Briefs
New eatery opens in The Depot
Carolina Blues Coffee & Bagels opened last week
at the J Douglas Galyon Depot at 236 E. Washington
St in Greensboro. ITie sit-down cafe celebrated its
grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a
special appearance by Miss North Carolina Nadia
Moft'ett. on July 7.
The eatery sells fruit smoothies. Krispy Kreme
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Submitted Phou
Jeelan Jones, center
with two employees.
aonuis, oageis. pre
packaged salads, wraps,
sandwiches and a choice
of more than a dozen
coffee and specialty
drink flavors like cook
ies and cream, peanut
butter cup and chocolate
almond.
Owner Jeelan Jones
chose the Depot, which
recently added two addi
tional passenger mid
day trains between
Raleigh and Charlotte, to
accommodate the almost
1 ,000 and growing trav
5 elers that visit daily.
, Carolina Blues Coffee
& Bagels is located
inside the Amtrak
entrance of the Depot
across trom the visitor center.
"We love this location because it allows us to meet
a lot of people and be neighborly, which comes as nat
uralls to us as making a fantastic cup of coffee." said
Jones.
The cafe decor is inspired by the southern railway
charm of an era gone by and features a new. large
built-in coffee bar where a lunch counter of a cafete
ria-style eatery once stood in the historic 192()'s struc
ture. Vacant for several years, the space is now
resplendent with a new. working fireplace, and 18
table and armchair seats for patrons to relax between
bus and train stops.
It is open Monday - Saturday 7 a.m.- 10 p.m. and
Sunda\ 10 a.m. -7:30 p.m.
Locals among NCBA leaders
The 114th Annual Convention of the North
Carolina Bankers Association (NCBA) was held June
20-21 in Charlotte.
During the event, the new NCBA Board of
Directors was elected. Members include new
Chairman Larry D. Barbour, president and CEO of
North State Bank in Raleigh. Other newly appointed
board members are: Vice Chair Donna Goodrich, sen
ior executive vice president of BB&T in Winston
Salem and Immediate Past Chair Simpson "Skip" O.
Brown Jr.. the Winston-Salem-based president of the
Triad Region of First Community Bank.
Texas Pete company
has new president
Ann Garner Riddle has been named president and
CEO of Winston-Salem-based TW Garner Food
Company. She succeeds her brother. Ralph E. "Reg"
Garner, w ho passed away last June after a long illness.
Riddle holds a B.A. in Psychology from Hollins
College in Virginia, and a B.S. in food science from
North Carolina State
University. Prior to
ncing nameu to
her new post. 4
Riddle served
as a vice presi
dent of TW
Garner for the
past 13 years. Her employ
ment with the company began in
January 1972.
Her untie. Thad Garner, start
ed the business in 1929, making
and selling barbecue sauce. The com
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paii> iiiiiouuccu ie*as reie noi sauce in tne early
1930s in response to customers asking for a spicier
product.
Kiddle has been married to W. Arthur Riddle III
for 30 years and enjoys farming, needlework and
especially helping her husband with his NASA/JPL
Solar System Ambassador Outreach Programs
Group honors Butterfield
The Conservation Council of North Carolina hon
ored U.S. Rep. G K Butterfield. along with State
Reps Grier Martin. Becky Carney, Kelly Alexander.
Tricia Cotham and State Sens.
HutlrrfirUI
Josh Stein and Don Vaughan
with environmental awards at
its fourth annual Green Tie
Awards on June 29 in
Raleigh
Butterfield received the
Catalyst Award for his exem
plary leadership on the
American Clean Energy and
Security Act last year As vice
chair of the House Energy and
Commerce Committee.
Butterfield crafted key sec
tions of the comprehensive climate and clean energy
legislation that will protect North Carolina families
from rising energy costs. It is unlikely that this land
mark legislation would have passed out of the U.S.
House last June without him.
C'CNC is a statewide lobbying organization dedi
cated to protecting, preserving and enhancing North
Carolina's natural environment.
Several schools getting new principals
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The Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Board of Education has
selected new principals for sev
eral schools, while some
schools have new principals
through internal transfers.
The new principals are:
- Rodney Bass at North
Forsyth High. Bass has been the
principal of the School of
Computer Technology at Atkins
High since 2(X)9. He is replac
ing David Burleson, who is
now the school system's assis
tant superintendent of high
schools.
- Brian Brookshire at Old
Richmond Elementary.
Brookshire has been the assis
tant principal at Jefferson
Elementary for the past three
years and the assistant principal
at Walkertown Elementary for
the six years prior to that. He is
replacing Kathryn Fariss, who
is retiring.
- Ted Burcaw at the
Kings wood School at The
Children's Home. Burcaw will
be the first principal of The
Kingswood School, which will
open at The Children's Home
for the 2010-1 1 school year and
serve up to 150 students with
disabilities or mental health
diagnoses. Burcaw has been the
principal of Cook since 2004.
- Joe Childers at the School
of Computer Technology at
Atkins High. Childers has been
the principal of Hanes Middle
School since 2005. He replaces
Bass, who will he the principal
of North Forsyth High.
