VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 5 •1111 King St. •Charleston, SC 29403• September 24, 2008 • .50 PRST STD US POSTAGE PD CHARLESTON, SC - PERMIT #415 See pg 2 See pg 2 See pg 2 See pg 2 See pg 2 The Charleston Chronicle SERVING CHARLESTON, DORCHESTER & BERKELEY COUNTIES SINCE 1971 See pg 2 See pg 2 NO EXCUSE FOR NOT VOTING Black voter apapthy remains a concern. The reasons people give for not voting range from disillusionment with the political process to bad weather. Some common excuses are cited below. 1. My vote won’t make a difference. Many citizens believe their votes don’t count. That could be further from the truth. Politicians count two things, votes and cam- paign contributions. Unless you’re wealthy, your vote may be the only chance to be heard. Your vote is your voice. And history has shown that one or two votes per precinct can make a dif- ference in close elections. This year’s presidential election between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain promises to be a close contest. Let’s examine a few close Presidential elections: 1844- Jame K. Polk (Dem) 49.54% Henry Clay (Whig) 48.08% difference of 39,490 votes 1880- James A. Garfield (Rep) 48.27% Winfield S. Hancock (Dem) 48.25% difference of 1,898 votes 1884- Grover Cleveland (Dem) 48.50% James G. Blaine (Rep) 48.25% difference of 25,685 votes 1960- John F. Kennedy (Dem) 49.72% Richard M. Nixon (Rep) 49.55% difference of 114,673 votes So now you’re probably saying, so what’s the dif- ference between one voe? Examine the following: 1800 - In a determination James Bell, Ira Banks and Vernon Holmes filed suit against Rev. Clinton Brantley and St. Matthew Baptist Church alleging Defamation, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress and Negligence. The lawsuit arose from Brantley's false accusations of misappropriat- ing money at a May 22, 2006 congregational meeting. Attorney T.O. Sanders who represents the gentlemen said, "When the gentlemen tried to defend themselves at this meeting, Brantley told them to 'sit down and shut up.' The Rev. Clinton Brantley objective of the law- suit was to clear these gentlemen's good names." Sanders reports that the tension between Brantley and the gentlemen stemmed from Brantley making various requests for money which were not in the church's operating budget. When the gentle- men denied Brantley's requests in an attempt to stick to the budget, and to be good stew- ards of the church's money, Brantley became angry at them. Even though former Finance Officer Francina Roche reports that every penny of the $300,000.00 has always been accounted for in full, Brantley sought to move the gentlemen out of his way. To date, Brantley has not ordered an audit of the church's finances. Sanders says the case was about a pastor who abused the power of his position and who violated the trust of his congre- gation. "Brantley wanted unquestioned control of the church so badly that he falsely accused the gentlemen of mis- appropriating $300,000.00 of the church's money," said Sanders. In 2003, with approval of Brantley and the congrega- tion, the gentlemen oversaw a $300,000.00 loan along with the rental property purchases and the subsequent manage- ment of the properties. Brantley and the congregation considered the rental proper- ties an investment for the church and in the neighbor- hood around the church. After being commissioned to locate and to purchase the rental properties in 2003, the three gentlemen (as well as Finance Officer Francina Roche) regularly reported their progress to the trustees and to the congregation at reg- ularly-scheduled meetings. No one ever objected, and all actions were unanimously approved. During this time, Brantley was present at almost all of the trustee meetings and he presided over all of the con- gregational meetings. Despite three years of regular reports by the gentlemen and Roche, Brantley accused the gentle- men of wrong-doing. According to Sanders, Brantley refers to himself as "Doctor" and wish- Trustees, Pastor Clash In Defamation Lawsuit By Bob Small An old R&B song “Uptown,” tells the story of a guy consid- ered ordinary in his neighbor- hood but when he goes Uptown he is recognized as the standard of cool. The same might be said about Inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Award Charlestonian James Jamerson, Heartbeat of the Motown Sound Rejected for 11th time for S.C. Hall of Fame native son James Jamerson, the heartbeat and pulse of the famous Motown sound who was turned down for the 11th time for induction into the SC Hall of Fame. Anthony McKnight, a relative of Jamerson, Jerome Smalls, a James Jamerson Behind the Controversy at St. Matthew At a May 22, 2006 con- gressional meeting at St. Matthew Baptist Church, Trustees James Bell, Ira Banks and Vernon Holmes, were removed by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Clinton Bradley, for misappropri- ation of funds. The allega- tions arose concerning the purchase of the Grayson St. Apartments located in the vicinity of the church. According to documented church min- utes and in the minister’s by Arthur Lawrence The Charleston County School District (or CCSD) has presented to the community a new set of crite- ria to assess the future of its schools. There is a possibility, District officials have said, that some schools must close. The proposed set of criteria will determine the future of failing schools. Charleston County School Superintendent Dr. Nancy McGinley led a presen- tation of this new plan to the community last Monday at Burke High School. As I sat there and listened, I was very dismayed. The set-up did not give audience members ample opportunity to ask questions – we were to only listen to the plan. It felt like a complete waste of time. District officials did the community a disservice: not only were we not able to question, only last minute notice of this meeting was given. With all of the tools CCSD has, they could have sent a press release to all local TV and radio stations. They could have sent notices to local churches. And they have a local Black-owned newspaper that circulates in our commu- nity every week. It felt con- trolled. I walked away feeling that when all is said and done that we are in jeopardy of los- ing our neighborhood schools. I speculate that CCSD wants to sell down- town schools as commercial property, which is valued more than residential property. If we as community do not raise our level of commitment to our children and the education process, we will find our schools sold to the highest bid- der, and our children will have to be bused to another district. I assure you that there is a plan is in the works. The School District works on a long term plan. Right now, CCSD is working towards the year 2010. By then, I believe that Frasier Elementary will be closed and likely sold to an entity like Trident Tech, just like CA Brown was in the early 1980s. Frasier students will then have to merge with our Sanders-Clyde students. Inevitably, Burke will be “re-structured”. CCSD likely wants to change every- Commentary Black Inner-City Schools Set-Up For Closure? Burke High School Rivers Middle School thing about this historic school. They will probably even change its name, likely doing this before Burke gets Ford Mack Gilliard Factors Cited for Closing of Schools By Bob Small As the Charleston County School District goes through the process of gathering input from parents and members of the community on what schools could face closure or consolidation during their current budget crisis, the con- cern for many is that predomi- nately blacks schools will bear the brunt of the closures. In Peninsula Charleston enrollment criteria based on last year’s figures would leave only one downtown elemen- tary school other than Buist Academy meeting the enroll- ment criteria, James Simons reported student population of 423. Of the 16 criteria’s being used to decide if the schools will close, enrollment and enroll- ment decline over the past 10 years are factors. To success- fully meet the enrollment part of the criteria high schools should have an enrollment of 650. Middle schools should have a 500 enrollment and ele- mentary schools should have enrollments of 350. Other factors include, the State Report Card ratings By State Senator Robert Ford Black Community Developer When you strip away all of the public and media attention that is directed toward elected officials you are left with one simple truth. An elected offi- cial is simply a public servant. Those of us who are fortunate enough to have won an elec- tion have asked the public for the right to be their slaves dur- ing the duration of our terms in office. Remember the old adage, be careful what you ask for because of if you get it then what? This truth applies to a public servant regardless of whether he or she is black or white. But in the case of public servants who are black we usually have come to an elected office after a very long history of serving the community prior to run- ning for a public office, and that community service does not end after the oath of office is given. This is in contrast to white elected officials who come to public office after being a member of a major club or organization, the head of a suc- cessful business or the benefac- tor of a special interest group. Go down the list of elected public officials in South Carolina and you will see that this is usually the route that public servants have followed to win an elected office. In Charleston, me and two of my friends and colleagues - David Mack and Wendell Gilliard - are good examples of community organizers who didn’t stop providing commu- nity service after we became elected public servants. David Mack’s public service career started when he was in his late teens with the Congress of Racial Equality under the guidance of Bill Saunders. His public service responsibilities did not stop when he joined the S.C. House of Representatives. Charleston City Councilman Wendell Gilliard got his feet wet in public service back in 1971, and he has been helping black people on a daily basis since that time. And I don’t expect that to change when he joins the state House next year. In my case, I got started in my early teens with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I was first arrested in 1964, for example, in Alexandria, La., during a voters’ rights demonstration. I truly believe that a good pub- lic servant like me, David and Wendell have touched the lives of millions of people by what we do and how we do it. Because of that, it is some- times hard to swallow the crit- icism directed toward those of us who carry the dual responsi- bilities of providing communi- ty service while carrying out our mandates as elected public officials. For example, I recently read articles about black people who want to become elected What It Takes To Be A Good Public Servant “HE WANTS A CHANGE TOO.”
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VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 5 •1111 King St. •Charleston, SC 29403• September 24, 2008 • .50
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The Charleston
ChronicleSERVING CHARLESTON, DORCHESTER & BERKELEY COUNTIES SINCE 1971
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NO EXCUSE FORNOT VOTING
Black voter apapthyremains a concern. Thereasons people give fornot voting range fromdisillusionment with thepolitical process to badweather. Some commonexcuses are cited below.
1. My vote won’t make adifference.
Many citizens believetheir votes don’t count.That could be furtherfrom the truth.Politicians count twothings, votes and cam-paign contributions.Unless you’re wealthy,your vote may be the onlychance to be heard. Yourvote is your voice. Andhistory has shown thatone or two votes perprecinct can make a dif-ference in close elections.This year’s presidentialelection between Sen.Barack Obama and Sen.John McCain promisesto be a close contest.
Let’s examine a few closePresidential elections:
1844- Jame K. Polk(Dem) 49.54%
Henry Clay (Whig)48.08% difference of39,490 votes
1880- James A. Garfield(Rep) 48.27%
Winfield S. Hancock(Dem) 48.25% differenceof 1,898 votes
1884- Grover Cleveland(Dem) 48.50%
James G. Blaine(Rep) 48.25% differenceof 25,685 votes
1960- John F. Kennedy(Dem) 49.72%Richard M. Nixon (Rep)49.55% difference of114,673 votes
So now you’re probablysaying, so what’s the dif-ference between one voe?Examine the following:
1800 - In a determination
James Bell, Ira Banks andVernon Holmes filed suitagainst Rev. Clinton Brantleyand St. Matthew BaptistChurch alleging Defamation,Intentional Infliction ofEmotional Distress andNegligence. The lawsuitarose from Brantley's falseaccusations of misappropriat-ing money at a May 22, 2006congregational meeting.Attorney T.O. Sanders whorepresents the gentlemen said,"When the gentlemen tried todefend themselves at thismeeting, Brantley told them to'sit down and shut up.' The
Rev. Clinton Brantley
objective of the law-suit was to clearthese gentlemen'sgood names."
Sanders reportsthat the tensionbetween Brantleyand the gentlemenstemmed fromBrantley makingvarious requests formoney which werenot in the church'soperating budget.When the gentle-men deniedBrantley's requests
in an attempt to stick to thebudget, and to be good stew-ards of the church's money,Brantley became angry atthem. Even though formerFinance Officer FrancinaRoche reports that everypenny of the $300,000.00 hasalways been accounted for infull, Brantley sought to movethe gentlemen out of his way.To date, Brantley has notordered an audit of thechurch's finances.
Sanders says the case wasabout a pastor who abused thepower of his position and who
violated the trust of his congre-gation. "Brantley wantedunquestioned control of thechurch so badly that he falselyaccused the gentlemen of mis-appropriating $300,000.00 ofthe church's money," saidSanders.
In 2003, with approval ofBrantley and the congrega-tion, the gentlemen oversaw a$300,000.00 loan along withthe rental property purchasesand the subsequent manage-ment of the properties.Brantley and the congregationconsidered the rental proper-ties an investment for thechurch and in the neighbor-hood around the church.
After being commissioned tolocate and to purchase therental properties in 2003, thethree gentlemen (as well asFinance Officer FrancinaRoche) regularly reportedtheir progress to the trusteesand to the congregation at reg-ularly-scheduled meetings.No one ever objected, and allactions were unanimouslyapproved. During this time,Brantley was present at almostall of the trustee meetings andhe presided over all of the con-gregational meetings. Despite
three years of regular reportsby the gentlemen and Roche,Brantley accused the gentle-men of wrong-doing.
According toSanders, Brantley refers tohimself as "Doctor" and wish-
Trustees, Pastor Clash InDefamation Lawsuit
By Bob Small
An old R&B song “Uptown,”tells the story of a guy consid-ered ordinary in his neighbor-hood but when he goesUptown he is recognized asthe standard of cool.The same might be said about
Inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,Lifetime Achievement Award
Charlestonian James Jamerson, Heartbeatof the Motown Sound Rejected for 11th
time for S.C. Hall of Famenative son James Jamerson,the heartbeat and pulse of thefamous Motown sound whowas turned down for the 11thtime for induction into the SCHall of Fame.Anthony McKnight, a relativeof Jamerson, Jerome Smalls, a
James Jamerson
Behind theControversy
at St.
MatthewAt a May 22, 2006 con-gressional meeting at St.Matthew BaptistChurch, Trustees JamesBell, Ira Banks andVernon Holmes, wereremoved by the pastor,Rev. Dr. ClintonBradley, for misappropri-ation of funds. The allega-tions arose concerningthe purchase of theGrayson St. Apartmentslocated in the vicinity ofthe church.
According todocumented church min-utes and in the minister’s
by Arthur Lawrence
The CharlestonCounty School District (orCCSD) has presented to thecommunity a new set of crite-ria to assess the future of itsschools. There is a possibility,District officials have said,that some schools must close.The proposed set of criteriawill determine the future offailing schools.
Charleston CountySchool Superintendent Dr.Nancy McGinley led a presen-tation of this new plan to thecommunity last Monday atBurke High School. As I satthere and listened, I was verydismayed. The set-up did notgive audience members ampleopportunity to ask questions –we were to only listen to theplan. It felt like a completewaste of time.
District officials didthe community a disservice:not only were we not able toquestion, only last minutenotice of this meeting wasgiven. With all of the toolsCCSD has, they could havesent a press release to all localTV and radio stations. Theycould have sent notices to local
churches. And they have alocal Black-owned newspaperthat circulates in our commu-nity every week. It felt con-trolled. I walked away feelingthat when all is said and donethat we are in jeopardy of los-ing our neighborhood schools.
I speculate thatCCSD wants to sell down-town schools as commercialproperty, which is valued morethan residential property. Ifwe as community do not raiseour level of commitment to ourchildren and the educationprocess, we will find ourschools sold to the highest bid-der, and our children will haveto be bused to another district.I assure you that there is a planis in the works. The SchoolDistrict works on a long termplan. Right now, CCSD isworking towards the year2010. By then, I believe thatFrasier Elementary will beclosed and likely sold to anentity like Trident Tech, justlike CA Brown was in theearly 1980s. Frasier studentswill then have to merge withour Sanders-Clyde students.
Inevitably, Burke willbe “re-structured”. CCSDlikely wants to change every-
CommentaryBlack Inner-City Schools Set-Up For Closure?
Burke High School
Rivers Middle School
thing about this historicschool. They will probably
even change its name, likelydoing this before Burke gets
Ford Mack Gilliard
Factors Cited forClosing of Schools
By Bob Small
As the Charleston CountySchool District goes throughthe process of gathering inputfrom parents and members ofthe community on whatschools could face closure orconsolidation during theircurrent budget crisis, the con-cern for many is that predomi-nately blacks schools will bearthe brunt of the closures.In Peninsula Charlestonenrollment criteria based onlast year’s figures would leaveonly one downtown elemen-tary school other than BuistAcademy meeting the enroll-ment criteria, James Simonsreported student population of423. Of the 16 criteria’s being usedto decide if the schools willclose, enrollment and enroll-ment decline over the past 10years are factors. To success-fully meet the enrollment partof the criteria high schoolsshould have an enrollment of650. Middle schools shouldhave a 500 enrollment and ele-mentary schools should haveenrollments of 350.
Other factors include, theState Report Card ratings
By State Senator Robert FordBlack Community Developer
When you strip away all of thepublic and media attentionthat is directed toward electedofficials you are left with onesimple truth. An elected offi-cial is simply a public servant.Those of us who are fortunateenough to have won an elec-tion have asked the public forthe right to be their slaves dur-ing the duration of our termsin office. Remember the oldadage, be careful what you askfor because of if you get it thenwhat?This truth applies to a publicservant regardless of whetherhe or she is black or white. Butin the case of public servantswho are black we usually havecome to an elected office aftera very long history of servingthe community prior to run-ning for a public office, andthat community service does
not end after the oath of officeis given.This is in contrast to whiteelected officials who come topublic office after being amember of a major club ororganization, the head of a suc-cessful business or the benefac-tor of a special interest group.Go down the list of electedpublic officials in SouthCarolina and you will see thatthis is usually the route thatpublic servants have followedto win an elected office.In Charleston, me and two ofmy friends and colleagues -David Mack and WendellGilliard - are good examples ofcommunity organizers whodidn’t stop providing commu-nity service after we becameelected public servants.David Mack’s public servicecareer started when he was inhis late teens with theCongress of Racial Equalityunder the guidance of Bill
Saunders. His public serviceresponsibilities did not stopwhen he joined the S.C.House of Representatives.Charleston City CouncilmanWendell Gilliard got his feetwet in public service back in1971, and he has been helpingblack people on a daily basissince that time. And I don’texpect that to change when hejoins the state House nextyear.In my case, I got started in myearly teens with the SouthernChristian LeadershipConference under Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. I was firstarrested in 1964, for example,in Alexandria, La., during avoters’ rights demonstration.I truly believe that a good pub-lic servant like me, David andWendell have touched thelives of millions of people bywhat we do and how we do it.Because of that, it is some-times hard to swallow the crit-icism directed toward those ofus who carry the dual responsi-bilities of providing communi-ty service while carrying outour mandates as elected publicofficials.For example, I recently readarticles about black peoplewho want to become elected
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“HE WANTS A CHANGE TOO.”
