Caroline High School Black History Program
By Terry L. Norton, Staff Writer

The annual Black History Program at Caroline High School took place on Feb. 18. Black student musicians, singers and dancers took the stage to share their gifts and culture with a multi-cultural audience.

The guest speaker was CHS Class of 1984 graduate Bonita Turner, who since high school, went on to Longwood University for two Bachelors, then Virginia Commonwealth University for her Masters in Business Administration and the Virginia Union for a Masters in Divinity.

She is owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Richmond company Topline Incorporated. The Black History Committee sponsored an essay contest based on this year¹s theme "If you can dream it, you can do it."

Troy Davis wrote the winning essay in which he expressed a desire to be an author and have a column in the New York Times. The young man wrote that his desire to be a writer has already benefited his abstract and objective thought through research, investigations, and the many other means by which he obtains information.

In her speech, Turner gave a concise guide to bringing a dream to reality. First write it down, articulate it and become committed to it. She also said to be sure it is a dream of honesty and integrity, or it won¹t last. Second, work hard, and third, remember when you attain your dream you are standing on someone else¹s shoulder.

In his essay, Davis echoed those steps first in articulating his dream to become a writer then committing himself to the work involved.

J Turner's gestured to the audience and said that 21 years ago she was in one of those seats and how short those 21 years now seem. "Time will pass quickly," she said. "How will you spend your time?"