Dr. Althea Taylor-Jones of Kernersville has been elected Official Spokesperson for the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel legislature after serving nine years as both an alternate and a delegate for Forsyth County. She is the first African-American elected to that office in the organization’s 22-year history.
Jim Weikel was celebrated as the 2015 Lifetime of Service Award winner by the Volunteer Center of Greensboro in recognition of his work in five categories of volunteer service on behalf of older adults and his dedication to the Older Adults Ministry of West Market Street United Methodist Church over the past 30 years.
Regional Recognition – The Piedmont Triad Regional Council Board of Delegates recently recognized two officials who exemplify the council’s spirit, mission and dedication to public service in the Triad. Molly Leight, a member of the Winston-Salem City Council, received the 2015 Grady Hunter Regional Leadership Award for actively addressing economic development in the Piedmont Triad region. Matt Reece, PTRC’s Assistant [...]
The Piedmont Triad Regional Council is establishing a focus group, Senior Health Awareness Resources and Enrichment (SHARE), to create community programs for health and wellness for mind, body and spirit. Sheila Hutchinson explains, “This focus group is tasked with creating community circles within each Triad county to educate and stimulate physical, mental, and social engagement.” The first meeting will be [...]
By Lazarus Barnhill Lazarus Barnhill, Piedmont Triad author, finds being a Uber driver fits in well with his writing schedule. His latest novel, The Boston, the story of a world-class runner’s struggles to compete in the world’s most prestigious marathon, will be released in the fall. Uber, only five-years-old, has been in the Triad and Triangle for the past year [...]
Greensboro abounds in historic sites that were important way stations on the road to freedom for all Americans. When Earle Bower, a retired advertising executive from Manhattan, looked at rebranding Greensboro as a marketing problem, he pulled together the following under a single label, rebranding Greensboro as A Journey to Freedom. Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: British General Cornwallis won [...]
In 1749, Benjamin Franklin wrote in Poor Richard’s Almanac: “On the 15th of June, anno 1215, was Magna Carta signed by King John, for declaring and establishing English liberty.” The Almanac does not mention that Immediately after affixing his beeswax seal to the parchment, King John asked the Pope to annul the agreement, and the Pope obliged. King John has [...]
By Linda Catoe Dr. Marlene McCauley, Guilford College Geology Chair When Dr. Marlene McCauley, Guilford College Geology Chair, pulls the cork on a new semester, she swirls her signature glass of wry humor, insisting, “We will be conducting comparative olfactory evaluations…and not tasting wine.” The wine course homework does include wine tasting at local wine shops, creating your own tastings, [...]
Healthy Together NC, a Prevention Partners initiative in collaboration with NC Department of Commerce, Center for Healthy NC, and N.C. Hospital Association, is recruiting leaders across the state to help bring healthy change to all 100 NC counties by 2025. The sponsors are inviting a unique mix — leaders of corporations, chambers of commerce, counties and municipalities, economic development agencies, [...]
Applications are being accepted for the Ms. North Carolina Senior America 2015 Pageant. Women who have reached the “Age of Elegance” 60 years and older, and have resided in North Carolina for the past three months are eligible to enter. Contestants will compete in the following categories: Interview (5 minutes), Philosophy of Life (35 seconds or less), Talent (2:45 Min. [...]
