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Volume40,Number28 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, March 6, 2014
Phocos by Lay la Garms
Jay Pierce addresses Piedmont Grown attendees at the local Cooperative Extension headquarters.
FllESII AND LOCAL
Nonprofit pushes farmer/chef partnerships to benefit area consumers
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
Since taking over as executive chef at Lucky 32 Southern
Kitchen in Greensboro seven years ago. Jay Pierce has increased
the restaurant's local buying power and reputation as a communi
ty-minded company that supports local farmers and livestock pro
ducers.
"The company that I work for, they were supporting local farms
and producers before I got here - that's part of what attracted me
to the position. I felt the responsibility to take it to the next level,"
Pierce said. ".. We believe thrj spending our dollars in the local
ecbnomy only makes us all stronger, and that's really important."
Pierce has developed relationships with Piedmont farmers and
plans the restaurant's meals around what's in season and readily
available, ensuring the freshest of ingredients. A chalkboard at
Lucky 32 informs customers of ingredients' origins, whether it's
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A "home grown" spread of foods made with products
from local sources were enjoyed by attendees.
4th Circuit judge visits Wake Law
Andre Davis
candidly talks race,
law and more
BY LAYLA GARMS
THJCHRONICLE
As part of Wake Forest University
School of Law's Jurist-in-Residence
program, Andre Davis, the senior judge
on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit, spent Feb. 24-27
imparting pearls of wisdom gleaned
from his exemplary judicial career to
law students.
Davis was set to make history back
in 2000 when President Clinton nomi
nated him to the Richmond, Va.-based
Fourth Circuit, which, at the time, had
never had a black judge. His confirma
tion, however, was derailed. (President
Clinton, also in 2000, controversially
appointed Roger Gregory to Fourth
Circuit while Congress was in recess,
making him the court's first black
member.) Davis was renominated to the
Fourth Circuit, which hears appeals of
cases from North and South Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland,
by President Obama in June 2009, win
ning Senate confirmation in November
2009.
During his four-day stint at Wake
Law, Davis led a course on Criminal
Procedures, Civil Procedures and
Federal Courts and candidly discussed
his career, life and the law during a
public discussion with Professor
Gregory Parks, who once clerked for
Davis, at Worrell Professional Center
on Feb. 27.
Davis addressed his "very humble
beginnings" in east Baltimore in the
1950s and '60s. His first ambition was
to become a writer. Law piqued his
interest only after he took a constitu
tional law course at the University of
Pennsylvania.
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Gregory Parks chats up Judge Andre Davis (right).
Stage set
for
election
season
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
The 2014 election season promises to
be an interesting one, with major shifts
on the horizon for the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County Board of
Education and a new judge joining the
21st District fold.
Four of the school board's nine mem
bers did not file for reelection by the
closing of the filing period on Feb. 28. A1
"Buddy" Collins, Chair Jane Goins,
Marilyn Parker and Jill Tackabery, all of
whom represent
District 2. have
decided not to seek
additional terms.
Incumbents Irene
May and Jeannie
Metcalf, both for
mer at-large repre
sentatives, have
filed as District 2
candidates, as have
fellow Republicans
Dana Caudill Jones,
Lori Goins Clark
and David Bryant
S i n g 1 e t a r y .
Democrats Deanna
Frazier Kaplan and
Laura Elliott are
also throwing their
hats in the ring in
the district.
The race for the
decidedly more
urban District 1 will
be decided in the
Buie
Dunn
primary. Democrats Chenita Barber
Johnson, Deanna Taylor and Malishai
"Shai" Woodbury and incumbent Vic
Johnson will vie for the District's two
seats. John Davenport Jr., the other
District 1 incumbent, has decided to run
for an at large seat.
Barber Johnson, an advertising con
sultant and president of the African
American Caucus, is making her third bid
for the school board. If elected, she says
she will work toward boosting the gradu
ation rate, improving the quality of edu
cation offered and increasing diversity
and parity districtwide.
"My whole thing is about equity with
the schools. 1 think we'd have a better
education for children in our county if we
were more equitable about how we're
spending our money," she said, noting
that new schools have gone up in predom
inantly white communities in recent
years, while older structures in minority
communities remain underutilized.
"We're still building more schools, and
we're not utilizing what we have."
Woodbury, an instructor at her alma
mater, NC A&T State University, and a
Guilford County Schools employee, is
also a seasoned school board candidate,
having lost a bid in 2010. She says her
passion and professional experience
make her a strong contender for the job.
"I'm still willing and anxious to serve
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Teachers urged to reject conditional raises
vavenport
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Board of Education has
decided to offer qualifying
teachers raises in exchange for
foregoing their tenure. That
method is different from the one
mandated in Excellent Public
Schools Act of 2013, which was
pushed through the General
Assembly by the Republican
majority and funds the tempo
rary raises.
The Act will bring an end to
teacher tenure by 2018 and asks
school districts to help facilitate
the transition by picking the top
25 percent (based on at least
three years of experience and
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pro-teach
ers rally
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