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Evaluation System Linked to Mass
Teacher Firings Deemed ‘Flawed’
By Dorothy Rowley “These firings are the
AFRO Staff Writer result of the new contract,”
WTU Vice President
A leading official with the Nathan Saunders told the
Washington Teachers Union AFRO.”[The firings] show the
said its president, George immense power Chancellor
Parker, knew when he signed Rhee secured by signing the
the new teachers contract contract with the union; these
that more teachers were in will not be the only firings.”
line for termination, and gave According to Saunders,
Chancellor Michelle Rhee such terminations will
free rein to hand out more become commonplace in the
pink slips.
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A protest led by a contingent of DCPS teachers was held in 2009 outside Chancellor
Festival 2010 C1 Michelle Rhee’s office. At that time, many many denounced Rhee’s plans for terminating
city educators.
Where Are the
Black Caddies? C5 Metro Crash Explained, Finally
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
A faulty track circuit
system was likely the cause of
the June 22, 2009 rush hour
Metro crash that claimed nine
lives, injured several others
and caused $25 million in
Ne-Yo Discusses damages, concluded federal
officials Tuesday.
Life, New Album C3 More than a year
following the horrific crash
on the Red Line, the National
Transportation Safety
Board reported the results
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Washington Metropolitan
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board. During the lengthy
meeting on July 27, the
five-member board also
engaged in a question-and-
answer session with NSTB
investigators that provided a
clearer scenario of what led to
the accident involving trains
112 and 214.
A video simulation
of the crash, part of the
investigators’ report, showed
that Jeanice McMillan, who
drove train 112, only had
enough time to slow down by
a few miles an hour before the
point of impact. Meanwhile,
14 the driver of 214, which had
slowed to a stop, had no clue
that the track circuit system
had malfunctioned.
Board member Robert
7 47105 21847 2 Sumwalt described the crash
as a “technical accident” that
most likely could have been
avoided. “It was a classic
example of an organizational
accident with failures up and
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public schools – the direct
result, he said, of a contract
poorly written and rushed
through at the last minute by
Parker following three years
of negotiations.
“There’s nothing he can do
about what’s transpiring and
any grievance after a teacher
has been fired is irrelevant,”
said Saunders.
Over the weekend,
Washington, D.C. fire personal can be seen removing the
dead from the scene of the June 22, 2009 Metro crash.
Federal investigators this week reported that the crash
was caused by faulty track circuits.
including the WMATA board
of directors,” he said.
According to the NTSB
report, at the time of
the crash, WMATA was
performing two projects to
upgrade the train control
system on the Red Line: one
for the installation of high
current impedance bonds to
handle the increased power
needed for eight trains; and
another to replace track
circuits at the control room.
Track work in the area of the
accident had been completed
by the day of the crash, but
more upgrades to circuit
components at the Fort Totten
control room were to be made
in the following days.
The operator of train 214,
which was struck, said his
trip was uneventful until he
departed Takoma station. Rail
traffic was congested and train
241 teachers were fired in
accordance with the new
IMPACT evaluation system
Rhee used to determine
who stayed or got the boot.
Currently, more than 700
teachers that barely missed AP Photo/Steve Cannon
termination will have one Shirley Sherrod answers questions during an interview
year to prove their mettle as at her home on July 23 in Albany, Ga. Sherrod was
effective educators. fired from her job at the Agriculture Department amid
However, union officials accusations of racism.
Continued on A4
News Analysis
Obama, NAACP
Caught by Race Bait
By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief
The trap – a grainy, 2½-minute clip – was rudimentary
by today’s technology standards. It even bore a sign, “Trap
Herei” – posted as it was on the blog site of a man who
has publicly declared his intent to destroy the institutional
left. And yet, the Obama administration, blindly joined by
Shirley Sherrod.
But then, they couldn’t see clearly, retreating, as they
were, from the unrelenting onslaught of the Glenn Becks,
Bill O’Reillys and Rush Limbaughs that have dominated the
airwaves, fomenting fear and hysteria.
“Everybody’s on the defensive with the right wing
media,” said Dianne Pinderhughes, professor of Africana
Photo by Dorothy Rowley
studies and political science at Notre Dame University. “The
NAACP had just come out of a dust up with Fox News and
the tea party; they didn’t want to be vulnerable. [And] the
administration didn’t want the Shirley Sherrod story to step
on their lead, which was financial reform. Sherrod would be
a ‘race’ story and they didn’t want a race story.”
That’s because race, for the administration of the nation’s
first Black president, has been the ultimate boogie man. In
trying to elude right wing accusations of showing favoritism
toward Blacks, the administration pirouettes around the
issues – ignoring the need for targeted programs to transform
Black communities that are, undeniably, disproportionately
poor and disenfranchised, and firing Sherrod before properly
investigating the origin and authenticity of the video clip in
which the Georgia-based agriculture official was depicted as
racist.
Attorney General Eric Holder’s assertion that America is
a “nation of cowards” when it comes to race may or may not
be true. But the Obama administration has proven that it is,
many observers are saying.
“They run from racial issues like illegal immigrants
run from the INS,” said political analyst Jason Johnson,
Ph.D., who teaches political science at Hiram College in
Ohio. “Obama is an excruciatingly careful and cautious
AFRO File Photo/Khalid Naji-Allah politician ... but when it comes to issues of race – whether it
be Skip Gates or this – when there’s a racial issue they will
backtrack like nobody’s business.”
And so it was that the same element – which tried to
dissuade Obama from speaking on race during the Rev.
Jeremiah Wright imbroglio – drew and quartered Sherrod,
214, operating in manual firing her in a phone call while she drove.
mode, followed behind train “They called me twice,” Sherrod told The Associated
110, while proceeding at Press. “The last time, they asked me to pull over to the side
a slow rate of speed. The of the road and submit my resignation on my BlackBerry,
operator said that as his train and that’s what I did.”
traveled between the Takoma According to African-American leaders such as
and Fort Totten stations, it lost Continued on A4
Continued on A6
JPI Report: In District, Poor + Black = Incarceration
By David Rushing need.
Special to the Afro Of all the surprising findings in the
document, said Sarah Lyons, the author
In Washington, D.C., if you’re indigent responsible for most of the report, that’s the
and Black you are more likely to end up in the one that stood out.
judicial system, according to a report released “Seeing a graph showing that funding for
July 27 by the Justice Policy Institute. social programs and services has been cut,
“Capital Concern: The disproportionate while it has risen for law enforcement was
impact of the justice system on low-income shocking,” Lyons told the AFRO.
communities in D.C.,” is a fraction of a The findings show that change in funding
nationally-focused report on the intersection even as the city’s crime rate declined. From
of race, poverty and criminal justice to be 2001 to 2009, the crime rate in the district
released later this fall. The District report dropped 22 percent, yet funding for the Office
also showed what seemed to be a mismatched of the Attorney General and the Metropolitan
allocation of funds relative to the areas of Continued on A4
A2 The Afro-American, July 31, 2010 - August 6, 2010

AFRO National Briefs rights achievements and

efforts to champion equality.
“We are delighted to
O’Brien’s groundbreaking
‘Black in America’ and
‘Latino in America’ series
Russia Welcomes First Black Politician
Louisiana Supreme Court Rights Advocate Award honor CNN and Soledad were remarkable.”
Justice, CNN Receive Civil at a reception hosted in O’Brien, who will formally In response, O’Brien said
Rights Awards conjunction with the National accept the award, for their CNN “work[s] hard to live up
The Lawyers’ Committee Bar Association´s 85th outstanding commitment to to our diversity missions….
for Civil Rights Under Annual Convention in New coverage of minority and We are pleased to be
Law will honor CNN and Orleans. During the Aug. underserved communities,” recognized by the Lawyers’ Russian
Louisiana Supreme Court 11 event, the CNN network said Lawyers’ Committee Committee for our role in councilman Jean
Justice Bernette Johnson and Justice Johnson will be Executive Director Barbara shedding light on people and Gregoire Sagbo,
with its Distinguished Civil recognized for their civil Arnwine in a statement. “Ms. communities impacted by the seen in this
important civil rights issues of July 20 photo,
our day.” is Russia’s first
The Lawyers’ Committee Black politician.
will also honor Johnson for AP Photo
her advocacy on behalf of the
Jean Gregoire Sagbo, a 48-year-old African native,
poor and disenfranchized and
recently made history after he was elected Russia’s first Black
for youth mentorship.
politician. Sagbo, who now serves as one of the 10 councilmen
Johnson’s judicial career
in the village of Novozavidovo, aims to use his newly elected
began in 1984, when she was
position as an opportunity to rescue the village from drug
elected to the Civil District
addiction, pollution and poverty. “Novozavidovo is dying,”
Court of New Orleans,
Sagbo told The Associated Press. “This is my home, my town.
the first woman to hold
We can’t live like this.”
that office, according to a
Sagbo, a village resident for 21 years, first came to Russia
press release. She has since
in the 1980s to study economics in Moscow. He later met his
worked as a champion for
wife and the two settled down to have a family.
social justice, civil rights and
He went on to work in real estate and said he had no
community organizing.
intentions of getting into politics, viewing it as a dirty and
dangerous business. But the town council and various residents
Report: Strong Link
persuaded him to run for office, citing his various contributions
Between Poverty, HIV
to the community.
The Centers for Disease
Since his arrival in Novozavidovo, he has donated time and
Control and Prevention
money to improve the village by cleaning up his apartment
recently issued a first-of-its-
building, funding street improvements and organizing what is
kind analysis showing that
now an annual day of collecting garbage.
2.1 percent of heterosexuals
Sagbo, one of an estimated 40,000 Afro-Russians, is not
living in urban areas with
the only Black to run for office in Russia. Politician Joaquim
high rates of poverty in
Crima ran last year but was heavily defeated. Locals viewed
the U.S. are infected with
Crima as the “Russian Obama” and since Sagbo’s arrival to
HIV. The findings indicate a
office, many have given him the same nickname. Sagbo is
massive health concern for
unhappy with the moniker.
many low-income cities in
“My name is not Obama. It’s sensationalism,” Sagbo told
America, who may now face
the AP. “He is Black and I am Black, but it’s a totally different
generalized HIV epidemics
situation.”
as defined by the United
National Join Program on
HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). heterosexual transmission also significant implications for
According to UNAIDS, a sustains the epidemic without how we think about HIV
generalized epidemic is one inclusion of these groups. prevention. We can’t look
that is “firmly established in The analysis revealed that at HIV in isolation from
the general population, with poverty is the key demographic the environment in which
an overall HIV prevalence factor associated with HIV people live,” said Jonathan
in the general population of infection among heterosexual Mermin, director of the
more than 1 percent.” While adults living in inner cities. CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS
subpopulations – such as However, the report found no Prevention, in a statement.
men who have sex with men differences in HIV prevalence “This analysis points to an
and intravenous drug users – by race or ethnicity in low- urgent need to prioritize
contribute disproportionately income populations. HIV prevention efforts in
to new HIV infections, “These findings have disadvantaged communities.”

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Rep. Rangel Seeks Fairness in Ethics Case

By Verena Dobnik
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) —
Some of U.S. Rep. Charles
Rangel’s constituents greeted
the embattled politician with
a warm handshake July 24,
saying his decades of public
service outshine the ethics
cloud hanging over him as he
seeks re-election.
“Charlie has done as
much for this community
as any politician has for
theirs – or maybe more,’’
Herbert Collins, a retired
transportation worker, said
after Rangel gave a speech
on health care. “He deserves
another term because I don’t
see anyone out there who can
do any better.’’
But outside, in the
sweltering heat, another Harlem
resident was in no mood for
compromise. “I don’t think he’s
fit to serve in Congress, he’s not
reliable to represent us,’’ said
27-year-old A.G. Ousmane,
who was selling $1 bottles
of ice-cold water to passers-
by from a cooler. “We need
someone young and clear like
a bottle of water, with a new
swagger – not with a history
like Rangel’s.’’
With temperatures in the
90s, Rangel arrived at Harlem
Hospital dressed all in white,
later telling reporters that he
is counting on presumption of
innocence until proven guilty.
“I don’t want any special
breaks,’’ he said. “All I want
is fairness.’’
Rangel, 80, smiled broadly
at supporters in an elevator
that took him to the hospital’s
second floor, where he spoke
at a community health care
forum. He emphasized the
need for preventive care –
especially for conditions
like diabetes, which is more
common among Black
Americans than others.
“Where’s my They say he also is charged
Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., addresses a health
congressman?’’ one woman with violating ethics rules for
care forum at Harlem Hospital, July 24 in New
shouted at him before he use of congressional stationery
York. Rangel says he doesn’t want “any special
spoke. to raise money for a university
breaks” when it comes to charges that he violated
“Hi darlin’! What a center bearing his name
ethics rules. The 80-year-old congressman got a
welcome!’’ he responded, to and failure to report income
warm welcome when he arrived at a hospital in
roars of approval. as required on his annual
New York City’s Harlem section on Saturday to
Supporters handed out financial disclosure forms.
speak about health care reform.
fliers showing a picture on “These are alleged
Rangel’s face and the words violations,’’ he said Saturday,
“He Delivers.’’ adding that stepping aside
This was home turf for the “wouldn’t really be the
politician who was once the American thing to do.’’ The
youngest member of Harlem’s former federal prosecutor said
“Gang of Four’’ – the other he owes it “to the process’’ to
three being Percy Sutton, first find out what the House
Basil Paterson and David Ethics Committee says, “and
Dinkins. They mentored maybe, just maybe, I have
Rangel into a position of evidence to prove that it’s not
power he had not relinquished substantive.’’
until this year. Rangel said he can’t
In March, the Democrat comment on specific
stepped down as chairman of allegations until the committee AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
the House Ways and Means formally unveils them this
Committee. And now the main week. But the ever-effusive “a lot of love and affection strength from his belief that
issue for fellow Democrats is congressman could not hold and support’’ from his all Americans have the right Associated Press
whether Rangel’s fight for his back his emotions on Saturday. constituents, which he has to “fairness, fairness, fairness Writer Larry Margasak in
political life might weaken Now more than ever, enjoyed in the past. ... what I’m searching for is Washington contributed to
their chances of retaining Rangel said, he is looking for He said he is deriving fairness.’’ this report.
majority in the House in the
November elections.
The question is, can he
win re-election despite his
troubles?
“Absolutely!
Overwhelmingly!’’ said
Sylvia Tyler, 72, a retired
schoolteacher and president of
the West Harlem Independent
Democrats.
Street vendor Curtis
Parker, 47, said he hadn’t
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Rangel. Still, “I’m cool with
him, I like Charlie Rangel; TURNS HOURS
he’s a good guy.”
The building Rangel calls
“my home hospital’’ is across
the street from the Lennox
Terrace apartments where
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of using four rent-subsidized
units in violation of New York
City law, according to people
familiar with the allegations
who were not authorized to
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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain Nephew
A4 The Afro-American, July 31, 2010 - August 6, 2010
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-
AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph around the city. On

Afrocentric School Fights to Keep Charter

Jennifer Hudson and other
relatives positively identified
Hudson’s mother and brother.
The white, 1994 Chevrolet
Suburban with Illinois license
the vehicle while walking his
dog. According to the Chicago
Tribune, the boy had been shot
Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked
for the public’s help in finding
her nephew. In her MySpace
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim The D.C.
multiple timesPublic in the backCharter seatSchool Board subsequently blog, she thanked fans and sup-
Special to the AFRO concluded
of the vehicle. thatThe KIMA SUV,had violated the residency rules and
regis- porters for their prayers and
also come
tered to Hudson’sup short in keeping accurate student records and
murdered offered a $100,000 reward to
Washington, D.C. — Leaders of an embattled Afrocentric developing
brother, was federally-required
towed with the learning plans for its special anyone who returned the boy
charter school fought back a school board effort to shut the education
boy’s body students
inside and – areas
is being KIMA officials say they are alive.
school down and pleaded for a chance to build on the 10-year- addressing. The board also found that KIMA failed to fully
processed by evidence techni- Since the investigation,
old school’s legacy of success and to correct its errors. implement its educational program and incorporate its Kamitic
cians and workers. The body Hudson – who gained stardom
“We are asking that you please do not revoke our charter,” philosophy – which hails from what is commonly referred to as
was later removed and taken to after appearing on “American
Cheryl Journiette, board chair of the Kamit Institute for the Cook County Medical
ancient Egypt – into its everyday academics. Idol,” and then won an Photo
Courtesy

Magnificent Achievers (KIMA), told the District of Columbia Examiner’s office.

