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Springfield Baptist 225th Anniversary Celebration opens with First Friday event
AUGUSTA Historic Springfield Baptist Church, the oldest African American Baptist church in America organized in 1787 and still standing at the same location, will celebrate its 225th Anniversary on August 12, 2012, with the Rev. Al Sharpton as the guest speaker. The celebration kicks off on First Friday, August 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. with a Praise in the Park Celebration at the Springfield Village Park located at 12th and Reynolds Streets, downtown Augusta. This outdoor praise and worship concert is free to the public and will feature live gospel singing, praise dance, spoken word poetry, food, and fun. Everyone is encouraged to bring canned goods and non-perishable food items, which will be donated to the Head of the Giant Ministries, a non-profit family shelter located in South Augusta. The celebration will continue on Sunday, August 12 with Augusta Fire Chief Chris James delivering the
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Al Sharpton keynote address at our 10 a.m. Memorial Service. At the close of service, Pastor Hardy S. Bennings, III, will lead the Laying of the Wreaths Ceremony honoring former pastors. The celebration continues at 12 noon with the unveiling of the new street name: Springfield Way. The Commemorative Anniversary Celebration will continue at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network, delivering the keynote address. Music for the Anniversary celebration will be rendered by Faith, Springfields concert choir.
CPA Sanford Lloyd (R), of the Clean Augusta Downtown Initiative, shares his vision of First Friday during a community forum where a panel of city leaders and business people discussed the future of the event. Sheriff Ronnie Strength (L) spoke about the safety of downtown during the forum on July 18, 2012. Photo by Vincent Hobbs
Advance Voting in First Three Days 2012 Dem Rep Day 1 484 115 Day 1 Day 2 557 111 Day 2 Day 3 696 119 Day 3
of Final Week in 2012 vs 2008 2008 1st (3) Days Totals Dem Rep 363 123 Year 2008 - 1858 513 211 494 154 Year 2012 - 2089
Serenity Charity Club, Inc and Augusta Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club, along with Augusta Recreation and Parks Department, KISS 96.3 and Nu Omega Psi Sorority, will be holding their annual Backto-School Supply Giveaway on Sunday, August 12, 2012 from 3:00 pm 5:00 pm. The giveaway will be held at Brigham Community Center on Golden Camp Road, Augusta, GA. Pam Perry, the founder and president of Serenity Charity Club, Inc and Nu Omega Psi Sorority, Theta Chapter, said, Normally the start of school is an exciting time of year for children, as well as the parents. But due to the financial strain that has been placed upon many families, the excitement and promise of having the basic back-toschool supplies is just not a reality. Therefore we are asking the community to come together to provide backpacks, school supplies, and basic need items for our
children! The sponsoring organizations are currently collecting school supplies to give to our area youth! The goal is to provide school supplies for 700 children (drawstring backpacks filled with school supplies will be given to the first 250 children). Others will receive school supplies, but without the backpacks. Child(ren) must be present to receive supplies. Parents must bring a copy of last year report card or a copy of the child(ren) birth certificate to receive supplies. This event will also provide free haircuts for the boys; nail polishing for the girls; and FREE refreshments for the kids. Those wishing to donate supplies, can drop them off at Brigham Community Center or contact Ms. Thompkins @ 706-699-1071; Ms. Perry @ 706.755.0357 or Mr. Smalls @ 706-825-4449! Deadline for donations is August 7, 2012.
