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CNN's Gupta will be the moderator for health-disparities conference
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Published: November 1, 2009
The Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health Disparities at Winston-Salem State University will hold a national conference on health disparities this week.
"Faces of a Healthy Future: National Conference to End Health Disparities II" will be held Tuesday through Friday at the Twin City Quarter, which includes the Benton Convention Center on West Fifth Street, and the Embassy Suites and Marriott hotels on Cherry Street.
A panel of national health experts and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon and CNN's senior medical correspondent for health and medicine, will moderate a town-hall meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Embassy Suites Grand Pavilion.
The conference will also include general sessions, panel discussions and working groups. Keynote speakers include Elizabeth Edwards, Dr. David Williams and Dr. Alvin Poussaint.
Participants can register on-site at the conference. Prices range from $50 for a luncheon to $595 for all sessions and activities.
For more registration information, e-mail Patty Drummond at fhf@tribble
creativegroup.com, or call her at 704-326-6338.
Section of Country Club to close
The city of Winston-Salem said that the 2700 block of Country Club Road -- between Pine Valley Road and Westview Drive -- will be closed Tuesday for work crews to replace a manhole, weather permitting.
Detours will be set up for motorists.
Dell cuts hurt services contractor
A maintenance contractor at the Dell Inc. plant in Winston-Salem told state officials this week that it plans to cut 55 jobs, the Raleigh News & Observer reported.
Diversco, formed in 1969 and based in Spartanburg, S.C., provides janitors, guards, groundskeepers, maintenance, repair and other contract labor.
The company is the first of the Dell plant's service providers to announce its own job cuts related to the closing of the Dell desktop-assembly plant by Jan. 20. Dell is eliminating 600 jobs by mid-November, and the rest when the plant closes.
Fort Macon visitor center dedicated
ATLANTIC BEACH -- State officials celebrated the opening of a new coastal education and visitor center at Fort Macon State Park.
The center, formally dedicated yesterday afternoon, is more than 22,000 square feet, with 4,000 square feet of exhibit space. It is dedicated to environmental education about coastal ecology.
The center reflects the style of the 183-year-old fort. The project cost $8.2 million and was paid for with money from the state Parks and Recreation Trust Fund.
Fort Macon became the second North Carolina state park in 1924. It had 1.1 million visitors in 2008.
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