Ur Aua H.R. EnKamit, executive director and founder of Kamit Institute for Magnificent Achievers’
Academy Awardgraduating
for her role in
Public Charter School Board Monday during a hearing to Hudson and other family
KIMA, said the school never formally agreed to incorporate class of 2010. the movie Dreamgirls – has
members arrived at the Medical dropped out before senior year.
stayed out of the public eye.
appeal the board’s June 21 decision to revoke the school’s Kamitic philosophy into its curriculum but had begun to do
Examiner’s office mid-after- The Chicago Tribune report-
charter status. so anyway. Among other things, he said, Kamitic
Julian philosophyHudson’s While
King, Jennnifer nephew. school board officials questioned the school’s
noon to identify the body. ed that a parade of cars moved
The hearing – held July 26 in the basement-level cafeteria emphasizes principles of unity and peace, concepts he said effectiveness in light of standardized test scores that put it
Given the choice between look- slowly past her family’s home
of the Paul Public Charter School, on the 5800 block of Eighth students
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or in order to become better
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past the
St., N.W. – drew more than 200 parents, staff, current and Leroy Tompkins,
viewing it on a wall-mounted KIMA’s newly-hired
told the chief
newspaper academic
that Hudson noted
jail for that
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violationKIMA’s
after students come to
news vans, reportersthe school
andwith
curi-
former students, most of whom demonstrated their support officer and former director of testing for the D.C. Office of academic deficiencies. ous onlookers.
for KIMA by wearing yellow T-shirts with the school name
Courtesy Photos
the State Superintendent of Education, presented data that “That’s an institutional problem,” said Saheter Cook, 25,
Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson
on the front and emblazoned with the words “I support Kamit
was killed, as well as her brother, Jason.
who “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
show while nationally only 57 percent of high school students a 2003 KIMA graduate and recent graduate in Pan-African
Neighbors
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stood

Institute” on the back. graduate from college within six years, and 42 percent of studies and communications at the University of Louisville.
reflected on the
Supporters said it would be a tragedy and a shame to shutter African
video Americans
screen, the family do so, chosethe six-year college
“remained completion
strong for her fami- “That’s
being not a Kamit
convicted problem.” violence.
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In front of theof Hudson’s
the
wayward studentsjust
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college graduates.
Chicago’s West Side after applause.Hudson said, “Yes,
Tribune, “She held hands with her fami- ing. Cook County
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says it and
fights humansweatshirts
hooded suffering came
and to
school to prison is a real phenomenon, KIMA has created a percent of KIMA students graduate from high school, versus was obviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He
inequality – urged the board was also to “hold fast”
kiss the twinto its
whitedecision
crossestobar-

ACORN Fights Back

moment.” convicted in 1998 for posses-
revoke KIMA’s charter.
direct pipeline to college from its unwavering commitment to 83 percent for other public charter schools and 72 percent for ing the names of Donerson and
The boy – the son of Julia sion of a stolen motor vehicle.
its students,” said KIMA alumni Jason Walker, a graduating district public schools, board Vice Chair John “Skip” McKoy “Charter schools were born out of a hope that they would
Jason.
Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had He was released from prison in
senior at the University of Louisville who is majoring in Pan- questioned whether the figure represented 94 percent of deliver superior education, not merely adequate,”
“Everybody is said
sick McKee,
of going
been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’ whose commentsmurder drew boos.
African studies. Walker pleaded with the public charter school KIMA’s seniors or its incoming freshmen. through stuff like this,” Artisha
when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted and West, a former resident of the
board to “reconsider the proposal to destroy my second home.” When Tompkins said he didn’tgrandmother, know, McKoy said it was
Darnell The public
car hijacking charter school board is expected to hold another
charges.
ByTheAlanpublic
Kingschool board’s decision to revoke
and Dallas KIMA’s
Cowboys players important
No wonder Obama’sto find out becauseis calculating
campaign Donerson, the57,graduation
and his uncle, rate hearing
The boy within 30 days
remained to announce its decision on whetherall
missing
area told the Tribune. “We or
charter not to grant KIMA’s appeal to haveits
regain to charter.
stick together. All these
AFRO came just three months after
Staff Writer Tonya Washington Post Owens,
Romo and Terrell from to
trying seniors
distance only himdoesfromnot thetake into account students who
Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in young children are dying, and
investigation found that KIMA and otherthe
among District
namescharter
submitted to group, saying, “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers for what?”
schools were skirting
Presidential
basketball
McCain’s attack
candidate
players
theJohn
city’s residency
from Maryland
on ACORN – onHurd
rules to get talented
election officials.
theirsaid
teams in workers,
those order to who
Mass Teacher Firings
Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale
But Obama’s ties to ACORN run Avenue.
boost enrollment
Associated and elevate theirwere
Community profiles.
doing those things without Continued
long and deep. from HeA1 taught classes An Amber Alert – a desig-
Organization for Reform Now – ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing
confirms the success of the sion, were fired. and for
him members
President. have been requested– that
children if they Friday
was issued weren’t beyond that, I didn’t know.” teaching and learning for the
organization, the head of the “The evidence that has sur- highly
But nowcritical
ACORNofisthe program, after
in trouble. goingJulian
to pilot the program
was discovered this Parker said while he benefit of students.”
group says. faced so far shows they faked which scoresThere
Reporter: teachersare atonleast a first year,
missing then
after thethey should at
murders. has no problem holding According to Rhee, every
“This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they scale
11 of 1 to 4, with
investigations acrossthe thelatter least not
Police terminate
arrested William or take any teachers accountable for their child enrolled in a DCPS
we’ve done and success we’ve didn’t do, not to stuff ballot being the
country highestthousands
involving rating. of adverse actions
Balfour, the missing againstboy’s thestep- performance, in Tennessee facility has the right to a
had,” Maude Hurd, president of boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the During a WTU-conducted
potentially fraudulent ACORN teachers,”
father Parker said,
and estranged adding for instance, where a similar
husband highly effective teacher.
ACORN, said in an interview victim of fraud, not the perpetra- survey in which 1,000 of
forms. thatJulia,
of IMPACT essentially was
at his girlfriend’s process called Value-Added “That is our commitment,”
with the AFRO. tor of it. theAnnouncer:
union’s 4,000 teachers
Massive voter being builtapartment
Southside at the same time it
several has been used since 1990, she said in a statement to the
“When this attack started, we Hurd said the only things participated,
fraud. And the most Obama indicated
campaign hours was being
after implemented.
the murders. evaluations focus on just AFRO. “With the release of
had just announced that we had bogus are the charges them- paid more than
that IMPACT was an unfair $800,000 to an “And pretty
Balfour’s mother,much [Rhee’s
Michele, has 10 percent of a teacher’s the first year of results from
registered 1.3 million new vot- selves. And factcheck. org ACORN
system that frontoffered
for get out them thelittle
vote told office] said they
reporters thatwould
her sonnot had performance. IMPACT, we take another
ers,” she said. “That’s just to say agrees. efforts.
support. make a promise
nothing to do withthat thethey
slayings. “It is evident from [our] step toward making that
that someone’s running scared It concluded, “Neither Pressuring banks to issue risky
Meanwhile, Parker to wouldn’t
Balfourterminate
remains aanyone survey that
suspect in Jason Hudsonour members commitment a reality.”
because of ACORN’s success.” ACORN nor its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud.
been found guilty of, or even some extent refuted
Barack Obama. Bad judgment. Saunders’ this year based on IMPACT,” agree IMPACT is a flawed Rhee’s office confirmed
McCain, who is running for
president on the Republican tick- charged with, casting fraudulent assertion, explaining
Blind ambition. Too risky for that said Parker, who is poised to instrument with many that a total of 302 employees,
et, lashed out at ACORN in the votes.” while
America. he had prior knowledge challenge the 81 terminations loopholes,” said Parker. “An including the 241, are subject
final debate against Barack The problem came about pri- that some teachers might that have taken place so effective system of teacher to termination effective July
Obama, contending the group “is marily because of the way be Since
fired, McCain’s
he was surprised comments, far. “By the fact that they evaluation should provide 30 and Aug. 13. She added
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than to find out87
ACORN’s aboutoffices thehavemass been wouldn’t make a promise, we SQUARE educators with feedback and HIGH
that 226 would be based
ing one of the greatest frauds in rely on volunteers, it pays peo- terminationwith
bombarded on Julythreats23and like knew at some point that they support that engenders and on performance and 76 on
voter history in this country, ple, many of them poor or unem- everyone
racist mail.else. “We [had] might do that, but anything encourages excellence in licensure.
maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential
democracy.” The idea was to help both those
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan being registered and those doing
Obama, NAACP
debate, vandals broke into the
organization’s Boston and Seattle
Web site, found those claims to the registration. Continued
offices and stole fromcomputers.
A1
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative BREAD NOT ON THE LIST
dence of any such democracy- zero tolerance policy for deliber- Congressman James
appeared on TV, an e-mail was Clyburn, D-S.C., and political analysts, arbiter of social and racial harmony and defender of civil rights.
destroying fraud.” ate falsification of registration.” such insensitive acts
sent to the local office saying she and the White House’s skittishness around Yet, instead of reviewing the video – which belonged to their
Hurd believes the McCain Most news account neglect to race is due to the ignorance
“is going to have her life ended.” of West Wing White guys who have organization – or even ensuring Shirley Sherrod was given a
charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is no sense of
A worker Black history
in Providence, R.I.,or the Black community. fair hearing, the NAACP, too, allowed itself to be “snookered”
ed. required by law to turn in all reg- “I don’t
received think a single
a threatening call say- Black person was consulted before by Fox News and Andrew Breitbart, the tea party supporter who
LEFT RIGHT
She said, “Because it’s low- istration forms. And they also fail Shirley
ing, “WeSherrod
know you wasgetfired
off work – I mean c’mon,” Clyburn was released the misleading clip, into castigating Shirley Sherrod.
and moderate-income people, to note that it was the organiza- quoted
at 9” andasuttered
sayingracial by the New York Times.
epithets. That reaction also was triggered by fear of the right wing’s
and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, that first AEven
callerif toGoogle
one office wasleft consulted,
a administration officials accusations of reverse racism, Johnson and others said.
McCain campaign thinks those brought the phony registrations would
messagehave on the found enough information to question the
answering In offering his mea culpas, NAACP President Benjamin
voters are going to vote to the attention of authorities. charges
machine,againstsaying: Sherrod:
“Hi, I washer justhusband Charles Sherrod was a Jealous later said, “Next time we are confronted by a racial
Democratic, which is not neces- The McCain camp apparently Freedom
calling to let Rideryou and knowa thatkey member of the Student Nonviolent controversy broken by Fox News or their allies in the Tea Party
sarily true.” isn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama
Coordinating Committee needs to get of the 1960s. Her reputation within like Mr. Breitbart, we will consider the source and be more
ACORN is no stranger to points, preferring to air mislead- hung.
the He’s asector
private (expletive and deleted)
government was stellar. And, if they deliberate in responding.”
controversy. ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of
had looked at the entire video, they would have seen a story of But an apology would not have been necessary if the civil
For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are
racial healing – Sherrod’s father was murdered by the Klu Klux rights organization has not been caught up in a “sound bite
organization has fought for social his political support. fraudulent, and you need to go to
McCain: I’m John McCain Klan
hell. All– and a message
the niggers on oak – “We trees.have to get to the point where clash” with conservatives and had been more focused on its
and economic justice for low-
and moderate-income and I approve this message. race exists but it
They’re gonna get all hung hon-doesn’t matter” – that could have proven an mission, many observers said.
Americans. With 400,000 mem- Announcer: Who is Barack invaluable tool.
eys, they’re going to get assassi-
1 BANANA “We lose when we fight the fight plan of the opponent.
ber families organized into more Obama? A man with “a political “This could have
nated, they’re gonna get killed.” been a wonderful bat to take out the ankles They want to trivialize us and have us chasing in a ‘got you’
than 1,200 neighborhood chap- baptism performed at warp of the tea party,
Another message said, “YouFox News and the hard right Republican Party,” mentality,” said civil rights leader, the Rev. Al Sharpton on
ters in 110 cities nationwide, speed.” Vast ambition. After col- said
liberalJohnson,
idiots. Dumb much(expletive
as Obama did when he explained the “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” July 21, adding that the right
ACORN has over the years seen lege, he moved to Chicago. nuances of race bums.
deleted). Welfare duringYou the Rev. Wright scandal. wing would only “distort” the truth “and set us up.”
its share of criticism while advo- Became a community organizer. guysInstead, this incident
just (expletive deleted)will likely alienate Obama even “The lesson here is we cannot let them tell us how to fight
cating for affordable housing, There, Obama met Madeleine more
come to fromour hiscountry,base,consume
which has already begun to question our fight ... or we will be sucked into an atmosphere where
living wages, healthcare for the Talbot, part of the Chicago his
everybackbone
natural resourcein dealing therewith is, certain issues. “The president’s we will end up with more casualties than victories,” Sharpton
underserved— and while organ- branch of ACORN. He was so getting
and make hurta lot real bad,” Clyburn
of babies. That’s told the Times’ Maureen Dowd. continued.
izing voter registration drives. impressive that he was asked to “He
all youneeds
guyssome do. And Blackthenpeoplesuck around him. “Our victory is to make sure the government protects us
But none has been as withering train the ACORN staff. “Some
up the welfare people over there
and expect every-are not sensitive at all about race. around jobs, around health care, around education and not
and baseless as this one. What did ACORN in Chicago one else
They to pay
really feel forthat
yourthe hospital
extent to which he allows himself going tit for tat with those on the Right Wing that only win and
With the presidential election engage in? Bullying banks. bills for your kids.
to talk about race would I jus’ saytendlet to pigeonhole him or cost him are inflated in such fights….
your kidswhen die. That’s Before age five, every room is a classroom.
less than two weeks away, Intimidation tactics. Disruption support, a lot the best saw his election as a way to
of people “We have real problems on the ground…. We cannot afford to
ACORN’s detractors allege the of business. ACORN forced move. Just let your children die.
get the issue behind us. I don’t think people elected him toFun learning be diverted
opportunitieswith some side discussions;
are everywhere. Simplewe have like
things to keep our eyes
organization has engaged in mas- banks to issue risky home loans. Forget about paying for hospital
disengage on race. Just the opposite.” counting and on the prize.shapes
identifying We areactivate
going toa need
child’stolearning
be soberability,
and focused if we’re
sive voter registration fraud after The same types of loans that bills for them. I’m not gonna do
caused the financial crisis we’re Similarly,
it. You guys arepeople lowlifes. depend
And I on the NAACP to be a stalwart goingenter
and help them to keep our people
school moving forward
more prepared. That’s inwhy thisPNCgeneration.”
the reported discovery of bogus founded Grow Up Great and its Spanish-language equivalent Crezca
names, such as Mickey Mouse in today. hope you all die.”
JPI Report
Hurd thinks the hate calls will
cease soon.
con Éxito, a 10-year, $100 million program to help prepare young
children for school and life. Pick up a free bilingual Sesame Street™
Continued from A1
“In two weeks, I think these “Happy, Healthy, Ready for School” kit at a PNC branch. It’s filled
Policewill
attacks Department rose
be over. But it 2008-2010 by 11 and 2 all kinds oftime
between
I think with simple, everyday things you can do to help a child
when crime is down, instead of sustaining people and
learn. Together, we can work with our communities so an entire
percent,
will respectively.
be harder for us to getConversely,
our funding for the departments communities.”
generation won’t just grow up... but grow up great.
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July 28
‘Dreamgirls!’
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A6 The Afro-American, July 31, 2010 - August 6, 2010

