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To Mom Dr. Dorothy Height

Rest in Peace
With Love

Mother’s Day
Tributes B1
Is Kevin Durant
Better Than
LeBron? B4

Lawmakers Call
for National
Guard in
Chicago A2
Mourners paid tribute to fallen civil rights

Photo by Rob Roberts

heroine, Dr. Dorothy Height on April
29 at Washington National Cathedral.
Interment: Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Local Comedian in Maryland.

Ventures into
Radio B3
Lawmakers Call Former City Contracts Administrator Sues City to cancel a contract awarded to a firm co-owned by a
for National
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer “Payne became a political doormat, friend of Mayor Adrian Fenty.
Guard in The District of Columbia and its Chief Financial disposed of after being trampled upon
The action was filed late last month in U.S. District
Court by Eric Payne, who seeks protection under the
Chicago A2 Officer Natwar Gandhi have been named the primary
defendants in a multi-million dollar lawsuit filed by
because of his character, integrity and District’s whistleblower law, which forbids retaliation
against an employee that exposes wrongdoing within city
–Opinion– a former District government administrator, who insistence on public accountability.” agencies.
claims to have been wrongfully terminated for failing
Professor Gates Continued on A4

and the Blame

for Slavery A7 New Program Helps Residents Obtain Bank Accounts
By Dorothy Rowley
INSERTS AFRO Staff Writer
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For many low-income
District of Columbia
residents, check cashing
and other money order
vendors are the only forms of
“banking” they know.
See the AFRO on Channel 9 But a new program
Fridays at Noon recently announced by Mayor
Adrian Fenty is poised to
help some 10,000 of those
residents get on a more solid
financial footing by helping
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the District is one of about 70
cities and states to implement
the program, and President
Barack Obama has included
$50 million in his fiscal year
2011 budget for the “Bank on
USA” initiative.
“The most basic step is
to ensure that each of our
residents has access to a
checking account where they
Photo Courtesy District of Columbia Government can secure their hard earned
Mayor Adrian Fenty (far right), held a press conference last week to announce the new money and start saving for
“Bank on DC” project, which aims to help 10,000 residents obtain a checking account. the future,” Fenty said in a
prepared statement.

them sign up for a checking District, regional financial announcement last week, its economic foundation, According to the mayor’s
account through “Bank institutions and community- Fenty described the program while providing residents office, there are more than
on DC,” a public-private based organizations. as a critical part of the opportunities for increased 37,000 unbanked households
partnership between the In making the city’s efforts to strengthen financial literacy. Currently, Continued on A4

Betty vs. Goliath

Greeter becomes face of
Wal-Mart lawsuit
By Paul Elias
Associated Press Writer

PITTSBURG, Calif. (AP) — As a “greeter,” the cheerful

Betty Dukes is one of the first employees customers usually see
as they walk through the front doors of the Wal-Mart store here.
As the first “named plaintiff” in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the
ordained Baptist minister also is the face of the largest gender
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bias class action lawsuit in U.S. history one that could cost the
world’s largest private employer billions.
Her dual roles have turned her into a civil rights crusader for
the company’s many critics, who have dubbed the legal battle
“Betty v. Goliath.” It is a far cry from where Dukes expected
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to be when she enthusiastically accepted an offer in 1994 to
work the cash registers part-time for $5 an hour. She dreamed
AP Photo/Ben Margot
of turning around a hard life by advancing, through work and
Ordained Baptist minister Betty Dukes, seen in this April 28 photo in front of a
determination, into Wal-Mart corporate management.
Pittsburg, Calif. Wal-Mart, is the face of Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the largest gender bias class
“I was focused on Wal-Mart’s aggressive customer service,”
action lawsuit in U.S. history, one that could cost the world’s largest private employer
Join the AFRO on Dukes said in an interview during her lunch break, after first
billions.
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A2 The Afro-American, May 8, 2010 - May 14, 2010
AFRO National Briefs
Supreme Court Justice to
Receive Honorary Degree
from Local HBCU
Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court Sonia
Sotomayor will receive
a doctorate of law from
Howard University for
her decades of work in
the courtroom. Sotomayor
will receive the honorary
degree at Howard’s 142nd
commencement convocation
on May 8.
Sotomayor, a New York
native, made history in 2009
when she became only the
third woman to sit on the
highest court after President
Barack Obama’s nomination.
BET Founder Loathes
Company’s New Direction
Sheila Crump Johnson
Sheila Crump Johnson,
co-founder of Black
Entertainment Television
(BET), recently expressed
her disappointment with
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Sonia Sotomayor
the company’s current
programming in an interview
with The Daily Beast Web
site.
“Don’t even get me
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started,” Johnson said. “I
don’t watch [BET.] I suggest
to my kids that they don’t
watch it…I’m ashamed of it,
you want to know the truth.”
Johnson, 60, said she
believed BET has contributed
to the spread of AIDS in
the African-American
community by promoting
sexually charged rap music
videos.
She added that network
was initially created to
provide diverse, family-
friendly programs for Black
Americans.
“When we started BET, it
was going to be the EBONY
magazine on television,”
Johnson said. “We had public
affairs programming. We
had news... we had a large
variety of programming, but
the problem is that then the
video revolution started up...
And then something started
happening, and I didn’t like
it at all. And I remember
during those days we would
sit up and watch these videos
and decide which ones were
going on and which ones
were not.”
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Lawmakers Call for
National Guard to Quell
Violence
Illinois state officials are
calling for the National Guard
to be deployed to Chicago
in hopes of quelling ongoing
violence there.
Illinois State Reps. John
Fritchey and LaShawn Ford
said they believe the number
of murders in the city has
gotten so out of hand that
military intervention may
be the only solution to the
problem.
“We have National Guard
members that are living in the
city, that have been trained in
police and law enforcement,
that have been deployed to
Chicago, Ill.
Afghanistan to help train the
Afghan Police Department
in safeguarding those
neighborhoods,” Fritchey said
at a press conference. “We
have the ability with very
little effort to immediately
deploy these men and women
right here in their backyards
to assist the [Chicago] police
department.”
However, not everyone
believes that the National
Guard is the right solution
to the problem. Mayor
Richard Daley said he thinks
there are many things to
consider before troops should
be deployed to a major
American city like Chicago.
Chicago has already seen
113 murders this year. During
one night in April, seven
people were killed and 18
wounded.
African Union Under Fire
for Alleged War Atrocities
in Somalia
The African Union (AU)
and its supporters are denying
any role in ongoing fighting
in Somalia, with the AU
saying it is not circumventing
any laws while trying to
stamp out a sizeable Al-
Qaeda and Al-Qaeda-linked
insurgency in the country.
Since the fighting
Courtesy Photo
Nushawn Williams
began in 2007, over 21,000
people have been killed
and 3 million have required
humanitarian aid.
Aid agencies and human
rights groups say that the AU
has been just as guilty as the
insurgents when it comes
to violence against regular
Somalis. The AU denies that
claim, saying that terrorists
are responsible for those acts.
“We are not at the same
level as the terrorists ... we
are very careful not to shell
them when they are among
the population,” Boubacar
Gaoussou Diarra, the AU’s
special representative for
Somalia, told reporters in
Kenya. “[Terrorist group]
Al Shabaab move within
the population and shell our
troops but even in this case,
as a peaceful operation, we
have to be very careful.”
Al Shabaab is a group
linked to Al Qaeda which
controls much of central and
southern Somalia according
to The Washington Post.
African Skeletal Remains
Linked to Medieval Times
A 13th century skeleton
unearthed on the grounds
of a convent may be the
earliest physical evidence that
Africans lived in medieval
England, according to a
report by The Associated
Press.
Forensics experts from
the University of Dundee
Scotland said that the bones
probably belong to a man
from what is now Tunisia – a
North African nation – who
lived in England about 10
AP Photo
years before his death.
“Finding a skeleton like
this is of major interest,” said
Jim Bolton, a historian at
Queen Mary, University of
London who wasn’t involved
in the discovery.
The man apparently died
of a spinal abscess and was
identified as African by his
bone structure.
HIV-Positive Sex Offender
May Face Life in Jail
After infecting at least 13
women with the HIV virus,
a New York sex offender
may be jailed indefinitely,
according to The Associated
Press. The attorney general’s
office said Nushawn
Williams should face lifelong
imprisonment under a
civil law created to shield
the public from the most
notorious perpetrators.
Under a statute, the state
can imprison a sex offender
indefinitely if it proves the
person is like to commit
additional crimes. If he is
found mentally unstable,
Williams would be held at a
medium-security psychiatric
facility.
Court papers describe
Williams, 33, as a mentally
disturbed drug dealer who
at times was violent during
his 12-year prison stay. He
pleaded guilty in 1998 to
charges of statutory rape
and reckless endangerment
after word of his HIV
status created an uproar in
Jamestown, N.Y. Nicknamed
“Face,” Williams often
engaged in sexual acts with
drug-addicted women and
girls as young as 13.
 et, lashed out at ACORN in the votes.” Americ
final debate against Barack The problem came about pri-
Obama, contending the group “is marily because of the way Sinc
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New Database Closes Gap in Health Disparities

maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign up new voters. The
democracy.” The idea was to help both those debate,
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan being registered and those doing organiz
By Gregory Dale statistical area, county, do that, so what the database Web site, found
Puckrein those claims
said. “What we to
the registration.
hopes the NMQF can bring
offices
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- Maud explained, “We have a After a
AFRO Staff Writer state and federal legislative is doing is taking the first want to do is connect those about an innovative system
dence of any such democracy- zero tolerance policy for deliber- appeare
district. The atlas also allows step by identifying around the dots and create a network measuring
ate falsificationthe overall status
of registration.” sent to
destroying fraud.”
The National Minority researchers to identify where country where clinical trials where the people who
Hurd believes the McCain are of health in the nation.
Most news account neglect to “is goin
Quality Forum (NMQF), gaps in minority enrollment are conducted.” conducting
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ed. to each other and to measure what’s
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said, “Because it’s low- to
istration forms. And theyhealth
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disparities in the country, population demographics. percent of all the clinical trials to
andregistries where we
moderate-income can
people, wise,
to noteasthat
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it was the organiza-as at 9” an
unveiled the new National “There’s a lot of in the United States happen in recruit diverse populations.” possible,” Puckrein
and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, that first said. “So, A ca
Clinical Trials Atlas recently. variability in human minority communities but are The atlas
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the NMQF. “We really don’t
the zip code, metropolitan chief executive officer of isolated dots on the map,” andUltimately,
economic justicePuckreinfor low- McCain:
that’s where I’m we’reJohn McCain
headed.” hell. Al
have the science right now to and moderate-income and I approve this message. They’re
Americans. With 400,000 mem- Announcer: Who is Barack eys, the
Betty vs. Goliath ber families organized into more Obama? A man with “a political
than 1,200 neighborhood chap- baptism performed at warp
nated, t
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Continued from A1 ters in 110 cities nationwide, speed.” Vast ambition. After col- liberal i
saying grace over a meal of fast-food hamburgers and chicken for 2004, the same year Liz Featherstone’s
ACORN has over the years seen lege, he movedbooktoSelling
Chicago. Women deleted)
nuggets. “I wanted to advance. I wanted to make that money.” “In this life, you have to stand up or be its share of criticism while advo- Became
Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers’ Rights at Wal-Mart’ a community organizer. guys ju
But by 1999, her plans were in tatters. Several years of little catingpublished.
was for affordable There, Obama
housing, has compared
Featherstone Dukes met toMadeleine
Rosa come to
advancement and frustration with her role culminated with an
trampled.” living wages, healthcare
Parks, the civil rights crusader.
for the Talbot, part of the Chicago every n
underserved— and while organ- branch of ACORN. He was so and ma
ugly spat with managers that resulted in a humiliating demotion and part of a long campaign of discrimination that began almost Despite the pushback, Dukes leans heavily on her faith,
izing voter registration drives. impressive that he was asked to all you
and a pay cut, she said. as soon as she started working for Wal-Mart in this blue-collar believing shebeen
hasas God on her sidetrain
and the
thatACORN
she’s been
But none has withering staff. called up the w
That also became the genesis of the federal class action city of about 100,000, some 45 miles east of San Francisco. upon to fight for
and baseless as this one. others. What did ACORN in Chicago one else
lawsuit U.S. District Court Judge Martin Jenkins called She believed the reprimand was partially motivated by race. Through
With it all, she election
the presidential has remained humble,
engage saying banks.
in? Bullying she lives bills for
“historic” while he was handling the case. Last week, the 9th She’s Black and the managers were White. with her mother
less than two weeks away, because she can’t afford a place of her
Intimidation tactics. Disruption own on your kid
Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld Jenkins’ decision allowing When those complaints were ignored, Dukes sought legal her $15.23 an hour
ACORN’s detractors allege the salary. of business. ACORN forced move. J
the case to go to trial as a class action on behalf of as many as 1 advice. “There are
organization hastimes
engaged thatinImas-
can’t afford
banks my lunch,”
to issue riskyshehome said,
loans. Forget a
million former and current female Wal-Mart employees. She ended up being represented by Brad Seligman, an wrapping her chicken
sive voter registration nuggets
fraud after in The
a napkin for later.
same types “Butthat
of loans I’m bills for
Dukes’ lawsuit alleges Wal-Mart is violating the 1964 Civil attorney who had launched The Impact Fund, a legal nonprofit, still blessed.”
the reported discovery of bogus caused the financial crisis we’re it. You
Rights Act, which made it illegal for employers to discriminate in 1992. Seligman said he asked Dukes to serve as lead plaintiff names, such as Mickey Mouse in today. hope yo
on the basis of race, creed or gender. Dukes alleges that Wal- in what would become a vast class action because of her strong Hurd
Mart systemically pays women less than their male counterparts personality. cease so
and promotes men to higher positions at faster rates than Seligman and other attorneys told Dukes that she wasn’t “In t
women. alone, that many other women had similar complaints. They attacks
The Bentonville, Ark. retailer denies the accusations and said they would like to use her and five other former and current will be
argues that if there are any instances of discrimination they are Wal-Mart employees to file the class action lawsuit. Identification Statements name b
“My jaw fell open,” Dukes said when told of the other because
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A4 The Afro-American, May 8, 2010 - May 14, 2010
District Gets Final Approval for Medical Marijuana Program
By Dorothy Rowley
AFRO Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 4, 2010) — The District of
Columbia’s long-awaited enactment of a medical marijuana
law has paved the way for people who need the drug most to
possess it without fear of being arrested.
The City Council’s unanimous vote on Tuesday approved
amendments to the law first passed in 1998, when 69 percent
of city voters advocated for a compassionate and responsible
program. Under the District’s newest mandate, patients such
as those with cancer and glaucoma will be able to purchase
the drug from about five dispensaries that will be set up across
Administrator Sues City
Continued from A1
Due to a series of high turnovers resulting from negative audit
results, Payne had been the sixth director of contracts in Gandhi’s
office over a near three-year period. He assumed the post in 2006
and was demoted before losing his job in January 2009. Before
his firing, he’d received exemplary job ratings, having at times,
“exceeded expectations,” and had met regularly with Gandhi and
other senior staff members to ensure that the office adhered to the
highest standards of performance, the suit states.
But Payne was caught in the ongoing political tug-of-war
between the City Council and the mayor, his lawyer Donald Temple
said, in matters pertaining to the unprecedented security breach of
D.C. Lottery in 2005 and efforts to replace the contract. That issue
involved then-contractor Lottery Technology Enterprise (LTE) and
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the city. However, none of the dispensaries will be in close
proximity to school zones.
“It has taken nearly 12 years, but the District will at last
have a law that recognizes the mounting scientific consensus
that, for many conditions, marijuana can be safe and effective
medicine,” said Karen O’Keefe, director of state policies for
the Marijuana Policy Project.
She added that the program would provide members
of Congress who have not had up-close insight into such
programs with a unique opportunity for doing so. “Once they
see for themselves that these laws do nothing but provide
compassionate care for seriously ill patients, hopefully they
will understand the need to create a federal policy that no
its liability over the printing of fraudulent lottery tickets. Gaming
retailers also had begun to complain that the weekly assessments
hadn’t been up to par.
“Following these security breaches, Dr. Ghandi instructed [me]
to terminate the contact with LTE and specifically stated that he
wanted to have this contract end ‘as quickly as possible,’” Payne
said in his suit.
But Payne said instead of abruptly terminating LTE, he
convinced Gandhi to speed up the procurement process for a new
lottery contractor, since he could not legally pre-determine the award
as the contract would have to be based on merits as outlined in the
Request for Proposal.
Payne said he was targeted for dismissal by Gandhi after the
CFO discovered that he’d contacted two city investigative agencies
over his refusal to cancel the contract—even though he had ruled in
favor of LTE’s competitor, W2I (W2Tech and Intralot), a decision
that was challenged by the City Council. His suit also alleges that
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longer criminalizes patients in any state who could benefit from
this legitimate treatment option,” O’Keefe said.
At-large Councilman David Catania, who spearheads the
Council’s Committee on Health, said he had been looking
forward to its passage. “It strikes a delicate balance in order
to give patients diagnosed with chronic conditions access to
medical benefits of marijuana while guarding against misuse of
the drug,” Catania said.
Currently, 14 other states authorize the drug for medicinal
purposes and 13 of those also approve home cultivation. The
District’s bill contains provisions for the creation of a Medical
Marijuana Advisory Committee to make a recommendation on
home cultivation by Jan. 1, 2012.
not only has Payne had his Fifth Amendment rights been violated,
but that he’s suffered damage to his professional reputation and
significant mental and emotional distress.
“Payne’s reward for insisting on transparency in the contracting
process was an unsubstantiated OIO (Office of Integrity and
Oversight) investigation, an unsubstantiated OIG (Office of
Inspector General) investigation in which he was accused of
criminal wrongdoing, a demotion, change of assignment, and
ultimately his head on Ghandi’s proverbial platter—wrongful
termination,” Temple said in a statement. He added, “Payne became
a political doormat, disposed of after being trampled upon because
of his character, integrity and insistence on public accountability.”
Karyn-Siobhan Robinson, spokeswoman for the Office of
the Chief Financial Officer, called the complaint “baseless” in an
e-mailed statement to the AFRO. Robinson said the department
could offer no additional comments on the legal matter.
Bank Accounts
Continued from A1
and 72,000 under-banked households in the District that spend
roughly $800 a year in check cashing and money order fees.
Most of those residents live in the city’s poorer communities
and include wards 7 and 8.Those districts are also where residents
have fewer banks and credit unions, and more check cashing
outlets such as those operated by small convenience stores.
The Florida-based Market Data Enterprises reported last
month that people more likely to use those services include
illegal aliens – who don’t have the proper documentation to
open an account – and residents with a history of overdrawn
checking accounts.
But MDE Research Director John LaRosa said the money
they spend at check-cashing outlets is exorbitant.
“The amount of money spent at these places in 2008 was
$2.07 billion and rose to $2.17 billion last year,” LaRosa said,
adding that consumers also tend to flock to the outlets for
convenience.
“They have better hours than banks and they’re open on
weekends,” LaRosa told the AFRO. “A lot of the unbanked
consumers – especially Blacks and immigrants – have trust
issues with large banking institutions, so they’d rather deal
with small, local firms that can be available when they need
them and not have to worry about monthly fees or overdraft
fees that banks charge.”
The HEW Federal Credit Union is among the seven
banks and credit unions participating in the program. It has
neither monthly fees, nor minimum balance requirements, nor
courtesy overdraft protection – a feature that has caused many
consumers to incur overdraft fees which have ultimately led to
the closing of their bank accounts.
“The Bank on DC account is a very safe and affordable
account, ideal for someone who is banking for the first time
or who needs a second chance,” Fiona Greig, Bank on DC
program manager said. “We have set a goal to open 10,000
Bank on DC accounts in the District and to offer financial
education to every single one of those account holders.”
All NAACP members in good standing are
invited to the May NAACP Meeting to be
held Thursday, May 13, 2010
Delegates for the 2010 National Convention
will be elected. The 2010 convention will be
held in Kansas City, MO, July 11-15, 2010
Meeting Location: Israel Baptist Church
1251 Saratoga Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20018
202-269-0288
Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.
For additional information call The DC Branch at 202-667-1700
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From the Editor’s Desk

Honor Mothers, Wherever You

Find Them
Growing up, especially as an early teenager, I had a mantra I used to say to myself, in my
room at night or while I walked to and from school – “I have the best mother in the world.”
I used to repeat it, over and over again, because as a teenager, I was conflicted about this. I
could see all the things that made my mom a great mom – she listened to me, she tolerated and
answered my questions, she made sure I had every opportunity and thing that was worthwhile,
she let me be responsible, she watched over me when I was sick, she went without to make sure
I had everything I needed, she would give me the last bite of her sandwich and the last $10 in
her wallet, she knew not only who I was but who I could be – but my teenage mind tried to
focus on the things I didn’t like. I wanted to be like other youth and rebel against the reins of
parental oppression, but I wasn’t totally invested in that course of action. So I spent many a day,
talking to the better angel on my shoulder, consciously reminding myself that my mom was the
greatest.
To honor her, at the time, I tried to follow her rules and always truthfully answered
any question she asked. Now I honor the things she did by being the best mother I can,
incorporating the things she taught me, through her example, as I raise my own child.
While each year I get older, I have to confess, I’m not quite old enough to qualify as a wise
old sage. But in my many years I’ve come to realize that we’re children for a very small portion
of our lives. That time should be spent learning valuable life lessons, having carefree fun and
making cherished memories.
Children get to do that when they have good mothers, the mothers they deserve. Thankfully,
there are mothers like that everywhere, even though the ones we most often hear about on the
news are the other kind. acts we feel the love and, I hope, are moved to pass it on to our children and to others.
Thankfully motherhood, and the lessons, grace and love extended to others through it, comes So today, I want to say thank you, to all the women with children (and those without), who
not just from those women who’ve given birth or adopted, but from the lady down the street take the time to guide, discipline, nurture, love, instruct, heal and capture in loving arms, those
who works from home and keeps the bully from bothering the child walking alone and the children in their care or within their reach. On this Mother’s Day appreciate all the women who
teacher who stays afterschool to help students with their homework. Motherhood comes from – regardless of capacity – have cared for, guided and loved you, to help you become the person
the older lady in the block who offers cookies and lemonade to playing neighborhood children you wanted to be.
on a hot summer day and the lady across the road who reminds them not to break glass bottles
in the street. A luta continua …
Motherhood has come and will come from every woman who has and will stand up on a
local, statewide, national or global level for the rights of women, children and families. Their Talibah Chikwendu is the executive editor for the AFRO-American Newspapers and a former
caring, energy and hope are important to our world and to us as individuals. Through their big columnist for the newspaper.

Commentary
Words Matter
One of my guiding
Barbara A. Mikulski principles has always been
that the best ideas come from listening to people and the
stories of their lives.
That’s what happened when I visited a school in Anne
Arundel County for special needs children last spring. I was
there talking about how the federal government was closing
the gap on funding for special education. Before visiting
a few classrooms, I sat down with teachers, parents, and
administrators to hear about what they faced day-to-day and
what concerns they wanted me to take back to Washington.
That’s when I first met Rosa’s mom.
She told me Rosa had been labeled as a child with mental
retardation in her Individual Education Plan, a federally
mandated plan devised by states for students with special
needs. The “R-word” wasn’t one that Rosa’s mom allowed in
her house and wasn’t a word that any of Rosa’s three siblings
used when describing their sister.
Rosa’s mom teamed up with other parents and their
Maryland delegate, who agreed to hold a hearing on changing
the terminology in Maryland State Law. There were several
witnesses at the hearing, but the testimony that had the greatest
impact on all was given by an 11-year old boy — Rosa’s
brother, Nick. He told members of the General Assembly
about his sister and urged them to change the term “mental
retardation” to “intellectual disability” because, he said, “What
you call people is how you treat them.”
The day I met Rosa’s mom I promised that if they changed
Maryland law books, I would fight on the Senate floor to
change federal law books. A few weeks later, “Rosa’s Law”
swept through the General Assembly, passing through both
legislative bodies with unanimous approval. Rosa’s Law was
signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley in April 2009.
I kept my promise. I introduced Rosa’s Law in the United
States Senate last fall. My bill changes federal education,
health and labor policy by replacing the words “mental
retardation” with “intellectual disability” and “mentally
retarded” with “individual with an intellectual disability.” Just
like Rosa’s Law hit a chord in Maryland, it’s hit a chord in the
U. S. Senate. As of today, 39 senators have lent their support
for Rosa’s Law.
Eliminating the “R-word” has become a part of the national
discussion recently. I still think the most compelling reason
to stop using that word in our law books can be found in the
words of Rosa’s brother, Nick: “What you call people is how
you treat them.”
This bill is about families fighting for the respect and
dignity of their loved ones. That’s why I’m fighting for Rosa’s
Law.
Barbara A. Mikulski is a U.S. senator representing
Maryland.