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for the Democrat-Republican (at one time both wereone party) Presidential candidate, the ElectoralCollege produced a “tie” for first place betweenThomas Jefferson and Aaron Barr. This deadlock wasa result of one elector’s refusal to vote against Barrthereby causing the determination to be made in theHouse of Representative.
1860 - Democrats Presidential Convention. Disputeover the party’s view of slavery. Members of 2 commit-tees submitted reports - - - - support or deplore theactivity. Party members voted in favor of the moderatereport which did not deplore the KKKs activities. Vote152 - 151.
1860 - Republican Presidential Convention. Duringthe 3rd roll call, Abraham Lincoln received 231 1/2 of thedelegates votes but needed 1 1/2 more votes for a major-ity. Result: Ohio provided 4 votes and soon otherstates followed.
1888 - Republican Presidential Convention. Althoughhe was neither running nor campaigning for office,Frederick Douglass received one nomination from aparticipating delegate. That “one” vote encouraged thefollowing Black men to run for the same office nearly100 years later:
1968 - Eldridge Cleaver (Peace & Freedom)1986 - Dick Gregory (Peace & Freedom)1972 - Walter E. Fauntroy (Dem)
And, of course, two campaigns by the Rev. JesseJackson of the Rainbow Coalition.
1924 - Democrat Presidential Convention. Party failedto renounce the activities of the KKK. Members votedin favor 543-3/20 votes with 542-7/20 votes opposed. 12-10/ 20 declined to vote.
2. Other excuses some folks give for not voting: (A) I’llbe out of town on election day (B) I’m shut-in due to ill-ness or physical disability (C) I’m disabled and can’tclimb the steps to my voting place (D) I don’t have timeto go and register (E) I don’t have transportation to thepolls (F) I’ve moved and don’t know where to vote (G)I’m turned off by negative campaigning (H) and, I’mtoo busy.
Like we have said, there are no excuses!
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es others to do the same,although he never earned hisdoctorate degree. "Brantley iswilling to fudge the truth toobtain the prestige of a title hehas never earned, so Brantley'sactions show that he is moreinterested in unquestionedpower and prestige than insheparding his flock," saysSanders.
Sanders also says,"Brantley calls himself theCEO of the church, eventhough churches don't haveCEOs, because they are notbusinesses. They are houses ofworship, biblical teaching andspiritual growth. However,Brantley seems unconcernedthat the Bible calls for Christ'sfollowers to be humble ser-vants."
"In 2000 whenBrantley asked the gentlemento serve as trustees, theyaccepted and volunteeredcountless hours of their time tothe church and to its causes.They gave their all and didtheir jobs right. What they gotin return was humiliation atthe hands of Brantley whichcontinues to this day. InCharleston's close-knitAfrican-American churchcommunity, word of this eventhas traveled like lighteningand it hurts these gentlemen—striking them again and againand again as they go abouttheir daily lives," says Sanders.
On September 16, 2008, JudgeJohn Milling of Darlingtondecided that the CharlestonCounty Court of CommonPleas did not have jurisdictionto hear the case. Milling ruledthat Brantley's allegationsarose from a church discipli-nary matter and that courtsshould not get involved inthese matters. Because thereis no South Carolina case lawon point, Milling relied on thecase law of other states and onthe First Amendment to theU.S. Constitution. Accordingto Sanders, he and the gentle-men are considering an appeal,because the case law Millingrelied on applies to churchemployees who had been firedand to church members whowere ex-communicated fromtheir churches. Neither situa-tion applies to the gentlemen."While churches certainly havethe right to govern themselvesas they see fit, a pastor shouldnot be allowed to lie about hisparishioners and to humiliatethem in front of the congrega-tion," said Sanders. He wenton to say that the courts werethe only opportunity the gen-tlemen would have to cleartheir names, because Brantleywould not want to recognizethem at a congregationalmeeting.
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local community activist who grew up knowing Jamerson as ayouth, music historians Jack McCray and Karen Chandler whohave formed a grassroots movement called, “Friend of JamesJamerson,” have worked for years to have Jamerson inducted intothe state hall of fame to no avail.“Here is a man who changed the face of music in America and andhe is not recognized in his home state.,” McKnight said.If you’ve heard the Temptations sing, “My Girl, Ain't to Proud toBeg, Its’ Growing,” or the Supremes, “Stop In The Name ofLove,” or Marvin Gaye’s, “What's Goin On,” or a host of other topR&B hits cranked out by Motown during its heyday, then youwere listening to Jamerson, considered by the pros to be one of theinnovators of the bass guitar.The state adopted shag music as its state music and Jamerson’slicks can be heard on many of the hits listed under the shag genre. Jamerson’s legacy began when as a young man he made his way toDetroit to try his hand at playing in the growing R&B sound. Hisimpact was immediate. Barry Gordy , founder of MotownRecords recognized the talents of the young Jamerson and quick-ly signed him on to the Motown house band, known as the FunkBrothers. Jamerson’s style which some came from the influence inchurch as a youth growing up on Edisto Island branded him aninnovator which many bass players tried to imitate.Tributes to Jamerson include being inducted into the Rock andRoll Hall of Fame in 2000, receiving the Lifetime MusicAchievement Award in 2002 and being inducted in the MusiciansHall of Fame in 2007, still the SC Hall of Fame still refuses toacknowledge his accomplishments. His latest tribute was beinginducted into Gullah-Geechee Hall of Fame and receiving theAnointed Spirit Award.Born in 1936, he is considered one of the most influential bassistthat ever lived. His bass licks for Motown are legendary andmany well known bassist in Rock and Roll, R&B, Reggae andthe Blues have been influenced by him. Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee paidtribute to Jamerson during his presidential primary trek throughMichigan. When asked about the Tower of Power, (a well knownR&B group) Huckabee reportedly said “The Tower of Power,absolutely great, but I gotta tell you, as far as laying down thetrack, nobody has ever been as good as the Funk Brothers. I mean,James Jamerson on bass guitar is one of my idols.” Huckabee went so far as to send South Carolina Governor MarkSanford a letter urging him to support the induction of Jamersoninto the Hall of Fame, but there has been no response from thegovernor’s office.Smalls recalls the days when Jamerson visited Charleston andwould hang out with family members and friends who lived onRace Street.“When he came to town wearing his trademark tam we knew wewere going to hear some stories and have some fun,” Smallsrecalled. McKnight said a James Jamerson Fan Club still exists in London,England and his influence is universal.”Jamerson was by most accounts considered a troubled geniusknown to do the unexpected. Playing his guitar in recording ses-sions laying flat on the floor or introducing as totally differentimprov on a song were pure Jamerson. His son James Jamerson Jr., said his father played to his own beat.He recalled a story his father told him that as a boy he would puta stick with a rubber band tied to it into an ant hole and play forthe ants.Jamerson died in a Los Angelos hospital in 1983 of sclerosis of theliver and pneumonia a the age of 47. Family members have set up a MySpace account for Jamersonwhere supporters of Jamerson’s induction into the hall of fame cansign an online petition on line petition.“This is a wrong that must be righted. A man recognized all overthe world for his talent and giifts should be recognized in his homestate,” McKnight said. The address is, www.petitiononline.com/jjsch334.
Inducted Rock -------------------------------------------cont. from pg 1
State of the Church Report, itwas noted that the church hadbeen mortgaged for $300,000and that the apartment build-ings had been purchased for$160,000 with an additional$40,000 for repairs. He saidhe didn’t know anything aboutit, and as a result of their(trustees) actions, they shouldbe removed.
However, accordingto sworn affidavits the pastorhad attended all meetingswhere these issues were dis-cussed and approved and as aresult should have been aware.
Said 58-year-oldShirley Mae Taylor, a memberof the church for 50-years: “Iwas present during severalmeetings that Rev. Brantleypresided over, and on May 22,2006, he stood before the con-gregation and said he didn’tknow anything about thechurch being mortgaged. Healso said money was beingmis-managed and was holdingJames Bell, Veron Holmesand Ira Banks responsible.Due to this false information, avote was taken to dismissthem.”
Gerri Miller, a mem-ber of the church for 40 years,was in attendance where thepastor gave permission to the
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the chance to celebrate its100th Anniversary in 2010. Ifeel that CharlestonProgressive is at risk of being“re-structured” and its studentsmoved to Sanders-Clyde.Then the CharlestonProgressive campus willbecome Buist’s campus, sincethey have little room for theircurrent population. And Ibelieve that CCSD does notwant any school at RiversCampus.
The School Districthad talked up their plans tocreate High Tech High atRivers campus; a year later,they ended up saying therewas no money in the budgetfor this vocational program.And now there is speculationthat the Chas. CharterSchool’s stay at RiversCampus will be a brief one,due to “construction issues.” Ibelieve that CCSD only seedollar signs when they look atthat location.
I don’t believe that CCSD isthe sole mastermind of theplan to sell our schools. I feelthe business community has ahand in this, too. That is why,I think, many of our Districtleaders are not nativeCharlestonians. Non-natives,I believe, are chosen becausethey do not have that sense offamilial commitment to thecity and its citizens. That way,everything can be strictly busi-ness.
District officials,please come clean: major deci-sions are made based onmoney, not our children’sneeds. Our District is experi-encing a financial shortfall.
May I propose a solution tothe financial dilemma: 1) closeBuist Academy.
It is too small. It sits in amajor commercial district. Itshould get major revenue; 2)re-locate our Buist and Chas.Charter students to Burke’scampus, which can accommo-date up to 1000 students.With this, the District willforge a truly integrated schoolin District 20; 3) sell theDistrict Office Building on 75Calhoun Street. Think abouthow much profit the Districtwill get from that location.With these actions, our ele-mentary schools will remainintact, and we will have adiverse neighborhood schoolin the heart of our city.
There is somethingwe, the community, can do tosave our schools: go charter.By converting our schools tocharter schools, we will havemore of a say in what happensin our schools.
At your next PTA meeting, Isuggest you discuss goingcharter for the sake of preserv-ing your neighborhood school.If each school family worktogether for the greater goodof our children, charter can bea reality, and will spare ourschools from being “re-struc-tured” or closed by the SchoolDistrict. We must do all wecan to save our schools.
Mr. Arthur LawrencePresidentWest Side NeighborhoodAssociationPresident, Friends of Burke
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reflecting the school’s level ofperformance. Enrollmentdecline over the past ten yearperiod. Use of the building forother normal school hours;yearly progress to see if schoolsare meeting district standards;per pupil cost, what it cost toeducate a student for a year.Improvement rating, whichmeasures past and presentstate report cards, minimumschool size, to see if schoolsmeet space requirements;transfer trends in and out ofthe school. Sanders Clyde Elementaryreported enrollment at 184,Mitchell Elementary 287,Memminger 333, CharlestonProgressive Academy 332,Figures for Burke were 614and Fraser Elementary report-ed 295 enrollment.Schools in rural areas couldalso be susceptible to closuresbased on attendance. JaneEdwards on Edisto Islandreported enrollment at 145,Frierson 139, Minnie Hughes167, Lincoln High reportedenrollment at 148,McClellanville Middle 109,Schroder Middle School had299, Haut Gap Middle 330.Baptist Hill High School hadenrolment 438 and St. JamesSantee reported enrolment at212. Charleston County SchoolSuperintendent NancyMcGinley has already said theconcerns and suggestions ofthe public would be taken intoconsideration but the finaldecision would be made by theschool board.She said her three main goalswere: 1. Focusing all CCSDresources on achieving instruc-tional excellence. 2.Establishing optimal schooldesigns, locations and capaci-ties and replicating successfulmodels.
Many of the downtownschools have been classified asfailing school for the past 10years and those schools havehad declining enrollments asparents have exercised the theright to transfer their childrenout of failing schools toschools outside their zone aspart of the No Child LeftBehind Law.In another group a residentquestioned what wouldbecome become of the schoolsafter they are closed. Cochransaid the closing of schools inthe district that have historicalsignificance would have a neg-ative impact on the communi-ty. He alluded to Charles A. Brown HighSchool which was closed andreopened as TridentTechnical College PalmerCampus.
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Trustees to locate and acquireproperty in the vicinity of thechurch to help rid the neigh-borhood of its high crime sta-tus. “I was deeply disturbed tohear Rev. Brantley accusethese Trustees of mortgagingthe church without his knowl-edge.”
Marguerite Grimes,a 30-year member of St.Matthew, said she attended ameeting where the real estatecommittee talked about pur-chasing some apartments.“Rev. Brantley suggested tothe committee to use a particu-lar bank he was associatedwith. Also, Rev. Brantleypresided over the meeting per-taining to purchasing realestate and gave them authori-zation to make the purchasewithout coming back to theboard. Later, he led the con-gregation to believe theTrustees were dishonest andcalled for a vote to remove, andthey did.”
62-year-old DelorisWilson said she was in atten-dance when the minister gaveTrustee Vernon Holmesauthorization to get informa-tion on properties in the areathat the church can purchase. Iwitnessed this authority beinggiven.”
officials. But I see a problemwith these people. UnlikeWendell, David and I, theyhave decent jobs, they raisemoney and they run for officelike white candidates. Theycome into the black communi-ty and they say: “Vote for me,and I will set you free.” But inthe black community you cando it that way.Wendell, David and I havemade personal sacrifices togenerate funds for the commu-nity at-large. In the past twoyears, I have raised as a blackcommunity developer andstate senator close to $500,000that I have given to non-profitorganizations such asMasonic, fraternal and sorori-ty groups and black churches.And in one case, a contribu-tion amounted to as much as$70,000 to an organization.This is way beyond the call ofduty.I represent people on variousissues, problems, concerns andsituations. That is way beyondthe call of duty.Wearing the two hats of acommunity organizer and apublic official is a very difficultjob. The only reason why we
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do it is because we have a deeplove for people, compassionfor people, particularly AfricanAmericans and people who’vebeen left out.This job is difficult becausepeople expect us to give morethan our white counterparts.Look at it this way, when theGeneral Assembly is out of ses-sion, most white elected offi-cials can take long vacationswith their families. They don’thave to worry about people inthe community calling themwith a problem in the commu-nity that goes way beyondtheir role as an elected publicofficial.In my case, I get calls not justfrom African Americans.Latinos call. White peoplecall. Seniors call. Educatorscalls. Professional people call.Business people call. All kindsof people call with their prob-lems because they know weare going to be there for them.Now that is what you call agood public servant who goesway beyond the call of duty.David, Wendell and I can putour records as communityorganizers and public servantsup against anyone in this coun-
try because we are good at itand we have been at it for along time. My advice to any-one, particularly AfricanAmericans, who want to getinvolved in the politicalprocess, is just don’t do yourjob on a daily basis then partyon the weekend. Come in con-tact with people in your neigh-borhood who need you. Letthem see that you care, and
once they see that you care youwill not have a problem get-ting elected.But if you run and lose a racestay involved. Just don’t waituntil the next election to getinvolved again. You can’t dothat with black people. Youhave to show them that youcare.When I was in the Civil
Rights Movement with Dr.King, I learned one veryimportant lesson. If you havethe interest and the ability tohelp people, do so.
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WASHINGTON - Deep-seated racial misgivings couldcost Barack Obama the WhiteHouse if the election is close,according to an AP-YahooNews poll that found one-third of white Democrats har-bor negative views towardblacks -- many calling them"lazy," "violent" or responsiblefor their own troubles.
The poll, conducted withStanford University, suggeststhat the percentage of voterswho may turn away fromObama because of his racecould easily be larger than thefinal difference between thecandidates in 2004 -- about 2.5percentage points.
Certainly, Republican JohnMcCain has his own obsta-cles: He's an ally of an unpopu-lar president and would be thenation's oldest first-term presi-dent. But Obama faces this:40 percent of all whiteAmericans hold at least a part-ly negative view towardblacks, and that includes manyDemocrats and independents.
More than a third of all whiteDemocrats and independents -- voters Obama can't win theWhite House without --agreed with at least one nega-tive adjective about blacks,according to the survey, andthey are significantly less likelyto vote for Obama than thosewho don't have such views.click here
Such numbers are a harshdose of reality in a campaignfor the history books. Obama,the first black candidate with aserious shot at the presidency,accepted the Democratic
nomination on the 45thanniversary of Martin LutherKing Jr.'s "I Have a Dream"speech, a seminal moment fora nation that enshrined slaveryin its Constitution.
