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Vol. XXXVII No. 3
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THURSDAY, September 16, 2010
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Hair today. Gone Tomorrow
Well-known business owner makes personal
sacrifice on 9/11 Day of Service
BY TODD LUCK
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Vivian Joyner is as well known
for her endless dreadlocks as her
Trade Street eatery. Sweet Potatoes,
is for its stellar eats and long line of
customers.
While Sweet Potatoes is still the
most popular place downtown to
grab lunch and dinner, Joyner's salt
and pepper mane is no more.
On Sept. 1 1 - billed as a National
Day of Service in honor of the vic
tims of the terrorists attacks that
occurred nine years ago - Joyner sac
rificed her mane for a worthy cause.
She was among the 104 men and
women who publicly had their heads
shaved during a Saint Baldrick
Foundation fundraising event to ben
efit childhood cancer research.
The brave souls faced a large
crowd and the clippers on a
makeshift stage in front of
Finnegan's Wake - a restaurant just a
hop, skip and jump from Sweet
Potatoes. The event took place amid
the annual BookMarks Festival of
Books.
As Joyner took her seat in one of
the four barbershop chairs, emcee
Roger Rutlege got the crowd fired-up
while encouraging the on lookers to
make cash donations in honor of the
"shavees." Joyner's turn in the chair
immediately piqued the crowd's
interest. Hers were no ordinary tress
es. Joyner's dreads extended well
below her waist. She had spent the
last 16 years giving them lots of ten
der-loving-care.
Cheers and donations were quick
ly made in support of Joyner. They
increased as a volunteer barber took
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Vivian Joyner before and after her daring haircut.
PhOfctt by Tixld .Luck
Wake kicks-off Prosser tribute program
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Members of Wake Forest
University's Men's
Basketball Team visited
fourth graders at Petree
Elementary School on
Monday to kick-off yet anoth
er year of the university's lit
eracy program.
The children's excitement
Prosser
was palpa
ble as they
sat in the
sc hoo I 's
library -
craning
their necks
in hopes
of being
the first to
spot a
towering
hall player. Screams erupted
when the Demon Deacon, the
university's familiar mascot,
entered the room, preceded
by players Gary Clark and
Carson Desrosiers.
Seated in rocking chairs at
the head of the room. Clark, a
senior guard, and freshman
center Desrosiers took turns
reading Dr. Seuss's "Oh. the
Things you can Think!" to the
students.
"My parents had me read
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Gary Clark (left) and Carson Desrosiers hand out Wake Forest bookmarks to eager Petree students.
Ph?<i> h* I^jiv !m Farmer
Photo* by UtyU Farmer
Former FTCC President Harvey Affeldt with
Dr. Gary Green, the school's current leader.
Forsyth Tech turns 50
BY l.AYl.A PAKMKR
THE CHRONig I
Forsyth Technical Community
College alumni, supporters and
students joined others Tuesday to
kick-off a slate of activ ities to mark
the college's 50th anniversary .
Dozens gathered in the school's
newly-constructed Alumni Oval in
the center of its main campus to
celebrate the milestone.
"We have a great history." said
Forsyth Tech President Dr. Gary
Green. "We have done a tremen
dous amount of work in the last 50
years."
Of all those present at the out
door celebration, no one could
attest to the changes that have
taken place on the school's campus
over the years better than Harvey
Affeldt. Affeldt. a native of
Portsmouth, Va., left his job as a
F.arline Parmon's commemora
tive brick is one of many in the
Alumni Oval.
high school teacher to become the
first employee hired b> the institu
tion in July I960 The school con
sisted of two buildings at the time,
he said.
The 84-year-old became the
school's second president in 1^71 .
a puts it ion he held for a decade. The
school established its first pro
crams for health care workers dur
ing his tenure.
"In the W70s. we were the step
children." he related. "We were the
school that pot our hands dirty "
Affeldt. who spent a total of 27
years at Forsyth Tech. said he is
pleased with the direction the
school has taken in recent decades
"It's unbelievable. Gary
(Green) is doing a super good job."
he said of the sprawling campus,
which now includes two satellite
locations and a campus in Stokes
County. "It's really exciting: it's
great we were really a part of (its
history ) "
City Council Member Dan
Hesse read a proclamation from
Mayor Allen Joines designating
Sept. 14 as "A Day of Celebration
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Otto Steele addresses the
graduates.
A
Tasty
Future
Reformed felon tells
cooking grads to
defy expectations
BY I AVI \ t \RMI K
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Second Harxest food
Bank dI Northwest Nl"s
Triad Community Kitchen
released yet another class ot
culinary hopefuls into the
community this week
Seventeen students com
pleted the 10-week program
They were feted Monday
morning at the Food Hank's
headquarters on Reed Street
"Cherish
the jo\ you
feel right
n i) w
S e c o n d
H a r \ e > t
Executive
Director
Clyde
Fit/gerald
told the
excited
Fitzgerald
graduates. "Let it be your be a
con to a sale harbor in the dM
ficult times you may face in
the future."
The adult student* all ol
whom were deemed under
employed or unemployed to
qualify for the program
learned culinary and sanitary
skills under l:\ecuti\c ("he!
Jeff Bacon before spending a
week in the field as interns
The Class honed its skills
at the h>od Bank by preparing
ready-to-heat meals from
donated food: The meals were
distributed to Second
Harvest's many partner agen
cies
"You folks took a risk
You turned problems and fail
ures in the past into a \ery big
success, and we are \ery
proud." lit/gerald told the
class. "Success i\ a matter ot
character, and each of you has
demonstrated true character
by overcoming problems and
turning your li\es around."
Not all students make it to
graduation. but the
Community Kitchen has been
successful overall. Bacon
said.
"There are over 250 grad
uates out in the community
now," he said. " Triad
Community Kitchen grows
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