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Vol. XXXVI No. 48
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THURSDAY, July 29, 2010
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Chef Don McMillan demonstrates the proper way to cut an onion as his young pupils look on.
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Residents reap delectable rewards of community- garden
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Organizers of the Goler Community Garden at the Downtown Health Plaza
recently took another step in their quest to make healthy eating more accessible to
everyone in the community.
Last Thursday evening, the group hosted its first-ever free cooking class led by
Chef Don McMillian.
The garden was established last fall in an effort to make fresh vegetables avail
able to the patrons at the Downtown Health Plaza and residents in the surrounding
community. The garden, which sits on the lawn of the Health Plaza, is staffed by
volunteers from the facility and the community.
'This was one of the original ideas, that not only do you provide people w ith the
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Joseph Brown Jr. (left) and Hlack McMillan wash veggies.
WSSU plays host to 30 black men who aspire to teach
Photo by Todd I u?.k
Bruce
H i c k s o n
leads a ses
sion about
"Creativity
in the
Classroom "
on Tuesday
at WSSU.
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
New and aspiring African- American male teachers are
spending this week at Winston-Salem State University learn
ing how to take on the challenges of the classroom.
They are taking part in an institute sponsored by the
Thurgood Marshall College Fund's HBCU Teacher Quality
and Retention Program (TQRPi. The program is designed to
recruit, support and retain future teachers attending HBCUs
(Historically Black Colleges and Universities), so that those
educators can teach in undeserved urban and rural communi
ties.
This week's WSSU session attracted attendees from
around the country. It was also TQRP's first all-male insti
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City
targets
graffiti
artists
BY LAYLA FARMKR
THI ( HRONK I 1
City Council Member
James Taylor Jr.. who has
only been representing the
city's Southeast since
December, is celebrating the
unanimous passage of his
first resolution Taylor
spearheaded the effort to add
an amendment to an existing
city ordinance that is
designed to crack doun on
graffiti.
Under the new ordinance.
It IS
unlawful
for retail
ers within
city limits
to sell
spray paint
to minors
who are
n o t
accompa
nied by a
Taylor
parent or
guardian Minors are also
barred from possessing spray
paint on city property
Penalties for the offenses
could cam a fine of as much
as $500
"Graffiti creates the illu
sion of crime and an unsafe
neighborhood, and I think it
deters businesses from the
community," Taylor stated
"I think (this ordinance I cre
ates a framework that can
use to attract businesses and
to keep our city looking pros
perous."
Taylor says the graffiti
that plagues many areas of
his ward is more than just a
nuisance; it can also be a
threat. "Tagging," one of the
most common forms of grat
fiti found around the city, is
done by gang members, who
use the "tags" as j w ay ol
marking their territories
Taylor belies es the new rules
for retail stores will help
alleviate the prevalence of
this and other forms of
defacement
"If it's harder for minors
to get their hands tin spray
paint, the likelihood that
they 're going around spray
painting is lessened." he
said.
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One Sweet Ride
Service provides unique way to get around downtown
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONIC! I
The newest way to get around downtown
isn't really all that new at all.
Foster's Sweet Ride Rickshaw is provid
ing local residents with a method of travel
that, in larger cities and countries throughout
the world, is as common as taking a taxi cab
Owner Chris Foster can now he seen
many evenings peddling around downtown
in his cycle rickshaw or pedicab The three
wheeled hike is specially designed with a
canopied passenger compartment. Foster
said that in the four weeks since he started.
people have repeatedly told him how glad
they are to see a rickshaw in Winston-Salem
"Even those first few nights I was com
ing out and nobody was riding ... just the
response I got from people was priceless.
That was plenty, that just made me want to
keep coming out." said Foster
Business has picked up He's peddled
many couples, families and small groups
around town in his rickshaw, which can hold
up to three adults. Some of his customers, he
said, simply needed quick transportation
between downtown's ever-growing eateries.
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Chris Foster
makes his
way along
Trade Street.
His custom
made rick
shaw can
hold up to
three adults.
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