"There are a lot fewer bigotsthan there were 50 years ago,but that doesn't mean there'sonly a few bigots," saidStanford political scientistPaul Sniderman who helpedanalyze the exhaustive survey.
The pollsters set out to deter-mine why Obama is locked ina close race with McCain evenas the political landscapeseems to favor Democrats.President Bush's unpopulari-ty, the Iraq war and a nationalsense of economic hard timescut against GOP candidates,as does that fact thatDemocratic voters outnumberRepublicans.
The findings suggest thatObama's problem is close tohome -- among his fellowDemocrats, particularly non-Hispanic white voters. Justseven in 10 people who call
themselves Democrats sup-port Obama, compared to the85 percent of self-identifiedRepublicans who backMcCain.
The survey also focused on theracial attitudes of independentvoters because they are likelyto decide the election.
Lots of Republicans harborprejudices, too, but the surveyfound they weren't votingagainst Obama because of hisrace. Most Republicanswouldn't vote for anyDemocrat for president --white, black or brown.
Not all whites are prejudiced.Indeed, more whites say goodthings about blacks than saybad things, the poll shows.And many whites who seeblacks in a negative light arestill willing or even eager tovote for Obama.
On the other side of the racialquestion, the IllinoisDemocrat is drawing almostunanimous support fromblacks, the poll shows, thoughthat probably wouldn't be
enough to counter the nega-tive effect of some whites'views.
Race is not the biggest factordriving Democrats and inde-pendents away from Obama.Doubts about his competencyloom even larger, the poll indi-cates. More than a quarter ofall Democrats expresseddoubt that Obama can bringabout the change they want,and they are likely to voteagainst him because of that.
Three in 10 of thoseDemocrats who don't trustObama's change-making cre-dentials say they plan to votefor McCain.
Still, the effects of whites'racial views are apparent in thepolling.
Statistical models derivedfrom the poll suggest thatObama's support would be asmuch as 6 percentage pointshigher if there were no whiteracial prejudice.
But in an election withoutprecedent, it's hard to know ifsuch models take into accountall the possible factors at play.
The AP-Yahoo poll used theunique methodology ofKnowledge Networks, aMenlo Park, Calif., firm thatinterviews people online afterrandomly selecting and screen-ing them over telephone.Numerous studies haveshown that people are morelikely to report embarrassingbehavior and unpopular opin-ions when answering ques-tions on a computer ratherthan talking to a stranger.
Other techniques used in thepoll included recording peo-ple's responses to black or
white faces flashed on a com-puter screen, asking partici-pants to rate how well certainadjectives apply to blacks,measuring whether peoplebelieve blacks' troubles aretheir own fault, and simplyasking people how much theylike or dislike blacks.
"We still don't like black peo-ple," said John Clouse, 57,reflecting the sentiments of hispals gathered at a coffee shopin Somerset, Ohio.
Given a choice of several posi-tive and negative adjectivesthat might describe blacks, 20percent of all whites said theword "violent" stronglyapplied. Among other words,22 percent agreed with "boast-ful," 29 percent "complaining,"13 percent "lazy" and 11 percent"irresponsible." When askedabout positive adjectives,whites were more likely to stayon the fence than give a strong-ly positive assessment.
Among white Democrats,one-third cited a negativeadjective and, of those, 58 per-cent said they planned to backObama.
The poll sought to measurelatent prejudices amongwhites by asking about factorscontributing to the state ofblack America. One finding:More than a quarter of whiteDemocrats agree that "ifblacks would only try harder,they could be just as well off aswhites."
Those who agreed with thatstatement were much less like-ly to back Obama than thosewho didn't.Among white independents,racial stereotyping is notuncommon. For example,
while about 20 percent of inde-pendent voters called blacks"intelligent" or "smart," morethan one third latched on theadjective "complaining" and24 percent said blacks were"violent."
Nearly four in 10 white inde-pendents agreed that blackswould be better off if they "tryharder."
The survey broke ground byincorporating images of blackand white faces to measureimplicit racial attitudes, orprejudices that are so deeplyrooted that people may notrealize they have them. Thattest suggested the incidence ofracial prejudice is even higher,with more than half of whitesrevealing more negative feel-ings toward blacks thanwhites.
Researchers used mathemati-cal modeling to sort out therelative impact of a huge swathof variables that might have animpact on people's votes -including race, ideology, partyidentification, the hunger forchange and the sentiments ofSen. Hillary RodhamClinton's backers.
Just 59 percent of her whiteDemocratic supporters saidthey wanted Obama to bepresident. Nearly 17 percent ofClinton's white backers planto vote for McCain.Among white Democrats,Clinton supporters were near-ly twice as likely as Obamabackers to say at least one neg-ative adjective describedblacks well, a finding that sug-gests many of her supportersin the primaries -- particularlywhites with high school educa-tion or less -- were motivatedin part by racial attitudes.
Poll: Deep-Seated Racism Among White Democrats Could Cost Obama Close-Call Election
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BlackonomicsFor a precious few individual Black folks, it’s definitely not too
late; they are doing just fine. No matter what the economy brings,I am sure most of them will continue to be financially secure. Of course we have some who, despite their tremendous wealthand fame, will continue to purchase all the “bling” they can possi-bly possess and end up broke in a few years, a la Mike Tyson andseveral others I could name. But, as many of my readers know, Ihave always been about collective economic empowerment ratherthan that of individuals, which is the reason for my question: “Is ittoo late?”
Although I truly hope and pray it is not too late for Black peopleto make a serious move toward collective economic empower-ment, the closer I look at our situation in this country the moredoubtful I become of a positive outcome. I am not a pessimist, andI continue to work for our collective advancement, but alwayswith one eye on reality. And the reality is that in spite of all the messages, all the lessons,all the instructions, all the examples, all the admonishment, and allthe sacrifices made by our forebears, we are still in an untenablestate of affairs.
What’s our problem? Have we grown so complacent in our owndysfunction that we are willing to continue in status quo? Do wereally believe that some day someone will ride down our street ona white elephant or a white donkey and rescue us? Have we final-ly succumbed to the ultimate okey-doke by subscribing to the fal-lacy that Black folks just cannot – or will not – work together whenit comes to economic empowerment? Have we “fallen and can’tget up”?
As I look at our situation in America, having modeled my lifeafter those who have urgently called for Black economic empow-erment, I don’t like what I see. In 2008 Black folks are mired inthe worst conditions since we got our “civil rights.” Despite thepossible election of a Black President, Black people in general arestill at the bottom, steeped in poverty, poor health, short life spans,crime and disparate punishment, unemployment, and poor educa-tion.
In all of our grandeur, all of our pomposity, all of our red-carpetflash, all of our champagne-sipping-braggadocios-arrogance, wehave sunk to new levels of selfishness, self-hate, and insecurity.Our collective prosperity is virtually nonexistent because we havefallen for the ploy that directs us toward “I” rather than “we.” As for the so-called “committed” brothers and sisters, they spendso much time being philosophers and information junkies thatthey seldom if ever get anything else done. Our dear brother, thelate Joe Seyoum Lewis of Atlanta, Georgia, called these folks“rapolutionaries.” Some of our folks have so many ideas, strategies, responses to and
complaints about the current plight of Black people, but yet theyseldom if ever participate in economic initiatives that will moveour people forward. What is wrong with us, y’all?Is it indeed too late for Black people to secure a solid economicfoothold in this country?
Is it too late for us to collectively rally around sound economicprinciples and strategies such as those implemented by other“Tribes” in this country? Is it too late for us to lock-down a pros-perous economic future for our children? Is it too late for Blackpeople to use the power of numbers to build and sustain a true eco-nomic movement?
If Katrina was not enough for us to see that we are on our own, Idoubt that the latest economic debacle will do anything to shakeus. In many cases we have grown comfortable in our complacencyand psychologically immune to the “emergency we now face” asMLK warned us before he was killed.
We have had recent warnings by Dr. Claud Anderson, in hisbooks and speeches on Powernomics; we have heard fromAmefika Geuka, in his brilliant “Black Papers,” especially the onetitled, From Rhetoric to Action;” and the latest watchman on thewall to warn us is Bob Law, noted radio personality, who issuedhis “Appeal for Appropriate Behavior” among Black people. All three of these brothers agree on the simple principle of eco-nomic support for one another. They all agree that we should usemore of our tremendous annual income to support one another,thereby, creating “conscious Black millionaires.”
If only those who consider themselves “conscious” would pur-chase CD’s, books, and other items from conscious brothers andsisters, if only we would patronize the businesses of consciousBlack people, if only those of us who are supported would, in turn,recycle that patronage to other conscious Blacks, we would create“instant” conscious Black millionaires who would surely, I repeat,“surely” use their financial resources to build an economic founda-tion for our people.
I wrote about Ashiki Taylor and his product, Ice Supreme; I haveshared information about Compro Tax, 155 offices across thiscountry that we can and should support; I have told you aboutFarley’s Coffee and other Black owned businesses that we cansupport; I even listed, free of charge, Black owned businesses inmy latest book, Black Empowerment with an Attitude.” So whatare we waiting for, a deep depression before we decide to act onour own behalf? I hope not, because then it will be too late.Empower yourself and empower our people, through mutual sup-port. If the “conscious” among us fail to respond to our appeal forappropriate behavior, can we depend on the chosen few who have“made it” to use their resources to change our untenable economicposition? I kinda doubt it. Is it too late? No; not as long as we’rebreathing. Just start doing more with what you have, and we willsucceed.
Is It Too Latefor BlackPeople?
By. James ClingmanNNPA Columnist
Despite their professed love for Oprah and Bill Cosby, more thanhalf of Whites harbor Archie Bunker-like attitudes towardAfrican-Americans. And that has tremendous implications notonly for the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, but for howAfrican-Americans are viewed in the United States.
Much of the coverage of a recent joint poll by the Associated Pressand Yahoo News has centered on the finding that one-third ofDemocrats expressed negative views of African-Americans, call-ing them “lazy” and “violent.”
However, a more disturbing finding – at least to me – was thatmore than half of Whites expressed more negative attitudestoward Blacks than Whites.
Respondents were given a series of words and asked, “How welldoes each of these words describe most blacks?”
Among the findings:
• Asked about “complaining,” 11 percent of Whites said thedescription fits most Blacks extremely well, 18 percent said verywell and 28 percent said moderately well, a total of 57 percent.
• When given the word “boastful,” 7 percent of Whites saidthat describes most Blacks extremely well, 14 percent said verywell and 31 percent said moderately well, a total of 52 percent.
• When the word “violent” was applied, 7 percent said itdescribes most Blacks extremely well, 13 percent said very well and28 percent said moderately well, a total of 48 percent.
• When given the word “irresponsible,” 4 percent of Whitessaid that describes most Blacks extremely well, 7 percent said verywell and 29 percent said moderately well, a total of 40 percent.
• Five percent of Whites said the word “lazy” describesmost Blacks extremely well, 8 percent said very well and 25 percentsaid moderately well, a total of 38 percent.
Answers to other questions by Whites also provided some inter-esting responses. Pollsters provided this statement: “Generationsof slavery have created conditions that make it difficult for blacksto work their way out of the lower class.” Of the White respon-dents, only 4 percent strongly agreed with that statement and 15percent somewhat agreed. On the other hand, 22 percent stronglydisagreed and 22 percent somewhat disagreed.
Pollsters also provided this statement: “Over the past few years,blacks have gotten LESS than they deserve.” Only 2 percent ofwhites strongly agreed with that statement and 11 percent some-what agreed. By contrast, 22 percent of Whites strongly disagreedand 22 percent somewhat disagreed.
Another statement: “Most blacks who receive money from welfareprograms could get along without it if they tried.” Eighteen per-cent of Whites strongly agree and 28 percent somewhat agree, atotal of 46 percent. Only 7 percent of Whites strongly disagreedwith that statement and 13 percent somewhat disagreed.
None of this should come as a complete shock to any of us.Previous national polls have confirmed that when it comes to race,Blacks and Whites do not share the same view of reality.
The Associated Press/Yahoo News poll was consistent with pre-vious surveys. Asked, “How much of the racial tension that existsin the United States today do you think blacks are responsible forcreating?” 54 percent of Whites said “some,” 31 percent said “most”and 5 percent said “all of it.”
As gloomy as the poll findings may seem, that does not necessari-ly mean that Obama can not be elected president. We should notforget that Bill Clinton was elected twice without capturing amajority of the White vote. Similarly, Obama needs only to win asignificant segment of Whites in order to be successful.
That means that two key groups – young people and African-Americans – must register and vote in record numbers in order todefeat John McCain on Nov. 4. Obama has already proven that hecan win virtually all-White states in the West and compete withMcCain in the battleground states and in the South. But he mustdo more.
Obama must maintain focus on McCain’s record. Skip all of thisnonsense about Sarah Palin; she’s a sideshow. As Clinton remind-ed George H.W. Bush, it’s the economy, stupid. McCain can’thave it both ways. He can’t argue for fewer government regula-tions – as he has most of his career in Congress – and now portrayhimself as a Wall Street reformist.
Anyone who can’t readily recall how many homes he has shouldnot be allowed to depict his opponent as an elitist. An elitist is onewho gets in and out of the U.S. Naval Academy largely on thestrength of his father and father’s father being admirals.
In many respects, this presidential election will be a referendum onWhite attitudes. Will Whites who say they oppose the war in Iraqand reject George W. Bush’s economic policies vote in their bestinterest or will they remained blinded by racial prejudice? That isa question that will be answered on Nov. 4.
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine andthe NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker, moderator, andmedia coach. He can be reached through his Web site,www.georgecurry.com.
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PREACHERS IN POLITICSAs we round the political curve and circle the people
together that will elect the first African-American President ofthese United States, I am concerned that many of our preachersare saying to the flock that their role is the spirituality of saving oursouls, not the mingling in of politics. However, I’m reminded thatJesus Christ not only saved souls but nourished the spirit and fedthe masses, using the politics of that day.
During numerous conversations, especially at electiontime, with the late Rev. Dr. Willis Goodwin, he would becomeoutraged at those who favor the status quo who feel that preach-ers ought to stay out of politics. He said they believe in a narrowdefinition of religion and do not recognize the connection betweenfaith and action. He said, in his raspy voice, not to pay attention tothose who say that Christianity has no place in politics, and if thatwere so, tyranny would remain unchallenged by truth and bigotrywould remain unchecked and uncondemned by the Bible.
Among my memorable keepsakes which I borrowedfrom his many sermons, rang with so much political persuasion,and this is what he said:
“Moses would never have defied Pharoah. Joshua wouldnever have conquered Canaan. David would have ruled a nation.Elijah would never have confronted Ahab. Amos would neverhave shaken the oppressive throne of Jereboam and Jesus wouldnever had leveled the power of God against the Roman empire. Ifreligion had not been involved in political struggles, MartinLuther would never have liberated the Church and Martin LutherKing Jr. would never have integrated public facilities and dignifiedhis people.” As we face the conditions of Blacks in the Republic ofCharleston, they seem to be getting worse, achieving racial justiceis getting more knotty as new ways are devised to continue ancientprejudices. Witness the Charleston County School Board and itsreverse push to a return to school segregation, which was never areality, anyway.
While there are other preachers who are definitelyinvolved in politics, none more-so than the late Rev. Fred D.Dawson, that intrepid spirit with the pioneering zeal and politicalconsciousness who for over 40 years served as pastor of CalvaryMissionary Baptist Church.
Rev. Dawson was a stone liberal and a radical in the dayswhen Black political in the Republic of Charleston was neitherorganized nor mobilized. He preached from his pulpit that spiritu-al zeal ought to walk hand-in-hand with political activism, thatthose who pray ought to register and those who read the Bibleought to vote, that those who believe in God ought to work for thebetterment of the community and those who claim redemption inJesus Christ ought to fight boldly for freedom. Fred Dawson, atleast during my time, was the only preacher to demonstrate theessential relationship between the Bible and the ballot, betweenchurch and community, between prayer and politics, Jesus andjustice.
He was a fearless fighter for Black equality. He foughtfor integration in the city’s new housing projects during WorldWar II. He put his life on the line when he would take to thestreets, usually alone, facing down the KKK and police brutalityagainst Black citizens. He fought vigorously and marched in theblazing sun to protest the negative editorials in the daily newspa-per against our people, and to remove etchings-in-cement theword “colored” from the restrooms in Marion Square.
Of course there was and will always be criticism of Blackreligion. Some negative attitudes are justified, others are grosslyunfair, as is the case of Sen. Barack Obama and his pastor, Rev.Dr. Jerimiah Wright, whose face and words will again grace tele-vision screens in the coming weeks, more than the snakes on WallSt. who have robbed the economy of our country. Some of ourchurches are responsive to human needs, others seem irrelevantand esoteric but all of them are free. And if they were not fulfillingsome human need, they could not and would not exist.
Of course, the biggest swindle of all time is the buying offpolitics from prayer so that many people think that one can’t praypolitically and can’t politic prayfully. The two must be kept togeth-er; knee work must be coordinated with foot work lest politicsbecome corrupt and prayer become an escape mechanism.
