Healthcare
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Volume 44, Number 49
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THURSDAY, August 9, 2018
Hanes retires, nominates
Montgomery for seat
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
N.C. Rep. Ed Hanes has announced his retirement
from the General Assembly on Tuesday.
“I. will retire from my service in the House of
.. Representatives and the
CAMPAIGN North Carolina General
Assembly effective August 7,
2018,” said Hanes in a state
ment. “It has been an honor
and a great privilege to serve
and represent my friends and
neighbors in District 72. I
thank my family for their support duijng my time of serv
ice.”
See Hanes on A2
Hanes
Montgomery
Jackson
Joines
Taneisha Gist enlists social
media as she fights cancer
BYTEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE_
Long before she was
diagnosed with breast can
cer, before she was diag
nosed with Crohn’s dis
ease, long before she had
her breasts removed, and
even before she lost her
father to cancer, Taneisha
Gist was resilient. During
an interview with The
Chronicle last week, Gist,
who is known throughout
the community as Neisha,
said the strength she is
using to battle stage 3
breast cancer right now is
something that tias always
been a part of who she is.
At age 10, Gist and her
younger sibling were
placed into foster care,
where she spent time liv
ing with relatives. She said
even before that she had to
be strong for her younger,
brother.
“We were taken away
from my mom because she
was on drugs, so being the
oldest I was already taking
care of my brother. So
when we were taken away,
I knew I had to provide for
him,” continued Gist. “... I
grew up early. My mom
wasn’t there, so I had to be
strong.”
Despite facing obsta
cles early in life, Gist, who
See Gist on A2
Photo submitted by Taneisha Gist
Since being diag
nosed with breast
cancer in March
Taneisha Gist has
been showing the
world what it means
to be UNeishaStrong.
r 7,
Older alumni
of Atkins High
celebrate
history
BY TEVIN STINSON
, Alumni from Atkins High School painted the city
I maroon and gold last weekend as the Class of 1961 and
the Class of 1968 held reunion celebrations.
The Class of 1968 kicked off their 50th anniversary
celebration on Friday, Aug. 3, with a “meet and greet” at
the Ivy Arms Apartment Clubhouse. The gathering gave
classmates an opportunity to catch up with old friends and
teachers, and reflect on die good times they had at one of
Photo by Tevin Stinson
Last weekend, Atkins High School Class of 1968
celebrated their 50th Reunion with a banquet and
other events throughout the weekend.
this city’s most historic schools.
The celebration continued on Saturday, Aug. 3, when
classmates got together again for a banquet. During the
event held at Best Western on University Parkway, the
Class of 1968 enjoyed dinner while looking through photo
albums, and mingling with classmates. The guest speaker
was Joselyn Johnson, a former City Council member and
a 1967 graduate of Atkins. Johnson reminded the Class of
’68 of the rich history made in the old brick building on
Cameron Avenue and to give back to those in the commu
nity.
While enjoying dinner, when asked why “Atkins
Pride” is still strong in the community, Thomas Hicks,
who serves as president of the Class of 1968’s Reunion
Committee, said, “It was basically the Number One black
high school going back to the 1930s all the way up to the
See History on A10
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Planned church sign causes resident concern
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
A local church’s plan to replace its sign result
ed in numerous residents voicing concerns about
the change at a City Council meeting held
Monday, Aug. 6.
Disciples of Grace Ministries on Oak Summit
Road applied for a rezoning that would allow for
the replacement of its current sign with a larger,
more prominent electronic one.
“The sign that’s there right now is not notice
able at all,” said Mischelle Houser, the wife of
Grace Ministries Pastor Dr. Joe Houser.
Neighbors voiced concerns about the dozens of
land uses that the new zoning would allow, which
Houser addressed by agreeing to eliminate all uses
other than church and day care. Others said numer
ous neighbors didn’t like the idea of the sign and
feared any changes associated with it could attract
crime back to the neighborhood. One said she
heard the church was going to house a rehabilita
tion program for alcohol abuse.
Disciples of Grace Ministries, which moved to
its current location from Rural Hall in October, has
See City Council on A10
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