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Health from page AT and neither should you. It's really about making better decisions. If you use two sticks of butter in your famous peach cobbler, use one or a healthier butter substitute. If you use salt pork in col lard greens, try smoked turkey instead. Or, if you love soda, try a low- or no-calorie version or ckink from a smaller cup. Another problem 1 often see in my practice is the idea that kids need to "clean their plate," This was once a good rule, but now that we are feeding our childen adult-sized portions, it can be dangerous. With my daughter, I allow her to decide when she's full - clean plate or not - because kids are good at saying when they've had enough. So, next time you sit down to dinner, put a little less on your child's plate and listen when they tell you they're full. It might also help you rethink the amount on your plate, too. Lastly, family time shoulch't only be TV time. Get up and be active together. If your kids are jumping around with their Wti game, join . them. If they're playing tag in the backyard, be "it." One thing I love to do with my daughter is (fence because it's good exercise and lets us be silly together. Leaving a legacy of good health doesn't have to be serious and boring, so have fun with it. This isn't a letter of "shoulda, coulda, wouldas" because I understand food is a cultural and satisfying expe rience. Rather, it is a challenge for you to take inventory of your family's health habits and make small adjust ments that could bring about big changes. Studies show that just a small weight loss can redfeoe the risk of heart disease, diabetes and other dis eases. So this month and year-round, I'm taking a pledge, and I hope you will too: I pledge to leave my ^laughter with better health habits than the gen eration before her. I will leave her with less risk for heart disease, dia betes and obesity. I will be active for her and with her. And I will make deci sions that set her on the path to good health for the rest of her life. Good luck creating your family's good health legacy for this generation and the next. Dr. Rani G. Whitfield, known best as 'Tha Hip Hop Doc," is a boad cer tified fan ily physicicn with a privae practice in Baon Rottge- Hp an be I reached a www h2dn-?>m?f ' J Awards from page XI Chronicle Publisher Ernest "Ernie" Pitt said of Corpening. "That Y was her life and 1 think the success of that Y is due primarily to *hgr com>/ mitment to making it people friendy and reach ing out and providing the kinds of programs people want for themselves and for their fami lies." , ,, Hayes, a former WSSU football coach, returned to the school as athletic director in 2010, during a time when morale was low fol lowing the school's departure from Division I athletics. As AD, Hayes vowed to restore WSSU to its former glory as a force to be reckoned with in the C1AA. He has made good on that promise in his first two years at the university. The school currently holds CIAA Championship titles in four different sports: football, basket ball, track and baseball. The WSSU football team made history last year, when it became the first HBCU in more than 20 years to make it to the NCAA Division II semifi nals. "Look at what the suc cess of the football pro gram and the basketball program and sports in gen eral has brought not only to Winston-Salem State, but to the City of Winston-Salem. They're held up as an example of what a small university can do," Pitt declared. "Winston-Salem is a small town, but right now we've got four championship H under I C- I Dr. Gray teams coming trom the same university. Corpening and Hayes will be feted alongside a host of other deserving community servants during a Saturday, March 17 gala at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Chronicle readers were invited to nominate deserving citizens for the honors. A panel made up of community leaders and Chronicle staffers selected the winners. The Chronicle founded the awards in 1985 as a means of recognizing unsung heros in the local community, Pitt said.-' "At the time that we started it, black people were not being recognized by the media in any positive light," he noted. In the years that have transpired since. The Chronicle has honored a parade of caring local residents, lifting up common men and women who saw fit to do uncommon things," Pitt said. "Our awardees are not celebrities. They're ordi nary people doing extraordinary things," he said. Pitt says he expects attendance at the event - which will feature a keynote address by Dr. McNeiltBewd*. faith based outreach .coordinato^sfaf GotKrtlpk Perdue - to attract Submitted Phuto Local business icon John Anderson. I Submitted Photo Rodney Stilwell at a cook-out for vol unteers that he coordinated. close to 1,000 attendees. In addition to Corpening and Hayes, 12 indi viduals and three organizations will take home Community Service Awards this year. "It is just great to see the positive things that the community is doing," declared District Court Judge Denise Hartsfield, who will serve as the gala's Mistress of Ceremonies. "We wait far too long to applaud people who are doing well." Marva Reid, a tireless community organiz er, will be recognized for her commitment to the Ashley Precinct she chairs and the entire East Winston community. Her fellow Community Service Award recipients are Ramona Ham brick, who is known as the mother of the Rolling Hills community and is a fearless advo cate for her neighbors; Maurice Pitts Johnson, who singlehandedly led the charge to reclaim the historic graveyard in the Happy Hill community and restore it to its original beauty; and Dr. jpharies E. Gray, the longtime pas tor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, who has led countless community outreach efforts in the community over his 30-plus year tenure. Husband and wife team Georjean and Warren Moore will be honored as the Curators of the African American Arts, an honor present ed jointly with the N.C. Black Repertory Co. The artistic director of the Otesha Perfoming Arts, Ensemble, Mrs. Moore has introduced many local chilcken to the joys of dance. Mr. Moore, a retired music teacher, conducts musical workshops around the city. Both husband and wife work with the young performers through the Black Rep's Teen Theatre. State Sen. Linda Garrou, Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries Chaplain Rodney Hie ntoto Ramona Hambrick with some of the kids of Rolling Hills. S til well and Liberian Organization of the Piedmont Founder James Y. Hunder Sr. are all receiving Special Recognition for their con tributions to the community. Garrou, who has served in the N.C. Senate since 1999, is step ping down from her post this year after an impressive career. Stilwell, who has served local inmates through the ministry for nearly three decades, has r? been hailed as a beacon of Christian love and hope for many. Hunder is being recognized for his commit ment and service to Liberians here irT America and in his native land. Pat Mumford and ? John Anderson will receive the coveted M Lifetime Achievement honors for their decades of Mumford unparalleled contributions to Winston-Salem. Anderson is being lauded for his impressive enterpreneurial career that dates back to 1944, when he first opened the doors to his downtown Johnnie's Shoe Shop. Mumford, who has worked at Experiment in Self-Reliance for more than four decades, has helped innumerable low income individuals and families achieve finan cial security and build strong foundations. State Rep. Larry Womble will receive a Special Tribute for his servicp to the communi ty Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, which successfully became a God-centered mega church within the last year. Meals On Wheels and the Simon Green Atkins CDC will also be honored during the spirited event that Judge Hartsfield, the 2008 Woman of the Year, prom ises will be a crowd pleaser. "It is a chance to meet people that you only read about up close and personal," she said. "It's just a fun and festive day. It's like our Oscar night." The 27th Annual Community Service Awards Banquet will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Manrh 17. Tickets are $25 end include a six-month subscription to The Chronicle. For more information, contact Paulette Moore ct 722-8624 xlOO or plewis@wschronicle.com. -mr?mt r H fl ISHH . i n nim | mi n n HOWTO KEE?? THE DEVIL I Vi^y J (i^tst I , - jM???? 11iI ill11 ? nlii IKH I ? MilTa**
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