Community
Sect,on B Also Sports, Religion and Classifieds february 14, 2013
Community
Calendar
Aging Services Committee
meeting
The Forsyth County
Aging Services Committee
will meet on Friday, Feb.
15 at 9 a.m.
at Senior Services, 2895
Shorefair Drive. The guest
speaker will be Blair
Barton-Percival, Assistant
Director of the Area Agency
on Aging. Call 336-703
3883 for more information.
The Forsyth County Aging
Services Committee meets
on the third Friday of each
month.
Black Panther panel at
Heritage Center
The Malloy/Jordan East
Winston Heritage Center,
1110 E. Seventh St., will
host an exhibit and two
panel discussions with the
Winston-Salem chapter of
the Black Panther Party on
Friday, Feb. 15 at 10 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m. Attendees will
learn about the struggles of
the Civil Rights Movement
and the tremendous impact
it's had on human rights up
to today. Call 336-703-2950
for more information.
Yoga event
The Yoga Gallery's Third
Friday Community event
will be on Friday, Feb. 15
from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at 633
N. Trade St. The featured
speaker will be Life Coach
Judy Marie Willis. Call 336
725-4119 or 336-997-5087
or email jwillisparentlife
coach@gmail.com for more
information or to register.
The suggested donation is
$10.
Jack & Jill Flapjack
Fundraiser
The Winston-Salem Jack
and Jill Senior Teens will
host a Flapjack Fundraiser
on Saturday, Feb. 16 from
8-10 a.m. at Applebee's,
1990 Griffith Rd. All pro
ceeds go towards assisting
the teens with their volun
teer projects and donations
to charities. Tickets are $8
and can be purchased at the
door or by calling 336-996
1236.
Atkins Class '66 Reunion
Meeting
Atkins High School
Class of 1966 will meet at
Golden Corral ? University
Pkwy. on Saturday, Feb. 16
at 3 p.m. for a dutch meal to
discuss its June 7-9 Class
Reunion at Sundance Plaza
University Pkwy.
Business Plan competition
at Enterprise
The WSSU students' 6th
Annual Business Plan
Competition takes place on
Saturday, Feb. 16 at the
Enterprise Center, 1922 S.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Winning teams will take
home cash prizes. There is
no entry fee but reservations
are required. Email sgakin
scdc4@gmail.com or
pagiavlasno@wssu.edu or
call 336-734-6900.
Mavericks sign-ups
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Photos by Layla Gam
Former WSSU Women's Basketball Coach Alfred Harvey (left) poses with forme
Athletic Director Al Roseboro.
The Legends
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Former hardcourt stars
enshrined at WSSU
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
The Winston-Salem State University
Athletics Department paid homage to
some of its most prominent former stu
dent-athletes during the Earl Monroe
Legacy Weekend, Feb. 1-2.
Named for former WSSU
and New York Knicks standout
Earl "The Pearl" Monroe,
Legacy Weekend was con
ceived by Athletic Director Bill
Hayes.
"I envisioned it to be a bas
ketball homecoming," said
Hayes, who has achieved near
legendary status himself for
helping WSSU gamer a slew of
C1AA championships in recent
years . "That's really what it's
all about, trying to have a special basket
ball homecoming where you get alumni
and former great players to come back
once a year, and the greatest of the great,
we want to hang their jerseys on the wall
for perpetuity."
The university began honoring former
basketball greats in 2011, but expanded
the celebration to a weekend of festivities
this year. Six individuals and one unfor
gettable team, the 1963 CIAA
Championship team, were selected by the
Legacy Weekend Committee to be hon
ored. The team, which is celebrating the
50th anniversary of its CIAA title this
year, was joined by fellow 2013 Earl
Monroe Legacy Weekend Honorees
William English, '69; Sandy Smith, '73;
the late Carlos Terry, '78; Reggie Gaines,
'80; Keenan Menefee-Long, '86; and
Carolyn Huntley, '87. Their jerseys were
unveiled alongside those of 2011 recipi
ents on the Gaines Center's Legacy Wall
during halftime of the men's basketball
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College on Feb. 2.
Menefee-Long, who is
hailed by the university as "one
of the greatest women's bas
ketball players to ever don the
red and white," came to the
university at the behest of her
older brother, the late Carl
Menefee, who was also a stu
dent there. Menefee-Long said
she thrived there, thanks to the
guidance of a host of caring
mentors that included Coaches '
Clarence "Big House" Gaines, Stinson
Conley, Alfred Harvey and former
Athletic Director A1 Roseboro. Adding her
#12 jersey on the wall was just the latest in
a long line of accolades that the Weldon
native has received. A two time NCAA
All-American and NCAA Division II
leading scorer in 1985 and '86, Menefee
Long, who was also a standout softball
player at WSSU, has been inducted into
both the C.E. "Big House" Gaines WSSU
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Former bailers enjoy their time back on the court.
John "Sport E. Odie" Adams poses before the
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Marketing Coordinator Brian Murrill shows off the
commemorative Legacy Weekend t-shirts that were
given to players at the Alumni All Star Game.
Photo Photo by
Garrett Gamvs
Above: Former
Lady Rams
standout
K e e n a n
Menefee-Long
was among the
Legacy
Weekend hon
orees.
Photo by Layla Garms
Left: The
WSSV Alumni
Cheerleaders
kept the
crowd's
pumped for the
Alumni game.
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