Prayer seeks diving intervention. Politics is gearedtoward human action. The two must be kept together because itrefuses to do for us when He has given to us the power and theopportunity to do it ourselves. That’s why our foreparents used toask, “Is you got good religion?”
As a Lay member of the Interdenominal MinisterialAlliance the past five years, I have learned that the position andfunction of the Black church is the nucleus of life and hope, aroundwhich the Black community is organized, strengthened, instruct-ed, inspired and sustained.
Whether you travel from downtown Charleston’s East orWestside, to Liberty Hill and all the way to Moncks Corner,Summerville, the Sea Islands, there is no shortage of beautiful reli-gious edifices. In most cases, they are situated in the middle ofneighborhoods that are ridden with drugs and squalor, and yet nospiritual force is reviving lives of those areas. Docility and passivi-ty in the face of conspicuous moral carnage undercuts the role ofthe church.
If a neighborhood is good enough for black suit, whitedress-blazing Sunday worship, it should be good enough for aspiritual campaign to rid it of crack houses which serve as havensfor crime. The Black church’s mission is not only to talk about “aland flowing with milk and honey,” but also how to rid the land ofcrack to protect the citizens and save lives. I’m afraid that the baneof today’s church is that too many of them are being confined toarmchair pontification immersed in self-glory.
Having said that, we hear too much about what church-es are not doing and too little about what churches have done andare doing to enhance and liberate Black people. Too much atten-tion is given to the house the preacher lives in, the car he drivesand the chicken he devours, and too little about his or her laborsand sacrifices in behalf of social and political deliverance.
Just remember the Black church was the only institutionwe had during slavery, and there is a Black church in Clearwater,S.C. that is actually older than the United States!
Also remember that when “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman toldus that we were nobody, our churches told us that we were some-body. When the law told us that we were only 3-5 human, ourchurches told us that we were children of God and therefore equalto anybody. God didn’t make anyone inferior. When pseudo-scien-tists predicted that we would never advance from the condition ofservitude, our churches preached to us, “You shall rise, stretchyour wings and be free.” It was our churches which taught us howto sing and believe, “We shall overcome.”
The ancient foundation of our racial strength and solidar-ity is not the family but the church. Only the church survived andit’s still around to help us in our struggle to elect as African-American the next president of these United States! Mercy.
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Autumn VisionsIt’s that wonderful time of the year again, and I could only be
referring to “autumn.” It makes me pause for a cold, stone momentin time, and I think about myself, family and friends who I careabout and what’s going in the rest of the world.
If you read anything that I’ve written in this heralded weeklynewspaper, aptly named “The Charleston Chronicle,” over the lasttwenty years, you’d know that I’m a nature lover to the bone. And“autumn” is that special season that makes me become very reflec-tive and introspective.I believe that many others in this potentially great land of that wecall America may share my same vibration(s) about this season.The seasons of the year may represent more of an occasion to lookat what’s going on than just a mere climatic weather alteration ofnature.
It does to me, and living in the America of the 21st Century as aperson of color with hidden racism hiding under every leaf of real-ity makes realize that truth is very hard to find if we only believe inHalloween and any other “hollow-daze” as mere harmless fun. It’sduring this time of the year that Black America and its pressingconcerns appear to be highlighted in my mind-set.Being of color in the United States of America has always been astruggle for survival for all oppressed “colored” folks, even duringthe “autumns” of their quests for freedom and liberty. What hue isracism in America, and what season does it show its real face ortrue nature?Think about that!
When I envision yesteryear’s “Autumn Visions,” I know that those“hue-man’s” sojourns for comfort, prosperity and equality aremarked by the continual winds of clandestine bigoted changesthat forever labels a person of color a second-class citizen, andoppression is a blow to the “hue-man” psyche of morality.Civic immorality is something that politicians only speak of whenit’s vote- getting time, and this public “autumn” is no different if youcan see behind the utterances and words of expressed “change(s).”This is an officially bipartisan “autumn,” and truly America is inneed of some kind of “change” for the betterment of the forgottenand neglected souls who are going through untold strugglesbeyond imagination’s worse fears.
That’s why it’s so very, very important now to take a more concen-trated look at “Autumn Visions” this year than you might have inearlier years of living in the divided and unequaled realms ofAmerican citizenry. America is at a seasonal and twisted crossroadof disbeliefs where its current decreasing real estate values andforeclosures have made it liable to economic ruins. This “Autumn Vision” is a possible ground breaking political sea-son of change that many people of color realize and deeply feelcould offer a little relief from the same old “unreal” seasonal face ofbureaucratic, forked-tongue political babble. America needs apolitical change.
Along with this seemingly universal cry for political change, theescalating masses of the poor, unemployed, and soon-to-be unem-ployed are hoping that once and forever, America will morallyright its political wrong in making this country’s credo of justicefor all be made sincere for all to see, feel and believe in during everyseason of the year, and “it can be done” some folks are saying, loudand clear.Is it a dream deferred, or is America really the so-call leader of the
free world ready for a great change? If it is in practicality, and notjust whimsical theory, then the contradictions of hidden racismand political correctness must be viewed with something otherthan rose-tinted glasses.
Such is viewing and envisioning the “autumn” reality of living inthe “real” land of the home of the brave and the not-so-free, if youknow what I mean. With no negative pun intended, America doesbecome at times racially polarized and is a very mixed salad bowlof contradictions to and for many of the less than fortunate inhab-itants of the bald eagle’s proverbial democratic landscape.Also, I see and question the “autumn’s” truth of who’s more con-cerned about things like global warning in relationship to the lackluster education that most inner city children “his-storically”receive. I also wonder who really cares about the inner children oftoday’s futures and the collapse of one real estate investment firmafter another.
Sounds a little like the reflective singer Marvin Gaye’s torrid pleato the masses about pertinent social issues when he asked ratherdirectly, “What’s Going On?” more than three decades back on hismind blowing album of the same name. Is “Autumn Visions” thetime to champion Marvin’s tune, or are we now really ready forchange?
In the “autumn” of my continually advancing mind-set, I, again,wonder who really cares about the average Joe, Juan, Duquan,Amira and Jane as they catch pure wholly hell trying make finan-cial ends meet in a vision less world of hope and pretense. Is thisthe “Autumn Vision” that pervades the inner (and outer) thoughtprocesses of America’s escalating poor and disenfranchised work-ing poor during this time of the year?This is no laughing matter as the banking industry prepares itself
for a disappearing act that would make Harry Houdini shirkbecause being broke and losing one’s home and businesses to fore-closure is no magical trick that a sane being would want to see orbe involved. America is need of serious change.
“Autumn Visions” is the present moment to really think aboutwhat you’ve just experienced since the last time the leaves fell tothe ground. So much has happened in my life until I know thatfrom one moment to the next, and most definitely, from one yearto the next, so much becomes unveiled about people, “poly-tricks”and the country as a whole.Everything that happens is a powerful metaphor of remembrance
and advancement when the leaves of time chances from melan-choly to reflection. Only those in “hue-manity” who are in tunedwith the realism of “Autumn Visions” will understand what I meanby that statement.
Life in the political ghettoes of America and elsewhere never real-ly seems to change so far as the economic and moral seasonalwinds of change are concerned. It’s a permanent state of mindcalled poverty, and that my dear reader is harsher than any winterin America, bar none. America must address that issue now.When I think of the “Autumn Visions” that the poor and neglectedof the world have to face this year it’s heart breaking because forthese in habitants of “hue-manity,” it’s a no win battle for existenceand survival. Many are saying we need a moral political “change.”America, the potentially great nation of the (now) low flying baldeagle, can’t stand for any more seasons of the vows of frigid politi-cians and the oaths of insensitive bureaucrats’ oaths, who carenothing about the “real” masses of America needs. The country issaying we need an “autumn” change.
All Americans, of all ethnicities, deserve a better “vision” of theAmerican dream, especially during this “autumn” season. Enjoyyour “Autumn Visions,” and that’s, “As I See It.” .
By. Nisa Islam MuhammadSpecial to the NNPA from the Final Call
DENVER (NNPA) - American Muslims from around the coun-try met with Joshua Dubois, director of religious affairs for theBarack Obama presidential campaign, during the DemocraticNational Convention to address concerns that the Muslim com-munity was being marginalized by the campaign. “It’s not a smear to be called a Muslim. We have Muslim staffersall over the country,” said DuBois at a luncheon sponsored by theAmerican Muslim Democratic Caucus.
“You will have a seat at the table,” he said, “The issues today aretoo critical for us not to work together.”Those remarks were a precursor to an Aug. 26 meeting with cau-cus representatives.“The meeting went very well. It was a successful event. We asked
questions about the perception that the Obama campaign wasmarginalizing the Muslim voice in this campaign. We wereassured that that was not the case. We were satisfied with hisanswers,” said Dr. Inayat Lalani, chief organizer of the AmericanMuslim Democratic Caucus, which debuted at the conventionwith a press conference and luncheon.Muslims have received a double dose of taint during the campaignsince Sen. Obama has been accused of being a Muslim. He is aChristian.
Many in attendance at events felt Sen. Obama’s stance on Islamand Muslims had been muddied by the media and the groupplanned a meeting with Patrick Gaspard, the political director forthe Obama campaign.
“If Barack said there’s nothing wrong with being a Muslim thisneeds to get out to the Muslim community. It alienates them tonot have this information. The organizers here said that BarackObama went to a mosque. Who knows this? We have to send thismessage to the Muslim community,” said Abdul AkbarMuhammad, who writes the syndicated Africa and the World col-umn and hosts a radio program,'' he said. ''This is an importantfirst step. Muslims have been marginalized. It’s partly our fault fornot being active in politics.''Muslim delegates came to Denver to make their voices heard and
heed Sen. Obama’s call for inclusion in his presidential campaign. “We’ve been working very hard in the Democratic party to get theMuslim community involved. The Democrats know about theissues we are really concerned with. We’ve had a good relationshipwith them for the last 10 years. We’re very hopeful to put beforethem more of our issues and concerns,” Aftab Siddiqui, a caucusorganizer, explained to The Final Call.
“Look at the Muslim community. Our concerns are the same asother Americans, civil rights, loss of jobs, health care and the warin Iraq and Afghanistan. ” said Siddiqui.Much of what organizers conveyed during the press conferencewas to quell fears that Muslims are different and Islam is violent.“We are as American as apple pie,” said Dr. Lalani. “Sen. Obamastands for everything that we believe in. We believe PresidentObama will be a president for all Americans. That is good enoughfor us.
“Somehow we are not well known by Americans. They’ve beenmisled by negative news reports and the happenings around theworld that make people think Muslims are violent, intolerant orwant to impose their religion on others. All of this is false.” The caucus was composed of 46 delegates from coast to coast,who were Black, foreign born, and second generation immigrants.Anthony Muhammad, a convention delegate from D.C., talkedabout the importance of the caucus. “It’s part of making history, tohave influence over things happening in your community. Islamgives you a focus, principles and standards that are universal.There are principles imbedded in Islam that allow you to moveout in the larger community and implement them,” he said.The push to make Muslims an integral part of the Obama cam-paign also includes the group Muslim-Americans for Obama. Thegroup’s website, http://www.mafo2008.com/, reads, “We supportBarack Obama because, among other reasons, he rejects the poli-tics of fear, challenging our nation to embrace its collective identi-ty, where each American has a stake in the success and well beingof every American. We have a duty as Muslims and Americans toorganize and vote.”
Congress has two Muslim representatives. Andre Carson fromIndiana and Keith Ellison from Minnesota who took his oath on aHoly Qur’an owned by Thomas Jefferson and was the firstMuslim elected to Congress.
“There’s nothing un-American about Islam. The best ideals ofAmerica are the best ideals of Islam. Allah knows the great workthat you do,” Rep. Ellison said.“This is an honorable day, the first time Muslims have gottentogether as a group at the DNC. For the Muslim community inAmerica, who has so much to offer America, this moment is filledwith promise and challenge,” he said.
Rep. Carson told the media, “It’s truly an honor to representMuslims in public office. So much has been said about Muslims,we need to be active in political life. Where are the Muslim may-ors, school board members and city council members? We needMuslim women in office with hijab and without. We need to havea presence on the grassroots level. It’s a great time to be a Muslim,time to stand firm and be proud of being a Muslim.”
American Muslims WantSeat at Political Table
Sarah Palin’s Pick as V.P. Showsthat the GOP’s Just Fine withSelective Affirmative ActionBy: Tonyaa Weathersbee, BlackAmericaWeb.com
It’s hard to look at the Sarah Palin craze and not see racialhypocrisy.
Especially if you happen to be black.
Since John McCain plucked the 44-year-old Palin from the Alaskatundra to be his vice-presidential running mate, the party that hasspent much of the past two decades building part of its platformon the bones of affirmative action seems to be trying to resurrect itfor her.
But only for her.Palin has been governor of Alaska for less than two years. Before
that, she was mayor of a town where fewer than 9,000 people lived-- and which she left in debt. It took her five years and four schoolsto finally get a college degree.And she and her aides continue to intimate that being able to seeRussia from Alaska’s islands somehow magically imbues her withforeign policy insight.
Yet Palin’s conservative GOP compatriots insist that she’s morequalified than Barack Obama to be the leader of the free worldshould the 72-year-old McCain die in office because she has “exec-utive experience.”
No matter that Obama has a Harvard Law degree, editedHarvard Law Review, taught constitutional law and represents aU.S. Senate district of hundreds of thousands.
No matter that executive experience is a phony issue -- especiallywhen one considers that George W. Bush, who may go down inhistory as the nation‘s worse president, had six years of it.
Yet from the way the polls are looking right now, it seems a lot ofpeople are buying it. And this would be laughable if so many blackpeople didn’t experience this kind of hypocrisy every day.It’s the kind of hypocrisy that blames black people for not settinghigh enough standards for themselves; the kind that says that if weall speak correct English, embrace education and reject criminali-ty, respect and opportunity will come our way.
This hypocrisy also erroneously dictates that affirmative action,one of the tools that has led to scores of us getting into the middleclass, amounts to a lowering of standards. They argue that it willtaint us with the stigma of being a token; of having made itbecause of a quota rather than qualifications.But Palin’s selection shows that when the GOP wants one of theirown to succeed, they’re all for tokenism and lowering standards --and calling it something else.
Suddenly, being able to shoot and dress a moose becomes a qual-ification for holding high office. Fighting earmarks -- anotherphony issue -- becomes more important than an exit strategy fromIraq or a plan to boost the flailing economy.“Realness,” or rather, frontier nostalgia, becomes more importantthan judgment or intellect.
Now, I don’t have a problem with flexibility when it comes tostandards. Few people, regardless of color, ever meet every test orrequirement for a position. What I have a problem with is the factthat the conservatives who praise Palin as the first woman on theGOP ticket yet denounce affirmative action don’t want to extendthat flexibility to black folks.That’s what’s unfair.Obama probably never guessed that things were going to come tothis. He is a black man who, as far as I can tell, has done virtuallyeverything he needed to do as sketched out in the playbook of howto be a wildly successful American.But now, the party that admonishes blacks and minorities to makeit on their own merits pooh-poohs Obama’s merit. Unlike theiricon, Ronald Reagan, who they praised for his communicationskills, GOP leaders have cast Obama’s articulateness as a tool ofthe con artist rather than as a trait of a leader. The bar that gener-ations of presidents and national leaders raised, the GOP nowwants to reinvent for their girl, Palin.And people are eating it up.What’s happening with Obama and Palin is one big metaphor forthe double-standards that so many black people experience, andwhich, more than likely, drive many of us to an early grave.
And it’s hard to feel a part of the American dream as long as thatkind of hypocrisy persists.
By Sam Dolnick - AP
NEW DELHI — A cellphone ring tone that sings"Condom, condom!" has beenlaunched to promote safe sexin India, where condoms carrya strong social stigma andHIV and AIDS are growingproblems, health experts saidTuesday.
The a cappella ring tone fea-tures a professional singerchanting the word condommore than 50 times, a playfulapproach that public healthactivists hope will spark dis-cussion and make condomsmore socially acceptable.
"We've made a consciouseffort to move the concept ofthe condom away from nega-tive association, like HIV andsex work," said YvonneMacPherson, country directorof BBC World Service TrustIndia. "Condoms are actuallyhealth products and if youhave a condom and you use it,you are seen to be smart andresponsible."
Nearly 2.5 million people inIndia are infected with HIVand the disease is still largelytaboo.
The BBC group, which isfunded by The Bill & MelindaGates Foundation, hopes thecondom ring tone can makepeople in India more comfort-
Safe Sex Ring Tone Sings'Condom, Condom!'
able with safe sex issues.
More than 270 million peopleuse mobile phones in Indiaand ring tones, especiallythose featuring hit Bollywoodsongs, are extremely popular.
"A ring tone is a very publicthing," she said. "It's a way toshow you are a condom userand you don't have any issueswith it."