AAA Challenges D.C.’s Reason for More Speed Cameras
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
With the recent installation of 12 roadside speed cameras
at various sites in the city – but mostly in the Southeast area –
District officials are showing just how serious they are about
getting motorists to slow down.
At the same time, the city is poised to bring in even more
revenue this year from the devices that detect speeds in excess
of posted limits.
To date, more than 40 cameras have been installed in photo
radar enforcement zones, and for the most part, placement has
been in areas with the highest number of crashes, police calls
and high-speed volumes.
But according to John Townsend, spokesman for the
District of Columbia AAA, the cameras are nothing more than
a lucrative money-making venture for the city. Townsend also
said that being handed a ticket amounts to a slap on the wrist
for offenders and that more rear-end crashes have actually
occurred with the cameras in use.
“What the mayor has done is incorporate into the budget,
plans to increase traffic fines to help balance the District’s
shrinking [income],” Townsend, adding that in the first eight
months of the current fiscal year, the District beefed up its
coffers by nearly $25 million from the cameras, and that figure,
last year, was $34 million.
“So motorists are beginning to suspect that the cameras
have little to do with public safety,” said Townsend. “It’s all
about lip service. It’s really all about revenue.”
Police Chief Cathy Lanier said she found Townsend’s
assertions frustrating.
“We are not doing this for revenue, but to modify driving
behavior, “ Lanier said, “and we attribute much of the
success we’ve had in reducing traffic fatalities to our photo
enforcement initiatives. “
Lanier added that for the past two years, the District has had
it lowest number of traffic fatalities “since we’ve been keeping
record [over the past 28 years].” Lanier revealed, for instance,
that last year in the District, 33 traffic deaths were recorded.
That number, she said, was 40 fewer than in 2008.
At-large City Councilman Kwame Brown said he’s yet to
receive any complaints about the additional installations. “At
least no one’s called or e-mailed me about them,” Brown said.
“There are some areas that are asking for them, and then there
are areas where they’re not asking for them.”
The newest cameras were installed July 12 at these locations:
Southeast Washington: 5200 block of Southern Ave.; both directions of the 3500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.; 1400
block of Alabama Ave.; and on Suitland Parkway near Stanton Road.
Southwest Washington: Interstate 295 at Exit 1 in the southbound lane.
Northeast Washington: 3100 block of North Capitol St.; 4100 block of South Dakota Ave., as well as two devices in the
construction zone in both directions of Interstate 295 at Eastern Ave.
He said overall, he believes the latest additions have been
reasonable. “Particularly where speeding has gotten out of
control,” Brown said.
As for just having police hand out traffic tickets instead,
Brown responded that most people don’t want them sitting on
the streets all day. “They’d rather have the officers policing the
neighborhoods,” said Brown.
Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry concurred, saying the
fact is that most of the cameras – eight, so far – have been
installed in his community and that’s a good thing. “I get the
impression that we’ve been left out of this thing for too long
and we need all the services we can get in Southeast,” said
Barry.
“The cameras help improve neighborhood safety,” he
continued. “We need every device we can to stop speeders. We
need cameras in the community to stop illegal activity – and
most of all; people wouldn’t have to worry about getting tickets
if they aren’t speeding.”
Meanwhile, ticketing for the new devices won’t start until
next month. Until Aug. 11, speedsters will merely receive
warnings.
Photo © freefoto.com
Motorists traveling along the 3600 block of Benning
Road in Northeast Washington may be caught on camera
if they are speeding in the area.
Metro Crash
Continued from A1
its speed commands which caused the train to stop, according to
the report.
The operator said that he attributed the loss of speed
commands to the proximity of his train to train 110, which was
at the Fort Totten station platform at the time.
Meanwhile, train 112, the striking vehicle, was traveling
behind train 214 and was operating in automatic mode. As
such, the automatic train control system should have been
controlling the movement of train 112 by automatically
maintaining a safe distance from the train ahead. However,
there was a problem with the track circuit, which caused
the system to lose detection of train 214. In effect, the
system viewed the part of the track occupied by train 214 as
unoccupied.
As a result, the system issued speed commands to train 112,
which traveled forward until it collided with the standing train
214.
“Because the necessary preventive measures
were not taken, the only question was when
would Metro have another accident...”
“Once the trains collided there was significant loss of
occupant survival space on train 112,” according to the report.
Board member Mark Rosekind praised NTSB’s
investigation, saying an excellent job had been done in its
findings. He said there was no way in the few weeks or months
following the crash that its cause could have been adequately
determined.
While WMATA Chairman Deborah Hersman agreed, she
noted that Metro had been plagued with systemic problems
long before the crash. “As our report shows, this was not the
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Our View
Opinion
The Great American Racial
Abyss
The summer of 2010 will not only be remembered for
record-beating heat but also record-baiting racism. It’s
ironic that 18 months into the historic presidency of Barack
Obama this nation is sweltering in intolerance, ignorance and
bickering, the likes of which civil rights icon W.E.B Du Bois
might never have imagined would still exist.
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the
color line,” Du Bois wrote in The Souls of Black Folks more
than 110 years ago.
Fast forward and today we are no less inundated with racial
hatred and fear mongering antics than he was. Many last week
were stirred up by factions of the tea party and conservative
bloggers such as Andrew Breitbart; others were stirred up by
actions of the New Black Panther Party—all for political gain
and to destroy the first African-American presidency? Or, to
maintain institutional inequity and racism?
Though we are no longer legally segregated, the experiences
of many Blacks in America are still demonstratively disparate
from their White counterparts. Just check out the growing
wealth gap for statistical evidence. This disparity is no accident.
But we never make any sustainable headway to solve
intractable racial inequities, such as job discrimination, in this
nation of rich heritages and diverse ethnic origins. Instead, we
get bogged down in knee jerk reactions and the predictable
blame game sound bites when superficial instances and images
Congress Acts to Protect ‘Main Street’ from Wall Street
Congress recently passed
the Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act,
legislation that will protect
consumers, investors and
taxpayers by ensuring the
financial services industry
has the appropriate oversight
to avoid the type of financial
collapse that has rocked our
nation and global markets.
Over the last 30 years, our
regulatory framework has
not kept pace with financial
Sen. Benjamin L.
innovations. Decreased
Cardin regulation led to irresponsible
behavior by many financiers,
investors, lenders and consumers. Collectively, we failed to
follow established principles of finance – prudence, solvency
and accountability.
Many people played a part in the crisis – risky mortgage
lenders, Wall Street firms, credit rating agencies – and
American families and our nation’s economy suffered the
consequences. The lesson learned from the financial disaster
proves that big business cannot be left to police itself. There
must be a regulatory structure that reigns in the financial
Reclaiming Civility
Sneers, jeers, and outright
Adrienne
outrageous shouting. That is
Washington the ugly tenor that mars most
political forums during this
critical mayoral campaign. It seems that what one lesser-known
candidate called “the steamroller of gentrification” demolished
Southern gentility along with Washington, D.C.’s “Chocolate
City” moniker during this steamy campaign season.
With barely six weeks to the Sept. 14 Democratic primary,
all that potential voters have learned about the frontrunners,
who would shepherd this city through the trying economic
times ahead, is that Mayor Adrian Fenty and D.C. Council
Chairman Vincent Gray have no great love for one another.
At a forum in must-win Ward 4 last week, I was about to
pose a question as a co-moderator when a frustrated man felt
compelled to come to the podium and ask the audience and the
candidates to remember the manners their grandmothers taught
them.
As I suggested to the civic committee sponsoring the forum
at the Takoma Park Baptist Church, they selected written
questions from the audience that stuck to what the candidates
vow to do as mayor, not what they have done in the past in their
respective posts within District government, which fuels the
fracas.
An anti-Fenty sentiment is more audible and visible than a
Letters to the Editor
Charter Schools
Every Washington, D.C. resident should welcome the three-
year increase in D.C. Public Schools secondary students’ test
scores reported in The Afro-American July 15. But the school
system’s success during the three years that the mayor has been
directly responsible for it is only part of the story.
Some 38 percent of D.C. public school children are
educated in public charter schools. Publicly-funded, but
run independently of the mayor and school system, charters
outperform the city-run schools from the fifth grade up.
Ahead of the curve in improving student performance, over
the last three years charters have raised student proficiency
in their secondary schools in reading from 44 percent to 52
percent and in math from 44 percent to 58 percent.
Charters’ success deserves to be celebrated alongside the
school system’s achievement of taking secondary school
July 31, 2010 - August 6, 2010, The Afro-American
burst needlessly into bonfires.
This month alone you
can begin with the NAACP’s
condemnation of racist
elements of the tea party, then
the tea party’s subsequent
condemnation of the NAACP
which set off the unethical
media feeding frenzy
surrounding Agriculture
Department executive Shirley
Sherrod. That, in turn, caused
her swift and unfair firing,
which has raised questions
about the lack of diversity in
the West Wing of the Obama
administration.
More than enough
unproductive finger-pointing has ensued, right and left. Yet, as
we wrap up this firestorm, we are no closer to understanding or
trusting one another. Shame; yet another learning opportunity
lost. Again, we will retreat to our respective corners until the
next Molotov cocktail is lobbed on the racial embers.
But Americans are destined to dance on the hot coals of
race relations until we stop trying to deny that we are still a
services industry without being unduly burdensome.
I believe the bill that passed Congress and has been signed
by the president strikes the right balance. It will put an end
to the reckless gambling by Wall Street that created the need
to help “too-big-to-fail” financial firms. It also creates the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new, independent
consumer watchdog that will oversee all financial institutions
offering consumers financial services or products.
This bill goes a long way to restoring the order we need in
financial markets, improving oversight of the mortgage industry
and addressing the numerous other issues that led to the worst
financial crisis since the Great Depression.
I am particularly pleased that a bipartisan amendment I
offered to increase transparency in the oil and mining industries
was included in the final reform package. My amendment
requires all foreign and domestic companies to include in their
annual reports how much they pay each government around the
world for access to its oil, gas and minerals. This provision will
help ensure that the wealth of poor nations goes to its people
and not to corrupt officials.
I was extremely pleased to have had the strong support of
Bono for this amendment. As the lead singer of U2 and head
of the ONE campaign to fight poverty and disease, particularly
in Africa, Bono worked very hard to build congressional
support for my amendment. In addition to providing greater
transparency, my amendment will help increase our energy
pro-Gray rally. And this race is tighter than anyone expected
given the enormous war chest Mr. Fenty amassed so early
on. It doesn’t help either frontrunner that there are so many
contenders, including Leo Alexander, Sulaimon Brown, Ernest
Johnson and Michael T. Green, crowding the field.
The once-populist mayor is very slowly discovering how
hard it is to defend a record rather than challenge one. His
trademark arrogance is a major turnoff for most. But his
detractors appear more angry about his failure to deliver
on promises that he would champion the working class and
improve their daily lives by creating more low-tech jobs,
affordable housing and substantial and sustainable academic
achievement unlike his predecessor.
Instead, Mr. Fenty has even lost support of the D.C.
Chamber of Commerce for his failure to rein in spending and
by balancing the budget on the backs of small businesses and
individuals by creating hundreds more in “fees,” which are
thinly-veiled tax increases that fool no one.
As one business owner put it, for example, “It’s one thing
to talk about new facilities but there are no programs to go in
them…instead of touting neighborhood renewal and creation,
how do you create jobs.”
Mind you, the District has double-digit unemployment in
certain areas, and all the candidates need to do more than give
lip service to bringing back vocational education when the job
reading proficiency from 30 to 43 percent and math proficiency
from 27 to 44 percent.
Erika Wadlington
Washington, D.C.
The 10,000-pound Racist in the Room
Please Mr. and Mrs. Owens (the African-American
spokespersons for the Tea Party Express), please tell me that
you were not completely hoodwinked by the likes of Mr.
[Mark] Williams and others like him in your party who are
seething racists. How can you be so blind in judgment of
character? Or do you just turn a blind eye?
Then there’s Michael Steele, the token RNC chairman.
That’s not a dig, he knows it and so does his base. Michael
Steele proclaims the tea party has no racist agenda. Steele is a
man who only sees or acknowledges racism when his authority
is questioned or his motives examined. This is a deeply
disturbed individual.
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nation very much divided with deeply embedded cultural and
historical wounds that have yet to heal. Our elected leaders,
clergy, educators and pundits must find a better way to move
us across the color line. Simply calling for a national dialogue
is clearly not enough when, as dramatized by the events of
the past week, such only results in a race-baiting rhetoric
spectacle—instead of creating a basis for germinating trust.
security and improve overall governance in countries that are
often riddled with corruption. I thank Bono for all his support.
Two other amendments I introduced had strong bipartisan
support and also were included in the reform package. They
are:
- A permanent increase of the FDIC and credit union
insurance funds that guarantees deposits up to $250,000; and,
- An extension of whistleblower protections to employees of
credit rating agencies such as Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.
Overestimates of value by these agencies contributed to the
housing bubble that resulted in foreclosures and dragged down
the housing market.
For too long, our nation embarked on a policy of
deregulating financial services – from insurance to banking to
investing – easing rules and lessening oversight. Unfortunately,
Wall Street took advantage and millions of Americans lost their
jobs, their savings, their homes and their retirement security.
Now it’s time to rebuild our management and oversight of the
financial services industry in a way that protects our economy
and our citizens. Enactment of this Wall Street reform bill
moves us forward in restoring confidence to a badly broken
system.
Benjamin Cardin represents Maryland in the U.S. Senate.
His web site is: cardin.senate.gov. You can follow him regularly
on Twitter @SenatorCardin or look for the latest videos at
YouTube.com/SenatorCardin .
growth in the Washington metropolitan area is in highly-skilled,
professional careers.
This brings me to the most pressing issue apparently on the
minds of voters – education. Clearly a factor in the anti-Fenty
sentiment can be laid at the doorstep of his equally-arrogant
and overrated school chancellor, Michelle Rhee.
She unduly interjected herself into this election as if to
threaten District voters because she seems to think the city
cannot improve without her. It has and it will. Besides, is it
possible to sustain lasting improvements by annihilating and
alienating the workforce as well as parents under the guise
of reform? The latest poor showing in test scores indicate
otherwise.
As for Mr. Gray, he presented an ambitious educational
program designed to create learning opportunities from the
cradle to colleges, but has yet to discuss in detail how to pay
for it. The rub against the city council chairman is that he
takes too long and is too deliberative in his actions. Such delay
is frowned upon in instant messaging world and plays right
into his detractors’ hands. Also, voters are aware that the city
council signed off on the mayor’s initiatives and budgets.
It’s time to put the white gloves back on and seriously
debate issues – not personalities – with civility.
Adrienne T. Washington is a D.C.-based political
commentator and journalism professor.
I wonder how the Owens and Mr. Steele feel when their
conservative savior Rush Limbaugh puts on his blackface
parody when mimicking anyone Black? I don’t sound like that.
I don’t think the aforementioned trio talks like that and most
of the distinguished people he is attempting to humiliate and
discredit do not sound and act like his staged buffoonery. I am
sure Rush would say, “Oh no harm done; just entertainment
folks.”
How are Rush’s blackface or Williams’ prolific rants
any different from Mel Gibson’s hate-spurring phone
conversations?
In the wee hours of the night the aforementioned trio must
either do some serious soul searching or soul denying. How do
you hem and haw with the 10,000-pound racist in the room yet
refuse to believe that he/she exists?
Someone should help them, seriously. I will do my best.
They just need to contact me.
Phillip Ghee
phillipghee@yahoo.com
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Another Turn at Parenting
By Rev. Dorothy S.
Boulware
Special to the AFRO
It’s been 15 years since
you sent your last child
out on his own and turned
the bedroom into that den
or sewing room with the
extra closet space. You take
a deep breath to regroup
and re-imagine your own
life and, without warning,
you’re thrust back into the
depths of it all with a new
twist. Your Temptations
and Luther are interrupted
Family Matters group and guests attended a “Listen
and Learn” session, or a Mom’s Congress, sponsored by
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
Grandparenting Resources
Baltimore City
Baltimore Grandfamilies
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www.baltimoregrandfamilies.org
410-381-4800
Grandparent Family Connections
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410-706-8716
Grandparents and Other
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www.lighthealth.org
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www.cfsa.dc.gov
Information on the Grandparent
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601 E St., NW
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202-434-2296
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Caring Grandparents of America
400 Seventh St., NW, Suite 302
Washington, DC 20004-2206
202-783-0952
Grandparents on the Move
Contact: Mary D. Jackson, founder
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National Center on Permanency
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Howard University
www.ncpaac@howard.edu
Contact: Jacqueline Kidd 202-806-
8100
with the strains of Lil
Wayne and Rihanna. “Law
and Order” is challenged
by reality shows and
maybe even SpongeBob.
Convenient one-pot
meals are challenged by
McDonald’s and similar
demands by people who
don’t know that French
fries do come from
potatoes.
There’s a budget to be
juggled, a pantry to be
restocked, new math to be
learned, Internet language
to be mastered – a world
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Prince George’s County
Progressive Life Center Kinship
Care Program
www.ntuplc.org
301-773-1701
National
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This section of the AARP site
presents news, resources, tips
and other items of interest to
grandparents who are parenting.
www.childcareaware.org
Find best options for child care.
www.afc.hhs.gov/programs/cb
The mission of the Children’s
Bureau is to provide for the safety,
permanency and wellbeing of
children through leadership,
support for necessary services,
production of partnerships with
states, tribes and communities.
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worklife/officialdocuments/
handbooksguides/kinshipcare
Kinship care characterizes the
relationship of children being
raised by relatives or family
members other than their parents.
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This site is tasked to improve the
wellbeing of children raised in
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turned upside down in a
matter of moments with
no time to manage the
accompanying grief around
the circumstances that
created this situation.
With the onslaught
of violence, substance
abuse, incarceration
and a determined
unwillingness to accept
parenting responsibility,
grandparents and even
great-grandparents are
finding themselves in
the unexpected place of
parenting again.
It’s not such an unusual
situation. More than 4
million grandchildren
live with grandparents
according to Census
statistics published by
the National Center on
Grandparents Raising
Children. Another 1.5
million live with other
relatives, all of these
called “kinships.” For
the District of Columbia
that translates into more
than 8,000 grandparents
who are responsible for
meeting basic needs of
their grandchildren. For
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50,974 and for Baltimore
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For Seniors, the Open Sea Awaits

