Community Briefs
Hawthorne Road to be closed between Ebert
Road and Miller Street
The closure of Hawthorne Road was shifted on
Monday, Jan. 9 to the porticm between Ebert Road
and Miller Street. This portion is scheduled to be
closed to through traffic through Friday, Jan. 27, as
part of the Ardmore Basin 1 water and sewer rehabil
itation project. During this period, the road will be
reopened on weekends, from Friday evenings
through Monday mornings. Utilities is repairing or
replacing aging water and sewer lines in the neigh
borhoods located in Ardmore Basin 1. The project
area is between Westover Drive, Miller and
Magnolia streets and Hawthorne Road. It also
includes portions of Walker and Jefferson avenues
and Hoyt, Collingwood, Ford and Bellview streets.
Information about the project, including a map of the
project area, is posted at
www.Utilities.CityofWS.org. For more information,
call CityLink 311.
UPS Stores activate Operation: S.WA.K.
In support of U.S. active military and our nation’s
veterans, The UPS Store located at 380H Knollwood
Street (across from Thruway Shopping Center) and
550 North Liberty Street (Downtown Winston
Salem) are launching Operation: S.W.A.K. (Sealed
With A Kiss), which provides free first-class postage
(49 cents) for one-ounce cards and letters sent to
armed forces members stationed overseas or. to vet
erans in VA hospitals. Government regulations stipu
late that all mail must be addressed to a specific U.S.
serviceman or woman with an APO/FPO address (or
a veteran residing in a VA hospital) and must include
a valid return address. To ensure overseas delivery
by Valentine’s Day, Coleman also recommends send
ing mail by Jan. 31, although cards and letters will be
accepted through Feb. 14. The UPS Store is also
offering additional discounted shipping services -
15% OFF - for care packages sent to servicemen and
women via USPS.
Applications requested for 2017 Teacher
Grants
Applications are currently being accepted for the
2017 Forsyth County Teacher Grants, awarded by
The Winston-Salem Foundation for professional
development to P-K-12th grade educatorsrin the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Grants in
amounts of up to $2,500 are awarded in support of
innovative and results-oriented educational opportu
nities that enable educators to enhance their impact
on students and enrich the subject and/or content
being taught in the classroom. Grant opportunities
can include local, state, and national conferences,
workshops, or seminars; foreign travel; innovative
classroom experiences; educational travel to be
incorporated into the classroom and/or school cur
riculum; and other professional growth and enrich
ment opportunities. The deadline for applications is
Thursday, Feb. 9 at 5 pan. An advisory committee of
professional educators will review applications;
applicants will be notified of funding decisions in
April. All projects submitted should take place
between April 1'2017 and March 31,2018. On Jan.
19 at 5 p.m. an information session for educators
who would like more information on the application
and selection processes will be held.
For more information or to apply, please visit
www.wsfoundation.org/teachergrants. Respond to
Madelyn McCaully for the information sessions at
336-725-2382 or mmccaully@wsfoundation.org.
Proposals for Water Education Grant
The Forsyth Creek Week organizing committee
will provide a grant of up to $2,500 during 2017 for
a water quality education or outreach project. The
grant will be made to a registered non-profit organi
zation active in Forsyth County. For more informa
tion, and the grant application visit
ForsythCreekWeek.org. Applications must be sub
mitted by Feb. 24. The winner will be announced
during the Creek Week keynote address March 28.
Creative Startups announces winners of
$50,000 in funding
Creative Startups has announced the winners of
$50,000 in funding for three creative entrepreneurs.
Embodied Labs from Chicago took the top prize of
$25,000; The Feeling Friends, from Winston-Salem
received $15,000; and Muddy Creek Caf6 & Music
Hall, Winston-Salem, received $10,000. Creative
Startups is an eight-week world-class program that
educates startups on business model development
and affords access to venture funding. The initiative
was hosted by the Center for Creative Economy in
Winston-Salem to get creative businesses beyond
launch stage to customer acquisition and profitabili
ty. Creative Startups, headquartered in Albuquerque,
N.M., operates startup accelerator programs around
the world. The Center for Creative Economy serves
as a catalyst for innovation and an advocate for cre
ative industries and entrepreneurs, promoting con
nectivity arid growth. For more information, visit
www.Centerforcreativeeconomy.com.
NSA designates Forsyth Tech a Cybersecurity
Regional Resource Center
The National Security Agency (NSA) has named
Forsyth Tech a Cybersecurity Regional Resource
Center. The NSA awarded this distinction to six com
munity colleges across the country whose cybersecu
rity programs have already been designated as a
Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) by the NSA.
