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Alaya McCarter rides in a recent competition.
Local teen
wins equestrian
competition
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Alaya McCarter recently participated in the 91st
"Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show Competition at the
Blowing Rock Equestrian Preserve.
On the first day of the two-day event, qualifying
Yides took place. Alaya placed third out of six riders.
On the following day, riding with her 13 and under
class fellow riders, she came in first place and was
crowned as the Grand Champion in the American
Saddlebred Three Gated Show Pleasure
Championship.
Alaya, 13, has been riding horses since she was
three. Presently, she rides for Legacy Saddlebred,
which trains horses to eventually pair them with riders
for show competitions.
"Alaya has a lot of natural talent for horses and is
very well poised when riding," said Legacy
Saddlebred Owner and Trainer Jamie Jankowicz.
Alaya has successfully participated in horse com
petitions throughout North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia. She is a rising eighth-grade
honors student at Jefferson Middle School, where she
is a cheerleader and a member of the National Junior
Honors Society. Her other hobbies include reading,
writing and watching television. She is a member of
Greater Cleveland Avenue Christian Church, where
she sings in the Radically Anointed Youth (RAY)
Choir. Her parents are Bishop Sheldon M. McCarter
and Rev. Joyce McCarter, the senior pastor and co
pastor of Greater Cleveland Avenue.
City native is a cookie-selling
champ in Philly area
SPECIAL TO THE
CHRONIC! 1
The top Girl Scouts
cookies seller in all of
eastern Philadelphia,
Penn. for two years in a
row is Winston-Salem
native Rachael Artanzia
Thornton.
The enterprising pre
teen sold 3,600 boxes of
cookies last year. This
year, she exceeded that
record by selling 3,830
boxes cookies.
Rachael sold cookies
at special events, to
friends, local fire depart
ments and at Drexel
University (on Girl
Scouts Day). Family
members from California
to North Carolina and
every state in between
did not escape her,
"Wanna buy some Girl
Scouts cookies?"
inquiry.
Rachael and the other
top winners at her level
were taken on a special
tour of Philadelphia on
June 7 that included vis
its to historical and cul
tural points. They
enjoyed a live perform
ance of the "Wizard of
Oz" and lunch at the
Hard Rock Cafe.
On July 29, she is
slated to join 23 other
Girl Scouts from around
the world for "Midwest
Madness," an all-inclu
sive flight to Wisconsin
that will include a visit to
the Mall of America; the
largest water park in
North America; and a
Whitewater rafting on the
Black River.
There is also to be a
pizza cruise on the
Mississippi River,
overnight camping and a
visit to the State Fair and
other fun activities.
Rachael Thornton has
made plans to sell the
most Girl Scouts cookies
again next year. She has
already given notice to
her parents, Greg and
Michelle Vigil-Thornton,
and her grandmother,
Marlene Jones, and
"nana," Artanzia R
Jones, both of Winston
Salem.
Rachael Artanzia Thornton
Religion
from page B5
Women's Conference
Women of God of
Freedom Baptist Church,
1222 E. 14th St., will
host its first Women's
Conference on Saturday,
July 26 from 9 a.m. - 1
p.m. At 5:30 p.m., the
Red Carpet Event will be
held with the theme,
"Sample Night of
Elegance." The free event
will include a praise and
worship service and an
elegant dinner. For vend
ing opportunities or to
learn more, contact Maria
Palmer at
mariahill84@yahoo.com.
Beginning Aug. 1
St. Mark events
The 100-Plus Men
Ministry of St. Mark
Baptist Church has a
busy August planned.
Events (all scheduled to
start at 7 p.m.) will
include guests from
Friendship Baptist
Church on Aug. 1;
Freedom Baptist Church
on Aug. 15; and
Ambassador Cathedral on
Aug. 29. St. Mark is
located at 1100 Manly St.
Aug. 9
Health Fair
United Progressive
Church, 1122 Quincy
Caldwell Circle, will
hold a Community Day
Health Fair on Saturday,
Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. All local churches
are invited to participate
in any of the following
categories: Choirs,
praise teams, steppers,
praise dancers, and
mimes. If interested,
please respond by June
30 to Senior Pastor Lewis
E. Devlin or Rev. Quincy
Lee Jr. at 336-724-1266
or 336-971-1309.
Ongoing
Sunday service schedule
Trinity Chapel
Church, ' 4670 N.
Patterson Ave. in Hidden
Valley Business Park,
invites the public to
attend its services every
Sunday. Sunday School is
from 9:45-10:45 a.m.
and morning worship
service is at 11 a.m. Call
336-723-4626 or 336
978-0801 for more infor
mation. The host pastors
are Rev. James E.
Gaskins and First Lady
Donese Gaskins.
Choir
from page B4
Clark Sheard who pas
sionately testifies on the
tail end of the song about
her own breakthrough.
"I got mine when the
doctors gave up on me,"
she sermonizes in refer
ence to her breakthrough
following a 2001 hernia
surgery, during which a
blood vessel ruptured and
put the Grammy Award
winning singer into a
coma. The singer miracu
lously recovered in spite
of her doctors telling her
family that she had only a
2 percent chance of sur
viving.
The twelve-song proj
ect supports the choir's
year-round fundraising
efforts for various chari
table causes. The temple ?
of Deliverance church has
donated more than
$75,000 to cancer
research and various
global relief efforts,
including programs to aid
Hurricane Sandy and
earthquake victims.
Visit www.habakkuk
music.com for more infor
mation about the choir.
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