The ring tone was launchedAug. 8 and has been down-loaded 60,000 times,MacPherson said.__On the Net: http://condom-condom.org/
“SAFESEXIS
THE BESTSEX”
New HIV infections high among SC blacks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ New estimates of HIV cases in SouthCarolina shows the infection rate among blacks is higher than forall other races combined.The estimates released last week by state Department of Healthand Environmental Control also show that men are infected atnearly twice the rate of women.The estimates come from an analysis of repeat blood tests and test-ing history from people who initially were diagnosed in 2006.Before the state could only count the number of cases detected nottrack the true number of new infections.The number of cases detected has declined steadily over the pastseveral years.DHEC estimates there were 990 new cases in 2006, while thenumber of people diagnosed that year was 777.__Information from: The State, http://www.thestate.com
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Special to the NNPA from theSt. Louis American
ST. LOUIS (NNPA) -Scientists at the M.D.Anderson Cancer Center havedeveloped a risk predictionassessment for lung cancerspecifically for African-Americans that suggests agreater risk from chronicobstructive pulmonary disease(COPD), according to areport published in theSeptember issue of CancerPrevention Research, a jour-nal of the AmericanAssociation for CancerResearch.
Etzel and colleagues analyzeddata from 491 African-Americans with lung cancerand 497 African-Americanswithout lung cancer to identifyrisk factors for the disease.They then compared these riskfactors with a previously estab-lished risk prediction modelfor whites.What was unique to African-
Americans was the risk associ-ated with chronic obstructivepulmonary disease. African-American men with a priorhistory of chronic obstructivepulmonary disease had a morethan six-fold increased risk oflung cancer, similar to thatseen with smoking. This isapproximately two-fold higherthan the risk typically seenfrom chronic obstructive pul-monary disease amongWhites.
“The one size fits all risk pre-diction clearly does not work,”said Carol Etzel, Ph.D., assis-tant professor of epidemiologyat the University of TexasM.D. Anderson CancerCenter.
As with Whites, smoking wasa significant risk factor forlung cancer. Current smokershad a more than six-foldincreased risk of lung cancer,and former smokers had amore than threefold increasedrisk. This decreased risk wasconfined to those who had
quit smoking more than tenyears prior to diagnosis; thesepatients had a 58 percentdecreased risk compared withpatients who had quit withinthe previous ten years.Researchers also found thathay fever, previously shown tobe protective among Whites,was also protective amongA f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n s .Specifically, African-Americans with hay fever were44 percent less likely to devel-op lung cancer, a rate that hadbeen previously seen amongWhites.
African-American males havea higher risk of lung cancerincidence at 110.6 per 100,000compared with 81 per 100,000among white males. Mortalityis also higher among African-American men at 95.8 per100,000 compared with 72.6among Whites. Lung cancerincidence and mortality ratesamong women are compara-ble.
Etzel said the risk predictionmodel detailed in CancerPrevention Research is part ofan ongoing project to establishrisk models among differentethnic groups; a model forHispanics is currently underdevelopment.Said Etzel, “What we hope isthat a doctor can use thesemodels to encourage theirpatients to take steps to pre-vent lung cancer. Even if theyare never smokers, they can beat risk.”
African-Americans Have Unique LungCancer Risks, Report Says
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By. Sandra JordanSpecial to the NNPA from
the St. Louis American
ST. LOUIS (NNPA) -Perhaps one of the most diffi-cult roles that loved-ones takeon is that of a fulltime caregiv-er when they usually have a fullslate of responsibilities of theirown.Earlene Weathersby, 69, andher two siblings, Evelyn Lee,72, and her late brother, ArnettThomas took turns taking careof their mom for seven yearsbefore their mom went intohospice care.An email from a friend gaveWeathersby of St. Louis themessage she needed tobecome a better caregiver forher mother, ElizabethThomas, 91, who hasAlzheimer’s disease.The email told her aboutMemory Care HomeSolutions, based in St. Louis.Its program is designed specif-ically to reduce stress on thecaregiver and to provide moreproductive time at home forthe person with memory loss.“They provided contacts,telling us what’s there andwhen they have sessions forAlzheimer’s caregivers and lit-erature on Alzheimer’s. Theydid have a home consultation -it turned out to be very helpfuland informative and also theypointed out you have to thinkabout caring for yourself -something you don’t tend tothink about,” Weathersby said.Lisa Baron, J.D. is the execu-tive director of MCHS. Shefounded the organization afterher own personal experiencewith a loved one withAlzheimer’s to teach othershow to master the role as acaregiver while managingdementia at home.“It’s modeled after Parents AsTeachers—they go into homesto train caregivers and giverecommendations,” Baronsaid.“They wanted to be sure thatwe had equipment that wasneeded and services for her,like Depends. The stateoffered those and they sent us
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Depends and pads for thebeds that were terrific,”Weathersby said.“They let you know theresources that are out there,like Depends or Ensure andshe (Lisa Baron) sent a spoonto me too that might be easierfor mother to use when she iseating.”
The charge for the service is$1,500. Baron said they askpeople to pay only $150.“No one is turned down forinability to pay. Scholarshipsare available,” Baron said.Washington University istracking outcomes as theorganization seeks to delayinstitutionalization of itsclients with Alzheimer’s anddementia.
“They still follow up with us.When they come in they wantto know what changes, if weare satisfied with them. Shesent me a letter - so I wouldcall her. It was hard gettingme. They always tried to dofollow-ups that kind of amazedme that they could keep upwith their follow-ups,”Weathersby said.“When you know there isalways someone you can callwhen you have a problem orhave a question. I had a prob-lem with a home health careperson—it was good to havesomeone tell you to take thenext step further and findanother agency. You really
don’t know what to do whenyou are trying to figure outeverything else you have todo.”Memory Care HomeSolutions was formed in 2002through a grant from theMissouri Foundation forHealth. It started receivingstate funding this year.
Baron said too often care-givers wait until they are attheir wits end before theyreach out to help, adding thatpeople need to call much earli-er in the disease process.Weathersby agrees.
“It was needed. It was so help-ful and I didn’t know it was outthere. And I think of othercaregivers that don’t know it’sout there and it could help youa lot, financially and emotion-ally,” Weathersby said.
As Weathersby and her sib-lings pulled together andfound what they needed totake care of their mother in herwaning years, unknowing theywere also leading by example.“We’ve had the younger onesin the family make statementsthat we are teaching them howto care for us, and I neverthought about that,”Weathersby said. “You aredoing what needed to be done,but there were others, theremay be outside the family. Youjust never know who is observ-ing you.”
Special to the NNPA fromthe Louisiana Weekly
NEW ORLEANS (NNPA) -A significant increase in men-tal illness and behavioral prob-lems among adolescentAfrican-American malesdemonstrates the need for newapproaches to treatment andbetter understanding of thecomplex challenges facingthese youths, according to apolicy paper issued byCommunity Voices:Healthcare for theUnderserved, an advocacygroup based at MorehouseSchool of Medicine. The paper, titled ''The SecretEpidemic: Exploring theMental Health CrisisAffecting Adolescent African-American Males,'' outlinesdata indicating that mentalhealth problems are risingamong members of this at-riskgroup, their access to treat-ment facilities is relatively lowand treatment strategies mustbe revamped to address thesocioeconomic issues that con-front them. ''Our research found thatmany young Black males aretreatable, but they are goingundiagnosed because of fail-ures in America's health-caresystem,'' said Dr. Henrie M.Treadwell, Director ofCommunity Voices, a non-profit seeking to improvehealth services and access tohealth care. ''Our entire socie-ty feels the impact of this fail-ure. Suicides and homicideshave increased for this group,and the residual effect isimpacting communities acrossthe country. This problemmust be addressed.'' Dr. Claire Xanthos, a healthservices research specialist,wrote the paper, which citesstudies showing that Blackmales ages 15-19 die from homi-cide at 46 times the rate oftheir white counterparts andthat from 1980 to 1995, the sui-cide rate for Black adolescentsrose from 5.6 to 13 per 100,000of the population. Xanthos writes that ''these fig-
chological development andwell-being. In addition to deal-ing with the physical, mentaland emotional issues typicallyexperienced during adoles-cence, adolescent African-American males are confront-ed with unique social and envi-ronmental stressors. Theymust frequently cope withracism and its associated stres-sors, including family stres-sors, educational stressors,and urban stressors.'' Moreover, the paper notesthat: - Racism can affect mentalhealth by reducing socioeco-nomic status, diminishingaccess to desirable resourcesand contributing to poor liv-ing conditions. - When positive adult malerole models are absent, manyBlack youths turn to theirpeers for help in forming amale identity, an adaptationthat often means absorbingnegative influences. - Urban stress is an importantfactor in the psychologicaldevelopment of young Blackmales because many live indeprived and dangerousneighborhoods where they areexposed to violence. - Significant problems are alsoencountered by Black maleswho grow up in predominant-
Citing these problems, thepaper makes a plea for betteraccess to mental health treat-ment for young Black males,noting that they currentlyoften confront a ''confusingmaze'' when trying to get help. The paper notes that whenBlack youths do find treat-ment, depression is often over-looked because their symp-toms often differ from whiteyouths'. For cultural and socialreasons, Black youths oftenexpress suicidal feelingsthrough somatic complaintsrather than sadness or depres-sion. Moreover, the paper calls formore ''bicultural'' training foryoung Black males. Suchtraining would better preparethem to follow proper behav-ior in school and the work-place, while also working withyoung Black males to get themready to deal with the discrim-ination they are likely to face.Also cited is the need for a sig-nificant increase in the numberof Black therapists available towork with African-Americanyouths. Dr. Treadwell said it is essen-tial that new policies be imple-mented to address the socialand environmental factors thatcreate poor mental health out-comes for young Black males.
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ures should not be surprisingsince adolescent African-American males in contempo-rary American society facemajor challenges to their psy-
ly white, middle-class commu-nities where they feel dis-tanced from the white youthsand also from Blacks frompoorer communities.
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The Faithworks International Christian Center at thecorner of King St. and Race St. were busy Saturdaymorning as they volunteered to attract unregisteredvoters to take part in the Nov. 4 General Election forpresident and other local races taking place the sameday. “We’re not telling people for whom to vote,” saidRev. Doris Haynes (center), pastor of te church, “butjust to exercise their constitutional right to be able tovote, that’s the real blessing.” Ms. Sheila Mitchell(sit-ting), register Mr. Johnathan Mitchell, general manag-er of the King. St. Apartments. Also, the same scenewas being repeated along America St. on the Eastside,in Liberty Hill at the community center. October 4 isthe last day to register in order to cast your vote in theNov. 4 election.
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2b-September 24, 2008 The Chronicle
LIFE CHANGINGMINISTRIES - Pleasecome and join us for BibleStudy on Saturday at 3:30pm. Sunday Services is11:00a.m. Minister RoseWashington, AssociatePastor
Rev. Glenn Scott, Pastor
W A L L I N G F O R DP R E S B Y T E R I A NCHURCH, Invites YouTo COME, SHARE andFELLOWSHIP withThe Seniors ActivitiesBible Study, PhysicalFitness, Arts & CraftProjects, HealthEducation, EnrichmentPrograms, Speakers,Community Resources,Trips, Recreation,Nutritional Lunch andlots more fun . . .When:Every Thursday, Where:705 King Street, Time:11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.Cost: NOC H A R G E ~ ~ F R E E ,(843) 723-9929
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We are the church whereChristians are at work!The Honorable L.B. Fyall-Publicity CommitteeReverend Leroy Fyall – Pastor
CHURCH
- SSOOCCIIAALLThe Emancipation
Proclamation Association cordially invites you to their annual King &
Queen Contest on Monday Night, October 20,
2008 @ 7 P.M. The Event will be held at
Wesley United Methodist Church, 446 Meeting
St., Charleston, SC 29403. Dr. George
McClanan is the pastor.
Please come out and witness a great and mar-velous event. Young people from numerouschurches and organizations will be displaying
their talents and fineries.Please come out and support our young peo-ple. They are our future. For more informa-tion please contact Mrs. Annice Brown, Youth
Director @ 843-797-1613 orMrs. Ethel Greene @ 843-571-4061.
CALLING ALL MALE CHOIRS AND GROUP-COME ONE, COME ALL, COME AND BE BLESSED
Payne RMUE Male Choir is having its Anniversary on Sunday,September 28, 2008 at 4:00 pm- 1560 Camp Road, James Island,SCContact person- Bro Jason Singleton 843-343-9055. Bro SamuelSmith, President ; Rev. Thomas Junious, Pastor
is having its "Tea/Hat &Fashion Show" on Sunday,Sept. 28, 2008 @ 4:00pm.This will be held at New
The Charleston CountyMissionary BaptistAssociation, Rev. DoctorWillie Griffin, Moderator,announces the awarding of a$500 scholarship, renewablefor four years, to Keisha MarieWashington of CentralBaptist Church (Charleston),Rev. Darrin K. Johnson, Sr.,Pastor and its second renew-able scholarship of $500 toJazmon Davauro Kearse ofCovenant Baptist Church(Georgetown), Rev. James B.Lewis, Pastor. Additionally a$500 one year scholarship wasawarded to Jessica Taylor ofSt. Matthew Baptist ChurchRev. Dr. Clinton Brantley,Pastor, for academic excel-lence.
Francis Brown UnitedMethodist Church, 2517Corona Street in NorthCharleston.
The Public is invited and theaffair will benefit students atClaflin University.Rev. Harold E. Gordon,Pastor of New Francis
Brown United Meth. ChurchC. Donna Harris, President(843-207-103), PearlW. Thomas, Treasurer
CHARLESTON COUNTY ALUMNI CHAPTER OF CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY
CHARLESTON COUNTY MISSIONARYBAPTIST ASSOCIATION AWARDS
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2008-2009
Sarah Elizabeth NicoleRobinson of JerusalemBaptist Church, Dr. WilliamA. Salley, Pastor, received theStanford L. Edley MemorialScholarship. This scholarshipis sponsored by the WhipperFamily.
The Bruce Desaussure-Arnold Prioleau ServiceAward of $500 for the 2008-2009 school term was award-ed to Mark Jeffrey Fielding, Jr.of Morris Street BaptistChurch, Rev. Leonard O.Griffin, Pastor. Dr. Lucille S.Whipper is Chairperson of theEducation Committee andMrs. Gloria E. Gantt-Lambright is Secretary.
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My daughter was married onSaturday. To her mother, shewas the world’s most beautifulbride ever -- radiant, floatingon air, altogether lovely tobehold.
It took months of planningand attention to details, largeand minute, but I know thatthe key ingredient to a won-derful ceremony and receptionis the fact that the bride andgroom are intimate, respectfuland appreciative of one anoth-er. In other words, ‘twas lovethat made the flowers bloom.My handsome, personable,good-as-gold new son-in-law isa lucky man. But, more thanthat, he’s a smart man, havingrecognized that a good,grounded and intelligentwoman who is willing to give aman her heart, her patience
For the Sake of Our Families andOur Futures, It’s Time for You to
Man Up, Brothers
and her devotion are not adime a dozen and that if youwant your own family andyou’re fortunate enough to finda woman like that, you’d bewise -- as I heard a youngbrother once say -- to “wifeher.”
My daughter’s blessed eventbrought to mind -- and to theevent itself -- several youngwomen who also have much tooffer and want to continue thetradition of their ancestors by“settling down” with a mateand making a family, but who,for reasons that are many andvaried but seldom fair, have yetto find a black man who sharesthat dream. Or, at least, onewho is willing to make thatdream come true.
Only one of my daughter’spretty, bright-eyed brides-maids is married, though theirranks included three businessexecutives, one entrepreneur, aphysician and a doctor ofanthropology. Without excep-tion, each is personable,respectful and respectable.Among these single lovelies,only one has what might becalled a serious relationship,and her man, whom I met, isn’tas serious about the long termas his lady would like him tobe. This, mind you, is a stun-ning beauty with major brainpower and an electrifying per-sonality who, for reasons Ihave never quite understood,has always held down at leasttwo jobs at a time. Why herguy -- or any guy -- would notjump at the chance to “wifeher” is beyond me.
Would someone help me outhere? Would someone clue mein on why -- when family andcommitment run so deep inour heritage that it must haveburrowed into the DNA bynow -- so many of our youngmen are hesitating? What are they afraid of? What
do they know that they aren’ttelling? And what will becomeof the black family and blacktradition if the current trendcontinues?
Perhaps boyhood is the fiend.Perhaps too few are willing to“put away childish things,” asthe good book says, and manup, which requires a certaindiscipline and ambition forwhich boys are just not capa-ble. Perhaps this is why I can-not count the number of guysin their 30s and even 40s I’verun into whose idea of dress-ing up is to have baggy pantsand jerseys and sneakers thatare clean, neat and matching.
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ATLANTA — A countyschool system in metropolitanAtlanta on Thursday becamethe nation’s first in nearly 40years to lose its accreditation,and the governor removedfour of its school board mem-bers for ethics violations.
A school board member-elect,Jessie Goree, right, with StateRepresentative Mike Glanton,after accreditation was lost.
The school system in ClaytonCounty, just south of theAtlanta city limits, was ruledunfit for accreditation by theSouthern Association ofColleges and Schools, one ofthe nation’s six major privateaccrediting agencies, afterschool board members failedto meet the group’s standardsfor leading a school system.
