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Carver High School graduates.
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Jacket Integrated Academy grads.
Graduation includes honors for alumni
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE ,
Carver High School and Jacket Integrated Academy graduated on June 8. The
two schools graduated 160 students, many of whom have been accepted to college
or into the armed forces.
Rev. James E. Cook, senior pastor of St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church,
gave the keynote address, telling the grad
uates that it s their responsibility to
become what God has destined them to
become.
"It's good to have your high school
diploma," he said. "It's an accomplish
ment to walk across this stage today and
receive a high school diploma. But you
are just beginning. God has a unique plan
for each of you, you're just beginning."
Shareef Holston, Carver's valedictori
an, and Asha Piggott, valedictorian of
Jacket Integrated Academy, also spoke.
"I'm proud to be Carver High School
Yellow Jacket," Holston said. "Regardless
of the superficial ideas and beliefs of
some in the community about former and
current Carver students, we have achieved
what others think is impossible."
Piggott said, "We came to this place
together to learn, grow and share. We now
pause to celebrate. Time and space may
separate us, but no matter where our pathways take us, we will always be the Jacket
Integrated Academy Class of 2013."
In addition to honoring the graduates. Principal Ronald Travis saluted two
Carver High School alumni. Dr. Dionne P. Galloway, class of 1994, and Mr. Darron
Wilks, class of 1997, were both honored as Alumni of the Year.
Upon graduating from Carver High School, Dr. Galloway attended the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar. She is current
ly a practicing OB/GYN in Eden.
Wilks entered the business sector upon graduating and has established himself
as an entrepreneur. He is the owner of Happy Plates Catering, A-Yo Bail Bonding
and All Star Bail Bonding Companies.
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Pastor James Cook speaks.
Community
from pagtHl .
on Saturday, June 22 from
9 a.m. - noon at Hanes
Mall in the outer parking
lot of Belk on the
Stratford Rd. side of the
Mall. Personal and pri
vate documents may be
dropped off for profes
sional. secure shred
ding. There is no set fee,
but donations are wel
come and
appreciated. Call Don
Timmons at 336-403
1964 for more informa
tion.
Jazz fundraiser
Family Blueprints*
After Work "Wine Down"
& Jazz Social featuring
Soulstice 7th will be on
Thursday, June 27 from
7-10 p.m. at One West
Fourth Street, 12th
floor. Tickets are $20 per
person and include heavy
hors d'oeuvres and bever
ages. Proceeds from this
event will help support
My Brother's Keeper
pregnancy prevention and
positive youth develop
ment program for adoles
cent males. To purchase
tickets or for more infor
mation about Family
Blueprints, call Katisha
Blackwell at 336-505
8231 or email her at
kblackwell@familyblue
printsofnc.org. To visit
the web site, go to
www.familyblue
printsofnc.org.
Cemetery clean-up
The Happy Hill
Cemetery Friends will
host a beautification of
the grounds on Saturday,
June 29 from 9-11 a.m.
onsite at Pitts and Willow
Streets in the Happy Hill
Community. The public is
invited to participate.
Bring your own chain
saws, rakes, clippers,
gloves and other outdoor
tools. Call Maurice Pitts
Johnson at 336-721-1081
or 336-978-2866 for more
information.
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Omegas health event
A community health
initiative sponsored by
the Psi Phi Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
r
Inc. will take place on
Saturday, June 29 from 10
a.m. ? 3 p.m. at The
Omega Friendship
Center, 2336 Patterson
Avenue. The Twin City
Medical Society and the
Winston Lake Family
YMCA will participate.
Topics of informal dis
cussion include prostate
health, women's health,
yoga, elder care and car
diovascular disease. The
public is invited to attend.
Call Kenny Faulkner at
336-978-0489 for more
information.
Anderson Fundraiser
The Anderson High
School Alumni
Association will host a
Flapjack Fundraiser on
Saturday, June 29 from 8
11 a.m. at Applebee's,
4690 N. Patterson Ave.
Call Judith Buford at 336
997-8430, Theodis Foster
at 336-978-3517 or James
McCants at 336-771-9946
to purchase tickets.
East alumni
get-together
East Forsyth classes
of '74, *75 and *76 will
host a get-together at
Triad Park's Woodland
Hall on Saturday, Sept. 28
from 7-10:30 p.m.
Admission is $40 per per
son. The deadline for pay
ment is Sunday. June 30
and should be mailed to
Michelle Ward '74, 2008
Old Hollow Rd.,
Walkertown, NC 27051
9709. For more informa
tion, call Thomas (Cisco)
Morgan '75 at 336-577
5103 or Michelle Ward at
336-595-2316.
Atkins Reunion
The Atkins High
School class of '68 will
celebrate its 45th Class
Reunion from Friday,
July 5 - Sunday, July
7. Fof more information,
call a member of the
Program Committee:
Haretta Johnson Duncan,
336-409-3191; Edison
Carter, 336-692-2311;
Annie Sims Howard, 336
723-5796 or Carlyle
McClinton, 336-918
9402.
Shalom fundraiser
The Shalom Project
will host its annual ice
cream social fundraiser,
"The Big Chill," in cele
bration of National Ice
Cream Day on Sunday,
July 21 at Grace Court
Park. 931 West 4th St..
from 3?6 p.m. Admission J
is $5 per adult, $10 per
family of 4 and $3 per
child. There will be
music, homemade ice
cream, children's games
and local celebrities.
Funds raised go to The
Shalom Project, which
provides a free medical
clinic, a clothing closet, a
food pantry and weekly
community meals to West
Salem residents.
Lupus support group
meeting
The support group of
the Lupus Foundation of
America, NC Chapter
(LFANC) will host its
monthly meeting on
Sunday, July 28 from
2:30?4 p.m. in the
Activity Building of
Highland Presbyterian
Church. 2380 Cloverdale
Ave. This group is for
those living with lupus,
their loved ones and care
givers. The meetings are
free. Drop-ins are wel
come. Email the LFANC
a t
patientservices@lupuslin
ks.org, call 877-849
8271, ext. 2 or visit
www.lupusnc.org for
more information.
Atlanta trip
The Funtime Group is
sponsoring a one-day trip
to Atlanta on Saturday,
Aug. 17 to see the j
Bonner Brothers Hair
Show, tour the largest
aquarium or tour the
Underground shopping
site. Call 336-767-0105
for details.
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NC NAACP convention
The 70th Annual NC
NAACP State Convention
will be in Rocky Mount
from Thursday, Oct. 10 -
Saturday, Oct. 12. This
year's theme is "Forward
Together... Not One Step
Back!" Save the dates.
Details are forthcoming.
For more information,
visit www.naacpnc.org or
call 1-866-NCNAACP or
919-682-4700.
Submitted Photos
S h a r e e J
Holston (right)
poses with
As ha Piggott
after the recent
ceremony.
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