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Volume 44, Number 18
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THURSDAY, January 4, 2018
New program to h<
feed, educate kids
Photo by Todd Luck
(left) Kenya Thornton,
left, sits with Yamile and
Casey McBride in the
lobby her offices at the
Winston Mutual
Building, which will
soon host a new after
school program.
Chronicle file photo
(Right)) The historic
Winston Mutual
Building on Fifth Street
near Martin Luther
King Jr. Drive will
house a new after
sehool program.
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE_ ' _
A new after-school program to help feed and educate
local school students is coming to the historic Winston
Mutual Building.
The first floor of the building is home to both
Community Intervention & Educational Services - whose
family services^ include supervised visitation and also
includes the COOL (Creating Opportunities for Others to
Learn) Program for domestic violence offenders - and the
nonprofit Eliza’s Helping Hands (EHH), which helps vic
tims in abusive relations. Those agencies, both founded by
Kenya Thornton, are teaming up with McBride Somos
Consulting, which provides a variety of educational serv
ices, for a new, daily after-school program slated to start
in February.
The program will offer a healthy meal and snack and
numerous educational activities that appeal to a variety of
learning.styles. Students will be accessed to discover their
style of learriing and will make individual goals. Students
who go through the 10-week curriculum may then become
leaders for others in the program. Thornton said it’ll start
with 15 students from clients she serves, with plans to
expand in the future.
“We like to be a part of anything that lets the commu
nity grow and we enjoy helping others, not just in this
community, but anyone who wants to help children grow,
families grow, because, of course, it’s an investment in the
community,” said Thornton, “If you have healthy families,
you have a healthy city.”
See Feed on A5
New library official bringing
creativity to Malloy/Jordan |
B Y TEVIN STINSON ' ; |
THECHRONICUB_._, -—J
Triad Cultural Arts (TCA) wrapped up the official
citywide Kwanzaa Celebration earlier this week as
dozens of locals came together to celebrate the sixth
principle; “Kuumba” or creativity. (No programs were
scheduled for the seventh principle, “Imani” or faith.)
During the celebration held at the newly renovated
Central Library, the talent and creativity of the city was
on full display. The North Carolina Black Reparatory
Company (NCBRC) Teen Assemble and the. Greater
Vision Dance Company brought down the house with
their performances, and Larry Barron, also known as
L'.B. The Poet, performed during the celebration as
well.
But the fiin didn't stop there.
Instead of a traditional keynote address, Wright,
Adams, Forsyth County Public Library manager of out
reach services, discussed several exciting initiatives
See Kwanza on AS
PTI will be
Central N.C.
International
Airport
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT_j.___
At the regular Dec. 19 meeting of the Piedmont Triad
Airport Authority board, the board voted to begin the
process of changing the name of the Piedmont Triad
International Airport, based in Greensboro, to the Central
North Carolina International Airport, the board
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The Piedmont Triad Airport Authority board voted
in December to begin the process of changing the
name of the Piedmont Triad International Airport,
based in Greensboro, to the Central North Carolina
International Airport.
announced.
“Changing the name of the airport is a big step. We do
not take that lightly,” Airport Authority Chairman Steve
Showfety said after the meeting. “But it is an important
step. We need a brand that is recognized around the world,
because we are competing around the world.”
See Airport on A5
WINSTON SALEM. NC 27101-2755 60
A year in review: 2017 won't be forgotten
BY STACY M. BROWN
NNPA NEWSWIRE CONTRIBUTOR
Love it or hate it, 2017- will be a
year not soon forgotten.
Barack Obama, a constitutional
law professor, Nobel Peace Prize
winner and the nation’s first black
president, graciously handed the
keys to-the White House to a reality
TV star who has been accused of
sexual assault.
-Shortly after his inauguration.
President Donald Trump began sign
ing dozens of executive orders that
threatened to rollback much of the
progress that was made during the
previous eight years under the
Obama administration.
And, it was the Trump
Administration that not only slashed
funding for advertising during the
open enrollment of the Affordable
Care Act, but also cut the enrollment
period for signing up for coverage
through the federal health, care
exchange from 90 days to 45 days.
Despite those challenges, the
ACA, also known as “Obamaeare,”
is still the law of the land and, in
2017, nearly 9 million people signed
‘ See 2017 on A8
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