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ASU former dean of students to lead University System student affairs operations
Joyce Jones, vice president for student services and dean of students at Augusta State University, has been named the University System of Georgias vice chancellor for Student Affairs, effective August 15, 2012. The position is an upgrade from the former position of associate vice chancellor and was recommended by campus student leaders. Supported by Chancellor Hank Huckaby, the new position gives greater authority to the vice chancellor in dealing with student issues and policy. The head of Student Affairs has the primary responsibility for general oversight of a wide range of student services provided throughout the USG. The Office provides direct support for five major areas of student administration: Enrollment Services; Student Services; Student Life; Student Information; and Special Projects. The VCSA also works collaboratively with the System-wide Student Advisory Council (SAC), and a number of Regents Advisory Committees
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Joyce Jones related to students. Jones was named to her new post by USG Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Houston Davis. We are so excited to have Dr. Jones join our team, Davis said. Her wealth of experience in student affairs and services combined with her strong relationships with our system campuses will enable her to advance the work of this critical area. Jones and the Student Affairs department report to Davis as part of the USGs Academic Affairs division. Among other duties, she will be involved with the Systems work to increase college completion rates under the Complete College Georgia
initiative. Since 2005, Jones has served as dean of students at Augusta State. She assumed the role of vice president for student services. At ASU, she has supervised several offices including financial aid, student activities, testing and disability services, the counseling center, the career center, international student programs, code of conduct, judicial and disciplinary boards, residence life and the firstyear experience. She came to Augusta State from The Carter Center of Emory University in Atlanta, where she held the position of director of Educational Programs from 1995 to 1998. Prior to Emory, Jones was assistant vice president for Student Affairs at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. from 1993 to 1995. Jones received a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and received her bachelors degree in psychology from Texas Womans University in Denton, Texas. She is originally from Terrell, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, Texas.
FRIENDLY WELCOME: Hostesses Danessa Burnett (L) and Shayeeda Stewart (R) prepare to greet guests during the unveiling of an exhibit honoring Deon Grant at the Augusta Museum of History on Friday, July 20. See next page. Photo by Vincent Hobbs
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A new model two-bedroom apartment was shown during the grand opening reception at Walton Oaks Apartment Homes in east Augusta. The new development was built on the former site of Underwood Homes public housing. Photo by Vincent Hobbs
Augusta Housing Authority board member Dr. Rodger Murchison speaks to the crowd during the grand opening reception of Walton Oaks Apartment Homes in east Augusta. Photo by Vincent Hobbs
A courtyard view of Walton Oaks Apartment Homes. Photo by Vincent Hobbs Georgia State Representative Wayne Howard speaks to the crowd during the grand opening reception of Walton Oaks Apartment Homes in east Augusta. Photo by Vincent Hobbs
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By Eoin OCarroll Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman in space, died Monday after a 17-month illness. Born in Encino, Calif., in 1951, Ride attended Stanford University, where she majored in English and physics. After completing her doctorate in physics at Stanford in 1978, she joined NASA as part of the first cohort of astronauts that admitted women. After training for five years, Ride was selected as one of the five astronauts who would rocket into space on the Space Shuttle Challengers STS-7 mission, which lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 18, 1983. The thing that Ill remember most about the flight is that it was fun, Ride is quoted on the Sally Ride Science website. In fact, Im sure it was the most fun Ill ever have in my life. Ride would travel into space one more time, in 1984, again aboard the Challenger. She was assigned to a third mission, but after the Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986, she joined the commission investigating the deadly accident.
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Astronaut Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism, says NASA
Ride retired from NASA in 1987, after which she taught physics at the University of California, San Diego, and authored several science books for children. In 2001, she founded Sally Ride Science, an education company dedicated to supporting girls and boys interests in science, math and technology. Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism and literally changed the face of Americas space program, said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in a statement. The nation has lost one of its finest leaders, teachers and explorers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sallys family and the many she inspired. She will be missed, but her star will always shine brightly.
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LETTERS
Lieutenant ROBBIE SILAS has the honesty, loyalty, integrity, knowledge and experience it take to keep this Community and the RCSO moving forward. SILAS is a life long resident of Augusta-Richmond County, he has been married for 23 years, has two children ages 19 & 17. SILAS has 15 years law enforcement experience; he is dedicated to the job, Silas has not missed a day of work in 15 years, except when his parents past away. SILAS has chose to stay on the road patrol because it gave him the opportunity to Know the Streets, Know the Community, and by doing so, Know the JOB which gave him the 1st hand experience to meet the folks of the community, and to know their concerns as parents, grandparents, business owners and concerned citizens
and the help of many volunteer brought Master City Little League out of the red zone into the black. SILAS has a perfect credit score which is critical if youre managing someone elses budget, and that is true with the RCSO budget, if you are unable to manage your own finances how are you expected to manage a budget as large as the RCSO. Robbie SILAS believes in fairness within RCSO; he will keep the playing fields equal. No one will be overlooked because of race or sex. He will be committed to protecting the citizens of this community. VOTE, TUESDAY, JULY 31ST, DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY to ELECT ROBBIE SILAS FOR SHERIFF. Patti Strength
For the past four years I have served as Chief Judge for the Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit. This responsibility has given me a unique opportunity to lead the court during a time of significant change. My fellow judges and the dedicated courthouse staff work hard every day to make sure our court proceedings are timely, efficient, and fair. This focus has allowed our court to serve the people of this judicial circuit in an open and balanced manner. For the principles of democracy to be both protected and fulfilled our courts must be fair, just and available to all citizens. I have spent
my professional career dedicated to the goal of making sure that the comfort and protection of the law is available to all who have a just cause. In many ways the Superior Court is an important crossroads for our community. Here the best and the worst of our society often intersect. As a judge my job is to make sure that all parties have an equal and fair chance to be heard and that the administration of justice is guided by the law and delivered in a swift and clear manner. Holding firm to these values has allowed me to work for the best interests of our community while protecting the integrity of our judicial system.