By Paulette Simone Panama Canal, and South America.
AFRO Multimedia Reporter She is preparing to leave for Alaska
next month. “Cruising is fun all by
The rolling water crashes against the stern of the ship itself,” she said.
as the boarding bridge begins to fold. Loved ones shout Like Kennedy’s group of friends,
their goodbyes from the dock as passengers aboard the many seniors in the area have caught
colossal vessel vanish to their staterooms and prepare for on to the wave—postponing their
a week on the sea. regular line dancing classes and card
For seniors trying to escape the monotony of day-to- games and scheduling cruises to the
day life in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore metro area, Caribbean instead.
cruises are providing an easy, stress free way to travel. Ships almost three football fields
Deborah Kennedy, a travel agent in Baltimore City long feature many activities for the
for over 20 years, says cruises are a wonderful way adventure-seeking passenger. Piano,
for seniors to travel. “The discounts make many trips sports and cocktail bars along with
affordable for seniors traveling on a budget,” says golf courses and casinos are favorites
Kennedy. of senior travelers. “Shipboard [golf]
And with Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean lessons are conducted at a covered
excursions leaving from Baltimore’s South Locust Point and lighted ‘driving range’ and
Cruise Ship Terminal, cruises offer less hassle. So, older utilize state-of-the-art ‘V1’ teaching
adults in the area are casting aside the expense and computers featuring side-by-side
aggravation of trips by air – with their extra security comparisons with top tour players
checks and increased costs – and taking to the seas in and sophisticated video analysis,”
droves. according to the Carnival Cruise Line
Baltimore has seen an incredible boom in the cruise Web site. For those looking for a
business over the last few years, according to Richard relaxing retreat, one can enjoy the spa,
Scher, spokesman for the Maryland Port Administration. saunas, or lay poolside on one of the
Just two years ago an estimated 27 cruise ships left boat’s decks.
from local ports. In 2010, it has more than doubled to Guests also enjoy top notch dining.
91. With the new addition of Carnival Cruise Lines’ For example, in a recent press release,
2,124-passenger, year-round Carnival Pride cruise the Carnival Pride said it offers a Photo Courtesy Carnival Cruises
program, and Royal Caribbean’s year-round trips, the wide array of mouthwatering options. The Carnival Pride, operated by Carnival Cruise Lines, is just one of several
options offered to Baltimore residents and those nearby “In addition to the full-service two- cruise ships sailing from Baltimore.
are exponentially greater. level Normandie restaurant featuring
As the owner of DEK Travel agency and a senior expansive menus and wine lists,
herself, Kennedy is well acquainted with the benefits Carnival Pride includes Mermaids staterooms as well as vegetarian dining and healthy menu
offered to older adults cruising out of Baltimore. She and Grille, a casual poolside eatery offering breakfast, lunch selections on all dining room menus.
a group of friends have scoured the Caribbean by way and dinner alternatives and a 24-hour pizzeria.” The “These ships now have basically everything for
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In addition to closing the donut hole, the Patient
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Baby Boomers Keep the Spark Alive in the Spa

By Krishana Davis
Special to the AFRO
With new, advancing medical technology
allowing “baby boomers” to live longer,
healthier lives, older adults are becoming
more concerned with keeping their bodies
looking as young as they feel – and having
their lives and relationships reflect that
rejuvenation. That’s why beauty spas in the
Washington, D.C. area more and more are
offering services to seniors to help improve
their lives, including maintaining the spark
in their romantic relationships.
Among the best treatments is massage.
According to the American Massage
Therapy Association, in 2008 massage
therapy was recommended or encouraged
over 57 percent of the time to patients who
discussed it with their doctor. Massage
therapy has several therapeutic benefits and
shown effectiveness in lowering back pain, A treatment room in the spa area aboard the Norwegian Epic cruise ship. The spa offers Mathis highly recommends Brazilian waxes
reducing post-operative pain, decreasing three different kinds of massages, teeth whitening, acupuncture and a medi-spa doctor to her clients.
osteoarthritis pain in the knee, lowering on hand to administer Botox and other cosmetic injections.
blood pressure, and boosting the body’s
immune system functioning—all issues that
may ail older adults.
Meka Mathis, owner of The Skin Beauty
Lounge – a Capitol Hill spa that offers a variety of
services including skin waxing, bikini therapy, lash and
brow tinting, skin facials, intensive facial treatments
and skin body treatments – said while the spa caters to
AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee that can enhance their clients’ love life.
men and women of varying ages, they service a larger
number of more mature clients. Seniors over the age of
55 patronize the Lounge once a month on average and are respective wife, friend, or partner,” said Mathis.
recommended two specific treatments to keep their bodies
looking magnificent.
“Skin’s Swedish Massage is geared
towards our senior clients,” explained
Mathis, which helps to elevate joints
and improve circulation while providing
relaxation.
Another recommended service for
mature adults is the Vitamin Smoothie
Facial, which rejuvenates the skin by
exfoliating with alpha hydroxyl acids and
lactic acids. By resurfacing the skin it
improves the client’s elasticity, resurfaces
the skin, and enforces skin cell turnover
leaving the skin appearing refreshed and
younger.
Mathis said, “The experience of
relaxation, cell renewal and increased
elasticity are three of the main essential
elements that attract our current and new
senior clients.”
Skin Beauty Lounge also offers services
Skin Beauty Lounge’s services are not
just for women. Mathis explained that
Skin caters to men, as well. “Our male
seniors also have options than can enhance
a client’s love life, like having a back wax
or back facial – both of which will be appealing to their
Skin Beauty Lounge also does a monthly promotion to
provide affordable bonus services to their clientele.

