Volume 44, Number 32
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C
THURSDAY, April 12,2018
School board candidates face public
BYTEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
With the May 8
Primary just a few weeks
away, the Big 4 Alumni
Association and the New
CAMPAIGN
South Community
Coalition invited candi
dates for the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
Schdols Board of
Education to an open
forum earlier this week.
The forum, h
Central Libn
Monday, April 9, was
widely attended by voters
from throughout Forsyth
County, many looking to
meet.the candidates for the
first time.
Before the start of the
event, city native Joseph
Blackwell said he decided
to attend after hearing all
the candidates would be in
attendance.
“I thought it was a
great idea to bring all the
candidates together. I don’t
know if anybody has done
this before but I thinks it’s
a great,” said Blackwell
while looking for a seat.
l,rm looking forward to
meeting all die candidates
personally.”
The incumbent candi
See Candidates on A7
Photo by Tevin Stinson
More than 75 residents
attended an open forum
hosted by the Big 4
Alumni Association and
the New South
Community Coalition
on Monday, April 9 at
the Central Library.
N.C. Rep. Evelyn Terry encourages young women at the “Impacting Lives Through Philanthropy” work
shop on Thursday, April 5.
ASUKMUl
Lawmaker encourages
college women to
embrace philanthropy
BY DONNA ROGERS
THE CHRONICLE
College women gath
ered to discuss philanthro
py got a surprise Thursday,
April 5.
N.C. Rep. Evelyn Terry
dropped by to encourage
the women attending an
ACEY Group event in The
Winston-Salem Foundation'
building.
She told the young
women, “It is good to be a
giver of myself.
“Being a philanthropist
does not mean you are
wealthy. It means that you
are a person who under
stands what it means to
give of yourself and make
things better.
“Go do good!” Terry
.said.
' The ACEY Group,
which was named in March
a Chronicle Organization
of the Year, is a group
member of The Women’s
Fund of Winston-Salem.
“Impacting Lives
Through Philanthropy”
was the title of the work
shop held in collaboration
with Winston-Salem State
University (WSSU) and the
Not-for-Profit
Management Program at
Salem College.
Kathy Hoyt, an ACEY
See ACEYon A10
N.C. Rep. Evelyn Terry
surprised participants at
the “Impacting Lives
Through Philanthropy”
workshop on Thursday,
April 5.
Chris Paul
buys ownership
in W-S Dash
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE __
The Winston-Salem Dash made an announcement on
Tuesday two days before the first game of the 2018 regu
lar season at BB&T Ballpark today, Thursday, April 12.
■ The Dash announced that nine-time NBA All-Star and
two-time Olympic Gold
Medalist Chris Paul will
become part of the team’s
ownership group. Bom in
Winston-Salem, Paul
graduated from West
Forsyth High School in
nearby Clemmons and
attended Wake Forest
University. He is a life
long baseball fan and has
followed the Dash closely
during his career.
C.J. Johnson, presi
dent of the Winston
Salem Dash, spoke to
media earlier in the day at
BB&T Ballpark and revealed that a new owner with
strong roots in the community had joined the Dash fami
ly. A brief video then played on the centerfield
videoboard with Chris Paul expressing his excitement
regarding his involvement with his hometown team.
Regarding his new-ownership with the Winston
Salem Dash, Paul said, “I am excited to have the oppor
tunity to become involved with a successful organization
that has a positive impact on the community. What could
be more fiin than being part owner of a Minor League
baseball team in your hometown?”
Following the video, Johnson was joined by long
time Dash Chairman and Managing Partner Billy Prim
and Chris Paul’s parents, Charles and Robin Paul.
“We are thrilled to welcome Chris Paul into the
Winston-Salem Dash ownership group,” said Prim. “He
has used his incredible success on the basketball court as
a platform to create the CP3 Foundation, and has done
amazing work in our community. Our organizational
goals of providing affordable family entertainment align
See Dash on A10
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Just add water
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE____________
The Winston Lake Aquatic Park is currently
on schedule to open Memorial Day weekend. The
$5 million 2014 bond project will turn Winston
Lake Park into an aquatic park with a pool, slide,
bath house and lazy river.
Ground was broken on the Winston Lake
Aquatic Park on Friday, July 22,2016. The city is
hoping to make it into a major water attraction.
At the time of the groundbreaking, City
Council Member Derwin Montgomery, who rep
resepts the East Ward, which contains the park,
said: “What we are doing here today is something
that will allow people for generations to come to
enjoy the greatness that is Winston Lake Park.”
Winston Lake Park, which is located near the
comer of New Walkertown and Waterworks
roads, is a park with its own lake that was used for
fishing. From 1963 to 1992 it also had a pool.
The aquatic park will have a variety of
attractions:
*A pool that will be 82 feet long by 45 feet
wide and range in depth from 3.5 to 5.6 feet.
*A shallow, zero-entry pool that’s 70 feet
around with a 22-foot-tall water-play structure
with sprinklers and slides.
•A water slide that will be more than 16 feet
See Park on A7
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