An investigation by the agencyfound that county officials hadnot made sufficient progresstoward establishing an effec-tive school board, removingthe influence of outside indi-viduals on board decisions,enforcing an ethics policy ormeeting other requirementsfor accreditation, Mark A.Elgart, the chief executive ofthe association, announcedThursday at a news confer-ence.
County officials said they wereplanning to appeal the deci-sion.
The loss of accreditation couldimpair the ability of ClaytonCounty students to attendsome colleges and earn schol-arships. It could also preventteachers from receiving bene-fits if they change school sys-tems, and could mean a loss ofmoney for pre-kindergarteneducation.
Two hours after the accredita-tion agency’s announcement,Gov. Sonny Perdue ofGeorgia removed fourClayton school board mem-bers, Michelle Strong, LouiseBaines-Hunter, YolandaEverett and Sandra Scott, forviolations of the state’s openmeetings act and ethics code.
“The fate of the ClaytonCounty school system is nowin the hands of the voters,” Mr.Perdue said in a statement.“Through the elections toreplace these four board mem-bers, they can send a clear sig-nal that the kind of behaviorthat has led to this ruling andthe system’s loss of accredita-tion will not be tolerated.”
The accreditation loss and theremoval of the board membersgenerated anger and concernabout the fate of the 52,000students in the largely blackdistrict’s 59 schools.
Vernetta Reeves, a Claytonresident, accused the accredit-ing agency of punishing stu-dents for the board’s errors.She said she was consideringtransferring her daughterGenetta, 17, to a differentcounty or a private school.
“I can’t believe the state of
Four Georgia School Board Members Fired
Georgia would allow adultactions to penalize children,”Ms. Reeves said, choking backtears. “My daughter has beengetting college invitations inthe mail every day, even fromHarvard. Now who knows?Kids don’t understand that. Asa parent, I’m having a hardtime understanding this.”
School accreditation is volun-tary, but more than 90 percentof Georgia school systems areaccredited, according to theagency. Many colleges requireor prefer diplomas fromaccredited high schools, anduntil Georgia legislatorschanged the law this spring,one of the state’s largest col-lege scholarship programsrequired students to graduatefrom accredited schools.
The last school system to loseaccreditation was in Duval
County, Fla., in the 1969-70school year, Dr. Elgart said.Many individual schools havealso lost accreditation.
Clayton can regain accredita-tion at any point this academicyear if board members meetthe standards outlined by theagency, Dr. Elgart said. If itdoes not regain it by Sept. 1,2009, the process would startanew and could take two orthree years.
Asked whether it was fair thatstudents might be hurt by theaction, Dr. Elgart said thegreater injustice would be for
the agency “to turn and lookthe other way and grantaccreditation to a school sys-tem that does not deserve it.”
The board members and theirlawyer, Rodney Moore, couldnot be reached for comment.
The case contains undercur-rents of racial tension. Theboard members who wereremoved are black, and the fiveClayton residents who filed acomplaint against them thatled to Mr. Perdue’s decisionare white. During a state hear-ing this month, Mr. Moore
accused the residents of tryingto remove board membersbecause of their race.
George Brown, one of thepeople who filed the com-plaint, dismissed Mr. Moore’saccusations. Both black andwhite members of the Claytonschool system testified againstthe board members at a statehearing, Mr. Brown said.“This was not racially motivat-ed at all,” he said. “That’sridiculous.”
The troubles that culminatedThursday began inNovember, when several
board members filed com-plaints to the agency aboutwhat they said was unethicalbehavior by fellow members.
Mr. Brown, whose sons grad-uated from Clayton schoolsand whose wife taught inthem, said he hoped the gover-nor’s decision and the agency’sruling would turn around theschool system.
“We’re all sorry about the lossof accreditation,” he said. “Butwe’re hoping that the gover-nor’s actions will help us getaccreditation back.”
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To enter, send one poem of21 lines or less to Free PoetryContest, 1638 Dogwood Ln.,Acworth, GA 30101. Or enteronline atwww.freecontest.com. Thedeadline is October 18, 2008.
Mike Glanton (left) and Jessie Goree (right)
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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICESAll persons having claims against the following
estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to thePersonal Representative indicated below and also file sub-ject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, ProbateJudge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston,S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after thedate of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, orelse thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: HERBERT HOOVER HOSEY2008-ES?10?0469
DOD: 02/02/04 Pers. Rep: LOUISE B. HOSEY
PO BOX 71611, CHARLESTON, SC 29415-1611
Atty: ARTHUR C. MCFARLAND, ESQ.PO BOX 80609, CHARLESTON, SC 29416-0609
******************************************************************Estate of: DENISE JOHNSON SIMMONS
2008-ES?10?0532DOD: 03/26/08 Pers. Rep: REV. VERNON SIMMONS
1406 RAINBOW RD., CHARLESTON, SC29412
Atty: ARTHUR C. MCFARLAND, ESQ.1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., SUITE 200, CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICESAll persons having claims against the following
estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to thePersonal Representative indicated below and also file sub-ject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, ProbateJudge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston,S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after thedate of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, orelse thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: DEXTER KEYES 2008-ES?10?0821
DOD: 04/23/08 Pers. Rep: DEVANTE ALSTON
806 MINNIE ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29407
Atty: CHARLES S. GOLDBERG, ESQ.PO BOX 9, CHARLESTON, SC 29402-0009
******************************************************************Estate of: GEORGE JUNIOR WARD
2008-ES?10?0823DOD: 12/14/07 Pers. Rep: GAIL LEE WARD
3115 BONANZA RD., CHARLESTON, SC29414
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MAINTENANCE MECHANIC
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston is current-ly accepting applications for the position of Mechanic at ourOffice of Special Housing Needs. Applications will beaccepted until the position is filled.
This position is responsible for performing semiskilledmaintenance on building, grounds and equipment thatincludes duties in carpentry, plumbing, refrigeration, paint-ing, heating, and/or mechanical or electrical repair.Operates related automotive and power equipment.Performs basic supervisory duties.
Minimum qualifications: HS Diploma or GED supplement-ed by two to three years of semiskilled and unskilled taskssuch as carpentry, electricity, heating, and plumbing, or anequivalent combination of education, training and experi-ence that provides the required knowledge, skills and abil-ities. Must have the ability to perform responsible craftworkat the journeyman level. Must possess a valid state dri-ver's license.
The Housing Authority offers a great benefit package,which includes:Free medical and dental insuranceFlexible scheduleGenerous holidays and paid time offState retirement plan, 401(k), and 457 Free life insuranceShort-term disability, and more.
The starting salary for this position is $12.08/hour.
This position will require a background investigation, drugscreen and physical at our expense.
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston550 Meeting StreetCharleston, SC 29403Attn.: Human Resource
EOE M/F/D/V(TDD 843-720-3685)
CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCILPUBLIC HEARING:
UPDATE OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL HAS SCHEDULED APUBLIC HEARING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOROCTOBER 7, 2008, 5:30 p.m., AT THE LONNIE HAMIL-TON, III PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING, 4045 BRIDGEVIEW DRIVE, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLI-NA, TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNING THETEN-YEAR UPDATE OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTYCOMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
This notice is being made in accordance with Section 6-29-530 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina. If you requirefurther information, please contact the Charleston CountyPlanning Department, (843) 202-7200 during regular work-ing hours, 8:30 - 5:00 daily except Saturday, Sundays, andholidays, or e-mail us at [email protected]
LENGTHY PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTEDIN WRITING PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
Beverly T. Craven
Clerk of CouncilESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estatesare required to deliver or mail their claims to the PersonalRepresentative indicated below and also file subject claims onForm #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of CharlestonCounty, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before theexpiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of thisNotice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be andare forever barred.
Estate of: EMILY PEARL MACK 2008-ES?10?1190
DOD: 10/26/06 Pers. Rep: ANDERSON MACK, SR.
2192 BIRD NEST RD., WADMALAW ISLAND,SC 29487
Atty: CHARLES S. GOLDBERG, ESQ.PO BOX 9, CHARLESTON, SC 29402-0009
**************************************************************************Estate of: MARTHA S. PERONNEAU
2008-ES?10?1203DOD: 01/05/05 Pers. Rep: JAMET P. ROSS
14119 MT. PLEASANT DR., WOODBRIDGE, VA 22191
Atty: DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR., ESQ.61 MORRIS ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29403
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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICESAll persons having claims against the following
estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to thePersonal Representative indicated below and also file sub-ject claims on Form #371PC with Irv Condon, ProbateJudge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston,S.C. 29401 before the expiration of 8 months after the dateof the first publication on his Notice to Creditors or elsethereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.Estate of: MOLLIE T. SMITH
2008-ES-10-1004DOD: 8/22/07Pers. Rep: MICHAEL L. SMITH
1852 CHESSHIRE DR.CHARLESTON, SC 29412
*******************************************************************ESTATE of: BERNIE E. POWELL
2008-ES-10-1011DOD: 10/15/06Pers. Rep: ARTHURINE RIVERS
117 BELLPOINT LN.DANIEL ISLAND, SC 29492
CP0410C1 INVITATION FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDS
The City of Charleston Department of Parks is soliciting bids frominterested marine contractors for CP0410C1: Milton P. DemetrePark Public Pier and Floating Dock. The project scope includes:the construction of a 190’ pier with a 20’x 20’ pierhead and theinstallation of a 40’ floating dock at Milton P. Demetre Park (for-merly known as Sunrise Park) on James Island, SC. The budgetrange is $ 400,000-$ 450,000.
Bid Documents will be available on or after Tuesday September9th, 2008 from Charleston Blueprint Co. 90 Brigade St.Charleston, SC 29403. There is a $ 35.00 non-refundable chargefor these plans. Checks shall be payable to Charleston Blueprint.Plans may be examined at the Department of Parks office at 823Meeting Street. All questions can be referred to: Mr. KevinTurner, Collins Engineering Inc. 843-763-1576.
A Mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on site at Milton P.Demetre Park, Wampler Drive, on James Island, SC 29422 at10:00 AM on Thursday September 18th, 2008.
Bids will be due on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 PM.
Interested parties please contact Ross Eastwood, ProjectManager at 843-579-7552 or [email protected].
By. Sean YoesSpecial to the NNPA from
the Afro-AmericanNewspapers
BALTIMORE (NNPA) -Former Baltimore CityCouncilman Kenneth Harriswas murdered Sept.20 outsidea jazz club within the districthe represented in NortheastBaltimore.Harris, who representedBaltimore City’s FourthDistrict, was killed during arobbery attempt at the NewHaven Lounge, a long-timejazz club at NorthwoodShopping Center nearMorgan State Universityaccording to police.Police report that Harris cameto the lounge at approximately1:30 a.m. and visited with theclub’s owner Keith Covingtonand borrowed a corkscrewfrom him when three maskedgunman approached andgrabbed Covington. Two ofthem took the Haven’s ownerinto the lounge.Harris ran to his car where hewas shot in the chest by thethird gunman. Harris man-aged to drive a short distancenear the corner of ArgonneDrive and Loch Raven
Former Baltimore Councilman Gunned Down
Boulevard. He was transport-ed to Johns Hopkins Hospitalwhere he was pronounceddead at around 2 a.m.Harris, who was elected to theCity Council in 1999, ran forCity Council President lastyear against MichaelSarbanes, the son of formerU.S. Senator Paul Sarbanesand Council President
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake,who won.Harris was a star baseball play-er at Dunbar High Schoolfrom which he graduated in1981 and he was a graduate ofMorgan State University witha B.S. in BusinessAdministration. In addition topolitics, Harris was an execu-tive with Comcast Cable.He leaves his wife Annette,daughter Nicole and son Ken,Jr.
Kenneth Harris
ATLANTIC BEACH, S.C.(AP) _ A potential compro-mise to solve a financial crisisin Atlantic Beach means thetown may not have to close bythe end of the week.
Town Council will hold a spe-cial meeting Tuesday to con-sider a deal that would sellsome of the town's land for$120,000 and have NorthMyrtle Beach take over itspolicing, interim TownManager Charles Williamstold The Sun News of MyrtleBeach.
The Council refused toapprove a proposal to sell theland this week, which prompt-ed Williams to say that with-out more money, AtlanticBeach would have to lay offthe town's five police officersand two clerks until propertytax collection began again atthe end of the year.
But a day after the vote,Williams heard at least onecouncil member might be will-ing to change her vote if NorthMyrtle Beach hires the fiveAtlantic Beach officers andagrees to police the city for atleast a one-year trial.
`̀I'm for giving it a try,''Councilwoman CharleneTaylor said. `̀ Those thingscan be hashed out.''
The other council memberwho voted against the landsale, Retha Pierce, still plansto vote no.
`̀Until we have a public hear-ing with all the stakeholders,
years of unpaid bills in a townthat hadn't had an audit in sev-eral years.
During the Civil Rights era,Atlantic Beach was the onlybeach in the area for blacks.The town has struggled finan-cially for decades and nearlywent bankrupt in 1988 after awrongful death lawsuit.
all the people who will beaffected, I will not make a deci-sion on anything,'' Pierce said.
Williams was sent to AtlanticBeach by the MunicipalAssociation of South Carolinain March after the town man-ager and mayor were indictedon misconduct charges andsuspended from their jobs.Williams said he has settled
Compromise Could Keep Atlantic Beach, SC Open
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF CHARLESTON
FRANK REED,
Plaintiff,
Vs.
ARTHUR CHOICE, if he isalive, and JOHN DOE ANDMARY ROE, fictitious namesrepresenting the unknownheirs, devisees, distributes, orpersonal representatives, andSARAH DOE AND RICHARDROE, fictitious names repre-senting the unknown minors,incompetents, persons in themilitary, persons imprisoned,or persons under any otherlegal disability of ARTHURCHOICE, if he is deceased,and all other unknown personsclaiming any right, title, inter-est, or lien upon the real estatewhich is the subject of thisaction,
Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COMMONPLEAS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITCASE: 08-CP-10-4446
SUMMONS(Quiet title action: Equity AndPartition by Allotment)TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED and required toanswer the Complaint in thisaction, which was filed with theClerk of Court for CharlestonCounty on August 7, 2008 at3:24 p.m., a copy of which isherewith served upon you, andto serve a copy of your Answerupon the subscribers, at theiroffices at No. 61 Broad Street,P.O. Box 9, Charleston, SouthCarolina, 29402 within thirty(30) days after the servicethereof, exclusive of the day ofsuch service; and if you fail toanswer the Complaint withinthe time aforesaid judgment bydefault will be renderedagainst you for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.
Charles S. Goldberg Attorney,LLCNo. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box9Charleston, South Carolina29402(843) 720-2800Attorney for the Plaintiff
Charleston, South CarolinaAugust 11, 2008
LIS PENDENS
TO THE DEFENDANTS:
NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN THAT an action hasbeen initiated and is pending inthe Court of Common Pleas forthe County and State afore-said, by the above-namedPlaintiff, against the Defendantabove named, and that theobject of such action is to quietthe title to the real estate andto allot by partition describedas follows:
ALL that lot, piece or parcel ofland, situate, lying and beingJohns Island, CharlestonCounty, South Carolina, con-taining 12.3 acres, more ofless, and is the residual portionof No. 49, which originally con-
tained 25 acres and shown ona plat of HICKORY HILLPLANTATION, made by S.Lewis Simmons, as Surveyor,May, 1881. The residual por-tion is partially shown on a sur-vey of LOT 49-D, datedOctober 6, 1997, and recordedin the RMC Office forCharleston County in PlatBook EC, Page 851.
The residual portion of locatedon the easternmost portion ofLot No. 49, but according tothe subdivided plat aforemen-tioned it butts and bounds tothe North on Pine Log Lane;South on lands now or former-ly of Hamilton and West on Lot49-D; the easternmost line iscut off and show no terminus.
BEING the same property con-veyed to Frank Reed by deedof Katherine L. Hare, ActingSheriff of Charleston Countydated June 21, 2001 andrecorded in the RMC Office ofCharleston County in Book K-377, Page 291; further con-veyed to Frank Reed by deedof J. Al Cannon, Sheriff ofCharleston County, dated June19, 2008 and recorded in theRMC Office for CharlestonCounty in Book E-663, Page092.