Study: Blacks Slow to Write Living Wills

By Melanie R. Holmes
AFRO Staff Writer
Nobody came to
help when Tina Jordan
frantically called for
doctors to assist her
grandmother who was
flat-lining in her hospital
bed. But the doctors knew
what Jordan didn’t – her
grandmother completed
an advanced directive
that requested she not be
resuscitated if her heart
began to fail.
“We were so bitter
Tina Jordan with Jay Chunn, chairman of the doctoral
program committee.
because we didn’t know
what this form was,”
Jordan, 43, said.
Subsequently, Jordan
based her doctoral
dissertation on advanced
directives and the factors
that contribute to many
African Americans not
filing the forms. She
successfully defended
her research at Morgan
State University’s School
of Social Work in June,
becoming the first person
to earn a doctorate of
philosophy from the
university’s new program.
Now, she intends
to inform other Black
families of the importance
of advanced directives
“Many people do not complete an advanced directive out of fear
of the subject of death or the thought of dying.”
so they don’t experience
what she did. “An advance
directive is a living will,”
Jordan said. “It tells
the doctor what kind of
medical treatment they
would like to receive. It’s
an absolutely free form
that you can download off
the Internet, [but] it causes
a lot of problems in our
community.”
Many people do not
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complete an advanced
directive out of fear of
the subject of death or
the thought of dying.
However, she says
advanced directives are
not only important for
the individual, but for
their family as well.
The difficulty in making
decisions about caring
for an ailing loved one
can drive families apart.
“That causes people not
to speak to one another,”
Jordan said. “Those little
things cause so much
confrontation in our
community and we have
enough as it is. We don’t
need for a small form that
is absolutely free to add
anymore problems.”
As she completed
the four-year program,
Jordan had her own set of
problems to overcome. She
was a single parent who
had gone through a divorce
prior to the program. She
worked as a full-time social
worker at the Maryland
Department of Human
Resources Child Protective
Services Division while
going to school full time
and running a business.
And amid it all, she had
to deal with the sudden
passing of her mother.
“But I did it,” she said,
noting that only 3 percent
of all African Americans
have a doctorate of
philosophy degree.
Originally from
Greenville, N.C., Jordan
received her associate’s
degree in allied human
services from the
Community College of
Baltimore in 1996; her
bachelor’s degree from
Morgan in 2000; and her
master’s in social work
from the University of
Maryland in 2001. She
attended Morgan State
University’s doctoral
program as a member
of the inaugural class
approximately four years
ago and was also the
representative of her class.
“Tina, from the
beginning of the process,
was an outstanding
student,” said Jay Chunn,
chairman of the committee.
“She selected a topic that
was very much in demand
from the stand point of new
knowledge and was able to
do a landmark study. She
should be able to move
it into publication quite
rapidly as well as give
seminars and workshops
to educate not only people
in the church but also the
public in general.”
With her degree, Jordan
in the event of death, for “I really wanted to share
all people, but within this because this issue is
the Black community powerful,” she said. “It’s
specifically. She would not just a form to fill out
plans to hold conferences also like to teach social when you’re going to die.
on the importance of work at a historically Black It’s just as much a part of
advanced directives as a college while continuing health and living as it is in
health initiative, not just her research. dying.”
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B4 SENIORGUIDE The Afro-American, Summer 2010
Profile: HeartFields Assisted Living at Bowie Minorities with Cognitive Impairment
By Kiara Shamberger
Special to the AFRO
How does one cope with the idea of
leaving a loved one in someone else’s
care? For most – not very well. But for
children forced to leave parents in assisted
living facilities, knowing that father or
mother is safe and well attended goes a
long way to easing their misgivings.
That’s the kind of
“five-star” service
HeartFields Assisted
Living at Bowie says
“The socialization and
it offers its clients. interaction between
Opened in January
1999 on the 7600
residents and staff also add
block of Laurel Bowie to the close-knit nature of
Road in Bowie, Md.,
the facility offers
the community and
24-hour care to 52 distinguishes HeartFields...”
residents at a time,
including those seniors
who need short-term care after a hospital
stay, or when family members travel out
of town. It is one among 200 independent
living and assisted-living facilities
operated by Five Star Senior Living.
Resident Service Director Daisy
Farmer says HeartFields prides itself on
its quality of care, and its “people first”
philosophy. Compared to other facilities,
Farmer said, “They might give five star
care … but we don’t only say it, we
demonstrate it.”
That care begins with the décor. As you
walk through the front door, fireplaces,
sofas, and dining tables create a family-
type, peaceful environment that welcomes
residents in.
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The socialization and interaction
between residents and staff also add to the
close-knit nature of the community and
distinguishes HeartFields, said Executive
Director Lisa Leppado.
Like other facilities, there are the
“social butterflies” and the “grumpy”
residents, but somehow they all share a
bond. “When I go into the community
I see residents as my grandmother or
grandfather,” said Joey
Estrella, HeartFields’
regional food/dining
director.
The community
also offers an array of
services to the residents,
including pediatric
care, physical therapy
and psychiatric care.
A medical doctor is
on call at all times,
along with a nurse
practitioner, who is on site once a month.
One distinguishing service is the
memory care program, Bridge to
Rediscovery, which assists residents with
Alzheimer’s. The program helps residents
rediscover important things in their life
that they can connect with through hands-
on activities, including special events,
such as “An Evening of Elegance,” which
helps residents remember a moment in
their life when they had to dress up.
Said Farmer of the program, “We
bridge the past to the future.”
For more information on HeartFields
Assisted Living at Bowie, please visit
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Older African American and Latinos
with cognitive disorders such as
Alzheimer’s survive longer and are less
likely to be placed in nursing homes,
according to new research presented
earlier this month at the Alzheimer’s
Association International Conference on
Alzheimer’s Disease 2010.
“These results have significant
implications for caregiver burden and
community resources,” said Maria
Carrillo, Ph.D., Alzheimer’s Association’s
senior director of medical and scientific
relations. “If, as the study suggests, more
African-American and Latino families
are taking care of their loved ones with
significant cognitive impairment in their
homes for longer periods of time, there
is a greater than anticipated need for
culturally-appropriate dementia care
resources and home and community-
based services for these populations.”
The results take on even greater
significance given that compared to
Whites, African Americans are more than
twice as likely and Latinos are 1½ time
more likely to develop Alzheimer’s and
dementia, Carillo said.
In the study, conducted by researchers
at the University of California, San
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Continued from B1
a typing class and been blessing to me.”
able to get a computer for “Grandfamilies,” as
my granddaughter. They’ve they are called, experience
sponsored retreats for the all kinds of stress and
children. It’s been a real the inherent trauma in
Francisco, more than 7,500 older people,
10 percent African-American and 6
percent Latino, were assessed over an
eight-year period to gauge the relationship
between significant cognitive decline,
nursing home placement and mortality.
During the study, 23 percent of
participants died and 14 percent
experienced significant cognitive decline.
The researchers found that the proportion
of persons with significant decline did
not vary by race. However, of those
with significant cognitive decline, older
African Americans and Latinos had
statistically significant fewer placements
in nursing homes compared to older
Whites, and were less likely than similar
Whites to die during the follow up period.
“Our results may indicate that African-
American and Latino adults have a higher
burden from significant cognitive decline
than White older adults,” said Kala M.
Mehta, DSc, MPH, one of the researchers.
“This may impact the adults themselves,
their caregivers and their communities.
Thus, our findings support the need for
culturally-appropriate dementia care,
support services and home care resources
for African-American and Latino
communities in the U.S.”
the circumstances that
bring them together.
“They’re usually new to
the situation when they
first come to the group.
They’re overwhelmed and
frustrated,” said Saunders.
“They come looking for
answers and resources.
They want to know where
to find help.”
And they find a “sense
of relief as they become
part of a circle of support,”
Saunders said of the groups
that have had only a few
grandfathers in her six
years with the program.
Morrisella Middleton
found that sense of relief.
The grandchildren she
raised first lost their father,
who had been incarcerated
for much of their young
lives, to an aggressive
cancer and, eventually, their
mother to a massive heart
attack. So they were also
in need of specialized grief
counseling. That’s when she
found Saunders’ group.
“I wasn’t ready to take
care of grandchildren,”
Middleton admitted.
One day she found her
granddaughter “standing
in trash up to her knees,
in filth, with a bag on her
arms full of powdered
donuts and potato chips,”
Middleton said. “I called
911 and when the police
officer finally arrived, he
said he’d have to take the
child out of the house. I
told him that was what I
wanted.”
“I hadn’t been ready
for the little girl, and five
years later I had to take
the little boy,” Middleton
said. “Being in foster care
where I could get him on
weekends was one thing,
but when they began to talk
adoption, I went and got
him.”
She says of the support
group that has seen her
through her grandson’s
lead paint poisoning and
her own breast cancer, “We
became friends, we became
compatriots; we became
sisters.” Middleton’s
granddaughter is now 22;
her grandson, 17.
“I don’t know where
I’d be without the help I
received from them.”
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T he Lake Arbor Jazz Festival was held

recently on the grounds of the Lake
Arbor Community Center, Mitchellville,
Md. It was a day and evening of smooth jazz
and soulful entertainment that featured some
Capitol Jazz Fest
Challenge winner
Katherine Williams, Alison
Gentry and Crystal Williams

Phase II performs
of Washington, D.C.’s finest contemporary jazz
contemporary jazz
and R & B groups, including the 2005 Capital
Under cloudy skies, the jazz lovers music.
Jazz Fest Challenge winner Phaze II, Jazz
trumpeter Freddie Dunn, Keith Killgo, former came to out to enjoy the various jazz
drummer with Donald Byrd; Charles H. Flowers musical groups who performed.
high school Jazz group, Primary Element and
D.C.’s own Spur of the Moment.
Remarks were given by Pr. George’s County
Executive Jack Johnson and State Del. Aisha
Braveboy and comedian Chris Thomas served
as the host. Delicious food from food vendors Members of the Maryland Park Police also
Comedian Chris enjoyed the relaxing music.
was available as well as arts, crafts, jewelry and Thomas was the
clothing merchandise. The attendees brought Lisa Brown, co-producer, and Kevin
Alexander, producer of the jazz festival event host.
out their blankets and lawn chairs and kicked
back with family and friends to
enjoy the delightful sounds
of jazz in the air.
Photos by Danita Delaney

The Wingfield Family enjoys an afternoon Jack Johnson, Prince George's County executive, State Del. High school jazz group Primary Element opened the
of jazz listening. Aisha Braveboy, and Sheriff Michael Jackson festival with some smooth jazzy grooves.

musical selections from a DJ and a

raffle drawing.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was
founded at Howard University on

R
Jan. 16, 1920, and is one of the adio One-DC recently held a meet and greet luncheon reception

O
n July 17, members of Zeta
Phi Beta, Eta Pi Zeta chapter
gathered at the East County
Community Center in Silver Spring
for an afternoon of food, music
and camaraderie. In addition to the
assortment of food, guests enjoyed
Photos by KMG
largest women’s organizations in
the world. The Eta Pi Zeta chapter
was founded in Montgomery
County, Md., in 1973 and was
among the first predominately
African-American social and
community service organizations
established in the county.
formally introducing its new Vice President/General Manager Chris
Wegmann. In his new position, Wegmann will oversee the following
District-area stations: WKYS-FM (93.9), WMMJ-FM (102.3), WPRS-FM (Praise
104.1), WOL-AM(1450) and WYCB-AM. Community leaders as well as local
media personalities came out to welcome Wegmann. Washington- based
catering company SUGAR provided the luncheon menu as attendees dined
on a very tasty and healthy cuisine. Radio One-DC is a part of Radio One, the
“Urban Media Specialist,” which has over 50 radio stations located throughout
the United States.

Peggy Morris,
Sister4Sister
Frances Proctor enjoys Network; Chris
a succulent crab. Wegmann; JC,
Praise 104.1
announcer;
Pastor Bob
Mathis, Anacostia
Chapel Church
Eta Pi Zeta member Shaila Jackson
One of the
youngest crab
fest attendees,
Ryyan Brown

Chapter member
Kemah G. Bolokai
serves food to
a long line of Ron Burke, Washington Informer;
attendees. Chris Wegmann; Edgar Brookins and
Mayor Grant, Hyattsville, Md.
Isaac Jones Jr., Taneea Byrd, Jessica Jones,
Isaac Jones Sr. and Victoria Johnson

Sheila Stewart,
Dr. Charlene
Dukes,
president,
The Eta Pi Zeta Crab Prince George's
fest winner walks to Community
receive her prize. College and
Tony Lewis,
FAME Music
and Arts
Michael and Regina Winans, Jeanne Theismann Academy
of Theismann Media and Pastor Timothy Gaines
Eta Pi Zeta member Tanisha
Wright dances with her nephew, Imani Davis and Carol Kelly-Land
Joseph Wright, 4

Members of the Eta Pi Zeta chapter. Included in the picture are chapter President
Jannina Bryan (first row, third from right) and Zeta Phi Beta Maryland State Director
Gwenneth Corujo (first row, second from left)
Chris Wegmann, vice president and general manager of Radio One-DC; Franklyn
Malone, president/CEO, 100 Fathers; Herman Odom Jr., director, Office of Ex-Offenders
Affairs, District of Columbia and Ray Savoy, Langston Golf Course
Photos by Rob Roberts
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Extras on Afro.com: Film Review Salt

Singer Ne-Yo Talks Life, ‘Libra Scale’

By AFRO Staff
R&B crooner Ne-Yo is known
for his catchy hits, dashing good
looks and songwriting skills. But the
popular singer said he’s more than
a passing pop music fad in a recent
interview with ESSENCE.com.
The 30-year-old Nevada native
is preparing for the release of his
fourth album, Libra Scale, which is
based on a sci-fi story he wrote.
“The story of Libra Scale follows
an average joe garbage man named
Jerome and his two buddies, Clyde
and Leroy. The three guys, when
not busting their butts working their
crummy 9 to 9, regularly sit around
and talk about what each of them
would do if they had money, power
and fame,” Ne-Yo told ESSENCE.
com. “Opportunity knocks one night
when a being from the stars named
Numinous comes to the guys with
the promise of the money, power and
fame they’ve always wanted, under
one condition; they have to agree
to become superheroes and protect
the city from an unknown evil that’s
on its way to the planet with the
potential to destroy it.
“Time passes and the guys are
getting everything they always
dreamed of, when Jerome gets
something he didn’t bargain for
-- an instant infatuation with a
young woman…Ultimately, Jerome
is forced to choose. Weighed on a
Libra’s scale, is it love, or money,
power and fame?
The singer went on to call the
album, which will be released in
September, “seasoning salt” for a
“bland” music industry.
When he’s not creating music,
Ne-Yo prefers to stay out of the
public eye and admits he has
Courtesy Photo difficulty finding balance between
Ne-Yo told ESSENCE.com that he wants to keep his personal life the humdrum of the celebrity world
personal. and personal time.
In an interview with EBONY,
the singer-songwriter announced he
and girlfriend Monyetta Shaw were
expecting a child and the father-to-
be said he’s in a “really good place
right now.”
As he prepares for the release of
Libra Scale, Ne-Yo said he wants
fans to focus on one particular aspect
of his life.
“I want people to look at me
for what I give them to look at: my
art, my music, my creativity. My
personal life is not for display. I
don’t ask you about who you take to
your bed at night or what happens
when you get there, so what makes
you feel that you have the right to
know that about me, or the right
to even ask? I love my fans, I love
being an artist, but I’m a person
first,” Ne-Yo told ESSENCE.com.
“And just like all people, there are
some elements of my life that are
just none of your damn business.”

