Friday's Internet Edition, 6:59 PM, July 4, 2008. Official: System needs sites for new schools By Tim Bullard The Clemmons Courier - The Clemmons area is due for another elementary school, but a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school leader said land can be hard to find. Darrell Walker, assistant superintendent of operations, discussed construction needs and crime in the schools Friday during a community forum hosted by the Pro-Active Citizens of Clemmons at the Clemmons Civic Center. “I will tell you we will build a new school in Clemmons,” he said. The district is looking at land near Rural Hall also. “What kills us financially is sewer and curb and gutter,” he said. “If we can at least work with developers on infrastructure…we just . . . [Click for More] INSIDE NEWS STORIES West Forsyth’s Amy Maxey named ‘teacher of year’ A mathematics teacher at West Forsyth HighSchool has been named the 2008-09 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Teacher of the Year. Amy Maxey was presented the award during a surprise ceremony Friday . . . [ Click for More ] Cancer scare doesn’t alter Cameron Smith’s focus He is an honor student. A dedicated swimmer. And a cancer fighter. Camden Smith, 18, will accept his diploma from West Forsyth High principal Kurt Telford on the evening of . . . [ Click for More ] Tornado slams into Frye Bridge homes A powerful tornado touched down in the Frye Bridge Road area Thursday night, tossing trees and smashing homes. Nobody was seriously injured, and neighbors rushed to help the victims, even . . . [ Click for More ] West senior’s eager to vote: Ivory Paysour has registered 120 other student voters West Forsyth High senior Ivory Paysour is so excited about voting in the Democratic presidential primary that she has registered more than 120 of her classmates to join her. She . . . [ Click for More ] Friends mourn Meals volunteer, shooting victims Clemmons West neighbors and friends mourned the shocking murder of Meals on Wheels volunteer Edith Anne Magness, 77, last week. Her husband, Bill, 78, was wounded. Also killed was Robert . . . [ Click for More ] Assistant superintendent Darrell Walker spoke to a group of Clemmons area parents at a forum last week at the Clemmons Civic Club. Got an opinion? Do you support Novant's plans Click here and add your vote to our On-Line Poll Local Sports Titans outlast Davie in key CPC softball battle “I was worried,” Kevin Baity admitted after being asked to assess West’s 7-5 come-from-behind win over Davie County in prep softball play last week. “This was a game we were . . . [ Click for More ] Local Obituaries Obituaries for July 3, 2008 Melvin Arliss Knouse Mr. Melvin Arliss Knouse, 73, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center. He had been in declining health for several months due to heart . . . [ Click for More ] News Archive Sports Archive Local Obituaries Archive Pretty beads help desperate Kenyan orphans West senior worked at orphanage last summer Leah Weatherman wears her Kenyan beads to school. By Adam Smith The Clemmons Courier - Leah Weatherman has spent much of her senior year at West Forsyth High raising money for orphans in Kenya. She went there last summer, and the experience made a lasting impression. She sells beads to her friends to benefit the orphanage. Leah Weatherman is the daughter of Shawn and Melanie Weatherman, and she has a missionary spirit. “Amani beads are beads made by women in Kenya,” she said. “The women who make them are supported by making the beads. They’re becoming really popular here.” The Amani Foundation collects the beads and gives them to volunteers in America to be sold. The clay-like, painted ornaments come in many colors. They are used to make necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. “You just kind of put them on the string. Whatever you think looks good,” Weatherman said. “There’s really a lot of freedom. You can do whatever you want with them, which is the cool thing.” The idea of selling the beads stemmed from Weatherman’s difficulty buying the beads for herself. “One of our friends, Emily Welker, was making them and selling them,” she said. “I felt really bad because I couldn’t buy any, so she gave me some beads and string, and I started making them.” Weatherman started selling the beads in January when civil strife developed in Kenya. “Kenya was going through a really rough time, which is probably why I started doing it,” she said. “They had just had an election, and the fairness of that election was highly disputed. That led to tribal conflict between the two opposing leaders that were running for president.” People died in the conflict. “Mostly the fighting was in riots,” said Weatherman. “(There) was a huge amount of people in a church, and the church got burned down.” Last summer, Weatherman spent a month working in the Kenyan orphanage Ray of Hope. This is an on-line publication of The Clemmons Courier 3600 Clemmons Road P.O. Box 765 Clemmons, NC 27012 336-766-4126 Fax 336-766-7350 For comments or questions, email us Publisher: Dwight Sparks dsparks@clemmonscourier.com. Front Page - Sports - Society - Opinion - Obituaries Legals - Archive - Real Estate - Classified - Subscribe On-line publication, Copyright 2001, The Clemmons Courier. Web page design, Copyright 2001, EZ Edit Web Publishing.