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Regional Briefs: National experts on health issues will be featured at a conference held at WSSU
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Published: October 16, 2009
Two internationally known health experts will speak next month at a health conference at Winston-Salem State University.
Sanjay Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon and senior medical correspondent at CNN, and Dr. Cornel West, a Princeton professor and best-selling author, will speak as part of "Faces of a Healthy Future: National Conference to End Health Disparities II."
Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Sen. John Edwards, will also speak at the conference, which is the second of its kind given by the Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health Disparities at Winston-Salem State.
The conference was created to discuss health and health-care issues for specific populations, including people of African, Asian, Hispanic and American Indian descent, and of veterans, the disabled and those with mental illness.
The conference is scheduled for Nov. 3-6 at the Embassy Suites hotel.
A reception with Gupta is scheduled for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4. A luncheon with Edwards is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Nov. 5. The gala with West will begin at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5.
Tickets are $65 for the reception, $50 for the luncheon and $85 for the gala. More information is available at www.facesofahealthyfuture.com.
Arts council gives $1.6 million to 20 member arts groups
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County has made organizational-support grants totaling $1.6 million to 20 arts groups, council officials announced yesterday.
That is an 8 percent increase over organizational-support money awarded in the 2008-09 grant cycle.
Organizational-support grants help the council's financed partners cover such day-to-day expenses as staff, equipment and facilities.
The largest grants went to the Winston-Salem Symphony, $242,500; Twin City Stage, $195,000; N.C. Black Repertory Company, $175,000; Sawtooth School for Visual Art, $162,000; and Piedmont Opera, $100,000.
Including other grants, $1.8 million has gone to 42 organizations and 19 artists this year -- the largest amount the council has awarded in an annual grant cycle.
See www.intothearts.org/grants for more details.
Board gets no public opposition to proposed pet ‘scoop' law
A proposal to enact a countywide requirement that dog and cat owners clean up after their pets has drawn only a handful of responses so far, members of the Forsyth County Animal Control Advisory Board learned last night.
One person spoke in favor of the change, and no one spoke against it during a public-comment period. Members of the animal-control staff said they have received some telephone calls and e-mails, all generally in favor of the proposal.
In addition to the "scoop" requirement, the board is also looking at requiring people to report found pets, putting in measures to encourage spaying and neutering, and making pet licensing easier. The advisory board will finish work on the proposals later and present them to county commissioners next spring.
Hanesbrands sale at West High to raise money for United Way
Hanesbrands Inc. will hold a second community product sale this year on Saturday to raise money for the United Way and one of its member agencies.
The sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot at West Forsyth High School, 1735 Lewisville-Clemmons Road in Clemmons.
Hanesbrands will donate more than six tractor-trailer loads of apparel.
The sale will feature products from such brands as Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, Just My Size, L'eggs and Outer Banks.
Most apparel is priced between 50 cents and $8 and includes bras, panties, hosiery, tights, socks, sweatshirts and sport shirts.
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