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Tfjc r\iDn>Ti^T r 1 llJD vllivUl ^ wins 1 1 iii vh i h i n Vol. XXXVlll No. 14 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, December 1, 2011 Winning B-ball team earns kudos -See Ptif;e BIO New spa makes its debut -See Pane A2 wssu .ebn(/ students P~ , 75 cents Serve by North Cargling lyoy cPrv:n ? Forsyth C&ifo/iUrfic Literary 1 f v ln? 660 <?' (V$nston-SaW, NC 27101 ? 1 \ - -.SVf Paxe* Photo by T(xkl Luck Deshara Myers rings her bell outside of Dillard's at Hanes Mall last week. Agencies send out holiday SOS BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE Local charitable organiza tions arc depending on gener ous donations this holiday season to help those in need. ror more than a century. the Salvation Army has used hell ringers with bright red kettles to col lect donations dur ing the holidays. Maj. Kent Davis, area commander for the local Salvation Army. . . ? 1 .L ... * I J ? I - Nam mai ( iic- kcuic program has made the holidays syn onymous with giving. "Some of I he comments we hear are "I don't feel like it's Christmas until I see the Salvation Army out.'" said Davis. The kettle program is a major fundraiser for Salvation Army, which pro vides emergency assistance, a Fitzgerald homeless shelter for women and families and Boys and Girls Clubs for youth. Last year. $338,000 was raised through the kettle program, and this year the goal is to raise $350,000. New to the kettles this year are the Quick Response (QR) codes on the signs above the kettles that smart phone users can scan to make online donations. Bell ringers began working late last month. They can be found outside of many local s tores . i nel udi ng Walmart. Sam's Club. K Mart, Macy's and Lowes Foods . Deshara Myers is one of the bell ringers. Last week as she manned a kettle in front of Dillard's at Hanes Mall. Myers said taking part in the See Agencies on A6 Ph<Hi? by Li) la fanner Brando n Turner is one of only 32 students nationwide to have been selected for the presti gious scholar ship this year. Proud of Our Rams j-: ' WSSI PIhUo hy Ciarrcii Ciarms Winston-Salem Stale University Head Football Coach Connell May nor (standing second from right) is getting his team ready for battle. The surging Rams will face the New Haven Chargers on Saturday at home in the quarterfinal of an NCAA regional playoff. The comm unity is being urged to support WSSU as it continues its quest for a national champi onship. Read more about how to get tickets to Saturday 's game on page ?? ? /i ? ^ ^Jl I 1 Well-rounded Turner named Rhodes Scholar BY I.AYI.A l-'ARMhR i H I CHRONICI I A Wake F orest student has landed one of the most prestigious scholar ships in the country. Brandon Turner, a senior, bio physics major, was one of only 32 col lege students nationwide who were selected from a pool of 830 candidates to study at England's Oxford University next year as a Rhodes Scholar. Turner is the only North Carolina student who was selected this year as a Rhodes Scholar. According to the organization's Web site. Rhodes Scholars are chosen "not only for their outstanding scholarly achievements, but for their character, commitment to others and to the com mon good, and for their potential for leadership in whatever domains their careers may lead." Over the course of his college career, the 21 year-old rugby player has displayed each of the criteria in tangi ble ways, according to Dr. Thomas Phillips, director of Wake Forest Scholars, the office that shepherds stu dents through the scholarship process. Phillips, who has worked with many of the dozen Rhodes Scholars the school has prochiced in the last 25 years, believes it was Turner's unique combi nation of brains, brawn and compas sion that tipped the scales in his favor. "He is very capable intellectually, but at the same time, he has a tremen dous humanitarian spirit and those things together make for a pretty See t urner on A 1 1 High-tech parking meters hit the streets BY LAY I. A FARMER I HI CHRONICLE The City of Winston Salem has added two new solar powered parking meters . The new pay stations were installed near the Forsyth County Hall of Justice in the spring, one on the sec tion of S e c o n tl Street het ween the Main Street and Church Street intersec tions. and a second King on the 200 block of Main Street just outside the court house. Instead of having one meter per parking space, the new pay stations manage a handful of spaces at once and offer the flexibility of paying in cash of any denomination (the old meters only take quarters) or credit cards. Motorists can designate the amount of time they wish to occupy the space without having to come hack to "feed the meter," but rates have increased for those who choose to park in areas mon itored by the pay stations for long period* of time. Those with handicapped placards, who were previously allowed to park for free, are now required to pay for parking in See Meiers on All Shoppers asked to Buy Local BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE As the holiday shopping season began last weekend Winston-Salem had its first "Buy Local Saturday." The City of Winston-Salem, along with the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership (DWSP) announced the initiative the day before Thanksgiving during a media conference on Trade Street. Between the frenzied Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping events, "Buy Local Saturday" was designed to encourage local residents to spend money at local business es. Organizers hope that the goal of initiative will be embraced throughout the entire Christmas shopping season and beyond. "Don't just do it this Saturday, do it all during the year, but particularly during the holiday season because, really, this is a time when a lot of our retailers make their money." said Michael Suggs, the chair of the DWSP's board who runs Pt?o?o b> Todd I uv'k Michael Suggs speaks. the Trade Street shop Body and Soul with his wife. Dana Many owners and mangers of local businesses from around the eity spoke at the press conference. Vivian Joyner. co-owner of Sweet Potatoes, said that customers are doing a lo[ more than enjoying good Southern cooking when they come to her downtown restaurant. They are helping the restaurant's 30 employees support their families and much more, she said. "When you come and you huy lunch or dinner or take-out See I iK'al on A 9 Spend it here. Keep it here. BUY LOCAL FIRST! 1
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