Prison Realities Explored in New Poetry Collection

By Krishana Davis
Special to the AFRO
NAACP Image Award
winner Reginald Dwayne
Betts has returned to
bookshelves with a powerful
collection of poems in his
latest work Shahid Reads His
Own Palm.
Through his poetry, the
national spokesman for
the Campaign for Youth
Justice recounts his personal
experiences and those of
other inmates he encountered
during a nine-year stint in
some of Virginia’s most
dangerous adult prisons.
Betts was sentenced to
jail after carjacking a man in
December 1996 at the age
of 16. He kept his sanity in
prison by devouring one book
at a time, and eventually
uncovered his gift for writing
poetry.
In Shahid Reads His
Own Palm, Betts allows his
readers to become engulfed
in the minds and experiences
of different men that have
been imprisoned and their
perceptions of judgments
imposed upon them from the
outside world. The poems, in
often graphic detail, explain
the chilling truths of prison
lives weighed by lost dreams
and regret.
“Each poem is just there currently contemplating, “Ode
to present the humanity of to a Kite,” which illustrates
the people that live there [in the stunting of one’s dreams
prisons], the humanity and while he or she is imprisoned.
the brutality… All of the Betts said he has grown fond
poems try to get at what I of “the way
experienced as witness and
prisoner,” Betts told the
AFRO.
In thought-provoking
poems such as “What
your Mother Asks, and
What I Never Say,”
Betts sheds light on
controversial subjects such
as homosexual experiences
in prison.
Although Betts said he
does not favor any of his
poems over another, he is

‘Love, Peace and Soul’

Comes to DVD that it captures
‘The Best of Soul Train’ gives rare glimpse into an ‘American institution’ the importance of the written
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Local author R. Dwayne Betts returns with collection of
By AFRO Staff word and what words can do.”
poems.
Since prison, Betts has
From oversized bell revitalized his life. As a speech as his graduation. He Fellowship from the Open
bottoms to massive afros, May 2009 graduate of the has been awarded the Holden Society Institute, a Cave
“Soul Train” is synonomous University of Maryland, Fellowship from the Warren Canem Fellowship and a
with Black fashion, soul and College Park, Betts gave Wilson MFA Program for scholarship to the Bread
above all, music. The TV the student commencement writers, the Soros Justice Loaf’s Writer’s Conference.
series, hosted by pop icon Don
Cornelius for more than two
decades, aired its final episode
in 2006 after a successful 40-
Reggae Star Gyptian Flies
year run.
However, a new DVD
from Time Life will revive the
High with New Release
“Soul Train” line, the popular By AFRO Staff a new genre, “sexy reggae music.”
scramble board and nostalgic His latest hit “Hold Yuh” featuring
images that made the show an Reggae crooner Gyptian, known for rapper Nicki Minaj, peaked at No. 91 on the
American institution. his hits “Beautiful Lady” and the socially Billboard Hot 100, No. 33 on the Billboard
The Best of conscious “Serious Times,” released his R&B/Hip-Hop Chart, No. 6 on the
Soul Train, a latest album Hold You on July 20. The Billboard Heatseekers Songs
three-DVD boxed CD features 15 tracks and two iTunes Chart and had been at the top
set, captures the exclusives. of the Reggae Digital Songs
performances, Gyptian exploded on the reggae chart for nine consecutive
vintage Courtesy Photos scene in 2005 and released several weeks, according to a press
commercials and Don Cornelius internationally popular songs release.
performances like “My Name is Gyptian,” “Is Born in 1983 as
from some of marketing/strategic partnerships, said
There a Place” and “Mama Don’t Windel Beneto Edwards in
America’s leading he looks forward to developing a new
Cry.” The dreadlocked singer, Jamaica, Gyptian was raised
entertainers. generation of “Soul Train” lovers.
nicknamed Gyptian as a child by his Christian mother Pauline
The DVD also “Time Life is proud to bring
because he frequently tied a and his Rastafarian father, Basil.
includes a rare back one of the most enduring and
shirt around his head like While neither parent pressed
performances – culturally relevant shows in television
an Egyptian pharaoh, their religious beliefs on
some which have history with The Best of Soul Train,”
is currently touring Gyptian, he grew up
not been made said Mitchell in a statement. “‘Soul
the United States influenced by both his
public in over Train’ was ‘must see’ television in
through October. parents’ backgrounds
30 years – from performers who went on to black households across America in the 70s
As he continues and allows these
revolutionize the music industry, including and it also had strong crossover appeal. ‘Soul
to develop elements to influence
The Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, the O’Jays, Train’ fans have been waiting for years to re-
a strong his music today.
Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Stevie live this exciting time!”
American fan
Wonder, Sly & The Family Stone and more. Similarly, Cornelius applauded the new
base, media For more
In all, there are 50 performances covered project and said The Best of Soul Train offers
outlets are information about
in eight hours of classic R&B, funk and a “rare insiders view of the golden era of
Courtesy Photo

calling Gyptian Gyptian visit gyptian.

soul music from the series’ 40-year history. Soul, marking a classic time and place which
the forerunner in com
Michael Mitchell, Time Life vice president of can never be duplicated.” Gyptian
C4 The Afro-American, July 31, 2010 - August 6, 2010

Community
Dr. Ro, UDC Looking to Get ‘Kidz’ Fit
By AFRO Staff
Nationally recognized
nutritionist and author Dr.
Rovenia Brock, aka, “Dr. Ro”
teamed with the University
of the District of Columbia’s
Center for Nutrition, Diet and
Health (CNDH) July 22 to
promote Fit Kidz™, a new
inventive program designed
to help kids understand how
to live a healthy and active
lifestyle using fitness and food.
The purpose of the series
is to help kids understand the
importance of nutrition and
fitness by showing them a
plethora of fun activities and
introducing them to a new
approach to life.
“From 2007 to 2008,
obesity rates among children
between the 14-19-year-old
range doubled,” said Dr. Ro
to My Fox Channel 5. “If
we don’t do something now,
we’re talking about an entire
generation that will have to
deal with early death.”
More than 300 kids
showed up to watch a
screening of Fit Kidz as well
as a panel discussion on
Thursday on UDC’s campus.
Dr. Lillie Monroe-Lord,
head of UDC’s Center on
Nutrition Diet and Health,
directs the center’s efforts to
provide local residents with
the skills, knowledge, and
behaviors necessary for a
healthy lifestyle. She praised
Fit Kidz for raising the issue
of nutritional value. “We
are excited to preview Fit
Kidz, which brings home the
importance of nutrition in a
fun and creative way that kids
and families will enjoy,” said Fit Kidz is the newest among several
Monroe-Lord in a statement. initiatives geared toward increasing
physical activity among children and

Madame Tussauds Celebrates Area

Teachers with Free Admission
By AFRO Staff
Madame Tussauds is
paying homage to licensed
teachers (must show license)
in Washington, D.C.,
Virginia and Maryland by
offering them free admission
throughout the summer until
Aug. 28. Madame Tussauds
located at 1001 F St.,
N.W., is a fully interactive
attraction presenting a
new way to experience the
worlds of American history,
sports, pop culture, music,
fashion and Hollywood,
including wax figures of
U.S. President Barack
Obama and first lady
Michelle Obama, ‘King
of Pop’ Michael Jackson,
teen sensation Selena
Gomez, and a host of other
celebrities.
“Madame Tussauds
Washington, D.C. is thrilled
to offer this opportunity
to area teachers in
recognition of their efforts
and roles in educating
fighting obesity.
Stock image
Fit Kidz is a series of for Fit Kidz who can help “I’m on a mission to stop
episodes, currently only
available on DVD, targeted to
them save the unhealthy
children on Planet Obesia.
obesity in its tracks with
children,” said Ro to My Fox
8-10-year-olds and 2-5-year- In front of the camera Dr. Channel 5. “We hope to get it
future generations,” said
olds. The screening of Ro may be portraying a make- into every school in America
General Manager Colin in a
the first season of Fit Kidz believe character, but off the … and because of the CDNH,
statement.
featured “Captain Ro” (played screen she is serious about at the University of D.C., they
Family members
by Dr. Ro) and her team of motivating children to realize helped us make it possible to
accompanying teachers
intergalactic space agents as the power they have to take get Fit Kidz on the air and to
will receive a $5 admission
they travel to Earth looking charge of their own health. make it a DVD series.”
discount as a part of the
offer.
Prince George’s Man Graduates Air Force
Basic Training
By AFRO Staff
Air Force Airman Ryan Cureton, a 2008
graduate of Grace Brethren Christian School
in Clinton, Md., recently graduated from
basic military training at Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Cureton completed an intensive, eight-
week program that included training in
military discipline and studies, Air Force core
values, physical fitness, and basic warfare
Courtesy Photo
principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn
four credits toward an associate in applied
science degree through the Community
College of the Air Force.
Cureton is the son of Richard Cureton
of Fort Washington, Md., and grandson of Courtesy Photo
Althea Thompson of Washington, D.C. Ryan Cureton

National Association of University Women

Celebrate their Centennial Anniversary
By AFRO Staff

From Aug. 2-8 the National Association of University Women will hold their 67th
National Convention to celebrate 100 years of service in Washington, D.C., at the Hyatt
Regency on Capitol Hill. Founded in 1910, NAUW’s goal is to stimulate young women to
attain professional excellence, exert influence in movements for civic good, and promote a
close personal and intellectual fellowship among professional women.
Events for the convention include a Founder’s Luncheon, Centennial Celebration Gala,
President’s Luncheon, Awards and Youth Luncheon, and a visit to the grave of one of the
founders, Mary Church Terrell. A Public Program and Reception planned for the night of Aug
3. at the Capital Hyatt, is open to District residents.
If you are interested in purchasing tickets to any of the luncheons or dinners please contact
the National Headquarters at 202-547-967 or Linda Ester at 708-868-2528.

Giant Food, Phillips Seafood Launch ‘Ultimate

Crab Challenge’
Phillips Seafood and Giant
foods recently announced
plans to launch the “Ultimate
Crab Challenge,” a recipe
contest for crab lovers
and cooking enthusiasts.
Community members are
invited to submit their
favorite, original recipes
to compete for a $1,000
prize and a spot on Phillips
Harborplace’s menu.
Entries will be
accepted online at www.
UltimateCrabChallenge.com
beginning July 16 through
Aug. 15 at 11:59 p.m. A
panel of Giant and Phillips
Seafood chefs will serve as
preliminary judges. The top
three finalists of the recipe
contest will participate in a
cook-off on Sept. 11 at the
Maryland Seafood Festival
taking place at Sandy Point
State Park in Annapolis, Md.
The following rules apply
for all participants:
• All recipes must be
original creations
Courtesy Photo
and submitted Seafood chefs; if selected
electronically at www. as finalists, participants
UltimateCrabChallenge. will be allowed 30
com by 11:59 p.m. on minutes to prepare their
Aug. 15. original crab creations
• Crab meat must be the during a cook-off at
primary ingredient and the Maryland Seafood
recipes must call for at Festival on Saturday,
least one pound of crab. Sept. 11.
• Recipes can be for a hot • All U.S. residents of at
or cold dish. least 18 years of age and
• Preparation time, of the legal age in their
including cooking time, state are welcome to
must not exceed 30 participate.
minutes.
• Three finalists will be For contest rules and
additional information, visit
selected by a panel www.UltimateCrabChallenge.
of Giant and Phillips com.
 July 31, 2010 - August 6, 2010, The Afro-American C5

‘The other side of the ball’

In this issue, my counterpart at this sport’s desk did an
interesting piece on Black caddies and the South African

British Open Winner Sheds Light on connection. I thought it would do to refresh your memory of
the trials and tribulations of the African-American men who
stood on the other side of the ball.

Black Caddie Issues

Where have they gone and why?
By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Writer
Louis Oosthuizen
completed a dominating
victory at the British Open on
July 18, some Blacks in that
country may have withheld
their cheers for the White
athlete—until learning that
his caddie, Zack Rasego, is a
Black native of their country.
Oosthuizen’s win came on
the same day that legendary
former South Africa
President Nelson Mandela
celebrated his 92nd birthday,
and the image of White
and Black South Africans
succeeding together is an
ultimate reflection of the
legacy Mandela helped create
during his tenure in office.
In a country once ruled
by apartheid, Mandela was
one of many activists who
helped change South Africa
from a racially segregated
environment to a land now
considered by its residents to
be a “rainbow nation.”
“As South Africans, we
are a rainbow team,” Rasego
told The New York Times.
“But really it’s politics aside.
It’s a sport. We cannot put
politics into sport.”
Rasego told reporters
that there is no emphasis on
race in his relationship with
to a course has increased.
But if there’s more money
and respect offered to such
a position, why aren’t more
Blacks interested in retaking
their position as majority?
Watts said that touches on an
even deeper issue.
“The problem is there
aren’t nearly as many golf
programs in place that would
attract and engage the interest
of African-Americans and
train and support them while
learning the sport,” said
Watts, a member of Morgan
State University’s 1967 CIAA
Golf Championship team.
AP Photo/Alastair Grant South “I’ve been playing golf for
Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, right, celebrates on the 18th more than 50 years, but when
green with his caddie Zack Rasego after winning the I was coming up, we had
British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. golf teams at college, in high
Andrews, Scotland, July 18. school, and at clubs around
the neighborhood. Now,
perceived in a less dignified, because the position can now most Blacks can’t play golf
demeaning light.” pay $300,000 or more, and in public school even if they
Watts said far more Whites the caddie’s importance in wanted, because the teams are
apply for caddie jobs today planning a golfer’s approach gone.”
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qualify to enter the field. John Shippen qualified and was tied
for first place on the second day of the event. However, on
the unlucky 13th hole, his ball landed in the sand and it took
him 11 strokes to complete the hole, thus shattering his hopes
for victory.
African Americans not only played the game of golf, but
were instrumental in other areas affecting the game. In 1899
Dr. George Grant invented the golf tee. Until that time a little
mound of dirt served the purpose of teeing up the ball. Grant
registered his invention with the US Patent Office, but never
marketed it.
Twenty-five years later a White golfer registered his
version of the golf tee and followed up with a successful
marketing campaign. For this reason he was given the credit
for the invention and Grant became a footnote in golf annals.
In 1946 Bill Powell designed and opened Clearview
Golf Course, in Bayside, N.Y. This course became a stage
for many African-American youth to hone their games. It
is interesting that Joseph Bartholomew designed and built
several courses during his lifetime, but was denied the
privilege of playing on any of them.
Teddy Rhodes was the Tiger Woods of his era. However
Jim Crow prohibited him from pitting his skill against White
golfers. In 1948 he, Bill Spiller and Madison Gunther filed a
civil lawsuit against the PGA. Slipping through a loophole,
the PGA changed its format to “invitation only” and was able
to continue the stand of serration that had been in place since
1934 and lasted until 1961.
In 1954 Harold Dunovant turned professional, and
although not a member of the still segregated PGA, was able
to attend the PGA Business School in Long Beach, Calif.
He became head pro at Minorcas Golf Course in Winston
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C6 The Afro-American, July 31, 2010 - August 6, 2010

