case. Nabo/ny
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