Letters to the Editor
Supreme Court Vacancy
President Obama is looking to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court with someone who
will respect a woman’s reproductive rights even though he says he has “no litmus test.” To me it
sounds like the litmus test is that he/she must be pro-abortion.
Here is a question that Rev. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, would
like to ask a prospective justice: “Does justice include the right to tear the arms and legs off
babies, crush their skulls, and treat them as medical waste?” He then adds, “We all draw the
line somewhere. An avowed racist or anti-Semite is not acceptable on the Supreme Court. Why
should we give a pass to the violence of abortion?”
Rev. Frank, the answer to your question is that the Obama administration calls it
reproductive rights to avoid a public relations disaster. If the truth gets out that its clever,
deceitful slogan masks the direct killing of millions of unborn babies, what ever will it do?
Please go to unborn.info to see what happens to you when you see images exposing the
deception for what it really is.
Mike Rachiele
Pittsfield, Mass.
The Blind Side of the Southern University Ag Center
The blockbuster movie, The Blind Side, gives an intimate, telling account of what really are
human compassion and community. It’s the story of how the Touhy family takes in Michael
Oher, a boy who is practically homeless, nurtures him and brings him to a point where he is
successful academically, athletically and socially. The story truly captures how the desire to
make a difference can supersede barriers of race, illiteracy and class difference. The directors
marketed The Blind Side as an “extraordinary” true story.
And, extraordinary is a great way to describe this story, which epitomizes the everyday,
ongoing work of the Southern University Ag Center in 33 parishes across the state.
We are in parishes where the poverty rate exceeds 15 percent; illiteracy rate trumps 28
percent, and homelessness, unemployment and health disparities are prevalent. We are in
parishes where an average of 35 children are abused daily, 45 percent of teenagers drop out of
school, where 29 percent of adults are obese or chronically ill, and where globalization and an
aging workforce are dismantling our small farms and businesses.
Like the Touhy family, the Southern University Ag Center’s cooperative extension agents
go straight to the need of the community and work with them to bring residents multiple
opportunities to succeed.
For example, our annual livestock show – now in its 67th year – doesn’t begin and end with
this one weekend event. It is the culminating show for the Ag Center’s livestock programs
where young herdsmen who have raised an animal for at least one year can exhibit animal
husbandry and begin or continue on the path to farming. The result? Diverse, young, active
farm population for Louisiana.
When walking away from The Blind Side, moviegoers have said they feel compelled to find
someone to help and “pay it forward.” Well, we are “paying it forward.” We are planting the
seeds of success, educating, nurturing, and providing for the social, technological, intellectual,
and physical needs of Louisiana citizens.
We are pushing our communities farther away from the poverty line and illiteracy towards
opportunities for success. What’s the return on this land-grant university’s investment?
Self-sufficient, productive citizens, businesses and farms. This isn’t unique to the Southern
University System or its Ag Center and it’s not unique to many other educational systems
(especially HBCUs). What is unique is that Southern has not lost sight nor connection to the
underserved people of the state, and through its outreach arm – the Ag Center – Southern
continues to serve well the state of Louisiana.
Candace J. Semien
Communications Coordinator
Southern University Ag Center

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Suspicion of Racial Origin
(NNPA) — Arizona they see them in hospital waiting rooms. It is this “what about
Senate Bill 1070 gives law me” mentality that fueled the phobias that passed California’s
enforcement officers the Proposition 187. It is this same “what about me” phobia that
right to stop, question, arrest has pushed immigration reform legislation to the right in the
and detain any person they United States Senate.
suspect is in the United States The law now under consideration would make us the
illegally. What gives rise equivalent of a South African with a passbook. We would all
to such suspicion? Given be required, as workers, to have a new Social Security card
the climate and the content that is connected to our fingerprints. They don’t go so far as
in which the law has been to say we should wear it on a chain around our neck, but this
passed, it might well be new card, with all of our identity metrics attached to it, would
called the “detain suspected be necessary to secure our citizenship rights, and important to
Mexicans” legislation. Few denying the rights of others.
of us should get comfortable,
Julianne Malveaux though, thinking the
legislation targets Mexican
“…It is the xenophobic outcome of racial
Americans and not others. Giving law enforcement the right fears combined with a recession that has
to stop based on suspicion is a license to harass folks who are
“other,” and that may include African Americans and other shaken some families’ economic basis to
brown people.
It isn’t likely that White folks will be stopped, though
its core.”
perhaps they ought to be. Whites who come to or stay in the President Obama promised immigration reform when he
United States illegally usually get a pass. They can be White ran for office in 2008. His plate has certainly been full since his
South Africans, Europeans, or even Canadians who come election, what with health care reform, economic meltdown,
here for one purpose and stay for another. Because they look and financial services reform. He is letting a key constituency
just like that which is perceived to be “normal” they don’t down, though, by not weighing in on immigration reform. He
ignite suspicion. And yet a third or fourth generation Mexican is, clearly, a conciliator, but as we learned with health care
American, born here, just might. reform, the right legislation will not be passed until and unless
The Arizona legislation is wrong, and it is a result of that he gets his hands dirty by entering the fray, sharing opinions
state’s frustration from absorbing so many undocumented and twisting arms.
people and paying money to provide them with services. It I’m not sure what immigration reform should look like,
is the xenophobic outcome of racial fears combined with a and I’m aware that current sentiment precludes a blanket
recession that has shaken some families’ economic basis to its amnesty for those Mexican illegal immigrants who are already
core. There are millions who wonder “what about me” when here. I am aware, too, of heartbreaking facts – that parents
they see undocumented people working, “what about me” when are deported while their children, legal citizens, remain
Alienation My position on illegal thing, he is immediately returned to his country. Where is Al
immigration is very public Sharpton on this issue? Oh, I forgot, there is no camera crew
– I DO NOT SUPPORT there to cover this story.
AMNESTY under any If we can strip away all the emotion on both sides, I think
circumstances. So, with the it will become very clear why Americans are not in a mood
new illegal immigration bill to forgive criminals for coming into our country and be told
signed into law in Arizona what their rights are. Let’s establish the fact that they broke
and the volume of phone calls the law – regardless of their reasons, they are lawbreakers! If
seeking my opinion, I have
decided to share my thoughts “Please, my amnesty supporters, tell me
on this issue.
But this time, I want to why an illegal...person should get in-
try a different approach.
Those who are interested in
state tuition for college, but a U.S. citizen
Raynard Jackson my detailed views on illegal can’t get the same benefit?”
immigration can go to my
Web site and read some of my previous columns of this subject. I rob someone because I have no money to feed my family,
In this column, I will pose a series of questions and make some I have still violated the law and deserve to be punished. Me
observations that will, hopefully stimulate a more reasoned having a good reason is not enough to absolve me of the crime
debate on this issue. committed.
As written in previous columns, how can the NAACP Please, my amnesty supporters, tell me why an illegal (they
(supposedly the premier civil rights organization in the are NOT undocumented, they are ILLEGAL) person should get
U.S.) support amnesty for over 30 million people and yet in-state tuition for college, but a U.S. citizen can’t get the same
complain to Obama about the high unemployment rate in the benefit? Why should illegals be able to get free health care
Black community? So, their solution is to increase the pool and there is none for U.S. citizens? Americans receive more
of unskilled workers who will compete with citizens of this immigrants annually than the sum total of all other countries
country for a limited number of unskilled jobs! combined. We are very much pro immigration, not illegal
Why is Al Sharpton sticking his nose into the business of immigration.
Arizona? He is threatening to organize boycotts, yada, yada, My pro amnesty friends want us to forgive illegals, but these
yada! I wish he would devote the same level of energy to the same people won’t spend the same energy restoring voting
racist “wet foot, dry foot” policy that is in affect in Miami, rights to felons who have been released from prison. They have
Florida. This insane policy allows any Cuban who gets at least paid their dues to society, but still carry the brand of being a
one foot on U.S. shore to stay, but if a Haitian does the same felon. Are you kidding me? You want me to get upset over
Professor Gates and the Blame for Slavery
(NNPA) — Like everyone that Africans were on an equal part with Europeans in this
else who read Professor process. They were not. Consider if you were a chief who sold
Henry L. Gates’ piece in the an enslaved African to a European and received a bottle of rum
New York Times asserting or some trinkets for the sale.
that Africans were just as
responsible for slavery as
Europeans, I was aghast “Professor Gates’ argument does not take
because he is one of the into consideration the fact that when
most acclaimed scholars in
the country and his position the transatlantic slave trade ended, a lo-
lends credibility to those
who oppose an historical cal slave trade matured inside the United
corrective for the oppression
of African peoples.
States... with the same features...from the
Admittedly, my concern original trade.
Ron Walters also arises from the
publication of my most recent What could you do with that resource? How powerful was
book on reparations, The Price of Racial Reconciliation, in it? On the other hand, the person who was sold to the European
which I take a strong position favoring reparations as a long constituted a dynamic resource because he and she could
time member of this movement. produce others, could work for years to enrich the owner and
Although Gates’ argument is cast in scholarly terms, it with the profits, the owner could create new civilizations. There
should be said that he is not a recognized scholar of African then, is no sense of “equality” between the two in the process
history, a fact which has caused him to design a simple of the exchange of slaves.
equation of the culpability of Africans with Europeans in the But even if you credit Professor Gates’ argument that
slave trade. This cannot be so, even if one accedes his point that Africans were just as culpable as Europeans for slavery, how
Africans were surely involved in the slave trade. does that wash when it was the Europeans who possessed the
The other side of the story is that in the 300 years from the gold, salt, trinkets, liquor and other items they could exchange
middle of the 16th to the 19th centuries, the slave trade evolved for slaves, together with the means of transporting them to new
into one of the primary, if not the engine of the first sincere areas of the globe? Even though Europeans did not traverse the
wave of globalization. The development of trading firms from interior of Africa until the middle of the 19th century, they did
Spain and Portugal to England were the result of the enormous not need to do so, because most of the West African population
profits from the trade that enriched towns and cities throughout was near to the coastal areas except for the Angola/Congolese
Europe and the Americas and allowed for the extension of areas. The great civilizations of the Mali/Songhai area was
European armies and traders into the interior of Africa to
defeated by the Islamic invasion beginning in the 7th century
concretize the process of colonialism.
and was still under the control of much of North Africa at the
I use the word “concretize” because Gates seems to infer
time of European entry into Africa.
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here, with families utterly disrupted because of the law; that
brilliant students can’t get a speck of federal financial aid to
attend college even though they have graduated from U.S.
high schools if they are undocumented; that we might all die
from scurvy or some other such vegetable-deficient disease if
Mexican immigrants did not work in agriculture in the United
States; that these folks who cross borders are our brothers and
sisters who might rather stay home but for the harsh features of
our global economy; that those folks who cross borders come
here, often, to be exploited and have their immigration status
held against them in the workplace.
On May 1, all over the country, people turned out to rallies
to protest not only the Arizona legislation but also the way that
immigrant workers are treated. I was in St. Louis on Saturday,
with a group of United Methodist Women, who thronged to a
rally led by Harriet Olsen, a woman of great grace and spirit.
In an insightful talk to the Methodist women, she used
Christian principles as the context for dealing with immigration
issues.
Instead of bringing her talk to a rousing close, she closed by
asking women to group in dialogue to address what they might
do about this issue of injustice, and others.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., had been an advocate of
immigration reform until he realized that he might face a tight
election with a tea party-type opponent from his own party.
I’m not surprised that he has placed self-interest over justice.
Perhaps men and women of spirit and conscience – folks like
Harriet Olsen – should be brought to the table to help shape
immigration reform legislation. Until then, we had all (except
White folks) better watch out because it is clear that suspicion
of racial identity is enough to get one stopped, questioned,
arrested or detained in the name of law.
Julianne Malveaux is president of Bennett College for
Women in Greensboro, N.C.
how we treat those who broke into our country, but overlook
those who served their time and still can’t get a break? In
the immortal words of Chad “Ocho Cinco” Johnson, “Child
please!”
When I go to foreign countries, if I don’t speak the
language, then I am out of luck. But, yet California prints
their election ballots in over 200 languages. We are enabling
foreigners not to assimilate. If you are or want to be an
American, then you must speak English.
I guarantee that none of my pro amnesty friends know who
Robert Krentz was. Well, he was the Arizona rancher that was
murdered by an illegal a couple weeks ago. He is the reason the
bill in Arizona was passed. But his death has been lost in all the
emotion of the debate. No one is talking about the impact that
illegals who are committing crimes are having on U.S. families.
When will we focus on the rights of Americans to be safe
more than the non-existent rights of those who are illegal?
Rights are earned with responsible behavior. Would someone
please tell me what are the responsibilities that illegals have
to America? You never hear illegals talking about their
responsibilities, only what their rights are.
This attitude is what is grating on Americans. The only right
illegals have is the right to leave the country. Obama has the
right, er, obligation to enforce the existing laws of the land.
If we don’t step up enforcement of existing laws and punish
employers that hire illegals, then Obama and the Democrats
will only continue to fuel this alienation!
Raynard Jackson is president & CEO of Raynard Jackson
& Associates, LLC., a D.C.-public relations/government
affairs firm. He is also a contributing editor for “ExcellStyle
Magazine” (www.excellstyle.com).
So, Europeans built fortresses on the coast of West Africa
to administer the process of slavery made possible by the
introduction of European armies that did make forays into the
interior and back to the coast with slaves. In short, the truth is
that if Europeans did not have the infrastructure for slavery, it
would not have been profitable to Africans and thus, would not
have become the vast commercial global enterprise that it did.
I consider the slave trade one of the aspects of what I call
“The Grand Narrative of Oppression.” This narrative has
many parts. Professor Gates’ argument does not take into
consideration the fact that when the transatlantic slave trade
ended, a local slave trade matured inside the United States run
by Whites with the same features of production and distribution
of enslaved peoples that carried over from the original trade.
Then, he does not consider the fact that slavery itself
extended into the 20th century and that the racism against so-
called “free” peoples of African descent became a major feature
of oppression that also calls for reparations.
While writing my book, I was in South Africa and ran into
a Zulu chief who understood reparations this way: my friend
stole my bicycle from me, then he came to me several months
later and wanted to be my friend again.
I told him that he must return the bicycle first. His friend
hesitated because not only did he not have the bicycle, he had
used it to enrich himself beyond the status of his friend.
Thus, the issue of reparations is one of justice. With the
monumental profits that were derived from the slave, although
one can accede to the fact that Africans did participate in the
transatlantic slave trade, one cannot equate that with European
culpability for slavery. 
Dr. Ron Walters is a political analyst and professor emeritus
of the University of Maryland College Park. His latest book is
“The Price of Racial Reconciliation”(University of Michigan
Press).
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 May 8, 2010 - May 14, 2010, The Afro-American B1