Faith Pulse
Haiti Forum Reveals Lack of Funds and Slow Progress
Special to the AFRO
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church, of Herndon, Va.,
recently presented its
“Haiti: Let’s Not Forget”
forum. Panelists included
Haiti Ambassador to the
United States Raymond
Joseph, clergy and other
guests who are involved in
humanitarian efforts to the
country after a 7.0 magnitude
earthquake struck its capitol,
Port Au Prince, on Jan.
12. Moderated by Emmy-
award winning journalist
Del Walters of WTOP Radio
Station of Washington, D.C.,
panelists discussed a range of
topics, including donations
and pledges, restoration
progress, and organization
collaboration.
In answering a
participant’s question about
refunding texted donations
because of lack of progress,
Ambassador Joseph also
responded to what he thinks
started to appear asking
those non-governmental
organizations, ‘How much
have you spent in Haiti?’ The
percentage of that money
gathered here, as we’ve found
out, is about 15 percent that
these big organizations have
spent in Haiti,” remarked
Joseph.
“So it’s not my job
getting the money refunded
to you; it’s the job of your
government… to start acting
and [asking] what have
you done with the money
collected for Haiti?,” said
Joseph, who also cited
unfulfilled pledges by
countries as another hindrance
to progress.
“When we went to the
United Nations on March
31, we were looking for
$3.9 billion over the next 18
months to start the recovery
effort. The international
community loved the Haitian
plan. They pledged $5.3
billion, but we were looking
Squatter’s area in front of LE Plaza Hotel. Haitian officials and humanitarian groups are
concerned about getting displaced Haitians into more permanent living quarters before
the hurricane season.
about shelter, another pressing
issue with regard to Haiti’s
recovery. “Have we created
a nightmare with the tents?
How long can Haiti exist
concern is the weather. We’re
in the hurricane season now.
They’ve had four or five
hurricanes in a few years to
go across the island. The
Photo by J.D. Howard
agreed that the tents should
only be temporary but also
questioned the pace of
progress. “They don’t need
to be living in those tents for
long periods of time. The
problem is very complex;
there are no easy solutions.
But quite frankly, I just don’t
believe the international
community in collaboration
with a systematic approach
with the government of Haiti
is moving fast enough,” he
said.
“The people are suffering
and paying the consequences
of that,” added Graham, who
is also pastor of the host
church, which has been aiding
Haiti since 1995.
According to Joseph,
more collaboration is also
needed amongst organizations
helping Haiti, instead of each
trying to accomplish its own
agenda, for “in unity there is
strength.”
For more information on
the “Haiti: Let’s Not Forget”
forum, contact Mt. Pleasant
Baptist at (703) 793-1196.

is the root cause of stalled
restoration efforts.
“More than $2 billion were
collected for Haiti—not by
the Haitian government, but
collected by NGOs. Do you
know how much of that $2
billion Haiti has seen? Less
than $20 million; and stories
for only $3.9 billion. But
of the $5.3 billion pledged,
how much have been put into
the trust fund of the World
Bank?” asked Joseph, who
also praised Brazil for making
the first deposit of $55
million.
Walters raised a concern
inside the tents?”
Rev. Dr. Michael
Coppege, a panelist, of the
NorthStar Church Network
in Annandale, Va., replied,
“Obviously, the tents are not
the solutions, but they were
expedient.”
He added, “My immediate
tents will not withstand that.
So the first hurricane that hits
I suspect that we are gong to
have another emergency crisis
on our hands, and I’m not so
sure we’re ready for that.”
Rev. Dr. James Graham,
who visited the region two
times since the earthquake,
Church Briefs
Compiled by Herb Quarles
Bible Study
The Rev. Maude
Harrison Hudson will be the
facilitator for the discussion
on “Developing a Personal
Prayer Life,” part two at
6:30 p.m. on July 29 in the
necessary tools to battle those
struggles while still honoring
their parents and honoring
God.
The play, written by
Joshua Jenkins, the son of
Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr.,
is open free of charge to
the community. Call Karen

Church Elects First Female Bishop Corbin Lounge of at Peoples

Congregational UCC located
at 4704 13th St. N.W. The
Cheeks at 303-386-9433 for
additional information. Her
e-mail address is kcheeks@
(NNPA) -- The Rev. Dr. Teresa Snorton has been elected Richmond. discussion, based on Matthew fbcglenarden.org.
the first female bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Bishop Snorton has a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt 21:22, is a part of the Bible First Baptist Church
(C.M.E.) Church. Snorton was one among several elected University, a master’s degree in divinity from Louisville Study Series that will of Glenarden, under the
bishops during the congregation’s 36th quadrennial session Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a master’s in theology continue on each Thursday leadership of its pastor, is
and 37th General Conference, which convened in Mobile, in pastoral care from Southern Baptist Theological through Sept. 23. a life-changing, vibrant
Ala., early this month, it has been Seminary, a post-graduate certificate The Rev. Dr. Michael 91-year-old church with more
announced. The conference theme was in patient counseling from Virginia Murphy will be the facilitator than 10,000 members and
“An Essential Church: Poised for 21st Commonwealth University, and on Aug. 5 when he leads a over 100 ministries that meet
Century Ministry.” doctorate in ministry from United discussion on “Keeping In the diverse needs of both its
A fourth-generation, life-long Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Touch,” based on James 5:16. members and the community.
CME member, Bishop Snorton has Amid a plethora of activities and During the series, the
long prepared for this moment. She memberships, she is a member of the questions and concerns about Vacation Bible School
is executive director of the national International Congress of Pastoral Care prayer in the life of believers Vacation Bible School will
and the life of the church will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Association for Clinical Pastoral and Counseling, the Society for Pastoral
be addressed. This ministry from Aug. 2 through Aug. 6
Education (ACPE); the former executive Theology, and business manager of
is open free of charge to at Peoples Congregational
director of the Emory Center for the Journal of Pastoral Care and
the community and all are Church located at 4704 13th
Pastoral Services in Atlanta, Ga.; and Counseling.
welcome. Call the church St. N.W., with early drop off
former director of Pastoral Services at Also an author, Bishop Snorton
office at 202-829-5511 for at 8 a.m. and late pick up at 6
Crawford Long Hospital. She has been is co-editor of a book, Women Out of additional information. p.m. Youth in the community
adjunct instructor in pastoral care at Order: Risking Change and Creating are invited to enroll to
Candler School of Theology at Emory Care in a Multi-Cultural World, co- Fund Raiser Breakfast participate in a variety of
University. edited with Dr. Jeanne Stevenson- The fifth annual Kericho, activities including field trips
According to a release announcing Moessner and published by Fortress Kenya Foreign Mission Fund instruction in art, music,
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her election, she is descendant of a Press last year. Raiser Breakfast will be held religion and much more.
Dr. Teresa Snorton
great-grandfather, a father and an Bishop Snorton is married to from 9 a.m. to noon on July Snacks will be served twice a
uncle who were all CME pastors. Her Charles Short. They have three sons and 31 at Central Baptist Church day. Call the church office at
grandmother was an active missionary. Her two sisters three grandchildren. of Camp Springs located at 202-829-5511 for registration
are also CME ministers. As an ordained minister in the The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, under the 5600 Old Branch Ave. in fee and other information.
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, she has served as a leadership of Senior Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt Jr. and its Camp Spring, Md. Call 202-
pastor in Kentucky. Before moving to Atlanta, she was also College of Bishops, is a 139-year old historically African- 439-3812 for information on Historic Site Visited
a psychiatric staff chaplain in Louisville and on the adjunct American Christian denomination with more than 1.2 million the requested tax deductible Members of the
faculty of the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary members across the United States. It has missions and sister donation. Also, visit community are invited to
in Kentucky. She was also on the faculties of the Patient churches in Haiti, Jamaica, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and the maplespringsbaptistchurch. go with area United Church
Counseling Program at the Medical College of Virginia and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan/Egypt, Kenya, org for additional information of Christ members to visit
the School of Theology of Virginia Union University, both in Tanzania, Uganda Rwanda and Burundi. on the mission. the Franklinton Center
located at 281 Bricks Lane
Youth Explore Issues in Whitakers, N.C. The tour

Children’s Equestrian Camp The youth and drama

The Rev. Robert E. Slade, senior
pastor at the historic Mount Zion United
Methodist Church in Georgetown
(Northwest Washington), has opened
his home and farm to his
parishioners’ children for
one week each summer to
conduct an equestrian camp.
The camp, in its fourth
year, attempts to introduce
African-American children
to an equine lifestyle that is
unfamiliar to many of them.
Each summer, friends of his
and the church members
volunteer time to make
this event a success. This
year, Catholic Charities
heard about the event and
volunteered to assist.
The camp’s notoriety has
grown and Slade’s church
has also opened up the camp
to include inner-city youth.
Area youth enjoy the experience of riding horses during their visit to the equestrian
About 40 children ages 8-15
camp hosted by Pastor Robert Slade.
attend each year, including children from in Upper Marlboro, Md.
North Carolina. The camp, held during
the last week of July, was held in Prince for additional information about this
George’s County at 16001 Tanyard Road
Contact Slade at 202-271-4062
community outreach ministry.
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ministries of First Baptist
Church of Glenarden will
present the dynamic play,
Broken House, at 7 p.m. on
July 30 at the FBCG Ministry
Center located at 3600
Brightseat Road in Landover,
Md. The play addresses
issues that include the lack
of love, trust, character and
communication often found
in homes. It exposes the pain
that often tears families apart.
The play is featured as a
part of the youth ministry’s
BAM JAM event, which
occurs on the fifth Friday
of every month. BAM JAM
gives youth an opportunity
to explore tough topics with
their peers in a safe, non-
traditional church atmosphere.
Broken House will surely
be a hit at this year’s BAM
JAM, as the play’s message
sheds light on the struggles
that kids face on a daily basis,
and equips them with the
will include a worship service
with the Rev. Dr. Michael
C. Murphy, senior minister
at Peoples Congregational
Church, preaching;
workshops; tours of the
Center, activities for children;
an induction of emerging
leaders. Vendors and food will
be available.
Franklinton Center traces
its beginnings to the founding
of the Franklinton Christian
College in 1871 and the
Congregationalist Bricks
School in 1895. The Center is
related to the United Church
of Christ and is managed and
staffed by the denomination’s
Justice and Witness
Ministries.
Bus will depart at 6:45
a.m. Aug. 7 from Peoples
Church located at 4704 13t
h St. N.W and return by 10
p.m. Parking available at the
church. Call Onra Dillard at
202-543-3918 for cost and
additional information.

‘The other side of the ball’
Continued from C5
Salem, N.C., and founded the
National Black Golfers Hall
of Fame.
While we marvel over the
barrier placed before Black
men in the professional golf
ranks, there was quite a bit
of adversity placed before
women who were able to
compete at the pro level.
In 1950 Ann Gregory
broke the color barrier by
being allowed entry in to
a USGA event. Although
some doors had been opened,
Gregory’s ride wasn’t as
smooth as one would hope.
In 1963 Gregory was
competing in an event in
Williamstown, Mass. While
walking down the hall
dressed in white, a White
contestant, Polly Riley – who
was unpacking at the time –
shouted, “Hey, can you bring
me some hangers?” Moments
later Gregory returned with
a hand full of hangers, and at
this time Riley noticed that
the white gear was golf attire.
They both tell the story and
have shared many laughs
about the incident.
Gregory was known for
her pleasant demeanor as
July 31, 2010 - August 6, 2010, The Afro-American C7
well as her talent on the golf
course. Her deportment lead
to a softer position held for
other Black women golfers
wanting to compete on the
next level. Most notably of
these were Renee Powell and
Althea Gibson.
Gibson was already well
known for her skill at tennis,
having won Wimbledon.
She acquitted herself well
as a professional golfer, and
is arguably the best female
athlete of her time, being
compared only to Babe
Didrikson Zaharias.
To be continued ...

