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Volume 44, Number 27
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THURSDAY, March 8, 2018
Caldwell, Green gain top awards
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
For the 33rd year, The
Chronicle is honoring those
who serve with its
Community Service
Awards.
The awards banquet
will be 6 p.m. Saturday,
March 24, at the M.C.
Benton Jr. Convention
Center.
Former , Reynolds
American Vice President
Lisa Caldwell and Z. Smith
Reynolds (ZSR)
THe Chronicle
r 33 RD ANNUAL ^
COMMUNITY
SERVICE
Foundation! Executive Man of the Year. Judge
Director Maurice “Mo” Denise Hartsfield will 'be
Green will be Woman and the mistress of ceremonies
and Dionn Owen &
Renaissance will provide
musical selections.
“We’re just taking a
moment to recognize those
organizations and those
individuals who have done
great things in the commu
nity in the past year, and we
want to acknowledge them
and encourage others in the
community to go forth and
do some of the same
things,” said Chronicle
Publisher James Taylor.
Caldwell recently
See Awards on A6
Green
This year the Delta Arts Invitational adopted the theme of “Legacy of the Creative Spirits." Artists from
around the state submitted paintings and drawings centered around people and abstract themes. Above art
shows Muhammad Ali’s eyes and the Obamas dancing.
Delta Invitational features
variety of artists statewide
Editorial cartoonist
Ron Rogers is
presenters
B&f TEVEN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE__
The Delta Fine Arts
Renter latest exhibit is
designed to shine a light on
artist from across the state
and right here in our com
munity.
For the past six years
'fhe Delta Arts Invitational
has brought North
Carolinians together to
showcase their works. This
year 16 artists, including
several from right here in
Winston-Salem, created
masterpieces centered on
the theme “Legacy of the
Creative Spirits.”
Although the invita
tional hasn't had a theme in
the past Dr. Allison
Fleming, a member of the
board of directors who is
working with the exhibit,
said this year they wanted
to try something new.
"We put out a call to
artists across the state of
North Carolina and we're
always pleased with the
response we get," Fleming
continued."... This year we
put out a more specific call
to artist normally it's an
open call for any kind of art
but this year we construct
Dr. Allison Fleming, left, member of the Delta Fine
Arts board of directors, talks about the new exhibit
designed to showcase artists based in North
Carolina.
ed a theme for the entire tion that closed last week,
year that was derived from "We wanted to honor
homage to Mandela exhibi
See Artists on A7
Community
embraces
targeted
N.C. church
BY CASH MICHAELS
FOR THE CHRONICLE
WILMINGTON — They came to Speaks Temple
AM.E. Zion Church to show concern and support.
They left with a message that they needed to do more
to love.
The pews were filled Sunday at predominately black
Speaks Temple, with many white people attending, out
raged by the angry racist letter sent to the church and its
Photo by Cash Michaels
Pastor Parker leads worship at Speaks Temple
AM.E. Zion Church on Sunday, March 4.
pastor, Diedre Parker, a week earlier.
They wanted show that the unnamed racist who sent
the inflammatory missive that talked about “porch mon
keys ... big lipped ape men ... and blue gummed people
[with illegitimate children everywhere] ...” as being
“Nigger town, of course ...” did not represent how they
thought, or their respect for the black community.
In fact, at least two white couples brought their black
adopted toddlers, as a symbol that they were willing to
stand up to racism for them.
“Lord ... the one who sent this ... let’s call it what it
is... a hate letter ....prayed Ken Sharpe, a visiting white
minister, “... Father God, we don’t condone what this
person did at all, we’re not a part of that. But we also just
lift him up in prayer to you as well... that he would come
to know the right, from the wrong, and that hatred is not
you. You are love.”
As much as Pastor Dierdre Parker said she intended to
conduct a worship service, eyen she couldn’t ignore the
outpouring of support, the new faces in the church, and
the opportunity to use the ugly incident as a way to teach
that racism is wrong, and God’s children need to come
together to combat it.
“We are here. Father, to let a hateful world know that
See Church on A6
660 W5THST
WINSTON SALEM. NC 27101-2755 60„
City sues opioid companies
IY TODD LUCK
HE CHRONICLE
The City of Winston-Salem is suing
ipioid distributors and manufacturers.
The City Council voted on Monday,
/larch 5, to declare the opioid crisis in
he city a public nuisance and hire law
irms to represent Winston-Salem in the
awsuit. Like the county’s opioid law
suit, the law firms will be paid 25 per
cent of any monetary recovery, so the
lawsuit won’t cost taxpayers money.
Also, like
See related Cartoon the coun
on A8 ty’s law,;
SUlt, It will
be grouped together with other similar
suits in multi-district litigation, but will
not be a class-action case.
The overuse of legal prescription
opioids is being widely blamed for the
current crisis of opioid addiction that is
taxing first responders, jails and social
services across the nation. Opioids are
highly addictive and are easy to acci
dentally overdose on. The number of
opioid related deaths in Forsyth County
See Opioid on A7
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