Courtney C.G. Mansouri

and Francine N. Gambrills

Bill and Ida

Tabron

“My mom has been gone a long

time, but her presence is still very
much felt and she remains a part of
my daily life. I still often smile when I
think about the silly things I did that
she patiently tolerated and her gentle
Faye and Alicia Joynes
guidance when I lost my way. She
was no pushover (well, not usually).
“Who can find a virtuous woman, for “Through good times and bad times, She was a strong Black woman who
her value is far above rubies.” - Proverbs she is there. My mother, I love you. protected her family and made life
31:10. My mother taught me what it meant Another could not compare. Thank you good in troubled times. Until this
to fear God, strive for success and be a finer for being so beautiful.” moment, I’d never thought about it
woman. Words cannot express what she - Courtney C. G. Mansouri in this way, but it was a privilege to
means to me.” have known her. It was a greater
- Alicia Joynes privilege to have been loved by her.”
- Bill Tabron
Jamie and
Catherine Stanley

Juanita and Janielle Douglas

Dion Johnson “Mom, thanks for giving me your last dime; thanks
and Kathleen for providing advice on time; thanks for being No.1 at
Gainey your full time job. Friend, parent, manager and mom, I
love you.”
- Janielle Douglas

“My mother is the strongest, most giving, Teraleen

kindhearted woman I know on earth. She’s Campbell “Anyone who knows my mom will tell you she
always making sure people are around her are and Cynthia has never been a ‘traditional’ mother, however,
OK before even thinking about herself. I live McGregor she has always come through for me when I really
everyday of my life to make her proud of me.” needed her. I love my mom for the strength she
- Dion Johnson displayed when she overcame obstacles in her life.
I love my mom for her determination to change and
become a better woman, and I love my mom for
the kindness she showed others even when they
“I salute my mother, Cynthia McGregor, for a number of reasons. She has been were not so kind to her. I love her for the mom she
one of the constant forces in my life for 40 years. Although she was single during was, the mom she is and the mom she has yet to
much of my young life, my mother always sought to ensure that I grew into a well- become.”
rounded woman by supporting extracurricular activities. Most importantly, my mother Happy Mothers’ Day “Cat”
pointed me not only in word, but in deed towards a personal relationship with God.” - Love, Jamie and Neal
- Minister Teraleen R. Campbell
Zenitha Prince and Cynthia Prince-Cole
“‘Thank you’ seems too meager a tribute to
someone who has been my nurturer, advisor,
No. 1 fan, friend and spiritual mentor all my life.
Still, with all my heart, I thank you Mom for being
such an example of strength—and good humor—
having persevered despite an unstable childhood,
financial challenges, emotional loss and major
medical emergencies. You are my inspiration, and
I love you.”
- Love, Zenitha

Ivy Vine Charities, the charitable foundation of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Theta Omega Omega chapter, Silver Spring, Md., recently hosted a “Mother &
Daughter Tea Luncheon” at the Sheraton Washington North Hotel, in Beltsville,
Lisa Hounshell, her daughters Tiara and Tamara Md. Over 200 ladies attended the luncheon, which marks the advent of debutante
Creek, and her mother, Mary Kent Thomas cotillion season.
This season, 17 prospective debutantes will perform community service
Siani Spears and Mary Spears
“Our mom is our motivation. She taught us that there is no excuse activities designed to encourage them to become more aware of their value and
contributions to society. Additionally, prospective debutantes will participate in
why we can’t succeed in life. Lisa Hounshell is the true definition of a
educational workshops on topics such as communication
mother. If you need some classes, she’ll teach you.” skills, college preparation,
- Tiara and Tamara Creek leadership, service outreach,
“There are times when only a mother’s faith can help us on life’s professionalism, self discipline,
way, and inspire in us the confidence we need from day to day. For self-esteem and social grace.
a mother’s heart and a mother’s faith and a mother’s steadfast love, The program culminates
we’re fashioned by the angels and sent from God above.” with the presentation of the
- Lisa Hounshell debutantes and awarding
of scholarships at the Sharon Thames and Remington Thames
Debutante Cotillion Ball,
Ivy Vine Charities, President -
which will be held at
Donna Chatman Owens and AKA Martin Crosswinds
Sorority, Theta Omega Omega in Greenbelt, Md., on
Chapter President Valerie Evans- Nov. 6.
Harrell
Courtesy Photos

Esther and Troy Stokes

“With all the day-to-day hustle and bustle, sometimes I forget to say
or acknowledge how much I love you and really appreciate your being
there through all my peaks and especially those valleys. So on this
Mother’s Day, I want to say Happy Mother’s Day and may you have
many, many more Ma.”
Love, your son Sonya Shannon, Asha Shannon and Amina Shannon Heather Phillips and Janis Nero-Carter
- Troy Stokes Sr.
B2 The Afro-American, May 8, 2010 - May 14, 2010

Faith In Action
Church Briefs Bishop Stewart Honored
to the woman who has been a The House of Imagene, she
Compiled by Herb Quarles beacon for the advancement is well known for her annual
of humankind. Thanksgiving dinners for the
Bible Study The presentation was homeless and others in the
The spring Bible study series will include a study of selected stories in the books of Genesis made during the group’s community.
and Exodus at 6:30 p.m., every Thursday in the Corbin Lounge at Peoples Congregational founder’s day award The Business and
UCC, 704 13th St. N.W. The session for May 6 will include a study of Jacob and Esau, luncheon held recently at Professional Women’s
Genesis 12:22. The session for May 13 will include the “Challenges and Change of Jacob,” Shiloh Baptist Church in League is celebrating
Genesis 29:33. Call the church office at 202-829-5511 for additional information. Northwest Washington. its 77th anniversary and
Stewart is head of the they are proud of its
Health Fair city’s African American accomplishments. The league
The Men’s Fellowship of Canaan Baptist Church will hold a health fair with kidney Women’s Clergy Association has provided thousands of
function testing from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 8 at the church located at 1607 Monroe St. N.W. and is pastor of The Greater dollars in scholarship for
Participants in the kidney test must be at least 18. Other offerings will include blood pressure, Courtesy Photo Pearly Gates Baptist Church young people and provides
urine, blood and glucose tests as well a prostate screening. The event is open free to the public Bishop Imagene B. Stewart in Washington, D.C. In guidance throughout their
and all are welcome. Call the church office at 202-234-5330 for additional information. 1992, she was honored with academic careers.
The Business and the prestigious “Living Call Barbara M.
Mother’s Day Celebration Professional Women’s the Dream” award for her Murphy at 202-396-1672
There will be a pre-Mother’s Day concert and the fourth anniversary celebration of The League of the National service to battered women, for more information about
Spiritual Inspirations from 3 to 6 p.m. on May 8 at the Hughesville American Legion Post 238, Association of Negro the homeless and the nation’s the league and call 202-
6264 Brandywine Road, Hughesville, Md. Business and Professional veterans. She has her own 518-8488 or visit online
The program will feature The Royal Harmonizers of Washington, D.C., Joyful Noise Women’s Clubs recently radio talk show, “The at houseofimagene.org for
of Calvert County, Md., and others. Tickets much be purchased in advance and will not be selected Bishop Imagene B. Georgia Peach,” which airs information on how the
available at the door. Call 301-523-7235 for ticket information. Stewart as its 2010 Sojourner each Sunday from 8 to 10 public can help support
Truth recipient. This is the the House of Imagene.
a.m. over WOL 1450.
highest award given by the Her e-mail address is
The Sunday Forum In addition to her shelter,
Most Sunday mornings at 10:10 a.m. in the nave of the Washington National Cathedral, organization and is awarded imageneshelter@aol.com.
Samuel T. Lloyd III, cathedral dean, leads thought-provoking, engaging discussions on the
major issues of our time from a Christian perspective. The discussion for May 9 will center on
the crisis in Darfur. Join Lloyd and writer and Alex de Waal, Africa conflict specialist, as they
explore the complex situation in Darfur and the hope for lasting peace in Sudan.
All are welcome. Call 202-537-6200 or visit nationalcathedral.org for additional
information.

Day of Prayer
The National Baptist Convention, USA will present the National Baptist Women’s Day
of Prayer beginning at 9 a.m. on May 10 at First New Hope Baptist Church, 1818 Third St.
N.W. The theme will be “The Heavenly Vision: The Mission of the Church.” The Rev. Dr.
Julius Scruggs is president of the National Baptist Convention and the Rev. Dr. Morris L.
Shearin Sr. is president of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention.
Speakers will include evangelist Jewel Boykin from Temple of Praise Baptist Church,
the Rev. Desiree P. Grogan from Shiloh Baptist Church and the Rev. Claudia E. Durant from
Purelight Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
A light brunch will be served and women are requested to wear white. Call Whitley at 202-
829-8878 for additional information.
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Forestville Native CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Captures Plight

Strikes Balance of Children in Haiti
Between Comedy Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean lends his voice with Creole
translations in the program, along with Haitian novelist

and Radio Edwidge Danticat.

“From the moment I met the children at the Lighthouse
orphanage, I knew I had to return to Haiti to help put a face
on the hundreds of thousands of orphans living there,” said
O’Brien in a press release. “Not only are they incredibly
strong and inspiring, but they tell the larger story of Haiti and
its struggles before and after the devastating earthquake.”

“Rescued” airs May 8 at 8 p.m. EST.

