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Dr. Mack Mack will be Noon Hour speaker SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The 35th Annual Noon ? Hour Commemoration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will take place in North Main Hall of the Benton Convention Center, 301 W. 5th St., on Monday, Jan. 19 at 12 p.m. Dr. Sir Walter L. Mack Jr., pastor and teacher of Union Baptist Church, will deliver the keynote address for the event, the longest ongo ing MLK observance in North Carolina. The theme of "Keep Moving Forward: the Struggle Continues" pays homage to Dr. King and the countless who sacrificed their lives, blood and freedom for the civil rights that are now under attack. Longtime com munity advocate State Sen. Earline Parmon will receive the MLK Dare to Make a Difference Award and former awardee the late Dr. Maya Angelou will be remembered. She was a speaker at the third annual event in 1983. The Twin City Choristers will perform. The event is spon sored by the MLK Noon Hour Commemoration Committee, which was founded/ organized by Miitter D. Evans in 1981. It is free and open to the public. I Attorney starts campaign for judgeship early BY CHANEL DAVIS THE CHRONICLE The 2014 election cycle just ended, but for a local attorney, the cam paigning is just beginning - for 2016, that is. Carrie Vickery has already set a campaign in motion to run for a District Court judgeship. Vickery, who works at the Holton Law Firm, began making plans to run in 2012. She has formed a campaign committee and begun raising funds. "It has been a really conscious decision and something that I was inter ested in for a while," she said. "I think it's a really important position that requires and deserves someone that is going to think through it thorough ly before seeking the seat. To me, because I'm a planner, that means think ing through it ahead of time." Several local seats will be up for grabs on the 21st Judicial District bench in 2016. The 29-year-old is eyeing an expected vacan cy. Judge William Graham, who has served since 1996, is expected to retire, forgoing a re-elec tion bid. Vickery said if there had not been an opening, she wouldn't have chal lenged any of the sitting judges. ? "I think they're all great judges, and I think they all bring unique char acteristics to the bench. I don't have a problem with any of them, so I certainly don't want them to leave," she said. The Rutherford County native came to Winston-Salem to attend high school at UNC School of the Arts. After graduating, she received her undergrad degree at Western Carolina University and then a law degree from Elon. She has worked at Holton Law since 2009, practicing family law, criminal defense and civil litigation. Her work puts her in District Court often. She sees that experience as a great strength. "I have practiced and continue to practice in every single courtroom in District Court," she said. "I think that my varied experience coupled with the fact that I love what I do is important. It will bring a unique persgective to the bench " she said. ' Vickery already has some name recognition. In December 2013, she donated a kidney to Assistant City Attorney Alan Andrews, whom she had only known for a short time. TTie act of selfless kindness earned her sever al awards, including one from The Chronicle, and made regional headlines. (Left) Carrie Vickery poses with Alan Andrews, to whom she donated a kidney in 2013. Vickery's boss, Walter Holton, is already on her ciHp "I think it would be a good thing for the county if she is elected. She's a hard worker and very dedicated to doing what's right," he said. "I believe she will call cases as she sees them and with out being persuaded by someone's position of influence. That's what we need for our judges to do." A former U.S. Attorney under President Bill Clinton and a former rui?/ui \,uunijr LUSlHCt Attorney, Holton said he has encouraged ambitious colleagues in the past. "When Lisa Menefee (who is now the chief local District Court judge) and I were law partners many years ago, we had similar conversations," he said. "It's a normal thing for a person with some drive and ambition to want to seek that position if that's where your interests are. It's a natural progres sion for people interested in the judiciary." Vickery says it is her passion for the law that drives her. "I think it's important to seek the bench for the rifht reasons and I thinV I have those reasons. The biggest one is I love what I do," she said. "I think District Court is much more important than Superior Court because the average person will most likely interact with the District Court at some puim in uicir lives." Vickery said she has received a lot of support from her hus band, Phillip "Skip" Skipper Jr., family, friends and fel low congregants at Revnolda Holton Church, EPC (Evangelical Presbyterian Church) of Winston Salem. For more information, go to wwwfacebook .com/Vicker yfor Judge. The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernest H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is published every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. ? Annual subscription price is $30.72. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle, P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem, NC 27102-1636 " FM mr whkly ?rin ari Mncttm li ht stvn hHm@ www.comparesupermarkets.com FRESH PRODUCE FRESH GREEN ^SABBAGE ys^y?? r 5 LB BAG RUSSET POTATOES ASSORTED BISCUIT OR FRESH FARMS VEGETABLES 20TO32OZPKG ASSORTED NON-DAIRY HY-TOP INSTANT CREAMER 16 OZ 2/$4 ' 1 . 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