Magic Johnson Made Similar Choice

to LeBron’s
By AFRO Staff

NBA legend Magic

Johnson joined fellow
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“We didn’t think about
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media at Baruch College in Courtesy Photo Courtesy Photo
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PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
00663ADM10
Majory W White
Marjory Wolter White
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
David R. Kaminsky,
whose address is 14
Parkside Road, Silver
Spring MD 20910 was
appointed personal re-
presentative of the
estate of Marjory Wolter
White aka Majory W.
White, who died on June
24, 2010 with a will, and
will serve without Court
supervision. All un-
known heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
J a n u a r y 1 6 , 2 0 11 .
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
January 16, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 16, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
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Reporter
David R Kaminsky
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
7/16, 7/23, 7/30
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
00656ADM10
Ruth E Jones
aka
Ruth Elizabeth Jones
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Sheila Corbin Campbell,
whose address is 4706
Jean Marie Drive Ft.
Washington MD 20744,
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Ruth E Jones
aka Ruth Elizabeth
Jones, who died on Feb-
ruary 16, 2009 with a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
J a n u a r y 1 6 , 2 0 11 .
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
January 16, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
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Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 16, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Sheila Campbell
Personal
Representative
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REGISTER OF WILLS
7/16, 7/23, 7/30
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM545
Edith J Rose
Decedent
Julius P Terrell
1455 Pennsylvania Av
NW Suite 400
Washington DC 20004
Attorney
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APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Phyllis D Goldsmith,
w t
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whose address is 10308
Richmanor Place, Upper
Marlboro 20772 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Edith J. Rose, who died
on May 22, 2010 with a
will, and will serve with-
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
J a n u a r y 1 6 , 2 0 11 .
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
January 16, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 16, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Phyllis D Goldsmith
Personal
Representative
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7/16, 7/23, 7/30
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
00657ADM10
Dorothy I Height
Decedent
Joan M Wilbon Esq
1120 Connecticut Ave
NW #1020
Washington DC 20036
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Alexis M Herman
Franklin, whose address
is 892 Linganore Drive,
McLean Virginia 22102
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Dorothy I
Height, who died on
April 20, 2010 with a will,
and will serve without
Court supervision. All
unknown heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
J a n u a r y 1 6 , 2 0 11 .
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
January 16, 2011 or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
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Wills, including name,
address and relation-
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Date of Publication:
July 16, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Alexis M Herman
Franklin
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
7/16, 7/23, 7/30
SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Case No. 2010 LIT33
Jerry L. Hunter
Personal Representa-
tive of the Estate of
James Whigham
1822 11th Street NW
Washington DC 20001
v.
Marion Whigham
Last Known Address
4301 Ord Street NE
Washington DC 20019
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
Plaintiff is the Personal
Representative of the
Estate of James
Whigham. On June 16,
2010, Plaintiff filed a
Complaint on for an Or-
der of Determination of
Death of the sole heir of
the Estate of James
Whigham. The Complaint
states, among other
things, that the de-
cedent’s son, Marion
in late 2008 or early 2009
at his home at 4301 Ord
Street, N.E. in the District
of Columbia, and that the
body found therein was,
in fact, the body of Mar-
ion Whigham. Plaintiff
seeks a determination of
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Marion Whigham for the
purpose of opening an
estate.
On motion of the plaintiff,
it is this 6th day of July,
2010, ORDERED that the
defendant cause his
appearances to be en-
tered in this case on or
before the 11 day of Au-
gust, 2010, exclusive of
Sundays and legal holi-
days, occurring after the
day of the first publication
of this order; PROVIDED
THAT this order is pub-
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week for three (3)
successive weeks in the
Washington Afro
American Newspapers,
and it is further OR-
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of the defendant to cause
his appearance to be en-
tered, an order, judgment
or decree may be entered
against him and this case
ma proceed with as in
cause of default.
Rhonda Reid WA
JUDGE
Superior Court of the
District of Columbia
A TRUE TEST COPY:
Superior Court of the
District of Columbia
By:
Jerry L Hunter
1822 11th Street NW
Washington DC 20001
7/16, 7/23, 7/30
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0001460-09
IN RE:
Berlin Callahan
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Berlin Callahan having
filed a complaint for
judgment changing Ber-
lin Callahan name to
Beverly Honesty and
having applied to the
court for an Order of
Publication of the notice
required by law in such
cases; it is by the Court
this 9th day of July
2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 11th
day of August 2010, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American.
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
7/23, 7/30, 8/6
Superior Court of
the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0005330-10
IN RE:
Regina Cherel Collins
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Regina Cherel Collins
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
Regina Cherel Collins
name to Regina Cherel
Tucker and having ap-
plied to the court for an
Order of Publication of
the notice required by
law in such cases; it is
by the Court this 16th
day of July 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 20th
day of August 2010, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American.
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
7/23, 7/30, 8/6
SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
FAMILY COURT
DOMESTIC
RELATIONS
BRANCH
Case Number.
2009DRB3282
Judge:
Geoffrey M Alprin
TAMIKA PHELPS.
Plaintiff.
vs.
JOSHUA SKADSEN,
Defendant.
ORDER
Before the court is
Plaintiff’s Motion to Serve
By Publication or Posting.
The plaintiff appeared in
court pro se. The defen-
dant was not present. It
is this 9th day of July,
2010, hereby
ORDERED that the
Plaintiff ’s Motion is
GRANTED. The Plaintiff
can serve the defendant
by publication or posting
as the plaintiff has made
diligent efforts to locate
the defendant. It is
FURTHER ORDERED
that the Plaintiff has sixty
(60) days to serve notice
by publication. It is
FURTHER ORDERED
that this matter is
scheduled for a hearing
on Thursday,
September 2, 2010 at
9:30am in Courtroom
CT314 in DC Superior
Court. SO ORDERED.
GEOFFREY M ALPRIN
SENIOR JUDGE
7/23, 7/30, 8/6
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
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Administration No.
00677ADM10
Rosalind Anita Powell
Decedent
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Jerome W Powell,
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unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
J a n u a r y 2 3 , 2 0 11 .
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
January 23, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 23, 2010
Name of newspaper:
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sented to the under-
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20020. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
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sented to the under-
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signed and filed with the January 23, 2011, or be Claims against the de-
Register of Wills for the forever barred. Persons cedent shall be pre-
District of Columbia, 515 believed to be heirs or sented to the under-
5th Street NW 3rd Floor, legatees of the decedent
signed with a copy to the
Washington DC 20001 who do not receive a
copy of this notice by Register of Wills or filed
within 6 months from the
date of first publication mail within 25 days of its with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
of this notice. (Strike first publication shall so
inform the Register of signed, on or before
preceding sentence if no
real estate.) Wills, including name, January 23, 2011, or be
address and relation- forever barred. Persons
Marica D. Spriggs
ship.
Personal believed to be heirs or
Date of Publication:
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TRUE TEST COPY who do not receive a
Name of newspaper:
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Date of first publication:
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July 23rd 2010 Reporter first publication shall so
Name of newspapers
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and/or periodical: Personal
Wills, including name,
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Personal
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Growth Enterprises, LLC,
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Washington DC has ap-
plied in Case AP-2010-
092 to transport pas-
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area. Protests are due
August 16, 2010. For
more information go to
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the District of
Columbia
Civil Division
Case No. 0005011-10
IN RE:
Shauniece Simmons/
Omar Herring
in c/o S.A.A.S.
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Shauniece Simmons /
Omar Herring having
filed a complaint for
judgment changing
Shauniece Simmons/
Omar Herring name to
Solomon Aaron
Alexander Herring and
having applied to the
court for an Order of
Publication of the notice
required by law in such
cases; it is by the Court
this 8th day of July
2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 12th
day of August 2010, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American.
JUDGE
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Reporter
Janice G Robinson
Personal
Representative
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7/30
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010SEB336SE
Cornelia V Brown
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Janice G Robinson,
whose address is 2028
S Quincy Street
Arlington VA 22204, was
appointed personal re-
presentative of the
estate of Cornelia V
Brown, who died on
June 27, 1995 without a
will. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore August 30, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before Au-
gust 30, 2010, or be for-
ever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Janice G Robinson
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
7/30
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
January 30, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Elizabeth R Boulware
Personal
Representative
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7/30, 8/6, 8/13
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
703-10
Rose Anna Hammond
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Veronica J Anderson,
whose address is 3352
Dubois Place SE
Washington DC 20019,
was appointed personal
representative of the
estate of Rose Anna
Hammond, who died on
September 27, 2009
without a will, and will
serve without Court su-
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore January 30, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
January 30, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
Esq
3807 Minnesota Ave
NE. Washington DC
20019
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Andria R Warner, whose
address is 18503 Eagle
Roost Drive, German-
town MD 20814 was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Martha E Holmes, who
died on June 3, 2010
with a will, and will serve
without Court supervi-
sion. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
J a n u a r y 3 0 , 2 0 11 .
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
January 30, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Andria R. Warner
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
7/30, 8/6, 8/13
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
691-2010
Dudley Herbert Sr
aka
Joseph D Herbert
Decedent
William A Bland Esq
INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
J a n u a r y 3 0 , 2 0 11 .
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Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under- Relax while cruising on the new Intercounty Connector (ICC).
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is proposing New Bus Service for ICC travelers.
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under- The following Informational Meetings are scheduled:
signed, on or before
January 30, 2011, or be Prince George’s County Montgomery County Anne Arundel County
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or Monday, August 2, 2010 Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Wednesday, August 4, 2010
legatees of the decedent 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
City of Laurel Municipal Center Activity Center at Bohrer Park Spring Hill Suites by
mail within 25 days of its Council Chambers Summit Hall Farm, Room A Marriott Arundel Mills
first publication shall so
8103 Sandy Spring Road 506 South Frederick Avenue Meeting Room, Main Level
inform the Register of
Wills, including name, Laurel, MD 20707 Gaithersburg, MD 20877 7544 Teague Road
address and relation- Hanover, MD 21076
ship.
Date of Publication:
All locations are accessible for people with disabilities. Anyone who requires special assistance or
July 30, 2010 additional accommodations, or who requires printed material in an alternate format should contact MTA
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American Office of Customer Information one week in advance at 410-767-3999 or TTY 410-539-3497 to make
Washington Law necessary arrangements.
Reporter
Ray Sharpe For more information please visit the MTA website at www.mta.maryland.gov;
Gail Yon or call MTA Transit Representatives, Monday through Friday, 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Personal at 410-539-5000, 1-866-RIDE-MTA (1-866-743-3682), or TTY 410-539-3497
Representative
www.mta.maryland.gov
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7/30, 8/6, 8/13
Western Summit Corman Joint Venture is soliciting bids from MBE/WBE subcontractors and
MBE/WBE/SBE Subcontractors suppliers certified through Federal, State or local municipalities for the following project:
and Suppliers
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Enhanced Nitrogen Removal
Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC Rockville, Facilities First Contract, Slurry Wall and Tankage. Invitation No. 100010
MD is interested in receiving quotes from
Current Bid Date: August 11, 2010 @ 2:00PM
qualified MBE/WBE/SBE subcontractors and Submit Bid to: Western Summit Corman Joint Venture
suppliers for the Annapolis Water Reclama-
c/o Western Summit Constructors, Inc.
tion Facility, Enhanced Nutrient Removal Up-
5470 Valley Highway
grade, for the Anne Arundel County, Depart-
Denver, CO 80216
ment of Public Works, bidding on August 24,
2010. Opportunities are available for (303) 298-9500 / Fax (303) 298-9501
Contact: John East
Specification Divisions 1 thru 17. Please fax
quotes to 301-545-0810, Contact telephone
Bonding may be required.
301-545-0750.Ulliman Schutte Construction,
LLC 7615 Standish Place, Rockville, MD
20855, www.ullimanschutte.com Specific Crafts, Trades and Materials include but are not limited to: Excavation, Site
Equal Opportunity Employer Dewatering, Hauling, Concrete, Slurry Wall, Steel Piling, Sea Wall Construction, PCB
Contaminated Soil Testing & Removal, Electrical, and Painting.
MBE/WBE/DBE Subcontractors and Suppliers Western Summit Corman Joint Venture intends to negotiate with qualified MBE/WBE firms
Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC, Miamisburg,
and will, at its sole discretion, assist in obtaining bonds, lines of credit and insurance.
Ohio is interested in receiving quotes from qual-
ified MBE/WBE/DBE/SBE subcontractors and
suppliers for the August, 11, 2010 Blue Plains MBE/WBE Goals have been established for this project as follows:
Enhanced Nitrogen MBE – 32% WBE – 6%
Removal Facilities - First Contract - Slurry Wall
and Tankage bid.
Potential MBE/WBE Subcontractors and Suppliers are to submit copies of their certifications
Opportunities available for Specification Divisions
to Karen Calabro at fax # (303) 298-9501 no later than August 6, 2010.
1-3, 5, 7, 9-11, 13-16 Plans online at:
All quotes are due 2 days prior to bid.
http://www.ullimanschutte.com/documents/bids/
Please FAX quotes to 937-910-9910 by 8/10/10.
Contact telephone 937-910-9910. Western Summit Corman Joint Venture is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Ulliman Sehutte Construction, LLC
9900 Springboro Pike
Miamisburg, Ohio 45342

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Superior Court of legatees of the decedent 1140 Connecticut Ave www.ullimanschutte.com
the District of PROBATE DIVISION NW 1100 Equal Opportunity Employer.
Washington, D.C. who do not receive a
Columbia copy of this notice by Washington DC 20036
Civil Division 20001-2131 Attorney
Administration No. mail within 25 days of its

call
Case No. 0005058-10 first publication shall so NOTICE OF
IN RE: 2010SEB334SE
Charles R Brown inform the Register of APPOINTMENT, Strictly Personal

Ra’Adia Kadija Donnell
Applicant
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME
Ra’Adia Kadija Donnell
having filed a complaint
for judgment changing
Ra’Adia Kadija Donnell
name to Ra’Adia Kadija
Cloyd and having ap-
plied to the court for an
Order of Publication of
the notice required by
law in such cases; it is
by the Court this 9th day
of July 2010.
ORDERED, that all per-
sons concerned show
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 12th
day of August 2010, why
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be
published once a week
for three consecutive
weeks before said day
in the
0
that pursuant to SCR
205(b) notice be sent to
applicants creditors by
registered or certified
mail and that proof of
mailing be made in the
manner provided in SCR
Probate Rule 19(b).
Afro-American.
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
7/30, 8/6, 8/13
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010SEB335SE
John Richard Brown
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Janice G Robinson,
whose address is 2028
S Quincy Street
Arlington VA 22204, was
appointed personal re-
presentative of the
estate of John Richard
Brown, who died on
March 30, 1998 without
a will. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore August 30, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before Au-
gust 30, 2010, or be for-
ever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
J J
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Janice G Robinson,
whose address is 2028
S Quincy Street
Arlington VA 22204, was
appointed personal re-
presentative of the
estate of Charles R
Brown, who died on
June 29, 1993 without a
will. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore August 30, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before Au-
gust 30, 2010, or be for-
ever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Janice G Robinson
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
7/30
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
1998ADM467
Mary M Robinson
Decedent
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Elizabeth R Boulware,
whose address is 251
Saint James Church
Road, Saltsburg PA
15681 was appointed
personal representative
of the estate of Mary M
Robinson, who died on
April 3, 1988 with a will.
All unknown heirs and
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un-
known shall enter their
appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
cedent´s will) shall be
filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Veronica J Anderson
Personal
Representative
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REGISTER OF WILLS
7/30, 8/6, 8/13
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
583-10
Chantice Nicole
Caruth
Decedent
Ronald Dixon Bynum
& Jenkins
1010 Camerson
3198 Westover Dr St. SE
Alexandria, VA
Washington DC22314
20020
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Debora D Caruth,
whose address is 3198
Westover Drive SE
WDC 20020, was ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of
Chantice Nicole Caruth,
who died on September
30, 2009 without a will,
and will serve without
Court supervision. All
unknown heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore January 30, 2011.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
January 30, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Debora D Caruth
Personal
Representative
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7/30, 8/6, 8/13
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
00ADM710-10
M C
202-332-0080
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO Pen Pals
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Alexis Y Herbert and Jo- Truthful man seeking spiritual pen pals.
seph D Herbert Jr,
whose address(es) are Womb my emanation. Law is unification.
5226 Karl Place, NE
Breath, knowledge and consciousness!
Washington DC 20019
were appointed per- William Piggie, P.O. Box 565, Pittsboro,
sonal representative(s)
of the estate of Joseph N.C. 27312
Dudley Herbert Sr aka ---
Joseph D Herbert, who
Lonesome Hearts - Pen Pals
died on May 6, 2010
without a will, and will To have a notice published in the Strictly
serve without Court su-
Personal Section, write the message you
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose want printed in the space below. Enclose ten
whereabouts are un-
dollars ($10.00), check or money order for 25
known shall enter their
appearance in this words. NO CASH PLEASE. Additional words
proceeding. Objections will cost 50 cents each.
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be- To answer a Lonesome Heart notice, enclose
fore January 30, 2011.
Claims against the de- a check or money order for $2.00 for each let-
cedent shall be pre- ter you wish to have forwarded. NO CASH
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the PLEASE. Be sure to include the box number
Register of Wills or filed of the person you wish to contact.
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before All letters, queries and notices should be sent
January 30, 2011, or be
forever barred. Persons
to:
believed to be heirs or STRICTLY PERSONAL
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
2519 N. Charles Street,
copy of this notice by Baltimore, MD 21218
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
July 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Alexis Y Herbert
Joseph D Herbert Jr
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
7/30, 8/6, 8/13
Superior Court of
the District of
District of Columbia
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
20001-2131
Administration No.
2010ADM682
Delphina D Donaldson
aka
Delphina Delores
Donaldson
Decedent
Nakia V Gray Esq
6404 lvy Lane
Suite 400
Greenbelt MD 20770
Attorney
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN HEIRS
Ray Sharpe and Gail
Yon, whose address(es)
are 161 Kirkwood Drive,
Eden NC 27288 and
414 Pinetree Drive Drive
Salisbury NC 28144
were appointed per-
sonal representative(s)
of the estate of Delphina
D Donaldson aka
Delphina Delores
Donaldson, who died on
April 29, 2010 with a will,
and will serve without
D4 The Afro-American, July 31, 2010 - July 31, 2010

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