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Youth conference meets at WSSU -See Page A2 Local talent j honors to be presented -See Page A6 ? wwwwssuriini com/iniormaoofvcimps The Chronicle Volume 40, Number 41 r WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, June 19, 2014 Joyous remembrance planned BY CHANEL DAVIS THE CHRONICLE Teaching the angels in heaven how to play basketball. That is what Donna Burgess imag ines her 16-year-old daughter. Celeste, doing right now. "Even though she is gone, 1 can hear her saying right now, 'Ma, I'm fine. Stop crying, I'm good.' She was a young lady that I am so proud of," Burgess said. "I wish she was still here, but I thank God for giving her to us for 16 Celeste Burgess years. The rising high school junior bas ketball star died in June 2013 in Alabama after a minivan crossed the centerline and collided with the car in which Celeste was a passenger. She was traveling to Auburn University for a basketball camp. Tomorrow (Friday. June 20) will mark one year since her passing. Instead of mourning her death, the Donna Burgess holds a framed tribute to her late daughter. Burgess family will celebrate her life instead of being sad. She would not with a cookout. want that." "It is for anyone that wants to The first Celeste Burgess Memorial come," Burgess said. "If we are going Cookout will take place in Rural Hall to think about her, 1 would rather we all at Horizon Park. The event will kick come together and have lots of laughter See Celeste on A3 Need luff matt? ^ on our summer camps? Get everything you need and register in one place1 'SO-3180 Rence Callahan speaks to the meeting. City gets Union Station feedback BY CHANEL DAVIS THE CHRONIC! I East Winston residents voiced their opinions about the future of Union Station, a historic building along Martin Luther King Drive that once housed the city's train station. For the past several decades, the build ino which ic nn National Register of Historic Places, had been used as an auto mobile garage, before the city purchased it in 2012 with inten tions to rehab it as a transportation hub that will offer rail and bus service. The city held a public forum Tuesday night at the Ishi Pentecostal Temple, which is on Excelsior Street and adjacent to Union Station. Rence Callahan of the archi tectural firm Walter Robbs Callahan and Pierce discussed ren ovation plans and sought input from a Byers Carter crowd of about two dozen residents on how free space in and around Union Station could be used. Callahan said initially, the station will serve as a regional bus hub. most likely for PART (Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation) vehicles. "In the foreseeable future there will not be any trains coming in." Callahan said. "We need to think about that possibility down the line. It is not going to be a relo cation of the downtown transit center but there could be transfers." Callahan kicked-off the forum by showing old photos and floor plans of the original Union Station, a three-story build ing that was built in 1926. On the bottom level of the 12.000 square-foot building was the loading area for freight and passengers boarding the trains. The middle floor, which Callahan said was in good condition, held office space and a kitchen area. The top floor, which has two entrances, still has the orig inal center ticket station and concession area. Sec Station on A8 WSSl' Photos by (iarretl Garms James Wilhelmi is now WSSU's head basketball coach after serving as an associate coach. His Turn Wilhelmi has prepared well for head coaching challenge BY CHANEL DAVIS THE CHRONICLE Winston-Salem State University introduced the Rams Nation to its eighth men's basketball coach last Thursday afternoon. But no formal introduction was needed for James Wilhelmi; he has been a part of the school's basketball program since the summer of 2011. As associate head coach under former Head Coach Bobby Collins, Wilhelmi helped the Rams compile a 60-27 record, a CIAA championship and two NCAA Division II regional playoffs. During his media roll out last week, Wilhelmi said his road to head coach was a long one. He thanked players, fans, alumni and previous coaches and choked up while acknowledging his own family. "They have been with me through the thick and thin, the highs and lows, and they have always given me pep talks and encouraged me," he said. Collins left WSSU earlier this year to head the basketball program at Maryland-Eastern Shore, a Division 1 MEAC school. He had led the Rams since September 2006. WSSU Athletics Director Tonia Walker said 52 candidates applied to succeed Collins. Wilhelmi's recruiting track record while at WSSU was one of the reasons she decided he Sec Wilhelmi on A7 AME conference attracts faithful 5J IE ? =r < z ^ ^ ?1 s JiS 5 j !l!i! BY LYDIA DERR THE CHRONICLE . "Our going to church on Sunday is like placing one's ear to another's chest to hear to unquenchable murmur of the human heart," remarked writer Richard Wright. Though it was not Sunday, such was the case Friday, the last day of the 121st Session of the Western North Carolina Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal See AME on A8 Kawimbt mi ASSURED W3W STORAGE of Winston Salem. LLC ajyijillilro Photo by l.ydia Derr Dancers perform during t h e Closing Ceremon y on Friday, June 13. Walker
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