AFRO File Photo

A CNN documentary will explore the effects of Haiti’s
terrifying earthquake on orphaned children.
After a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti in January,
CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien
traveled to the small Caribbean nation and began recounting
the remarkable stories of the children living there.
Ramsey
On May 8, O’Brien’s documentary Rescued will air. The
feature tells the stories of two American missionaries and two
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abandoned children as they grapple with the effects of chaos.
with
The program also discusses the lives of Haiti’s children before
and during the earthquake.
ann
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Cendy Jeune and former child slave Marc Kenson Oliphi
are orphans whose parents abandoned them years ago. They
HampTon
Comedian Reese Waters will bring the laughs as host of
the new sports chat show “A Daily Line.”
live at the Lighthouse Orphanage, a Port-au-Prince-based
organization managed by American missionaries Susette and
CaLLaway
Bill Manassero. Saturday, May 15 at 8pm
By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer Warner Theatre
Try telling comedian Reese Waters he can’t do something “Callaway establishes
and the 29-year-old will probably scoff at your projections. The herself as one of the best
Forestville, Md., native grew up blasting Martin Lawrence’s
raunchy comedy tapes through his headphones in the backseat equipped jazz vocalists
of his parents’ car. It was here that Waters’ comedic aspirations swinging today.”
were born. ~ Chicago Tribune
But through the birth of his dream, nightmarish scenarios
often followed. During his time at New York’s Columbia
University, Reese took a shot at standup comedy before a
callous “Big Apple” audience. The outcome was far from
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was. That’s kind of when I
knew that I really had found and entertaining as Thurgood.”
something because I would
go back and continue to put –New York Daily News
myself through shame and
embarrassment--and it was
shame and embarrassment--
but I continually did it.”
A breakthrough came
during Water’s junior year
when he was selected to
appear on “Good Morning
America” as a part of their “Up
All Night” campaign. Since
then, Waters has parlayed
his early misfortunes into
additional guest appearances
on “Comics Unleashed,”
“Total Request Live,” Sirius
Satellite Radio and National
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year’s annual Caroline’s BEST ODDS OF WINNING A MILLION
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‘Where is the Equity in Sports?’ Commentary by Tim Lacy—Afro.com

Is Kevin Durant Better than LeBron?

AFRO Sports Desk Weighs in on the Debate
By AFRO Staff

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Both the Los Angeles
Lakers and Cleveland
Cavaliers have survived the
first round of NBA playoffs,
keeping alive the opportunity
for fans to witness perhaps
the two best players in the
game—LeBron James and
Kobe Bryant—face off in the
championship.
But if LeBron and Kobe
are arguably the best of
today’s league, who would
be deemed the best of
tomorrow? Most basketball
critics would argue that you
don’t have to travel far from
the Washington, D.C. area to
answer that question.
At age 21, District native
Kevin Durant is quickly
climbing his way to the top
of the player ranks. He is
the fastest player to capture Washington native Kevin Durant is one of the best young
the season-scoring title after players in the NBA, leading some to debate whether he’ll
averaging 30.1 points per be greater than two-time MVP LeBron James.
game, and led the Oklahoma
City Thunder to a 50-plus there’s no limit to how great That’s a very tall order
win season, including two Durant can become. Or is to fill, but it may not be
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Howard’s Croner Signed by

Buffalo Bills
By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
Former Howard Bison
defensive lineman Will
undrafted rookie free agent. Wilmington, D.E., Croner
At 6-foot 2-inches and transferred to Howard in 2008
280 pounds, Croner has after originally attending
typical size to play defensive Lackawanna Junior College.
end in the pros, just as he Croner initially played
on the offensive side of the
ball, lining up at tight end
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and fullback for Lackawanna.

But according to HU Sports
Information Director Ed Hill
Jr., he was moved to defense
not long after he arrived at
Howard because of his pure
physical talent.
“Will is what you call an
all-around football player,”
Hill said. “He came to us on
offense and even scored a
touchdown his first year here,
but going into last season,
he just appeared as the best
defensive option we had, so
the coaching staff made the
move.”
The position adjustment
worked out well for both
Howard and Croner as he
went onto record 64 tackles
(30 solo), 11.5 for losses,
3.5 sacks, two fumbles and
an interception in 2009. His
performance earned him an
All-Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference Second team
selection and a NFL contract.
Bison defensive end Will Croner was signed as an “The fact that he’s new to
undrafted free agent by the Buffalo Bills. defense may be the reason he
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Croner recently signed did for the Bison during the made sure they signed him
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IN THE SUPERIOR
COURTOF THE
DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
2009CA009277R RP
Gloria Morris Riley
PLAINTIFF
v.
Gladys Matthew, et. al,
ORDER
This matter is before the
Court on Plaintiff Gloria
Morris Riley’s Motion to
Allow Service By Publica-
tion, filed on December
16, 2009. Plaintiff brought
the instant action to re-
move cloud on the title of:
Lot Numbered Eighty-two
(82) in Square numbered
Seventy-eight (78), ”Pet-
worth Addition to the City
of Washington”, as per
plat recorded in the Office
of the Surveyor for the
District of Columbia in
Liber 58 at folio 169; Said
square 78 now known for
purposes of assessment
and taxation as Square
3237, also known as 411
Randolph Street, NW,
Washington, DC (here-
after referred to a subject
property).
According to Plaintiff, the
subject property was for-
merly owned by Marazon
Morris and Glady E. Mat-
thews who each acquired
an undivided one-half in-
terest therein, from How-
ard Morris, their husband
and brother, respectively
as joint tenants. Gladys
Matthews, Howard
W.Morris, Marazon Mor-
ris, Charles W. Matthews,
Thelma M. Rayford, Mor-
ris W. Matthews and Er-
nest Smith, are defen-
dants listed as parties
who may have had an
interest in the subject
property but are believed
to be deceased or cannot
be otherwise located.
Upon consideration of
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January, 2010, hereby:
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s
Motion is granted; and it
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ORDERED tht Plaintiff
shall, within ninety (90)
days of the date of this
Order, file a brief with the
Court certifying that
Plaintiff has searched the
records of the Probate
Office of the D.C. Super-
ior Court and determined
whether Defendants have
heirs and Plaintiffs efforts
to serve such heirs; and
it is further
ORDERED that the
above-named defen-
dants, unknown spouses,
heirs, assignees, devi-
sees and, legatees of
Gladys Matthews, How-
ard W. Morris, Marazon
Morris, Charles W. Mat-
thews, Thelma M. Ray-
ford, Morris W. Matthews
and Ernest Smith, de-
ceased, and all those
claiming under them or
any other interested par-
ties to the subject real
property, cause their
appearance to be en-
tered herein on or before
June 24, 2010, otherwise
the case will be
proceeded with as a case
of default, provided that
Plaintiff shall, pursuant to
D.C. Code § 13-341(b),
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Decedent
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CREDITORS
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UNKNOWN HEIRS
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first publication shall so
Superior Court of inform the Register of
the District of Wills, including name,
Columbia address and relation-
Civil Division ship.
Case No. 0002200-10 Date of Publication:
IN RE: April 23, 2010
Keith William Stanley Name of newspaper:
Applicant Afro-American
ORDER OF Washington Law
PUBLICATION Reporter
CHANGE OF NAME Alphonse Hill
Keith William Stanley Personal
having filed a complaint Representative
for judgment changing TRUE TEST COPY
Keith William Stanley REGISTER OF WILLS
name to Elese Stanley 4/23, 4/30, 5/7
and having applied to Superior Court of
the court for an Order of
the District of
Publication of the notice District of Columbia
required by law in such
PROBATE DIVISION
cases; it is by the Court Washington, D.C.
this 6th day of April 20001-2131
2010. Administration No.
ORDERED, that all per- 2010ADM345
sons concerned show Iris V. Holmes
cause, if any there be,
on or before the 11th
Decedent
Jerry L Hunter Esq
day of May 2010, why
the prayers of said com-
1822 11th Street NW
Washington DC 20001
plaint should not be Attorney
granted; provided that a NOTICE OF
copy of this order be APPOINTMENT,
published once a week NOTICE TO
for three consecutive CREDITORS
weeks before said day AND NOTICE TO
in the Afro-American. UNKNOWN HEIRS
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST:
Eric Holmes, whose ad-
dress is 10016 Cedar
4/23, 4/30, 5/7 Hollow Lane, Upper
Superior Court of Marlboro MD 20774 was
appointed personal re-
the District of
presentative of the
Columbia
Civil Division estate of Iris V. Holmes,
who died on February
Case No. 0002335-10
IN RE: 11, 2010 without a will,
and will serve with,
Barney Jerome
Stoutamire Court supervision. All
unknown heirs and heirs
Applicant
ORDER OF whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
PUBLICATION
CHANGE OF NAME their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
Barney Jerome
Stoutamire having filed to such appointment
shall be filed with the
a complaint for judgment
changing Barney Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
Jerome Stoutamire
name to Kim Stoutamire 3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
and having applied to
the court for an Order of fore October 23, 2010.
Claims against the de-
Publication of the notice
required by law in such cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
cases; it is by the Court
signed with a copy to the
this 12 day of April 2010.
ORDERED, that all per- Register of Wills or filed
sons concerned show with the Register of Wills
cause, if any there be, with a copy to the under-
on or before the 17th signed, on or before
day of May 2010, why October 23, 2010, or be
forever barred. Persons
the prayers of said com-
plaint should not be believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
granted; provided that a
copy of this order be who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
published once a week
for three consecutive mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American. inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
JUDGE
A TRUE COPY TEST: address and relation-
ship.
4/23, 4/30, 5/7
Date of Publication:
Superior Court of
April 23, 2010
the District of Name of newspaper:
Columbia Afro-American
Civil Division
Washington Law
Case No. 0002176-10
Reporter
IN RE:
Eric Holmes
Robert Anderson
Chase III
Personal
Applicant Representative
ORDER OF TRUE TEST COPY
PUBLICATION REGISTER OF WILLS
CHANGE OF NAME 4/23, 4/30, 5/7
Robert Anderson Chase
III having filed a com- SUPERIOR COURT OF
plaint for judgment THE DISTRICT OF
changing Robert An- COLUMBIA
derson Chase III name PROBATE DIVISION
to Nashsan Ladonna
Washington, D.C.
Chase and having ap-
20001-2131
plied to the court for an
Foreign No.
Order of Publication of
the notice required by 2010FEP37
law in such cases; it is Date of Death
by the Court this 5th day July 7, 2007
of April 2010.
Luzenie Witcher
ORDERED, that all per-
Riddick
sons concerned show
Decedent
cause, if any there be,
NOTICE OF
on or before the 10th
day of May 2010, why APPOINTMENT
the prayers of said com- OF FOREIGN
plaint should not be PERSONAL
granted; provided that a
REPRESENTATIVE
copy of this order be
AND
published once a week
NOTICE
for three consecutive
TO CREDITORS
weeks before said day
in the Afro-American. Edna Jeannette Witcher
JUDGE Scott whose address is
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cedent may be pre- Reporter
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signed and filed with the Personal
Register of Wills for the Representative
PHONE NO.
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Washington DC 20001
within 6 months from the
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REGISTER OF WILLS
Date of first publication:
Decedent
Daniel I. Oshtry Esq Effective October 1, 2006
April 23, 2010 Bar No 430226
Name of newspapers 1828 Irving Street NW
and/or periodical: Washington DC 20010 PROBATE DIVISION
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District of Columbia
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Karl Phillips Grimes
representative of the $ 50 per insertion
estate of Harry Earle c. Notice to Creditors
Decedent Echols, Jr who died on
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October 28, 2007 with- $ 60 per insertion $ 180.00 per 3 weeks
out a will, and will serve 2. Foreign
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Street SE, Washington Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
DC 20020 was, ap-
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sentative of the estate of
Karl Phillip Grimes, who
October 23, 2010.
Claims against the de-
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will serve without Court
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
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Register of Wills or filed 202-879-0157
with the Register of Wills
whose whereabouts are with a copy to the under-
unknown shall enter signed, on or before
a. Absent Defendant $ 150.00
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proceeding. Objections forever barred. Persons
to such appointment believed to be heirs or
c. Custody Divorce $ 150.00
shall be filed with the
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Register of Wills, D.C., who do not receive a
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
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October 23, 2010, or be copy of this notice by cedent shall be pre- THE DISTRICT OF appointment of one or
Reporter mail within 25 days of its
forever barred. Persons Daniel I Oshtry Esq.
sented to the under- COLUMBIA more personal repre-
believed to be heirs or first publication shall so signed with a copy to the FAMILY COURT sentative. Unless a com-
Personal inform the Register of
legatees of the decedent Representative
Register of Wills or filed DOMESTIC plaint or an objection in
who do not receive a Wills, including name, with the Register of Wills RELATIONS accordance with Super-
TRUE TEST COPY address and relation-
copy of this notice by REGISTER OF WILLS
with a copy to the under- BRANCH ior Court Probate Di-
mail within 25 days of its ship. signed, on or before Jacket Number. vision Rule 407 is filed
4/23, 4/30, 5/7 Date of Publication:
first publication shall so October 23, 2010, or be 09DRB2506 in this Court within 30
inform the Register of Superior Court of April 23, 2010 forever barred. Persons Mesfin, Bethlehem days from the date of
Name of newspaper:
Wills, including name, the District of believed to be heirs or Plaintiff. first publication of this
address and relation- District of Columbia Afro-American legatees of the decedent vs. notice, the Court may
Washington Law
ship. PROBATE DIVISION who do not receive a Solomon, Aklilu take the action here-
Date of Publication: Washington, D.C. Reporter copy of this notice by Defendant. inafter set forth.
Avis Kennedy ORDER PUBLICATION admit to probate the
0
April 23, 2010 20001-2131 mail within 25 days of its
Personal first publication shall so ABSENT DEFENDANT will dated August 1,
Name of newspaper: Administration No.
Afro-American 2010ADM220 Representative inform the Register of The object of this suite 2006 exhibited with the
TRUE TEST COPY
Washington Law Lucille Spain Wills, including name, is to obtain a divorce. petition upon proof sat-
REGISTER OF WILLS
Reporter aka address and relation- On motion of the isfactory to the Court of
4/23, 4/30, 5/7
Patricia Grimes Lucille Mae Spain ship. plaintiff, it is the XXI day due execution by affida-
Personal Decedent Date of Publication: of April 2010, ordered vit of the witnesses or
Superior Court of April 23, 2010 otherwise.
Representative John J Beins the District of
that the defendant Solo-
TRUE TEST COPY 2 Wisconsin Circle Name of newspaper: mon, Aklilu cause his
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order any interested
District of Columbia Afro-American person to show cause
REGISTER OF WILLS Suite 700 PROBATE DIVISION
appearance to be en-
4/23, 4/30, 5/7 Chevy Chase MD Washington Law tered herein on or be- why the provisions of
Washington, D.C. Reporter the lost or destroyed will
20815 20001-2131
fore the fortieth day,
Superior Court of Attorney Brandye M Kersey exclusive Sundays and dated August 1, 2006
the District of Administration No. Personal should not be admitted
NOTICE OF 332-10
legal holidays, occurring
District of Columbia APPOINTMENT, Representative after the day of the first to probate as expressed
PROBATE DIVISION Marie A. Chavis TRUE TEST COPY in the petition.
NOTICE TO Decedent
publication of this order;
Washington, D.C. CREDITORS REGISTER OF WILLS otherwise the cause will Register of Wills
20001-2131 Bruce E. Gardner Esq 4/23, 4/30, 5/7 Clerk of the Probate
AND NOTICE TO The Gardner Law Firm,
be proceeded with as in
Administration No. UNKNOWN HEIRS case of default. Provide, Division
2009ADM721 PC Superior Court of
a copy of this order is Date of First Publication
Donald W.
Avis Kennedy, whose 1101 Pennsylvania Ave the District of
address is 1601 Columbia published once a week April 30, 2010
Washabaugh NW Suite 600 Names of Newspapers:
Claiborne Street, Rich- Civil Division for three successive
Decedent Washington DC 20004
mond VA 23220 was ap- Case No. 0002798-10 weeks in the Washing- Washington Law
John Noble, Attorney Attorney
pointed personal repre- IN RE: ton Law Reporter, and Reporter
451 Hungerford Drive NOTICE OF
sentative of the estate of Michael Gilbert the Washington Afro- Washington
Suite 750 APPOINTMENT,
Lucille Spain aka Lucille Applicant American before said AFRO-AMERICAN
Rockville, MD 20850 NOTICE TO ORDER OF Nicolis A Balland
Mae Spain, who died on day.
Attorney CREDITORS PUBLICATION
April 21, 2006 without a ASSOCIATE JUDGE 2300 Clarendon Blvd
NOTICE OF AND NOTICE TO CHANGE OF NAME
will, and will serve with- Attest: Suite 700
APPOINTMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS
out Court supervision. Michael Gilbert having Clerk of the Arlington VA 22201
NOTICE TO All unknown heirs and
Brandye Marie Kersey, filed a complaint for Superior Court Signature of
CREDITORS h e i r s w h o s e
whose address is 13806 judgment changing Mi- Of the District Petitioners/Attorney
AND NOTICE TO whereabouts are un-
Crosstie Drive, German- chael H. Gilbert name to of Columbia 4/30, 5/7
UNKNOWN HEIRS known shall enter their
town, MD 29874 was Hussein Waliullah and By: Deputy Clerk
Elsie W. Yanchulis, appointed personal re- having applied to the 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 Superior Court of
appearance in this
whose address is 302 presentative of the court for an Order of the District of
proceeding. Objections SUPERIOR COURT OF
West Edmonston Drive, estate of Marie A. Publication of the notice District of Columbia
to such appointment THE DISTRICT OF
Rockville, MD 20852 Chavis, who died on required by law in such PROBATE DIVISION
shall be filed with the cases; it is by the Court COLUMBIA
was appointed personal March 15, 2010 with a Washington, D.C.
Register of Wills, D.C., this 23rd day of April PROBATE DIVISION
representative of the will, and will serve with- 20001-2131
515 5th Street, N.W., 2010. Washington, D.C.
estate of Donald W. out Court supervision. Administration No.
3rd Floor Washington, ORDERED, that all per- 20001-2131
Washabaugh, who died All unknown heirs and 2009ADM1208
D.C. 20001, on or be- sons concerned show Administration No.
on May 12, 2009 without h e i r s w h o s e Charity Mae Jackson
fore October 23, 2010. cause, if any there be, 2010ADM351
a will, and will serve whereabouts are un-
on or before the 28th Decedent
Claims against the de- Estate of
without Court supervi- known shall enter their
day of May 2010, why Evelyn E. Crawford
cedent shall be pre- George S Dravillas
sion. All unknown heirs appearance in this the prayers of said com- Queen
sented to the under- Deceased
and heirs whose proceeding. Objections plaint should not be 530 8th Street SE
signed with a copy to the NOTICE OF
whereabouts are un- to such appointment (or granted; provided that a Washington DC 20005
Register of Wills or filed STANDARD
known shall enter their to the probate of de- copy of this order be Attorney
with the Register of Wills PROBATE
appearance in this cedent´s will) shall be published once a week NOTICE OF
with a copy to the under-
proceeding. Objections filed with the Register of for three consecutive Notice is hereby given APPOINTMENT,
signed, on or before
to such appointment Wills, D.C., 515 5th weeks before said day that a petition has been NOTICE TO
October 23, 2010 or be
shall be filed with the Street, N.W., 3rd Floor in the Afro-American. filed in this Court by CREDITORS
forever barred. Persons
Register of Wills, D.C., Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . JUDGE Paraskevas P. Michael AND NOTICE TO
believed to be heirs or
515 5th Street, N.W., 20001, on or before A TRUE COPY TEST: and S. Paul Loukas for UNKNOWN HEIRS
legatees of the decedent October 23, 2010. 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 standard probate,
Rodney Craig Jackson
w C i
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530 8th Street SE to the probate of de-
Washington DC 20005 cedent´s will) shall be
Attorney filed with the Register of
NOTICE OF Wills, D.C., 515 5th
APPOINTMENT, Street, N.W., 3rd Floor