I hope to continue my service to the people of the Augusta Judicial Circuit for another term. Vote for J. Carlisle Overstreet on July 31, 2012.
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influx of cash and investment is so strong that the African Development Bank warned this week against excessive exuberance, which sounds close to Alan Greenspans warnings against irrational exuberance, in December 1996. Chronic youth joblessness at home, along with the uncertainty over Europes ability to control public debt, could still drag down Africas economic growth, since Europeans buy much of the food and other commodities produced by African companies. That will have implications on the growth of the continent, Donald Kaberuka, the president of the African Development Bank, told reporters at the Launch of the banks economic outlook report yesterday in Tunis, Tunisia. The key to success with money, according to the African Development Bank, is to act as if you dont have it. While keeping an eye on new economic storm clouds in Europe, Africa must keep its focus on reforms that encourage growth and ease social tensions that set off the Arab revolutions and caused North Africas GDP growth to decline by 3.6 percentage points to near stagnation in 2011, the banks said in its report.
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Over the years I have tried to provoke thought through my articles, columns, letters, books, and my postings on my Facebook page. I have done this taking into consideration other persons points of view. Having just a one-sided view of issues would make me an agent of shallow information. I am speaking as a man who has lived more than three score years and ten a man who has had to rely on public and private libraries to access knowledge most of my formal education years, a man who did not have instant access to knowledge as it is available today with a touch of a keyboard. Now, students have that access without ever leaving home. To compete, and even to survive, in the world to come, having marketable knowledge is going to be the key. This is going to be true especially in the political and financial world. In other words, we will have to hear the truth coming from these agents. On Sunday morning, July 8, 2012, I shared a site on my Facebook page uncharacteristic of me. However, I knew what I was doing and was expecting fans to be shocked and they were. I had the gall to share a womans YouTube postings that were what some would call over the top. She used a public forum to say what we often say in private. The anger was not so much about what she was saying, I believe, but rather where she said it. In public where politicians tell us everything except the truth. What is more important, listening to one expressing ones true feelings and convictions, as it is often done in pri-
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vate, or hiding them, as it is often done in public? If the latter, no wonder politicians lie to us during campaigns. We want them to tell us what we want to hear, not what we need to hear. We are just as guilty as they are because we are complicit. Nobody wants to hear the painful truth. This is the culture in which we live today. Back to the womans videos I shared on my Facebook page. She calls herself Atlantasistah. I admit, her language is raw the kind we speak around people with whom we are very comfortable. What I call honest language. She cusses a lot, but I was not offended by it. She had strong convictions, and she put a face on them. If for no other reason she ought to be applauded for that. Can I get a politician to say amen? Cuss words, when you really think about it, do not have much meaning at all in regular conversation, though we make a lot of it. Often they are just fillers, and they are a few in number. If you would use one of them in a sentence right now, you will not be able to explain how its meaning adds to the substance of what you are trying to say. Its like saying nigger. Whatever meaning you want it to be, thats what it is. On the other hand, polite language tends to hide true feelings. People can cuss us out and we not know it. The message is often covered up with a lot of niceties. You know what I mean, dont you? The Bible says, Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Grady Abrams July 17, 2012
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