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Volume 43, Number 31
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C
THURSDAY, April 6, 2017
Terry, Hanes
co-sponsor
poverty bill
BY CASH MICHAELS
FOR THE CHRONICLE
Two Forsyth County state
House members are co-sponsor
ing a bill to create a statewide
poverty task. That measure has
been currently referred to House
Appropriations Committee for
review.
Representatives Evelyn Terry
and Edward Hanes Jr. are among
the co-sponsors of HB 410 -
“Root Out Poverty/Task Force
Funds” is listed as “an act creat
ing a statewide poverty task
force, establishing two new per
sonnel positions in the
Department of Health and
EAST WINSTON
Photo by Tevin Stinson
Local business owner Kenya Thorton looks over a map of East Winston with Ayers Saint Gross representa
tive Amber Wendland during a community forum on Thursday, March 23.
Stakeholders question
future for East Winston
Residents voice frustrations and
fears of being pushed out of
community by city’s master plan
BY TEVIN STINSON
rTHE CHRONICLE
This summer, stakeholders in East Winston will have
the opportunity to map out the future of the neighborhood
where they live, work, and play.
But some in the community believe they are develop
ing their own demise.
Late last month, representatives from Ayers Saint
Gross, a Baltimore-based design firm, held the first of a
series of workshops and listening sessions with various
people and organizations to find out what they would like
the future of their community to look like.
For two days, planners and other members of the
Ayers Saint Gross team met with city officials, residents,
business owners, nonprofit organizations, faith-based
organizations, and possible investors in the East Winston
area to discuss future planning, and growth for the area.
During the workshop, sponsored by Wake Forest
Innovation Quarter, City Council Member and East Ward
Representative Derwin Montgomery said the goal of the
partnership is to build a vision for the east end based on
community engagement and support.
“This is your plan. The things that are said here today
will spark- energy into the future of this area,” said
Montgomery. “The small sessions and workshops we’re
having all come back to the point of what does the neigh
borhood have to say. Everything you say here today is
vital.
See Future on A2
Funding for
infant health
program
will end
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
A program that helped Forsyth County reach histori
cally low infant mortality rates will see its current funding
end this year.
The Nurse-Family Partnership is an initiative of the
Forsyth County Health Department, in which nurses visit
the homes of vulnerable first-time mothers living in
poverty. The visits start early in pregnancy and continue
until the child’s second birthday with the goal of improv
ing pregnancy outcomes, cMd health and development,
and family self-sufficiency. The program greatly reduced
preventable deaths for both the children and their mothers.
“We’re saving mom’s lives and we’re saving babies
lives and we’re changing the trajectory of that whole fam
ily into the future,” Nurse-Family supervisor Christine
Wanous told county commissioners in a briefing last
month.
The program, which has a $607,000 budget, is mainly
funded by a five-year grant by the Kate B. Reynolds
Charitable Trust that runs out this summer. The program,
which also receives some state funds, can sustain itself
through November or December.
Public Health Director Marlon Hunter told commis
sioners that Nurse-Family Partnership has complimented
the other local programs aimed at improving infant health
and has proven itself through results.
Forsyth County had consistently been above the state
average on infant mortality for years before a successful
push in recent years reversed the trend. When Nurse
Family Partnership started in 2012, the county had a rate
of 10.2 deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2014 and 2015, the
county has had a historically low infant mortality rate of
6.2 deaths per 1,000 live births.
More than 260 families have been served by the pro
gram, but that’s only a fraction of the 1,160 referrals the
program has received. It has five nurses, which can serve
125 mothers at a time.
“There’s a big demand for Nurse-Family Partnership
in our community and that has resulted in constantly hav
ing a waiting list,” said Wanous.
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U.S. District Court honors Judge Beaty
Senior federal district judge gets
portrait in Greensboro courtroom
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
The U.S. District Court of the Middle District
of North Carolina held a special session last week
to honor the life and legacy of Senior U.S. District
Judge James A. Beaty Jr.
A portrait was unveiled of Judge Beaty with
his trademark black robe and a confident grin
while standing in front of a cabinet as family
members, friends, former colleagues and dozens
of other well-wishers looked on.
The portrait will hang inside the U.S. District
Courtroom on West Market Street in Greensboro.
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Human Services dedicated to
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recovery, and appropriating
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In establishing the poverty
task force, the bill reads in part
that poverty in this state is
Terry
widespread, especially among
minorities and in rural areas and
other parts of the state that have
lost significant numbers of jobs.”
The bill continues that, “a
statewide coordinated effort is
See Poverty on A2
“As I thought about this day and this occasion,
I couldn’t help but think about the television show
‘This Is Your Life,”’ smiled Beaty. “I’m certainly
proud to be here. I had a lot of help along the way,
and I’m truly grateful to everyone I worked with
over the years.”
After receiving his bachelor’s degree from
Western Carolina in 1971, Beaty a native of
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