B6 NOTICE TO
The Afro-American, May 8, 2010 - May 14, 2010
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN
LEGAL NOTICESHEIRS
Rodney Craig Jackson
and Alvin McGee,
whose address are 6109
1 4 t h S t r e e t N W. ,
Washington DC 20011
and Edsall Road #201,
Alex VA 23011, were ap-
pointed personal repre-
sentative(s) of the estate
of Charity Mae Jackson,
who died on October 28,
2009 without a will, and
will serve without Court
supervision. All un-
known heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are
unknown shall enter
their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
Register of Wills, D.C.,
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
D.C. 20001, on or be-
fore October 30, 2010.
Claims against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
October 30, 2010, or be
forever barred. Persons
believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent
who do not receive a
copy of this notice by
mail within 25 days of its
first publication shall so
inform the Register of
Wills, including name,
address and relation-
ship.
Date of Publication:
April 30, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington
Superior Law
Reporter
Court of
the District of
Rodney Craig
District of Columbia Jackson
PROBATEAlvin McGee
DIVISION
Washington,Personal D.C.
Representative
20001-2131
TRUE TEST COPY
Administration No.
REGISTER OF WILLS
368-10
4/30,
Queen Elizabeth Mills 5/7, 5/14
Decedent
MarshaNOTICE
Kay Thomas,OF
t/aAPPOINTMENT,
Faith Travelers
NOTICE
Shuttle Service, TO1507
19thCREDITORS
Street, SE, 203,
Washington DC, has
AND NOTICE TO
applied
UNKNOWN in Case HEIRSAP-
2010-053
Ingermar L.toMills,
transport
whose
passengers
address is 553 for Terrapin
hire in
the DC area. Protests
Terrace, Joppa,
are due May 21,
21085
2010. was For more appointed
formationrepresentative
personal go to www.
the estate orof (301)
ofwmatc.gov Queen
Elizabeth
588-5260. Mills, who died
on June 19, 2009 5/7
out a will, and will serve
without Court supervi-
LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE SUPERIOR
COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CIVIL DIVISION
Civil Action No.
2008CA002648 L RP
Judge Joseph
Beshouri
Karen Y Fletcher
7505 Mendota Place
Springfield, VA 22150
PLAINTIFF
v.
Kustom Homes Real
Estate, Inc.
d/b/a Kustom Homes Inc
2414 Iverson Street
Temple Hills, MD 20748
Serve: Roscoe Johnson,
President
11 Ballman Court
Brooklyn, Maryland
Boliver Land Company
Inc
10832 Margate Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Serve: Ronald Walls,
President
311 Lakewood Drive
Asheville, North
Carolina 28803
Gretchen G Gloster,
Trustee
8191 Windward Key
Drive
Chesapeake Beach,
Maryland 20744
William P Gloster III
Trustee
8191 Windward
Key Drive
Chesapeake Beach MD
20744
Elveeta Timmons
Macon
Personal
Representative of the
Estate of
Elvee Uleee Timmons
aka E.U. Timmons
15548 Debridge Way
Florissant, Missouri
63034-3465
District of Columbia
and
Any and all persons
having or claiming to
have any interest in the
leasehold or fee simple
in the property and
premises situate, lying
MD
and being in the District
in- of Columbia described
as:
The property known for
with-
assessment and tax-
ation purposes as
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .
20001, on or before
November 7, 2010.
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL
Claims NOTICES
against the de-
cedent shall be pre-
Superior Court of sented to the under-
the District of signed with a copy to the
District of Columbia Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C. with a copy to the under-
20001-2131 signed, on or before
Administration No. November 7, 2010, or
366-10 be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
Marty P. Jennings
Decedent heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT, ceive a copy of this no-
NOTICE TO tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
CREDITORS
AND NOTICE TO tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
UNKNOWN HEIRS
ing name, address and
Mark Jennings, whose
address is 1327 relationship.
Date of Publication:
Belmont Street NW
Washington DC 20009, May 7, 2010
was appointed personal Name of newspaper:
representative of the Afro-American
estate of Marty P. Jen- Washington Law
Reporter
nings, who died on Feb-
ruary 21, 2010 without a Andrea Ellard
Personal
will, and will serve with-
Representative
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
h e i r s w h o s e
whereabouts are un- 5/7, 5/21, 5/14
known shall enter their Superior Court of
appearance in this the District of
proceeding. Objections
District of Columbia
to such appointment
shall be filed with the
PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C.
Register of Wills, D.C., 20001-2131
515 5th Street, N.W.,
Administration No.
3rd Floor Washington, 2010ADM365
D.C. 20001, on or be-
Saul I Stern
fore November 07, Decedent
2010. Claims against
Randy Alan Weiss Esq
the decedent shall be
presented to the under-
1150 Connecticut Ave
NW Suite 900
signed with a copy to the Washington DC 20036
Register of Wills or filed
Attorney
with the Register of Wills NOTICE OF
with a copy to the under-
APPOINTMENT,
signed, on or before
NOTICE TO
November 7, 2010 or be CREDITORS
forever barred. Persons AND NOTICE TO
believed to be heirs or UNKNOWN HEIRS
legatees of the decedent
Stephen R. Stern,
who do not receive a whose address is 5322
copy of this notice by Broad Branch Road,
mail within 25 days of its
NW Washington DC
first publication shall so
20015, was appointed
inform the Register of personal representative
Wills, including name,
of the estate of Saul I
address and relation- Stern, who died on
ship. March 30, 2010 with a
Date of Publication: will, and will serve with-
May 7, 2010
Name of newspaper:
out Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and
Afro-American h e i r s w h o s e
Washington Law
whereabouts are un-
Reporter known shall enter their
Mark Jennings
appearance in this
Personal
proceeding. Objections
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
to such appointment (or
to the probate of de-
REGISTER OF WILLS
cedent´s will) shall be
5/7, 5/14, 5/21 filed with the Register of
Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
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cedent shall be pre- 28 percent and 4 percent for the professional services component, and 32 percent
Case No. 2021-2010
appearance in this Trustees, as per plat re-
corded in Liber County sented to the under- and 6 percent for the construction component, respectively. The program 8567. Your donation REAL ESTATE
proceeding. Objections signed with a copy to the requirements are fully defined in the U.S. EPA´s Participation by Disadvantaged helps local families with
IN RE:
to such appointment 10 at Folio 5 in the Of- Business Enterprises in Procurement Under EPA Financial Assistance food, clothing, shelter. Pre-Construction Grand
fice of the Surveyor for Register of Wills or filed
THERESA
shall be filed ANNwith the with the Register of Wills Agreements - May 27, 2008. www.LutheranMissionS Opening 5/22- Deepwater
GARNERof Wills, D.C.,
Register the District of Columbia,
in the subdivision known with a copy to the under- ociety.org Homesites $79,900+. 2 hr
Applicant
515 5th Street, N.W., signed, on or before
SOQs will be accepted until June 28, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. local time by DC WASA´s
as Randle Heights, is Melva Massey located on the 5th floor of the Central Operations Facility (COF). from DC, 1 hr from
3rd Floor Washington,
ORDERon
D.C. 20001, OFor be- vacant lot in the 2000 November 7, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
A pre-SOQ meeting will be held at DC WASA´s COF building, 5000 Overlook BUSINESS Richmond/Fredericksburg
fore PUBLICATION block of Jasper Street, Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20032 on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, starting at 9:00
November 7, 2010.
SE., at the intersection sons believed to be a.m. Persons attending will have to obtain a visitor´s pass at the security building OPPORTUNITY . Direct access
CHANGE
Claims against OF NAME
the de- heirs or legatees of the R a p p a h a n n o c k
Theresa shall
cedent Ann Garner be pre- of Jasper and 21st located at the plant´s entrance. Please allow 30 to 60 minutes to complete this
Streets, SE. and 2030 decedent who do not re- process. The COF building is located immediately to the right of the entrance OWN A RED HOT! River/Chesapeake Bay.
having filed
sented to a thecomplaint
under-
for judgment
signed with a copy changing
to the Jasper Street, SE in the ceive a copy of this no- gate. Parking will be available in designated areas. DOLLAR, DOLLAR Appointments required.
District of Columbia. tice by mail within 25 PLUS MAILBOX OR (888)877-9837
Theresa Ann
Register of WillsGarner’s
or filed days of its first publica- Reservations - Space will be limited and firms attending are limited to attendance
name
with thetoRegister
Theresa Ann
of Wills Defendants. DISCOUNT PARTY
AMENDED ORDER tion shall so inform the of two (2) persons. To make reservations, contact Ms. Melva Massey via email
Dorman
with a copyandtohaving
the under- Register of Wills, includ- at melva.massey@dcwasa.com. Reservations should be made no later than STORE FROM $51,900
applied toontheorcourt
signed, beforefor OF PUBLICATION
ing name, address and Friday, May 14, 2010. If space becomes limited, those with reservations will be WORLDWIDE! 100% SERVICES -
an Order of7,Publication
November 2010, or In accordance with D.C.
of the
be noticebarred.
forever required by
Per- Official Code §47-1375, relationship. given preference TURNKEY. CALL NOW MISC.
the object of this Date of Publication: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 1-800-518-3064
law in believed
sons such cases; to it be
is May 7, 2010 5000 Overlook Avenue, S.W. WWW.DRSS4.COM DOES YOUR BUSI-
by theor Court
heirs legatees thisof28th
the proceeding is to secure
the foreclosure of the Name of newspaper: Washington, D.C. NESS NEED MORE
day of April
decedent who 2010.
do not re- Afro-American FOOT TRAFFIC???
ORDERED,
ceive a copythat all per-
of this no- right of redemption in
the following real prop-
Washington Law Invitation No. 100020 PS02 Advertise with us in over
sons by
tice concerned
mail within show25
erty located in the Dis-
Reporter Pre-Selection of Submersible Propeller Pumps and Water Gates CAMPGROUNDS 116 newspapers across
cause,of ifitsany
days firstthere be,
publica- Stephen R. Stern for use at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant
on orshall
tion before sothe 2nd day
inform the trict of Columbia, and Personal Maryland, Delaware and
of June of
Register 2010,
Wills,why the
includ- sold by the Mayor of the Lake Somerset Camp
Representative The Authority intends to pre-select manufacturers to provide equipment, acces- DC. Reach 5.2 million
prayers
ing name,of address
said com- and District of Columbia to Ground, Maryland
TRUE TEST COPY sories, and other named services for Submersible Propeller Pumps and Water readers weekly for only
plaint should not be
relationship. the Plaintiff(s) in this ac- REGISTER OF WILLS Gates for use in the Enhanced Nitrogen Removal Facilities at Blue Plains Eastern Shore. Leave
tion: Square 5848, Lot $495. For more informa-
granted;
Date provided that a
of Publication: 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington, D.C. your RV on site all year.
copy 7,of2010
May this order be 0005, and located in tion contact us at 410-
$1500 includes water,
published
Name once a week
of newspaper: Block 6 in a subdivision Superior Court of A total of seven vertical submersible propeller pumps, each operating at an 721-4000 x19 or visit
electric & sewage. Call
for three consecutive
Afro-American made by Wilson and the District of average flow of approximately 130 million gallons per day at 8 feet of head, with our website: www.mddc-
Redman, Trustees, as for brochure 410-957-
weeks before
Washington Law said day District of Columbia associated medium voltage variable frequency drives will be purchased and used
1866 or 410 957-9897
press.com
in the Afro-American
Reporter per plat recorded in PROBATE DIVISION to pump mixed liquor to the inlet channel to new denitrification facilities.
Newspaper. Ingermar L. Mills Liber County 10 at Folio Washington, D.C. or email us at lakesom-
ADVERTISING BUDGET
Personal 5 in the Office of the 20001-2131 The water gates to be purchased include approximately 22 Bulkhead Gates erset@earthlink.net.
TIGHT!!! GROW YOUR
JUDGE
Representative Surveyor for the District Administration No. ranging in sizes from approximately 8 feet by 8 feet to 12 feet by 22 feet, one
A TRUE
TRUE TEST COPY COPY TEST: of Columbia, in the sub- Sluice Gate approximately 3 feet by 3 feet, 12 Roller Gates approximately 5 feet BUSINESS WITH US IN
2010ADM372 2010. Advertise in 116
REGISTER OF WILLS division known as
Randle Heights, as a va-
Louis A. Watties
by 7 feet, 20 Slide Gates ranging in size from approximately 5 feet by 7 feet to
14 feet by 14 feet, one 84-inch flap gate. All gates must be supplied by a single FURNITURE newspapers across
5/7, 5/14, 5/21 Decedent
cant lot in the 2000 manufacturer. Maryland, Delaware and
Superior Court of Cheryl Chapman Cherry Bedroom Set.
block of Jasper Street, Henderson Esq DC. Reach 5.2 million
the District of SE at the intersection of The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority requests that interested Solid Wood, never
District of Columbia 4920 Niagara Road manufacturers submit proposals to be used in evaluation and pre-selection of readers weekly for only
Japser and 21st Streets used, brand new in fac-
PROBATE DIVISION Suite 200 manufacturers for the propeller pumps and for the water gates. Manufacturers $495.00. For more infor-
SE, situated between College Park MD tory boxes. English
Washington, D.C. 2016 Japer Street SE
can submit a proposal for Submersible Propeller Pumps or Water Gates or both mation contact us at 410-
20001-2131 20740 types of equipment, as best suited by the manufacturers´ business and expertise. Dovetail. Original cost
721-4000 x19 or visit our
(Square 5849, Lot 0002) Attorney $4500. Sell for $795.
Administration No. and 2030 Japer Street, w e b s i t e : w w w. m d d c -
368-10 NOTICE OF The Authority will not purchase the selected pumps and gates directly but will Can deliver. 240-482-
SE (Square 5848, Lot APPOINTMENT, require the general contractor for the Enhanced Nitrogen Removal Facility
Queen Elizabeth Mills 0032), Washington DC 8721 press.com
Decedent NOTICE TO construction contract to procure the equipment from the selected manufacturers.
20020 CREDITORS
NOTICE OF The complaint states, LEATHER LIVING
APPOINTMENT, among other things, that
AND NOTICE TO June 9, 2010 is the date scheduled for the receipt of Proposals.
ROOM SET. In original VACATION
NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
CREDITORS
the amounts necessary
David Williams, whose Enhanced Nitrogen Removal Facilities at Blue Plains may be funded in part by plastic, never used. Orig RENTALS
for redemption have not the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is to be advertised in the price $3000, Sacrifice OCEAN CITY, MARY-
AND NOTICE TO been paid.
address is 13518 Hollow open market. Neither the United States nor the U. S. Environmental Protection
UNKNOWN HEIRS Pursuant to the Chief Log Drive, Upper Marl- Agency is, or will be a party to this request or any resulting Contract. $975. Can deliver. Call LAND. Best selection of
Ingermar L. Mills, whose Judge´s Administration boro, MD 20774 was ap- Bill 301-841-7565 affordable rentals. Full/
address is 553 Terrapin Order Number 02-11, it pointed personal repre- Propeller Pumps and Water Gates Pre-Selection Documents are available at the
Terrace, Joppa, MD sentative of the estate of partial weeks. Call for
is this 21st day of April, Department of Procurement, 5000 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20032.
21085 was appointed Louis A. Watties, who FREE brochure. Open
personal representative
2010.
died on March 20, 2010
Sets of Pre-Selection Documents can be procured for a non-refundable $50
purchase price each, payable to DC Water and Sewer Authority. Payment must HEALTH & daily. Holiday Real Estate.
ORDERED by the
of the estate of Queen
Elizabeth Mills, who died
Superior Court of the with a will, and will serve be in the form of a money order, certified check or a company check. Documents MEDICAL 1-800-638-2102. Online
District of Columbia, that without Court supervi- can be shipped to Bidders providing a Federal Express account number. reservations:
on June 19, 2009 with- sion. All unknown heirs ELIZABETH COONEY www.holidayoc.com
out a will, and will serve notice be given by the The DC WASA Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant is a secured
insertion of a copy of and heirs whose CARE NETWORK.
without Court supervi- Superior Court of whereabouts are un- facility. Persons intending to pick-up Mixer Pre-Selection Documents are to
this order in The Afro- the District of FULL SERVICE HOME
sion. All unknown heirs
American Newspaper, District of Columbia
known shall enter their contact the Department of Procurement at 202-787-2020 for access authorization.
CARE SPECIALISTS.
WATERFRONT
and heirs whose appearance in this
whereabouts are un- having a general circula- PROBATE DIVISION proceeding. Objections For procurement information contact Mr. Carlo Enciso; email carlo.enciso@ SINCE 1957. CARING PROPERTIES
known shall enter their tion in the District of Washington, D.C. to such appointment (or dcwasa.com, (voice 202-787-2029). PTs, RNs, LPNs, CNAs, FINAL CLOSEOUT SALE
appearance in this Columbia, once a week 20001-2131 to the probate of de- AIDES, HOME HEALTH PRIME James Riverfront!
proceeding. Objections for three (3) successive Administration No. For technical information contact: DETS-Construction.Bid.Inquiry@dcwasa.
weeks, notifying all per- cedent´s will) shall be com CARE. PRIVATE DUTY. 4.5 AC- Only $210,000 w/
to such appointment 2010ADM370 filed with the Register of
sons interested in the Ruth Wanda Miller HOURLY / LIVE-IN. 24- Sand Beach Shoreline
shall be filed with the Wills, D.C., 515 5th
Register of Wills, D.C., real property described aka HOUR SERVICE. Was $595,000 Only a few
515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor Washington,
above to appear in this
Court by the 7th day of
Ruth W. Miller
Decedent
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Strictly Personal LICENSED & BONDED. riverfronts remain- own for
888-353-1700. CALL 1/3 of their value! EXCEL-
20001, on or before
D.C. 20001, on or be- July, 2010, and redeem
the real property by pay-
NOTICE OF
APPOINTMENT, November 7, 2010. Pen Pals NOW FOR CARE. LENT FINANCING Call
fore November 7, 2010. Claims against the de-
Claims against the de- ment of $387.00 to- NOTICE TO now 866-764-5238, x
gether with real estate CREDITORS cedent shall be pre- Attractive lady 5’6”, interested in cooking, music, DVDs, good con- 1918
cedent shall be pre-
sented to the under- taxes assessed and in- AND NOTICE TO sented to the under- versation and quiet evenings. I would like to meet someone with HELP WANTED
signed with a copy to the terest and penalties UNKNOWN HEIRS signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed similar interests, who is religious, with his own home and trans- INSURANCE
Register of Wills or filed theron for the date the Andrea Ellard, whose
with the Register of Wills portation. Contact: Brenda Johnson, 32 Caraway Road,
SUBSCRIBE TODAY!!!