The Tax Map ReferenceNumber is 312 00 00 008
Charles S. Goldberg No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box9Charleston, South Carolina29402(843) 720-2800Attorney for the Plaintiff
Charleston, S.C.July 28, 2008
NOTICE NISI
TO THE DEFENDANTS:
TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN THAT J. HeywardHarvey, 13 State Street,Charleston, SC, has beenappointed as Guardian adLitem Nisi in the above entitledaction by Order and that suchOrder will become absolutethirty (30) days after the lastpublication of the Notice ofAppointment, herein unlesssuch of the Defendants as maybe heirs, devisees, distributes,administrators, executors,guardians, and all those per-sons who may be minors, inmilitary service, under anylegal disability, or other per-sons claiming by or through, ofthe deceased persons abovenamed, or someone in theirbehalf shall in the meantimeprocure to be appointedGuardian ad Litem for them,and that such Order is on file inthe Office of the Clerk of Courtfor Charleston County,Charleston CountyCourthouse, South Carolina.Charles S. Goldberg, EsquireAttorney for Plaintiff No. 61 Broad Street, P.O. Box9Charleston, South Carolina29401(843) 720-2800Charleston, South CarolinaAugust 7, 2008
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLI-NA ) ) IN THE PROBATECOURT COUNTY OFCHARLESTON ) IN RE: ) )NOTICE ESTATE OF MAR-GARET CLARK ) CASE NO.:06-ES-10-006 ) TO: ALLHEIRS AND INTERESTEDPARTIES: YOU WILLPLEASE TAKE NOTICE thatthe above-captioned actionwas filed in the Probate Courtof the County of Charleston,South Carolina on January 3,2007. This action seeks adetermination of heirs ofMargaret Clark who diedintestate on November 15,1987. PLEASE present anyclaims to the Probate Courtfor Charleston County, 98Broad Street, Charleston, SCor to petitioner’s attorneywithin thirty (30) days of thispublication. PLEASE bepresent at the said hearing ifyou are an heir or interestedparty in the within estate._________________________________ Anthony B.O’Neill, Sr. 1847 Ashley RiverRoad Charleston, SC 29407(843) 763-3900 * 763-7996FAX Attorney for PetitionerCharleston, S.C. August 2,2008
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
GEORGIANNA G. HEYWARD,
Plaintiff, vs.
SHIRLEY CARNICKEY,WILLIE HEYWARD, SR., ALFRED ALLEN CAR-NICKEY, JOHN DOE,) andMARY ROE, being fictitiousnames used to designatethe unknown heirs at law dis-tributees, devisees,legatees, widow, widowers,successors andassigns, if any, of WILLIAMSIMONS, (deceased),MOLLY SIMONS a/k/a MILEYSIMONS (deceased), DORASIMONS, (deceased),REBECCA SIMONS GRA-HAM, (deceased), LOUISESIMONS SMALLS, (deceased), BERNICESMALLS CARNICKEY,(deceased), SAMUEL CAR-NICKEY, (deceased), MARY L.HEYWARD, (deceased) andall other persons unknownclaiming by, through or underthem or having or claiming anyinterest in the real estatedescribed in Complaint,whether infants, i n c o m p e -tents, insane p e r s o n sunder any other disability,and AMERICAN GENERALFINANCE.
Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COM-MON PLEAS
CIVIL CASE NO.: 08-CP-10-797
AMENDED
SUMMONS(Quiet Title Action)
(Non-Jury)
TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:
YOU AREHEREBY SUMMONED andrequired to answer theAmended Complaint in thisaction, a copy of which is here-with served upon you, and toserve a copy of your Answer tothe said Amended Complaintupon the subscriber at hisoffice, located at 1847 AshleyRiver Road, P.O. Box 80609,Charleston, South Carolina29416, within thirty (30) daysafter the service hereof, exclu-sive of the day of such service;and, if you fail to answer theAmended Complaint within thetime aforesaid, the Plaintiff inthis action will apply to theCourt for the relief demandedin said Complaint.
AMENDED LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that an action has beencommenced and is now pend-ing in the Court of CommonPleas for the County ofCharleston, which action wasbrought by the above-namedPlaintiff against the above-named Defendants to deter-mine the rightful owners of thebelow described real estate.
That thepremises affected by thisaction is located within theCounty and State aforesaidand is more particularlydescribed as follows:
ALL that certain lot, piece orparcel of land containing twen-ty-five acres, more or less, sit-uated in Adams Run Township,County and State aforesaid.
Bounded Northwardly by BigBay, Eastwardly andSouthwardly by property nowor formerly of Elizabeth LaRoche and Westwardly by landnow or formerly of ThomasWilliams, all of which will beseen by reference to a platmade by J. D. Taylor, surveyordated July 30, 1900.
TMS NO.: 165-00-00-091
AMENED
NOTICE NIS
TO: THE DEFENDANTSABOVE-NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that the Plaintiff hasapplied to the Court forappointment of a suitable per-son as Guardian ad Litem forall unknown and knownDefendants who may beincompetent, under age, orunder any other disability, andsaid appointment shall becomefinal unless such Defendants,or anyone in their behalf, with-in thirty (30) days of the serviceof this Notice, shall procure tobe appointed a Guardian adLitem for them.
AMENDED
NOTICE OF FILING
TO: THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:
P L E A S ETAKE NOTICE that theAmended Summons,Amended Lis Pendens,Amended Complaint andAmended Notice Nisi werefiled on March 4, 2008 in theOffice of the Clerk of Court ofCommon Pleas for CharlestonCounty, South Carolina.
F U R T H E RTAKE NOTICE that Kelvin M.Huger, Esquire of 27Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200,P.O. Box 80399, Charleston,S.C. 29416, has been desig-nated as Guardian ad Litem forall Defendants who may beincompetent, under age, orunder any other disability byOrder of the Court of CommonPleas of Charleston County,dated the 21st day of March,2008 and the said appointmentshall become absolute thirty(30) days after the final publi-cation of this Notice, unlesssuch Defendants, or anyone intheir behalf, shall procure aproper person to be appointedas Guardian ad Litem for themwithin (30) days after the finalpublication of this Notice.
By: Arthur C. McFarland
Attorney for Plaintiff1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200P.O. Box 80609Charleston, S.C. 29416(843) 763-3900
Charleston, S.C.March 21, 2008
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICESAll persons having claims against the following estates
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the PersonalRepresentative indicated below and also file subject claims onForm #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of CharlestonCounty, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expi-ration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of thisNotice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and areforever barred.
Estate of: DAVID N. FLEMING 2008-ES?10?1101
DOD: 05/17/99 Pers. Rep: DONNA FLEMING
23 BURNT MILLS RD., GOOSE CREEK, SC 29445
**************************************************************************Estate of: THEODORE JAMES COKER
2008-ES?10?1106DOD: 07/17/08 Pers. Rep: AMELIA T. COKER
2467 BIRKENHEAD DR., CHARLESTON, SC29414Atty: JUAN W. TOLLEY, ESQ.
184 EAST BAY ST., STE. 201, CHARLESTON,SC 29401
**************************************************************************Estate of: DOROTHY FLOWERS
2008-ES?10?1147DOD: 05/09/08 Pers. Rep: CORDELIA LA BOARD
2127 AMAKER ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29405
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
SHELDON RIVERSCASE NO: 2008-ES-10-
1238
IN THE PROBATE COURT
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENTO:
F. RENEE GATERS.ESQUIRE, ATTORNEY FROPETITIONERPO BOX 1015128 CANNON STREETCHARLESTON, SC 29402
PETITIONER OR PETITION-ER’S COUNSEL SHALLCAUSE NOTICE (PUR-SUANT TO SCPC SECTION62-1-401) TO BE GIVEN TOALL INTERESTED PER-SONS OR THEIR ATTOR-NEYS. AS THE PETITION-ER YOU ARE RESPONSI-BLE FOR OBTAINING ACOURT REPORTER FORTHE HEARING THAT YOUHAVE REQUESTED. IF YOUNEED MORE THAN TWOHOURS ON YOUR CASE -YOU MUST NOTIFY THECLERK OF COURT IMME-DIATELY.
DATE OF HEARING:OCTOBER 30, 2008TIME:1:00 P.M.
Probate CourtHistoric Court House - ThirdFloor -84 Broad StreetCharleston, South Carolina29401DESCRIPTION/SUBJECTMATTER:
ON PETITIONER’S PETITIONFOR DETERMINATION OF
HEIRS.
This 29th day of August,2008.Irvin G. Condon, JUDGE OFPROBATE84 BROAD STREET - THIRDFLOORCHARLESTON, SOUTHCAROLINA 29401(843) 958-5030
Attention: Charleston County Taxpayers
Notice of end of Redemption Period forOctober 1, 2007
Delinquent Real Property and MobileHome Tax Sale
If your property was sold at the 2007 Charleston CountyDelinquent Real Estate or Mobile Home Tax Sale and you have
not yet redeemed it, please be advised that the redemptionperiod ends at:
5 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2008
All properties not redeemed by that time will be conveyed tothe successful bidder at the tax sale.
Only cash, money orders or certified checks will be accepted for payments.
For additional information, contact:Charleston County Delinquent Tax Department
O.T. Wallace County Office Building101 Meeting Street, Suite 230
Charleston, SC 29401(843) 958-4570
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday
Gospel Music Channel televi-sion network has joined withMembers of Congress, TheRecording Academy® and theGospel Music Association tolaunch the first-ever NationalGospel Music HeritageMonth initiative. The dual leg-islation passed by the Houseof Representatives (H.Con.Res. 370) and the Senate (S.
Res. 595) designatesSeptember 2008 as GospelMusic Heritage Month, hon-oring gospel music for its valu-able long-standing contribu-
tions to American culture. Theinitiative was created byGospel Music Channel, thecountry's first and only televi-sion network devoted to allforms of Gospel/Christianmusic.
Gospel Music HeritageMonth honors a trueAmerican art form for its vastcontributions to our culture,bringing a message of hopeand inspiration to people of allracial, ethnic and religiousbackgrounds. People areencouraged to celebrateGospel Music HeritageMonth by attending concerts,events, watching and listeningto gospel music, learning andreading about gospel musicand more. Visithttp://www.GospelMusicChannel.com for more informa-tion.
Gospel Music Channel willcelebrate on-air, online and on-demand by featuring the great-est names ever in gospel musicthroughout the month.Mahalia Jackson, ElvisPresley, Johnny Cash, AmyGrant, Al Green, DixieHummingbirds, KirkFranklin, Michael W. Smith,Bobby Jones, Natalie Grant,
Bill Gaither and many otherswill be seen in GMC worldand network premieres, docu-mentaries, original specialsand series.
"Gospel music is an historicalAmerican art form that hasspanned hundreds of genera-tions and both inspires andentertains across racial, ethnic,religious, and geographicboundaries. We must officiallyrecognize the great contribu-tions to American culture thathave derived from the rich her-itage of gospel music and itsartists," said CongresswomanSheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas).
"This is the opportunity for themillions of gospel/Christianmusic fans to have their ownnational month to honor andcelebrate the rich heritage oftheir music," said CharlesHumbard, Founder andPresident of the Gospel MusicChannel.
Gospel Music Channel is thefastest-growing network in tel-evision today and can be seenin nearly 40 million homes onvarious cable systems aroundthe country and onDIRECTV on Channel 338.
National Gospel Music Heritage Month
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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICESAll persons having claims against the following estates
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the PersonalRepresentative indicated below and also file subject claims onForm #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of CharlestonCounty, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before theexpiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of thisNotice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be andare forever barred.
Estate of: PETER MAZYCK AKA PETER MAZYCK, SR.2008-ES-10-1289
DOD: 05/27/08 Pers. Rep: RAYMOND E. MAZYCK
200 LAKE ASHLEY DR., BLYTHEWOOD, SC29016Atty: KELVIN M. HUGER, ESQ.
PO BOX 80399, CHARLESTON, SC 29416*************************************************************************
CLASSICAL ENCOUNTER
Wilfred DelphinValerie Francis
Sunday, September 28 • 2pmSt. Stephens Episcopal Church
67 Anson StreetAdmission: $10.00
To order tickets call Ticketmaster at (843) 554-6060 or Order On-Line at www.ticketmaster.comMOJA Arts Festival Box Office, Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, 77 Calhoun Street.For more information, call (843) 724-7305 or visit www.mojafestival.com
MOJA arts festival
GOSPEL CONCERT – “A Back Home Gospel Hour”Sunday, September 28 • 4pm
GOSPEL DIVAS, Joy S. Pryor, Lynn-Marie Boone with Christal Brown-Gibson, Javetta Campbell, Martha Rhoades.THE MEN OF GOSPEL, Anthony Burke Mario Desaussure, and Rev. Randolph Miller
Citadel Square Baptist Church, 328 Meeting Street • Admission: $8:00
THEATRE – “EUBIE”Wednesday, September 24 - Saturday, September 28
Conceived by Julianne Boyd, music by Eubie BlakeProduced by: Art Forms & Theatre, Inc.
Directed by Art Gilliard; Musical Director, Howard BrownMemminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain Street.
Admission: $20.00 general, $15.00 students/seniors with ID.
A CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ARTS
An Evening of Jazz under the Stars with
Kirk WhalumOpening Act: QUENTIN BAXTER TRIO • DANIEL LEE DAVIS, VIOLINIST
Saturday, September 27 • 7:30pmCistern Yard, College of Charleston, 66 George StreetAdmission: $25.00
Dallas Black Dance TheatreFriday, October 3 • 7:30pm
Gaillard Municipal Auditorium77 Calhoun StreetAdmission: $15.00
THEATRE – “CROWNS”Wednesday, October 1 -Saturday, October 4
Footlight Players, Inc., Written by Regina Taylor,DIrected by Henry Clay Middleton
Footlight Players Theatre,20 Queen Street
Admission: $25.00, $20.00 students/seniors
TRAIN FOR THE HOLIDAY FESTIVALOF LIGHTS, RFP#08-08-MAINTENANCEBY THE CHARLESTON COUNTY PARK
AND RECREATION COMMISSION861 RIVERLAND DRIVE
CHARLESTON, SC 29412
September 21, 2008
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR AThe Charleston County Park and RecreationCommission (CCPRC) is requesting proposalsfrom qualified Vendors for the purchase anddelivery of a Train for the Holiday Festival ofLights for use at the James Island County Park,861 Riverland Drive, Charleston, SC 29412.
To receive a copy of the Request for Proposal,please contact Ms. Elaine Richter, 843-795-9885, Charleston County Park and RecreationCommission, 871 Riverland Drive, Charleston,SC 29412. Proposals shall be submitted no laterthan, as outlined in the Request for Proposal.
By:
Mr. Tom O’Rourke, Executive DirectorCharleston County Park and Recreation Commission
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Project: Compensation and Classification Study for TheHousing Authority of the City of Charleston.
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston will receiveproposals for a Comparability Study of salary ranges usedby the Housing Authority and other Public Sector Entitieswithin the Charleston locality. Information provided by theContractor will be used to assist in updating the currentsalary tables and job descriptions.
Proposals should be submitted no later than 2:00pm onTuesday, October 6, 2008 to:
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston550 Meeting StreetCharleston, SC 29403Attn: Daysha Alston-GordonHuman Resource Manager
Inquiries may be directed to Ms. Gordon at the aboveaddress, or by phone (843) 579-3017 or via fax (843) 973-3482.
By: Jackie Jones,BlackAmericaWeb.com
Embattled Detroit MayorKwame Kilpatrick left officeofficially at 11:59 p.m.Thursday, spending part ofthe day preparing a statementthanking and saying goodbyeto his supporters.
“Being elected Mayor ofDetroit, my hometown, wasan honor and a privilege,” saidthe 38-year-old Kilpatrick, whospent seven years in office. “Iwant to thank everyone whosupported me through theyears. I am proud of the factthat we, as a community, wereable to accomplish so much insuch a short period of time.”
Kilpatrick encouraged citi-zens to support incomingMayor Ken Cockrel, Jr., withwhom he concluded transitionmeetings on Wednesday.
Kilpatrick announced his res-ignation two weeks ago as partof a plea deal on federal perjurycharges stemming from a text-messaging scandal that con-sumed the city for months.
The Detroit Free Press saidthat before the texting scandalerupted, Kilpatrick had tamedthe city’s budget, cutting near-ly $300 million in annual costs,continued the downtowndevelopment trend that start-ed under his predecessor,Dennis Archer, and wasbeginning to focus on decay-
Kilpatrick Officially Leaves Office, Setting theStage for New Mayor, New Start for Detroit
ing neighborhoods in the city.
“His ability to lead wasn’t theissue; he just made some badchoices,” Robin Barnes, aDetroit realtor and a formerKilpatrick campaign volun-teer, toldBlackAmericaWeb.com.Attorney Richard Mack said
the scandal surrounding themayor was a distraction thatannoyed some residents andcity employees.“ You literally had daily newscoverage of one issue or anoth-er, the scandal, lawsuits, toomuch partying, too muchspending with the credit card,”Mack said. “You can’t have allthat and not have it affect yourability to govern.”Even before Kilpatrick movedout of Manoogian Mansionand relinquished his post,Cockrel on Wednesday beganannouncing appointments.
Saul Green, a former U.S.attorney in Detroit, willbecome deputy mayor. Greenalso has been a federal monitorfor the Justice Department inits oversight role with theCincinnati police department.Detroit’s police department isunder federal oversight, andGreen is expected to help thedepartment meet mandatedfederal guidelines.
On Thursday, Cockrel named31-year police veteran JamesBarron to replace Chief EllaBully-Cummings.
Cockrel and new City CouncilPresident Monica Conyerswere sworn in Wednesdayafternoon. Conyers is underfederal investigation in theawarding of a multimilliondollar sludge contract lastyear.According to The DetroitFree Press, Conyers invitedreporters to her swearing-in atthe Detroit ElectionCommission office, butCockrel’s ceremony was pri-vate and announced after-ward.The ceremonies enabled themto assume office at 12:01 a.m.Friday after Kilpatrick’s resig-nation became effective.The new mayor’s public swear-ing-in ceremony on Fridaymorning was expected be alow-key affair in the CityCouncil chambers at theColeman A. Young MunicipalCenter.
