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Vol. XXXVI No. 52 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, August 26, 2010
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Health officials plan to
test all inmates for HIV
BY l.AY LA FARMER
1 HI ( HRONK 1 I
The Forsyth County Detention
Center is poised to become
one of the first jails in the
state to offer around the clock
HIV testing to all inmates
during in-take processing.
HIV. Patrice Toney said.
Toney, the Forsyth
Counts Health Department's
STD Prevention Specialist,
spoke to supporters and other
Health Department staffers
last Thursday at a gathering
of the POSSE ( Preventing the
ungotng Npread of VI Us hvery where)
Advisory Council at the Piedmont Club
"We try to do something yearly to
bring together our partners and update
them on new initiatives that we're doing
and how they can continue to support
our outreach efforts." Toney said of the
Toney
luncheon. "This year, one of our main
objectives has been the jail."
POSSE secured a grant from the
North Carolina Department of Health
and Human Services earlier this
year. It plans to use the funds to
secure Correct Care Solutions,
an independent health services
administrator, to staff the jail
with nurses to provide HIV test
ing to all incoming inmates who
choose to be tested.
The new jail screening pro
gram. which organizers hope to
launch in mid-September, was
one of several topics discussed
during the luncheon, which was
centered around the impact of jail health
on HIV prevention in the community.
"It used to be that people only got
HIV testing if they requested it or if they
were recommended for it ... now. every -
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Expanded testing will be offered at the jail.
Carver secures its place in history
BY l.AYt.A IARMI R
I HI. CHRONK I I
Eighty-eight year-old Sarah
Frientle Hamlin remem'hers a day
when the "Carver Nation" consisted
of two small classrooms The school
had "no library no microscopes, no
nothing." as she puts it. yet Hamlin,
the valedictorian of Carver High
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1 graduating class
in 1934. said the
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pride was even,
bit as strong then
as it is today,
"We had the
privilege of
being seniors lor
three years, so
we felt like the
school was
ours." Hamlin said of the 18 students
who graduated in the inaugural class.
Hamlin was one of the many proud
Carver High School alumni who were
on hand at the school on Tuesday
morning to celebrate the school's
Founder's Day. To mark the occasion,
a historic marker was unveiled in
front of the school, denoting its long
and very proud legacy.
"In another lifetime, (when I
worked as) a yearbook rep. I used to
walk through the doors at Carver i
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Phakw Lay la Farmer
Carver Principal Sathan Barber, (rear, far left ) Mayor Allen Joines, School Board member Geneva Brown.
Superintendent Don Martin (rear). Carver Class of 1939 members katherine Durant Hunter and Sarah Friende
Hamlin and Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke help unveil the marker on Tuesday.
Scouts
look to
increase
diversity
Only about
600 area scouts
are minorities
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Leaders of the Old
Hickory Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, which
includes Forsyth and se\eral
surrounding counties, spent
time last week discussing
ways to bring more minority
youngsters into scouting.
D e
Tan
Nguyen,
t e am
leader of
multicul
tural
markets
for Boy
Scouts of
America,
was also
part of
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the discussion, which took
place last Thursday at the
Delta Arts Center Nguyen
works to increase the
involvement of minorities
and "under-served" popula
tions in the 297 Boy Scout
councils across the nation.
"(For) scouting, there's
still a perception that it is
white, middle class." said
Nguyen "The overall objec
tive of what we're trying to
do with this Council, as well
as any other council around
the country, is to get our vol
unteer rank and membership
rank to reflect the demo
graphics of the community."
The Delta Arts Center
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Sharee Frazier holds her sons Saronye (left)
and Shane.
A House and a Home
Shelter for women praised for providing
family atmosphere
BY LAYLA FARMER
I Ml CHRONIC! I
Sharee Frazier is homeless,
unemployed and single-handedly
caring for her two infant sons - 15
month-old. Saronye. and six-week
old Shane.
Yet. Frazier is all smiles as she
busies herself with yet another
dirty diaper. She says she's got
something that helps her to see
beyond her current hardships - it's
called hope. And for the first time
in recent memory, Frazier. 32, a
recovering drug addict and mother
of five, is daring to dream. She
gives credit to Dc'Asja's House, a
program that has helped an increas
ing number of women like Fra/ier
to get hack on their feet.
"This program gives you the
fuel to blast off to a fulfilling
future. It gives you the ambition to
want to be something." said
Fra/ier. w ho hopes to one day earn
a nursing degree. "I'm looking at
the big picture, finally. That's what
they do - they help you see the big
picture."
At Dc'Asja's House, the place
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Konnoak Elementary School Teacher Eileen Hall
embraces Tywam Davis on Tuesday as faculty and staff
from the school visit students at theifhomes. To read
more about it. see page Bl.
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