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Military leaders: Trump unfit to lead, Clinton qualified BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE As early voting began, high Tanking former mili tary leaders supporting Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton toured the state. Ten retired military leaders have been cam paigning for Clinton all around North Carolina, which is a battleground state with a high military population. They spoke at places like Davidson College and visited news papers, like The Chronicle, where three of the retired ranked officers sat down for an interview on Oct. 20. Like millions of Americans, they watched the final presidential debate, when Donald Trump wouldn't say if he'd accept the outcome of the election. Trump, who is trailing in the polls, keeps telling his followers that if he loses, it'll be because the election is "rigged." This disturbed Ret. Col. Carolyn Closs-Walford, a Louisburg, N.C., native who attended Winston Salem State University before a long military career that included work ing in the White House for presidents of both parities. "I'm like, 'What coun try are you representing here?"' she said. "We are Americans, and when the American people speak by way of electing a leader, you accept that and you drive on. You fall in line and you support the will of the country. Again, it just shows how dangerous this person really is." Traditionally, national defense has been a winning issue for Republicans. Polls had shown that voters preferred Trump on defense, though some recent polls now show Clinton slightly ahead on the issue. Ret. Lt. Gen. David . Poythress, who became a politician in his native Georgia after serv ing in the Air Force and National Guard, said Trump appeals to voters with overly simplistic answers for complex prob lems. "It's comfortable and easy to buy that, but the world simply isn't that sim ple," said Poythress. "It takes someone who is informed like Hillary Clinton, who has the expe rience, who has the judg ment and the integrity to be commander-in-chief." Poythress said Trump doesn't understand the issues. He also said Trump's call for having the military torture prisoners and target the families of terrorists would be "war crimes" that would be a "constitutional crisis in waiting if he was elected commander-in-chief.'' Ret. Brigadier Gen. John Watkins, who served in the Army for 30 years, said that Hillary has a his tory of championing mili tary personnel, like when she worked across the aisle as a senator to get medical care extended to the National Guard and reservists. He said that makes her best equipped to deal with Veterans Affairs, which has had issues with the large number of new veterans its serving. "I have no doubt that Senator Clinton, President Clinton, will take that on just as she did other efforts on behalf of service mem bers," said Watkins. Closs-Walford felt Trump didn't respect veter ans because of his com ments that implied strong people don't get Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, which is a very common problem for those Retired military leaders U. Gen. David Poythress, Col. Carolyn Closs^alfortT* cC::."""" <?*??** who've been through war. All three also said that Trump's claims the mili tary has been depleted under the current adminis tration are false. As tech nology advances and the mission of the military shifts, less personnel are needed to carry out that mission, they said. The United States leads the world on defense spending and spends more on its mil itary than the next eight countries combined. They also rejected Trump's claims that the United States doesn't win anymore. ISIS has lost almost a third of its territo ry since the United States began operations against it and will lose more as the battle for the Iraqi city ol Mosul has begun. They believe that Clinton, a for mer first lady, senator and > secretary of state, is fai more qualified to continue that war than Trump, who has no government or mili tary experience. Delta Arts Center opens folk stories on canvas exhibit SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The Delta Arts Center opened its latest exhibition on Nov. 1, the exhibit is HOMECOMING: Folk Stories on Canvas. The exhibit is the second in Delta Arts Center's Deep Roots Series of 2016-2017. It highlights 2D works from private collections by folk art matriarchs Ruth Russell Williams and Wanda Clark. An opening reception will be held at 6 p.m. on today, Thursday, Nov. 3 in the Simona Atkins Allen Gallery at Delta Aits Center, 2611 New Walkertown Road. The event is free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated. Family, home, church and southern living are themes easily recognized in the works of Ruth Russell Williams and Wanda Clark; small town bom North Carolinians endowed with the natural capacity to tell the story of sim ple life, nurturing loved ones and life-long relationships. Williams, who passed away in 2010, was a native or Townsville, NC where her early childhood was spent in the home of sharecropper parents, and with a grandmother who she accompanied to work at the home of a plantation owner. Painting came later in life, after the children were raised and a cosmetology career established. It was then that she turned to painting, "to tell my life story," a story that carried her from cotton fields at age 8 to the cover of Smithsonian Magazine. Clark, a resident of Statesville, N.C. began drawing as "a kid, horses and outside scapes," she states in a You Tube discussion, but did not begin painting until 2000. A trip to Walmart for supplies sparked an all-night painting session from which she emerged saying, "she couldn't believe how it made her feel." She says painting "con sumes me and I never want to stop." The exhibition presents the work of one of North Carolina's most recognized artists along with those of a lesser known but equally powerful artist. Their paintings tell stories that will resonate with many viewers, and cause others to imagine life in simpler, slower paced times, unspoiled by fast-paced demands of present day living. Delta Fine Arts is a funded partner of Winston-Salem Forsyth County Arts Council, receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council Department of Cultural Resources and generous contributions of individuals. Tours of the exhibition can be arranged by calling the Center at 336-722-2625. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday from 10 am. to 5 pm. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 pm. The center is closed every 3rd Saturday of the month. The facility is available for rent. Inquiries please call 336 722-2625, email nadiyah@deltaartscenter.org, 'or visit www.Deltaartscenter.oig/donate. FOOD LION NOW HAS THE BEAUTY BRANDS YOU WANT MOST-AT UNBEATABLE PRICES. COME IN TODAY AND CHECK OUT OUR SELECTION TO HELP YOU STAY RADIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HOWMREFRESHING #foodlionfresh I foodlion.com
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