Cockrel said he wanted hisinauguration to be understat-ed and brief, considering theunusual circumstances inwhich he is becoming mayor,according to the Free Press.The Detroit City Councilvoted Tuesday to hold a spe-cial election to fill the remain-der of Kilpatrick’s term, whichends in December 2009.Cockrel has indicated he willbe a candidate.
Candidates must file for theFeb. 24 special primary byOct. 14. The top two winnerswill compete in a runoff in theMay 5 special general election.Kilpatrick and his former chiefof staff, Christine Beatty, hadbeen charged with perjury,conspiracy, obstruction of jus-tice and misconduct in office --all connected to their testimo-ny in a civil trial last year inwhich they denied having aromantic relationship.
Those claims were contradict-ed by text messages on theaide’s city-issued cell phone.
Kilpatrick is scheduled to besentenced Oct. 28. Under theplea deal, he is expected to besentenced to four months injail, five years of probation andwill pay $1 million in restitu-tion. His state pension will beapplied to the debt.
James Barren (left) and Ken Cocktrel, Jr. (right)
MOJA ARTS FESTIVAL CONCERTThe Choraliers Music Club will present a 1 hour concert of spirituals and otherkinds of music, Thursday, October 2, 7:00 pm, Mt. Zion AME Church, 5 Glebe St.Admission: Adults $10; Seniors & Students $8; Children under 6- Free.
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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates arerequired to deliver or mail their claims to the PersonalRepresentative indicated below and also file subject claims onForm #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of CharlestonCounty, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before theexpiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of thisNotice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be andare forever barred.
Estate of: ELIZABETH MURRAY PICKENS2008-ES-10-0867
DOD: 04/05/08Pers. Rep: ALLISON WILLIAMS MCCREARY
321 BRICKHOPE LN.,GOOSE CREEK,SC 29445
Atty: CHARLES S. GOLDBERG, ESQ.61 BROAD ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF CHARLESTON
ANN ROPER WHITE,
Plaintiff,
vs.
VIRGINIA ROPER, deceased,MORRIS ROPER, deceased,CORA BELL CHANDLERROPER, deceased, NEDROPER, deceased, KATIE S.ROPER, deceased, MARYROPER, deceased, BESSIEROPER, NAOMI ROPERWASHINGTON, VIOLAROPER RICHARDSON, HER-MAN ROPER, ARTHURROPER, DECEASED, ALICEROPER WILLIAMS,DECEASED, JAMES ROPER,DECEASED, JANIE ROPERDEAS, ANN ROPER,ALPHONSO WHITE,DECEASED, BRENDAROPER, DECEASED,EDWARD DAVIS, MORRISROPER, JR., ARLICEROPER, ALPHONSO ROPER,ANTHONY ROPER, ALANROPER, ANWAR ROPER,ALIA ROPER, SALEEMAHROPER, AQUILA ROPER,ZAHIR ROPER, TARIQROPER, TYNISHA ROPER,IVORY ROPER, MAURICEROPER, SHAMIRA ROPER,GREGORY ROPER, THERE-SA ROPER, SHAKIYAROPER, JALESSA ROPER,YVETTA JEFFERSON, ALJEFFERSON, EVERETT JEF-FERSON, AUSTIN DAVIS,COREY DAVIS, JOHN DOE,MARY DOE, RICHARD ROE,And SARAH DOE, being ficti-tious names used to designatethe unknown Heirs- at-Law,devisees, Distributees, wid-ows, widowers, administrators,Executors, successors, andassigns, if any of VIRGINIAROPER and MORRISROPER, the deceased andabove named Defendant whomay be deceased and all otherpersons claiming any right, titleestate, interest in or lien uponthe lands of VIRGINIA ROPERAND MORRIS ROPER or anyportion thereof, including anysuch as may be infants, incom-petents, or otherwise under andisability, Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COMMONPLEASNINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITCASE NO: 08-CP-10-3543
SUMMONS
YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-MONED and required toanswer the Complaint in thisaction, a copy of which is here-with served upon you, and toserve a copy of your Answer tothe said Complaint on thePlaintiff or her attorney,George E. Counts, Esquire, at27 Gamecock Avenue, P.O.Box 80399, Charleston, SouthCarolina 29416, within thirty(30) days after the servicehereof, exclusive of the day ofsuch service, and if you fail toanswer the Complaint with thetime aforesaid, the Plaintiff inthis action will apply to theCourt for the relief demandedin the Complaint.
Dated this 16th day of June2008, at Charleston, SouthCarolina.
COUNTS & HUGER, LLCGEORGE E. COUNTSAttorney for the Plaintiff27 Gamecock AvenuePost Office Box 80399Charleston, SC 29416(843) 573-0143
LIS PENDENS
TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN THAT an action hasbeen initiated and is pending inthe Court of Common Pleas forthe County and State afore-said, by the above-namedPlaintiff, against theDefendants above named, andthat the object of such action isto quiet the title of the belowdescribed property. The RealEstate affected by this action isdescribed as follows:
ALL that lot, piece, parcel ortract of land, situate, lying andbeing on James Island in theCounty of Charleston, State ofSouth Carolina, and beingshown as owned by the Estateof Lucy Roper on a survey byW.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, datedFebruary 2, 1966, and said tocontain two and two-tenths(2.2) acres. MEASURING ANDCONTAINING on the north-west line three hundred forty-one (341.0) feet; on the east-ern line five hundred twenty-nine (529.0) feet; on the south-ern line one hundred twenty-five (125.0) feet; and on thesouthwest line three hundredeighty-eight (388.0) feet be allthe said dimensions a littlemore or less. BUTTING ANDBOUNDING to the northweston property, now or formerly, ofDeleston; to the east and southon property of persons notmentioned on said plat and tothe southwest on property, nowor formerly, of Grimball; all ofwhich by reference to said platwill more fully and at largeappear.
BEING the same property con-veyed to Virginia Roper, MorrisRoper and James Roper bydeed of Katie S. Roper dateJuly 9, 1985 and recorded inthe R.M.C. Office forCharleston County in DeedBook __ at Page __.
TMS NO.: 334-12-00-025
ALL that lot, piece, parcel ortract of land, situate, lying andbeing on James Island in theCounty of Charleston, State ofSouth Carolina, and beingshown as owned by the Estateof Lucy Roper on a survey byW.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, datedFebruary 2, 1966, and said tocontain three and five-tenths(3.5) acres. MEASURINGAND CONTAINING on thenorthern line seventy-five(75.0) feet; on the eastern lineone thousand nine hundredthirty (1,930.0) feet; on thesouthern line one hundredtwenty-five (125.0) feet; and onthe southern line seventy-nine(79.0); and on the western lineone thousand nine hundredsixty (1.960.0) feet be all thesaid dimensions a little more orless. BUTTING AND BOUND-ING to the north on property ofpersons not mentioned on saidplat; to the east on property,now or formerly, of ThomasPrioleau; to the south on prop-erty, now or formerly, ofGrimball; to the west on prop-erty, now or formerly, of BetsyPrioleau; all of which by refer-ence to said plat will more fullyand at large appear.
BEING the same property con-veyed to Virginia Roper bydeed of James Roper datedAugust 23, 1989 and recordedin the R.M.C. Office forCharleston County in DeedBook F-194, at Page 182.
T.M.S. NO.: 334-00-00-039
MEASURING AND CONTAIN-ING on the northern line threehundred forty-five and seven-tenths (345.7’) feet; on theSoutheastern line one hundredeight (108.0’) feet; on theSouthern line three hundredfive and eight-tenths (305.8’)feet; and on the western lineninety-seven (97.0) feet; be allthe said dimensions a littlemore or less. BUTTING ANDBOUNDING to the North onthe property, now or formerly,of William Singleton; and to thesoutheast on Folly road eighty(80’) feet in width; to the Southon property,, now or formerly,of Rufus Wilder; and to theeast on the property, now orformerly, of James Roper, all ofwhich by reference to said platwill more fully and at largeappear.
BEING the same property con-veyed to Virginia Roper bydeed of James Roper datedAugust 23, 1989 and recordedin the R.M.C. Office forCharleston County in DeedBook F-194, at Page 182.
T.M.S. NO.: 334-10-00-006
ALL that lot, piece, parcel ortract of land, situate, lying andbeing on Battery Island Road,James Island, CharlestonCounty, South Carolina con-taining 0.45 acres measuringas folows: Beginning at an ironpipe in the western edge ofBattery Island Road at thesouheast corner of the lothereinabove conveyed toJames Roper and thencesouth three degrees nine min-utes (3.9’) east, seventy (70’)feet to an iron pipe, thencesouth eighty nine degrees thir-ty minutes thirty minutes(89’30’) west, two hundredeighty-eight and 40/100(288.40’) feet to an iron pipe,thence north fifteen degreesfourteen minutes (15’14’) west,sixty-five (65’) feet to an ironpipe, thence south eighty-eightdegrees twenty-five minutes(88.25’) west, three hundredone and 88/100 (301.80’) feetto the point of beginning.Butting and bounding as fol-lows: To the east on BatteryIsland Road, to the south on alot hereinafter conveyed toJaine Roper Deas, to the weston lands of Nelson Deas andto the north on a lot herein-above conveyed to JamesRoper.
BEING the same property con-veyed to Morris Roper by deedof Mary Roper, Bessie Roper,Ned Roper, Naomi RoperWashington, Viola RoperRichardson, Herman Roper,Arthur, Alice Roper Williams,James Roper and Janie RoperDeas dated June 23, 1969 andrecorded in the R.M.C. Officefor Charleston County in DeedBook C-93, at Page 227.
T.M.S. NO.: 431-01-00-022
COUNTS & HUGER, LLC
GEORGE E. COUNTSAttorney for Plaintiff27 Gamecock AvenueP.O. Box 80399Charleston, South Carolina29406(843) 573-0143
NOTICE OF FILING
TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:
PLEASE TAKENOTICE, that the Complaint inthis action, together with theSummons and Lis Pendens, ofwhich the above are copies,were duly filed in the office ofthe Clerk of Court forCharleston County, SouthCarolina, on the 20th day ofJune, 2008.
FURTHER TAKENOTICE that Sherry B.Crummey, Esquire of 61 MorrisStreet, Charleston, SouthCarolina 29401, has been des-ignated as Guardian ad Litemfor all Defendants who may beincompetent, under age, orunder any other disability byOrder of the Court of CommonPleas of Charleston Countydated the 20th of June, 2008,and said appointments shallbecome absolutely thirty (30)days after the final publicationof this Notice unless suchDefendants, or anyone in theirbehalf, shall petition the Courtto have a Guardian ad Litemappointed for them within thirty(30) days after the final publi-cation of this notice.
COUNTS & HUGER, LLCGEORGE E. COUNTSAttorney for Plaintiff27 Gamecock Avenue/Suite200P.O. Box 80399Charleston, South Carolina2941(843) 573-0143
Dated August 14, 2008
NOTICE NISI
TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN THAT the Plaintiff hasapplied to the Court forappointment of a suitable per-son as Guardian ad Litem forall unknown and knownDefendants who may beincompetent, under age, orunder any other disability, andsaid appointment shall becomefinal unless such Defendants,or anyone in their behalf, with-in thirty (30) days of the serviceof this notice, shall procure tobe appointed a Guardian adLitem for them.
Dated this 16th day of June2008, at Charleston, SouthCarolina.
COUNTS & HUGER, LLCGEORGE E. COUNTSAttorney for Plaintiff27 Gamecock Avenue/Suite200P.O. Box 80399Charleston, South Carolina29416(843) 573-0143
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN RE: THE ESTATE OFFRANK BROWN, JR.
CASE NO: 2005-ES-10-0054-2
IN THE PROBATE COURT
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENTO:
CHARLES S. GOLDBERG,ESQUIRE, PETITIONER61 BROAD STREETPO BOX 9CHARELSTON, SC 29401
PETITIONER OR PETITION-ER’S COUNSEL SHALLCAUSE NOTICE (PUR-SUANT TO SCPC SECTION62-1-401) TO BE GIVEN TOALL INTERESTED PER-SONS OR THEIR ATTOR-NEYS. AS THE PETITIONERYOU ARE RESPONSIBLEFOR OBTAINING A COURTREPORTER FOR THEHEARING THAT YOU HAVEREQUESTED. IF YOUNEED MORE THAN TWOHOURS ON YOUR CASE -YOU MUST NOTIFY THECLERK OF COURT IMMEDI-ATELY.
DATE OF HEARING:OCTOBER 29, 2008TIME: 10:30 A.M.
Probate CourtHistoric Court House - ThirdFloor84 Broad StreetCharleston, South Carolina29401
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This 20th day of August2008.
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Advertisement10 Vacation Cottage Restroom Renovations
James Island County ParkProject #08-CP-025-A
September 2008
Project Description: Sealed bids will be received forwork that includes, but is not limited to, the Renovation often (10) Vacation Cottage Restrooms at James IslandCounty Park, 871 Riverland Drive, Charleston, SC 29412-3107. Timing is of the Essence for this Project. Work willbe accomplished in two phases as outlined under theScope of Work.
Publication Date: Beginning: September 21, 2008
Publication Information: Notification will be posted onCCPRC’s website @ccprc.com in addition to being publi-cized in the Post and Courier, The Charleston Chronicleand the South Carolina Business Opportunities.
Submittal Information:
Bids shall be on a lump sum basis; segregated bids will notbe accepted.
Bids should be clearly marked on the bottom left hand cor-ner: Bid Enclosed: 10 Vacation Cottage RestroomRenovations, Project #08-CP-025-A
Bids must be accompanied by a BID BOND or certifiedcheck in the amount of (5) five percent of the BASE BID.
Contractor will be required to submit a PERFORMANCEBOND and LABOR AND MATERIAL PAYMENT BOND, for100 percent of the amount of the work that exceeds$30,000, prior to work being accomplished.
Bid Opening Information:
Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday,November 6, 2008 at the CHARLESTON COUNTY PARKAND RECREATION COMMISSION, 861 RIVERLANDDRIVE, CHARLESTON, SC 29412. Contractors who mailbid documents must send bids Return Receipt Requested,and are encouraged to provide mail delivery by 5:00 p.m.on Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Bids will be openedpublicly and read aloud after the specified time. All inter-ested persons may attend.
Pre-bid Meeting:
There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference and site visitfor all interested bidders at James Island County ParkVacation Cottages, 871 Riverland Drive, Charleston, SC29412 on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 1:00pm. Thedimensions and drawings included in the bid document arefor information purposes only. It will be the responsibility ofthe Contractor to verify measurements and become famil-iar with the facilities prior to submitting a bid.
Contact Person: All Technical Questions pertaining to thebid documents shall be referred to: Mr. Erick Briles, ProjectManager, via e-mail at w no later than 2:00pm on Monday,October 13, 2008 and an addendum, if deemed necessary,will be issued no later than Thursday, October 15, 2008.
Plan and Specifications Available: Bidding documentsmay be examined at CHARLESTON COUNTY PARK ANDRECREATION COMMISSION, 861 Riverland Drive,Charleston, SC 29412. Also in the Dodge Plan Room andthe AGC Plan Room.
Prime Bidders may obtain documents by contacting, Ms.Penny Westerfelhaus, Administrative Assistant, by calling843-762-8098 beginning, Monday, September 22, 2008until the day of the bid opening.
Download Available: - No
Special Requirements:
Owner reserves the right to waive any irregularities and toreject any or all bids. PRC also reserves the right to acceptthe bid as a whole or any items listed under the Scope ofWork. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 60 daysafter date and time set for opening of bids.
Miscellaneous:
Contact, Ms. Lynda Abram, Contract Coordinator with theCharleston County Park and Recreation Commission, 843-762-8081 for additional information.
By:Mr. Tom O’Rourke, Executive Director CHARLESTONCOUNTY PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
The following GeneralMembership meetings of theNAACP Charleston Branch,for the purpose of election ofofficers and at-large membersof the executive committee.
1. On September 25, 2008 at6:30 pm at Morris BrownAME Church, 13 MorrisStreet, there will be a report ofthe Nominating Committee.All members whose member-ships are current as of 30 daysprior to the meeting date maybe elected to the NominatingCommittee.
2. On October 23, 2008 atMorris Brown AME Church,13 Morris Street, there will bea report of the NominatingCommittee, receipt ofNominations by Petition, andelection of the ElectionSupervisory Committe. Allmembers whose membershipsare current as of April 1st maybe nominated for office or asan at-large member of theExecutive Committtee. Inorder to sign a nominatingpetition, or be elected to theElection SupervisoryCommittee, a member mustbe current as of 30 days priorto the October meeting.
3. On November 20, 2008, theelection of officers and at-largemembers of the ExecutiveCommittee will take place atMorris Brown AME Church,13 Morris Street. Polls willopen from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.In order to vote in a Branchelection, one must be a mem-
Notice of September, October Meetings AndNovember Election of Charleston Branch NAACP
ber in good standing of theBranch 30 days prior to the
election. A form of identifica-tion is required.
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