Forsyth Tech’s center will cover the southeast region,
which includes North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Puerto Rico. As a
regional resource center, Forsyth Tech will receive
NSA funding—in amounts to be determined by mid
September—to develop and administer workshops
and professional development programs designed to
train cybersecurity faculty in the region using a com
bination of face-to-face, live-streaming and hybrid
training classes. The first class will be offered in
spring 2017.
In September, the NSA will also award Forsyth
Tech funding under President Obama’s
Cybersecurity National Alliance Plan to develop a
pilck training program this fall aimed at primary and
secondary school students. The program, called the
Cybersecurity K-12 Pathway Initiative, will intro
duce students to digital security issues at younger
ages in order to build potential career interest in this,
burgeoning field. This initiative is scheduled for
implementation in January 2017.
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Community Calendar
Now-February - Diabetes pre
vention program sign-up
A diabetes prevention program
called PreventT2, a year-long evi
dence based diabetes prevention pro
gram developed by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), will be featured in February.
Throughout the program participants
will learn healthy eating, meal plan
ning, exercise and living an active
lifestyle, and overcoming barriers. If
you would like to know your risks or
already diagnosed with prediabetes,
and want to learn more about the pro
gram contact the Forsyth County
Department of Public Health’s
Diabetes Prevention Program
Coordinator at 336-703-3219.
Classes will begin in February.
Enroll today and find a class nearest
to you.
Today, Jan 12 - Crime prob
lem program
A New Winston Museum pro
gram called “Perils in the Piedmont:
Rethinking the ‘Crime Problem’ in
North Carolina” will be today,
Thursday, Jan. 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the
museum, 713 S. Marshall St. In coor
dination with the temporary exhibi
tion, “Release: From Stigma to
Acceptance,” the museum is hosting
a program on the ways in which the
problem of crime is understood in
North Carolina and at the national
level. Dr. Steve Gunkel of Wake
Forest University will present an
exploration on the consequences of
“suite crime” versus “street crime”
and why we tend to focus on the lat
ter when we talk about crime and its
control.
Today, Jan 12 - Drop-in ses
sion for Whitaker Park Road feasi
bility study
Transportation planners are hold
ing a drop-in session on Thursday,
Jan. 12, to collect public input as part
of a feasibility study of extending
Akron Drive through the Whitaker
Park factory complex. The meeting
will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the
Hanes Hosiery Community Center,
501 Reynolds Blvd. Preliminary con
cepts will be displayed and staff will
be available to answer questions and
collect feedback. For more informa
tion call CityLink 311.
Today, Jan. 12 - Film screening
and panel discussion
“The State of Eugenics” film
screening and panel discussion will
be held on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 5
p.m. at Wake Forest University. The
documentary follows the journey of
survivors, legislators, and journalists
working together to obtain compen
sation for the survivors of these
injustices. Following the screening,
there will be a panel discussion fea
turing the film's Director/Producer
Dawn Sinclair Shapiro, former state
legislator Larry Womble, former
chair of the Governor’s Task Force
on Sterilization Compensation Dr.
Laura Gerald, Winston-Salem
Journal editorial-page editor John
Railey and journalist Tommy
Tomlinson. Former MSNBC televi
sion host and Wake Forest University
Professor Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry
will moderate the discussion at the
Porter Byrum Welcome Center at
Wake Forest University. For ques
tions, call Dr. Sherri Williams at 614
266-3314.
Jan. 13 - Open mic
Marguerite’s Coffee House, a
free monthly open mic event, will be
held on Friday, Jan. 13, from 7 to 9
p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship, 4055 Robinhood Road.
Performers of all kinds are invited to
contribute solo acts and participate in
a group jam and audience sing-along.
Featured artist is jazz singer Emile
Worthy, preforming classics from the
American Songbook. Contact coffee
house@uufws.org for information
about performing. A light supper is
provided. Attendees are welcome to
bring appetizers and dessert items.
For more information, contact cof
feehouse @ uufws .com.
Jan. 14 - Electronics recycling
in Clemmons
Clemmons residents and those
who live within the corporate bound
aries of the Village of Clemmons:
Are you looking for a way to dispose
of old electronic items in an environ
mentally responsible manner? Bring
your items to the Clemmons Public
Works Facility, 3800 Dillon
Industrial Drive, 9 am. to 3 p.m.,
Saturday, Jan. 14,2017. To find out if
your item is acceptable for recy
cling, call 336-7^6-9170.
