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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C
Volume 44, Number 42
THURSDAY, June 21, 2018
City passes budget
• Photo by Todd Luck
Many attendees wore Working America shirts at Monday night's City Council
meeting to show support for raising the minimum wage for city workers to $15
an hour by 2021.
W-S council
commits to $15
wage minimum
by 2021
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
The Winston-Salem
City Council passed its
$530 million budget with
no tax increase on
Monday, June 18, with a
commitment to raise the
minimum wage for city
workers to $15 by 2021.
Last month, several
advocates spoke during a
public comment session
asking for the city to put its
commitment to reach a liv
ing or family wage of $15
an hour by 2021 into a res
olution. The city did just
that as it included it in its
annual personnel resolu
tion, which increased the
minimum city wage for
this year to $12.50 an hour.
Before the vote, Rev.
Craig Schaub of Parkway
United Church of Christ
urged the council to make
the commitment.
“Vote for a budget that
sustains families, that
strengthens our city,” said
Schaub.
Bishop Willard Bass,
who spoke during the
budget hearing to thank the
city for its support of
Freedom Tree at IDR, also
added his support to a $15
minimum city wage.
• “I believe what the
family wage will do is help
our community a lot by
showing that we care for
those who lack resources,”
said Bass.
Many attendees wore
red T-shirts from the work
er advocacy group
Working America to show
their support, and some
also spoke during the hear
ing. Several speakers were
concerned about language
in the resolution that said
the goal was “subject to
funding availability.”
City Manager Lee
Garrity said that commit
ments the city makes on
future funding are subject
to money available in
future budgets.
“The reality is, every
thing you do... even if that
language wasn’t in there,
everything is subject to the
budget each year,” said
See Budget on A8 •
Photo by Tevin Stinson
With temperatures in the mid-90s all week, residents have been taking advantage of the Winston Waterworks
water park at 3584 Winston Lake Road.
CHRONICLE STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Welcome to summer. Today is the first
day, although some people checked out
Winston Waterworks water park this week
before the big day arrived
Forecasters are warning oi uangciuua
heat in North Carolina this week.
The National Weather Service said the
heat is expected to run at least through
Thursday, today.
Temperatures in the Triad are predicted
to reach the mid-90s with a heat index
close to 100. Also, forecasters said high
temperatures from Charlotte to Raleigh to
Wilmington are expected to be in the upper
90s. But forecasters say including the
effect of humidity, the heat index will
range from 103 to 109 degrees every day.
The weather service said once the heat
index tops 90, people are at much higher
risk for sunstroke, heat cramps and heat
exhaustion if they have prolonged expo
sure to the heat.
Heat stroke is a medical emergency
where the person's body temperature
reaches 106 degrees or higher. A person
can become unconscious and needs emer
gency medical assistance. Heat stroke can
be fatal.
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With the heat index
reaching 100 degrees
this week, residents of
all ages take advantage
of one of the city's
newest attractions, the
Winston Waterworks
water park on Winston
Lake Road.
Juneteenth
Festival
celebrates
freedom
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE_
Last weekend, communities across the country came
together to celebrate Juneteenth, or Freedom Day. The
American holiday , commemorates the announcement of
the abolition of slavery in the United States.
Here in the City of Arts and Innovation, Triad Cultural
Arts Inc. has played host to the Juneteenth Festival for the
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Photo by Tevin Stinson
Hundreds of residents gathered at Wake Forest
Innovation Quarter and Bailey Park last weekend
for the 14th annual Juneteenth Festival.
past 14 years.
This year’s celebration began with an African libation
ritual performed by Dr. Felicia Piggott-Long. While
watering a plant, Piggot-Long roared the names of ances
tors who paved the way for African-Americans. She then
asked festivalgoers to join in.
"Martin Luther King Jr.,” "Malcolm X." "Maya
Angelou" were just a few of the names that echoed from
the center of Wake Forest Innovation Quarter.
For the second year in a row, Dr. Kimya Dennis and
See Juneteenth on A8
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Senate overrides Cooper vetoes of judicial district, election bills
BY GARY D. ROBERTSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH — Republican legis
lators are moving to try to override
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's
vetoes, this time on legislation
redrawing judicial districts in some
of North Carolina's counties and
election security.
The North Carolina Senate on
Tuesday, June 19, voted to override
Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of two
bills - Senate Bill 486, which tight
ens election security measures to
protect against the threat of outside
influence, and Senate Bill 757,
which makes changes to judicial dis
tricts in four counties.
House Republicans would vote
either Wednesday or today.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s
vetoes of two bills adds more uncer
tainty to already unusual state elec
tions this fall forjudges and in races
where new political parties want to
field candidates.
Cooper announced late Friday -
less than three hours before a 10-day
state constitutional deadline - his
decision to block a pair of measures.
One adjusts many judicial elec
tion districts in Wake, Mecklenburg,
Pender, and New Hanover counties.
The other bill requires criminal
background checks for key state and
county election board workers and
makes more directions about how
this November's elections for judi
See Vetoes on A8
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