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Photos by Layla Garms From left: State Rep. EarUne Parmon talks with Murray Greason, Kristina Farrell and Donny Lambeth. Chamber members hear from candidates BYLAYLAGARMS THE CHRONICLE Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce members got up close and personal with candi dates for the North Carolina House and Senate Tuesday during a luncheon at the Hawthorne Inn. The event adopted the speed dating model. Candidates were placed at tables with a handful of poten tial constituents for a loosely formatted 15-minute session before the ringing of a large cowbell signaled to candidates that it was time to move to the next group. Each table of Chamber members was allowed to ask the candidates about the topics of their choosing, and hear directly from the candidates about a variety of issues facing the state in the months and years to come. "This is a format that I've used in a variety of different venues," said Joe Stewart, the former political director for the state Chamber of Commerce and lead facilitator of the event. "It really does promote a conversational atmosphere. It's really an occasion for you, in a smaller group setting to hear (from) the candidates." Wendy Mailey, director of Government Affairs for the Chamber, said Chamber lead ers decided to forego the more traditional panel-style method of hearing from candidates with the hope of truly famil iarizing Chamber members with the people who represent them at the state level. "We want them to have a greater opportunity to connect with the folks who may repre sent them," Mailey said. "We want them to feel comfortable talking with the elected offi cials and letting them know what their needs are." All 13 candidates running to represent Forsyth County in the General Assembly were in attendance at the luncheon, which was hosted by the Chamber as the last install ment of the year in its quarter ly Lunch with Leaders series. Republican Reginald "Reggie" Reid of Winston Salem will be facing off against Democrat Rep. Ear line Parmon in die race for Senate District 32, which is currently occupied by Sen. Linda Garrou. Reid, a native of Johnston County, said he was looking forward to interacting with Chamber members as job creation is among his chief platforms, along with educa tion and public safety. "I want to get involved with the business community because the biggest purveyor of jobs is the business commu nity; people need to get back to work," said Reid, an area representative for ASSE International Student Exchange Programs. "...I believe in more business, not necessarily more govern ment." Table conversations took on a light and friendly air as candidates briefed the groups about their personal back grounds and fielded questions cm a variety of topics, from healthcare reform, to higher education to hacking. Delmas Parker, the Democratic candidate for the Senate District 31 seat, and an educator for more than three decades, told the group he was a big proponent of education and is especially interested in finding ways to support at risk students in their educational journeys. "When we bring people along who can contribute to our state and contribute to our society, I think we're all better off," said Parker, who is fac ing Republican incumbent Pete B runs tetter. County Commissioner Debra Conrad, who is facing Democrat David Moore in the House District 74 race, told her group that she is a fiscal conservative. "I don't like raising taxes," she declared. 'To me, the best way to prevent that is to have a healthy, normal revenue pool ... hopefully, we can get back to that." Ed Hanes, the Democrat running for the House District 71 seat, was adamant in his opposition of the controver sial hydraulic fracturing process known as "fracking, while other candidates took a more neutral stance. "That's a two headed sword," remarked Kris McCann, a Republican run ning for House District 71. "...I don't want to see our resources get messed up, but what I do want to see is we put guidelines in place that protect our beautiful resources." At the end of the luncheon, the candidates received 60 seconds to address attendees. Allan Younger of the Small Business and Technology Center Development Center at N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro, was on hand to listen to the candidates. "It's much better to have personal interaction than just hearing the sound bites or see ing the signs as I'm driving somewhere," said Younger, a Chamber member for the past three years. "I've been to sev eral of the events where you hear someone speak and maybe shake a hand ... how ever, I prefer an opportunity to have a one on one conversa tion. This type of event defi nitely helps to shape the opin ion that you have of the candi dates and therefore, the way you vote." County Commissioner Debra Conrad addresses Chamber member Ralph Womble and others. ^L? ? J \^Y/^f WA i 4 ? ^u* 1 i ^^jK^STr VVJ ?WlilliiillM ?u&UyAij|UUai||^ Hmmm mr- mMtmM BCTfWilTfyiWwBJiWWlmfHfcli^yTITiT'M Coaches from page A4 added. "The same behavioral expectations in terms of appropriate communication should be expected during the high school sporting hours. If a teacher addressed a student by calling him or her anatomical slang for not turning in their math homework or for failing a test, it is likely that the teacher would be suspended or n i n..? r? nicu. dui tor some reason, we don't extend this expectation to the sporting environment ~ and that is a problem." Duffy is an assistant pro fessor of kinesiology in the UNCG School of Health and Human Sciences and the director of the Program for the Advancement of Girls and Women in Sport and Physical Activity. Her research centers around sexu al violence in athletics. Outside the classroom, you can often find her on the sidelines in and around Greensboro coaching women's field hockey. She Duffy says she knows and hears the content of coaches' language firsthand. "Being a coach as long as I've been a coach and grow ing up in a coaching family, I'm verv aware of how neo pie communi cate," Duffy said. "If we have coaches - and equate them as teachers - using this kind of lan guage and it nor malizes it, there is a big issue." Program evaluations indi cate the training is getting results. Over' 80 percent of coaches report the workshop will help them do their jobs differently and bet ter, more than 70 percent said they'd be able to recognize sexually violent language that's not so aggressive or overt, and more than half of participants said they'd know what to do to stop the use of violent language. The "Coaching Coaches" workshop, which has been in use for two years, was funded by a grant fitjm the Winston Salem-based Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and created in partnership with the N.C. High School Athletic Association and the N.C. Coalition Against Sexual Assault. So far, about 150 coaches and 30 athletic directors from across North Carolina have attended the training. The workshop's information has also been presented at numerous regional and national confer ences. An online version of the workshop is currently in development and is expected to be available in early fall. Ovarian from page A4 have. 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