Jan 14 - Home Buyer Seminar
The Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc., Winston-Salem Urban
League, and The Center for Home
Ownership announce the first in a
series of three Home Buyer Seminars
on Saturday, Jan. 14, from 11:00 a.m.
- 2:00 p.m. at the Urban League
headquarters, 201 W. Fifth Street.
Register in advance
www.wsurban .org.
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Jan 14 - MLK Day Read-In
. On Saturday, Jan. 14, Wake
Forest University will host the sev
enth annual MLK Day Read-In in the
Benson University Center, Room
401 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The
event is being organized by Girl Talk
Triad Chapter, HandsOn Northwest
North Carolina, Salem College,
UNC School of the Arts, Wake
Forest University, and Winston
Salem State University. The Read-In
promotes King's legacy of service,
literacy and community empower
ment to children ages 4-10. Parents
and guardians are requested to fill
out the following online or paper
based forms. For additional informa
tion, please contact Kyle Gassaway
at 336-724-2866 or kylegas
saway@handsonnwnc.org.
Jan. 14-28 - Writing work
shops
Winston-Salem Writers is pre
senting workshops on three consecu
tive Saturdays in January to encour
age both new and experienced writ
ers to “Kick off the New Year on the
write foot.” The cost is $15 per work
shop for nonmembers and free to
members of Winston-Salem Writers,
Attendees can register for all three
workshops or for individual sessions,
Jan. 14, “The art of the personal
essay,” will be presented by Dr. Lee
Zacharias, who teaches courses in
the structure of fiction and in the
contemporary novel. She is the
author of a novel, a book of short sto
ries and a book of essays. Jan. 21,
“Character development and setting
description within the novel,” will be
presented by New York Times best
selling author Charlie Lovett. Lovett
has written several books, including
the best seller, “The Bookman’s
Tale.” His latest novel is due out in
February. Jan. 28, “The nitty gritty
work of craft development,” will be
presented by Pamela Henderson,
who teaches English at R. J.
Reynolds Arts Magnet High School.
All workshops will be held at Milton
Rhodes Center, 251 N. Spruce St., 10
a.m. until noon. Seating is limited.
To register, email
programs @ ws writers .org.
Jan. 16 - ‘On Common
Ground: A Dream Deferred’
Each year, Wake Forest
University and Winston-Salem State
University cpllaborate to host a
major celebration to honor the legacy
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The
theme of this year’s program is “On
Common Ground: A Dream
Deferred.” On Monday, Jan. 16,
comedian, political commentator,
radio show host and actor, D.L.
Hughley will present the 17th
Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Day keynote speech at 7 p.m. in K.R.
Williams Auditorium at Winston
Salem State University. The event is
free and open to the public. For more
information on the Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. joint celebration, contact the
Wake Forest Intercultural Center at
336-758-5864, or Winston-Salem
State University Student Activities
and Engagement at 336-750-3351.
Jan. 17, 27 - Special Olympics
calling for entries for inaugural
Chili Cook-Off
Special Olympics Forsyth
County is calling all chili buffs -
cooks and eaters alike - to participate
in its first-ever chili cook-off on
Friday, Jan. 27, from 6 to 9 pm. at
Miller Park Recreation Center, 400
Leisure Lane, Winston-Salem. In
addition to chili, there will be free
games and music. The entry fee for
chili contestants is $25. Trophies will
be awarded for first, second and third
place. To register contact Leanne
Pressley at 336-727-2423 or send an
email to leannep@cityofws.org. The
entry deadline is 5 p.m. Jan. 17.
Chilies entered into the cook-off will
be available for tasting by the public.
The first 50 attendees will receive a
free souvenir towel. Admission is
$10 for adults, $5 for ages 10 and
under, and $7 for Special Olympics
athletes. Admission comes with five
sample tasting tickets, plus salad,
com bread, a drink and dessert.
Additional sample tasting tickets will
be available for $2 each. Tickets will
be available at the door or can be pur
chased in advance during business
hours at the Black-Phillips- Smith
Government Center, 2301 N.
Patterson Ave, Winston-Salem. For
more information contact Leanne
Pressley at 336-727-2423 or send an
email to leannep@cityofws.org.
Jan. 18 - Guild meeting
High Point Museum, 1859 E.