- Jay Jones at Walkertown
Elementary. Jones has been the
principal of Konnoak
Elementary since 2006. He is
replacing Neil Raymer, the new
principal of Meadowlark
Elementary.
Jacob Lowther at
Sherwood Forest Elementary.
Lowther has been the assistant
principal at Sedge Garden
Elementary since 2007, and
also was an administrative
intern at Griffith Elementary
from 2004 to 2006. He is
replacing Dan Gallimore, who
is retiring.
- Neil Raymer at
Meadowlark Elementary.
Raymer has been the principal
of Walkertown Elementary
since 2007 and was an assistant
principal at Jefferson
Elementary from 2001 to 2007.
He replaces Sharon Holmes,
who has been interim principal
at Meadowlark since
December.
- Sara Roberts at Speas
Elementary. Roberts was the
principal of Oak Hill
Elementary in High Point for
four years, and principal of
Southern Elementary in
Greensboro for the four years
prior to that. She also worked as
an assistant principal in
Davidson County. She is
replacing Kent Reichert, who is
retiring.
Earn a Hampton Ph.D.
from your living room
University greatly expands online offerings
CHRONlCl.fi STAFF REPORT " ? ' ... . .
A virtual Hampton University has opened on the World Wide Web.
The 142-year-old Virginia-based historically black university announced last week that
HamptonU Online w ill offer an even wider array of degree programs entirely online beginning
on Aug. 2.
HamptonU Online offers three doctoral
degrees - including the new Doctor
of Philosophy in Business
Leadership and the Doctor of
Philosophy in Educational
k Leadership programs - two
^ master's degrees, eight
bachelor's degrees, two
associate degrees and two
certificate programs.
"In every part of the
College of Education
and Continuing
Studies, we are trying to
take the expertise and
strong programs found
on campus and make
W them available to popu
f lations of people which
Hampton University hasn't
touched yet." said Dr
eassandra Herring, dean ot
^ the College of Education and
Continuing Studies.
HamptonU Online is especially
designed to aid working adults working
toward a degree. The program will offer a vari
V ety of flexible, comprehensive student support servic
es 24 hours a day. seven days a week. HamptonU Online is led by Dr. Cristi Ford and housed
within HU's College of Education and Continuing Studies.
For the 2010-2011 academic year. HamptonU Online undergraduate courses are S425 per
credit hour and graduate courses are $600 per credit hour.
For more information, a list of degrees offered or to register for courses, call S 77-63.1-9150
or visit http://huonline.hamptonu.edu.
Minority librarians to be recruited
for new two-year master's program
CHRQNK II STAFf jU POR1
A federal grant of almost $900,000 will help the Department of Library and Information
Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro recruit minority students.
The $889,401 grant is
one of 39 awarded during
this grant cycle by the
Laura Bush 21st Century
Librarian Program of the
Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS),
IMLS received 110 appli
cations requesting more
than $68,242,619
The grant results from
a team effort between
Library and Information
Studies and the UNCG
University Libraries.
The funds will be used
to recruit 15 minority stu
dents into UNCG's Master
of Library and
Information Studies
(MLIS) program The
grant covers tuition and
tecs, student health insur
ance. stipends and expenses to attend a national conference
The program also provides the students with internship opportunities at 10 participating
academic libraries, which are at High Point University. Wake Forest University, Guilford
See Program on A5
Fik Phdtn
W'Xll 12 News Anchor Wanda
Starke.
Dedicated
volunteers
honored for
their service
SPECIAI Hi I Ml CHRONK I I
Big Brothers Big Sisters recently
gave local volunteers Sen ice Award, a
national honor offered in recognition
of stellar service.
"The President's Volunteer Service
Award recognizes individuals and
families who demonstrate a commit
ment to their community and by
example, inspire others to engage in
volunteer service," said Amy R
Mack. president/CEO of Big Brothers
Big Sisters.
Bronze Award (between 100 and
249 hours for one
year) winners
are:
? Charlene
Curtis, a board
member and Big
Sister with nine
years service;
? Brett ( Board
Member) and
Wendy Hoge,
who share two
Little Brothers
Mack
and have nine years service;
? Brad (Board Member) and Anitra
Mitchell, who share a Little Brother
and have seven years service;
? Ken Moser, a board member with
two years service; and
? Scott Stoll, a Big Brother with
six years service.
Silver Awards (for completing
between 250 and hours for one
year) went to:
? JoAnne Augustine, a Big Sister
with 14 years service;
? Gray Barbour, a board member
with 12 years service;
? Jasper Brown, a Big Brother with
eight years service ;
? Ron Hutton, a board member
with 14 years service; and
? Toussaint Holland, a former
board member and Big Brother with
13 years service.
Paul Donohoe. a Big Brother with
eight years service Teceived a Gold
Award for completing more than 500+
hours in a year. Lifetime Achievement
Awards went to Wanda Starke, a Big
Sister, board member and media
anchor who assists with promotional
stories for the agency; and Karen
Lineberger, a board member and Big
Sister for 24 years.