with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
signed, on or before
November 7, 2010, or
be forever barred. Per-
sons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not re-
ceive a copy of this no-
tice by mail within 25
days of its first publica-
tion shall so inform the
Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
relationship.
Date of Publication:
May 7, 2010
Name of newspaper:
Afro-American
Washington Law
Reporter
Ingermar L. Mills
Personal
Representative
TRUE TEST COPY
REGISTER OF WILLS
5/7, 5/14, 5/21
real property tax certif-
icate was purchased;
court costs, and attorney
fees, expenses incurred
in the publication and
service of process by
publication and for rea-
sonable fees for the title
search, all other
amounts paid by the
petitioner in accordance
with the provisions of
D.C. Code §47-1361
and all outstanding
municipal lien amounts
due and owing on the
aforementioned real
property, or answer the
complaint or, thereafter,
a final judgment will be
entered foreclosing the
right of redemption in
the real property and
vesting in the plaintiff a
title in fee simple.
A TRUE TEST COPY:
4/30, 5/7, 5/14
a d d r e s s i s 9 2 11 SALES REPRESENTA-
Limestone Place, Col- with a copy to the under-
lege Park MD 20740 signed, on or before Reisterstown, Md. 21136. TIVE NEEDED. Most
earn $50K-$100K or
was appointed personal November 7, 2010, or ---
be forever barred. Per- more. Call our branch
representative of the
sons believed to be Lonesome Hearts - Pen Pals office at 410-696-
estate of Ruth Wanda
Miller aka Ruth W Miller, heirs or legatees of the To have a notice published in the Strictly Personal Section, write the message 2855x217. Ask for
who died on March 26, decedent who do not re- you want printed in the space below. Enclose ten dollars ($10.00), check or Susan Stepke, or e-mail
2010 with a will, and will ceive a copy of this no- money order for 25 words. NO CASH PLEASE. Additional words will cost 50 susan.stepke@insphere
serve without Court su- tice by mail within 25 cents each.
days of its first publica- is.com. Visit
pervision. All unknown
heirs and heirs whose tion shall so inform the www.insphereis.com
whereabouts are un- Register of Wills, includ-
ing name, address and
known shall enter their
appearance in this relationship. HELP WANTED -
proceeding. Objections Date of Publication: TRUCK DRIVER
to such appointment (or May 7, 2010 To answer a Lonesome Heart notice, enclose a check or money order for $2.00
to the probate of de- Name of newspaper: REGIONAL DRIVERS
cedent´s will) shall be Afro-American for each letter you wish to have forwarded. NO CASH PLEASE. Be sure to NEEDED! More
filed with the Register of Washington Law include the box number of the person you wish to contact. Hometime! Top Pay! Up
Wills, D.C., 515 5th Reporter to $.43/mile company
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Louis A. Watties All letters, queries and notices should be sent to: drivers! 12 months OTR
Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . Personal STRICTLY PERSONAL required. HEARTLAND
20001, on or before Representative
November 7, 2010. TRUE TEST COPY
2519 N. Charles Street, EXPRESS1-800-441-
Claims against the de- REGISTER OF WILLS Baltimore, MD 21218 4953 www,heartlandex-
cedent shall be pre- 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 press.com
sented to the under-
signed with a copy to the
Register of Wills or filed
with the Register of Wills
with a copy to the under-
 May 8, 2010 - May 14, 2010, The Afro-American B7