Lexington Ave. High Point, will hold
a Guild Meeting around Gen. James
Longstreet, Scalawag or Scapegoat.
The meeting presented by Dr. John
R. Peacock, will be held on
Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. For
more information, call 336-885-1859
or visit www.highpointmuseum.org.
Jan. 28 - Blacksmith demon
stration
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High Point Museum, 1859 E.
Lexington Ave. High Point NC, will
hold a blacksmith demonstration on
Saturday, Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. - 4
p.m. The demonstration will present I
a costumed blacksmith crafting vari
ous iron pieces. The demonstration is
free and open to all ages. For more
information, call 336-885-1859 or
visit wwwfrighpointmuseum.org.
Jan. 30 - Resource Fair
High Point Museum, 1859 E.
Lexington Ave. High Point, will hold
a resource fair on Monday, Jan. 30.
The fair is free and will have various
community representatives available
to answer questions regarding
school-choice, pre-K options, trans
portation, school health & nutrition,
after-school options and kindergarten
curriculums. The fair will also have
representatives from local libraries,
Family & Health Services, Reading
Connections and other important
community resources that support
transitioning into kindergarten. For
,jnore information, call 336-885-1859
or visit www.highpointmuseum.org.
Feb. 2 - Film screening and
book signing
RiverRun International Film
Festival’s RiverRun Retro presents a
film screening of “Stella Dallas,”
starring Barbara Stanwyck, and a
discussion with Stanwyck’s biogra
pher, Victoria Wilson, followed by a
book signing of her biography, “A
Life of Barbara Stanwyck Steel -
True: 1907 - 1940.” The event will
take place on Thursday, Feb. 2, at
7:00 p.m., at Hanesbrands Theatre,
located at 209 W. Spruce St. The
1937 version of “Stella Dallas” is the
second of three screen versions of the
story based on a novel by Olive
Higgins Prouty. Doors open at 6:30
p.m. and the conversation with
Victoria Wilson will begin at 7:00
p.m., followed by the screening of
“Stella Dallas.” BookMarks will
have copies of Wilson’s book avail
able for purchase prior to the event
and during the reception and book
signing following the screening. The
reception will feature light hors
d’oeuvres from Mooney’s
Mediterranean Caf6, craft beer from
Hoots Beer Co. and wine from
McRitchie Winery. General admis
sion is $15 for adults and $10 for stu
dents with a valid student ID. Tickets
will be available online at
http://wwwjhodesartscenter.org/
Feb. 7 - Open Mic Night
Winston-Salem Writers has
changed the date of the monthly
Open Mic to the first Tuesday of
each month. The next Open Mic will
be held on Feb. 7 from 7-9 p.m. in
the conference room at the Milton
Rhodes Center for the Arts, 251 N.
Spruce St. Open Mic is open to the
public and writers are allowed five
minutes to read their work before a
friendly audience. For more informa
tion, visit www.wswriters.org.
Feb. 9. - Around the World
Concert
The Piedmont Wind Symphony
presents the Cabaret Around the
World concert in RJ Reynolds
Auditorium, 301 Hawthorne Road
NW. The concert will be held on
Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The
concert will feature works by com
posers like Kurt Weill, Django
Reinhart and students. Tickets are
available at the door, online or by
contacting the Stevens Center Box
Office at 336-721-1945. Tickets are
on sale and can be purchased at
http://piedmontwindsymphony.eom/t
ickets.
Feb. 17 through June 4 - Art
Exhibition
Reynolda House Museum of
American Art, 2250 'Reynolda Road,
will present “Gallery of the Louvre,”
the masterwork painting of Samuel
F. B. Morse. The exhibit will be from
Feb. 17 - June 4, 2017. Morse is
known as the inventor of the tele
graph, his namesake Morse code and
as a painter. The show will reveal
Morse’s abiding interest in the trans
mission of knowledge, first via art,
then by machine. The painting was
completed in 1833, and was not seen
by the public until two years ago
when the national tour began. The
exhibit will also explore themes of
America’s cultural identity with two
dozen of important 19th century
paintings from the permanent collec
tion of the Museum. The artists
include John Singleton Copley,
William Merritt Chase, Thomas Cole
and Gilbert Stuart to name a few. For
more information, please visit
reynoldahouse.org or call
336.758.5150.
March 7 - Open Mic Night
Winston-Salem Writers will hold
Open Mic Night on March 7 from 7
9 p.m. in the conference room at the
Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts,
251 N. Spruce St. Open Mic is open
to the public and writers are allowed
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