Community
Local University Celebrates New Students, Community Walk to Save
Identity West African Countries From
By AFRO Staff
Drought
By AFRO Staff of the earth. Yet, the villagers have
Washington Adventist University, faced not only droughts due to a con-
formerly Columbia Union College, Wisdom Springs, a nonprofit organi- stant shortage of rain, but droughts of
recently inaugurated Dr. Weymouth zation that raises money for wells, medi- medicine and education.”
Spence as its first president and the cine and education, will team with two Currently in Burkina Faso, women
school’s 19th leader. The celebration, local high schools and small children
held at the Strathmore, also com- for the seventh walk up to six
memorated the school’s transition to annual “Walking hours to bring
university status. for Water fresh water to
“We are proud of the accomplish- Fundraiser” on their village which
ments Washington Adventist May 8 in they use to bathe,
University has made under the lead- Leesburg, Va. The cook and drink.
ership of Dr. Spence. He has taken a walk will raise According to
number of positive steps—enrollment money to bring the World Health
has increased by 22 percent, we’re water to the vil- Organization,
building an exciting new music lages in Burkina about 45 percent
building, and we have achieved uni- Faso, West Africa, of Burkina Faso’s
versity status. Indeed the spirit is and other portions children die
growing. Students throughout the in the region before the age of
nation and around the world should where there is 5.
choose to study at Washington severe drought. According to event coordinators, this
Adventist University, where Dr. Since its inception in 2004, the walk year’s walk is expected to draw over
Spence and his dedicated team are has raised over $200,000 to build 20 700 participants and will feature obsta-
producing graduates who bring com- wells in Burkina Faso, where citizens of cle course competitions, face painting
petence and moral leadership to their the country are rapidly dying. This year, and carnival games. The walk is sanc-
communities,” said David Weigley, Wisdom Springs and students from tioned by the non-profit American
Courtesy Photo
chair, WAU Board of Trustees, in a Heritage and Stonebridge High Schools Volkssport Association, a member of the
Dr. Weymoth Spence, president of Washington statement. aim to earn $100,000. International Federation of Popular
Adventist University, gives his inaugural address. “We want to help preserve the cul- Sports.
ture of the Dagara people of Burkina
Faso, who are very connected to the nat- The seventh annual ‘Walking for

Social Activist Honors Research ural world,” said Sobonfu Some’

founder of Wisdom Springs.“Théy are a
Water’ will be held at Morven Park’s
Equestrian Center in Leesburg , Va. To

Center
people who carry an ancient wisdom register, visit:
and an understanding of the great cycles www.wisdomspringinc.org.

By AFRO Staff and then I liked coming to the place and finding the

Bridge in D.C.
home of the core of that dispersal,” Reagon said in
On April 30, longtime community activist a 2007 interview at Highlander’s 75th anniversary.
Bernice Johnson Reagon, a composer, singer and The vocalist hails from Albany, Ga., and has
academic, performed at the True been a standout champion of social equality
Reformer Building in Northwest to through her music and lectures. Her outspoken
show her support for the condemnation of racism and other social ills
Highlander Research and began at Albany State College, where she was
Education Center. expelled after participating in a demonstra-
Reagon’s relationship with tion.
Highlander — an organization Reagon was a member of the original
that supports grassroots initia- Student Non-Violent Coordinating
tives to promote social change in Committee Freedom Singers and a founding
the Black community— began member of the famed Harambee Singers.
when she was a college stu- The community-focused activist continued
dent. her work in the arts, and was later vocal director
“I liked being o the D.C. Black Repertory Theater
introduced to and creator of the internation-
Highlander in ally celebrated a cappella
the South ensemble Sweet Honey
Courtesy Photo

CAREER
where it was- in the Rock. Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon
n’t a place, led the popular group
until her retirement

CORNER
in 2004.
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Casey Trees is looking for two Urban Forestry Crew Chiefs. Must have an associates or On behalf of the WBU, Ivy Nelson, president of the Eastern Bridge
certificate program degree in arboriculture, horticulture, urban forestry, landscape manage- Club, presented boxes of food recently to Clifton Jones, a representa-
ment or related field, and two or more years of experience. Bachelor´s degree preferred. ISA tive from the Capital Area Food Bank. For the last several years, mem-
certification or willingness to acquire within first two years of appointment. Valid driver´s bers of the WBU have donated nonperishable food items to this project
license, clean driving record, and ability to drive a pickup truck with 18-foot trailer. Ability to
lift a minimum of 100 pounds. Hands-on person to work with vehicles, machines, power that are included in the thousands of food baskets given to the needy
equipment, hand-tools, etc. Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal in the community on a daily basis.
skills. Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced non-profit environment. An interest
in and commitment to urban conservation and community forestry activities. Proficiency with
MS Office including MS Outlook and MS Excel a plus. This is a full time year round position Compiled By Herb Quarles 723-4407 for more information. His
starting on June 1st, 2010, with benefits, paid holidays, a uniform allowance, and a starting e-mail address is
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chemisty, genotyping, real time quantitative PCR, gene Trump and Signals facilitated by
cloning and expression analyses and to use these tech- Reginald Chapman (5-10-10) 10:30
niques in daily experiments. In addition, knowledge in a.m. Lunch will be served. Call
psychiatric genetics, especially the genetics of schizo- Jewel Chapman at 301-686-1489.
phrenia and nicotine dependence is highly desirable. Capitol Teams of Four “C”
Send CV to Stacey Garnett, VCU, Box 980126, Regional (5-11-10) 10:30 a.m. Call
Richmond, VA 23298. Virginia Commonwealth Karen Pollock at 202-832-1504.
University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Y-Bridgettes – ABA
employer. Women, persons with disabilities and minori- Headquarters Benefit (5-12-10) 11
ties are encouraged to apply.
a.m. Call Herb Quarles at 202-723-
4407.
Walton-Jocelyn Walton, 2. Andrew
Ransom-Conrad Hipkins, 3. Betty
Spencer-Shirley Baker, 4.
Constance Jackson-Amy Smith.
Overtricks – Grade “B”
Modified Round Robin (4-24-10) 1.
Jerrie Thomas, Clarice Reid,
Winston Edwards, Harold Minus, 2.
Andrew Ransom, Frances Powell,
Conrad Hipkins, Mattie Barrow,
Shirley Wilson, 3. Irene Thomas,
Theodore Austin, Marcea Austin,
Charles Jones.
Eastern – City Teams of Four
(5-29-10) 1. Rachel Moore,
Virginia Eggleston, Clara Berryhill,
Carrothers Moore, 2. Elaine Neal-

To advertise in the AFRO call

Odele Mouzon, Wilma Middleton,
Note: These tournaments are Josephine Caldwell, 3. Gloria

202-332-0080
open to all area duplicate bridge
players and others interested in the
competitive aspect of duplicate
bridge. Call Herb Quarles at 202-
Cobbs, Mary Smith, Elve King,
Hazel Ward, 4. Karen Pollock,
Dorcas Glascoe, Elizabeth Wilson,
Irene Thomas.
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